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With movies and shows such as Parasite, Train to Busan, and Squid Game it's become obvious that Korean media deserves its spot in the limelight. The same principle should be applied to video games, too, and it would seem that Splinter Cell is already on the docket for Korean reinterpretation. That's right: whereas Ubisoft appears to be painfully uninterested in the production of an honest-to-goodness Splinter Cell game, that's not to say other devs can't try their hand at the same concept. Enter EVR Studio's Project TH, Project Two Hearts, and Project Shaman, which all appear to be different titles and/or title translations for a single game. Project TH is a third-person over-the-shoulder stealth action game that takes more than mere cues from Sam Fisher's most bombastic adventures. The thing is, it's got some of that trademark Korean weirdness to it, and though we've already got a bunch of gameplay, there's no proper release window in tow. Pinch of salt, folks. Pinch of salt. [Hidden Content] Splinter Cell, global conspiracies, (non)zombies, and idol groups come together in Project TH Right off the bat, I've got to say that Project TH's official synopsis is about as out-there as your average garden-variety Metal Gear title. I recommend reading the full thing here, on the official website, but if you just need a highlight to set the stage, here you go: "[Ordo] is an idol group used as propaganda to increase the number of the voluntary military enlisting and quickly succeeds in gaining mass popularity and meeting its intended goals," it goes. "At the same time, an unidentified armed organization is assembled to take out Ordo." Please note that all of this happens after the unification of South and North Korea (which is where the game's Two Hearts moniker appears to be coming from), and the playable protagonist is assigned as security detail to... an idol group of military propagandists. It's a whole thing. [Hidden Content] Back on track, gameplay trailers are available via EVR Studio's official Twitter account, and they show why it may well be worth keeping track of Project TH regardless of how you feel about its narrative pitch. This is basically a modern re-envisioning of Splinter Cell Blacklist, albeit with boy bands and zombified rage virus carriers thrown in for good measure. Stealth is a major part of Project TH's gameplay, though high-octane action absolutely remains on the menu should you choose to pursue it. The whole thing looks remarkably slick in motion, and I hope the apparent strangeness of the narrative doesn't overshadow what looks to be a genuinely compelling new stealth(ish) game. One thing that's bound to be a huge draw for fans of Korean cinema, specifically, is the fact that Project TH features famed actors Lee Hong-nae and Heo Sung-tae in leading roles. Might this all be good in the end? Possibly. Just keep in mind that this is about as Korean of a game as it gets. I don't think there's a Gachapon attached to the project though, and it's not a pay-to-win MMORPG, so that's neat. The post Project TH is basically a Korean Splinter Cell with Zombies appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

