Kotaku Monday, March 4, 2024 11:45 AM  With the recent release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth once again putting the spotlight on the long-running series of RPGs, there are more newcomers to the franchise than maybe ever before. But Rebirth, being a direct continuation of 2020's Remake and a kind of metatextual commentary on the original FF7, isn't really a… |
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Kotaku Monday, March 4, 2024 10:45 AM  Everyone is smitten by Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the second entry in Square Enix's ongoing remake of the beloved and critically acclaimed JRPG. While folks are all heart-eyes for the PS5 exclusive role-playing game, director Naoki Hamaguchi is aware of the complaints levied at Rebirth's Performance Mode, specifying… |
Kotaku Monday, March 4, 2024 10:00 AM  The year has gotten off to a roaring start for fans of sprawling, intricate role-playing games. And one of our firm favorites is Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the ninth mainline installment of Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios' long-running series. In it, the sentient meme factory Kazuma Kiryu teams up with the… |
Kotaku Monday, March 4, 2024 9:42 AM  The award-winning 2023 game Baldur's Gate 3 doesn't have a physical disc edition out in the wild yet. In November, Larian announced that a Deluxe Edition of the Dungeons & Dragons RPG is set to launch this year that will give you a boxed copy for your shelf and physical discs for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series… |
Kotaku Monday, March 4, 2024 9:15 AM  Josef Fares, the director behind The Game Awards 2021 Game of the Year winner It Takes Two, was cooking in 2013 when he made his directorial debut with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. I appreciated the game when I first played it 11 years ago, but age, wisdom, and life experience made it hit all the harder in 2024. |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 11:58 AM  What is the next Monopoly Go event? With so many limited-time events in Monopoly Go, it can be hard to keep track of the rewards you can get your hands on. Monopoly Go events can last anywhere from a few hours to a week, so bookmark this page as we'll keep it regularly updated with the next events and their start and end dates. Monopoly Go is the latest online board game sweeping the globe, but completing all of these events won't be easy without some Monopoly Go free dice links, so check out our daily updated guide for some freebies and rewards before you get started on the next Monopoly Go tournament. Continue reading All Monopoly Go events, tournaments, dates, and rewards MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Free PC games, Monopoly Go dice |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 11:53 AM  How do you find all of the Reveil collectibles? Spread throughout each of this psychological puzzle thriller's five chapters are a total of 36 collectible items that add a little bit of lore. However, as you'd expect, such a puzzle game is rather dark or with stark lighting, making finding these collectibles – especially because they're not noticeable unless directly looked at – a challenge that rivals the difficult puzzles you'll come across. Never fear, for we've put together a guide for all we've found. Interested in learning more about Reveil? We have guides covering some of the hardest puzzles in the game, including how to get out of Dorie's room in Reveil. Otherwise, continue on to discover where to find all 36 collectibles in the game. Continue reading All Reveil collectible locations MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best single-player games, All Reveil collectibles, Best horror games |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 11:53 AM  AVerMedia's Live Gamer Ultra 2.1 is a hotly anticipated review subject. As the first device to capture 4K footage at 60fps with 4K144 pass-through over HDMI 2.1, this is as cutting-edge a capture tool as currently exists. On that basis, this is the watershed moment many console and PC gamers (including myself) have been waiting for. Renowned among gamers for the video prowess of its products, AVerMedia is no newcomer to the video capture game, with a legacy dating back to the early 90s, it has a reassuring product history, so when it says it's going to make a simple-to-use 4K HDMI 2.1 capture device, you can be pretty confident it'll be a solid product. The question is, does it make capturing footage from next-gen consoles and PCs a plug-and-play breeze? I'm hoping this 4K capture card is the start of a new breed of high-spec, easy-to-use products set to shake up the streaming market over the next 12 months and compete with the best capture cards. Of course, It's not a capture card as such; it's an external USB-C-powered video capture box that draws its juice from a PC (or Mac running Windows) via a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port. To be clear, that's a setup essential rather than a nice-to-have, so make sure your system supports those specs before shelling out for it. Which brings me neatly to my next question. The Live Gamer Ultra 2.1 isn't cheap. So, has AVerMedia hit the spot with its new capture device, or is that ambitious spec a bridge too far? Read my full AVerMedia Live Gamer Ultra 2.1 review to find out. Continue reading AVerMedia Live Gamer Ultra 2.1 review MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 11:38 AM  The MSI Claw looks set to be another admirable PC gaming handheld, but whether or not it dethrones the Steam Deck OLED remains to be seen. As the first major Intel handheld, it feels as though there is more riding on the success of the Claw A1M. On paper, the MSI Claw has the makings of one of the best PC gaming handhelds, even if it may struggle to catch up to the Steam Deck right away. Now, following a release date leak, we know when we'll be getting our hands on a retail unit, but that comes with a caveat. Continue reading MSI Claw release date confirmed along with pre-orders MORE FROM PCGAMESN: MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC review, MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio review, Best gaming motherboard |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 11:16 AM  When does Diablo 4 Season 4 start? A much-loved feature from Diablo 3 makes its return in D4 with the (re)introduction of seasons, adding everything from new questlines to items, gameplay mechanics, and more. Expanding on the rich, gothic world of Sanctuary, Blizzard makes sure players have plenty to sink their teeth into, whether you're a fresh-faced player taking their first steps into Sanctuary or a grizzled veteran of the Burning Hells. It may be some time before we'll see Diablo 4 Season 4, but the good news is that it comes after the arrival of D4 on Game Pass. Just like every other seasonal event, it adds a whole bunch of new content to explore in Blizzard's action RPG game, no matter whether you're a level 100 player who's been around since the Diablo 4 release date or someone who is considering jumping into the game now it's coming to Game Pass. Continue reading Diablo 4 Season 4 release date MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Diablo 4 builds, Diablo 4 review, Diablo 4 classes |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 11:12 AM  Publisher of roguelike deckbuilding mega-hit Balatro has confirmed that the game hasn't been removed from Steam in any regions after an overnight age-rating change tied to the card game's poker influences saw it delisted on some storefronts. While Balatro does indeed use some of the poker ruleset for its card mechanics, publisher PlayStack has remained adamant that the age rating change is unfounded. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best roguelike games, Best card games, Best new PC games |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 11:11 AM  What are the most influential PC games in history? Civilization has to be up there. Doom. Half-Life. I'd definitely throw Baldur's Gate into the hat these days, likewise Fallout and The Elder Scrolls. And you know, it's hard to overstate the significance of The Sims. World of Warcraft definitely deserves a mention, too. But if I'm thinking of a specific type of game - an FPS and immersive sim where you discover the entire story through exploration and interaction, and tweak the way you play based on different stats and abilities - one game stands above all. Inspired by Thief The Dark Project, and launching close to Deus Ex, without this epochal PC shooter, we'd have no BioShock, and maybe no Dishonored. And now it's all yours for $2. Continue reading One of the greatest FPS games in all of PC history is now just $2 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games, Best old games, Best RPG games |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 11:02 AM  What are the new WWE 2K24 locker codes? One of the many modes in WWE's latest wrestling game is the returning MyFaction mode. For those who don't know, this is a variant on the premium mode from other 2K sports games, where the aim is to build a faction of wrestlers to take on online challenges against AI or matches against other player-controlled teams. These WWE 2K24 locker codes are specifically for the MyFaction mode, so if you're looking for other WWE 2K24 unlockables, then we have a separate guide to help you get all the Wrestlemania arenas and MyRise unlockables, as well as the ability to play as all the WWE Legends. Instead, these WWE 2K24 codes work similarly to the NBA 2K24 locker codes, which tend to come and go in the blink of an eye. If you don't want to miss out, you can check out the newest ones below. Continue reading WWE 2K24 codes March 2024 – all locker codes |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:30 AM  Palworld and Pokemon-like MMO TemTem is removing all premium microtransactions and winding down feature-filled patches, developer Crema has announced. This comes as part of a massive statement to the community, following a clear divide between what players expected from the game, and what Crema planned on delivering before moving on to other projects in the TemTem universe. Continue reading Steam MMO drops all microtransactions after dev and players clash MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Temtem evolutions, Temtem starters, Temtem type chart |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:28 AM  What are the best games like Minecraft? Way back in 2010, a little game called Minecraft proved to be a revelation in video games, inspiring a whole generation of players and developers in the process. It's a blocky sandbox world that essentially lets us create anything we like and share it with our friends. The cultural phenomenon sold millions of copies, even before Microsoft acquired developer Mojang Studios in 2014. Since its initial release, there have been a plethora of Minecraft clones. Each does their best to match one of the best PC games of all time, but few have really delivered the whole package like Minecraft does. Sometimes, though, you may only want part of the Minecraft experience, augmented with other aspects that make the Minecraft-like unique. That's where this guide to the best games like Minecraft comes in. All the games on this list are similar to Minecraft in some fashion, be they crafting games, building games, adventure games, or an altogether different part of what makes Minecraft our favorite blocky game. Continue reading Best games like Minecraft 2024 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Minecraft seeds, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:27 AM  Where is the Reveil sketch book key in Dorie's room? Reveil is based on a circus family, so of course there are games aplenty as you progress through the horror game. A classic creepy, psychological game, pretty much every door you walk through in Reveil closes behind you, so get ready to solve some puzzles to get yourself back out of Dorie's room. To get out of Dorie's room in Reveil, you need to find the key to her drawing book, and doing so requires following her hand-drawn map through a series of puzzles and