Doom: The Dark Agesis the latest in a long line of games for which the physical release is basically just a download code for the actual game. Less than a GB of the game’s content is actually contained on the disc. So to play Doom: The Dark Ages onPS5orXbox, players who picked up the physical edition still need to download the vast majority of the game. At a baseline, this is really obnoxious and inconvenient....

It’s been a month sinceDune: Awakeninglaunched, and it’s given us a pretty good idea of what Arrakis would be like.Sandworms ruining your day,people attacking you even when you’re not in a war, andlots of sand everywhere. While most of us knew what life on the planet would be like thanks to the movies and books, it seems not everyone knew about the long-term effects of spice. Spice is the unobtanium of the Dune universe, so everything revolves around finding and harvesting it....

Summary The one thing I’ve never been able to nail down inElden Ringis the Two Fingers andthe Greater Will. It’s a side of the lore that completely confounds me. I thought I was getting a handle on the concept (mostly thanks to VaatiVidya’s extensive breakdowns), but then came crashingShadow of the Erdtreewith its Mother of Fingers. From what I can gather,Metyr was the first ‘meteorite’ to hit the Lands Between, or rather, the Greater Will’s first envoy....

Summary Elden Ring Nightreignis now just about a week away. You and two friends will be able to traverse across Limveld as various class characters,some more famous than others. You’ll also come across some familiar faces fromFromSoftware’s pantheon of nightmarish bosses, but they’ll be tougher than you remember. Thankfully, you don’t have to play with two other players if you don’t want to. Nightreign will scale accordingly if you go solo....

With the fighting game genre seemingly going througha cooling-off period right now, it is impossible to say if another Capcom Vs. SNK title is on the cards. So, the mutual exchange of guest characters between Capcom and SNK may be the closest we are going to get. In anticipation of Ken’s release forFatal Fury: City of The Wolves, I had a chance to play around with Ryu’s boo. While he may feel a little like a consolation prize for fans still hoping for a CVS3, I am happy to report that Ken works extremely well as a bridge between City of the Wolves and Street Fighter 6....

Final Fantasy 14fans are no stranger to pricey cosmetics. We get a decent amount of stuff for our subscriptions, but there will always be premium outfits and mounts that you have to buy with real money from the game’s shop,as Square Enix tries to wring as much cash from its golden goose as it can. It’s kind of seedy, but an expected part of the MMO service these days. There is a breaking point though, and a lot of Final Fantasy 14 fans have reached it with the new outfit that has just gone on sale....

Final Fantasyis famous for its intricate, dramatic, and often wildly impractical character designs. From belts on belts to asymmetrical outfits and flowing capes, the series leans hard into high fantasy fashion with a distinct flair for the theatrical. It’s not uncommon for characters to look like they just walked off the set of a music video, or out of a Hot Topic catalog. Whether it’s Tidus’s one-legged cargo shorts, Machina’s red cape, or Noctis’s all-black ensemble, Final Fantasy characters embrace bold, unconventional styles that prioritize aesthetics over realism....

A true open world is the dream of many players. It is hard to make a world on that scale with the necessary detail. If you’ve ever went traveling, you’ll realise that the planet we live in is quite big. Really, almost insurmountably so. And getting that sense of size into a videogame is hard. We need some limitations so we don’t just go off in every direction endlessly. But what if you could?...

Summary The quality of each game in theBorderlandsseries is subjective, and there are proponents for each instalment. However, the broad consensus is that the series peaked with Borderlands 2, and Gearbox hasn’t quite innovated enough on the formula since then to keep each new game feeling fresh. Gearbox head Randy Pitchford doesn’t necessarily agree with this sentiment, however. Pitchfordrecently polledhis X (formerly Twitter) followers on what metrics are more useful for measuring which game is “better” — positive user reviews or play time....

Summary It’s really happening to Silksong fans, isn’t it? Like really, really. After what feels like an eternity of waiting, almost exactly six years in fact, it seems likeHollow Knight: Silksongis on the precipice of release. The past six months have seen unprecedented rumblings around Team Cherry’sHollow Knightfollow-up, and Silksong’s latest Steam update may be the most significant indication yet that its launch is just around the corner. Hollow Knight: Silksong Supported Platforms Added To Steam In Game’s Latest Update A lot has happened with Hollow Knight: Silksong this year....

Summary Dungeons & Dragonshas a variety of different classes that players can choose from. And, while all of them can make for great characters, some are, frankly, just more fun at the table than others. Some classes, like clerics, for example, lend themselves to more serious character concepts, while bards are inherently going to be more zany and off-kilter. So, if you’re wondering which classes are the most fun at the table, look no further than this comprehensive list....

There’s noCall of Dutywithout guns. The most popular and successful FPS series in video games has brought us back in time for World War II, created conflicts that could take place in our current day, and also gave us a quick look at the future of war. Each era came with a robust number of weapons to use. Assault rifles, sub-machine guns, grenades, tactical and lethal equipment. The list goes on and on, including fictional (and fantastic) guns that you’re able to only use against zombies and recreations of historical weapons like the M1 Garand rifle or the Thompson submachine-gun....

Quick Links WhileShadow Labyrinthmight be a 2D Platformer, it still works a lot like many other souls-like games where you have to spawn all the way back on your last checkpoint if you get defeated by a boss or normal enemy. Thankfully, there are usually checkpoints right before the boss fights, making your journey easier. Duke Sirius is one of the minibosses in the game, and you’ll have to use your checkpoint quite a lot of times when you encounter them in Torn Lands....