Final Fantasy 14's Echoes Of Vana'Diel Alliance Raid Gameplay Revealed

Final Fantasy 14’slatest live letter has been released, giving us an even further look atsnazzy new content coming in Patch 7.1, which is titled Crossroads. We’ve got a lot of content coming in this patch, including more of the game’s MSQ,the first ever Chaotic Alliance Raid, and a brand-new dungeon, so we don’t have to spam Strayborough Deadwalk constantly in Expert Roulette, but the main attraction was arguably Dawntrail’s Alliance Raid series....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 474 words · Nichole Cox

Games We Wish Were Crossplay

Multiplayer gamesare a great way to connect with friends, especially if you don’t live near each other. While many games are available on various consoles, not all of them are cross-platform. That means a game you play on PlayStation may not be compatible with your friend’s version on PC. Crossplay makes multiplayer games available to a wider range of players, so your squad can team up from all sorts of platforms....

June 24, 2025 · 5 min · 882 words · Kimberly Olsen

Games Where You Can Customize Your NPCs

Summary Games give you the opportunity that no other medium does. Unlike a film or show, if you don’t like the way something or someone exists in your game, it’s not a problem! If you have the means, you may tailor everything, from your encampment or base to the very people you recruit, to your tastes. That was before games allowed you to tinker around with NPCs and open up a whole new level of customization for you to dip your fingers in and make into your image....

June 24, 2025 · 6 min · 1103 words · Heidi Thomas

Hades 2 Is Taking A Surprisingly Nuanced Approach To Polyamory

Supergiant Gameshas released the first major update forHades 2, which brings with it a new zone, new characters, new weapons, new dialogue, and plenty of other surprises. Its reveal trailer goes over all the additions, but Supergiant has made a point that plenty of surprises still wait beneath the surface for players to discover. One of these surprises is the subtle ways in which character relationships are expanded. After each run you unlock new dialogue, with characters appearing in the hub area to further their own arcs or make remarks on the run you either just succeeded or, more likely, failed in....

June 24, 2025 · 5 min · 992 words · Stephen Pratt

Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster Spotted On ESRB

Just seven years after it was released, and despite already being backwards compatible with a current-gen patch,Horizon Zero Dawnis getting a remaster. As reported byTwisted Voxel, the game was revealed ahead of an official announcement onthe ESRB rating board, but it only tells us the name and that it will launch for PC and PS5. Itcouldbe an enhanced version slated forthe PS5 Pro’s release on November 7to show off the console’s improved tech, but that’s purely speculative....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · Timothy Carroll

Hot To Beat Giga Bites Level In Funko Fusion

Quick Links With your plans thwarted once again, it looks like this time, you will need to rescue Maisie and Beta before you can leave Jurassic World. To do so, it looks like you will have to first find the Gigantosaurus that helped thwart your plans. Luckily,Funko Fusiondoesn’t leave you on a cliffhanger for long, as we get to dive right back into the action with the next mission, Giga Bites....

June 24, 2025 · 6 min · 1173 words · Patrick Liu

How Can Remedy's Multiplayer Shooter Thrive Under These Conditions?

We sawAlan WakedeveloperRemedyfinally announce its multiplayerControlspin-off at last week’s Xbox Partner Preview, and it looks… cool, as far as multiplayer shooters go.FBC: Firebreakputs you in the shoes of a first responder in the Federal Bureau of Control, the brutalist federal agency building we see Jesse Faden exploring in the main game. In the three-player cooperative FPS, this unit of Firebreakers has to control “reality-warping anomalies” and “otherworldly monsters”, according to the game’sSteam description....

June 24, 2025 · 4 min · 803 words · Jonathan Rollins

How Long Is Shadows Of The Damned: Hella Remastered?

Quick Links Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remasteredis a graphically-overhauled version of the 2011 Grasshopper Manufacture game that received quite a bit of hype before its original launch. It saw multiple Japanese legends collaborate on the same project (Suda51, producer Shinji Mikami, and composer Akira Yamaoka), and this remaster provides a great opportunity for younger gamers to experience their shared vision. The story follows Garcia Hotspur, a hunter who travels to the underworld after his girlfriend, Paula, is kidnapped by Fleming, the Lord of Demons....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Erica Glenn

How To Complete A Pirate's Love In Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed

Quick Links A Pirate’s Love is a quest inDisney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed. It is given by Damien Salt once you reach Ventureland. It is a sub-quest of The Door in Ventureland that is one of the Epic Quests needed to progress the story. Being one of the longest quests in the game, it requires you to visit different areas in search of various items before bringing them back to Ventureland....

June 24, 2025 · 4 min · 644 words · Kaitlyn Lin

How To Create And Join Parties In Throne And Liberty

Quick Links Throne and Libertyis an MMO that, while it can be played mostly solo, is primarily built to be played as part of a group. Guilds are a huge aspect of the overall metagame, and playing with Guildmates is going to net you more consistent rewards. That being said, you don’t have to be part of a Guild in order to play with other players. There are always groups in Throne and Liberty looking for one or two characters of a particular role for something, and knowing how to either create or join a party is going to expedite the process tremendously....

June 24, 2025 · 5 min · 865 words · Kimberly Wright

How To Defeat Sogne The Icebound In Metaphor: ReFantazio

Quick Links In a challenging boss battle that’s in many ways as much a fight against Rella as against the legendary beast itself,Metaphor: ReFantazio’s Sogne the Icebound puts up fierce resistance and can quickly prove more than a match for the protagonist and his steadfast allies. It’s one of Metaphor’s biggest difficulty spikes, at least insofar as the main story is concerned. Our guide on how to beat Sogne the Icebound is based on multiple runs, each of which gave us a stronger feel for what makes the fight potentially rough, and how to bypass that roughness outright....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 630 words · Joseph Lane

How To Farm Iris In Hades 2

Quick Links Iris is one of the Greeneries added toHades 2with the release of the Olympic Update. Similar to other flowers, it is used to do some incantations at the Cauldron in the Crossroads. Aside from being exclusive to Mount Olympus, getting Iris is somewhat RNG-dependant. Before you’re able to begin, however, you will need to progress through the Surface after defeating Polyphemus as well as Eris. This guide covers everything there is to know about farming the Iris flower from Mount Olympus and its uses in some incantations....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · William Rangel

How To Find And Defeat Each Elmenta In Metaphor: ReFantazio

Quick Links While you’re adventuring inMetaphor: ReFantazio, you’ll find yourself encountering strange little orb enemies called Elmentas. They’re rare, often only one appearing in a dungeon or area at a time, and what’s more frustrating is that they can be tough to beat for a couple of reasons. Fortunately for you, we’ve got everything you need to know right here, covering which Elmenta you can find where, how to defeat them all, and why you’d want to bother tackling these strange enemies to begin with....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Melissa Mendoza