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

A bafflingly good mod, out less than a day after launch.

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Ubisoft marks 10 years of trolling Splinter Cell fans with a new tease and I can't believe I'm saying this but they used the wrong picture of Sam Fisher

That's not Chaos Theory!

Path of Exile 2 director says GGG is learning from its mistakes while supporting 2 games at once: 'If you want to lock the date, you can't lock the features'

Path of Exile is moving to a four-month update cycle.

How Bring Her Back’s most stomach-churning shot happened

There’s a scene in Bring Her Back, the latest A24 horror movie from Talk To Me writer-directors (and twin brothers) Danny and Michael Philippou, that’s so violently grotesque, I actually closed my eyes to shut it out. Trying to deny what was going on on the screen just made

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Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home. This week, Captain America: Brave New World, the Marvel superhero movie starring Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford,

How to play Recluse in Elden Ring Nightreign

The Recluse makes a bunch of cocktails in Elden Ring’s Nightreign, but not the type you’d like to drink. She transforms the typical playstyle of a Soulslike spellcaster and flips it on its head by allowing you access to 14 extra spells through her character skill, Magic

How to play Duchess in Elden Ring Nightreign

The Duchess is one of the sharpest classes in Elden Ring Nightreign. The undercover priestess loves to dip in and out of combat, overwhelming foes with fast attacks and status ailments. Once you unlock the Duchess, pick her if you like to stay nimble and quickly dominate foes

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Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic confirms layoffs: 'The landscape is shifting, and with it, so must we'

Former employees began sharing reports of cuts at Playtonic last week.

The Last of Us season 2 failed Ellie in service of safe TV

Without interactivity, the Ellie Williams that players know from the Last of Us games was never going to be the same person as the character who appeared on a television screen on Sunday nights. But by the time season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us reached its finale, it became

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When making lots of small games is more sustainable than making one big one

If you play indie games, you may have noticed Strange Scaffold’s incredible hit rate. Every single one of the studio’s games — from Clickolding, I Am Your Beast, and most recently, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown — has ended up somewhere within the “Positive”

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Unearthed details from scrapped Black Panther game make me sad all over again

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How to two-hand in Elden Ring Nightreign

In Elden Ring Nightreign, every bit of damage you can cause to enemies is a step closer to defeating a boss. The two-hand technique is a classic but effective method to achieve this goal. When you hold a weapon with both hands, you might feel more vulnerable to enemies’

How to get Stonesword Keys to unlock Evergaol in Elden Ring Nightreign

Stonesword Keys are special items in Elden Ring Nightreign that allow you to open Evergaol, opening up one of the best rune farming locations in the game. Farming runes is a crucial part of the gameplay loop in this game, but some locations are better than others. By having at

Elden Ring Nightreign Modder Rushes Out Duos Mode To Save Friendless Tarnished

The Steam reviews for Elden Ring Nightreign are littered with the same request: duos . You can play FromSoftware’s latest game solo or in a three-stack but there’s no option to just team up with one other person and brave the Nightlords’ collective wrath together. Fortunately,

How to upgrade to legendary weapons in Elden Ring Nightreign

Nothing makes you feel as unstoppable in Elden Ring Nightreign as having a legendary weapon. Finding the weapon that best suits not only your class but also your playstyle is a real challenge, though. When you’re out of luck, the best option is to look for some smithing stones

Pokémon Go ‘Serene Retreat’ event guide

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D&D expands even more on psychic powers with new test class

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Elden Ring Nightreign Is About To Become Easier For Solo Players

FromSoftware’s next big RPG, Elden Ring Nightreign , is out now on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. But you probably already know that, considering the game reached over 300,000 players on Steam alone. For those of you venturing forth into this new Souls-like RPG alone, I have good

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

The first patch already made a world of difference.

ZeniMax QA union reaches a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft including 'substantial across-the-board wage increases,' worker protections, and more

Two months after voting to authorize a strike, the finish line is in sight.

Honoring its Pride Month tradition, Tell Me Why is free to keep until the end of June for the fifth year in a row

The award-winning self-discover 'em up from Dontnod is waiting to be claimed.

More than 2 million people have played/been brutalized by Elden Ring Nightreign in its first 24 hours

That's a lot of Nightfarers.

Is generative AI really 'just a tool'?

