How Dragon Age: The Veilguard reworks its class and skill systems

Dragon Age is a strange series among RPGs.Each entryhas changed up how it approaches combat, skills, classes, and more, with Origins being a more tactical RPG, 2 leaning into action, and Inquisition falling somewhere in the middle. Now that it has been over10 years since the last Dragon Age, The Veilguard has the undesirable task of appealing to fans of each style of game as well as newcomers. A large part of that will come down to the story and execution, but it must alsostrike a fine balancein how it handles its RPG roots....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 561 words · Steve Middleton

How to Check Mortal Kombat 1 Server Status

Mortal Kombat 1 is a pretty fun fighting game, but you need to be able to play the game to enjoy it. Here’s how to check the server status of Mortal Kombat 1. How to See Whether Mortal Kombat 1’s Servers Are Up There are a multitude of ways to know how Mortal Kombat 1’s servers are doing alright. The easiest way by far is to checkthe Mortal Kombat 1 Twitter account....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Anthony Peters

How To Connect Your PS5 Controller To Your PC

How To Connect Your PS5 Controller To Your PC Windows PCs feature native support for Xbox-branded controllers — it’s a given since both Windows and Xbox are Microsoft products. For a long time, only Xbox or generic controllers were permitted, but as Sony has gotten more invested in the PC scene, it’s brought with it support for itsproprietary controllers. That includes both the classic PlayStation DualShock and, more interestingly, the PlayStation 5 DualSense....

August 18, 2025 · 5 min · 966 words · Paul Fernandez

How to Plant Fluxweed in Hogwarts Legacy

If you need some extra help taking down poachers, spiders, or inferi in Hogwarts Legacy, one thing you could try is utilizing more plants and potions in battle. Focus Potions in particular will help to reduce your spell cooldown times. If you want to brew that potion, you’ll need Fluxweed stems, and the best way to get those is to grow them. You’ll need a special, large pot in your Room of Requirement to do that....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Andrew Boyd

How To Read Enchanting Table Language in Minecraft

The enchanting table is a powerful item in Minecraft that allows you to add unique perks to your weapons, armor, and tools. Unlike most game items in Minecraft, the Enchanting Table is not easy to use and access because it uses an encrypted language instead of standard English. The only way to read and understand these cryptic writings on an Enchanting Table is to manually translate the script using atranslation chart....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Lindsay Walker

How To See Spotify Stats: Know Your Streaming Habits Before 'Wrapped' Drops Each Year

How To See Spotify Stats: Know Your Streaming Habits Before ‘Wrapped’ Drops Each Year While the holidays are often synonymous with gifts, for music lovers, they come with an added bonus: the release of Spotify Wrapped. For many Spotify users, this annual roundup is one of the greatest aspects of using the streaming service. If you’re not aware ofwhat Spotify Wrapped is or how it works, it’s essentially a fun summary of your listening habits over the course of the year....

August 18, 2025 · 5 min · 1012 words · Kimberly Adams

How to Unlock New Secret Character “Random” in Vampire Survivors

Vampire Survivors is getting close to its full release, and while the developer Poncle has promised that there won’t be new content until the full drop of the game so that the team can focus on that, we still received a new, secret character in patch 0.11.209. What is this secret character called Random, why is it called Random, and what does it do? Prima Games has played through the patch and uncovered everything for you below....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Maureen Key

How to upgrade Spirit Ashes in Elden Ring

To level up your Spirit Ashes in Elden Ring, you will need to unlock the option by finishing all dialogue options with theNPC Roderika. Roderika is an NPC players can find at the Stormhill shack location. Start by heading toStormhill Shackand talking to the woman in red called Roderika. If you don’t know where this location is, you can find it in the location shown below. If she is not inside the shack, you’ve probably advanced a little far into the game....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Bobby Phillips

Huawei Watch Ultimate vs Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro: What's the difference?

Huawei is building out itswearables portfolioand has released its first watch made from a zirconium alloy, and building it to be more durable, more waterproof, more corrosion-resistant and more powerful than previous models. It does share a lot of features withthe Watch GT 3 Pro, however, so exactly how do the two models compare? Huawei Watch Ultimate Huawei Watch Ultimate is the company’s attempt at an ultra-premium smartwatch, made from zirconium alloy and ceramic, and featuring some advanced fitness tracking abilities....

August 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1097 words · Gary Stark

Is Alan Wake scary? – What to expect from Alan Wake 2

If you’ve played or heard anything about past Alan Wake games, you know a bit about theintense, story and dark settingof its narrative. The game’s sinister atmosphere can, at times, feel like something out of a horror game. Taking all that into account, you may be wondering just how scary Alan Wake 2 will be. Here are all the details. How scary is Alan Wake 2? The first few games in the Alan Wake series, specifically the first one, had horror elements ranging from cult themes to outright jumpscares, but players can all agree that it became less scary as you progressed....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Carol Osborne

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: EntitlementFix, FORCEDEXIT, KBPro, minimal, & more…

After a crazy week for Apple that saw the official release of theiPhone 13& iPhone 13 Pro lineup in addition to the official release ofiOS & iPadOS 15, we’re excited to reflect on the fact that there are still tons of jailbreakers out there despite being on older handsets with older versions of iOS & iPadOS. For those who are jailbroken, you’ll always have a place here at iDownloadBlog. That’s the chief reason why we curate weekly lists like this one, to ensure that tweak discovery is as easy as it can be and to make digesting jailbreak-related information from the previous work week as convenient as possible....

August 18, 2025 · 5 min · 857 words · Kayla Savage

Lance Reddick Shares His Excitement for New Resident Evil Live-Action TV Show

Lance Reddick is our new Albert Wesker, and the actor couldn’t be more excited to take on the iconicResident Evilrole. Netflix unveiled a slew of big announcements as a part of the streamer’s Geeked Week event. This included a major update on Netflix’s live-actionResident Evilseries, with all of the leading cast members being revealed. An image of the cast all together was also released by the streamer. Straight from Netflix, theResident Evilseries will star Reddick asAlbert Wesker, perhaps the most well-known of all of the series' villains....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Emily Davis

Manor Lords On the Edge Mode Guide – How to survive raids

The On the Edge scenario gives you a limited time (one year) to build defenses against enemies while trying to establish your town’s highest level of development. In addition to managing resources and infrastructure, you must deal with raiders who can burn your settlement to the ground. How to quickly upgrade town and survive raids in Manor Lords (On the Edge) To survive raids in Manor Lords, you must plan your economy and heavily focus on trading....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 553 words · Mr. Paul Robinson