Kotaku Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:45 PM  Oh, hello there. I see you've got your phone out at the movie theater and you're sitting in the credits for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. You're probably here wondering if there are extra scenes worth sticking around for. Well, I'm here to answer that question and more, so let's jump down the warp pipe and into the… |
Kotaku Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:20 PM  Every year, the MTV Movie Awards roll around and nominate a bunch of films and TV shows in some normal categories (Best Movie, Best Performance) and some not normal categories (Best Villain, "Best Duo"). It's not a huge deal, the show is little more than an excuse to sell some ads, but one of this year's nominations… |
Kotaku Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:30 PM  When Square Enix's range of Final Fantasy remasters for PC and mobile were first unveiled a couple of years back, fans were quick to notice something: not only had the game's traditional pixel font been replaced, but they'd been replaced by new, tiny little letters that were an assault on the senses. |
Kotaku Wednesday, April 5, 2023 7:15 PM  The wait is finally over: The Super Mario Bros. Movie is out. The journey here has been filled with some of the best side-splitting memes, ingenious ad campaigns, and revealing method acting from Illumination Entertainment's star-studded Hollywood cast. However, the Super Mario Bros. movie brouhaha has been… |
Kotaku Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:10 PM  When I was a kid at the peak of Harry Potter mania, I considered myself a Slytherin. As a child, I didn't think much about the larger connotations of that. As an angsty emo kid, it felt like an extension of identifying as an edgy little shit when all my friends proudly proclaimed they were part of Gryffindor or… |
Kotaku Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:05 PM  A few days after I made fun of the Super Mario Bros. bath bombs for resembling pee, a company reached out to ask if I'd like to review their line of SMB hot sauce. Before long, a set of truffle-flavored hot sauce bottles arrived at the Kotaku office. As a spice lover, this was either going to be the greatest… |
Kotaku Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:38 PM  If it's anything like previous games in the series, Diablo IV will only take a couple dozen hours to finish the main story. But for many players, that's when the game really gets started, letting you fine-tune your character's build and take on ever more difficult dungeons in pursuit of better and better loot. Diablo… |
PCGamesN Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:59 PM  The Genshin Impact version 3.6 update will offer more ways to earn free Primogems than usual thanks to the upcoming map expansion. A whole new area called the Girdle of the Sands is being added to the anime game's Sumeru desert region, to the northwest of the Desert of Hadramaveth - a zone that was recently added in version 3.4. If we're lucky, this new desert map will have a bit more to see above ground than the others. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Genshin Impact codes, Genshin Impact character tier list, Genshin Impact leveling guide |
PCGamesN Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:24 PM  Even Destiny 2 Lightfall criticism couldn't stop millions of players from enjoying the game's most recent expansion in the popular FPS game, which suffered from negative feedback regarding its shallow campaign, gruelling difficulty, all-new Guardian Ranks system, Commendations, and Lost Sector drop rates. However, Bungie has taken that feedback to heart in a new blog post led primarily by Destiny 2 game director Joe Blackburn, which addresses nearly every major player complaint since Lightfall's launch. The update highlights major adjustments to Guardian Ranks, reveals plans for Exotic focusing, explains recent difficulty causes and adjustments, shares changes based on feedback regarding Nightfall score ranking, and even promises that players will soon be able to grant Commendations for player swag. Continue reading Bungie addresses Destiny 2 Lightfall criticism with sweeping changes MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Destiny 2 classes, Destiny 2 Lightfall review, Destiny 2 builds |
