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Helldivers 2 boss Pilestedt steps aside as CEO in order to focus more on helping develop the game and its community “It’s not only right for me, but it’s also right for the organisation.” Image credit:Arrowhead Since Helldivers 2 took the world by storm, Johan Pilestedt has become a household name, with the Arrowhead CEO’s hands-on nature in terms of sharing updates on the game and openly interacting with its players having endeared him to a lot of Super Earth soldiers....

Helldivers 2’s Meridia black hole looks close to hitting the first planet between it and Super Earth, provided the community’s latest meme hero can’t work some magic We’re all looking at you in the face of this Illuminate mucking about, DickBallsley. Image credit:Arrowhead You know how how Helldivers 2 ’s Meridia black hole has been doing a thing recently ? Well, it’s looking like it’s close to running into the first planet that’s standing in the way of its dark energy-powered path towards Super Earth....

Helldivers 2’s community is at risk of fracturing over a plan to forgo current objectives in favour of potentially disastrous meme-fueled assault Trying to take back Malevelon Creek might not be a good idea right now, regardless of the jokes. Image credit:VG247/Arrowhead Remember Malevelon Creek? Well, if you weren’t there, man, it’s a planet that Helldivers 2 players tragically lost following some fighting so intense it spawned a litany of memes ....

Here’s the games you can expect on day one with Xbox Game Pass Core There will be 36 games available to kick things off tomorrow. Microsoft has announced additional games will be available when Xbox Game Pass Core launches tomorrow, September 14. As announced in July , Xbox Live Gold is becoming Xbox Game Pass Core, and it will continue to provide players access to the Xbox multiplayer network for $10 per month or $60 per year, which is the same price Gold is currently....

Hideo Kojima stays true to his brand, says he wants to make a game you can play in space The heart wants what the heart wants. It seems like it might be impossible for Hideo Kojima to be anything but himself, as he recently expressed wanting to make a game you can play in space. Now, I know what you’re thinking. Yes, you technically can play any game in space (if they can run all that complicated tech up there surely they can get a Nintendo Switch to work too)....

Honkai Star Rail Huohuo materials list for ascension and Traces Fuel your fear Getting your Honkai: Star Rail Huohuo materials means spending plenty of time on the Luofu and at the higher levels of Herta’s Simulated Universe. Huohuo’s main trace material is common to most Xianzhou characters, which makes planning a bit tough. However, she shares her stagnant shadow drop with just one other fighter, at least in the version 1....

Hound the alarm! A dog is going to speedrun at AGDQ 2024 A not-so-impawsible speedrun? Image credit:VG247/JSR_ Awesome Games Done Quick is of course coming back with some more great sounding speedruns for 2024, but obviously the one you’ll care most about is the one with the dog. Every year, twice a year, we’re treated to some of the best speedruns around at Games Done Quick, all in the name of charity....

How do you complete “The Weight of Chains” in God of War Ragnarok? Explore the depths of the Bay of Bounty. If you’ve just jumped into God of War Ragnarok for the first time now that it’s been released on PC, you’ll doubtless be keen to have a good look around the Bay of Bounty. This beautiful and mysterious place is the first open exploration area in the game, and it also features one of Ragnarok’s most memorable side quests: The Weight of Chains ....

How to access the Honkai Star Rail interactive map in-game Check out this official Honkai Star Rail interactive map, straight from HoYoverse! Image credit:HoYoverse After a massive pre-registration period, Honkai: Star Rail has brought spectacular turn-based battles and its cast of collectible characters to iOS, Android and PC. But alongside one of their biggest launches ever, HoYoverse has dropped an official Honkai Star Rail interactive map tool , with pins detailing the important locations across the universe....

How to beat Petank in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Here’s how to start a battle with – and beat – Petank in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Image credit:Kepler Interactive/VG247 If you’re here, it’s highly likely that you’ve run into a strange, metal creature known as a Petank . These enemies aren’t the most threatening, but they can be quite troublesome to fight given that they will flee after a set amount of turns....

