How to get the Winter Jacket in Sons of the Forest 1.0

If you took Endnight’s advice and started a new save file ofSons of the Forest, you’ll likely enter winter on the island right about now. The good news is, if you need some extra protection from the elements, there’s a Winter Jacket to be had. The bad news? It’s not where it used to be. Before the implementation of1.0, the Winter Jacket was found on an abandoned campsite near a waterfall on the western half of the map....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 298 words · Kiara Garrett

How to purchase an item from an Outlaw Vending Machine in Fortnite

As you progress through your Outlaw Keycard quests inFortnite, you’ll encounter an objective asking to purchase an item from an Outlaw Vending Machine. Where do you find these? How much do items cost? Are any of them worth it? That’s what we’re here to find out. How to find an Outlaw Vending Machine in Fortnite Chapter 6, Season 2 Outlaw vending machines mainly appear inSeaport City, Masked Meadows, andCrime City.Throughout these landmarks, you’ll find vending machine icons on your map, usually appearing alongside decorative machines....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Gregory Mays

How to solve Nora’s Riddles: Eye of the Lake in Tales of the Shire

The many townsfolk who call the Shire home have lots of quests they require your assistance with inTales of the Shire. Most of them are decently straightforward, but others can be tricky to navigate, as is the case with Nora’s Riddles: Eye of the Lake. This riddle-focused quest is given to the young Daisy by Nora, and she’s completely stumped by it, so it’s up to you to track down the right location for it....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 501 words · Steven Hooper

If you finish your National Pokedex in Pokemon Home, you might get a special Magearna

But it’s currently somewhat of a mystery After a surprise launch, a lot of people seem to be warming up to Pokemon Home. It has its limitations (and even hacks to iron out), but for the most part the interface is clean and a lot of Pokemon Bank transfers have gone smoothly. Now that folks are really acclimating to it and have moved everything over, it seems like some users are uncovering special perks: like this new mystery gift....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Michael Lawrence

Ion implements an old idea I had for a chemistry card game

This is what I get for procrastinating I have to applaud Genius Games. I’ve had the idea for a card game based on ionic bonding kicking around in my head for years now, always with the thought that I could develop it and set up on Kickstarter for publishing. True to my nature, I have put it off over and over, even through bouts of unemployment when I had nothing but time on my hands....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 218 words · Sara Baldwin

Japan is really into squids now and kids now

Pure domination Nintendo’sSplatoonis enamoring people everywhere it releases. The family-friendly shooter has fans across the world transforming from kid to squid and back again. That influence extends to Japan, where players are eating it up. According to the latest Media Create figures (as published by4Gamer),Splatoonwas the top-selling game in Japan last week. It finished just shy of 145,000 sales — over 100,000 more than runner-upHatsune Miku Project Mirai DX. That’s an impressive showing, especially considering that Japanese audiences aren’t known for readily adopting console games....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Leslie Brown

Killing Floor 2 has more gore than you can twirl a katana at

And uglier buttocks than I could have hoped for Killing Floor 2is showing in spades much of what made the original a success. Blood by the bucket is shown to stain the map for the duration of the match as players dismember genetic freaks every which way. Tripwire Interactive has revamped the Perk system, added a ton of animation variations, and even added some sweet little flourishes to melee weapons....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · John Ellis

KonoSuba visual novel game will make its explosive debut in Japan this September

Protect your precious underwear It’s been a good while since the second season of the animeKonoSubaended, and we have yet to hear anything about a third installment getting green-lit. For now, the next best thing is that the show’s visual novelgame,KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! Judgment on this Greedy Game!, hits Japan on Sept. 7 for the PS4 and PS Vita. The neat part about 5pb.’sKonoSubatitle is that it revolves around Kazuma encountering a cursed ring that causes him to steal everyone’s underwear....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 218 words · Mary Jones

Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver remaster sparks the revival of a forgotten franchise

PlayStation announcedLegacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remasteredwith a first-reveal trailer on September 24, showcasing the visual improvements made over the originals and introducing story beats and key players in the games like Raziel and Kain. Crystal Dynamics returns as developer, while Aspyr Games takes over publishing duties from the now-defunct Eidos Interactive. Despite the critical and commercial success of the series,Legacy of Kainhasn’t gotten a new installment sinceDefiancein 2003....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Jacob Guerra

Mecha-teddy stomps into Champions Online

TheChampions OnlineWinter Event is go. Dubbed “Attack of the Misfit Toys,” this bit of seasonal content brings ushers in a new villain named Black Harlequin and an equally villainous (and mechanical) teddy bear toy. We’re not ones to linger on basic MMO enemies, but damn, this dude looks f’ing hardcore. But this isn’t all that is going on inChampions Online. According to an official release sent out last afternoon, developer Cryptic Studios have kicked off a referral program that allows referred players to rock out in the MMO for ten days without dishing out coin....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Stephanie Charles

Melee combat game Absolver still looks intriguing

Releasing August 29 on PC and PS4 Sloclap and Devolver Digital are bringing the online-centric combat gameAbsolverto PC and PlayStation 4 on August 02, 2025. I still mostly know this game as “the one with fisticuffs and funny masks,” but you might remember Zackdrawing comparisonstoDark SoulsPvP and sweet oldGod Hand. This overview gets into the meat of it, from moveset customization to fighting styles and stances: Up until now, my main concern has been that I’ll feel way out of my depth, but the way things are laid out in this video, I think it’ll just take some patience up front and won’t be too overwhelming....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Teresa Bowman

Modern Warfare 3 has own ‘No Russian’ with little girl

If there’s one thing Infinity Ward’s gotten good at, it’s using shock tactics. The “nuke” level ofModern Warfaregenerated a lot of discussion, only to be eclipsed by the highly controversial “No Russian” stage inModern Warfare 2. Now, leaked footage has revealed thatModern Warfare 3is following suit. How do you top a sequence in which you gun down innocent civilians in an airport? Easy! You go for the children. Although the Infinity Ward decided not to go interactive this time, it is no less shocking a scene thanks to the subject of the event....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 203 words · Megan Cooley

Money in the bank: Nintendo’s still got over $10 billion in assets

Not dooooooooooomed We’ve long known about Nintendo’swar chest, which in 2012 was $10 billion in the bank and $6 billion in additional assets. Those numbers have shrunk (probably due in part to thelarge scale share buybackfor investors with cold feet), butNintendo’s consolidated balance sheetfor the year still shows it in a good spot. Nintendo still has about $4.7 billion in the bank (474,297 million yen in “cash and deposits”) and $10....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · Tonya Brown