games. While it is a horror game, Reveil is also a puzzle game at its core, but if your grey matter has been worn out by fear, then we can help you find the sketch book key and get out of Dorie's room. Continue reading How to get out of Dorie's room in Reveil MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best single-player games, All Reveil collectibles, Best horror games |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:26 AM  In this guide, we'll show you how to stop your PC's interior getting dusty, by making your own PC case dust filter. Even cases that come with filters usually only have them in obvious areas, such as the PSU and front intake fans. There may be additional fan mounts in your case that lack filters, letting dust into the interior, but you don't have to put up with it. Now's your chance to stop dust getting into your PC case, and it won't cost you much in terms of time or effort either. In this tutorial, we'll take you through the process off making your own dust filter with metal mesh, as well as simply using some old pantyhose. Continue reading Here's how to use pantyhose to stop dust from getting into your PC MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:44 AM  How do you unlock the Reveil prop chest combination lock? Clowns, ghost trains, sawing people in half.... the circus is a pretty terrifying place and the ideal location for a horror game, but Reveil takes the trope one step further by putting us behind the scenes, starting in our circus designer's house. Much of Reveil is a puzzle game, and most chapters feature at least one multi-step conundrum. In chapter two, you enter Walter's garage, with neon symbols painted on the walls and ceiling. Three of these are the solution to a combination lock, but there are a few things you have to do to find out which three. If you just want the solution to the combination lock and don't want to know how we got there, head straight to the bottom of the guide. Continue reading Reveil prop chest combination lock puzzle solution MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best single-player games, All Reveil collectibles, Best horror games |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:25 AM  In this guide, we'll show you how to make a spray paint stencil for your PC case using a cutting machine. These machines, such as the Silhouette Portrait we've used for this guide, can cut out vinyl for you with perfect accuracy, leaving you with the task of just transferring the vinyl to your PC. This is invaluable when it comes to creating spray paint stencils with vinyl. It can be very difficult and time-consuming to create vinyl cut-outs by hand with a scalpel, but a cutting machine will do all the work for you, and quickly too. If you're planning to build a gaming PC that's unique to you, then using a spray paint stencil offers an easy way to paint a logo or image on your rig with professional precision. Continue reading How to make a spray paint stencil for your PC case MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:23 AM  In this guide, we'll show you how to spray paint acrylic hard tubing for your water cooling system. By adding masking to your rigid tubing and spraying over it, you can easily add spirals, lines, or ring patterns, using a background color that allows your coolant to show through. If you're planning to water cool your PC, then using rigid tubing will look great if you're prepared to put in all the cutting and bending work. Once you've sorted out your tubing, you then just need to follow the steps below to add some colored patterns. You'll just need some edging tape, plastic primer, and color spray paint, and you can take your hardline loop to the next level. Continue reading How to paint acrylic hard water cooling tubing MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:23 AM  In this guide, we'll show you how to mount a reservoir in your PC case. While water cooling reservoirs are more flexible than ever in terms of their size, number of ports, and their ability to use various mounting locations in a typical case, sometimes you'll need to get creative. If you're planning to water cool your PC, finding a place for your reservoir is often a challenge, even in some of the best PC case designs. Thankfully, we're here to save the day and take you through several techniques to install your reservoir. These include using a standard radiator and fan mount, but also some sneaky ways of installing them elsewhere in your case. Continue reading How to mount a reservoir in your PC case MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:20 AM  In this guide, we'll show you how to paint an AIO cooler. Your all-in-one (AIO) liquid CPU cooler is often the centerpiece of your PC's aesthetics, with RGB-lit pumps and fans included on many models these days. The pump/waterblock unit sits on your CPU, so it sits at the heart of your PC, which makes the lighting really stand out. However, let's face it, even if you have the best AIO cooler, it will still stick out like a sore thumb if it's a black cooler in a white PC, and vice versa. Thankfully, you don't need to fork out for a whole new cooler just to color-match it to the rest of your system – it's a simple job to spray-paint your CPU cooler in any color you like, and it's relatively cheap as well. Continue reading How to paint your AIO cooler MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:17 AM  In this guide, we'll show you how to use vinyl to customize your PC case. If you want to give your case a makeover with a new color scheme, and maybe some fancy effects and patterns, using vinyl is often cheaper, quicker, less messy, and easier to work with than spray painting. What's more, vinyl wrap is simpler to remove than paint, whether you mess it up or if you just want to change colors. Even the very best PC case models often only come in a limited choice of colors and finishes, but vinyl wrap enables you to cover your case in any color you like, while using a precision cutter, such as a Silhouette Portrait enables you to make detailed logos and artwork. That's great if you're planning to build a