The endgame in Monster Hunter Wilds can greatly test your mettle, and you'll need to find Hunter Symbols to get your build in order. This is a crafting item that's going to be required as you get to encounter the mightiest of enemies on your adventures. It's necessary to create final-form weapons in the game, and you'll need 5x Hunter Symbols for each. The game does very little to explain how to obtain it, and this guide will help you to clear your confusion. Best ways to get Hunter Symbols in Monster Hunter Wilds While Hunter Symbols are required from endgame, you can also obtain them after making a fair amount of in-game progress. You'll have to grind till you clear Chapter 4-3 of the main storyline. Titled "Wyvern Sparks and Rose Thorns," this will be a stern test, and make sure to use your SOS Flare if required. Once cleared, you'll encounter Tempered Monsters in their respective regions. These are special versions of your average monsters who are ******* and harder to take down. Naturally, you'll have to fight harder to defeat them in the first place. Image via Destructoid You can look out for Tempered Monsters and defeat them as part of a Field Survey. To do so, you'll have to open the map and locate one to begin your quest. You can also create an Investigation to combat it at a later time. Similarly, you can also encounter these powerful creatures while completing an Optional Quest. You can always get side quests from different NPCs and then begin one by speaking with Alma. Once you defeat a Tempered Monster, you'll get one or more Hunter Symbols. They come in three varieties, and the reward drops depend on the strength of the monster you're facing. Hunter Symbol 1: 5-Star Tempered Monster Hunter Symbol 2: 6-Star Tempered Monster Hunter Symbol 3: 7-Star or 8-star Tempered Monster Here's the complete list of monsters that will drop Hunter Symbols if you successfully defeat them. Hunter Symbol 1: Tempered Balahara Tempered Chatacabra Tempered Congalala Tempered Gypceros Tempered Lala Barina Tempered Nerscylla Tempered Rathian Tempered Rompopolo Tempered Quematrice Tempered Yian Kut-Ku Hunter Symbol 2: Tempered Ajarakan Tempered Blangonga Tempered Doshaguma Tempered Guardian Doshaguma Tempered Guardian Ebony Odogaron Tempered Guardian Fulgur Anjanath Tempered Guardian Rathalos Tempered Gravios Tempered Hirabami Tempered Rathalos Tempered Xu Wu Hunter Symbol 3: Tempered Rey Dau Tempered Uth Duna Tempered Nu Udra Tempered Jin Dahaad Tempered Gore Magala Tempered Arkveld If you're struggling to defeat the monsters, make sure to check out our weapons tier list. Switching to something that suits your playstyle more will make progress easier. The post How to get Hunter Symbols in Monster Hunter Wilds? appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Thanks to the Monster Hunter series' massive explosion in popularity, Monster Hunter Wilds is doing everything it can to be as accessible and enjoyable to as many players as possible. And thanks to its admirable amount of accessibility settings, Wilds is sure to expand the franchise's audience even further. Monster Hunter Wilds accessibility settings Screenshot by Destructoid You'll want to be on the main menu to change some of the accessibility settings in Monster Hunter Wilds, as certain updates need to be made on a larger scale. Other settings are listed in the accessibility sub-menu but cannot be changed there. For instance, the setting to add a background to subtitles is actually in the Game sub-menu. We'll note where you can find the toggle for each setting below. Colorblindness and Arachnophobia settings The first two accessibility settings offer solutions to more specific differences players experience. First, there are three different color schemes for those who experience various types of color blindness. Specifically: Protanope for players who have trouble seeing red light. Deuteranope for players who have trouble seeing green light. Tritanope for players who have trouble seeing blue light. Additionally, if you or someone you know suffers from arachnophobia, you can turn on the arachnophobia assistance setting. This alters the in-game models of specific monsters and endemic life to less spidery shapes. While arachnophobia assistance does go a long way with adjusting the smaller monsters, large monsters like the Lala Barina still have well-defined spider legs. The change is primarily to their main body, altering things like additional fur and removing easy visibility of the beast's stinger and fangs. Visual Accessibility Screenshot by Destructoid You can change the visual accessibility settings in the Game sub-menu. There are eight different categories, each with at least two setting types. The outlier is the HUD setting group, which allows you to alter the size and visibility of 19 different HUD elements. We'll start there. HUD accessibility Screenshot by Destructoid Each HUD element can come in four sizes: small, default, large, and hidden. The settings are: Health Gauge Stamina Gauge Melee Weapon Sharpness Gauge Weapon Information (for weapons with additional gauges) Party info (including your cat and other NPC/player hunters) Scoutfly Notifications (nearby items, monster parts, etc.) Minimap Environment Clock Target Monster Icon Button Guide (showing what each input will do) Objectives Chat Notifications Slinger Display Item Bar Ammo/Coatings Bar Custom Radial Menu (on controller) Keyboard Shortcuts Name Display: Interactives Name Display: Characters and Palicoes You can change the remaining visual accessibility settings on page two of the Game Settings sub-menu. The various gauge displays come in two formats: fixed, where you can see the gauge at all times, and dynamic, where they're minimized until it's deemed necessary to show them in full. The "necessary" situation is usually when the value a gauge measures changes. For instance, if you use Dynamic for your Stamina bar's visibility, it won't be visible until you start doing Stamina-consuming actions. Additional Visual Settings Health Gauge Display Stamina Gauge Display Sharpness Gauge Display Companion Health Gauge Display Menu Text Size: Choose between small, default, and large Subtitle Text Size: Choose between small, default, and large Subtitle Background: choose to display a semi-opaque background behind subtitles or not. Auditory Accessibility Screenshot by Destructoid Monster Hunter Wilds offers a few options for those with difficulty hearing. You'll find them in the Audio Settings. They are: Closed Captions Cutscene Subtitles Speaker Names (shown within cutscenes) Speaker Names (shown outside of cutscenes) Motion Sickness Reduction Screenshot by Destructoid My personal favorite of the accessibility settings in Monster Hunter Wilds is the ability to adjust how the game displays camera shake, sway, centering, and other movements. Wilds gameplay is very fluid and requires lots of manual camera adjustment to play at a higher level. If you're someone like me who's vulnerable to motion sickness, the ability to fine-tune the game's camera work is a godsend. You'll find most of these options in the Camera sub-menu. They are: Camera Distance: Zoom (the distance between the camera and the player Hunter) Camera Shake (the severity of camera movement during certain in-game events like large ground impacts) Ambient Camera Sway (how much the camera moves on its own) Lateral Camera Correction: Normal (how much the camera leads ahead of your character when moving side-to-side while on foot) Lateral Camer Correction: Mounted (as Normal, but while riding a Seikret) Auto-centering: Normal (whether or when the camera is always facing the way the player Hunter is facing) Auto-centering: Mounted (as Normal, but while riding a Seikret) Motion Blur (whether a blur effect is applied to movement. Found in the Graphics sub-menu, page three) Automatic Settings Screenshot by Destructoid This last pair of settings are simple and blanket adjustments to the HUD scaling based on how you play the game. Specifically, these settings alter the HUD sizeand the Menu and Subtitle text size. The two settings are: Automatic Size: Desk (all sizes are default) Automatic Size: Living Room (all sizes are large) Those are all the accessibility settings available in Monster Hunter Wilds. It's not the most exhaustive list, but it does go a way toward accommodating a wider player base. Hopefully, they'll help you or someone you know who's always wanted to play the series but hasn't been able to for one reason or another. The post All accessibility settings in Monster Hunter Wilds appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

