How Marvel Rivals’ developer profited from Blizzard’s games in 2024 despite being competitors

The rivalry between Marvel Rivals and Blizzard Entertainment may not be as straightforward as it seems—at least not for Marvel Rivals’ developer, NetEase. In its2024 financial report, NetEase credited Marvel Rivals’ stellar launch as a key driver of its gaming division’s revenue despite the game releasing only in early December. The game amassed 10 million players in its first 72 hours and has reached 40 million registered players to date....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Melissa Curtis

How to change characters in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

You’ll want to change characters inSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leaguebecause each offers a different weapon set and alternate abilities. Traversing with Harley Quinn or Captain Boomerang might be easier than King Shark, for example. Here’s how to do it! When you initially start the game and finish the tutorials, you’re offered the chance to pick a character out of the four. It makes it seem like you’re stuck with them throughout the playthrough, but after finishing the opening chapter, you may switch to another Suicide Squad member....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Jeffrey Roberts

How to complete Expert Treasure Hunter in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Many vague duties are tough to solve, hidden away in the Village Dreamlight section inDisney Dreamlight Valley. These tasks all offer special rewards, so tackling them is crucial if you want to earn prizes. One such duty is Expert Treasure Hunter. All you’re given to work with for this mission is the name, so it’s quite tricky figuring out what needs to be done. If this duty has you stumped, here’show to complete Expert Treasure Hunter inDisney Dreamlight Valley....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 575 words · Emma Miller

How to Get Cursed Techniques in Sorcery

Cursed Techniques are the crown jewel on your magic crown if you’re skilled enough to unlock them. It requires not just reflexes but also timing and luck. While the process is challenging, the reward is more than worth it. Here’s how to get Cursed Techniques inRoblox Sorcery. Table of contents How to Unlock Cursed Techniques in Sorcery You musttravel to Dream Worldand successfully complete an obby to unlock Cursed Techniques. But before that, you must first reach the specific requirements needed to complete Dream World challenges successfully....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 375 words · Amanda Gomez

How to get more crop space in Fields of Mistria

When you first begin a new save onFields of Mistria, you have a small plot of farmable land outside your house which has a total of 68 available spaces for crop growth. You could be forgiven for thinking that’s all you can ever have, but there’s a very easy way to get more space. If you’re not happy with the space provided, you’ll be pleased to know that all you need to get some more is a shovel....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Lisa Shepherd

How to pickpocket in Starfield

You have the power to be whoever you want to be inStarfield. Those with valiant goals will probably side with Constellation, thwart the Crimson Fleet whenever they can, and mostly follow the laws of theUnited Colonies and Freestar Collective. If you want to explore the dark side, that’s also possible, and there are several skills you can learn to improve your criminality. If you want to be the best thief in the Settled Systems, you’ll have to work on your Theft skill....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Cindy Perez

How to unlock Triple Triad in FFXIV

If you love collecting things, have a passion for winning, and don’t mind a little bit of gamer frustration, Triple Triad is the perfect thing to distract yourself with while playing Final Fantasy XIV. There are currently 402 cards to collect, but let’s start with the basics. Unlocking Triple Triad To unlock the card game, head forCard Hall in the Gold Saucer. Talk to theTriple Triad Master (X4.1 Y7.4)and pick up the quest calledTriple Triad Trial....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 587 words · Gloria Mendoza

Jeff Kaplan weighs in on Overwatch’s balance and the dive meta

Get jumped on, son Forum threads complaining about game balance are a dime a dozen for any popular game, but it’s always interesting when a developer or designer joins in.Overwatchgame director Jeff Kaplandid just thatin the wake ofDoomfist’s release, sharing his perspective on the current meta, balance, and his ideas about the perception of balance on the forums. Kaplan’s post was mostly a response to complaints about the current “dive meta” of the game....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 726 words · Karen Ramos

Larian is working on Baldur’s Gate 3 for Xbox, but it’s not ready for announcement yet

Baldur’s Gate 3isn’t locked to any platform, though Larian Studios has locked in a launch date forBaldur’s Gate 3and confirmed the RPG would be coming to PlayStation 5 alongside PC and Mac. The absence of Xbox has led Larian Studios to clarify, though, that the State of Play announcement doesn’t mean there’s any platform exclusivity. Fans questioned whether Xbox would also receiveBaldur’s Gate 3, after Larianonly confirmedPS5, PC, and Mac. Over onReddit, Larian’s community manager posted an update on why exactly that is:...

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Eric Mendez

Marvel’s Avengers gets its world-first hands-on at gamescom

Also, Europe’s first chance to play Final Fantasy VII remake Later this month, gamescom attendees might feel luckier than the half of the global population that Thanos didn’t instantaneously off. They’ll be among the first people in the world to take a crack atMarvel’s Avengers. After a couple months of being tight-lipped with gameplay, Square Enix is finally letting people tryMarvel’s Avengers. Square Enix says the gamescom demo will have players “[battling] as Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Widow, and Thor [as they experience] the preliminary incident of this originalAvengersstory....

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · William Reyes

Media Molecule is rolling out the Dreams beta this week

Public sign-ups will open on Jan. 8 We’ll soon have our chance to try outDreams, the next creation game fromLittleBigPlanetmaker Media Molecule. As promised, there will be a beta on PS4 this year — but only for a select bunch at first. TheDreamsbeta will come with a “pretty complete set” of creation tools, but it won’t have the full version’sstory modeor VR support, and it’s only running until Jun 13, 2025....

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Sonya Hodges

Microsoft: Devs have monthly cap for adding Achievements

‘We don’t want to overwhelm gamers’ With the impending change of guard of Xbox consoles, Microsoft is taking the opportunity to revamp its Achievement system. There have beenplenty of rumorssurrounding Xbox One Achievements, but Microsoft shed a bit of light on one of the crucial aspects. In an interview withXbox360Achievements, Xbox One program manager Chad Gibson revealed that developers will be subject to a monthly cap for the number of Achievements that they’re able to add....

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Robert Ford

New Canadian studio Beans created by former Ubisoft developers

First title to be published by Devolver Digital Among the madness and mayhem ofthis weekend’s Devolver Direct presentation, one of the quieter announcementswas the collaborationbetween the zany publisher and new indie studio Beans Team, an outfit created by two former Ubisoft developers. Based in Toronto, Canada, Beans Team (or simply “Beans”) was put together this year by Gabriela Salvatore and Dean Evans. Salvatore worked at Ubisoft for four years, performing game design, narrative writing, and motion capture production on titles such as open-world adventureFar Cry 5and multiplayer battlerFor Honor....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Laura Brown