gaming PC with your own unique, personal touches. In our example, we're covering our case's front panel with yellow vinyl, and adding a Cyberpunk 2077 logo. Continue reading How to customize your PC using vinyl MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty review, Best Cyberpunk 2077 mods, Buy Cyberpunk 2077 |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:14 AM  In this guide, we'll show you how to cut hard water cooling tubing made from Acrylic and PETG. Acrylic is by far the most popular material used for rigid tubing in water-cooling systems, but polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) serves a similar purpose, allowing you to show off your colored coolant and offering the ability to include clean bends and a super-snazzy look with your PC. If you're planning to build a water cooled PC, then hardline tubing will make it look great. The bending process can be a challenge, though, and creating a hard tube loop will be much more time-consuming than using flexible tubing. This guide is for enthusiasts who want to play with bends and create a unique looking PC with a custom water cooling loop. Continue reading How to cut and bend hard water cooling tubing MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:10 AM  We're glad this samurai PC build can't walk. You wouldn't want to be approached by its gruesome horned red mask in the dark - especially since it carries two swords on its back. Aptly called Ronin, this impressive gaming PC was made by Dimitry, who also goes by DDE, for a client. Thanks to our rapidly growing PC building Facebook page, we've seen many custom gaming PCs, from mods based on existing case designs to scratch builds. You can even submit yours for consideration right here. Here we chat to Dimitri about how he put this gaming PC together. Continue reading Two katanas sit above this impressive Samurai-inspired gaming PC MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 10:08 AM  When is the Still Wakes the Deep release date? The Chinese Room returns to its horror roots, and this time around, we're stranded aboard an off-shore oil rig in the middle of the North Sea – and we're not alone. According to associate art director Laura Dodds, Still Wakes the Deep is what would happen if "Stanley Kubrick lost his mind shooting a documentary aboard an oil rig." Sold yet? So are we. Given The Chinese Room's track record with cult classics like Dear Esther and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Still Wakes the Deep has strong potential to be a sleeper hit horror game – just check out PCGamesN's brush with the Gamescom demo in our Still Wakes the Deep preview. If you've already blocked out the release date window on your calendar, catch up with all the latest news, gameplay, and story details right here. Continue reading Still Wakes the Deep release date window, trailers, and gameplay MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best horror games, Best survival games, Best RPG games |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 9:55 AM  I love when this happens. In the frenetic, fast-moving world of videogames, it seems like a lot of great work is quickly consumed, disposed of, and forgotten. Either that, or we pick a game - just one game, like Diablo 4 or Skyrim - and stick with it for years and years, neglecting to see what else is around. When something great from the past that we might otherwise have never played suddenly explodes again on Steam, it's a nice reminder that some games are so good and so loved they can never truly disappear. 14 years since it first launched, one classic RPG game, with a full 10/10 rating from players, is suddenly taking over Valve's platform. Like a legendary band stepping out for one final tour, if you want to enjoy the resurgence for yourself, this one is also 90% off. Continue reading 14 years later, beloved RPG game is suddenly blowing up on Steam MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPG games, Best strategy games, Best MMOs |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 9:49 AM  What are the upcoming Game Pass games on PC? New titles constantly appear on the platform, and as more developers jump on board with Microsoft's subscription service, it can be easy to lose track of the best of the bunch. Thankfully, our complete list of games coming to Game Pass charts new releases in 2024, so you can play your most anticipated PC games on day one without spending a cent more than your subscription fee. Game Pass on PC presents an excellent opportunity to take the best PC games for a spin without worrying about triple-A price tags. Equally, you can take a chance on the most experimental and unorthodox indie games that might otherwise go overlooked on other platforms. Whether you're a fan of fast-paced FPS games, spine-chilling horror games, or immersive RPGs, the best way to keep up to date with all your favorite upcoming PC Game Pass games is right here on PCGamesN. Continue reading Games coming to Game Pass in March 2024 and beyond |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 9:48 AM  Despite LG not launching its new 'Dual-Mode' OLED gaming monitor yet, it already has a range of negative reviews due to its insistence on using a matte coating, which some claim ruins the OLED display. LG also revealed the monitor's price, which sits at the higher end of the 32-inch market, leading to further criticism. While LG hopes the new 32GD95UE-B will have a chance at being one of the best gaming monitors that money can buy, it seems as though LG has done little to please its audience despite the display not even being available yet. Continue reading New LG OLED monitor price confirmed, but no one seems happy about it MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, March 4, 2024 9:22 AM  While your gaming PC is responsible for game performance, it can only do so much, and your gaming mouse and keyboard are the tools that impact your K/D ratio on the servers. If your gear is looking a little worse for wear, we've found a brilliant gaming mouse and keyboard deal to get you back up to scratch. The Logitech G Pro peripherals