It's known as 'Cheetozard', the Flamin' Hot Cheeto in the shape of a Pokémon which has now sold for $87,840 via online auction. The snack, which admittedly has a very odd shape and looks a bit like the dragon Pokémon Charizard, went up for ***** on the website Goldin on February 10. After going viral, it quickly began to attract surprisingly high bids, before selling on Sunday, March 2 for the outrageous $88k figure. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Pokémon Pocket's new Arceus Ex card has an ungodly amount of support Get a close look at Pokémon TCG's new Mega Evolution cards, coming in 2025 This is your chance to grab two Pokémon 151 bundles in a limited-time drop View the full article

Fallout has a long and storied history. It started life as an isometric RPG in the '90s, before Bethesda bought the series and helmed a complete reinvention - the 2008 version of Fallout 3 totally changed the gameplay, perspective, and design. Even so, all these years later it's important not to forget that history, and this is exactly what the new Revelation Blues demo is doing. This Fallout New Vegas mod takes the original version of FO3 (codenamed Van Buren) and aims to reinvent it via the medium of Obsidian's masterpiece, and you can try it right now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Fallout New Vegas' lead writer returns to Obsidian after 14-year absence The best Fallout New Vegas mods Huge Fallout New Vegas mod Nuevo Mexico has been canceled View the full article

On Saturday, Games Workshop unexpectedly revealed Blood and Zeal, a new supplement for Warhammer 40k Kill Team, which pits the frenzied worshippers of the blood god Khorne against the equally unhinged adherents of the Ministorum priesthood. Both sets of models, but particularly the Ministorum, are a fantastic reminder of the grimdark nastiness that drew so many of us to Warhammer 40k in the first place. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This free fangame shrinks Warhammer 40k down for the Gameboy Color Warhammer 40k 10th edition Codex Emperor's Children review - successful excess Warhammer The Horus Heresy tabletop RPG announced for Spring 2026 View the full article

NetEase has discussed the possibility of future collaborations and crossover events for Marvel Rivals, but instead of following in Fortnite's footsteps it seems like players just want to stick with Marvel's source material... Read more.View the full article

