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GamersHeroes Friday, June 2, 2023 2:43 AM
    

Salvaging weapons provides crafting materials and sometimes, permanent cosmetic upgrades. This guide on How To Salvage Weapons, Armor, & Gear In Diablo IV will tell you how you can salvage and dismantle your weapons, armor, and equipment to increase your crafting materials and also unlock some awesome transmog options.

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GamersHeroes Friday, June 2, 2023 12:45 AM
    

The Barbarian gets the ability to bind weapons to specific abilities. In this guide on How To Bind Weapons To Abilities In Diablo IV (Weapon Binding), we'll break down how you can unlock this ability so you can force the Barbarian to switch weapons for specific abilities to get the desired effect.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:49 AM
     Best Diablo 4 builds from Blizzard devs and our experts

What are the best Diablo 4 builds? From the haunted forests of Scosglen to the whispering winter winds of the Fractured Peaks, choosing the best Diablo 4 builds is a must for avid fans of Blizzard's RPG. While I could bore you with horrible, mid-tier troll builds, I've got something better. From PCGamesN's exclusive interviews with some of Sanctuary's finest, I have a list of the builds that the developers are obsessed with so that you can try them, too.

Of the five current Diablo 4 classes, the developers lean very much towards the enchanting Sorceress and her myriad of different elemental magics. I, however, will be locking in Diablo 4's Rogue when the release date rolls around, so have included my personal favorite Diablo build for those who prefer to spend their time scheming away in the shadows. Additionally, we've also got all of the links out to our dedicated build guides down below, which we created after many hours of hands-on time. You can read more about that in our Diablo 4 review for a full rundown.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:45 AM
     Bloodborne reborn as a blocky Minecraft masterpiece

One of Minecraft's greatest features is the expansive, randomly generated world it offers to players. Creation is core to the sandbox game, with almost limitless possibilities awaiting aspiring Minecraft builders. The creativity it allows for has sparked some unreal builds from fans, with everything from castles to entire fantastical realms. One player, known online as 'Potomy,' has set out to build the perfect recreation of Bloodborne in Minecraft. So far, it has everything fans could hope for from a recreation of the console classic.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:37 AM
     Terraria gets dirty in real life with board game adaptation

Terraria 2 news might still be some way off, but we've been graced with a new Terraria game in the meantime - although perhaps not in the traditional sense. The official Terraria board game promises to bring one of the most beloved and best sandbox games to your real-life tabletop, complete with all the biomes, exploration, gear, base building, and Terraria bosses you love (and hate).

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:28 AM
     Can you play Diablo 4 solo?

Can you play Diablo 4 solo? While the game is geared towards multiplayer, there's always the option of going it mostly alone without partying up, but if you're hoping to play solely in single-player, you might be left disappointed. Here's what you need to know about Diablo 4 solo.

Diablo 4 is right around the corner, so while you're preparing for the Diablo 4 release date, pondering which of the Diablo 4 classes and Diablo 4 builds to choose, you might be wondering whether you can play the game alone. With plenty of online features, it raises the question of whether Diablo 4 has a solo mode you can play in single-player without the help of a party.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:32 AM
     Street Fighter 6 just obliterated Steam fighting game records

Street Fighter 6 certainly seems to be doing well. As the latest Capcom fighting game lands on PC, in less than a day since its release it's already blown past contemporaries like Mortal Kombat, Tekken, and the preceding SF5, to reach a concurrent Steam player count in the tens of thousands. We've checked the stats for ourselves and done the comparisons, and frankly, it's not even close. The Street Fighter 6 Steam count makes its rivals look like a car parked on a pier at the end of a bonus round. So, grab the best battler from our Street Fighter 6 tier list and get stuck into what's looking to be a beat-'em-up phenomenon.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:23 AM
     How to show Diablo 4 FPS and fix performance issues

How do you fix Diablo 4 low FPS? Occasionally when playing PC games, especially ones that look as brutally lovely as D4 does, you need to tinker with the settings to find out what works best for you. The last thing you need is a huge drop in your FPS when trying to take down a world boss - those fights are a huge test as it is.

The Diablo 4 release date is upon us, much to the delight of nearly everyone with a pulse, and going from our Diablo 4 review, the latest offering from Blizzard doesn't disappoint. Demons will fall at your feet in the thousands, and you'll take on some of the most terrifying bosses in Diablo history, but what do you do if you're being hamstrung by bad performance?