are among the best gaming mouse and keyboards you can find, even if they've since been superseded by the Pro X Lightspeed line. As a limited-time deal, both the G Pro keyboard and mouse are available for $169.99, a saving of $89.99 over MSRP. Continue reading Act fast to get 34% off this Logitech gaming mouse and keyboard MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Logitech G Pro Superlight 2, Logitech G Pro X TKL Lightspeed review, Best gaming mouse |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 4, 2024 10:57 AM  Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter's #screenshotsaturday tag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, despite Twitter throwing a wobbly and doing its best to keep me from taking a good look at the tag, I still found plenty of interesting and attractive indie games to admire. Check 'em out! |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 4, 2024 10:38 AM  Co-op dwarf FPS game Deep Rock Galactic dropped a teaser of what's arriving with Season 5, which is to say, a fair amount of things that'll go well with a pickaxe and a pint of beer. The new season will be a prelude to roguelite spin-off Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core, it'll have a new mission type, enemies, new overclocks, and the devs are looking into letting players activate past seasons. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 4, 2024 10:25 AM  It starts, much as when writing articles for videogame websites, with a blank page. More accurately, a white space of indefinite extent. In the middle of the white space there is a curious little yellow machine, a kind of motorised plunger akin to an oil derrick. In the story of Sixty Four, you're late to some kind of social engagement, somewhere beyond that beaming expanse of whiteness. But there is time, even as texts from a friend appear down the lefthand margin, to mess around with the strange yellow machine. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 4, 2024 9:03 AM  The fast-paced flag-capturing FPS series Tribes will return from the dead once again next week with the early access launch of Tribes 3: Rivals. Over the weekend, developers Prophecy Games announced March 12th is the date, with the full launch to follow after up to a year. Prophecy are spun off from Hi-Rez Studios, the folks who who made Tribes: Ascend, which officially shut down a few years back. I hear this next one's pretty fun. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 4, 2024 8:03 AM  As any fool knows, the age of girlies bulk-buying silver wire and making their own crystal jewellery at home is over, but EA always arrives precisely when it means to. This weekend saw the release of the Crystal Creations Stuff Pack, a DLC for The Sims 4 that takes the ability to find crystals (already in the game) and straps on your Sims making them into semi-precious, semi-magic jewellery that can be charged up by the moon. What I find more interesting is that this launched with some official IRL Sims plumbob jewellery that you can buy and wear around your own precious, swan-like neck. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 4, 2024 7:54 AM  Eco is a very ambitious, wildly reactive multiplayer survival game in which you try to save the world without accidentally destroying it. There's a meteor scheduled to slamdunk the planet in 30 days, and in that time, you and your fellow players must progress from raising log cabins in the woods to building the means to develop technologies that might somehow avert the apocalypse. The trouble is, pioneering said apocalypse-averting technologies might itself bring about disaster in a gameworld that simulates things like habitat death, species extinction, air pollution and catastrophic flooding. Players must thus walk a careful line between resource exploitation and self-inflicted calamity by monitoring their impact on the overall simulation, founding the right kind of government, and passing laws or devising economies (including player-created currencies) that don't flip the ecosystem upside down. The Steam reviews teem with anecdotes about people waking up to find their oil wells underwater, and it sounds like things will only get knottier when Eco releases out of early access around the end of this year. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 4, 2024 6:28 AM  I still don't fully understand the rancor with which the RTX 4070 Ti is often regarded. Where some see an overpriced, memory-deprived albatross of a graphics card, I've only ever seen a fast and feature-rich GPU whose 12GB of VRAM is demonstrably fine for 99.95% of games at 4K. A better deal than the RTX 4080 for that resolution, in any case. Now, though, we can all agree: nobody should buy an RTX 4070 Ti. Not when the RTX 4070 Ti Super is here, doing a better, hopefully less contentious job of smooth 4K without demanding RTX 4080 (or, indeed, RTX 4080 Super) levels of investment. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 4, 2024 6:11 AM  Last week's alleged Epic Games hack was a scam, so-called "ransomware" group Mogilevich have confessed, or at least, are reported to have confessed in a self-congratulary new statement. The group have not, it now seems, stolen a bunch of login data, WIP software and payment information from the creators of Fortnite; they were only pretending to have done so with a view to duping other hackers into buying their tools. Or at least, that's what they're said to be saying now. I haven't tracked down the original source for Mogilevich's latest statement, and in any case, anything you read from a self-described "professional fraudster" should probably be treated with caution. Still, it lines up with Epic's own comments last week that there was no real sign that a hack had taken place. |
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Crema, developer of the creature-training game Temtem, released an open letter to players discussing the game's final updates and the future of the franchise and the studio. The first of these updates is 1.7, and it is set to arrive in June, 2024, and will remove microtransactions from the game.
