This Week In Overwatch 2: Battle For Olympus, Unfair Matchmaking, Missing The Previous Game

It says a lot about your game when its player base is trying to find ways tonotdo what you want them to do. While Overwatch 2 changes quite a few things from the previous entry, it has left in some of the more annoying aspects – namely, the terrible microtransaction economy. To add to this, some of the in-game challenges are almost impossible to beat while playing a regular game. Unfortunately, none of this changes with the game’s first big event of the year....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 567 words · Juan Vargas

Twilight Princess’ Hyrule Field Is Boring, Empty, And Excellent

In my experience,The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess’ once-warm reception has chilled somewhat over the years. Praised at launch as a beautiful return to form after the “childish” art style of its direct predecessor, the world eagerly embraced a game that more closely followed Ocarina of Time’s famous structure and plot cues. Perhaps most alluringly of all, the grandeur and sheer scope of this reimagined Hyrule Field wowed millions of us....

August 1, 2025 · 5 min · 886 words · Stephen Valdez

Video Games Where You Fight The Church

Games have long since become a medium where creators can explore different themes and difficult-to-tackle concepts that explore the human element in a way other media can’t. Stories with churches being less than ideal aren’t anything new but still can provide impactful storytelling involving the exploration of faith, power, and those within the delicate balance of the spectrum. RELATED:Best Evil Lairs In Games There are certain… elements of each church that they have in common, and it only becomes more glaring the further down you go....

August 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1103 words · Summer Butler

Warhammer Streaming Service Still Profitable Despite Just Over 100,000 Subscribers

Back in the heady days of 2021, Warhammer developer Games Workshop announced a new streaming service dedicated solely to the Warhammer and Warhammer 40K franchises.Warhammer+, as the streaming service was called, launched in August 2021 for mobile and smart TVs, putting a bunch of exclusive Warhammer content behind a paywall. Related:How I Made Warhammer 40,000: Darktide A Christmas Game We should note that Astartes had many millions of views on YouTube and even a still-available pirated version has 13 million views....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Allen Ward

Where To Find Every Chirper Location In Vavilov Complex In Atomic Heart

Quick Links InAtomic Heart, there are lots of Chirpers that you can collect. You can learn more about the game’s lore by collecting and listening to these audio logs. There are approximately 90 different Chirpers in the game, and 22 of them can be found in the Vavilov Complex chapter. Related:Atomic Heart: How To Find All Four Canisters In The Valilov Complex Some of these Chirpers are easy to miss, even if you use your scanner, since they are located in tricky spots....

August 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1154 words · Stacey Austin

WoW Mythic Dungeon Balance Is A Total Mess

I’m not proud to admit this, but I spent almost three hours playing World of Warcraft in a +12 Nokhud Offensive this weekend and never finished it. I was with my regular group that’s played together for years, we were on comms working out strategies and making adjustments, and we even got the last boss, Balakar Khan, down to eight percent one time. In the end, however, we just didn’t have the power or survivability to push through, and at 4am with more than 120 deaths to our name, we decided to give up....

August 1, 2025 · 4 min · 644 words · Andrew Wong

Wuthering Waves 1.1 release date: New Resonators, Echo improvements, features

Wuthering Waves 1.1 release date: New Resonators, Echo improvements, features New bae unlocked. Who’s excited to play the upcoming Resonators in theWuthering Waves1.1 banners? Kuro Games has unveiled exciting new details about the next version of its hit action role-playing game. In addition to the new Resonators, the 1.1 patch will introduce a new area and a formidable boss. Here’s everything you need to know about Wuthering Waves 1.1, including its release date and new features....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Mia Arnold

10 Best Controls And Functions That Have No Real Use In Game

Many functions and controls are fine-tuned in critically acclaimed games. Every button and combination is considered an option for a cool mechanic to be tied to. However, sometimes the developers include a function or a button just for fun. Related:Useless But Wholesome Button Commands In Games These useless functions have been more popularized with the rise of modern games and story-focused experiences. When you’re not designing complex fighting games, sparing a button for a cool reference or extra immersion is more acceptable than it seems....

July 31, 2025 · 7 min · 1281 words · Anthony Estrada

8 Best Nintendo Pack-In Games

Video game publishers offer pack-in games to get people to buy consoles. This allows the consumer to buy everything in one package and not have to shell out a fortune for the console and then a game. RELATED:Console Games You Can Also Play on Mobile Pack-in games are generally first-party entries, and most are very good. You wouldn’t want your introduction to a console to be with a bad game, so many pack-ins became the iconic must-have for a particular console....

July 31, 2025 · 4 min · 849 words · Abigail Butler

Actor Alden Richards outed as a Genshin Impact whale, spent estimated ₱1.2M

Updated on April 4, 10:16 p.m. (GMT+8): Improved relevancy. Updated on Jul 01, 2025, 10:16 p.m. (GMT+8): Improved screenshots. There are three types of players ingachagames such as Genshin Impact: free-to-play (F2P) players, the occasional spenders, and affluent gamers, or what the community calls the “whales”. Several YouTubers and Twitch streamers are known to be massive whales in the community, includingMichael “Mtashed” Tash, Tectone, and Alden Richards. Unknown to many, Filipino actor Alden is a member of the Genshin Impact whale club, having potentially spent an estimated US$24,000 (PH₱1....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 606 words · Holly Taylor

All Rina materials in Zenless Zone Zero: Complete list of promotion, talent materials

All Rina materials in Zenless Zone Zero: Complete list of promotion, talent materials What was I maid for? Rina, the charming attendant from Victoria Housekeeping, is here to serve and electrify the battlefield. ThisZenless Zone Zeroguide equips you with all the Rina materials you need to level up this powerhouse support character and obliterate Ethereals alongside her loyal companions, Drusilla and Anastella. Whether you’re impressed by Rina’s elegance during service or her fierce combat style, this guide unlocks her full potential....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Sara Wood

Alodia’s divine Ranni the Witch cosplay will make you believe in Elden Ring magic

The powerful sorceress is now here! Tier One Entertainmentco-founderAlodia Gosiengfiaois undoubtedly acosplayqueen. After wearingLoL-inspired dressesand becoming aGenshin Impact goddess, the gaming icon is now jumping on the Elden Ring wagon with this cosplay of an iconic character. And no, it’s notIron Fist Alexander. Alodia Gosiengfiao reveals her ghastly Ranni the WitchElden Ring cosplay The Filipina cosplayer hinted at the cosplay on herFacebookpage. Wearing a robe in the selfie, fans immediately saw the similarities between her hair and makeup and Elden Ring’s Ranni the Witch....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 274 words · David Moore

Angry Birds' Shutdown Is Disgustingly Anti-Player And We Should All Care More

Is it negatively impacting these games because you’re spending too much time maintaining it, and in which case how will that change when it’s still on iOS? Is this negative impact because too many people are playing it, and not the new ones, in which case how do you justify shutting down one of your most popular games? Is it because it makes other games look worse, leading to bad reviews, in which case how does removing Angry Birds from the equation help the games users don’t like?...

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 219 words · Kathryn Welch