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NetEase Games has announced that Marvel Rivals players will soon have the opportunity to earn free skins for Invisible Woman and Human Torch. Invisible Woman made her debut alongside Mister Fantastic at the beginning of Season 1: Eternal Night Falls. Marvel Rivals also announced that Human Torch and The Thing will be added to the hero shooter's ever-expanding roster at a later date, rounding out the members of The Fantastic Four. View the full article

In Sid Meier's Civilization 7, the Antiquity Age contains ten unique civilizations (so far) that each have their distinct features, including Civic Trees, abilities, buildings, improvements, quarters, and most importantly, unique units. Each civilization has two unique units from various unit types, from powerful ranged units, like the Mississippian Burning Arrows, to Great People, such as the Han's Shi Dafu or Egypt's Tjaty. View the full article

The English translation of the Omega 6 manga now has a release date. Omega 6 is the latest creation of Takaya Imamura, the former Nintendo artist best known for creating characters for such games as F-Zero and Star Fox. The English version of the manga, which was originally released in France, will be 216 pages long and will be released in the U.S. by Dark Horse Comics on October 21 at a price of $14.99. Read More... View the full article

The N'Golo Kante Grassroot Greats SBC has been leaked on X by @Fut_scoreboard ahead of the promo's launch, and you will be able to complete the challenge pretty soon in EA FC 25 Ultimate Team. The Frenchman has been a popular name in the Ultimate Team community, and the upcoming card being part of a SBC makes it easier for players to obtain him as well. EA FC 25 N'Golo Kante Grassroot Greats SBC release date (expected) The Grassroot Greats promo is going to go live on Friday, February 14. This will be a week-long promo, so it's guaranteed that the release date won't be too far away. There's a great chance for EA Sports to release the SBC on the opening night of the promo (February 14) at 6 pm *** time. However, there's a strong chance for it to appear during the weekend as well. Typically, EA Sports releases big promo SBCs on Saturdays and Sundays. Hence, make sure to be on the lookout on February 15 and February 16. EA FC 25 N'Golo Kante Grassroot Greats SBC costs (predicted) Thankfully, the leakers have revealed the official stats and playstyles of the card. Here's what the card should look like if the rumors turn out to be true. Overall: 90 Position: CDM Pace: 86 Shooting: 70 Passing: 82 Dribbling: 87 Defense: 90 Physicality: 85 Playstyle+: Press Proven+, Anticipate+. If this SBC costs between 300,000 and 350,000 coins worth of fodder, it will offer great value for players. I predict the SBC will cost around 450,000 coins since Kante always tends to be a popular choice. If the overall rating turns out to be 90, there's a chance for the SBC to be slightly cheaper as well. The post EA FC 25 N’Golo Kante Grassroot Greats SBC leaked: Expected release date, cost, and more appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

