Palworld players are already prepping for PvP, like this trainer who stashed 300 Spheres that can catch other people's Pals

Developer FromSoftware now fully owns the trademark to its open world opus Elden Ring, after previously sharing ownership with publisher Bandai Namco. 

Palworld is a pretty fantastic game, all things considered, but it's definitely not the most polished one. That's mostly because the game is still in early access, and developer Pocket Pair is using the period to iron out game-breaking bugs, such as Lifmunk Effigies reducing your capture rate, before its full release later down the line.

One Skyrim player recently challenged themself to complete the game on its Legendary difficulty, while knee-capping their runs with self-imposed permadeath and other ultra-hard restrictions. After 150 hours and four characters lost to the fiery gates of permadeath, Redditor Inward_Perfection finally did it! Their advice on the best character build? Well, it's the same thing we’d all recommend, I guess: stealth archer.

Steam Next Fest's demo bonanza is winding down, sure, but we still have time to slot in a couple more must-play demos. I'd recommend jumping on Mullet Mad Jack, the first-person shooter with an absolutely bonkers art style, right now. 

Jagex Limited has been acquired for the fifth time in its 25-year history, prompting fans to joke through another corporate shakeup.

Xbox 360 Arcade enjoyers might have fond memories of Geometry Wars, a series of excellent top-down bullet hell shooters that's since made its way to other platforms. Now it's back! Kind of. One Steam Next Fest demo unofficially emulates the series' blinding neon style and inserts it into the Vampire Survivors formula. 

Yellow Paint Discourse has once again hit the gamer networks. Shortly after the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo went live, players and developers once again argued about the pros/cons of highlighting interactable objects with bright yellow paint.

"I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee," is probably one of the most recognizable quotes from any video game, despite only being a throwaway bark in Skyrim. In fact, the line is so popular on the internet, it even reached a medieval expert who decided to seriously break down the mechanics of such an injury in historical context.

Steam Next Fest is back for another round of non-stop demos, including one survival game with more in common with Palworld than just its genre. 

When catching firearm-wielding creatures in Palworld, a low chance of success usually deters any would-be monster-tamers from trying. But one explorer managed to capture a wildly overleveled creature and beat the whopping 3-in-10,000 odds. 

Obsidian Entertainment is hammering away at its fantasy-with-firearms roleplaying game Avowed, due this year, which the developers hope can surpass the "black-and-white" moral binary.

Fromsoftwarian world-building sometimes has centuries explained away in item descriptions for random rusty spoons, which makes hunting down all the lore nuggets just as satisfying as surviving bosses. One YouTuber has done the heavy lifting on Elden Ring for us, thankfully, but it's also taken them over 35 hours to do so.