Summary Rise of the Roninfrom developer Team Ninja is a third-person action-adventure title putting players in the role of one of the titular rogue samurai during the closing days of the Edo period, circa 1863. This was an era where Japan was on the cusp of great change due to relations and tensions between Western/foreign influences, the Shogunate of the time, and the populace that was divided over the country’s future direction and place on the global stage....

Summary A modder has recently inserted some of theArmored Core 6: Fires of Rubiconmaps intoElden Ring, creating a curious mixture between the two franchises. BothArmored Core 6andElden Ringare among thehighest-rated FromSoftware games, and this unofficial crossover is certain to amaze fans of these franchises. After coming out last month,Armored Core 6became a huge hit. While the title is yet to reachElden Ring’s mark of over 20 million copies sold, it’s safe to say that both FromSoftware games are among the most successful projects ever made by the developer....

Summary TheStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remakehas been one of the franchise’s most anticipated projects since it was announced in 2021. The original game is ripe with compelling storytelling and rich lore, all of which helped it become one of the most beloved RPGs of all time. To this day,KOTORsits at the top of the mountain in terms ofStar Warsgaming experiences, and a remake could modernize that experience in captivating ways....

Warzone 2 DMZ’smode hasa set of faction missionsfor players to complete and earn XP and sweet loot. One of these missions is the Abandoned Vehicle Mission, which is part of the Shadow Company faction. TheAbandoned Vehicle Missionrequires players to acquire an MRAP-heavy vehicle and drive it around to complete the mission. However, the MRAP vehicle needs a unique key to start running, and players must know where to find this key to complete the second phase of the Abandoned Vehicle Mission....

Summary SPOILERS FOR BALDUR’S GATE 3 AHEAD Baldur’s Gate 3is a game where choice matters, and for the most part, players have complete freedom in their choices. Players can walk into an important area and slaughter every NPC, including important quest givers or recurring characters, well before continuing the main story. There are companions players can reject or straight-up kill, sometimes independent of whether they playthe Dark Urge inBG3. And each companion’s ultimately fate rests in the players' hands either way....

Summary Harrison Jones, his rival Belloc Brightblade, and the ancient sands of a new zone, Uldum, are all part of the new Secondary profession of Achaeology inWorld of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic. Like the other optional professions of Cooking, Fishing, and First Aid, any character can learn Archaeology in addition to their two primary professions. The Archaeology skill makescertain places on the mapvisible as dig sites, and depending on one’s skill level, it can also include locations in Outland, Northrend, and some of the newCataclysmzones....

Players inDestiny 2aren’t shy about using their guardian’s appearance as a canvas to flex their creativity, and one player did just that to turn their Hunter into Guts, the legendary Black Swordsman and protagonist ofBerserk. The game offers plenty of tools to give life to these creative concepts, from the various armor ornaments and transmog options toDestiny’s wealth of shaders. Most of the time these can result in original creations channeling the universe’s blend of fantasy and sci-fi, but some players choose to look outside theDestinyuniverse for inspiration, and that’s exactly what one player did by turning toBerserk....

Summary InDestiny 2’s latest exploit, players found a way to place incompatible weapon parts and perks from one craftable weapon onto another. This resulted in weapons that were able to deal massive amounts of damage due to their new perks, fire rates, ranges, and infinite ammo potential. While the game went through several iterations of fixes to addressDestiny 2’s craftable weapon exploit, the damage was already done by this point. Ultimately, these kinds of exploits putDestiny 2between a rock and a hard place when it comes to offering a balanced difficulty throughout the game while also providing a fun experience....

Summary Destiny 2’s new Prismatic subclass is undoubtedly one of the best features of the latest expansion, The Final Shape. With it, players can wield the powers of both the Light and the Darkness, using a unique combination of abilities from every subclass they’ve learned up to this point. Similarly toDragon’s Dogma 2’s Warfarer vocation,Destiny 2’s Prismatic subclass allows players to build a powerhouse of a Guardian, and these builds can grow even more powerful with the addition of the game’s new Exotic class items....

Summary Honkai: Star Railhas introduced many groups and factions that help push the story forward. After the conclusion of the main Penacony storyline, a group that manyHonkai: Star Railfans want to know more about is the Interastral Peace Corporation’s (IPC) Ten Stonehearts. This is also known as the group of high-ranking IPC executives, such as Aventurine, Topaz, and Jade. The Ten Stonehearts all wield sacred Cornerstones that seal the authority of Diamond, the Emanator of Preservation, within them....

SomeDiablo 4players are calling for Blizzard to include a simple quality-of-life feature that would be a big improvement to the overall gameplay experience by slightly tweaking the way portals work. Their pleas emerged online shortly after the fandom shared agreat idea for tracking world bosses inDiablo 4. Much like the past installments in the franchise,Diablo 4features a plethora of portals that can be used for navigating its world. Its fast travel system revolves around Town Portals, which are located at the center of every settlement....

Summary The cult classics of animehave a distinct allure about them, in that even if one has never seen them, the sheer sight of their iconography registers in the mind as culturally significant. Toei Animation’sMononokeis one such classic that pops up frequently, and its praise is well deserved, for its visual style and narrative prowess make for a uniquely cerebral experience. Aired in 2007,Mononokewas directed by Kenji Nakamura (Gotchaman Crowds,Tsuritama), with scripts by Ikuko Takahashi, Michiko Yokote, and Chiaki J....

Summary It looks like theCall of Dutyfranchise could be making a new logo for theBlack Opssubseries four years after the seventeenth main installment of the series was released.Black Ops: Cold Waris the last installment ofCall of Duty: Black Ops, released on June 20, 2025, and since then, Activision hasn’t worked on another entry of the game. Call of Dutyhas been around for 21 years and has gone through a lot of changes, including branding....