Hello Neighbor 2: How To Get The Scissors In Act 1

In the prologue, while trying to escape the shed inHello Neighbor 2, Quentin will use some rocks and a crowbar to solve a mini-puzzle. These items can be carried on to the first Act, but they won’t be enough to complete it. Therefore, it’s crucial that players comb the area to find all the necessary items. 910 Friendly Court is Mr. Peterson’s house where he lived with his family. However, things took a dark turn, forcing him to kidnap his son and move tothe Museum inHello Neighbor 2....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 369 words · David Valdez

How Final Fantasy 14 Combats Power Creep with its Jobs

Summary When it comes to game balance over time,Final Fantasy 14and Square Enix constantly strive to find common ground by balancing or reworking outdated content when either new content is introduced, or significant system changes are made to the core of the critically acclaimed MMORPG. But, with the swaths of new content that arrive with each expansion release, both the developers and the community ofFinal Fantasy 14have ways to ensure that most players still have to respect older challenges and not make mincemeat out of them entirely....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 619 words · Joshua Morgan

How Many Valkyries are in God of War and How to Beat Them

TheGod of Warfranchise has featured some epic boss battles and enemy showdowns, but the Valkyrie boss fights in the 2018 entry top anything the series has offered in terms of difficulty. With 9 totalValkyrie boss fightsin the game,God of Warwill put players to the test but only if they choose to pursue them. The Valkyrie boss fights inGod of Warare completely optional but are well worth completing if players are up to the challenge....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 398 words · Jessica Williams DDS

How the New Ghostbusters Game Can Learn From its Predecessors

The original 1984Ghostbusterswas not expected to do well. Yet, upon its theatrical release,Ghostbustersblew away expectations. With witty and unique writing from Harold Ramis and Dan Akroyd, and great directing from Ivan Reitman, that firstGhostbustersfilm captured lightning in a bottle in a way no subsequent movie in the series has. WhileGhostbusters: Afterlifehas its share of fans, many still consider the 2009 game, simply titledGhostbusters, to be a true sequel to the original duology....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 831 words · Veronica Jones

How to Complete the Beneath Still Waters Side Quest in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

When players first pass through the area during Chapter 4 ofFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, they’ll only have access to fiveJunon Region side quests. However, if they return to the region during the game’s twelfth chapter, they’ll find that two new side quests have become available, one of which is called Beneath Still Waters. Beneath Still Waters sees Cloud and the rest of the party reuniting with some of their Seventh Infantry buddies and working together with them to track down and neutralize a fairly dangerous fiend....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 553 words · Alicia Colon

How To Use Classic Controls In Assassin's Creed Mirage

Despite its set up as a prequel,Assassin’s Creed Mirageis a throwback to the classic series before theOriginstrilogy, featuringAssassin’s Creed Origins,Odyssey, andValhalla.Exploration is tighter, and the focus on stealth, espionage, and assassinations takes center stage over the open-world RPG mechanics of its predecessors. Assassin’s Creed Miragestars Basim and the Creed Brotherhood when they were initially known as the Hidden Ones. Players get more insight into the fight between the Hidden Ones and the Order of Ancients - who would later become the Templars....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 263 words · Stephen Garrison

How Tribes of Midgard Hopes to Trailblaze the 'Surthrival' Genre

Game Rantrecently got a hands-on preview of the upcoming action survival titleTribes of Midgard.Throughout the multiplayer session, a variety of the mechanics in the game and its lighthearted aspects were shown. In the Saga mode, players were able to progress through the early game and into defeating the Jotunn and exploring the world of Midgard. What was shownofTribes of Midgardoften alternated between a mad dash to defend the Seed of Yggdrasil and a lighthearted adventure through a large Viking sandbox....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 745 words · Alvin Payne

Jeppe Carlsen Details Puzzle Design Philosophy for Cocoon

In late September, Geometric Interactive’s debut gameCocoonwas released to critical acclaim and near-universal praise from its players. Theindie title, which is available on all major platforms as well as Xbox Game Pass, features a mechanic where game levels are also objects that players can carry, manipulate, and nest within each other like Matryoshka Dolls. It is a strikingly original, surreal, and compelling puzzler that is also accessible to broad audiences....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 722 words · Dr. Maria Holden

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Reveals Returning Yakuza Characters

Summary This article contains spoilers for Yakuza 3 and Yakuza: Like a Dragon A brand-new trailer forLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealthhas revealed a number of classic characters from across theYakuzafranchise’s history that will be making a return in this eighth entry.Infinite Wealthis being touted as the game that sees Kazuma Kiryu and Kasuga Ichiban working together as dual protagonists, with both characters having their own story arcs. Ichiban has arrived in Hawaii to find his birth mother, while Kiryu, followingthe ending ofLike a Dragon Gaiden, has taken a vacation in Hawaii....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 605 words · Brendan Rogers

Magic: The Gathering Ends Sale of Controversial 30th Anniversary Booster Packs

Magic: The Gatheringhas officially concluded the sale of its controversial 30th Anniversary Edition booster packs, with the pricey packs being the subject of plenty of backlash from fans. With Wizards of the Coast’s beloved TCG celebrating its 30-year anniversary, the 30th Anniversary packs saw some of themost iconic and rarest cards fromMagic: The Gathering’s earliest sets given a special reprint. However, the exorbitant price point on the packs, combined with the status of the cards, has seen Wizards of the Coast receiving heavy criticism from the game’s fanbase....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Valerie Rowe

Marvel Series Helstrom Hits Hulu in October

Hulu recently dropped more details about its upcoming Marvel seriesHelstrom, releasinga trailer and confirming that every episode of the show would indeed be hitting Hulu’s service on October 16th. Officially announced back in 2019,Helstromis a standalone series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring on the very subtly named Daimon and Satana Hellstrom. It was originally intended to be a part of Marvel’s “Adventure Into Fear” franchise, that was set toreplace the company’s cancelled Netflix shows....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Connie Wilson

Modern Warfare 3: 7 Maps We're Most Excited For

Summary WhenCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3releases in November, it will be launching with all 16 base maps from the classicCall of Dutytitle that many credit for ushering the series into mainstream popularity,Modern Warfare 2 (2009). Many longtime fans look back on the originalModern Warfare 2fondly, and for many of them, it was the very first time they got to experience this fast-paced arcade shooter for the very first time. Therefore, when it was announced that the next game in thisimmensely popular serieswas going to be remastering the memorable and iconic roster of maps fromModern Warfare 2, it most certainly grabbed people’s attention, and for good reason....

June 5, 2025 · 7 min · 1391 words · Ana Stephenson

More Switches 'On the Way,' Says Nintendo

TheNintendo Switchis one of the most successful consoles in recent memory. In its first three years,it sold 50 million consoles even faster than the PS4. However, due to the worldwide pandemic that is the coronavirus, sales have slowed down drastically. The sales forNintendo Switchhave not been impacted due to a lack of interest in the hybrid system, but due to a shortage of supply. Nintendo’s official statement is that shipments have been delayed and that more consoles are on the way soon....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 385 words · Pamela Dillon