Scadutree Fragments are bolstering materials in Elden Ring that improve your Scadutree Blessing, which affects how much damage you deal and negate in Shadow of the Erdtree. Scadutree Fragments function similarly to Golden Seeds and Sacred Tears in that you’ll find them around the map and use them at sites...
Latest Elden Ring patch still doesn’t address performance issues
FromSoftware released a small update for Elden Ring on July 4 that makes a few balance tweaks and issues some bug fixes to the game in the wake of the release of the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. But these changes were overshadowed by increasing frustration from players at From’s...
Nintendo just dropped 7 NES curios on Switch Online for the holiday weekend
No plans for the holiday weekend? An insatiable thirst for retro gaming? Nintendo’s got your back. In the early hours of July 4, the company added no less than seven Nintendo Entertainment System games to the Nintendo Switch Online service, and it’s as eclectic a list as you could wish...
How to get Hefty Fire Pots and Hefty Furnace Pots in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Hefty Fire Pots and Hefty Furnace Pots are items in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, and they have one primary purpose: taking down Furnace Golems, which itself bequeaths Crystal Tears. Getting your hands on them isn’t particularly straightforward though, especially the latter, which are considerably more powerful. This...
Maxxxine isn’t just paying homage to exploitation thrillers… it is one
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ―Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night Ti West’s Maxxxine, the third movie in the horror trilogy West started with 2022’s X and Pearl, features an early scene where a man’s naked scrotum is graphically...
Extremely important Baldur’s Gate 3 tips that the game never tells you
Now that I’m over 150 hours into Baldur’s Gate 3, still actively playing it on my Steam Deck or PC almost every single evening, you’d never guess that I initially gave up on the game 10 hours in. Yes, I was playing on the easiest setting. Yes, I have played...
All Shadow Briefings locations in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2
Shadow Briefings have replaced the job boards in Fortnite as of Chapter 5 Season 2, Myths & Mortals. These computers are scattered all across the island and will give you bounties, vehicles, maps to buried treasure, and supply drops for 100 gold bars. Our Fortnite guide will show you all...
Uh-oh, somebody told the Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 devs about LIDAR
The developers of Microsoft Flight Simulator have a lot to be proud of. Last month, at the FlightSimExpo 2024 in Las Vegas, representatives crowed about their 15 million users and one billion flight sessions logged — numbers Asobo Studio claims put them at the top of the heap as the...
All site of grace locations in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC
Sites of grace are found throughout Shadow Lands of Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, just like they are in the base game. The only change with the DLC is that sites of grace are where you’ll go to gain Shadow Realm Blessing — boosts to your stats with...
Everything we know about ‘Switch 2,’ Nintendo’s next-gen console
Nintendo, notoriously secretive, has so far said almost nothing on the record about its next game console. As the Nintendo Switch celebrated its seventh birthday in March 2024, questions about how much longer it will last are natural: Seven years is a typical lifespan for a console generation, Switch sales...