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Quick Links Between the heavily-armed robots, trigger-happy soldiers, and murderous outlaws, it’s easy to forget that some ofAtomfall’smost dangerous enemies can be simple rats. Changed by the strange powers permeating the Quarantine Zone, swarms of rats are aggressive, territorial, and in many cases deadly. If you hear squeaking nearby in Atomfall, you’re in danger. Rats can use their numbers to take you down just as surely as human or mechanical enemies, and until you find and destroy their nest they’ll just keep coming....

Quick Links When facing off against boss enemies or the samurai who occupy the castles inAssassin’s Creed Shadows, there’s a chance you’ll take a lot of damage. You can then use Rations to heal at the press of a button. However, they don’t heal enough of your health later in the game. Therefore, you’ll want to upgrade your rations as soon as you may. There are a couple of ways to do that, with a trophy or achievement being unlocked when you fully upgrade them....

Summary PlayStationconfirmedits Astro Bot PS5 bundles are realand despite the announcement claiming they’d be hitting stores next week, the listings are now live at PlayStation Direct. Those listings have confirmed that it will cost anyone in the market for aPS5less to buy a console bundled withAstro Botthan it is to buy the console with nothing at all. Astro Bot has been bundled with the regular model of the slimmer PS5 as well as the digital edition, each of them also coming with a DualSense controller - a regular one, notthe limited edition Astro Bot controller....

Decades into his career,Grant Kirkhopeis still looking for new challenges. When I sat down with the legendary composer at theGame Developers Conferencein San Francisco last month, he noted that 2025 marks his 30th year working in the games industry. Across those three decades, he’s scored iconic games likeBanjo-Kazooie,GoldenEye 007,Perfect Dark, andViva Pinata(among many others), but he’s always looking to try something different. Currently, “something different” looks like reteaming with Playtonic Games to bring the already stellar Yooka-Laylee soundtrack to fully orchestrated life for the newly reworked rerelease,Yooka-Replaylee....

Quick Links Max Battleswere a recentPokemon Goaddition, a feature added to the game within the last year that allows you to battle against and acquire differentDynamax and Gigantamax Pokemon. Each month, Pokemon Go changes the Pokemon that are available through these Max Battles, giving you the opportunity to obtain both new and returning Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokemon. This remains true for May 2025,bringing a new selection of Pokemon available through the Max Battle feature....

Quick Links There are a few sniper rifles that reign supreme inBlack Ops 6: Warzone, and the HDR is in consideration as one of the best that there is. Learning how to use every sniper rifle can be a bit of a task, considering most of them have different bullet velocities and such, but the HDR specifically is one of the easiest to pick up and use effectively. But if you’re going to bring a sniper rifle with you in Warzone, you’re going to need to understand how to bring a loadout that supports it and doesn’t leave you only effective at enemies that are hundreds of meters away....

My Hero Academiais set in a world where eighty percent of the human race has some special power called a quirk. The strength of this power can vary depending on genetics or pure luck. Quirks mutate and mix depending on your parents, so getting a strong quirk is like winning the lottery. However, there are powerful heroes or even villains with entirely weak quirks. Quirks in My Hero Academia are also part of your body, like your muscles, making it possible to improve them over time....

Summary Sometimes, during combat inDungeons & Dragons, you might find yourself just out of range of one of your enemies. This can prove to be really frustrating, particularly if your Dungeon Master is insisting they’re ‘looking rough,’ and only need one or two more hits to take them down. If this scenario sounds familiar to you, fret not. It’s time to upgrade your spell list with some of the best long-range spells available for spellcasters in Dungeons & Dragons....

Summary Earlier this week,Nintendofinallyopened the floodgates by revealingtheNintendo Switch 2in full, including further detailsabout its price, thegames that will launch alongside the consoleandsome of its features, among other elements. Naturally,fans have a lot of thoughts on the Switch 2, specifically about its price. Apparently,Sonywants to garner some of that feedback, as the company has reportedly sent out a survey toPlayStationusers, asking for their thoughts on the upcoming console. Be Sure To Check Your Emails Asfirst reported on by MP1stand as sharedoriginally by Twitter user and gaming insider, eXtas1s, a new survey is trying to better understand how fans feel about the Switch 2....

Summary Every timePokemonopens pre-orders for its next TCG expansion, it’s chaos at the Pokemon Center. Even more so with each passing set, or at least that’s how it feels, and this week’s Destined Rivals drop may have been the worst yet. So bad that days later, The Pokemon Company has issued a statement to let fans know it’s aware of the situation, and that it wants to remedy it. Shared by Serebii’s Joe Merrick, the statement begins by confirming Pokemon is aware fans have experienced difficulties buying its TCG products as of late....

Summary Pokemonis in a weird spot at the moment. Just a year ahead of its 30th anniversary, the franchise seems to be undergoing a major burst in popularity. On the one hand, it’s great that so many new and lapsed fans are returning to Pokemon; on the other, it means that prices of certain things are skyrocketing. ThePokemon TCG, for example, is the biggest casualty of this, withprices of individual cards rising by over 150 percentand certain products becoming impossible to get hold of....

Quick Links ThoughRevenge of the Savage Planetis a relatively short game, there’s still plenty you’ll probably want to know before you head out a hundred light years from Earth to explore alien planets - after all, it’s no small feat to upend your whole life and head out into the frontier of space! When you first crash-land on Pfyzzich Beach in the earliest hours of the game, the world of Revenge of the Savage Planet feels large, colorful, and just as alien as it’s meant to, but we’ve got a few pro-tips to help start you on the right foot....

Summary The importance ofKingdom Come: Deliverance 2cannot be understated. Set in 15th-century Bohemia, the title is steeped with accurate representations of buildings, towns, and castles from one of Czechia’s most historically significant regions. When it launched early last month, the game became something of a phenomenon. It got aperfect score from us here at TheGamer, scored a90 on Opencritic, and quickly became one of the most-played single-player games onSteam. With the game reaching such a vast audience and featuring so many real-world locations, I spoke to six different tour operators based in Czechia to find out if Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 had already impacted tourism in the region, and if they were expecting a boom once tourist season reaches full swing....