E3 2020 Showfloor Creactive Directors Suddenly Resign

E3isn’t having a good year. It’s not just that Sony and Electronic Arts are passing on the event yet again, it’s that theE3organizing body is struggling to retain its business partnerships at all. The problems at the ESA aren’t just external issues, but internal, too. Thursday afternoon saw just the latest example of this, as E3’s show floor creative directors, the well-regarded team at iam8bit, announced that it was resigning from the position effective immediately....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Joshua Sanders

Entire Skyrim Map Recreated in Age of Empires 2

Summary ASkyrimfan recreated the game as a custom scenario inAge of Empires 2: Definitive Edition. This pseudo-RPG scenario forAge of Empires 2’s features 100 NPCs and more than 50 quests. Microsoft and Ensemble Studios initially releasedAge of Empires 2for Windows in 1999. Many strategy game fans consider itone of the greatest real-time strategy gamesof all time, and it maintains a strong player base to this day. This is partly thanks to its two re-releases in 2013 and 2019, both of which also received DLC....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Rachel White

Final Fantasy 16: How to Get Eludium & Flawless Eludium

Quick Links Eludium and Flawless Eludium are materials inFinal Fantasy 16’s The Rising Tide DLC that are used in the creation of several very powerful armor pieces. More specifically, Eludium is used to craft the Eludium Belt and Eludium Wristlets, while Flawless Eludium is used to craft the Reinforced Eludium Belt and Reinforced Eludium Wristlets. For those players who are interested in making those gear pieces part of their builds, this guide details the way in whichFinal Fantasy 16’s Eludium and Flawless Eludium are obtained....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Tanya Blair

First Paid Division Expansion Release Date Leaks?

An Amazon listing may have just leaked the release date for the first piece of paid DLC set to release forThe Division, the subterranean Underground expansion. It’s been three months sinceThe Divisionreleased toenormous sales figures, and now players are eager to see more content added into Ubisoft’s ambitious online shooter. Fortunately for them, information leaked via an Amazon product listing might suggest that the game’s first piece of paid DLC isn’t too far off....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Dennis Pacheco

Game Grumps' Arin Hanson Talks Working on Retro Battle Royale Soviet Jump Game

Game Rant recently got together with the Game Grumps and Fantastic Passion, the joint makers ofSoviet Jump Game. This new release fresh out of early access is a free to play retro-style 2D platformer battle royale, inspired by bootleg Russian game design of the early 90s. The premise alone is uniquely charming, butplayingSoviet Jump Gameand speaking with the developers revealed many more layers of interesting background and quirky-fun platforming action. Of course, we also jumped on the chance to pick Game Grump Arin Hanson’s brain about being involved in such an interesting project....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 832 words · Kenneth Kelley

Gamer's Dad Makes Incredible PS3 Dumpster Discovery

Summary A gamer’s dad discovered a working backward compatiblePlayStation 3console sitting outside a dumpster at their apartment building. Sony first released thePlayStation 3in 2006. The first wave of PS3 consoles were notable for a number of reasons, including their backward compatibility with the previous two generations of PlayStation systems. Thebackward compatible PS3 systemsmade it possible for PlayStation gamers to play their PS1 and PS2 games on the new console, a tremendous quality of life feature that was unfortunately phased out in later models....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Joseph Jackson

Genshin Impact Event Will Add Player-Made Custom Dungeons

Since its release in 2020,Genshin Impacthas seen very regular updates and events, with one always either ongoing or on the horizon. The developer ofGenshin Impact, recently renamed HoYoverse, is constantly working to bring new characters, items, and events to the game. Now the players themselves could take on a little of that work.Technically free to download and play,Genshin Impactis known as a gacha game. Players are under no obligation to spend any money on the game but are incentivized to do so with in-game rewards and characters....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Laura Moore

Genshin Impact Leak Hints at Shikanoin Heizou's Element

Releasing new characters is very common inGenshin Impactand these events are usually the focal point of each update.Apart from the main characters, Lumine and Aether, each playable unit in the game can use only one element. RecentGenshin Impactleaks have revealed more information about a new mysterious character named Shikanoin Heizou.He was originally rumored to be released alongside the recently announced Hydro user - Kamisato Ayato. RELATED:Genshin Impact Leak Shows Ayato Gameplay With All Constellations Except Eula, everyGenshin Impactcharacter that has been added to the playable roster has had a series of leaks before their official release....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 401 words · Brandon Peterson

Ghost of Tsushima: Heart of the Jito Guide (Sneak into Lord Shimura's Quarters)

Quick Links ‘Heart of the Jito’ is one of the last main quests in Act 3 ofGhost of Tsushimabefore the final showdown againstKhotun Khan. To appeal for aid from his uncle, Lord Shimura, Jin needs to sneak into the castle and leave a message for him without being seen or heard by anyone. ‘Heart of the Jito’ is perhaps the hardest quest in the game because, unlike a lot of the other missions, it demands patience more than skill....

June 17, 2025 · 5 min · 866 words · David Adams

Hades Needs to Come to More Platforms

Hades, the roguelike action-RPG from indie studio Supergiant Games, was one of the biggest hits of 2020. After fully releasing in mid-September, it quickly gained a massive following, as well as universal acclaim among critics. There’s no doubt thatHadesis one of the smoothest roguelikes out there today, but it does have one big problem. Hadesoriginally launched in early accessback in late 2018, as a Epic Store timed-exclusive. A year later, it also released on Steam, but still didn’t come out of early access....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 610 words · David Johnson

Hardcore Fallout 4 Player Offers Tips for New Players

A redditor, affectionately nicknamed “The Swole Survivor” by their peers, offers up a lengthy post that details how players should best begin their journey intoFallout 4’sCommonwealth. The redditor, whose username is Toggy_Wonga, is certainly qualified to offer up tips to newer players, having achieved Level 135 with their Vault Dweller by completing every single quest possible within the game as well as discovering all magazines and companion perks along the way....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 570 words · Nichole Morrison DVM

High on Life: 'Fallout Doesn't Let You Do This' Achievement Guide

One ofHigh on Life’s achievements are called ‘Fallout Doesn’t Let You Do This,’ and to unlock it, players need to kill a character namedSlumsley. Slumsley is an NPC that players will run into during their first very first Bounty mission in the game. This is the mission where players have to go through the Slums to find and take down 9-Torg, the first boss. How to Kill Slumsley in High on Life In the early section of the mission, players will eventually come across a short yellow-colored character that’s sort of bullying them and blocking the way forward....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Miss Jennifer Hunt

Honkai: Star Rail Player Turns Aeon Into Viral Grimace Shake

AHonkai: Star Railplayer turned one of the Aeons into a Grimace Shake. The viral meme that shows people falling unconscious and other morbid experiences after drinking a Grimace Birthday Shake has taken over various social media platforms over the past couple of weeks. First introduced last June, McDonald’s Grimace Birthday Shake is a purple berry-flavored drink that customers could buy with a Big Mac or chicken nuggets. Many netizens were hesitant to try the shake because of its color, but it eventually evolved into a morbidly bizarre meme....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Amy Luna