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Note: This article contains spoilers for the Shrine in Shadow on Iki Island. If you’d rather solve its puzzles yourself, read no further.

Ghost of Tsushima‘s new Iki Island expansion includes three major Easter eggs referencing other major PlayStation-exclusive games: Shadow of the Colossus, Bloodborne, and God of War. To locate these Easter eggs and unlock some of the coolest rewards in the game, you need to locate Iki Island’s three Wind Shrines and solve their riddles. Each packs a cosmetic armor set previously only available in the Legends mode. To unlock the Shadow of the Colossus armor hidden on Iki, you’ll need to track down the Shrine in Shadow.

Here’s everything you need to know to find the Shrine in Shadow and solve its riddle to unlock your Shadow of the Colossus armor customization. Don’t forget to check out our guides to find the Shrine of Ash and get the God of War armor, and the Blood-Stained Shrine for the Bloodborne armor.

Note that to complete this shrine, you’ll need the Ghost Armor.

Where To Find The Shrine In Shadow

Head to the southern coast of Iki Island, almost dead center in the middle of the map, to find the Shrine In Shadow. It’s situated up in the cliffs of Buddha’s Footprints and can be tough to reach. Approach it from the east side and try to find a spot marked with a mat and a candle where you can jump across to reach the shrine’s entrance. Be careful, though–one of the handholds will break free, and you’ll need to catch the one below it to keep yourself from a painful fall to the rocks below.

How To Solve The Shrine In Shadow Riddle

Once you enter the shrine, you’ll quickly see its references to Shadow of the Colossus. The mark painted on the base of the statue at the shrine’s center is also the mark that adorns that games’ colossi, marking where you can stab them and inflict damage. The base of the statue is also covered in fur pelts, mimicking the fur of the colossi that protagonist Wander uses to climb the huge beasts in order to destroy them.

In the center of the shrine is a scroll containing a poem that recalls Shadow of the Colossus’s story, while also giving you hints about how to solve the shrine:

Stone knows no season,
Nor the colossus that was
felled to save one soul.
Wanderer, come like through mist,
a ghost casting no shadow.

The last two lines of the poem contain the clues, addressing you as Wanderer and telling you to “come like through mist, a ghost casting no shadow.”

Since the poem tells you to act like a ghost, you might have already guessed that you’ll need to wear the Ghost Armor to complete the puzzle. The second part is a little more confusing, where you’re told to “come like through mist.” While there’s a song for your flute that will change the weather to create mist, that’s not what the riddle is looking for.

Instead, stand in the middle of the shrine wearing the Ghost Armor and throw a smoke bomb to fulfill the requirements of the poem. That’ll trigger a cutscene, and you’ll receive your Shadow of the Colossus-themed rewards: the Mask of the Colossus and the Armor of the Colossus, a cosmetic for the Ghost Armor.

Note: This article contains spoilers for the Shrine of Ash on Iki Island. If you’d rather solve its puzzles yourself, read no further.

Scattered across Iki Island in Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut are three Wind Shrines that contain some of the coolest cosmetic rewards in the game. Each reward is themed on a major PlayStation exclusive game, and each lets you do a little cosplay in Tsushima as you fight the Mongols. However, to unlock the three armor sets, you’ll have to find the three shrines–and solve some confusing riddles along the way.

The Shrine of Ash contains an armor set themed on 2018’s God of War. Here’s what you need to know to find the shrine and get the Spartan armor hidden within. Don’t forget to check out our guides to find the Shrine in Shadow and get the Shadow of the Colossus armor, and the Blood-Stained Shrine for the Bloodborne armor.

Note that to complete this shrine, you’ll need the Sakai Clan Armor.

How To Find The Shrine Of Ash

You’ll find the Shrine of Ash near the eastern coast of Iki Island, just south of the river delta near Tatsu’s Ladder. Look for the shrine set into a hill, which you can approach from the west to find stairs leading down. It’s marked by white birch trees, which make it stand out from the surrounding forest.

How To Solve The Shrine Of Ash Riddle

Fans of God of War will immediately pick up on why the aforementioned birch trees are important to this shrine. To the left of the statue, you’ll see one of the birch trees marked with a handprint. In God of War, that handprint belonged to Freya, Kratos’s wife and the mother of Atreus, Kratos’s son. Also buried in the birch tree is an axe, recalling both Kratos’s actions at the start of the game to chop down those special trees, and the Leviathan axe that is his central weapon in the game. This one’s quite a bit simpler, however.

