Honkai Star Rail Black Swan Teams

Honkai Star Rail Black Swan Teams Black Swan teams look a bit different than you might be used to. UPDATE 11/12/2024: We have updated this page with some new and alternative suggestions of characters that could be used in a Black Swan team in Honkai Star Rail. Putting together your Honkai: Star Rail Black Swan teams means giving more thought to damage-over-time (DOT) than you might be used to. Black Swan can apply her Arcana stacks alone, but she needs at least one other DOT character to reach her full potential....

January 14, 2026 · 5 min · 863 words · Rudolph Surratt

Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.4 Will Finally Introduce Those Fate/stay Night Collab Characters You've Been Hearing About

Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.4 will finally introduce those Fate/stay night collab characters you’ve been hearing about HoYoverse has delivered a bunch of new announcements for HSR 3.4, also including Phainon’s long-awaited playable debut, plus new content for all four Stellaron Hunters. Image credit:HoYoverse / Type Moon The big Honkai: Star Rail version 3.4 livestream took place earlier today, right on schedule. As with every major new iteration of the incredibly popular HoYoverse game, the main thing people have been looking forward to has been, of course, the new characters....

January 14, 2026 · 4 min · 707 words · Robert Webb

How To Beat Everdark Augur In Elden Ring Nightreign

How to beat Everdark Augur in Elden Ring Nightreign Here’s how to take down and beat the abominable jellyfish – Everdark Sovereign Augur – in Nightreign. Image credit:Bandai Namco/FromSoftware The second instalment of enhanced, Everdark bosses for Elden Ring Nightreign has been rolled out, with Everdark Augur being the first of these to become available to fight against. If you – like the majority of Nightreign fans – found the original version of Augur to be a bit of a nuisance, I hate to break it to you that Everdark Augur is even worse....

January 14, 2026 · 8 min · 1557 words · Shirley Hamilton

How To Chop Down Trees In Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu And Eevee

How to Chop Down Trees in Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee Early on in both Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, you might find plenty of trees blocking your path. These can actually be cut down, but only with one method. In our guide to both games, we’ll be walking you through how to chop down trees in Pokemon Let’s Go as easily as possible. How to Cut Down Trees in Pokemon Let’s Go As we mentioned above, you’ll find some very weak-looking trees in Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee....

January 14, 2026 · 3 min · 427 words · Robert Aliff

How To Get Crude Oil In Once Human

How to get Crude Oil in Once Human Here’s how to farm Crude Oil in Once Human, so you never run out of fuel again. Image credit:VG247/Starry Studio Being a gargantuan, post-apocalyptic survival game, Once Human tasks you with farming a multitude of resources. Some of them you’ll only need to farm until the next important thing comes around, like Tin Ore and Copper Ore. Other resources, however, will be needed throughout the game, such as fuel....

January 14, 2026 · 3 min · 514 words · James Hawkins

How To Get Famous In Bitlife

How to get famous in Bitlife Does fame and fortune sound appealing to you? Here’s how to get famous in Bitlife. Image credit:Candywriter LLC With Bitlife being the adult life simulation game that it is, the possibilities for your characters are near enough endless. Live a simple life as a painter or baker , become a business tycoon as a CEO , rob banks and climb the ranks as a criminal… you can do it all....

January 14, 2026 · 4 min · 685 words · Elaine Toomey

How To Get Gold Ingots In V Rising

How to get Gold Ingots in V Rising | Where to farm Gold Jewelry Gold Ingots are vital to upgrading your late-game gear. V Rising welcomed over a million budding vampires after launching in Early Access on Steam. Now, the game has fully launched - albeit with less fanfare than last time - but it has still managed to rake in several thousands of new and returning players. That being said, a lot of players are having trouble with finding certain resources....

January 14, 2026 · 3 min · 516 words · Bruce Dumas

How To Get The Mushroom Pie Recipe In Heartopia

How to get the Mushroom Pie recipe in Heartopia Learning how to make Mushroom Pie isn’t as straightforward as some other recipes in Heartopia – here’s how to unlock it. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/heartopia-mushroom-pie-cooking.png?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“A Heartopia character stands with chef Massimo outside of his bistro and admires a floating slice of pie that sparkles and twirls in the air. Text reads: “Awesome! First time making Mushroom Pie!” - 1”> Image credit:VG247 / XD...

January 14, 2026 · 4 min · 678 words · Michael Hill

How To Join Or Create A Hive In Once Human

How to join or create a Hive in Once Human Here’s how to join a Hive in Once Human, and what the benefits of teaming up are. Image credit:Starry Studio, NetEase Once Human is a post-apocalyptic survival game, and given the sheer size of the game and how troublesome some of its toughest fights can be, it’s a good idea to team up with other players or friends in a Hive where you can....

January 14, 2026 · 3 min · 502 words · Jennifer Landes

How To Join The Well Of Heaven In Where Winds Meet

How to join the Well of Heaven in Where Winds Meet To join the Well of Heaven you will need to find a more worthy owner for some Ill-gotten Wealth in Where Winds Meet. Image credit:Everstone Studios/NetEase Games Update: We’ve added clearer instructions on how to acquire Ill-gotten Wealth to our page on how to join the Well of Heaven in Where Winds Meet. In Where Winds Meet the Well of Heaven is the Sect of “Heroic Righteousness”, filled with swashbuckling martial artists who take from the rich to give to the poor....

