How To Play Elden Ring Nightreign In Multiplayer

How to play Elden Ring Nightreign in multiplayer Cross-play, how to find your friends and form a trio, and how to take on the horrors of Limveld together. Here’s everything you need to know about Nightreign multiplayer. Image credit:Bandai Namco UPDATE: We have updated this page with some additional information about crossplay in Nightreign. While you can play Elden Ring Nightreign solo if you so wish, it’s definitely best enjoyed as part of a three-person team....

February 9, 2026 · 4 min · 765 words · Fredrick Postley

How To Unlock Fire Trailblazer In Honkai Star Rail

How to unlock Fire Trailblazer in Honkai Star Rail Here’s how to unlock the Fire Trailblazer character. Image credit:HoYoverse During your adventures aboard the Astral Express in Honkai: Star Rail you will meet dozens of characters that can join your party. But one of the most powerful characters available in the game is your very own Trailblazer. When you first start playing, the Trailblazer will have a Combat Type of Physical - which we’ve rated pretty badly on our Honkai Star Rail Tier List ....

February 9, 2026 · 3 min · 512 words · Susan Martinez

How To Use The Torch In Fallout: London

How to use the Torch in Fallout: London Here’s how to use the Torch in Fallout: London so you need not squint through the darkness. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda/Team FOLON Fallout: London , a fan-made mod for Fallout 4 that completely overhauls the game, is a huge feat. Of course, with any large project like this, there are going to be issues that the modders will slowly iron out over time, but there’s no denying the achievement that FOLON is....

February 9, 2026 · 3 min · 478 words · Henry Lopez

I Hope Kingdom Hearts 4 Finally Delivers What Final Fantasy Versus 13 Promised

I hope Kingdom Hearts 4 finally delivers what Final Fantasy Versus 13 promised It’s all about the potential. I still think about that one Final Fantasy Versus 13 trailer. You know the one, that first time Square Enix really showed off the supposed Final Fantasy 13 spin-off in full for the first time. The opening shot of a sleepy Noctis being driven into a modern day city, the blend of fantasy creatures and a contemporary environment that felt so fresh for a series that was more than two decades old....

February 9, 2026 · 5 min · 921 words · James Jackson

If You Can Put Balatro Down For Half A Second, The Lead Dev Behind It Has Recommended Some Other Stunning Indies With A Very Low

If you can put Balatro down for half a second, the lead dev behind it has recommended some other stunning indies with a very low-key awards ceremony of their own Their top spot is a “true masterpiece.” Image credit:Billy Basso Balatro is obviously one of the best games from 2024, and now the dev behind it has shared what they think are the top titles from last year. Taking the number one spot with LocalThunk’s own “very prestigious Golden Thunk award for Game of the Year 2024” is Animal Well , a metroidvania that definitely stands out on its own merit, though admittedly one you might know best as being the first game that that horse V-tuber or whatever he is Videogamedunkey published under his new company Bigmode....

February 9, 2026 · 2 min · 350 words · Mary Park

Interview: Lies Of P Developer Explains Why It's Bringing The Famously Italian Pinocchio All The Way To Paris

INTERVIEW: Lies of P developer explains why it’s bringing the famously Italian Pinocchio all the way to Paris In a year full of fantastic action from Hi-Fi Rush and Jedi Survivor, where does Lies of P stand? It’s a pretty wild year in the world of third-person action games, huh? Hi-Fi Rush popped out of nowhere and took the world by storm, while Star Wars Jedi: Survivor managed to capture the hearts of many due to slick combat in spite of sketchy performance issues....

February 9, 2026 · 5 min · 930 words · Sandra Boone

Is Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty Going To Be Better Than Both Witcher 3 Dlcs? It Better Be For This Price

Is Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty going to be better than both Witcher 3 DLCs? It better be for this price There’s been a surprising lack of news on Cyberpunk 2077’s upcoming Phantom Liberty DLC, but this one leak has fans talking. Phantom Liberty was always intended as a major expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 . It’s taken developer CD Projekt Red a long time to make (though in part because it spent months fixing the launch mess ), but it’s also looking like it’s going to be bigger than a typical DLC....

