Fortnite Guardian Shield locations and how to block shots while holding the Guardian Shield

How to complete this weekly challenge. We’ve detailed theGuardian Shield locationsinFortnitebelow, along withhow to block shots while holding the Guardian Shield. This XP can then help you earn Battle Stars for this season’s Battle Pass. Note this particular challengeis no longer able to be completed. Chapter 4 Season 2 has arrived! New additions include theGrind RailsandKinetic Blades, along with the newBattle Pass,character collectionandEren Jaegerskin. It’s a good idea to know how toget XP fast in Fortnite....

January 3, 2023 · 1 min · 121 words · Richard Edwards

Stalker 2 hype ramps up, new trailer, pre-orders available and PC specs detailed

On course for 2023 release. In addition to this, we also have the PC requirements for Stalker 2. GSC has also laid out details about what each edition of the game comes with. This will all set you back 49.99. This edition will cost you 64.99. Lastly on the digital side of things, we have the Ultimate Edition. Again, this version comes with the game, as well as all of the previously mentioned digital bonuses....

January 3, 2023 · 1 min · 120 words · Kimberly Martinez

Eurogamer readers' top 50 games of 2022

12 months and some great games. Happy new year all! Thank you SO much for taking part in this, and have a lovely, safe 2023! It’s relaxing and calming, and that’s a powerful quality." And finally here’s jabberwocky: “Good clean fun.” I see what you did there! Do ultra controls work with dynamic resolution scaling? And here’s ukaskew37 again! Norco What we said: “Norco is striking, surprising, novel. It’s nothing less than extraordinarily beautiful....

January 1, 2023 · 10 min · 2078 words · Amy Petty

Our 2022 Game of the Year: will Elden Ring be the last of its kind?

Blood on moss, tattered horrors taking to the sky:Elden Ringis Eurogamer’s Game of 2022. And it feels odd to say that, even if it was never really in doubt. Perhaps it feels odd to say that because it was never really in doubt. Elden Ring got roughly double the votes of the closest runner-up when we polled staff and freelancers. In 2022 Elden Ring is inevitable. Real talk: at first, we were a little underwhelmed by our own choice....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 348 words · Timothy Fischer

Pokémon Go New Year’s Celebration 2023 field research tasks, spawns and bonuses

Hope you enjoy the New Years Celebration event in Pokemon Go! TheNew Years Celebrationevent inPokemon Gorings in the new year! The New Years Celebration event also sees the release of a new signature move for the fan-favourite legendary PokemonReshiram! In this instance, were looking atReshiram. The rewards for the Collection Challenge are, unsurprisingly,2023 Stardust. Several other Pokemon Go events are running throughout the New Years Celebration event. Pikachu also makes a new debut, this time with a star-spangled party top hat....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 129 words · Karen Higgins

Games of 2022: Far Changing Tides was the best paean to survival

This piece contains spoilers for Far Changing Tides. What would you cling to in a world where you have nothing? The future, perhaps? The hope that one day, someday, this too would pass? It turned out to be a carousel that I clung to. It’s not that I didn’t care about the things I did sacrifice to the hungry engine. But the deer and the duck and the ballerina symbolised something else, I think....

December 29, 2022 · 2 min · 221 words · Jennifer Park

Games of 2022: Pentiment is the year's best balancing act

It begins with a word. It begins with a word: Pentiment. It comes from pentimento, an overpainted image that is becoming visible. This is itself derived from the Italian, pentirsi, to repent or change ones mind. Its a rare occasion in which the games title tells you exactly whats coming. This is emblematic of the confidence with which Pentiment handles its themes. Or worse: written byHideo Kojima. Pentiment, however, is a rare game in which balance is achieved....

December 29, 2022 · 2 min · 250 words · Kathleen Kelly

Games of 2022: Signalis was the best reminder of what matters

A sci-fi horror that folds back on itself, tied into gripping knots by its own plot threads. Within it, as android-on-a-mission Elster, you are trapped. VHS cassettes and floppy disks join Soviet futurist spacecraft. Our present is no different. Imagining our futures based on decades past with endlessly recycled nostalgia. Our media landscape dominated by whatever was popular decades ago, suffocating attempts at new expression. In the words of Godspeed You!...

December 29, 2022 · 2 min · 303 words · Derek Smith

Games of 2022: The Radical Dreamers had the most radical dreams

“If they hadn’t given up what they most wanted.” There is a strong sense of yearning in the opening cinematic for Chrono Cross. When did the cogs of fate begin to turn?' The narrator continues, eventually reflecting upon the times they used to laugh ‘under cerulean skies’. This sense of pondering and longing exists all the way throughout the game itself. Ultimately, it still feels special, though. At times these backgrounds surpass even those from the Final Fantasy games of that period....

December 28, 2022 · 1 min · 181 words · Elijah Martinez

Cubchoo 100% perfect IV stats, shiny Cubchoo in Pokémon Go

Everything you better know about Cubchoos Spotlight Hour. This guide was written for a past Spotlight Hour, but theIV stats remain unchanged. This weeksSpotlight Houris all about the Chill Pokemon, meaning its the perfect opportunity to catch ashiny CubchooinPokemon Go. ‘Perfect’, of course, means two things in Pokemon Go. These values will, however, be different if youre currently below Level 30. Is Beartic good in PVP? No, it is not....

December 27, 2022 · 2 min · 339 words · Allison Bright

Games of 2022: Pokémon was the best vicarious experience

Gotta watch ‘em all. Surprising literally no-one, my Game of the Year isElden Ring. Im not a player of these games. Ive tried a few, but Ive never finished one, theyve just never grabbed me. My fiancee Rune (yes, theyre non-binary, why do you ask?) on the other hand, absolutely adores them. Its totally worth it though. I help with the all important starter selection and contribute to the names....

December 26, 2022 · 2 min · 220 words · Emily Hill

Games of 2022: Trombone Champ was the best way to experience failure and fun together

A comedy of errors. The answer is of course Beethoven, and I can prove it. “Never liked the guy,” says one achievement in Trombone Champ. Getting this achievement requires you to turd (destroy) one of the game’s collectible Mozart cards. I rest my trombone case. The music is played note-for-note, dictated by the manuscript. I’d forgive you for thinking that Trombone Champ would fall into that category. A very solemn picture indeed....

December 26, 2022 · 2 min · 260 words · Adam House

Games of 2022: God of War's great dual protagonists, and a look back at Horizon Forbidden West's accessibility options.

Contains spoilers for God of War Ragnarok! This piece contains spoilers for God of War Ragnarok! I’ve noticed a common theme within recent PlayStation exclusives: the addition of the dual protagonist perspective. However, I think that Santa Monica Studios absolutely nailed the dual protagonist narrative in God Of War Ragnarok. Embarking on my journey with Kratos and Atreus filled me with glee. It makes a big difference. The player already understands the mindset of Kratos and his thoughts on Atreus....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 399 words · Rhonda Johnson