The First Descendant's recent server issues have now been addressed thanks to a new patch that resolves those issues, along with tweaking the game's UI, addressing specific bugs, and fine-tuning some aspects of gameplay.

With the release of hotfix 1.0.1, players should no longer encounter trouble when logging in, nor will they encounter any more hilariously headless fellow players, as the bug causing that issue has been resolved.

Also included in the new patch is a fix for an equipment error in which the Guided Round of the Restored Relic Ultimate Weapon did not apply the Ancient Fire status effect.

Star Wars has no shortage of iconic vehicles, but if you were looking for the best ground-based ride around the sands of Tattooine, it doesn't get much better than Luke Skywalker's X-34 Landspeeder. Essentially a hot rod with anti-gravity engines, the Lego replica of this speedy joyride has been marked down significantly at both Target and Amazon. At Target, you'll need to be a Circle member--Lego sets are 30% off for Target Circle Week--and at Amazon you'll need to click the coupon box to slice $72 from the price.

Target Circle Week has arrived, and it includes one of the retailer's most popular promotions: buy two, get one free video games, books, movies, and board games. On the video game side of things, the vast majority of the eligible titles are for PS5 and Xbox Series X. The list of games even features some notable new releases and a bunch of upcoming games, including Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, Romancing SaGa 2, Slitterhead, and Alan Wake 2's physical edition. You'll need to be a Target Circle member to take advantage of these deals as well as the many other offers available at Target through July 13, but signing up is free and takes less than a minute.

Target typically doesn't include Nintendo Switch games in its B2G1 free sales, but Switch users can still take an advantage of a very good promotion. A bunch of Switch exclusives are discounted to only $35 this week, including Super Mario, Zelda, Kirby, and Donkey Kong games.

Target's latest Circle Week Sale is trying to steal a bit of Amazon's thunder ahead of Prime Day 2024 (July 16-17). As usual, Amazon kicked off a B2G1 free sale of its own to match Target's promotion. Amazon doesn't have as many games in its version of the sale, but it's definitely worth checking out. Plus, these are mix-and-match sales, so even if you don't find three games you want, you can always throw in a book, board game, Blu-ray, etc.

We're expecting great video game deals for Prime Day next week, but Target is getting a head start on the event by listing a bunch popular Switch games for just $35. You'll need to be a Target Circle member to cash in on the steep price cuts--but signing up is entirely free and takes just a few seconds. You'll also unlock a slew of other deals, as these video game price cuts are part of Target Circle Week, which is slashing prices on thousands of items throughout the store.

As for Switch games, notable games on sale for $35 include The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Pikmin 4, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and more. Switch titles don't often see discounts this generous, so be sure to give them a look if you're yet to play these classics. And if you're looking for some cooperative fun for the summer, you can snag New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe for $35, as the platformer lets four friends jump around in local play.

At long last, the glorious mustache of Ron Burgundy can be admired in ultra-high definition. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy has long been hailed as one of the greatest comedy movies of all time, and a 4K Blu-ray version is finally available as of this week. You can secure your copy of the 4K edition for $23.19 (was $26) at Amazon, just in time to watch it on Anchorman's 20th anniversary on July 9. The 4K Blu-ray edition of Anchorman also comes with 1080p Blu-ray and digital formats.

In case you haven't seen it--or you need to revisit it--Anchorman was one of Will Ferrell's breakout hits in the early 2000s. Going from Saturday Night Live sensation to cannon fodder for Austin Powers, Ferrell starred as the titular Ron Burgundy, San Diego's number one TV news anchor in a time when cable ruled the airwaves. Having become very comfortable in the male-dominated world of news, Burgundy faces a new challenge, when rising reporter Veronica Corningstone--played by Christina Applegate--turns his world upside down.

A new volume of the Elden Ring: Books of Knowledge series is on the way later this year to help players through the game's massive Shadow of the Erdtree DLC expansion. Elden Ring: Books of Knowledge Volume 3: Shadow of the Erdtree is packed with encyclopedic information on Shadow of the Erdtree's densely-packed Shadow Realm, its inhabitants, and all the new gameplay content, plus behind-the-scenes materials that offer a deeper look into the expansion. The hardcover book is set to launch on September 30, and you can preorder it now for $45 at Future Press. We expect the listing to go live at Amazon soon, and we'll update this article as soon as preorders are available.

