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No Man’s Sky Unveils Forsaken Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

• Update 7.10 adds the spooky Forsaken theme.
• Mementos can be traded for new gear and ship parts.
• Seamless warping and a minimal HUD expand player options.

Hello Games has announced No Man’s Sky update 7.10, titled “Forsaken”, adding a spooky trading and exploration theme alongside new features and quality-of-life changes. The update gives players more ways to customise ships and multi-tools, take on missions, and travel between star systems, while offering a reduced HUD…

Budget brings pensioner help and tax rises as Israel election remains deadlocked

Healey’s first Budget offers some relief for households while taxing banks, betting shops and some savers. Israel’s election remains unresolved, Apple has unveiled a touchscreen MacBook Pro, and the games ratings board is getting a new president.

South Park links GTA VI anticipation with US midterm elections

• South Park connects GTA VI anticipation with the US midterm elections.
• The parody features dog-poo combat on Vice Beach.
• GTA VI is due on 19 November, after a 13-year gap.

South Park has linked anticipation for Grand Theft Auto VI with the US midterm elections in a parody episode. By describing November’s “big change” in terms that point to both events, the show uses the game’s launch to satirise the approaching election. In “Guinea Pig on a Stick”,…

What was the first video game soundtrack to go platinum in America?

• NBA Livestyle 2003 was the first platinum video game soundtrack in the US.
• The eight-track CD passed one million sales by spring 2003.
• It featured Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg and other hip-hop artists.

NBA Live 2003’s companion soundtrack, NBA Livestyle 2003, became the first video game soundtrack certified platinum in the United States. Its success showed how a game’s built-in audience could help licensed music reach listeners and sell as a separate release. Released in October 2002, the eight-track CD featured…

Taito Milestones 5 Announced For Switch, Here Are The Games Included

• Taito Milestones 5 brings ten arcade games to Switch.
• The Japanese launch is scheduled for 28 January 2027.
• It costs 5,720 yen; an international release is unconfirmed.

Taito has announced Taito Milestones 5, a collection of ten arcade games for Nintendo Switch, developed with Hamster Corporation. The Japan release is set for 28 January 2027, extending Taito’s series of retro compilations; no release outside Japan has been confirmed. The collection spans games released between 1978…

Five ribbon locations unlock an extra boss phase and weapon

• Five ribbons complete the “Young Mistress” side quest.
• Collect them before the Village of Lu’s final boss fight.
• The altered boss rewards the Fiend Saws as well as the Wild Oriole Sword.

Finding all five ribbons in Phantom Blade Zero’s “Young Mistress” side quest adds an extra phase to the Village of Lu’s final boss fight, making it more challenging and unlocking an additional weapon. The ribbons were left by Mu Xiaokui, and brief dialogues as Soul collects them reveal…

Defeating Hua starts Yu’er’s quest with the Twin Flesh Lilies

• Yu’er’s side quest starts with a search for a rare flower.
• Defeating Hua rewards the Scarlet Wraithblade.
• Yu’er keeps one Flesh Lily and lends the other.

Yu’er’s “Flesh Lily” side quest in *Phantom Blade Zero* begins with a search for a rare flower said to help cure her father. The first step leads players to an optional boss, Hua, Deadly Betrothed, and rewards them with a powerful early-game sword as well as the flowers…

Phantom Blade Zero Outpost key unlocks a cell with a blackstone fragment

• The Outpost cell key is found near two corpses in the Outpost.
• Opening the Courtyard cell yields one blackstone fragment.
• Four fragments make a blackstone that boosts attack and guard break by 10%.

Players can open a locked cell in Phantom Blade Zero’s Outpost Courtyard by finding a key along an optional route through the Outpost. The detour rewards thorough exploration with a blackstone fragment, which contributes to a combat upgrade. After unlocking the Outpost, players can find the key by…

Guide locates four wounded thieves in Phantom Blade Zero’s Crimson Forest quest

• Find four wounded thieves across the Crimson Forest.
• Use the crank and dungeon key to reach two of them.
• Return to Yu’er for the Calming Gourd accessory.

The guide explains how to find four wounded thieves in “A Healer’s Mercy”, a side quest in Phantom Blade Zero’s Crimson Forest. Players must deliver medicine for Yu’er, and the walkthrough matters because none of the thieves is on the main route. The quest begins when players meet…

All medicine locations for ‘Apprentice Healer’ in Phantom Blade Zero

• Collect three herbs for Yu’er’s quest.
• Defeat The Hunt before reaching two herbs.
• Return the herbs to earn the Medicine Case.

Yu’er asks players to collect three medicinal herbs for the “Apprentice Healer” quest in *Phantom Blade Zero*, which is set in Weeping Creek Valley. The quest rewards a Medicine Case accessory, but reaching two of the herbs requires completing the valley’s main story first. Yu’er appears at the…