Kotaku Friday, December 10, 2021 1:45 PM  The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2–Sorry, sorry. The Sequel to The Legend of–Actually, you know what? Screw it. We all know this is a sequel, and the awkward dance around its name is just cloying at this point. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 started trending on social media last night, following the… |
Kotaku Friday, December 10, 2021 1:30 PM  Last year, when Cyberpunk 2077 came out—between all the bugs and problems players encountered—a group of modders decided to try and tinker with the game to let you fuck one of its main stars, Keanu Reeves. The famous actor plays Cyberpunk's digital rebel cyberghost Johnny Silverhand, and while the mod did materialize,… |
Kotaku Friday, December 10, 2021 1:05 PM  Genshin Impact was recognized as the Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards last night, which was good and correct. But what most viewers probably remember is the way that the announcer pronounced the game's title. Instead of using the hard "g" sound, she pronounced it using the soft "g." Rather than being mean-spirited… |
Kotaku Friday, December 10, 2021 11:25 AM  Between the "world exclusives," the "world premieres," the celebrity guests, the musical performances, the uh, questionable musical performances, and the handful of actual rewards, last night's four-hour showing of The 2021 Game Awards was a lot. Amid the cacophony, you could've easily missed one of the evening's… |
Kotaku Friday, December 10, 2021 11:10 AM  The vinyl video game music masters at iam8bit have teamed up with Atlus to create the ultimate musical collectible to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Persona series. The $400 Persona 25th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set features newly-remastered music from all five main games in the series spread across 15… |
Kotaku Friday, December 10, 2021 10:10 AM  Xbox Game Pass is a good name for a subscription games service. Xbox Game Pass for PC is not, so Microsoft got together with rappers Lil Dicky and GaTa last night during The Game Awards to announce the PC version's new name, the much more sensible PC Game Pass. The ad spot also revealed four new games coming to the… |
Kotaku Friday, December 10, 2021 9:00 AM  The Pokémon Company today revealed yet another region-exclusive variant for the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Arceus in Hisuian Voltorb, a super cute spin on one of the original 151. |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 2:31 PM  We officially know that there's going to be more Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLC, and unofficially a whole lot of apparent details on that content have leaked over the past few months. Now, Ubisoft is teasing an announcement for the game early next week, and it's pretty safe to guess that this will serve as a reveal for the game's next major bit of content. The reveal will take place on Monday, December 13 at 9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT via YouTube. The devs simply say that "there is more to come on Assassin's Creed Valhalla". The 'save the date' video features a bunch of carved images ringed in frost on one side and flame on the other. Ubisoft is preparing the way for new Assassin's Creed Valhalla content with title update 1.4.1, due to land next week. It's a chonker - nearly 80GB on PC, owing to a file restructure aimed to reduce file size and improve performance - and will include a host of new difficulty and stealth options. RELATED LINKS: Assassin's Creed Valhalla review, How long is Assassin's Creed Valhalla?, Buy Assassin's Creed Valhalla |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 2:09 PM  Telltale Games - that is, the new Telltale Games, a new studio that's picked up the assets of the old - announced a new game based on The Expanse last night at The Game Awards. This comes two years after the studio announced The Wolf Among Us 2 at the 2019 edition of the show, and fans have been disappointed with the lack of updates. "Back in December of 2019, we revealed TWAU2 going into pre-production," the devs explain in a message to fans. "The team is hard at work, but you may have noticed we did not have anything new to say about it for The Game Awards." They tease an appearance in the next issue of Game Informer, which will have a feature on the new Telltale. "We promise to have something else you can really sink your teeth into early next year!" Teeth, wolf… You can probably do the math on that teaser, but it sounds like we'll be seeing more from Wolf Among Us 2 in the early bits of 2022. |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 1:37 PM  Minecraft is meant for kicking back, exploring Lush Caves, and coming up with stunning recreations of your favourite things, but it's pretty hard to relax knowing your server and gaming PC are at risk from an exploit. Fortunately, developer Mojang is on top of things and has already fixed the bug in its latest 1.18.1 update, but those of you that run an older version will need to follow a couple of steps before you're completely secure. The vulnerability is tied to Log4j, an open-source logging tool that has a wide reach being built into many frameworks and third-party applications across the internet. As a result, Minecraft Java Edition is the first known program affected by the exploit, but undoubtedly won't be the last - Bedrock users, however, are safe. If the owners of your favourite server haven't given the all-clear, it might be wise to stay away for the time being. High-profile servers are