Elden Ring Nightreign is here, and as I write this there are nearly 300,000 players roaming Limveld in pursuit of statistically-unlikely success in FromSoft's roguelike remix. The launch hasn't been without criticisms, many of which we shared in our Nightreign review, but that apparently hasn't slowed the influx of newly-christened Nightfarers.In a tweet from the official Elden Ring X account, Bandai Namco announced that two million people have played Elden...
OK, I know you just read that headline, but let me admit first off that I don’t actually think Elden Ring is that hard — not if you take it slow and steady, which the game’s design not only allows but encourages. At every step of the way in Elden Ring, you can decide exactly how you want to play it. It’s very customizable and it rewards patience. Elden Ring...
CD Projekt isn't quite finished with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt just yet. The studio announced today that it's got "one more patch" in the works for Geralt's big adventure that will add cross-platform mod support across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S through mod.io."Creating, sharing, and enjoying mods will be easier and more accessible, as players on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S will be able to share...
The Equilibrious Beast expedition is undoubtedly one of the coolest—but also seemingly most challenging—in Elden Ring Nightreign, at least if you don't know how to beat Libra. Once you understand his mechanics, he's actually one of the easier Nightreign bosses on your hitlist, if you can believe it.Like other Nightlords, your work starts right away as you enter the expedition, where you should visit the best rune farming routes and...
I love metropolitan city builders, but once I'm done turning fertile riverside plains into a mess of eight-lane highways and coal plants, I can't help but wonder if I've maybe been a net negative for the world around me. When I saw Life Below on Steam—a city builder all about constructing reefs that opens its Steam description with "the ocean is dying"—I was flooded with the exact blend of guilt...
I really wanted to love the SteelSeries Rival 3 Gen 2 Wireless, and in some ways, I do. It's very versatile, sturdy, and has reminded me of the very real benefits of removable batteries in gaming mice. It's also pretty well priced. Because of all this, I reckon it's ideal for some select use cases.However, I can't recommend it for use as a primary gaming mouse, not when there are...
The Kingmakers system requirements have just been revealed, and it is looking incredibly easy to run. Given how ambitious the game is, and the fact that it's built in Unreal Engine 5 despite those specs, I can only hope it runs as easily as it is to play.As spotted by PCGamesN, you have to go somewhere no person should ever set foot in to find the Kingmakers system requirements: the...
Last week, we asked you to highlight expressive faces from the games you love using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: MrioMoreno5 shares Ellie’s face lighting up in The Last of Us Part II. Couch_Gamer2k23 shares Maelle looking apprehensive in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 EmperorHal shares Deacon grimacing while holding a weapon in Days Gone Remastered xirantics shares Cait Sith with a cheeky grin in Final Fantasy VII...
FromSoftware's clunky UI and coy descriptions are keeping me from truly loving Elden Ring Nightreign
Elden Ring Nightreign is quickly proving itself to be a bit marmite in reception—at least, on first blush. It's my opinion that the game'll likely pick up in opinion as the playerbase, like me, gets used to this bizarre, experimental, and harsh co-op game's eccentricities.Now that I'm well and truly submerged in the Nightreign soup, I'm having a grand old time. I'm familiar with the Executor's ins and outs, what...
Have you seen Pig? You gotta see Pig. At least before the Death Stranding movie. It’s on Netflix right now! Between the recently announced Elden Ring movie from the director of Annihilation and Civil War, and the reinterpretation of the Barney the Dinosaur canon from The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri, boutique film studio A24 is ready to shepherd in a new age of “cash-grab IP” movies over the next few years....