GamersHeroes Wednesday, September 11, 2024 5:47 PM A "bullet-heaven" action roguelite, the world of Graphite Lab and Midwest Games' Hive Jump 2: Survivors 1.0 is now available for the PC via both Steam and GOG. The post Hive Jump 2: Survivors 1.0 Now Available appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:55 PM  Yesterday, Sony officially unveiled the PlayStation 5 Pro after months of rumors and leaks. The souped-up console will cost $700, let you play many games at higher frame rates, and doesn't come with a disc drive. That last part has seemingly led to a lot of people buying up PS5 disc drives, leading in turn to the… |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:40 PM  This week marks the ten-year anniversary of Destiny, a game that accidentally became my whole personality when it launched back in September of 2014. I've loved it since the days of its alpha tests and I still love it now, in the form of Destiny 2. Sometimes it's been hard to love , whether that's due to stumbles in… |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:30 PM  World of Warcraft's The War Within has brought several new features to the title, including a new talent system that gives us a few more passives and customization options. Starting at level 71, you will gain access to the latest talent tree that lets you build upon your character even further. |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 3:50 PM If you watched the U.S. presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on September 10, I apologize for the psychic damage you suffered alongside the rest of us. If you didn't actually sit down and watch it, you probably have heard a lot of wild quotes out of context on… |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 3:30 PM  When Astro Bot was announced, Team Asobi began adding new Special Bots to track down in Astro's Playroom. These new bots, meant to offer a little extra something to hype players up for Astro's first ever full-length adventure, have provided a good reason to return to the PS5 pack-in game and solve some puzzles. The… |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 3:10 PM  Do you like games that tell stories that turn you into a crying wreck? Then boy howdy do I have good news for you. The entirety of Telltale's The Walking Dead series of episodic games filled with heavy, often heartbreaking choices —including all four seasons, the 400 Days DLC, and even the Michonne spin-off—is… |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 2:40 PM  The Ace of Spades is one of Destiny 2's most iconic weapons, an exotic hand cannon that belonged to Nathan Fillion's Cayde-6. Bungie recently announced a NERF version of the gun with an orange and black theme that will be matched by an in-game ornament for the gun coming next month. The only problem is that the design… |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 2:40 PM  The developers at the small independent studio Odyssey Interactive are doing something "a little crazy" and releasing an early prototype of their next game, Byte Breakers, to see if people like it and if they should even make it. |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 2:30 PM  The Outer God Heirloom Talisman is a new accessory added in Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. This Talisman raises your Arcane stat, making it a good choice for builds that focus on Bleed or Poison build-up. Since Arcane also raises your Discovery stat, the Outer God Heirloom Talisman is also good for… |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 1:30 PM  The aftermath of the apocalypse is a familiar playground to anyone who plays games nowadays. Over the course of the last decade and a half, it's become the de facto setting of many prestige AAA titles, such as PlayStation's esteemed The Last of Us series, as well as indie games like Stray. I'm not entirely sure what… |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 1:20 PM  I've got some good news for all you wild Mister Mosquito fans out there. The weird PS2 game starring a tiny mosquito man who sucks people's blood is finally coming to PS4 and PS5 later this month. Oh, and some other cool-looking games too, like Plucky Squire and Far Cry 5. |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:40 PM  One of my favorite things The Pokémon Company has done is aim to create at least some merch for every pocket monster. With over 1000 Pokémon, it's unreasonable to expect each of them to get the same amount of attention as Pikachu, Eevee, and other marketable mascots. But merch lines like the Original Stitch… |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:30 PM  The extraction shooter genre is positively booming, following the immense success of titles such as Escape From Tarkov, Hunt: Showdown and Helldivers 2. So it was only natural that developers would seek to make some set in medieval fantasy. There's mobile hit, Dark and Darker, but even better, and with more… |
