XDefiant’s weapon progression is ‘criminally slow,’ and fans want changes

After making it through some early server issues, players have been jumping intoXDefiant‘s high-octane gameplay, but players are struggling to level up their weapons, labeling the progression system as “criminally slow.” If you’ve managed to get into theservers,find a match, and actually been able touse your controllerto play, you may have realized that earning XP is a slow process, especially when it comes to your weapons. This isn’t ideal, as weapon leveling is how you unlock attachments for your guns....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Christopher Shelton

Absurd Zelda: Breath of the Wild gitch allows you to ride Prince Sidon

I can see this just being patched in Players have discovered yetanothercheeky glitch inZelda: Breath of the Wild, and this one involves everyone’s favorite fishy prince: Sidon. For those of you who haven’t played the game, Sidon is one of the key NPCs that allows Link to complete his quest in the Zora realm, and he caught on with the community almost immediately as one of the most popular characters inBreath of the Wild....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 173 words · Justin Wilson

All cards in the MTG Secret Lair Dungeons & Dragons 50th Anniversary Superdrop

TheMagic: The GatheringSecret Lair Dungeons & Dragons 50th Anniversary Superdropwill be released inAugust 2024, bringing five new sets to market for fans to purchase if they’re able to beat the queues and get their orders in early. Secret Lair sets are always exciting because they breathe new life into oldMTGcards we’ve either forgotten about or are so commonplace in decks that you just don’t think about them like you do the intriguing cards in every new base set....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 621 words · Nicole Ward

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger coming to Nintendo Switch December

Holster that iron Following up fromits appearance on the ESRB board earlier this month,Techland has confirmed thatCall of Juarez: Gunslingerwill be coming digitally to Nintendo Switch on December 10, with a new announce trailer confirming the re-release. Originally arriving for the PS3 and Xbox 360 back in 2013,Gunslingersees and old fella in a saloon recount his tall tales of his six-shootin’ days to a group of strangers, with each progressively less-believable story playing out as each of the game’s stages, which is a really neat concept....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Eric Page

Card Sagas Wars going public this week, creator teases new project

It’s not a Smash Ultimate port RememberCard Sagas Wars, that really cool looking fighting fangame in development by two people which unfortunately fizzled out of existence? One of its developers, Dani Oliver (aka Ahruon), has announced on his Twitter that he is releasing a public build based on it’s development seven years ago. While he and fellow dev Alberto Hernández (aka Orkimides) will support the build post-launch to add more finished content, they have no plans to actually create more content than they finished before the project went on hiatus years ago, nor are they continuing development onCSW....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Alyssa Wong

Complete Anime Arise Evolution Leveling Guide

Anime Arise Evolutionis anotherRobloxAnime clicker game where you gain power, while the enemies don’t fight back. No matter how many of these we play, we always come back for more, and this time it’s not much different. With that said,Anime Arise Evolutiondoes have a few unique mechanics that you’ll want to know in order to level as effectively as possible. You can learn about all the leveling systems in this DefinitiveAnime Arise EvolutionLeveling Guide....

August 5, 2025 · 5 min · 923 words · Angela Martinez

Convoy: if FTL were about driving through the desert

Welcome to the Thunderdome Back when consumers were more willing to put money toward projects on Kickstarter,FTL: Faster Than Lightwas one of the first big indie videogame success stories on the crowdfunding platform. It set a modest goal of $10,000 and smashed that with over $200,000 pledged.Convoyshows a lot of similarities: tactical combat, hard-outlined pixel art, and a science fiction setting. It even assumes the not-quite-realFTLgenre descriptor of “roguelike-like.” WhereConvoydiffers is that instead of flying through space, the player is driving through aMad Max-esque desert wasteland, and instead of early 2012 it is now late 2014....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Sandra Thomas

Cyberpunk 2077’s Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode goes live for PC today

A new sheen hits Night City today A brand-new look for Night City is hitting PC today. Patch 1.62 forCyberpunk 2077is rolling out on PC today, with the tech preview for Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode arriving as part of it. This new ray-tracing mode is a hefty bit of tech. It uses fully ray-traced, or path-traced, rendering in partnership with NVIDIA. CD Projekt Redacknowledgesthat it’s early-on, and so it’s characterizing this new mode of visuals as a Technology Preview....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Helen Martin

Dead Space 2 website updated with even more teasers

Part of what makes theDead Spaceuniverse so cool is the mystery surrounding it. Think back to the first game — we never saw much more than what was directly happening on the USG Ishimura. On the flip side, it’s hard not to want some of the unexplained blanks to be filled in. To go alongside the just-released, super hype-inducingtrailer forDead Space 2, the official website for the gamehas been revampedwith fresh teaser content....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Kristopher Bullock

Delayed Hitman out March 11, rest of the game in April, May and June

Staggered release Hitmanis releasing on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, unfinished, on March 11 after beingdelayed from its December launch. It was always going to release unfinished, though, by design. TheHitmanwebsiteexplains. March 11’s launch includesthree locations – Paris, Sapienza and Marrakesh – and six campaign missions. Contracts mode offers “around 800 targets.” Then April, May and June will each see one new sandbox location. “Each location will come with additional missions, signature kills and more Contracts targets – and of course new disguises, weapons and ways of taking out your target....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Todd Curtis

Dino action in Nintendo’s Fossil Fighters: Frontier

Yup yup yup, my butt butt butt! I’ve been playing the upcoming Nintendo-published 3DS exclusiveFossil Fighters: Frontierfor review purposes and can finally show you this glorious scene in all its glory. I’ve always been a bit of a dinosexual myself, though I’ve never read thosedinosaur eroticas. If you’re unfamiliar with theFossil Fightersseries, this is the third iteration and the first on the 3DS. In the game, you drive your bone buggy around and discover fossils to revive vivosaurs — dinosaur-like creatures but with way cooler moves — that can be used to battle....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Mary Washington

Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia is finally coming west

Game ain’t over until the fat lady sings It’s been more than a year since we last heard anything onDissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omniaand quite frankly I forget it even existed until I was notified of its impending western release. Debuting in Japan last year,Opera Omniahas players collecting heroes from across theFinal Fantasyseries to save a world in peril by taking down classicFinal Fantasyenemies using a three character party system. We’ll also be able to play as villains apparently, finally letting me do my dream team-up of Terra, Kefka, and Edgar....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Beth Phillips

Dragon’s Dogma anime coming to Netflix September 17

New series arrives this fall Fans of Capcom’sDragon’s Dogmawill be stoked to hear that the anime adaptation of the fantasy adventure franchise is almost good to go, and willarrive on streaming platform Netflixthis fall. Originally announcedback in March of this year,Dragon’s Dogmais produced by CG studio Sublimation and will tell the tale of young Ethan who, along with his pawn Hannah, embarks on a dangerous quest to reclaim his heart from a fearsome dragon....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Tanner Terry