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GamersHeroes Wednesday, October 27, 2021 12:17 AM
    

Stress is basically a second health bar in Darkest Dungeon 2. Check out this guide to find out how to heal stress in Darkest Dungeon 2. This way you aren't losing huge amounts of HP and avoiding extra negative quirks.

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Kotaku Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:30 AM
    

Japanese composer Shoji Meguro announced that he has left Atlus, resigning from the Tokyo-based game company this past September.

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Kotaku Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:00 AM
    

Over the years, Pokémon has done an array of collabs, including New Era, Oreo, Levi's, and Casio. Some have been more interesting than others. But finally, Pocket Monsters is teaming up with sumo wrestling. It's about time!

Think about it. This makes perfect sense. In sumo, you have two wrestlers facing off to see…

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PCGamesN Wednesday, October 27, 2021 7:47 AM
     The Logitech G502 Hero gaming mouse is 50% cheaper on Amazon

Nothing quite beats wrapping your hand around a perfectly shaped mouse, with all the right grooves to fit your grip style. For many right-handed gamers, that's the Logitech G502, with its elongated frame, thumb rest, and more buttons than you can shake a stick at. While it's worth the $79.99 / £79.99 asking price, it's a much sweeter purchase knowing you can get one of the best mice around for half price.

Stocks don't tend to last very long, but while it's available you can get the Logitech G502 Hero 50% ($40) cheaper on Amazon US, making for a slimmer $39.99 price tag. Amazon UK customers can take 44% (£35.17) off, bringing the price tag down to £44.82.

The G502's design has been around for a while, with the original rodent considered the best gaming mouse for a few years after it launched in 2014. This model is an upgraded version that sports the same proprietary Hero 25K sensor Logitech uses in all its flagship rodents today. With one of the highest performing DPIs in the industry, just imagine how many 360s you can do before hitting that headshot.

RELATED LINKS: Logitech G Pro Wireless review, Logitech G PowerPlay review, Logitech G502 Lightspeed review


 
PCGamesN Wednesday, October 27, 2021 7:14 AM
     Age of Empires 4 releases tomorrow, so here are some fun facts about the RTS series

If you've been reading the Age of Empires IV reviews this week, including ours, you might be quietly optimistic about the next instalment in one of RTS games' most iconic series. There's not much to do now but wait for the game to unlock in your region - you can check our handy Age of Empires IV release times rundown if you've forgotten.

While you wait, you could also read up on some funky facts about the Age of Empires series as a whole. Since October 1, Age of Empires community member FloosWorld has been posting one piece of trivia about the strategy games on Twitter each day. They range from well-known things like the Age of Empires II anniversary, to anecdotes about a South Korean release, and how one of the series' original lead designers went on to create Empire Earth.

While FloosWorld isn't a developer or officially associated with Microsoft, it seems they've been doing their homework as most of the fun facts they've shared do indeed seem to be, well, fun facts. We get a peek at examples such as the South Korean boxed edition of AOE2 with fact 19, and since last week the trivia drops have been about Age of Empires IV and definitely check out.

RELATED LINKS: Age of Empires 4 release date, Age of Empires 4 review, The best RTS games on PC


 
PCGamesN Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:30 AM
     Back 4 Blood hits six million players since launch

Back 4 Blood, Turtle Rock Studios' brand-new multiplayer FPS game, has had a pretty roaring start from the sounds of it. The studio has just revealed that the game has seen more than six million players since its launch on October 12.

That figure comes from a tweet shared by the official Back 4 Blood Twitter account (below), which simply announces that pretty hefty figure and thanks players - sorry, "Cleaners" - for their hard work battling the Ridden so far. It's not clear how that figure breaks down by platform, but we do have a sense of how the game's faring on Steam at least. The co-op game's 24-hour peak player count is sat at just over 32k as of writing, going by SteamDB's data, which puts it in the top 35 games played on Valve's platform today by that metric.

