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● Iconic Narrator Of Dark Souls 1 and 3 Has Passed Away
Pik-Sen Lim, the narrator of the opening cinematics for Dark Souls and Dark Souls III, has passed away. Known for her appearances in British television series in addition to her role in Dark Souls, she was 80 years old.Lim's role as the Dark Souls narrator is iconic in the gaming community. With an ethereal and ominous intonation, Lim introduced players to the enigmatic Dark Souls lore and set the tone for the creepiness of the game's universe. Check out the opening cinematic for Dark Souls III in the embed below.While American audiences likely most associate Lim with Dark Souls, she...
Published: June 16, 2025 - 5:51 pm
Video● Towa And The Guardians Of The Sacred Tree Is A Whimsical Roguelite Bursting With Personality
When I heard I'd only be getting 15 minutes to try Bandai Namco's newly announced roguelite Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree, I was slightly perturbed. Fifteen minutes, after all, isn't a lot of time to fully evaluate a game, especially at an event with demos scattered in every direction.Some genres, however, are able to show off their best attributes in a short amount of time, and as I've now learned, roguelites are chief among them. In just a quarter of an hour, Towa and her guardian pals made quite an impression on me, and I left that...
Published: June 16, 2025 - 5:26 pm
Video● Red Dead Actor's Next Role Is Totally Unexpected
Roger Clark, who voiced Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption II, has revealed his newest project--and it's out soon. It's not another western, but instead a game about cats.Clark is lending his voice to Ultra Mega Cats, a PvE co-op shooter "where badass cats battle waves of enemies in explosive arenas." Clark is voicing the feline Clint, and he described his work on the game as "another wild ride in the gaming world." Clint is a cowboy cat who dual-wields pistols, so while this role is unexpected and very different, it does harken back to Clark's most famous role in...
Published: June 16, 2025 - 5:20 pm
● Shadow Cloud-Gaming Service Launches New High-End Neo Cloud PC Today
The cloud-gaming service Shadow, which provides cloud computational resources for gamers as well as professionals, has launched a new high-end machine. Called Neo, this new machine runs the equivalent of an Nvidia 4060 GPU and is a free upgrade for users who already subscribe to Shadow's high-end service.The company states that this new cloud PC will facilitate "up to 150%" more performance in gaming-related tasks, alongside a 200% boost in "pro software" performance. Its new components enable more options for gamers, such as improved DLSS and ray tracing. In addition to the new GPU, the Neo PC has a CPU...
Published: June 16, 2025 - 5:14 pm
● This Seemingly Abandoned 2023 Shooter Is Getting A New Update
Two years ago, BattleBit Remastered caught on after its early-access release and it was briefly one of the most popular shooters online. BattleBit's player count had dramatically dropped since 2023 and the game was seemingly abandoned. Now, however, it appears the game could find a new lease on life with a forthcoming update.A very short teaser for BattleBit Remastered's Operation Overhaul has been shared by the game's publisher and co-developer, SgtOkiDoki. There's not much to go in the clips, but it's the first sign of life that BattleBit has had in 18 months.SgtOkiDoki and fellow indie developers Vilaskis and TheLiquidHorse...
Published: June 16, 2025 - 4:56 pm
● This Roblox Mode Just Passed Fortnite's Concurrent-Player Record
Fortnite has lost its crown. Grow a Garden, the breakout game on Roblox, has broken the concurrent-player-count record. It broke over 16 million CCUs (concurrent users) over the weekend, beating out Fortnite by nearly two million. The battle royale held the previous record of 14.3 million.Grow a Garden is an idle video game where a garden changes between sessions. Released in March, it has players plant crops and flowers and design their own garden. The plants will grow when they are offline, making for a nice surprise when they log back on."Grow a Garden has more players than New Zealand...
Published: June 16, 2025 - 4:42 pm
● Amazon Carries Nintendo Games Again, Including New Switch 2 Exclusives
Nintendo's new and upcoming Switch 2 games are now available to buy from Amazon for the first time. Store pages for Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario Kart World, and more Nintendo-published exclusives were quietly added to Amazon's US storefront over the weekend. Amazon's Nintendo store page remains out of date, but the game listings signal the end of a more than year-long disagreement that resulted in Amazon removing all first-party Nintendo games and hardware from its inventory.Nintendo Switch 2 Games at AmazonMario Kart World -- $80The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- $70The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the...
Published: June 16, 2025 - 3:55 pm
● Nexus Mods Changing Owners After Two Decades But Will Remain "Community-First," Founder Says
Nexus Mods, PC gaming's premier destination for mods, is changing hands after almost 24 years. Site founder Robin Scott, aka DarkOne, announced the change in ownership but didn't make clear who the new owners are.In a post on Nexus Mods, Scott doesn't explicitly state who the site's new owners are, only that it took many months of meetings and face-to-face talks to find a new owner that would "respect the myriad intricacies of both Nexus Mods as a business and the wider modding community." The new owners are focused on "long-term stability, not changing the values or direction of the...
Published: June 16, 2025 - 3:52 pm
● Borderlands 4 Post-Launch Plans Include New Vault Hunters, But They Won't Be Free
Borderlands 4 developer Gearbox has outlined its post-launch plans for the game, which include new Vault Hunters. These new additions to the roster won't be free, however, as they'll be added to the game through the $130 Super Deluxe Edition. Gearbox has not yet revealed if they'll be available as standalone purchases, but it's likely that the new Story Packs or an upgrade can be purchased for the Standard or Deluxe Edition of Borderlands 4.In addition to the new Story Packs adding more Vault Hunters, these will also throw in an entirely new region of Kairos with extended narrative content,...
Published: June 16, 2025 - 3:14 pm
● Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dev Exploring More Localization Options, New Content
Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been one of 2025's most intriguing success stories, with more than 3.3 million copies sold to date. Thus far, Sandfall's Clair Obscur updates have been focused on bug fixes and quality-of-life adjustments, but the dev team also wants players to know that it's considering adding "a wide range of future improvements" including "new content."In a message shared on Blusky, Sandfall writes that it is "actively assessing" what to put in the game next, including expanded localization and accessibility features. The developer didn't specify what it meant by "new content," but that could potentially...
Published: June 16, 2025 - 3:03 pm