In the center of the shrine is a scroll with a poem that recalls the story of God of War and gives you the clues you need to unlock the shrine:

In fall, a tree fruits
which grows from seed to sapling,
a stranger and son.
Boy, honor your father’s fight.
Show him the strength of your blade.”

The meaningful parts of the poem for our purposes are the last two lines. They tell you to “honor your father’s fight” and “show him the strength of your blade.” Those are the clues we need to solve the Shrine of Ash.

Each shrine is solved by wearing a specific set of armor and performing a specific action. For this one, you’ll need the Sakai Clan Armor found during Act 2 of Ghost of Tsushima. That armor belonged to Jin’s father, Kasumasa Sakai, and he was wearing it when he died fighting raiders on Iki–so to “honor your father’s fight,” you’ll need to wear his armor.

Next, the poem says to “show him the strength of your blade.” This one is pretty simple, actually–just swipe to the right on your controller’s touchpad to draw your sword while standing in the shrine.

If you’ve got the Sakai armor on, you’ll trigger a cutscene and earn your rewards: the Helm of War, Spartan face mask, and Ghost of Sparta cosmetic for the Sakai Clan Armor.

Splitgate now has a second competitive mode: Ranked 2v2. So if you only want to play ranked with your friends but can’t pull together a full team for Ranked 4v4 or Ranked 3v3 Takedown, you now have the option of playing competitively with a single partner.

The update that added Ranked 2v2 also improved server capacity and implemented, according to developer 1047 Games, “minor bug fixes.”

This is wonderful news, given that the Splitgate beta just hit 10 million downloads. If you’re one of those 10 million, it’s now a bit easier to squeeze into the servers and get into a match. And if you haven’t yet downloaded the game, you should change that–you need to play Splitgate.

There’s no word on when Splitgate’s beta will end as it has been extended indefinitely. In a press release, 1047 Games said that it realizes that it cannot throw more server capacity at the game; instead, more complex fixes are needed to improve scalability issues.

1047 Games teased that it has more news concerning Splitgate that will be revealed at Gamescom on August 25. The developer is also currently working on Xbox Series X|S and PS5 upgrades for Splitgate.

Splitgate is available for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, and PC.

Destiny 2’s upcoming Season 15 is ushering in a bunch of big changes to gameplay, including an array of balance updates to its weapons. Alongside these tweaks, Bungie is rolling out overhauls to a handful of Exotics–including nerfs to a couple of fan favorites.

The biggest nerf is coming to the Anarchy grenade launcher, a weapon that’s been a permanent part of many players’ raid loadouts. While Bungie wants to keep the gun powerful, the studio has tweaked it so that it can’t be as good for both boss damage and clearing minor enemies. Total ammunition is being dropped from 26 to 16 shots, while its boss damage is getting cut by 30%.

Anarchy’s not the only raid favorite to get a bit of a nerf. Bungie’s also rolling out changes to tone down Xenophage, the extremely popular Exotic machine gun. However, these tweaks are in response to Bungie’s planned buff to all machine guns, and they are designed to keep Xenophage close to its current effectiveness. Xenophage’s rate of fire will be cut from 120 rounds-per-minute to 90 RPM, and it won’t receive as much of the machine gun buff as other machine guns. Bungie states that its damage-per-second will be lower, but its burst and sustained damage will be improved.

Vex Mythoclast, an Exotic Fusion Rifle with a full-auto mode, is receiving the biggest buff of the Exotics, with a massive 40% damage boost in PvE. It’s also getting improvements to range, stability, rate of fire, and charge time (when in Linear Fusion Rifle mode). In addition, its catalyst will grant stability and damage after a kill, and you no longer sacrifice overcharge stacks when you stow the gun if it’s in automatic fire mode.

While these are the three biggest changes, Bungie’s also implemented a tweaks to a handful of other Exotics. Among others, Bastion will get a PvE buff and PvP nerf, Jötunn’s charge time will be reduced, and Fighting Lion will be slightly nerfed. You can read all of the changes at the bottom of this article.

