Please Take Part In The Vg247 User Survey

Please take part in the VG247 user survey Fill in some info about yourself and your gaming habits. Read a terribe poem. ‘Twas the night (x11) before Christmas, when all through the VG247 house Not a creature was stirring, not even Connor’s keyboard and mouse; The Slack notifications were muted by Kelsey with care, In hopes that St. Thomas unknowing would not care; The staff were nestled, headphones on their heads; So Jim’s GOTY video messages made no sound instead;...

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 256 words · Jonathan Rudisill

Please, Nintendo, Let Mario Take On More Mature Genres

Please, Nintendo, let Mario take on more mature genres Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope has reminded us of all the potential out there for the Mario franchise outside well-trodden sports games and safe spinoffs. I find it virtually impossible to get mad at Mario games. The fact they’re pretty good most of the time definitely helps, and even when the franchise is running in circles, the final products never fail to put a smile on my face....

January 17, 2026 · 6 min · 1194 words · Frederick Vanhorn

Pokemon Let’s Go Ghost Tower

Pokemon Let’s Go Ghost Tower - How to Get Past the Ghost in Pokemon Tower Within Lavender Town in Pokemon Let’s Go, there stands a tall tower. Within this Pokemon Tower, there’s a formiddable ghost that blocks your path. In this guide to both Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, we’ll be walking you through how to get past the ghost in Pokemon Let’s Go as easily as possible. How to Get Past the Ghost in Lavender Town’s Pokemon Tower When you first enter the Pokemon Tower, you’ll see Team Rocket hightailing it out of the tower, followed by a small Cubone....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 353 words · Evan Sammons

Pokemon Quest Shiny Pokemon

Pokemon Quest Shiny Pokemon - How to Get Shiny Pokemon When luring pokemon to your Base Camp with recipes in Pokemon Quest , there’s a small chance that it might be shiny. Shiny pokemon are pretty common in Pokemon Quest, but you might still struggle to get hold of the ones you want. In this Pokemon Quest Shiny Pokemon Guide , we’ve got all the info you need to know about how shinies work in Pokemon Quest, as well as a Pokemon Quest Shiny List of all the shinies we’ve encountered so far....

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 581 words · Deirdre Jordan

Princess Peach: Showtime Cowgirl At Dusk Sparkle Gems

Princess Peach: Showtime Cowgirl at Dusk Sparkle Gems Here’s where to find all seven Sparkle Gems during the Cowgirl at Dusk stage-play. Image credit:VG247/Nintendo Cowgirl Peach has returned for her second-act, Cowgirl at Dusk , in Princess Peach: Showtime . This time around, she’s up to more of the same Wild West antics; launching her lasso at foes and obstacles, stealing the show back from the Sour Bunch, and retrieving as many Sparkle Gems as possible....

January 17, 2026 · 4 min · 644 words · Gail Manning

Rdr2 Le Tresor Des Morts Treasure Map Locations

RDR2 Le Tresor Des Morts treasure map locations Get six gold bars with this Red Dead Redemption 2 treasure hunt. Image credit:VG247/Rockstar Games Want to make money fast in Red Dead Redemption 2 ? The secret Le Tresor Des Morts treasure hunt is a great way to bag a few extra gold bars. There is one big caveat though, which you need to know about before you start hunting for the relevant treasure maps....

January 17, 2026 · 5 min · 880 words · Peter Ohara

Remember Phil Spencer’s Fallout 76 Camp Getting Nuked? Here’s How That Whole Thing Looked From Bethesda’s Point-of

Remember Phil Spencer’s Fallout 76 CAMP getting nuked? Here’s how that whole thing looked from Bethesda’s point-of-view “Phil is also now able to launch nukes…” Image credit:Xbox/Bethesda It’s not often you get a chance to cause damage to a video game executive’s actual stuff in a video game. However, just last month, as you probably heard, Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer’s Fallout 76 CAMP had an entire atomic bomb dropped on it by a player....

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 505 words · Danny Wilt

Resident Evil 4 Remake Chapter 4: Mural Cave Doors, And Church Window Puzzle Solution

Resident Evil 4 Remake Chapter 4: Mural Cave doors, and Church Window puzzle solution Oh, how I’ve missed this large oaf. With Resident Evil 4 Remake finally ramping things up now, you can anticipate more puzzles and more boss fights. That said, you’ll have just beaten a tough opponent, which means this next chapter will be a piece of cake! Throughout this part of Resident Evil 4 you will taking on the Mural Cave puzzle and opening some Cave Shrine doors, as well as eventually solving the difficult Church Window puzzle....

January 17, 2026 · 7 min · 1295 words · Rosetta Watson

Roblox Fisch Totem Locations

Roblox Fisch Totem locations How to find all the Totems in Fisch. Image credit:Fisching/VG247 Update: We have added the locations of the Zeus Storm Totem and Poseidon Wrath Totem to this page. If you’re struggling to land the perfect catch in Fisch , you may want to hunt out a few of the game’s Totems . These consumable items let you change the day and night cycle in-game, along with the weather, which affects the catch rate for the fish you can reel in....

