World Boss spawn timings in Diablo 4

Diablo 4World Boss spawn times, locations, and more In every game, there exists a formidable and challenging enemy known as the “boss’s boss,” typically encountered in the later stages of gameplay. Presently,Diablo 4features three such world bosses: Ashava the Pestilent,Wandering Death, and Avarice the Gold Cursed. Engaging in a battle against these colossal creatures entails facing multiple stages of combat, with a limited time window of 15 minutes to prepare before their spawn....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Susan Rivera

Zelda: Breath of the Wild has a sunburn mechanic?!

It normally only goes up to 4%, but someone modded more Zelda: Breath of the Wildis the gift that keeps on giving: is something I’ve said quite a bit, but I mean it! Somewhere, someone is putting every facet of this game through its paces, ready to make another breakthrough discovery. That includes theBreath of the Wildsunburn mechanic. The game’s desert area actually promotes a sunburn visual effect on Link if he stays out too long, something that players have been experiencing since the launch of the game....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Michael Hernandez

‘Over 200%’: Kickstarter success with Pixelscopic

Crowdfunding advice for other indies Crowdfunding is becoming a new viable option for young upstart businesses and developers, but some come to the Kickstarter table unprepared. Not the boys at Pixelscopic, though! They wanted to ensure every last lower-case ‘i’ was dotted before showing offDelver’s Dropto the Kickstarter community. During our interview last week, they shared with me the long hours of research and preparation that went into theKickstartercampaign, their enormous crowdfunding success, and how they did not want to use Kickstarter to begin with....

June 9, 2025 · 5 min · 1010 words · Anthony Jones

And Yet It Moves coming to WiiWare, has trailer

DSiWare might be sucking it up big time at the moment, but if you take some time to get to know your WiiWare you’ll see that Nintendo’s other downloadable game service is actually rocking pretty strong. I mean, there are the plethora of crappy mini-game/sport game collections, but there’s also a host of cool stuff hitting the system via download. Add one more to the list asAnd Yet It Movesis making its way from the PC to WiiWare....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Michael Wolfe

Apex Legends Season 6 gameplay trailer shows a revamped World’s Edge map

Probably not going off world just yet One of the cool aspects of Respawn’s battle royaleApex Legendsis its evolving story providing the backdrop for changes and additions over the course of its life. Players can choose to ignore it completely and just go for the W, but others can dive into the story and use it to predict upcoming gameplay changes. One of the popular predictions for Season 6 was the introduction of a third map into rotation....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Bryan Green

Atlus is recasting Toru Furuya’s role in Metaphor: ReFantazio

Atlus has announcedvia its Japanese sitethat they aredropping veteran voice actorToru Furuya from the cast ofMetaphor: ReFantazio. While the statement only says that they’re dropping the actor for “various reasons,” it most likely has to do with reporting by Shūkan Bunshun that alleged the actor had a four-and-a-half year affair with a much younger fan. Toru Furuyaposted a messageon Twitter back in May to apologize to fans. In his statement, he confirmed the affair with the fan, who was reportedly 37 years younger than him, as well as the fact that he, at one point, struck her....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Ashley Johnson

Braben: used games are killing single-player games

Frontier Developments boss David Braben has been attacking used gamesfor years, and he’s still going strong with his claims. Today, he has blamed the used game market for the death of single-player games, tragically missing the point that his own dramatic words end up making. “It’s killing single player games in particular, because they will get preowned, and it means your day one sales are it, making them super high risk,” he claimed toGamasutra....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 324 words · Pamela Martinez

Budget shopping in an anime store

Baka, Kawaii, Desu [Kerrik52 took an awesome adventure to an anime store, and we’re going to take a look at what all he found! I love anime, YOU love anime, let’s weeb this joint up a little! ~ Stephen] You know what’s great? Anime. Adventure, comedy, bishie boys, and tits on legs, what else could you want? But you know what isn’t great? Living in a country with such a low population density that it isn’t economically viable to sustain an anime hobby store....

June 8, 2025 · 5 min · 1009 words · Jeff Wolfe

Capturing the emotion of inFAMOUS: Second Son

Angry eyes! How badly do you want to see more ofinFAMOUS: Second Son? Enough to sit through a video describing advancements in motion-capture technology at Sucker Punch Productions? Yeah … I’m right there with you. Let’s stare at Troy Baker’s virtual face for a bit. According to producer Brian Fleming, the new hardware and protagonist drove “almost every other decision we made [forSecond Son] and they were probably made three years ago....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Barbara Hopkins

CD Projekt outlines future plans, including parallel game development

CD Projekt published a series of informational slides on Twitter today, alongside a YouTube video, outlining its future plans for the company and its brands, includingThe WitcherandCyberpunk. At the outset, CD Projekt says it plans to expand its online presence and build out bothThe WitcherandCyberpunkfranchises through “core gaming extensions” (like mobile) and partnerships, including TV series and merchandise. The publisher also says it plans to move into parallel AAA game developmentstarting in 2022....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Scott Smith

Check out Flixist’s review of Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV

Because you’re not playing the game any time soon Final Fantasyand uncanny-valley-pushing animated movies have had a mixed history at best, but withFinal Fantasy XVgetting the ol’ delay-o-ramayou might be hankering for a fix. That’s where you might consider the spin-off filmKingsglaive: Final Fantasy XVwhen it releases this weekend for a limited run in theaters or on Aug. 30 when it releases On Demand. But is the film good enough to scratch your itch or will it leave you feeling as hollow as the eyes of a character fromThe Spirits Within?...

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Maria Clark

CoD reportedly getting new subfranchise in 2027, as if there haven’t been too many of them already

According to rumors,Call of Dutyis getting a whole new subfranchise in 2027, this time developed by Sledgehammer Games. This new series won’t be futuristic (God forbid) nor a continuation of SG’s previous titles likeAdvanced Warfare, nor, unfortunately, put this tired old franchise on a hiatus. As reported by Insider Gaming, Sledgehammer Games is allegedly going to spearhead an entirely newCall of Dutysubfranchise set in modern times, probably akin to the rebootedModern Warfaregames....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Samuel Cummings

Dishonored 2 doesn’t run well on PC, but these tips might help

Rats Last week, we reported on the minimum and recommended PC specs forDishonored 2offering commentary that they “shouldn’t cause high chaos.” Everything seemed modest enough, reasonable-looking requirements for a triple-A title. As early adopters are finding out, it’s actually the optimization that’s causing high chaos. Dishonored 2launched on PC to a worrying number of issues. Framerate fluctuations, performance drops — most of the usual suspects. Some people with high-end rigs are reporting problems, but it seems to mostly affect the mid-range users....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Kimberly Maldonado