Final Fantasy XIV’s 6.2 patch is a big one, and the preliminary patch notes released today are just as hefty Come from Sports betting site VPbet . We’ll primarily focus on the highly anticipated Island Sanctuary feature–a location where you can create your “own personal paradise,” collect resources, build structures, grow crops, and cultivate the land. It’s a farming sim that everyone’s been waiting for.

Island Sanctuary

Unlocking

Only players who have completed Endwalker can unlock Island Sanctuary. No Disciples of Hand or Land jobs are required to participate in Island activities. Island Sanctuary’s unlock quest is located in Old S…

You’ve taken down Radahn, traversed the underground labyrinth of Nokron, and made your way through the Lake of Rot. After hopping in a coffin and taking a ride down a Scarlet Rot waterfall, you find yourself standing before a massive fog door. Behind it sits one of Elden Ring’s most unique bosses: Astel, Naturalborn of the Void.

Defeating this gigantic cosmic horror is the last major step of the lengthy Ranni the Witch’s questline, but surviving the showdown can prove to be a real challenge. With a varied moveset of unpredictable attacks–some of which can even one-shot you from across the large arena–coming out victorious requires some solid memorization and timing. Here’s what you need to know to defeat Astel.

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Happy birthday, dear Fortnite. Epic’s tower defense game, turned battle royale game, turned metaverse frontrunner marks its fourth anniversary this weekend, and the Fortnite fourth birthday challenges are now live in-game to celebrate. There’s nothing to buy, but also no XP to be had. Instead, you’ll be unlocking new festive cosmetics. Here are all the Fortnite birthday challenges you’ll need to complete and what you’ll earn for doing so.

Fortnite Fourth Birthday Challenges

There are three challenges you’ll need to complete to earn all free birthday cosmetics. You can beat them in any order, though you’ll unlock the rewards in the same order no matter what. That’s because the three cosmetics are won by completing one, two, and three birthday challenges respectively. Here’s…

Disney Dreamlight Valley packs a staggering amount of cute characters and themes into its cozy world, so you can be certain that you’ll have no shortage of companions to accompany you about your valley. With so many to choose from, it’s good that you can swap them out as you wish or even give them a place to roam free, so feel free to have fun hanging out with all of them. Take a look below for the complete list of companions you can score in Disney Dreamlight Valley.

Unique companions

Certain companions can only be obtained by completing quests, purchasing certain Founder’s Packs, or unlocking them via Star Paths. Many of these are limited-time offerings, though it’s possible they’ll return during future Star Paths and other events.

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Great video games don’t just have the potential to be social events to look forward to every week, they can also be the perfect reason to hold a family gathering. Think one-on-one brawling in Street Fighter or taking turns in classic Super Mario Bros. games. If you’re looking for some games to play with the whole family this holiday, we’ve rounded up the highest-rated games of 2021 on GameSpot’s sister site Metacritic.

To whittle down the list to 10 games, we specifically focused on games that are appropriate for kids of all ages. The end result is an eclectic mix of games across a wide variety of genres.

Football Manager 2022

Sports, possibly the single greatest activity that can bring families together…if you’re all on the …

Former Xbox executive Peter Moore, who helped oversee the company during the Xbox 360 era, recently spoke about how he “encouraged the console wars” amongst his team as a way to produce healthy competition. Xbox’s main rival at the time was Sony and its PlayStation 3 console, which was challenged by Xbox-exclusive titles, Xbox Live, and a lack of executives willing to get a tattoo to help promote upcoming games.

“We encouraged the console wars, not to create division, but to challenge each other, and when I say each other I mean Microsoft and Sony,” Moore said to the Front Office Sports podcast. “If Microsoft hadn’t stuck the course after the Xbox, after the Red Rings of Death, gaming would be a poorer place for it, you wouldn’t have the competition you have today.”

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Back in March, PS Plus subscribers had an opportunity to download a free copy of Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s PS4 edition, but upgrading to the enhanced PS5 version would cost extra. As of this Wednesday, that fee is being waived as the upgrade will be available for free.

