How to use Warp Crystals & Warp Discs in High on Life

They’re attached to a few achievements High on Lifehas a lot of optional content: to the point where you might miss most of it on your first run.Much of it is directly linked to Warp Crystals and Warp Discs, which we’ll explain in detail here. Warp discs are attached to several achievements (including one for activating and finishing all of the activities for every disc), so completionists will want to take note!...

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Taylor Mccullough

Hulu is renewing The Handmaid’s Tale to celebrate hitting 20 million subscribers

No word if Sarah Huckabee Sanders will appear Hulu’s devotion to original content is starting to pay off, and a slew of upcoming projects could help bring in additional users. Bringing backThe Handmaid’s Talewas all but certain given its success and acclaim, and now with DreamWorks Animation in the picture, Hulu will have exclusive rights to upcoming DWA films, as well as theatrical releases kicking in next year. But that’s not all!...

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Robert Curry

It’s mostly Ratchet and very little Clank at Tokyo Game Show

Par for the course, right? As far as the action bits go, Clank generally takes the backseat while Ratchet is doing his thing. Sure, Clank facilitates some of it, but it’s a tempered role. He’s a sidekick who knows his job. That makes the relationship work. From the two slices we saw ofRatchet & Clank: The Gameat Tokyo Game Show, that dynamic is maintained and possibly even taken to a new extreme....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Robert Vincent

It’s nice to see Watch Dogs 2 get a three-hour demo

Out now on PS4, January 24 on Xbox One Watch Dogs 2is still on my backburner, but I keep seeingtweets about the clothing optionsthatkiiindamake me want to get into this game just to play dress up and screw around in San Francisco. Rather surprisingly, Ubisoft has issued a three-hour demo forWatch Dogs 2. It’s out now on PlayStation 4 (download here) and coming to Xbox One on Tuesday, January 24. There’s no word of a PC release....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Micheal Johnson

Live show: Total War: ROME II giveaway

Win a copy of the game and it’s DLC! [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch Rick ‘King Foom’ Olson play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] This evening onMash Tactics, be sure to tune in and watch me lead nation after nation to it’s horrible, and inevitable demise, in the recently released strategy title,Total War: Rome II....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Tonya Smith

Mewtwo in Smash Bros. for the Wii U and 3DS is on the juice

‘It’s what you do with the gift of life that makes you who you are’ A new era ofSmash Bros.has arrived. Speculation about who’s going to be next icon to join the all-star roster can become a daily part of our lives again. Starting today with the original uber-Pokémon Mewtwo, the age ofSmash Bros.DLC roster updates has officially begun. Dramatic! Amazing! Or at least, that’s how it felt. The reality of playing Mewtwo inSmash Bros....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 506 words · Cheryl Sanders

Microsoft and Sony are teaming up to share gaming tech

To the cloud! Sony and Microsoft, once thought to be bitter rivals in the gaming space, have laid down their guns and extended the olive branch. Okay, maybe that depiction is a little dramatic, but the two tech giants are about to start working together in a mutually beneficial way. In ajoint press release, Sony and Microsoft say that they’re beginning a strategic partnership, a collaboration where the two share research and development as it pertains to gaming and AI solutions....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 265 words · Matthew Davila

Mike Bithell pretends to kick ass in this John Wick Hex featurette

Become The Baba Yaga (in your mind) With E3 wrapped up andJohn Wick Hexdevelopment in full swing, things are looking up for everyone’s favorite retired assassin. Giving fans a chance to see the behind-the-scenes action, Mike Bithell and his team have uploaded a short featurette on how the action elements of their upcoming strategy game were created. Using a combination of keyframed animations and motion capture, Bithell and co went into the studio with theJohn Wickstunt team (87Eleven Action Design) and got to figure out some cool takedowns for the action title....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Michelle Henry

Minecraft XBLA was a rushed deal before E3, says Spencer

Even companies with net worth in the millions are guilty of turning in a rushed assignment from time to time. While Microsoft Studios seemed pretty confident getting behind a Xbox Live Arcade port of the indie PC hitMinecraft, at E3 last year, the publisher only signed the deal a week before the announcement. Even crazier, the graphic they made for the announcement was a rushed job made the night before....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Raymond Brown

New details on YUKE’s Neverland Card Battles for the PSP

Yeah, I know. Not that great of a name, right? I prefer the Japanese title,Cardinal Arc Portable, which is a PSP port of a PS2 game from Japan. Good name or not, this is a card-battling strategy RPG that is being localized by the American publishing arm of Japanese developer YUKE’S. This tactical RPG uses over 200 cards in head-to-head battles between demons and Dominators, the special people that can use the power of these cards....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Kimberly Schneider

New super-portable gaming desktop from Alienware

Alienware, long known for its hulking desktops and bulky laptops, hasa new lineof customizable desktops that are designed to be svelte little LAN boxes. The X51s are pretty decently priced, offering mid-to-high performance. They range from $699 to $1150 without a monitor. The low-tier boxes carry an i3-2120 while the top-shelf packs in a Sandy Bridge i7-2600 and an nVidia GeForce 555. Not the best out there, but pretty solid for the price....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Marcus Neal

Nintendo Download: Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Also, Wolfenstein: Youngblood It’s a fantastic week for the Nintendo Switch. Not only are we getting a newFire EmbleminThree Houses, but the Switch eShop is also welcomingWolfenstein: Youngbloodinto the mix, which is being released day one alongside of the PC, PS4, and Xbox One editions. The Switch has really come into its own. Also out this week on the Switch:Arcade Archives The Ninja Warriors, Caged Garden Cock Robin(wow),Caladrius Blaze, Forager, Fantasy Strike, Collide-a-Ball 2, Garage Mechanic Simulator, Growtopia, Gunpowder on the Teeth: Arcade, Hoggy2, Kill la Kill if, Mighty Switch Force Collection, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden Deluxe Edition, Picross Lord of the Nazarick, Raiden V: Director’s Cut, Remothered: Tormented Fathers, Seeders Puzzle Reboot, Sheep in Hell, Smoots Summer Games, Songbird Symphony, Super Mega Baseball 2: Ultimate Edition, Sweet Witches, Tetsumo Party, The Tower of Beatrice, Titans Pinball, Trine 3, Umihara Kawase Fresh, Woodle Tree 2: Deluxe, andZombie Driver Immortal Edition....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Nicole Velazquez

PC Port Report: Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty

Delicious Like Chris, I had my firsttasteofOddworldwhen it wasnew, back on the PlayStation in 1997.Abe’s OddyseeandAbe’s Exodduswere two of my favorite titles from that era, so whenOddworld: New ‘n’ Tastywas announced, I was pretty stoked to revisit the adventure through RuptureFarms and the surrounding areas. To my chagrin, the PC version would not launch for many months after the PlayStation 4 version. At the very least, the wait is justified;New ‘n’ Tastyruns beautifully on my aging computer, and it features some of the bells and whistles that come with a Steam release too....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 530 words · Tammy Thomas