Kotaku Monday, December 27, 2021 7:00 AM  This year didn't only bless us with terrific anime, but also with wonderful manga. Thank goodness for that! Here is our list of the best manga of 2021. |
Kotaku Monday, December 27, 2021 6:30 AM  Until December 28, Akira is streaming on YouTube for free in Japan. With the country's end of year holidays underway, people have more time to spend watching the movie, and perhaps, more time to notice all the little details. |
PCGamesN Monday, December 27, 2021 11:54 AM  It's another day in the two weeks leading up to the new year, and you know that means - yet another entry in Epic's fortnight (ha) of daily free PC games. Today's giveaway is a gorgeous little indie that takes Zelda-style adventuring and puzzle-solving, gives it some Diablo-like combat, and lets you craft your own spells to give the action a personal touch. You can grab Mages of Mystralia for free on the usual Epic Games Store promotion page from now until December 28 at 8am PST / 11am EST / 4pm GMT, at which point it'll be replaced by another freebie. As always, you'll 'purchase' the game at a price of zero dollars, and it'll remain in your library just like any game you might pay money for. As the devs explain: "In Mages of Mystralia, you play as Zia, a young girl who discovers that she has been born with an innate sense of magic. Unfortunately, magic has been banned, so she strikes off to train on her own to gain some control over her powers. On her journey, she meets other exiled mages and, discovers runes with magical properties and realizes that she can combine these runes in millions of different ways to come up with completely new spells." |
PCGamesN Monday, December 27, 2021 6:07 AM  With the first leg of my playthrough of legendary RPG Dark Souls under my belt, I'm about to get my first real taste of its infamous difficulty curve. It's a good opportunity to ponder Dark Souls' approach to challenge and the non-traditional ways in which it lets players circumvent that difficulty. As things get spookier in The Depths, it's time to start thinking outside the box. After defeating the gargoyles and ringing the first Bell of Awakening, I take a cue from my new friend Solaire and bask for a moment in the crepuscular sunlight that pokes through the cloud cover. It's the last I'll see for a while: the next leg of my journey will be increasingly dark and dank. The sun of which Solaire speaks so warmly fades as I descend into Lower Undead Burg, only to be obscured completely when I unlock the door that leads into the Depths. Alongside the suffocating darkness, there's a sharp uptick in difficulty. With the notable exceptions of the balder knights patrolling the Parish, most of my enemies so far have been listless hollows who shamble toward me half-heartedly before finally committing to a fight. Things are different in the grubby alleyways below: immediately upon arriving in Lower Undead Burg, I'm attacked by three vicious dogs, then set upon by a gang of hooded rogues armed with poison blades. |
PCGamesN Monday, December 27, 2021 6:02 AM  The holiday season might be in full swing, but Genshin Impact developer Mihoyo has been busy unveiling all that's to come to the action-RPG with its next big update. The Genshin Impact 2.4 release date has been confirmed as January 5, and we now know a new area called Enkanomiya, new characters Shenhe and Yun Jin, and the Lantern Rite festival are on the way. Enkanomiya sounds like a pretty spooky new area to explore, being the remains of an ancient underwater nation buried underwater and sealed away under Inazuma for thousands of years. It's a huge floating island found under the ocean which is constantly being eroded by the Abyss and now lies in ruins, once home to the ancestors of the Watatsumi Island's people. You'll find that there's no day or night down in Enkanomiya - instead, you'll have to find a way to an ancient 'sun' created by the people who once lived there called the Dainichi Mikoshi, while diving into puzzles and the new area's secrets. There are also tricky new enemies in Bathysmal Vishaps - cunning foes that can team up and "take advantage of their surroundings", as Mihoyo explains in a press release - and The Abyss Lector: Fathomless Flames. This enemy can dish out pyro attacks with delayed bursts of damage that can ignore characters' shields. RELATED LINKS: Play Genshin Impact for free, Genshin Impact character tier list, Genshin Impact leveling guide |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, December 27, 2021 8:00 AM  As a child struggling to sleep at night I'd dream of three worlds. First and least of these was Desert World, a blithe eternity of golden sand always viewed from kilometres up, where fizzing white rings rose toward me like expanding surf. I'd try to find my way down to the surface, but always at the risk of glitching straight through and ending up in Snake World, where monstrous serpents emerged from darkened kitchens. Somewhere between these two poles lay the realm of the Animals, not that they were really animals, but clouds of eyelash-thin mandible, grot and sparkle, like rotten food on the point of becoming a school of tropical fish. I loved Animal World. I used to spend hours trying to mind-hack my way into it. I was pretty shocked to find its likeness in Sluggish Morss: Pattern Circus - an irresistibly strange, gristly, sorrowful, comical and inventive album of creatures, songs, places and phrases from Jack King-Spooner and composer Helena Celle. |
