Elden Ring Player Finds Main Story Boss When Exploring Out-of-Bounds

Summary A curiousElden Ringplayer recently came across the nefarious story boss Godfrey, First Elden Lord while exploring outside the game’s boundaries.Elden Ringwas one of the biggest releases of 2022, topping sales charts almost immediately following its release last February and even winning the coveted Game of the Year at the Game Awards 2022. Even big-name celebrities like Elon Musk andWWE superstar Randy Ortonhave dived into the Lands Between, and fans are still finding new and interesting things to do inElden Ringa year later....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 575 words · Courtney Woods

Elden Ring: Lore Connections Between The Bosses You Might Have Missed

Elden Ringhas a pretty staggering amount of completely unique Bosses in it: over 100 to be exact. Though, to be fair, there is a fair amount of reuse in the game, especially with Bosses like the Fallingstar Beast and the Erdtree Burial Watchdogs. RELATED:Elden Ring: Crafted Items That Have More Uses Than You Would Expect Still, all of these Bosses have some sort of lore behind them, and there are even a fair amount who have well-thought-out lore-important ties to each other....

August 1, 2025 · 8 min · 1526 words · Matthew Jones

Escape From Tarkov: Where To Find Thermite

Battlestate Games’Escape from Tarkovis a first-person shooter that hybridizes survival elements andMMORPGqualities. It’s currently in open beta and has already garnered quite a fandom behind it. The developers frequently wipe the servers, which reduces characters back to their starting point. As a result,Escape from Tarkovplayers have gotten usedto repeatedly clearing the games' quests. RELATED:Minecraft: Everything You Need To Know About Weather Among the required items forTarkovquests are cans of thermite. While in the inventory, the “can of thermite” name is just shortened to “thermite....

August 1, 2025 · 4 min · 766 words · Katherine Brown

Fan Art Blends Final Fantasy 7 Remake's Tifa Lockhart With Resident Evil’s Ada Wong

A fan ofFinal Fantasy 7 RemakeandResident Evilhas managed to create the perfect blend of Tifa Lockhart and Ada Wong in an amazing piece of fan art. The image is so good that at first glance, many fans might assume that the picture is an official skin for Tifa inFinal Fantasy 7 Remake. Fans ofFinal Fantasy 7have fallen in love with various characters from the series, but none quite like Tifa Lockhart....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Kevin Ho

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Now the Fifth Highest-Rated Game in the Series

Summary The reviews are in forFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, with the game finding itself as the fifth highest-ratedFinal Fantasygame to date. When Square Enix first announced itsplans to remakeFinal Fantasy 7, many assumed that the game would be a simple redo of the original, but with upgraded graphics to meet modern standards. Instead, Square Enix went in a very different direction, greatly expanding on the original to the point that the story is being told over the course of three games....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Shane Silva

Fortnite Adds Unexpected Skin Variant to Season 4 Battle Pass

Summary Fishstick, a belovedFortnitecharacter model, will be part of the Chapter 4 Season 4 Battle Pass, but he won’t look like his usual self. Chapter 4 Season 3 will end on August 25 at 2 AM ET; this is when downtime starts, but matchmaking will be disabled a few minutes before. This is to prevent gamers from entering a new match and being kicked out halfway through. Since this is a large update compared to those that release every two weeks, gamers can expectFortniteservers to become unavailable for longer than usual....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Sarah Rose

Fortnite's Metal Gear Solid Content Should Only Be The Tip of the Iceberg

Summary Fortnitehas become the gathering point for many of pop culture’s biggest brands. From Marvel superheroes to Ryu fromStreet Fighterand characters fromThe Witcher,Fortnitetruly has something for everyone. Recently, the game added Snake and Raiden from theMetal Gear Solidfranchise alongside some notable accessories from the series, such as Raiden’s sword. The addition of characters fromMGScould hopefully be the start of a number of trends inFortnite. Metal Gear Solidwas originally released in 1998 as a successor to theMetal Geargames....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 568 words · Krista Ferguson

Forza Horizon 5 10-Year Anniversary Content Announced

Forza Horizon 5is getting ready to celebrate the series' 10th anniversary with a huge batch of new content, including cars, events, customization options, and a special mixtape. With four previous entries in theHorizonseries ofForzatitles, developer Playground Games is aiming to dedicate an entire season’s worth of content to mark the special occasion. While Playground Games announced that there would be a festival update of some sort to celebrate the series' 10th anniversary inForza Horizon 5, the specifics of the event weren’t clear up until now....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · Dr. Natalie Smith

Four Gamers Are Still Online on Wii U Servers Nearly 40 Days After Shutting Down

Summary Despite Nintendo “permanently” shutting down itsWii Uand 3DS servers, four players remain online on the Nintendo Network 40 days later. By collectively staying online on theWii Uand 3DS servers, the players have beaten a record famously set byHalo 2fans over a decade ago. The Nintendo Network server shutdown was made known to players last year. One of the games affected by this shutdown isSplatoon, a colorful third-person shooter which was originally launched in 2015 on the Wii U....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Debra Shaw

Funniest Left 4 Dead 2 Workshop Mods That Enhance the Apocalypse

TheLeft 4 Dead 2modding community has been active for many years with many different mods being made throughout them. These mods range from model changes to completely new campaigns available for players. While these mods are very impressive, many of the mods forLeft 4 Dead 2are far more funnier than they are scary. The creativity of these mods isnot lacking with many different options to transform the zombie apocalypse into the zombie comedy show....

August 1, 2025 · 5 min · 991 words · Nicole Russell

Genshin Impact Fan Creates Impressive Casual Lisa Concept

AGenshin Impactplayer has shared an interesting fan-made concept that gives the Electro user Lisa Minci a casual look. Lisa is one of the three free-to-play characters that players receive at the start of their journey through the world of Teyvat. She’s known as a powerful witch that enjoys using her elemental powers. Lisa is introduced as a Librarian in Mondstadt who takes her job very seriously which was proven in one of the earliestGenshin Impactquests in which she personally goes out to collect overdue books....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 421 words · Sarah Harvey

Genshin Impact Players Want More Geo Characters on the Roster

Genshin Impactplayers want more characters in the roster to have the ability to control the Geo element. There are seven elements in the world of Teyvat, all of which have their strengths and weaknesses. The game’s whole combat system revolves around combining these elements in order to trigger reactions that have various effects. While some elemental reactions like Vaporize provide a simple damage amplifier, others can completely immobilize a group of enemies....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Mr. Wayne White

Halo Video Game Creator Marcus Lehto Blasts The Paramount Plus Show

While theHaloseries on Paramount Plus has been mostly a critical success, it hasn’t been universally beloved since it launched. It turns out that now, one of the most vocal critics of the series is actually the co-creator of theHalofranchise. It doesn’t actually come as any real surprise that there are some people who haven’t been happy about the direction theHaloseries has taken. Right at the top of the list of reasons people have been unhappy with the series is thatMaster Chief has taken off his helmet....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Samantha Strickland