The Steam Deck is one of the best ways to play Elden Ring, and now Shadow of the Erdtree too

Proton fixes (and the right settings) go a long way Steam Deck Academybrings together all our guides and explainers on getting the most out of your Steam Deck, no student loans or sweaty dormitories required. Update:Whelp, spoke too soon. Apparently some Steam Deck players areseeing an “Innapropriate activity detected” messageupon launching Elden Ring, blocking them from playing online. I haven’t had this myself, and some have reported the issue fixing itself after they installed the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, but hopefully there’s a proper patch in the works....

June 20, 2024 · 4 min · 730 words · David Lamb

Thiollier questline guide - Elden Ring DLC

A full walkthrough of Thiollier’s questline in Shadow of the Erdtree How do you complete Thiollier’s questline in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?The mild-mannered poisioner Thiollier is a major NPC character in theShadow Of The ErdtreeDLC, and his questline, which revolves around his devotion to St. Trina, is one of the most intriguing inElden Ring. Thiollier’s questline runs parallel to the DLC’s main quest in the Lands of Shadow, and if you can make it to the very end, you’ll receive several excellent rewards after beating Shadow of the Erdtree’s final boss....

June 20, 2024 · 13 min · 2724 words · Andrew Kim

Where to get the Imbued Sword Key in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree

Here’s where to get the Imbued Sword Key in Castle Ensis, and where to use it! Wondering where to get the Imbued Sword Key in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?Just like the baseElden Ringgame,Shadow Of The Erdtreefeatures an Imbued Sword Key, which you can collect and use to unlock a secret portal in the Land of Shadow. To findwhere to get the Imbued Sword Keyyou’ll have to travel through Castle Ensis in the Gravesite Plain and beyond into Scadu Altus....

June 20, 2024 · 4 min · 758 words · Sharon Duran

Where to get the Well Depths Key in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree

Here is where to get the Well Depths Key in Shadow Of The Erdtree and where to use it Wondering where to get the Well Depths Key in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?The Well Depths is an optional region to explore beneath Belurat, Tower Settlement inShadow Of The Erdtreeand contains one of many optionalbossesin the DLC. However, you’ll need to locate theWell Depths Keyfirst, before exploring this area. Below, we’ll tell you exactly where to get the Well Depths Key and where to use it inElden Ring....

June 20, 2024 · 2 min · 408 words · Michelle Short

Where to get the Wing Stance Ash Of War in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree

Here’s how to unlock the exceptional Wing Stance skill for Light Greatswords Looking for the Wing Stance skill in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?Despite some very stiff competition, the Wing Stance Ash Of War is undoubtedly one of the coolest new skills available to players inShadow Of The Erdtree. Available only for theLight Greatswordcategory ofnew weapons, Wing Stance is a great-looking stance-based skill which allows you to unleash a flurry of quick attacks or close distance quickly for a very powerful thrust....

June 20, 2024 · 3 min · 617 words · Ann Park

Where to use Prayer Room Key in Shadow Of The Erdtree

Where to find and use the Prayer Room Key, and what it unlocks Want to know where to find the Prayer Room Key in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?From Software have a storied history of gatekeeping grand secrets and content behind easily missed items, andElden Ring’s newShadow Of The Erdtreeexpansion is no different. The Prayer Room Key is one of several keys that you need to unlock everything that the Land of Shadow has to offer, but unlike most, the location of the key and the location of the door are fairly disconnected....

June 20, 2024 · 5 min · 895 words · Nicholas Lopez

Wordle hints and answer (#1097): How to solve the Thursday June 20 Wordle

Stuck on the Wordle word for June 20? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?We have you covered with a list of hints followed by today’s word to help you keep track of your daily streak. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

June 20, 2024 · 6 min · 1220 words · Walter Powell

BioWare's Mark Darrah thinks Veilguard is the first Dragon Age where "the combat's actually fun"

“What I see in Veilguard is a game that finally bridges the gap.” “What I see in Veilguard is a game that finally bridges the gap,” Darrah told internet-based magazineGame Informerin a new preview that digs a bit deeper into the game’s newly tactical management-lite fisticuffs. “Uncharitably, previous Dragon Age games got to the realm of ‘combat wasn’t too bad.’ In this game, the combat’s actually fun, but it does keep that thread that’s always been there....

June 19, 2024 · 4 min · 728 words · John Greene

Call of Duty follows Fortnite in adding Fallout skins, out this week

Who wore it better? Look, who knows when we’ll seeFallout 5- there’s an increasingly less-than-zero chance we’ll all be living in a real post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland by the time Bethesda get around to revealing anything, iftheir deliberately slow approachtoThe Elder Scrolls 6(it’s been nearly THIRTEEN years sinceSkyrim) is much to go by. Still, even without a full sequel,Falloutis all around us - inmultiple seasons of a television show, inFortnite, and now in Call of Duty....

June 19, 2024 · 2 min · 319 words · Taylor Morrison

Danganronpa and Zero Escape creators announce a new RPG with "100 Extreme Despair-Filled Endings"

Typical Revealed at yesterday’s Nintendo Direct stream - but absolutely coming to PC because there’s a Steam page for it -The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academyseems like a mash-up of visual novel and Fire Emblem-y RPG battles on grids. And it’s by the folks behindDanganronpaand Zero Escape, which means there will be lots of consequences and decisions that lead to copious amounts of despair, no matter how you finish the game apparently....

June 19, 2024 · 2 min · 346 words · Jesse Torres

Don’t expect Fallout 1 and 2 remakes from Bethesda any time soon - Todd wouldn’t want to “paste over” their charm

“I think I’d like people to experience it the way it was” Like many I’m sure, I have extremely fond memories of the originalFalloutgames, 2 especially. I bought my first laptop for uni, barely suitable for much except typing long literature essays in which I’d complete assignments using my favorite university trick of writing “ah, but to answer this question, we must first explore (whatever I actually wanted to write an essay about....

June 19, 2024 · 2 min · 353 words · Shelby Freeman

Final Fantasy 14 braces for Dawntrail login queues with plans to limit travel and crack down on AFK players

Promises that “precautionary measures” have been taken since Endwalker’s gruelling launch With next expansionDawntrailapproaching, the question of how FF14’s servers will cope is once again upon us. Fortunately, the game’s team promise that they’ve taken “precautionary measures” since the gruelling experience of Endwalker nearly three years ago, bumping up the number of data centres and introducing whole new worlds for players to join to help account for theMMO’s boom in players over the pandemic and beyond....

June 19, 2024 · 2 min · 271 words · Benjamin Contreras

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Apple Arcade-only RPG Fantasian is coming to PC

You can put monsters in a bag! While perhaps lacking a bit of flair and visual identity in the character design department - aside from not-Vincent, he’s cool - there’s that lovely Sakaguchi sense of sprawling adventure emanating from the trailer, alongside Final Fantasy staples like ornate airships and very large whales. As for the combat, it’s turn-based random overworld encounters, but with a system called “Dimengoen”. You activate this, and any monsters you’d normally get interrupted to fight are saved in your monster bag, for you to have a crack at whenever you feel like it....

June 19, 2024 · 2 min · 236 words · Christina Lam