Kotaku Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:21 PM  Microsoft has officially rolled out Game Pass Standard, the Netflix-like subscription service's new middle tier, and with it revealed which games will and won't be included at the start. Among those missing are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Diablo IV, and some other notable blockbusters like Starfield. |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 5:04 PM  For all there have been attempts to lift the curtain of game development and show people how the sausage is made, game dev remains a pretty opaque thing. Initiatives like the Steam Early Access program help somewhat, by letting players give games a go while still being actively made and incorporating feedback, but it still feels like there's a disconnect. One developer, however, is going a step further, with its new game Byte Breakers letting players try it out - and decide whether or not it's worth continuing to develop it. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best battle royale games, Best fighting games, Best platform games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:17 PM  The Sniper Elite series has always stood out among other Second World War-set games, like Company of Heroes 3, Call of Duty 2, and Hell Let Loose. Centered on a lone OSS operative named Karl Fairburne, it involves sneaking through battlefields and into German bases behind enemy lines, quietly sabotaging and assassinating en route to a climatic ranged kill presented with lovingly rendered bodily destruction. Probably the best entry to the series is Sniper Elite 4, which came out in 2017 and is currently discounted by a massive 90% on Steam right now. Continue reading Sniper Elite 4 is a brutal WW2 game, and now's the time to try it MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Sniper Elite 4 system requirements, The Gunsmiths: Sniper Elite 4 |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 3:54 PM  How do you follow up on a game like Minecraft? Well, if you're 4J Studios and you're responsible for porting the hugely popular sandbox crafting game to console, you make your own thing by setting out in your own direction. That project now has a name - Reforj - and it's instantly recognizable yet definitely fresh, and looks like it'll be the nearest any of us will get to playing Minecraft 2, at least for the foreseeable future. Continue reading Reforj is the closest you'll get to Minecraft 2, at least for now MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best sandbox games, Best building games, Best survival games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 3:50 PM  Satisfactory appears to be offering fans of management, building, and simulation games exactly what they've been looking for. After a period spent expanding and improving in early access on Steam, it launched in 1.0 yesterday, bringing with it a sci-fi inflected, open-world spin to the subgenre of automation or factory strategy games popularized by Factorio and Dyson Sphere Program. Creator Coffee Stain Studios' hard work is now paying off in spades as, within a single day, its full version has been rocketing up Steam's charts and garnering rave reviews from those digging into what it has to offer. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best building games, Best sandbox games, Best open-world games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 3:48 PM  Some games have a name and visual style that, heard once, are hard to forget. This is definitely the case with Gold Gold Adventure Gold. Made by a studio with the similarly repetitive name of Can Can Can a Man, Gold Gold Adventure Gold is an upcoming building game that takes as much inspiration from the fantasy setting of Against the Storm, the godlike overview of Black and White, and the population management of Rimworld, as it does the colorful, cartoonishly macabre visual style of Cult of the Lamb. Continue reading Gold Gold Adventure Gold is a wildly unique new fantasy city builder |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 1:31 PM  As gratifying as it can be to carefully construct buildings in games like Rust or Valheim and entire cities in Cities Skylines 2 or Frostpunk 2, there's a different, more immediate kind of enjoyment that comes from smashing those structures apart. Games like Red Faction Guerrilla, Just Cause 4, and Teardown understand this. So, too, does Demolish and Build 3, a new demolition company simulator that lets players use machines and tools to break down buildings that's just launched on Steam. Continue reading Demolish and Build 3 is a building game in reverse, and it's out now |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 1:23 PM  Dead by Daylight is a game filled with big-name horror licenses, including the Alien from Alien, Chucky from Child's Play, Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Sadako from The Ring. There's plenty more too, as well as a few licenses from outside horror such as Lara Croft and Dungeons and Dragons. Where DBD excels, however, is in its original characters, and several are getting a permanent price reduction. Continue reading DBD permanently slashes prices of some of its original characters MORE FROM PCGAMESN: DBD killer tier list, Best horror games, DBD codes |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:57 PM  Payday 3 has had a hard time since launching a year ago this month. After the massive success of Payday 2, which stands as an all-time favorite co-op game alongside projects like Dead by Daylight, Left 4 Dead 2, and Rainbow Six Siege, the follow up debuted to a considerably subdued reaction, players disappointed by a lack of modes, maps, and general stability in comparison to what came before. Now, Payday 3 looks to be getting