Kotaku Saturday, July 13, 2024 11:00 AM  We're about halfway through the summer and I've given up on avoiding sweat You're probably about halfway to giving up on Elden Ring's Shaddw of the Erdtree DLC, but we can help with that. We've also got a tip for a free game for you to snag, and some FF14 advice. Read on for more of this week's best tips. |
Kotaku Saturday, July 13, 2024 9:00 AM  This week saw Game Pass, once touted as the best deal in gaming, get another price increase in a way that's as messy and confusing as it is disappointing. Also, Nintendo took the uncharacteristic step of teasing what looks like a first-party horror release, another game removed references to disgraced streamer Dr… |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 13, 2024 11:55 AM  When I think of FPS royalty, a few videogames spring to mind. Doom. Quake. Half-Life. Wolfenstein. GoldenEye. We wouldn't have the powerhouses of Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, and the overlooked Titanfall 2 without these classics. The same goes for Bungie's Halo, and while the studio has moved onto the greener pastures of Destiny, Marathon still stands tall as an iconic sci-fi classic. No, I'm not talking about Bungie's upcoming PvP reimagining, but the classic '90s trilogy. It's a shooter all FPS fans need to play, and the second game in the series just came to Steam for free. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games , Marathon release date speculation, All Destiny 2 news |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 13, 2024 11:50 AM  Landing between the simple yet satisfying sandbox of Minecraft and the intricate simulation of Factorio, Satisfactory is the aptly named 'just right' meal of the automation building game world. Set to finally launch out of early access in September after five years, developer Coffee Stain Studios now confirms that we'll be seeing a whole new technology tier in Satisfactory 1.0. Continue reading Satisfactory dev confirms its final technology tier is coming in 1.0 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best building games, Best indie games, Best open-world games |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 13, 2024 10:34 AM  If you've already wrapped up Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, seen Baldur's Gate 3 to its conclusion, and scoured The Witcher 3's every last side quest, you might be craving another fantasy RPG to fill the void. In that case, let me propose the excellent but often overlooked Hand of Fate 2. A satisfying blend of Dungeons and Dragons adventuring with strategic deck building elements and Batman Arkham-style combat, you can grab a copy right now at a huge discount, with extra savings on all its DLC as well. Continue reading DnD inspired RPG Hand of Fate 2 is 80% off, and well worth your time MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPGs, Best card games, Best fantasy games |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 13, 2024 10:10 AM  Once Human developer Starry Studio is already addressing a plethora of issues in the new survival game, as the team promises fixes for lag spikes, PC crashes, and plenty more problems. The open-world survival sandbox has everything from FPS action to base building and user-generated content, helping it rocket up the Steam success charts, but that doesn't mean the new hit isn't without trouble. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best sandbox games, Best open-world games, Best survival games |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 13, 2024 8:05 AM  Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller is "apprehensive" about Blizzard weighing in on the ongoing 6v6 debate, as he's concerned players will go to war with one another over the sequel's change to 5v5. Players have been debating the loss of one tank since OW2 launched, but Blizzard's recent admission that the role needs some work has reignited player calls for a walk back. Continue reading Blizzard worries its Overwatch 2 6v6 blog will start a fire MORE FROM PCGAMESN: All Overwatch 2 characters, Best Overwatch 2 settings, Overwatch 2 tier list |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 13, 2024 8:05 AM  With newcomers such as Once Human and Soulmask only further stiffening the competition among the best survival games on PC, Ark Survival Ascended is a bold play. It attempts to push its open-world dinosaur-taming adventures to the next level in UE5 and contend with the likes of Valheim and Rust as the team works on building Ark 2. Yet as the remaster struggles to overcome its predecessor, Studio Wildcard is integrating some of its most popular mods into the base game to enhance the experience for all, and its latest is the most downloaded custom dinosaur made by the Ark community. Continue reading Ark Survival Ascended's most downloaded dinosaur mod is now official MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Best dinosaur games, Best co-op games |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 13, 2024 6:37 AM  FF14 Dawntrail is now out in full force. WoW The War Within is coming fast over the horizon. But landing right between the two genre titans, new Amazon MMORPG Throne and Liberty is hoping to catch your eye with an open beta available to everyone. Running for just shy of a week, the Throne and Liberty beta is available across America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions. If you've been curious to try the new MMO ahead of its launch in September, now is a great chance to see what it does differently. Continue reading New Amazon MMORPG Throne and Liberty details open beta plans MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best MMORPGs, Best single-player MMO games, Best free games |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 13, 2024 6:34 AM  Square Enix is finally fixing the Final Fantasy 14 payment problem. Many long-time players can't make Visa Debit card payments, leaving them without a subscription and unable to purchase items in the FF14 online store. With Dawntrail finally here and the MMO hitting its highest concurrent playercount since launch, the dark cloud of lapsed subscriptions is about clear over many heads. Continue reading FF14 payments won't be broken for much longer MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best MMOs, FF14 Dawntrail release date, FF14 Island Sanctuary guide |
PCGamesN Saturday, July 13, 2024 4:39 AM  July 13, 2024: We've checked for the latest new Monopoly Go dice links for free dice rolls. How can I get Monopoly Go free dice links? The household favorite board game has been reimagined as a free-to-play app on smartphones, allowing everyone to experience the thrills of Monopoly on practically any device. Everything that makes the board game special is here in Monopoly Go, so you'll be collecting properties and building hotels as you go around the board, and there are a variety of multiplayer minigames to get through along the way. You're going to need to get your hands on Monopoly dice rolls, but they are difficult to come by no matter how far you are into the board game. There are ways to earn additional dice rolls, including logging into the game every day to collect daily bonuses, progressing further in the game, and inviting friends to try Monopoly Go. While you can also spend real money to unlock more dice rolls, you may want to give our list of Monopoly Go dice links a try instead, especially if you're waiting for the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz event. Take a look at all the currently active Monopoly Go free dice links for today. Continue reading Free Monopoly Go dice links July 2024 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
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Siliconera Saturday, July 13, 2024 11:30 AM
For VTubers who are lovin' it, McDonald's Japan is handing out an asset that makes your model look like it's holding two hash browns. You can get it for free via the company's X (Twitter) page.
In order to get the asset, you simply need to download the provided PNG in the Tweet. Some of the direct replies to the McDonald's VTuber hash brown hands show people using them in creative ways. One person replied showing Frieren sobbing while holding hash browns. Of course, VTubers have replied as well, showing them using it with their models. The hands are pretty pale, but it will likely be possible to recolor it to match your VTuber's skin tone.
Currently, McDonald's Japan is offering a limited time menu, letting people eating European-inspired burgers. You can get a beef patty burger with German potatoes, a juicy peperoncino hot chicken burger, and a bouillabaisse-style shrimp burger. All of these burgers came out in late June 2024 and are still available in Japan. When marketing these burgers, McDonald's Japan used a Kiki's Delivery Service-like commercial. As of the time of writing, there are no official McDonald's VTuber assets that let your VTuber model consume a burger.
The McDonald's hash brown hands VTuber asset is available via the official Japanese X (Twitter) account.
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Siliconera Saturday, July 13, 2024 9:00 AM
Infinity Nikki is, in only the most positive sense, a dream for every teenage girl. It's a fashion-oriented open world RPG with plenty of exploration and a rich story set in a breathtaking world. While there are some rough edges to its current build, it's hard to say how much of it lies in its demanding graphics.
The story of Infinity Nikki follows a girl named Nikki, who is pulled through a wardrobe into alternate world by a mysterious red dress. She meets a goddess wearing a fashionable eyepatch, who grants Nikki the Heart of Infinity. This gives Nikki the power of a Stylist, but before the goddess can explain anything, enemies attack them. The goddess saves Nikki and transports her to Miraland, which is a fantasy world of fashion and wishes.
