Helldivers 2 raises max level cap, and all of your extra XP applies retroactively

Developer Arrowhead Game Studios has raised the max level cap inHelldivers 2to help you show off all those harrowing hours spent defending worlds from the Automatons. Since its initial release, the highest level players could reach inHelldivers 2was level 50. The engrossing gameplay loop has hooked a massive community that has now played for so long that most of them hit that level weeks ago. Mercifully, that level cap has been more than doubled, and every drop of XP gained since reaching the previous cap, should players have any, will be applied to accounts that deserve it....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Connor Dixon

How to complete Moosewood Limited Event Quest in Fisch (Atlantis Update)

The new year is off to a decent start forFischplayers with the arrival of the Atlantis update, and a new Limited Event Quest is now live inside the game. As made quite clear by its name, the quest is only going to be live for the next few days. In fact, you’ll be able to participate in it for the next couple of days at the time of writing. Participating in it can be massively rewarding....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Daniel Bennett

How to defeat Echo Knight in No Rest For The Wicked (tips and tricks)

Echo Knight is by far the most difficult boss encounter inNo Rest For The Wickedfor numerous reasons. No matter which is preventing you from bringing him down, this guide will help conquer this seemingly insurmountable foe. How to beat the Echo Knight boss fight inNo Rest For the Wicked One of the biggest reasons Echo Knight is so difficult is because he is at the tail end of the Cerim Crucible, meaning you have to learn the fight on the fly, or risk being sent back to the beginning on death....

August 10, 2025 · 5 min · 999 words · Angela Phillips

How to find and use Ominous Bottle in Minecraft

For a while now,Minecraft’sBad Omen effect would cause pillagers to raid villages, leading to you saving the day and reaping the rewards. However, with Ominous Bottles andTrial Chambers, this effect has multiple uses, especially if you want to unlock some Ominous Vaults. Where to find Ominous Bottle in Minecraft 1.21 Ominous bottles are a drop from pillager raid captains. They often spawn at pillager outposts, appear in village raids, and lead rare patrol encounters....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · Eric Campbell

How to get and use Mastery Points in Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley’s1.6 update introduced a Mastery system that rewards you with powerful perks and tools through extra skill grinding. It incentivizes you to fish, farm, or forage even after maxing your skills. Here’s a completeStardew ValleyMastery guide, including how to use and redeem your points. How to get Mastery Points inStardew Valley Unlocking Mastery points requires maxing all five of your skills to level ten. Once you reach level ten in all five skills and claim your last few perk points, you’ll find the Mastery level bar with a hefty experience requirement in your skills menu....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Sheri Miller

How to get the Jolan and Anna Spirit Ash in Elden Ring

With the drastically increased difficulty ofElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, many players are seeing their Spirit Ashes getting destroyed just as easily as themselves. One of the newest Spirit Ashes of the DLC,Jolan and Anna, combine resilience with a surprising amount of power to make themselves a worthy use of gloveworts. Adding these sisters to your arsenal of summons won’t be easy. You’ll also need to make a difficult decision between one ofShadow of the Erdtree’smost flashy katanas, or getting half of the ashes needed to complete the duo....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 513 words · William Chan

How to increase beaver population in Timberborn

Oh, geez. It really should be your parents having this conversation with you. Have a seat. In thesurvival city builder,Timberborn, you care for a population of beavers. Like us, these beavers grow up, grow old, and die. Sometimes, they get sick, and they die faster. But new beavers are born all the time so that life will continue. That is, as long as you’re meeting a few criteria. And which criteria depends on which breed of beavers we’re working with....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Ethan Wright

How to make Apple Cider Glazed Salmon in Disney Dreamlight Valley

The Apple Cider Glazed SalmonDisney Dreamlight Valleyrecipe is a tantalizing meal for any of your Disney friends like Minnie or Goofy. This three-star dish can be created from ingredients you may find in the original valley, no DLC is needed. Apple Cider Glazed Salmon Disney Dreamlight Valley ingredients To create Apple Cider Glazed Salmon, you’ll need the following ingredients: You can fish forSalmonin the Sunlit Plateau or theFrosted Heights. If you have some of the DLC, you can also catch it from The Grasslands or The Promenade....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · Joseph Sullivan

It’s big trouble in little China when Hitman 3 goes to Chongqing

Looks that kill I’m killing in the rain. Just killing in the rain. What a glorious feeling, I’m happy again. Scratch that. Cloned killing machines do not feel happiness. They just execute on their executions and then move onto the next murder. IO Interactive has revealed the thirdHitman 3locale. This time, it’s a neon-soaked Chongqing, China, as Agent 47 ascends apartments stacked on top of each other, all in pursuit of his next unlucky target....

August 10, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Ms. Allison Hall

Lake brings holiday deliveries in upcoming Season’s Greetings DLC

It is way too early to think about Christmas As part of the Guerilla Collective 2023 Showcase, Gamioushas announcedthat there’s DLC out for delivery for their indie deliver-’em-up,Lake.Season’s Greetingsserves as a prequel that will have you doling out greeting cards around the eponymous lake in Providence Oaks. Lake: Season’s Greetingswill roll the clock back eight months to before Meredith’s time as temporary mail lady. You play as her father, Thomas, to whom it’s just another holiday delivery season....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Kimberly Shepherd

Lego Fortnite x Star Wars crossover will let you build up your own Rebel base

You’ve survived starvation, wolves, those rolling rock monsters, and so much more to build your perfect village inLego Fortnite. It sure would be a shame if an evil empire rolled up and started blasting. Luckily for you, a rebel fleet is ready to back you up against the dark side of The Force. A newStar Warsupdate is launching forFortniteon May 3, and with it comes a massive expansion toLego Fortnite.We’ll investigate the crash site of an Empire vessel after it rifts into ourLego Fortniteworld....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Michael Waller

Nominees for Destructoid’s Best Switch Game of 2024

It’s almost distressing to think that the Switch was released in 2017. It still feels brand new to me, but then, time has lost all meaning since I got old. But now we’re all waiting for the big reveal of Nintendo’s successor, and you can kind of feel that with the big releases this year. Going to be real with you, this was a much slower year for the handheld, which feels like a weird thing to say when it saw the release of a newZeldagame....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 636 words · Scott Brown

One Destiny 2 Hunter solo killed Salvation’s Edge boss, The Witness

Destiny 2: The Final Shapeended up being pretty darn great, all things considered, with its Salvation’s Edge Raid a particularly notable high-point for the expansion. The big bad of the DLC, The Witness, is the Raid boss, and oneDestiny 2hunter has killed it solo. All the kudos for this incredible accomplishment go to Bog On My Dog, a skilled Hunter player who’s pulled off some truly wild moves to cut The Witness down....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 523 words · Casey Griffith