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With Fortnite’s 14.00 update available to download right now, you may be wondering about patch notes. As always, Epic has not released any yet and is unlikely to release official patch notes. Thankfully, we have the Community Issues Trello to draw from to create some sort of patch notes. The patch notes below is just the tip of the iceberg, as this patch will be vaulting and unvaulting weapons, adding all kinds of new mechanics, hopefully bringing some changes to the map, and more....

We’re still early into November and going with last month’s end of month surprise, it’s time for a surprise load of Game Pass titles. Last month saw the addition of numerous remastered classics along with Deep Rock Galactic and Celeste. All of which are wonderful titles that I hope you got the chance to try. I’ve been busy with reviews here at The Nerd Stash, but I’ll be checking out the latter two as soon as I can....

This story is part of Gamepur’s Best of 2022 round-up. Action-adventure games can go one of two ways, having a meaty, heavy combat-focused narrative where you’re spending more time firing bullets than listening to dialogue or a slow, drawn-out story as you explore an ever-expanding world. Multiple action-adventure games graced us throughout 2022 across various platforms. For fans who enjoy difficult combat and compelling stories, there was no shortage of choices for admirers of the action-adventure genre....

Genshin Impact started a new event for Version 2.3, the Bantan Sango Case Files: The Warrior Dog event. Your task is to save small animals using a special item while dodging powerful foes. The fourth day starts with a lengthy event, known as the Bantan Sango Case Files: Recognition quest. Today’s quest is a bit different. You’ll start by talking to Sango, and then talking to Ryuji after Sango sends you to him....

Getting to know Genshin’s first brawler character better. When Heizou was first revealed via social media platforms, he took the landscape of Genshin Impact by storm due to his untypical abilities. As news and leaks circulated regarding the Inazuman male, people quickly recognized that this was a character that delivered on the fantasy of being a close and personal brawler, the first of his kind. This curiosity lends itself to other intrigues regarding the individual, such as his element, abilities, and his weapon of choice....

There are several side quests that you can take in Genshin Impact that makes the gameplay enjoyable. Among them is getting a shriveled starshroom in Sumeru after encountering a material-collecting Aranara that will ask for it and a viparyas. The latter is relatively easy to get, so how to get shriveled starshroom in Genshin Impact? Genshin Impact: How to Get Shriveled Starshroom Also known as a scorched starshroom, it is a food item you obtain in Sumeru by applying pyro to a regular starshroom....

While we see sales pretty often for Xbox Live subscriptions, the actual currency used to purchase games on the Xbox Games Store is not quite so easy to find discounted. Luckily, just in time for Christmas, Best Buy has a pretty good deal going on right now. Xbox has a triple pack of $15 Xbox Live cards typically selling for $45 at retail, but right now they also come with a bonus $5 card, basically meaning you are getting $50 in credit for only $45....

The holiday season is rapidly approaching and that means that Black Friday is also getting even closer. That means it is about that time for sales ad leaks for the big day, or days at some retailers, and we now have the first gaming related one and it’s one heck of a deal. The Xbox One now runs you $349, which is a good deal itself, but those who really want one should wait until Black Friday....

With the new Battle Pass star system in Apex Legends, from the frustrations that it caused, to the fixes they are implementing, it’s seems there is yet again another issue. It was brought to light via one reddit user last night, and today, a developer has confirmed it, and discussed a fix. Long story short, one of the things players liked about the new Battle Pass system was that unlike with the weekly XP increases in the old system, the new system would not reset your progress on your star count, or so players thought....

The Tears of Themis Revisiting Youth event brings attorneys on a trip down memory lane as they re-experience their youth alongside Luke, Marius, Artem, and Vyn. The event brings a halt to the hustle and bustle of everyone’s busy lives in the NXX Investigation Team, bringing in the nostalgic sight of blackboards, desks, portable music players, and paper planes as everyone goes back to school and experiences romance in the classroom....

The Prison of Elders isn’t so scary with Cayde-6 at your side. The Prison of Elders is perhaps one of the most important places in the Destiny universe that fans have never really gotten to see for themselves. The enigmatic penitentiary hasn’t been exactly been absent from the game; it had its own devoted game mode back in Destiny 1 after all. It’s just that it’s never felt like we were really getting to see what this most secure and dreaded of prisons was actually like....

Season 10 of Fortnite is close to an end, but challenges still need to be completed. One of the common challenges is to hit easy firing range targets, while the prestige version is to hit hard firing range targets. Keep in mind, you need to finish the normal version before you can move on to the prestige version, so you’ll need to load into a new match to complete the prestige challenge....

Hideout in dumpsters or hay stacks. If you’re looking to level up your Battle Pass in Fortnite Chapter 2 you’ll likely have come across the challenge that requires you to hide inside hideouts. Hideouts are one of the new features in Fortnite Chapter 2 and you’ll want to be on the lookout for specific locations that are hideouts to complete the challenge. There are different types of hideouts: Hay Stacks and Dumpsters There are a couple of different types of hideouts to be on the lookout for: Hay Stacks and Dumpsters....

Want to know how to see footsteps in Fortnite? Hearing a player’s steps is one of the essential aspects of winning any battle royale game, and Fortnite is no exception. To hear the enemy’s footsteps behind the wall or at a great distance, many players put on high-quality headphones and make the game sounds louder. And what about players who cannot buy good headphones or, for some reason, cannot play with sound?...

Fortnite has today launched its February 8 update on all platforms, so here’s the full list of changes and fixes with this patch. Given that this is merely labeled as a hotfix, Fortnite unfortunately isn’t getting too much exciting content to sink your teeth into this week. With that being said, there is one new weapon that should shake things up. This comes in the form of a small machine pistol, modeled in the same style as something like an Uzi submachine gun....

Well, we called it. The 14.10 update has introduced a substantial map change to Fortnite, as Tony Stark has beamed in a massive chunk of earth and dropped it on the northeast corner of the map. Like the smaller Marvel-related landmarks that have been appeared all over the map, this is a massive circle of earth that contains a lake, rivers, and even a new named location. We won’t know the name until the servers come back up, and we can get into the game, but it sure does look pretty....

There’s a new quick challenge in Fortnite that requires you to light off five fireworks that are around Lazy Lake! If you’re wondering where these can be found, we have all of the locations you’ll need to complete this challenge quickly. Lazy Lake Fireworks Locations Map This isn’t too difficult of a challenge, you’ll want to head west of Lazy Lake for the hills area of the that part of the map....

Our full Fortnite Season 2 Skins post has every skin you could’ve earned during the second season of the battle pass. We’ve got all of emotes and dances, outfits, pickaxes, and back blings! Fortnite Season 2 is actually the first real season of the battle pass. What is designated as season 1, was more of a leveling system and a store where you could purchase items when you reached a certain level....

Epic Games have released the full patch notes for Fortnite 8.50, revealing everything we wanted to know about the new Fortnite X Avengers crossover event. The event takes the form of a new mode, called Endgame, that sees Thanos and his evil allies invading the game in search of the Infinity Stones. The new update will hit PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Android and iPhone today, with any downtime expected to end between 6-7am ET, 10-11 am GMT....

Forza Horizon 4 is an open world racing video game which is releasing on Xbox One and Windows 10 on October 2. The Ultimate edition owners will get their hands on the game a little earlier, on September 28. With only little more than 30 days left for its release, Microsoft has already revealed the full list of achievements that players will unlock in the game. There are a total of 55 achievements in Forza Horizon 4, and players will get a total of 1,000 gamerscore....