Nerium Mar 31, 2022. 4 minute read
FFXIV Guide: What’s a Forlorn Maiden & What Does Twist of Fate Do?
The Forlorn Maiden, and its less common counterpart the Forlorn, are essential parts of FATE grinding in Final Fantasy XIV. These special monsters spawn during specific FATEs found throughout the world. But what do they actually do? Just as importantly: how do you spawn the Forlorn or a Forlorn Maiden?…
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Nerium Mar 29, 2022. 3 minute read
There Must Be Easier Ways to Let Me Play Old Stuff, PlayStation
PlayStation Plus is getting the (previously leaked) expansion many have been asking for. The online service subscription will grow to include three tiers: PlayStation Plus Essential, PlayStation Plus Extra, and PlayStation Plus Premium. The lowest tier functions like PS Plus does now — basically as a service fee to play…
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Nerium Mar 28, 2022. 6 minute read
FFXIV Error Guide: What Does “Cannot Execute at This Time” Mean?
In Final Fantasy XIV, “cannot execute at this time” is a familiar phrase to most players. That doesn’t make it a very helpful one. The error message shows up for a variety of reasons in-game — some more common than others. That means there’s not really one perfect answer to…
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Nerium Mar 28, 2022. 3 minute read
Garuda Prime Cuts into Warframe Today Alongside a Bunch of Free Stuff
Garuda Prime Access — basically a purchase period where players can buy the titular character in Warframe — starts today. This happens to coincide with the free-to-player shooter’s nine-year anniversary. That means free stuff for everybody! Well, free stuff for those that log in between March 28 and April 25.…
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Nerium Mar 24, 2022. 13 minute read
Elden Ring Spirit Ashes Tier List – Updated June 2022
Elden Ring‘s Spirit Ashes function as a way for solo players to summon a little help into battle. Whether that’s brought to bear against bosses, dungeons, or just regular foes. The game sports dozens of spirits you can call (usually at the cost of FP), which perform various attacks or…
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GUIDES
Nerium Mar 23, 2022. 2 minute read
Elden Ring Fixes Bestial Sanctum Bug to Let You Get Cinquedea Again
Elden Ring players can finally get the Cinquedea dagger and Dragoncrest Shield Talisman once more with Patch 1.03.2! The mysterious “kill plane” is no longer in effect. Previously, folks were able to find the aforementioned secret items hidden beneath the Bestial Sanctum. That changed with a huge gameplay balance update,…
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Nerium Mar 22, 2022. 1 minute read
25 Free Nintendo Switch Folder Name Ideas
Nintendo Switch folders are great and, crucially, finally exist. The handheld hybrid finally received this much-requested feature in a new update today. We’re certainly big fans of the feature over here at Fanbyte. However, not everyone is as excellent at organization as us. You might need a little inspiration. You…
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Nerium Mar 22, 2022. 2 minute read
Dragalia Lost, the Less Horny Gacha from Nintendo, is Winding Down
Dragalia Lost, the Nintendo published gacha, is shutting down. Or at least ongoing service for the game is ending at some undetermined point in the future. Technically that’s always been the case. Nothing lasts forever, but the development went and made a statement about it today. That’s… never a good…
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Nerium Mar 21, 2022. 2 minute read
Guilty Gear Strive Adds a Non-Binary Hottie to Join All the Yes-Binary Ones
I had never heard of Testament — the next Guilty Gear Strive DLC character — before today. But they’ve just joined a growing list of “Reasons I Should Play Guilty Gear Strive Again.” Most of which are actually just DMs sent to me by Fanbyte fighting game super-fan Fūnk-é Joseph.…
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Nerium Mar 18, 2022. 18 minute read
Elden Ring Incantations Tier List – Updated June 2022
Elden Ring Incantations form the backbone of support spells across the game. Though that’s hardly all. Elden Ring shovels quite a few strange and interesting mechanics into the Faith class of abilities — from electric javelins to mighty morphin’ dragon heads. Really it seems like whatever doesn’t translate into a magic…
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Nerium Mar 16, 2022. 2 minute read
