Cities: Skylines’ Green Cities makes my town the prettiest flower in a sea of weeds

It’s not easy being green My fledgling city had been laid out in neat little rows; everything in its place. While I had yet to rid myself of my toxic coal plant, wind turbines were being raised to supplement it. My citizens were happily recycling one-hundred percent of their garbage, and my economy mostly consisted of a firmly-managed lumber industry. Sure, I received angry tweets from environmentalists, but you can’t please everyone....

July 18, 2025 · 4 min · 677 words · Carolyn Foster

Content Warning Failed to Extract fix

The newly releasedContent Warningby Landfall is an incredibly fun—and creepy—alternative toLethal Company. However, a common error at the moment is causing some players to get an error called Failed to Extract when trying to retrieve the disc from the camera after recording. This is how to fix the Failed to Extract error inContent Warning. How to fix Failed to Extract inContent Warning If you get the Failed to Extract error when trying to eject the recording from the camera inContent Warning, the only way to fix it is by backing out and hosting a completely new lobby....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Brian Mills

Contest: Exit the dungeon and Enter the Gungeon, win a physical copy of the game!

Today’s contest features a physical copy of acclaimed dungeon crawlerEnter the Gungeon! I say it all the time: I much prefer physical releases to digital ones. That’s why any time a publisher wants to give us physical copies of games to give out, I instantly jump at the chance. This goes double when it’s a kickass title likeEnter the Gungeon. So, to celebrate this kickass game, let’s kick some ass and give away a copy of its brand new physical release!...

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Brandon Page

Contest: Get yer ugly mug as an NPC in Mega Cat Studios’ Bite the Bullet

Extra points if you’re beautiful Are you in a video game? I’m not. Fix that with today’sBite the Bulletcontest. So full disclosure: Mega Cat Studios is really cool, and they’ve got some really cool stuff in the works. How do I know that? Because I pay attention, fool. Any time someone comes to me with aContra-style shooter with a caloric intake feature, my ears perk up like a dog hearing the word “treat....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Daniel King

Contest: Win a Steam copy of Killer7

Play a Suda51 classic for free! Experience a classic in today’s contest: Win the newly remasteredKiller7! You know, I ownedKiller7on the PS2 for several years, but never wound up playing it. I know, I know, don’t yell at me. I wound up selling it in one of my video game purges, which takes place every 4-5 years, without ever experiencing it. I still regret it to this day. Don’t make the same mistake I did....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Dr. Eric Rodriguez

Download the Outlast 2 demo while you can

Available on PC and consoles until November 1 Hold onto your junk! Red Barrels has a limited-time demo up for its first-person horror gameOutlast 2. You’ll be able to download it until November 1 onSteam,PlayStation 4, andXbox One. The game, to quickly recap, puts you in the shoes of an investigative journalist. You’re working with your wife to “uncover the stories no one else will dare touch” and have followed a lead to the Arizona desert where there’s “a darkness so deep that no one could shed light upon it....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 175 words · Ms. Allison Garcia

Every single Street Fighter V deal for the week

Season Pass deals too, of course The much-anticipatedStreet Fighter Vhits shelves tomorrow and unlocks tonight at 9:00pm Pacific (reviewhere). As with all AAA games, it’ll begin at the standard $59.99 list price, but this wouldn’t be a deal-comparison post without us findingdiscounts for youon PC and PlayStation 4. Right now, the PC version claims the highest-percentage discount, and better yet, it’s the easiest to obtain. The honor goes to DLGamer witha price cutto $42....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Christopher Richards

Exclusive: Ragnarok Odyssey OST with Kumi Tanioka

Tanioka shows off her “dirty” side Ragnarok Onlinehad one of the best soundtracks of all time. For that reason alone, I’ve since gravitated to anything related to the franchise. However, while soundTeMP (the Korean sound studio responsible forRO’ssoundtrack) has been out of the picture for some time,Ragnarok Odysseyhas picked up another talented artist, Kumi Tanioka, who you may know from her work onFinal Fantasy XIand theFinal Fantasy Crystal Chroniclesseries. We’ve been fortunate enough to have some of Tanioka’s time as she describes her experience working on the title and comments on some of the tracks found in the game....

July 18, 2025 · 3 min · 578 words · Kathleen Mcdaniel

Grandia 3 now available via the PlayStation Store

On PS3, not PS4 WhileI Am Setsunais the hot new JRPG du jour, it wasn’t the only one to grace the PlayStation Store in North America week, as Game Arts has re-releasedGrandia IIIunder the PlayStation 2 Classics banner. However, unlike the string of PS2 JRPGs that have recently been ported to PlayStation 4 with up-rendered 1080p visuals (Wild Arms 3,Arc The Lad: Twilight of the Spirit,Dark Cloud,Rogue Galaxy), this one is just a $10 digital version of the 2005/2006 original for PlayStation 3....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 191 words · Jack Jones

Hitman’s free Professional difficulty update will be challenging, but in a very smart way

Difficulty done right Don’t you just get sick of higher difficulty levels being nothing more than a combination of giving you less HP and defense while making enemies into stronger damage sponges? Sure, its more acceptable in some cases than others, but I always love it when developers take the initiative to make higher difficulty mean something, like adding additional objective inPerfect Dark.Even nonsense like making all enemies speak only in Korean inCrysisis cute....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Kayla Moore

How long does it take to repair a bridge in Dragon’s Dogma 2?

There are few spots inDragon’s Dogma 2where a single bridge is your only point of ingress to an area. Usually, there’s a detour, but there are a few where there isn’t. So, if you destroy one of these bridges, how long do you have to wait to fix it? Can you even fix the bridge? Can you repair bridges in Dragon’s Dogma 2? No,you’re able to’t repair bridges in Dragon’s Dogma 2....

July 18, 2025 · 3 min · 611 words · Michelle Gaines

How to change and activate takeovers in NBA 2K25

While playing in MyCarrer,NBA 2K25players can use takeovers to get massive boosts in select stats and, if paired with the right build, momentarily turn their MyPlayer into this generation’s MJ. But how can you activate your ability? To help you set yourself apart as quickly as possible, here’s how to activate takeovers inNBA 2K25. How to change and activate your Takeover in NBA 2K25 After heading to Progression while in MyCarrer, selecting the Takeover tab, and picking your desired one, you can activate your Takeover ability inNBA 2K25by filling its meter to level 5....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Daniel Glass PhD

How to get the Binah Secret Spec in Sakura Stand

DuringSakura Stand’s1.6.0 update, one of the most noteworthy additions to the experience was the addition of the secret spec known as Binah. However, since this is a secret spec, you’ll have to find a specific boss and rely on luck to get your hands on this new spec. Where to get the Binah Secret Spec in Sakura Stand The Binah secret spec is a rare drop from the Arbiter boss that appears on public servers....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Erin Lamb