Nikki and Momo (a bizarre cat pet thing) adjust very quickly to life in Miraland. However, while Miraland looks like a fantasy utopia at first glance, they soon learn about a mysterious coma-inducing illness plaguing the nation. Thanks to her Heart of Infinity, she's able to establish herself in Miraland and figure out what's putting everyone into comas. It's a lot to take in at once, to be honest, especially since it doesn't take long for Nikki to start acting like she's always been a part of Miraland. I wonder if you're supposed to be familiar with the overall lore beforehand from Shining Nikki and Love Nikki.
Let me get this out of the way: any time I mention the visuals or performance, I have to add in the caveat that my gaming laptop is give or take five years old. It also has a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card inside of it. Infinity Nikki runs on Unreal Engine 5 and its default setting when it comes to FPS is "limitless," which baffles me a little because that seems kind of insane. My computer cannot handle this game. It's constantly stuttering and I doubt I'm seeing how beautiful the models and backgrounds really are.
Normally, I'd leave it at that. But this game feels like its target audience is around thirteen or fourteen years old. This isn't a bad thing, but its rather demanding specs make me a little confused. Growing up, my father could be stingy when it came to entertainment. The laptop I used all throughout my childhood and teenage years literally had less storage space on it than my friend's iPod and could barely handle The Sims 2.
If I was a kid today, playing this on a computer my dad got me, I'm pretty sure my device would just blow up. I was terrified to play Infinity Nikki during the daytime. My apartment heats up like crazy during the day and I legitimately worried that my laptop would combust. But the game seems to want a legitimate gaming PC to run properly, and I'm not sure if that makes it friendly for a general audience or not.
There's a lot to do in Infinity Nikki. Aside from playing through the story, you can fight against enemies, dress Nikki up, and explore all the nooks and crannies of Miraland. You can also collect various currencies like Whimstars and Blings. Whimstars in particular usually make you complete a miniature challenge before you can get them. Examples of challenges include looking for a star in a given area or parkouring across platforms to get to the Whimstar. You can use Whimstars to unlock nodes in your Heart of Infinity, which can improve Nikki's stats and unlock special outfits after completing a requisite quest. These special outfits are ones that grant Nikki access to certain actions on the overworld. For example, one outfit lets her shoot out her purification orb and another lets her catch insects (which are necessary to craft certain clothing items).
The game becomes infinitely more fun once you unlock the ability to fulfill NPC requests and challenges to dress Nikki up based on a set of given criteria. Most of the time, you just need to dress Nikki up in clothes that are a certain style. But there's still a level of freedom that you have when it comes to expressing your own personal taste. Outside of these guidelines, you can always alter how Nikki looks in the overworld. Since you unlock the items via gacha, using in-game currency that you can collect, you can rack up a large amount of clothes and accessories in no time.
However, this is still a beta build, and it's easy to see. There are some technical difficulties, such as the audio desyncing during a cutscene. Nikki herself can be clunky to control, especially when it comes to combat. The encounters in this game tend to feature multiple enemies who surround Nikki, but she can only really attack in a single direction. She also needs to be manually directed to face that direction first, and that additional input can start to grate at times. There aren't that many enemies that you have to deal with in Infinity Nikki, thankfully, but when you have to face them, the battles are easily some of the worst parts of the game.
Infinity Nikki is a promising RPG full of fashion and fun, though it can be very demanding on your system. The voiced tutorials and menu make it seem like it's for children, but there's a lot of general appeal in it through its open world exploration and character creation. Hopefully by the time the game comes out, I'll have a much better computer so as to fully appreciate the beauty of this game.
Infinity Nikki is in development for the PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. Windows PC version previewed.
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WGB Saturday, July 13, 2024 9:18 AM The classic Driver franchise may yet return in videogame form, but the live-action TV show that was in the works has been scrapped. |