Apex Legends Season 7 launch trailer shows off the beautiful new map

Welcome to Olympus Just a couple days ago, we got a new “Stories from the Outlands” video introducing the new playable character inApex Legendsfor Season 7. Past that, the official site mentioned the new map that has been teased since Season 5. Today, we got our first look at a stylized representation of it. The trailer also ties into Season 6’s graphic novel-told story, picking up right after Rampart learns Mirage packed all of her stuff up on a shuttle as it’s launching....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Barbara Haynes

Armed teens used Pokemon Go to rob nine people

Waited near PokeStops with a gun Pokemon Gois a security riskin more ways than one. InO’Fallon, Missouri, some enterprising stick up men have used the game’s real world location-based hook to lie in wait and commit a series of armed robberies. “About eight or nine people have been robbed by four men over the past couple of days,” the O’Fallon Police Department toldGizmodo. The last in the series took place at 2AM Sunday before police made some arrests....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Brandon Kane

Best way to farm Silver Leaves in Destiny 2

TheDestiny 2Solstice of Heroes event has been in full swing for some time now, offering a ton ofnew weaponsand armor from its Bonfire Bash activity and other tasks. Among those new activities include bounties to claim and complete, tasking you with farming Silver Leaves. It’s a bit tedious, but not a difficult chore. To that end, here is the best way to farm Silver Leaves inDestiny 2. Where to farm Silver Leaves in Destiny 2 The best place to farm Silver Leaves inDestiny 2is, oddly enough,public events....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 287 words · Tiffany Miller

BioWare will discuss Mass Effect 3 ending … later

BioWare has gone on record as saying it will fully discuss the controversial ending toMass Effect 3, but it plans to wait until more players have gotten there first. After a decent grace period, there is more to be discussed. “We appreciate everyone’s feedback aboutMass Effect 3and want you to know that we are listening,” said Chris Priestlyon the official forum.“Active discussions about the ending are more than welcome here, and the team will be reviewing it for feedback and responding when we can....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 248 words · Mario Parker

Call of Cthulhu launch trailer descends into madness

Tenticular fortitude This week sees the timely launch, given the season, of Focus Home Interactive’sCall of Cthulhu.The publisher has dropped one final trailer to put the willies up folk before the adventure’s release. InCall of Cthulhu, players step into the troubled shoes of private investigator Edward Pierce. Down on his luck and addicted to the evils of alcohol and drugs, Pierce sees a chance for redemption when tasked with investigating the death of the Hawkins family, killed when their home burned to the ground....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Amy Walker

Capcom 3DS eShop sale has Resident Evil, Ace Attorney, and Monster Hunter deals

Two bucks for The Mercenaries 3D, you say? Now that we have a timeline on when Nintendo plans tophase out the 3DS eShop, fans will want to keep tabs on any sales that pop up, especially for a publisher like Capcom. As spotted and shared by the ever-vigilant@Wario64, a good chunk of Capcom 3DS games are on sale on the US eShop. Here’s arecapwith eShop browser links: I never thought I’d say this, but the standout on this list for me — and maybe Chris too — isResident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Daniel Robertson

CD Projeckt reveals new tech engine for Cyberpunk 2077

New REDEngine 3 to be used for Cyberpunk 2077 Whilst we get all excited about the upcoming consoles from Microsoftand Sony,Witcherdevelopers CD Projekt Red are all ready working on the next edition of their own REDEngine. Unveiling details about the engine’s upcoming third iteration, studio head Adam Badowski says: “With the REDengine 3 we combine the positive aspects of both approaches for the first time, creating an open environment with a complex, multi-thread story....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Donald Weber

Celebrating one year since Randy Pitchford’s incomprehensible Battleborn tweet

The gift that keeps on giving Once more, with feeling! Battleborn is: FPS; hobby-grade coop campaign; genre-blended, multi-mode competitive e-sports; meta-growth, choice + epic Battleborn Heroes! — Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic)Jun 30, 2025 One year ago,Gearbox announcedBattleborn, which sounds pretty cool on its own,I guess. But a regular announcement wasn’t enough. Not for Gearbox president Randy Pitchford. He had to tell us exactly how greatBattlebornis. The only problem is that he did so using anancient language that only the elder gods can understand....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Casey Franklin

Couple divorce over Second Life, rest of world puts collective face in palm

For something that isn’tstrictlya videogame,Second Lifeis responsible for so much unbelievably stupidcrapthat it’s difficult to ignore. Take, for example, the case of Amy Taylor,who is divorcinghusband David Pollard for having an “affair” via the online social network. Both Amy and David are avidSecond Lifeplayers, and their online avatars became a couple to match their real world status. That is until Taylor caught Pollard having virtual sex with a virtual prostitute, virtually....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Mrs. Denise Woodward

Crazy trailer: JoJo?s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle

What is even happening here? I can tell that this new trailer forJoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battlelooks pretty incredible, but I can’t honestly tell you that I know what is going on at all times in it. Fists and words and crazy eyes are flying everywhere in this four or so minutes of character presentations and head-to-head fights. We knew it was wierd from ourTokyo Game Show preview, but all the faces with clenched teeth and all of the speedlines have scrambled my brain....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Beverly May

Danica Patrick on the basics of Blur

Danica Patrick is something of a celebrity, so I’m told. I am aware that she races cars (though I don’t know what kind of racing) and some people consider her to be smoking hot. I think it says something about me that the first thing I think of is her endorsement of GoDaddy domain services. Very sad, lonely things. In this video, which she no doubt raked in that hardcore Activision money from doing, Danica goes over the basic gameplay ofBlur, which you’re likely aware of unless you’ve been living in a bubble of non-gaming news....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 166 words · Amy Mitchell DDS

DCUO: Live free or die (in tights)

(If you need to catch up, here are thefirstandsecondparts of Zentarim’s heroic adventures) It has been some time since we followed the exploits of the cosmically sexy Green Lantern reservist, Zentarim.The last time we saw himhe had been given the honor of joining the Justice League as a full member and he was busy training to be the best space cowboy a moon man can be. SOE’s promise of an October launch for its free to play service fell through, but finally, on November 2,DC Universe Onlinewentfree to play....

July 4, 2025 · 8 min · 1566 words · Dr. Lindsay Alvarez

Destructoid review: Conan (Xbox 360)

There’s something about theConanfranchise that brings a smile to my face without fail. The sheer testosterone-fueled, immature male fantasy aspect of it all is certainly worth a chuckle. Conan is not a sophisticated man, but then, males generally aren’t. He drinks, he fights, he shags, and that’s about it. Somewhere along the line, a sorcerer or two pops up,Conanbeats his head in, then it’s back to wine and women. Nothing typifies the idea of base male gratification more than THQ’sConan....

July 4, 2025 · 9 min · 1844 words · John Gardner