‘Control is king,’ says Blizzard In this video, Blizzard describes the work that’s been gone into tweakingDiablo IIIfor console gamers. In a strange turn of events, I feel as if every new detail we hear about the reworked title for PlayStation 3 and PS4 sounds, in many ways, superior to the original PC release. For PlayStation 4,Diablo IIIwill use the DualShock 4’s touchpad for inventory management. And, speaking more generally, it sounds like the user interface was one of Blizzard’s main areas to focus on: “What we didn’t want to do wassimplifythe experience … [instead] what we wanted to do isstreamlinethe experience,” said lead console designer Josh Mosqueira....

If, like me, you love scouring instruction manuals just for the enemy pages, you’ll dig the latest preview forDragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince. Some folks get pumped whenever they see a new Pokémon. Others just want to see a few dozen Slimes and a Goonache Goodie, which looks like a little chocolate-stuffed croissant with a secret. Visions of flowery dragons and a bouncing Croc-a-Bugle-Doo —which is literally a crocodile with a bugle for a nose — dance in your mind....

Unfortunately, however, that isn’t how things played out last weekend. By far the most common observation aboutStormbloodcoming out of last weekend was that the expansion has an aesthetically pleasing login screen - at times on Saturday and Sunday, the queues to join the early access festivities inFinal Fantasy 14were over 6,000 people long, which resulted in wait times ranging from 20-40 minutes depending on the time of day. Game director Naoki Yoshida acknowledged the problems late Sunday:...

It’s a new week inFortnite Battle Royale, which means that a new set of challenges is available. Most of this week’s challenges from a pretty familiar pattern but there are a few unique ones as well. One that might be giving some players trouble is the clay pigeon hunting challenge, which asks players to find and shoot 5 clay pigeons at different locations around theFortnitemap. Luckily,Fortnitesuperfan thesquatingdog has put together a very helpful map that details where to find and how to complete all of the challenges for Season 5 Week 3 ofFortnite....

At QuakeCon this year, Bethesda confirmed thatFallout 76is going to be releasing exclusively on Bethesda.net withno support for Steam. The company has since clarified that future games may very well remain on Valve’s platform going forward. “We did not announce ‘all future Bethesda games will not be on Steam,'” Hines explained. “That is not what we said. We said ‘this game will be available exclusively on Bethesda.net.’” The news comes from an interview done by Pete Hines at QuakeCon, where he expanded on Bethesda’s decision to limitFallout 76’s release to just the Bethesda launcher....

Following the announcement of its official release date at the Xbox E3 Press Conference. The Coalition, the team behindGears 5, has revealed gameplay for one of thefranchise’s newest game modes, Escape. The new wave-based mode shows similarities to the classic horde mode that fans have grown fond of in the past, with a few added twists in order to help make it feel fresh. In the gameplay video, the player begins deep inside an infested hive, and plants a toxic venom before trying to make their escape, hence the mode’s branding....

Summary Genshin Impacthas introduced players to Furina, revealing all the details about her skill set. Associated with the Fontaine region, Furina is an all-new unit that will supposedly play an important role in the Archon story. There have been many rumors about her true identity since the release of Fontaine in version 4.0, with one indicating that she is the human form of the Hydro Archon.Furina’s mysterious background hasGenshin Impactfans excitedabout the Fontaine story arc, which seemingly revolves around newly-introduced characters Neuvillette, Wriothesley, and Lyney....

Film, comic, and novels to be discussed as well Koei Tecmo is hosting aNicoNico streamthis Thursday that’s all about theFatal Frameseries in general as well as the upcomingFatal Frametitle for the Wii U. In addition, the stream will cover the upcomingFatal Framefilm, manga series, and light novels that were announcedearlier this year. The stream goes live on July 17 at 1:30 PM in Japan, so that’s 9:30 PM on Wednesday if you’re on the west coast, and July 17 at 12:30 AM on the east coast....

While MCU fans were seemingly excited about theHawkeyeseries coming to Disney Plus, it appears that the praise didn’t actually translate into high ratings. TheHawkeyeseries got the lowest ratings for its two-episode premiere of any Marvel Studios series that’s premiered on the streaming service. Hawkeyestars Jeremy Renner as the titular character, even if he’s rarely if ever called that in the MCU movies. Renner ispaired with Hailee Steinfeld, who plays the role of Kate Bishop....

HBO Max’s now-infamous rebrand situation is causing headaches for the streamer’s social media accounts now too. HBO sure is lucky they’re home to some ofthe greatest original TV showsever. Any other network likely wouldn’t be able to come back from their brand mismanagement over the last five years. However, this is the network that brought usThe Sopranos,The Wire,Game of Thrones, andThe White Lotus. They’re going to have to do a lot more thanswitch their name from HBO to HBO Maxto Max back to HBO Max to get people to completely forget about their brand....

Many error codes can rear their heads to ruin your planned session inDestiny 2. They can be an absolute nightmare, and the Bat error code definitely fits that particular description well. Don’t worry, though, because you can fix it. Destiny 2: The Final Shapedefinitely didn’t have thesmoothest launch in the game’s history. In fact, it may have been the biggest, but that’s a conversation for another day. Following it and leading into theEchoes Episode, we’ve had lots of new errors pop up to stop us from playing and just sit there like a wall you can see your goal through but have no way to get around....

If you’ve just picked upLost Records: Bloom & Rage, you’re about to be (or already have been) transported into a dual timeline between 1995 and 2022, filled with secrets and unsettling moments. While you’re being swept along by the main story of Tape 1, it’s worth paying attention to thelist of achievements available inBloom & Rage. In Tape 1, there are 30 to unlock and some of them might require multiple replays of certain chapters or scenes....

Just the base version While CD Projekt Red has its hands full withCyberpunk 2077,The Witcher 3: Wild Huntis still going strong. It already dealt with its growing pains with a score of patches, and didn’t piss off investors or the entire industry in the process. As such, it would behoove the publisher to keep rolling with that goodwill as they attempt to put out the fires they caused themselves withCyberpunk. In the meantime, there’s an interesting little option now for prospectiveWitcher 3Switch players....