How to build Golden Pirate pieces in LEGO Fortnite

TheLEGO FortniteWeekly Quests hits us with another round of challenges. In it, you’ll see a new task for the Pirates Arrgh Life! section, requiring a specific creation. Here’s how to build Golden Pirate pieces inLEGO Fortnite. What are Golden Pirate pieces in LEGO Fortnite? You can make Golden Pirate pieces by crafting items with Gold Bars. LocateGold Orearound Lost Isles, where they frequently appear on the floating islands. Use these materials to build the following Golden Pirate pieces inLEGO Fortnite:...

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 258 words · Dominique Chavez

How to defeat Royal Revenant in Elden Ring

Elden Ring’senemies tend to pose a challengeevenwhen their character models are not composed of many stitched-together corpses that make their moves much harder to predict. The Royal Revenant doesn’t merely belong in that awful enemy category — he’s the worst of the bunch. Don’t feel bad if he’s giving you a hard time, as even some of the finestElden Ringplayers in the world consider the Royal Revenant the worst challenge in the game....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 601 words · Julie Barrett DDS

How to find and use the Post Office in Schedule 1

During yourSchedule 1playthrough, you’ll quickly learn that you can run separate businesses. Although they don’t make you any money, they let you go beyond the ATM’s weekly cash deposit limit. While the Laundromat is likely the first you’ll unlock, the Post Office is a solid second option. Table of contents How to purchase a Post Office business in Schedule 1 you’re able to purchase the Post Office fromRay’s Realtyin the southeast part of Hyland Plant....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Isabel Garcia

How to turn off talking flower dialogue in Super Mario Bros. Wonder

The talking flower inSuper Mario Bros Wondercan be irritating. While it does give a few subtle hints to you, the voice can get on your nerves quickly. Thankfully, there’s a way to turn off the talking flower inSuper Mario Bros. Wonder.Here’s how to do it. Turning the voice off the talking flower inSuper Mario Bros Wonder Head over to the settings screen to get rid of thetalking flower voice. Pause the game and then select the gear symbol at the bottom of the screen....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 256 words · Kelly Morales

How to use future draft classes in Madden NFL 25 Franchise mode

InMadden NFL 25‘s Franchise mode, it’s possible to play with prospects who are expected to appear in future draft classes. Thanks to the Team Builder website, which is available to all for free, you can play with custom squads. There are already some wonderful creations themed around them, and some involve future rookies. That said, importing them into a Franchise mode can be tricky if you haven’t done it in previous Madden titles....

July 29, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Mrs. Linda Martin DVM

I sucked at Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s multiplayer

It’s easy to be cynical about a newCall of Dutyrelease. Between the series’ annualization and aggressive marketing, the urge to fire with phasers set to snark is strong. But every year I end up thoroughly enjoying an afternoon spent playing through the campaign (except forGhosts, bleh). While the core of multiplayer always stays the same, it’s become a yearly ritual for my brother and me to at least spend a couple of days playing split screen multiplayer....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 627 words · Lauren Bennett

Imageepoch has filed for bankruptcy

And yeah, the CEO is still missing Keeping track of what’s going on at Japanese developer Imageepoch has been one hell of a ride. Imageepoch was well known for games such asLuminous Arc, 7th Dragon,andArc Rise Fantasia.Last month the CEO, Ryoei Mikage, just vanished. He didn’t quit, he didn’t make any public statement; he’s justgoneand no one knows where he is.Last week,his Twitter account was mysteriously deleted. Now it looks like it’s the end of his company, asImageepoch is filing for bankruptcy....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 468 words · Jeffrey Wright

Impressions: Halo: Spartan Assault (Xbox One)

Halo only in name Having all but ignored initial reviews forHalo: Spartan Assaultwhen it first hit Windows 8 platforms last year, I was quite optimistic that I would thoroughly enjoy a top-down, twin-stick shooter set in Microsoft’s massively popular sci-fi setting. After all,Halo’s extended universe is generally of excellent quality and the company handling the franchise’s excursion into a new genre, Vanguard Games, proved they had the stuff to make an exhilarating run-and-gun shooter withGatling Gears....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 747 words · Linda Martin

Is Black Rock Studios’ Split/Second really a ‘Burnout Killer’?

So I’ve been hearing things for awhile about the upcoming game thatBlack Rock Studios, the folks behind the excellent off-road racerPure, was working on. The first part of the rumor had it being a racing game, which wasn’t surprising. The other half of the rumor said it would packed with destruction — both environmental and vehicle — that would blow minds. The “Burnout Killer” people said. Last night,GameTrailers TVhad an exclusive first-look at the game in question, calledSplit/Secondand coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Andrew Smith Jr.

John Cena repeatedly talked about a new 2D Metroid years ago, and loved Metroid Dread

“John loves it” I wouldn’t have gone out of my way to make a John CenaMetroidconnection, but it’s there! You might recallthis pre-launch event to promote the Switch five years ago, that involved at least one celebrity: John Cena included. Well it turns out that other than being a general Nintendo fan, he was also aMetroidfanatic.According to games writer and former WWE producer Dan Ryckert, Cena was all about the series....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Ryan Smith

Killing Floor 2 is getting review bombed after developer adds cosmetic microtransactions

Here we go Tripwire Interactiveannounced todaythat Steam Early Access titleKilling Floor 2will have cosmetic microtransactions starting with the next update. Though that update will bring a new perk (Gunslinger) and two new maps, it will also bring an in-game store called the Trading Floor. In Trading Floor, weapon skins and cosmetic accessories will be dropped in-game either standalone, or in the form of crates or USB sticks. If found in a crate or USB stick, you can purchase a decryption key to obtain a random item....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 796 words · Jenna Gutierrez

Magic: The Gathering Arena closed beta impressions

On your mill step, I flunge my Lhurgoyf for three and concede Magic: The Gatheringmeans a lot of different things to different people. For some, it’s a highly competitive game where the meta has to be followed and the sideboard is always ready. For others, it’s a casual kitchen table game to play when friends are over. Some just use it like a stock market, speculating with card value and complaining when card reprints drive prices down....

July 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1173 words · Keith Hendricks

Marcus Fenix voice actor talks stardom and nerd boners

The man behind the voice of Marcus Fenix inGears of Warand Bender inFuturamaloves the fact that he’s a star of two commercial successes – even if it’s kind of creepy that people recognize him. Recently in an interview withTheFukerton(via1UP), John DiMaggio explained voicing both these excellent characters with the best analogy ever: I can only put it to you this way: It’s like a double nerd boner. It’s huge. It’s a double-ended nerd boner....

July 29, 2025 · 1 min · 200 words · Stephanie Perez