In terms of its highest-ever concurrent player count, Back 4 Blood still hasn't topped Left 4 Dead 2, sitting at 65,987 - which was set 11 days ago, as of this story - compared to LFD2's 162,399, set eight years back. As we've noted before, though, it's very much not a fair comparison, as Left 4 Dead 2 was given away as a free Christmas present from Valve the day before that big ol' record was set.

RELATED LINKS: Back 4 Blood review, The best co-op games on PC in 2021, The best zombie games on PC in 2021


 
PCGamesN Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:23 AM
     The best Call of Duty Vanguard STG 44 loadout

Looking for the best STG 44 loadout in Vanguard? The STG 44 packs a powerful punch, being one of the best Vanguard weapons we've seen so far. This loadout focuses on high mobility, hip fire accuracy, and increased fire rate at the detriment of stability and range.

This gun is already in Warzone alongside the M1 Garand - you can unlock the blueprints for both weapons in the Season 6 battle pass. The STG 44 could be one of the best Warzone assault rifles in the game, although it's not widely used as you currently can't customise the loadout. It's also not clear how the ten attachment gunsmith will translate to Warzone when the Call of Duty Vanguard and Warzone Season 1 release date rolls around.

For now, though, here's the best STG 44 loadout for Vanguard multiplayer. This setup is ideal for players that like to get in the fight, and while it takes some hits to accuracy and stability - as long as you keep moving, the new ammo attachment and this gun's impressive sprint to fire speed makes it deadly in the right hands.




 
PCGamesN Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:53 AM
     Former Fable dev's procedural generation tech helped bring Gloomhaven to PC

Last week, the PC adaptation of popular board game Gloomhaven launched out of Steam Early Access, with its 1.0 version bringing tons of story missions, unique characters, a digital-exclusive Guildmaster adventure, and more to recreate the tabletop original. Now Sam Swain, former Fable developer and the programmer behind game engine plugin tool Apparance, has explained how this tech's procedural generation capabilities were a key component in helping to bring Gloomhaven to life on PC.

In a talk at this year's Develop: Brighton conference, Swain explores how the Apparance tool helped build dynamic environments for Gloomhaven PC's dungeons - the hex-based spaces in which the dungeon crawler plays out. This tech is essentially a procedural generation plugin for the Unreal and Unity game engines which allows developers to interactively and visually create "detailed and expansive" 3D worlds. Based on procedural logic, programming, and modelling, it lets devs generate environments and objects - so in Gloomhaven's case, the dungeon spaces, and the items and features that fill them - in an innovative way, with a lot of scope for extensive control, interactive editing, rapid iteration, and high-speed run-time generation.

The nature of Gloomhaven made it a tricky game to bring to PC. The game features tons of rules, dungeon layouts, risks, and rewards tied to players' adventures through the game.




 
PCGamesN Wednesday, October 27, 2021 4:29 AM
     League of Legends patch 11.22 notes – Preseason 2022 changes, Arcane skins

Now that League of Legends patch 11.21 has made its way to live servers, it's time to take a look at what's next for Riot's popular MOBA game. We're slowly coming to the end of the League of Legends' 2021 patch schedule, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty still ahead.

The headline of this patch is the raft of Preseason 2022 changes. Riot says that the tweaks will be available on the PBE for the next four weeks to ensure the team gets all the feedback it needs before going live with the final set of updates in November. The developer also says that things are pretty early, so expect changes to things like icons, item and effect names, visual and sound effects, stat values, and more.

That's not all you're getting, though. Jayce and Vi are also getting some rather dapper looking Arcane skins, while Blizcrank will have a Victorious skin, as victorious is he. The patch cycle has just begun, so there's still much more to come, but we're off to a nifty start.

RELATED LINKS: Best LoL Champions , League of Legends patch 11.20, LoL tier list


 
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:46 AM
    

The fast-paced, fast-talking violence of Shadow Warrior 3 will not arrive this year after all, now pushed back into "early 2022." Devolver Digital and developers Flying Wild Hog explain it's the usual reason: they want more time to make the FPS good, yeah? A good reason. For now, you can watch the new trailer announcing the delay.