How to beat Sentient Pest in Elden Ring Nightreign Here’s how to beat Gnoster, Wisdom of Night in Nightreign, including the monstrous Sentient Pest’s weaknesses, attacks, and counters. Image credit:FromSoftware | VG 24/7 Elden Ring Nightreign ’s Sentient Pest Gnoster boss is a surprise challenge if you’re not prepared. The two-part boss makes finding an opening for attack rather difficult, and the wrong party combinations make this battle longer and more grueling than it needs to be....

How to cure Lab Rat in Fallout: London Curing Lab Rat means finding a peculiar piece of machinery in Fallout: London. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda/Team FOLON Fallout: London is a wasteland; one that’s full of danger and precarious situations. But as you pop out into post-apocalyptic London, you arrive with a bang after your train crashes off its rails somewhere near Greenwich. The crash takes its toll, of course, leaving you with the Railway Spine and Lab Rat afflictions to cure....

How to find and destroy Harvester Orbs in MW3 Zombies Harvester Orbs are an easy way to get a quick upgrade. Image credit:Activision In Modern Warfare 3 Zombies, players have a whole bunch of story missions to complete for XP and other rewards. One such mission during Act 2 of MWZ, Reaper, will task players with finding and destroying Harvester Orbs in Urzikstan. Harvester Orbs are something you’ll no doubt have seen before, and are also probably something you’ve run past, not necessarily knowing what their purpose is....

How to get a horse in My Time at Sandrock Yee Haw How to get a horse in My Time at Sandrock is a two-part process. You can get a temporary horse shortly after arriving in Sandrock, but if you want a horsey friend to call your own, you’ll need to wait a little while. Like in most farm-sims, having a horse makes life significantly more convenient whether they’re yours or rented, since they get you around faster....

How to get a shovel in LEGO Fortnite If you want soil, you’ll need to do some digging for it. Image credit:Epic Games/VG247 LEGO Fortnite is the latest game mode to take Epic Games’ battle royale by storm. As a survival-crafting game, you’ll find it bears plenty of similarities to Minecraft as you attempt to forge your own town and convince folk to move in. As such, you’ll need plenty of tools to help you get started, and one tool that can come in use for players with green thumbs is the shovel ....

How to get to Cerulean Coast island in ER Shadow of the Erdtree Wandering how to cross the ocean and access the Southern Nameless Mausoleum? Here’s how. Image credit:VG247/FromSoftware Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree boasts plenty of hidden paths and routes from place to place, and plenty of neat, small, obscured dungeons or areas for keen Tarnished to seek out. One of these is situated on a small island that is south of the Cerulean Coast, but how exactly do you cross the water and get there?...

How to increase power output in Arknights Endfield And what to do with thermal banks Image credit:Hypergryph | VG247 How to increase your power output in Arknights Endfield is something you’ll have to contend with pretty quickly after finishing Paving the Way. Once you start expanding your main factory, you run up against that initial 200 power limit very fast. There’s one solution to that problem, and it has two components – an effective-enough early game method and a much more effective (and lucrative) one you’ll unlock later....

How to invite friends in LEGO Fortnite Whether you’re looking to play host or join a friend in their game, here’s how to party up in LEGO Fortnite multiplayer. Image credit:Epic Games LEGO Fortnite may be a survival game mode that’s quite different from the battle royale we know and love, but just like more familiar forms of Fortnite, it’s better with friends. Worlds in LEGO Fortnite can accommodate up to eight players, and as with other Fortnite modes, you can buddy up with pals on all platforms for some multiplayer mayhem....

How to rest Pals in Palworld Here’s how to ensure your Pals get some much-needed rest. Image credit:Pocketpair Palworld is blasting onto the monster-collecting scene, blending those mechanics with the survival-crafting genre to bring you a game in which you can start your own capitalist empire with Pals as your gun-wielding, hard-working employees. It’s definitely a bit of a fever dream of a game, but it is real, and those Pals of yours can die if you aren’t careful....

How to run the Red Mile in Starfield There are some real standout missions in Starfield – and one of them is ‘Takeshi’s Castle in space’, Red Mile. What’s the point of existing in the government-free frontiers of the galaxy if you can’t host glamorous, immoral gauntlets of death for feckless space iditos that want to make a quick buck? That’s the question Bethesda dares to ask with the Starfield Red Mile – a small casino-like outpost in the Porrima system that is an exclusive members-only affair....