the main targets, but there are reports that several attackers are scanning the internet for vulnerable servers, so there could very well be a bullseye on your back if you chance it. RELATED LINKS: Minecraft console commands, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 12:42 PM  Xûr is Destiny 2's Exotic gear merchant. He appears every weekend to sell the game's most coveted items in exchange for Legendary shards, but if you're a casual player with limited shards to spend, it can be hard to know which of his wares is most worth your investment. That's where we come in. As of June 12, 2020, it appears that Xûr is back to providing random rolls - so the Exotic merchant is providing more excitement than he has in a long time. Xûr appears every Friday at 9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT, and will stick around until the Tuesday reset. We'll update this guide shortly after he arrives, so if you're reading this, you need only read on to learn where he is, and which are the best items he's selling this week. Now we're in Beyond Light territory, but Xûr's first appearances have been at the usual spots - so maybe don't expect too many surprises from the merchant in the new year of Destiny content. RELATED LINKS: Destiny 2: Beyond Light review, Destiny 2 exotics, Play Destiny 2 |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 12:47 PM  There's nothing quite like escaping into another world, immersing yourself in its history and people, and getting to grips with your new virtual life. Fantasy games are especially good at offering these sorts of experiences, but the genre is so packed with great adventures that it can be hard to pinpoint where exactly to place your attention. Luckily for you, we've put together this list of the best fantasy games on PC. As always, we want to highlight a varied selection of titles, from mammoth RPGs to 2D action-platformers. There's even a sports game in the mix this time around. And please don't worry if we've missed your favourite fantasy game – there's every chance that it could be added at a later time. So, whether you're looking to slay some dragons in a sprawling open world or try something a little stranger, we've got you covered with our list of the best fantasy games on PC. All you need is a sense of adventure and the patience for copious amounts of lore. Let's go! RELATED LINKS: The Witcher 3 mods, The Witcher 4 news, Play The Witcher 3 |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 11:56 AM  When is the Total War: Warhammer 3 release date? Creative Assembly finally and officially announced Warhammer 3 in May 2021, and everyone's very excited. The latest Total War strategy game and the third entry in the popular 'Total Warhammer' franchise from Creative Assembly will shift focus to the east of the Warhammer Fantasy world, with a renewed look at the forces of Chaos. Fan favourite faction Kislev returns from the first game as a fully-fledged launch nation, valiantly trying to defend the realms of man from the forces of Chaos. They are joined by the warriors of Grand Cathay, which is being brought to life for the first time in Warhammer III. The Chaos faction itself has also been fleshed out, with all four iconic 'flavours' of Chaos getting the full treatment. Plenty of other details have also been revealed since the original announcement, which we've summarised for you below. This is a living article which we will try and keep up-to-date as new information gets announced. If there's enough to talk about, we may also decide to spin-out dedicated guides for certain topics, which we'll link to below so you can access the information. RELATED LINKS: Total War: Warhammer 3 release date, Total War: Warhammer 3 races, The best strategy games on PC |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 11:51 AM  Want to know where to find the Trashball memorabilia in Fortnite? The Gears of War Fortnite collaboration has arrived, and along with the Marcus Fenix and Kait Fortnite skins, there is a set of Delta-One challenges you can complete in exchange for a free spray. These challenges are only available for a limited time, so if you want to unlock the Gears cog free spray, you need to complete them before December 17. The Trashball memorabilia challenge is the final quest of five; you'll need to complete them in order, so start by collecting three Cog tags, before crouching behind a wall in Fortnite, then damaging an opponent with melee attacks and shotgun blasts. There are three possible locations where you can get the Trashball memorabilia, but we think it's far easier to go to one location in particular and grab all the swag there instead. Land at Rocky Reels and head north along the main road. Turn left and head up the mountain towards the lake. Eventually, you'll come across a couple of abandoned buses. All three pieces of memorabilia you need are close to these buses. Read on to learn where you need to go. RELATED LINKS: Fortnite V-Bucks, Fortnite Skins, Fortnite Creative Codes |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 11:42 AM  If there were any doubts about Hearts of Iron IV being Paradox Interactive's most popular grand strategy game, I imagine they can be laid to rest with the news that the WW2 game attracted over a million active players for the first time during November 2021. This number is likely to include multiple platforms, including Steam, the standalone version, as well as potentially PC Game Pass. This also represents a new milestone, one the dev team is understandably quite pleased about. The news comes via the Hearts of Iron