What are Gilded Voyages in Sea of Thieves?

Seeing all the possible Voyages you’re able to embark on inSea of Thievescan be a little overwhelming. It gets even worse when time-limited Gilded Voyages pop up, but they shouldn’t be something you avoid. Diving intoSea of Thievesas a newcomer isn’t easy. While its tutorial does a great job of outlining the basics, there’s still a lot of seafaring you’ve got to master by yourself or with the help of the community....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Michael Henry

Wii Shop Update: Wolf of the Battlefield: MERCS and LIT

Nick Chester is traveling today, so I present this week’s offerings on WiiWare and Virtual Console in his absence. First off, we getWolf of the Battlefield: MERCS(Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)on the VC. This top-down,Commando-style shooter was based on an arcade game and is actually quite a bit of fun, if a bit hard. It also features an original mode which allows you to choose between five different mercenaries to play through as....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Justin Michael

You can preload the new Genshin Impact update now (Update)

2.5 is out on February 16 If you want to preloadGenshin Impactyou can do it now to prepare forupdate 2.5: which is dropping later today. Do it before you head to work! Just hit this little cloud icon that says “Game Pre-Installation” — it’s easy to miss! On PC the update is 15.2GB, and the preload process forGenshin Impactdoes let you play the game while you’re downloading the update. For me, it was extremely painless and very short....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Shawn Moore

Zen Pinball now out on PlayStation 4

Get a free table, and PS3 purchases carry over Zen Pinball is now available on the PlayStation 4. The platform itself is free, and will include the Sorcerer’s Lair table for free. Other tables will cost you, but if you already purchased them on the PlayStation 3 then those purchases will carry over. There’s a plethroa of tables to choose, fromMarvel Pinball, Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles, Star Wars Pinball, Star Wars Pinball: Balance of the Force, Plants vs....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Jonathan White

13 hour Steam Greenlight games stream this weekend

See stream of Steam Greenlight games On Saturday, June 29,Legend of Dungeondeveloper Robot Loves Kitty is hosting a 13 hour livestream dedicated to Steam Greenlight games. Recently greenlit and released games likeMcPixelwill be on display along with titles currently vying for votes, likeTower of Guns,Girls Love Robots, andEscape Goat. The full list of featured games can be foundhere. The event will begin at 11:00am EST, with a pre-show warm up at 10:30am, and be available to watch on Robot Loves Kitty’sTwitch channel....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Mallory Bishop

22Cans removes microtransactions from Godus Wars after they made everyone angry

Never mix early access and paid-for DLC It’s only been a few days sinceGodus Warslaunched on Steam Early Access, and it’s already managed to cause an uproar. As 22Cans’ early access follow-up to the infamously abandonedGodus,Warshas the difficult task of trying to build bridges between the studio and its betrayed community… so what better way to kick things off than include microtransactions! When it launched,Godus Warswas given for free to those who ownedGodus, or cost $11....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 641 words · Shannon King

A new Voice of Cards is on the way, and it launches very soon

It’s in the heart of the cards TheVoice of Cardsis back, and a lot faster than what you might have expected. Square Enix has announcedVoice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden, a new entry in the card-based RPG series, is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Steam. Its last entry,The Isle Dragon Roars, only launched back in October 2021. It seems like developer Alim is turning around a new one fast though, asThe Forsaken Maidenwill launch on Jul 30, 2025....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Lisa Schultz

Adorable and terrifying Okamiden papercraft

Papercraft scares me. The whole prospect of it is intimidating, even without my stupid fingers to clumsy things up. Delightful as the photos of finished products wind up being, thinking about what a torn mess the ones I make would inevitably be has saved me a lot of time and frustration. Take this Okamiden papercraft of Chibiterasu, for example. Look at the slight, delicate bend in the legs to make the feet....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · George Davis

All EA FC 25 Ballon d’Or Completionist objective rewards and tasks

The Ballon d’Or Completionist objective marks the start of a new celebration inEA FC 25, and you can earn plenty of rewards for free to improve your Ultimate Team squad. Everyone who has logged into the game on November 8 will have received two global loans featuring the stars from men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or. These loan items will be available for the next four days, and you’re able to use the cards in all game modes....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Jessica Mosley

Assassin’s Creed Shadows streamer lashes out at ‘entitled’ trolls and their ‘worthless’ opinions on the game

Assassin’s Creed Shadowsseems to have faced every kind of criticism imaginable during its development. Some of it was fair, such as concerns over potential historical inaccuracies raised by Japanese players, while other attacks were more reactionary—like people calling the game “woke” simply because it features two protagonists who aren’t white men: Yasuke, a black man, and Naoe, a Japanese woman. Now, as the game is rolling out and streamers are creating content around it, trolls are also showing up, attacking both the game and content creators covering it....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 501 words · Caroline Dudley

Back Catlateral Damage on Kickstarter, get some indie games

If you’re quick that is… When we first sawCatlateral Damageearlier this year, I thought it was a fun little game, a kind of spiritual successor to theKatamariseries only instead of cleaning up, you’re just a cat wrecking stuff. Because that’s the kind of thing cats do (speaking from experience here). Today, developer Chris Chung launched a Kickstarter to raise $40,000 to develop a full version of the game for Windows, Mac, Linux and Ouya....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Corey Soto

Bandai Namco has high expectations for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree as players flock to the game on Steam

TheShadow of the ErdtreeDLCforElden Ringis finally dropping later today. Some people have even started playing it already, depending on their timezone, but there’s no point being jealous when it’s so close to release. It’s not just fans who’ve been feverishly waiting for this expansion, though; publisher Bandai Namco’s own anticipation has been described as “sky-high” for what it’s calling the company’s “most ambitious” DLC launch. This is according to Bandai Namco Europe’s chief marketing and sales officer Anthony Macare, who toldGamesIndustry....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Shawn Chavez

Bandai Namco reportedly recruiting talent for ‘Smash Bros. 6’

e-Career FA’s job posting shows a call for programmers Nintendo may be hyping upcomingSmash Bros.titles for Wii U and 3DS, but according toSiliconera(viaGame Jouhou) Bandai Namco has been sniffing around for talent to work on a “Smash Bros. 6” for a 2015 release. As posted on Japanese job board websitee-Career FA, Bandai Namco has been seeking programmers for “Smash Bros. 6,” expected for release next year. The listing states that currently 120 people are hard at work on the project, but the company is hoping for that number to increase to 200 by the end of the hiring drive....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 209 words · Curtis Green