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The cover athletes for NBA 2K25 have been revealed, with NBA and WNBA stars co-headlining the box art for the first ever time. This year, the Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum and Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson earn their spot on the All-Star edition of the basketball game’s box. Alongside that, 2K Games has revealed all of the other editions, and the iconic players gracing their covers.

Tatum, Wilson, and Carter Are Your NBA 2K25 Cover Stars

The most exciting development for this year of NBA 2K’s box art is the dual promotion of NBA and WNBA players on the All-Star Edition. Coming off the back of the Celtics’ Championship win, Jayson Tatum features on both the aforementioned All-Star Edition and is the sole athlete on the Standard Edition box.

Zenless Zone Zero has advertised 100 free spins for players who pre-registered for the game. Unfortunately, players around the world have reported that they’re unable to get their rewards. Here’s everything you need to know about Zenless Zone Zero’s 100 Free Spins promotion.

Struggling to Get Your Free Spins in Zenless Zone Zero?

The issue at hand seems to be that people are expecting to get their pulls straight away. In reality, you have to play the game for some time before you gain access to them. You also won’t get them all at once. Reddit user Housing_ Alert states “100 pulls that can be obtained in-game (from quests, events, etc.) that’s available Day 1. The 100 pulls is misleading.”

Wuthering Waves 1.1 has received universal praise from the fandom for all the improvements and changes that Kuro Games has implemented. However, one aspect of the latest version has come under scrutiny. Many Wuthering Waves players are complaining about the ridiculously difficult Mighty Lightcrusher and Construct: Protective Scales bosses.

Are These Wuthering Waves Bosses Too Hard?

What makes these bosses so difficult is the fact that they’re both Red Elite enemies at Level 120 each. Considering that the average player is currently around level 60 or 70, these fights seem almost impossible for everyone. Even if you know how to use the counterattack mechanic, both enemies have fast and punishing attacks that would be very hard to consistently dodge for most players.

Wuthering Waves 1.1 is finally here and it has received a very positive reception from the entire fanbase, with the general consensus being that the story, dialogue, music, and environment, all received upgrades. However, the addition of a new furry floating character, Abby, has triggered a reaction from Genshin veterans and the fandom is split over this new addition.

For those of you who remember the ending scenes of Wuthering Waves 1.1, during our fight with the Dreamless, a little creature pops out from the MCs hand to consume the Echo. However, it goes to sleep soon after. This creature makes a return in Wuthering Waves 1.1 and introduces itself as Abby. Now while many might think of this as a harmless new addition, some people are extremely concerned about what this means for the future of the story.

Pocketpair’s monster-catching RPG Palworld was one of the early 2024 breakout hits, enamoring players with its blend of Pokemon-style mechanics and gun-toting action. In the six months since its overnight success, the devs have been working on the new Sakurajima expansion, which has finally landed. While most of the attention focuses on its new Pals, bosses, and region, some eagle-eyed players prefer the smaller changes it adds.

Are You a Fan of the Palworld Sakurajima Update’s New Changes?

Over on the Palworld subreddit, fans are chatting about some of the lesser-known changes added in the Sakurajima update that caught their eye.

Netflix is no stranger to propelling a random movie or TV show to worldwide notoriety practically overnight. The likes of Under Paris or 365 Days never would’ve blown up without a healthy push from Netflix’s algorithm, shoving them onto subscribers’ front pages. Recently, it seems like the same phenomenon has happened all over again – but this time, it’s a movie you’d never expect.

Dracula Untold Flies Up the Netflix Top 10

Without much rhyme or reason, Dracula Untold, a 2014 retelling of the iconic vampire story starring Luke Evans as the eponymous blood-sucker, currently sits at #3 on Netflix’s worldwide movies chart, as per FlixPatrol.

Nintendo had plenty of announcements for its June Nintendo Direct, notably a new free DLC for Nintendo Switch Sports. Basketball is coming to the roster of sports playable with motion controls, and it’s available as a free download to those who have the game.

Basketball is Coming to Nintendo Switch Sports

In time for the 2024 Summer Olympics, active Switch players can play basketball on Nintendo Switch Sports. You can keep the game fresh with a few different ways to play. You can face off in 2v2 matches against another duo or hone your skills with various training modes. These 2v2 matches can be played locally or online with an active subscription.

The Nintendo Direct is Nintendo’s main outlet for video game news. As a result, we can hope to see a wave of new announcements and trailers from first-party and third-party game studios coming to the Switch. Here’s our Nintendo Direct June 2024 live blog. Nintendo has already detailed that there will be no mention of their next hardware generation. The software focus will also be on Nintendo Switch titles coming in the second half of 2024.

How to Watch the June 2024 Nintendo Direct

The Nintendo Direct will start broadcasting on June 18, 2024.

More than two years after the base game released, we’re now within a week of Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Billed as a major new expansion with a whole new region to explore and plenty of grueling bosses, fans are chomping at the bit to dive in. That said, you may want to be careful on social media, with spoilers and leaks now running amok.

PSA: Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Has Leaked

Posting on the game’s X page today (June 17), FromSoftware shared a message advising players to be cautious of Shadow of the Erdtree spoilers across social media.

