Helldivers 2 Reveals Patch Notes for New Update

Summary Arrowhead Game Studios has revealed patch notes for the latestHelldivers 2update, listing all the changes and highlighting some top-priority issues that were fixed. After updating their clients,Helldivers 2players can expect some reasonable improvements in the gameplay experience. Recently, Arrowhead has concluded its 60-day plan to rebalanceHelldivers 2with a series of major updates. The decision was made in the wake of quite a massive backlash from a community unsatisfied with previous balance changes by the studio....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 622 words · Allen Travis

How to Farm Essence in Black Ops 6 Zombies

Quick Links Black Ops 6brings back round-based Zombies, featuring a diverse range of maps for players to explore. While some may be attempting tocomplete their very first Easter Egg questor beat their highest round, others might be figuring out the best way to upgrade their arsenal. Players canset up their own custom weapon buildsand load into each match with their preferred loadouts. However,acquiring Essence is essentialto purchase Perks, upgrade weapons via the Pack-a-Punch, and open barriers....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 595 words · Alex Foster

How To Get More Health Potions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

In addition to the vast world players will explore and the story-changing decisions they make inDragon Age: The Veilguard, you’ll also need to master combat - both in terms of offense and defense. Thankfully, should the oncoming advances of the game’s many and varied enemies slip through your defenses, there is almost always an option to tend to your wounds. Depending onwhich difficulty you play, combat can have a significant impact on the gameplay experience, and will test your ability to attack, block, dodge, and even effectively using your skills and those of your companions....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 611 words · John Perez

It's The End Of An Era For Shonen Jump As Another Big Series Is Officially Ending

Shonen series are some of the absolute biggest in the manga industry, and Weekly Shonen Jump has platformed many of these iconic series. However, in recent years, manga series have been getting shorter, and it’s now considered a miracle for stories to be over 300 chapters. Another big hit for Shonen Jump is ending soon, and fans are, expectedly, very disappointed. Many Big Shonen Jump Series Have Already Ended Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia Both Ended Last Year Weekly Shonen Jump is definitely the most iconic manga magazine....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Sandra Patel

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Hands-On Preview

In terms of narrative-driven adventure games, DON’T NOD Entertainment is quite a prolific name among fanatics of the genre. AfterLife is Strangebecame a huge hit that spawned a franchise, DON’T NOD has continued to press on with similar titles such asTell Me Whyand the upcomingLost Records: Bloom & Rage. With the latter scheduled to be out in early 2025, Game Rant was invited to play a bit of the game to understand its gameplay and the friend group thatLost Records: Bloom & Rageputs front and center....

July 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1137 words · Donna Spears

Marvel Star Uses Instagram To Confirm MCU Return Nearly A Decade After Debut Appearance

Summary WhileAvengers: Doomsdayis undoubtedly the Marvel film filling the fandom with equal amounts of excitement and dread, it isn’t the next MCU film coming down the pipeline. That would beSpider-Man: Brand New Day,and it is putting together an extensive cast list of its own. Tom Holland’sSpider-Manhasn’t been seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2021’sSpider-Man: No Way Home. As such, Spidey fans around the globe are eagerly awaiting the webhead’s return to the big screen next year....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Joshua Cantu

My Hero Academia: The Difference Between the Bakugo and Todoroki Families

Summary When watchingMy Hero Academia,it’s clearthat there is a difference between the Todoroki and Bakugo families. On the outside, the Bakugo family seems chaotic and loud, whereas the Todoroki family seems more reserved and elusive. However, there area few parallels between these two families. While Bakugo Katsuki may have had a skewed personality at the start of the series, he did have a good childhood and loving parents. This contrasts with Todoroki Shoto, who was born into an affluent family....

July 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1231 words · Ashley Roth

New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #499 June 02, 2025

Connectionsis here with another daily puzzle. The New York Times Games is well-known for its selection of challenging puzzles to play every day, and this one lives up to the rest of them. In it, you are given a pile of words, and you have to sort them into the correct groups with few mistakes. If you need a little help with thispuzzle game that can make you smarter, this article is the perfect helper for you....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Amber Crawford

Nintendo Switch Online Seems to Be Ending 2024 with a Bang

2024 has been a great year for gaming, and that includes subscription services likeNintendo Switch Online. AlthoughNintendo’s leading games-on-demand service isn’t perfect, and many lament that it’s the only way to play many Nintendo classics on modern hardware, it has nevertheless provided convenient and valuable gaming experiences for those looking to dig into the company’s rich portfolio. Like its competitors on Xbox and PlayStation,Nintendo Switch Onlineis regularly updated with new games, though unlike these other leading services, NSO is focused exclusively on older games from platforms like the Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64; NSO’s on-demand services give players easy access to many retro titles through emulation....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 576 words · George Carter

November 7 is Going to Be a Sad Day for EA Fans

Summary Thursday, November 7 is going to be a sad day forEAfans, as four titles from the publisher are shutting down on that day. Many ofEA’s games have online multiplayer support and live-service functionality. When players inevitably move on to new releases, EA eventually makes the decision to shut down support of its older titles. November 2024 will see a total of five EA games shut down, the first of which isFIFA 22....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Linda Chavez

One of 2024's Most Played Steam Games Isn't Even Out Yet

Summary Monster Hunter Wildshas surpassed 463,000 concurrent players on Steam. This figure places it in the top 10 most-played games on Valve’s storefront in 2024, an achievement that’s all the more impressive in light of the fact thatMonster Hunter Wildsisn’t even out yet. Instead, the aforementioned figure was entirely fueled by theMonster Hunter Wildsbeta. Following a brief period of PlayStation Plus exclusivity, the second, cross-platform phase of the playtest reached the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on October 31, kicking off at 8pm PT....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 504 words · Kathleen Murray

One Piece: Things The Anime Remake Needs To Fix

Summary For fans ofOne Piece, it is no surprise that the anime is getting a remake now. Back during Jump Festa, it was officially announced that theOne Pieceanimewas getting a remake, handled by Wit Studio, and fans were absolutely delighted with this announcement. While the anime produced by Toei is, by no means, bad, it is not the perfect product and doesn’t do justice to Eiichiro Oda’s work. There are many flaws that the One Piece anime has, many of which are things that the staff that works on it cannot control....

July 1, 2025 · 5 min · 868 words · Stacy Vazquez

One Piece: Zoro's Best King Of Hell Feats, Ranked

Summary Zoro is one of the strongest charactersinOne Pieceand certainly a force to be reckoned with on the high seas. Although the beginning to Zoro’s journey as a swordsman was quite humble, he has made quite a name for himself since, going from becoming a famous bounty hunter across the East Blue, to a pirate himself. Zoro is considered to be one of the most ferocious Pirates across the New World right now, and much of that is down to the latest powers that he has acquired....

July 1, 2025 · 5 min · 892 words · Matthew Johnson