All of these Exotic changes will arrive on August 24 with the launch of Season 15. We don’t know what the season’s story will cover yet, but we do know that it’ll bring Legendary Stasis weapons among other weapons changes. We’ll find out more during Bungie’s showcase event, where it’ll also talk about the The Witch Queen expansion.

Destiny 2 Season 15 Exotic Changes

Anarchy

• Reduced total reserve+magazine ammunition from 26 to 16.
• Reduced damage by 30% vs bosses (Champions are not bosses).

Xenophage

• Reduced rate of fire from 120 to 90 RPM.
• Receives less of the Machine Gun PvE damage buff.

Fighting Lion

• Fighting Lion reserve ammo increased from “a lot” to “infinite.”
• Receives the same changes as other breech Grenade Launchers.
• Reduced base reload stat to 0 (breech Grenade Launchers with 0 reload stat reload very, very slowly).
• Now increases reload speed to its previous level on damaging multiple enemies with one grenade.
• We’ll be keeping an eye on this, but believe it’s in a good place with this change (and note that we’re not going to over-nerf an Exotic with its own subreddit).
• You shouldn’t be manually reloading Fighting Lion anyway.

Vex Mythoclast

• PVE damage bonus increased by ~40%.
• Range stat increased to be near-best in class for high impact Auto Rifles.
• Increased stability stat.
• Reworked catalyst to grant stability and damage after a kill.
• Increased rate of fire from 360 to 390.
• Reduced Linear Fusion Rifle mode charge time from 820 to 533 (same as standard Linear Fusion Rifles).
• No longer loses overcharge stacks on stow except when in Linear Fusion Rifle mode.

Merciless

• Updated perk to account for fewer shots per burst (should build up charge rate at the same amount per burst as before).
• Reduced the damage penalty for increasing charge rate by 40%.

Jötunn

• Reduced charge time from 0.82s to 0.78s (i.e. charges 0.04s faster).
• Slightly reduced damage per shot.

Bastion

• Reduced damage by 15% (can now not quite kill a Guardian with one shot in the three-shot burst it fires).
• Increased spread angle by 10%.
• Increased PvE damage by 25% (so overall around a 10% increase in PvE).

Sweet Business

• Now refills magazine on picking up Special/Heavy ammo instead of Primary.

Perks

• Firing Line
  • Reduced damage bonus to +20% precision damage for all supported weapon archetypes (was highly variable depending on weapon type).
  • Will roll on some Sniper Rifles, Linear Fusion Rifles and Machine Guns, and maybe some other stuff in the future.
• Certain damage perks only affected impact damage on explosive weapons, we’ve updated these specific perks to also increase detonation damage.
  • Kill Clip
  • Rampage
  • Adrenaline Junkie

Over the past few seasons of content, one of the big focuses in Destiny 2 has been the addition of Stasis abilities and weapons to players’ arsenals. In the upcoming Season 15, Bungie is dramatically expanding the collection of Darkness-powered weapons with the addition of Stasis Legendary guns.

In its weekly update, the developer revealed how Stasis weapons will work when they roll out next week. You can expect a variety of different types, and while Stasis Power weapons will go in your Power weapon slot, all others will be in the Kinetic slot. This is because Bungie doesn’t want to clutter up the Energy Weapons slot any more, and because Stasis guns don’t inherently work differently than other weapons.

The core distinguishing feature of the Stasis arsenal is that the guns can have Stasis perks. These are weapons perks based on the same powers that you might be familiar with from the Stasis class abilities: Namely, slowing enemies down or freezing them completely. In the post, Bungie states that these perks can allow the player to sometimes land a kill shot on the enemy they have frozen or slowed.

Unfortunately, we don’t have any other details yet, such as what some of these weapons will look and feel like. However, we do know that Stasis weapons aren’t the only big change coming in the next season. Bungie is also rolling out a set of weapons tweaks that’ll make primary weapons have infinite ammo, buff fusion rifles, and tweak grenade launchers. It’s also nerfing some fan favorite Exotics. We don’t have long to wait to see all these changes for ourselves: Season 15 launches on August 24, the same day that Bungie is holding a showcase event to reveal more info about the upcoming season and The Witch Queen expansion.

