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What are Sonata Effects in Wuthering Waves, and how to use them Make the most of your Resonator’s Echoes by making use of their Sonata Effects. Image credit:VG247/Kuro Games Wuthering Waves boasts a lot of different systems to wrap your head around, as is the case with most new and upcoming gacha RPGs. Fortunately, the game provides plenty of tutorials to help you out with its mechanics, but there are a few features that can still be a tad confusing; Sonata Effects being one of them....

What are you playing this weekend? We’re pretty much sticking with the familiar this week. Huzzah! The weekend has arrived. Time to shrug off the workweek, relax, and do something fun. Games are something fun, and we play on firing up a few over the weekend. A couple of us are playing our favorite staples, one is still playing our 2022 GOTY, and the other is trying an upcoming release....

What are you playing this weekend? Take some time for yourself this weekend. October is here, which means it’s time to say goodbye to hot, hellish weather and hello to cooler temperatures that make us want to curl up on the couch with a fuzzy blanket wrapped around us, and a game controller in our hands. Well, unless you are a PC user, in that case, have a sweater handy....

What does Wanted Dead or Alive mean in Red Dead Redemption 2 If you’re wondering what Wanted Dead or Alive means, or how long it’ll last in Red Dead Redemption 2, this guide has you covered. In Rockstar’s exceptional western you make like Bon Jovi and play a cowboy, wanted dead or alive - steel horse not included. The crimes you commit can make areas of Red Dead Redemption 2 ’s huge map are hotter than others, and we’re not talking about the desert sun....

When is the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal coming? Some fans have turned to tarot readings for an answer, and I’m only 50% sure they must be joking It’s only natural to reach out to your friendly neighbourhood Mario-stic at this point. Image credit:Deconstructeam/Nintendo You know the Nintendo Switch 2 ? That small thing absoltely no one’s been speculating about and hungry for news on for a good while now? Well, some fans are now seemigly so desperate for any clues that might help them work out when a reveal is coming that they’re resorting to tarot readings....

Where to find Curtis’ Safe Key in Dead Island 2 What is living legend, Curtis Sinclair, hiding in his safe? After hearing some frantic cries for help from one of the many mansions across Dead Island 2 ’s take on Bel-Air, you will likely encounter Curtis Sinclair. He needs some help clearing his pad of zombies, and as resident zombie-slayer around here, you’ve no trouble helping him out. However, Curtis has an elusive safe in his grand, huge home, and Curtis’ safe key is nowhere to be found while completing the ‘Creature Comforts’ side quest....

Where to get Wing of Astel in Elden Ring Here’s where to get your hands on one of Elden Ring’s better weapons, the Wing of Astel. Image credit:VG247/FromSoftware Elden Ring has plenty of weapons to pick from, and while it isn’t the best in The Lands Between, the Wing of Astel is a curved sword that Dexterity or Intelligence players may want to seek out. Crafted from the wing of a Naturalborn, who you may or may not wind up meeting, this sword is rather versatile....

Where to take the Sentient Amulet in BG3 When you find a mysterious Sentient Amulet deep underground in Baldur’s Gate 3, you can bring it along for an interesting reward! Image credit:Larian/VG247 Outside of its sprawling main story, Baldur’s Gate 3 is home to a huge variety of side quests and smaller interactions. One of the most mysterious sees you bringing a Sentient Amulet with the spirit of a Monk inside back to see its lost family....

With Stranger Things almost wrapped up, Netflix taps its creators to exec produce a horror series about a wedding that goes very wrong Something very bad is going to happen, and that isn’t a spoiler, apparently. Image credit:Netflix Stranger Things is finally coming to a close soon, and Netflix already has a project lined up for the Duffer Brothers to executive produce. Right now, Stranger Things is filming its fifth and final season, which will wrap up an almost 10-year-long journey that really helped put Netflix on the map (not that it wasn’t already doing pretty well beforehand)....

With Street Fighter 5’s arcade version ‘sunsetting’, even arcade games aren’t safe from ‘always online’ BS SF5 Type Arcade’s online servers are being shut off, and the game will disappear from Japanese arcades. Nowhere is safe from the always-online nonsense. Image credit:VG247/PEAH Capcom and Taito have announced that Street Fighter 5: Type Arcade’s servers will shut down on April 1. That doesn’t seem like too big a deal, right? No more balance patches, over the air updates, or online play… that’s workable....