IV Twitter account, and the developers have released a few other choice stats as to what those chosen million have been getting up to. Apparently, they started over 400 million wars. They also fired a lot of nukes, with Germany bearing the brunt at 223,500. The United States escaped with a more manageable 97,574 nuclear attacks. The most recent 1.11 'Barbarossa' patch which accompanied the No Step Back expansion introduces the ability to build railway lines through individual provinces - within the first week the Hearts of Iron IV player base built 43,373,197 railways. The infographic also has fun facts to share covering the number of focuses completed, the number of "cryptos cracked", as well as what the top five surrenders are. Surprising no one, the top spot goes to Ethiopia. RELATED LINKS: The best Hearts of Iron 4 mods, The best WW2 games on PC, The best grand strategy games on PC |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 11:27 AM  PC games are slowly, but surely, becoming more mobile, with the likes of Valve's Steam Deck and Razer's cloud handheld making portable big-budget gaming a possibility. Yet, at the Game Awards 2022, Google played an Uno reverse card, as the company revealed it's bringing mobile games to gaming PCs via a Play Store Windows port. Admittedly, Google's segment during The Game Awards was light on details, but it did confirm that the storefront will be coming to Windows in 2022. In a statement issued to The Verge, Google says that the service will allow players to seamlessly switch between mobile devices and Windows, thanks to the new app's cloud save compatibility. While PC games are playable on mobile thanks to streaming services like Geforce Now, Google insists it won't use the same approach to bring Play Store apps to Windows. Instead, the port will run natively within Microsoft's operating system, and it'll do so without any special integration with Windows 11. RELATED LINKS: Best SSD for gaming, How to build a gaming PC, Best gaming CPU |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 11:19 AM  You may be surprised to see a system requirements piece for a Five Nights at Freddy's game, given how basically any gaming PC could run the previous entries in the series. However, the latest from Steel Wool Studios looks like it could give the best graphics cards from Nvidia a proper workout, upping the ante in terms of graphical fidelity and scares. There's no word on a recommended GPU just yet, but you'll want to make sure you have an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 at the very least. An RTX card opens the door to ray traced reflections and global illumination, in addition to Nvidia DLSS which should help boost fps (but won't help you run away any faster from killer animatronics). Speaking of running fast, you might want to pick up one of the best SSDs for gaming to help contain Security Breach, as it'll require a sizeable 70GB chunk of storage space. RELATED LINKS: Best SSD for gaming, How to build a gaming PC, Best gaming CPU |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 11:31 AM  With Christmas Day now just around the corner, many of us are scrambling to get all our gifts bought and wrapped on time. As nice as the festivities themselves can be, the process of actually buying all the presents is one that many people find quite stressful. You want to get people something that they'll genuinely like, but you also want it to be personal to them. It's easy to go broad with something like cash or a gift card, but they won't remember that in the long run. If you're somebody who struggles with gift buying, we're here to help. If you're shopping for a gamer in your life, we've got some solid suggestions for you and all of them for under $100, so no need to worry about breaking the bank. All you need is an idea of what games they like to play. We've got several gift suggestions here and each of them ties into some of the best PC games around. With a variety of gifts from things like Skyrim Funko Pops through to the Final Fantasy XIV cookbook, we're confident that at least one item on this list will appeal to a gamer in your life. We also want to accommodate shoppers who are on smaller budgets, because we know a lot of PC gaming items can be on the costlier side, which is why we kept it to gifts under $100. Of course, maybe you're just looking for a treat for yourself. That's cool too. These are all pretty great products and we'd be delighted to successfully add something new to your collection. RELATED LINKS: Best SSD for gaming, How to build a gaming PC, Best gaming CPU |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 10:05 AM  November 11 was Skyrim's tenth birthday, and the day was marked by the release of a new (yep, another one) anniversary edition of Bethesda's massively popular RPG. It was strange, however, to suddenly remember that it had also been ten years since the launch of what is arguably a more influential game, FromSoftware's Dark Souls. Skyrim certainly sparked an interest in role-playing games in an entire generation of players, but Dark Souls - which came out on September 22 the same year - has created its own genre. Be that as it may, Dark Souls' tenth anniversary wasn't observed in the way Skyrim's was. One reason for that, as dep ed Jordan suggested to me, is that there have been several Souls games since the original came out, whereas any notion of an Elder Scrolls 6 release date is a distant glimmer on the horizon. Another reason is that everyone who would be celebrating Dark Souls' tenth birthday is busy getting excited about the