In previous Civilization games, the main point of healing units was to, well, restore some health so they could go back to fighting or scouting the map. While this is also the case in Civilization 7, there's an added feature of needing to heal units before deleting them. How to heal units in Civilization 7 Civilization 7 offers two ways to heal your units over time: Skip their turn Heal the unit over time When you first select a unit on the field, you'll find options to build temporary fortifications, move to a specified location, or skip their turn. Skipping a unit's turn gives them some time to rest and restore their health, becoming active after you end the turn and move on to the next. Alternatively, you can use a separate healing order through a secondary unit menu. To find this, select your character before clicking the arrow next to their portrait. Here, you'll find options for ordering your unit to heal, sleep, or wake them up if they're idle. Similarly, if your unit is fully healed, you can delete it permanently from the game in this same menu. Screenshot by Destructoid There are pros and cons to both options. Skipping the unit's turn will only heal them for that turn, making them ready to go if you only want a quick refresh before jumping back into battle. However, this can get tedious if you have a massive army that just ended a war and needs several turns to recuperate. That's where healing comes in. Healing will keep the unit inactive until they're at full health, even if it takes numerous turns. If you're not in immediate danger or just recently ended a fight, returning to friendly territory and healing for a few turns will help you forget about your damaged units for a little while to focus on other matters like building some Wonders and figuring out the next civilization or city-state to destroy. How to heal your units faster Civilization 7 also offers multiple ways to buff your health restoration per turn. Here are some tips for healing your units quicker: Stay in friendly territory Invest in Army Commander promotions like Field Medic, Resolute, and Field Commission Set your Town Focus to Fort Town Pick the God of Healing when selecting a Pantheon Regardless of how far you are in your playthrough, being in friendly territory will heal your units much quicker than being out in the wild or within an enemy zone. This effect only strengthens as you invest in town specializations like Fort Town, granting +5 to healing for any units in that town's radius and +25 health to its walls. If you have a fort town and can spare a turn or two to get there, the increased healing per turn will help you get back into fights much quicker. Screenshot by Destructoid As you advance through your save and unlock more Army Commander promotions, you'll unlock options like Field Medic, Resolute, and Field Commission that provide healing-related benefits both within and outside friendly territory. Field Medic gives your units within the commander's radius +5 healing in enemy and neutral territory, helping to offset the downsides of being outside your civilization's control zone. Similarly, Field Commission lets you upgrade your units outside friendly territory and restores health when they do, while Resolute lets land units heal five health after attacking. Your last option comes when choosing a Pantheon. Each Pantheon belief influences your influence, happiness, culture, and other aspects depending on their theme, while the God of Healing focuses on giving you +5 healing for units in rural tiles. While other methods are slightly more practical, God of Healing is a solid option if you spend most of your time engaging in combat and have patches of rural land to retreat to. The post How to heal units in Civilization 7 (Civ 7) appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Across the various maps in Avowed, you'll come across gold, rectangular Essence Generators. These generators can be on walls or separate from anything, but they're always connected to some sort of power source. In order to get the generator working and restart its power, you need to shock them open with electricity. But if you're not playing as a wizard in Avowed, how can you do that? Ways to shock generators open in Avowed Opening an Essence Generator with a lightning spell. Screenshot by Destructoid There are a couple of different ways to provide a shock to the Essence Generators and get them working again. However, one of the methods isn't going to be available to you until you reach the second map in Avowed, which unlocks after the events unfold in Paradis. So, to start, I'll go over the first and often best way of shocking Essence Generators. Use the Grimoire Book of Elements While you might think only players who want to play as wizards can wield a Grimoire Book of Elements, that's not the case in Avowed. Regardless of what abilities you unlock or weapons you use, you can use a Grimoire Book of Elements as a secondary weapon, giving you access to all of its spells. The only caveat is you'll need to at least grab the level 5 Wizard ability, "Grimoire Mastery." This allows you to use basic spells in the books. The Grimoire Mastery ability allows you to use basic spells. Screenshot by Destructoid With that ability, you can use a common Grimoire book and it will usually have some kind of lightning spell that you can use on the Essence Generator. All you have to do is bring up the Grimoire book's spell hotbar, aim at the generator, and unleash the lightning spell. If you're using a basic book of elements, the lightning will likely be a direct bolt that can travel fairly far, so it can be used to shock generators from a solid distance. However, rarer Grimoire books use more advanced lightning spells that might not be able to shock generators from as far away. So, you want to always keep a common Grimoire Book of the Elements in your inventory to quickly equip when you have to shock open a generator that's not close to you. You can loot common Grimoire books quite frequently in Avowed or simply purchase them from various vendors around Paradis or any of the other maps. It's also important to remember you don't have to use a wand when using the book as a secondary weapon; you can use any other one-handed weapon and still unleash the spells from the book. Giatta's Companion Ability The second way you can shock Essence Generators is through a companion named Giatta. Giatta isn't a companion option until you reach Fior mes Iverno in the Emerald Stair map of Avowed. Once you get there and go through some story events, though, you can recruit Giatta to be a companion that travels with you. The maximum number of companions you can have is two, however, so if you're traveling with Kai and Marius at this point, you have to send one of them to camp to make room for Giatta. With Giatta in your party, you can take advantage of her companion ability called " Spectral Jolt." This allows her to shock open any generator that you come across. All you have to do is bring up your Ability Radial (E by default on PC) and choose Giatta's ability while aiming at a generator. From there, she'll take care of the rest and power on the generator for you. Giatta's Spectral Jolt ability. Screenshot by Destructoid This method only works once you reach Emerald Stair and as long as Giatta is in your party in Avowed. So, to ensure you never get stuck, it's still safe to always have a Grimoire book as a backup. What do Essence Generators do in Avowed? Now that we've covered how to shock open Essence Generators, what do you actually accomplish by powering them on? For the most part, Essence Generators are used to open locked doors. You'll often a see glowing orange symbol above a door or generator. The orange color means the door or generator is not being powered. However, when you shock the generator, the symbol turns blue to indicate it's powered on. Some doors only open by powering on Essence Generators. Screenshot by Destructoid Sometimes, you'll see two symbols above a door, which means you have to find and power two generators. The generators aren't always close to the door they open, though, so you have to look in some strange spots to find them. You'll also have to get creative with how you power them on, as your lightning spell might not have the distance to reach the generator. The key thing to keep in mind with Essence Generators is they always need to be shocked and they usually open a door nearby in Avowed. The post How to shock open Essence Generators in Avowed appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Usually, base-building RTS games are pretty serious in tone. Maybe there's an intense military conflict, or an armada of spaceships are fighting to control a solar system. The beauty of Runner Duck's chaotic Bomber Crew was that it didn't take itself seriously at all while still offering some fun and dynamic strategic action. That continued on with 2020's Space Crew, and now it's time to try out the third game in the Crew series. With Mad Max-style vehicular combat, Badlands Crew just dropped its new Steam demo early, so you can jump in and give it a go right now. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

