Kotaku Saturday, August 10, 2024 9:00 AM  This week, we reported on diligent, game-breakingTears of the Kingdom players figuring out how to attain an item they've been trying to acquire for ages. Also, after years in production hell, the Borderlands movie is finally here and critics are not liking it! We also rounded up the biggest announcements out of… |
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PCGamesN Saturday, August 10, 2024 9:24 AM  Following the hype of the Fallout TV show, the exceptionally ambitious Fallout London mod for Fallout 4 has been an incredible hit. In fact, Fallout London broke records with over 500,000 downloads in its first 24 hours alone. Due to its success, developer Team FOLON has revealed it's looking to become an indie studio. Continue reading Fallout London's success pushes its devs to form a new indie studio MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Fallout 4 console commands, Fallout 4 mods, Fallout 4 System Requirements |
PCGamesN Saturday, August 10, 2024 8:59 AM  What are the best games like The Sims? Suppose you're fed up with setting your Sims on fire, watching them struggle to control their bladder, or seeing them wash their dinner plate in the bathroom sink. In that case, these games are very similar to The Sims, but they offer a nice alternative to EA's Truman Show simulator. You may be able to grab The Sims 4 for free these days, but sometimes it's fun to try something different. 2024 could be a huge year for Sims-likes, with InZOI and Seed now playable. It was sad to see Life By You cancelled, but we can look foward to the Paralives release datep plus the Sims 5 release date. While you wait, join us as we run the gamut of Sims-like experiences on PC, from doing up houses and managing budgets to forging relationships and maintaining sim happiness. Continue reading 11 of the best games like The Sims 4 to play in 2024 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Cities Skylines 2 review, Cities Skylines 2 roads, Cities Skylines 2 maps |
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PCGamesN Saturday, August 10, 2024 6:15 AM  August 10, 2024: We've added a new Monopoly Go dice link 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 August 2024 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
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Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Saturday, August 10, 2024 3:00 AM  The search for the cheapest and yet best quality supermarket drink-as-you-go coffee continues. I know it's the first time I've made you aware of this project, but it's been going on since I moved to Glasgow. So far, Lidl's own brand remains the clear winner, a solid 8 on the taste meter at just 59p. But while writing this, I'm sipping an "Intenso" Arctic Coffee from Morrisons, which is giving the Lidl frontrunners some stiff competition at last, albeit at 145% the cost. Will one true victor emerge? Find out next week! For now, here's what we're all clicking on this weekend! |
Siliconera Saturday, August 10, 2024 9:00 AM
Honkai: Star Rail can be an exceptionally silly game. There's a trash can photography event. The Trailblazer avatar often trolls folks with their possible responses. Sampo is a walking joke. It gets really goofy! The thing is, that element of can sneak up on you. So when the March 7th Saga of Primaveral Blade event happened in Honkai: Star Rail, I feel like I should have known there was the potential for HoYoVerse to joke around, but I didn't expect that twist to be set in motion with new character Jiaoqiu.
Editor's Note: There will be spoilers for the Honkai: Star Rail Saga of Primaveral Blade Panacea Divinus Jiaoqiu route below.
So the idea in the Saga of Primaveral Blade event in Honkai: Star Rail is that March 7th is training with Yanqing and Yunli to become a sword-wielding hero. Why? Because recurring IPC villain Skott returned to the Xianzhou Luofu, was cruel to an employee at a restaurant, and when March got involved she ended up agreeing to a duel with him. The first time you go through the event, Huohuo will show up as a training companion for additional story segments, buffs during, and a possible alternate ending for the final Skott encounter that changes how you approach that encounter.
After you complete the minigame once, you can go through it multiple times. Each run, you get buffs to put March in a better situation at the start. However, the selling point is that the ally who pops in to assist with additional training story segments, buffs, and potential ending changes. The first two are Huohuo and Qingque. However, for the third round of Saga of Primaveral Blade in Honkai: Star Rail, you can pick Jiaoqiu as your ally with a Panacea Divinus route.
Now, the thing about this that shows just how sneaky HoYoVerse was comes down to how well-executed this thing is. In general, March seems to learn life lessons from these additional allies during Saga of Primaveral Blade, and so when the Jiaoqiu part comes up in Honkai: Star Rail, it seems to be about there being no medicinal shortcuts to greatness. We get to spend time with him and learn how he essentially makes food into medicine. We encounter Lingsha after hearing about legendary ingredients. So when the time comes to close out that run, I chose Jiaoqiu's option of course. I figured given the lead up to the event, even with his tricky nature, it'd be about healthy supplements or meals. Especially since both Bailu and Lingsha are also around for that final conversation.
Nope, Jiaoqiu gives Skott and his IPC minions diarrhea.
Like okay. Part of the fun from the twist came from the shock value. While Bailu and Lingsha are being all serious during this Saga of Primaveral Blade route, it turns out Jiaoqiu took matters into his own hands and tasked Moze with preparing a special "meal" for Skott and his underlings in Honkai: Star Rail.
Fine. I go to the final confrontation and figure maybe this will be a text-based and story-only segment. No. HoYoVerse actually took it a step further. The battle between Skott and his allies and March still happens in the Saga of Primaveral Blade route, but custom dialogue and debuffs are in effect! When the fight starts, the Skott Senior Staff: Team Leader is debuffed! The IPC soldiers who are there alongside him are immediately afflicted with "Diarrhea Shockwave" whenever they are summoned to the fight, resulting in them instantly falling back so it returns to a true one-on-one fight between March and Skott. I was stunned at the effort put into this "joke" ending. Not to mention it's made even better by the final conversation between March and Skott that truly brings the situation to a close.
I love when a game is able to surprise me after over a year of service, and HoYoVerse did just that with the Saga of Primaveral Blade March 7th event and Jiaoqiu in Honkai: Star Rail. I'm pretty sure it's not going to make me actually pull for the new five-star when he debuts. (I'm still pulling for Yunli in hopes of getting her and adding her to a team with Clara!) But the turn of events definitely made him stand out and better defined him for me.
Honkai: Star Rail is available for the PS5, PC, and mobile devices. The Saga of Primaveral Blade event and its Panacea Divinus route is available until September 9, 2024. Jiaoqiu will join Honkai: Star Rail as a playable character on August 21, 2024.
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