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:13 AM
     Evercore Heroes isn't meant to be a

Vela Games, the team behind all new PvE MOBA-style adventure Evercore Heroes, is comprised of a collection of ex-Riot Games and EA developers, among others. As players finally get their hands on the studio's debut game, some have referred to it as a "League of Legends killer," but that's not really what the Evercore Heroes team is going for.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:17 AM
     How Diablo 4 world tiers work

Want to know how Diablo 4 world tiers work? The Diablo 4 world tiers are essentially difficulty settings - the higher the tier, the more difficult the game is. When you create a character for the first time, you also have to pick a world tier. Diablo 4 recommends veteran fans pick world tier 2, whereas newbies should stick to world tier 1 where the enemies are easier to defeat.

Playing on a higher world tier does have its advantages for playing against stronger enemies, including increased experience and additional gold for defeating monsters using Diablo 4 classes. It's important to note that the first two world tiers only apply from level 1 to 50, once you hit the Diablo 4 endgame, players can access three additional tiers upon completing specific challenges. Here's everything you need to know about Diablo 4 world tiers.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:14 AM
     Is Diablo 4 Steam Deck compatible?

Is Diablo 4 Steam Deck compatible? Playing Diablo 4 on your Steam Deck seems like a heavenly idea, but there are a few catches you should be aware of. It's not all doom and gloom, though, and we're here to save you from any hellish handheld hiccups.

As the Diablo 4 system requirements highlight, you'll need to clear a fair amount of storage to contain the world of Sanctuary and more on your device. As such, it'd be wise to equip yourself with the best microSD card for Steam Deck you can, especially if you have the 64GB model. Check out our Diablo 4 review for an in-depth analysis, as well as our breakdown of the Diablo 4 classes and best builds.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 6:54 AM
     The top 10 game-changing mods on Curseforge

Mods can be implemented for a wide variety of uses, from quality-of-life changes, to visual upgrades, to whole new game mechanics. Today, we want to spotlight some fantastic mods that fundamentally change the experience of playing the game, adding new features and offering new ways to play.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:01 AM
     Diablo 4 endgame explained

Looking for Diablo 4 endgame content? The Diablo 4 endgame is what you're going to be playing through once you've bested everything the ARPG has to offer; they're the highest-level activities, the toughest challenges, and are what will keep players hooked to Diablo 4 for years to come. Diablo 3's approach to endgame was admirably simple but left a lot of players wanting.

The Diablo 4 review is in, and it looks as though those of a demon-slaying persuasion will be very pleased, but what happens once the main campaign is over? You do it again, of course! Increasing the difficulty of the world allows you to perfect your Diablo 4 classes and is the ultimate challenge for any hardcore Diablo 4 player.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 6:47 AM
     Street Fighter 6 tier list – best characters June 2023

Who is on the Street Fighter 6 tier list? If you want to win, you need to pick a top-tier fighter. Character loyalty is cute, but it won't get you anywhere. The fact of the matter is that if your goal is to win games of Street Fighter 6, you should pick and learn an S-tier character.

We've spent hours with the game - something you can read more about in our Street Fighter 6 review - putting eight of the Street Fighter 6 fighters to the test ahead of the fighting game's full release date, so - for now - our expert tier list judges only those members of the roster. Naturally, this will be an ever-evolving SF6 tier list as we get to grips with each character.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 6:48 AM
     Diablo 4 world boss locations and spawn times

Are you dead-set on hunting down all the Diablo 4 world bosses? World bosses of varying difficulties will spawn across the open world of Sanctuary and reward any player brave enough to vanquish them. We've trudged through the depths of the underworld to discover where and when to find them all.

We've been given free rein to explore Diablo 4 following its release date, and with this guide, you'll be able to track down all of the Diablo 4 world bosses without even breaking a sweat. World bosses are set to vary in difficulty, but we've also included some helpful tips to help you defeat them all in what may be one of the best PC games of this year.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 6:29 AM
     Check if your motherboard is on new Gigabyte malware list

Hackers are always on the lookout for new ways to get into your system and wreak havoc by downloading malware, installing crypto-mining programs, or adding other nefarious nasties to your computer. Unfortunately, Gigabyte have made their job easier for them by creating a backdoor for hackers to get into gaming PC and run amok. Oops!

