Genshin Impact's Anniversary Rewards Event Incites Community Backlash

Genshin Impactfans were eagerly awaiting the arrival of the open-world action RPG’s 1st anniversary, anticipating generous rewards in celebration of its unprecedented success. The brainchild of Chinese game house miHoYo,Genshin Impactsoared in popularity within a month post-September 2020 debut and has maintained affluent enthusiasm among a growing fanbase ever since – at least, until now. The “community” events turned out to be not so communal, igniting vicious social media discontent across the globe....

July 6, 2025 · 5 min · 1049 words · Dr. Cody Taylor

Genshin Impact: How to Properly Place the Stone Slates (The Bunkoku Enigma)

Genshin Impactfans don’t want to miss out on the generous treasures embedded in the dark landscape of a corroded Enkanomiya in The Three Realms Gateway Offering event. Amidst all the little Sigil-gathering tasks and more formidable cleansing puzzles, The Bunkoku Enigma is a less obvious side quest with ample rewards. After initiating the Three Realms event and speaking to the Sangonomiya Soldier named Yabe,Genshin Impactplayers are tasked with retrieving seven stone slates supposedly linked to Bunkoku’s Secret Treasure....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Jonathan Norris

Harry Potter: How Did Snape Become a Double Agent for Voldemort and Dumbledore?

Severus Snape is one of the most complex and controversial characters in theHarry Pottersaga, and perhaps the most morally ambiguous. Fans continue to be intrigued by the wizard and his character arc, and his role as a double agent for both Voldemort and Dumbledore remains a common topic of debate. Snape’s enigmatic nature is evident from his introduction, a seemingly antagonistic figure whose true loyalties and motivations are shrouded in mystery....

July 6, 2025 · 5 min · 990 words · Nichole Hester

Honkai: Star Rail 2.4 Leak Shows New Enemies

Summary A recentHonkai: Star Railleak has revealed in-game models of new enemies, which will allegedly be released in version 2.4. In the last couple of days, details regardingHonkai: Star Rail’s next updateemerged online, teasing new characters, quality-of-life features, and other content that will arrive next month. It’s been leaked that version 2.4 will introduce a new region, The Shackling Prison, along with a number of Light Cones and events. Honkai: Star Railgets a brand-new update every month, introducing a variety of content to keep players engaged in the game for a while....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 506 words · Lori Russell

Honkai: Star Rail Brings Back Triple Rewards for Relics

Summary Honkai: Star Railhas recently announced a new time-limited event that gives away triple Cavern Relic rewards. Events inHonkai: Star Railoccur every month, allowing players to farm relics and upgrade materials. Some festivities take place in a separate dimension and set Trailblazers against enemies, while others usually involve exploration and character dialogue. Completing events is a common activity for many players, like re-fighting bosses and collecting treasure chests in newly released locations....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 520 words · Derek Rodriguez

Honkai: Star Rail Fan Makes Beautiful Sketch of Gallagher and Misha

This article contains Honkai: Star Rail spoilers Summary OneHonkai: Star Railfan drew a beautiful sketch of 4-star characters Gallagher and Misha. BothHonkai: Star Railcharacters made their debut during the Penacony arc, where they both play important roles in the overall story. Gallagher is a Fire-type Abundance character, making him a healer but also an effective damage dealer. He is a former bartender who became a security officer of Penacony’s Bloodhound Family, and helps the Astral Express Crew in investigating the dark secrets of the Dreamscape....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 539 words · Miguel Mays

Overwatch 2 Could Add New Types of Mythic Cosmetics in the Future

Summary Overwatch 2might be working on introducing new types of Mythic cosmetics besides skins. WhileOverwatch 2hasn’t confirmed anything yet, a recent interview response seemed to suggest these customizations were a distinct possibility. Mythic skins are a type ofOverwatch 2collectibleintroduced through the game’s seasonal format. These premium cosmetics feature a number of customizable options, allowing players to personalize the skin to their own preference. So far, eachOverwatch 2season has offered a new Mythic skin at the end of its corresponding Premium Battle Pass....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 510 words · Amber Long

Overwatch League Pros Fined for Rude Reason

Two professionalOverwatchLeague players have been fined after being caught posting rude messages in the game’s chat.OverwatchLeague pros have been fined for this sort of thing before, such as the time aLondon Spitfire player raised his middle finger to a cameraduring a match. On the officialOverwatchLeague discipline tracker, it has been confirmed that Los Angeles Valiant player Jung-won ‘Lastro’ Mun and San Francisco Shock player Dong-jun ‘Rascal’ Kim have been fined $1,000 for the inappropriate messages they posted during the weekend’s games....

July 6, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · Aaron Stewart

Pikmin Bloom's Co-Op Challenge Mushrooms Should Open Up Earlier

Pikmin Bloomhas been available worldwide for a few weeks, giving players time to wander their neighborhoods, pluck Pikmin, and spread flowers.Niantic’s second Nintendo-themed AR gameis pleasant and serves more as an exercise tool than other ventures likePokemon GO, but as a resultPikmin Bloomis missing a lot of the group challenges that make its contemporaries appealing. Still, players will unlock one cooperative activity at level 15: challenges. Pikmin in their original games have a few key characteristics....

July 6, 2025 · 4 min · 726 words · Lauren Benton

PlayStation Confirms Little Devil Inside for State of Play

PlayStation’s State of Play events are always exciting events, as fans speculate over what games will get shown and announced. This burden has been easened a bit for tomorrow’s State of Play, asPlayStationis already teasing one of the game’s that will be getting some screen time. Not too long ago fans were starving for new PlayStation information, as it had been months since the last State of Play. Suddenly though, PlayStation came out swinging with its September State of Play event, and with another broadcast for October, a bit more consistency is appearing....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Michael Chambers

Pokemon Legends: Arceus Glitch Makes Objects Bigger

Game Freak and Nintendo releasedPokemon Legends: Arceusa few weeks ago andPokemonfanscontinue to discover secret details and glitches as they play through the latest adventure. OnePokemon Legends: Arceusplayer recently discovered that there’s a way to make objects in the world much bigger by using one simple glitch. Twitter user Onion_mu recently posted aPokemon Legends: Arceusclip in which they ran circles aroundPearl Clan Leader Irida. As the player ran circles around thePokemon Legends: ArceusNPC, things in the background started to grow steadily larger and even began clipping through other NPCs....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 486 words · Karen Richardson

Popular Sandbox Game Sells More Copies Than Original Super Mario Bros.

Summary The legendary indie sandbox gameTerrariareached an impressive milestone years in the making, officially selling more copies than the originalSuper Mario Bros.Terrarialaunched in 2011, and despite its rather humble beginnings, would later redefine an entire genre of video games, becoming one of the most successful indie games of all time. Hitting Steam in 2011, few indie titles have become quite as successful asTerraria. Tasking players with building, fighting, and crafting,Terrariaushered in a new age for the sandbox genre, immersing players in a colorful 2D world....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 562 words · Steven Young

PS5 Console Update Adds New Features

Summary Sony has released a brand-new update for itsPlayStation 5console that brings the system up to Version 23.02-08.20.00. Sony has released multiple updates for thePS5since first releasing the console back in 2020. Sometimes the PlayStation 5 console updates are rather substantial and add new features for users to check out, but other times the updates are smaller-scale with vague patch notes that don’t give fans a comprehensive idea of everything they do....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 456 words · Thomas Lambert