Baldur's Gate 3: Should You Give The Kith'rak The Artefact

Players have to decide early if they try to get the artefact from Shadowheart inBaldur’s Gate 3. Regardless of that outcome, at a certain stage, the artefact is given to the player, and they get to decide what to do with it.It’s a mysterious objectand no amount of skill-checking success reveals the truth about the device. So, when two Kith’rak NPCs ask for the artefact, players will be conflicted. On one hand, they may be giving up something that has been useless so far and does very little....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Brandon Cooper

Battalion 1944 Developer Ends Partnership With Square Enix

Battalion 1944began as a collaboration between two studios, which merged to form Bulkhead Interactive. A multiplayer first-person shooter set during World War 2,Battalion 1944was intended to challengeCall of DutyandBattlefield, with the developer hoping to “revive old-school FPS for the next generation.”Even after securing Square Enix as a publisher for the game, though, that’s not entirely how things ended up. In 2016, Bulkhead launched aKickstarter campaign to fundBattalion 1944and met with unexpected success, hitting the funding goal in just three days and going on to raise approximately $375,000....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 488 words · Angela Mcdowell

Battlefield 2042 Update 4.1 Patch Notes Detail Changes Coming to the FPS

Despite a dwindling player base and continued frustrations among its community, support forBattlefield 2042continues from developer EA DICE. On Wednesday, May 18, Electronic Arts announced the upcoming release ofBattlefield 2042’s 4.1 patch. The update makes a series of small fixes, as well as a larger change that may shock someBattlefield 2042players. The larger change is the now-confirmed removal of 128-player Breakthrough mode, though it’s only on certain platforms.DICE confirmed today that it’s removing the 128-player version of Breakthrough fromBattlefield 2042’sAll-Out Warfare playlists, but only for the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S player ecosystem....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Angelica Farley

Bethesda Indiana Jones Game Was Going to Be Multi-Plat Before Xbox Acquisition

Bethesda has revealed that the upcomingIndiana Jonestitle from MachineGames will be an Xbox and PC exclusive. The confirmation was made as part of the witness testimony in the ongoing FTC v. Microsoft hearing as theFTC looks to block the Activision Blizzard deal. It’s worth noting that not much is known about the seemingly ambitiousIndiana Jonesgame, particularly its platform availability until today’s hearing. While general expectations hinted that Microsoft would have offered an update on MachinesGames' project at the recently concluded Xbox showcase, the company has remained silent for the most part....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Kent Walker

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Battle Pass Price Confirmed

Today is a big day forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare, as today marks the start ofthe first ofModern Warfare’s post-launch seasons. With that comes with the debut of the first Battle Pass in aCall of Dutygame, which will enable players to earn XP and unlock new items through regular gameplay throughout Season 1. It’s going to cost players something to get everything the Pass has to offer, but luckily it won’t break the bank for them....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 481 words · Judith Hatfield

Cyberpunk 2077 May Feature Avengers Actor

Cyberpunk 2077may feature an actor who starred inAvengers: Endgame. Developer CD Projekt RED has confirmed thatThe Matrixstar Keanu Reeves will be in the game, playing rockstar Johnny Silverhand, but this suggests that the game will feature more big names. On Reddit, aCyberpunk 2077fan named animosityhavoc used AI to denoise, sharpen, and upscale the resolution of one of the game’s screenshots. The screenshot features a character in the background but using this AI allowed the fan to get a closer look at the character’s face....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Brittany Lawson

Cyberpunk 2077's Sequel Should Double Down on One Customization Feature

Summary Fans looking forward to the sequel toCyberpunk 2077may be in for a long wait, as developer CD Projekt Red has a lot of irons in the fire at the moment betweenThe Witcherseries and this upcoming title. Following the release of the Phantom Liberty DLC forCyberpunk 2077, interest in the game has been reignited following a controversial launch back in 2020. Since the sequel is still likely a way out, CD Projekt Red should take its time to improve one lackluster customization feature present inCyberpunk 2077from day one, and it might find inspiration in other modern sci-fi RPGs....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 586 words · Howard Hernandez

Demon Slayer: Who is Yoriichi Tsugikuni?

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’sEntertainment District Arcrevealed a lot of new information; starting from the unveiling of Upper Moon six to some explanation of the mystery behind Tanjiro’s Sun Breathing style. In theEntertainment District Arc, the series subtly depicts a mysterious character - a Demon Slayer, Yoriichi Tsugikuni, through Kamado Tanjiro, using some eye-catching foreshadowing. Yoriichi Tsugikuni is a supporting character in the series, but he’s central to the culture-rich history of the Demon Slayers....

June 10, 2025 · 5 min · 890 words · Deborah Gonzales

Devs Reveal How PS5 Games Will Use the DualSense Controller's Features

This week, Sony released the first PlayStation 5 commercial, providing a visual showcase of how the gaming system will focus on the concept of “immersion” with its new features. The commercial made sure to emphasize how one of the best tools thePlayStation 5will use to pull this off is the new DualSense controller. Now, the PlayStation blog has published a new post that follows up on the PS5 ad and focuses on the importance of the console’s new controller....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Megan Powell

Dying Light 2 Dev Says Gut Feeling Update And Dead Island 2 Release 'Clashed' In Same Week

Dying Light 2recently released its Gut Feeling update, which allows players to dive back into the game and experience its updated gore and brutality effects, improved combat, a new live event, and more. TheDying Lightfranchise has been long compared toDead Island, with both being action role-playing survival video games and involving escaping from different types of virals or zombies. Both series originated under the same studio, Techland, but the developer eventually went on to focus onDying LightandDying Light 2whileDead Island 2went through different studios before landing at Dambuster Studios....

June 10, 2025 · 5 min · 871 words · Andrew Giles

Every Diablo 4 Server Slam and Beta Reward Players Will be Able to Claim on Launch

With the launch ofDiablo 4fast approaching, players who participated in the pre-release betas like the Server Slam may have some goodies waiting for them when logging in for the first time. Blizzard offered participants the chance to earn certain special cosmetic items for their characters by completing specific tasks during the open beta that ran from March 24-26 and the Server Slam beta, which ran from May 12-14.Diablo 4players who took part in these betas will want to claim any rewards they earned during those periods in order to show off their accomplishments to other players....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 582 words · Corey Cruz

Fallout: 10 Plot Details You Never Knew About The Great War

Fans of theFalloutseries can get first-hand accounts of Post-War life by simply playing the game, but details concerning the Great War itself are sketchy at best. However, that doesn’t mean they aren’t existent. Between the histories of various in-gamefactionsand old pre-war records, a crafty and dedicated player can piece together a veritable trove of information concerning it. RELATED:Fallout: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Brotherhood Of Steel InFallout 4, players are able to explore theregion where the bomb hit Boston, finding notes, log entries, and corpses of the people who were unfortunate enough to be at ground zero....

June 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1191 words · Allison Lowe

Final Fantasy 14 Pizza Bug Is Turning Player Characters Into Jumpscares

Summary AsFinal Fantasy 14: Dawntrailbegan its early access window, some players reported a bug that certain characters experienced when using the “Eat Pizza” emote, which caused facial features to pop out of place for a brief time before returning to normal. TheFinal Fantasy 14bug was stated by players to only affect male au ra characters with the Face 1 preset option. Although the full release ofDawntrailis still slated for July 2, that has not stopped players from returning toFinal Fantasy 14and playing through the new expansion during its early access window....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 610 words · Derrick Woodard