It’s that time of the year again when EA Sports begins rolling out its annual sports simulators, with the company issuing a trailer for EA Sports College Football 26 on Thursday. The reveal showed off an admittedly hype video soundtracked by Metallica’s classic “Enter Sandman,” with various programs performing historic...
How to play Recluse in Elden Ring Nightreign
The Recluse makes a bunch of cocktails in Elden Ring’s Nightreign, but not the type you’d like to drink. She transforms the typical playstyle of a Soulslike spellcaster and flips it on its head by allowing you access to 14 extra spells through her character skill, Magic Cocktail.Recluse is the...
When making lots of small games is more sustainable than making one big one
If you play indie games, you may have noticed Strange Scaffold’s incredible hit rate. Every single one of the studio’s games — from Clickolding, I Am Your Beast, and most recently, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown — has ended up somewhere within the “Positive” ranking system on Steam (with...
How Bring Her Back’s most stomach-churning shot happened
There’s a scene in Bring Her Back, the latest A24 horror movie from Talk To Me writer-directors (and twin brothers) Danny and Michael Philippou, that’s so violently grotesque, I actually closed my eyes to shut it out. Trying to deny what was going on on the screen just made what...
Where to find dragonbone relics in Monster Hunter Wilds
You’ll need dragonbone relics to forge weapons like the Bone Smasher and armor like the Rathian Greaves.Our Monster Hunter Wilds guide will tell you where to find dragonbone relics and how to collect them.Where to find dragonbone relics in Monster Hunter WildsDragonbone relics come from the bonepiles that you can...
Dave Bautista still hopes to play Ernest Hemingway: ‘I don’t want to be an action star’
When I last spoke to former WWE star turned action movie stalwart Dave Bautista back in 2021, he was just coming off Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead, and looking ahead to his role in Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. And he was thrilled — both with...
A beginnerâs guide for FFXIVâs Occult Crescent
FFXIV: Dawntrail’s field operation is the Occult Crescent, a huge piece of content that dropped in patch 7.25 and should keep you busy for a while. This content is somewhat tied to the Dawntrail relic weapon (though you’ll be able to complete the weapon without necessarily partaking in the field...
Elden Ring Nightreign’s official Evanescence trailer is peak cinema
Amy Lee is having a big year. First, Evanescence’s “Bring Me To Life” became a running bit in HBO’s The Rehearsal after Nathan Fielder hypothesized that an airplane pilot may have listened to the iconic 2003 rock song while pulling off a tricky landing. Now the song is front and...
Nintendo Switch 2 needs to let us become Pokémon again
Nintendo Switch 2 will launch June 5 with an impressive mix of splashy launch titles, from the first-party must-have Mario Kart World to third-party ports of games the Switch couldn’t run, like Cyberpunk 2077. With the launch of a new generation also comes the possibility of old titles and series...
How to find the Persistent Pot chest in FFXIV’s Occult Crescent
Occult Crescent, the new field operation added to FFXIV: Dawntrail in patch 7.25 has many secrets. Among them are the hidden rewards that you can only find with the help of a Persistent Pot, a devilish little creature you might end up finding while looking for survey points or farming...