Elden Ring modders have found convincing evidence that the greatest threat in the game is a bugged blood dog which can insta-kill anything, especially you. As Dark Souls sleuth Zullie The Witch (opens in new tab) explained in a recent video (citing and sharing the findings of modder Meowmaritus (opens …
Read More »Far Cry 6 free weekend starts today alongside a Stranger Things crossover
Far Cry 6 will be hosting a free weekend from Thursday 24th till the 27th Sunday, on Xbox, PC and Playstation. Ubisoft announced the free to play weekend on the 22nd of March, in a blog post (opens in new tab) which also detailed the new DLC in collaboration with …
Read More »Final Fantasy modders are making Stranger of Paradise characters bald to avoid tanking frame rates on PC
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is seeing tanked frame rates on PC – and it appears to be down to hair. As first reported by PC Gamer (opens in new tab), the Twitter user seen just below has been doing a number of experiments with Stranger of Paradise: Final …
Read More »The tortoise priest from Elden Ring could have been inspired by George R.R. Martin’s childhood pets
Miriel, the tortoise priest from Elden Ring, may have actually been inspired by George R.R. Martin’s childhood pets. As pointed out by Twitter user Nate E-K (opens in new tab), it’s possible that the idea for a religious figure tortoise in Elden Ring could have come from George R.R. Martin’s …
Read More »Elden Rings Varre used to be a lot meaner
A look back at the Elden Ring network test highlights some significant changes to the finished game. Last November, Bandai Namco held a network test for Elden Ring, allowing players an early glimpse of the Lands Between to test the game’s online servers ahead of its full release. Now that …
Read More »Elden Ring player deciphers the optimal way to play through the game
One Elden Ring player has chronicled the “intended” route right through FromSoftware’s massive game. In a post on Reddit, user Athrek outlined “the ‘intended’ route to get through the game without breaking everything.” Their method lays out every step that this player believes is in the optimal route to completing …
Read More »Starfield will emulate “older, hardcore RPGs” in its character creation
Starfield’s devs have revealed new details on character traits and backgrounds for the upcoming RPG. “A lot of us have been doing this for a long time together,” Starfield game director Todd Howard says in the short developer diary video on the Bethesda game just below. “The background, the traits, …
Read More »Elden Ring modder unhappy with easy mode mods creates a punishing hard mode
Elden Ring now has both an easy and a hard mode, thanks to mods. Elden Ring may be From Software’s most approachable game to date, but the Lands Between is still an unforgiving place. Since its release almost three weeks ago, players have offered support with videos showing you how …
Read More »Barely half of Elden Ring players have beaten the games first major boss
Update: Elden Ring players are making surprisingly quick progress through the earlier portions of the game. According to the Steam achievement list (via PC Gamer (opens in new tab)), less than three weeks out from release, a whopping 70.4% of PC players have slain Stormveil Castle boss Margit the Fell …
Read More »Elden Rings Caelid region is trending in Spain due to Sahara Haze
Elden Ring’s terrifying Caelid region is drawing comparisons to a real-life weather event currently turning the skies in Spain an eerie red-orange hue. As _zoipi points out over on Resetera (opens in new tab), “Caelid” has become a trending term in Spain as a storm of dust from the Sahara …
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