Two years after its debut, FromSoftware’s latestElden Ringpatch makes one of its most infuriating encounters a bit easier. Said boss always made a brilliant first impression, then quickly fumbles its introduction with a nasty second phase that has players hoofin’ it — quite literally, after today’s update. Spoilers ahead for anyone who hasn’t experiencedElden Ring’sbase-game content. Elden Ring’sfinal boss, Radagon of the Golden Order, is an incredible fight. The score swells, the one-on-one combat shines, and the spectacle of his attacks dazzle....

Also, giant bunny mounts EverQuest IIis approaching its 10th anniversary. It originally released in 2004, the same year that Kanye West’s genius debutCollege Dropoutdropped. Altar of Malicebrings with it a new playable race, the Areakyn. They offer some extra aesthetic customization (custom horns, wings, scale pattern color) and their wings actually develop over time so when you hit level 85 and achieve flight, its on your own homegrown wings. The expansion is one of the series’ largest, with 14 heroic zones, 6 raids, 6 advanced solo zones, 2 contested zones, and 2 overlands (first built on new terrain tools)....

Isn’t that S.P.E.C.I.A.L.? Fantasy Flight Games has quite a few video-game-to-board-game adaptations under its belt at this point (there’sGears of War,XCOM, andDOOM, to name a few). It’s about to add another one to its repertoire, and this one’s a doozy. Fallout: The Board Gameis described as an adventure board game, allowing players to travel around the wasteland, ally with its various factions, and gain experience to build their characters up over time....

For good — at least, that’s the plan FIFA, the bane of Konami’s existence now that their only real video game presence isPro Evolution Soccernow, has just hit EA Access’ Vault. What does that mean? Well as long as you’re subscribing to the EA Access program on Xbox One, you may play the full game as part of your sub. At the moment, but like all things EA that are subject to change, the idea is to keep it in the Vault indefinitely, so you aren’t going to loss access to it....

Hit Firemint iPhone gameFlight Controlblasts off into space with a new sequel calledFlight Control Rocket. You’re still tracing a line with your fingertip to guide craft to runways while working to avoid collisions, but this time you’re up in the stars, and you’re guiding spaceships to a bigger carrier ship. Different ships give you a variety of landing problems to solve, including rows or ships, or ones that split in two when you touch them....

Resistance is futile Intergalactic wars are not the sort of conflicts one expects to finish up in an afternoon, or even a plethora of afternoons spread across multiple years. Positech Games’Gratuitous Space Battlesis a war seemingly without end, with countless short battles constantly playing out on would-be warlords’ PCs. Adding to the war-torn milieu is a new expansion, pitting the cybernetic conquerors known as the Outcasts against the battle-hardened veterans from the base game and its copious amount of DLC....

Like tower defense games? Like fast-paced twitch reflex action games? Either way, you’ll probably loveOrcs Must Die!by Robot Entertainment. Earlier in the year, we got some PC coverage fromColette Bennett. From my Xbox 360 playtime with three full levels at various points in the game and a great variety of traps and spells, I can confirm thatOrcs Must Die!is shaping up to be an awesome and frantic experience that will appeal to a large audience of gamers for both the tower defense and adrenaline-filled action genres....

Beans, beans, the musical fruit Harmonix sure has diversified in the past five years. Sure, the studio just releasedRock Band 4and it focuses on interacting with music in all of its games, but with stuff likeChromaandA City Sleeps, it has gone further than just “hit the button at the right time” gameplay. WithBeatNiks, Harmonix is moving into the free-to-play virtual pet space. For the most part it sounds like a standard pet simulator, where players create a weird kidney monster and upgrade it over time by poking at it every now and then, the Harmonix twist is that it will evolve differently depending on what music is playing (either played from the devices memory or streamed via services like Pandora)....

Google AI overviews suck ass. I’m talking about the text that Google now displays at the top of the page after we hit enter on a search query. This is not text that an advanced form of artificial intelligence came up with to satisfy our needs. It’s text that Google’s Gemini AI conjures based on data from some website it deemed useful. Getting data of a website of scientific renown would probably do the trick, but the AI is scraping data off of all sorts of dubious sources....

In the newestSorceryonRobloxgame, you’ll eventually reach Level 99 and have to complete several tasks to progress in the Open World. One of the important aspects of doing so is acquiring your Domain Expansion and getting a new powerful move. Here is how to get Domain Expansion inSorceryRoblox. How to get Domain Expansion To get Domain Expansion inSorcery, you’ll need to have unlocked the ability to Meditate and also need a Void Key....

Dragon Ball Sparking Zerois now available on early access, and you can enjoy a wide cast of several iconic characters who are all present inside the game. For starters, you can unlock every character by just playing the game. While some of the characters are unlocked quite easily, getting access to the other ones might be harder. That said, the grind is certainly worth it if you want to have as many options as possible....

X marks the spot Fortnitelaunched Chapter 4 Season 2 with plenty of new content and quests for players to check out. One of the most unique quests this season is asking players to find theFortnitearcade game and win it. This is what you need to know to locate this game within a game and dominate it. How to find and win the arcade game in Frenzy Fields TheFortnitearcade game begins with a special quest from the Peace Syndicate inChapter 4 Season 2....

And got some surprising Wonder Trades in return For a couple months now, I’ve been thinking about getting rid of my Pokémon collection. My favorite part of the series is catching ’em all and for years that motivation has fueled my interest in these games. I’m not into forming the ideal team, breeding Pokémon with perfect stats, or finding shinies. Just acquiring them — all sevenhundredof them — one by one....