Bandai Namco US Offices Receive Bomb Threat

Bandai Namco Entertainment has been investigating a bomb threat after it was called into their US office in Santa Clara, California. “We can’t provide any comment regarding the validity of the threat as there is an ongoing investigation in progress,” a representative from the company commented. “We can say that all our employees are safe and that we will be doing everything in our power to safeguard the well being of our employees....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Jessica Hamilton

Call of Duty: MW3 Season 3 Update Patch Notes Revealed

Summary Sledgehammer Games has released the patch notes forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s Season 3 update, which makes changes to last year’sModern Warfare 2weapons, rebalances this year’s weapons, adjusts popular equipment items like the Stun and Flash, and more. The majorCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3update launched on Wednesday, April 3. Recently,Modern Warfare 3revealed all the skinsand other items coming in the Season 3 battle pass. The pass' instant unlocks consist of two new operators, Snoop Dogg 2 and Makarov....

June 19, 2025 · 7 min · 1412 words · Vincent Walls

Check out a few really pretty minutes of Granblue Fantasy PS4 gameplay

But where do I roll for SSRs? Despite being one of the biggest names in Japanese gacha gaming, Cygames’ RPGGranblue Fantasydoesn’t seem all that well-known outside the otaku scene. That’s to be expected, given the game is theoretically Japan-exclusive. This status quo is one that Cygames has opted to keep to for some reason, despite the game being playable internationally (via browser) and having a fully-integrated English localization available. Whatever the motivation for keeping the mainGranbluegame in relative obscurity, I hope they don’t sleep on pushingGranblue Fantasy Project Re: LINKacross the pond....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · James Reed

Criminal Minds: Evolution Has Long Spoiled Voit's Ultimate Fate Amid His Brain Injury In Season 3

Criminal Minds: Evolutioncontinues to break new ground, and remains one of the most provocative and immersive shows on television. The show is entering its third season since the 2022 revival, and is currently in the middle of one of its most shocking and nail-biting storylines. The end ofCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 2 saw serial killer unsub Elias Voit suffer a brain injury, which meant he was placed in a medically induced coma in theCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 3 premiere....

June 19, 2025 · 6 min · 1110 words · Natalie Rose

Cyberpunk 2077 Rated Mature in Brazil, Adult Content Detailed

There has been plenty of excitement surrounding the release ofCyberpunk 2077and this is due to the setting, actors involved, and perhaps most importantly, the developer of the title. The developer ofCyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red, was responsible for thecritically acclaimedThe Witcher games, and many consider the third entry of this series to be the best of a generation. Naturally, fans are excited to get another huge open world in a new and exciting setting from the developer....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Sandra Gillespie

Death Stranding Video Deepfakes Hideo Kojima Onto Everyone

Hideo Kojima’sDeath Strandinghas now been out for nearly a week, with the infamously complicated game giving gamers everything one would expect from a Kojima title: a wildly ‘out-there’ plot that has Hideo putting plenty of his artistic license to use. Some gamers are finding the excessive walking withinDeath Strandingdisenchanting, while others have been captivated when given the arduous task of reconnecting a shattered world. While many fans celebrated the game’s release by releasingDeath Strandingmemesfar and wide, one of the more high-effort ones takes it to the next level....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Julie Freeman

Destiny 2 Fan Site Helps Players Find Every Hidden Item

The planetary destinations ofDestiny 2have plenty of hidden items for players to find, but they have never mattered as much as they do now in the latest Warmind expansion.Finding Data Fragmentsand Sleeper Nodes are key to the DLC’s quests and rewards and while some players will want to find them the old-fashioned way without any help, a new fan site gives players a visual guide to every hidden item. Credit for the site goes to Richard Deveraux, an AustralianDestiny 2fan who was able to use the game’s API to create a site that works on web browsers, tablets, and mobile....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · William Gregory

Dustforce and Bastion are your mid-week PC bargains

As if keeping myself on a tight budget wasn’t hard enough, I’ve developed this compulsion to check Steam everyday at 6 p.m. GMT to see what the new deals are. Thankfully, I already own one of the games featured in Steam’s midweek offers, but if you’ve been holding off on purchasingBastion,which is 60% off, orDustforce,which is reduced by 50%,then now’s the time to break out your wallet. Whilst our own Jim Sterling wasn’t totally enamored byBastion’scharms, I felt it was one of the best games I played last year....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Kimberly Medina

Epic Games Store Responds To Spyware Accusations

The world of PC gaming is currently wrapped up in its very own platform war, which sees the Epic Games Store trying to woo users to its platform from Steam with a large variety of timed-exclusivity contracts. However, Epic has had trouble with spyware accusations as of late, something Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has finally addressed via Twitter. The CEO took to Twitter to vent about misinformation and lies being spread throughout the online community, which largely stems from paranoia regarding one of Epic’s largest investors, a Chinese company called Tencent....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Patricia Beck

Fire Force Manga Set to End in 2 Chapters

Atsushi Ohkubo’sFire Forcemanga will conclude in two chapters, the 11th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced on Wednesday. The manga’s final chapter will be released within Weekly Shōnen Magazine’s 13th issue, scheduled to release on February 22. The popular manga series entered its final arc in October 2021, withOhkubo stating in late Decemberthat the series would end in “a few” chapters. Ohkubo has said thatFire Forcewill likely be the last manga series he works on....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Stephanie Doyle

Fortnite Crew Subscription Service Announced for Season 5

FortniteChapter 2 Season 5 is set to begin very shortly. In fact, it’s starting in just over a week’s time on December 2nd. And after it was previously leaked earlier this month, Epic Games itself has confirmed that Season 5 will introduce a brand-new subscription service calledFortnite Crew. RELATED:Latest Fortnite Leak Reveals the Return of Launch Pads Epic has even shown off the first of these exclusive outfits, called Galaxia, which will also come with a Cosmic Llamacorn Pickaxe and Fractured World Back Bling....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Dr. Kimberly Wiley

Gears of War 5 Confirmed by Microsoft?

While writing about the change to Xbox Game Pass in an article on the officialXbox Wireblog, Microsoft’s new head of gaming, Phil Spencer, hinted atGears of War 5. Spencer said that fans should expect “future unannounced games” from Microsoft Studios to be included as part of the Xbox Game Pass launch day fun. This includes “new iterations of our biggest Xbox One exclusive franchises such asHalo,Forza, andGears of War.” The confirmation that a newGears of Wargame is on the cards seems obvious....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · William Carr

Genshin Impact: How To Restore Power To The Left Arm (Dune-Entombed Fecundity: Part II)

Giant Ruin Guards is not a new sight inGenshin ImpactSumeru. The first one players would see likely resides in Devantaka Mountain ofGenshin Impact3.0 Sumeru. Afterward, version 3.1 also has a rogue robot that shoots lasers at objects in the area; this one is called Afratu’s Dilemma, a World Quest found in the Valley of Dahri. Meanwhile, inGenshin Impact3.4, Azariq invites Travelers to use the giant robot to roam the desert area....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 458 words · Angel Buck DVM