upcoming release of Elden Ring. I'm excited about Elden Ring, too - but I have a confession to make first. I've never finished a Souls game. I've dipped my toe into several Soulsborne titles, and quite a few Soulslike games, but I've yet to play the original (or any of its sequels) through to the end. It's something I want to correct before Elden Ring comes out, and I figured the way to finally get it done was to give myself an assignment with a deadline. Welcome, dear reader, to my Dark Souls journal. |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 9:54 AM  Searching for the best PPSh loadout in Warzone Pacific? The PPSh-41 SMG has been a staple of the Black Ops games, so it was only a matter of time before it showed up in Cold War. This weapon also features in Call of Duty Vanguard, introducing a second PPSh-41 in Warzone. The PPSh-41 wasn't very good when it first launched compared to the rest of Warzone's best SMGs, but the devs made sure it became a meta weapon. So, what makes this SMG so special? The PPSh is an excellent close to medium range option thanks to its high bullet velocity and low recoil stats. When you combine all of these important stats together, this makes the PPSh the perfect secondary gun for most loadouts. Though there are two versions of this weapon, if you're playing on Rebirth Island you may want to stick to the original weapon as it appears to be stronger. Whether you're playing on Caldera or Rebirth Island, this SMG is sure to rip through enemies if they get too close. |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 9:53 AM  10/12/21 Nvidia has provided a statement regarding the lack of stock following the GPU's launch. Nvidia launched its RTX 2060 12GB GPU this week, but you'd be forgiven for not realising, as the company has done little to promote the card's release. In fact, team green is yet to release an MSRP for it and even cancelled a Founders Edition version of the graphics card. Now, it appears that some major retailers are yet to receive "sufficient stock" to warrant listing Nvidia's new GPU, let alone sell it. We spoke to a representative from UK retailer Scan, who told us that "we'll be listing the RTX 2060 12GB when we have sufficient stock to sell on the website. This avoids creating the situation where we take pre-orders but cannot confirm to customers when they might receive their order". While the ongoing chip shortage and the cryptocurrency boom have severely impacted the availability of the best graphics cards, many hoped that Nvidia's decision to re-release the RTX 2060 would help alleviate stock issues. Unfortunately, it appears to have done little to address the depressing circumstances we continue to find ourselves in. RELATED LINKS: RTX 2070 Super review, RTX 2060 Super review, Best graphics card |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 9:28 AM  Want to know where to collect the Cog tags in Fortnite? The Gears of War Fortnite collaboration has arrived, and there are some challenges to go with it that unlock a Gears of War spray when complete. The first of these quests is to collect Cog tags, which all Cog soldiers wear around their necks, the same way military personnel wear dog tags. All the Gears of War Delta-One challenges are only available for a limited time, so if you want to unlock the free spray, be sure to complete them before they disappear on December 17. The challenges must be completed in order; once you've found the Cog tags, your other missions include crouching behind a wall in Fortnite, damaging an opponent with melee attacks and shotgun blasts, and finding the Trashball memorabilia. There are a total of ten Cog tags to find in the Fortnite map, but you only need to collect three of them to finish the challenge. They're pretty small, but easy to spot as they emit a blue glow when you're nearby, and they show up on the minimap as exclamation points. RELATED LINKS: Fortnite V-Bucks, Fortnite Skins, Fortnite Creative Codes |
PCGamesN Friday, December 10, 2021 8:05 AM  A few weeks back, Genshin Impact developer Mihoyo officially announced upcoming character Yun Jin on Twitter. While we don't know exactly when she'll hit the live game just yet, we do know she's a geo polearm and the director of the Yun-Han Opera Troupe, making her a "famous figure in Liyue Harbor's opera scene". It seems Yun Jin could be coming up sometime soon, though, as the studio's now given us a fresh - if very brief - look at her during this year's The Game Awards. As you can see at around the 2:44:10 mark in the clip from last night's industry awards show below, Mihoyo has offered the first glimpse of upcoming character Yun Jin in action - well, sort of. This comes alongside some new looks at Itto and Gorou - new characters who are both now confirmed as coming on December 14 with the second banner phase of Genshin Impact's 2.3 update. We see some shots of these new faces chattering with eachother, running about, and dishing out some of their signature attacks before the clip ends with a brief teaser of Yun Jin. It's not all that detailed a reveal, so don't go expecting an ability showcase in the same vein as the others. Instead, we just see the character performing slow dance movements on a bright, stylised stage before turning to the camera with a hint of a smile. RELATED LINKS: Play Genshin Impact for free, Genshin Impact character tier list, Genshin Impact leveling guide |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, December 10, 2021 12:30 PM  My mates and I are doing the dishes, discussing whether we'll see the region of Noxus feature more prominently in the next season of Arcane, an animated series based on League Of Legends. In the air: soap bubbles and excitement. One of my friends asks me whether Jinx is like that in-game. "It's been a while, but I think so, yeah", I reply. I'm in the car on the way to badminton and I'm listening to the song Dynasties & Dystopia from Arcane, the show based on League Of Legends. In the air: hip-hop and a bobbing head. Something significant has happened here. All of a sudden, I am obsessed with a game I shelved years ago, and yet I have no desire to go back. Is this next-gen? More than that, probably. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, December 10, 2021 12:03 PM  While not as flashy as a new 4K monitor or one of the best graphics cards, an SSD can make a surprisingly big difference to your PC gaming experience. Storing their data in semiconductor cells rather than old-timey spinning plates, SSDs have considerably faster transfer speeds than traditional hard disks, and so can slash loading times right down. This also makes them generally more expensive, although prices are coming down all the time, this guide to the best SSD deals right now could help you find a particularly good bargain. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, December 10, 2021 12:00 PM  The annual Geoff Awards have taken place and for the first time ever, we're all winners. This is because an Elden Ring pot boy waddled onto stage, outdoing every World Premiere (said in World Premiere voice) and cemented his place as next in line to Geoff's throne. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, December 10, 2021 11:50 AM  I was wary of the possibility that White Shadows would be one of those platformers. You know the ones. The grim and depressing ones that despise you, with a child and a Stasi man, where the Stasi is actually memories of your daughter, and the child has to throw the puppy in a blender to get over a hedge. With its stark monochrome look, ominous industrial environments, and dystopian themes, I can't really deny that White Shadows is of that genre. But while I normally get bored of depressing platformers within half an hour, I enjoyed this whole thing and even the credits. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, December 10, 2021 11:30 AM  When I heard that Quantic Dream are making a Star Wars game, I felt much as I did when I found out my home town Swindon had been twinned with Disney World: you'd have expected Disney to Google some stuff first. Still, last night at The Game Awards we all got a first look at Star Wars Eclipse in the form of a cinematic trailer. And let's be honest: that trailer is cracking. It's really good. And it's so good that I think we all need to remember that there is absolutely no way QD aren't going to spectacularly boot this. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, December 10, 2021 11:00 AM  Needs must, gentle friends, needs must, and in particular I need to once more head into the dank and dreary evidence basement of the RPS treehouse. Here, at the behest of our very kind supporters, I must navigate a strange maze of specimen tanks, suggestions of whiskers, tentacles and odd wings occasionally stirring behind the glass as I pass. Eventually I will reach a row of grey filing cabinets, locate the right drawer, and tug it open, the scream of rusted metal echoing through the dark room. I will spend some time rifling through the papers within, growing more and more frantic as I hear the slow tread of heavy footsteps approaching. I must find the right file, but also I must escape in time! I haven't been caught yet. Today I escaped with the fifth episode of The Nate Files supporters-only podcast. It's about speculative biology. Oh no. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, December 10, 2021 10:30 AM  Every so often, Matthew and I will be browsing BBC iPlayer in our never-ending search for something to watch and we'll get served up some clips from the Live From The BBC comedy series. It's a few years old now, first airing in 2016 before finishing in 2018, but there is one particular episode we will watch again and again. That episode is by the Bristol-based comic Mat Ewins, who in this set appears as a self-styled adventurer, film maker and amateur video game maker promoting his latest work Adventureman 7, a sort of budget Indiana Jones meets Tomb Raider kind of deal. He's one of those comedians who uses a lot of multimedia in their sets, playing daft, self-made videos to help deliver punch lines. There's plenty of that nonsense in Ewins' set here, but for this occasion he also created an entire video game companion piece, styled up as a mid-90s, almost N64 / PS1-style affair in which - unsurprisingly - comedy antics ensue. Matthew and I love it to bits, and I thought that in this, the 25th anniversary year of Lara Croft, we should remember the incredible Adventureman and all of the brilliantly-bad video games he was in we never got to play. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, December 10, 2021 10:00 AM  If you're a motorist in south west England, chances are you've probably encountered (or at least heard of) Swindon's Magic Roundabout. It's a monstrous concoction of five roundabouts smoshed together, and as far as I can see it serves no purpose other than to terrify bamboozled drivers up and down the country. I'm not kidding. In 2009 it was named the fourth scariest junction in Britain, after London's equally mega roundabout at Marble Arch, the M8 junctions in central Glasgow and Birmingham's Gravelly Hill, affectionately known as Spaghetti Junction. It's the kind of nightmarish urban planning I try to avoid when building my own road networks in Mini Motorways, the excellent sequel to minimalist transport sim Mini Metro, but its new Challenge City update puts all four of these real-world asphalt atrocities to shame. In this new mode, each city gets a bunch of new rules and conditions you'll need to abide by, and after playing an early version of it this week, there's one challenge that's truly diabolical. Not only does it limit the number of road tiles at your disposal, but it does so in favour of, wait for it, unlimited roundabouts. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, December 10, 2021 8:03 AM  About five hours into Icarus, the new survival game from Day Z's Dean Hall and co, I had a moment. I'd just been savaged by a bear, and had morosely jogged back over to my corpse from the respawn drop ship several miles away. It was dark, and also stormy, and also there were more bears. I desperately needed to find and reclaim my pack, stuffed with meat, tools and building supplies, which was proving difficult because your corpse just appears as a small pile of excruciatingly indiscernible brown sandbags. As the minutes dragged on, my mind flashed back to the time I spent half an hour searching for my wireless earphones amidst gails of horizontal rain on Brighton beach, shivering and still half-soaked from a foolhardy morning swim. The experience was so horrible it transcended mere discomfort and turned into, on some level, genuinely enjoyable farce. That's Icarus, that is. It's obviously flawed, wildly frustrating and frequently janky, but it's also somehow simultaneously good enough to have kept me playing into the early morning on multiple nights without even realizing the time. It's like Schrodinger's cat, except if the cat was a bear made of draining thirst meters. I went on to spend another 20 hours (mostly) happily within its grasp. |
Twinfinite Friday, December 10, 2021 1:19 PM Today Sony announced the acquisition of another developer for its growing PlayStation Studios. The post PlayStation Studios Acquire Valkyrie Entertainment appeared first on Twinfinite. |
Twinfinite Friday, December 10, 2021 12:58 PM Earlier today, Ubisoft posted a cryptic trailer for Assassin's Creed Valhalla on YouTube that was simply titled "Save The Date." Alongside the trailer, which you can see below, the developer encouraged fans to set a reminder and tune in to the channel this Monday, Dec. 13, at 9am PDT / 6pm CET. While no exact […] The post Assassin's Creed Valhalla Teases Big Announcement for Next Monday appeared first on Twinfinite. |
Twinfinite Friday, December 10, 2021 12:10 PM Developer Dinosaur Polo Club is releasing a major new update for their traffic management sim. The Mini Motorways' Challenge City update will make you hate big city traffic even more but in the best way possible. The update is adding challenges for each city, and it comes on the heels of the Hometown update, which […] The post Mini Motorways' Challenge City Update Makes Traffic Control Even Trickier appeared first on Twinfinite. |
Twinfinite Friday, December 10, 2021 11:46 AM Valorant's esports scene has enjoyed an exceptionally fast start. The game has barely been out for 18 months and is already supporting a thriving professional scene with multi-million dollar prize pools spread across spectacular online and LAN events that are watched by hundreds of thousands of fans. The biggest event, Champions, is concluding this weekend […] The post Riot Details Valorant VCT 2022 Season Format & Teases New Tournament Mode appeared first on Twinfinite. |
Twinfinite Friday, December 10, 2021 11:25 AM Today Koei Tecmo released a new video about the upcoming JRPG Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream. The post Atelier Sophie 2 Samples Its Sweet Soundtrack in New Video appeared first on Twinfinite. |
Twinfinite Friday, December 10, 2021 10:57 AM Nintendo has revealed that Banjo-Kazooie will be the next game added to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service. This zany 3D platformer will arrive on the service next month in January 2022. Banjo-Kazooie was developed by Rare and was originally released for the Nintendo 64 back in 1998. The player controls a bear […] The post Banjo-Kazooie Will Be Added to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Next Month appeared first on Twinfinite. |
Twinfinite Friday, December 10, 2021 10:33 AM iam8bit announced a brand new Persona 25th Anniversary Deluxe Vinyl Box Set to celebrate 25 years of the Persona series. The post Persona 25th Anniversary Deluxe Vinyl Box Set Announced appeared first on Twinfinite. |
Siliconera Friday, December 10, 2021 1:00 PM A new Persona 5 Haru figure will launch in November 2022 in Japan and features the heroine in her Noir costume both with and without a mask. The post Next Persona 5 Haru Figure Doesn't Have to Wear Her Mask appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Friday, December 10, 2021 12:00 PM Square Enix released the FFVII Remake PC specs, so people can find out if their computers can handle the RPG ahead of its launch. The post FFVII Remake PC Specs Revealed appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Friday, December 10, 2021 11:30 AM The FFXI December 2021 update is here, and it both includes the Starlight Celebration holiday event and continues the Voracious Resurgence. The post FFXI December 2021 Update Includes Starlight Celebration appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Friday, December 10, 2021 11:00 AM Banjo-Kazooie will be the