For Honor re-review - a troubled wargod finally gets into its stride

 Posted on April 19, 2023  |  9 minutes  |  1904 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Ubisoft's novel fighting game finally comes into focus. Sometimes the best parts of a game aren't where its heart lies. If you want to experience For Honor in its prime, make a beeline for duels. Here, you're free to savour the meaty wonderment of the game's weapon-based combat system without distraction, away from the chaos of the team-based modes. A quick overview of the basics, for newcomers: fighters switch between left, right and top stances to launch or block attacks from those directions, as indicated by a three-segment shield icon. [Read More]

Fortnite Stone Head locations, and where the Stone Heads are looking location

 Posted on April 19, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  543 words  |  Patria Henriques

Finding the Fortnite Stone Heads locations and how to search where Stone Heads are looking are two different objectives in Fortnite's Weekly Challenges. Completing both will grant you extra XP for earning your many Season 5 rewards, as well as Battle Stars for progressing your Battle Pass. It's worth nothing though that you'll need to be a Battle Pass holder in order to undertake this challenge. Note this particular challenge is no longer able to be completed. [Read More]

Nintendo Switch OLED stock: where to buy the new console

 Posted on April 19, 2023  |  8 minutes  |  1601 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

We've been sifting through the rumours for months about a new Switch model but it's finally here: the Nintendo Switch OLED launched Friday, 8th October 2021. It's a far cry from the upgraded Nintendo Switch Pro that we expected to be revealed before E3. Instead, we have a new iteration of the existing Switch console with an improved OLED screen, superior kickstand, refined dock and internal storage boost. This list of upgrades may not sound all that exciting for anyone who's owned a Nintendo Switch for years and was hoping for a performance jump. [Read More]

Pikuniku review - a brilliantly breezy, genuinely funny puzzle platformer

 Posted on April 19, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  731 words  |  Trudie Dory

Playing out like an interactive episode of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Pikuniku is a perfectly formed three hour adventure. Kid's TV shows, you've no doubt discussed with friends while waiting for someone to come back from the all-night garage with a packet of french fancies and a fresh packet of skins, can be kind of sinister. Not just your straight-up, in your face Chocky sinister either; beneath the primary colours and blunt language of many a show there's the feeling that something's not quite right. [Read More]

Pokémon Home version 2.0 compatible games, free vs premium features and price explained

 Posted on April 19, 2023  |  11 minutes  |  2261 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Pokémon Home is a cloud-based service where you can store and transfer Pokémon to and from modern Pokémon games. It's the next instalment in a long line of in-game features - starting with the Time Capsule of Pokémon Gold and Silver - and services, like Pokémon Bank, which grant you the ability to bring your favourite Pokémon together in one place. Pokémon Home is compatible with Pokémon Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl and Legends: Arceus, along with Pokémon Bank and Pokémon Go. [Read More]

Story expansion coming to Lost Judgment this month

 Posted on April 19, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  239 words  |  Trudie Dory

A story expansion for Lost Judgment is on the way starring supporting character Masaharu Kaito. Named The Kaito Files, the four-chapter expansion sees you playing as "the muscle of the Yagami Detective Agency" with his own unique combat style. The expansion is due out on 28th March on PlayStation and Xbox consoles, priced $29.99. Owners of the Ultimate Edition or Season Pass will get the expansion for free. As he ties up loose ends of his past, Kaito will use his Primal Focus detective techniques as well as two beastly fighting styles: the aggressive Bruiser or defensive Tank. [Read More]

The colour of your Animal Crossing: New Horizon airport determines what colour variants you get in your stores

 Posted on April 19, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  510 words  |  Trudie Dory

Have you ever wondered why your Animal Crossing: New Horizon airport has a green roof but your pal's roof is blue? Nope, neither have I. But it turns out that it's not just a random cosmetic feature - the colour of your airport's roof may, bizarrely, intimate the colour options available in both your Nook's Cranny and Nook Miles stores. I, for instance, have a blue airport. According to a new hypothesis that's popped up on Reddit, this means that, in theory, my teacup ride will be black, my lamposts are green, and my vending machine is grey. [Read More]

The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors review - a long-lost genre at its absolute peak

 Posted on April 19, 2023  |  5 minutes  |  945 words  |  Fernande Dalal

A remaster of a remake - or something along those lines - this is an exceptional beat 'em-up experience. What's in the name of a genre? There's something unwieldy about the 'beat 'em-up', that most 80s of terms, that's never sat quite right with me. Maybe that's because there's no cute contraction as there is with the shoot 'em-up, the beat 'em-up's close cousin where you fight off hordes with bullets rather than your fists, which is now more commonly called the shmup. [Read More]

Assassin's Creed Valhalla's third big expansion spotted again

 Posted on April 18, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  370 words  |  Patria Henriques

The third big addition to Assassin's Creed Valhalla has been spied again via a datamine of the game's latest patch. Ubisoft is yet to detail the expansion, but it has teased a second year of post-launch content and shown an image of the fiery door to Muspelheim to illustrate what is coming. Today, serial Assassin's Creed leaker j0nathan shared a new video breaking down his latest findings - including new concept art and information taken from the game's latest patch, which appears to show the expansion's name and achievements/trophy list. [Read More]

Control - A Good Defence, unlocking the Shield power

 Posted on April 18, 2023  |  6 minutes  |  1107 words  |  Patria Henriques

A Good Defence is a side mission in Control that unlocks a very useful power - Shield. Like its name suggests, Shield lets you surround yourself with a collection of rubble, which blocks incoming Hiss attacks. To uncover this new Object of Power, you must return to the Maintenance Sector and visit the Field Training to undertake one of the greatest challenges humankind has ever faced - timed exercise courses. [Read More]