You're rapidly approaching the end of Psychonauts 2 when you get to Lucretia's Lament, delving into the secrets of the Psychonauts. But there are still plenty of collectibles to find, even if this is one of the smaller levels in the game. Here's where to find everything you need to keep maxing out your Intern rank and powering up all your psychic abilities.We've got even more Psychonauts 2 coverage and guides, including our rundown of all the collectibles in Loboto's Labyrinth, Hollis's Classroom, Hollis' Hot Streak, Ford's Follicles, Strike City, Compton's Cookoff, PSI King's Sensorium, Cassie's Collection, and Tomb of the Sharkophagus. And don't forget to check out our Psychonauts 2 review.Lucretia's Lament CollectiblesNuggets of Wisdom: 3Memory Vaults: 2Emotional Baggage: Duffel Bag, Suitcase, Hat Box, Steamer TrunkFigments: 106The quilting-themed world of Lucretia's Lament is one of the smaller, more straightforward levels in Psychonauts 2, but make sure you thoroughly check the flea circus area before moving on.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Ted Lasso is doing well for Apple TV+, and the streaming service is rewarding the team responsible with a round of pay bumps, including a cool million dollars per episode for star Jason Sudeikis, according to The Hollywood Reporter.According to sources, Sudeikis has closed a deal that will net him $1 million per episode for Ted Lasso Season 3, up from a reported $250,000 to $300,000 per episode for the first two seasons. Other cast members scored raises as well, including Brendan Hunt, Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, who have been boosted from $50,000 to $75,000 per episode up to $125,000 to $150,000.Writers, too, are seeing pay bumps, thanks in part to the show's impressive 20 Emmy nominations. Aforementioned actors Hunt and Goldstein are in this group as well, having written and produced episodes of the show. The writers were meant to begin work on Season 3 in August, but the negotiations pushed the start date out to September 13, according to THR's sources. Production is set to begin in January 2022.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Batman is scheduled for a March 2022 release date, but Warner Bros. is already excited enough about the film that it's begun looking at spin-off series. A series centered on the Penguin, as portrayed in The Batman by Colin Ferrell, is in development at HBO Max, Variety reports.This project is in very early development according to Variety's sources; Farrell himself has been approached to star, but hasn't signed anything just yet. Laura LeFranc (Agends of S.H.I.E.L.D., Impulse, Chuck) is attached to write the script for the show. The Batman director Matt Reeves and producer Dylan Clark have been tapped as executive producers.The show would reportedly go into Penguin's rise to power in Gotham. Introduced in 1941, Penguin AKA Oswald Cobblepot was first cast an an extremely on-the-nose villain who got his name for his short stature and strange facial features. However, over the years he grew into a villain that was a central part Gotham's underground and a major player in organized crime. Penguin has owned casinos and lounges, and even become Gotham's mayor for given amounts of time. Iconic portrayals include those in Batman Returns (Danny Devito) and Batman: The Animated Series (voiced by music legend Paul Williams).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In Chapter 4, Life is Strange: True Colors begins accelerating towards its conclusion. This is a rollercoaster of a chapter, where many of your choices and decisions up to this moment begin to take effect. But there are more to make, especially if you want to get True Colors' "good" ending. You need to end this chapter having made specific decisions in regards to Duckie, Eleanor, and Pike. You can lose their loyalty here if you're not careful.On a more positive note, Chapter 4 is where your efforts to romance Ryan or Steph can finally bear fruit. If you've been gunning for Alex to enter a relationship with one or the other, your hard work is about to pay off. You do have to make one more choice though, and it's missable, so make sure you don't forget about it. That and the rest of the important decisions you have to make are listed below.More Life Is Strange: True Colors GuidesChapter 1: "Side A" WalkthroughChapter 2: "Lanterns" WalkthroughChapter 3: "Monster Or Mortal" WalkthroughChapter 4: "Flicker" WalkthroughDuckie's Sadness Puzzle [Missable]At the festival, you can find Duckie off on his own. If you try to talk to him, he'll be dismissive, but if you read his emotions, you'll see that he's sad and then get the option of picking out blue highlighted objects in the environment to learn why he's sad.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

For the most part, Life is Strange: True Colors becomes a completely different game in Chapter 3: "Monster Or Mortal." Though the first part and last part of the chapter are more of what you've already done, the majority of the chapter is spent on the LARP that Steph set up for Ethan, temporarily transforming True Colors into a turn-based RPG where you have to worry about health bars and status effects and whatnot.That doesn't mean there aren't inconsequential choices, though. There aren't as many as previous chapters, nor as many as in what is to come, but they are important all the same. Some will even lock you out of achieving the "good" ending. We've noted the relevant decisions you need to make below. As a final note: Chapter 3 is also where True Colors really starts hammering home on how Alex feels about music, herself, and Ryan and Steph. Be on the lookout for opportunities to dig into those areas.More Life Is Strange: True Colors GuidesChapter 1: "Side A" WalkthroughChapter 2: "Lanterns" WalkthroughChapter 4: "Flicker" WalkthroughChapter 3: "Monster Or Mortal" WalkthroughDistracting Diane [Mandatory]After Alex and Ryan clue Steph into Alex's Empathy abilities and the trio decide to work together to stop Typhon, the group agrees that they'll somehow need to gather evidence from Diane. To that end, Ryan and Steph come up with a wonderfully stupid, yet hilarious plan: One of the two of them will flirt with Diane to distract her and then Alex can take the opportunity to steal evidence of Typhon's wrongdoings from Diane's bag. You have to decide who should distract Diane.