Where to find Teapots in Fallout 76

Of all of the Seasonal Challenges inFallout 76, the item acquisition quests are among the most tedious. Throughout your journey, you’ll get an idea of where to fight particular enemy types orwhere to farm junk itemsfor scrap quests. But what about when the Seasonal Challenges task you with finding an assortment of Teapots? It isn’t immediately obvious how to go about completing these types of quests. To make matters worse, the one POI that sounds perfect for the task of gathering Teapots,The Giant Teapot, only has one measly Teapot in the area....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Christina Hardin

Why yes, there will be swimsuit DLC for Fate/Extella

For those who want to ogle Gilgamesh’s fabulous abs Now thatFate/Extella: The Umbral Staris out on store shelves in Japan, Marvelous – the developer of theMusou-like action game that’s based on theFatefranchise – has announced the release schedule for several waves of DLC costumes that players can buy for it. The first wave of DLC costumes forFate/Extella, which you can view in the gallery below, will launch on November 17 in Japan and consists mostly of swimsuits for many of the game’s playable Servants....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Mark Campbell

73% of mobile gamers play with the volume on

And other silly stats Ever wonder what percentage of mobile gamers play with the sound on? According to website Appington, it’s 73%, with 3% of those users using headphones. Evidently the United Kingdom weighs in with the least amount of sound users at 58%, with America in the middle at 78%, and China and Korea at 90%. According to this research, if you play with your sound on you’ll tend to have longer gaming sessions than those who prefer it muted....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 151 words · Gerald Rowe

AEW wrestler Kenny Omega rocks Undertale cosplay for Halloween show

Take care of yourself, kid Pro-wrestler Kenny Omega has never been shy when it comes to combining his love of his profession with his love of video games. Ever since he blew up in Japan with the popularisation ofStreet Fightermoves such as the Hadoken and the Ultimate Atomic Buster, (as well as some amazing in-ring performances), Omega has squeezed gaming references into his matches whenever possible. And now, as one of AEW’s top stars, he gets to do that on a more mainstream stage....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 234 words · Matthew Sanders

And the gamers who play them: Sports gamers

[akathatoneguy is the first C-Blogger of March to be promoted for this monthsMonthly Musing theme. In this “And the gamers that play them”, akathatoneguy takes a look at sports gamers and their love for sport games. — CTZ] When I read the theme for this month’s “Monthly Musings”, I immediately thought of arguably the most-maligned group of gamers in this community: sports gamers. It’s hard to think of a gaming subculture that elicits more commonly-believed stereotypes, eye-rolling and strong opinions than that of sports games, and the gamers that love them....

July 3, 2025 · 8 min · 1676 words · Sean Brooks

Another peek at Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut

Addressing notable flaws in the original release’s design and taking advantage of the Wii U’s system-specific features,Deux Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cutsounds good on paper. How’s it look in motion? This video from Eidos Montreal shares a few snippets. Look closely! “My goal with the director’s cut was to give the ultimate edition ofHuman Revolution,” said executive game director Jean-Francois Dugas. For the immediate future, at least, theDirector’s Cutcontentwon’t leave Wii U....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Alexandra Gaines

Assassin’s Creed IV’s promise of a seamless, open world

Telling the real stories behind the pirate myths Despiteall the leaks in the past week, there’s still a ton of stuff to tell you aboutAssassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. The first thing is that the new game sees you playing as a pirate, but not the Disney romanticized, cliche style of pirates from films such asPirates of the CaribbeanorTreasure Island. “No hooks, no parrots, and no walking the plank,” as one of the promotional trailers I saw stated....

July 3, 2025 · 9 min · 1788 words · John Holmes

Best Buy ‘Black Friday in July’ video game sales roundup

Still trying to make it a thing Like last year, Best Buy is taking the Christmas-in-July idea to a new level with its next big sale. Tomorrow marks the retailer’sBlack Friday in July saleand just like the real Black Friday, most of the deals have already started up the Thursday before. Once again, it’s an online-only sale, but unlike last year, the video game selection is much more promising. What’s notable in the sale are console video games....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Richard Copeland

Catch 40 winks in Skyrim with this mod that lets you sleep in a chair

Questing acrossSkyrim‘s vast and wintry landscape is tiring work for any adventurer. It’s a good job the game lets your character take a sleep then. But what if – horror of horrors – there aren’t any beds available, or you can’t afford a night in a tavern? You guessed it. Modding comes to the rescue once more. We return to veteran Nexus Mods userJaySerpa, who, this time, has given us a way for the Dragonborn to catch some much-needed Z’s without the need for a bed....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Charles Phillips

Catching up on 2017’s Pokemon Go related deaths

Going outside is hazardous I’ve been off thePokemon Gobeat this year, even withLegendary Pokemon incoming, but the global smash hit that brought usPokemon Go teens flashed by laser-wielding, pig-masked sex coupleandRussia fears Pokemon Go is a CIA psyop to destabilize countryandPokemon Go will get you booted from the Cambodian genocide museumstill has its dark side intact as well, the same side that brought us stories last year of kids findingdead bodieswhile playing....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Kelly Cameron

Check out this Europe-only Rayman Origins limited edition

With a game so closely connected to France, it’s fitting that thisRayman Originscollector’s edition is restricted to Europe. Doesn’t make it any less painful though, since I think I’d really like to have this one. It’s not the most luxurious collector’s edition in the world, but it’s pretty sweet. The edition comes in a neat little slipcase that unfolds into a diorama, and contains the game, a soundtrack, and 50-page “Art of Rayman” book....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · William Cox

Days Gone update 1.07 hopes to patch the previous patch

Motorcycle crash Sony Bend has seen some success with last week’s launch of open-world adventureDays Gone. Given that it launched in the same week as NetherRealm’sMortal Kombat 11and the biggest movie in years,Avengers: Endgame, a lot of people thought the Freaker fighting title might get swept under the rug. However,Days Gonedoes seem to be facing multiple technical problems, particularly in the realm of audio bugs and hard crashes.A patch issued mere days agonot only failed to fix all of these issues, but it also seemingly created new ones, with many players reporting more frequent crashes than before....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Derek Taylor

Dyack: used games threaten the industry as we know it

Not long after David Braben hadhis semi-annual whingeabout used games, Denis Dyack has joined the party and declared that used games will destroy the videogame industry as we know it. Sigh. “I would argue that used games actually increase the cost of games,” he claimed. “There used to be something in games for 20 years called a tail, where say you have a game calledWarcraftthat would sell for 10 years. Because there are no used games, you could actually sell a game for a long time, and get recurring revenue for quite a while....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Ashley Burnett