PCGamesN Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:17 PM  Developer Free Lives is taking a short break from Terra Nil updates following the release of its environmentally friendly city-building game on Steam, citing the "exhaustion of launch" after the game picked up traction with its clever twist on the genre, which focuses on restoring the natural ecosystem without leaving any trace of your presence by the end. Continue reading Environmental city builder takes break after "overwhelming" launch MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best city-building games, Best sandbox games, Best simulation games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:29 PM  4-5-2023 The original version of this story jumped the gun in suggesting Grandmaster Nightfalls returned on April 4, as they're actually set to return on April 11. The source we referenced regarding the date was incorrect, and the story has been edited and corrected accordingly. The Destiny 2 Grandmaster Nightfalls return next week in the FPS game with the weekly reset, marking the halfway point of the season and giving players yet another reason to log in to explore some of the game's most difficult content, along with the chance to earn Destiny 2 Nightfall weapons with Adept perks. Continue reading Destiny 2 Grandmaster Nightfalls return soon, so get ready to grind MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Destiny 2 classes, Destiny 2 Lightfall review, Destiny 2 builds |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:41 PM  One of my all-time favourite gaming laptops is £300 off at Ebuyer UK today. The Lenovo Legion 5 Pro offers sterling performance in a slim, stylish chassis, and now you can pick up a model with an 11th-gen Core i7 processor, 16GB of RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD and RTX 3060 graphics card for £899.98. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:30 PM  The Corsair MP600 Pro LPX is a great SSD that we've recommended before, on the back of its excellent performance - and often, great value too. Today it's cheaper than usual, with the 2TB drive dipping to £154.99 on Amazon UK - that's £45 below the £200 price point we wrote a deals post to commemorate back in January! |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:18 PM  We've covered surprisingly cheap NVMe SSDs on this deals patch before, but today we've hit a new high - or new low, depending on how you look at it. Right now you can pick up an Integral 2TB SSD for just £94.99, down from a regular price of £124, and best of all it's a fast PCIe 4.0 SSD capable of 4850MB/s reads and 4400MB/s writes. Nice! |
Twinfinite Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:40 PM Wake up babe, new Minecraft movie release date just dropped. |
Siliconera Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:00 PM
Bandai Namco is holding a short user survey about Tales of Symphonia Remastered. The company is accepting feedback from users from a variety of countries, and it is available in several different languages. The survey takes about five to ten minutes to fill. Additionally, the survey includes a specific section for those that played the Nintendo Switch version of the game. The survey begins by asking the user which country are they from, if they have played the game, and on which platform. The survey continues by asking to name up to five of the user's favorite and most disliked features in Tales of Symphonia Remastered. After that, it introduces several questions about game UI, presentation, voice acting, and difficulty, among others. At around the 35% mark and for those that played the Nintendo Switch version of Tales of Symphonia Remastered, the survey includes an option to report any performance issues or bugs that users might have experienced with said version. While the issues with the Switch version of the game have not been fixed yet, Bandai Namco announced last February 2023 that a patch is on the way. The last section of the survey includes questions regarding if the user owns a copy of Tales of Symphonia Remastered, how many hours they have put into the game, which other genres and specific titles the user has played, and finally by asking for the user's data. The survey also mentions the release of the Tales of Symphonia anime series on the official Tales of Youtube channel. Users can now access the Tales of Symphonia Remastered user survey in the tweet below. https://twitter.com/TalesofSeries/status/1643629567507046400 Tales of Symphonia Remastered is readily available for Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One. Tales of Symphonia is also available on Windows PC through Steam, and it is based on the PS3 Chronicles version of the game. The post Bandai Namco Holds Tales of Symphonia Remastered Survey appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Wednesday, April 5, 2023 7:13 PM
Square Enix not only announced the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster games Switch and PS4 release date, but also confirmed there will be new font and soundtrack options. The games will arrive on April 19, 2023. People can go into the options to choose which font they prefer. They can also swap between the original music or remastered songs. Here's the official Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster release date announcement trailer, which includes a look at the new font option in action. The new footage appears during the first half of the video. Then, after the 55 second mark, it shows how you can choose between the original soundtrack or the remastered one while playing the game.