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The final mind you enter in Psychonauts 2 will take you to Fatherland Foibles, a theme park ride that gives you a different look at the events you've been hearing about in Grulovia throughout the game. While this is your last brain location, there are still collectibles you can grab to squeeze out those last few Intern ranks to upgrade your powers for the game's finale. Here's where you can find everything secreted away in your theme park ride through Grulovian history.We've got even more Psychonauts 2 coverage and guides, including our rundown of all the collectibles in Loboto's Labyrinth, Hollis's Classroom, Hollis' Hot Streak, PSI King's Sensorium, Ford's Follicles, Strike City, Tomb of the Sharkophagus, Compton's Cookoff, Cassie's Collection, and Lucretia's Lament. And don't forget to check out our Psychonauts 2 review.Fatherland Follies CollectiblesNuggets of Wisdom: 3Memory Vaults: 2Emotional Baggage: Duffel Bag, Suitcase, Hat Box, Steamer Trunk, PurseHalf-a-Mind: 2Figments: 98You'll make your way through several different segments of Fatherland Follies, and it advances like a theme park ride, so make sure you grab everything you can from each section before opening the door in each one that lets you move on. You won't be able to backtrack through the level unless you re-enter it through the Brain Tumbler.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Isle of Blackreef is a place where lawlessness and debauchery aren't just welcomed but encouraged. It's caught in a time loop, so the events of any given day have no bearing on the next. At the end of every sex, drug, and alcohol binge-fueled evening, the slate is wiped clean so it can happen all over again. Memories are lost and harm--self-inflicted or done to others--is always undone. Blackreef changed me. It made me behave in a way that's not in my nature. Whether it's Metal Gear Solid, Deus Ex, Splinter Cell, or Dishonored, the role I inhabit is that of a ghost, entering a scenario to achieve an objective and leaving with clean hands and conscience. I'm the pebble thrown into water that makes no ripples.And yet, in Deathloop, I murdered hundreds of Eternalists and I felt good about doing it. I tried to be true to myself--skulking across rooftops, hiding in dark corners, and carefully moving between people, but the allure of Blackreef's daily absolution was difficult to resist. I watched the first Eternalist I killed dissolve into nothingness, and a message written into the air in some ethereal ink assured me he'd return in the next loop, completely oblivious to what happened. Killing became second nature, and with no consequence why wouldn't it?The rules of Deathloop's world created an intoxicating sense of liberation, but this leads to the game's central question of purpose: When nothing matters, how do you give your actions meaning? That is where developer Arkane Lyon's gameplay design comes into play, and killing with reckless abandon becomes killing for a reason: to break the loop. The mechanics that govern the world and facilitate your quest to upend it are constructed so masterfully that there's a tangible sense of growth both in-game and out of it. You begin your first day in Blackreef dazed, confused, and incredibly hungover, and end your final one as the unstoppable architect of its demise.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As suspected, Fortnite developer Epic Games filed an appeal over the court's recent judgment in the high-profile Epic-Apple lawsuit in which Epic lost on nine out of ten counts. As part of the case, Epic was ordered to pay millions of dollars due to Epic's violation of store agreements. Over the case of the lengthy legal proceedings, Epic maintained that Apple represented a monopoly because it only allows its own store and payment system for in-game purchases. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers concluded in the ruling that Epic could not prove that Apple was engaging in monopolistic behavior under federal or state anti-trust laws, but that "the trial did show that Apple is engaging in anti-competitive conduct under California's competition laws."The official appeal document (via The Verge) does not include specifics about the appeal, so we'll have to wait to learn more. Attorney Richard Hoeg told GameSpot that appeals from both sides were expected.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Wii U may no longer be in production, but it's still a great console for playing a bunch of Nintendo exclusives as well as classic titles from Nintendo history. A refurbished Wii U is now 32% off; you can grab this piece of Nintendo history on sale for only $236 (reg. $349) .Released in 2012, the Wii U may be in the shadow of the more popular Switch, but Nintendo fans who didn't pick one up originally can still find value in the console today. In particular, the Wii U's eShop has far more retro options than the Switch, including Game Boy Advance and Nintendo 64 games.The console comes with all of the components you need, including an HDMI cable, gamepad, and sensor bar along with the system's built-in camera, microphone, and motion sensors so you can bring your games to life in your at-home entertainment system.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

