How to get the Cornservant minion in FFXIV Dawntrail

With the release ofDawntrail,Final Fantasy XIVhas added a whole array of new items for players to work towards and collect. One of these items, the Cornservant minion, is utterly adorable and can be obtained in Solution Nine. Do you love corn? Those small golden-yellow, buttery niblets of deliciousness are hard to resist, and even harder in the form of something which follows you around on adventures through Eorzea and Tural....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 261 words · Robin Schmidt

In defense of jump scares in movies

They can actually be kinda awsome There’s nothing worse than a horror movie that isn’t scary. When the entire purpose of your movie is to scare people and you fail to do that, then it’s hard to deny that the movie completely failed at its job. There can be a lot of reason why a horror movie isn’t scary. If the actual concept isn’t terrifying, then it’s going to be an uphill battle to get audiences into a state of fear and panic....

June 23, 2025 · 9 min · 1885 words · James Contreras III

Is Silent Hills about aliens? Swedish radio segment references War of the Worlds

If so, yikes I love theSilent Hillfranchise, and am glad that it’s in new hands now. And it may be going in a new direction. If the translation of a Swedish radio broadcast tucked deep with in theP.T. interactive trailermeans anything, we might be seeing little green men inSilent Hills. Past games have toyed with the idea, but never fully committed. In my opinion,this is the closest we’ve come. The translation says that “the radio drama from 75 years ago was true....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Debra Martinez MD

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will let you build a galaxy far, far away

(And then smash it to pieces) Just in case this week hasn’t brought you enoughSpace Fight 9action, then publisher TT Games is wisely capitalising on the current discourse by releasing a new trailer forLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga,which will be landing on PC and consoles next year. The Skywalker Sagawill adapt all nine episodes of the sci-fi franchise to create an all-new adventure. Each chapter will be standalone, allowing fans to tackle the saga in whichever order they choose, enjoying typical LEGO recreations of legendary characters, locations and battles....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Lisa Allen

Marvel’s Midnight Suns hits PS4 and Xbox One soon, but scraps Switch version

No heroes on the go Marvel’s Midnight Sunsis getting new content and some new platforms next week. But alongside the launch confirmation comes some bad news for Switch holdouts:Marvel’s Midnight Sunsis no longer planned for a Switch release. Intoday’s blog, 2K and Firaxis confirm the news, saying that a “Nintendo Switch version ofMarvel’s Midnight Sunsis no longer planned.” As one ofMarvel’s Midnight Suns‘ delays, Firaxis had pushed the hero strategy game andalso further delayedsome console versions of it....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Billy Mcconnell

McFarlane Toys making Assassin’s Creed action figures

Toys will include codes for the games too McFarlane Toys and Ubisoft are teaming up to produce a ton ofAssassin’s Creedaction figures. Some of the first toys will be based on Haytham Kenway, and Connor fromAssassin’s Creed III. We can expect two Connor variants in fact, one based on his main look and another based on his new upcoming outfit from theTyranny of King George storyline. The figures will come in at six inches tall, feature 25 points of articulation, and they’ll all include unlock codes for stuff in the actual games....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Timothy Mason

Metroid: Other M releases on June 27!

News onMetroid: Other Mhas been pretty quiet since it was announced at last year’s E3, but the silence is being broken today! We’ve just been told that the Team Ninja-developed action game is releasing in North America on June 27 of this year. Yep, you’ll be stepping into Samus’ armor this summer! Nick Chester will be playing the game later today, so stay tuned for his demo impressions. Until then, get yourself all hyped up....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Jacob Clayton

Monster Hunter Rise is getting a 600MB day one patch

To enable DLC Monster Hunter Riseis here tomorrow, and the flood gates will be open. Potentially 80 million Switch users are going to be jumping on the game, including a bunch of people at a company in Japan that has off work for the launch. If the demo crash is any indication, there should be a lot of people online tomorrow. That said, you will need to grab a day one patch to go online....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 227 words · Christopher Nelson

No one allegedly recognized this Zelda Fierce Deity Link cosplay at a con: do you?

Instantly The face paint really gave it away. Maybe it’s all those moments I spent basking in the glory of Fierce Deity Link, but I instantly recognized this cosplay fromReddit user Enoughroseas the iconicMajora’s Maskpersona. The story behind this particular getup? The wearer claims that no one noticed what they were portraying at a convention. How can one not recognize the sheer terrifying energy of Fierce Deity Link is the real question....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Ashley Orr

Not a joke: Cave Story being remade for 3DS

Wait just a minute. NIS America is publishing (and Nicalis is developing) a remake ofCave Story, and it’s going to have 3D graphics presented on a 2D plane with the 3DS’ depth-of-field wizardry in mind? That sounds like too incredible a thing to happen. But let me assure you, it most certainly is on the way. GamesRadar has the news, and an interview withCave Storycreator Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya and producer/music director Tyrone Rodriguez....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Richard Anderson

Oculus wants a billion people in the largest MMO ever

A million people in VR isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Roughly 1.3 billion people use Facebook, and Oculus strives to eventually put the vast majority of those users in virtual reality. Oculus VR’s CEO Brendan Iribe recently described the company’s lofty vision for “the largest MMO ever made.” Speaking at theTechcrunch Disruptconference, Iribe commented “We know with Oculus, with a virtual world, if you’re putting on this pair of glasses and you’re gonna be face-to-face communicating with people, you’re gonna be jumping in and out of this new set of virtual worlds, this is gonna be the largest MMO ever made....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Peter Espinoza

PGA Tour 2K21 teased, full reveal coming May 14

Fore-play 2K Games has dropped a teaser trailer for the next release its PGA Tour 2K line of golf simulators.PGA Tour 2K21will be the first series entry since 2018 releaseThe Golf Club 2019, which suggests a rebranding of sorts for the franchise. The trailer has little to offer, some nice greenery and some dude taking a swing while an audience looks on, all backed by bland “works for any sports trailer” music....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Shawn Clark

Pharaoh: A New Era is a 2021 remake of the old city-builder

Have anyroom in your lifefor a city-builder? What about a modern take on an old classic? Dotemu and Triskell Interactive are bringing back Impressions Games’1999 Egypt builderPharaohin 2021 withPharaoh: A New Era. The announcement trailer is light on gameplay – stick around until the final seconds for a glimpse – but we’ve got screenshots forPharaoh: A New Erato pick apart onSteam. “You have everything at your disposal to build an entire city and manage all its fundamental elements to ensure it flourishes: the economy, internal and external trade, culture, health, agriculture, education, etc....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 214 words · Janet Harris