How to use Echo Modifier in Wuthering Waves

The Echo Modifier inWuthering Wavesallows you to change the main stat of any unlevelled Echo to the one you want. It’s a fairly useful item since farming Echoes can be tedious. This article will provide a simple guide on how to use the Echo Modifier and ways to obtain it inWuWa. Table of contents How to use the Echo Modifier in WuWa Using the Echo Modifier inWuthering Wavesis simple. Here’s a step-by-step guide for you:...

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Ann Sanders

In which you date a ukulele-playing T-rex named Taira

I love videogames so much I think we’re all pretty familiar with dating sims. They’re typically really cute, but mostly they’re pretty erotic. Admit it, we’ve all played them before just to see what they were about and most of the time they’re not that bad. Well I’ve discovered quite possibly the best dating sim yet withJurassic Heart. Jurassic Heartsees players going out with a Tyrannosaurus Rex named Taira and together they have to go buy a new ukulele....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Sydney Armstrong

Killzone: Mercenary pleases me in gameplay demo video

Less swipe, more choice One of my biggest concerns withKillzone: Mercenarywas that we’d bemade to swipe across the touch screenfor every melee attack. Breaking the way one holds a PS Vita for shooter games to drag a finger along the center of the screen is awful, and I hated the way it looked in trailers. In this 17-minute gameplay demo, Cambridge Studios says you can actuallychoosebetween button prompts and swiping nonsense, which pleases me no end....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · Joseph Martin

No more teasing, Doomfist is playable on the Overwatch PTR now

Here’s an anime intro Well, Blizzard really knows how to randomly drop huge things without warning, huh? Doomfist, a character that’s been hinted at and hyped for months, is now live in the PTR (public test realm) forOverwatch. That means he’s playable on non-live servers, and both his intro teaser and his full moveset are available. He’s a melee-centric character, though is fist does fire short range projectiles that reload automatically....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Laura Jacobs

Not-Review: In Real Life

A beautiful look at MMO psychology, relationships and economics First Second is quickly becoming one of the best small press comic publishers, especially for those who like videogames. TheirGlorkian Warriorbookand correspondingvideogameare both delightful in their own right, though neither are particularly “about” videogames in any meaningful way. In Real Lifeis more directly focused on videogames — specifically, MMOs and how they can have real life effects on people emotionally and economically....

June 1, 2025 · 4 min · 654 words · Christopher Lopez

Obscure Video Games: Space Fishermen

Ridonkulous fishing Fishing games have been around a long time. The earliest one I remember playing is Activision’s 1980Fishing Derbyfor the Atari 2600. Despite its simplicity, it was great. Since then there have been tons more fishing titles, but only a fewhave really tried experimenting with the genre. One such example is 2002’sSpace Fishermenfor PlayStation 2, a collaboration between a small Japanese developer by the name of Land Ho! and Spumco (the creators ofRen & Stimpy)....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Jonathan Morris

Oh yeah, I already forgot that Mario 3D World is getting a Switch re-release

Bowser’s Fury is still due on June 27, 2025 Nintendo was onto something when they wrote “Meow! Don’t forget,Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Furylaunches on June 20, 2025!” in the opening line for the below trailer. Yep, I actually forgot! It could be because it was buried in that giant 35th anniversaryMariostream, or, because it was one of the very few games that wasn’t actually coming out before the end of the year....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Patricia Estrada

Path of Exile is now officially released and on Steam

The free-to-play ARPG on most people’s favorite service! Path of Exile, the extremely well-craftedDiablo-like ARPG is finally officially released! It’s a weird transition for a free-to-play game to go from “open beta” to “released,” but it happens all the time. Now that it’s “released,” it can also beplayed through Steam! The first time you try to log in through Steam, it will ask you to link your existing account if you’ve played in the beta....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Justin Cox DVM

Persona 5 tidbits: Coffee shop living, Ghost in the Shell studio, and Arsene

Wouldn’t it be cool if P5 was for the PS5? Persona 5, the only game that matters, got aproper trailer last weekthat managed to live up to and surpass some lofty expectations. We know a bit more about what we were shown now, too, thanks to a Famitsu piece covered bySokuho@Hokankoand picked up byGematsu. The protagonist’s persona is Arsene. It fits the burglary motif, as it’s a nod to the classic French gentleman thief character Arsène Lupin....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · John Lewis

Phil Spencer once again muses on the possibility of Final Fantasy XIV on Xbox

The last time we heard about this port was roughly three years ago Three years ago, Xbox bossPhil Spencer gave us hope thatFinal Fantasy XIVon Xbox was a distinct possibility. But it’s still in limbo.I even reached out to Microsoft and Square Enix in 2020 to see if any movement had been made, and was given a “no comment” response from both parties. Yet,Japanese site Game Watch spoke to Spencer at TGS 2022, who gave a brief comment on the situation....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Jackie Flynn

Rebirth Island returns to Warzone on April 3

The long-awaited return of thefan-favorite ResurgenceWarzonemap, Rebirth Island, is almost here. Finally, as we’re past the halfway point of Season 2, the developers released a trailer showing off the latest version of the classicBlackoutmap based on Alcatraz. Here come the Rebirth Island sweats. Welcome back to prison For the first time in a while,Warzoneplayers will be able to drop into Rebirth Island on April 3. With the launch of Season 3 ofWarzoneandModern Warfare 3, the beloved map is returning....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Mary Mendez

Rise of the Dragonian Era: A weekend of dragons

If you’ve not quite had enough of dragons lately, then you might have something to look forward to in the form of a new free to play MMO,Rise of the Dragonian Era. Swear yourself to one of the dragon lords of Piral and you’ll be traipsing through dungeons and hatching dragon pets in no time at all. Your dragon companion will follow you on your journey as you you fight foes on land and in the sky, on your dragon or other flying mounts....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Leslie Andrews

Scribblenauts was already win, but this makes it winnier

Australia rocks. I know, I’ve been there. It’s a very cool place with good people. The games are too expensive, but the world is about to make up for that because Australia is the only place confirmed to be receivingthe greatest pre-order gift everfromScribblenautsand EBGames. Every person who pre-orders the game will receive a free rooster hat! For free! This is surely the greatest game tie-in item ever.Night vision goggles? Screw ’em....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Jonathan Gross