Did you ever wonder what that giant, floating pink stone was in the Crossroads Training Grounds? As it turns out, it’s an ancient artifact of chaotic origin that allows you to gather rare materials. If you survive. Here’s how to unlock the Pitch-Black Stone and Chaos Trials inHades 2. you’re able to unlock the Pitch-Black Stone inHades 2after obtaining and activating the incantation ‘Abyssal Insight’. Unfortunately, like with many secrets in the game, the incantation won’t be revealed until you’ve completed certain steps....

While gamers continue to debate whether or not Phil Fish is an asshole for declaring thatall Japanese games suck, theFEZcreator has at least one Eastern developer who agrees with him. That developer isMega Mancreator Keiji Inafune, famous for hislong-standing criticismof his home country. He believes Fish needed to say what he said. “There was a Canadian guy who appeared in a documentary film and did a Q&A afterwards. And a Japanese person asked what he thought of Japanese games, and he said he thought they sucked....

Piracy is one of those issues that will absolutely never die, like the secrets of the Bermuda Triangle or the truth of theZeldaTimeline. I have always had a set view on piracy — it’s not the worst crime in the world, but it’s selfish theft nonetheless. However, in the wake of corporate attempts to buy our legal system, I have reexamined the piracy issue and come away with a rather altered stance....

So around 10:30 last night, I received a phone call from an unknown number. I sent the call to voice mail for two reasons. One, I gave at the office. Two, I was trying to watchRoboCopwith my wife. Priorities. Turned out it was Lynch from the gameKane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. I think he had the wrong number, because he called me “Kane” in message. Okay, it wasn’t actually therealLynch, guys....

I never got what the big deal was. PS3 owners tease Xbox 360 owners about how it sucks that they have to change a game disc out. Who gives a sh*t? You don’t sitthatfar away from your game system, do you? Get up and switch that bitch out! Game system modder Ben Heck has a talent for making unnecessary mods. His latest would only appeal to those lazy bastards that don’t want to change out game discs....

For a change After the initial reveal ofGuitar Hero Live, Activision’s been slowly unveiling ten songs a week to keep us interested. The only problem is that the vast majority of songs (and artists) arecompletelyunknownto the majority of people. That’s sort of a biggie when these games sell themselves on the appeal of the tracks. This week, that changes! Well, sort of. Not completely, to be honest. There’s still plenty of obscure stuff here, but at least you’ve heard of some of it....

Sir Daniel rides again The big moment is finally here, afteralmost a year since it was first announced, Sony has dropped the first trailer for the remake of one of the PlayStation’s quirkiest adventure games,MediEvil. Originally released in 1998 – before being followed by a sequel in 2000 and a PSP “reimagining” in 2005 –MediEvilis the tale of deceased knight Sir Daniel Fortesque who, after being slain in battle and having had a false legacy built around his achievements, returns from the grave a century later to do battle with the land’s nemesis, the evil wizard Zarock....

It’s going to be paid DLC, but the price is TBA Kicking off this afternoon’s Nintendo Direct presentation, Capcom announcedMonster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, a “massive” paid expansion for the well-liked Switch game. I might be reading into it too much, but major vampire dragon vibes, right? Sunbreakwill include a new story, new environments, new monsters, and more “hunting actions and quest rank.” In other words, more of a good thing across the board....

The time has come once again for another fabled third party Switch exclusive to hit the eShop, and this time, we’re gettingDisney Ilusion Island.We actually have a full review up for it, so if you’re interested, check it out! It’s a particularly interesting game in that it offers up four player co-op with difficulty sliders for individual players. In other words, it’s made for the whole family. Other bigger releases includeDouble Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons(which we also have a review for!...

‘We always proceed with caution’ Nintendo has a rep for being conservative with their IP. You don’t say! The publisher has always been ready to give third parties a shot at crafting first party experiences. Just look atMinish Capand several otherZeldagames, which were handled by Capcom: and are often celebrated. But in recent years, they have started lending some of their bigger properties to smaller studios more and more, perhaps best shown throughCadence of Hyrule; which was heavily promoted by Nintendo....

The Waypoint update overhauls the core ofNo Man’s Sky No Man’s Skyjourneys onto the Nintendo Switchtoday, and arriving alongside it isupdate 4.0. The “Waypoint” update overhauls some fundamental pieces of theNo Man’s Skyexperience, from inventory and UI to game modes. Onebig part of the updateis custom game modes. Players can essentially tailor the gameplay ofNo Man’s Skyto their liking through different presets and options. Tick survival elements all the way down if you don’t want to deal with toxic hazards, or combat way up if you want a bit of a challenge....

These are just choices! A couple years back, we had a feature known asOccamsdex. It became something of a crowdsourced community feature in which users would choose their favorite Pokémon or other video game creatures for our one-and-only Occams to describe from the occasionally dark corners of his imagination. A picture and a name was all we gave him. What resulted we left only for Occams to decide. And now we begin anew with the newPokémonmovieDetective Pikachuin our sights....

Miyamoto used Flipnote Studio to storyboard them Original Video– More videos atTinyPic When Nintendo first announced they were working on 3 short films about Pikmin, many feared they’d go the route of thoseWind Wakerfrom a while back. They weren’t exactly bad, but they didn’t use original art assets. They were all created using the Wii U game’s graphics engine, and as such, they didn’t really give you a new look at theWind Wakerworld....