Call Of Duty: Vanguard will take players back to World War II when it releases on November 5, packing a whopping 20 maps, a new Warzone location, and the mysterious Champion Hill mode. In this video, Aaron and Richie talk over whether their initial apprehension for another WWII game was changed after the first developer reveal.

By Aaron Sampson and Richie B on August 19, 2021 at 3:29PM PDT

Call Of Duty: Vanguard is Sledgehammer’s latest game and will take players back to World War II to experience the creation of special forces. Despite the rumors of being rushed, the game will launch with 20 maps, a new Warzone location, and a competitive Champion Hill mode.

In this video, we talk over the first Vanguard reveal event, where we saw a campaign mission, components of multiplayer, and some future competitive modes we can’t talk about yet. Richie and Aaron discuss the general community sentiment against a World War II setting and whether their own minds have been changed after this reveal. Some of the important points include the fact that Vanguard appears to channel the spirit of 2019’s Modern Warfare with a huge focus on gunplay, gun modding, ammo conversions, and attachments. Multiplayer will include more destructible environments with lots of bullets tearing up levels and opening up sightlines as matches progress. Vanguard will also run on the Modern Warfare engine, meaning a smooth transition between the main game and Warzone.

Call Of Duty: Vanguard releases on November 5 on all major platforms and will have a reveal in Warzone. We’re looking forward to a beta, a multiplayer-focused preview, and more information to come.

Bethesda has announced that it will be holding a special concert to commemorate the 10th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and the release of Skyrim: Anniversary Edition.

The concert will take place at the Alexandra Palace Theatre in the United Kingdom on November 11 at 5 PM PT / 2 PM ET. The London Symphony Orchestra and the London Voices Choir will pay tribute to the anthems, soundscapes, and songs of Skyrim. Viewers can watch the concert on Bethesda’s official YouTube or Twitch channels.

Additionally, Bethesda is working on a special project that will be revealed later this year for Skyrim’s 10th anniversary and wants players to be a part of it. Bethesda wants fans to submit short video clips about stories, original artwork, cosplays, or other creations related to Skyrim.

Preferably, video clips should be 15-30 seconds long and pictures should be high-quality .png files. However, submissions cannot include music or any other third-party material. Those whose entries are chosen by Bethesda as part of the upcoming project will be contacted with a consent and release form with a stated deadline.

The Elder Scrolls V: Anniversary Edition will come to PC and consoles on November 11.

Today’s deals are for those who want the latest and the greatest without paying early adopter prices. Score the top-of-the-line LG C1 4K OLED TV with bonus gift card and extended warranty, preorder the new Xbox Stereo Headset for the Xbox Series S|X consoles, or get the lowest price on the ASUS ROG gaming desktop PC equipped with an RTX 3080 video card. These deals and more below.

2021 LG C1 4K OLED TVs with Free Newegg Credit

Newegg is offering a bonus gift card and extended 3 year warranty on top of the best price you’ll find on the new 2021 LG OLED TV. The LG C1-series OLED TV improves upon last year’s highly-rated CX model with an upgraded A9 Gen 4 processor that delivers slightly better image quality, better 4K scaling, and improved audio handling as well as a new webOS smart TV redesign. The C1 OLED TV (especially the 48″ model) works well with an RTX 30 series equipped gaming PC because it has HDMI 2.1 inputs that support 4K at 120Hz, G-SYNC, and chroma 4:4:4. It’s easily one of the best (if not the best) TVs on the market right now.

New Xbox Series X Stereo Headset up for Preorder

The newest official Xbox Series S|X headset is up for preorder. This headset is for those who don’t want to fork over $100 for the Xbox Wireless Headset. The biggest difference between the two is that this one is wired. That shouldn’t be too big of a deal since you can plug the headset right into your wireless controller. It has most of the same features, including ultra-soft large earcups, a padded adjustable headband, support for spatial sound technologies like Dolby Atmos, and a built-in high performance microphone. An added benefit is that because it’s not wireless, there are no batteries to charge.

Razer Hammerhead Truly Wireless Earbuds

The Razer Hammerhead truly wireless earbuds is over 60% off today at Amazon. These gaming-centric earbuds feature 13mm drivers with ample amounts of bass, low latency, IPX4 rating for sweat and water resistance, up to 15 hours of battery life. These earbuds had some stiff competition at its original $100 price point, but now, it’s definitely one of the best earbuds you can buy for the price.

