MORGAN PARK, STAFF WRITER (Image credit: Future) This week: Finished the original Mass Effect for the first time ever, and wished I liked it more. I have to grapple with the fact that, when it comes to extraction shooters, I’ve developed Arc Raiders tunnel vision. In 24 hours with the Marathon server slam, I keep…
Finding all the Mayan stone locations is one of your big distractions while sailing the Caribbean in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, and it’s mostly unchanged from the original game. You still need to solve 16 of these stele to complete the Mayan Mystery task and unlock the Mayan Armour, one of the best outfits….
Demo available now. Retro Hammer has just released a demo for its upcoming Sega Genesis / Mega Drive title, NightVein. Coded by Wesley Marques and featuring art by Yargo and music by Diggo Silva, NightVein is a top-down action title which has you fighting off all kinds of undead enemies using a combination of melee…
Key deets ☠️ You can’t complete The Emissary quest until much later in the game.☠️ You need the Shield Transmutation which you get at the university to pass through the poison clouds.☠️ This is the final transmutation you unlock and it’s impossible to miss. The Emissary quest in Valor Mortis is likely the next you’ll…
Available now. The hilarious music rhythm game Trombone Champ has received a new update on the Nintendo Switch, bumping the game up to Version 1.21A. Perhaps the highlight is the new content – adding two new tracks. Apart from this, players can also expect some bug fixes (one is for the final boss), improvements for…
The failure of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and the toll it took on BioWare, has been well documented, but a new report by Jason Schreier at Bloomberg dives deep into what went wrong leading up to the game’s release in October 2024—and the short answer is, just about everything. Initially envisioned as a smaller-scale, conventional…
Way back in 2018 when CollegeHumor was still a thing it launched subscription service Dropout with a bunch of shows, the highlight being Dimension 20. A live-play tabletop RPG series, Dimension 20 presented an extremely watchable version of Dungeons & Dragons with gorgeous miniature scenery, a cast of comedians who had varying degrees of roleplay…
It seems like every other day Discord is bugging me to watch a movie trailer or play a game for 15 minutes to buy profile decorations in its shop. I can put cat ears on my icon for $4.99 or dress it up like Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen. And according to some API digging by…
I’ve been pretty good this year and avoided flooding my Steam library with more games I don’t have time to play, but Steam’s latest themed sale got me. From now until April 6, Steam is running House and Home Fest. It’s basically seven days of homey, cozy games that feel specifically targeted at me. I’m…
Arc Raiders‘ Pendola Pass is packed to the gills with loot. No matter where you search, you’re likely to come away with some rare items, whether you’re smashing open iced up doors to get into sealed rooms, or climbing into hard-to-access spots with the Grappling Hook and yoinking everything not nailed down. But some of…