Genshin Impact’s 2.0 update adds a brand new region to developer miHoYo’s extremely-popular action RPG, and it is called Inazuma. This island nation is led by Baal, the Electro Archon, and many players will undoubtedly want to begin exploring it straightaway. Fortunately, that can be done after meeting only a few prerequisites, and this guide contains full details on the process for traveling to Inazuma inGenshin Impact. To get right to it, the first step toward unlocking Inazuma is to hit Adventure Rank 30 or above....

Even withHalo Infinitelaunching later this year, 343 Industries has no intentions of ending support forHalo: The Master Chief Collection. Despite completing the compilation with the release ofHalo 4in November 2020, 343 has been supplying it with entirely new content and technical updates. Recently, the studio confirmed it wasexpanding mod supportwith new tools, and now it has said it’s investigating into increasing the player count. Currently, multiplayer matches in theHaloseries have only ever allowed for a maximum of 16 players....

Nintendo held its recent Direct presentation during E3 2021. The Japanese gaming company mostly impressed viewers by revealing some long-forgotten franchises, announcing a brand-new entry in theMetroidseries, and even showing off new frantic and fun-filledMario Partycontent. TheMario Partycontent in question is titledMario Party Superstars,and some fans wonder whether the boards and game modes showed are part ofSuper Mario Partyas DLC or if it’s its own new game entirely. Mario Party Superstarsdoesn’t have entirely new game boards, but it takes five boards from the Nintendo 64 era ofMario Partygames....

Battlefield 2042has kept up EA’s curse of disappointing and sometimes unplayable launches.Battlefield 4andStar Wars Battlefront IIboth faced negative reviewsand were bombed by fans and critics alike for the sorry state that they were released in. More games are now launching in broken states, such as the infamous case ofCyberpunk 2077yet just because its more common does not mean that gamers are more likely to let developers and publishers get away with releasing an unfinished game, especially when it still costs $60 or more....

DuringThe Two Towers, 4 ofthe 9 members of the fellowshipare reunited at the edges ofFangorn Forest, where Gandalf has been regaining his strength after falling from the bridge of Khazad Dum in a battle with the Balrog and being reborn. Together the companions travel to the golden hall of Rohan, to meet the king and warn him of the impending darkness growing around the edges of his lands. When they arrive, it is clear that the king is under a spell, being controlled and influenced by the cruel and cunning Wormtongue, who does the bidding of Saruman....

As with any film adaptations of well-known and well-loved books, there is going to be some deviation. Although Peter Jackson’s movies are as faithful as possible, there are definitely some scenarios in the original texts that didn’t make it to the big screens. Some of the most important of these include what happens to Saruman afterthe corrupted Isengardis reclaimed by the Ents, and the events leading up to the Scouring of The Shire, when the hobbits come back from their long quest to find that their beloved homeland has been destroyed....

Black Panthergave fans one of the MCU’s most three-dimensional villains in Erik Killmonger, the former U.S. Navy SEAL (played by Michael B. Jordan) who seeks to overthrow his cousin T’Challa. WithBlack Panther: Wakanda Foreverreleasing this year and fans still hoping for the return of Killmonger to the MCU, Jordan has now opened up about that possibility. Since his role inBlack Panther, fans have seen plenty of Jordan on the big screen in several projects....

Netflix‘s appetite for video game properties continues to grow as the streaming company has just announced a partnership with 2K and Take-Two Interactive to produce the firstBioshockmovie. The dystopian reality depicted in theBioshockgames has always drawn attention from Hollywood ever since the franchise made its debut back in 2007, however, up until now any efforts to port it to film or television had failed to gain traction. After all, last year, director Gore Verbinski (The RingandPirates of the Caribbean) his own initiative to make the film, which he pitched to Universal Studios asa “$200m R-rated”Bioshockmovie, an idea that was quickly dismissed by executives due to the high risk video game movies entail....

Game Rant recently spoke with Max Schaefer, CEO of Echtra Games and a long-time Action RPG developer, who worked on bothDiablo,Diablo 2, and theLord of Destructionexpansion. He also co-founded Runic Games, the studio that worked on the first twoTorchlightgames, and then founded Echtra Games in 2016 to reprise his work on the series withTorchlight 3. During the interview, Game Rant asked Schaefer a few questions concerning the future and the direction of the new era of the ARPGs, defined byDiablo 4andPath of Exile 2, while also talking about the nostalgia and the excitement surrouundingDiablo 2: Resurrectedcoming this year....

WithPokemon GO’sthird and final Ultra Reward Week event about to come to a close, it’s almost time to return to the normal Battle Raid rotation and allow things to settle back down to normal. Each of the Ultra Bonus weeks featured a unique Legendary Pokemon in the 5-star Battle Raid slot, which means there’s a very important spot that needs to be filledonce Unova Week ends. To close out the month of Battle Raids,Pokemon GOis bringing back the popular Fire- and Steel-type Pokemon Heatran....

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republicfans have been asking for a remake for years, and now it seems that they will finally get their wish. According to recent reports, aStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republicremake is actively in development at Aspyr, a studio primarily known for porting older games to modern platforms, including a variety ofStar Warstitles. TheStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republicremake has not been officially announced in any capacity, but its existence has been corroborated by reliable sources....

Bethesda and the future of theElder Scrollsfranchise are at the focus of the gaming industry’s attention this week. Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Bethesda quite possibly meansThe Elder Scrolls 6will not be coming to PlayStation platforms, which has understandably triggered quite a reaction. But all of the attention onThe Elder Scrollsalso makes it quite the opportunity. The modding community behind theSkyblivionproject are taking advantage, dropping the first developer diary for the fan remake ofThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion....

Discerning the Transmundane is one of the Daedric Prince quests inSkyrim, usually picked up by players towards the end of theSkyrimmain questline. In a small shack far north of the College of Winterhold lives Septimus Signus, a mage gone mad from his studies on the Elder Scrolls and an unwitting agent of Hermaeus Mora. RELATED:Skyrim: Creation Club Mods That Break The Lore To progress through the questline, players have to collect five types of blood from the Mer races of Tamriel which, when combined, act as Dwemer blood would in unlocking an ancient device....