something of a fresh start as it prepares to head into its second year. The game's official X (formerly Twitter) account has just announced that its current director is departing the role, with two new team members stepping in to fill his spot. Continue reading Payday 3 director steps away as heist FPS continues to struggle MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best co-op games on PC, The best crime games on PC, The best FPS games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:40 PM  After three installments of the punishing apocalyptic strategy game series The Banner Saga, Towerborne is perhaps not the game you'd expect to see out of developer Stoic. Published by Xbox, this bright, colorful co-op action RPG is a joyous side-scrolling brawler with the weightier influences of games like Dark Souls, and it's meant to be fun for all the family. At Gamescom 2024, I sat down to play Towerborne with three other people, guided by game director Daniel McLaren alongside Stoic co-founders Arnie Jorgensen and John Watson, both formerly of BioWare. Continue reading Towerborne is a delightful co-op action RPG with Diablo style loot MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best action-adventure games, The best co-op games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:38 PM  A new AMD driver has just released that brings support for the company's AFMF 2 and VGM technologies to its Ryzen AI 300 laptop chips. With these additions, AMD says these low-power laptop chips can achieve 100fps in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p low settings, up from just 56fps without the use of AFMF 2. We've long seen how software support and technologies such as DLSS and FSR are transforming gaming graphics, and this latest AMD update means its best gaming laptop contenders are about to get a dose of the good stuff too. Continue reading This download massively boosts frame rates on new AMD gaming laptops MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 7800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 7800 XT review |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:37 PM  Capcom has confirmed that Dragon's Dogma 2 is getting a PC-specific patch to help combat the ongoing performance issues. Despite launching six months ago, and the issues being reported from day one, Capcom has until now failed to resolve the issues, with minor intermediary fixes doing little to improve general playability for most PC gamers. In our Dragon's Dogma 2 review, we had to highlight the hardware issues we encountered and factor them into our overall score. We had high hopes that a PC patch for Dragon's Dogma 2 would be forthcoming to fix the problems, but six months is quite the wait for such a crucial and basic update. Continue reading Dragon's Dogma 2 is finally getting fixed on PC, six months late MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:28 PM  If you've been waiting for the perfect time to jump back into Once Human, this is it. Starry Studio is about to drop a huge update filled to the brim with mechanical changes, a revamped shop, and a slew of optimizations and bug fixes. There's even a new battle pass. With too many excellent survival games in 2024 to count - honorable mentions go to Palworld and Enshrouded - Once Human is once again making some big changes. Continue reading New Once Human update finally revamps 2024's biggest survival game MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best sandbox games, Best open-world games, Best survival games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:24 PM  What is the Steam Deck 2 release date? New developments in the mobile processor market have led to some speculation being cast that the Steam Deck 2 could be closer than we first believed. Could Valve turn to a more traditional solution to power the Steam Deck 2, and could it get the jump on competitors to AMD's shiny new mobile processor? Valve may have already released the best handheld gaming pc as we coined it in our Steam Deck review, but that doesn't mean the company has been resting on its laurels. We saw that with the refreshed Steam Deck OLED and the company has confirmed it's also already hard at work putting together a Steam Deck 2. This isn't too surprising given how many people are clearly interested in the Deck. Time will tell, however, how much of an upgrade it will offer and whether it can stand up to more powerful competitors. Continue reading Steam Deck 2 release date estimate and latest news MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:18 PM  When is the Towerborne release date? For those that love The Banner Saga, Stoic's previous game, you're probably eagerly awaiting the upcoming action-adventure game Towerborne. Primarily an action RPG game, Stoic's latest also plays like a platform game. Towerborne takes place in the City of Numbers, where monsters lurk outside of the safety of The Belfry. You take on the role of Ace, born from the spirit realm with special skills capable of taking on the looming threat beyond the tower. Sounds fun, right? Here's when you can expect to play and everything we know about the gameplay. Continue reading Towerborne release date, trailers, gameplay, and latest news MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best action-adventure games, The best co-op games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:02 