The banners in Genshin Impact are constantly changing, so it's a good idea to keep track of what the current banners and next banners are, to prepare for a sudden hit to your precious Primogem reserves.Limited-time rotating banners are called 'Event Wishes' in Genshin, and they usually run for three weeks. An Event Wish Banner is never gone for long though, as another one—with a different set of characters—will soon...
Borderlands 2 is free to keep on Steam until June 8, and if you think people are happy about that, well sir, you are wrong. They are in fact madder than hell, and they are expressing their displeasure in the time-honored way of gamers: With a good old-fashioned review bombing.Borderlands 2 is an older game, having come out in 2012, but it's also widely regarded as the best game in...
Path of Exile's whole thing is that it's an action RPG in the style of Diablo 2. It's extremely dense and filled with so many different items and skills that its most dedicated players do all their buildcrafting in a program outside the game. It's for the true sickos who feel left behind by all the modern games that try to simplify the genre. And even though developer Grinding Gear...
I would say I did my time, several tours of duty on the front lines of "blockchain is bullshit, please stop emailing me press releases about NFT MMO Kickstarters." I remain a skeptic and a luddite, about both crypto and its new tech fabulist little brother, generative AI.I want to establish my hater bona fides straight up before I say that EVE Frontier is the lone crypto-associated game that has...
Mario Kart World has dozens of unlockable outfits for its wide cast of characters. These outfits are technically classified as separate characters via the character select screen, but not every character gets outfits. Characters pulled from background environments like Pianta or Dolphin don’t get any outfits, sadly, so your dream of seeing Cow in a cowboy outfit in-game may be dead, but lots of other characters do get outfits. Those...
There are a ton of characters in Mario Kart World (50 to be exact), but you have to unlock a few of them first. If you’re rushing to unlock Cataquack or Rosalina, you’ll want to know the specifics for unlocking certain characters, as some require you to clear a cup, whereas others require you to use the Kamek item. For the sake of organization, we’re considering character outfits an entirely...
Nintendo Switch 2’s GameShare and GameChat are two new ways to play multiplayer games with friends, even if your friends don’t own the game you want to play. One of you needs to own a Switch 2 and a GameShare compatible game to get started, though who you can play with, which games work, and how to create a session depends on whether you’re using GameShare or GameChat. Below, we...
Turns out there are bosses everywhere in Elden Ring Nightreign, including the top of the castle that is normally a pain to clear out. Reddit user Aphod posted a clip showing how to scale its walls and reach the boss sitting on top, bypassing tons of enemies on the way. I hopped into a solo run to test it and, yeah, it totally works.The castle is always located in the...
What do Re-Logic, Eric Barone, and CD Projekt have in common? They won't quit screwing around with (read: improving) their old games: Less than a week after announcing that The Witcher 3 is getting "one more patch" to add cross-platform mod support, the studio revealed today that Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a new update, too.Word of the forthcoming patch was delivered near the end of today's developer stream, which was...
On top of being the upgraded version of the Nintendo Switch, the Switch 2 might be the best way to experience some of the previous generation’s most critically acclaimed titles. Both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom already stole our hearts with their scale, presentation, and gameplay when they were released in 2017 and 2023, respectively. Whether it’s your first time playing or your 50th, the Switch...