Like the first two books in the series, Elden Ring: Books of Knowledge Volume 3: Shadow of the Erdtree is both a gameplay guide and an in-depth art book that fans of all stripes will want to check out. It includes detailed breakdowns of the expansion's new characters and quest lines, as well as full walkthroughs of the new bosses, enemies, dungeons, and explorable regions. Along with the written guides, the tome is packed with artwork, including all-new concept art and full-page illustrations of landscapes, characters, weapons, and more.

Volumes 1 and 2 saw high demands thanks to Elden Ring's massive success, and with Shadow of the Erdtree breaking records to become the best-selling video game DLC ever, we expect Volume 3 will be popular as well, so it's worth preordering your copy as soon as possible.

This fall, Max's original series The Penguin will help bridge the gap between The Batman and The Batman Part II. However, the second planned spin-off series centered on Arkham Asylum is no longer going forward at Max.

Via Variety, Arkham Asylum was intended to be Max's second series in The Batman's continuity. Antonio Campos was previously attached to Arkham Asylum as the writer and the showrunner in 2022. But after two years of development, Max has elected to not go forward with Campos' version of the show. While the outlet notes that a separate Arkham Asylum series could eventually go forward at Max, the show as originally conceived is dead for now.

Before the second spin-off from The Batman was centered on Arkham Asylum, it was originally announced as a show that would focus on the Gotham City Police Department. In 2020, Boardwalk Empire creator Terrence Winter was signed to write and executive produce the series before he left the project over creative differences. Winter's successor, Joe Barton, also left the spin-off for the same reason.

Early in Stardew Valley Demetrius comes to your farm and offers to set up a research project in the cave located in the northern part of your farm. The two options presented are bats, which will occasionally leave fruit in the cave, or Mushrooms, which will occasionally spawn in the cave. Demetrius appears to make the offer once you have accumulated 25,000G. This choice is permanent, so you will want to pick the option that works best for you. Here are the benefits of each choice.

If you choose the Bats, fruit will occasionally spawn in the cave. This is an excellent choice if you want to complete the community bundles as early as possible, since you will need several different kinds of fruit for certain bundles. Otherwise, you will need to plant and grow several fruit trees before waiting for the right season for the tree to grow fruit. The fruit doesn't spawn every day, since there is only a chance, which increases if there is already some fruit in there. The fruit never despawns, so you don't have to check every day.

Fruit is useful in the late-game too, since fruit that grows on trees is universally liked, so it's a great steady supply of gifts for villagers. It can also be used for wine as well, which can be nice if you don't want to dedicate a large amount of space for fruit trees. If you want a steady supply of fruit without needing trees, choose the bats.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's popular G3T_H1GH parkour mode has returned in Season 4 Reloaded as G3T_H1GH3R, which includes a new map to traverse and more unique camos to unlock. Here's how you can earn all three colorful camos, including the one that demands you find all Get Higher coins.

• What is G3T_H1GH3R mode?

Get Higher is the return of MW3's limited-time mode from the 420 event earlier this year, which tasked players with completing a retro-styled obstacle course. Now, the mode returns with a brand-new map to complete. Here you have a 15-minute timer, and you must parkour your way across the course and race against other players for the best time.

Clay is a relatively common building material found in Stardew Valley, used to make structures and craftable items. Unlike other building materials like Wood and Stone, it isn't always obvious where you can find more Clay. Luckily, there are a few consistent ways to track down Clay in Stardew Valley.

Clay is most commonly found by tilling either dirt or sand with your hoe. It can be a little inconsistent with how frequently it appears from tilling, but clearing out large areas of dirt, like the patches found near the Carpenter's house, usually yields some Clay. You can also till the large amounts of dirt on your farm--with the exact amount depending on which farm layout you have. You can also till the dirt patches found sometimes in the Mines and Skull Caverns.

Artifact Spots, which look like worms coming out of the ground, can also yield Clay. Clay can also appear in fishing treasure chests and geodes, but similar to the Artifact Spots, so many different items can appear in these items that it's not a consistent way to find Clay. Clay can also be mined from Clay Veins, but these are only found on Ginger Island, which you won't get access to after completing either the Community Center or the Jojo Mart.

To celebrate GameSpot sister-site Giant Bomb's sixteenth anniversary, the entirety of Let's Play series Metal Gear Scanlon is now on YouTube for free.

So named for co-host Drew Scanlon, the series sees him and Dan Ryckert, among other guests, tackle each of Metal Gear Solid's major titles, from the original PlayStation game to Metal Gear Rising Revengence to The Phantom Pain. Scanlon had never played Metal Gear before doing the series, so Ryckert acts as a tour guide. On YouTube, each season has been put into a giant, multi-hour video, but no further editing has been done.