PM  Nevermind being the best Fallout game of all time - Fallout New Vegas is one of the greatest PC games ever. Funny, open, unique, and endlessly replayable, it's also tightly written, has some of the series' best quests, and boasts a visual style you can recognize from a mile away, even 14 years later. Combine that with Frostpunk, the brutal, survivalistic strategy game, shortly due a sequel courtesy of Frostpunk 2, and Dusk, the loving boomer shooter homage that evokes the spirit of Doom and Half-Life, and you've got some of the best games of the last two decades. There's more on offer - you can pick whatever you like - but whatever you choose, this new $3 Fanatical bundle is definitely worth your time. Continue reading Get some of the best strategy games, RPGs, and FPS games for $3 each MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Fallout New Vegas mods, Fallout 5 release date, Best RPG games |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:55 PM  Post-apocalyptic roguelike Neo Scavenger is one of my favourite games, but its spacefaring followup Ostranauts, currently in Early Access, is currently too fiddly and complicated for me. Here's some good news, then: Kitfox, masters of making impenetrable roguelikes more welcoming, have joined the project as publisher ahead of a planned 1.0 release in 2025. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:13 PM  Tomorrow will see the release of Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt update, which hopes to revive the ailing Early Access gaslamp survival craft 'em up. It's aiming to do that with a new handcrafted campaign, which now sits alongside the procedural worlds already present, along with new weapons, spells, boss battles, dungeons and much more, as the developers outlined yesterday in a new blog post. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, September 11, 2024 3:46 PM  It's been ten long years since Dragon Age: Inquisition, which means the next game in the series - Dragon Age: The Veilguard - likely has some modern design trends to catch up on. Here's one: The Veilguard will be the first game in the series to include a photo mode when it arrives in October. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:22 PM  Earlier today, Nic did me a great injustice by waving aside my suggestion that he write about Shroom And Gloom, because "I want to read you describing mushrooms in interesting ways". Nic, I have no interesting ways to describe mushrooms right now. I used up all the mushroom lore I've ever gleaned from real-life foraging when I wrote about Morels 2, and I spent most of that article whining about unicorns. The best I can do as regards Shroom And Gloom is to say that these Shrooms do indeed look very Gloomy, possibly because some mad human has wandered into their warren and is now stabbing and eating them. |
Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 7:45 PM
Moze in Honkai: Star Rail is a 4-star Lightning Hunt character who can work as both a main attacker or a sub-attacker depending on what teams you put him on. He works best with characters who are capable of using follow-up attacks.
To best understand what teams fit Moze in Honkai: Star Rail, you need to know how he works. In broad strokes, he can apply the Prey state onto enemies with his Skill. After allies attack Prey, Moze can deal Additional Lightning DMG, as well as consume a stack. Every three stacks, Moze launches a follow-up attack. Because of the way his stacks work, Moze wants to be on follow-up attack teams that can quickly deplete his Charge points and activate his own follow-up attack.
Here are the best teams for Moze in Honkai: Star Rail
Honkai: Star Rail is readily available on the PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. As a 4-star character, Moze is always in the gacha.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 7:30 PM
Nintendo has started selling a 2-in-1 shampoo & conditioner featuring Pikmin. It says "for kids" on the packaging, but adults can use it as well.
The shampoo uses arnica essence, marine collagen, and amino acids for moisturizing your hair. It's also tear-free in the sense that it has less chances of irritating the eyes if you accidentally get it on your face. Each bottle of shampoo costs 638 JPY ($4.50) and you can get it in the Nintendo stores in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. It seems from the product description that the only Pikmin element in the shampoo comes from the packaging.
Even a year after Pikmin 4, the most recent Pikmin game, came out, Nintendo, Bandai, and other companies still release products based on the popular little mascots. In June 2023, Bandai released Pikmin bath bombs that look like lemons. However, after you put it in the water, a little Pikmin toy will come out. In July 2024, Re-Ment also released several terrariums depicting what life looks like for a Pikmin.
Pikmin 4 is readily available on the Nintendo Switch. You can get the Pikmin 2-in-1 shampoo & conditioner from Nintendo stores around Japan. As of the time of writing, you can't purchase it online via the Bandai Lifestyle website.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 7:00 PM
Cover has revealed the VTubers that will be part of the hololive collaboration in World of Tanks Blitz. A total of seven hololive talents from various branches will appear in the crossover event.