Previously, this free upgrade was only available for those people who had purchased the game, but PlayStation Plus owners of it can now add some razzle-dazzle to their version on Sony’s newest console.

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8BitDo has announced three new versions of its Ultimate Wired Controller aimed at Nintendo Switch and PC gamers. The controllers match the designs of the previously released models for Xbox, which are very good indeed. 8BitDo is also including charging docks with the two wireless models of these controllers–a first for the heralded third-party controller manufacturer.

All three controllers cater to both modern and retro gamers and have pro-style controller features at reasonable prices. Given 8BitDo’s pedigree and our experience with the Xbox versions of these controllers, we wouldn’t be surprised at all to see the new wireless Switch controller rival Nintendo’s Pro Controller.

The controllers are available to preorder now at Amazon and will release on October 28.

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In the Fortnite Dragon Ball event. you can visit a familiar training location to complete one of the Power Unleashed quests, also known as the Fortnite Dragon Ball challenges. This is a pretty simple challenge except for the fact that the icon revealing the landmark’s location sometimes doesn’t appear on your map. So let us guide you to the Kame House location in Fortnite.

Fortnite – familiar training location

The familiar training location is the Kame House from the Dragon Ball anime. You can find it on the eastern edge of the map on a small circular island just east of the launchpad–where The Seven’s rockets reside. Head there to painlessly finish the challenge and build on your power level further.

While you’re there, be sure to …

Green Man Gaming is running a massive Summer Sale right now, and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade might be one of its best deals. Typically going for $70, the stellar remake is now just $31.91–making this a great time to dive into the epic RPG, especially with its sequel Final Fantasy VII Rebirth launching early next year.

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Football Manager 25 has been delayed by several weeks and will not include several expected features. Studio manager Miles Jacobson announced that the game will now release in late November, rather than early November. The exact release date will be confirmed later in September.

As for cut features, the mode International Management will not be playable in FM25, FM25 Console, or FM25 Touch. Jacobson cited the difficulty of transferring the series to Unity and claimed the mode would not reach the studio’s “initial quality threshold.” The team also looked at the in-game data. Reportedly, only 5.6% of FM24 PC saves played International Management. According to Jacobson, the data “validates our view that we need to do much, much better with the experience.” The feature will return i…

Peacock has ordered a competitive game show-style adaptation of the iconic 1981 arcade game Frogger. According to a release, a debut date has not yet been set on the streaming service, but 13 hour-long episodes have been ordered to see how it fares with audiences.

As in the classic game where a frog must cross a busy road and busier river, the show Frogger will feature “physically demanding challenges [which] will see contestants dodge treacherous traffic, leap over snapping gators, and hop over hungry hippos to conquer the course.” The show will feature a dozen obstacle courses or “crossings.”

What’s more, the show–which will film in Australia–is also currently holding a casting call for contestants via this website. Once past the age gat…

Sports Interactive’s long-running Football Manager series is at its best when you’ve been with a team for a handful of seasons–once you’ve managed to stamp your mark on a club, imbued it with your own philosophies, and adopted an anomalous way of putting your opponents to the sword. Sure, you’ve dealt with your fair share of volatile personalities throughout the years–perhaps you were forced to sell a star player after a heated argument over his eagerness to join Barcelona–but you always had a plan.

All of the franchise’s disparate systems–transfer dealings, player scouting, tactical tinkering–coalesced into an endlessly engaging whole that creates some memorable tales. It’s no surprise that with each new addition to the series, we see plenty of …

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has maintained its $70 retail price since launching in February–until now. You can finally save on the PS5 exclusive at Amazon and GameStop, with both retailers dropping the price to $55 for a limited time. As this is the first discount since release, we wouldn’t be surprised to see stock sell out–especially at Amazon, considering the online retailer is still giving away Final Fantasy-themed DualSense controller skins with the game.