We had an idea this release date was coming. Back at the end of March 2023, Square Enix sent out emails to people who ordered the physical copies of the game from its official store. It noted that they would start charging people for them on April 5, 2023. The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster games will come to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on April 19, 2023. They are already on PCs and mobile devices. The post Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster PS4 and Switch Release Date, New Font Set appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Wednesday, April 5, 2023 6:00 PM
The latest issue of magazine Famitsu includes more details about the publication's latest interview with the new Final Fantasy XI Producer Yoji Fujito. The new information revealed that there are no plans whatsoever to end service for the game in the near future, and that Fujito would like to see Final Fantasy XI to continue to exist in some form in the far future. He also briefly talked about planned new updates and the upcoming final battle in The Voracious Resurgence, the latest episodic story added to FFXI. [Thanks, ryokutya2089!] Here is a direct quote from Yoji Fujito's interview with Famitsu:
The creative also said that it would take a lot of effort to reach that goal, so they are focusing on properly preserving the data and information of the game. Fujito said to Famitsu that the development team is looking for a way to tally the number of players who have cleared Domain Invasions for each separate server to add some kind of reward. In addition, the final battle in Final Fantasy XI: The Voracious Resurgence will take place in a new area. The reason why the next content in The Voracious Resurgence was postponed at the end of 2022 was because the team had problems with their equipment. Final Fantasy XI is readily available on Windows PC. Square Enix no longer supports the PS2 and Xbox 360 versions of the game. The post Final Fantasy XI Producer Says Game Won't End Anytime Soon appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:00 PM
The results are in, as Square Enix shared the winners of the Final Fantasy XIV Furnishing Design Contest 2022 held from December 2022 to January 2023. However, because of the sheer number of entries, the number of winners went from the usual 100 to 153. As usual, some of these items may be implemented in-game in the future via patches. This time the contest's theme was to create furnishings you would like to have on your own FFXIV house. Additionally, the categories covered every kind of furnishing except housing exteriors (roofs, roof decorations, exterior walls). The winners can expect a "Great Paraserpent" umbrella accessory in-game throughout April 2023. The designs covered many different types of furniture with a huge variety of styles, ranging from useful to funny. Here you can see some of the selected ones. [gallery columns="4" ids="958437,958438,958439,958440,958441,958442,958443,958436" link="file"] The full list of winning designs is available in the FFXIV's Lodestone contest post. Square Enix stated that the team may later implement any designs considered "excellent" into the game with a few adjustments. This has been done before with designs such as the wooden partition blocks, the paissa swing chair, and the fat cat chronometer from the 2019 contest. Designs contest are not uncommon for the FFXIV community, most recently in December 2022 Square Enix also revealed the winners of the Reaper and Sage Weapon Design Contest. The two grand prizes for each Endwalker job class weapon will also be appearing later as equipable weapons. Final Fantasy XIV is available on PC, PS4, and PS5. The post FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest 2022 Winners Revealed appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:00 PM
If you have ever wished to viciously stab your classmate with your chin because they do not agree with your food choices, you're in luck—Team Yokkyufuman has released Gakuen Handsome Fighters. It is available on both Steam and Booth for the Windows PC. If you purchase it on Steam before April 12, 2023, then you will get to buy it at a 20% discount. [Thanks, 4Gamer!] Gakuen Handsome Fighters is a 2D action game that seems to draw inspiration from retro games such as Street Fighter II. It uses pixel art for its sprites, as well as for its cutscenes. The story centers on the boys trying to get back Shiga's white cat after someone steals it away. You can choose to play as any of the bachelors, all with their own unique moves. Mitsurugi can kick a soccer ball at his enemies, which is a reference to how he's supposed to be a star soccer player. Screenshots do not show if he has his signature weapon (his chin). https://twitter.com/teamyokkyufuman/status/1643508323982135296 On Twitter, Team Yokkyufuman stated that it wants to release a smartphone version of the game as well. However, it has no idea how to make it. So it tells fans to not get their hopes up. For those who wish to use their phones to kick butts as some of Japanese media's