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 6:20 AM
     Day one Diablo 4 patch notes nerf Barbarian, Rogue, and Sorcerer

Blizzard's day one Diablo 4 patch notes have rolled out, with a small number of key changes making the list including nerfs to several Diablo 4 classes. This server-side update is a background change, meaning if you've already started blasting through the RPG game you shouldn't need to quit out and download a patch. However, there are also a few changes made that the Diablo 4 team hasn't publicly listed, leaving some questions as to clarity from the developer.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 6:35 AM
     Diablo 4 PC controller support explained

Can you play Diablo 4 with a controller on PC? With computers increasing support for official control pads for mainstream consoles, it has the bonus of allowing people to use their preferred controller or any accessibility-focused devices. Given that Diablo is a series that has the potential to cause repetitive strain disorders with constant mouse clicking, a change of controls might help alleviate those painful symptoms, or perhaps you just want to hack and slack some demons from the comfort of your couch.

Whether you want to play Diablo 4 with a PlayStation pad or an official Xbox adaptability controller, we have all the information you need to help you set up the RPG game now that the Diablo 4 release date is here. We also have Diablo 4 PC controller support details to help you rebind buttons for any regularly used Diablo 4 classes skills for maximum comfort.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:56 AM
     Best Diablo 4 classes ranked

What are the best Diablo 4 classes? We've played the game for dozens of hours to bring you the ultimate guide to each Diablo 4 class and which one you should pick for your intended playstyle. We'll run through expert analysis of the Necromancer, Rogue, Sorcerer, Barbarian, and Druid.

Every D4 class has its own unique skill tree, allowing you to pick which abilities you want to use. Unlike Diablo 3, which featured set character designs, you can customize the appearance of every Diablo 4 class. Diablo 4's release date is here, but we've already had hands-on experience with the game - detailed here in our Diablo 4 review - and can now share everything you need to know about the best Diablo 4 class right now.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 6:21 AM
     How to earn Diablo 4 Twitch drops and Primal Instinct mount

How do I earn the Diablo 4 Twitch drops? Twitch drops reward you for watching your favorite streamers with cool in-game items or currency, and to celebrate the release of Diablo 4, Blizzard is giving you the chance to earn some exclusive customization items for your character.

Each of the D4 Twitch drops coming in time for the Diablo 4 release date are class-specific transmog items, but whichever of the Diablo 4 classes you choose, Blizz has you covered. We gave the game a remarkable ten out of ten in our Diablo 4 review, but if you're still not sold, perhaps watching a few hours on stream could help you decide whether to dive into Sanctuary. If you're already dropping into hell on day one, then you're going to want these Diablo 4 rewards anyway, so take a look below at what's on offer with these Twitch drops, including how to get the Primal Instinct mount.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 7:24 AM
     DBD codes June 2023

June 2, 2023 We've added a mammoth 15 new DBD codes to our list following the Into the Rainbow Pride stream.

What are the new DBD codes? These freebie-granting DBD rewards can actually be quite hard to keep up with since they arrive pretty regularly, which is no bad thing. We're never going to complain about in-game giveaways, and Dead by Daylight codes can give you anything from outfits to charms, and even Bloodpoints and Iridescent Shards.

Whether you want your favorite DBD killers to get a stylish new look, or you want to add to your survivors' wardrobes, be sure to redeem the codes below before it's too late. There may also be codes for Dead by Daylight Bloodpoints, Rift Fragments, and charms, so there are plenty of goodies to be had. Some of these Dead by Daylight codes are ongoing though, so you may have snapped them up already.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 5:51 AM
     If you want more Resident Evil remakes, Capcom has good news

More Resident Evil remakes are almost certainly on their way, so if you liked RE2, the remake of RE3, and this year's Resident Evil 4, get hyped - Capcom seems to be cooking something, and it wants to know which RE games you'd like to see next. A new survey from the horror game creator asks players precisely which Resident Evil game, or games, they want to see remade. Naturally, if we're going in order of the big, mainline entries, we'd expect RE5. But we also like the idea of a Code Veronica remake, and perhaps this is the right time to revive Resident Evil Outbreak.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 6:05 AM
     Is Diablo 4 on Game Pass?

Is Diablo 4 on Game Pass? There's been a lot of confusion regarding Diablo 4 appearing on Game Pass due to Microsoft's attempted acquisition of Activision Blizzard over the past year. Microsoft and Activision have deals in place like the Xbox Series X and Diablo 4 bundle, but does that mean the game is coming to Game Pass?

