Bend Studio Distances Itself from Days Gone Director

Bend Studio, the company behindDays Gone, has distanced itself from game director John Garvin after he makes some controversial comments. Unlike many first-party PlayStation games,Days Gonereviews were mixed at the time of its release, and despite the open world zombie game being a commercial success, Sony ultimately decided to pass on producing a sequel.Days Gonedirector John Garvin played a key role at Bend Studio for many years, leading the charge on the studio’s popularSyphon Filterseriesand serving as director for the handheld gamesResistance: RetributionandUncharted: Golden Abyss....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Christopher Dunn

Best Dark Romance Light Novels

Summary Emotions can run high during the Halloween season. There’s the fear of spooky things lurking in the darkness, the joy of dressing up as scary figures like vampires, werewolves, and 90s boyband members, and the disappointment of getting a rock while trick-or-treating. But can love also bloom among the falling leaves? There’s no one saying it couldn’t, but going with any ordinary romance story feels out of step with the season....

May 26, 2025 · 7 min · 1378 words · Renee Boyer

Best Gun Runners Weapons In Fallout: New Vegas

Summary Fallout: New Vegasdoesn’t have the best arsenal of weapons across the multitude of Wastelands. That was until the Gun Runners' Arsenal DLC brought about an abundance of exciting weapons, filled with modifications, attachments, and visual flair to create new destructive capabilities for those seeking the best weapons inFallout: New Vegas. These powerful weapons all offer an element of fun and danger, whether it’s an explosive fist, the claw of a monster, or a standard rifle that can boast the best damage output in the game....

May 26, 2025 · 7 min · 1352 words · Ryan Nguyen

Best Underappreciated 2012 Games That Still Hold Up

The gaming industry has been riding a wave of success for decades now, as the form of entertainment continues to grow in popularity and prominence. The financial growth of the industry is reflected in the games themselves, as video games today have farsuperior visuals, improved sound design,better-written stories, and are simply much bigger and more complex than they used to be, to the point where it’s hard to believe thatAdventureandGhost of Tsushimawere released just four decades apart....

May 26, 2025 · 4 min · 814 words · Karen Roth

Blade and Sorcery Mod Basically Makes It VR Harry Potter

Blade and Sorceryis a fantasy VR game currently in early access on Steam and being developed by WarpFrog. The game’s focus on physics-based fighting gives its sword combat a weightiness that is often missing fromVR games. Its emphasis on sandbox arenas and creating unique fighting styles has also made the game the perfect jumping off point for modders that wish to add new weapons and spells to the game. As is the case with most mods, the first instinct for many modders was to add pop-culture items and weapons to the game....

May 26, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Tony Hernandez

Dead Island 2 Offers a New Hope for the KOTOR Remake

Delays are a common occurrence in the video game industry. It’s often the case that a game will be announced with a release date slated long before the developer has made any serious headway on the project, making a delay almost inevitable.Indie and AAA gamesalike suffer from delays, and it’s simply a necessary evil to ensure that the game releases in a finished state. But every so often, a project can be delayed not only out of its original release year, but out of any release slate altogether, leading to its indefinite disappearance....

May 26, 2025 · 3 min · 622 words · Laurie Charles

Destiny 2: Shadowkeep: 10 Unanswered Questions We Want Resolved In DLC

As we slowly round out another year in the Destiny universe, many questions still remain unanswered. While Bungie plans to supportDestiny 2for the foreseeable future with many years and seasons planned, they still have many loose ends to tie up. RELATED:Destiny 2: 5 Areas Every Player Loves To Explore (& 5 Everyone Avoids) WhileDestiny 1may have introduced fan-favorite characters and enemies, players still haven’t even come in direct contact with The Darkness....

May 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1091 words · Dominic Robinson

Diablo 4: The Case for and Against a Healer Class

New information regardingDiablo 4is likely months away, with the next obvious time for it being BlizzConline in 2021. That hasn’t stopped fans from debating and speculating, though. A recent aggregate poll tallied a bunch of votes from the community, particularly on classes that fans wanted. On it were some obvious points, like howNecromancer is the most demandedDiablo 4classalongside the Amazon, but there were often odd requests: classes that didn’t exists, races that didn’t make sense, and quite often, a dedicated Healer class request....

May 26, 2025 · 5 min · 879 words · Jonathan Anderson

Disney Dreamlight Valley: How to Catch Tilapia

Fishing is a crucial part of many adventure and life-simulator games, andDisney Dreamlight Valleyis no exception. As players delve deeper into the magical world ofDisney Dreamlight Valley, they find a variety of fish that they can use to make mouth-watering recipessuch as Fish Pasta, earn star coins quickly, and share with other characters to increase their friendship levels, all of which help players build their dream kingdom. Tilapia is one of the many fish species that Dreamers can catch inDisney Dreamlight Valley....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 418 words · Molly Odonnell

Fans of Dredge Should Check Out This Deep Sea Horror Movie

The deep sea is a great setting for both video games and movies. It suggests a sense of adventure as there is a lot to explore and there are endless possibilities. There are many underwater games likeBeyond Blue, Song of the Deep, andMythic Ocean.Dredgeis a great addition to this category and is endlessly fascinating and entertaining. It also has an incredibly fun setting, which is what sets it apart and makes it special....

May 26, 2025 · 4 min · 754 words · Ivan Carter

Fight Club Original Ending Restored In China After Being Censored

David Fincher’s cult classicFight Club, which is about a Narrator (Edward Norton) discovering and combating his dangerous, anarchist alter-ego (Brad Pitt), recently received a new ending on a Chinese streaming service,Tencent Video. Following the backlash, it appears the originalFight Clubending has now been restored by the Chinese streamer. The original conclusion ofFight Clubshows the destruction of the alter-ego but his plan of “total chaos” and “financial equilibrium” just beginning as the film’s last frames display buildings exploding in front of the protagonist and his love interest (Helena Bonham Carter)....

May 26, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Catherine Crawford

Final Fantasy 14 Releases Preliminary Patch 6.3 Notes

Final Fantasy 14pulled back the curtain on what is coming in Patch 6.3 next week with the preliminary notes for the update. The preliminary notes were released with just a few days to go untilFinal Fantasy 14players get their hands on Patch 6.3, Gods Revel, Lands Tremble. Earlier this week,Final Fantasy 14producer and director Naoki “Yoshi-P"Yoshida released a New Year’s Day letterto players and thanked them for their continued support of the game....

May 26, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Joy Snyder

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Producer Had to Stop Playing Zelda

Summary The producer ofFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthhas revealed that he had to stop playingThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomwhile working on the latest game in theFinal Fantasy 7 Remaketrilogy. WithFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthrecently wrapping up development, the producer has been understandably too busy with his own game to see Link’s adventure to its conclusion. With the release ofFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the highly-anticipated sequel toFinal Fantasy 7 Remake, the wait for fans to play the game is finally over....

May 26, 2025 · 3 min · 505 words · Ryan Gilbert