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Best Warrior Build in SpiritVale

  • Guide details the strongest Warrior build for SpiritVale.
  • Recommends Direwolf/Steelheart gear and Whirlwind-focused skills.
  • Prioritise Strength, then Vitality, with optional Luck points.

This guide from Destructoid sets out the best build for the Warrior class in SpiritVale, a role the outlet describes as strong for beginners and veterans alike thanks to its versatility and few weaknesses. The Warrior fights with an Axe, offering strong single-target damage alongside area-of-effect abilities, and…

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The Odyssey fans have only just noticed what the 7-month-old poster actually shows

  • Fans see the first poster as foreshadowing Agamemnon’s underworld scene.
  • Agamemnon’s warning changes Odysseus’s return-home strategy.
  • The poster was released seven months before the film.

Fans of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey have concluded that its first poster foreshadowed a pivotal scene in the film. The image, released seven months earlier, appears to show King Agamemnon entering the realm of the dead, linking its early marketing directly to advice that alters Odysseus’s approach to…

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Razer’s Pokemon collabs are utterly adorable, but I wish its makeovers didn’t ignore its best gaming accessories

  • Razer's Pokémon-themed accessories are praised as cute and well designed.
  • The collaboration skips some of Razer's best-performing gaming gear.
  • Fans wanting top hardware and Pokémon styling currently can't have both.

Razer has released a series of Pokémon-themed collaborations across its gaming peripherals, giving items such as mice, headsets and accessories a colourful, character-inspired makeover. While the designs have been praised as charming and highly appealing to fans of both brands, the crossover range does not currently extend to…

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“Professional lurker” Todd Howard reappears on internet forums following Bethesda’s Fallout and Elder Scrolls announcements to thank fans for their support

  • Todd Howard returns to Reddit to thank fans after Bethesda's roadmap reveal
  • Bethesda to work with Obsidian on Fallout, ZeniMax Online on Elder Scrolls
  • Elder Scrolls 6 in full production; Fallout 76 expansion planned amid Xbox layoffs

Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard has returned to Reddit after a six-month absence to thank fans, following Bethesda's unusually candid roadmap update on upcoming Fallout and The Elder Scrolls projects. The announcement came shortly after sweeping layoffs across the wider Xbox division, and confirmed that Bethesda Game…

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Gears of War Designer Cliff Bleszinski Reveals Struggle With Alcoholism, Discusses the Failure of LawBreakers and Potential Return to Video Game Development

  • Cliff Bleszinski reveals long-term alcoholism affected his career and studio
  • Says Gears of War trilogy was "largely developed hungover"
  • Hospitalised after a seizure in March; now four months sober

Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski has spoken publicly about his struggle with alcoholism, revealing that drinking undermined his career and contributed to the collapse of his studio, Boss Key Productions. In a wide-ranging interview with 80 Level, the 51-year-old developer said he was a "functioning alcoholic" during…

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Most Nintendo Employees Found Out About Tears Of The Kingdom When You Did

  • Nintendo kept Tears of the Kingdom secret from most staff.
  • Many employees learned of it during the 2019 public teaser.
  • Only a small Nintendo of America group reportedly knew beforehand.

Former Nintendo of America staff members say the sequel that became The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was kept so tightly confidential that many employees learned of it only when Nintendo publicly teased it in its E3 2019 Direct presentation. The account illustrates the unusually strict…

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day director reveals how the Insomniac games influenced his movie

  • Cretton says Insomniac's Spider-Man games inspired Brand New Day's stunts
  • Stunt team used game screen grabs to test replicable moves
  • Wingsuit and parkour footage shaped the film's webslinging camera work

Director Destin Daniel Cretton has discussed how the Insomniac Games Spider-Man titles helped shape the action in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the fourth MCU Spider-Man film starring Tom Holland and the first he has directed after Jon Watts helmed the previous three. Speaking to Polygon after an early…

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Guide: These 20+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (20th-26th July)

  • Over 20 new PS5 and PS Plus games arrive this week
  • Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game headlines new standalone PS5 releases
  • PS Plus Extra gains Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and more

This week's release schedule (20th–26th July) brings a substantial batch of new content to PS5 owners, including standalone game launches and a fresh wave of titles joining the PlayStation Plus subscription service. The highlight is Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game, a hand-drawn 2D fighter set in the Avatar…

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Horror fans are raving over the first nightmare-inducing trailer for Other Mommy that played before The Odyssey this weekend: “Won’t allow me to sleep for the foreseeable future”

  • Other Mommy’s first trailer has alarmed and excited horror fans.
  • It screened before The Odyssey this weekend.
  • Viewers praised its unsettling, nightmare-like tone.

The first trailer for horror film Other Mommy screened ahead of The Odyssey in cinemas this weekend, prompting strong reactions from horror fans online. Viewers described the footage as deeply unsettling and sleep-disrupting, suggesting the film has quickly attracted attention through its frightening imagery and atmosphere. The response…

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Valve see the great RAM shortage “getting worse,” just in case you were clinging to hopes of a cheaper Steam Machine

  • Valve says the global RAM shortage is "still getting worse"
  • Retail prices lag bulk supply signals by three to six months
  • AI data centre demand is blamed for driving the shortage

Valve engineers have warned that the global RAM shortage affecting PC and console hardware pricing is continuing to worsen, dampening hopes that its upcoming Steam Machine could become cheaper any time soon. In an interview with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, Steam Machine engineers Yazan Aldehayyat and Pierre-Loup Griffais said…

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