We don't blame you for wanting to know if the RPG game is on Microsoft's subscription service - after all, that's at least $70 you could be saving. With the Diablo 4 release date finally here, check out what the devs say are the best Diablo 4 builds, and our Diablo 4 review if you're still on the fence about the purchase.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 5:45 AM
     Guild Wars 2 celebrates Pride with colorful free wings

Guild Wars 2 is one of the most recognizable names within the realm of MMORPGs, remaining in touch with its playerbase and receiving frequent updates to content. To usher in Pride 2023, Guild Wars 2 is joining in the celebrations by giving players a beautiful new set of rainbow wings. The cosmetic, dubbed the Macaw Wings Glider Combo, is one of ArenaNet's most eye-catching additions yet. It comes just a few weeks before the game's annual Tyria Pride event, giving players the perfect look for the march.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 5:43 AM
     Diablo 4 Secret of the Spring quest guide

What is the Diablo 4 Secret of the Spring solution? This is a strange quest; not only does it begin from a seemingly random note, found in the wilderness, but the instructions written on that note are vague at best. It is relatively quick to get through, though, at least once you know what you're doing.

The rewards you'll pick up from this Diablo 4 quest will put you in good stead if you're looking to perfect the best Diablo 4 Sorcerer build - vital if you want to take on one of the Diablo 4 world bosses. The ARPG is shaping up to be one of the best PC games released this year, and with the release date upon us, you can check it out for yourself.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 4:58 AM
     All Street Fighter 6 World Tour upgrades

Where are all of the Street Fighter 6 World Tour upgrades? Once enemies start hitting you significantly harder than you can damage them in World Tour, that means it's time to level up and seek out upgrades. One reason for this is that you need to complete sidequests or find hidden caches to get permanent upgrade items, which increase your health, the power of your punches, kicks, unique moves and throws, and even your blocking ability.

In order to gain an advantage in the fighting game's single-player mode, you need to go hunting for treasure. Getting some of the Street Fighter 6 World Tour upgrades is as simple as completing side quests, but there are plenty of them hidden in hard-to-reach chests that require you to visit the Street Fighter 6 World Tour characters and learn their moves. We highly recommend you get at least Chun-Li and Ken's master arts before properly hunting down these stat buffs in Street Fighter 6.

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PCGamesN Friday, June 2, 2023 4:56 AM
     Where to find all Street Fighter 6 World Tour characters

Where are all the Street Fighter 6 World Tour characters? The main roster of Capcom's latest fighting game are essentially mentors in the World Tour mode. By meeting them, you can learn their fighting style, as well as some of their special moves and super arts. Since you can have multiple mentors, your custom fighter can combine multiple specials from different sources. If you want to give your fighter a random Spinning Piledriver move on top of Ryu's moves, you can do so, provided you have enough special move slots available.

However, learning from your potential favorite Street Fighter 6 World Tour characters is tricky if they are one of the more elusive ones to find. As you progress through the fighting game's story mode, you'll meet up with the bulk of the Street Fighter 6 roster in Metro City and other locations across the world. However, some require you to complete specific side quests or only appear after a certain point in the main story. So, to help you find the Street Fighter 6 fighter that you want the most, we've scoured the globe to locate them and popped their locations on a list.

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Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, June 2, 2023 7:01 AM
    

The Ukrainian studio working on S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart Of Chernobyl, GSC Game World, have confirmed that early development materials from the game have been leaked online, following "about a year and a half" worth of attacks from a Russian hacking group. GSC say that the materials aren't "release-ready," but looking at the leaked clips may "ruin your experience of exploring the Zone."

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Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, June 2, 2023 6:34 AM
    

The Meta Quest 3 is very much real and releasing this autumn, according to apparently of-this-world executive Mark Zuckerberg. The followup to the Oculus/Meta Quest 2, which despite its advanced age is still one of the best VR gaming headsets, is a full-on mixed reality kit, taking advantage of its new all-colour passthrough to enable AR gaming as well as 'traditional' VR play.

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Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, June 2, 2023 6:01 AM
    

The season of big video game announcements - otherwise known as NotE3 season - is in full swing and Ubisoft have decided to join the trailer festivities by teasing their own showcase. The Ubisoft Forward show will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on June 12th at 6pm BST/10am PDT, with a pre-show starting 15 minutes earlier. The publisher also released a small clip to confirm that AssCreed, Avatar, and The Crew: Motorfest will all make an appearance, alongside a non-descript mystery game. Take a peek below.

