Kotaku Saturday, July 30, 2022 1:00 AM  Analogue Co.'s Pocket has always turned heads: first for being the most authentic-seeming Game Boy replacement ever announced, then for taking an extraordinary length of time to finally come out. But come out it did, and it was pretty good. For some, its biggest drawback was that it required old, increasingly… |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 30, 2022 7:51 AM  The Diablo Immortal player count has skyrocketed to 30 million global installs just one week after it was announced that the RPG game had hit the 20 million players mark. This rapid increase in pace - compared to the seven weeks from launch taken to reach the 20 million point - is likely thanks to the fantasy game finally launching in China on July 25 after a long delay, along with an increased Asia Pacific rollout earlier in July. "30 million mortals and plenty of demons slain," Blizzard's Diablo Immortal account announces on Twitter. The post also encourages players to log in and claim a thank you package from the developers - and, if you've been following recent news stories about the action-RPG, you might be able to guess what that entails. That's right, a single legendary crest can be yours, along with six rare crests, to celebrate this new milestone. Claiming it requires a little more work than the 20 million package did, however. You'll have to go through the process of sharing the milestone to social accounts in order to receive your crests - although you can stop short of actually posting the status if you wish and you'll still be able to claim your goodies. RELATED LINKS: Diablo Immortal tier list, Diablo Immortal system requirements, Best Diablo Immortal builds |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 30, 2022 7:07 AM  Fans of zipping around the WoW Dragonflight alpha will be sad to learn that a Dracthyr Soar nerf is going to dramatically slow the speed at which the new race can fly around in the MMORPG. In addition, plenty more changes are coming to the Dracthyr's unique class, with a range of Evoker tweaks aiming to fine-tune the newest World of Warcraft class in line with player feedback. The next Dragonflight alpha build will see the maximum speed of the Dracthyr Soar ability dropped from its current 930% down to 640%. That's a pretty heft change, cutting around a third off the speed bonus offered by soaring. Blizzard says that this change has been made because the Dracthyr's racial ability is available everywhere, and as such there will be no change to the maximum speed of the Dragon Isles Drakes. "In the Dragon Isles, all characters of all races are on similar footing because everyone can summon a Dragon Isles Drake," WoW developer Sunders explains, "However, this isn't the case in other areas of the game where flying mounts are the mainstay of travel." Sunders compares the pace of Soar to the current 410% speed of epic flying mounts in the Eastern Kingdoms region, noting that the current speed bonus gives Dracthyr "a drastic efficiency advantage over characters of other races when doing non-Dragon Isles content." RELATED LINKS: Best MMORPGs on PC, The best WoW addons, WoW Classic leveling guide |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 30, 2022 7:04 AM  Is Guild Wars 3 in development at Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet? The studio definitely has an "unannounced project" in pre-production based around "an established online fantasy IP" - and it seems to be a new MMORPG game using Unreal Engine 5. Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons released in February 2022 and was very well received, which was followed by ArenaNet confirming that it's still prepping the MMO game for a Steam release in late 2022 and a fourth expansion is in the works - but will take "a very long time to develop." However, a new job listing (spotted by Top Tier List) for a new project suggests that something more than an expansion is in development at the Guild Wars studio. It's based around Unreal Engine 5, apparently, so it seems unlikely that this project is the Guild Wars 2 expansion. RELATED LINKS: Play Guild Wars 2 for free, Guild Wars 2 expansion, Best MMOs |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Saturday, July 30, 2022 4:00 AM  To have an extremely timely conversation: how do you feel about this year's games so far? And how do you feel about this question in the first place? I've had a cracking gaming year, and I thinnnk that's down to lots of new games? Maybe? This type of question has always brushed over the fact that people play games for years and start 'old' games all the time, and maybe it's less useful than ever now every other game is a live service. But I've had a good gaming year, and that's what matters. So what are you playing this weekend? Here's what we're clicking on! |
Siliconera Saturday, July 30, 2022 7:00 AM
Genshin Impact is just entering the second phase of its Version 2.8 content cycle, but a new Genshin Impact Sumeru preview video shows off more of what's next. The upcomingd region of the game. At the same time, it reveals a number of new, potentially playable characters for Travelers to meet. Check out the video below, which was uploaded to the Genshin Impact YouTube account on July 29, 2022. English subtitles are available via closed captions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrC7DTUsii8 The Genshin Impact Sumeru preview video features comments from IP Scriptwriter Yogurt and Monster Designer Baiheng. They walk viewers through a view of Sumeru society and the people that live there. Sumeru is split between humid jungle and dry desert, and is home to various critters suited to the area. Humid jungles are ideal for evolving powerful Shroom-kin into Fungi, while the desert's ruins are guarded by ancient machines. The groups living within each environment of Sumeru have differing ways of life, as detailed in the Genshin Impact Sumeru preview video. The people of Sumeru are governed by an organization called the Akademiya. Under the Akademiya, Sumeru citizens trade in knowledge, and take advantage of a system called the Akasha to regulate knowledge like a resource. The Akasha was bestowed by the previous Dendro Archon, Rukkhadevata. Meanwhile, the Eremites are another society in Sumeru, with roots in an ancient civilization from its desert area. The video also revealed more new named Sumeru characters, teasing their appearance and revealing their names. Known characters like Tighnari were shown. Travelers will meet Alhaitham in the Port Ormos area. Dehya is a mercenary tied to the Eremites, while Nilou's focus on arts and dancing is seen as a departure from Sumeru's values of wisdom and rationality. Players will meet characters like Nahida, a mysterious girl, and more. Genshin Impact is available on iOS, Android, PC, PS4, and PS5. Version 3.0 and Sumeru will arrive after the Version 2.8 events run their course. The post Genshin Impact Sumeru Preview Reveals More Characters appeared first on Siliconera. |
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