Outriders Player Count Surges After Worldslayer Release

Outriders’ original launch was plagued with several issues, eventually also leading to the infamous inventory wipe issues. However, the game has cleaned up a lot of its technical issues, and while the 48-hour early access toOutriders: Worldslayerhad an issue or two, the expansion is available for everyone now with no major issues reported. It seems to be proving quite popular, really quickly. SinceOutriders: Worldslayer’s launch, its player count on Steam has quadrupled, as first reported by Forbes....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Brian Deleon

Overwatch 2 Fans Point Out Missed Opportunity With Omnic Skins

Summary The massive Invasion update forOverwatch 2brings a ton of new cosmetic and gameplay content, and fans have a lot to say both about what these skins got right and what they’re lacking, such as missing voice filters for some. This major content update forOverwatch 2finally kicks off the PvE story missions featuring a relentless army of Omnic forces, so it’s no big surprise that a few of the game’s most popular heroes have received skins that make them fit right into the robotic army....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 486 words · Jody Brown

Overwatch D.Va Invincibility Bug Leads to Blizzard Disabling Character Before Adding Her Back

Over its four years as a staple of the hero shooter genre,Overwatchhas remained a stable game, rarely seeing game-breaking bugs due to Blizzard’s consistent updates. However, when a major issue arises it is usually tied to the hero D.Va, and a new invincibility glitch continued this tradition, with Blizzard needing to temporarily remove the tank fromOverwatchas it worked on a fix. The newfound issue with everybody’s favorite pro gamer likelyties back to D....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Joyce Vazquez

Palworld Player Discovers Scary Paldeck Entry

Summary APalworldplayer has discovered that Hangyu has a creepy Paldeck entry.Palworldis an open-world survival game where players can collect creatures known as Pals. But despite having a colorful world where they can do friendly things like building and farming,Palworldhas dark gameplay and story elements. One of these elements is the Black Marketeer, anNPC responsible for trafficking Palsand humans inPalworld. In aGrand Theft Auto Online-esque twist,Palworldplayers can break local laws and activate a “criminal activity warning,” leading to a potential confrontation with the police....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 556 words · David Webb

Pokemon Fan Designs Tera Forms for Generation 2 Starters

Summary A creativePokemonfan designed original Tera forms of Generation 2 starters Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile. Longtime fans will be able to catch these beloved starters alongside brand-newPokemonin the upcomingPokemon Scarlet and VioletDLC titledThe Indigo Disk. InPokemon Scarlet and Violet, the Terastral phenomenon is one of the game’s central topics while discussing Area Zero and its mysteries. As a Pokemon Trainer, players may use Tera Orbs to terastallize and alter a Pokemon....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 445 words · Adam Vargas

Pokemon GO Removed Some Pokestops to Fix 2 Item Glitch

The smash-hit iOS and Android title of last summer, one that took the world by storm and reinvigorated the mobile gaming scene,Pokemon GOhas sadly suffered a number of hardships recently. From thePokemon GOFestin Chicago that ended in players requesting refunds and even suing Niantic for the issues they faced during the event to the game’s Safari Zone events getting delayed out of fear things would go wrong yet again, it hasn’t been an easy year for the monster-catching game....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 375 words · Joshua Collins

Pokemon TCG 25th Anniversary Collection Revealed

ThePokemon Trading Card Gameis seeing a surge in popularity unlike anything its seen in years. Spurred by Twitch and YouTube influencers opening card packs, combined with skyrocketing card values, thePokemon TCGis readying its latest themed set. The Celebrations set is not only a special expansion just for thePokemon TCG’s 25th anniversary but also unique in that it’s bringing back a variety of discontinued card types that thePokemoncommunity is hungrier than ever to acquire....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · Hannah Green

Quantum Break is 'So Close' to Being Finished

Remedy Entertainment marketing manager Thomas Puha claims that the long in-development Xbox One exclusiveQuantum Breakis ‘so close’ to being finished. The early days of the Xbox One were rough for the system. It suffered significant backlash after its reveal event, with people comparing the console’s look to that of a VCR, and many bemoaning the forced always-online functionality. Despite these issues, the Xbox One debut had some bright spots, with one being thereveal trailerfor Remedy Entertainment’sQuantum Break, an innovative, time-bending action game....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Donald Weber

Red Dead Redemption 2 Player Points Out Heartwarming Detail in the Epilogue

Red Dead Redemption 2teems with rich detail and lasting consequences for its conflicted characters. BecauseRed Dead Redemption 2is such a broad and extensive experience, it can be easy to overlook minor details that may seem insignificant, yet they may have more of an impact further into the narrative.Please note that this article will have MAJOR SPOILERS forRed Dead Redemption 2. Red Dead Redemption 2’s Honor systemhas a deceptively low impact on gameplay, but subvertly alters dialogue and circumstances in the epilogue....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Charles Martin

Saints Row Gameplay Trailer Explains Criminal Ventures Feature

The reveal of the newSaints Rowgame during Gamescom Opening Night Live was an exciting, if somewhat disarming, announcement. The newSaints Rowis unique to itself, deviating from the familiar humor and style of the previous releases in the series. Volition is asking fans to trust in its new vision forSaints Row. Of course, it’s more than willing to persuade those unsure about the new game, too. With that in mind, Volition has shared a new trailer breaking down what it callsSaints Row’s Criminal Ventures....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Paul Meyers

Sims 3 Features The Sims 4 Still Needs

EachThe Simsgame offers something new that makes it different from its predecessor. The game had changed a lot betweenThe Sims 3andThe Sims 4, despite the relatively short time span between the two games. RELATED:The Sims 4: Things We Still Want To See From The Sims 3 University (& Things We Don’t) Not only doesThe Sims 4have a different visual feel but it changed a lot of things about the gameplay....

June 30, 2025 · 5 min · 895 words · Laurie Hurley

Star Wars Theory Proposes The Franchise Has Its First Onscreen Trans Character

Ever sinceStar Wars: Episode IXfeatured a hastily thrown in background shot of two women kissing, the series seems to have been inching towards more positive and genuine LGBTQ+ representation. Granted, most of the more substantial strides forward have been confined to books and comics, which isn’t a bad thing by itself, but has left many fans to feel wanting as they hope to see more people like themselves on screen. Well, if one theory proposed byInversewriter Dais Johnston proves to be true,Star Warsmay have just taken a large step in that direction....

June 30, 2025 · 4 min · 668 words · Samuel Rogers

The Actual Mythology Behind Naruto's Kurama

When Masashi Kishimoto created the rich fictional world ofNaruto, he tapped into real-world mythology and added his changes in order to create a unique animeverse, using references to Japanese myths and legends and an original plot, adding a lot to the contributions made by video games, anime, and manga tospreading the Japanese myths and cultureall over the world. When the series begins, the viewer gets to know that Naruto was regarded as an outcast, who was despised by the village because he had the Nine-Tailed Fox sealed within him when he was still a newborn....

June 30, 2025 · 5 min · 997 words · Timothy Ross