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Summary Baldur’s Gate 3’s Grymforge is a fascinating location full of winding underground passages and buried secrets. The first time I played Baldur’s Gate 3, I couldn’t believe a massive underground complex followed the sprawling opening Wilderness area. One of the central plot threads of the Grymforge area is freeing True Soul Nere from a cave-in. There are several ways to accomplish this goal, but one of the “intended” solutions is to obtain either a Runepowder Vial or a Runepowder Barrel from a Deep Gnome named Philomeen....

Summary The Playmaker’s Mind Evolution is among the finest Evolutions inEA Sports FC 25’s Ultimate Team. It’s designed particularly for the left backs, and it gives them playmaking abilities, introducing stat boosts, Roles++, and PlayStyles. The Evolution also provides the players with the CM position, enabling you to use them in midfield. There are certain requirements for the Playmaker’s Mind Evolution that you must keep in mind. Essentially, the cards you use can have a maximum overall rating of 87 and possess LB as one of the positions....

Summary ACall of Duty: Black Ops 6dataminer has found evidence of daily login rewards in the game’s files, suggesting they might be added to the game at some point in Season 3. For years now,Call of Dutygames have had the same turbulent release pattern. When they launch,they’re lauded as the best in the series, but as time passes the complaints come rolling in and the player counts go rolling down. That process has happened even faster with Black Ops 6,which has just recorded its lowest player-count since release....

Summary Despite having been released well over four months ago,Call of Duty: Black Ops 6has finally disclosed its use of Generative AI for the purpose of creating in-game assets.As first spotted in the Steam subreddit, theofficial Steam page for Black Ops 6 includes the disclosure of AI use. “Our team uses generative AI tools to help develop some in-game assets,” the disclosure reads. According to Steam policies, prior to release, developers must disclose in the Content Survey whether their title has AI or not....

You know how everybody lovedAstro Bot? How it was praised for its environmental design, sense of play and whimsy, and its conscientious, creative level design? (Our own Stacey Henley certainly did inher review.) Remember how people (including me) noted that it was an especially joyful game that stood against the cynicism that pervades most of the medium? Remember how itwon Game of the Yearafter unanimously glowing reviews? Me too. Look, the people yearn for Astro Bot....

Quick Links Everyone’s favoritePokemon TCG Pocketevent, the SP Emblem Event, is back for Triumphant Light. This beloved PVP event was absent during Space-Time Smackdown but now brings you the opportunity to earn a gorgeous new gold emblem. Let’s be honest: Players have been vocal about how much they dislike the SP Emblem Events, but if you’re a completionist who can’t stand to miss out on exclusive emblems, you’ll need to compete....

It’s really easy to just accept annoying things about video games if it’s all you’ve ever known. We take for granted all the bad parts of game design when it’s just the way things are done, until someone thinks of a better way to do it. No one thought it was weird that you couldn’t move your mouse to look around in shooters untilBungiecame up with mouse freelook for Marathon. Similarly, we went through decades of game consoles with one or no control sticks until Sony invented the dual analog controller for thePlayStation, and now it’s the only kind of controller you’d ever use....

Quick Links There are a lot of characters available for you to befriend inHello Kitty Island Adventure. By leveling up your friendship enough, you will friendship be able to ask these characters to become your companions and follow you around as you explore. Who doesn’t want a Sanrio character by their side? As a companion, these characters can provide a wide array of abilities, ranging from walking faster to obtaining more of a certain type of item....

Summary Mortal Kombatis coming toFortnite, with a Sub-Zero skin just revealed. This collaboration will be part of Chapter 6, Season 2, which kicks off on February 21. The Mortal Kombat collab is said to include more skins, so we’ll have to wait and see who else makes the cut. However, we now know that Sub-Zero will be part of the Chapter 6, Season 2 battle pass, giving us at least one of the classic ninjas....

Summary Without splashing out on Shark Cards or using exploits, how long would it take to become a billionaire inGTA Online? As it turns out, 12,000 hours. To put into perspective how long that is, GTA 5 came out 4,181 days ago, which means that, on average, u/Agreeable_Corner_298 has played nearly three hours a day since launch, making for a total of 500 days. That’s over a year of game time....

Summary With no sign of the PS6 or the next Xbox, and with the Nintendo Switch 2 on the near horizon, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S sales are “plummeting”. However, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick believes thatGTA 6will help bring them back up. “When you have a big title in the market, and we have many of them coming, historically, that has sold consoles,“Zelnick told IGN. “And I think that will happen this year....

Summary Hades 2developerSupergiant Gameshas been toiling away over the past year, working on, improving,and adding new features to their early access baby.A lot of people have been waiting to dive in, and Supergiant has taken another big step towards the game’s full release by announcing the game’s new Warsong update. Announced via the Supergiant Games Twitter account earlier today, this is the second Major Update to launch for Hades 2, and adds a bunch of new stuff for players to dive in and try....

Summary Valve just rolled out a majorDeadlockupdate, completely overhauling the map to focus on three lanes rather than four. But that’s not the headline. Nestled within the update are strings of code referencing the elusive “HLX”, which is strongly believed to beHalf-Life 3. What sets this discovery apart from all the other HLX references over the last few years is that it specifically relates to FSR3, which is AMD’s alternative to DLSS, the upscaling technology designed by Nvidia to boost performance....