Where to find Nightstar Sand in Palworld 1.0

Everyone wants a lightsaber. Even people who say they don’t secretly do. You meet an NPC fairly early on in Palworld that pulls out a Beam Sword and goes to town on some mercs, which, if you’re like us, was the first indication that this item was attainable. To do that, though, and to build…

Final Fantasy 14’s attempt to take the MMO mobile is over before the world even gets the chance to see it

You might be surprised to hear that the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy 14—I’ll spare you the free trial copypasta—has a mobile version. Well, it does… though er, not for much longer. A little over a year after launching in China, Final Fantasy 14 mobile is shutting down and taking its unreleased global version down…

PlayStation 6 Controller Might Feature Touchscreen Display

Sony Interactive Entertainment is toying with the idea of a modular PlayStation controller with a detachable touchscreen. A newly discovered patent application suggests that the PS6 controller might be usable across several devices. Could Sony’s new PlayStation controller patent be for the next handheld, PS6, or both? As spotted by MP1st, the patent replaces the…

Avengers: Doomsday’s first trailer is here with RDJ’s Doctor Doom

The first real trailer for Avengers: Doomsday is here, showcasing the film’s massive ensemble cast and giving us our best look yet as Robert Downey Jr.’s return to the MCU as the villainous Doctor Doom. Disney and Marvel Studios finally gave MCU fans what they’ve been waiting months for. After a handful of brief character…

Ex-Nintendo Staff Explain Just How Secretive The Company Was

In stark contrast to the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake on the Nintendo Switch 2, a game that everyone in the world knew about before its official announcement, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was such a secret that, according to two ex-PR leads, “less than 10 people” at…

Our first glimpse at Hytale Chapter 1 has me absolutely salivating

If you’ve been wondering about the future of Hytale, this is the moment you’ve been waiting for. Hypixel Studios has abandoned its original plan of total secrecy around the first major update for the Minecraft-inspired sandbox game, acknowledging that “given this project’s history, asking everyone to wait in the dark again doesn’t feel right.” Instead,…

What Are You Playing This Weekend? (18th July)

So then, what are everyone’s plans for the weekend? Jim Norman, Features Editor I have a lot of people staying over this weekend, and I doubt that they’re all going to want to sit and watch my new Baldur’s Gate 3 playthrough. Hmm. Better crack out some of the party games again. Nintendo Switch Sports…

The FMV game where you’re a hamster being doted on by three Japanese sisters was inspired by its creator’s job as an animal mascot, and Grand Theft Auto 5

Sweet Hamster Days was initially rejected by Steam, perhaps because Valve is more restrictive of games that feature sexually explicit images of real people, or possibly for some other reason we’ll never know. As a designer called Oda told Automaton, “We still don’t know exactly how the platform saw things, but after revising details such…

The New England Road Trip Haunted By Pokémon Go

Donned in a leather hat, our ghost tour guide has told us not to worry. He had already altered the route through Salem to better accommodate “Pokémon trainers.” The crowd chuckled. I wasn’t underestimating the gravity of the situation. Not anymore. It was July of 2016. Night three of Pokémon Go’s unleashing. Night two of…

PUBG is the original battle royale game and probably still the best

Paul’s an expert in Videogames, Star Trek, flannel shirts – in that order. Published: July 19, 2026 There is absolutely no feeling like being in the last circle in PUBG – scanning the environment, looking for the slightest hint of movement, my heart beating out of my chest – it’s something that, it turns out,…