If you’ve got nothing but fond memories of the plethora of licensed tie-in games from the noughties, rejoice. A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead has been officially revealed by Saber Interactive, continuing the story told in the two horror movies from director John Krasinski and its upcoming prequel.

Developed by Stormind Games, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a first-person survival horror game due to release on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Details are still fairly slim plot-wise, but you play as a young woman surviving despite both the sound-sensitive creatures that wreaked havoc on civilization, and memories of deep interpersonal wounds with her family. As a plot-driven single-player game, you can expect both intense horror and character-driven narrative to occupy your time with the game.

Recently we’ve seen an anti-mobility sentiment emerge from the XDefiant fanbase. Things have become bad enough that players are blocking others who utilise these mechanics to avoid getting them in their games again.

A recent discussion on the XDefiant subreddit has shed light on the use of the game’s “block” feature. The main purpose of blocking is to prevent unwanted interactions with players. Some users are using it to manipulate the matchmaking system. “For the last 4 days, I’ve been blocking everyone who abuses the movement and now I’m starting to have fun balanced games”. 

The Witness and Winnower have been a long-running rumor and topic of discussion in the Destiny community for many years now. However, Bungie has finally confirmed that the Winnower is canon, and here’s all we know about it.

The latest raid(which is not finished yet) provides us with some dialogue lines from Witness itself as well as some important information through lore books. We finally get to see the relationship between the Gardener, Winnower, and Witness, and how they affect the Universe.

The latest major expansion in Fallout 76, entitled Skyline Valley, is finally out now. While previous seasons have consistently added new quests, weapons, and NPCs to the game, it’s the first time the Appalachian wasteland has been expanded. Yet while the new map area provides plenty of new land to explore, some players are dissatisfied with the rewards they get for doing so.

Are Fallout 76’s Season 17 Rewards Up to Scratch?

Over on the Fallout 76 subreddit, fans are debating whether or not the new scoreboard rewards are worth the grind. That’s not due to how much effort it requires to unlock them – in fact, some are repeatable – but due to their seemingly juvenile design.

With the success of Destiny 2’s The Final Shape, players are pretty excited for the upcoming Episode 1: Echoes season. Rumors of new stories, challenges, and a hidden jungle moon have generated a ton of excitement and The Final Shape has set the bar quite high for future seasons and expansions.

There is a lot of talk about how important The Final Shape has been for the game, but with it behind us, most are now concerned about the future of Destiny 2. Many believe that the first episode for Echoes needs to be the best season Destiny 2 has ever had.

Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is shaping up to be one of the most highly anticipated DLC releases in recent memory. The trailer alone broke several records and garnered millions of views in mere minutes. However, what most people don’t realize is that the majority of Elden Ring’s players will not be able to play the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC… at least not immediately.

Will You Be Able to Play Shadow of the Erdtree?

FromSoftware has revealed that in order to start the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, you must interact with Miquella’s cocoon in Mohgwyn Palace. Sounds simple enough, right? That is until you remember that Miquella’s cocoon is guarded by one of the most formidable bosses in all of Elden Ring, Mohg the Lord of Blood.

For Call of Duty fans, the dedicated Black Ops 6 reveal was the best part of the recent Xbox Games Showcase. While we saw plenty of other exciting titles like DOOM: The Dark Ages and Gears of War: E-Day, there’s nothing quite like a new CoD game. As such, it’s not a surprise to see which older Call of Duty games have shot up the Xbox charts since.

With Black Ops 6 taking all the headlines, both Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 3 have skyrocketed up the most popular paid charts on Xbox’s digital storefront. Neither of these games ever fade out of public discussion for very long. However, now is the perfect time for players to brush up on the Black Ops franchise’s finest entries.

In a new patent with the United States Patent Office, Nintendo appears to register Mario-themed sleep-monitoring software and hardware. It looks to be similar to Pokemon Sleep which was launched last year, as it seems to gamify positive sleep habits.

Patented Hardware

First spotted by curious Reddit user NefariousnessFit9350, it was posted on the r/Nintendo subreddit.

Anyone who attempted Destiny 2’s raid, Salvation’s Edge, assumed it would be days until someone claimed the win but, surprisingly, this was not the case! A record-breaking team has claimed victory after 19 relentless hours, just 11 minutes longer than the previous longest time recorded. So, who won the world’s first race for Destiny 2 Salvation’s Edge raid?

Salvation’s Edge Winners Confirmed by Bungie

Salvation’s Edge went live on Friday 7 June, 2024 at 1 pm ET. Players quickly launched into the race to see if they would be the first to the finish. Unfortunately for many teams, it became undeniable this was no simple battle and the foes were of a superior power level! When 12 hours had passed and no winner was declared, project leader Catarina Macedo announced: “The Witness is the biggest threat the universe has ever seen. We warned you.”

Upcoming sci-fi PVP FPS title Concord pits teams against each other as they attempt to complete a series of missions. May’s State of Play gave us our first glimpse of Concord’s intense gameplay, and we now know how much Concord will retail for.

Concord Confirmed to Release at $40

Concord is available for pre-order right now, and costs $39.99 / £34.99 / €39.99 / ¥4,480 MSRP, according to PlayStation’s blog. This will give people 16 playable characters, 12 unique maps, and six different game modes. Following launch, the game will receive regular updates for all players, with no additional cost.