Pokemon GO Announces Major Quality of Life Improvements

Pokemon GOhas made a ton of great updates to the game in recent weeks to helpkeep players engaged, active, and spending money and time on the gameduring this extended period of social distancing. Although it may seem impossible to play a mobile AR game when you can’t really leave your house or explore the community with friends, Niantic is doing everything possible to make the game more enticing than ever....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 524 words · Luis Parsons

Red Dead Redemption 2: What Happens to John Marston After the Game is Over?

John Marston is the secondary player character ofRed Dead Redemption 2, but for the large number of fans who joined the series with the successful prequel, his story ends with him escaping his past with the Van der Linde gang and finally getting a chance to settle down with his family. As fans of the original know, however, the past can’t be escaped so easily. Red Dead Redemption 2is a game about running from the past, the looming shadow of death, and the inability of its main characters to adapt to the future....

August 3, 2025 · 5 min · 967 words · Matthew Sanders

Returnal: What Does Astronaut Figurine Do (And How to Get Them)

InReturnal, it appears that Selene isn’t the only astral traveler on Atropos. Throughout the game she is haunted by another Astronaut, but this one is dressed in Apollo era space wear. Afterexploring the house for the first timeearly on in the game, players will get an Astronaut Figurine, and although it isn’t clear exactly what this item does, players will soon learn that it is invaluable to successful runs. Here’s what the Astronaut Figurine does, as well as what the best way to get more is after this first time....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Meagan Ford

Rings of Power?

For many fans, one of the most interesting things about watching theRings of PowerAmazon series has been trying to link up the storyline with the movie adaptations of theHobbitand theLord of the Rings. Viewers have been attempting to tie together the storylines that happen over a thousand years apart. There are several familiar characters that appear across the span of all three films, like Elrond and Galadriel. However, there are also many characters in theRings of Powerwhose identities in the later narratives are yet to be revealed....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 789 words · Joshua Huerta

Rocket League is Crossing Over With Ferrari

Rocket Leaguehas many playable cars for players to get their hands on and enjoy in the game, and now there will be a new type of car they can drive around.Rocket Leagueis having a crossoverwith Ferrari as both will be teaming up for a limited time beginning this week. Psyonix, the developer behindRocket League, will be crossing over with Ferrari and as a result, the game will have a new crossover car added in....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Judith Gilbert

Shadow Land Reveals New Clip Teasing Its Shadowy Plot [EXCLUSIVE]

Summary Game Rant can exclusively reveal a new clip from Paramount’sShadow Land. Theconspiracy thrillerhas just been treated to a limited theatrical release on May 31. Shadow LandstarsAcademy Award WinnerJon Voight as former U.S. President Robert Wainwright, who discovers an international conspiracy aimed at discrediting his presidency while trying to enjoy his retirement. The movie was produced by Republic Pictures, a label of Paramount Global that the company revived in 2023, 56 years following the corporation’s original closure....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 418 words · Darius Rios

Shang Chi's Simu Liu Asks for More Starcraft and Gets Blizzard Response

Starcraftmay have lost the influence and universal appeal it had once commanded, but that doesn’t mean the franchise doesn’t still have its loyal fans. In fact, Simu Liu ofShang Chifame has now posted about the series' lack of any interesting development on Twitter, only for Blizzard’s Mike Ybarra to cryptically respond to his pleas. In regard to Blizzard’s lack of announcements about theStarcraftfranchise, Liu’s message was simple: “PLEASE SAVE STARCRAFT,” written and posted in all-caps likely for bigger effect....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Jeffrey Hanson

Some Pokemon GO Players Aren’t Happy About Frustrating Routes Limitation

Summary Pokemon GOplayers are unhappy with the current Routes limitation and a lack of communication regarding the feature from developer Niantic. The Routes feature allowsPokemon GOplayers to chart their own paths and share them with other players, but the limitations have negatively affected the experience for many members of the community. Pokemon GORoutes were made available with the launch of the Blaze New Trails event this past July. Players were incentivized to make Routes or explore user-created Routes to earn rewards such as Hyper Potions, XP, Stardust, and Ultra Balls....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 434 words · Ethan White

Sony Files Patent for Recording VR Gameplay

Sonyfiled a new patent for recording VR gameplay as the company continues to research potential new features for VR headsets. PlayStation VR2, the latest VR headset bySony, releases next month with a launch lineup consisting of over 30 first-party and third-party titles. PlayStation VR2 is a major generational leap in VR technology from Sony to greatly improve upon the success of theoriginal PS VR headset. The PS VR2 headset features a vivid OLED display with a resolution of 2000x2040 per eye with support for up to a refresh rate of 120Hz....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Julie Miller

Starfield's Dialogue Points Add a Lot of Depth to Social Encounters

The newest original IP to come from Bethesda,Starfield, has already caused quite a stir, and it hasn’t even been released yet. With its delay into 2023, fans' expectations and the levels of hype surroundingStarfieldhave reached astronomical levels, and the developer has been trying to keep interest piqued with plenty of looks at gameplay and behind-the-scenes details since the first trailer launched in 2021. Thanks to newly revealed information about how the dialogue options will work in the game that highlightedStarfield’s complexity and innovative features, gamers are even more intrigued....

August 3, 2025 · 5 min · 957 words · Caitlin Gonzalez

Stellar Blade Update Will Remove 'Unintentional' Reference to Racist Language

Summary Sony announced the day one patch forStellar Bladewill remove an unintentional reference to a racist slur. While initial reviews forStellar Bladelauded Shift Up’s action-adventure game, one particular image taken from a review copy highlighted a likely accidental but problematic graphic in the game. Active members of the gaming community will likely already recognizeStellar Blade, Shift Up’s bombastic third-person action game, which has already garnered attention for its over-the-top action and eye-catching character design....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 544 words · Sean Carlson

Strongest Hollow In Bleach

Summary The Hueco Mundo inhabitants have been the thorns in the Shinigami sides for centuries, being wandering spirits who cause chaos in the Living World and Seireitei by filling their bottomless voids with innocent souls. Essentially trapped in purgatory, the Hollow can theoretically exist for all eternity and have, therefore, established a hierarchy of power to keep things ever-so-slightly orderly in the afterlife ofBleach. When hundreds of Hollow converge, a Menos is formed, which can then slowly gain power until it reaches the Vasto Lorde state, theStrongest Hollowform....

August 3, 2025 · 8 min · 1569 words · Meagan Hernandez

Super Mario Bros. Wonder: How to Get More Lives

As is customary in all 2DSuper Mariogames,Super Mario Bros. Wonderstarts off at a lower difficulty, but it quickly increases it by moving on to more complex platforming sequences and by throwing more difficult enemies at the player at a higher number. While players won’t have to worry about their number of lives at the start ofSuper Mario Bros. Wonder, this changes rather quickly, and it’s always useful to know some tricks that they can take advantage of in order to prevent them from seeing the Game Over screen....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 538 words · Russell Simmons