February 9, 2026 · 2 min · 385 words · Andrea Graves

Is Ps Vr2 The Last Time We'll Get A Mario 64 Moment?

Is PS VR2 the last time we’ll get a Mario 64 moment? Gaming tech hasn’t seen a revolution for a long time, but Sony’s latest hardware could be one. Tom’s a bit smitten with PS VR2 , but I, a Virtual Reality Sceptic, have my doubts. So Tom donned the headset in an attempt to convince me that yes, Sony’s newest VR platform is the real deal, and well worth the buy-in....

February 9, 2026 · 4 min · 850 words · David Lozano

Is Starfield's Most Famous House Va'ruun Member Worth Bringing With You To Start Shattered Space? Kinda, Unless You Run Into A Bug That Makes Her Lose Her Voice

Is Starfield’s most famous House Va’ruun member worth bringing with you to start Shattered Space? Kinda, unless you run into a bug that makes her lose her voice It’s ok, some people just find it a bit awkward running into folks they probably went to school with. Image credit:Bethesda Warning: Minor spoilers for the opening few missions of Starfield Shattered Space lie ahead. Starfield ’s Shattered Space DLC arrived yesterday, and there’s a good chance you’ve already started it, or binged it in one night if you’re nonplussed about sleep....

February 9, 2026 · 3 min · 431 words · Bruce Drury

James Cameron Keeps Teasing Avatar 3's Evil Na'vi Clan And 'brave Choices' And I Think My Boy Jake Sully Might Be Cooked

James Cameron keeps teasing Avatar 3’s evil Na’vi clan and ‘brave choices’ and I think my boy Jake Sully might be cooked The Wind Traders sound like chill people though. Image credit:20th Century Studios Though its release still feels like yesterday, Avatar: The Way of Water will be three years old this Christmas, which is when us Pandora lovers will be seated for Avatar: Fire and Ash . With less than 12 months to go now, more and more information is starting to pile up, and James Cameron insists that he’ll surprise us again with the threequel....

February 9, 2026 · 4 min · 726 words · Anna Powell

Lego Fortnite Players Are Going Full Tears Of The Kingdom With Their Creations

Lego Fortnite players are going full Tears of the Kingdom with their creations Why walk all the way to that mine when you can fly there? Image credit:Peruunaaa / Epic Games / LEGO LEGO Fortnite players are going wild for airships. After all, who’d want to climb a mountain or run for ages to a cave when you can just fly there? It seems that same spirit of creativity that ran amok among Zelda engineers in Tears of the Kingdom is having a second wind....

February 9, 2026 · 2 min · 346 words · Jewel Morris

Love And Deepspace Abyssal Chaos: How To Get All Of Rafayel's Endings In The Find Tobias Commission

Love and Deepspace Abyssal Chaos: How to get all of Rafayel’s endings in the Find Tobias commission How to make the correct choices to get each of Rafayel’s endings in “Find Tobias”. Image credit:Papergames / Infold Games In Love and Deepspace’s Abyssal Chaos endgame roguelike mode, you get to choose a companion to have his best cards temporarily boosted to Level 80 Awakened for the duration of the run. With one exception, you can have any companion join you for either deduction, and the game positively encourages you to try to see absolutely everything....

February 9, 2026 · 4 min · 849 words · Dale Seago

Lush X Super Mario Bros. Movie Power Up Block Almost Had Me Calling A Plumber

LUSH x Super Mario Bros. Movie Power Up Block almost had me calling a plumber It turns out that Luigi smells an awful lot like Play-Doh. I’m a pretty big fan of Nintendo’s best and brightest mascot, Mario. I’m also a pretty big fan of LUSH’s cosmetics and toiletries, and have been privy to the occasional bath bomb to make bathing a little more exciting than me writhing in my own dirt....

