Foamstars finds a happy middle ground between Splatoon and Overwatch

While I’ve never been too great at competitive shooters,something aboutSplatoonclicks with me. Perhaps it’s just that there are so many ways to contribute to a team, which means that I can become my team’s MVP by playing the objective rather than winning firefights with other squid-kids. I’ve always wished other developers would take inspiration from the series to find more creative ways to let players flex their skills in a shooter without requiring pinpoint precision....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 837 words · Kathryn Morton

Fortnite season 5 week 2 challenge guide: How to drive through flaming rings

Fortnite’sseason 5 week 2 challenges have just dropped, and while most of them aren’t too difficult, they do require you to go to specific locations to find certain items. One that might be stumping you requires you to drive through three specific flaming rings. It sounds simple enough, but there are some things you need to do before you’re able to get started with it. For one, this season’s challenges come in stages, meaning you have to complete the first stage to unlock the next — and so on....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 451 words · Diana Rojas

Fortnite week 3 challenge guide: Land at Rig, Hydro 16, Logjam Woodworks

The third week ofFortnitebattle royale is here inchapter 2, season 2. With it comes the standard weekly challenges and the latest update for theDeadpool skin mission. Since Brutus had two weeks to host the weekly missions, it is now switching over in week 3 to TNTina, one of the other bosses you can fight on the island. Fortniteweek 3 challenges The TNTina’s Trial begins this week and will conclude in week 4 of season 2 with the chance to unlock a new skin variant for her....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 450 words · Scott English

Giancarlo Esposito will star in new AMC series, The Driver

In 2009, Giancarlo Esposito made an immediate impression as drug lord Gus Fring on AMC’sBreaking Bad, and he’s been a staple on the network ever since. Esposito also reprised his role as Fring forBetter Call Saul. But now that theBreaking Badprequel series is set to end this year, Esposito will finally headline his own AMC drama. ViaDeadline, Esposito will star inThe Driver, a remake of a BBC One miniseries that originally featured David Morrissey (The Walking Dead) in the title role....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · James Berg Jr.

Go! Go! Loser Ranger! Episode #12 Release Date & Time

Summary Go! Go! Loser Ranger!episode #12 is set to be the grand finale to the anime, and episode #11 set up a lot to be excited about. With the series continuing to excel in action and writing, if the finale manages to keep to that, thenGo! Go! Loser Ranger!will surely solidify itself as one of the best shows of the spring 2024 anime season. Go! Go! Loser Ranger!episode #11 continued the fight between the Ranger Force and Peltrola’s clones, with D and the Colorless cadets joining the battle, as well....

July 4, 2025 · 5 min · 988 words · Shawn Thomas

Google confirms that its Assistant is acting strangely again

Most smart speakerglitchesaren’t worthy of a breaking news bulletin, but a new rash of Google Assistant bugs might be worth some pixilated ink. A number of reports have appeared in recent days on a Google Assistantforumthat show the digital assistant is spontaneously switching to U.S. English only and refusing to respond to the traditional “OK, Google,” command. The company has acknowledged that it’s having some issues and that the Google Assistant support team is looking into users’ problems with the digital assistant and its accompanying use on smartphones and the company’s Google Home products....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Michelle Scott

Grandma’s Got A Gun In New Clip From June Squibb Comedy Thelma

Summary Thelmais a new action comedy over 90 years in the making, andScreen Ranthas an exclusive clip. In it, 94-year-old June Squibb plays Thelma, an elderly woman who is scammed out of $10,000 by a caller pretending to be her grandson. Written and directed by Josh Margolin in his feature film directorial debut,Thelmasees Squibb on a hunt to get her money back, no matter what it takes. Screen Rantis excited to present a clip fromThelmathat sees Squibb’s titular character looking to get a gun down from on top of a dresser....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Bonnie Guzman

GTA 6 Online targeting 96 players & won’t have loading screens for activities: Report

GTA 6 Online targeting 96 players & won’t have loading screens for activities: Report Rockstar Games is reportedly deep into development on GTA 6’s multiplayer mode, and it will be the biggest evolution of GTA Online to date. GTA 6is slated to release on June 23, 2025, but so far, the only info we’ve received from Rockstar Games has been for the game’s story and characters. Althoughleaked developmental footageand screenshots have given ussome hintsin regards to what we can expect to see gameplay-wise, Rockstar has remained mum about the next version of GTA Online....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Steven Moore

Halo Infinite’s talkative Grunts are bad stand-up comedians

I’ve played every mainline Halo title, with the exception ofHalo 5,and have always been bothered by one thing: The Grunts. They are are a cannon fodder enemy type that is meant to fill in ranks and give players something they can mow down without much thought when not facing off against tougher enemies like Elites. In the early days of the series, they were a perfectly fine enemy that was fun to melee attack....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 593 words · Jacob Brown

How To Get The TikTok Cape In Minecraft

As part ofMinecraft’s15th anniversary celebrations, players can claim a special TikTok-themed cape for their characters by watchingMinecraftstreams. Most wearable in-game capes tend to be quite rare, as they were previously only given out to Mojang employees, MINECON attendees, and prominent community members who made special contributions to development. As such, players shouldn’t miss out on this chance to claim a rare cosmetic item. To claim the TikTok-themed cape, players need to watch and comment onMinecraftstreams on the TikTok platform to obtain a code....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Tom Jenkins

How to ‘Chat with the Village’s best dealmaker’ in Disney Dreamlight Valley

How to ‘Chat with the Village’s best dealmaker’ in Disney Dreamlight Valley One of the duties for Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Lovely Monsters Star Path asks players to speak to “the Village’s best dealmaker.” Here’s who that is and how to complete the task. Disney Dreamlight Valley’sThe Laugh Floor updatehas introduced Monsters Inc’s Mike and Sulley to the game. To celebrate, there’s also anew Star Pathcalled Lovely Monsters, which combines Monsters Inc-themed rewards with prizes celebrating iconic Disney romances....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Joel Alexander DDS

Insidious: The Red Door review: a serviceable scare fest

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ Insidious: The Red Doorwon’t knock your socks off, but it will make you jump in your seat a few times. The fifth installment inthe Insidious franchiseand a direct sequel to 2013’sInsidious: Chapter 2, the new film benefits from its own heightened level of accessibility....

July 4, 2025 · 5 min · 889 words · Linda Sparks

It’s now easier to tell Google exactly what data it can use to advertise to you

Online privacy could be on the rise in 2018. After theCambridge Analytica scandalprompted Facebook to tweak how users can control their ad experience on the social media website, it looks like Google is also stepping up to give you a little more control. The company has announced a revamp of the slightly old and outdated Ad Settings, which Google says “makes it easier to understand and control how ads are tailored to you....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 413 words · Kenneth Davidson