Latest articles by Ted Litchfield
Singleplayer Elden Ring Nightreign is no longer hell to play, but it's still a compromised game of 30-minute boss runbacks
loneliest number Solo Nightreign has hit its natural ceiling of being 60% as good as the co-op experience.
Elden Ring Nightreign's Wylder can not only rocket jump with his explosive ultimate, he can grappling hook combo into it to fly around like an offstage Smash Bros. character
news S-tier recovery.
You get a unique relic for beating Elden Ring Nightreign's 'supposed to lose' tutorial boss, but don't worry: There's a buried menu option to fight him again
rematch The relic's better early game and nothing to write home about, but it's still neat.
The GOAT of Sekiro has already soloed Elden Ring Nightreign's final boss as its katana-parrying samurai guy
news The Executor, or as I like to call him, "Johnny Katanas."
It's not just you: Elden Ring Nightreign's matchmaking is taking forever if it works at all, and there doesn't seem to be a fix—aside from queueing with a full group
news FromSoft's suggested fixes so far are "turn it off and on again" and "some weird thing only for PlayStation owners."
You got Nightreigned: Elden Ring's spinoff is the most aggravating, player-hostile FromSoft game I've played, but I keep staying up past 3 AM for 'one more run'
Snackable Souls It feels like a mod (complimentary). It feels like a mod (derogatory). I kind of hate it. I kind of love it?
If you want to play Elden Ring Nightreign in a duo, the Seamless Co-op mod is already out, dead simple to use, and it won't mess up your vanilla save
news A bafflingly good mod, out less than a day after launch.
If you're playing Elden Ring Nightreign solo, every merchant carries a revive item, you can carry two at once, and there are more solo QoL changes coming next week
news The first patch already made a world of difference.
Update: The Elden Ring Nightreign Duos mod from the creator of Seamless Co-op is already available to and play
News "There's also potential for a player cap increase in the future."
A Roblox farming game made by a teenager 'in like three days' had 8.9 million players online at the same time—Steam peaked at 11.5 million across all games on the same day
news Grow a Garden's popularity on TikTok and YouTube suggests it's not bots.
Even with The Elder Scrolls 6 just a twinkle in Todd Howard's eye, it's boom times for Elder Scrolls fans: The project to remake Morrowind in Skyrim just put out a 20-minute trailer and progress update
news Who are you calling N'wah?
Indie Fallout wiki s forces with the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages, ensuring a bright future for looking up RPG lore uninterrupted by half-page video ads
news UESP, the Independent Fallout Wiki, and their like are a real breath of fresh air on the 2020s internet.
'Son, you did a good job:' Doom grandaddy John Romero streamed hit indie FPS Dusk and absolutely loved it
news It's gotta feel pretty good to be Dusk dev David Szymanski and hear that.
The next Warhammer 40K RPG from Rogue Trader's devs sounds killer: An Imperial inquisitor detective RPG where you can intimidate your enemies until they're 'scared as f**k' and surrender
sacrilicious Sounds rad, I'm in.
A week after launch, my new favorite grungy, Condemned-style horror-brawler has its first patch and the promise of yokai-punching spiked knuckles on the way
news I love Labyrinth of the Demon King go play Labyrinth of the Demon King.
ing The Witcher 3's toughest choices (and the objectively correct answers)
Hard calls Even in an RPG full of dicey outcomes, these moments in The Witcher 3 still stand out.
An MVP of ultrawide patches for triple-A games just had their entire library nuked from GitHub, and nobody seems to know why
news Lyall says that they are appealing the decision that saw the patches go up in smoke.
One of our most anticipated survival horror stealth games shows off more of its monster juice power-up system, which looks like an unholy cross between Hitman and Mario Odyssey
news Gloomwood recently introduced its monster juice to early access, but will soon let you slurp even more monster juice.
Baldur's Gate 3 has an ultra-rare Act 3 scenario where zombie versions of the tiefling refugees show up in their usual spots acting like everything's normal
news I guess it's kind of a happy ending.
Czech mayor gifts $200 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 collector's edition to country's Prime Minister, elevating the game alongside the Witcher 2 in the company of CRPG state gifts
news Unfortunately, it was the PS5 version.
Baldur's Gate 3 has a secret like Diablo's Cow Level I never saw after 460 hours: A magical sheep companion named 'Harvard Willoughby' you summon by killing a comedian and ringing two bells
news The comedian is actually named after the sheep, and the sheep can cast lightning magic.
You've got to play my dark horse GOTY candidate if you too are a sicko for one of the ultimate RPG gimmicks: a trash level 1 sword that can be forged into a god slayer
news Labyrinth of the Demon King players: Save that katana hilt.
Oblivion guru found a way to save the Emperor and his bodyguard in the original game, getting the drop on his assassin like the fantasy secret service
News If only Bacon had been around in 1963.