2K Sports is constantly striving to make its NBA 2K series the most authentic representation of the professional basketball experience both on and off the court. The developer took this ambition to new heights with NBA 2K22, putting the famous spokesperson Jake from State Farm into the game. Really. You've seen Jake from State Farm in TV ads everywhere, and now he's in NBA 2K. As part of the significant updates to the social hub, The City, 2K Sports added a State Farm insurance store. And none other than Jake from State Farm is there to have a chat. The whole sequence is a treat, so we won't spoil it. Here's the video:As Jake from State Farm says in the encounter, you can also dress like Jake from State Farm after meeting up with the character. Capybaroness, who was among the first to spot Jake from State Farm in NBA 2K22, also posted an image of the clothing, or "drip," as Jake from State Farm says.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

So you’ve begun your journey into Tales of Arise. Liberating the Dahnan people is no small task, and your success will depend entirely on how well you can navigate the game’s world and combat. But fear not, brave freedom fighter--we’ve assembled a list of tips to help you hone your skills for the starting hours of your long journey.Whether you’re a newcomer to the Tales series or a seasoned veteran, this advice will help you start off your adventure on the right foot. Don't forget to also check out our Tales of Arise review while you're at it.Hoarding Is Good, ActuallyAs you wander around the fields and caverns that make up the world of Tales of Arise, you’ll undoubtedly see lots of collectibles, indicated by shining sparkles, purple rock formations, or treasure chests of varying forms. Is it worth your time to go off-path to grab these items? The answer is almost always yes, absolutely!Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Creating your own video game is a dream most people who have picked up gaming have had. While coding skills aren't required to make games nowadays, they are needed to use one of today's most popular engines: Unity. A huge number of modern games are made in the Unity Engine with C# programming, and if you learn it you can make just about any type of game you want. A nice way to start is with The Ultimate Unity Game Development Bundle. Valued at $800, it's on sale now for just $25.This bundle includes 44 hours of training that will help you create your own games by mastering the practices that professional developers use to produce AAA titles. You'll start with the basics: variables, 'if' statements, and arrays in C#, then move on to more advanced concepts such as lists, dictionaries, abstract cases, and more. You'll be able to make mobile games and both 2D and 3D titles for PC. The bundle has an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 from satisfied customers, with the most common feedback being appreciation of the ability to learn at your own pace. Games like Genshin Impact, Fortnite, Pokemon Go, and many more popular games were all made in Unity, so it's an engine that's definitely worth mastering.You can get the full Ultimate Unity Game Development Bundle for just $25.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Bayonetta 3 for Nintendo Switch remains in development, but whether or not we'll actually see the game again before the end of the year remains a mystery. Director Hideki Kamiya and PlatinumGames boss Atsushi Inaba recently shared an update on the game with VGC.Asked if Bayonetta 3 might be shown before Christmas, as Kamiya previously alluded to, the director said, "It was more of a not definitely 'something will come out this year,' but if there is a year, then something should happen, right?""If you remember last time, I said that even though everyone was asking about Bayonetta 3, maybe you should tell everyone to forget about it for a while. I kind of need to keep to that stance for now because ultimately, it's not our decision what to say and when to say it."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Alan Wake Remastered is coming later this year and it'll be followed by a full-on sequel, according to a new report. Reporter Jeff Grubb said Epic Games has agreed to greenlight a sequel."They're planning an Alan Wake sequel. They are working with Epic Games on producing an Alan Wake 2, or at least it's in the planning stages. So does that turn into anything concrete and real? I'm hopeful. I think so. I don't imagine it will get derailed," Grubb said on GameSpot sister site Giant Bomb's Grubbsnax show, as reported by VGC.Remedy's Sam Lake said in 2018 that making Alan Wake 2 would be a "dream." At the time, Lake said the Finnish studio was exploring possibilities for more Alan Wake games.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Few first-person shooter series have had the longevity of Far Cry, with a legacy going back more than 17 years and eight main titles released during that period--soon to be nine with the launch of Far Cry 6. It has also gone through some drastic changes and experiments over that time, ranging from the mutant enemies driving the plot of the original game to a return to the stone age in Far Cry Primal. Open-world chaos has been at the heart of Far Cry since the beginning, however, whether the game was set in the snowy Himalayas or the plains of Montana. We ranked the best Far Cry games from worst to best so you know which ones are must-plays and which ones are you-should-probably-still-plays.8. Far Cry 5Far Cry 5One of the only real swing-and-misses in the Far Cry series--the dumpster fire crossover Trials of the Blood Dragon is the other--Far Cry 5 promises a memorable confrontation with a cult that has apparently strong-armed or seduced the population of rural Montana into joining. Head and self-professed prophet Joseph Seed just isn't all that charismatic or compelling, nor are his siblings, and most of the game consists of doing quests to tick one of them off enough to confront you directly. There are still the typical Far Cry elements like dangerous animals and goofy side characters--and an excellent level-creation tool--but Far Cry 5 wrote a check it couldn't cash, especially in its ridiculous (in a bad way) final hours.See our Far Cry 5 review.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com