Here are the seven hololive VTubers who'll appear in World of Tanks Blitz:
Hololive
Hololive Indonesia
Hololive English
While the hololive event is available, you can get limited-time avatars, camos, collectibles, and garage gear decoration. There will also be a legendary camo for the AMX 20 Foch (55). You'll need to clear in-game missions and meet certain requirements in order to get these prizes. The event will run from September 13 to September 27, 2024. News of this first appeared on September 3, 2024. However, we didn't know which livers would appear in the game.
World of Tanks Blitz is a free MMO action shooter game that has players engage in 7vs7 tank battles. You can also customize your own tanks to fit your personal style or aesthetics. It previously had crossover events with Dune: Part Two and Warhammer 40,000, so the upcoming collaboration with hololive is quite different from the norm.
World of Tanks Blitz is readily available on the Windows PC and mobile devices. The hololive crossover event in World of Tanks Blitz will start from September 13 and end on September 27, 2024.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 6:30 PM
Nippon Ichi Software (NIS) will announce a new title ahead of TGS 2024. The name and visual of this upcoming game should appear on September 24, 2024 (September 25, 2024 in Japan time)
The website for the new game first appeared on September 11, 2024. However, as of the time of writing, the only thing on the website is a timer counting down thirteen days. As TGS 2024 will run from September 26 to 29, 2024 in Japan, this means that NIS will announce its new game a day before TGS 2024. It's unknown why NIS chose to do that,
According to the Sega website, NIS still hasn't announced what games it'll show off at TGS 2024. So there's a chance that it wants to focus on promoting the game after players already know it exists. We may also see some new upcoming titles, such as Phantom Brave. It's unlikely that we'll see games like The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II though. That's because the title already came out in Japan back in 2022.
More information on the new Nippon Ichi Software game will come out on September 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM JST. That would convert to 8:00 PM PST/11:00 PM EST of September 24, 2024.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 6:00 PM
Iconic Events announced that the Mobile Suit Gundam compilation movies and the feature film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack will return for individual theatrical runs in the US. The first three films, which are the three Mobile Suit Gundam compilation movies, will air on specific dates in October 2024. Meanwhile Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack will appear in theaters in March 2025.
The event is coordinated with Anime Expo Cinema Nights. That is an endeavor designed to bring famous Anime films to theaters across the United States, including Satoshi Kon's Paprika and Yoshiaki Kawajiri's Ninja Scroll. The runs are limited affairs. Here are is the full schedule for the Gundum movies so far:
As of right now, tickets are only available for the first of the four films: Mobile Suit Gundam I. That installment showcases everything that happened to Amuro and his friends from the escape from Side 7 aboard the White Base up until both the arrival on Earth and the White Base's encounter with Garma Zabi. Ticket prices may vary, depending on the state in audiences are located and theaters chose, and showtimes close to any potential moviegoers are available now.
This is not the only Mobile Suit Gundam event landing in 2024. The Netflix original film called Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance will be streaming on the service starting on October 17, 2024. The Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom a VR film set in the same timeline, will be available on Meta Quest starting on October 3, 2024.
Mobile Suit Gundam I will be appearing in movie theaters in the United States on October 3, 2024 and October 6, 2024. Tickets for Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow, Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters In Space, and Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack will be on sale soon.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 5:45 PM
Moze in Honkai: Star Rail is a 4-star Lightning Hunt character whose build should focus on his capabilities as a sub-attacker. This means you should give him Light Cones and Relics that improve his follow-up attack DMG.
Here are the best Light Cones for your Moze build in Honkai: Star Rail
Here are the best Relics for Moze
When choosing Relics for Moze, make sure you prioritize his Crit stats, ATK, and Lightning DMG. He can get away with less SPD thanks to how his follow-up attack works, as well as his Daggerhold Bonus Ability.
Honkai: Star Rail is readily available on the PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. As a 4-star character, Moze is always in the gacha.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 5:30 PM
Level-5 has updated its website to include information on the upcoming Tokyo Game Show 2024 (TGS 2024), where it will have demos and trailers of its upcoming games. You'll be able to check out Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, Fantasy life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, and Decapolice.