The letter began with the team at Crema apologizing for confusion around the use of the term MMO to describe the game and for the failure to implement the promised API into it. After that it addressed the demand for new content and TemTem types, the team decided that the amount of player retention these updates garnered did not reflect the amount of time and effort put into them. While DLC was considered, Crema did not want to split the playerbase or introduce potential pay-to-win elements. It will instead be focusing on other projects, such as the upcoming TemTem: Swarm and Project: Downbelow. An offline mode is also not planned due to slim server costs, meaning they expect the servers to remain perpetually online.
The studio then went on to detail the upcoming 1.7 and 1.8 updates coming to the game, the latter of which is intended to be the final "feature-oriented patch." Update 1.7 is intended to launch sometime in June 2024, and it will bring a new season, a new Tamer Pass, and remove the premium currency Novas from the game. Items previously purchasable with Novas will now be available for Feathers instead. Update 1.8 will make previous Tamer Passes available to switch between and complete to reduce "fear of missing out."
Temtem launched out of Early Access with Update 1.0 back in September, 2022, which also brought the game to Switch and Xbox. More recently, Crema announced the development of TemTem: Swarm, a Vampire Survivors-like game hoping to launch in quarter 3 of 2024.
TemTem is available now on PC, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X, with the first of the final feature updates set to arrive sometime in June 2024.
The post TemTem Developer Details Final Updates, End of Microtransactions appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Monday, March 4, 2024 11:30 AM
Cover revealed that it will hold a crossover campaign between Hololive Production and Asahi Soft Drinks' energy drink brand Dodecamin. This collaboration will feature all five members of the Japanese Hololive sixth-generation group Secret Society holoX: Sakamata Chloe, Takane Lui, La+ Darknesss, Hakui Koyori, and Kazama Iroha. Cover and Asahi promised a new music video by the group upon its successful completion.
The campaign will begin on March 12, 2024. It will task people to purchase Hololive-branded Dodecamin BIG 600ml bottles in convenience stores across Japan, such as Seven-Eleven, FamilyMart, and Lawson. If a combined total sales amount of four million bottles is recorded by May 13, 2024, Cover will guarantee the publication of a new holoX music video.
Every participant in the campaign can receive bonuses featuring the holoX Vtubers. Each bottle purchase will come with a point that they can use to unlock a downloadable wallpaper for smartphones. They can also spend 3 points to download conversational voices where the Vtubers talk about trips to various regions in Japan. All participants will also be entered into lotteries that reward merchandise like acrylic stands and large tapestries.
The campaign will also encourage each person to buy multiple bottles to earn more rewards. Those who purchase 5 bottles and reach the Bronze rank will be able to download avatar icons of the holoX Vtubers. The Silver rank at 10 bottles will give people a chance to be one of the 50 lucky winners to have their names listed in the upcoming holoX music video. They can also improve their chances for every other 10 bottles purchased. The Gold rank at 15 bottles will come with a special certificate signed by the Vtubers.
A separate sweepstake involving the social media platform X will take place before the primary campaign. Asahi's official X account will post tweets promoting the crossover on March 8, 2024. People who have an active X account and reside in Japan can join the sweepstakes by reposting the tweets by March 14, 2024. Ten lucky people will win a QUO payment card worth 1,000 yen and a full set of acrylic stands featuring all five holoX Vtubers.
The Hololive - Dodecamin crossover campaign will run in Japan from March 12, 2024, to May 13, 2024.
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Siliconera Monday, March 4, 2024 11:00 AM
Larian Studios Director of Publishing Michael Douse took to social media to confirm the Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Series X physical copies sold in retail stores will include four discs. This confirmation comes after post that suggested it could be three or four on March 1, 2024.
Here is Douse's full statement. He noted that Baldur's Gate 3 is specifically 500mb too big to be on three discs for the Xbox Series X.
This version of Baldur's Gate 3 debuted back in December 2024, and at the time the physical copy that'd show up at retail stores was estimated to be about three discs in size. That copy is expected to appear in stores in 2024.
