Summary Elden Ringis brimming with exceptional lore if you want to delve into it and the story is more than just dressing on top of a mechanics cake. In many cases, items and spells that have linked lore will synergize with each other, allowing you to create builds that are both potent and give your character a cohesive theme. These builds are perfect for people who want to fight their way through the Lands Between, while still feeling like a part of the world....

When building a PC, many of us get caught on the case. It’s what you’ll look at the most, so having one that’s aesthetically pleasing is important. But you’ll also want something that’s easy to build in! Mini-ITX cases are a great marriage of both ideas, providing you with a compact case that’s great to look at. From compact powerhouses to cases offering unmatched build flexibility and those specifically tailored for APU builds, we’re going to look at every detail you might be interested in....

Summary Art styles make or break games. Art draws in potential players. Realism adds to gritty, grim stories by making them feel all the more real. Pixel art appeals to nostalgia. Cute characters usually mean a game is cozy. What do papery-looking games imply? One of the key factors of paper-like games seems to be that paper elements are heavily incorporated into the gameplay. From folding around environments to diving into bookish worlds to characters changing forms, origami-style, there’s a lot that can be done....

Summary La Liga TOTS Evolution is now out onEA Sports FC 24, and it enables you to get a La Liga TOTS Moments EVO player. This Evolution effectively gives the players a significant boost in stats alongside three PlayStyle+, which ultimately lands you with an amazing card. However, like every other Evolution in EA Sports FC 24, there are certain restrictions on what kind of players you can use. This time, they include a maximum overall of 86, a pace stat of 94, a dribbling stat of 87, and a physical stat of 88....

RGB peripherals are as synonymous with gaming rigs as possible. While RGB has somewhat fallen from its ubiquitous fashion of the 2010s, it’s still something you’ll find on the vast majority of gaming peripherals and components. When you’re building your next computer, you might be trying to find the best RGB components, but what do you do once it comes to cooling your PC? The best choice is to go for RGB fans!...

If you’re on this site, you’re probably a nerd, which means you probably like science fiction. Dating at least back to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and possibly even earlier, science fiction is a very popular genre of literature. There’s something compelling about the visions of the future that expand and extend elements of our world to create fantastical, but still theoretically possible, scenarios. The genre has countless amazing stories to tell, from fascinating what-ifs that speculate on humanity’s future advancements to horrific if-this-goes-ons that warn us about what may lie at the end of the paths we’re taking....

Forget your phone’s tired word scramble apps, banish the cobwebs from your dusty dictionary – it’s time to unleash the vocabulary kraken and prepare for a battle royale of the most epic proportions! We’re talking wordboard games, folks, those glorious cardboard battlefields where puns become weapons and obscure verb conjugations are your secret allies. This guide will help you unearth hidden gems and established favorites to crown the ultimate vocabulary vanquisher....

Summary Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, now calledThe Veilguard, will be getting its first gameplay reveal lasting 15 minutes on June 11 at 8am PT. As explained in a newblog post, EA changed the name because it wanted to emphasise that you and your companions, not your enemies, “are the heart of this new experience”. That being said, the once titular Dread Wolf “still has an important part in this tale”. “We changed the name as the original title didn’t show just how strongly we feel about our new heroes, their stories, and how you’ll need to bring them together to save all of Thedas,” BioWare writes, explaining that throughout the game, you’ll recruit seven different companions who you’ll work alongside to protect the Veil, hence the name....

Summary If you thoughtElden Ringfelt like Dark Souls 4, wait until you get your hands onShadow of the Erdtree. It’s chock-full of references to past games, from a flooded city to the return of Black Knights, sort of. In case you want to avoid spoilers — and if you clicked on this article by complete accident — here’s your chance to look away. Light Shadow of the Erdtree spoilers ahead....

Summary Elden Ring’s long-awaitedShadow of the Erdtree DLCis finally here. With its release, both Soulsborne veterans and newcomers alike are either returning to the game or jumping in for the first time.TheGamer’s James Troughton gave the DLC five stars in their review, writing “Shadow of the Erdtree is the studio’s most ambitious DLC yet, with a sprawling open world as varied as the base game.” That said, unlike other DLC releases, where players can simply purchase, download, then jump right into the expansion, or simply play the expansion without ever having touched the main game, Shadow of the Erdtree requires something a bit different....

Summary Introduced in the Wild Appalachia update ofFallout 76, backpacks have been an extremely meaningful addition to the game. Backpacks increase your carrying capacity by a considerable amount, making it much easier to carry around everything you need, might need, probably don’t need but have just in case, and of course, things you definitely don’t need, but for some reason, you’re still carrying around. Backpacks don’t stop there either; there are backpack mods you’re able to craft and equip, all of which change the effects of your backpack, for better or worse....

Summary If you’ve looked intoJapanese animation, odds are you’ve heard the name Satoshi Kon at least once. Or, if you haven’t, you’ve probably heard of one of this award-winning filmmaker’s critically acclaimed movies (and it’s probably Perfect Blue). His realistic character expressions (and characters in general), both hand drawn and digitally, as well his editing style, which focused on blending reality and fiction, are emulated to this day by creators....

Summary Final Fantasy 14’sYo-Kai Watch event has returned for a second time,allowing players to pick up some unique weapons, mounts, and one of the world’s ugliest dogs. It’s a great time to start farming FATEs with your fellow players, earn some medals, and get yourself some cool swag - or it would be if Blue Mages weren’t making things ten times harder than they have to be. If you’ve been trying to gather medals over the past few days, chances are you’ve run into a Blue Mage that has been wiping FATEs before you can land a single blow on an enemy, leaving you with nothing but a bronze ranking and a healthy dose of depression....