next N64 game to join the Nintendo Switch Online service, and people will only have to wait a few weeks to play it. The post Banjo-Kazooie Nintendo Switch Online Release Window Confirmed appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Friday, December 10, 2021 10:30 AM The latest Genshin Impact live wallpaper from miHoYo stars Diluc. People can get it for free via N0va Desktop. The post Genshin Impact Diluc Live Wallpaper Released appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Friday, December 10, 2021 10:00 AM Both of them will come out in late 2022. The post Rengoku and Akaza Figma Demon Slayer Figures Pre-Orders Open appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Friday, December 10, 2021 9:30 AM Pre-orders through the Gust online store will receive a special case for the OST. The post Atelier Sophie 2 Soundtrack to Release in February 2022 appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Friday, December 10, 2021 9:00 AM The Japanese logo will also feature the rival echidna's fist. The post Sonic Movie 2 Will Be Known in Japan as Sonic VS Knuckles appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Friday, December 10, 2021 8:30 AM Atlus is releasing a second round of Persona 25th Anniversary merchandise, including a Morgana cat plush, posters, and tarot card replicas. The post Atlus Reveals Second Round of Persona 25th Anniversary Merchandise appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Friday, December 10, 2021 8:00 AM See you, Space Cowboy. The post Netflix Cancels Cowboy Bebop Live-Action Series appeared first on Siliconera. |
Destructoid Friday, December 10, 2021 2:30 PM Voltorb will get a Hisui variant in Pokemon Legends: Arceus The Poke-Ball Pokemon Voltorb will be one of the creatures getting... The post Hisuian Voltorb picks Berries with its pals in adorable new short appeared first on Destructoid. |
Destructoid Friday, December 10, 2021 2:00 PM Celebrating 25 years of fantastic tunes As any Persona fan knows, the franchise's electrifying soundtrack is a key component of... The post iam8bit unveils slick $400 Persona vinyl soundtrack collection appeared first on Destructoid. |
Destructoid Friday, December 10, 2021 1:30 PM Master likes gameplay, yes he does! Ready for another Gollum trailer? Well, it's not going to clue us in when... The post I swear on the Precious, I wish this Gollum trailer had more gameplay appeared first on Destructoid. |
Destructoid Friday, December 10, 2021 1:00 PM Show up for the tech showcase, stick around for the fun banter Last night, Epic released a free interactive experience... The post The Matrix Awakens is a cool tech demo with a surprising bit of charm to it appeared first on Destructoid. |
Destructoid Friday, December 10, 2021 12:30 PM Kait and Marcus are in the item shop Gears of War invades Fortnite this week, with a series of quests... The post Gears of War invades Fortnite early in the season appeared first on Destructoid. |
Destructoid Friday, December 10, 2021 12:00 PM Spice, Spice, Baby Video game fans of a certain age will well remember the majestic Dune video game adaptations of... The post Dune: Spice Wars will see the series relive its strategic past appeared first on Destructoid. |
Destructoid Friday, December 10, 2021 11:00 AM Lady in the street but a freak…also in the street That Silent Hill revival "insiders" have been taunting fans with for... The post There's body horror galore in the debut trailer for Slitterhead appeared first on Destructoid. |
Destructoid Friday, December 10, 2021 11:00 AM The beta period was too short From Software games often excel at providing an understated story throughput to latch onto,... The post This new Elden Ring story trailer makes the wait for it more annoying appeared first on Destructoid. |
Destructoid Friday, December 10, 2021 10:00 AM Strange we never got a Persona 5 Arena I'm not much of a fighting game fan (at least when compared... The post Persona 4 Arena Ultimax lands on Steam, Switch, and PS4 next year appeared first on Destructoid. |
Destructoid Friday, December 10, 2021 9:00 AM Do as I say, AND as I do?.. There's no denying that Senua's Sacrifice: Hellblade II is without a doubt... The post Senua's Saga: Hellblade II shows off some particularly prescriptive gameplay appeared first on Destructoid. |
Destructoid Friday, December 10, 2021 8:44 AM Da huh? Banjo-Kazooie Switch Online? Believe it. One of the most iconic non-first-party games is coming to the service in... The post Banjo-Kazooie is coming to Switch Online in January 2022 appeared first on Destructoid. |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Friday, December 10, 2021 2:30 PM  In the chaotic flurry of game announcements during last night's The Game Awards, you may have missed the changes coming to Game Pass. Microsoft revealed in a rather musical trailer that Xbox Game Pass for PC has dropped the 'Xbox.' Now, the service for PC users is just PC Game Pass. Frankly, it's a good change, as it reduces any confusion with the console name. Microsoft doesn't appear keen on using the Xbox name as a universal brand across its services. But it is still part of the Xbox brand, just named different. The new name was shown briefly at the end of trailer covering the name change. It featured Dave & GaTa, two people whose identities completely escape me. But I guess their known musicians, as they ended off the trailer rapping about PC games. Honestly, I was more distracted by all the game codes that plastered the trailer. The PC Game Pass Twitter account followed up with a bit more info. Well, I suppose it's arguably importa... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Friday, December 10, 2021 2:00 PM  Final Fantasy VII Remake and its Intergrade DLC is coming to PC next week. Announced at The Game Awards on Thursday, it'll come as an Epic Games Store exclusive on December 16, for $69.99. This news may not come as a complete surprise to anyone who's been following the recent leaks and rumors. Particularly, the Nvidia GeForce NOW leak that made reference to several unreleased games and ports. Of course, the contents of that leak still remain mostly unconfirmed, and people should take it with a healthy dose of salt. Time to buy Final Fantasy VII…again Final Fantasy VII Remake was already an impressive looking game on PS4 and PS5. Now, with the power in modern PCs, it's probably going to look and perform even better. That is, if you have a PC that's powerful enough to run it on its highest settings. It recommends an Intel Core i7-3770 or AMD Ryzen 3 3100, 12 GB of RAM, and a GeForce GTX 1080 or Radeon RX 5700. These specs are recommended if you pla... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Friday, December 10, 2021 1:30 PM  Members of Kinetic Games have been teasing the next inevitable update for its spooky, ghost-hunting game. Following the new Trello changes, it was clear that the team was hinting to something big this week. Well, today, Phasmophobia got a new update called Cursed Possessions. It adds a Summoning Circle, a Voodoo Doll, a Haunted Mirror, and a new ghost. Oh, and you have to say "goodbye" to the updated Ouija Board… "or else." The Phasmophobia Cursed Possessions update gives you new tools to tackle your hunts. The Summoning Circle can be used to call forth and trap ghosts, but it only works for a short time. Tarot Cards are also included, coming in at a pack of 10. I don't currently know what the cards do, as I haven't played the update yet. But it sounds like they can change the game in a number of ways. There's also a new Haunted Mirror, which is just a perfect addition to the horror game. According to the patch notes, it's a R... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Friday, December 10, 2021 12:30 PM  Along with Season One of Vanguard, Call of Duty: Warzone Pacific and the brand new Caldera map has arrived. There are new points of interest just waiting to be explored, new vehicles, and more. Following the integration with Warzone Pacific, you can now use Vanguard weapons in the battle royale. The STG44 is among one of the more popular primary weapon choices right now. Understandably so, as it is the go-to assault rifle in Vanguard multiplayer. With the best attachments, you can build a show-stopping STG44 class to take into your next Warzone Pacific match. The STG44 is best suited to medium and longer range gunfights. However, the assault rifle does have some recoil to its name. If you are looking for a class to combat this, then there is no need to look any further. This class will focus on bringing down the recoil by enhancing the accuracy and control. Call of Duty: Warzone Pacific STG44 class Muzzle: Mercury Silencer Barrel: VDD 760mm 05B Stock: VDD 34S Weighted Underb... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Friday, December 10, 2021 11:30 AM  Last night, The Game Awards 2021 took place. As always, there were some announcements of brand new games and new trailers for upcoming titles. During the show, viewers were treated to a closer look at Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. But perhaps the most surprising announcement was a sequel to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. With it being a decade since the first Space Marine launched, fans were left with very little hope that the franchise would return. The reveal of Space Marine 2, along with a trailer, has seen all our Christmases come at once. The first Space Marine game left players on the edge of their seats with the fate of the protagonist, Captain Titus, left up to the imagination. Now, Captain Titus is back in action for Space Marine 2, and it is fair to say his return has been long overdue. In Space Marine 2, you will encounter hoards of Tyranids taking over the world. Fight back with the range of lethal abilities and weaponry that will be at your disposal. Y... |
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Player Assist | Game Guides & Walkthroughs Friday, December 10, 2021 10:15 AM Most simulation games consider fishing as a mini-game that could be a way for you to collect fish or items, or an alternative method to earn small amounts of money. But in My Time at Portia, fishing is recognized to be an extremely profitable activity. It will do you good to start fishing early in […] |
Pivotal Gamers Friday, December 10, 2021 12:36 PM What's up all? Alienware Arena holds a new giveaway for World of Tanks. Their message follows. World of Tanks Invite Code Key Giveaway Experience thrilling, historical military conflicts through epic tank battles! Invite codes will provide players with special challenges. By completing those challenges, players will get Holiday-themed in-game content! Complete all challenges to col... |
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Pivotal Gamers Friday, December 10, 2021 12:17 PM What's up all? We have another excellent offer from Giveaway.su for Cave Story's Secret Santa. Let's hear them out. Attention! Hurry up to get a free Steam copy of "Cave Story's Secret Santa"! This giveaway is limited in time. A few words about Cave Story's Secret Santa After Balrog recovers the Christmas presents that were stolen by Chaba, the cowardly Mi... |