Some generative AI advocates say AI is inevitable and should be thought of as a tool that can be used for better or worse, but the design of tools has as much to do with their impact as does user intent.

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Canceled Black Panther Game Reportedly Used A Nemesis-Like System For A Showdown With The Skrull

The team behind EA’s Black Panther game was working on a vertical slice before it was killed this week . That’s according to a new report by Bloomberg that sheds some light on what the canceled project was shaping up to be, including its story based around the alien Skrull and

New King Of The Hill Intro Implies A Lot Has Changed In Season 14

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Six Albums To Rip And Tear To After You've Finished Doom: The Dark Ages

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You Should Be Pinging Loot For Your Pals In Nightreign

Cooperation is the name of the game in Elden Ring Nightreign, so it’s good to know how to communicate well with your party to help one another succeed. And since loot is one of an expedition’s most important aspects, you’ll want to be certain everyone’s working together to find

Let's Get You Some More Stonesword Keys In Elden Ring Nightreign

Clearing bosses on the map in Elden Ring Nightreign is generally the best way to level up quickly, so you’ll want to prioritize anything that grants you access to these big baddies. One great way to do this is to find Stonesword Keys, which can open gaols found around Limveld

ZeniMax QA union signs tentative bargaining agreement with Microsoft

'We’re the ones who make these games, and we’ll be the ones to set new standards for fair treatment.'

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Severance's Future Could Include Video Game, TV Show Spin-Offs

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Elden Ring Nightreign is hard for completely different reasons than Elden Ring

OK, I know you just read that headline, but let me admit first off that I don’t actually think Elden Ring is that hard — not if you take it slow and steady, which the game’s design not only allows but encourages. At every step of the way in Elden Ring, you can decide exactly […]

Just How Many Is A 'Great Many Vessels' In Nightreign?

Elden Ring Nightreign is tough as hell and very cryptic, as should be expected from any FromSoftware title. There are a lot of little details that are easy to overlook, so you’d be forgiven if you find yourself confused from time to time. Even a few of the game’s trophies and

How Long Is Elden Ring Nightreign?

Elden Ring was a massive open-world game that stretched well beyond what many of us expected back in 2022; and its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC even added dozens more hours of fun. Elden Ring Nightreign, on the other hand, is a multiplayer roguelike game with a smaller scope and

Former GTA Lead Designer Hopes You'll Build The Content For His New Game For Free

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The Witcher 3 is getting 'one more patch' that will add cross-platform mod support

CD Projekt is busy with other things, but it's still got time for a little more Geralt.

Bethesda Devs Win Major Union Contract At Microsoft After Threatening Strike

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Elden Ring Nightreign Equilibrious Beast boss guide: How to beat Libra

Kill the goat-headed Libra, Creature of Night, to tick another Nightlord off your list.

This underwater city builder had me more emotionally invested in my corals than SimCity does in my human citizens, and you can try it at the next Steam Next Fest

Trade those traffic meters for filter feeders in Life Below.

How To Unlock Nightreign's Duchess

There are eight playable Nightfarers in Elden Ring Nightreign, but two must be unlocked. The first of these characters you’ll be able to unlock is Duchess, who is a nimble character with a moveset that prioritizes dodging and sneak attacks. As such, characters who enjoy

SteelSeries Rival 3 Gen 2 Wireless review

Great battery life isn't enough to turn my opinion here.

The Kingmakers system requirements show that the hardest part of running the game may be finding 80 GB free for the install

A surprise, and a pleasant one at that.

FromSoftware's clunky UI and coy descriptions are keeping me from truly loving Elden Ring Nightreign

Let me love you the way I want to.

Elden Ring Nightreign’s first big patch will make the game very slightly easier for solo players

Elden Ring Nightreign is finally out, and while it’s received a pretty positive reception so far, there’s a contingent of players voicing their complaints that the game isn’t balanced well for solo play. The developers at FromSoftware appear to be listening, and they’re set to

The Death Stranding movie director’s breakout hit is climbing the Netflix charts

Have you seen Pig? You gotta see Pig. At least before the Death Stranding movie. It’s on Netflix right now! Between the recently announced Elden Ring movie from the director of Annihilation and Civil War, and the reinterpretation of the Barney the Dinosaur canon from The Bear’s

Update: The Elden Ring Nightreign Duos mod from the creator of Seamless Co-op is already available to download and play

"There's also potential for a player cap increase in the future."