Drew Scanlon was a Giant Bomb staff member until 2017, but you might know him best as the "blinking white guy" in that one gif. He currently works at video game development studio Digital Eclipse. Ryckert is presently creative director at Giant Bomb.

There was a time when there were a few games based on The Matrix movies, and they were even pretty good at times. Today, while video game adaptations are tougher to come by (although you can be Neo or Trinity in Fortnite), fans shouldn't sleep on a tabletop opportunity to delve into the Matrix, with Upper Deck's Legendary Encounters: The Matrix deckbuilding game, available on Amazon.

If you're a tabletop or deckbuilding game fan but unfamiliar with the Legendary series, you're missing out. They're a series of cooperative games you can play solo or with friends where you battle against the deck, and they're constructed really well to capture the feeling of venturing into the licensed worlds they're trying to portray. The first Legendary game was a Marvel superheroes deckbuilder and has a ton of expansions, but I have the first Legendary Encounters, where the franchise expanded into movies with the Alien franchise. While that one seems to be out of print, the game manages to replicate the specific feel of the original Alien franchise, but with cards, and not only is it a fun and well-designed game, it's genuinely pretty tense for a game you play with cards.

Legendary Encounters: The Matrix was released in 2023, and captures the same feel of the films and lets you join up with up to four other players, and includes characters like Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus, as well as villains such as Agent Smith and the Merovingian. The game is played not only with cards, but with a special playmat that dictates the flow of the game and makes learning it a little easier, as well.

Igon is the best character in Shadow of the Erdtree. He's the best character in all of Elden Ring, in fact. He might be the best character in any From Software game. And if you're the kind of person who makes "git gud" a cornerstone of your personality, you probably missed out on him.

You find Igon at the base of the Jagged Peak, and at first, he's kind of a pathetic figure. He's already injured when you discover him, and from his wailing laments, you learn that he's trying to kill a huge and horrific dragon called Bayle the Dread. Apparently, Bayle already kicked Igon's ass and he can no longer walk, so being the very nice person that you are, you leave him crying on the side of the road.

You might have thought Igon was a sad, broken man, but you haven't yet seen the depths of his resolve. Later, as you climb the mountain, you slay a few dragons who stand in your way--first one, alone, and then two together. After winning the battle against two dragons at once, you hear laughter. It's Igon, and seeing your performance convinces him that you're the partner he's been waiting for. He cuts off his own finger--that's how summoning NPCs works in Elden Ring--and gives it to you, begging you to summon his soul in your fight against Bayle.

Epic Games has taken to Twitter to call out Apple for rejecting the company's app submission, claiming that it's arbitrary and obstructive.

"Apple has rejected our Epic Games Store notarization submission twice now, claiming the design and position of Epic’s 'Install' button is too similar to Apple's 'Get' button and that our 'In-app purchases' label is too similar to the App Store's 'In-App Purchases' label," Epic Games explained.

Epic Games continued, saying that it is using the same "Install" and "In-app purchases" naming conventions that are used on multiple different popular app stores and platforms. Epic also said that it is building a store that mobile users can easily understand and is following standard design conventions in iOS apps.

If you're looking for a cheap gaming desk, you can grab GTRacing's 55-inch gaming desk with integrated RGB lighting for just $70 at Walmart right now. The desk is already a budget-friendly option at its normal $250 listing price, but $70 is a steal.

The desk's 55-inch carbon fiber tabletop sits atop a 30-inch tall steel base that can support up to 300lbs. It includes a headphone storage hook and two cable management ports to help keep your setup tidy. It also comes with an oversized mousepad that measures 24 inches wide by 24 inches long. An RGB strip is built into the underside edge of the desk, which can be controlled with the included remote or synced with your smartphone.

You won't find a better deal on gaming desks with similar sizes and features, so take advantage of this GTRacing desk discount while it's still available at Walmart. If you're looking for more recommendations, be sure to check out GameSpot's list of the best gaming desks available ahead of Prime Day 2024.

Diablo 4 is getting a new update on July 10, and while the patch is mostly bug fixes, one of those fixes will make an already incredibly strong and popular Barbarian build even better.

