How Alan Wake 2 fits into the Remedy Connected Universe

The Remedy Connected Universe is a huge, rapidly expanding monster that is hard to keep track of. It has grown bigger withAlan Wake 2which intersects with the world ofControlin interesting ways. To understand theRemedy Connected Universebetter, it’s useful to follow Saga Anderson and Alan Wake’s story in the sequel. It’s also worth looking at the conclusion to see how the story ties all the elements together for the ending. WARNING – there are heavyAlan Wake 2spoilers ahead....

August 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1113 words · Kelly Lewis

How to increase carry capacity and storage in Throne and Liberty

One of the most critical tasks inThrone and Libertyis to increase the storage and carry capacity of your character. When you’re just getting started on your adventure, this will seem trivial, as your inventory is hardly full. As you start clearing quests, traveling to new areas, and defeating opponents, your bag will soon start filling up with things you need and don’t need at the same time. In case you haven’t guessed at this point, there’s an overall limit on the amount of stuff you can carry at any given moment....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Brandy Green

How to unlock room 2014 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

Once you’re through the front gate inLorelei and the Laser Eyes, you’re free to explore a little and uncover new information that could help you with puzzles in the future. But your main goal should really be getting into room 2014. All hotels have rooms, but there are only three with numbers on them that you should take note of at the start ofLorelei and the Laser Eyes: 1847, 1963, and 2014....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 485 words · Jessica Murray

If you need space on your Switch, delete some elusive demo save data

Or save data from games you have no intention of playing again So our own Jordan Devore sent me this tip last night and my brain exploded.Over on Reddit, MondoCoffee suggestedsomething people rarely think about, and many folks are singing its praises: “delete save data from demos or games” to free up Nintendo Switch space. What a perfect way to start my Friday. So when I upgraded to the Switch OLED, I ended up getting a bigger SD card, but on my old Switch, I’m hurting for space withtons of AAA games on it(that I do frequently come back to)....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 243 words · Ashley Sanchez

It’s Sonic vs. Knuckles in the first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Chaos Emerald Eyes Video game film adaptations, much likelive-action anime adaptations, can really be hit or miss. For everyMortal Kombat(1995) there’s aMortal Kombat(2021). It’s probably best to go into these movies with low expectations. At worst, their awfulness doesn’t shock you. At best, they can completely surprise you with how fun and watchable they are. That’s what happened to me withSonic the Hedgehog. While not anything amazing, it easily hurdled the low bar set by its contemporaries to be what I consider the best film adaptation of a video game....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 257 words · Roy Martinez

Kill It With Fire 2: How to unlock the Minigun

InKill It With Fire 2, you hunt and kill many, many spiders — a lot of the time with fire. But what’s better than fire? How about a minigun? Yes, you’re able to add a Minigun to your arsenal. It’s worth it. Here’s how to unlock the Minigun inKill It With Fire 2. You’ll first come across the Minigun in the third stage ofKill It With Fire 2, locked behind bars in some alternate-dimension IKEA....

August 10, 2025 · 5 min · 988 words · Jared Reed

Kingdom Hearts Orchestra announces world tour dates

My favourite is the Traverse Town theme Exciting news for fans of theKingdom Heartsseries, as Disney has announced a world tour ofKingdom Hearts Orchestraconcerts, bringing the lavish and memorable music of the long-running series to locations across the globe in 2019. Starting in April,The Kingdom Hearts Orchestra – World of Tres –concert will visit Japan, the U.S.A, Australia, Brazil and several European countries, among others. The show will include music from all of the games in Square Enix beloved RPG series, including the upcomingKingdom Hearts III....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Amber Zimmerman

Konami’s Wai Wai World 2 is a great reminder of why babies suck

Why Wai Wai? It’s hard not to look back at Konami’s Famicom days and not get a little misty-eyed about how it used to be a fun company before the soul was sold out from under it by the corporate powers. It’s even harder once you look atWai Wai World 2. Playing the game is like finding a horse murderer’s photo album and discovering it’s full of colorful pictures of ponies....

August 10, 2025 · 5 min · 1048 words · Malik Olson

Life is Strange: Before the Storm’s second episode is releasing next week

Brave New World Life comes at you fast.Life is Strange: Before the Storm(arguably) comes at your faster. The originalLife is Strangehadsome dramasurrounding how far apart its episodes were released. Chloe’s prequel story has no interest in dawdling about. Square Enix revealed today thatLife is Strange: Before the Storm: Brave New Worldwill launch on Tuesday, October 19. It’s the second of three installments, meaning that the game will likely be released in full before the end of the calendar year....

August 10, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Pamela Butler

Luke Smith and Mark Noseworthy are no longer working on Destiny, either

Bungie is straight-up not having a good time as of late.Again. This time, though, we’re looking at one of the biggest crises the company’s ever had, as it continues to lay off some of its most valuable talent, even afterDestiny 2: The Final Shapeended up beingway better than expected. More specifically, Bungie recently announced that it’slosing about a third of its staff. Some of these folks are being rolled over into Sony, whileothers outright lost their jobs, but the really surprising bit is how many veteran developers have been booted from the studio....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 441 words · Raymond Winters

Monster Hunter Stories 2 is twice as big, file size-wise, than Monster Hunter Rise

Stories 2 is 14.6GB Capcom is considerably ramping up theMonster Hunterseries this year. Not only do we haveRise, which is sure to sell boat loads, they’re poised to launchMonster Hunter Stories 2on both PC and Switch this July. It’s a smart move, going with such a large install base out of the gate! It’s also getting three amiibo and some form of connectivity withRise. In other words, there’s a lot of little tendrils involved to get you to buy it....

August 10, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Steve Kim

Overwatch on Switch won’t have amiibo functionality or most importantly, cross-progression

Or Cross-Play, as previously revealed A lot of people were holding out on last-minute news that the upcomingOverwatchSwitch port (October 15) would have more unique features beyond motion/IR, and it looks like as of this week it’s a definitive “no” from Blizzard. While cross-play was likely out of the question due to the framerate disparity (the Switch port runs at 30FPS), current players were hoping that Blizzard would give them some way to carry over their progress from other platforms, but that’s not happening....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 248 words · Robert Whitaker

PlayStation is skipping E3 again this year

Sony has again opted to forego the games industry’s preeminent trade show, the second consecutive year where it hasn’t bothered with the hustle and bustle of E3. Speaking withGamesindustry.biz, a Sony spokesperson says “After thorough evaluation SIE has decided not to participate in E3 2020. We have great respect for the ESA as an organization, but we do not feel the vision of E3 2020 is the right venue for what we are focused on this year....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Amber Graham