Nioh 2’s rare Soul Cores are less grindy in the 1.08 update

The three Oni-bi Soul Cores will drop more often Team Ninja is continuously refiningNioh 2. I’m done with the game for now – apart from the never-ending incremental loot grind and some of the ridiculous weapon-specific Title challenges, I’ve finished everything I set out to – but I know that when I come back for the DLC, it’ll be in a better place. This week’s1.08 updateis worth shouting-out for its Soul Core changes....

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · John Myers

North America’s Tekken 7 tournament is underway

The King of the Iron Fist Tournament 2016 Bandai Namco is making the rounds across North America with the arcade version ofTekken 7. The company shared its schedule for this year’s King of the Iron Fist Tournament, which will make 18 stops in cities primarily in the United States (plus Toronto!) throughout the rest of this year. The prize pool for the finals is $20,000, but along the way each event will have a $3,000 pool....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Brett Taylor

Operation Metro returns in Battlefield 4: Second Assault

Second Assault to your wallet Remakes of any kind are a tricky thing, but trickier still when it comes as DLC.Battlefield 4: Second Assaultis a prime case of this. On one hand, it’s nice to revisit your favorite maps from previous games, with all theLevolution bells and whistles to boot. On the other, it feels almost dirty to be paying for a map pack that consists entirely of remakes. Still, if I had to pick a set of maps to remake, you couldn’t do much better than Operation Metro, Caspian Border, Gulf of Oman, and Operation Firestorm....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · William Roberts

Palworld Fusion Pals and how to get them

As it turns out,Palworldisn’t just a mere shock-valuePokemonclonethat some might’ve expected it to be. Though visually ridiculous, there’s merit inPalworld‘s layered gameplay systems, and much to enjoy and discover. Fusion Pals, for example, are particularly noteworthy for how cool and powerful they are. Palworld‘s Fusion Pals are precisely what it says on the tin: Pals that you get by combining (i.e.breeding) twodifferent types of baseline Palsinto one creature. Indeed, unlike its face-value inspiration,Palworlddoes not allow you to evolve your Pals beyond their given form....

July 13, 2025 · 3 min · 468 words · Bethany Smith

Palworld Tides of Terraria new island location

The Tides of Terraria update has added seven new islands toPalworld, including a new spot as part of the collab with Terraria. The Terraria island, a.k.a. the Sealed Realm of Terraria, is entirely themed around the indie title, featuring the Moon Lord and unique Pals. There are six other new islands to visit, though, belonging to three different biomes. Let’s check out the location of an and along with how you can reach them easily....

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Cody Moses

Persona 3 The Movie 2 trailer is all kinds of tantalizing

Coming to theaters in Japan this summer Atlus and Aniplex have called forth the first footage ofPersona 3 The Movie #2: Midsummer Knight’s Dream, which is scheduled to premiere in theaters in early summer. The first film,Spring of Birth, released late last year and will make the transition to Blu-ray starting May 14 — in Japan, of course. It’s really all just a bitter reminder that we have no idea if or when these painfully gorgeous animated adaptations will see an international release....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 83 words · Shelly Alexander

Pokemon Go is coming to Apple Watch this year

It will ‘help you to be the very best’ It may feel like the crazed end-of-times excitement overPokémon Gois dying down, but the game is still absurdly popular, and with each new development, I can see it getting a boost. Today during Apple’s iPhone 7 event, Niantic announced Apple Watch support for the critter-catching game. — Wario64 (@Wario64)June 16, 2025 I haven’t touchedGoin weeks, but this functionality would make me want to play again....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 94 words · Sabrina Choi

Prototype and Prototype 2 might be heading to PS4

Screaming and crying, the Prototype way Back in 2009, a brutal war was raging in gaming. No, not Xbox vs PlayStation, orCall of Duty vsHalo. It was worse. So much worse. A war centred around mediocre open-world superhero games. On the left, we had Sucker Punch’sinFamous. On the right, we had Radical Entertainment’sPrototype.In the years that followed, it appearedinFamoushad been the victor, especially after Radical shut up shop. But we were wrong....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Anthony Cortez

PSN accidentally leaks Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection

Whoopsie! A promotional image forUncharted: The Nathan Drake Collectionhas been leaked on the mobile US PlayStation Store. We know nothing more than what the picture above tells us — it’s going to be a collection, (un)imaginatively named after charismatic leading man Nathan Drake — but it’s probably safe to assume that this is likely to feature the trilogy to date, presumably remastered for the PlayStation 4. Will it also contain the Vita game?...

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Molly Ellison

Put off Snake Pass all these years? It’s free on Humble right now

Hiss, but don’t boo Snake Passis the perfect storm for “I’ll get to it later.” It’s a novel and cute game with a nontraditional locomotion scheme, that much is good. But, it gotmiddling review scoresas the consensus seemed to be that all the snake stuff wore thin before long, like you got the gist of it early on and the game never really built on itself. That’s the formula for passing until it’s cheaper....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Crystal Wilson

Realtime Worlds to give APB an open beta

Crackdowndeveloper Realtime Worlds has released a statement that Chris Dye, who had previously been employed at Codemasters, has been hired as the new Community Relations Manager for their upcoming MMOAll Points Bulletin. The real news, though, was tucked away towards the bottom.“This appointment signals the start of a new phase forAPBwhere we can interact more fluidly with both gaming sites, and our potential future player base. This is an important milestone for the game now that we are transitioning into Alpha and moving towards the full public beta ofAPB,” Business Development Manager Mario Rizzo announced....

July 13, 2025 · 4 min · 674 words · Mark Stewart

Resident Evil Village smashes 4.5 million sales & shipments in two months

Sequel is the fastest-selling Resident Evil ever Never underestimate the power of a beautiful nine-foot vampire, a wildly over-enthusiastic Marionette, and the widest-shouldered S.T.A.R.S. member in existence. Capcom hasproudly announcedthatResident Evil Villagehas already surpassed 4.5 million shipments and sales since its release back in May. The survival horror sequel — a direct follow-up to the highly acclaimedResident Evil 7— sees tortured protagonist Ethan Winters step unto the darkness once again, exploring a haunting European town seeking both answers and his kidnapped child, Rose....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 188 words · Amy Reynolds

Skull and Bones open beta this week will save progress for full launch

The long-developed open-world pirate adventure Skull and Bones is finally going to see its release on February 16. However, a beta event that is open to everyone kicks off in just a few days on February 8 and lasts through February 11. Anyone can jump in and play for free up to the rank of Infamy Brigand, which is Tier 6 Rank 1. Thankfully, all progression from the beta carries over to the full release, so anyone interested in checking it out has no reason not to!...

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 298 words · Linda Baker