Hades 2 door symbols, explained

As you travel to Regions beyond the Crossroads inHades 2, you grow stronger by claiming rewards just beyond locked doors. It helps to know what’s waiting, so here are all the door symbols ofHades 2and what they mean. There are many rewards to earn inHades 2, and you can get a good idea of which ones are which by the symbols on doors. Some show you godly boons, while others contain resources used for trade or to unlock new game features....

May 18, 2025 · 5 min · 1051 words · Edward Harris

Hades adds a literary Hugo Award to its jam-packed trophy case

First video game to receive literary honor Supergiant Games’Hades, not content with already being the sexiest video game in existence, has gone and added yet another gong to its long list of accolades — a prestigious Hugo Award, no less. This marks the first time ever that a video game has received a prize from the judges of the World Science Fiction Society, so it’s understandably a grand gesture. The Hugo Awards, hosted annually at the World Science Fiction Convention, offers a range of prizes to some of the best literary and science fiction works....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Jason Nelson

How do you personally define the concept of ‘Retro’ gaming?

Cblogs of 5/21 to 27-05-2025 –Scootaluigiweighs in on the debate of how to define “Retro” games. –UncannyKyletalks about character goals in video games, and how the game sometime cheats around them, and sometimes can’t. –TroyFullbusterreviewsSuper Mario Party 64,a ROM hack of the N64Mario Partygames. –TroyFullbusteralso discusses the bestSuper Mario 64ROM hacks to start with. –Kerrik52continues theirLegacy of Kainretrospective blogging series with this second blog aboutLegacy of Kain: Blood Omen....

May 18, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Erika Andrews

How to get into Hyrule Castle in Tears of the Kingdom (Totk)

Castle in the Sky At the center of Hyrule stands Hyrule Castle, a looming medieval structure that floats and is overflowing with Gloom. The creepy castle is an important location, as it is where players can defeatDemon King Ganondorf. To do that, Link first needs to get there. ThoughTears of the Kingdom‘s plot saves Hyrule Castle for the ending hours, it is possible to access the building quite early in the game....

May 18, 2025 · 3 min · 521 words · Donna Garcia

How to heal & regain health in God of War Ragnarok

You’ll mostly need this for boss battles On higher difficulties,God of War Ragnarokkeeps up some of the high tension antics of the series proper: so you may want to know about something as crucial as uh, healing. I even went several hours thinking “there’s got to be more to this:” but no, it’s actually pretty straightforward. Crack green orbs in combat The most simple method for healing is to locate green orbs while fighting....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Denise Gonzales

How to unlock evil skins in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

Vlad Plasmius has infected our heroes and villains across the Nick universe. Here’s how to unlock the evil skins inNickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2. How to get the evil skins inNickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 To get these alternate outfits inNickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2,you’ll need to play theall-new campaign modein this sequel. Similar toWorld of LightinSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate,you’ll be saving characters from the brink of darkness. Once you defeat them in battle, they can then be used in your runs....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Sherry Taylor

In a rare move, several big Nintendo games are on sale for $40 at retail and digitally

Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade Definitive, Fire Emblem Three Houses, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Nintendo games go on salepretty much never, so when multiple first-party titles go on sale, it’s worth telling people about. Starting this week, Nintendo has discountedNew Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe,Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition,Super Mario Odyssey, andFire Emblem: Three Houses. All of them were previously $59.99 before this week, which is crazy to think about. Note that this promotion works for both physical and digital copies of games....

May 18, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Brooke Clayton

iOS 7 unveiled, coming later this Fall

All-new design for iOS devices Today while Microsoft was hard at work getting info out forthe Xbox One, Apple held a conference of their own, and unveiled the newest iteration of the iOS family — iOS 7. Billed as the “biggest change since the original iPhone,” it seems as if iOS 7 will be completely changing the interface. Firstly, the lock screen will be different, in favor of a sleeker overall design for text and icons, which gives the screen more room to work with....

May 18, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · Lisa Flores

I’m putting the kettle on, fancy a cup of Persona 5 Royal tea?

Phantom Tea Leaves We’re only at the halfway mark on Monday and, frankly, I might already be out of gas for the week. But still, there’s many a way to reinvigorate a tired drive and a lousy brain – a pleasant walk, a quick round ofHuntdown,clawing at your scalp while ugly crying (my personal favorite), or settling down with a nice cup of tea. And what tea could be more perfect for the video game fan in your life than this all-newPersona 5tea, which is headed to Japan stores in December courtesy of blend specialists Tea Salon of Ginza....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Bonnie Lam

JoyMasher is back at it with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

Dishing out more retro action JoyMasherisn’t slowing downon retro action games. Its latest release,Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, is calling out to theStrider(andHagane?) fans in the room. And with a fall release planned, it’s reassuring to know that this new throwback isn’t far off. After theContra-flavoredBlazing Chrome, they’ve got my full attention. This one’s another level-based side-scrolling action game, starring a newly-awakened ninja who’s rebelling against a futuristic totalitarian state. Slice ’em good....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · Joshua Martinez

Kingdom Hearts’ Goofy statue reminded me of his near death experience and potential eternal sacrifice

Goofy! Remember when Goofy almost died inKingdom Hearts II? I mean, what if Square Enix wrote that script, hoping to get it approved, and Disney shot it down? I’m surprised they even allowed him to have a near death experience to be honest. Imagine being Bill Farmer, who’s played the character for close to 30 years now, and reading that script. Whatever the case may be, Goofy survived, and now he can be sold forever more in action figure form....

May 18, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Ricardo Brock

Lost Planet 2 producer on demo’s release: ‘Soon, I guess’

Remember howCapcom had hoped toget a playableLost Planet 2demo out for public consumption around E3 time? That … didn’t happen. Instead, I got to hear from Dale and Hamza about how you can travel inside the stomach of a salamander boss, rather than experience it for myself, and ended up playingYoshi’s Islandout of jealousy. According toFamitsuby way ofJoystiq,Lost Planet 2producer Jun Takeuchi has said the E3 demo will be available for download “soon, I guess....

May 18, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Victoria Park

Mario! Pikachu! Fusion, ha!

It’s a me, Pikachu! What would happen if Mario and Pikachu did the fusion dance? No, this isn’t some deviantart contest, but if it were Nintendo would claim all the entries considering it and the Pokémon Company have teamed up create an officialmonsterMario X Pikachu mashup. It’s the 20th anniversary of Pokémon and the Switch was just revealed, so now is as good a time as ever. Various items including plushes, t-shirts, 3DS covers, folders, and playing cards will be sold at Pokémon Centers around Japan....

May 18, 2025 · 1 min · 208 words · Patrick Smith