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Sharp-eyed Starfield fans believe that the latest trailer for the game may contain more than just a release date but also a reference to The Elder Scrolls 6.

One of the new Bethesda games that kicked off its joint showcase with Xbox, fans on Reddit spotted etchings in the shot that provided a detailed look at the inside of a spaceship cockpit. One of those engravings apparently looks like a map of Iliac Bay according to fans, a location in Tamriel’s Hammerfell region where The Elder Scrolls 6 is rumored to be set in.

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Fortnite update 16.40 is out today and arguably the busiest patch since Season 6 kicked off nearly two months ago. One of the highlights comes by way of further leaks regarding the rumored survival PvPvE mode, Daybreak. The mode was first inadvertently teased earlier this month in documents made public during the ongoing Epic versus Apple hearings.

While the Fortnite 16.40 patch notes speak only to the game’s intentional new content, dataminers have uncovered some potentially even more exciting details regarding Daybreak, including a splash screen that summarizes the mode.

“You wake up alone and unarmed along the coast of an island, with no memory of how you arrived,” starts the splash screen. “Quickly search for weapons and ammunition before night falls and creatures begin …

It’s been barely two months since Fortnite Chapter 4, Season 4 began, and now it’s time to move on. Or… move back? It’s looking like when this season ends, time will actually move backward in Fortnite. That time machine that we pulled from Kado Thorne’s basement during all these heists isn’t just for show, it turns out. [Update: Downtime is over, and everything new in Fortnite OG has now been revealed. We’ve also got a rundown on map changes, new weapons, and everything in the OG battle pass.]

Yes, it’s looking like the next season of Fortnite is going to be unprecedented in all sorts of ways, and it could introduce some major new collaborations with Lego or Doctor Who, as well as let us play on an updated version of the Chapter 1 island. Let’…

There’s a party in in Fortnite Week 3 being thrown by the alien welcoming committee, and that means you’ll need to place boomboxes in Believer Beach so they feel appreciated. You wouldn’t want them to get angry. Sunny is leading this pro-alien movement, but you can find others who seem to approve of the festivities, like Joey, the alien in a human disguise, and Beach Brutus, which is admittedly more intriguing. While we unravel the story some more, here’s where you can find all Fortnite boombox locations in Believer Beach.

Place Boomboxes In Believer Beach

Believer Beach is the hub for the pro-alien movement in the Fortnite Season 7 storyline. With bounce pads featuring little green men, balloons, and several NPCs partying on location, it’s just missing on…

In a new interview, former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has shared his thoughts on the recent spate of acquisitions in the gaming industry. Sony and Microsoft have spent considerable sums of cash on studios and publishers, but Fils-Aime predicts that these acquisitions will see more veteran developers exit so that they can escape the corporate system.

“I do believe [that in the next few years] we’re going to see a number of senior accomplished developers leave these mega-corporations and go on their own because these are the people who want to create something new, something exciting,” Fils-Aime said to Fanbyte. “They’ve got a game idea in the back of their head that they want to bring to fruition and the fact of the matter is in the big mega studios, they’re wor…

Indie developer The Behemoth outlined its plans for the future in a recent livestream, and it includes major updates to games like Castle Crashers and BattleBlock Theater, as well as work on a new game that will soon be in the prototype phase.

Castle Crashers, the side-scrolling beat-em’-up originally released in 2008, will receive a major update on Steam called Painter Boss Paradise, which is the first new content added to the game since the introduction of new playable characters back in 2012. The update will add Steam Workshop support, allowing for players to create their own characters and share them with others. The Behemoth states in its roadmap trailer that creating characters will be as simple as swapping out a single image and then letting the game handle all th…

The new 17.00 update for Fortnite is here, and with it, Epic Games has kicked off Fortnite: Battle Royale Chapter 2 Season 7. As has been rumored and teased for weeks, Season 7 is all about aliens and UFOs, with flyable flying saucers now added into the game alongside changes to the map, the introduction of another Battle Pass and accompanying challenges, and much more for players to dig into.