The Perfect Guard (Power Clash) is a brand new mechanic introduced in Monster Hunter Wilds, and it's quite powerful if you know how to use it. Here's a step-by-step guide, so you can dominate your foes. How to perform a Perfect Guard or Power Clash in Monster Hunter Wilds To clear up any confusion, Perfect Guards and Power Clashes are one and the same, but Power Clashes are limited to certain monster attacks, while Perfect Guard has no limitations. To perform a Perfect Guard, you need to use a weapon with a hard Guard mechanic. This means you can press the Guard button, and go into a Guard stance. These weapons have the guard mechanic attached to their kit: Great Sword Sword & Shield Lance Gunlance Charge Blade Heavy Bowgun If you're not using one of these weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds, you cannot perform a Perfect Guard or Power Clash. Else you're already on the right track. Perfect Guard Screenshot by Destructoid A Perfect Guard sounds exactly like what it is. It is a Guard done just before a monster's attack hits you. You'll know you've performed one when you see a white flash on the Guard animation. I recommend going into the Training Area and practicing this mechanic, as it is not easy to get the timing down without a little practice and some serious patience. Monsters also have numerous timings on different attacks, so it will take extensive practice to understand and use effectively. Perfect Guards come with a number of rewarding benefits. The biggest one is that you will take no chip damage if you manage to perform it. For weapons like the Greatsword, a Perfect Guard negates Sharpness loss, which is huge, considering in past games, guarding with the Greatsword was an emergency measure only. Finally, performing a Perfect Guard negates the Stamina loss you'd normally suffer from defending or blocking against a monster's attack. The power of the attack does not matter if you can Perfect Block it, which is extremely powerful in the hands of someone who can perform them consistently. Power Clash Screenshot by Destructoid Now, if a monster's attack can be repelled by a Perfect Guard, you'll automatically perform a Power Clash instead. Power Clashes knock monsters off-balance, resulting in lots of free damage while also giving you all the same benefits of a Perfect Guard. If you're working with a squad, your Squad will thank you for performing a Power Clash, as it will give them a lot of free time to dish out the pain. The Power Clash animation is extremely obvious. During it, you will hold the monster in a power struggle for a few seconds. During this time, you need to press the attack button repeatedly to win the power struggle. Doing so will knock him away and off-balance. The monster will then be knocked down for a few seconds more, allowing for the follow-up damage I mentioned. If you fail the power struggle, however, you'll be knocked down instead. The post How to Perfect Guard and Power Clash in Monster Hunter Wilds appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

It’s all about pedal to the metal with the new DRIVE system in WoW The War Within Undermine(d). While you can only use it in the new Undermine zone, players want to bring the DRIVE feature to an old Goblin zone—the Mirage Raceway in Thousand Needles. A new discussion started by a player on a March 2 Reddit thread sparked some interesting ideas about the new DRIVE system. The DRIVE feature in Undermine(d) patch definitely took The War Within community by surprise—and now players are advocating for this mechanic to be implemented in the Mirage Raceway in Thousand Needles as well. View the full article

Monster Hunter Wilds has been racking up the skulls, attracting well over a million simultaneous Steam players this weekend despite a mixed player reaction, with particular scorn reserved for its technical performance. Now begins the process of patching the behemoth to address some player-reported problems with certain quests. Patching is sort of like slaughtering a Monster in reverse: sewing on horns and tails rather than chopping them off, re-embowelling the shackled form of the creature so that it can gallop across the plains, monstrous and free. Read more View the full article

A Honkai: Star Rail leak has revealed important details about two characters expected to arrive in the upcoming months, Hyacine and Cipher. Since its release, Honkai: Star Rail has followed a pattern of introducing two playable five-star units in each update. This allows players to pull for a new character in every banner cycle. View the full article

Odds are you've spent a fair amount of time chilling in The Afterlife if you've sunk plenty of hours into Cyberpunk 2077, but if you've not played through the main story in a while, you might not remember briefly visiting the club that was Night City's top hangout back when Johnny Silverhand was a real boy. Read more View the full article

Monster Hunter Wilds has finally arrived. Ourselves and many other critics love it, and most players agree it’s a tremendous game - millions have rushed to play it at release, after all. This has not been a smooth launch, however. Read more View the full article

Heavy Bowgun users in Monster Hunter Wilds have run into a little bit of a problem. Spread Ammo, one of the basic ammo types that excels at short ranges, is coming up a tad short in high rank hunts. The damage is okay, but the lack of mobility and the extra risk of being so close makes it hard to justify when Pierce Ammo is sitting right there, not to mention all the other fancier ammo types you can craft. Read more View the full article

The latest Steam Hardware Survey results are out and they show that the most popular graphics card used on Steam right now is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. This continues a long-running trend of Nvidia's 60-series gaming GPUs taking the top spot on the chart, with the RTX 3060 and GTX 1060 both holding the title previously. While the Steam Hardware Survey isn't the absolute last word on the popularity of all GPUs, the sheer number of gamers on the service - just last week it passed the milestone of 40 million active Steam players - means it's a great indicator of the wider PC gaming community. As such, it's safe to say this Nvidia GPU is indeed very widely used, even if the RTX 4060 can't claim to be the very best graphics card available right now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This Sonic the Hedgehog gaming PC build is a stunningly stylish success Where to buy 5080 - Nvidia RTX 5080 stock for February 28 Where to buy 5070 - retailers to check for stock first View the full article