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Siliconera Friday, June 2, 2023 7:00 AM
    

Street fighter 6

World Tour Mode is a sprawling, free-roaming, fighting game RPG in Street Fighter 6. You're able to wander the streets of Metro City and the world beyond, picking fights, growing stronger, and meeting main characters who'll teach you their movesets. What moves should you use, though? When things get tough, what should you do? What should you have been doing to avoid getting in those rough spots to begin with? We've got a few strategies to help you make you an unstoppable force in your global search for strength.

Make Smart Decisions When Designing a Street Fighter 6 World Tour Character

You'll start this mode off by making a character. This character creator will let you make some wild creatures that you can style after favorite characters, beloved fighters, or even yourself. Then again, you can also make some hulking monstrosity with massive arms and legs. It's wide open, but this is one of the first important decisions you'll be making for your character. Your leg and arm length dictate your reach in the mode's fighting matches. If your character is massive, they'll be a massive target. As soon as you start making your character, you can build advantages and disadvantages into them based on how you create. It's something you should keep in mind right from the start.

If you make a character that feels clunky in a fight, are you stuck, though? Street Fighter 6 doesn't want you stuck with a bad build throughout World Tour. Style Lab Beauty Salon on Beat Street (the Times Square-like location most of us know from the demo) allows you to change your character for 1000 Zenny (the mode's currency). It's highly affordable, and you can tweak the character into any shape you like as many times as you want. So, if you make something for a joke and its proportions end up being a pain, don't feel like you can't change it. It's also nice if you just want a change of pace. This mode is fairly extensive, so sometimes it may be good to change up your character.

You may have to accept that your character will look a little bit stupid, though. That's because the gear you wear isn't just cosmetic, but boosts defensive and offensive stats. If you head into Drippin' Style, you'll see lots of different hats, shirts, pants, and more you can wear. Some of these will have stats that are clearly better than others. I have basically looked like sasquatch in a mini skirt and an off-duty MMA McDonald's manager at times. The boosts were too good to turn the clothes down, though. Always keep an eye out for shops with better gear, and prepare to swallow your pride to get the best bonuses.

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Be Prepared to Power Up Your Gear

If you have a look that you like, though, there is a way to preserve it in World Tour Mode in Street Fighter 6. You can power up pieces of gear by consuming other gear and items that you get from fights. This can allow you to strengthen a piece of equipment that you like so that's it's comparable or better than the stupid hat you were thinking of buying and wearing. You can find this feature when you're in the shops buying clothes, so it's worth looking into before you buy some goofy new outfit. Plus, it makes use of the other equipment you'll steadily pick up throughout the game.

That said, you'll need money to improve gear or to buy new stuff. Money comes fairly easily from beating up other fighters, but it doesn't come too quickly. If you need to make Zenny fast, there are part-time jobs you can take on. These are minigames that are varying levels of fun and complexity. If you want to just make money ridiculously fast early on, though, you're going to want to head to Junkyard Smallz near the bottom center of the Metro City map. With his job, you smash up a truck as fast as you can. The more damaging moves you hit it with, the higher the score and the more money you make. You can easily make 2500-3500 Zenny in about thirty seconds doing this job. There's no source of cash that works that fast from fairly early in the game. Ten hours into World Tour and I'd still stop there periodically for about five minutes to make a boatload of money to buy anything I wanted for the next few hours.

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Items Can Save You in a Pinch in Street Fighter 6 World Tour

It's good to have cash on hand to buy items as well as gear. Street Fighter 6 lets you use items in the middle of a fight in World Tour mode. Losing to Manon's throws? Pop a healing item, eat something to increase your defense, or slam some treats to boost your offense. It feels extremely strange to stop a fighting game match to heal, but you'll need it as some of the enemies can get pretty tough in this mode (and sometimes fight you two or three at a time). Many of the little shops in the game sell fairly good items for around 1000-1500 Zenny, so keep yourself stocked up for bad times. Check the various restaurants in the game for their takeout menu to see if they have anything worthwhile to buy to keep you in a fight.

As for the fights themselves, they can get pretty chaotic. As I said, you can find yourself battling several enemies at once. While this is a fighting game, you're walking streets inspired by a sidescrolling beat 'em up: Final Fight. That means you need to start acting like it by keeping all your foes on one side of you any time that you can. If you get surrounded, things will get bad fast. Try to hop over your foes to avoid getting surrounded. Plus, you can hit multiple enemies with the same attack. You're going to want to bunch enemies up and dispatch them faster.

