Today on Impulse, we share our thoughts on Fortnite: Endgame, the new Avengers-themed mode!

I’d like to imagine those that were snapped were sent to a Fortnite realm, forever trapped In today’s episode ofImpulse, Justin and I check outFortnite: Endgame! Unlike the previous Thanos event inFortnite, this event is now a team-based mode pittingFortnitecharacters with Avengers-themed weaponry against Thanos and the Chitauri as they attempt to gather the Infinity Stones. As someone who’s only previously playedFortnitefor a couple of minutes at most, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect....

July 21, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Kristina Grant

Uncharted’s Amy Hennig partnering with Skydance Media to create new studio

‘Story-focused experiences’ in the works Unchartedwriter and co-creator Amy Hennig is collaborating with Skydance Media (the production team behind movies such asAnnihilation, as well as theMission: ImpossibleandTerminatorfranchises) to found a new video game development studio. Hennig will work alongside her former Electronic Arts comrade-in-arms Julian Beak, with the as-yet-unnamed studio developing “story-focused experiences… designed to reach gamers and non-games alike.” Skydance notes that the team’s upcoming projects will be cultivated for “emerging streaming platforms....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Amy Aguirre DDS

Vietnam’s first big game is a historical FPS

Vietnam’s Emobi Games is working on what they think will be the country’s first big game release. It’s called7554(representing July 04, 2025), and it’s a first-person shooter based on the First IndoChina war. In it, players take on the role of a Vietnam army member. “There has never been a video game of this size and scope from Vietnam and that fact alone gives us a lot of national pride,” said Emobi director Nguyen Tuan Huy tells1UP....

July 21, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · James Moore Jr.

Wave Blue PS4 controller finally coming this fall

Wave BlazBlue Remember when Sony announced thosePokemon RubyandSapphireWave Blue and Magma Red controllersa year ago? They were supposed to be available with the PS4 launch and then were not. Well, now one will be. The blue one, according to thePlayStation Facebook. Maybe there was a year long gladiatorial battle between the two colors before an intern pointed out they are not sentient and could not fight for a winner and then the intern was unceremoniously fired while the Head of Controllers realized he had a point and then decided to just release the blue one because blue was his favorite color (well besides green)....

July 21, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Aaron Richardson

What did you think of the ARMS Global Testpunch?

I’m down and out Nintendo certainly knows how to market a game. While it could have gone the easy route and just provided a simple demo for bothSplatoon 2andARMS, it decided on stress testing its servers with limited time slots to get as much traffic as possible on either game at one time. That way, they can really nail down the online for when these games eventually launch. In addition to working as a sort of server beta, these demos have also given many people their first shot at upcoming Switch titles....

July 21, 2025 · 5 min · 884 words · Matthew Cameron

What’s the Booster family portrait order in Super Mario RPG?

Booster Tower is one of my favorite parts ofSuper Mario RPG. Why? The music, of course. Also, Booster himself. However, there’s a puzzle in there that might have you stumped, which requires you to set the order of Booster’s lineage to advance. So, what’s the order? Booster has a lovely family. The illustrious lineage goes back six generations. If you want a glimpse of the entire line of Booster’s, look no further than the lobby....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Joshua Kaiser

Where to find Large Scales in Wild Hearts

Let’s upgrade our gear There’s a constant evolution of your armor and weapons in the Monster Hunting genre, and you’ll need Large Scales inWild Heartsto elevate your gear. Large Scales can be dropped by a certain Small Kemono that is stalking the lands ofWild Hearts. Here’s an explanation of where to find Large Scales inWild Hearts,and an example of what you may upgrade with them. You’ll need as much help as you can get in this terrifying world of monsters, fellow hunter....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Sarah Nguyen

Winter Wolves launches Kickstarter for new visual novel Save the World

Probe the rich Purveyor of (often romantic) visual novels, Winter Wolves, haslaunched a Kickstarterfor their latest concoction,Save the World. They are seeking €4000 for the project, and… oh, they already met it. Good for them. Save the Worldappears to be a yuri visual novel. The Kickstarter doesn’t explicitly say that, but all I see are women, and the two mentioned romantic options are both lesbian. It involves one such woman being abducted by aliens....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Steven Mcdonald

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will include dual audio at launch, on the cart

Xenoblade Chronicles 3dual audio will be part of the base game, Nintendohas revealed via a new tweetleading up to launch. Sometimes on Nintendo consoles (read: not always) “language packs” are often used as a way to supplement a game’s vocal options: optional downloads that you need to pick up, which can get annoying if you just want to pop in your physical cart and go. Well you’re able to do just that, Nintendo says, at least if you’re looking for English or Japanese voices....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Frederick Johnston

Activision: Pre-orders are declining, Call of Duty ‘not immune’

This is despite Destiny’s high pre-order numbers Pre-orders seem like they’re part and parcel of videogame culture — retailers want your money as soon as possible and publishers like to gauge how many people want a particular game. However, Activision Publishing president and CEO Eric Hirshberg believes thatpre-orders are declining around the industryand that they will no longer be the most important pre-release metric. Speaking on an investor’s call, he commented that pre-orders are on the decline....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Jackson Hawkins

All reworked Hydroid abilities in Warframe

After more than a few years without much love from the community,Warframe’sHydroid is getting a rework. The years had just left everyone’s favorite space pirate behind, so it was time for the devs at Digital Extremes to give him a reworked set of abilities. All reworked Hydroid abilities in Warframe Overall, all these changes seem very welcome. Leading into Corrosive over Impact damage just makes the entire kit more current, and Plunder Armor adds some much-needed survivability as everyone seems to love trying to drag these Warframes into 10-hour-long Survivals....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Victor Mitchell

Army of Two: The 40th Day coming to 360, PS3, and…PSP?!

The word that came down about Electronic Arts Montreal’sArmy of Twosequel look to be true. Today, the studio officially announcedArmy of Two: The 40th Day. The game revisits the two-man team of Salem and Rios as they press through Shanghai, China shooting at things. Together. The press release reads — and we’re not making this stuff up — “Rios and Salem find themselves right in the middle of it all — the wrong place, the wrong time, but the right team....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 501 words · Mitchell Jacobs

Become a Famous Influencer codes

Become a Famous Influenceris a Roblox simulation game where you need to prove to your mom that your effort and dreams will pay off one day, but also to make your dad question his past life decisions and fix stuff that will make your family whole again. On your way to unimaginable fame, use all the availableBecome a Famous Influencercode for freebies that will help you progress faster in this unique experience....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 451 words · Lori Hall