Of the above games, Decapolice will be the only one that won't be playable. Level-5 will only show a video showcase of it. All of the other games will have playable demos and live broadcasts. If you visit the booth, you can get clear files while supplies last. As well, different games will award different rewards. Playing the Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road demo can net you a fan of the Raimon uniform. Meanwhile, playing Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time can get you an original bandana. The design for the bandana will come out at a later date. Finally, playing through Professor Layton and the New World of Steam can get you a coin keyring.
You can find the Level-5 map in Hall 5. As a reminder, the Tokyo Game Show will take place from September 26 to September 29, 2024 at the Makuhari Messe. The first two days are for the press and those in the gaming industry. Then, the last two days are for the public. The live broadcasts will start from September 26, 2024 though. So even if the public can't access Makuhari Messe for the event, you'll be able to check out what new offerings Level-5 has in store.
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is in development for the PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, and mobile devices. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is in development for the Nintendo Switch, as is Professor Layton and the New World of Steam.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 5:15 PM
Feixiao is a 5-star Wind Hunt DPS character in Honkai: Star Rail whose build should focus on her follow-up attacks and Ultimate. With the right Light Cones and Relics, she's sure to become a powerful attacker for your account.
Here are the best Light Cones for your Feixiao build in Honkai: Star Rail
Here are the best Relics for Feixiao
When choosing Relics for her, you should focus on her Crit stats, SPD, Wind DMG, and ATK.
Honkai: Star Rail is readily available on the PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. You can only pull for Feixiao in Honkai: Star Rail when the Stormrider's Bolt banner is active.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 5:00 PM
A new Metaphor: ReFantazio game mode will be playable at TGS 2024. ATLUS announced that attendees will have the opportunity to get their hands on a chunk of the game that was otherwise not available to the public. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]
This mode is "Journey Mode," and will allow for players to explore a small section of the map. However, exploration in Metaphor: ReFantazaio is a bit different than what fans of the Persona series, or other modern ATLUS titles, may expect.
Instead of navigating through a specific zone, Persona 5's Shibuya as an example, players will take to the skies in an airship and navigate through an illustrated map. For the sake of the demo, players will be able to select an area to travel to while inside of their airship. This demo will also provide a glimpse into how the time passing mechanic will function in Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Those who choose to stop by and give the demo a whirl will receive a special Metaphor: ReFantazio bookmark and bag. Additionally, several stage events for Metaphor Re:Fantazio at TGS 2024 are planned and will feature key characters from the game such as Hulkenberg.
Metaphor: ReFantazio releases on October 11, 2024 for PC, PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:45 PM
Feixiao is a powerful 5-star Wind Hunt character in Honkai: Star Rail who greatly benefits from teams that specialize in follow-up attacks. Her unique method of using stacks for her Ultimate can limit which support or sustain characters she runs with, though.
The most important thing to keep in mind when coming up with your own teams for Feixiao in Honkai: Star Rail is that you need to consider her Thunderhunt Trace. Thunderhunt lets her use her Ultimate every 6 Flying Aureus stacks. Feixiao can gain a stack every 2 attacks from allies, which means that she works best on follow-up attack teams, since her allies can attack even when it's not their turn. Feixiao can also deal follow-up attacks after her teammates attack, though she can only do this once per turn.
Here are the best teams for Feixiao in Honkai: Star Rail
Honkai: Star Rail is readily available on the PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. You can only pull for Feixiao when the "Stormrider's Bolt" banner is active.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:30 PM
Players of Honkai: Star Rail will be able to earn materials and Stellar Jade by streaming their gameplay on Discord. The Honkai: Star Rail Discord Quest will run from September 11 - September 17, 2024.
Users can accept the quest through the Discord Desktop app or Web Client. After that they can go live in any server and broadcast their gameplay and stream at least one person for at least 15 minutes. Once players have streamed their gameplay for 15 or more minutes to they will receive a redemption code through Discord Quest that can be input on the code redemption page of the official Hoyoverse website. The code will expire on October 8, 2024.
The rewards on the table are 20,000 Credit currency, four Lost Gold Fragments for leveling up Relics, five Condensed Aethers for Light Cone upgrading, three Traveler's Guides for character improvement, and 30 Stellar Jade. These materials will no doubt help players trying to build any of the new characters released in the 2.5 update like Moze or Feixiao.