Renowned Command and Conquer fan and WWE wrestler John Cena has dropped an incredibly cryptic GTA 6 image on his Instagram. The actor, professional wrestler, and Make A Wish granter hasn't said anything about potential involvement with Rockstar's next Grand Theft Auto game, so this mysterious post to his social media could mean quite literally anything, but one theory remains on top: he's a memer. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: GTA 6 release date window, trailers, and latest Rockstar Games news GTA 6 reportedly aiming to be a Roblox style UGC platform and metaverse Upcoming PC games 2025 and beyond View the full article

Looking for a Gillopod location to complete Dareel's quest in Monster Hunter Wilds? If you've come this far, catching this rather large specimen of endemic life shouldn't be an issue once you know where to look. You might also score a handy crafting material. Once you've handed in the quest and collected your reward, it's likely time to get back into the fight. Check out our Monster Hunter Wilds armor recommendations or Monster Hunter Wilds builds to compliment your playstyle. And if you're looking to mix things up for the last few chapters, we've ranked the best (and worst) Monster Hunter Wilds weapons to influence your next switch. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Monster Hunter Wilds Giant Squid location Best Monster Hunter Wilds Insect Glaive build Monster Hunter Wilds Sandstar location View the full article

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 developers Saber Interactive are pushing back on player calls to add an even-harder difficulty mode, following the introduction of an Absolute difficulty setting this spring via game update. Apparently, some of you muscleheads have been finding Absolute "a bit easy", or at least, not enough of a shake-up from the preceding Lethal difficulty. Saber are open to suggestions, here, but game director Dmitriy Grigorenko also reckons that "we are almost at our limit in terms of how we can make the game harder without making it unfair and not fun". Read more View the full article

Darius has long been a nightmare for top laners in League of Legends, known for his oppressive laning phase and brute-force playstyle. But now, the Noxian general is tearing through an entirely different role—the jungle. The League champion fits in the Noxian season theme perfectly and seems among the top junglers for the current patch with his win rate around 55 percent, according to Lolalytics. Darius has seen a sharp rise in play rate, win rate, and even his ban rate in the last few days, and the champion has been rising across all the ranks in competitive matches, showing his massive impact in the jungle role. View the full article

Materials are crucial to upgrading your weapons and armor in Monster Hunter Wilds because not having the right gear can quickly end any quest you are on. Fucium Ore is one of the many materials you need. Unlike Monster resources in Monster Hunter Wilds, you harvest Fucium Ore from Mining Outcrops scattered across the map. The resource you receive will be random, however, with each Mining Outcrop providing three materials upon harvesting. View the full article

With a Steam image of a stupid smiley face that made me initially ignore it when seeing it (the kind I would expect from some basic cheapo game), R.E.P.O. is actually pretty darn amusing and it's rocketing up the charts on Steam. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

For the first time in its history, more than 40 million people were playing games on Steam this weekend. Steam’s stats page stated that at around 2pm GMT on Sunday, the total number of concurrent Steam users hit a peak of 40,275,012. This is not only the highest peak ever recorded on the platform, but also the first time the peak has crossed 40 million concurrent users. Read More... View the full article

Never separate a nerd from their big spreadsheets, or there'll be consequences. It's a lesson all of us need to learn sooner or later, and Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has now had to deal with it, with what looks like a pretty benign proposed change regarding the sharing of datamined content on the nerdiest, spreadsheetiest channel of the game's official Discord server having caused a bit of a ruckus. Read more View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

With players enjoying loads of new content in the WoW The War Within Undermine(d) update, the DRIVE system is the only frustrating part of this patch—and luckily players already have a solution for it. A discussion started by a player on a March 2 Reddit thread touched on the hot topic of the new DRIVE mechanic in Undermine(d). Labelling the DRIVE system as completely broken, players agree that a fix is urgent and offer some simple yet effective ideas. View the full article

The Forbidden Reach hides many secrets, but one true gem of a story that came to the WoW Dragonflight was the Old Hatreds questline. In this questline, Baine Bloodhoof ventures alone to the Ohn’ahran Plains to find his old friend who has gone missing. Mayla Highmountain is worried about leaving him alone in his distress, so she asks players to keep a close eye on them. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]