Elden Ring: How to get to Deeproot Depths

Here’s how to reach the Deeproot Depths beneath the Erdtree Wondering how to reach the Deeproot Depths in Elden Ring?Deeproot Depths is one of several underground regions inElden Ringwhich won’t show up on the map until you get there and unlock itsmap fragment. It’s a pretty dangerous area (not that this sets it apart from other areas of the game), filled with Giant Ants and a couple of unique mid-to-late-game bosses....

May 16, 2024 · 3 min · 534 words · Karen Flores

Elden Ring: How to get to the Haligtree

How to get both halves of the Haligtree Medallion and reach Miquella’s Haligtree in Elden Ring Trying to reach the Haligtree in Elden Ring?You’ll have your work cut out for you, that’s for sure. Miquella’s Haligtree is a strong contender for the remotest region on the entire map, but it also contains some of the greatest challenges and valuable treasures inElden Ring. In this guide, we’ll walk you step by step throughhow to get to the Haligtree in Elden Ring, starting with the locations of the twoHaligtree Medallionhalves, and ending with a walkthrough ofOrdina, Liturgical Town, at the end of which is the teleporter to Miquella’s Haligtree....

May 16, 2024 · 5 min · 989 words · Philip Murphy

Helldivers 2 players rally around an unlikely hero who just wanted to make friends

Democracy manifest, or something When they’re not banding togetherto take on Sonyor attempting toreinstate fired community managers, it turns out thatHelldivers 2players just want to make sure everyone feels included. Included in theco-op game’s endless war of attrition to protect Super Earth from bugs, robots, andbasic awareness of military propaganda, and included in just having mates. Enter player ‘dremskiy’, whose tragic booting from a private game in which they just wanted to make friends has resulted in so many friend requests that their Steam account won’t accept any more....

May 16, 2024 · 2 min · 322 words · Jamie Bennett

NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, May 16)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #340 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

May 16, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · David Ramirez

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser's new studio is making an "open world action-adventure" game

Shock horror Absurd Ventures, the company started by Rockstar Games co-founder and head writer Dan Houser after he left said juggernaut, are working on a new “open worldaction-adventure” game. That’s according to recent job listings on Absurd’s website (cheersGamesradarfor the spot), which mention such a thing. And to be honest, are any of us surprised? Not really. Will the finished product resemble GTA to some degree? I imagine yes. Am I happy about this?...

May 16, 2024 · 2 min · 320 words · Sierra Mccormick

Shockingly great soulslike Lies Of P is due a DLC by the end of the year

Sources said to currently have regular-sized noses Our Edders, the RPSer I’d most trust to help me gank a rival covenant member with hammers, reckoned PinocchiosoulslikeLies Of Pwas an “instant must-play” inhis review, and I was pretty fond of it myself. We already know that we’redue a sequelat some point the future, thanks to impressive sales. Director Jiwon Choi previously teased some DLC concept art, and now it looks like we’ll be seeing that DLC by the time the year’s out, according to a fiscal report....

May 16, 2024 · 1 min · 151 words · Jodi Graves

Ubisoft quietly cancel The Division Heartland

Middling America It basically sounded like the Dark Zone of the mainline Division Games would be permanently switched on. And it supposedly hada closed betain June last year, but I don’t know anyone who took part. The studio behind it, Red Storm Entertainment, are a long-running studio originally co-founded by Tom Clancy, the inventor of guns. Ubisoft elaborated on their decision,telling IGN: “After careful consideration, we have made the tough call to halt development on Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland, effective immediately....

May 16, 2024 · 1 min · 113 words · Frances Williams

Wordle hints and answer (#1062): How to solve the Thursday May 16 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for May 16? 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?Buckle up for a selection of clues to help you keep your streak intact. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

May 16, 2024 · 6 min · 1239 words · Rachael Johnson

"Inspired by FF9" is all I needed to sell me on JRPG tribute Alzara Radiant Echoes, but "Dark Souls composer" and "Genshin Impact artist" help too

Alzara Radiant Echoesis a clear love letter to golden age JRPGs, pulling inspiration from the likes of Golden Sun and Lost Odyssey for a 3D turn-basedRPGset in a Mediterranean fantasy world.Dark Soulscomposer Motoi Sakuraba is on board, along withGenshin Impactand Fire Emblem artist Yoshiro Ambe. And if that hadn’t already sold me already, developers Studio Camelia are also paying tribute to the bestFinal Fantasy game:FFIX, obviously. Alzara makes no bones about the fact it’s heavily indebted to JRPG classics, throwing the likes of Persona, Chrono Cross andFinal Fantasy Xon top of its already teetering pile of inspirations....

May 15, 2024 · 3 min · 491 words · Gregory Carr

Assassin's Creed Shadows is both a samurai and a ninja game, as it borrows Syndicate’s dual-character story

African swordsmaster Yasuke will be the series’ first real-life protagonist After being unceremoniously thrown into the spotlight yesterday with a pre-reveal leak,Assassin’s Creed Shadowshas been given a proper unveiling via a flashy cinematic trailer, confirming bothits leaked November release dateand revealing that we’ll be playing as two protagonists for the first time in the series sinceSyndicatealmost a decade ago. One of those heroes will also be the series’ first playable real-life figure: the African samurai Yasuke....

May 15, 2024 · 3 min · 499 words · Alison Blair

Best Strength weapons in Elden Ring

Here are the best Strength weapons in Elden Ring Looking for the best Elden Ring Strength weapons?If you’re looking to tank your way throughElden Ringbossesand wield the colossal weapons in the game, you’ll need to invest in your Strengthstat. As we venture ever closer to theShadow Of The ErdtreeDLC release, now is the perfect time to get sunk back into Elden Ring and try out different builds. Below, we’ve listed the best Strength weapons in Elden Ring based on important factors like Weapon Skill, attribute scaling and attack power....

May 15, 2024 · 6 min · 1206 words · Karen Lawson

Braid Anniversary Edition is out now, rewinding time approximately 15 years

Let’s do the Tim warp again Look, you’ve had 15 years to play that well-regarded time-bending puzzler sitting in your Steam library, staring at you this whole time. Well, now you can have another 15 years.Braid Anniversary Editionis out on Steam now, a high definition remastering of a classic indie. It got stuck in time followinga few delaysbut it’s finally defrosted now. The sharper look will appeal to pixel perfectionists, but there are also 40 new levels for serial rewinders....

May 15, 2024 · 2 min · 345 words · Wayne Gonzalez

Comedy RPG Athenian Rhapsody is a child of Undertale with GBA visuals in which playthroughs become postcards

Try saying all that out loud without stumbling I have a couple of takes on Nico Papalia’s newRPGAthenian Rhapsody, which launched on Steam yesterday and still has a demo. The first is that it’s a brighter, glitzier version of Toby Fox’sUndertalethat looks like it belongs on Gameboy Advance - a retro parody created in GameMaker whose turn-based combat houses many an inventive minigame, and whose writing doesn’t so much break the fourth wall as moonwalk along the parapet, showering the player in poop, anime tropes and off-colour mental health advice....

May 15, 2024 · 4 min · 652 words · Diana Fox