Kotaku Saturday, January 25, 2025 9:00 AM  This week, Microsoft held its Xbox Developer Direct which showcased four pretty promising-looking games coming out throughout the year ahead. Also, after a period of controversy surrounding his seeming lack of knowledge and skill at Path of Exile 2 in a livestream, Elon Musk admitted that he hadn't actually leveled up… |
PCGamesN Saturday, January 25, 2025 9:57 AM  Ubisoft is showing off the Assassin's Creed Shadows DLC you can get at no extra cost, but only if you pre-order the game. While the Far Cry and Rainbox Six studio has done away with the Shadows season pass, it is also offering some extra content to anyone purchasing the game ahead of release. So if you want to pre-order AC Shadows anyway, or like the sound of free extras, Ubisoft has an opportunity for you. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPGs on PC, Best stealth games, Assassin's Creed Shadows release date |
PCGamesN Saturday, January 25, 2025 7:40 AM  Doom's simple premise is what makes it so alluring. You rip and tear hordes of demons from Hell, stomping them to pieces and blowing them into chunks of red mist with all manner of weapons. It's been this way since the early '90s, and Doom: The Dark Ages wants to keep this tradition alive - but with some new ideas. Ahead of launch, you can grab the game at a decent discount if you want to send your future self a nice gift. Continue reading Snag Doom The Dark Ages at a big discount before it's even out |
PCGamesN Saturday, January 25, 2025 7:40 AM  Desperate to scratch the Terraria itch while we wait for more news on its next update? Fellow multiplayer sandbox game Necesse has a brand-new patch packed with improvements, and you can try it completely free if you're fast. Transposing all the exploration, building, and combat elements that made Terraria a beloved PC game into a top-down perspective reminiscent of Stardew Valley with the base management of Rimworld, Necesse holds an impressive 94% Steam review score from players, and a free weekend is the perfect chance to test it out, with a discount also available if you want to keep going beyond that. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best relaxing games, Best building games, Best sandbox games |
PCGamesN Saturday, January 25, 2025 9:18 AM  Riot is hitting new League of Legends champion Mel with the nerf hammer as the newcomer proves "a bit too strong overall." Making her way across from the hit LoL series Arcane, the stylish councilor is the latest addition to the roster, and has found her home largely in a mid-lane role, although she's also playable as a support. Following an initial surge, win rates for Mel have already started to settle slightly, but Riot is still targeting her devastating execution ult in its first round of patch notes. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: League of Legends ranks explained, League of Legends Mythic shop rotation, LoL tier list |
PCGamesN Saturday, January 25, 2025 6:15 AM  Marvel Snap developer Second Dinner outlines the compensation players will receive after the game was briefly unavailable in the United States. The superhero card game was caught up in the short-lived TikTok ban in the US, which made it unavailable in app stores and briefly unplayable. Marvel Snap has since been brought back online, but to make up for the ongoing issues, Second Dinner is giving all players - not just those in the US - a compensation package. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Marvel Snap decks, Next Marvel Snap season release date, Marvel Snap Silver Surfer deck |
PCGamesN Saturday, January 25, 2025 5:48 AM  January 25, 2025: We've added the latest Monopoly Go dice links for free dice rolls and tokens. 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 January 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
Siliconera Saturday, January 25, 2025 9:00 AM
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time, aka Girumasu,is one of those light novel, manga, and anime series where the title tells you everything you need to know. You can tell right away the lead is a hard worker in a rudimentary office job, but is still remarkable. They also prefer to maintain a solid work-life balance! Which is admirable! Fortunately, after watching the first episode on Crunchyroll, I can attest to this being a solid adaptation that highlights how fun heroine Alina Clover is.
Editor's Note: There are spoilers for the first episode of the I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time anime below.
Things start in Girumasu with things looking pretty good for Alina Clover, the receptionist in question. She has a comfy bed. The town she lives in looks quaint. Her uniform is adorable. She works at the Iffole Counter at a safe desk job with job security due to it being in public safety. She seems super happy.
But then we immediately see the other side of things. She's donned a cloak and outfit, wielded a gigantic hammer, and rushed to defeat a gigantic dragon that is keeping things from being quiet, quick, and secure because it just won't die.
This is the trend for the whole of Girumasu, and the anime adaptation seems like it works to ensure you get it right away so it can move on to the interesting stories that stem from Alina's double life. Alina looks adorable and sweet, and she's a perfect worker. But she's also endlessly frustrated by the adventurers who won't follow protocol, aren't as skilled as they seem or claim to be, and take forever to finish quests. So much so that we see her strain to keep her mask on and be the "ideal" employee everyone expects. Especially when lines come up and result in overtime that keep her from relaxing, reading books, and taking it easy.
Which, even though this is a fantasy setting with a guild receptionist, feels like any customer service job. When Ganz the "Raging Blade" of the famous Silver Sword group comes up to take the Hellflame Dragon quest nobody's been able to beat, he fails to follow simple instructions! He acts like he's some Big Man who doesn't need to follow protocol because "he's famous." Which means she has to keep repeating for him to show his damn license so she can do her job. And because he did that and is too incompetent to beat said dragon, the rest of the line backed up and she's stuck doing paperwork at night accrued by all the failures.
I've worked jobs dealing with customers. While not identical, this sort of situation happened at least once each day. "Oh, I've been coming here for years. You know me." Yes, well, so are probably 100 other people I talk to every week and I absolutely will not remember your detailed personal information, so please give me the official documentation so we can get things done. Oh, you didn't prepare something you need? So now I need to spend more time so it doesn't back up? Right.
Except in the case of Alina and the Girumasu anime, there's a bit of wish fulfillment. Those of us who worked similar sorts of jobs dealing with the public know we're a bit trapped. But Alina is also a really incredible warrior in her own right! She's smart and resourceful! She's able to do what we can't, which is take matters into her own hand. After a month of the Hellfire Dragon not being defeated, she goes and gets things done. No more overtime. No more dealing with idiots.
Which adds a fun element to the series and sets current event in actions. Remember that Ganz of the Silver Sword earlier? Well, that group's leader Jade and some of his allies are there fighting the dragon when Alina busts in and solos the fight. Since Ganz retired, he's submitted an investigation request into that "legendary" Executioner to recruit that person to the group. Which Alina does not want to do, since she'd lose her cozy public service job with ideally no overtime and be forced into a less peaceful, more risky profession. So we have Alina trying to maintain her current lifestyle, but also dealing with Jade.
I'm a big fan of the I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time manga and loved seeing Alina balance her work life and "secret identity" to attempt to give herself some peace, and I'm really happy with how CloverWorks' first episode of the Girumasu anime adaptation went. Alina's personality is well represented in this introduction. We get a good idea of who she is as a person. The problem she faces is identifiable and, frankly, hilarious. It quickly sets a strong tone for the rest of the series. The light novel and manga versions' stories get really good, and if this first episode is any indication, the anime adaptation may be able to do it justice.
The I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time anime is airing in Japan and streaming on Crunchyroll now. Yen Press handles the light novel and manga outside of Japan.
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