Developing a game takes years, a lot of hard work, and a crazy amount of patience. When the end product that is delivered to gamers meets or exceeds expectations it’s a huge weight off the developer’s shoulders. However, if the game delivered to players is a bug-riddled mess, then this becomes a nightmare situation. Developers have to go full damage control, trying to fix the issues as fast as they can while keeping investors and gamers happy....

God of War Ragnarokplayers who are hoping to increase their health and rage meters are going to have to find and open a lot ofNornir Chests. There are 35 of them in total, though, thankfully, players will only need to open 30 to max out both of their meters and unlock the associated trophy, with the last five chests containing other rewards. RELATED:God of War Ragnarok: Aurvangar Wetlands Nornir Chests Guide (Svartalfheim) There are ten of these Nornir Chests in Svartalfheim, one of which can be found in the Radsvinn’s Rig area....

Recently, it seems that franchise movies have struggled to ride the line of bringing in good box office returns versus being acclaimed among critics. It’s difficult for any movie to succeed at both of these equally, especially when critics already have a bit of a grudge against franchise superhero movies. Ideally, a movie that’s enough of a hit with critics will also draw in a big revenue as more people would want to see something with good reviews, but that’s not always the case....

Despite its recent stumbles,Halois still one of the most beloved video game franchises of all time. Revolutionizing the console FPS right out of the gate, the firstHalois widely considered to be one of the greatest games ever made, with its intuitive control scheme, fantastic visuals, superb world-building, and open-ended level design. Although it wasn’t perfect,the Bungie era ofHalostill holds a special place in the hearts of countless gamers, and those fans are desperate for more Bungie-basedHalocontent....

HaloInfinitehasmade some big changes to theHaloformula. One of the biggest changes is how players can upgrade and customize the Master Chief to suit their own playstyle. This infusion of RPG-like elements givesHalo Infinitea level of gameplay depth that no otherHalogame has ever attempted before. RELATED:Halo: Fascinating Things You Didn’t Know About Master Chief’s Grappleshot Each of these upgrades improves some aspect of Chief’s gear, whether that’s a boost to one of his four different tools or a standard upgrade to the shielding his armor provides....

Hogwarts Legacyhas a wide range of combat options for players to consider, and a firm comprehension of them all is key to mastering any Ashwinder bandit camp or grouping of Ranrok’s Loyalists. Players can fire basic spells as much as they like, but eventually humanoid enemies will always have a colored bubble shielding them against anything but a spell that matches that color. Instead,players can hurl out Chinese Chomping Cabbagesor hoard bars on their Ancient Magic meter to clear enemies in mere moments, let alone using the Killing Curse for particularly tanky opponents....

WhileStardew Valleyoffers players awide variety of fish, Legendaries are the most valuable trophies, andMutant Carpis one of them. Since Mutant Carp is one of five members of the first generation of legendary fish, players can catch just one of these carp for one save or one for each player when playing cooperatively. High rarity makes it a desirable catch for any fisherman, and fortunately, it is relatively easy to catch....

There’s a huge amount of emphasis placed on combat throughout the course ofFinal Fantasy 16, with the developers keen to highlight the advantages ofthe game’s high-octane hack-and-slash-style combat system. Players can witness this first-hand throughout the game’s many boss fights, but it’s perhaps during the Notorious Mark bounty hunts that the strengths of the new system shine brightest. During these hunts, players take on a series of increasingly powerful enemies, each of which requires a slightly different strategy to overcome....

Nintendo is pretty fond of acknowledging its anniversaries. This year, it’s celebrating Mario’s 35th birthday by bringing three of his classic 3D adventures to the Switch, and in 2011, the studio releasedThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward SwordforZelda’s25th birthday, taking the series back to its in-lore roots. In both cases, Nintendo found fun ways to look forward while also looking back at how far these very successful lines of games have come....

Universal Studios is preparing to release thefinal film in theJurassic Worldseries. In the lead-up to this explosive finale, Frontier Developments is releasing the sequel to its lauded dinosaur park builder:Jurassic World Evolution 2. It’s been three years since the firstJurassic World Evolutiongame was released. In that time, players not only learned the game’s dinosaur behavior in and out, but they modded new dinosaurs into the game, such asthe excavaraptor cut from the originalJurassic Park 4’s rejected script....

Madden NFL 22hasn’t officially been confirmed, but it seems as close to certain as one can be that it will be coming this year. While an argument can be made that Electronic Arts should takea year off from theMadden NFLseries, there’s very little chance that will actually happen. Assuming there is going to be another chapter in the franchise, there should be a concerted effort when it comes to the quality of the game....

BioWare fans received a long-awaited update about the next chapter in theMass Effectuniverse at The Game Awards this week. The developer dropped a new trailer for a game presumed to beMass Effect4,promising that “Mass Effectwill continue” while packing the video with hints about the game’s possible setting, characters, and timeline. One of the most surprising implications of the newMass Effect 4trailer is that BioWare appears to have determined a canonical ending toMass Effect 3in order to tell a story which directly continues from the events of the original trilogy....

Metroid Dread’s Shinespark ability provides some of the game’s best movement opportunities as well as some of its hardest puzzles. Typically a state makes the player invulnerable to damage, one player managed to die while Shinesparking inMetroid Dread, all thanks to a couple of floor tiles. TheShinespark is an ability of Samus' that goes back toSuper Metroidwhich allows her to blast through Speed Booster blocks from angles that wouldn’t normally be possible while simply running....