How Skyrim's 'Skywind' Kills Two Birds With One Stone

Summary AlthoughSkyrimhas been the face ofThe Elder Scrollssince 2011, the series has been a cornerstone of open world games for many years.The Elder Scrollsgames have been popular sinceThe Elder Scrolls: Arenawas released in 1994, but the series really established its current formula withThe Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowindin 2002.Morrowindis considered one of the best games inThe Elder Scrollsand a standout for its story, setting, character building, and roleplaying options. Unfortunately, as time has passed, it’s aged a lot and many players have found it a difficult game to play....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 643 words · Nicole Tucker

How to Send Gratitude with Flowers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Nature Day event is now in full swing, and players have the chance to earn a bevy of Nook Miles thanks to some specialNature Day Nook Miles+ activities. One of these special activities is called Send Gratitude with Flowers, and it asks fans to mail some flowers to their friends. For those players that are having some trouble performing this task, this guide will provide full details....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Sarah Kane

James Gunn Clears Up Confusion About Superman And Batman's Ages In DCU

Warner Bros. Discovery probably knew what it got into after giving James Gunn complete creative direction over DC.However, the filmmaker’s style comes with some perks, such as his approachability on social media to settle crucial matters about his rebooted incarnations ofSupermanandBatman, including how old they will be.It was only three weeks ago that Gunn and co-CEO Peter Safran unveiled part of theDC Universe’s “Chapter 1” initiative, one that will feature at least 10 shows and movies, includingSuperman: Legacyand Batman’sThe Brave and the Bold, two projects that will bring in younger actors on board for these iconic roles....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Shane Walker

Lance Reddick's 5 Most Memorable Roles

Lance Reddickrecently passed away at the age of 60, leaving behind an impeccable body of work in film and television. Tributes to the late actor have been pouring in from Reddick’s co-stars and colleagues, from Keanu Reeves toThe Wirecreator David Simon, andDestinyplayers have been saluting Reddick’s character Commander Zavala and holding vigils in his honor. Throughout his storied career, Reddick was one of the most reliable character actors in Hollywood, often called on to play lawmen and soldiers with his dependable sense of nuance and gravitas....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 805 words · Alex Copeland

Lessons Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Need to Learn From Legends: Arceus’ Semi-Open World

Pokemon Legends: Arceuswas a big surprise forPokemonfans everywhere. ThePokemon DiamondandPearlremakes had been expected for a long time, but a Game Freak-developed spinoff was not on any fans' minds. AfterPokemon SwordandShieldexperimented with Wild Areas,Pokemon Legendstook another step towards an open world. While the game didn’t use a truly open format, it had done away with the normal route structure completely, and spread play out between several giant maps. Between positive reception and the clear momentum carried on between Game Freaks projects, it was only a matter of time before a fully open worldPokemongame surfaced....

June 5, 2025 · 5 min · 982 words · Dr. Alexander Mckenzie

Lost Ark Officially Launches Europe West Region

It only took three days of around-the-clock work for the Amazon Games and Smilegate RPG teams to open up more European servers for players ofLost Ark. On Valentine’s Day the teams announced that due to the overwhelming demand of players logging into the game, they were forced to create not just one new server, but an entirely new region of servers. Thefree-to-play MMO ARPG launched last Friday to a number of bugsand queue lines that lasted several hours....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 481 words · Crystal Wilson DVM

Metacritic Users Pick Their Game of the Year for 2020

Metacritichas become a go-to website for gamers over recent years, giving those looking for the best games to play a place to find all the reviews and an aggregate score quickly.Metacriticalso hosts a sizable forum of fans that enjoy sharing their own opinion, and the community recently voted in a poll for 2020’s Game of the Year. In an interesting turn of events,The Last of Us 2took home the title of Metacritic’s Game of the Year winner....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 474 words · James Williams

Midnight Suns Releases New Update for Console Players

Marvel’sMidnight Sunsis releasing a new update for console players, bringing various performance improvements and bug fixes to the game. In particular, this latest update inMidnight Sunsincludes a fix for a major bug that has been impacting console players.Midnight Sunsis one of Marvel’s newest games on the market, and it’s a tactical turn-based RPG developed in collaboration with Firaxis, famous for theXCOMfranchise. The game was released on May 17, 2025, and received generally favorable reviews, which is unsurprising given the popularity of Firaxis' other turn-based tactical games and the general popularity of Marvel properties....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 441 words · David Gaines

New World Has No Plans to Raise Level Cap Yet

Amazon’sNew Worldhas been a humbling experience for the developers of the game. Though mechanically sound on paper and in practice,New Worldhas since its launch earned a reputation of being fundamentally broken. While Amazon Game Studios has ceaselessly toiled towards fixing the bugs, glitches, and exploits that plague the world of Aeternum, it also sets its gaze towards the future of the game, and whether or not that would bring a level cap increase with it....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 398 words · Terry Knox

Nintendo Explains Why Game Development Cycles Are Getting Longer

Summary High-rankingNintendoexecutives recently shared some insights into why modern video games take longer to develop. Long waits between the time a given title is announced and the time that players finally get their hands on it have grown increasingly common over the years, even without delays and production issues that can crop up during development. For example, theNintendotitleThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomfinally launched on the Nintendo Switch in 2023, no less than four years after it was originally announced and six years after its predecessor,Breath of the Wild....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 442 words · William Jones

Pokemon GO: Niantic Anniversary Event Dates, Features, and Bonuses

The summer of events may be behindPokemon GOplayers, but that doesn’t mean things are slowing down in the world of the mobile AR game. The holiday events that run basically fromjust before Halloween all the way through the new yearkeep players busy as the weather grows colder, but the excitement has started a bit early this year thanks to a few shorter events throughout the end of September and the beginning of October....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Nicholas James

Pokemon Sword and Shield: Here's Every Leaked Starter Evolution

Pokemon SwordandShieldrelease in just a little over a week, but thanks to a variety of leakers, there’s a ton of information about the next-gen title floating around the internet. This includes, but is not limited to,the legendary Zacian’s surprise typing, various Gigantamax forms, the Shield exclusive Galarian Rapidash and the Sword exclusive Galarian farfetch’d, more Galarian forms like Corsola, Meowth, and Mr. Mime, the ‘evil’ legendary Eternatus, and a ton of other Pokemon....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · John Andrews

PS1-Style Horror Game Coming to Xbox on May 9

Summary British developer SFB Games has released theXboxannouncement trailer forCrow Country, giving fans a more detailed look at the PS1-style horror gaming releasing May 9 on Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and Steam.Retro horror video gamesremain among the most popular titles for fans of spooky gaming content, andCrow Countrylooks to scratch the nostalgia itch for horror aficionados. SFB Games was first established in 2015 and has a dozen titles under its belt, thoughCrow Countrywill be only its second title released forXbox....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 458 words · Lee Hanson