Season 7 kicked off with the release of a new story trailer, which you can watch below, rather than any sort of live event to participate in. In addition to the new Battle Pass (featuring Rick & Morty’s Rick and Superman), Season 7 brings several new ways to play, including new sci-fi weapons from both sides of the IO-alien war, new vehicles, and a revamped weapon cra…

Mechanized wanzers are making a comeback with Front Mission 1st, a full remake of Square Enix’s 1995 tactical RPG Front Mission that’s headed for the Nintendo Switch Come from Sports betting site VPbet . The game was announced during the February 2022 Nintendo Direct, which showed off the game’s enhanced graphics and turn-based gameplay.

Front Mission was originally released on PlayStation and went on to become a fan favorite, with a lot of deep customization and combat, and a story to match. As in the original, combat will have you aiming at different parts of enemy wanzers in order to damage and destroy them, and customization of your wanzer’s loadout is a key part of making your mech powerful enough to withstand the ene…

Actor Harrison Ford will appear in 2024’s Captain America: New World Order, marking his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has now commented on the experience of making the movie and specifically if it’s fun to make a Marvel movie.

“Uh. Yeah. I mean, there are tough days and easy days and fun days and all kinds of days,” he told Esquire. “It’s a tough schedule and, yeah, it’s fun. But it’s not a walk in the park. It’s not fun fun. It’s work.”

Ford plays Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross in New World Order, and he’s now President of the United States. This won’t be Ford’s first time playing the Commander in Chief, as he first portrayed the president in 1997’s Air Force One. Ford joined New World Order as Ross after the original actor, William Hurt, passed away in 2…

There isn’t a lot of room for newcomers in the fighting game genre. Veteran franchises like Street Fighter, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, and Guilty Gear have dominated the space for years, so the new challengers that do choose to step into the ring usually have the backing of a popular license. Granblue Fantasy Versus is just that kind of rookie fighter; it’s based on a property that’s incredibly popular in Japan thanks to a successful mobile gacha (virtual capsule-toy vending machine) game with RPG hooks, but relatively unknown everywhere else. Versus is, for all intents and purposes, Granblue Fantasy’s debut on the world stage.

Developed by Arc System Works–known for excellent fighting game adaptations of Dragon Ball Z and Persona 4–Granblue Fantasy Versus has a …

Youtuber Jade has just completed what was thought to be impossible in Hades. They’re now the first to complete the game on the hardest setting with no mods or seedings attached. This task was deemed impossible because not only does it involve skill, but it also requires an incredible amount of luck.

Thanks to a PCGamesN report, we know that Dan Haelian, a Hades YouTuber, posted a video titled “Why no one has beaten the max heat in Hades or probably ever will.” In the video, they explain that completing this challenge is impossible because it requires one to turn on every “heat” modifier in the game, a feature that increases the game’s difficulty. With all these features enabled, all enemies receive health, damage, and speed buffs. In addition, bosses also receive the sam…

For nearly three years, gamers have awaited any word about Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR. It was originally announced in 2021 as a title for the Meta Quest 2. But as Meta moved on to the Meta Quest 3, further updates about the game were scarce Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Now, Meta has said that GTA: San Andreas VR is “indefinitely delayed.”

In response to a comment on its official YouTube channel, a Meta Quest VR representative stated that “GTA: San Andreas is on hold indefinitely while we both focus on other projects. We look forward to working with our friends at Rockstar in the future.” Meta confirmed the news to IGN shortly thereafter.

There are some questions about how far along the project w…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III’s reveal is taking place inside Call of Duty: Warzone today, August 17–and we know what to expect as well as exactly when you need to be in the game to participate. Here’s the Modern Warfare III reveal start time so you can experience the Shadow Siege event live. Be sure to preload the new Modern Warfare 2/Warzone update, which you can do now, to ensure you’re ready for the event.