January 14, 2026 · 4 min · 665 words · Chad Mccauley

How To Make Ice Cream In Grow A Garden

How to make Ice Cream in Grow a Garden Ice Cream in Grow a Garden is a sweet treat that’s perfect for summer! Image credit:Grow a Garden/VG247 Update: We’ve added new alternative flavors to our guide on how to make an ice cream in Grow a Garden. With summer in full swing, who wouldn’t be craving a delicious cooling ice cream? But how are you supposed to make an ice cream from the fruits and vegetables you can farm in Grow a Garden?...

January 14, 2026 · 3 min · 588 words · Robin Branson

How To Recruit Keira In Fallout: London

How to recruit Keira in Fallout: London Here’s how to recruit Keira the treasure hunter as your companion in Fallout: London. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda/Team FOLON Fallout: London has a few companions for you to meet that you certainly won’t forget in a hurry. One that you can find a few hours into the game is Keira . Trapped in the Bank of England’s Vault with some brainless Ghouls for company, Keira is more than happy to invite herself along on our adventure once we rescue her....

January 14, 2026 · 4 min · 846 words · Catrina Bennett

How To Repair And Dismantle Weapons And Armor In The Witcher 3

How to repair and dismantle weapons and armor in The Witcher 3 We show you how to fix and dismantle all your broken equipment. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has a keen focus on managing and swapping out your equipment, whether it’s finding better weapons and armor, crafting new ones, or maintaining those you have. We’ll show you how to do two intrinsic parts of that right here: how to repair and dismantle your weapons and armor in The Witcher 3....

January 14, 2026 · 4 min · 790 words · Juan Canales

How To Repair And Upgrade Weapons And Armor In Stalker 2

How to repair and upgrade weapons and armor in Stalker 2 Here’s how to get your guns working again, and how to later upgrade them, in Stalker 2. Image credit:GSC Game World Being a stalker is all fine and well in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl until you’re in the middle of a fight with some bandits, mutants, or other hostile creature and your weapon suddenly decides to break. Unfortunately, Stalker 2 features a rather brutal weapon degradation system that means you’ll want to keep a close eye on the condition of your favorite weapons....

January 14, 2026 · 4 min · 662 words · Ron Geiser

How To Upgrade Your Health In Red Dead Redemption 2

How to Upgrade Your Health in Red Dead Redemption 2 You unfortunately start out Red Dead Redemption 2 with a pretty meager amount of health for Arthur Morgan, and until you can upgrade the meter, life can be pretty tough. In this Red Dead Redemption 2 health guide , we’ll be walking you through how to do exactly that, teaching you how to upgrade your health in Red Dead Redemption 2 as easily as possible....

January 14, 2026 · 3 min · 522 words · Troy Bogdon

Hunterxhunter Nenximpact Finally Gets A Release Date, Launching On Pc And Consoles July 17

HunterxHunter NenxImpact finally gets a release date, launching on PC and consoles July 17 Pitou has also been announced as the game’s first DLC character. Image credit:Arc System Works HunterxHunter NenxImpact will be launching on July 17 on Steam, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. revealed during tonight’s Evo Awards show, it’ll also have post-launch DLC support through a seasonal character pass which will kick off with Pitou. She’ll be heading to the game in Winter 2025....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 221 words · William Jenkins

Huzzah! Pubg's Publisher Has Saved Tango Gameworks And Hi-fi Rush

Huzzah! PUBG’s publisher has saved Tango Gameworks and Hi-FI Rush - but The Evil Within and Ghostwire Tokyo are sticking with Microsoft The Tango team - expected to meet unemployment - have all had their jobs saved. Image credit:Tango Gameworks Finally some good news! Krafton Inc, the South Korean games company best known for its work on PUBG and The Callisto Protocol - has acquired Tango Gameworks and the award winning Hi-Fi Rush IP from Microsoft ahead of the studio’s closure....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 404 words · Terry Patterson

I Talked To Nvidia’s Ai Npc: It’s Impressive, Uncanny, An Ethical Nightmare, And Inevitably Here To Stay

I talked to Nvidia’s AI NPC: it’s impressive, uncanny, an ethical nightmare, and inevitably here to stay - like it or not Is this the beginning of the robot uprising, or just a weird little novelty that will tire itself out? A little of column A, a little of column B. Image credit:VG247/Nvidia Usually, when you go to see one of the big hardware powerhouses, the presentations are primarily focused around… well, you know - hardware....

January 14, 2026 · 8 min · 1587 words · Joesph Mullins

Is Blue Protocol’s Controversial Monetization System Really ‘fun And Fair’? We Ask Amazon Games

Image credit:VG247 / Amazon Games / Bandai Namco There’s no topic more controversial than monetization when it comes to the world of live service and MMOs. The lifeblood of the business model, each developer must walk a careful line between profitability and greediness. The perception of over-pricing can be damaging to the reputation of a game, and any whiff of pay-to-win can turn users hostile in a moment. For Blue Protocol , monetization concerns have been the first major controversy to mark the game in its run up to launch....

January 14, 2026 · 4 min · 688 words · Scott Taylor

It's Not Just Japan: Nc Soft, Nexon And Shift Up Down As Market Anxieties Rout The Games Industry

It’s not just Japan: NC Soft, Nexon and Shift Up down as market anxieties rout the games industry As markets opened in South Korea, the video game industry was hit. Hard. Image credit:Shift Up The South Korean stock market took a serious blow as markets opened this morning, and as the trading day came to a close - around an hour ago as of writing - it’s clear the video game industry hasn’t been spared from significant loss in stock value....

January 14, 2026 · 3 min · 447 words · Lynn House