TheFinal Fantasyseries, despite a heavy dose of whimsy outside of story events, has never been afraid to explore heavy themes like war, subjugation, and death.Final Fantasy 16looks to be moving the series into a place even darker than where it’s gone before. Information released about one of the upcoming game’s six realms points that the Iron Kingdom specifically might be one of the most oppressively somber places fans of the franchise have ever visited....

A game’s opening hours can be a slog. Players must get through tired tutorials and familiar plot beats that they’ve seen a million times before. These issues are especially annoying on repeat playthroughs. That said, some titles try to lessen the boredom by including multiple openings, thereby injecting some much-needed novelty. RELATED:Great Tutorial Levels In Gaming How these prologues are presented depends on the game’s style. They often come from RPGs as a means of differentiating the character classes....

AGenshin Impactfan has found an interesting hidden animation that can be triggered by the Electro user Keqing. The active kit for each character in the game can be divided into three main parts: the Elemental Burst, the Elemental Skill, and the Normal, Charged, and Plunging attacks. Genshin Impactcharacters can usually perform four or five types of Normal Attacks, depending on their weapon. Each of those attacks has a completely different animation and damage scaling with the last one being usually the most powerful....

InGenshin Impact, players have quite a variety ofdifferent elemental skillsto choose from. These include Pyro, Hydro, Cryo, Dendro, Electro, Anemo, andGeo. The most straightforward of the elements available in the game, Geo is also one of the elementals that makes the least sense. RELATED:Genshin Impact: 10 Mistakes Players Make When Using Zhongli From its definition to its reactions, there are a lot of mechanics with the rocky element that will confuse Travelers during their journey....

Genshin Impactplayers have access to a fair amount of loot while they play. Whether finishing quests or partaking in the Spiral Abyss, there’s generally always a way to find some new rare items. Despite Travelers having access to plenty of treasure though, fans often comment on the odd lack of a “Daily Rewards” system inGenshin Impact. While Paimon occasionally runs a 7-part check-in calendar, they’re rare and inconsistent, but the game’s developer miHoYo seems to be ready to change that....

Hitman 3officially came out a year ago on August 08, 2025, but the PC version was only released on the Epic Games Store. As a result of this deal,Hitman 3launched on Steam a year later on July 29, 2025, marking the end of the exclusivity period. Epic Games has been widely criticized for buying exclusive rights to keep games away from Steam. It invested around $359 million in similar deals and free games from 2018 to 2019, withBorderlands 3’s Epic Games Store exclusivity costing $115 million....

Summary A recent leak fromHonkai: Star Railis hinting at several major characters set to join the game’s roster throughout the next few updates. The roster of the massively popular sci-fi RPG from HoYoverse has grown substantially since its launch, with several five-star characters releasing with every new update to the game.Honkai: Star Railcurrently boasts nearly 50 playable charactersfor players to acquire through the in-game gacha system, with two more characters coming in Version 2....

The recently concluded Server Slam forDiablo 4was, by most accounts, a success. As the third and final beta period for one of the most-anticipated releases of 2023, it helped to reassure fans that the nextDiablotitle was on track to meet expectations after a somewhat botched launch ofDiablo 3and the mixed reception toDiablo Immortal. In a year that has been plagued with rocky releases of both live-service titles and single-player narrative-driven experiences,Diablo 4’s repeated play testing and soliciting of fan feedback provides a model that other developers should take note of when preparing their games for a successful launch....

Moonlight Peaksis an upcoming life sim with a twist—players will take control of a vampire, make potions, learn spell casting, and harvest cursed crops to survive. Players will not only have a diverse cast of characters to meet and potentially fall in eternal love with, but Little Chicken’s newestindie gamealso allows players to customize their character and express themselves however they like. Game Rant spoke with game director Yannis Bolman and art director Mia Boas about the diverse cast of characters dwelling inMoonlight Peaks, as well as how theircharacter creatorallows for better player representation....

When it comes to the survivalgenre of games, there is a wide range of options for players to consider. Some can be brutally difficult or even hard to understand.LEGO Fortniteprovides a very enjoyable experience by making it easy for newcomers to dive right in. It gives them access to asizable mapin which players can explore and gather plenty of items, includingFeathers. This guide will show gamers how they can find Feathers inLEGO Fortniteand how they can use them to craft Arrows, a useful type of ammo for long ranged weapons....

Between 2012 and 2014, the trilogy of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictionThe Hobbitwas produced by Peter Jackson, the director of the earlierLord of The Ringsscreen adaptations. Afterthe Hobbit filmswere made, there was a resurgence of interest in Tolkien and his wonderful works of literature. This prompted many fans to want to learn more about the writer’s life, and his journey to creating Middle Earth, and in 2019 a film was brought out detailing the events of his early life....

While there are plenty of prestigious awards given out during The Game Awards, perhaps the most acclaimed is the award for Game of the Year. 2021’s nominees were packed with hits, but in the end,It Takes Tworan away with the category, a surprising win given the caliber of its competition. Although many viewers were shocked by the game’s win,It Takes Twois a deserving winner, and hopefully it inspires other titles to lean away from what’s popular and into more unique ideas and far-out concepts....

Summary A brand-new trailer and key visual for the highly-anticipatedanime adaptation of the Shibuya Incident arcofJUJUTSU KAISENwere released on Friday, with news that the upcoming continuation of the second season arrives on August 31. The trailer features a peek at the new opening theme song “SPECIALZ” by King Gnu, as well as the legion of antagonists expected to make their move on Halloween. RELATED:Jujutsu Kaisen: Why Does Satoru Gojo Wear a Blindfold The trailer starts with Suguru Getō’s voice as he rehashes a plan involving Gojō and a seal, as well as the day of execution: October 31....