January 17, 2026 · 8 min · 1675 words · Otis Gorman

Roblox Is Introducing Takeshi’s Castle To A Whole New Generation

Roblox is introducing Takeshi’s Castle to a whole new generation I can only imagine the amount of ‘oofs’ this corner of everyone’s favourite game emits on an hourly basis. Image credit:VG247/Roblox Remember Takeshi’s Castle? Well, it’s now got an official Roblox tie-in game, allowing tidal waves of blocky avatars to take on the show’s iconic obstacle courses. The game has been developed by GeekOut on behalf of Tokyo Broadcasting System, which aired the original series....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 335 words · Lucas Blythe

Sega Announces They're Making A New Jet Set Radio, Streets Of Rage, Crazy Taxi, And More In One Trailer

SEGA announces they’re making a new Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Crazy Taxi, and more in one trailer Shown off at The Game Awards, a lot of new SEGA games are on the way. Image credit:SEGA SEGA has just dropped the gauntlet at The Game Awards , announcing five new games at once. These include brand new sequels to Golden Axe, Crazy Taxi , Shinobi , Streets of Rage, and Het Set Radio....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 232 words · Catherine Wagner

Sekiro Controls For Ps4 And Xbox One

Sekiro Controls For PS4 and Xbox One Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a difficult game, there’s no doubt about that. It really pays to always know which buttons do what, in all situations, and so in this Sekiro controls guide , we’ll be going over the button layouts for both the PS4 and the Xbox One versions of the game. Controls Layout PS4 Controls Xbox One Controls Controls Layout For those unfamiliar, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is an incredibly fast-paced stealth-action game, riffing on the established Dark Souls formula that shot From Software to fame....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 306 words · Brandon Colarusso

Sigourney Weaver Just Can't Stay Away From Aliens As She Confirms We'll Be Seeing Her In The Mandalorian & Grogu

Sigourney Weaver just can’t stay away from aliens as she confirms we’ll be seeing her in The Mandalorian & Grogu Grogu is a bit nicer than your average xenomorph, after all. Image credit:20th Century The Mandalorian & Grogu might not have a great name, but with Sigourney Weaver joining the cast, at least you’re more likely to be in for a good time. Back in May, it was reported that Alien, Avatar, and [insert third film beginning with A I’m sure she starred in for some nice alliteration], star Sigourney Weaver was in talks to join the The Mandalorian sequel film The Mandalorian & Grogu ....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 362 words · Carrie Fletcher

Silent Hill 2 Dog Ending

Silent Hill 2 Dog ending - Where to find the Dog Key Here’s where to find the Dog Key and how to unlock the Dog ending in the Silent Hill 2 remake. Image credit:Bloober Team/VG247 Silent Hill 2 has a few endings for players to unlock, and one of the more fun, memorable endings that has been brought over from the original game is the Dog ending . This ending sees James find out that the terror he’s been facing has actually been the sick machinations of Mira the Dog, a sole Shiba Inu....

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 575 words · Justin Setchell

South Of Midnight Gets Rad New Trailer At The Xbox Showcase, But No Release Date

South of Midnight gets rad new trailer at the Xbox Showcase, but no release date From the creators of We Happy Few, we get a mix of southern charm and fantasy in a cool new trailer. South of Midnight is a rad looking third person action adventure game set in the American South. It got a trailer today at the Xbox game Showcase revealing its coming to Game Pass, Xbox Series X /S, and Steam....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 319 words · John Crowe

Spiders And Beetles Are Up In Arms As Voting For The Destiny 2 Festival Of The Lost Begins

Spiders and beetles are up in arms as voting for the Destiny 2 Festival of the Lost begins A few small changes to the regular format is sure to make everyone happy. It’s that time once again. Voting has begun for the 2023 Festival of the Lost cosmetics in Destiny 2 , allowing members of the community to pick out which spooky skins they’d like to don this Halloween. Lightfall is right around the corner, check out the trailer here if you’ve not seen it yet!...

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 353 words · George Shetlar

Star Wars Jedi Series Director Stig Asmussen Is Leaving Respawn

Star Wars Jedi series director Stig Asmussen is leaving Respawn Asumussen is apparently leaving to “pursue other adventures.” Image credit:Respawn Entertainment Director of both Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor Stig Asmussen is leaving Respawn Entertainment. As initially reported by Bloomberg , Asmussen has apparently made the decision to leave Respawn, with EA later confirming that this is the case in a statement (thanks, PC Gamer ). “Stig Asmussen has decided to leave Respawn to pursue other adventures, and we wish him the best of luck,” reads the brief statement....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 366 words · Bernard Hernandez

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Stim Canister Healing Upgrade Guide

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Stim Canister healing upgrade guide Grab every healing Stim Canister upgrade you can find - you’re going to need it! Stim Canisters are the main healing items in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order , so grabbing as many as you can is vital in your quest to save the galaxy. Here’s where to find absolutely every Stim Canister upgrade for BD-1, across Bogano, Zeffo, Kashyyyk, and Dathomir in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order ....

January 17, 2026 · 4 min · 801 words · Karen Smith

Star Wars Outlaws Features An Accessibility Mode Aimed At People Afflicted By The Most Debilitating Phobia In Gaming, A Fear Of Slightly Annoying Hints

Star Wars Outlaws features an accessibility mode aimed at people afflicted by the most debilitating phobia in gaming, a fear of slightly annoying hints It’s ok, you can explore every nook and cranny of the galaxy without having to see any (don’t panic, I’m about to write it) yellow paint. Image credit:Ubisoft Are you physically terrified of the idea that a game might tell you what to do? Or, rather, that a game might signpost the ideal path to an objective for you by making ladders and ledges look a bit like they’ve just been paid a visit by someone who’s dunked themselves in custard?...

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 497 words · John Hoch

Starfield's Community Patch Modders Find Fixing Bugs Without Support Or Comms From Bethesda Frustrating

Starfield’s community patch modders find fixing bugs without support or comms from Bethesda frustrating The game’s current lack of mod support apparently isn’t making things easy. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda The team behind the Starfield Community Patch, a modding project aimed at providing fixes for issues with the game that haven’t yet been ironed out by official patches, claim that a lack of modding support for the game is making this task tougher....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 396 words · Maria Wilkie