Dark Souls Fan Draws Ornstein and Smough in Berserk Art Style

From story beats and themes to enemy and character designs, it is no secret how much inspirationDark Soulsreceived from theBerserkfranchise,. ADark Soulsfan takesBerserk’s influence one step further, creating beautiful fanart of the legendary Ornstein and Smough in the style of the late Kentaro Muira. Despite the difficulty of the encounter, Dragon Slayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough comprise one of theDark Souls' franchise’s most loved boss fights. What makes this boss fight so memorable is the pressure put on the player by the fast and agile Ornstein, and the slow yet heavy-hitting Ornstein....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Heather Franklin

Desperados 3 Releases New DLC Trailer

The real-time strategy gameDesperados 3has released additional content since launching in June that offers players sometimes wacky missions to take on in its Wild West setting. For instance, last month oneBaron’s Challenge added a stealthy crew of animalsto use. However, today players officially got access the first of its three-part paid DLC, called “Money for the Vultures,” to continueDesperados 3’s story. Kicking off three months after the main game ends, the mission “Late to the Party” has the Desperados gang reunite to find a vault of money hidden by antagonist Vincent DeWitt, only to come across looters already swarming his manor....

July 6, 2025 · 2 min · 413 words · Caitlin Archer

Destiny 2: Xur Exotic Armor, Weapon, and Recommendations for January 28

Nightfalls and the Vanguard ritual activities were the big discussion topic this week for Destiny 2. Bungie announced some major changes coming to the activity in a few weeks when Season 16 officially arrives. Modifiers are being changed, the playlist is gaining the four Battleground activities, and even returning weapons were being teased. All in all, these numerouschanges to the Vanguard playlistshould go a long way to making it feel a bit fresher going forward....

July 6, 2025 · 5 min · 962 words · Charles Robinson

Diablo 2: Resurrected Remixes Three Classic Songs From Its Soundtrack

Diablo 2: Resurrectedreleases on September 23, bringing back one of the most exciting ARPGs ever made.Diablo 2: Resurrectedis an authentic recreation of the originalDiablo 2, but with updated visuals and an overhauled user interface and multiplayer system. Blizzard studio Vicarious Visions wantsDiablo 2: Resurrectedto be everything the classic ARPG was and more. With that in mind, Blizzard’s shared someDiablo 2music that’s been remixed, conveying that theme of authenticity and modernization....

July 6, 2025 · 2 min · 426 words · Bianca Ramirez

Disco Elysium Dev Job Listings Hint at New Game

Founded in 2016, developer ZA/UM has cemented itself as one of the most exciting young studios in the video game industry with the release of the 2019 hit RPGDisco Elysium. It’s now been nearly three years sinceDisco Elysium’s launch and while ZA/UM has spent some of that time expanding and iterating forDisco Elysium’sFinal Cut, fans know it’s just a matter of time before the studio’s next game is announced. With that in mind, some recent ZA/UM job listings have been raising eyebrows....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · Rodney Higgins

Disney Plus Doubles Down on Its Cultural Stereotype Warning Label

Thehot new thing for streaming services? Context. Not too long ago many films and shows such asGone With The Windwere the center of heated debate as folks reckoned with how to handle classic media that contained insensitive depictions of people and touchy events. One of the companies caught up in that debate was Disney, who eventually decided the best thing to do was place a warning label in front of a few of their older films with controversial material....

July 6, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Craig Flowers

Eden Zero: Shiki Granbell's Story has a Grave Ending

The first season ofEdens Zeroon Netflix was a huge success, but since the death of director Yuji Suzuki, can production continue? This science-fiction fantasy anime follows the adventures of Shiki Granbell and Rebecca Bluegarden as they journey through the universe aboard theEdens Zeroin search of the magnificent Mother. Shiki had previously spent the entirety of his life surrounded by robots on the planet Granbell, raised by the Demon King and taught to respect and love humans and androids alike....

July 6, 2025 · 4 min · 701 words · John Sloan

EVE Online Interview: Scientists Outline Coronavirus Research

Especially for games with the scope of an MMO likeEVE Online, developers can only have so much say in how the in-universe systems are constructed before letting communities do with them what they’d like. In the case of CCP Games' spacefaring sandbox title, that freedom has left players dividing up the star systems in New Eden of their own accord. Often this is a bloody affair with far-reaching history, as multiple coalitions of players are currently embroiled in awar with roots going back to at least 2016....

July 6, 2025 · 13 min · 2628 words · Elizabeth Davis

Everything Coming in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak's Title Update 1

Capcom has pulled the curtain back onMonster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak’s Title Update 1, the first in a series of free content drops that will release for this expansion over the coming months. The returning Lucent Nargacuga andSeething Bazelgeuse were teased prior to Sunbreak’s releasethis June, and players were told the Forlorn Arena map would also be added. However, an official Monster Hunter Digital Event this morning laid out the other new monsters, mechanics, and supplementary content that will become available tomorrow, August 10....

July 6, 2025 · 5 min · 970 words · Anna Jefferson

First Gotham Knights Trailer Unites Batman's Son With Unlikely Allies

Gotham Knights, the upcoming confusingly-titled CW series that shares an exact name with an upcoming video game, has just gotten its first official trailer, and it’s got all sorts of goodies for anyBatmanfans out there looking to get a fix. Featuring a decidedly dark storyline clashing with some familiarly witty writing, it feels like something that could helpfully fill a certain void left after the network’s recent cancelations. The trailer posted by The CW seems to offer a pretty comprehensive look at what fans can expect from the new series....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Helen Dunn

Forza Horizon 5 Has Hit an Amazing New Milestone 3 Years After Launch

Summary According to a new discovery,Forza Horizon 5has seen an influx of over 40 million players since its launch in November 2021. The open-world racer is one of Xbox’s most successful games ever, and while concrete sales numbers forForza Horizon 5haven’t been disclosed by either developer Playground Games or Microsoft, it’s still proving to be very popular nearly three years later. TheForza Horizonseries has established itselfas somewhat of a juggernaut among the Xbox first-party stable....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 628 words · Sarah Smith

Gamer Designs Adorable Pokemon Spice Bottle Labels

Summary Creativity within the massivePokemoncommunity often takes many different forms, and one fan has shared some cute sticker designs of their own which they’ve used to spice up their kitchen utensils. While officialPokemonmerchandise is available in practically any form imaginable, fans with a passion for arts and crafts never fail to create their own stickers, plushies, and more to provide an alternative to the masses of readily-purchasable merch. A lot ofPokemon-themed fan art seen online tends to come in the form of drawings featuring unofficial Pokemon redesigns or even entirely fanmade “fakemon,” especially after the release ofPokemon Scarlet and Violet, which introduced a wide variety of new Pokemon....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Mark Williams

Genshin Impact: Arataki Itto's Gameplay, Namecard, and Abilities Leaked

Genshin Impact’s upcoming 5 star Geo claymore character – the first of his kind – has awakened something in its fanbase. The official Twitter unveiling of “The First and Greatest Head of the Arataki Gang” garnered almost 200,000 likes, twice as many as the splash art debut ofthe gacha game’s highest seller, Raiden Shogun. Arataki Itto’s mere image has players’ wallets in a chokehold – inevitably, dataminers have dedicated themselves to digging up every golden nugget of Itto info available to Version 2....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · Sarah Cannon MD