Players should note that the Stellar Jade Reward is capped at the first 500,000 players to complete the Discord Quest, so they should get started ASAP if they want to get the full rewards.
Honkai: Star Rail is available on Mobile devices, PC, and Playstation 5. the Discord Quest event will be running from September 11, 2024 until September 17, 2024.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:00 PM
NPC Studio announced that the 0.11.6 patch for Fields of Mistria is now live and, while major additions are still down the road, this one adds pronouns, new hair color options, more eye color options, and new recipes. The update also added three quality of life changes and fixed a number of bugs as well.
When it comes to selecting pronoun options in Fields of Mistria, there will be five more to choose from after the update. These are he/she, she/he, they/he, they/she, and it/its. The announcement also noted this was added as a result of a request from the community.
Likewise, the new hair colors were also mentioned as a player-requested addition to Fields of Mistria. However, the new eye colors implemented are not. While NPC studio didn't share a screenshot of the new eye colors in Fields of Mistria, it did show all of the hair colors applied to the Wavy Long Fringe style.
Here are the full 0.11.6 patch notes for Fields of Mistria from the official site, and they begin with the pronoun options and hair colors before moving on to other additions.
[Highlights]
[New Features]
[Updates]
QOL
Art
[Bug Fixes]
Gameplay
QOL
NPCs
Crash Fixes
Fields of Mistria is available for the PC via Steam early access.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 3:00 PM
There are certain otome games that might end up feeling a bit generic, even if they are generally fine, and Celestia: Chain of Fate is a perfect example. It features a limited number of love interests who generally adhere to certain tropes and don't feel terribly unique, a story with a Mary Sue sort of lead, and an artistic direction that may come across as a bit bland compared to its contemporaries. It borrows a lot of concepts from other fantasy stories as well. The end result is a somewhat bland, harmless love story where the only element that stands out is how surprisingly easy it could be to earn a bad end. It isn't bad, mind you, but it might not stand out enough to catch a potential player's eye.
From the very outset in Celestia: Chain of Fate, Agate establishes that the player character in this otome game is special. Aria's mother was an angel and her father a devil, here referred to as Angelus and Daemon, and their union resulted in her. However, they were also forced apart. She was completely in the dark about this until she came of age, with the only thing setting her apart being the ability to sense intentions based on colors on the wind. She was raised in a powerful, noble family, which turned out to be made up of other Angelus and Daemons and an individual who would be one of her teachers at the Celestia Academy. Because as a half-breed, her magic is also special and strong, and she must attend the school for a year. If she attends and becomes the best, she can have a wish granted.
Given the type of otome game Celestia: Chain of Fate is, Agate doesn't shy away from quickly making Aria the center of attention and drama. Immediately after her adopted brother/future teacher Damien takes her to a secret train station to board the magical train to the otherworldly academy, she gets the opportunity to interfere in the assassination attempt on the human prince Ash's mother. When she leaves the train and arrives, before she can even get to school, she ends up involved with an attack that also provides an opportunity to meet the romanceable Angelus Luke and Daemon Val as the two of them work alongside Ash to mitigate the damage.
I think I'd be a bit more forgiving of Celestia: Chain of Fate's tendencies if it didn't suffer from a few fatal flaws. For example, the game is very big on telling, not showing. After knowing Val for a total of five minutes and seeing one example of him handling an altercation and dangerous situation well, you're fawning over him and calling him "awesome" repeatedly. Compliments in either direction end up feeling a bit hollow. Characters aren't too well developed, with things that should be reveals Agate leads up to being tossed out. The localization also features a lot of awkwardly phrased sentences, which hurt the immersion. Phrases like "Besides, if you manage to become the best graduate of the academy, they will grant you one wish" and "As soon as the staff's words were heard, my surroundings became noisy" are prime examples. The generic nature of the love interests, translation, copying of elements from other magical academy works, and fact that Aria can suddenly feel like one of the most important people in the world all kept me from really connecting with things. By the end, I liked Val enough, but didn't feel like I needed to go back to pursue the others like in other otome games.
