9 Best Games Based in Britain

Great Britain isn’t usually a setting we associate with video games. Despite its long and influential history, its crowded nature and relative lack of environmental diversity make it less appealing thandestinations like America or Asia. However, there are still a good number of high-quality games that take place in Shakespeare’s “precious stone set in the silver sea”. 10 Best Games Set In Feudal Japan, Ranked This historical setting has become an aesthetic and cultural staple in video games, one featuring some incredible and unforgettable titles....

August 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1228 words · Michael Tran

9 Popular Gaming Franchises Where The Original Is Best

A sequel is the natural means of evolution in a game series.A way to take what was good about the original and then build on that solid foundation to produce something that is both familiar, but completely different. That’s always the aim, but in some cases, developers knock it out of the park with their first game to such an extent that they can never quite reach the lofty heights they reached first time out....

August 7, 2025 · 8 min · 1584 words · Albert Melton

A Weird Culture War Is Brewing Between Starfield And Baldur's Gate 3 Fans

When it comes to games on the horizon, there’s few that can generate as much buzz as upcoming titlesStarfieldandBaldur’s Gate 3. While both are roleplaying games with exclusivity to PC and just one console each (Xbox Series X|S for Starfield; PlayStation 5 for Baldur’s Gate 3), there’s not much the two share in common, as the former is a space exploration game made in the easily recognizable Bethesda style and the other is a more traditional fantasy RPG rooted in the lore of Dungeons & Dragons....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 575 words · Rachel Horn

Astro Bot: Crumble Rumble 3 Collectible Locations

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed If you love collecting PlayStation games and are a platinum hunter, you’re no stranger to the thrill and frustration of hunting down all theAstro Botcollectibles. Each of the five main galaxies has several levels that hold secrets you’ll need to uncover ThisAstro Botcollectible guide covers the Crumble Rumble 3 collectible locations for the Serpent Starway galaxy....

August 7, 2025 · 4 min · 747 words · Allison Wheeler

Blizzard Provide a Statement on Overwatch “Ellie” Controversy After Investigation

Last Friday, it wasreported that a pro female player for Overwatch named “Ellie"had been forced out of Second Wind, the competitive league she was in due to constant harassment made by the online community which questioned her legitimacy because she wouldn’t provide her real first and last name. This then lead to “doxxing” threats and a host of drama that, in the end, wasn’t worth the hassle leading the player to quit....

August 7, 2025 · 5 min · 1046 words · Paula Curry

Choo Choo Charles Receives December Release Date

As reported byEuroGamer, the upcoming open-world horror adventureChoo Choo Charleswill be launched on August 06, 2025, as the developer officially reveals the release date for the highly anticipated indie title featuring a spider train as the lead antagonist in a new trailer! If you don’t follow the news for indie games, Choo Choo Charles might not sound familiar to you, but it is already an anticipated horror experience coming from a small independent development team that has worked on a few smaller games previously....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Crystal Brown

Destiny 2 Season Of The Wish: How To Earn Spirit Of Riven Reputation

Riven of Thousand Voices, a deadly Ahamkara that once was a real threat to the Awoken and the Guardians, is now back in the form of a spirit inDestiny 2Season of the Wish to grant one last wish that could take players one step closer to catching up with The Witness. Destiny 2: 10 Best Machine Guns, Ranked Machine Guns can offer a deadly and powerful tool in the heat of combat....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Kimberly Gonzalez

Easy AntiCheat Broken On Hunt: Showdown 1896

Always a lovely day when things just don’t work at all. Hunt: Showdown 1896has recently been updated with a patch, moving to version 2.4.0.2. The update’sofficial steam postreveals its contents: a simple pair of bug fixes and nothing else. Except there is something else! It revokes Steam Deck compatibility. ThePvPvEgame doesn’t work on Steam Deck anymore. Instead of getting actual gameplay, you’ll see a popup complaining about the lack of anticheat when you try and boot the game....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 417 words · Katie Rojas

Episode 4 of Dandadan Took an Unnecessary Risk that All But Confirmed it as Anime of the Year

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed The long-awaited anime adaptation of the famous new-gen Shonen manga series,Dandadan, has become the recent talk of the town. With the release of Episode 4, it has masterfully drawn a conclusion to the manga’s very first arc. The response has been phenomenal, with fans and critics singing songs of its praises. That’s not all though....

August 7, 2025 · 4 min · 787 words · Carla Sexton

Fez Launches Ten Years Later On Switch – What Happened in the Phil Fish Controversy?

After ten years, Fez finds a new home on the Nintendo Switch. At the Indie World Showcase yesterday, Nintendo unleashed all their games heading to the Switch. Among the lineup, the classic indie titleFezwas announced nearly ten years after it first launched. Originally an Xbox 360 title and then jumping over to PC, mobile, PS3, PS4 and Vita,Fezreceived positive feedback from critics and players alike with its puzzle-solving gameplay, even winning a few awards....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Victoria Anderson

Forget Playing Tetris on the Switch, Try This Backpack Instead

At last nights Nintendo Direct, we saw some top-tier announcements withThe Legend Of Zelda: Link’s Awakeningremakeprobably being my most anticipated title. Another classic game that got introduced wasTetris 99- but with a twist as the Battle Royale craze has no limits it seems and has set its sights on the pureness of the retro hit. If the thought of playing the BR influenced title on your switch doesn’t set your pulse racing, then let me introduce another versatile way you can play - with no battle royale in sight, too....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 434 words · John Gould

Gearbox CEO Remarks on Original Claptrap Voice Actor's Absence from Borderlands 3

Just when you thought all thecontroversy surroundingBorderlands 3has faded away, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford took to Twitter to give his two cents on David Eddings', the original Claptrap voice actor, departure. “The issue today is that Mr. Eddings is bitter and disgruntled about having been terminated,” states Pitchford in a Twitter thread discussing Eddings departure. “He was offered two-times scale, he refused. I don’t want him to do it unless he wants to do it, as motivation affects performance....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · John Mora

God of War Ragnarok Combat and Villains Detailed in Official Trailer

God of War Ragnarök’s updated combat and enemies got an official rundown in a trailer released yesterday. The trailer features many of the game’s developers, who are helping to bring the epic tale to life before its launch early next month. As reported earlier this month,Ragnarök has gone gold, meaning the game is in a complete state ahead of its November 9 release date. The game follows Kratos and Atreus three years after the events that concluded in 2018’s God of War reboot....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 398 words · Jonathan Barrett