Those shadow giants in the distance in Elden Ring Nightreign are over 2 miles tall⁠—almost as big as the Erdtree⁠—and nobody even mentions them in the game

In a new video from Zullie the Witch, the prolific FromSoftware dataminer dug into those shadowy giant guys who appear in the distance on day two of Elden Ring Nightreign. My main takeaway: These guys are big, only eclipsed by the biggest dudes in Armored Core in the FromSoft back catalogue. Zullie measured them to…

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A new Dark Souls 3 lighting tool is giving modders the power to make next-gen facelifts of the FromSoft classic

FromSoftserve on YouTube posted a preview of his upcoming Dark Souls 3 lighting engine mod on July 6, showcasing an in-depth look at DS3 re-imagined with vastly improved lighting and textures. FromSoftserve’s mod is built on top of the DS3LightingEngine, which allows for deep customization of light mechanics. DS3LightingEngine is also a work in progress,…

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Donkey Kong Might Be Getting His Own Movie

According to a new copyright listing. Following the monumental success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, it seems Nintendo and Universal are keen to expand on its new venture beyond the upcoming sequel in 2026. As reported by Nintendo Everything, a new copyright filing has been spotted that is simply listed as ‘Untitled Donkey Kong…

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Ahead of its remaster, GOG added Neverwinter Nights 2 to its preservation program and is also giving owners of the original a ‘loyalty discount’ on the enhanced edition

First spotted by Blue’s News, GOG is showing some love to Neverwinter Nights 2 and its fans ahead of the launch of the game’s enhanced edition this week. The original game has been added to GOG’s preservation program, and owners of NwN2 on GOG have a 15% off “loyalty discount” on the remaster, one that…

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The Expanse RPG’s developers are ‘humbled’ by comparisons to BioWare’s heyday, but don’t expect it to be a straight Mass Effect clone: ‘We make our story a little bit differently’

Through this summer’s deluge of game announcements, nothing made me sit up quite so fast as Owlcat revealing it’s making an Expanse RPG. One that seems, from its initial trailer at least, heavily inspired by Mass Effect. Much as I’ve enjoyed PC gaming’s recent return to highly complex CRPGs, watching the trailer made me realise…

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Total War: Warhammer 3’s Tides of Torment DLC is delayed: ‘We asked ourselves if this next DLC met the standards that we’ve set in recent releases, and the short answer was no’

Creative Assembly has delayed the release of its upcoming Tides of Torment expansion for Total War: Warhammer 3, pushing the launch back from this summer to an unspecified date later this year. In a blog post on Creative Assembly’s website, Head of Community Adam Freeman explained that Tides of Torment has been delayed due to…

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This wildly ambitious Yakuza 5 co-op mod lets you play together as Kiryu and Ichiban, even folding Like a Dragon’s protagonist into the game’s cutscenes

Typical, isn’t it? You wait ages for a wildly ambitious cooperative mod to arrive, then two come along at once. This week already brought us a refurbished co-op campaign for the original Command & Conquer, and now some bright spark has reworked Yakuza 5 to make it playable with a pal. That modding whiz is…

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