Where to find the Dueling Shield in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

The Dueling Shield is one of the two new Thrusting Shields introduced inElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, and you can find it rather early. All you need is to progress far enough to reach the Shadow Keep. Granted, the Shadow Keep comes available after clearing Castle Ensis and entering the area beyond. I wish you the best with the Ensis boss fight. If you’re struggling, be sure tocheck out our helpful guide....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 426 words · Jenna Salazar

Whoa: Irrational Games as we know it is shutting down

Levine forming smaller team focused on highly-replayable narrative-driven games “I am winding down Irrational Games as you know it,” wrote co-founder Ken Levinein a postthat comes as an utter shock. “I’ll be starting a smaller, more entrepreneurial endeavor at Take-Two. That is going to mean parting ways with all but about fifteen members of the Irrational team.” Continuing, he said “Seventeen years is a long time to do any job, even the best one … While I’m deeply proud of what we’ve accomplished together, my passion has turned to making a different kind of game than we’ve done before....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Shawn Wheeler

Why I play: Football games

What a bulge of the old onion bag [Despite being one of the best selling series in gaming history, FIFA and other football games tend to get the snub from a good portion of video game fans. Seeing that we are right in the middle of the World Cup right now, this is a nice look into what makes people likeSaladorand myself enjoy playing football games. Forza Azzurri! 🙁 -Anthony]...

June 18, 2025 · 11 min · 2166 words · Hannah Hill

Why you’re paying for ‘Crash Course’ on the 360

Well this is just great. Not only am I not at PAX, but now I remember that I have to pay forLeft 4 Dead‘s new DLC,“Crash Course.”Just fan-frickin-tastic. See, while the PC owners ofLeft 4 Deadgets the new downloadable content for free, the 360 owners of the game have to pay 560 Microsoft points. I call shenanigans! BoycottLeft 4 Dead 2! Punish Valve for charging us 360 gamers! Grab your torches and pitchforks!...

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Matthew Stewart

(Update) Skullgirls is headed to Switch

IT’S…SHOWTIME! [Update:Lab Zero has uploaded the official trailer to theSkullgirlsYouTube channel. The port will be based on the2nd Encoreversion and should be available soon in both physical and digital variants!] Announced at Anime Expo mere hours ago,Skullgirlsis heading to the Switch. While there isn’t an official announcement just yet, one of the artists from developer Lab Zero Games posted a shot from the Lab Zero panel with a clear as day Switch running the fighter....

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · William Schwartz

A new Playdate update airs soon

We’ll be getting a deeper look at the future ofPlaydatein an upcoming live stream. The companyannouncedthat it will be hosting a 12 minute showcase via YouTube on November 8 at 9a.m. PST. The showcase is set to introduce developers working on the next slate of Playdate games and to offer some insight into “more fun stuff on the horizon.” In a follow-up message, Playdate teased what that fun stuff might look like....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Mark Lopez

All new features in Phasmophobia Grafton Farmhouse rework update

The Grafton Farmhouse rework is here, and this iconicPhasmophobiamap has never looked both better and worse. It’s in shambles and is basically a ruin, making it a superbly scary spot to go ghost hunting. There’s plenty of fresh content packed into this update. If you’re eager to start exploring everything this update includes, you’ll want to know about all the additions included in this one. It can sometimes be a bit tricky to figure out what’s been added on your own, so here areall of the new features inPhasmophobia’sGrafton Farmhouse rework update....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · James Murphy

All Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 voice actors

TheNickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2voice actors lineup is exceptional. It includes top-tier talent including Rob Paulsen, Jim Cummings, and Tara Strong among others. Here are all the voices on offer in the sequel. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2voice actors lineup This platform fighter sequel has voice acting from the very startrather than via a later update. Here’s every voice actor behind the characters in the game, according to the credits: What are some of these voice actors known for?...

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Timothy Shaffer MD

All Palworld Skill Fruit Tree locations, including maps and fast travel points

It would be fair to say that there are a huge number of trees aroundPalworld, but none are more important or worth seeking out than Skill Fruit Trees. These glowing, bare treesrespawn every six to eight hoursand potentially hold new active skills for your Pals to learn. There are17 total Skill Fruit Treesspread across the biomes of Palpagos, but most of them are within the forest biome, as you’ll see. Each tree hasthree Skill Fruitson offer per spawn....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 274 words · Garrett White

Anyone gonna donate to make the AVGN movie a reality?

to help raise some dough for the upcomingAngry Video Game Nerdmovie, series creator James Rolfe has opened up… WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! Back up! AnAVGNmovie!? When did this happen? Actually, I tipped the news to Dtoid when it was originally announced last fall, but it never got posted. Now that the staff has foolishly given me greater posting privileges, I’m no longer restrained! How would a movie based on an Internet game review show even work, you may wonder?...

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 456 words · Carlos Thomas

Bang, zoom: First screens of Renegade Kid’s Moon

Mastiff and Renegade Kid have released the first screens for theirupcoming DS game,Moon.Moonis set in the year 2058 and the game takes place on the Moon (surprise!) where the United States has set up a series of stations on the Moon. A sealed hatch has been discovered on the Moon and it’s your job to investigate what’s beyond the hatch as Major Kane. A secret sealed hatched discovered underground, eh? What’s next, a mysterious smoke monster will pop out and help Major Kane deal with his past life problems?...

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Robert Turner

Best Dark Romance Books For Fans of Twisted Love Stories

Like everyone else who readRomeo and Julietin middle school, I know love stories can get gritty. I have a medically concerning soft spot for wholesome romance novels, but I can’t turn down a dreadful ballad of passions gone wrong (or right, depending on who you ask) either. Dark romance stories take our emotions and play with them like putty, bending and beating them until all we can do is beg their star-crossed leads to make out, draw blood, or somehow do both at the same time....

June 17, 2025 · 9 min · 1713 words · John Jacobs

Blow’s enigmatic The Witness is the highlight of the PS4

Bear witness Braidcreator Jonathan Blow’s The Witnessis probably my most anticipated PS4 game — almost definitely among games that are coming to the system this year. It, in its own way, stole the show at Sony’s PlayStation 4 announcement conference and stole E3 for me, too. In a behind closed doors, hands-off demo, Blow took members of the press through a live explanation of the game, using his small team’s working build of the game....

June 17, 2025 · 5 min · 1013 words · Matthew Thomas