Summary There are plenty of bosses inEiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroesthat you’ll face as you fight against the Empire. Most, with proper planning, are easy to manage, and you can beat down within a few turns. However! This is a feint. Don’t trust it. Eiyuden Chronicle is banking on you getting overconfident, so you can let your guard down. Some will say that all beginning boss fights are hard because you’re under-leveled, others will say that the latter half of bosses are tougher due to the spike in difficulty midway through....

Summary We all love a game with good romance options. But sometimes, you just want to get real weird with it. It’s ok, there’s no judgment here. If gamers can embrace a game about rolling up random objects into stars, they can be cool with whatever you’ve got in those hidden computer folders. Now, you might think the weirdest you can get in terms of video game romances might be aliens or fantasy creatures....

Summary Let’s talk about the biggest ’90s throwback toys —Beanie Babies! These little stuffed animals have a unique twist that sets them apart from your average teddy bear. Instead of being filled with the usual fluffy stuff, they’ve got these cool plastic pellets inside, making them super poseable and giving them a pretty realistic feel. Each Beanie Baby also comes with two special tags — a cute heart-shaped ‘swing tag’ at the top and a little fabric ‘tush tag’ at the bottom....

I’ve been hyped forDragon’s Dogma 2ever since the first teaser. Subsequent trailers only added to my excitement. But there was one video that really grabbed me – the introduction of the Sphinx. From day one, I had my sights set on finding that Sphinx. It took me about three days of non-stop gaming, exploring every nook and cranny. And then, bam! There she was, just waiting for someone to stumble upon her....

Quick Links Added to the roster asOverwatch 2’s40th hero, Venture is an archaeologist who traverses the battlefield underground, and uses their drill to deal massive amounts of damage. Venture is classified as a DPS, meaning that they specialize in dealing damage and picking off important targets. Unlike other DPS characters that focus on defeating their enemies with ranged weaponry, Venture gets up close and personal, and can quickly weave in and out of melee range safely....

Summary Do you honestly think I’m so desperate for a newCrash Bandicootgame that I’d write 750 words on a single picture of a mask that might not even be from Crash? Boy, do you know me well. Yesterday,Toys for Bobupdated its websitewith a picture of a tiki maskthat looks extremely similar to the art style we see in Crash Bandicoot. But what does this mean? Something? Nothing? If you ask me, it’s definitely one of those two....

Summary If you’re one of the manyCall of Duty Warzonefans hoping to see the return of Verdansk, then you’re in luck. That’s because Verdansk is set to return to the mode. The problem is, it’s going to take a little bit longer than most would probably like. ` According to information from Call of Duty dataminer BobNetworkUK, which wasthen corroborated by Tom Henderson of Inside Gaming, Verdansk will be added back to Warzone in early 2025....

I collect video game strategy guides. They don’t make them much anymore, and when they do, they’re usually way too expensive and more or less collector’s edition books rather than actual walkthroughs. That’s fine. We’ve got the internet. We don’t need them and I still buy them anyway because I’ve got a lot of bookshelves and even more loneliness in my heart. When my family was broke, I’d go to Barnes & Noble and just read strategy guides front to back because I couldn’t actually play the game....

Summary Disguises in video games are usually more important than just a cosmetic skin: they play an integral role in the main story or open new side quests to enhance world building. Some video game characters are more adept cosplayers than others. Some are akin to shapeshifters: seamlessly morphing into someone else. Others, well it’s a wonder they fooled anyone. Though some disguises are improbable, the silliness of these scenarios creates memorable and humorous game play....

Summary At long last, you’ve reached the end credits inAnimal Well, a task that’s no doubt taken you hours and provided plenty of scares and stress along the way. But, wait, what’s that off to the right after the firework show? What’s this television? What’s this house? Rolling the credits on Animal Well is the end of only the first layer of the game – you’ve still got two more layers of mysteries and puzzles to solve if you want to reach the game’s true ending!...

Quick Links You are thrown into the mysterious world ofAnimal Wellafter emerging from a flower. As you explore the haunting realm around you, you’ll find various puzzles to solve and creatures to meet. Some creatures you’ll need to run away from or scare off. There are also many items and structures that you’re able to interact with as you discover new areas, and you’ll find puzzles that will need items from the other side of the map....

Quick Links Supergiant Games brings back one of the best roguelikes inHades 2. Like its predecessor, the game also revolves around unlocking and collecting resources, which is more prominent in RPGs, but they mixed it in perfectly on their roguelike hit. One of the earliest resources you might have problems finding would be the Fate Fabric because you can easily unlock certain recipes that require reagents or resources that you haven’t encountered yet....

Elden Ring:Shadow of the Erdtreereleased last week to, as many expected, critical acclaim, and as much fewer expected,a ton of negative reviews from players. Some of those reviews bring up legitimate problems, citing performance issues and crashes as detracting from the experience, but a lot of them also complain that the expansion istoodifficult. Seasoned players are getting two-shotted, and some bosses seem almost impossibly hard to beat. My colleague Jade Kinghas already writtenabout how some players have shown an astounding amount of hypocrisy in how they dunked on reviewers for saying the game was difficult and then later dropped the expansion for exactly the same reason, but I’m more interested in the confounding nature of the criticism....