Usually, base-building RTS games are pretty serious in tone. Maybe there's an intense military conflict, or an armada of spaceships are fighting to control a solar system. The beauty of Runner Duck's chaotic Bomber Crew was that it didn't take itself seriously at all while still offering some fun and dynamic strategic action. That continued on with 2020's Space Crew, and now it's time to try out the third game in the Crew series. With Mad Max-style vehicular combat, Badlands Crew just dropped its new Steam demo early, so you can jump in and give it a go right now. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

There are several choices and critical decisions you have to make through your time playing Avowed. The decisions you make stack up throughout your playthrough, dictating how people treat you and the events that unfold, even as early as meeting Ilora shortly after you land. When you initially meet her shortly after your ship crashes, and you explore the fort, she doesn’t give you the best impression. She’s off-put by how you look, given that you’re godlike. However, because of your history like this, everyone has this immediate impression of you and doesn’t know how to take it. Based on her starting impression, she might not encourage you to release her from jail despite her future impacts. Here’s what you need to know about whether you should free Ilora in Avowed. View the full article

The Ranger is a longstanding D&D tradition, and it sticks to its roots (no pun intended) in Avowed. Even if just solo classing, there are a lot of ability tree options in Avowed to choose from here that allow you to go in the direction of a melee or ranged build (bows and guns for the latter). From there, you have the option of a stealth playstyle, ranged control, or an active one. View the full article

For those delving into Obsidian Entertainment's latest big RPG, Avowed, there are a huge amount of abilities for your character that you'll immediately see when you begin the game. While these may be obvious to all, there are also a total of 11 secret Godlike abilities you can unlock, each of which can drastically affect how you play your build in Avowed depending on your playstyle. View the full article

It’s easy to lose moments watching the ambience of the gameboard change in the demo for haunted house boardgame RPG The Horror At Highrook. The colours alter from daytime greyness through winey shades of sunset into pale lavender moonlight. There are little details to notice and zoom on: a fleeting embroidery of rain, the seep of flames in the kitchen and guest rooms, a fidgeting of moths in the archives. Ah, nice. The last time I felt so beguiled by a view of a house was while looking out from the hamlet of Darkest Dungeon. Read more View the full article

GSC Game World has recently released Patch 1.2 for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. This new STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl patch is a massive update, containing over 1,700 fixes that affect multiple aspects of the popular open-world FPS. View the full article

Ubisoft claims that pre-orders for Assassin's Creed Shadows are strong ahead of the title's highly anticipated launch on March 20. While the lead-up to the game's release has been fraught with controversy and difficulties for its developer, fans of the franchise are notably eager to get their hands on Assassin's Creed Shadows, which has been delayed twice since its initial reveal in May 2024. View the full article

As an RPG, players are likely curious to know how much their choices will matter in Avowed. Any game that includes dialogue trees and makes conversation an active part of the game likely has at least some element of choice to it. Still, despite being able to choose what the protagonist says, it doesn’t always mean that the game at large will be affected by those choices. It can be understandably frustrating to learn partway through a game, after carefully weighing dialogue options, that they ultimately don’t matter as much as they initially seem. View the full article

