Before Elden Ring, I couldn’t have imagined comparing FromSoftware games to the Sniper Elite series. Storming a Nazi stronghold in the French countryside, murdering a captain and casing a farmhouse mansion for intel really is a million miles from wading knee-deep in Blighttown’s poisonous sludge. But, now well over 200 …
Read More »Elden Ring mod adds Guts from Berserk, the manga that shaped the Souls games
Elden Ring contains some of the Souls series’ most obvious nods to the manga Berserk, and thanks to a new mod, Berserk protagonist Guts is now officially a part of the Lands Between. Cota Studios (opens in new tab) demonstrated the custom equipment included in the Berserk mod in a …
Read More »Elden Ring players are getting banned for picking up Fias hacked underwear
Beware, ye Tarnished: some Elden Ring players are dropping hacked skivvies that could get you soft-banned from the game and even require you to delete your save files. A few weeks ago, players found a way to equip Fia AKA Hug Lady’s skimpy underwear, because of course they did. The …
Read More »The Elden Ring speedrun record is now under 7 minutes
The Elden Ring speedrun world record is now 6:59 thanks to an unbelievable run from Distortion2, who broke his own record with the first sub-seven minute clear. Just yesterday, Distortion2 (opens in new tab)announced bold plans to pursue a sub-seven run after cutting Elden Ring’s any% category – which simply …
Read More »Elden Ring used to have a “dreambrew” that made NPCs spill their guts
A pre-release build of Elden Ring has a quest that lets you craft a “dreambrew” that makes NPCs chatty and sleepy; essentially, it gets them drunk. Prolific modder Lance McDonald recently released a video where they explore an earlier Elden Ring build that included content which was ultimately cut from …
Read More »GTA Trilogy update targets performance, broken textures, and a zillion bugs
The GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition just got a big new update targeting approximately a zillion performance, stability, and graphical issues alongside an ever-shrinking mountain of bugs. The patch notes (opens in new tab) for update 1.04 – which is now live on PS4, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, …
Read More »Genshin Impact let players build their own dungeons so they immediately recreated Squid Game
Genshin Impact just launched the Divine Ingenuity event that gives players the tools to build their own custom domain challenges, so of course, somebody immediately recreated Squid Game’s glass bridge. Tried the new Genshin event and made a domain inspired from the glass challenge in Squidgame lmaoSo far I’ve only …
Read More »Some streamers are already playing – and spoiling – Elden Ring
Elden Ring may not be out for another eight days, but that hasn’t stopped a few lucky streamers from exploring the harrowing realm of the lands between. Much like Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild before it, Elden Ring is a game focused on discovery. Much of the thrill …
Read More »Five reasons Im redownloading Cyberpunk 2077 for patch 1.5
Right now, there’s a 63GB patch for Cyberpunk 2077 downloading onto my Xbox Series X. That’s going to take a little while to complete so, in the meantime, why don’t we take a look at the state of CD Projekt Red’s embattled open-world RPG and the new features that convinced …
Read More »Elden Ring gameplay leak reveals a knight who slaps you around with a dragon tail
Newly-leaked Elden Ring gameplay shows a powerful NPC not seen in the game’s network test, apparently dubbed Crucible Knight Floh. Dataminer ER-SA shared a short clip of this red warrior in action – and by in action, we mean in the process of pummeling an unfortunate Tarnished. Floh – assuming …
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