Duke Grabowski is my kind of SCUMM

Clever and resourceful… for a wall of meat Allow me to introduce you to Duke Grabowski, mighty pirate. He’s a lunkheaded, musclebound mouth-breather who used Int as his dump stat, and prefers punching to talking his way out of problems. He’s also the protagonist in his own game, a throwback tribute to theMonkey Islandseries that’s available on Steam right now. So, who here likesMonkey Islandgames? I know I do. I have a framed, signed print of Steve Purcell’s artwork fromTales of Monkey Islanddisplayed prominently in my home....

June 9, 2025 · 6 min · 1071 words · William White

EA’s Star Wars games will use the Frostbite 3 engine

Carry on, then As a follow-up to news ofElectronic Arts signing a multi-year dealwith Disney to exclusively develop and publish games based onStar Wars, EA Labels president Frank Gibeauhas shared a detailthat’s nice to hear confirmed. Namely, the upcoming games will use the Frostbite 3 engine which is what’s poweringBattlefield 4, the newMass Effect, and other upcoming titles. “While we don’t have any details to share today on specific titles, our development teams are already brimming with design ideas,” he wrote....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Brian Grant

Fall Guys’ fun new Sweet Thieves mode could be your ticket to the Infallible trophy

Five potentially quick wins in a row I had zero expectations for Sweet Thieves, a new small-team mode inFall Guys: Ultimate Knockoutthat feels self-contained and distinct from the usual multi-game gauntlet. You either win as the attackers or defenders, or you don’t — that’s the “show.” And with that simplicity (and newness), there’s a decent opening to earn five wins in a row for the coveted Infallible trophy/achievement that very few players have managed to unlock....

June 9, 2025 · 3 min · 584 words · Suzanne Massey

Five seconds of retro goodness coming your way

In life things that take five seconds are often a disappointment, leaving your fiancee (I got engaged last weekend!) looking at you yet again with disappointment as you roll over and fall asleep. However, not everything that lasts only five seconds has to be a let down. Sometimes five seconds is just the right amount of time. For instance, every week Greyscale Gorilla throws down a challenge to motion designers to come up with a five second vid on a certain subject....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Brenda Mitchell

GCDC: Factor 5 president lambasts ratings board for treatment of games

Speaking at the Games Convention Developers Conference in Germany, Factor 5 president Julian Eggebrecht (a name that makes me want eggy bread)has statedthat games are not being taken seriously enough, even by their very own ratings board. Blasting the fact that social issues and satirical content aren’t allowed in games, Eggebrecht accused the industry of “approaching the realm of McCarthyism,” and indicated that this was indicative of a wider problem with ratings overall....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Christopher Burgess

Hamilton Simulator imagines the musical as a gacha game inside Roblox

The musicalHamiltonswept through the country years ago, reimagining the life of Alexander Hamilton during the American Revolution and establishment of the United States. So whenHamiltoncame to Roblox, a gacha game was the only format that made sense. Hamilton Simulatoris a newRobloxexperience from Super League and Small World Games, in an adaptation thatAP reportshas the blessing ofHamiltonwriter–composer Lin-Manuel Miranda. To roughly approximate how to describe it, it’s like an idle gacha game....

June 9, 2025 · 4 min · 646 words · Norman Marshall

Helldivers 2: How to track Major Orders and war progress

Helldivers 2is a community-driven multiplayer game where players work together to spread Managed Democracy across the galaxy. But it can be confusing how to follow along with the war. Here’s how you may track your Major Orders and the overall war progress inHelldivers 2. You can check your Major Orders inHelldivers 2directly in the game. Once you enter your Super Destroyer ship, you can check any new Major Orders or the progress of an operation by opening the ‘Dispatches’ menu....

June 9, 2025 · 3 min · 626 words · Lonnie Mullins

How to build the KV Broadside conversion kit OP loadout for Warzone

DuringSeason 3 ofCall of Duty: Warzone, not much has changed. Every once in a while we get a new, completely overpowered weapon to use for a week or two before it gets nerfed to infinity. Hopefully, that’s coming soon. In the meantime, you might as well take advantage of the KV Broadside conversion kit while you may, your enemies aren’t going to have a problem killing you with it. What is the KV Broadside conversion kit?...

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Scott Burch

How to complete Thiollier’s Questline in Elden Ring

Thiollier, added toElden Ringin the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, has quite a long and involved questline. This requires a lot of work and spans most of the timeline covered by the DLC, so don’t worry about rushing through it. You do want to complete the below steps before getting to Enir-IIlim, but that appears to be the only time gating. Thiollier’s Questline in Elden Ring Step 1 – FInding Thiollier at the Pillar Path Cross The first thing to do is actually find Thiollier....

June 9, 2025 · 6 min · 1180 words · Ryan Reyes DVM

How to equip two pets in Adopt Me

Thanks to the companion feature, you’ll never venture alone inRoblox’s Adopt Me. Pets will always stay at your side, providing rewards like cash and age-up boosts. In this guide, we’ll explain how to equip two pets inAdopt Meand provide information on a new update. How to equip multiple pets in Adopt Me Players can equip two pets by creating a family or subscribing toAdopt MePets Plus. The subscription service isa new featureavailable on Jun 29, 2025, at 8 a....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Valerie Decker

How to get and control servants in V Rising

A true vampire, like the player character inV Rising,has underlings to do menial chores for them. Minions serve an important role in the game because they free you from spending valuable time farming for the resources necessary to keep your vampiric strongholds running. But getting your first servant won’t be an easy task. Getting servants and putting them to work in V Rising You need to progress through a decent amount of the game to complete the steps required to command underlings inV Rising....

June 9, 2025 · 4 min · 706 words · Troy Taylor

id Software’s RAGE is not supporting dedicated servers

Modern Warfare 2infuriated the PC communitywith the newsthat it would scrap dedicated servers, then we had Rebellion ducking the subject and making it look as ifAliens vs. Predatormightgo the same way. Now we have another PC shooter joining the club, as id Software confesses that dedicated servers will be unlikely inRAGE. “It’s not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we don’t think we will have dedicated servers,”confesses id’s John Carmack....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 175 words · Scott Williams

In true Pokemon fashion, the new mythic creature Zarude will be in the next film

Pokemon the Movie: Coco, coming in July in Japan Pokemon the Movie: Coco, the whopping23rd filmin the series, is set to debut this July in Japan. Naturally, following a pattern that they’ve been following since Mewtwo in the very first flick, The Pokemon Company is using it as an opportunity to promote their newest member of the legendary family:Zarude. In case you missed it, Zarude was revealed yesterday as a new in-game legendary that’s exclusive toSwordandShield, and can be obtained through a customary event that will be detailed in the future....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Maria Bolton DDS