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Twinfinite Wednesday, October 27, 2021 4:56 AM
    

They say that a bad day can be made better by fishing and Bunnyhug's debut game, Moonglow Bay, takes this idea and runs with it. Yes, the UK-based indie developer has just officially launched its meditative slice-of-life fishing sim on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. Feel free to check out the new launch […]

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Twinfinite Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:54 AM
    

In the mood to beat the living snot out of waves upon waves of diabolical demons? Well, DOOM Eternal's latest free update has got you covered! That's right, the aptly named Update 6.66, is available to download now on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Stadia and PC. And to celebrate the launch of […]

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Twinfinite Wednesday, October 27, 2021 1:27 AM
    

If you're a fan of Atlus' JRPGs, you likely know the name Shoji Meguro. The acclaimed composer announced today that he has left the company.

The post Persona 5 Composer Leaves Atlus to Create His Own Indie Game; Will Also Keep Working on Music for Atlus appeared first on Twinfinite.




 
Siliconera Wednesday, October 27, 2021 8:00 AM
    

Additionally, Ateam and Square Enix are looking for ambassadors to represent the game.

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Siliconera Wednesday, October 27, 2021 7:30 AM
    

Square Enix will continue to crack down on players using real money trading services.

The post FFXIV Changes in Prohibited Activities Crack Down on Real Money Trading appeared first on Siliconera.




 
Siliconera Wednesday, October 27, 2021 7:00 AM
    

This includes physical and digital copies around the world.

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Siliconera Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:30 AM
    

The new mobile title is currently available in Australia and Singapore and is coming to other regions soon.

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Siliconera Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:00 AM
    

Meguro goes indie after more than 20 years with Atlus.

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Siliconera Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:30 AM
    

Meet some of the characters coming to the live-action adaptation.

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Destructoid Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:30 AM
    

First project to be revealed November 6 Shoji Meguro, the legendary composer and sound man for some of the modern...

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Gnome Stew Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:00 AM
     Join Ang, Jared, and Matt as they swap gamer horror stories in "Tales from the Stewpot," this seasonally spooky episode of Gnomecast! Download: Gnomecast #128 – Tales from the Stewpot Follow Jared at @WhatDoIKnowJR on Twitter, check out his blog What Do I Know?, and catch his audio blog podcast at anchor.fm/whatdoiknowjraudioblog. You can't find […]


 
Nintendo Everything Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:21 AM
    

Atlus has shared some new information on the latest daily demon for Shin Megami Tensei V. This latest video showcases the demon Kohryu, returning from the first Megami Tensei entry in the series. Here are some additional details and the daily demon video released by Atlus: Kohryu made its debut in the original Megami Tensei on NES as a member...

The post Shin Megami Tensei V daily demon vol. 179 – Kohryu appeared first on Nintendo Everything.




 
Nintendo Everything Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:47 AM
    

Publisher Ultimate Games and developer Madowl Games have announced that puzzle space adventure QB Planets will be arriving on Switch next week. Check out a trailer and overview for the game below. Get your spaceship and embark on an amazing astral adventure of engaging puzzles into the final frontier. Discover more incredible puzzle planets in the farthest reaches of outer...

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Nintendo Everything Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:38 AM
    

Publishers Meridium Games & Dear Villagers, and developer Nameless XIII, have announced that narrative survival sim Ashwalkers: A Survival Journey is coming to Switch both physically and digitally during Q1 2022. Here are some more details on the game, along with a trailer:  Ashwalkers, developed by Nameless XIII and published by Dear Villagers, sees four adventurers journey through a harsh...

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Nintendo Everything Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:25 AM
    

The latest addition to Hamster's Arcade Archives lineup of retro games has been announced. Sky Kid, a horizontal shooter featuring a bombing biplane, is scheduled to arrive on the Switch eShop later this week. Here are some details on the title from the International Arcade Museum: Sky Kid is a horizontal shooter arcade game released by Namco in 1985. You...

