PCGamesN Sunday, March 12, 2023 10:51 AM  A new Hogwarts Legacy mod makes it easy to change appearance in the Harry Potter RPG game at any time. Rather than requiring you to make a costly trip to Madam Snelling, this mod for Hogwarts Legacy lets you quickly and easily change your character's entire look, along with their voice, gender, and pronouns, as well as switch between houses on the fly. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Hogwarts Legacy mods, All Hogwarts Legacy spells, Hogwarts Legacy system requirements |
PCGamesN Sunday, March 12, 2023 8:17 AM  If you've wanted to try WoW Dragonflight for free, you can now do just that - but you'll have to act fast, because Blizzard isn't offering the option for long. The latest expansion for one of the most influential MMORPGs of all time, Dragonflight takes players to World of Warcraft's Dragon Isles and introduces the new Dracthyr race, along with their unique Evoker class, and a delightful Dragonriding feature that lets you soar around on your own scaly mount. Continue reading WoW Dragonflight is free to play, but you don't have long to do so MORE FROM PCGAMESN: WoW Dragonflight tier list, The best WoW addons, WoW Dragonflight review |
PCGamesN Sunday, March 12, 2023 7:38 AM  A new Atomic Heart update introduces a highly requested FOV slider to the Steam FPS game, along with disabling mouse acceleration on PC. Atomic Heart patch 1.3.4 also fixes a bug causing achievement progress to be lost, improves the Nora storage menus on ultrawide monitors, and resolves a number of other minor issues. The devs also note that official Atomic Heart Steam Deck compatibility is in the works. Continue reading Atomic Heart update 1.3.4 finally lets you change FOV settings MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Atomic Heart weapons, Atomic Heart bosses, Atomic Heart review |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, March 12, 2023 7:00 AM  Sundays are for saving a Steam Deck unboxing for when you get back from holiday, just to beat away those blues. Before you almost lose all willpower, let's read this week's best writing about games (and game related things). |
Twinfinite Sunday, March 12, 2023 9:01 AM New world, same stone problems. |
Siliconera Sunday, March 12, 2023 11:00 AM
Paranormasight unravels its yarn through the points of view of three protagonists: Tetsuo, Harue, and Yakko. However, during Harue's chapter, you unlock a fourth route titled "Darkness," which features another new playable character. Unfortunately for our new protagonist, she starts her tale inside of a mysterious dark room. Who is she, where is she, and how can she get out? Read ahead for some minor spoilers to learn how to complete the Darkness chapter in Paranormasight and earn the Mayu's Escape achievement. Though this guide will not touch on anything plot-wise, it obviously contains some spoilers for the Paranormasight Darkness chapter. Read ahead at your own risk.As soon as you wake up, you have no idea who or where you are. You only have the memory of a man talking to you, and when the prompts comes up, you can type in either Yoshimi or Hajime. But that's not your name. So the first course of action is figuring out your identity. There is a mirror in the room but it is so grimy that you cannot see your reflection. If you look around the room, there is a container of soap on the steel shelf. Grab it. Soap on its own cannot do anything, so you have to find something to use it with. Check the lockers and open the left one; you will grab a mop that you can douse with the soap.
Now that you are able to clean off the mirror, do so. After you see your face, which should be familiar to you, you have to input this Paranormasight character's name: Mayu Chozawa. You can use either her first or last name. Once Mayu remembers who she is, you can use the soapy mop to turn on the lights above you. Pick up the curse stone on the ground and then there will be a scene where you learn the circumstances behind Mayu's capture. During her flashback, she hears her captor mention that the password to the combination lock on the cabinet is the same year as the founding of Hihaku Soaps. If you check your Files, you can see that Hihaku Soaps was founded in 1946. Inside the cabinet is a fax machine. Fantastic! Now you can call for help provided that you have a pen and a phone number. There is a pen on the desk but the tip is dry. You also cannot find a phone number inside of this room. So you have no choice but to suspend your investigation.
The phone number should be fairly easy to get. Enter "Too Much to Handle" in Harue's route and go to the Shigima Residence. She has a fax machine in her reception room. Click on it and she will suddenly say her phone number out loud, to Richter's befuddlement.
With phone number in hand, go to the "Standing By" chapter in Tetsuo's route. He is standing outside Komagata High School with Erio. If you talk to Erio, he asks about their next course of action. Talk to him again and Tetsuo will ask him about pens. Erio will then tell you that you can fix a dried-up pen tip with nail polish remover. You now have everything you need to escape, so return to the "Darkness" chapter.
