Quick Links The full release ofV Risinglets players fully customize their PvE servers, while some opt for PvP instead. The most generous of servers inV Risingwill probably still limit the total number of castles that can be built to five. That means that players must be intentional about where they choose to build their vampire lair. Additionally, though the default selection is two castle hearts for a player, many PvP servers limit each person to a single base....

Summary The 1970s saw video games take over the arcades withPongandSpace Invaders. Then, the 1980s saw the birth of classic gaming icons like Pac-Man and Mario, who led the rise of Nintendo worldwide. But the 1990s were arguably more explosive for games. It saw multiple machines try to take Nintendo’s crown, with only Sega managing to take hold of it with the Genesis. At least until Sony’s PlayStation came along and turned things upside down with its affordable and groundbreaking 3D games....

Speedsters can buckle up their seatbelts and get ready to hit the streets of Mexico in style. With the launch ofForza Horizon 5, players can take part in the Horizon Festival.Unlock the latest cars and zoom past luscious landscapesthat include deserts, hills, canyons, coasts, and volcanoes. RELATED:Forza Horizon 5 Reveals Massive List Of Over 400 Cars With More Coming Forza Horizon 5has more than 500 amazing cars to be drivenacross eleven visually stunning biomes....

Responding to a newDestiny 2thread, Bungie confirms that a fix for a long-standing bug impacting the Liar’s Handshake exotic is finally coming in season 22. As a live service title,Destiny 2is getting constant updates, both with updates as well as new content. In fact, just this week saw thearrival of the annual Solstice event, where players can head to the EAZ destination to take part in the Bonfire Bash activity, target farm specific loot, and complete challenges....

Summary For a limited time, the 2021 co-op zombie shooterBack 4 Bloodis available on Steam at a 90% discount. Gamers can currently grab Turtle Rock Studios’Back 4 Bloodfor $5.99, which equals its historical low on Steam. Back 4 Bloodis commonly seen as a successor to theLeft 4 Deadseries. With Valve’s stubborn refusal to make a sequel to 2009’sLeft 4 Dead 2, Turtle Rock Studios, which developed the originalLeft 4 Dead, took it upon itself to create a modern spiritual successor....

We didn’t know what we’d be playing this week, but if you said a game about anime Vampires trying to scrounge blood from trees in the world after the Apocolypse, we would’ve been pretty hyped.Code Veinis out, and quite frankly it is a ton of fun. Sure the combat is a sort of wonky, the fanservice is a little much, and the edge-factor is pretty high. But, it kind of all mixes together perfectly to make for a pretty charming and complexDark Soulsinspired game....

While fan-favorite bosses from theDark Soulsseries are usually defined by the deliberate combat and high difficulty, the spectacle of these encounters can’t be discounted. However, some boss fights like theAncient Wyvern inDark Souls 3lean too hard into that spectacle, leaving the combat to suffer as a result. This spectacle can make for a stellar introduction to the fight, especially as the arena tilts the camera up to watch the Ancient Wyvern make its entrance and immediately try to kick the player to death....

Summary Day oneXbox Game PassgameOpen Roadshas been delayed from its previously-announced February 22 release date to Thursday, March 28. Day one games give theXbox Game Passsubscription service incredible value, so it’s always disappointing when one misses its planned release date. There have been many instances over the years when a day one Xbox Game Pass game has been delayed. For instance,Halo Infinitewas hit with a huge delay right before the Xbox Series X launch, and Bethesda’s open world sci-fi RPGStarfieldwas delayed multiple timesas well....

Destiny 2’s Vault of Glass is the game’s most recent raid, and also the originalDestinyraid. TheDestiny 2Vault of Glass brought a new World’s First Raid Race that included completing the raid with the challenge modifiers active. Currently, the challenge modifiers are available for Vault of Glass and offer an additional loot drop if the weekly challenge is completed. However, this is not the final form of the Vault of Glass raid, with Master difficulty coming in just a few days on Tuesday, July 6....

Diablo 4players have been getting hounded by a repetitive in-game message that indicates cross network play being enabled, and the notifications seem to be growing even more frequent. Blizzard’s dungeon-crawling action RPGDiablo 4has been a major hit as it approaches its first season later this month. Even though fans are eager for the new content, there are many who still remain frustrated over the game’s ongoing headaches. Like many other online RPGs or MMOs,Diablo 4features a notification feed on the bottom right side of the screen, which keeps players up to date on recent happenings in their surroundings, such as NPC dialogue or actions of other nearby players....

Completing characters' Friendship Quests inDisney Dreamlight Valleyis a crucial process that will build players’ friendships as well as facilitate some aspects of their journey. The Great Wizard Merlin for example will do some experiments based on the items found in the village by Dreamers to create a potion that hopefully removes the Night Thorns. The Crystal Mystery is Merlin’s eighth Friendship Quest that’s all about experimenting inDisney Dreamlight Valley. The Great Wizard will teach players about Night Shards and how to purify them....

Elden Ringplayers are taking a closer look at one of the game’s strange, inaccessible map locations and pondering what its story may be.Elden Ringis full of odd locations, many of which are fully explorable and have rich lore explaining what they’re all about. Yet the map ofElden Ringis also full of places that developer FromSoftware never included in the game. They’re oddities, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t lore associated with them, too....

Summary While many of the most impressive events inElden Ringrevolve around boss fights, theShadow of the Erdtreeintroduces a number of set pieces that go beyond a cutscene and brutal encounter. However, what could have potentially been one of the best events in the game is quickly made underwhelming byElden Ring’s overuse of repeating boss fights. Hidden through a side entrance into the Shadow Keep dungeon, players can find the Church District, a waterlogged location where progression mostly takes place by walking along rooftops....