Assassin's Creed Jade's Setting on the Timeline Explained

Summary TheAssassin’s Creedfranchise has taken players to historical settings all over the globe since the franchise debuted back in 2007. The series has explored pivotal historical moments in beautiful locales all over Europe, the Middle East, and The Americas. But for the first time in franchise history, a fully open-world game will be set in Ancient China, with China only seen before in a side-scrollingAssassin’s Creed Chroniclesgame.Assassin’s Creed Jadeis innovative in many ways, but still places itself in the long-establishedAssassin’s Creedtimeline....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 560 words · Bryan Chandler

Atlus Has Bad News for Xbox Game Pass Subscribers

Summary Xbox Game Pass users whov’e been hoping for Atlus’Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeanceto land on the subscription upon its June 14 release may be disappointed. Recent years have seen Sega and Atlus finally bring key titles of its much belovedPersonafranchise to Xbox and Game Pass after a long history of PlayStation exclusivity. Renown titles likePersona 4 Golden,Persona 5 Royal, andPersona 3 Portablealong with its all-newReloadremake, have all hit Game Pass....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 575 words · Daniel Thompson

Borderlands 3 Details New Amara and Fl4k Skill Trees

Borderlands 3recently saw the announcement ofa second season of DLC content, with the arrival of a Designer’s Cut and Director’s Cut also confirmed. While the latter is not coming until 2021, the Designer’s Cut is right around the corner and will be bringing a new game mode and skill trees to the game on November 10. Numerous details have been revealed regarding the skill trees for Fl4k and Amara via a special early look from GameSpot....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Morgan Miller

Dark and Darker: Rogue Class Build & Guide

Dark and Darker’sRogue is one of the more ‘high risk, high reward’ class choices in this dungeon-crawling battle royale-esque game. In the right hands, a Rogue is absolutely terrifying to be surprised by or can loot and escape the dungeon in record time. RELATED:The Hardest Turn-Based RPGs Ever Made, Ranked But, if played incorrectly or in the hands of a beginner,Dark and Darker’sRogue can be killed in a single hit (in some circumstances)....

July 17, 2025 · 4 min · 645 words · Kimberly Graham

Destiny 2 Makes Great Change to Champion Mods in Beyond Light

The wait forBeyond Lightwill soon be over withDestiny 2players will finally stepping into the Darkness for the first time and wieldingthe first dark element, Stasis. While the new Stasis subclasses will shift the playground substantially, Bungie unveiled in a recent article that Anti-Champion mods will now go on armor pieces instead of weapons. Champions were a new type of enemy introduced inDestiny 2: Shadowkeep. They are a form of elite combatant and require special mods to be countered....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Joanna Love

Destroy All Neighbors Clip Shows Hilarious Horror-Comedy Approach [EXCLUSIVE]

Summary Game Rant can exclusively reveal a clip fromDestroy All Neighbors, a horror-comedy film that releases January 12 on Shudder. The movie is directed by lifelong cult-horror nerd Josh Forbes and features Alex Winter (Bill & Tedseries), Jonah Ray Rodrigues (Mystery Science Theater 3000), Kiran Deol (Sunnyside), Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), andKumail Nanjiani(Eternals). Destroy All Neighborsfollows William, a struggling progressive-rock musician who just can’t seem to finish his masterpiece album, which is made only more difficult by the arrival of an incredibly inconsiderate neighbor, Vlad....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Michele Benton

Diablo 4: Endgame Bone Spear Necromancer Build

Quick Links Bone Spearis one of the most iconicNecromancerskills, and it makes a triumphant return inDiablo 4with a few new tricks up its sleeve. It’s capable of high single-target and AOE damage, but getting the most out of it will require a lot of investment from players. Those who are looking for a fast and reliable Core Skill that boasts some of the best damage in the game will have a lot to look forward to in this build....

July 17, 2025 · 5 min · 950 words · Angela Robinson

Elden Ring Player Sees New Enemy Attack After 300 Hours of Playtime

FromSoftware’sElden Ringis a sprawling open world epic that is filled to the brim with hordes of deadly enemies. The enemy variety inElden Ringhas earned plenty of praise since the game’s release, with each major location offering new creatures for players to take on. Considering the sheer number of enemies that exist in the game, it’s no surprise that someElden Ringplayers aren’t even aware of all the attacks they have at their disposal....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 445 words · Alexis Sanchez

Every Game Of Thrones House Missing From House Of The Dragon

Summary House of the Dragonis a prequel toGame of Thronesand covers events approximately 200 years before the original. The realm in the latter experiences major changes, such as political upheavals, rebellions, a new ruling House on the Iron Throne, the rise of Noble Houses, and the lapse of Great, to name a few. It should be noted that the focus of the two HBO shows is entirely different, in that,House of the Dragoncovers kin warfare, and Targaryen rule in the Seven Kingdoms, whileGame of Thronescovers events after the Targaryens have been ousted and the realm is fractured between Noble families who wage a war against each other, and in the end unite to face the threat arising from the North....

July 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1118 words · Brandon Duncan

Feeling Burned Out? Watch These Feel-Good Movies

Let’s call a spade a spade: 2020 hasn’t been easy for anyone. Coronavirus? The murder of George Floyd? The election?Every good film and videogame getting delayed? It’s enough to make even the most resilient soul feel burned out. And, because the universe has a cruel sense of humour, it’s the time of year when Seasonal Affective Disorder rears its ugly head and makes everyone feel even worse. And films can never be a cure for that – but they can be an escape....

July 17, 2025 · 4 min · 694 words · Joshua Pacheco

Final Fantasy Creator Hironobu Sakaguchi Beats FF14

At the end of September, Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of theFinal Fantasyseries, began his adventures inFinal Fantasy 14. On Halloween, just over a month later, Sakaguchi has blazed a path through the main scenario ofFinal Fantasy 14and its three expansion packs, catching up just in time forEndwalker’srelease in a few weeks. Sakaguchi, who worked for Square before it became Square Enix, was one of the main figures behind everyFinal Fantasygame until he left the company in 2003, from the 1987 original all the way throughFinal Fantasy 10-2, including spinoff titles likeFinal Fantasy Tactics....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · James Turner

Fortnite Delays Highly Anticipated Feature

Summary Fortnite’s upcoming Proximity Chat feature, which was scheduled to go live in June, has now been delayed by a few months.Fortnitehas several game modes: Save the World, Battle Royale, Creative, Fortnite Festival,LEGO Fortnite, and Rocket Racing. Each game mode is completely different and gives players an experience unlike any of the others. For example, those who preferGuitar Hero-like games will certainly have fun playing Fortnite Festival, and gamers who prefer the Survival genre and cozy games will most likely stick toLEGO Fortnite....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Devin Wells

Genshin Impact Fan Creates Impressive Sumeru Lumine Skin Concept

AGenshin Impactfan has created an impressive Sumeru-themed skin for Lumine, one of the two main characters. At the start of each playthrough, players are allowed to choose between Aether and Lumine to become Traveler whose main quest is to find the other sibling. The recently added Sumeru region has revolutionized the exploration experience, which is one ofGenshin Impact’s main assets. Every region in the game is inspired by a real-life location and the Dendro nation is apparently based on Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Northern African cultures....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Annette Smith