February 9, 2026 · 3 min · 638 words · Mildred Marchan

Man Jailed For Carrying Legend Of Zelda Master Sword Replica In Public, Prompting Suspicions That Ganondorf Runs The Warwickshire Fuzz

Man jailed for carrying Legend of Zelda Master Sword replica in public, prompting suspicions that Ganondorf runs the Warwickshire fuzz Seriously, though. Assuming this is all he did, four months in the slammer seems maybe a bit harsh. Image credit:Nintendo UPDATE (03/07/24, 17:28 PM BST): Anthony Bray appears to have a number of past offences , including burglary. Right, so, you’ve read the headline. A man has been arrested by Warwickshire police and sentenced to four months in jail after walking down a town centre street carrying a replica of the Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda....

February 9, 2026 · 3 min · 513 words · Lonnie Schmidt

Mario Kart Meets Forza In Mario Kart World, Coming Exclusively To The Nintendo Switch 2 Day One

Mario Kart meets Forza in Mario Kart World, coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch 2 day one Yes, that was Mario Kart 9 in the very first Switch 2 announcement video, and we’re going to be playing it very soon. Image credit:Nintendo Nintendo has today officially unveiled Mario Kart World , one of the games that will be launching right alongside the Switch 2. You may remember that the game was teased in the initial Switch 2 reveal back in January....

February 9, 2026 · 2 min · 302 words · Brandon Lamar

Marvel Rivals Hits A Fantastic 444,000 Peak Player Count On Steam Hours After Launch Despite So

Marvel Rivals hits a Fantastic 444,000 peak player count on Steam hours after launch despite so-so reviews A good initial performance, especially given the release time. When the Europeans get off work, we’ll likely see better. Image credit:Marvel/ Netease Marvel Rivals is out at last, and it looks as though the game is popping off already, hitting a fantastic 444,000 peak concurrent player count on Steam a few hours after its release last night....

February 9, 2026 · 2 min · 374 words · James Parker

Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite Is Finally Easy On The Eyes Thanks To A Lone Modder

Marvel vs Capcom Infinite is finally easy on the eyes thanks to a lone modder The game has been lambasted for its rough looks. That might end soon. Image credit:Capcom / Wystful Hopes One modder is taking on the gargantuan task of giving Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite a serious makeover. The 2017 Capcom fighter has long been dunked on for poor visuals, but with a bit of elbow grease, cell-shading, and some modeling work, we may be on the verge of a real transformation for MvC’s ugly duckling....

February 9, 2026 · 5 min · 933 words · John Wilusz

Minecraft Players Can Claim 500 Minecoins For Free To Spend On Skins, Maps, And More Through The Minecraft Marketplace And Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

Minecraft players can claim 500 Minecoins for free to spend on skins, maps, and more through the Minecraft Marketplace and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Go on a spending spree starting May 15 - unless your doctor says you’re not allowed. Image credit:VG247 / Microsoft Starting May 15, Minecraft players can claim 500 Minecoins to spend on the Minecraft Market place, for free. It’s all part of Minecraft’s 15th Anniversary celebration, and Mojang has something in the works for it as the studio has said to “watch out for upcoming announcements....

February 9, 2026 · 2 min · 321 words · Travis Howdeshell

Monopoly Go Cloud Cruisin Rewards

Monopoly Go Cloud Cruisin rewards How to unlock every reward in the latest Cloud Cruisin event. Image credit:VG247/Scopely Monopoly Go players looking for plenty of free rewards in the hit app can take part in the Cloud Cruisin’ event that’s running right now. The event, which Scopely has held before, launched on Monday 3 June 2024 and ends on Thursday 6 June 2024. Players who take part will be able to claim lots of freebies including sticker packs, cash and, of course, free dice ....

February 9, 2026 · 3 min · 432 words · Mary Lloyd

Monopoly Go Date Night Thrills Rewards

Monopoly Go Date Night Thrills rewards How to get all rewards from the Date Night Thrills event. Image credit:Scopely / VG247 Love is in the air and so are plenty of rewards in Monopoly Go , thanks to the new Date Night Thrills event. The Valentine’s Day event launched on Cupid’s big day itself, debuting on Friday 14th February 2025 and ending on Monday 17th February 2025. Lots of freebies are on offer including the currency needed to play the latest Partner Event which is called Sweet Partners , along with thousands of dice rolls and truckloads of in-game cash....

February 9, 2026 · 3 min · 552 words · Vickie Adcock