The last major patch for Baldur's Gate 3 arrived back in February 2024. It added some new kissing animations and idle ones, as well as a number of fixes for problems in the game. Hotfix 20 also included some more bug fixes at the end of last month as well.
Baldur's Gate 3 is available for the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC digitally. The Xbox Series X physical copies of the game will head to stores in 2024, though no exact date has been set for the release just yet.
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Siliconera Monday, March 4, 2024 10:30 AM
The second Ironmouse 3D concert debuted on February 29, 2024, and now two new songs she performed during it and the archive of the show are online. The official VShojo store for its Vtubers also featured some limited time merchandise based on Ironmouse in honor of the event.
First, here's the full archive of the new Ironmouse 3D concert. In the title for it, she noted it cost $100,000. Some cameos included appearances from Bubi, Dickson, Geega, Matara Kan, Projekt Melody, and Justin "Gunrun" Ignacio.
Next, the Ironmouse and Camellia track "Rodents Kingdom" was one of two original songs to appear at the performance. It is available on various streaming services.
The other track is "Devil," by Ironmouse and Bubi. In addition to the lyric video, it is also on streaming services.
As for the merchandise, here's the official tweet with a trailer announcing and showing it off:
And here's the full list of new items and their prices:
There's no word on how long the Ironmouse concert merchandise will be available. It may only be sold until items sell out.
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Siliconera Monday, March 4, 2024 10:00 AM
Castem revealed that it will soon release a drinking cup shaped like Alphonse Elric's helmet in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The Fullmetal Alchemist Cup of Alphonse will also be available to order worldwide.
The helmet cup will be available in Japan with a price tag of 7,920 yen. Castem has also confirmed that it can accept international orders via eBay at $73.53. The company accepts payments via credit cards, debit cards, Google Pay, and PayPal, and it will ship the item around five days after it has received the payment.
The cup will have dimensions of 7x6x5 cm (2.75x2.36x1.96 inches). It will weigh 155 grams (5.46 oz). Castem will use stainless steel with a baking coating finish to produce the miniature helmet, and it will also provide a cup holder made of Angsana hardwood. The helmet must be turned upside down to function as a cup, but the owner can also place it in its original position as a paperweight or decoration.
Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist franchise is still getting a lot of new merchandise revealed in 2024. SuperGroupies revealed watches, jackets, and backpacks inspired by Edward Elric and Roy Mustang in January 2024. Meanwhile, Proof unveiled a combined static figure of Roy Mustang and Maes Hughes in February 2024.
The Fullmetal Alchemist Cup of Alphonse will be formally available on March 5, 2024. The anime is streaming on Crunchyroll. Yen Press handles the digital manga.
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Siliconera Monday, March 4, 2024 9:30 AM
Square Enix revealed its new Final Fantasy XIV mount is a Crescent Moon with a Loporrit. It costs $24 via the game's Online Store.
Basically, you're getting a glowing yellow moon with a Loporrit on the end and a white sheet cascading off of it. As with all mounts someone buys via this method, it's account-wide. It works with all character types, though they could look different when in use. You do need to unlock mounts in the MMO before you can use it. You can't store it in an armoire or glamour dresser. Also, you can't sell it once you get it.
There's also a trailer that shows the Crescent Moon mount. It shows how it looks while moving and stationary initially. The Loporrit is also animated. Toward the end, it shows how characters from different races look when using it.
Finally, here's a gallery showing it from the front and back.
As a reminder, the Loporrit race ended up being introduced in the Endwalker expansion. It's a race of bunny-like NPCs.
Final Fantasy XIV is available for the PS4, PS5, and PC. The Xbox Series X open beta is live now. The Dawntrail expansion will launch in Summer 2024.
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Siliconera Monday, March 4, 2024 9:00 AM
Street Fighter V will no longer be playable in arcades as of April 2024. Capcom and Taito announced that they will shut down Street Fighter V: Type Arcade on April 1, 2024. In addition, the companies will also take down the arcade version's website on April 7, 2024. [Thanks, 4Gamer.]
The end-of-service announcement page includes a Q&A segment that confirms the arcade version will be rendered completely unplayable—even in offline mode—after the shutdown. The only way people can still play Street Fighter V afterward is by purchasing the fighting game on PlayStation 4 or PC via Steam.
The arcade version of Street Fighter V launched in 2019, which is three years after the fighting game appeared first on PS4 and PC in 2016. Despite being the series' first mainline entry to not appear in arcades first, it also offers integration features to support console players, such as external gamepad connection and Fighter's ID linkage. The latter allows players to bring character costumes and color palettes they have unlocked in the console versions to the arcade version.
