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The voice behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Gustave has finally played the award-winning game almost a year after it launched. It's hard to fault him, though. He's been quite busy defending Hell's Kitchen from Kingpin as Matt Murdock/Daredevil in Disney Plus's Daredevil: Born Again series. But actor Charlie Cox said today that he's finally picked up the sticks to try out Destructoid's 2025 game of the year (and basically everyone else's, too). Image via Sandfall Interactive "I'm not very good, because obviously, it's a skill set, but I've played it," he said in a new interview with GamesRadar at the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards today, where Expedition 33 will likely add even more awards and accolades to its resume. Cox admits he's not the biggest gamer, and he famously said last year that he knew very little about the project after finishing up his work in a short time. But now, he's at least began the journey, al...

Windrose has different ways for you to gain resources and rewards, and Faction Reputation Points will help you to get some of them by completing various tasks. You'll be introduced to four different factions as you progress along the main campaign. Getting Faction Reputation Points will help you to improve your standing with them and get more rewards. Let's find out how to obtain these points. Table of contents How to earn Faction Reputation Points in Windrose How do you get a Letter of Favor in Windrose How do you get Insignias in Windrose How to earn Faction Reputation Points in Windrose Before you can earn Reputation Points, you'll need to unlock factions. You have a relationship with every faction, and you begin at level one. As of writing in early access, the upper limit is four for every faction. To earn these points, you'll need to hand over special items to Bounty Agents. You'll find an agent associated with each of the four factions. You...

ARC Raiders is getting a third Expedition, again giving players the option to hop on board and leave Speranza for good. It's the game's version of a wipe, which, instead of resetting the entire player base, allows particularly dedicated players to do it off their own accord. While Expeditions have generally been a reward system for dedicated players who want to go back to square one but with extra perks, it seems to have turned into a sort of FOMO system where players have a very tight schedule to follow lest they lose the right to participate in the expedition itself. On top of completing the caravan necessary to participate in the Expedition, players will only have five days to sign up for it and complete relevant challenges between April 28 and May 4. Failing to do so means missing out on Skill Points at the least since you'll be "forced" to sign up if you had a completed caravan prior to the departure window without completing challenges and receiving no ...

Cats have been the most popular pet ever since the Egyptian gods of old put them here many thousands of years ago. Naturally, people also like games about cats, or games where we get to pet cats, so let's look at the best of the bunch. Crimson Desert is a cat dad simulator Image via Pearl Abyss Crimson Desert is one of the most mechanically rich video games in existence. You can do everything here, which can, understandably, overwhelm some. Crimson Desert 's complexity caused it to enter Steam with a mixed reception, but it quickly grew in players' hearts, and one of the many reasons for its comeback was its cat mechanics. Wanna pet a cat? That's easy mode. What about holding a cat? You can carry a kitty no problem, hell, you can even "dual-wield" cats. You can even ignore the main quest to find the many different cats in the game, Pokémon-style, and you'll have a blast because you'll get to equip them with armor! Others have said that Crimso...

Mouse P.I. For Hire is out on PC and consoles, and it's off to a good start as far as Steam numbers are concerned. The game's performance in the early hours has been pretty smooth, but if you're on PC, you can improve it further by tweaking the in-game settings. Best Mouse P.I. For Hire graphics Before I deep dive into the settings, here's my current setup. NVIDIA RTX 3060 12 GB RAM DDR5 16 GB AMD Ryzen 5600G Here are the current settings I am using on my system. Resolution: 1920x1080 (personal preference) Window Mode: Personal preference Field of View: 100 Frame Rate Limit: 72 VSync: Off Render Scale: 1 Anti-aliasing: DLSS4 DLSS4: Balanced Graphics Preset: Custom Volumetric Lights Quality: Medium HLOD: Low Effects Quality: Medium Texture Quality: Medium Shadow Quality: Low Rim Lights: Off Anisotropic Filtering: Low Ambient Occlusion: SSAO Depth of Field: On Film Grain Effect: You can keep this on. I put it to 0 because I didn't like i...

The rumor mill is swirling loudly and quickly that a new God of War game is set to be announced very soon, on top of the already-confirmed God of War Trilogy remake of Kratos's Greek saga. More info about a supposed mainline sequel from director Cory Barlog has been trickling in of late, and the latest news points to a myriad of regional mythologies taking center stage as opposed to just one main one like previous games. Screenshot by Destructoid According to a report by MP1st , the next God of War game will feature Mayan, Chinese, and Japanese mythologies as part of an adventure starring playable characters Faye (Kratos's wife and Atreus's mother) and Tyr (the Norse god of war). Faye, played by Daredevil: Born Again actress Deborah Ann Woll in God of War: Ragnarok , will wield a talking sword and have a "gelatinous cube" as a companion, according to the reports. Needless to say, if true, it may be a big departure from the series' roots with Kratos...

Destiny 2 finally got some long-anticipated new content with the release of Iron Banner, which brought Micromort as a bonus addition. This Arc-aligned rocket launcher is one of the few weapons in its class adapted to the tier system, so with some luck, you can get it with triple perks. Meta rocket launchers usually stick close to a tried-and-true formula—and good news, that's exactly what a god-rolled Micromort provides. It also has an enviable amount of elemental synergy, though on arguably the least favorable weapon type for them. While Micromort's Precision Frame deals less damage than its competitors (to offset its built-in tracking), the best options available are pretty strong in their own right, making it a comfortable rocket launcher to use in the absence of strong competitors like Hezen Vengeance. Here are our Micromort PvE god rolls in Destiny 2 , based on perk data from light.gg . Micromort PvE god rolls in Destiny 2 The non-Holofoil isn't as impressive. ...