Don’t forget to upgrade your flasks in Elden Ring every so often

It’s so easy to get distracted out in the world and lose track when it’s time to upgrade Not to tell you how to playElden Ringor anything, but uh, when’s the last time you upgraded your flasks? I ask myself that question all the time, and before I can make it to the next Site of Grace to see if I’ve got enough Golden Seeds or Sacred Tears to spend on an upgrade to my Crimson and Cerulean flasks’ charges or potency, I get distracted....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Matthew Garza

Dynasty Warriors 7: Cao Pi, Sun Jian, Guan Yu and more!

The latest character reveals forDynasty Warriors 7have been splooged online for our viewing pleasure, giving us a quick look at some redesigned classics. Sun Jian, Cao Pi, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Guan Ping and fatty-boom-boom Xu Zhu have all been revealed. In addition to the old’uns, we also get an all-new character, Guan Suo. He’s the fictional son of Guan Yu, invented for the classical novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Mrs. Alexandria Navarro

Embracer boss gives no-comment comment on status of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake

Asinitially reported by IGN, Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors commented during a financial presentation that he has no comment on the state of theStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republicremake. He also states, “Anything I say to this becomes a headline.” Yes, sir. Yes, sir, it will. A remake of the classic 2003 RPGStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republicwas announced backin 2021 during a Playstation Showcase. Since then, we’ve received re-releases of the two games in the series, and then everything kind of hit the rocks....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Ronald Torres

EverQuest 2’s Skyshrine update goes live on April 17th

EverQuest IIis back with game update 63 coming April 17th! Sony Online Entertainment is adding content to two different expansions:Destiny of VeliousandAge of Discovery. In theDoVupdates, players will see the level cap increased to 92, a new zone with over 100 quests and raid content, different difficulty levels for the Skyshrine instances, new builds and skills, and a Drake mount. As for theAoDcontent, we will see Poet’s Palace Dungeon Maker theme and items, new Dungeon Maker adventures, tradeskill apprentices with more recipes, and Beastlords will have new warders to tame....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Bradley Martin

Fallout 76 is entirely online, launching in November

But you can still play it solo Bethesda is finally detailingFallout 76. The biggest bombshell? The game is entirely online. Here’s how Bethesda’s spinning that:Fallout 76is something of an MMO-lite. You’re constantly around other players. As director Todd Howard says, there are always dozens of other people. Not hundreds or thousands. It’s not an amusement park. Also, progression isn’t tied to playing on distinct servers. (Actually,Fallout 76will run entirely on dedicated servers....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Stephanie Mcgee

Far Cry 5 is coming to Xbox Game Pass on July 1

For cloud, console, and PC Microsoft has just revealed this morning that aFar Cry 5Game Pass releaseis on the horizon. It’s not one of those let-down “oh it’s coming to Xbox Game Pass, butcloud only” (cue Microsoft exec laughs) deals either. It’s hitting Xbox Game Pass on July 1 on everything: cloud, console, and PC. It’s not alone, either. TheShadowrun Trilogyis set to debut on Xbox Game Pass today, on both cloud devices and consoles....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Sylvia Patterson

Friday Night Fights: Reprieve

Backlogs everywhere are breathing sighs of relief this week, as the hot and heavy holiday game-release schedule finally begins to wind down. I know my own catalog of unplayed games — not to mention my goddamnwallet— couldn’t be happier at the news. But what about you? Are there still games coming out before the end of the year thatyou’reexcited about? (Well, besidesthis one, anyway.) Regardless of whether you’ve still got games to buy or you’re all stocked up for the winter, there’s plenty to be played this very night if you’re up for it!...

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Christina Horn

Genshin Impact 5.7 drip marketing speculation

It is almost time for the nextGenshin Impactdrip marketing that will reveal the new characters for version 5.7. According to the latest leaks, we can expect two playable characters in the upcoming update, and the developers will reveal them a few days after version 5.6 goes live. You can find more details about the expectedGenshin Impact5.7 drip marketing date and the characters in this article. Table of contents Genshin Impact 5....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · Chelsea Long

Get some free Xbox Live multiplayer this weekend

Have some friend time At this point, I’m used to just ponying up some discounted rate of $60 for Xbox Live Gold every year. I’ve done it for so long that I often forget it’s tied to all multiplayer situations on the service. When I think about it, I guess I’m still not used to that aspect of it. This weekend, you can rage with your friends for free, though. Xbox is throwing a free multiplayer weekend, and that means you don’t need to dish out cash to talk to your friends and kill alongside them....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Jeffrey Greene

Guilty Gear Strive update 1.21 improves PS5 input lag

Now get to Slashin’ Input lag — even in 2022, it continues to be a frustrating thorn in the sides of online fighting game players. And, ironically, while the ninth generation of gaming is well underway, it appears that Sony’s shiny new PlayStation 5 platform tends to exacerbate the issue, rather than repair it. Case in point: Arc System Works’Guilty Gear Strive, which currently suffers from an estimated 4.5 frames of input lag on PS5 when compared to its sibling PS4, which only suffers from around 2....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Michelle Perez

Harmonix’s Music VR might make for a great new way to listen to music

And that’s sorely needed Listening to music is one of my favorite activities in this world. Not hearing music,but listening to music. Giving music my full, undivided attention. I’ll often sit on my bedroom floor with my back against the bed, close my eyes, and listen to an album front to back. It’s relaxing and immersive and cathartic. It’s one of a few times when thoughts aren’t wildly ping-ponging around in my brain....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 644 words · James Ryan

Helldivers 2 players facing an impossible choice convince Game Master to bend the rules

Following one of the easiest Major Orders inHelldivers 2history, players are now faced with an impossible choice that’s seen them reach out and successfully have the rules changed over the weekend to help them out. This week, players obliterated 2 billion Terminids in under 24 hours, a Major Objective that had a spacious time limit of 6 days. However, what followed was a campaign against Helldivers from both Terminid and Automaton fronts....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 523 words · Daniel Long

How much is too much for Xbox Scorpio in terms of price?

It has to beat or meet the PS4 Pro Well, we’re one step closerto knowing what Project Scorpio will entail when it hits later this year, but there’s still a fair few unanswered questions — most notably, the price. Although Microsoft quickly folded into PR speak by saying “at the end of the day we are still a consumer product…we want to hit the price-points where consumers want to purchase this,” we still don’t know how much the damn thing will cost....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Gary Black III