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Grinding Gear Games and their CEO have been quite busy. Fresh off the success of last year’s ExileCon and the Conquerors of the Atlas and Metamorph additions, the team is looking forward to the continuous development of Path of Exile’s expansions and the hotly-anticipated sequel, Path of Exile 2. During the press tour for the newest expansion, Delirium, I had a chance to talk to Chris Wilson about design philosophies, mist effects impacting performance, the company’s product influencing other ARPGs, the possibility of “sequel leagues,” regional pricing, and more....

Social Links are a critical facet of Persona 3 Portable, providing Arcana that can strengthen your Persona. With so many to master, however, each with its own starting points and conditions to fill, you might find yourself completely befuddled on how to set them in action. Fear not, because we’ve got you covered with our Persona 3 Portable Social Links guide. Persona 3 Portable Male Social Links Guide Persona 3 Portable Female Social Links Guide My goodness, that’s quite a lot of socializing to be done!...

Persona 5 Strikers sees the introduction of two completely new characters to the game. Zincheki Hasegawa and Sophia are the two new additions that come at the cost of Kasumi and Maruki who were characters from the previous iterations. Sophia is available pretty early on in the game and you come across her in the First Jail itself. She herself is an AI that exists only in a digital form outside of the Metaverse....

Phantasy Star Online 2 has been using its current visuals for eight entire years. It only launched recently in the West and it’s a little surprising that Sega didn’t just wait until the New Genesis update to bring it over here. That way, everyone could have gotten started with the new visuals, which would have made for a more attractive prospect for many who took a look at the game’s current ones....

The big Fortnite X Star Wars event teased at The Game Awards is happening in just a few, but players are struggling to stay in the game right now. First announced last week, a first of it’s kind event will showcase a new Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker trailer in a live, in game event. Players have been queuing up for the last half hour, but as expected, the influx of traffic is causing a lot of stress on the servers....

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has become a runaway success on PC early access, becoming the darling of many a popular streamer. The game’s Twitter account has been sharing the love in the form of some new screenshots, showing off a new desert location. Not content with resting on its laurels, the game’s developers Bluehole look to be pressing onwards at a steady clip when it comes to updating the game and creating more content in order to satisfy the games ever-growing player base....

The PlayStation 5 reportedly has a new UI addition that warns players which version of a cross-generation game they’re about to play. As spotted by user Tidux on Twitter (and brought to our attention by VG24/7), the new dialogue appears when playing any game that has both a PlayStation 4 version or an upgraded PlayStation 5 version, warning the player if they’re about to launch the previous-gen edition of the game or the spruced up PS5 one....

The Internet is currently abuzz about Ash Ketchum’s recent victory in the latest episode of the Pokémon anime. Ash Ketchum has become the first Champion of the Alola region, which many fans are claiming is the end of his Pokémon journey, as he has completed the goal that he started twenty-two-years ago. The climactic tone of Ash’s victory is undercut by the fact that Ash has already won at least one Pokémon League, as he journeyed to the Orange Islands and won the Orange League back in 1999....

Gym Leaders have been a core part of Pokémon’s DNA since day one. In every single mainline game, they serve as the main boss fights, gating a trainer’s progress. That said, later games have made it more and more difficult to pinpoint just who the strongest Gym Leaders are. With Game Freak emphasizing easier difficulty curves, most Gym Leaders come off unimpressive. Of course, this also means that the stronger Gym Leaders end up leaving more of an impact....

Pokémon Sword and Shield are set to receive their final update ahead of the launch of Scarlet and Violet. As Serebii.net reports, the Wild Area News will receive a final update on 1st November to add Pokémon not usually available, such as Gigantamax Snorlax. Also, from this date the Battle Stadium will no longer update with a ranked season and results will not appear in Pokémon Home. Watch on YouTube Jump into a Paldean Journey | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet...

