9 Best Games With A Grading System

As anyone who’s made it through grade school can agree, getting graded on your performances in life is generally rather unpleasant. Even so, for some things, it’s important to have a metric of proficiency. While I’m personally a proponent of “good enough,” I’d be lying if I said it never felt good to get an A on an assignment I worked really hard on. The same is true for video games....

July 15, 2025 · 11 min · 2158 words · John Parrish

Amy Hennig Won’t Reveal Why She Left Naughty Dog But Her Final Days Were Truly Heartbreaking: ‘You start realizing how debilitating it is’

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed The gaming industry has seen its fair share of high-profile departures, but few have sparked as much speculation and controversy as Amy Hennig’s exit from Naughty Dog in 2014. The creative force behind theUnchartedseries left the studio under mysterious circumstances, taking with her nearly eight months of work onUncharted 4: A Thief’s End. While Hennig has consistently maintained a diplomatic stance about her departure, citing only “creative differences,” her rare comments about her final days at the studio paint a picture of an increasingly demanding environment....

July 15, 2025 · 5 min · 950 words · Dana Martin

Awful News For One Piece Fans as Episode 1121 Will Lose Franky’s Voice Actor Kazuki Yao After Health Concerns

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Eiichiro Oda’sOne Pieceis one of the most popular Shonen series at the current time; it has featured a ton of defining moments in 25 years. However, a major credit for the fame should ideally go to the voice actors of the Straw Hat Pirates. One such name that has resonated quite well with the fans is Kazuki Yao, the voice behind Cyborg Franky....

July 15, 2025 · 5 min · 952 words · Andrea Montoya

Black Myth Wukong: How To Beat The Tiger Vanguard

In the Yellow Wind Ridge,Black Myth: Wukong’ssetting for its second chapter, there are two gatekeeper bosses that will keep players from progressing through to the end of the second chapter. One is thepowerful brute known as the Stone Vanguard, and the other, is the agile and bloodthirsty beast known as the Tiger Vanguard. Black Myth Wukong: How To Beat The Stone Vanguard Between a rock and a hard place...

July 15, 2025 · 5 min · 953 words · Scott Noble

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 MIGHT Make You Pay to Hear Enemy Footsteps: Audio Chaos Awaits

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Get ready to immerse yourself in the world ofBlack Ops 6with an enhanced audio feature that will enable you to hear the surrounding sounds with more clarity. This feature has been included inBlack Ops 6but it will come at a price. However, this is just the half truth. Activision has not created a separate audio profile for you that is exclusive to players who are ready to pay an extra amount for it....

July 15, 2025 · 4 min · 721 words · Danielle Quinn

Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer Is Officially in Development, CD Projekt Red Confirms

CD Projekt Red has officially confirmed onTwitterthat they have come around to the idea of implementing a multiplayer feature intoCyberpunk 2077. The studio stated that the much-anticipated title will receive a multiplayer mode sometime post-launch. The devs also highlighted thatCyberpunk 2077will get some kind of free DLC and additional single-player content post-launch also but didn’t indulge into this aspect of the game just yet. In a previousinterview with Eurogamer, senior concept artist at CD Projekt Red Marthe Jonkers discussed the complexities surrounding a multiplayer inCyberpunk 2077"It’s possible if it doesn’t fit, it doesn’t fit,” says Jonkers....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Nancy Sullivan

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Uses its Tragic Ending to Overcome an Overused Romance Anime Trope

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Cyberpunk: Edgerunnerspremiered in September 2022 to high praise from fans and critics. The show even sparked a resurgence inCyberpunk 2077that saw upwards of one million players jumping in each day. Created in collaboration between CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger,Cyberpunk: Edgerunnersfollows the story of young mercenary David Martinez. Cyberpunk: Edgerunnersis an original anime series inspired by the video game,Cyberpunk 2077....

July 15, 2025 · 4 min · 815 words · Ricky Fernandez

Despite Massive Refunds, Long Development Time, and Pre-Release Fan Reactions at an All-Time Low, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Is Performing Really Well

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leaguehas received much criticism from fans of DC comics and the Arkhamverse for allegedly tarnishing the image of the series that took almost a decade to build. Things seem to be going downhill for the live-service element, the tumultuous pre-release, and the Early Access release that wasn’t even playable as the game was shipped with a game-breakingbug....

July 15, 2025 · 5 min · 856 words · Nicholas Mullen

Destiny 2: How To Get Superblack Keys Alpha & Omega

After much anticipation,Destiny 2Into The Light is finally here, introducing the new Onslaught activity with a bunch of returning content to the game that can surely keep players busy untilThe Final Shapearrives, especially if you know how much grind you need to reach the ultimate reward of Onslaught. DualShockers Definitives: 10 Best PS5 Free-To-Play Games Gaming doesn’t always have to be expensive. Here are the best free-to-play games optimized for the PlayStation 5....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Ryan Freeman

Elon Musk Answers Genshin Impact Twitter, Discourse Explained

After Gordon Ramsay and theKitchen Nightmares memeswith Raiden Shogun (Baal), it’s now the turn of Elon Musk to inadvertently shake the world ofGenshin Impactand its English fan community. The official Twitter account forGenshin Impactlaunched on October 14 a particular campaign. If a certain amount of people retweet the campaign, TheGenshin ImpactTwitter plans to follow Elon Musk and ask him to streamGenshin Impact. This sparked a new controversy on Twitter. Elon Musk and Ella Musk fromGenshin Impactexplained One of the non-playable characters we meet inGenshin Impactis Ella Musk, a scholar who studies the language of Hilichurls, which are the game’s version of goblins....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 518 words · Brandon Johnson

Focus Home Interactive and Enodo Games Unveil City-Builder The Architect: Paris

French publisher Focus Home Interactive is continuing to expanding theirupcoming game lineup, which already includes titles likeCall of Cthulhu, The Surge 2, andGreedfall.Today, Focus Home Interactive revealed that they have partnered with French studio Enodo Games to publish their first game,The Architect: Paris. The Paris and Lyon-based Enodo Games has actually been working onThe Architect: Parissince 2014, but were just able to snag a publisher in Focus Home Interactive. Enodo Games' President and Creative Director Jean-Baptiste Reynes commented on the studio finally finding a publisher:...

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Adam Vega

House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 8 Recap and Spoiler Review – Queen Rhaenyra’s army strengthens ahead of the war

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed After a monumental season of war, dragons, and deaths, the season finale ofHouse of the Dragonseason 2 has arrived.Queen Rhaenyraestablished dominance at the end of the last episode by showcasing that she has found riders for her dragons to take on Prince Aemond and Vhagar. Which House will reign supreme? How does the war play out?...

July 15, 2025 · 6 min · 1169 words · Thomas Fox

I Wish Baldur's Gate 3 Did Origin Stories Like Octopath Traveler 2

Ah, the noble companion. A staple of many RPGs worldwide, but especially ubiquitous in the broad genre known as JRPGs. Anecdotally, if one were to poll players on their favourite character in any given party-based RPG, chances are, they wouldn’t choose the protagonist but rather one of their plucky companions. Players form a strong attachments to these characters, just look at some of the legendary companions gaming has given us over the years....

July 15, 2025 · 5 min · 932 words · Erica Alexander