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Elden Ring is a treasure trove when it comes to lore, as are most of FromSoftware's newer games. For years now, especially with the addition of the  Shadow of the Erdtree  DLC, players have crafted incredible theories, some of which require extensive video essay s to fully explore. Now, four years after the game came out, a new, unused cutscene has been discovered that shows Miquella, Malenia's brother, planting the massive Haligtree where the Tarnished fights the latter. It was dug out of the game's files by Lance McDonald, a YouTuber specializing in data mining, who presented the cutscene to us in full for the very first time. The cutscene was supposed to play after you gained a particular item from Gideon the All-Knowing, though there are missing files that prevent you from seeing it even if you do manage to break into this part of the game's cut content. However, McDonald somehow managed to reverse-engineer the thing and make it play the cutscene, which shows M...

I know I've been repeating this over and over again, but Crimson Desert really is a special game, not only because it has genuinely great gameplay and a breathtaking world. While that's awesome and all, I'm starting to truly appreciate its developers, Pearl Abyss, who have been issuing non-stop patches since the game came out two weeks ago. And one came out today , again. This time, the developers wanted to be as inclusive as possible, introducing ways for players to use old control schemes if they preferred them, while allowing everyone else to use those modernized and polished ones that they so desperately demanded. On top of that, there are countless quality-of-life improvements, bugfixes, and minor changes in the patch, as there have been in every patch since March 19. While the game launched to some controversy, its developers have been so punctual with updates that there is barely any bad blood between them and the players anymore. Even those in the broader gamin...

There's a unique way to become Jesus (not in the literal sense) in Crimson Desert with the help of Vaporwalker boots, as it allows you to walk over water. You can use these boots to tread across shallow water bodies, and they can also allow you to glide over deeper sections. Let's find out how you can get these boots in Pywel. Table of contents Vaporwalker boots in Crimson Desert How to get and use the Vaporwalker boots in Crimson Desert Vaporwalker boots in Crimson Desert Image via Pearl Abyss The Vaporwalker boots can be found inside a chest that's hidden in the Ancient Heart cave. You'll need to unlock the Pailune region. Then, you'll need to reach the Ancient Rift. Approach the cliff from the top and then drop down. Use your flight ability to glide towards a nearby waterfall (location marked on the image above). Drop on either bank near the midpoint of the waterfall since that's the entry point. Once you land on the entrance, you'll need...

I'm kind of on pins and needles about Zach Cregger's upcoming Resident Evil film reboot, but a bit less so by the day. I love Resident Evil. Cregger says he does too. Thankfully, I'm a fan of his work on recent popular horror movies like Weapons and Barbarian , but up until now I've been a little skeptical of what he's going to do with this specific IP after working so strongly on his own original ideas. Image via Instagram Will his brand of horror and humor mesh well with the franchise? Will it be faithful? Well, there is some good news. According to a report by World of Reel , a recent test screening for Cregger's Resident Evil went over very well. It's been described by those who attended as a fast-paced "horror version of Fury Road " 90-minute "all gas, no brakes" romp set within the world of the games, but without focusing on existing characters like Leon Kennedy or Jill Valentine. Instead, the new film's main charact...

After rumors cropped up suggesting PlayStation was moving away from PCs and back into the warm embrace of exclusivity, it appears the company is now actively retconning its webpages by omitting any mention of PC it can, instead promoting exclusive games and its own platform. As spotted by Game Observer , Sony seems to be refreshing its online presence, shifting from a lenient stance towards the PC platform to one that promotes exclusivity first and foremost. As that outlet says, PlayStation has removed mentions of defunct studios and apparently also scrubbed mentions of PC wherever it could. "The biggest change, however, is the removal of nearly all mentions of PC from the descriptions of PlayStation’s Studios. Only Nixxes Software, which focuses on PC ports, still includes the platform in its profile," Game Observer reports. User Zuby_Tech said on X that Sony, on top of moving away from PC, also began using more specific language targeting PlayStation exclusivity. XDEV...

AI is starting to cause real, tangible issues in the gaming industry now. On top of just making everything much more expensive, from RAM to SSDs to entire consoles and machines, it is now actively sabotaging online multiplayer titles by taking over crucial server infrastructure to use it, you've guessed it, for training and providing models to salivating corporations. This is exactly what happened to StarCraft's spiritual successor Stormgate , a free-to-play RTS made by the former's, well, former developers. As Delisted Games writes , Hathora, Frost Giant Studios' server provider, has been purchased by what developers only describe as an "AI company" that will be putting its servers out of reach for gaming. The devs wrote on their Discord that Hathora's new owners are "winding down their service at the end of April," which will render Stormgate temporarily offline. Frost Giant Studios has a contingency plan of sorts, as it will make the gam...

It appears that the Stop Killing Games initiative is finally causing real consequences for major video game publishers, as Ubisoft, the company that first caused this whole ordeal, is now facing a lawsuit from a consumer advocacy group over its shutdown of The Crew . As per Ross Scott, also known as Accursed Farms on YouTube, French consumer advocacy group UFC-Que Choisir is seeking legal action against Ubisoft, also based in France, due to its removal of access to The Crew on March 31, 2024. "UFC-Que Choisir believes that by brutally depriving players of all access to  The Crew , Ubisoft has violated essential consumer rights," the group said on its website (in a quote machine-translated from the original French). "It is unacceptable that Ubisoft considers, in its general conditions, that players only acquire a simple 'user license' for the game, which would then be revocable at any time by the publisher. The legality of all clauses limiting players' ...