Overkill made the Payday 2 microtransactions worse: cash and XP boosts

Steam forum mods have gone on strike Oh Overkill. Overkill, Overkill, Overkill. It may have been a few weeks since the fiasco surrounding you introducing microtransactions toPayday 2, despite making extensive promises you wouldn’t, but trust me when I say people are stillpissedat you for it, and the latest update will certainly not make people dislike you any less than they do right now. Thelatest updateintroduces “Team Boosts”, which will give cash and XP bonuses to everybody you complete a heist with....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 675 words · Michael Nelson

Path of Exile’s Siege of the Atlas expansion is adding an entirely new passive tree

And I couldn’t be more excited After a brief delay, we are now just a week away from the next update toPath of Exile. The Scourge league is coming to a close, and theSiege of the Atlasand Archnemesis updates are primed and ready. For those unaware of the schedule, every three monthsPath of Exileupdates to a new league, bringing in new mechanics alongside things like new items, gems, and balance changes....

August 3, 2025 · 5 min · 855 words · Ashley Simon

PAX: Torchlight II is like Torchlight, but better

The originalTorchlightis an awesome game and there isn’t much to complain about. It’s fun to look at and incredibly addicting.Torchlight IIthankfully doesn’t stray too far away from the classic gameplay, but it does feel noticeably more streamlined. It’s also bigger — three times the size of the first game, in fact — so you’ll get to enjoy many dozens of hours happily gathering loot. Torchlight II(PC, Mac)Developer: Runic GamesPublisher: Runic GamesRelease: Summer 2012 Pets are much better this time around....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 726 words · Christopher Spencer

Primon Legion codes (November 2024)

Updated Jul 02, 2025 We found the latest code! Catch, summon, and upgrade different creatures to form the perfect team that will defeat any enemy!Primon Legionis a fast-paced mobile RPG placed in prehistoric times where you can explore the story mode or team up with other players and friends in Team Hunts. While improving your fighting skills in this adventure, verify to use all the availablePrimon Legioncodes for various freebies like Meat Chunks, Gold, and Chromashells that will help you increase the stats of your team and summon more of these adorable allies....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 507 words · John Simpson

PSA: NES Classic is available on Amazon in 30 minutes

Get your clickers ready Not since the days of amiibo-mania have we seen a Nintendo product that’s in as high demand and as low stock as the NES Classic currently is. The miniature console released today and it seems as if most stores sold out immediately. It’s mostly the same story for online retailers. But, there’s still one more hopeful prospect. As we told you two days ago, Amazon will begin selling the NES Classic at 2pm Pacific today....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Christopher Odom

Shadow of Mordor gets a Game of the Year Edition, because Warner Bros.

Like clockwork,a Warner Bros. Interactive gamehas another Game of the Year Edition —Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. This one comes seven months after the release of the base game, which had a $24.99 Season Pass. You can snatch it for $50 on May 5 in North America on the PC, PS4, and Xbox One platforms only. It’ll include all of the DLC so far, including two story packs, skins, extra runes, a few more missions, and a challenge mode....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Diana Campbell

Shitty Movie Night: Ted is a failure (again)

ShittyDecent movie night? Confused? Here’s how it works. Every week we all get online and watch a shitty gaming related movie with each other, andeveryweek Ted manages to screw it up some how. We’d get someone else to run them if it weren’t so much fun picking on him every Tuesday night for being a failure. This week we were all supposed to watch thePokemonmovie, but are now forced to slightly upgrade to the arguably decentResident Evil: Apocalypsefilm....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 244 words · David Woods

Silent Hill 2 Patch seemingly fixes huge PS5 Pro issues

Konami and Bloober Team have finally released a fix for the PS5 Pro version ofSilent Hill 2. Though theSilent Hill 2remake promised to help showcase the graphical enhancements allowed by the PS5 Pro’s superior hardware, thingsdidn’t originally go well. If you’re one of the relatively few people who’ve gotten the chance to try the game on the new system, you’re likely still pretty pissed that it actually ran worse than it did in the original PS5....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Caitlin Graves

Skull and Bones: Bombardier Padewakang Ship Blueprint Location

The first medium-sized ship you can build inSkull and Bonesis the Bombardier, a Padewakang-class ship. It’s a powerful DPS-specialized ship that deals bonus damage to structures and increases damage further via its Detonate perk. It’s the first ship you can acquire with a Stern and Auxiliary gun slot, as well. In order to build the ship, you will need to know the Bombardier Padewakang Blueprint location inSkull and Bones. Where to find the Bombardier Padewakang Ship Blueprint This is one of the more challenging early-game blueprints to find, as it’s located in the second Pirate Den, Telok Penjarah....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Jacob Allen

SNES Classic has a bizarre yet ingenious rewind function

Just as these rad throw-back trailers suggest, the Super Nintendo Classic is coming with a couple of new features on top of it’s 21 games. As expected, there are “suspend points” that let you save anywhere and at any time (much like save states on PC). There are also various frames you can put around the games as they run in 4:3 (I’m a dummy, but I suppose making them widescreen isn’t possible?...

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Amy Coleman

Someone’s actually making a surfing game

And that someone is Climax Studios Better than nothing? That’s the question I’m trying to answer with respect toSurf World Series. It has the distinct benefit of gracing a subgenre we rarely see any more, but it also does not look like an especially good video game. I’m torn. It’s in production at Climax Studios, which you might remember from titles likeSilent Hill: Shattered Memoriesand theAssassin’s Creed Chroniclesline. “Surfing is an amazing sport that’s been pretty underrepresented in games for some time, so we wanted to bring surfing fans a fun, arcade-style experience that’s all about mastering waves and racking up huge high scores,” says CEO Simon Gardner....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Shari Jones

Sonic Mania update fixes the Switch home button

Instant action Nintendo Switch players have been putting up with a pesky issue inSonic Manianot found in other versions of the game, and this week Sega is issuing a fix at last. That wonky delay on the home button? As of this update, it should be gone. There’s also a new Super Sonic button so you won’t need to worry about inadvertently transforming Sonic any more. A new Sonic Mania patch is rolling out, adding the Super Sonic button, and fixes the Switch home button and other bugs....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Wanda Ford

Sony is eliminating Ustream support by August on PS4

You stream, I stream, we all stream…until we don’t Ustream on PS4? How many of you got it? A lot of you? Too bad! Sony has announced that the feature will be cut entirely come August 1 — this includes both watching streams and broadcasting them, even by way of using the app on the Vita to connect to its functionality. Everything else, including Dailymotion (I forgot the PS4 had this one) is staying....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Tyler Martinez DDS