Hogwarts Legacy Walkthrough: Stop Ranrok and Rookwood 1 (Fire and Vice, Professor Weasley's Assignment, In the Shadow of the Mine, and It's All Gobbledegook)

Quick Links In this chapter ofHogwarts Legacy, players break into a poacher beast fighting pit, learn how to turn enemies into throwable objects, continue investigating the triptych with Sebastian, and take Amit on an adventure into a goblin mine for Lodgok. This chapter ofHogwarts Legacybegins, of course, with Poppy Sweeting helping the player uncover the poachers and their secret dragon fighting pit known as “Horntail Hall.” RELATED:Hogwarts Legacy: How to Get a Hopping Pot Fire and Vice Meeting with Poppy, players follow her toward a poacher camp, interrupted briefly and terrifyingly by some understandably irritated centaurs....

August 7, 2025 · 10 min · 2011 words · Deborah Ochoa

How to Heal in The Witcher 3

Quick Links The Witcher 3: Wild Huntis one of the most popular RPGs from the PS4 and Xbox One era. However, it can be easy to forget how challenging it can be when fighting monsters and enemies. Surviving these encounters can sometimes be difficult, so it is vital to know how to keep Geralt healthy in and out of fights. Geralt fights alone, save for the occasional team-up in certain quest....

August 7, 2025 · 4 min · 838 words · Cody Spencer

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Screenshots Show King Rhoam Leading Soldiers

Nintendo of America has given players another glimpse atHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamityon its Twitter account. Kings in theLegend of Zeldaseries often take a passive role in the games, but that does not seem to be the case inHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. In a tweet, Nintendo of America gave players new reasons to beexcited aboutHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamityby showing screenshots of King Rhoam. There were three different screenshots shown in the tweet, giving players an idea of what King Rhoam’s role is in the Age of Calamity....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 421 words · Meredith Hoover

Incredible Justice League Game Prototype Created in Dreams

It’s a bit baffling that Warner Bros. hasn’t created a modernJustice Leaguegame. While DC movies have had their ups and downs, Warner Bros. has had a lot of success on the games side of things with titles like theBatman Arkhamseries. Rumors of a potential Superman game have circulated, but that’s as close as things have come. In response to Warner Bros' inaction, one fan has taken it upon themselves to create theJustice Leaguegame of their dreams....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Scott Maldonado

Jordan Peele's Nope Gets New Teasers That Promise Absolute Spectacle

Jordan Peele’s new movieNopewill premiere next week, merging horror and sci-fi in what’s already been teased as a mysterious alien movie with the director’s usual brand of social commentary. However, the latest previews take things one step further by calling the film “an absolute spectacle.” Peele, who made his horror debut in the critically acclaimedGet Out, has said his main goal withUniversal’sNopewas to create a “great American UFO story,” albeit one that dabbles into the rest of the themes the director is associated with, including comedy....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · John Miller

Kena: Bridge of Spirits PS5 Launch Delayed to Next Year

One of the most prominently featured PlayStation 5 releases showcased over the past several months won’t be arriving in 2020 after all.Kena: Bridge of Spiritsis a fantasy action-adventure game in which the player controls a variety of spiritual pets.Kena’s cartoonish aesthetic and quirky gameplay endeared it to many PlayStation fans, but what once could have been a PS5 launch title is now being pushed into a window that’s less crowded....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Ralph Sexton

Lost Ark: The Best Abilities For The Paladin Class (& How To Unlock Them)

Lost Arkhas risen to the top of gaming since its release on Steam, with an all-time peak of around 1.3 million concurrent players. The game still finds itself in the top 10 games on Steam much of the time. With its addictive gameplay loop and the amazing world to explore, it’s easy to see why so many love getting into the gritty details of each character build. RELATED:Lost Ark: How To Complete The End Of The Trials Quest...

August 7, 2025 · 5 min · 1014 words · Jeffrey Davis

Lycoris Recoil: Episode 5 "So Far, So Good" Review

The following contains spoilers for Episode 5 of Lycoris Recoil, “So far, so good” now streaming onCrunchyroll. Once again, we return toLycoris Recoil, with a much more action-packed episode, with more hints about the Alan Institute, what they’re capable of, and Chisato’s mysterious condition. We also get a peak at Mika’s past, and get to see a riveting showdown with an infamous assassin. The anime takes place in a world where orphan girls are taught to be Lycorises, a form of violence control....

August 7, 2025 · 7 min · 1287 words · Samuel Howard

Modern Warfare 2: 5 Mission Types Needed For Co-Op

Infinity Ward’sModern Warfare 2has seen a high player count and positive reception ever since its launch. Despitesome of the game-breaking bugs, a large majority of players have enjoyed what the latestCall Of Dutyentry has to offer. As Season One comes with a plethora of new content including new missions for the co-op mode, fans will be wondering what the future may hold for this mode. Related:Modern Warfare 2 Two New Maps In Season One GivenModern Warfare 2’s inevitable long-running cycle due to the franchise skipping an entry in 2023, it is highly likely that players will be in for a good proportion of content not only for the standard multiplayer modes,Warzone 2....

August 7, 2025 · 4 min · 835 words · Chelsea Fisher

New Benchmark Shows Intel Arc Desktop GPU Could Be Equal to Nvidia’s RTX 2070

Intelrecently launched the laptop variants of its hotly anticipated Arc graphics hardware. Withsupplies of AMD and Nvidia graphics cards getting better, not to mention prices coming down, it seems like a good time for team blue to start hitting the market with everything it’s got. While there’s still a bit of time to wait until its desktop GPUs come out, there have been numerous benchmark tests to see how the tech giant will stack up against its newest rivals, and the latest one has some interesting results....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 459 words · Teresa Bailey

New Shin Megami Tensei 5 Trailer Highlights Story, Factions, and New Gameplay

After the successes of a certain other franchise in the metaverse, Atlus is bringing fans into the “netherworld” next withShin Megami Tensei 5on Nintendo Switch. Building off the momentum of a similarly transitional and the recently remasteredShin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne, this fifth entry marks the return of a fully 3DShin Megami TenseiJRPG. Similar toNocturne, the premise ofShin Megami Tensei 5appears to tread similar ground, which should be very promising forSMTfans....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 541 words · Derek Thomas

Phasmophobia Dev Teases Next Stage of Updates, Including a Main Menu Overhaul

Upon launch back in September 2020,Phasmophobiaskyrocketed to overnight success. With its unique ghost hunting gameplay mechanics, it became a popular choice for horror lovers, especially among the streaming community. It also becameone of the highest rated games on Steamand still sits comfortably among the platform’s top 100 games, above the likes ofHalf-Life: AlyxandThe Witcher 3. Needless to say, the developer, Kinetic Games, has a vested interest in keeping its popular IP in good stead with the fan base, and so there are some more updates on the way....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Brent Mitchell

PlayStation Launches Halloween Sale on PS4 and PS5

2022’s holiday season has officially arrived, as a mixture of live-service Halloween events and digital storefront Halloween sales have begun ahead of October 31. The latest to join in the fun is thePlayStation Store, as Sony officially began this year’s Halloween sale with discounts for hundreds of different games forPlayStation 5and PlayStation 4. There does seem to be a confusing issue currently that could trick shoppers into believing the number of games in the PlayStation Store’s Halloween sale in the United States is more limited it is, however....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 447 words · Andrew Frye