Looks like Assassin's Creed Valhalla may soon feature a major returning character
Posted on March 30, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Ubisoft appears to be planning the return of a major Assassin's Creed character in a forthcoming update for the Viking-set Valhalla. Details of the character are included in datamined quest data and dialogue lines found within Valhalla by the ever-reliable Assassin's Creed leaker J0nathan.
WARNING: SPOILERS FOLLOW.
Fan-favourite Assassin's Creed Odyssey protagonist Kassandra will apparently meet Eivor in a new questline set in a fresh location: on the Scottish island of Skye.
[Read More]New Fish and Bugs in June: Everything arriving and leaving this month in Animal Crossing New Horizons
Posted on March 30, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
Thanks to the seasonal nature of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, new fish and bugs arrive and vanish on a monthly basis - you can find different creatures on your island compared to May and July will also see the arrival of more bugs.
Completionists will want to catch one of every fish, sea creatures and bug in the game in order to unlock two of the Golden Tools and to complete the Museum.
[Read More]Outlast 2 dev launches Kickstarter for "companion diaper", really
Posted on March 30, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
Outlast developer Red Barrels has launched a Kickstarter campaign to create "companion diapers" for its upcoming horror game.
Called Underscares, these adult protective garments are actual physical products that fans of the studio can purchase, beginning at $55 Canadian dollars (about £33 or $41). This sounds pricey, but it will include a Steam copy of Outlast 2. Or you can buy the pattern for about £6 / $7 and make your own Underscare.
[Read More]Super Mario Party review - silly, slick and spotty return for Nintendo's madcap series
Posted on March 30, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Super Mario Party gets an enjoyable reinvention for the Switch, though it introduces as many problems as it fixes. It's getting towards that time of the year again. With Christmas on the not-too-distant horizon, it will soon be time to consider which title will be the go-to choice for the festivities. For me, the criteria for a Christmas classic comes down to a few categories. Is it quick to learn?
[Read More]Tech Analysis: Metal Gear Solid Remastered
Posted on March 30, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
Revered by many as some of the greatest games ever made, Konami's PS2 and PSP era Metal Gear Solid titles have returned, remastered - or rather, ported - to run on newer, more technologically advanced consoles. Sons of Liberty, Snake Eater and Peace Walker are available in pristine high definition versions for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, while the Nintendo 3DS version gets its own stereoscopic version of Metal Gear Solid 3.
[Read More]Unification mod adds 17 new races to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Posted on March 30, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
A new mod has added 17 new races to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.
The impressive Unification mod for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War expansion Soulstorm makes a huge number of quality of life changes to Relic's 2004 real-time strategy classic, but most exciting of all is the addition of 17 new races, all playable in multiplayer and against the AI.
Unification is the work of the Thudmeizer Mod Team. It's an advanced combiner mod that lets you seamlessly combine almost all community-created races.
[Read More]29 years on, has Final Fantasy broken the spell of Active Time Battle?
Posted on March 29, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
Final Fantasy was once a game in thrall to tradition; in the past 20 years, it has become an on-going revolution. Final Fantasy 9 was the last mainline instalment to make use of the Active Time Battle system, which had carried Square's flagship series for no less than six games across two console generations. Since then, no numbered Final Fantasy has given us the same battle system twice. Each entry has been an experiment, obliged by changing audience expectations and company dynamics such as the promotion or loss of key staff.
[Read More]A Plague Tale: Innocence versus the Black Death
Posted on March 29, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
How do you tackle one of the most horrific events in the history of Europe in a video game? A Plague Tale: Innocence is set in France in the year 1348 during the beginning of the worst outbreak of the plague, known today as the Black Death, and back in the Late Middle Ages as the Great Mortality. Within just a few years, most of Europe had become decimated by the plague, and many contemporaries believed that the end of the world was at hand.
[Read More]Destiny Wrath of the Machine Challenge Mode - Strategy and rewards explained
Posted on March 29, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
Well, let's not say Bungie doesn't surprise from time-to-time - the studio pushed live the first Wrath of the Machine Challenge Mode with little fanfare, giving Raid-goers a little extra challenge only a couple of weeks after Hard Mode debuted.
Like King's Fall before it, it requires players to play a boss a specific way in order to get additional (and exclusive) loot drops. But unlike King's Fall, there is only two Challenges to contend with, focusing on the opening and final adversaries.
[Read More]Don't Starve Together adds Reign of Giants content for free
Posted on March 29, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Don't Starve Together, the standalone multiplayer spin-off of gothic wilderness survival sim Don't Starve, has received a bulk of the added content from the original game's Reign of Giants DLC.
This means you can now play as the carnivorous Valkyrie-impersonating method actress Wigfrid, and Webber, a young boy who lives inside a spider. Think Peter Parker gone awry.
There are also a couple of new seasons: spring and summer. Spring brings heavy rain and deadly flora, while summer tasks players with avoiding dehydration.
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