The Talos Principle 2: Road to Elysium DLC is three expansions in one

Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has only been out for a few days, and many players are already finding that their character — who became the Elden Lord of the Lands Between — is barely a match for the first chakram blade-wielding weirdo you can run into. These early punishing fights are merely a prelude for the raw aggression of the DLC bosses, who are able to turn you into a bloody smear on the ground with just a few attacks. Even worse, this difficulty ramp-up spares no one — regardless of your level, the weapons you wield, or the armor you equip.

Why did Jason Statham, hot guy model turned gut-buster, get to become Jason Statham, but Jessica Alba didn’t? Not only does Netflix’s new action movie Trigger Warning give the 2000s-era icon permission to hack and slash her way through machine-gun-toting goons, it reminds viewers that Alba should have been doing this all along.

What happens to auteur theory when a film director appears to be two markedly different auteurs at the same time? If you were working on a unified theory of surrealist director Yorgos Lanthimos that established a continuum between his early works in Greece, his English-language breakthroughs The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and his period Oscar contenders The Favouriteand Poor Things, get ready to scrap it. Lanthimos’ new movie, Kinds of Kindness, arriving just six months after Poor Things, is a hard left turn — or perhaps a jump into a parallel universe that establishes two distinct tracks to the director’s career.

FromSoftware has been operating in rarified air for some time.

Upgrading most weapons in will require players to gather Smithing Stones, which are available to buy at the Twin Maiden Husks if players find all the Smithing Stone Miner’s Bell Bearings. As players level up and explore the Lands Between, they will come across various ranks of Smithing Stones in . These can often be found as loot in the game’s many locations but can also be farmed by killing specific enemies. Acquiring Somber Stone miner’s Bell Bearings also unlocks Smithing Stones to purchase, which makes the process of upgrading armaments far easier.

Today marks the launch of Qualcomm's Snapdragon X CPUs which marks the beginning of the Microsoft Copilot+ AI PC era.

The impossible may yet become possible as Square Enix confirms that Final Fantasy 14 on the yet-to-release Nintendo Switch successor could become "a reality one day."

New leaks may have revealed a canceled DLC. When CD Projekt Red's futuristic RPG launched in 2020, it was heavily criticized for bugs and performance issues. These issues impacted the post-launch content, as the studio had to work on getting the base game into a workable state, pushing back the development timeline.

The Mountaintops of the Giants are a mid-to-end game zone in and home to the last of the Fire Giants. After visiting Leyndell, Royal Capital and failing to commune with the Golden Order, the Mountaintop of the Giants quickly becomes the next target for the Tarnished in their quest to become Elden Lord. This major zone is incredibly secluded from the rest of the map, as there is only one way to reach this zone, the Grand Lift of Rold.

For those excited to dive straight into the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, hold your horses, as you need to defeat the Elden Ring boss Mohg first — so sit down and have a read of our guide, which goes over their location, how to get there and ultimately how to defeat them.

If hand-drawn, side-scrolling adventure games are your jam, Afterlove EP is definitely one to keep an eye on. It comes from the makers of Coffee Talk, but instead of brewing beverages in a small café, this new title has you exploring Jakarta, Indonesia in an adventure about music and relationships.

BitCraft has a new devblog from the Clockwork Labs team centered around the sandbox MMORPG’s empire system. The system is part of their overarching goal of creating options for competition, strategy, and a form of cosmetic monetization too.