Quick Links Lots of popular RPGs tend to have some sort of cute, loveable mascot character that fights alongside the main party during their quest. ForMetaphor: ReFantazio, that character is none other than Heismay, a former knight of the Shadowguard who is wracked with unending grief over the premature death of his son. Despite being a small bat-like Eugief, Heismay has one of the most complex and saddest character stories in the entire game, which is put on full display during each rank of his follower bond....

Summary Listen, we’ve all been there before. It’s way too early in the morning, you’ve got an assignment due or a work-related project, and fatigue and delirium are at its highest and creativity at its lowest. So you put your best foot forward and hammer away, hoping the end result is solid enough. It turns out, the writer ofClair Obscur: Expedition 33, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, was in this exact predicament during the development of the title....

Quick Links Monster Train 2introduces six new clans compared to the first game: the Banished, the Pyreborne, the Luna Coven, the Underlegion, and the Lazarus League. With the addition of these six new clans, there are actually 180 possible combinations. Defeating the game on Covenant 10 difficulty with all 180 combinations is obviously the most difficult achievement to get. On this journey of trying to figure out which clan is best, we’ve messed around withdozensof combinations, and each clan has its strengths and weaknesses, and this complexity is compounded when you add in all the possible combinations....

Masters of the arcane, it’s finally your time to shine.Dungeons & DragonsUnearthed Arcana celebrates the arcane users of different classes, providing nine arcane-focused subclasses to try out. The cleric, fighter, wizard, and monk all get a chance to delve into the arcane with this Unearthed Arcana, blending spells and features to their original outlook. Arcane users generally infuse their spells or weapons with magical arcane power, and these subclasses allow for more melee-oriented classes to try their hand at doing just that....

Now thatDonkey Kong Bananzais finally in our destructive hands, fans think that they’ve figured out what’s going on with the timeline and why Pauline is so young. You wouldn’t think that a new 3D platformer starringDonkey Kongwould cause any confusion at all, but that hasn’t been the case with Bananza.Not only have fans been confused that we’re not getting the obvious sequel to Super Mario Odyssey, but they’ve also been scratching their headsat the implied changes to the canon....

If you’ve played eitherDoomorDoom: Eternal, then you’ll probably be able to guess howDoom: The Dark Agesstarts. ‘Uh oh, the gates of Hell have opened! Doom Slayer, please kill all the demons!’ Yes, it’s simple, but it’s also why we all keep playing these games - they’re fun shooters, and that’s the whole point. But Doom: The Dark Ages twists the formula by plunging it into medieval times, with no shortage of castles and dragons....

Summary FromSoftwaremight not have any interest in makingBloodborne 2or remastering the original, but at leastElden Ring Nightreignhas an unlockable ability that’s ripped right from the Hunter’s arsenal. One of the most interesting things aboutElden RingNightreign (aside from it being the series' biggest leap into online gaming) is that it’s somewhat of amish-mash between several other FromSoft games. We’ve discussed at length all of thereferences to the various Dark Souls games, but that’s only just scratching the surface....

FromSoftware loves introducingmysterious itemsand NPCs to its games without any explanation. Sure, cryptic item descriptions give you a clue about them, but you’ll have to know a lot about the game’s lore for you to actually understand them.Elden Ring Nightreignhas many such instances, but the massive shadowy figures you see in the distance are probably the most puzzling of all. The game doesn’t tell you who they are or why they’re there, but their towering presence sure does build up the eerie setting of Limveld....

Quick Links Have you ever looked at a piece of furniture or an appliance in your home and wondered how wonderful a person it might be? Maybe if there was even a chance of a romantic future with it? No? Well start considering it, becauseDate Everythingwill have you wondering just how many hidden lives are going on all around you. There are so many different Dateables in the game, from everyday appliances to those deeper feelings you have when you go to bed at night....

So,Grand Theft Auto 6isdelayed again. Now the game isn’t set to release until June 02, 2025. If you took math in college, you probably know that’s over a year from now. If you didn’t take math in college, you probably also know that’s over a year from now because it’s not too complicated, is it? Either way, we are not getting that game for a while. If you’re waiting outside GameStop for that release, I’ve got bad news for you: That GameStop closed four years ago and you’re not waiting for anything but time to pass until God takes you....

Another San Diego Comic Con is in the bag, and, as expected, this year’s event was defined by all manner of massive announcements across film, television, video games, and more. My heart was fixated on theAmphibiapanel featuring show creatorMatt Bralyand story artists Danny Lind and Drew Applegate, alongside Tokyopop editor Andy Rogers. Since the Disney Channel show came to an end in May 2022 - how on earth has it been that long already - this universe of fantastical talking frogs and teenage angst lives on through an assortment of books like Marcy’s Journal and Art of Amphibia....

Fallout 3might’ve launchedway back in 2008, but all these years later, fans are still making new discoveries in the game. Takeu/devo752, who went wandering along the radioactive rivers of the capital only to find a Brotherhood of Steel initiate scorching a few mirelurk corpses. “The purified water’s killing all the mirelurks living in the Basin,” he tells the player. “Lucky me, I get to pull out the floaters and roast them....

Quick Links The Fifth Trial of Aql is located in theHagga Riftzone to the east of the map inDune: Awakening. You’ll need to enter a large cave system which you can’t miss, and the Trial entrance is located right at the bottom of the cave. This can be a bit of a nightmare to enter and exit, so make sure you have a Suspensor Belt to quickly get down without taking fall damage and the Shigawire Claw to help you climb out of the cave when you’ve finished the trial....