The build in question is the Whirlwind Dust Devil Barbarian, which revolves around the Dust Devil Legendary Aspect. Come patch 1.4.4, a bug fix to a number of Legendary Aspects that "were not dealing as much damage as intended" will be applied, and lo and behold, the Dust Devil's Aspect is somehow on Blizzard's list. That means the already-powerful build will become even stronger, as the Dust Devils created by Whirlwind will deal even more damage. Other Aspects that will deal more damage following the fix include the Aspect of Surprise, Trickster's aspect, Aspect of Artful Initiative, Vengeful Aspect, and Aspect of the Arrow Storms.

As for the rest of the patch, a fix for the Tortured Gift of Amulets chest in Helltides means it will thankfully soon reward more items as originally intended. Boss summoning materials will be worth more gold, so players who aren't keen on actually using them can now vendor them for more profit. The sale price for Blackened Femurs, Gurgling Heads, and Trembling Hands are increasing from 20,000 to 50,000 gold, while Stygian Stones will increase from 70,000 to 150,000 gold.

Fresh on the heels of a crossover with Fallout, Magic: The Gathering has teamed up with another popular video game franchise for a new expansion: The Assassin's Creed x Magic TCG set is now available (as of July 5). You can purchase the new set at Amazon and Best Buy. You can save big on booster boxes with 24 packs of Magic x Assassin's Creed cards at Amazon.

All told, five unique Magic: The Gathering: Assassin's Creed items are up for grabs. Here's a look at what's available at Amazon and Best Buy. We've outlined each product below. If the price changes between the time you order and the release date, you'll get the lowest price offered at Amazon.

Regular viewers of Games Done Quick are probably familiar with Peanut Butter the dog, a Shiba Inu who has been trained by his owner, JSR_, to play older video games in return for treats and praise. For a canine, Peanut Butter's gaming skills are impressive even though he's largely following his owner's lead. But in this year's Summer Games Done Quick, Peanut Butter may have delivered the highlight of the annual event by hitting a walk-off home run to win the game.

An extra innings walk-off 2-run home run on the first pitch does it! PB gets the win (and is a very good boy!) #SGDQ2024 pic.twitter.com/qCnEjL8MwQ

Peanut Butter was playing the SNES classic, Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball, in a game that was tied 3-3 in extra innings. And at just under 30 minutes into the game, Peanut Butter nailed a two-run homer to win with a 5-3 score. The clip posted above only features Peanut Butter's last-second heroics. His entire game is featured in the video below.

Earlier this year, GameSpot interviewed JSR_ in order to get some insight on how Peanut Butter became perhaps one of the first video-game-playing dogs. It took months of training, but Peanut Butter was a dedicated learner and a very good boy throughout the process.

Genshin Impact's summer patch drops later this month and brings a new character, a limited-time map, and multiple seasonal events.

The patch, titled “Summertide Scales and Tales,” will introduce a new map called Simulanka, which features origami animal characters and clockwork towns and trains. The world will also feature various minigames, such as "Metropole Trials" where you'll assemble teams of characters to take on combat challenges and "Flying Hatter's Trick," where you'll capture toy figurines. Completing these games will earn you Starsail coins which you can spend on displayable figurines in the game.

The new five-star character, Emilie, is a perfumer from Fontaine. She wields a Dendro polearm and deals more damage to burning enemies. Her "Lumidouce Case" regularly deals Dendro damage. Her story quest appears in the later half of 4.8's Event Wishes (i.e. Genshin Impact's central gacha mechanic). Navia and Nilou will be available in Event Wishes in the first half and Yelan will join Emilie in the second half.

Elden Ring got its latest patch and multiple nerfs have arrived for some of the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion's most-powerful weapons. To start, the arcane scaling of the Bloodfiend's Arm has been decreased and the status buildup associated with the weapon's heavy attack was also reduced. Pre-patch, the weapons Lightning Perfume Bottle and Frenzyflame Perfume Bottle occasionally dealt double damage, but that bug has now been repaired.

There are a few fixes in the patch that make weapons more powerful. The Carian Sorcery Sword got increased Intelligence scaling, but got worse base damage in turn. The patch repairs a bug where enemies would heal after Black Knife Tiche's maximum HP reduction/gradual HP reduction effect wore off.

The patch notes also address some performance issues, though it may require a little tinkering in your settings. For example, some PC versions might have ray tracing enabled by default. Check your graphics settings to turn it off. On PS5, you can improve the game's frame rate by using "rebuild database" on the PlayStation's safe mode. As previously stated, some PC issues might be caused by third-party applications related to mouse behavior. Deactivating any such applications may improve performance.