Both new legendary servers are 64-bit, which the game’s executive producer Severlin has saidin a recent preview streamwill help reduce lag. In addition, the Mordor server will be EU-based, which is certainly a surprise given that the game hasn’t had a European server for years. The Veil of the Nine The challenge level of LOTRO’s Angmar and Mordor servers won’t be for the faint of heart. From level 15 onwards, lesser wraiths will spawn randomly on the landscape and attack you....

I have defeated countless bosses in my time as a gamer. Big ones, small ones, ones with no eyes and giant tongues that they use as weapons. There are some truly unique and surprising bosses out there, waiting to be discovered. However, it seems that for every truly fresh and exciting boss, there is a boss that has been seen and slain a dozen times already. This is the spotter’s guide to videogame bosses, a trawl through the archetypes and tropes that make up a wide variety of the bosses out there....

‘At this point, it’s less of a game and more of a program’ “If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you pressed your buttons perfectly — if you pressed them a little bit earlier, a little bit later, or if you had perfect timing, perfect reactions, and you knew exactly what was going to happen — that’s basically what a tool-assisted speedrun is.” The early highlight out of livestream marathonAwesome Games Done Quick 2015has got to be TASBot, our new overlord....

There’s a lot that comes to mind when thinking of Nintendo, from the Switch being a solid handheld console option for relaxation to hype over the Switch 2 and its games. Seeing errors and server outages is unexpected, but no company or service is 100 percent safe from the possibility. Table of contents Are Nintendo servers down? At the time of writing, Nintendo is experiencing outages in its eShop, Switch Online services, and Nintendo Network, as well as several of its games, includingSuper Smash Bros....

So, the next game in the (totally amazing)Bit.Tripseries officially has a name now. It’s calledBit.Trip RUNNER, which has my narcissism-sense tingling like crazy. You see, I worked on a game calledRunner, and the creator of the Bit.Trip seriesreviewed the gamefor this very site. To think that our game may have influenced him in any way has my heart all a flutter. Even more flutter-inducing is this tiny bundle of insider info-Bit....

[Editor’s note: Rio McCarthy is amazing!!! She remade the cake boss from the greatest game ever and it looks delicious. I want to pull a Booster and eat it in one giant bite! — CTZ] Ever sinceSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Starscame out many moons ago, it has been my absolute favorite game of all time, as well as the game I most frequently replay. I try to make it a habit to at least beat the game once a year and it always delights me every time....

And yes, Below is still coming along Fans of Capybara Games have been patiently waiting forBelow, the studio’s mysterious cavern-exploring action-adventure roguelike, for years. It’s still coming, though! And co-founder Nathan Vella tells Engadget that Capy expects to announce two new game projects around August. “The big studio focus is shippingBelow, but we also have a couple other titles,” he said. “We’re super interested in getting on all kinds of platforms, like we’ve always been really big into doing stuff on everywhere....

Cuddly Capitalists If you ever wanted a little Isabelle for your very own, you’re finally in luck. Pre-orders are now open on a new range of plush toys based on the cheerful characters from its blockbuster Switch releaseAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. Created by soft toy manufacturer San-ei Boeki, the first run of dolls includes the hard workin’, hard drinkin’ Isabelle, all-round monster Tom Nook, and Timmy and Tommy, to whom I’m fairly indifferent....

When I was a kid, comic book conventions were a place to findcomic books. If you wanted videogames, you’d have to go to Toys ‘R Us and yank one of those little pieces of paper off a booklet and pray to the gods that, yes, this meant that they did indeed have a copy ofGumshoein stock somewhere in a dusty backroom. (Why was that thing so hard to find!?) But no more....

Updated: Jul 27, 2025 Looked for codes. A move to a magical candy kingdom is a sweet deal on paper. However, the cookie civilization crumbled a long time ago. Its ruins are brimming with dark forces and cake monsters, all eager to squeeze your soul jam out. Nothing a brave hero couldn’t fix—and inCookieRun: Kingdom, that hero is you! Sometimes, you open the cookie tin at Grandma’s house only to find sewing supplies....

Vita owners will get PS3 and PS4 version for free OlliOllijust got an update, with the biggie being cross-buy and cross-save. So if you won the PlayStation Vita version already, that means you get the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 version for free. On June 20 users can expect a patch that will fix a crash bug. Plus the team is working on another patch that will finally add Leaderboards to the game....

A luchador, penitent one, and vessel walk into a bar… [Update: After the initial PC launch, the Everyone is Here indie crossover update forDead Cellsis out now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch players.] It’s a feel-good moment whenever indie gamestrade characters, butDead Cellsis going even further withsix crossover protagonistsstepping up to the take on The Hand of the King. In the newly-released Everyone is Here update,Dead Cellshas added weapons and outfits based onHollow Knight,Blasphemous,Guacamelee,Hyper Light Drifter,Curse of the Dead Gods, andSkul: The Hero Slayer....

Iron Banner will return with a new coat of paint Destiny 2’s Iron Banner mode is back, and Bungie wants everyone to know from the onset that the team has been working behind the scenes to ensure this newest limited-time season is stronger than ever. In their recent blog posts, Bungie provided players with some much-needed clarification regarding what they can expect when Iron Banner returns next week, on January 31....