The one thing I found really unique is the degree of bad ends you can encounter in Celestia: Chain of Fate. In the introductory moments, you can even trigger one via certain choices. It surprised me a bit, given the general tone doesn't feel that dark. That sort of thing feels like it'd be more at home in otome games like Piofioreor Virche Evermore. It's fine, and just means taking a bit more time to save before decisions.
I also encountered two times in which the game froze after story events involving major transitions in the story. Both happened fairly early on. One was after the altercation upon leaving the train where Aria got involved in seeing Ash, Luke, and Val respond to a hostile attack. The other happened after a scene with Aria and Val recovering a notable woman in town's missing pet. In each case, I'd saved fairly recently before the instances, and the game didn't freeze after reloading. Still, it might be something to be aware of as you play. These were minor hiccups that didn't come up again after those initial incidents, so you may not even experience any issues.
Also, Celestia: Chain of Fate is lacking some common otome game quality of life elements. I couldn't figure out how to see the backlog for conversations, to see story segments I'd missed. Checking the relationship values to see if you're on the right route doesn't give you the clearest answers. There also aren't the obvious visual or audio cue options to let you know how your choices are received. There are unlockable side stories, however, which appear as you get through the chapters, which is a pleasant option.
Celestia: Chain of Fate is an okay enough otome game for those in search of a game with Harry Potter-like academy, magic, angels, and demons. However, it doesn't really do much to stand out otherwise. The character designs aren't as striking as those in its contemporaries, there is awkward phrasing in the script, the story involves some common situations and tropes, and there are certain absent quality of life features.
Celestia: Chain of Fate will come to the Nintendo Switch and PC on September 12, 2024.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 1:30 PM
The Look Back anime film based on the Tatsuki Fujimoto manga is headed to movie theaters in the US on October 6-7, 2024. following an early release in select venues on October 4, 2024. This comes after it debuted in Japan in June 2024.
Look Back is the story of two young women who aspire to become mangaka and create their own original manga series. The two meet while in school together. While Fujino is the more talented of the two, causing a complex in Kyomoto, the two eventually are drawn together and become close. The story follows the growth of their art and relationship from elementary school until college, and the effect the two have on each others' lives.
Here is the English trailer for the anime adaptation of Look Back.
The official GKids site offers information on buying tickets for showings. It seems only ones for the showings on October 6-7, 2024 are available. Prices vary depending on the theater selected. The options shown note that only the Japanese dub with English subtitles will be available.
Look Back first appeared as a manga back in 2021, before the one shot was turned into a movie. This came after creator Tatsuki Fujimoto's other works Chainsaw Man and Fire Punch. As a result of its success, physical copies were released.
The Look Back anime adaptation will be in US movie theaters in New York City, New York and Los Angeles, California on October 4, 2024, then throughout the country between October 6-7, 2024. The manga was released in English via Viz Media.
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Siliconera Wednesday, September 11, 2024 1:00 PM
Square Enix announced that it will bring the Final Fantasy VII Bring Arts figure of Tifa Lockhart, which is based on her original PSX FFVII appearance, to the US again in October 2024. The figure reappeared in Japan back in July 2024.
This time around, the figure costs $119.99. It is a fully-articulated one, like others in the Bring Arts line. People get two face plates with it and multiple hand parts so she can be posed to look like she is in the midst of a fight or more relaxed.
Square Enix also shared a gallery of images with us again, some of them even recreating certain poses from the game or pieces of key art. Her hands all are equipped with the Leather Gloves that are her default, starting weapon in the series.
It's been quite a while since we've seen this version of of the Final Fantasy VII Bring Arts Tifa figure. It originally debuted in 2023. The thing about the initial release is that it included an NFT with it. (The same happened with similar ones of Aerith Gainsborough and Cloud Strife.) However, both the new waves of these designs don't include the NFTs.
The Final Fantasy VII Tifa Bring Arts figure will return to the US in October 2024, following a Japanese rerelease in July 2024. You can find the original game on the PlayStation, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC, and mobile devices. Final Fantasy VII Remake is available on the PS4, PS5, and PC, and FFVII Rebirth is on the PS5.
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