The Best Weapons In Warhammer 40k: Boltgun

The world ofWarhammer 40k: Boltgun is a grim and dark future full of terrors aplenty.Aliens, daemons, and everything in betweenall want to tear down the Imperium of Man. As one of the Emperor’s finest space marines, you must destroy anything that threatens humanity. Related:Warhammer 40K: Every Species Ranked From Weakest To Most Powerful The Emperor protects, but having some good weapons on hand doesn’t hurt. Thankfully, the Emperor also provides. A slew of weapons are available to you to fight off the chaos cultists and retro-themed daemons that stand in your way....

July 3, 2025 · 5 min · 862 words · Cynthia Mccall

The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR Interview

The Dark Pictures: Switchback VRlaunches tomorrow and invites players to undertake a hell of a ride, quite literally, as they navigate this rail shooter through various terrifying levels filled with monsters, demons, and grotesque scenery while being tormented by the demon Belial. The Dark Pictures Anthology inspires eight of the ten levels, but the story Switchback VR tells is entirely its own. “We’re not telling the House of Ashes story, we’re not telling the Man of Medan story,” game director Alejandro Arque Gallardo tells me....

July 3, 2025 · 6 min · 1230 words · Susan Lee

The Last Of Us Fans Discuss Whether More Bloaters Will Feature In Season 2

HBO’s The Last of Us has concluded, sucking up attention and spewing out Internet discussion, column inches, and debate over Joel and Ellie. But as the finale rounded things out, speculation will naturally turn towards the second season, and the showrunners will have a meaty story to wrap their hands around. The Last of Us gamers will know this of course. Those who’ve played The Last of Us and its sequel know what’s in store....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 507 words · Roger Shields

The Last of Us Multiplayer Game Indefinitely Delayed After Setbacks

After what many thought wasa fairly disappointing PlayStation Showcase, questions soon began flying regarding previously announced first-party titles that didn’t show up. One of these titles wasNaughty Dog’sconfirmedThe Last of Usmultiplayer game, a title that’s been in development for quite a while. Well, there now seems to be a pretty good reason for the lack of updates, as it’s been reported that the development team has been significantly scaled back and the game itself has been indefinitely delayed....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Paula Smith

Things We Wish We Knew Before Starting Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Quick Links Star Wars Jedi: Survivoris a tale of two games. On one hand, Survivor features a steady string of difficult encounters. And the combat is most certainly a central element. On the other hand, there is a lot of game that has nothing to do with dicing up enemies with a lightsaber. Related:Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - Combat Tips First and foremost, Survivor is filled with carefully crafted environments that conceal a litany of collectibles....

July 3, 2025 · 7 min · 1290 words · Sydney Long

Tips For Making Great Boss Fights In DnD

Boss fights can often be one of the trickiest encounters to manage inDungeons & Dragonsdue to the action economy of the game heavily skewing fights against a single monster in favor of the PCs (player characters). In other words, it’s hard for a monster with a single action to compete against a party of three or more players that’s taking actions and bonus actions. RELATED:Dungeons & Dragons: Best Player Backgrounds Many boss monsters presented in the Monster Manual and other D&D sourcebooks attempt to solve this conundrum through the introduction of legendary actions and lair actions which give a boss additional moves....

July 3, 2025 · 7 min · 1296 words · Dean Moore

Who Are Nada, Polo And The Anomaly In NMS?

Quick Links There are plenty of NPCs to meet inNo Man’s Skyand none of them are quite like Nada and Polo. This time-traveling twosome is known to every Traveller and they’re always willing to help out from within their massive multiverse hopping machine. RELATED:No Man’s Sky: Who Were The Gek First Spawn? They provide a unique currency known as Quicksilver, a haven to socialize in for a while, and a place to pick up work or sell your wares....

July 3, 2025 · 5 min · 922 words · Sue Walker

Who Is Louisoix Leveilleur In Final Fantasy XIV?

Quick Links Before the events of A Realm Reborn and all of its expansions, there was only the original version ofFinal Fantasy 14. The game was very different back then, but much of what once was has been carried over into the current version of the game. Related:Final Fantasy 14: Who Are The Twelve? One of these characters, Louisoix Leveilleur, was a prominent figure in the original version of Final Fantasy 14, and is still referenced in various content....

July 3, 2025 · 4 min · 851 words · Richard Watson

Why Did Redfall Launch Broken?

Star Wars Jedi: Survivorcame out four days ago.Tears of the Kingdomis out in less than two weeks. This is a bad time to release a video game, especially one with the main purpose of bolstering your brand and offering a prestige exclusive, while relying on hopefully convincing enough floating gamers to try out your fairly niche new IP. It’s a bad time to release a game like that even if it was perfect....

July 3, 2025 · 4 min · 721 words · Douglas Higgins

Why Is Everything ‘Punk’ Now?

Everything is punk now. Nothing is punk now. As you probably read in my subheading, and have almost definitely noticed as a trend in games, books, and further afield, the -punk suffix can be attached to basically any word now, with complete disregard for the original intention. Frostpunk is just… cold? Biopunk replaces cybernetic enhancements of cyberpunk for those of a more biological nature, but rarely discusses the transhuman ideas as its progenitor does....

July 3, 2025 · 5 min · 993 words · Kenneth Jennings

Wild Hearts Will Get Free Post-Launch DLC And No Microtransactions

We’re just two weeks away from the release of Wild Hearts, EA and Koei Tecmo’s upcoming Monster Hunter-like adventure. We’vealready got a pretty good idea of what to expect, from its Japanese folklore-inspired beasties to its magical trap-making artifacts, but thanks to a Reddit AMA with the game’s executive producer, we now know what to expect from Wild Hearts post-launch. Executive producer Lewis Harveytold Redditorsthat fans can look forward to free content updates after Wild Hearts drops later this month (with thanks toVGC)....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Andrew Olsen

Xbox Series X Sales Reportedly 12 Million Behind PS5

It’s hard to believe the current generation ofPlayStationandXboxconsoles is already well over two years old. As both become more widely available following shortages for those first two years, comparing sales numbers now starts to paint a better picture of how each has performed so far. A little more than two years in, thePS5currently has an almost 12 million unit lead over theXbox Series X|S. Since Xbox rarely reveals how many consoles it has sold, those latest figures are based on estimates published byAmpere Analysis’ Piers Harding-Rolls(thanks,VGC)....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Tammy Sharp

10 Best Games On The PS Plus Classics Catalog

Summary With so much to choose from, you may have a hard time figuring out where to start. We’ve picked a variety of our personal favorites for your recommended PlayStation Plus Premium perusal. 9Blood Omen: Legacy Of Kain Before Soul Reaver, there was Blood Omen. Before Raziel, there was Kain. The original Legacy of Kain game certainly hasn’t aged gracefully on the visual front, but narratively speaking, it’s still a nigh-unparalleled tale in the annals of the first two years of the PlayStation 1....

July 2, 2025 · 5 min · 879 words · Shirley Hopkins