Xbox and Switch release date set for former PlayStation console exclusive The Pathless Go on a mythic adventure with an eagle by your side. Annapurna Interactive and Giant Squid Games have announced a release date for The Pathless on Switch and Xbox consoles. Previously a console exclusive on PlayStation, the game will release digitally for the aforementioned platforms on February 2. The Pathless - Switch and Xbox release date trailer...

Xbox has an embarrassing Square Enix problem And it’s not just that one publisher, either – there’s still a big issue Xbox needs to address, Activision Blizzard takeover or not. Xbox , to hear Microsoft tell it, is losing. This has been the crux of its argument to persuade the world’s regulatory bodies to approve its acquisition of Activision Blizzard , something which would bring the likes of Call of Duty , World of Warcraft , and perhaps most pointedly King ’s suite of mobile games, including Candy Crush , under the Xbox banner....

Xbox players can now play Stray, one of PlayStation’s best games of 2022 Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur. Xbox users rejoice! Stray is now available for both Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Announced for Xbox back in June and released yesterday, the game is definitely one you will want to play, in VG247’s humble opinion , and don’t just take our word for it: many players out there enjoyed it as well....

Xbox thinks Game Pass can make up for lost sales of Starfield and Indiana Jones on PlayStation Game Pass to the rescue? Image credit:Machine Games/ Bethesda Microsoft feels that Game Pass can make up for sales the company will lose for not having Indiana Jones and Starfield on PlayStation. According to court documents filed by the FTC in its bid to stop Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the government body cited testimony from Microsoft Gaming CFO Tim Stuart (thanks, IGN )....

Yoko Taro and other NieR devs tease new project that “might be NieR, it might not be NieR” It’s probably not NieR, but it could maybe be NieR. We’ll probably learn NieR to release. Image credit:Square Enix Ok. So, Yoko Taro and a couple of the other key people behind the NieR games have cheekily teased a new project that they’re working on together, very much leaving it up in the air as to whether the thing is related to NieR or not....

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Stamp Rally locations Here’s where to find all 25 Stamp Rally locations throughout Hyrule in Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom! Image credit:Nintendo/VG247 Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom brings the Japanese tradition of Stamp Rally to Hyrule, with 25 hidden Stamp Rally Stations to visit throughout the Kingdom. In real-world Japan, you can find special stamp machines at Shinkansen Bullet Train stations, underground stops, temples and tourist attractions, which you can use to mark a notepad or scrapbook as a memento of your visit....

Zenless Zone Zero might be coming to a city near you! The game is headed to various major cities across the world, though what you’ll actually get for attending remains unclear. HoYoVerse has announced that Zenless Zone Zero will be popping up in various cities across the world in the days following the game’s launch on July 4. There are 15 cities listed in total, though exact locations for some have yet to be locked in....

“Nothing justifies hating on people for how they wrote their game” - Life is Strange’s co-creator on certain fans’ response to Double Exposure “Creation is hard and very subjective and if [Double Exposure’s] story does not please you, it does not erase what you imagined.” Image credit:Deck Nine / Square Enix Michel Koch, the co-creator of Life is Strange and Don’t Nod creative director, has shared his thoughts on certain fans’ reactions to Double Exposure....

“I want to add a different twist” Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 will rethink how it implements mini-games, says director Naoki Hamaguchi The as-yet-untitled Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth sequel is going to change things up a bit, as Hamaguchi vows to “rearrange things slightly”. Image credit:VG247 There sure were a lot of mini-games in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth , huh? By my count, there are 21 different activities you can experience as Cloud and his company venture out from Kalm and across the planet....

100 Waves Later codes for February 2026 Stock up on Scrap with these codes. Image credit:banjo boiler room 100 Waves Later is a Roblox survival game that’s set in a zombie apocalypse. Whether you team up with friends or play solo, as you take out zombies through waves that get progressively more challenging, you’ll earn various upgrades as well as Scrap that you can spend to stock up on better weapons....