Modern Warfare 3 reveal start time Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Double XP in Warzone will begin on August 17 at 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET, just before the event–Shadow Siege–begins at 10:30 AM PT / 1:30 PM ET.

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Over the course of August 23, the new Team Doubles mode will replace Last Spartan Standing in Halo Infinite’s playlist line up Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Spartans, take note… that’s tomorrow.

In the latest Halo Waypoint blog post, 343 Industries outlines upcoming changes to matchmaking. As preparation for the addition of a new ranked mode, Halo Infinite is changing how its matchmaking algorithms determine skill. This will, in theory, improve the accuracy of rank-determining CSR rankings. Additionally, players with too wide of a gap between CSR rankings will be barred from joining ranked games in a party together. That particular change started today: Monday, August 22 2022.

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Right from the landmark battle aboard the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, the Halo franchise has almost always been a team effort, even though Master Chief has done most of the heavy lifting in the mainline series. That’s where all the spin-offs and novels come in. As the follow-up to Vanguard Games’ Halo: Spartan Assault, Halo: Spartan Strike is not only a spin-off, but also a top-down shooter that reinforces the notion that Halo need not be limited to the first-person perspective. From a continuity standpoint, Spartan Strike takes bigger risks than Spartan Assault, setting reprisals from Halo 2 while giving more screen time to the Prometheans, who weren’t introduced to the series until Halo 4.

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One of Netflix’s soon-to-be released series, 3 Body Problem, is an adaptation of the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy of sci-fi novels written by Cixin Liu and translated into English by Ken Liu and Joel Martinsen. The Remembrance of Earth’s Past follows humanity through multiple time periods after they make contact with a hostile alien civilization that is on course to invade Earth in a few hundred years. The series is considered one of the best modern sci-fi stories, nabbing numerous accolades, including the Hugo Award, for its exploration of theoretical physics and other scientific concepts in an accessible and entertaining way.

Netflix’s 3 Body Problem is produced by Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss and starts streaming on March 21…

Dexter: New Blood proved to be massively successful for Showtime, reaching an average of 8 million weekly viewers across all platforms to become the network’s most-watched show of all time.

Sunday night’s finale picked up 3 million viewers, which was Showtime’s biggest finale in eight years, surpassing Homeland Season 3’s finale in 2013 Come from Sports betting site VPbet . 2 million viewers for the Dexter: New Blood finale came from streaming and on-demand platforms on Sunday, with the rest coming from traditional TV.

The numbers for Dexter: New Blood should only grow bigger in the days ahead, as people catch up and watch the series at their leisure.

“We’re thrilled by the overwhelming response from the m…

Best Buy’s newest Razer deal is live at an opportune time. Through July 4, you can pick up the Razer Basilisk wireless gaming mouse for $130 and get a $50 of Steam gift card for free with your purchase Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Considering the Steam Summer Sale kicked off last week, you likely won’t have a hard time finding some games to snag with the Steam credit.

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The start of 2024 will see a few huge departures for Xbox Game Pass. Grand Theft Auto V, Persona 3 Portable, and Persona 4 Golden will reportedly leave the subscription service on January 15, per X user Idle Sloth. [This is now confirmed: GTA 5 leaves Game Pass on January 5] Come from Sports betting site VPbet

GameSpot can confirm from the Xbox Game Pass app that all three games are listed under the Leaving Soon section, though no specific date is mentioned. The other titles joining them on console and PC are Garden Story and MotoGP 22.

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Xbox wants to give you a little treat with your treat Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Beginning October 9, specially marked packages of Doritos, Mountain Dew, and Rockstar Energy drinks will contain a code for a free month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate–if you’re a new subscriber.

The snacks and beverages will feature imagery from games like Starfield, Redfall, and Sea of Thieves. The code that comes with them will then be entered over at DoritosDewRockstar.com. In addition to the free month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, other rewards can be unlocked through this promotion, too, such as a Magma Racing Suit in Forza Motorsport.

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