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It’s been a whole dang decade since Fallout 4 launched, so long that the world has slipped significantly closer to nuclear Armageddon than was the case when Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic RPG stepped out from Vault 111. The anniversary has got Bethesda creative chief Todd Howard in a reflective mood, and he’s revealed some interesting details about…
I might be a Baldur’s Gate 1 stan, but it’s undeniable that Baldur’s Gate 2 is the more important of BioWare’s original duo of games. Heck, it created a mould for RPG design that studios still embrace today, at least in part. Just look at recent RPGs like Avowed or The Outer Worlds 2, and…
Fraser Brown, Online Editor (Image credit: Future) This week, I’ve been staying up too late playing Deep Rock Galactic: Survivors, the only other extraction-themed game I vibe with. But I’m determined to drag some friends back into The Forever Winter with me again too. It’s rare that I vibe with an extraction shooter, and really…
Bethesda has all sorts of irons in the fire right now. There’s the second season of the Fallout TV show on the horizon, a 10th-anniversary version of Fallout 4, whatever’s happening with Starfield, and Fallout 76 and Elder Scrolls Online MMO stuff bubbling away contentedly in the background. But more likely than not, all you…
Completing the Straight Record quest in Arc Raiders isn’t all that challenging, except that you have to track down three power switch locations to turn off an old EMP trap Celeste left in Dam Battlegrounds. She’s worried this trap might pose a hazard to exploring Raiders, so she requests that you take care of it….
Arc Raiders has plenty of annoying materials to track down for various upgrades, like prickly pears, olives, and mushrooms for Scrappy, but I’d argue none are more annoying than Sentinel Firing Cores. You need to grab four of these pesky Arc items before you can upgrade your Gunsmith to level three, which is quite the…
The Digging Up Dirt mission in Arc Raiders sounds very straightforward at first; you’re told almost exactly where to look, unlike most quests. But it’s not that simple in practice. Santa Maria Houses is a danger zone of both Arc and raiders, plus the courtyard isn’t an obvious area to find. For one, it’s inside…
Insurance Fraud was arguably the best activity to come out of the Saints Row series—what that says about me, I don’t know—but I never considered what would happen if the NPCs were scamming you. Now you can find out, as Blurbs’ latest ‘modsperiment’ answers the call with floppy NPCs, paperwork, and courtroom intrigue. Blurbs is…
Nothing feels worse than dying right by the extraction in Arc Raiders. A hair’s breadth away from getting home to Speranza with all your good loot, just to die in some ditch, taken out by a loser who sat next to the exit all game. But sadly, extraction camping is part and parcel of extraction…
Completing Water Troubles in Arc Raiders shouldn’t give you too many problems once you’ve found the Flood Access Tunnel location. Just like Market Correction or A Reveal in Ruins, it’s a simple two-parter consisting of tracking down a location and then interacting with an object inside—no item extraction needed, thankfully. The quest itself gives you…