Hearthstone reworks competitive play so it’s quicker to rank up

Starkiller WhenHearthstone‘s new season starts in February, ranked play won’t be quite the grind that it has been in the past. Well, at least not for the majority of players. Blizzard has revealed a restructuring of how long it takes to climb ranks inHearthstone. It all revolves around a star system. Currently, players need to earn five stars at their rank to be bumped up to the next rank. Stars are earned by winning games and going on win streaks....

June 12, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Benjamin Reeves

How Peyote Plants work in GTA Online

Peyote Plants were originally released as part of the Diamond Casino and Resort update in 2019, and they’re seasonal items that pop up in-game every now and then. Here’s everything you need to know about how Peyote Plants work inGTA Online. Table of contents GTA Online Peyote Plant locations First off, let’s go over where you can actually find these Peyote Plants inGTA Online. They’re usually near bodies of water, or just underwater....

June 12, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Marie Robertson

How practical are these real-life Metal Gear Solid sneaking boots?

Form versus function I feel like I have vague memory of when Pumas were a trendy shoe around the era of Sidekicks, maybe? Followed soccer’s 90s-era rise in US prominence (because of Puma’s cleats)? Anyways, theseMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painthemed “sneaking boots” thatKojima tweetedlook legit — they even come with gaiters! — but I don’t think Puma makes boots. I wonder if they hold up, or are just for fashion....

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Jason James

How to make 10 different countries in Infinite Craft

It’s safe to say that while playingInfinite Craft, you truly are capable of making almost anything. By combining two elements, starting with the most basic, you’re able to eventually get to the weirdest combinations, such as Bat Eurostar, which I’m not sure even Batman needs. With people playing all over the world, it’s only natural that we all want to make our own home countries or take a journey to all of our favorite destinations....

June 12, 2025 · 3 min · 524 words · Susan Vargas

How to unlock FFXIV Majestic Manderville Weapons

You may proudly sport yourFinal Fantasy XIVAmazing Manderville Relic Weapon, but there’s another upgrade with customizable attributes and an Item Level 645 bump. The literal glow-up comes withEndwalker’sthird Relic Weapon step for a Majestic Manderville Weapon. For those of you not ready for step three just yet, refer to our guide on the first quest for aManderville Weapon,then its upgrade in step two’sAmazing Manderville Relic Weapon. Unlocking your first Majestic Manderville Weapon You must complete the level 90 Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures quest “Not From Around Here” before you can unlock your Majestic Manderville Weapon....

June 12, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Ryan Wiley

I’m ready for the controlled chaos of Bright Memory: Infinite

The Last of Shelia As part of the Future Games Show, held this weekend as part of the gamescom festivities, developer FYQD-Studio and publisher Playism released a new trailer for the upcoming hybrid action titleBright Memory: Infinite. The new video sees special agent Shelia receive a new mission from her agency, SRO, before tooling up and heading out of her apartment, ready to face off against another realm-breaking phenomenon. Arriving at the mission location in the midst of a violent electrical storm, Shelia grapples, slices, and shoots her way through a squad of enemies, before finally facing off against a frightening samurai-like villain – but where, (or when), did this ferocious opponent come from?...

June 12, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Sean Duncan

John Madden returns to the cover of Madden NFL 23 for the first time in decades

There’s actually “three unique covers” As a kid, I was drawn to the jovial cover of any givenMaddengame. Seeing John Madden’s friendly face was actually the reason why I picked up the series in the first place on the SNES, and he’s making a comeback for theMadden NFL 23cover for the first time in a long time. From 1988 until the year 2000 (when Eddie George kicked off the tradition of players on covers), John Madden himself adorned the cover of the series (from 2000-2005, Madden was present as a little sticker-like logo)....

June 12, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Joseph Cruz

Kojima: One idea for MGS5 featured The Boss at Normandy

Hideo Kojima sure has beentalking up a stormlately. In this interview, Kojima lets out a lot of information similar to the stuff he shared with a panel of writers at aQ&A sessionyesterday, at which our very own Maxwell Roahrig was in attendance. However, in the first two minutes, Kojima talks about the time they “had to start planning forMGS5,” which led up to the decision to start theRisingproject. During that period, Kojima says he came up with several ideas for the story ofMGS5....

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Angela Wilson

My Nintendo gets new rewards for the New Year, and they’re…still meh

Discounts! Nintendo still has plenty of chances to spice up My Nintendo at some point, possibly when the Switch arrives in March. I mean, all they have to do is add in some big reward (even if it’s 2,000 Platinum Points) every so often to keep people interested — something that maybe isn’t even selling that much anymore. But no, they’re content on keeping it stagnant, hoping that it’ll push folks into their mostly dried upMiitomocommunity, or the rapidly dropping (but good)Super Mario Run....

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Julia Palmer MD

New Battlefield 4 patch launches on PC

Fixes client crashes among other things With future DLC on hold, DICE have been busy trying to fix the many issues thatBattlefield 4has been suffering from since its launch. Part of that effort has been reflected in their latest PC patch, which aims to fix a whole bunch of things. Chief among them is to alleviate a frequent client crash (those are never fun) along with several stability adjustments. DICE have also addressed a Defuse bug where the defending team could win a round without actually defusing the bomb, provided that the bomb had been disarmed in the previous round — seriously, how did that come about in the first place?...

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Becky Christensen

New Super Smash Bros gets a Metroid stage

…From The Other M Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai revealed another of the upcoming Wii U/3DS game’s stages on the Miiverse, not to be confused with theDafoeverse. This time, it’s the Pyrosphere fromMetroid: Other M. The past game’sMetroidstages will be sa-missed. I should expect a metric ton of complaints from you guys, right? I was under the impressionOther Mwas something everyone just wanted to forget about and now its stupidly named Pyrosphere is being immortalized inSuper Smash Bros....

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Richard Ward

Nintendo adds incentives to digital downloads in Japan

[Update:Double Coinsis coming to the US, but the free game has not been announced.] There it is again:that phrase “in Japan!”Time to get jealous again, as Nintendo is kicking off their initiative to sell fully downloadable titles on the 3DS with two first party games next week. If you buyFive Minute Demon Training, orNew Super Mario Brothers 2in Japan, you can netDonkey Kongfor free on the 3DS Virtual Console. You’ll also earn double Club Nintendo coins, and you’ll nab added bonus coins if you get both games....

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Matthew Jackson

Nintendo asks people if they’d spend $50 on a new WarioWare game

WarioWare, how I missed you It feels super weird to be old enough to remember living through…basically all of Nintendo’s history,WarioWareincluded. I still remember the first time I saw my friend’s little brother jamming away at the firstWarioWaregame while we were playingPower Stone 2; completely mesmerized. My love for the series was born that day, and it was a joy to see it catch on and prosper with crossovers like, say, a Super Smash Bros....

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Michele Johnston