God of War Ragnarok Goal Was to Have Better Side Quests Than Witcher 3

A goal withGod of War Ragnarok’s side quests and other optional content was to surpass the quality seen in CD Projekt Red’sThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, according to one of the game’s developers.God of War Ragnarokreviewsare in ahead of its highly-anticipated launch next week, with Sony Santa Monica’s action-adventure game earning near-universal acclaim from critics. While there was already a great deal of hype behindGod of War Ragnarok, it’s safe to say that many are even more excited to play the game now that the reviews have indicated it reaches the high bar set by its 2018 predecessor....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Vincent Boone

Haven Review Roundup

One of the more interesting looking indie games that have been teased this year, and one of themore interesting looking co-op gamesin particular, has beenHaven, the sci-fi romance from developer The Game Bakers. It’s been quite a wait, but the game has finally made its way onto PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox systems today, and with its launch comes the first reviews. A sharp contrast from The Game Bakers’ previous title, thebullet hell/hack-and-slash action gameFuri, Haven is a chill RPG focusing on the relationship between its two protagonists, Yu and Kay, as they try to make a life for themselves on a strange and seemingly uninhabited planet....

July 20, 2025 · 5 min · 976 words · Joshua Frank

Mortal Online 2: The Best Builds For Melee Characters

Striving to change the wayMMORPGlovers look at the idea of sandbox gameplay,Mortal Online 2tasks players with living an entirely new life in a world theirs for the taking. Aside from options to mix and match bloodlines and a bustling customization system,Mortal Online 2allows players to take on professions on top of a lack of built-in classes. However, just becauseMortal Online 2doesn’t have any classes doesn’t mean players can go up close and personal in fights....

July 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1158 words · Craig Hawkins

One of Marvel's Wolverine's Alternate Suits Already Seems Clear

One of the most important details about a superhero is their costume. The element that makes them immediately recognizable, even from just their silhouette, a superhero’s costume is incredibly important for every iteration of the character, regardless of the form of media they appear in. At its best,a good superhero costumecan make a hero seem grounded, realistic, and larger than life, while at its worst, a bad superhero suit can take fans right out of the experience....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 621 words · Kenneth Dominguez

Pokemon GO Disables Trading

Niantic and The Pokemon Company releasedPokemon GOback in 2016 and since then the game has been improved in many ways and more generations of Pokemon have been added. One such improvement made to the game since its launch is the trading feature, but Niantic has temporarily disabled the ability for players to exchange Pokemon. Trading is an integral part of thePokemonexperience in nearly every title in the franchise and that’s no different with the mobilePokemon GO....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Logan Martinez

SEGA Fans Rally Around Funny Official Art From 2009

When a company with the licenses to multiple intellectual properties exists for a long time, it seems inevitable that eventually the properties will cross over in some form, no matter how nonsensical it may be. An old piece of official art fromSEGAdemonstrates this effect in an extreme form. LongtimeSEGAfans will know that the company owns many properties, and has been involved in many more; many iconic long-running franchises likeSonic the HedgehogandSuper Monkey Ballare owned by SEGA....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Kimberly Burke

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Revealed

It has beennine years since the release of the lastTest Drive Unlimitedgame, a unique and ambitious racing series that allowed players to drive around an open world. Once owned by Atari, the entireTest Drivefranchise was sold to France-based company Nacon (formerly known as Bigben Interactive at the time) in 2016. The series has otherwise been completely dormant since then, though Nacon had said earlier in the year that it had a new entry in the works, with developer Kylotonn behind the wheel....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · Kristina Henderson

The Witcher 3: 10 Things That Make No Sense About Places Of Power

The Witcher 3offers a rich open world to any player willing to put in the hours and spend a lot of time exploring it. Not only are there multiple lands, each different from the previous one, but they also hide a lot of interesting details worth discovering. One such detail concerns the Places of Power. RELATED:The Witcher 3: 10 Powers Too OP For Physics Places of Power help Geralt to boost the magical power of his signs, although only for a time....

July 20, 2025 · 5 min · 910 words · Christopher Butler

What the Assassin's Creed Identity Used to Be, and What It Became

It is hard to understate the great influence that theAssassin’s Creedfranchise has had on the gaming industry over the course of its 15-year existence. Doing most of the serious leg work to pioneer the peak of the Ubisoft open-world formula, the franchise built and sustained an identity that would be refined over many years. However, as many long-term fans ofAssassin’s Creedknow, the identity that has been present for most of the franchise’s life-cycle has changed drastically in recent years....

July 20, 2025 · 5 min · 881 words · Edward Larson

Wireless HyperX Gaming Headset Is Cheapest Since Black Friday

HyperX CloudX Stinger Core Amazon Gaming Week is producing some amazing deals, including this wireless gaming headset from HyperX, which is the cheapest it has been since Black Friday. The CloudX Stinger Core features 40 mm drivers, support for Windows Sonic spatial sound, and a high-quality microphone for team communication. Now, it’s available for just $62.63 on Amazon. Shoppers looking for a great deal on gaming headsets are in luck, as theHyperX CloudX Stinger Coreis currently marked down by whopping 37% to just $62....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Adam Peterson

Xbox Console Update for May 2023 is Available Now With New Features

The May 2023 update for theXbox Series X|Shas just gone live and appears to be making some quality of life updates. Combined witha top Game Pass game receiving a stabilizing patch, May looks to be a good month to be an Xbox player. First dropping in late 2020, theXbox Series Xmakes up the fourth generation of Xbox consoles alongside its Series S counterpart, the latter differentiated by its lessened graphical capability and digital-only model....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Kellie Bauer

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Player Creates Remote Firing Cannon

Summary ALegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayer has managed to combine various known tricks and glitches to create a cannon that Link can fire remotely. Just likeBreath of the Wildbefore it,The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomgives players a vast, open-world version of Hyrule to explore and perform various side activities to distract themselves from the game’s primary quest. An extra wrinkle in this is brought about throughTears of the Kingdom’s new crafting mechanics, which allow creative players to scrape together vehicles, weapons, and even shelters to help Link save the kingdom from Ganondorf and his dark forces....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 545 words · David Sutton

Amazon Launches Crucible Hero Shooter Game on Steam

Amazon has added another installment,Crucible, to the list of games from its new game development branch. Back in 2012, Amazon created a new gaming branch titled “Amazon Game Studios,” and it has finally gotten around toreleasing a big-budget gameeight years later on Steam.Crucibleis a free to play shooter that deviates from the typical tablet games it produces, though it does now have other major projects in the works. RELATED:Amazon Making Military TV Show The Terminal List With Chris Pratt in Starring Role...

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · John Phillips