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Be Prepared to Fight Everyone, but Check the Criteria First

While some people will just chase you down and start a fight in Street Fighter 6's World Tour mode, you can also challenge folks on the street. Why not throw down against that hot dog vendor? Before you do so, it's worthwhile to hit Triangle before attacking them. This gives you a list of special criteria you can do in a match to get bonus items and Zenny. You can check this against foes during a fight by pausing, but I found this was easier to do in advance and helped me decide if I should pick a fight with someone just for their reward. The tasks tend to be easy, too: get so many knockdowns, land so many punches or kicks, do so many hard knockdowns. You just want to know what to do before the fight gets rolling. The bonus items will definitely help keep you going, and all for very little extra effort.

Once you're ready to fight, know that you can select from all sorts of different moves. As you play through this mode, you'll meet the various main characters as Masters. Once you meet a Master, you'll gain a move from their moveset. For instance, you start with a lot of Luke's basic strikes. As you meet more Masters, you can freely equip your character with moves from multiple characters. I liked mixing Manon's grabs with Marisa's armored punches, with a little Blanka electricity thrown in as a fun surprise. You're free to do whatever you like, so it's worth equipping different moves often. You can only have one move per input type, though, so make your selections based on their input.

Pay Close Attention to Your Masters

You don't just equip skills from Masters in World Tour in Street Fighter 6. You can also equip a Master like a piece of gear. This changes your basic punches and kicks so that they will work like your Master, so you can even adjust your basic fighting style to suit a given Master. Equipping a Master gives you experience in their style (as does fighting opponents who use a Master's specific style), and as you gain levels, you get more story moments and get new moves from that Master. I really liked getting to know the characters, so equipping Masters I wanted to learn more about, both as combatants and as people, was important to me. If you want to get stronger (or have your sasquatch walk on his toes like a ballet dancer), you'll want to pay attention to this element.

Your Master doesn't just passively watch from afar. Once you reach a certain Style level with a master, you can call them to fight alongside you in a match. They'll pop in for a few seconds and help you paddle your foes, then depart. I initially hoarded this ability, but it honestly refills very quickly after using it. I've been able to call the Master in multiple times during longer fights, so feel free to use it frequently to turn the tide in your favor. You have to get food or level up to heal most of the time, so anything you can do to avoid damage is a smart decision.

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[caption id="attachment_966079" align="alignnone" width="1200"]Street Fighter 6 World Tour Screenshot by Siliconera[/caption]

Take Advantage of RPG Elements and Level Grind if Needed

If you still find you're having trouble with Street Fighter 6's World Tour mode, you can grind for levels. It's just a lot slower than gaining items and calling in help. That said, you do gain some perks as you gain levels. You can choose between several skills using points you gain from leveling, and these can boost punch strength, kick damage, improve healing items, give you more drive gauge uses, and more. You really can't go wrong with juicing up your basic strikes early on, and abilities you don't select early on have a tendency to pop up later in your choices, so you don't often miss out on something permanently. All the boosts are good, though, so I found it very hard to go wrong with your choices. Just lean into what you like to do and go from there.

If you want those levels faster, I honestly found it worked best to push Story Mode missions. You gain some fairly big rewards from them (like bigger cash rewards and access to new Masters), and they were often the least challenging elements of the game. You'll grow quickly pushing through story mode and occasionally stopping to get some cash for items and gear. It was the Side Missions that would leave me beaten down and defeated. These can get quite hard compared to normal activities, but with items and some help, you should still likely persevere.

See What's Happening During the Days and Nights, and Don't Be Afraid to Revive!

If you're a completionist, you'll want to check the streets day and night in World Tour in Street Fighter 6. You can get different quests during the day or nighttime, so always flick between the two to make sure you did everything. I found that doing these quests would give some decent rewards that were far more valuable than grinding random foes.

If you do happen to die in a fight, though, you can spend an in-game revival currency, Miles, to get back in a fight. You build these in all sorts of ways (including just walking around), but it takes 10k Miles for a single revive. You usually come back with the enemy at the exact health level you had them at when you died, so you can usually mop up a fight easily this way. It's kind of slow to build up miles, though, so I found it was far better to stay alive with items and Master assists instead.

There's a lot you can do in World Tour in Street Fighter 6, but with these tips, you should be well-equipped to punch and kick your way to the top of the fighting world. Even if you do look like you raced here after working a shift at your local burger joint.

Street Fighter 6 is available on the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, and PC.

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