How to get Cryston Components in Arknights: Endfield beta

Cryston Components are one of the more difficult materials to obtain inArknights: Endfielddue to the extensive base development required. Since you’ll eventually need to mass-produce them, it’s valuable to optimize your production lines early, despite the challenges, so here’s everything you need to know to efficiently produce them. How to make Cryston Components in Arknights: Endfield Unlike many reagents inArknights: Endfield, Cryston Components are made from a large combination of other existing materials that all must be processed in the correct manner to be used....

July 18, 2025 · 4 min · 674 words · Amanda Martin

How to haul sacks to the charcoal shed in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

From Whom the Bells Tolls mission has to be one of the most chore-heavy questlines as you complete one mundane task after another. Hauling the sack to the charcoal shed will be the first objective, and we’re here to show you how to complete it inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Table of contents KCD2 Haul sacks to the charcoal shed quest guide When it’s time to haul the sacks to Trosky Castle, the guard will tell you to put them into a mysterious charcoal shed....

July 18, 2025 · 4 min · 700 words · Jessica Miller

How to unlock multiplayer co-op in Dead Island 2

You’ll unlock it fairly quickly into the campaign The originalDead Islandwas better with friends. Duh, right? Well, it was arguablyonly playablewith friends, but doesn’t that apply to pretty much everything? ThankfullyDead Island 2has some advancements on the prior formula that help it stand on its own, butit can be better with friendsall the same. Here’s how to unlock multiplayer/co-op inDead Island 2. You’ll unlock multiplayer after a really early campaign mission This whole process took us roughly 30 minutes to complete but could take longer if you linger....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · John Trujillo

How to use Specialists in Civilization 7 (Civ 7)

Specialists are a mechanic inCivilization 7that are unlocked after you start to build up your capital and other settlements. Specialists are only available in cities and they provide an extra layer of depth to every one of your tiles. However, Specialists can be a little tricky to implement inCivilization 7, so allow me to explain how they work and when you should use them. How to unlock Specialists inCiv 7 Specialists are unlocked in the Antiquity Age after you’ve reached anywhere from 50-100 turns....

July 18, 2025 · 4 min · 789 words · Tara Ayala

Humble Bundle 11 has The Swapper, Guacamelee! and more

Pay what you want for some great games It’s Humble Bundle time again and you know what that means; pay what you want for some great games but pay a little extra to get even more.Humble Bundle 11has some great games from the few years likeGuacamelee!: Gold Edition,Dust: An Elysian Tail,Giana Sisters: Twisted Dream, and a personal favorite from 2013,The Swapper. As always, if you beat the average price you’re able to get yourself some extra games; this time you’ll get some other standouts from 2013: the co-op heist fun ofMonacoand the mind-bending puzzlerAntichamber....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Christopher Davis

I would still play this dated, lost Sonic skateboarding game

Watch the history of this relic This has been one of my favorite episodes of the Unseen64 series, partially because of the lengths that folks have gone to in the name of game preservation. Years back there was aSonic-themed skateboarding game slated for Xbox, PS2, and GameCube from a relatively obscure developer called Vision Scape. Built as a prototype the project ended up getting out into the wild over the years, but the story of how it met its end is rather bleak....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Melinda Anderson

It’s possible to beat Dark Souls II in 20 minutes

Here’s Distortion2’s 20:14 run I haven’t been keeping up withDark Souls IIspeedruns.I should be. We got a tip in this weekend about Marksel’s21:25world-record any% run, which has since been topped by Distortion2’s 20:14 run, included above. Seems they’ve got a bit of a friendly rivalry going on right now. How are these times feasible? Glitches. Bypassing the Shrine of Winter.Running aboveand below the environment. Binoculars, which inadvertently allow forabsurd movement speeds....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Anthony Watson

Live Show: Let’s play Beyond: Two Souls

Alert: I’m likely going to be miserable Hey guys! I’m pretty sure that’s how you’re supposed to start a let’s play. Yeah, I don’t get it either so I’ll refrain from making any more of those jokes. If you saw Phil and my previous show,The Gentlemen’s Clubyou undoubtedly remember our time spent with DAD OF THE YEAR inHeavy Rain. You’ll also remember that I loathe that game much as is physically possible....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Stacey White

Live show: Mash Tactics plays Skyward Sword

Today,Mash Tacticsis picking up that old Master Sword, in the form of a golden Wii remote, to once again save the eponymous princess inThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Potentially one of the last great Wii releases, and arguably one of the bestZeldaadventures,Skyward Swordwill have Carnage and Wesley slashing up and down through hoards of new and familiar enemies. Tune in to see Link’s biggest journey yet, and maybe even a surprise treat....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Jenna Haley

Live show: Tribes: Ascend on Mash Tactics

King Foom is ready to get back into the swing of things after our successful, if grueling, 56 hours marathon for charity. Today onMash Tactics, Foom is sliding intoTribes: Ascend. This multiplayer-only, free-to-play shooter has gained some considerable popularity since its release, and Foom needs to get good at it, fast. Tune in to see what he can do! Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Debra Parrish

Maybe you want to play Limbo on PS4 too?

How much of this game can you take? If you own a device, chances are you can playLimboon it. Blenders? Yep, I think those are equipped forLimbo. Those high-tech war machines where two guys have to turn a key at the same time to launch a nuke? Fact: They haveLimbopre-installed. It’s probably even come to those old hot-orange Nokia phones that were only good for playingSnake. Probably. One placeLimbohasn’t yet shuffled its monochrome, sister-searching ways to is the PlayStation 4, but that looks set to change....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Jacqueline Jones

New Cabela’s trailer puts a happy face on hunting

Big Game Hunter: Pro Hunts now available Cabela’s Big Game Hunter: Pro Huntswas released into the wild today for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, and Wii U. Activision released this trailer to accompany the launch. I love it so, so much. It’s less about the gameplay, which I completely admit has appeal, but the expressions made by the character models. These digital versions of hunting pros all have the same joy on their faces, the kind of joy that only comes from having an implement of death in your hand....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Alexander Hall

Our SimCity review is coming soon

So watch this tutorial to hold you over Those of you super obsessed with videogame news may have noticed someSimCityreviews are already up. Destructoid was given the same access as others to play the game before release on closed servers, but we’re holding our review to properly play through the game on the same real servers that everyone is playing on right now. Expect the official review sometime this week by our very own Josh Derocher....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · Maria Alexander