Halo 3 ODST: 10 Pro Tips For Firefight

With the release ofHalo: The Master Chief Collection, old gamers discovered and new gamers re-discovered honored moments, stories, and characters. Master Chief, Cortana, Sarah Palmer, and Jameson Locke received fresh coats of paint and recaptured a sense of imagination and love that people look for when they play video games. RELATED:Halo: Ranking The 10 Strongest Spartans (That Aren’t Master Chief) And while the revered storytelling and gameplay are refreshing, what won’t be refreshing is being the weakest member in the party inHalo 3: ODST’s Firefight mode....

July 9, 2025 · 6 min · 1130 words · Dennis Sandoval

Halo 5 Player Recreates Destiny PvP Map in Forge

One extremely talented fan ofHalo 5: Guardiansuses the first-person shooter’s Forge Mode to recreate one ofDestiny’s PvP maps within 343 Industries' shooter. Although it has been almost a year sinceHalo 5: Guardiansreleased, 343 Industries has assured the first-person shooter’s myriad fans that there are stillmore new significant content updatesplanned for the game. While players wait for the materials' arrival, they might want to try their hand at creating their own assets for the title like the Spartan known as “thesilencebroken” has done with his rendition of one ofDestiny’s most popular PvP maps....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 440 words · Jeremy Logan

Hogwarts Legacy Succeeded on Steam Against All Odds

Few games have had to endure as much pre-release controversy asHogwarts Legacy. From missing features to delays to outrage triggered by J.K. Rowling,Hogwarts Legacy’s road to launch has been one peppered with obstacles. Judging by the pre-order sales numbers the game has achieved, it seems this has not hindered it too much, as it is still on track for a successful launch on PC. Despite it not being released until February this year, it already sits as one of the bestselling games on Steam, illustrating how much hype remains behind the game....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 625 words · Kenneth Mcbride

Honkai Star Rail: Great Mine Treasures And Warp Trotters Locations (Jarilo-VI)

Quick Links The Great Mine is one of the Jarilo-VI regions inHonkai: Star Rail. Players will visit this area many times since multiple Trailblaze Missions, Companion Missions, and Adventurer Missions are involved in the Great Mine. To figure out how many Treasures exist in the Great Mine, players can look at the Chest icon in the top left corner of the map. Although the map says there are 11 Chests (10 Treasures and one Warp Trotter), it’s possible to find many more while exploring the Great Mine inHonkai: Star Rail....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 590 words · Joseph Small

Horizon Forbidden West Would Benefit From a Multiplayer Mode Like Ghost of Tsushima: Legends

Released in 2017,Horizon Zero Dawntells the story of Aloy, a brave warrior who ventures into the world to discover more about her past and to stop the evil plans of cultists. The tasks ahead of her are not easy, because she lives in a dystopian future where monstrous machines roam the lands and threaten to kill anything that moves.Horizon Zero Dawnwas a new direction for Guerrilla Games, a studio with a history of making FPS games, but the risk paid off, andAloy’s game has been a runaway hit....

July 9, 2025 · 5 min · 967 words · Brandon Sweeney

How Dark Souls Improved Upon Demon's Souls

Summary Often credited as the beginning of the Soulslike genre’s legacy, 2011’sDark Soulshas persisted as an influential release by FromSoftware. Largely cementing the blueprint that the studio has followed in the years since,Dark Soulsis seen as the progenitor of many concepts that found their way into bothElden Ringand recent ventures into the genre by other developers. Despite this reputation, however,Demon’s Soulswas actually the first project in which Hidetaka Miyazaki experimented with what has become a famous set of mechanics....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 589 words · William Patel

How Harvest Moon Influenced Stardew Valley

Stardew Valleyis one of the most popular indie games out there, becoming popular both with gamers and those who don’t choose to use that label. It was created by one person, Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone, who fell in love with the earlyHarvest Moongames but felt that the quality of the series had declined afterHarvest Moon: Back to Nature. Harvest Moonwas the first series of games to introduce the popular format found in farming simulators, where players are tasked with growing crops, raising livestock, and courting a villager through dialogue and gifts....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 577 words · Michael Dickerson

Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Gathering of the Beast Council Missions Guide

Quick Links Gathering of the Beast Council is one of the last stages inKirby and the Forgotten Land. Players trying to 100% the game can use this guide to learn how to complete all missions, including where to find thehidden Waddle Dees. Gathering of the Beast Council Missions RELATED:Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Burning, Churning Power Plant Missions Guide Capsule 1 / Secret Passage Before players head up the ramp to fight Gorimondo, look to the right to see two lit torches....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 602 words · Dawn Hopkins

League of Legends' New Champion Nilah Establishes an Interesting Pattern in ADC Design

2022 has certainly been a good year for uniqueLeague of Legendschampion designs. Riot kicked things off with the unorthodox, skillshot-reliant marksman Zeri and the life-saving, chaos-creating enchanter support Renata Glasc, then followed them up with the deadly Void queen Bel’veth. So far,League of Legendshas been adding champions at a brisk pace in 2022, and it shows no sign of stopping. Riot Games has already teased another ADC, even though Zeri is still relatively new....

July 9, 2025 · 4 min · 669 words · Michael Johnson

LOTR: Things Only Book Readers Know About Elrond

Given the scope of Tolkien’s work, there are a lot of places and characters that appear in only a few of his stories, either as minor characters or as names in a genealogy chart. Elrond, the Lord of Rivendell, is one of the few characters that appear in most of the stories related to theLord of the Ringsalong with being an important figure in the famous trilogy. RELATED:Lord Of The Rings: Most Terrifying Things In Middle-Earth By the timeThe Fellowship of the Ringbegins, Elrond was already thousands of years old and had witnessed virtually all of the most important events in Middle-earth history since the time he was born....

July 9, 2025 · 5 min · 882 words · Christine Petty

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: Alternate Costumes Missing From The Game

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3was a hit in many different ways. Alongside good but not great critical reception the game sold extremely well on the Nintendo Switch and likely justified not only its development but made a follow-up extremely likely. The game was an invest on Nintendo’s part and it paid off in full. Despite this, there’s still one glaring weakness for the game that’s gotten better with downloadable content, the alternate costumes....

July 9, 2025 · 5 min · 944 words · Joseph Roberts

New The King's Man Red Band Trailer Shows Some Insane Action Sequences

The King’s Manis finally approaching theatres, and a new red-band trailer teases some of the series' best action that should keep the excitement rolling. The prequel/spin-off to2014’sKingsman: The Secret Serviceand 2017’sKingsman: The Golden Circlehas been delayed countless times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as it was originally supposed to release in theatres all the way back in November of 2019. After numerous teasers and trailers have already teased the epic scope of the film, a new red band trailer takes the exhilarating action to another level, presenting the brutal fight scenes and large-scale sets in all of its glory....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 396 words · Julie Carpenter

Overwatch 2 Fans Are Not Happy With the Updated Character Bios

The launch ofOverwatch 2has been nothing short of disastrous, yet fervent criticism for Blizzard’s latest release extends far beyond technical issues as the new character pages leave a lot to be desired. When it was announced thatOverwatchwas permanently shutting its own servers down, players expectedOverwatch 2to be a strong and obvious upgrade over its predecessor, but signs point towards the sequel being quite the disappointment. Though it still features the same sleek hero shooter combat that made the first game so popular (albeit repackaged into a 5v5 format), a lot of its players were hoping that it would expand upon the multi-generational plot and colorful characters presented inOverwatchthrough genuine story content....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Andre Tyler