hottest men, you may need to wait for quite some time. Gakuen Handsome originated as a PC doujin game that spoofs the BL dating sim genre. It had a widely inconsistent art style, wildly ridiculous story, and a large number of references. Nonetheless, it was popular enough for an animated adaptation. Gakuen Handsome Fighters is available on Windows PC via Steam and Booth. The post Gakuen Handsome Fighters Lets You Fight as Hot Dudes appeared first on Siliconera. |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:18 PM  The expansion pass for Fire Emblem Engage has been a welcome addition to the game's content. Intelligent Systems went about adding new Emblems and items through the DLC pass, and they've all been fun to use in battle. The final fourth wave of DLC however adds something a bit more substantial than just new Emblems to use in battle—it brings a whole new storyline to Fire Emblem Engage. This storyline takes place in an alternate Elyos, where some characters are not the same as they are in the main game, leading to all sorts of drama. There is one catch to this DLC episode, however, and that is getting access to it. It's not as easy as selecting it from the main menu as it was in Fire Emblem Three Houses, so here's our guide on how to access the Fell Xenologue DLC in Fire Emblem Engage. How to access the Fell Xenologue in Fire Emblem Engage Gaining access to the Fell Xenologue DLC in Fire Emblem Engage may take a few extra steps, but it's still pretty easy to do. The first thin... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:17 PM  Throughout the three years that Genshin Impact has been available, the lore keeps expanding per each update. The story is ever evolving, and there are many things about the expansive world of Teyvat that are confusing. One of these intriguing pieces of lore is the Loom of Fate. This is something that has appeared in a few story quests, with lots of mystery behind it. But what is the Loom of Fate in Genshin Impact? We're here to tell you what we know so far. Note: For more information about the game, check out our Genshin Impact guides and features hub. What is the Loom of Fate in Genshin Impact? The main quest is continuously expanding with each update of the game. You play as the Traveler, looking for your missing twin throughout all of Teyvat. There are seven nations in this world, with four already discoverable, meaning the end is nigh. Now we're starting to see the mysterious Loom of Fate come up in quests, denoting to something with the Abyss Order. They are a group... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:13 PM  Bitlife is a funny little in-browser life simulator game. It has been praised for having realistic scenarios, varied twists, and quite an enjoyable plot tailored to your choices. You start life as a randomly selected baby with a random set of stats. These can be improved and depleted depending on how you live your life. You are made to make decisions and choices as you bumble your way through the twists and turns. You have to make friends, get a partner, and of course, get a job, one of which can be a real estate agent. Knowing how to become a real estate agent in Bitlife will set you up for a good, financially secure, future. How to become a Real Estate Agent in Bitlife As you progress through your life you will finally get to the age where it is time to get a job. At the age of 18, you are prompted to take a look through the list of full-time jobs, provided you don't go to university. Scrolling through the list should display the real estate agent option marked with a little tr... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:08 PM  From the new swathe of ghost-busting style games comes Demonologist. A battle of wits, sanity, and sneakiness combine to locate and identify the spook that lurks within a few locations. You and up to three friends have to use the tools at your disposal to track down and correctly identify a ghoul before you all go mad. One of the more essential pieces is the ESG, and once you know how to use the ESG device in Demonologist you'll be well on your way to finding the answers. What is the ESG Device in Demonologist? Screenshot by PC Invasion The ESG device in Demonologist is a clever bit of kit. Not only does it increase supernatural activity in an area, but it can also display the type of demon you're dealing with. Once you set it down in a room it will raise the activity in the vicinity, and if you keep an eye on it, flash the demon up on the screen. Clues are collected throughout Demonologist helping to identify the threat. Clues like visible breath, moving pictures, and creepy noise... |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:20 PM "A biomedical engineering student who interned at an Aevum research facility" The post Redfall Gets New Character Trailer Highlighting Layla Ellison appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:04 PM The DLC takes place after the events of the base game. The post One Piece Odyssey 'Reunion of Memories' DLC Announced appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |