GamersHeroes Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:01 AM Dragon's Dogma 2 feels like the first proper RPG I've played in years. Its world is captivating, filled with stories both told and waiting to be found. This is a must-play for RPG fans The post Dragon's Dogma 2 Review – The First Proper RPG In Years appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 4:15 PM  If you're walking around Stardew Valley and see some green rain, don't freak out. The green rain is a new weather condition added in the recent massive update 1.6, but it's not dangerous or anything. Rather, it can be quite helpful if you know what to look for during these special rainy days. Here's exactly what is up… |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 3:45 PM  Five years after it was yanked from digital stores, Obsidian's cult classic espionage RPG—Alpha Protocol—is back and better than ever thanks to GOG.com. |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 3:30 PM  An individual responsible for hacking an Apex Legends global tournament over the weekend has revealed their motivations: they did it "just for fun." |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 2:30 PM  World of Warcraft players are buckling up for The War Within expansion that's due to launch sometime in 2024, but in the meantime Blizzard has something different to offer. Before the three-part Worldsoul Saga gets started with The War Within, the World of Warcraft team is introducing a mode unlike anything the MMO… |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 2:15 PM  El Paso, Elsewhere was a big game for indie studio Strange Scaffold when it launched in September 2023. The Max Payne-like, narrative-driven vampire shooter centered a Black male character in the leading role, something you don't see too often in the games industry. Well, Strange Scaffold founder Xalavier Nelson Jr.… |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:00 PM  At Epic's 2024 State of Unreal keynote, the first trailer for Marvel and Skydance's upcoming game, 1943: Rise of Hydra, premiered and revealed our first look at the main heroes of the game, Captain America and Black Panther. The new cinematic action game will be released next year, too. |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:00 PM  Usually, spin-offs and sequels feel like they are cohesive parts of a larger universe of franchises. But there are exceptions. For example, take Project Birdseye, a new top-down roguelike action game from Striking Distance Studios. Surprisingly, this upcoming game is a spin-off of 2022's Callisto Protocol, aka that… |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:45 PM  Stardew Valley, the eight-year-old cozy farming sim, is new again thanks to its latest patch. Update 1.6 launched on March 19 and brought a long laundry list of bug fixes, changes, and new content to the game. It's enough to get old and new players to dive in, years after its release. One of the most interesting… |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:30 PM  After weeks of teasing, Lego has finally revealed its huge collaboration with Dungeons & Dragons to celebrate the legendary roleplaying game's 50th anniversary—and it's huge in many ways, from piece count to price. |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:15 PM  Since the original Final Fantasy VII, released 27 years ago (...), the fictional play Loveless has been a part of the background lore of FF7's universe. It played a role in the spin-off prequel Crisis Core and its in full focus during FF7 Rebirth's play sequence at the Gold Saucer in Chapter 12. |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:00 PM  Of all the challenging encounters players face in Vanillaware's strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord's s, some of the most interesting occur in its optional coliseum. Located in the city of Baumratte and unlocked by completing the "Another Prince" quest, the coliseum side activity gives players a chance to take down… |
Kotaku Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:45 AM  Details about the PS5 Pro keep leaking all over the place, with us recently learning that it's likely targeting a holiday 2024 release window and that it will apparently feature "PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution," whatever that is. While headlines are suggesting this is "the most powerful console yet," we might… |
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PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 5:57 PM  There's nothing quite like the feeling of belly-flopping onto the extraction ship in Helldivers 2, knowing that you've successfully contributed to the galactic spread of freedom and liberty. Sadly, freedom and liberty are currently bugged. Helldivers 2's game master says the dev team is currently working on a problem with the Galactic War tracking system, and that's before we even get to the latest batch of crashes. Continue reading Helldivers 2's game master says that Liberty is temporarily bugged MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Helldivers 2 weapons, Helldivers 2 servers, Helldivers 2 system requirements |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 4:27 PM  Major changes are on the way to Diablo 4's loot and crafting systems, and players will have a chance to try them out in the public test realm prior to them going live in Season 4. The changes are foundational and expansive enough that the developers have pushed the start date of the next season back several weeks, and it will now begin May 14. Continue reading Diablo 4 devs reveal massive changes coming to items and classes MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Diablo 4 builds, Diablo 4 review, Diablo 4 classes |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:55 PM  No One Lives Forever. 24 years later, the name's inherited an unfortunate irony - if you want to play Monolith's classic FPS game, or its sequel, A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way, you can't. For all intents and purposes, one of the most inventive and well-loved shooters of the early '00s is dead and buried, unavailable on Steam, GOG, or anywhere else, and seemingly doomed to be abandoned. Not everyone, however, has forgotten about NOLF. Nightdive, the burgeoning studio behind the System Shock Remake, the recent Star Wars Dark Forces remaster, and dozens of revivals and relaunches of true blue PC classics, is eager to bring No One Lives Forever back. The developers' "white whale," according to director of business development Larry Kuperman, in an exclusive interview with PCGamesN. Reporting from GDC in San Francisco, Nightdive explains how the intricacies and obstacles of NOLF's potential comeback could almost themselves be the basis for a spy thriller. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: New PC games, Upcoming PC games, Best PC games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:41 PM  Obsidian Entertainment has been making beloved RPGs for decades now, but for the past five years, one of them has been AWOL. Alpha Protocol, a stealth RPG about a rogue secret agent named Michael Thornton, was delisted from digital storefronts when its music licenses expired. Now it's back, soundtrack and all, and available DRM-free on GOG.com. Continue reading Cult RPG from Fallout New Vegas devs has returned, DRM-free MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best stealth games, Best detective games, Best RPGs |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:30 PM  Stardew Valley has always been popular, but not this popular. Since the colorful farming game's latest update arrived, thousands of players have returned to their farms and rekindled their old friendships with the locals. The Stardew Valley craze reached an all-time high on March 19 with a staggering 140k active players. Continue reading Stardew Valley breaks all-time player record on Steam MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Stardew Valley multiplayer, Stardew Valley realism, The best Stardew Valley mods |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:30 PM  AMD FSR 3 frame generation is in desperate need of a win, but it won't find it in The Last of Us Part 1. Testing has shown that you'll get a better experience with DLSS at 60fps as opposed to AMD frame gen at 120fps. While AMD is responsible for some of the best graphics cards on the market, when it comes to upscaling and frame generation it can't seem to catch a break over Nvidia's DLSS 3 solution. We recently saw that AMD FSR 3 made Starfield noticeably worse on the performance front, while heavily impacting the visuals. Continue reading AMD FSR 3 loses out to DLSS once again, this time in The Last of Us MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 7800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 7800 XT review |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:30 PM  One of my (many) toxic traits is my obsession with all things K-drama. From the likes of popular series like Squid Game to bizarre variety shows like Running Man, I've seen them all - Korean TV just hits different. It's no surprise, then, that Solo Levelling: Arise caught my eye given that its based on the viral web show of the same name. As my pulls in Genshin Impact continue to underwhelm and the wait for Zenless Zone Zero feels never-ending, it looks like this may just be what I've been looking for. Continue reading Viral Korean anime gets stunning Genshin Impact style RPG MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best anime games, Best RPG games , Upcoming PC games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:21 PM  One of Samsung's several, confusingly-named, 49-inch 240Hz gaming monitors has just hit its lowest ever price in this new Amazon Big Spring deal. This Samsung Odyssey G9 deal sees the massive monitor get a 31% drop from its original asking price. While this particular Samsung Odyssey screen isn't our best gaming monitor superwide champion, the G95SC, this panel still offers a plethora of persuasive points to prompt you to purchase it. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB review, Best SSD for gaming, Best gaming monitor |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:20 PM  As promised in their brand-new trailer, magical life sim Mirthwood will sweep you off your feet and drop you in an enchanting-yet-dangerous medieval fantasy world. Will you become a peaceful farmer a la Stardew Valley or Palia, or a ferocious warrior in the style of Skyrim? The choice is yours. Continue reading Medieval fantasy game is Palia meets Skyrim, and it's gorgeous MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best indie games, Best RPG games, Best life games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:08 PM  Amy Hennig's superhero game now has an official name and proper trailer, as Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra will see four heroes - Captain America, Black Panther, a Wakandan spy, and a Howling Commandos soldier - unite to take on the Nazi science division of Hydra during the Second World War. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best single-player games, Best superhero games, Upcoming PC Games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:06 PM  March 20, 2024 All three Switch Twitch Drops codes are now live - you still have to watch Twitch streams to get these on PC. What are the new DBD codes? These freebie-granting DBD rewards can actually be quite hard to keep up with since they arrive pretty regularly, which is no bad thing. We're never going to complain about in-game giveaways, and Dead by Daylight codes can give you anything from outfits to charms, and even Bloodpoints and Iridescent Shards. Whether you want your favorite DBD killers to get a stylish new look, or you want to add to your survivors' wardrobes, be sure to redeem the codes below before it's too late. There may also be codes for Dead by Daylight Bloodpoints, Rift Fragments, and charms, so there are plenty of goodies to be had. Some of these Dead by Daylight codes are ongoing though, so you may have snapped them up already. Continue reading DBD codes March 2024 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: DBD killer tier list, Best horror games, DBD codes |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:24 PM  The League of Legends-themed MMORPG that Riot has been developing for several years will be "resetting" and moving in a new direction. That means, the company says, that we won't be hearing about it again for quite some time - potentially several years. Continue reading Riot's League of Legends MMO is going dark for "several years" MORE FROM PCGAMESN: League of Legends ranks explained, League of Legends patch 14.2, League of Legends tier list |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:42 PM  How do you install and play a Minecraft snapshot? These snapshots are the very first iteration of Minecraft updates, and are a way for Mojang to test out bug fixes, technical changes, and new mechanics before officially rolling them out. Anyone with the Java edition of the creative game can try these features without any risk to your current world, so let's find out how to be the first to try the next big Minecraft update. During Minecraft Live each year, the next big Minecraft update is revealed to the community. In past years, we've had the likes of the Caves and Cliffs update, The Wild Update, and the Trails and Tales update - each of them overhauling the base game with new Minecraft biomes, blocks, and mobs. Since these updates come with so much new content, they need to be tested out first, and that's where Minecraft snapshots come in. Use them to test out new experimental features before anyone else, and feedback to Mojang if you have any issues. It's a win-win situation. Continue reading How to play Minecraft snapshots – snapshot 24w12a MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Minecraft seeds, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:12 PM  The past several years haven't been kind to Intel, with the company's revenue falling year-on-year despite the generally warm reception of its last three Core processor generations. However, its fortunes may be set to change dramatically thanks to a deal struck with the United States government. Continue reading Intel awarded $20 billion by US government, advanced CPUs incoming |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:00 PM  Ahh, the sweet hum of industry. Sandbox building games like Satisfactory and Factorio take the crafting elements from the likes of Terraria and the Minecraft Technic mod scene to the ultimate level, tasking you with crafting huge, complex production networks churning resources into materials and goods at a hugely satisfying tilt. But now a new challenger is about to join the roster. Coming from new indie developer Channel 3 Entertainment and published by Cities Skylines 2 and Stellaris studio Paradox Interactive, Foundry is preparing to roll out via Steam Early Access in May. Continue reading New building game to rival Satisfactory and Factorio hits Steam soon MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best building games, Best strategy games, Best management games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:50 AM  Creaking doors, mysterious hallways, and the scent of malice in the air – Alone in the Dark is back. A deeply affectionate reimagining, this incarnation of Alone in the Dark is a love letter to the original game that birthed so many classic survival horror elements, and it's certainly poised to live up to the original's legacy. With hideous creatures, scarce supplies, jump scares, sinister NPCs, and the gaping hallways of the Derceto Manor, you're in for a horrifyingly good time. Continue reading Doom jazz and Southern Gothic horror – Alone in the Dark is back MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best horror games, Alone in the Dark release date, Alone in the Dark system requirements |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:46 AM  A fighting game community legend, Michael 'BrolyLegs' Begum has passed away, his family announced. He was 35 years old. Continue reading Fighting game community icon BrolyLegs has died at age 35 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Street Fighter 6 review, Street Fighter 6 tier list, Street Fighter 6 roster |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:40 AM  This wooden desk PC was built from scratch after its creator built a similar design for his carpentry course. Not only is it a brilliant desk in itself, but it also features a full water-cooled gaming PC in its drawer. The first design was so well received that he's back with a follow-up version that he's hoping to start selling, and it's version 2.0 that we're looking at here. Thanks to our rapidly growing PC building Facebook page, we've seen many custom gaming PCs, from mods based on existing case designs to scratch PC builds. You can even submit yours for consideration right here. In this article, carpenter Mads Alexander takes me through the creation of his water-cooled wooden desk PC. Over to you, Mads. Continue reading Open this desk drawer and out comes a water-cooled gaming PC MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:40 AM  Having trouble inviting friends to your game in Helldivers 2? So far, Helldivers 2 has had its fair share of bugs and errors, though most have been ironed out, and the game continues to get updates, players are still having trouble inviting friends on different platforms to their game. Arrowhead has confirmed they are working on a fix for the issue players are having with inviting friends in Helldivers 2, with the latest patch 1.000.103 not solving the issue. The bug itself prevents PC and PS5 players from accepting friend requests, stopping them playing together. There is however, a workaround that we've found that bypasses the screen where you send friend requests to cross-platform players. Continue reading How to fix Helldivers 2 friend request not working MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Helldivers 2 weapons, Helldivers 2 servers, Helldivers 2 system requirements |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:08 PM  If you require a powerful charger for your handheld gaming PC, laptop, and smartphone, the Anker 736 100W charging block is currently on sale for just $42.99 in the Amazon Spring Sale. With temperature and output control as well as three charging sources that can effectively divide the power, there are few chargers that are this well-rounded on the market today. The real value of the Anker 736 charger is in its ability to effectively split its 100W capacity between three ports (2x USB-C & 1x USB-A) meaning you can charge a laptop, smartphone, and headset at the same time. In the event that you have a device that requires the full 100W power supply, or close to it, this is also possible. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:00 AM  Among countless soulslikes and nondescript action-RPGs, Dragon's Dogma 2 stands as a game from another time. It's de rigueur to point to the latest open-world game and draw parallels to Elden Ring or Breath of the Wild, but Capcom's sequel is closer to how Neverwinter Nights exists in my childhood memories, calcified in rose-tinted nostalgia. For many, that niche was likely filled by Baldur's Gate 3 last year, but there's something to be said for Dragon's Dogma's drab medieval fantasy that echoes a bygone era. Dragon's Dogma 2 is closer to a reimagining than it is a sequel, the full realization of all that game director Hideaki Itsuno was trying to achieve with Dragon's Dogma back in 2012. It's a sentiment that's echoed by its main menu, curiously bereft of a number. Instead, Capcom delivers a world that's both different and yet very much the same. Continue reading Dragon's Dogma 2 review – a great RPG, just not on PC MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Dragon's Dogma 2 release date, Dragon's Dogma 2 vocations, Dragon's Dogma 2 system requirements |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:00 AM  '90s side-scrolling platformers still very much have a place in modern videogames. The likes of Shovel Knight, Cyber Shadow, and the Messenger stand tall as modern platforming goodness, but there's still room for the classics, too. This is exactly what Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn wants to prove, as it's dropping as a full-blown reimagining later this year. The best part? It layers some incredibly cool roguelike concepts on top of the original. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: New PC games, Upcoming PC games, Best PC games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:00 AM  A week stacked with big game releases can mean only one thing, a new Nvidia GeForce game ready driver is ready to go. 551.86 has arrived and is ready to download now via the Nvidia App or GeForce Experience. The update brings some big optimizations for Helldivers 2, but we can't ignore some glaring omissions. Ongoing support for some of the best graphics cards is key, and Nvidia headlines its latest driver update with game ready support for both Horizon Forbidden West and Portal with RTX. Continue reading Helldivers 2 players need to download this new Nvidia GPU driver MORE FROM PCGAMESN: GeForce RTX 4070 Super review, DLSS explained, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:23 AM  How do you solve the x-ray puzzle in Alone in the Dark? Alone in the Dark takes place in Derceto Manor, a "home for the mentally fatigued". It's only natural, then, that there's a lot of therapy talk and medical references - and the classic x-ray puzzle. Down in the rather disturbing hospital basement of the Alone in the Dark manor, you must put the pieces of an x-ray together to receive part of a statue to be used in a later puzzle. You don't actually use the x-ray itself, and I'm not entirely sure how it magically conjures up a physical item, but those are questions best left unasked in the survival game. One that is worth asking, though, is just how to solve this Alone in the Dark x-ray puzzle. Continue reading Alone in the Dark x-ray puzzle solution MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best horror games, Alone in the Dark release date, Alone in the Dark system requirements |
PCGamesN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:24 AM  It must be the epitome of bad luck for a game developer; falling ill shortly before the release of your new game. Sadly, this became the reality for solo developer ChardiTronic, who reported feeling unwell just a day before the planned release of his chonky cat game KinnikuNeko: Super Muscle Cat, ultimately forcing him to release the game early. Continue reading Solo developer drops muscular cat game on the way to hospital MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best anime games, Best adventure games, Upcoming PC games |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 3:15 PM  Last time, you decided that highlighted interactive objects are better than retrievable reusable ammo. I understand why you decided that. Your fondness for this thing makes perfect sense. It is very helpful. An immensely practical thing. And still... ah, we must move on. This week, I ask you to pick between two right different right-clickings. What's better: drawing Frog Detective's magnifying glass or drawing Blade Runner's gun? |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 2:08 PM  Bungie's reboot of their nineties pre-Halo debut shooter Marathon seems to be slowing down its pace a little in order to get across the finish line, with a change in director and a delay meaning the multiplayer-only loot-shooter reimagining of the FPS is now expected to arrive next year - or potentially even after that, according to recent reports. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:38 PM  We've known that a Marvel game from former Uncharted writer-director Amy Hennig has been in the works for years, learning in 2022 that it will focus on Captain America and Black Panther during World War 2. Thanks to a proper reveal during today's State of Unreal event, we now know that it'll be called Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra and we'll be able to play it sometime in 2025. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:30 PM  This article's headline is the characterisation of Everdeep Aurora given to me by publisher Ysbryd Games, but bizarrely enough, it reminded me initially of Bloodborne. A 2D platformer from Nautilus Games, Everdeep Aurora begins on the surface, where a ruptured crimson moon fills the sky with blazing meteors. That menacing moon is the first hint of Bloodborne, obviously. The second is the lamp-lit, locked-up house to one side, whose unseen occupant tells you to get lost, adding that they don't believe all this crazy talk about the apocalypse. I thought at once of the wealthier residents of Yharnam, feasting and laughing hysterically behind the shutters of their fancy townhouses on the night of the Hunt. There are no pitchfork-wielding mobs or werewolves stalking the vicinity, however. But there is a frog by a campfire, who tells you that everybody else has sought shelter underground, and hands you a drill so you can follow them. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:04 PM  After channelling the atmosphere and gory terror of Dead Space (though alas, not its reception) in 2022's sci-fi horror shooter, The Callisto Protocol is apparently now looking to the likes of Hades to inspire a new roguelike spin-off set in its universe, currently codenamed Project Birdseye. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:02 PM  When it launched last year, DLSS 3 support and Radeon-beating ray tracing capabilities propelled the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti to the top of our 1440p graphics card estimations. Only its high price remains an ongoing concern, though the Amazon Spring Deal Days sale (that's the Amazon Big Spring Sale to US folk) can at least take some of the sting out of upgrading. There are, while they last, cut-price RTX 4060 Ti models up for grabs on both sides of the pond. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:00 PM  One of the most controversial and often-cited criticisms of modern AI systems is that they're built from, and dependent on, the stolen work of other people. It's far from the only criticism people have of this new technology, which might make us wonder exactly why anyone wants it in the first place. Today, I'd like to talk about some of the brighter futures that might come out of generative AI for us, as well as why the path toward them might be a tricky one to walk cleanly. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:39 PM  My time with Dragon's Dogma 2 for review was neat, mainly because it's a good video game and an anecdote generator. But it reinforced one thing for me that I've increasingly come to realise about myself: I actually can't cope with character creators that let you like, tweak the finest details. I do not want to define the curls of each individual nose hair or adjust the angle of the mole on one's forehead. I'm far too indecisive for any of this! Let me roll the dice, please. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:42 AM  While there are minor thrills to be had finding the very latest PC hardware in the Amazon Spring Deal Days sale, don't underestimate the draw of an older favourite emerging with a new, knockdown price. So it is with the Intel Core i5-12400F: this was a great-value midranger when it was new, and now you get it at a true budget-tier price of £108. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:16 AM  Dragon's Dogma 2 is an RPG of many admirable qualities. I'm especially attached to my Arisen's current pair of Pawns, one of whom speaks with the wonderfully stretched intonations of a pitch-shifted Matt Berry. Sadly, none of its achievements pertain to technical fidelity. While decent-looking, Dragon's Dogma 2 takes some serious hardware to maintain consistently smooth performance, with lowered quality settings lending only the most limp-wristed of helping hands. DLSS and FSR 3 upscaling are more effective, but this is one game where powering through the worst of its stuttering and framerate drops will take more than a musclebound graphics card. Not for the first time with an RE Engine game, Dragon's Dogma 2 appears severely CPU-limited, so it really does demand a fully-upgraded rig to ward off sluggishness – especially at higher resolutions. Improving performance isn't a completely hopeless endeavour, but besides the FPS wobbles, there are some settings oddities that need navigating as well. I'll cover all that and more in this guide; even if we can't fix Dragon's Dogma 2 ourselves, at least we can better understand its strangeness. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:00 AM  You know when you remember a game really fondly and instead of ageing alongside you, it becomes more modern in memory? The Dragon's Dogma 2 experience is, essentially, how I remember its predecessor Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. To me, DD2 feels like a remaster of the first, except it looks nicer, is more expansive, and features some rejigs to things like your AI pals. Not that any of this is a bad thing! In fact, DD2's closeness to the original makes it just as much of a joy as the first, where your grand adventure isn't only grander, it's still at the whims of a world governed by chaotic physics and the passage of time. Quirks remain, for good and bad, but ultimately this is an RPG where you make travel plans and the game does it best to dash them. It never gets old. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:37 AM  It's deeply frustrating and disappointing when games get pulled from store shelves due to licenses expiring, and too few ever return. So it's great news that almost four years after Sega stopped selling Obsidian's fascinating spy thriller RPG Alpha Protocol on Steam due to music rights expiring, it has returned to sale on GOG. I'm always surprised that Alpha Protocol hasn't reached serious cult classic status because, as much as parts are distinctly wonky, the globetrotting sneak-o-shooter fizzes with ideas for intense dialogue, branching plot, and reputation systems with consequences. You do feel like a spy going up against the world, backed up only by shifty allies and a ridiculous pair of giant sunglasses. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:31 AM  There could well be more to come, but right now, my top pick of the Amazon Spring Deal Days PC storage offers is this nicely affordable Crucial P3 SSD. It's the 2TB model, sliced down to £86, which is the cheapest this particular drive has been since last year's Black Friday. Not to mention about the same price as a 1TB WD Black SN850X, while providing twice as much room. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:12 AM  In what's quite the shake up for Overwatch 2, Blizzard have announced that starting with Season 10, all of its heroes will be unlocked for all players. And this includes all new heroes going forwards, too, so the next hero Venture will unlock immediately for everyone when the latest season drops. Otherwise, there's changes to unlocking premium skins, earning premium coins, and some tidbits on what we can expect from Season 11. |
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Siliconera Wednesday, March 20, 2024 4:00 PM
Nintendo announced that next Spirit Board event for Super Smash Bros Ultimate (SSBU) will bring Spirits from Princess Peach Showtime and Super Mario Bros Wonder. The event will be available for five days from March 22, 2024, to celebrate the release of Princess Peach Showtime.
The event is titled "Showtime and Wonder Spirits," and it adds Peach & Stella and Swordfighter Peach as the two Princess Peach Showtime spirits for Super Smash Bros Ultimate, as well as Elephant Mario and Wonder Flower & Talking flower from Super Mario Bros Wonder.
For the duration of the event, players will get more Gold than usual after winning a battle. Swordfighter Peach will be an Attack type Spirit, and Peach & Stella will be Grab type. Meanwhile, both Super Mario Bros Wonder Spirits will be Neutral type.
The previous SSBU Spirit Board event was titled "Baseball, Sentinels, and Gods," and it included various Spirits inspired by characters from Hades, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, and eBaseball Power Pros. The event appeared on January 26, 2024.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate is immediately available for the Nintendo Switch. Princess Peach Showtime will come to the Nintendo Switch on March 22, 2024. Super Mario Bros Wonder is immediately available for the Nintendo Switch.
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Siliconera Wednesday, March 20, 2024 3:00 PM
A new article uploaded to HoYolab shares more details on the attacks and skillset of upcoming 4* character Gallagher, set to arrive with Honkai: Star Rail's update 2.1. Gallagher is a Fire-element character who treads the Path of Abundance, meaning he performs the role of a healer.
Gallagher's kit is simple but with an offensive focus, with the usual basic attack and a skill that immediately heals its target. His ultimate is where things get interesting, however, as it damages all enemies and applies the besotted debuff. This debuff is part of Gallagher's talent and increases the break damage an enemy receives, as well as restoring the health of anyone who attacks them. Upon using his talent Gallagher's next basic attack also gets upgraded to Nectar Blitz, which reduces the target's attack stat. Finally, his technique engages an overworld enemy and inflicts fire damage and the besotted debuff once combat starts.
HoYoverse has also discussed some of the optimizations set to come to Honkai: Star Rail in Version 2.1, including several quality of life improvements. The company also shared lore details on the entities known as 'Emanators', as well as the names of several possible or confirmed figures who hold that position.
Gallagher and his drinks-based attacks are set to become available in Honkai: Star Rail's Version 2.1 on March 27, 2024. Honkai: Star Rail itself is immediately available on PC, PS5, and mobile devices.
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Siliconera Wednesday, March 20, 2024 2:00 PM
Azur Lane developer Manjuu Games revealed its next project is the fantasy RPG Azur Promilia, with pre-registration available now. There is currently no release date nor any platforms listed for the game, though the developer's previous game was solely for mobile devices.
The game appears to fuse the combat and exploration gameplay of games like Genshin Impact with the collectable creature management of Palworld. While the announcement trailer mostly shows off the game world's vistas and characters, the gameplay footage also released seems to show character switching and party composition, combat, and the ability to set creatures (called Kibo) to work gathering resources. Also shown are flying mounts, which could make exploration significantly easier, and boss battles with special attacks.The official website also shows a look at some of the characters that may be playable in the game, such as Nono the diminutive adventurer and kibo creatures like the Cabbird.
You can watch the Azur Promilia announcement trailer below:
And see around 12 minutes of gameplay here:
Meanwhile, Manjuu's previous game Azur Lane received a crossover event with Senran Kagura back in November, 2024, adding 7 new crossover characters to the game. Koei Tecmo also announced it would be producing a figure of the Dead or Alive character Marie Rose, based on her appearance in another Azur Lane crossover event.
There is currently no release date for Azur Promilia, but pre-registration is available on the official website.
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Siliconera Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:00 PM
Meta announced that people will have more time to claim a free copy of the game Asgard's Wrath 2 for buying a Meta Quest 3. The offer was originally only covering up through headsets purchased in January 2024 and activated by February 2024, but now the offer lasts until June 30, 2024.
Here's how it works. Someone first must buy a Meta Quest 3. That applies to the 128GB model that is $499 or the 512GB one that is $649. After that, go to the product page for it on the company's storefront. Instead of showing the normal $59.99 price, you will be able to see an "install" option. Do that, and you'll "purchase" and get the free game.
While thisis a sequel to Asgard's Wrath, you don't need to have played the original. The introduction catches people up with what's going on. After a brief summary, you're sent after Loki and deal with different other gods along the way. There are even open world elements and you can bolster your relationships with certain allies.
Asgard's Wrath 2 is available for the Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro, and it is free with Meta Quest 3 headset purchases until June 30, 2024.
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Siliconera Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:00 PM
Before every major Honkai: Star Rail patch, HoYoVerse goes over quality of life (QOL) changes, and Assignments, Light Cones, Relics, and Simulated Universe will all be optimized. All of the changes come at the end of March 2024.
Some of the smaller adjustments are quick changes that aren't too in-depth. The Honkai: Star Rail Assignments change will be a time-saver. If you are going to be repeating the same ones, then someone can click once to claim all rewards, then click a second time to send the same characters out on the same assignments for the same amount of time again. Previously, you had to do this one-by-one for each assignment. Likewise, the Relics inventory going up by 500 to 2,000 will allow people to wait longer before sorting and sacrificing ones they may not use.
When it comes to Light Cones, that feature seems to have the most QOL changes coming in Honkai: Star Rail 2.1. Four-star Light Cones will automatically be included in salvaging unless you lock them, and it will be possible to lock all of one particular four-stars at once by selecting the option. You will also be able to superimpose them more quickly, with batch auto-add for them. Finally, you can sort all Light Cones by the Path they belong to.
Finally, the Simulated Universe change will make it easier to get all of the first-clear rewards at once. This means you won't need to go through a run that is far below your current Equilibrium and character level. What would happen is if you clear a higher level difficulty first, like III, you would also get the earlier ones from I and II.
This is one of two looks into Honkai: Star Rail ahead of the update. The other went over a concept in-game. There are Emanators, which are emissaries of the Aeons for different paths, and HoYoVerse explained more about them.
Honkai: Star Rail is available for the PS5, PC, and mobile devices, and the 2.1 update will arrive on March 27, 2024.
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Siliconera Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:01 AM
When Dragon's Dogma released in 2012, I immediately picked up a copy at a local GameStop. I was looking for ways to pass the time, and had seen the boyfriend of a friend play it briefly on their PlayStation 3 when I had visited. It looked interesting enough, and so I thought I'd give it a spin. Dragon's Dogma easily became one of my favorite action RPGs of all time, if not one of my favorite fantasy titles, due to its inspired use of European fantasy and the myth-making around dragons. I loved the scenario, I loved the gameplay, and I loved the world. I was thrilled to see Dragon's Dogma 2 announced, in awe of what I was shown and what I played during several preview sessions. But did Dragon's Dogma 2 live up to the expectations I had foolishly set for myself? The answer is yes, and then some.
Dragon's Dogma 2 throws the player into the thick of things immediately, but does so to the benefit of the player. You assume the role of the Arisen, a figure that can control and form bonds with Pawns (beings from another dimension). Your avatar has no real recollection of who they are. The game uses this as a way to introduce players to the world, explaining the role of the Pawns, the region you reside in, and the current socio-political climate between two major powers as a new Sovran has been made the ruler of Vernworth. I am a sucker for low fantasy settings, even more so if there is some kind of political intrigue involved, and Dragon's Dogma 2 didn't disappoint. I attended masquerades to learn about the new (false) Sovran. I traveled to Melve to recover some of my lost memories, unearthing who I was before escaping the mines of the volcanic island. I met with the captain of the city guard who hoped to reinstate me as the rightful ruler of the kingdom. And there was so much more I could do alongside this to further unearth the events that lead to my imprisonment and falsified death.
You can choose to engage and unravel the political scheming of the Queen Regent Disa and the tenuous relationship between Vernworth and the Beastren capital of Bakbattahl, or you can ignore this for the most part to explore and engage with the world at will. Dragon's Dogma 2 allows you to chart your own course, outside of a few mandatory story quests you can choose to undertake on your own time. Each of primary locales are culturally distinct, with Vernworth ascribing to all of the trappings of European low fantasy, with knights in steel plate and all. On the other hand, Bakbattahl resides in the southern desert. The large city is made of smooth, red-brown stone with its trappings smacking of Orientalism, what with long pipes and ornate rugs found in just about every establishment. The aesthetics of Southwestern Asia and North Africa are solely used as set dressing for the most part, but unlike other modern contemporaries, the populations of these cities are diverse and do feature people of color alongside their Beastren counterpart. (They exist in the clearly central European inspired city of Vernworth as well.) Vague commentary on racism between the two populations does exist in side content, along with the enslavement of Pawns by the sorcerers of Bakbattahl outside of their general treatment. For example, the Empress of Bakbattahl seeks to create equal footing for Pawns to help combat the discrimination they face. But exploring this narrative thread, among others, only takes place away from the main story. A lot of the meat of the game is sequestered away in this side content, which may leave players confused when it comes later events in the game and certain characters end up appearing in more prominent roles.
I ended up engaging a lot with the side content Dragon's Dogma 2 had to offer. This is mostly because I was concerned about getting locked out of side-content and missing optional Vocations (which is the game's job system), like the Mystic Spearhand and Magick Archer. I ended up accepting just about any quest I could find. The natural progression of some of these quests, at least in terms of where your final destination is, brought me to smaller settlements littered around the map. One of the first missions I chose to do involved helping an Elven Archer acquire a human-made bow. From there, he asked that I meet with him in some nearby ruins so that he could learn from me, as I was also an Archer at the time, and finally complete his coming of age ceremony.
On the way, I was waylaid by bandits, swooped upon by griffins and harpies, and rushed by minotaurs sometimes all at once. Dragon's Dogma 2 is packed with random encounters, almost to the point of being annoying if you are ill-equipped and underprepared. You will absolutely run into encounters with goblins, wolves, and ogres while wandering during the day, as the reappearance of the Dragon and the crowning of a new Sovran has caused monsters to become more aggressive. Also, the game is not shy about throwing some of the most difficult random encounters your way, even at lower levels. That said, it does get a lot easier later on, especially if you grind out gear and levels. I actually wish the game was a bit harder, but I was also around level sixty when beating it and owned the best gear I could afford and upgrade.
After helping the Archer, I met up with him again. This led to my getting entangled with his family and aiding him in saving his sister. Which led to a further entanglement with his family, as both he and his father fell in love with me. I was a little awkward when both came knocking at my door for a date. If I hadn't chosen to help this NPC, it wouldn't have led me to other questlines in the world. The quests associated with the Archer's sister took me to Bakbattahl, which then had me traveling elsewhere on the map to create a natural sense of progression between these various questlines that also resulted in me picking up even more quests and accidentally unlocking one of the late-game Vocations by chance.
It all feels very intricate, but also very random at times, since getting to your objective does not force you to walk a specific path. You see, I had not continued the main quests, which meant I couldn't actually pass through the border at Rest Town to get to Bakbattahl with the use of a permit. No. I walked the entire length of the map to find a cave to get me around the border and into the desert region. I didn't have to get the permit to make it there and I probably shouldn't have been in Bakbattahl that early in the game, but the fact that Dragon's Dogma 2 allowed for me to make my way there through sheer will and perseverance was amazing. II wasn't until chatting with another Siliconera writer that there were quests that I undertook that could have various different outcomes from the ones that I had.
We were in wonder and awe as we shared stories with each other. Some had found secrets others hadn't or Vocations we had yet to unlock. It felt like talking with friends in the schoolyard, discussing our shared, yet different, experience with a game we'd been playing. One had found out how to unlock Magick Archer. Another had retraced their steps to find an item to appease a specific NPC. While the end results were mostly the same, how we approached these quests were wholly different either because of the path we took or the Vocation we had equipped at the time. And some Vocations are certainly better than others.
While my impression of the Mystic Spearhand during the preview events Capcom had invited me to were middling, it became increasingly clear to me that this Vocation was one of the best. As I continued to force my way through content I was clearly underequipped for, I spammed the Mirour Shelde skill to block my party from any incoming damage. This included dragon fire and any kind of stun or stagger damage that may have impacted my party of Pawns. I also managed to leap over some terrain that would have otherwise been impassable if I had not used one of the Mystic Spearhand skills to more or less clip over a wall. It became my go-to class. Even if I loved what Capcom did with the Thief, it meant removing most melee capabilities for the Archer as a result. That said, my Pawn party remained mostly the same, with mine functioning as a Warrior with tank Augments and at least one Pawn designated to the party Mage, since they are the only class that is capable of healing to any great degree. I would play around with that third Pawn slot, sometimes taking an Archer or Thief with me, but at the end I had recruited Batsu, a level forty-nine Sorcerer with the Metereon spell. She made everything a joke once she was able to get this cast off without interruption thanks to Mirour Shelde, and everything would evaporate before her in plumes of smoke and molten rock. Thank you to the Capcom employee that made Batsu. I owe you my life.
Pawns can be recruited through Riftstones that are found on the map, or just by encountering them as they wander from settlement to settlement. Some can be recruited entirely for free, but in the case of a Pawn like Batsu, they can be extremely costly. She cost around 999RC, which is the currency required to hire one of these allies. They don't deal in gold, but instead a unique currency that is gained from your Pawn accompanying other Arisen on their journey or by activating Riftstones on the map. I ended up acquiring quite a lot of it, so much so that I had an excess of 5,000RC by the end of my sixty hour playthrough. You can use RC on cosmetic items and what not, but I generally kept it for purchasing the service of powerful Pawns, because they are invaluable companions. Outside of what they can provide through their offensive capabilities, Pawns will remember what quests they have completed alongside their Arisen or other adventurers. Batsu, being as high level as she was, knew where most of my quest objectives were, what NPCs I'd need to talk to, or a rough approximation of chests in areas I was exploring. My own Pawn Liam would mention that he had learned about secret locations from his experience being recruited by another Arisen. Another Pawn I recruited had learned to throw enemies into the water or off cliffs to end combat quickly, so as I was leaping into combat with my daggers as a Thief, they were picking up goblins and chucking them into a nearby lake. The Pawn system is incredible, and Capcom improved upon it immensely.
The variety of things you can do, what you choose to complete, and how you choose to complete tasks reminds me of Baldur's Gate III, just more fleshed out. Things seem to have longer lasting consequences. You can deceive NPCs and secret away rewards for yourself through the use of forgeries, or even save a life by keeping ancient and forbidden tomes from them. You can glean information by reading documents located in the castle itself by sneaking in disguised as a guard, through sulking in the shadows, or even other means that rely on Dragon's Dogma 2's intricate NPC relationship web.. While all paths lead to similar end results, the journey there is vast and winding. There are some choices I've made that I knew ended up impacting certain events in the late-game, but on a second playthrough I'm going to see what inaction or a more thorough investigation will bring. The scope of the game is incredible, and given that it is a true open world experience is a technical marvel.
I did experience some hiccups however, as entering Vernworth dropped my FPS to a staggering 5FPS until it eventually stabilized. The game itself can also be rough around the edges, especially with how your Pawns choose to climb over rocks and navigate more dangerous paths. They will sometimes stumble and fall to their death (if there is water below, as no one in this game can swim), or be knocked unconscious. The user interface, as gorgeous as it is, did result in some eye strain. One of my eyes was blood-shot after a particularly long session due to the narrowness of the serifed font. These are things to take into consideration at the very least, even if I did have a fantastic time with the game, and affected my scoring.
There are still so many things I have left to do in Dragon's Dogma 2. I have yet to uncover the full extent of the Queen Regent's schemes, learn more about the Empress the people of Bakbattahl love so much, or solve the Sphinx's riddles. But these are things I can do on a second playthrough, or even a third, as I take what I've learned with me. Dragon's Dogma 2 feels vast in a way that no other game has in a very long time. It reminds me of the best of the original Dragon's Dogma, with traces of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind weaved into it. It's an incredible low fantasy epic ripe with political intrigue, should you choose to engage with it, and a fully realized world that leaves the right questions unanswered.
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Siliconera Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:00 AM
Bandai Namco shared a new gameplay showcase for Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, and it also explained how things work and showed new characters who will join the roster. While the first part is dedicated to showing how it works, the second part unveiled a new trailer.
Producer Jun Furutani appeared as the host for the video. He started by explaining Sparking Zero is the continuation of the Dragon Ball: Budokai Tenkaichi series. As he explained how it works, examples of Goku and Vegeta fighting appeared. The initial part was designed to show how the 3D field and fights will work. It also confirmed Dragon Dash and Impact Action will return from past entries. Then, at the 7:10 mark, Furutani went over how normal movement, charges, Skill Count, and Revenge Counter, and Super Perception will work while footage appeared.
You can watch the Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero gameplay highlights below.
At the end of the showcase, the new Power vs Speed trailer highlighted the new Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero characters joining the Budokai Tenkaichi series. Super Trunks showed up first, followed by Dyspo. After seeing them fight, Kakunsa and Master Roshi Max Power started battling. The next ones to follow them were Nappa, Burter, Toppo, and Jeice. Once that portion was done, Super Saiyan Kale Berserk debuted and started fighting Super Saiyan Broly Full Power. Things ended with Hit being confirmed.
We can see all of them in the following video.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero will come to the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC.
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Siliconera Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:30 AM
The final characters for the One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 Character Pack 6 DLC are Monkey D Garp and Silvers Rayleigh. They'll appear alongside Gold Roger in the Legend Dawn Pack on March 28, 2024.
This announcement was accompanied by two brief trailers showing the characters fighting. The first showed Rayleigh using his sword to attack a horde of enemies. The combo then ended with all of the stunned foes dropped in front of him.
With the Garp segment, it showed how he attacks with his bare fists. The combo highlighted here constantly moves him forward, then ends with him knocking back opponents.
This is the last of the Character Pass 2 additions. The first pack was The Battle of Onigashima, and the second was One Piece Film: Red. Each one added three new characters to use. The bonus for buying all the packs together in the pass also offered a Trafalgar D Water Law costume inspired by his Onigashima Battle appearance.
One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 is available for the PS4, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, and the Legend Dawn DLC Pack brings Gold Roger, Silvers Rayleigh, and Monkey D Garp arrive on March 28, 2024.
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PC Invasion - FeedDDD Wednesday, March 20, 2024 5:24 PM  Nothing better than the absolute chaos of players attempting to better each other, but now in Azeroth! Here are all the Renown level rewards in World of Warcraft Plunderstorm. World of Warcraft Plunderstorm: All renown rewards Image: Blizzard World of Warcraft Plunderstorm, as a battle royale, will award your in-game performance with an assortment of mainly cosmetic rewards and the occasional quest in the main game. There are a total of 40 Renown levels you can gain, which will take quite a decent amount of time. Take a look at the table below to know what rewards are waiting for you. Renown LevelRewardDescriptionQuote1Deadly DaggerUnlocks the Deadly Dagger appearance.You're in Keg Leg's Crew now, swabbie. Here's your dagger, get to plundering!2SwabbieSwabbie's GlovesUnlocks the Swabbie title.Unlocks the Swabbie's Gloves appearance.The captain has declared you an official swabbie!Leather gloves to help you grab the loot.3Surefooted Boots:... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Wednesday, March 20, 2024 4:34 PM  Survival in Sons of The Forest is crucial. Almost everything in the world is against you, which is why weapons play a large role. If you have the Revolver in the game, defending yourself might be easier. Now, you can get a rifle that can make you a threat even to the scariest of cannibals. If you want to have a higher chance of making it out alive, you should read this guide to find where the rifle is in Sons of the Forest. Sons of the Forest: Where to find the rifle With each update of the game, the rifles seem to move around. So if you were having trouble finding it and using information from the last patch, you may be looking in the wrong spot. The good news is that I have found where it appears post-update. The issue is while the location is easy to pinpoint, getting the rifle won't be a walk in the park. Screenshot: PC Invasion Locating the rifle's new spot The new spot of where the rifle is on the southeastern part of the map. If you go beyond the snow... |
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PC Invasion - FeedDDD Wednesday, March 20, 2024 3:42 PM  Simulation games allow players to step into the shoes of another person, or immerse themselves in a simulated world. They can be educational, providing a realistic experience that allows players to learn about complex systems, or they can simply be fun, offering an escape from reality. Steam is home to a variety of simulation games, ranging from farming simulators to city builders and train simulators. In this list, we gathered 10 of the best simulation games to be found on Steam. 10 best simulation games on Steam 15. Crusader Kings III Image: Paradox Development Studio Have you ever dreamt of being a royal of the Middle Ages, handing out beheadings and fiefdoms as you marry your 1st cousin after your 6th wife has died in childbirth? Then, pick up a copy of Crusader Kings III for one of the most immersive god game simulators on Steam. This simulation game puts in the role of a European king or queen vying for power using all the classic tactics of the time. I'm tal... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Wednesday, March 20, 2024 3:04 PM  The 1.6 update has added a Deluxe Barn's worth of content to Stardew Valley. Some content is reserved for the endgame, while other parts, like the new Farm, can be enjoyed immediately. Let me show you all the Meadowlands Farm features and if it's good for beginners in Stardew Valley 1.6. How to use the Meadowlands Farm in Stardew Valley 1.6 Screenshot: PC Invasion If you want to try out the new Farm in Stardew Valley, you must start a new world and select it from the list (pictured above). If you don't choose a location, you'll begin your journey at the Standard Farm. Worlds can be converted from single-player to multiplayer anytime by purchasing a cabin from Robin for 100G. You can also start a Farm with premade cabins by hosting a co-op game from the main menu. Is the Meadowlands Farm good for beginners in Stardew Valley 1.6? The Meadowlands Farm is certainly untraditional, but don't let that dissuade you if you're a new player. R... |
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Tabletop Gaming News – TGN Wednesday, March 20, 2024 5:37 PM  The Kickstarter campaign for "Requiem: Downfall of Magic," a cooperative dark fantasy adventure game, has successfully exceeded its funding goal. Originally seeking $108,699, the campaign has collected $187,801 from 1,274 backers with 16 days remaining until it concludes on April 5. Set in the year 1530 in Wittenberg of the Holy Roman Empire, "Requiem: Downfall … |
WGB Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:38 PM Marvel has lifted the lid on its newest game titled Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, a "narrative-focused action-adventure" featuring Captain America and Black Panther due out in 2025. |
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MonsterVine Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:00 AM Dragon's Dogma 2 is the long awaited sequel to cult classic Dragon's Dogma. Finally we will learn what wisdom this dragon wishes to impart upon us, lest we don't get lost along the way and repeat a fight with goblins 20 times to get there. Dragon's Dogma 2 Developer: Capcom Price: $70 USD Platform: PC […] |
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