Elden Ring and the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC are known for their tough-as-nails bosses. Luckily, one crafty developer found a fun and rewarding way to make use of those baddies. A mod published on NexusMods allows players to summon bosses they’ve defeated onto the battlefield as allies. In other...
Game Pass adding the best Resident Evil, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in January
Game Pass subscribers have a hearty January ahead of them, with two big games coming to Microsoft’s game subscription service: Capcom’s eminently replayable Resident Evil 2 remake and Ubisoft’s massive, open-world adventure Assassin’s Creed Valhalla join the lineup this month. Resident Evil 2 was released in 2019, and it exemplifies...
Everything we know about OD, Hideo Kojima’s Xbox horror game
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is a very busy guy. Since parting ways with Metal Gear publisher Konami and establishing Kojima Productions as an independent studio in 2015, Kojima has released Death Stranding in partnership with Sony, and announced three more titles: Death Stranding 2, action-espionage game Physint (also...
Palworld is getting its first new Pal and raid battle
Palworld developer Pocketpair has announced the first new Pal to come to the game since its release in January. It’s named Bellanoir, and this fearsome creature is coming to the game as part of the game’s first-ever raid battle. The developers do not have a release date for the update...
Who are Space Marine 2’s new Chaos antagonists, the Thousand Sons?
When Space Marine 2 was first announced, its debut trailer led players to believe the biggest enemy to fight would be the hungry hordes of Tyranids swarming the Imperium. They’re still a major threat, but the latest gameplay trailer revealed the game’s other antagonist: the Thousand Sons, servants of the...
Rogue Trader’s post-launch patches paved the way for Void Shadows
At launch, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader was a tricky game to recommend, even though it’s a lovingly crafted adaptation of the Koronus Expanse, building off lore that I love from the tabletop RPGs. The initial conflict pulled me into the story, and I stuck around to help my companions achieve...
GTA 5 leaving Game Pass as year of GTA 6 hype kicks off
Game Pass ended 2023 with a strong lineup that included heavy hitters like Remnant: From the Ashes, Against the Storm, Far Cry 6, and Rise of the Tomb Raider. 2024 will kick off with a handful of big games leaving Microsoft’s subscription service, including Grand Theft Auto 5, Persona 3...
All DLC armor locations in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
There are plenty of unique armor sets for you to collect in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree. Whether you want to amplify your style with a cool bear pelt hat, or up your defenses to prepare for the challenges ahead, you’ll find what you’re looking for in the Shadow...
Microsoft to Minecraft players: Don’t update with Xbox app on PC or risk losing your world
If you’re a Minecraft player on PC, don’t update your game using the Xbox app, Microsoft warned Friday. If you do, you risk losing your Minecraft world. You can use the Xbox app to manage updates for your Windows PC and console, and sometimes it can auto-update if you don’t...
All the new video games launching in 2025
After a dismal year for the video game industry, 2025 is looking much brighter and much busier — if only because Rockstar Games plans to release Grand Theft Auto 6 in 2025, and Nintendo promises to deliver a successor to the wildly popular Switch and a bunch of new games...