Baldur's Gate 3: Should You Get The Mark Of The Absolute?

As players investigate the Absolute inBaldur’s Gate 3, their journey will take them to Priestess Gut, a Goblin who also has a parasite inside of her and a connection to illithid powers. She’s a mix of evil and brainwashed due to her condition but she does offer an intriguing option when meeting her. RELATED:Baldur’s Gate 3: Where To Go First She’s branding “True Ones” with the parasite with the Mark of the Absolute....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Phillip Cain

Black Phone 2 Seemingly Casts The Grabber's Next Victim

Black Phone 2seemingly casts The Grabber’s next victim. Directed by Scott Derrickson, who co-wrote the script with his frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill, the 2021 horror film follows a teenager named Finney (Mason Thames) who is kidnapped by a serial child killer known colloquially as The Grabber (Ethan Hawke) and, while in captivity, communicates with his past victims using a black rotary phone. Following its critical and commercial success, a sequel was confirmed withThe Black Phone 2castincluding Thames, Hawke, Madeleine McGraw, and Jeremy Davies reprising their roles alongside new additions Demián Bichir and Arianna Rivas....

July 30, 2025 · 3 min · 436 words · Brandon Charles

Bungie Manager Shares Love of Anthem Demo

Despite themyriad of issues, manyAnthemhopefuls dove in to a world that met their every expectation. Whether it was the Iron Man-esque flight, the simple yet fun combat, or any Javelin in particular, the VIP demo for BioWare’s latest action RPG checked off a lot of boxes for a lot of players, including the technical event manager over at Bungie. Scott Kankelborg, who manages the company’s livestreams and technical setup for E3 and more, has worked at Bungie in multiple roles over the past eight years....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Benjamin Novak

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s new Zombies event ‘Mauer der Toten’ arrives July 15

Keep your friends closer… but your enemies… With the passing of each and every chapter ofCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War‘s Zombies, things get darker, more hopeless, and more morally complicated. On July 15, Activision and Treyarch will release the latest event in Zombies’ Dark Aether storyline, Mauer der Toten, which will see the forces of both Requiem and Omega thrust together to take down a dangerous adversary. Zombies Mauer Der Toten takes place afterthe awesome battle of Firebase Z, and sees our team of intrepid mercs now prisoner of the ruthless Gen....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Ebony Herrera

Call of Duty: WW2 is the Best Selling Console Game of 2017

Despite launching only last month,Call of Duty: WW2is already thebest selling console gameof 2017, according to a new report published by market research company The NPD Group. These statistics, which are based on North American figures, continue the franchise’s trend of historically great sales. This is another banner achievement for theCall of Dutyseries, which is the best selling game of the year for the ninth year in a row. ThoughCall of Duty: WW2is something of a return to form for the popular game series, the war-themed titles have always had the fan base needed to back up their releases, no matter how they were critically received....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · John Lyons

Destiny 2 Update Nerfs Public Events

With the release ofDestiny 2’sCurse of Osirisexpansion, an accompanying game update has made adjustments to the rewards gained by doing public events. Since launch, public events have been arguably one the best ways to rank up quickly and earn a lot of rewards, including Exotic Engrams. But this update nerfs numerous rewards gained, while buffing the drop rates of one higher tier reward. The changes toDestiny 2’s public events are all targeted at bringing the rewards in line with the game’s other activities....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 307 words · Christine Saunders

Destructoid’s 2011 Software Holiday Shopping Guide

While other holiday gift guides seem like random lists pulled out of some intern’s ass, we here at Destructoid take our gift game recommendations seriously. The entire Destructoid staff put our heads together to give you the definite list of the best games to give this holiday. Every single person weighed in on their top picks for the best games to give as gifts this year, and from that data we were able to create this bulletproof, airtight, and absolutely flawless collection of game recommendations....

July 30, 2025 · 6 min · 1249 words · Carrie Reid

Diablo 4 Dev Doesn't Want The Game to Have a Destiny Loot Cave

In a recently streamed chat with some of theDiablo 4development team members, it was revealed that the devs want to avoid having a singular item farming location similar toDestiny’s Loot Cave. With many players hyper-focusing onleveling up theirDiablo 4charactersor making builds that can easily go through the most difficult dungeons, it is not surprising for Blizzard to implement changes that will hopefully balance the game and spread out the ways players can gather in-game loot and equipment....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Latasha Patterson

Dr Disrespect Twitch Channel Unbanned

Dr Disrespect is one of the topTwitchstreamers on the video streaming site, but he recently found himself in hot water due to his first IRL Stream, which took place at E3 2019. It was during this stream that Dr Disrespect was filmed in a public bathroom, which is against the law in California and against Twitch’s terms of service. This resulted in the ultra popular streamer being suspended from Twitch for two weeks, but now his suspension has been lifted....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 322 words · Taylor Butler

Even After Its Comeback, Bleach Still Gets a Lot of Hate It Doesn't Deserve, And I Finally Know Why

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood Warhas been a glorious return for the once extremely popular franchise, bringing incredible animation, revamped storytelling, and entirely new scenes that have enhanced the story further. However, the series is still regarded as poor quality to some fans, and the true reason why has to do withBleach’s original big villain, Sosuke Aizen. Aizen is, of course, the mastermind behind most of the bad things that happened inBleach. He arranged for Rukia to be captured and executed, and later kidnapped Orihime to make use of her unique powers....

July 30, 2025 · 5 min · 997 words · Makayla Morales

Evil Genius 2: World Domination Gets First Gameplay Trailer

What do you get when you combine a 1960s spy thriller with a classic management sim?Evil Genius 2: World Domination, the sequel to the 2004 cult classicEvil Genius, just got an official gameplay trailer. The upcoming game will let players build an evil lair, train and recruit minions, and fight off invading forces, all from the perspective of an affably evil supervillain. The cartoonish style and tongue-in-cheek genre humor of the trailer are reminiscent ofTeam Fortress 2....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Marc Reese

Fallout 4 might be announced next month

Also, we should open the hatch Fallout 4might be on the horizon, at least if you want to believe the discoveries ofReddit. The website,thesurvivor2299.com, has apparently been registered by Bethesda. Morse code beeps in the background, which translates to “11-12-13”. A countdown is counting down towards December 11, which would be the date 11-12-13 using European dating style. The conclusion is that on that day, Bethesda will announce the nextFalloutgame....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Amanda Stafford

Far Cry 6's Anton Castillo is 'Sending' Players Emails Mocking Them

With the release ofFar Cry 6, it remains clear that one of the franchise’s greatest strengths is its villain,Anton Castillo (as played by Giancarlo Esposito). Through the players’ adventure in Yara, Anton will be the iron hand behind many of the antagonists players will face, with a few scenes and interactions to really establish his relationship with Dani Rojas. RELATED:Far Cry 6’s Assassin’s Creed Easter Egg is Leading Players to Their Death...

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Amy Mitchell