In 1998 the Pokemon film The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back came out based on the animated series and directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. Thanks to Netflix, the Pokemon film is getting a CGI update and fans are going crazy over the new Team Rocket look. In 1997 the Pokemon animated series was released and just a year’s time, the first movie came to theaters. The movie briefly held the honor of the highest-grossing animated film, until it was dethroned two weeks later by the release of Toy Story 2....

If you’re looking to get yourself a Braviary in Pokemon Legends Arceus so you can start flying high above the land of Hisui below, fear not, as this will naturally come as part of the main story quest. If you want to use a Braviary in battle, though, you’ll need to catch another one. You can either catch a Braviary straight off the bat, or you can catch a Hisuian Rufflet in Pokemon Legends Arceus and evolve it....

While he is quite difficult to catch, there is a new trick for players who are wondering how to catch Ditto in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. The best part or for some, the difficult one is that Ditto can turn into any other Pokemon. Hence many players find it difficult to catch him. So in this guide, we will show you how you can catch him with an easier trick that does not involve you waiting on luck....

EastEnders legend and TV hard man Danny Dyer is coming to Rage 2 as part of the Diamond Geezer Cheat Code. Yep, you’ll now be able to blow stuff up while Dyer adds his two-pence on the matter, uttering such delights as ‘dodge that, ya muppet!’ and ’look at them f**king barnets!’ I’m utterly lost for words. You might recall that I write about Danny Dyer’s exploits for a bit of a laugh each week, in my top gaming news roundup....

Theme Park has received a fairly massive rework in the latest Rainbow Six Siege content drop: Operation Shifting Tides. Always one of those maps that was ALMOST great but couldn’t quite get there, Theme Park is now seemingly on its way to becoming one of the better maps in the game. It’s still in the very early days on this map rework, and things can shift very drastically once something interesting gets found, but as of now, here are ten tips to help get your feet under you on the new Theme Park:...

Rainbow Six Siege will feature support for Nvidia GameWorks, promising players enhanced graphics and improved image quality thanks to advanced anti-aliasing and ambient occlusion methods. Check out the visuals in the GameWorks trailer below. Nvidia also confirms that a GTX 460 with 1GB VRAm should offer a 60 FPS multiplayer experience with the visuals set to low at a 720p resolution. The PvE Terrorist Hunt mode will run at 30 frames per second....

Fear of the Dark is Red Dead Online’s new limited-time Showdown Mode that pits a team of supernatural monsters against human hunters (via Polygon). Red Dead Online is celebrating the spooky season, and like Rainbow Six Siege, it has fully committed to the creepy crawlies and the heebie-jeebies. The Fear of the Dark mode will have a team of preternaturally powerful Night Stalkers who draw their macabre energy from skull totems hidden in the woods....

Misdreavus the Hairstyle Muse is one of the requests available in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It’s Request 59, and requires you to track down Misdreavus, a ghost-type Pokémon, for the hairstylist Arezu. Completing the request will earn you new hairstyles at the hairdressers. First, however, you need to know Misdreavus’ location. On this page: If you’d like to learn more about this game, visit our Pokémon Legends: Arceus walkthrough. How to complete Request 59 Misdreavus the Hairstyle Muse Misdreavus location How to complete Request 59 Misdreavus the Hairstyle Muse in Pokémon Legends: Arceus In order to receive this request you will need to have found Arezu in the Crimson Mirelands....

Are Riders Republic servers down and if yes, how to check the server status? This may be the question on your minds right now if you are encountering connection and login issues. In this guide, we will show you exactly how to find out the answer and when you can jump into a game again. How to Check Riders Republic Server Status to know if Servers are Down? If you can’t connect to the game, here’s how to check if Riders Republic servers are down....

Even though Wacky Wizards isn’t the most popular game on Roblox, it still has a huge following of devoted fans. And if you’re really into the potion-concocting experience, you’re likely obsessively collecting all the ingredients to help you brew all the weird and wonderful potions that the game has to offer. Here’s how to get the Pirate Hat in Wacky Wizards. How to Get the Pirate Hat in Wacky Wizards What Does the Pirate Hat do?...