ASUS ROG RTX 3070 Gaming Desktop PC

It’s back in stock! One of the least expensive pre-built RTX 3070 equipped gaming PCs on the market is back in stock today at Best Buy. The price is quite a surprise because ASUS ROG gaming PCs are generally considered to be well built with quality components and a slick gaming aeshetic. This particular model is equipped with an 11th generation Intel Core i7-11700F processor, 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD, and a 1TB HDD for extra storage.

Gigabyte Aero RTX 30 Series Laptops with 4K OLED

For a limited time, the Gigabyte AERO gaming laptops with RTX 30 series video cards and 4K AMOLED displays have been heavily discounted at Newegg. These powerful 15″ laptops weigh only 4.4lbs and are paired with the newest 11th gen Intel Core i7 processors and plenty of RAM and SSD storage. The video cards are all rated at 105W TGP. Note that there is a mail-in rebate you’ll have to send in to get the maximum discount.

Apple AirPods Pro Noise-Cancelling Earbuds

If you regret not picking the Airpods Pro up on Amazon Prime Day, here’s your chance to get it today for an even lower price. Today the price of the AirPods Pro has dropped $70, or 28% off. This is the lowest price we’ve seen, ever, for these highly rated earbuds. The AirPods Pro is considered by many to be the best truly wireless noise-cancelling in-ear headphones you can get, and a very big step up in quality from the standard AirPods.

Arcade1Up Ms Pac-Man Arcade Cabinet

The price of the Arcade1Up Ms Pac-Man cabinet dropped again today; now you’re saving over 33% off and getting free shipping from Walmart. The Ms Pac-Man arcade cabinet is a 3:4 scale replica that measures 4 feet tall. A themed riser is also included that raises the cabinet by an additional 1 foot, so you can choose to play comfortably while sitting or standing. There are multiple games preinstalled, including Ms Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, Pac-Man Plus, and Galaxian. The entire package comes flat packed, but it is very easy to assemble and should take you less than one hour.

Arcade1Up The Simpsons Arcade Cabinet

Arcade1Up just recently announced their Simpsons arcade cabinet in all of its 4-player glory. It’s going to be released on November 8, but it’s up for preorder right now. Unfortunately, if you were to buy it directly from Arcade1Up, it would cost you a whopping $700. Fortunately, Walmart just released their “version” today. The arcade cabinet is identical, and it even comes with riser, but you don’t get the stool and the tin wall sign, but you also pay $171 less. We think that is a fair tradeoff. Another perk: Walmart offers free shipping. Getting it shipped from Arcade1Up directly will cost you around $60.

Extra 12% Off Alienware Aurora R12 RTX 30 Series Gaming PCs with New Coupon Code

Dell launched a new coupon code yesterday that takes 12% off select desktop and laptop PCs. Unfortunately many configs aren’t eligible, including all the PCs currently on Dell’s Deals page. Fortunately, specific Alienware Aurora R12 desktop models are eligible, and they can be upgraded all the way up to an RTX 3080 Ti or RTX 3090. With the coupon applied, you won’t be able to find a cheaper prebuilt RTX 30 series PC on the market.

The 12% coupon is eligible with the Alienware Aurora R12 models below. These all have starting specs: Intel Core i5-11400F CPU, 8GB RAM, and 1TB HDD. You can upgrade to an 11th generation Intel Core i7 processor for an additional $150 (minus 12% off discount with code). I’d recommend upgrading your RAM and storage on your own because you’ll probably save money and you won’t be voiding the warranty.

Use code “SAVE12” to get the prices below:

Herman Miller Gaming Sale: 15% Off Gaming Chairs, Including the Herman Miller x Logitech G Embody

Herman Miller makes the best ergonomic chairs in the industry. They’re also not cheap, with several of their models easily topping over $1000 in price. Penny pinchers might find it a waste of money, but honestly, in this case you get what you pay for. Many of us could spend a majority of our lives stuck to our chair, it makes sense that this would be one of the most important purchases we make. Today, Herman Miller is offering 15% off their top-of-the-line gaming collaborations with Logitech. This is the first time we’ve seen a substantial discount on these outside of Sample Sales and employee-only offers. If you’ve got deep pockets, then you’ll save on what is probably the best gaming chair on the market.

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