Destiny 2's Strand Should Avoid Stasis' Pitfalls

Destiny 2’s August showcase included the reveal of the Lightfall expansion, which continues the story of the Light and Darkness saga that will culminate with the events of The Final Shape in 2024. With the Black Fleet pushing towards the inner Solar System and to the Last City, Guardians need new powers to stave off the forces of The Witness, and in Lightfall, they will find an unlikely ally on Neptune in the form of a never-before-seen alien race....

May 30, 2025 · 4 min · 651 words · Carrie Hicks

Disney Dreamlight Valley: How to Make Timebending Training Manual (& What it Does)

Dreamlight Valley’sA Rift in Timeexpansion introduces a new Royal Tool,the Royal Hourglass. Once obtained, this tool is added to the wheel alongside the player’s regular tools, including the Royal Shovel, Royal Hourglass, and others. Like most of those tools, the Royal Hourglass has an activity associated with it:Timebending. Players use the Royal Hourglass’s Timebending ability to search for hidden treasures. Because this new ability is tied to collecting resources, a new Timebending companion role has been added inA Rift in Time....

May 30, 2025 · 3 min · 560 words · Dana Nicholson

Elden Ring Best Early Game Weapons

Summary Like many other titles by FromSoftware,Elden Ringcan be quite a challenge. Fans of the series will surely remember their first FromSoftware game and how the first boss beat them down to oblivion. There is a learning curve present in these games, and if the Tarnished refuses to learn, then theTree Sentinel bosswill beat the knowledge into them. Elden Ringdoes a great job of informing the player when they are not ready to take on certain portions of the game....

May 30, 2025 · 8 min · 1676 words · Ryan Singh

Every Yakuza Spin-off Game, Ranked

TheYakuzaseries is a sprawling franchise that doesn’t limit itself to just one genre. In fact,the games are so differentfrom one to another that it feels like you’re playing an entirely different series at times. At its core, though, the general feel and thematic quality are what brings all these titles together. RELATED:Yakuza 6: 10 Best Items You Need To Buy From Black Market Merchants There are a lot more spin-offs than fans even know about, as many of these have been released to greater scales in Japan than they are available worldwide....

May 30, 2025 · 5 min · 1043 words · Cynthia Phillips

Everything You Need to Know Before Buying Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Sega’sYakuzaseries has been slowly building in popularity in the west ever since the release ofYakuza 0in early 2017. Since then, Sega has kept up a steady release schedule for the franchise, usually dropping more than one title every year since 2017. Now, the franchise is set to be reborn with the release ofYakuza: Like a Dragon, which is acting as a soft reboot for the series following the end of Kazuma Kiryu’s saga withYakuza 6: The Song of Life, and the release of the first titlein the spin-off seriesJudgmentin 2019....

May 30, 2025 · 5 min · 895 words · Willie Khan

Like a Dragon Producer Teases New Announcement in 2024

Summary The executive producer of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, Masayoshi Yokoyama, has teased fans regarding a newLike a Dragonannouncement in 2024. 2023 was a strong year for Sega’s long-running franchise, with a remake ofLike a Dragon Ishinthat was released earlier in February followed up by the release ofLike a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, a side story focused on Kazuma Kiryu that ties him into the narrative ofYakuza: Like a Dragon....

May 30, 2025 · 3 min · 563 words · Craig Blair

Mario Strikers: Battle League's Free Updates Have a Lot of Promise

Nintendo’s announcement ofMario Strikers: Battle Leaguebuilt up a ton of hype among fans, as it is arguably one of the more popularMario Sportsgames. That, combined with the fact that it’s beenfifteen years since the lastMariosoccer game (Mario Strikers Charged), put the game into a dominating position. Most of the reveals so far have been promising, but there is one thing that caught fans' eyes in an unsavory way. Namely,Mario Strikers: Battle League’s launch roster sizeis a meager 10 characters....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Christina Schmidt

Minecraft: How To Get A Crossbow

Minecraftmight not be an extremely dangerous game, but there are still hostile mobs to deal with in survival mode, which can prove to be tough without proper weaponry and armor. Currently, players have the choice between swords, bows, tridents, and crossbows. Honorable mention to axes, which have emerged as a fantastic tool as well, despite being slow. RELATED:Minecraft: Every Recipe That Has Been Removed From The Game Crossbows are interesting because they’re not often used by players....

May 30, 2025 · 3 min · 530 words · Alexandra Harris

Monolith's Wonder Woman Game Should Skip Her Origin Story

Comic book games have become exponentially popular over the last decade, with games like theBatman: Arkhamseries andMarvel’s Spider-Manserving as paradigms for the modern comic book video game experience. These landmark games have inspired a wave of similarly impressive comic-related titles like the recentMarvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and the next few years are set for a fleet of new releases that should give all kinds of comic fans something to enjoy....

May 30, 2025 · 3 min · 632 words · Brent Figueroa

Most Evil Characters in Borderlands

Summary Borderlandsis one of Gearbox Software’s most popular video game franchises, beinga looter shooterthat combines FPS gameplay with role-playing elements. The games are known for their cavalier and crass humor, due to them often being set on off-world planets where lawlessness rules. While manyBorderlandscharacters wouldn’t exactly be paragons of kindness and charity, there are some characters who have done some truly evil things. Some characters are so awful that even the people of Pandora, mostly bandits and murderers, seem like normal people compared to them....

May 30, 2025 · 5 min · 974 words · Lindsay Short

Most Selfish Borderlands Characters

Summary The universe ofBorderlandscan be cut-throat. With bandits, psychos, and vault hunters crawling over each other to get at any loot in the maniclooter-shooter, it can be easy to lose track of whom the truly monstrous characters are. Some are much more selfish than others, though, and the characters that cause problems for players, time and time again, take the lead in acting in their own self-interest. Here are the five characters that reveal themselves as the most selfish characters in theBorderlandsgames....

May 30, 2025 · 4 min · 737 words · Teresa Walsh DVM

My Hero Academia: How Does Shigaraki Know [SPOILER?]

The following article discusses events and fan theories concerning Season 6 ofMy Hero Academia, currently streaming onCrunchyroll.Shigaraki’s initial impression of Midoroya was not a particularly stellar one, as the tyrant referred to the boy as"that plain-looking one"during the USJ Incident and dismisses him as a minor annoyance. However, the perceptive villain eventually (and correctly) assumes that there must be some kind of link between All Might and Deku and, as time goes by, the young Hero becomes more of apriority on Shigaraki’s radar....

May 30, 2025 · 6 min · 1096 words · Jennifer Robertson

New Back 4 Blood DLC 'River of Blood' Coming December

The next DLC forBack 4 Blood, called “River of Blood,” will be rolling out on December 6 and will feature a host of new content. Originally touted as aspiritual successor toLeft 4 Dead, Turtle Rock Studios' 2021 outing was an attempt to revive Valve’s iconic co-op zombie shooter series. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite hit the mark, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad game. It still offers the opportunity to team up with other players and go toe-to-toe with the undead and special infected, and the developer continues to put out new expansions....

May 30, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Jerome Williamson