You can find nail polish remover in the stack of cardboard boxes near the switchboard. Open up your items menu and then use it; you will automatically clean up the pen's tip. Afterwards, examine the fax machine and you will have the Shigima Residence's phone number telepathically beamed into your head. As for your location, you unlock Mayu's route after Harue sees her curse echo at Ho'onji Bridge. So that's where her captors are holding her. Now that you have called for help and given them your location, all you have to do is wait for your rescue. Return to "Too Much to Handle" in Harue's route and go to the Shigima Residence. She will receive the fax and with Richter, she will go and rescue you. Completing this "Darkness" chapter will garner you the Mayu's Escape accomplishment on the Steam version of Paranormasight. Paranormasight is readily available on the Nintendo Switch and Windows PC. The post How to Clear the Darkness Chapter in Paranormasight appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Sunday, March 12, 2023 9:00 AM
The 2023 Snack Box MICRO is a compact take on the all-button style controller for fighting games. It's so compact that I was wondering how well it would work for me. At ten inches long and five inches wide (and a height of less than three quarters of an inch), it's so small that I can almost cover its entire face with one hand. That size had me worried it would be too tiny for me to play comfortably after using the much-larger Victrix Pro FS 12 the last few months, and using bigger fight sticks for a while before that. Little did I know that its compact size would end up being the element I liked best about this fantastic controller. Having only really gotten into fighting games in the last two years, I've been playing around with what feels best for input styles. Precision has been what I'm looking for. Control pads and fight sticks have been all right for directional inputs, but I found that nothing compared to the all-button style. Trying out the Victrix made a lot of things click, and motions that were constant headaches on other controllers suddenly worked (with a bit of practice). Even so, I was still learning the arcade-style button layout, which meant tapping the wrong attack buttons or losing my hand position on the controller. Sometimes I'd be one button too far to the left or right, resulting in some interesting losses. So, I'd solved one problem only to have found a new one. The 2023 Snack Box MICRO has been doing a great job of fixing that issue for me, and its size has been what's helped. While I love the feel of larger fight sticks and that sense of having a giant control panel (I am terrible at Steel Battalion, but do I ever love that controller), there was so much open space for my hand to roam on the controller. Yes, I know the buttons are all in one spot, but when you're navigating by touch and have a larger spread of similar-feeling buttons to shuffle through, it can be easy to move your hand to the wrong place. It's something that I could have fixed with constant practice, but it's also something that I could easily goof up in a heated match even after I got good at it. I have shaky hands when I'm stressed, after all.
The small size of the 2023 Snack Box MICRO meant that I could feel the edges of the fight stick with my wrist and hand based on where I was resting them. The lower right corner of the controller would be in the lower right corner of my right hand. Same deal for the left hand. If my hand felt anything but that corner, then I knew that I'd gotten my hands into a different position and would need to adjust. It seems like a tiny thing, but when you're learning a whole new control scheme, something like this can help you locate yourself on the stick while you get to know it. It's been hugely helpful in being able to hit my Roman Cancels and Bursts in Guilty Gear Strive – buttons that may as well have been on another planet while using the larger stick. That smaller size has also worked well because it allows me to easily adjust the stick's position and find a spot that's most comfortable for me to use. I don't have a dedicated spot to set up the controller as I play games in my bedroom. I usually just sit on the bed rather than at a desk. So, this has meant that bigger sticks have to sit in my lap, which, while functional and decently comfortable, means the controller needs to stay in one specific position. There's not much ability to move it to better suit how my wrist or fingers move. The 2023 Snack Box MICRO is small enough that I can make tiny tweaks to how it sits in my lap, allowing for better wrist rotation and finger taps. As an example, doing Potemkin Buster in Guilty Gear Strive requires I do a half circle motion from forward to back, then forward again. Despite a lot of practice, my inputs have been unreliable at best mostly due to how my wrist rolls and what feels natural for drumming my fingers along the buttons. I naturally drum my fingers from pinky to pointer, which has worked pretty good when I'm fighting on the right side. On the left, though, I have to twist and roll my wrist to do it right. That's hard to do when the controller is sitting flat, but if I put it at a slight angle, I can get the move fairly reliably. That's only been possible thanks to this tiny, lightweight controller and how easily I can move it. [caption id="attachment_954056" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] It helps that the buttons gently cup your fingers, too, which helps keep you in place. The stick features concave keycaps out of the box that feel soft, but have just the tiniest bit of grip to them. I don't know much about the complex features of fight stick buttons, but I do know that the way these buttons gently keep your fingers oriented simply by curving around the finger, and the fact that they have a little bit of grip, has helped me keep my fingers in place while getting to know the stick. The buttons also have a slightly softer feel while pressing them that's been nice, and all while preserving that delightful clicky sound that my brain loves while playing fighters. What's great is that this controller works on dang near everything, so once I get comfortable with it, I can hook it up to so many different systems. It works with the PS4, PS5, and even the PS3. Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S are covered, as is the Nintendo Switch. I can plug it into my PC or even my Steam Deck if I like. It'll even connect to my Android device if I really want it to. I honestly used to have several different fight sticks for all of the different systems in the house, but now I can just use this one and I'm good to go. The 2023 Snack Box MICRO has some other nice features as well. I picked up the artwork case version which allows me to customize the art in the stick. I haven't done that yet because I kind of like being able to see the inner workings of the controller through the frosted case. There's also an LED lighting system around the buttons that lights up as you press them, creating a fun display that's also useful if you want to look down and see why an input went one way or another. Seeing the wrong button glowing has been a fun learning experience. Watching the whole thing light up while I do a Heavenly Potemkin Buster makes an already-incredible experience that much better, too. [caption id="attachment_954057" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] You're free to customize the lights to your liking as well with an app that lets you make tweaks to the controller. You can change the brightness, fiddle with colors, and choose different animations with it. While you're there, you can also play around with the Simultaneous Opposing Cardinal Directions (SOCD) system, although I am not at a point where I feel like I want to make changes to how that operates. I just know that holding forward and backwards sets the directions to neutral so you can't walk and charge backwards at the same time. That's been good enough for me. The closest thing I have to a complaint about the stick is that the 2023 Snack Box MICRO only comes with a six foot cable. Don't get me wrong, it's a strong, durable USB C cable. The controller even has a little loop and velcro strap to connect it to the side so that it reduces wear and tear on the USB port on the stick (honestly a great design decision there). It's just that my tv is far across the room and I have to sit fairly close to it for this cord to reach. If you had a setup where you were sitting closer to your monitor or tv you'd be fine, but a longer cord would have been nice. Since it's USB C cable, you can swap in another one (say, from another fight stick you also have lying around), so it's not likely going to be a big issue for many folks. The 2023 Snack Box MICRO is just a solid little controller overall, especially for someone like me who is learning the stick. Its compact size helps keep my fingers situated on the right buttons and allows me to adjust the stick so that certain inputs become more comfortable. The concave buttons continue to help keep me in place and they just feel really good to press. Finally, the controller just looks really cool in action with its lights and the ability to see right into its electrical innards. It's easily my favorite fight stick, and with its size adding that ease of portability, I'm excited to start bringing it to locals to start Potemkin Buster-ing folks. See if they like the light show as much as I do when it's playing because I stomped them. Preorders for the next batch of 2023 Snack Box Micro fight sticks are open now at Junkfood Arcades. The post Review: The 2023 Snack Box MICRO is a Tiny, Mighty Fight Stick appeared first on Siliconera. |
Gamer Empire Sunday, March 12, 2023 9:55 AM Quests are a big part of the RimWorld experience. Since there are dozens of factions scattered across the world, you will need to befriend them. These quests that they will offer you are the second-best way to befriend them and also an amazing way to get powerful items in the early game. Recommended Read: What Are the Best Stone Types in RimWorld? There are a lot of types of quests that can give you problems. Some will require you to leave your camp, while others will just need you to fulfill various tasks across your colony. Here is how you […] |
Gamer Empire Sunday, March 12, 2023 6:12 AM Fire Emblem Engage contains many mechanics regarding character growth and leveling, romance, combat, and more. Among them is a handy battle mechanic known as Break, which can provide some helpful advantages when used correctly. Recommended Read: What Are Wake-Up Events in Fire Emblem Engage? Break is a battle mechanic that, when triggered, gives an enemy a status effect that prevents them from counterattacking your units in the same turn. Break can be triggered frequently if you have the correct strategy in place and know your weapon advantages, so these are essential factors to remember during your gameplay. What is Break […] |
Gamer Empire Sunday, March 12, 2023 5:41 AM In RimWorld, you are faced with many architectural choices every time you try to build something. The game will always want you to choose from dozens of materials. When it comes to stone, there are 6 types that you can use for your walls, floors, and furniture to protect yourself from fires and impress your pawns with their beauty. Recommended Read: Best Clothes to Use in the Heat and in the Cold in RimWorld Unfortunately, they are all very different from each other, and one can be better than another, depending on the circumstances. In this guide, we will tell […] |
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