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Nintendo Everything Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:08 AM
    

In addition to the return of several past events for Fire Emblem Heroes, some new content is arriving to the mobile game today. Here's the latest information on the new Summoning Event and Special Maps: Bound Hero Battle: Mercedes & Annette is here! Mercedes: Kindly Devotee, Annette: Overachiever, and Ingrid: Galatea's Heir are featured as part of a 5-star summoning...

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Nintendo Everything Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:01 AM
    

Intelligent Systems has announced that a new update is scheduled for Fire Emblem Heroes adding new weapons to refine, new event content, and more. Here are the full patch notes for the update, slated to arrive on Android and iOS next week: New skills are being added for some Legendary Heroes Marth: Hero-King Special Skill: Shining Emblem B Skill: Binding...

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Nintendo Everything Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:14 AM
    

This week's Famitsu review scores are as follows: Back 4 Blood (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One) – 8/8/8/8 Danganronpa Decadence (Switch) – 8/9/9/7 Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – 8/9/9/10 Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 4th Heart (Switch) – 8/8/8/8 Super Arcade Soccer (PS4, Switch) – 5/6/5/5 Super Robot Wars 30 (PS4, Switch)...

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Nintendo Everything Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:09 AM
    

A new update is now available for Dragalia Lost. Players can now update directly from their respective applications marketplace. We have the full patch notes available after the break: Version Update Version 2.13.0 will be available for download around 10/26/2021 at 23:00. You may install it when it becomes available; otherwise, an automatic update will occur at approximately 10/27/2021 at...

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Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt Wednesday, October 27, 2021 7:41 AM
     Ubisoft Massive will provide details on changes, like the Specialization Revamp, every month until the new content is revealed in January 2022.


 
Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt Wednesday, October 27, 2021 7:28 AM
     A recent SteamDB listing has been found with apparent references to Sumo Digital, the game's developer, among other things.


 
Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:29 AM
     Series director Makoto Shibata speaks with GamingBolt about the upcoming remaster.


 
Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:26 AM
     Hundreds of single-player titles have released over the past few years - here are 30 of the very best that have stood out.


 
Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:13 AM
     There's a healthy assortment of free-to-play games available right now, and here are 15 that you wouldn't probably believe are free.


 
Pivotal Gamers Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:17 AM
     There are many ways to enjoy playing games, from online to handheld and from solo or cooperative play. But sometimes, it all comes down to how you're feeling, what state of mind you're in and what type of games you play. We take a look at the best times for you to play by yourself (get your mind out the gutter) or when it's good to link up with friends. The good things about going it alone You don...


 
Pivotal Gamers Wednesday, October 27, 2021 4:20 AM
     What's up folks? Giveaway Of The Day is giving everyone the opportunity to win on Swordsman of Persia: Ancient Story. Let's hear them out. Swordsman of Persia: Ancient Story is available as a Giveaway of the day!You have limited time to download, install and register it. A few words about Swordsman of Persia: Ancient Story Swordsman Of Persia: Ancient Story (???? ?????? ) is a third pe...


 
MonsterVine Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:38 AM
    

There's nothing more important to your office setup than a good desk. You could skimp on most furniture in your room, but a desk does the heavy lifting (pun fully intended) of making sure all your expensive toys are safely kept above the ground. A few flashy RGBs don't hurt either. EwinRacing Gaming Desk – […]

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Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt Wednesday, October 27, 2021 7:41 AM
     Ubisoft Massive will provide details on changes, like the Specialization Revamp, every month until the new content is revealed in January 2022.


 
Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt Wednesday, October 27, 2021 7:28 AM
     A recent SteamDB listing has been found with apparent references to Sumo Digital, the game's developer, among other things.


 
Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:29 AM
     Series director Makoto Shibata speaks with GamingBolt about the upcoming remaster.


 
Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:26 AM
     Hundreds of single-player titles have released over the past few years - here are 30 of the very best that have stood out.


 
Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:13 AM
     There's a healthy assortment of free-to-play games available right now, and here are 15 that you wouldn't probably believe are free.