The removal of Street Fighter V's arcade release does not mean that the fighting game series will cease to exist entirely in arcades. Capcom and Taito have launched the sequel Street Fighter 6: Type Arcade on December 14, 2023. The new game had a much shorter gap of just around half a year between the arcade launch and the initial console version release on June 2, 2023.
Street Fighter V: Type Arcade is available in arcades until Monday, April 1, 2024, at 5:59 AM JST.
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PC Invasion - FeedDDD Monday, March 4, 2024 11:48 AM  Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth features a greatly expanded world compared to the original Final Fantasy 7, with loads of new side quests. Here is our guide telling you which condor food you should choose to complete the Dreaming of Blue Skies quest in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth – Which condor food should you choose When you reach the Crow's Nest area, sometime after you satisfy the When Words Won't Do objective, make your way to the back of that area to meet a fellow named Colin. You should agree to help him provide an offering to a great condor. This side mission ends with an option about what to feed the giant bird. You should choose the Bovine Meat to feed to the great condor. The actual mission begins with a trip through the hunting grounds. You can choose the Head to the Hunting Spot option from the map. On your way through the area, you'll track down cows while riding on a chocobo. Related: FF7 Rebirth romance guide: How to choos... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Monday, March 4, 2024 11:47 AM  Odin is a challenging summon to defeat in the combat simulator, meaning it's wise to locate its summon crystals before fighting it. This guide will show the location of all Odin summon crystals in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: All Odin Summon Crystal locations Players will have the opportunity to seek out Odin's Summon Crystals when they reach chapter 11 and enter the Nibel region of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Three Odin summon crystals are in the area, and they can be tackled in any order. Check below for the exact locations. Odin Summon Crystal #1 Screenshot: PC Invasion The first Odin Summon Crystal is south of the Nibel Airstrip, where players first enter the region. Head to where my marker is in the image attached, and you will notice a small opening on the cliffside. Use your Chocobo to enter the opening, and then glide upward to reach the Odin summon crystal. Screenshot: PC Invasion Analyze sequence: Square, Square, Triangle, Tr... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Monday, March 4, 2024 11:42 AM  Completing missions for Chadley in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a great way to earn Materia and other rare rewards, but sometimes, the enemies he tasks you with defeating are frustrating to fight. One such example is Fiend Intel 6: Voltaic Canine, which requires you to Pressure, Stagger, and defeat a Thunderclaw. The Thunderclaw is one of the hardest enemies to fight in the early game portion of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth since it has a very particular weakness that you might not have access to yet. If you have the right Materia, however, then taking down the Thunderclaw and compelting all optional objectives for this Fiend Intel mission is a breeze. How to Pressure and Stagger Thunderclaw in FF7 Rebirth To Pressure the Thunderclaw in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, you need to inflict it with a detrimental status effect. Any debuff works, so you can cast Bio to poison it or Deprotect to lower its physical defense. Red XIII knows Bio by default, and you can buy Poison Materia from the sho... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Monday, March 4, 2024 11:34 AM  With the rapidly approaching final seaon of Destiny 2 getting closer every day, The Season of the Wish is finally bringing together it's own story. With the leaks and reveals of the Closer to The Heart quests, there are a few things we can glean about the direction Destiny 2 is planning to take. Closer to The Heart Destiny 2 questline leak The most glaring pointer to the ending of The Season of The Wish is the newest Triumph that has appeared. The Triumph titled Closer to The Heart has been released in preparation for the new quests coming up. We can expect the final missions of the Season of The Wish to drop around the end of April or the beginning of May. Image via Reddit The newest Triumph has nothing to do with current missions in the game. So, it can only be attributed to the new ones coming up. The name alone tells us a lot about what we can expect, knowing where we are in the Destiny 2 story so far. What to expect from Closer to The Heart The Witness has c... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Monday, March 4, 2024 11:29 AM  Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is the perfect "just one more run" game that would pair perfectly with the mobility of the Nintendo Switch. Here's whether you can enjoy Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor on Nintendo Switch. Deep Rock Galactic Survivor Switch: Is it available? Sadly, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is not currently on Nintendo Switch. It's a huge bummer that Switch owners can't enjoy my favorite single-stick shooter especially because it's a game that isn't too technically demanding. While it's not available yet, there might be good news in store. Related: Best Scout weapons in Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, ranked Will Deep Rock Galactic Survivor come to Switch? Just because Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor isn't currently available on Nintendo Switch doesn't mean it will never get there. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is currently in Early Access and it's very rare for games to hit consoles in Early Access.... |