Elden Ring is Harder and NPCs Talk More Now After a Surprise Patch 1.03
Have you been playing Elden Ring and noticed some NPC side quests just sort of… peter out? There’s a good reason for that, according to the Elden Ring Patch 1.03 patch notes. It doesn’t look like a few particular questlines were quite finished yet. The update adds “new quest phases…
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Nerium Mar 16, 2022. 16 minute read
Elden Ring Ashes of War Tier List – Updated June 2022
Elden Ring Ashes of War are exceptionally potent skills that completely change the way you play the game. Ranking every one of these abilities in one place is daunting task as a result, but we’ve attempted to do just that with our Ashes of War tier list. The hope is…
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GUIDES
Nerium Mar 15, 2022. 2 minute read
Elden Ring Crossplay Guide – Crossplay & Cross Progression Platforms
Elden Ring crossplay would be one helluva boon to the enormous community which has cropped up around the game on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Even cross save would really help — allowing users to carry their sometimes hundreds of hours of game time between platforms. Sadly, not every game under…
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Nerium Mar 15, 2022. 2 minute read
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Matches Release Date on Switch and PC
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak will be the first major, paid expansion for the dinosaur-slaying simulator. If prior precedent holds, it’s also probably the last, before we eventually see a fully-fledged sequel to Monster Hunter World. But one precedent I’m very glad publisher Capcom isn’t following this time is a staggered release date…
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Nerium Mar 14, 2022. 5 minute read
Elden Ring Godskin Duo Boss Guide: How to Beat the Noble & Apostle
The Elden Ring Godskin Duo is one of the game’s most notorious fights. In fact, it’s actually two extremely difficult bosses rolled into one — then multiplied with a literally larger-than-life health bar. It doesn’t come early in the game, but the Godskin Duo is a mandatory encounter. You must defeat…
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GUIDES
Nerium Mar 11, 2022. 6 minute read
Elden Ring Erdtree Greatshield Build – Fire’s Deadly Sin Combo
The Erdtree Greatshield stands alongside weapons like Moonveil and the Sword of Night and Flame in the “absolutely absurd” category of Elden Ring gear. “But it’s a shield,” you might be saying. Well, yes and no. While it is a fairly effective item for defense (with a 100 percent physical…
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Nerium Mar 10, 2022. 4 minute read
Are the Elden Ring Radagon’s Scarseal & Soreseal Talismans Worth It?
In Elden Ring, Radagon’s Scarseal and Radagon’s Soreseal are two very unique items. As talismans, they function almost exactly the same as rings in previous From Software games — by providing unique buffs when equipped. These range from more hit points to faster spell animations. Though the Scarseal and Soreseal…
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Nerium Mar 7, 2022. 2 minute read
Elden Ring Lenne’s Rise Guide – How to Get Inside the Tower
In Elden Ring, Lenne’s Rise might give more players pause than other such towers scattered throughout the game. Most mage spires give you a very simple, direct task: “Seek three wise beasts” or something similar. Lenne’s Rise is unique in that its puzzle instructions are broken. Someone or something broken…
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Nerium Mar 4, 2022. 2 minute read
Elden Ring Cracked, Glowing Statues Guide – How to Break Open Statues
Elden Ring is packed with mysteries — including its many cracked, glowing statues scattered across the Lands Between. Just what are these weird little guys? Where do they come from? What do they want? Well, the answer is actually very simple if you know. Though it can take a good…
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GUIDES
Nerium Mar 2, 2022. 4 minute read
Elden Ring Patch Addresses Graphics Cards, but Not Arcane Weapons
An itty-bitty Elden Ring patch dropped today. It addresses an issue that caused the game’s PC version to not recognize graphics cards — instead defaulting to integrated graphics. This was obviously less than ideal… More common issues like “micro-stuttering” and strange frame rate dips persist, of course. Though they seem…
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