Twinfinite Monday, December 27, 2021 11:22 AM Today Azur Lane publisher Yostar released the anime trailer of the next major event focused on the Iron Blood Trailer with English subtitles. The post Azur Lane Major Iron Blood New Year Event "Tower of Transcendence" Gets Anime Trailer in English appeared first on Twinfinite. |
Twinfinite Monday, December 27, 2021 10:34 AM Anyone who is passionate about overclocking knows that the competition for the world's fastest gaming PC is very challenging, so Sega decided to shift the playing field. The post Sega Builds The World's "Fastest" Gaming PC To Celebrate Steam Sale appeared first on Twinfinite. |
Twinfinite Monday, December 27, 2021 6:34 AM Developer Spooky Doorway and publisher Akupara Games have released a free batch of DLC for their spookily unsettling 2D pixellated adventure title, The Darkside Detective: A Fumble In The Dark. Dubbed Ghosts of Christmas Passed, the new DLC is available to download now for PC, the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, […] The post The Darkside Detective: A Fumble In The Dark's Free Winter DLC is Now Live appeared first on Twinfinite. |
Twinfinite Monday, December 27, 2021 5:35 AM Even though the first ELEX game didn't set the world on fire, there's a lot to appreciate in Piranha Bytes' open-world action-RPG. With unbridled freedom, a deep progression system, a gorgeous world, a winding choice and consequence branching narrative, and fun exploration, it's clear that the veteran German studio poured a lot of love and […] The post ELEX II's Combat Will Be "More Dynamic" & "More Responsive" Than the First ELEX Game appeared first on Twinfinite. |
Siliconera Monday, December 27, 2021 11:00 AM The Genshin Impact Marvelous Merchandise event is back as 2021 ends, giving people a chance to get Primogems and other items. The post Genshin Impact Marvelous Merchandise Begins Today appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Monday, December 27, 2021 10:00 AM Black Rock Shooter returns! The post Black Rock Shooter Fragment Mobile Game Debuts Fall 2022 appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Monday, December 27, 2021 9:00 AM To better understand the SMT V localization process, Siliconera spoke with Lead Editor John Moralis about its characters and demons. The post Interview: Looking at the SMT V Characters and Demons Localization Process appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Monday, December 27, 2021 8:30 AM The wheeled PC can actually move at a speed of 100 km/h (~62 mph). The post Sega Will Give Away a PC That Is Built on Wheels appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Monday, December 27, 2021 8:00 AM Get a first look at these outfits in motion. The post Genshin Impact Ninguang and Keqing Cosmetic Outfits Detailed appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Monday, December 27, 2021 7:30 AM International shipping on these items are available. The post Atelier Ryza and Lila Life-Size Standees Now Available appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Monday, December 27, 2021 7:00 AM The offline mode has been delayed to improve the general quality of this version of the game. The post Dragon Quest X Offline Delayed to Summer 2022 appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Monday, December 27, 2021 6:30 AM Development on the title has been delayed by roughly six months. The post Final Fantasy XVI Development Delayed, New Details to Arrive in Spring 2022 appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Monday, December 27, 2021 6:00 AM 19 of the new illustrations appeared during the countdown to the Endwalker expansion. The post Square Enix Adds New FFXIV Smartphone and Desktop Wallpapers appeared first on Siliconera. |
Destructoid Monday, December 27, 2021 9:00 AM 'Thank you for your continued patience' Square Enix producer Naoki Yoshida has released a new statement announcing that upcoming RPG... The post Final Fantasy XVI hit with production delay, more info in spring 2022 appeared first on Destructoid. |
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