Even the cozy experience of Hello Kitty Island Adventure can get a bit frustrating due to the time it takes to complete some chores in the game, but one easy tip can make things a bit faster. After having been an Apple Arcade exclusive for over a year, the Sanrio-themed cozy game made its way to Nintendo Switch and PC last month, providing access to a whole new community of players. Similar to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the game features a community of friendly characters on an island where players complete tasks and make friends. View the full article

Eora’s a daunting place to the uninitiated. If it’s your first time in the world of Avowed and Pillars of Eternity, you may find yourself feeling a little lost, especially when a flurry of new words are flung your way. When you first set foot in Dawnshore, you begin to learn the way of life in the Living Lands. But with so many people to meet, titles to learn, places to go, and new forms of magic, keeping up with what everything is called can be challenging. We’ve compiled a list of recurring terms in Avowed you should know, including the names of key places, people, gods, and more. View the full article

A new update has arrived for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, making numerous changes and fixing a variety of bugs and glitches. While published by Sony, Spider-Man 2 debuted on PC back in January, proving to be a popular albeit controversial release. Although PC users were happy to finally be able to enjoy the web-slinging action in Marvel's Spider-Man 2, those same players were disappointed by the game's port, which has since received some significant upgrades. View the full article

The Ousmane Dembele Ligue 1 POTM SBC is now live in EA FC 25, and you can complete the challenge to unlock a special card for your Ultimate Team squad. This is the first time where the Frenchman has been made part of a SBC, allowing everyone to unlock the special card. To play with him, you'll have to complete all the tasks. Let's take a look at how to complete the challenge, and if he is worth obtaining at all. EA FC 25 Ousmane Dembele Ligue 1 POTM SBC tasks The Ousmane Dembele Ligue 1 POTM SBC has six tasks, and here are the requirements. Task 1 - PSG Min. 1 Players from: Paris SG Min. 1 Players: Team of the Week Min. Team Rating: 84 Task 2 - Ligue 1 Min. 1 Players from: Ligue 1 McDonald's Min. Team Rating: 85 Task 3 - France Min. 1 Players from: France Min. 1 Players: Team of the Week Min. Team Rating: 85 Task 4 - 86-Rated Squad Min. Team Rating: 86 Task 5 - Top Form Min. 1 Players: Team of the Week Min. Team Rating: 86 Task 6 - 88-Rated Squad Min. Team Rating: 88 EA FC 25 Ousmane Dembele Ligue 1 POTM SBC solutions Here's a set of solutions you can use to complete the new POTM challenge in Ultimate Team. Task 1 - PSG Any 9 84-rated item Any 83-rated TOTW item Hernandez 83 Task 2 - Ligue 1 Any 10 85-rated items Vitinha 85 Task 3 - France Any 9 85-rated items Any 85-rated TOTW item Thuram 83 Task 4 - 86-Rated Squad Lavelle 87 Blundell 84 Pajor 87 Sommer 87 Palacios 84 Ruben Neves 84 Vlahovic 84 Gundogan 87 Engen 84 Gabriel 86 De Paul 84 Task 5 - Top Form Lavelle 87 Blundell 84 Pajor 87 Sommer 87 Palacios 84 Ruben Neves 84 Vlahovic 84 Any 87-rated TOTW item Engen 84 Gabriel 86 De Paul 84 Task 6 - 88-Rated Squad Pajor 87 Renard 88 Osimhen 87 Gundogan 87 Hegerberg 89 Gabriel 86 Mead 88 Messi 88 Kobel 88 Ederson 88 Reiten 88 The new Dembele item has its fair share of strengths, with 95 Pace, 5* Weak Foot/Skills, and Rapid+ being its best aspects. The base Shooting (81) is really low, and Whipped Cross+ can hardly be considered as a meta. If you have already used him the TOTY Blueprint evolution, it makes little sense to complete this SBC. The recently-released Andrea Pirlo Future Stars Icon SBC and Fernando Torres Future Stars Icon SBCs have far better value proposition in comparison. The post EA FC 25 Ousmane Dembele Ligue 1 POTM SBC solutions appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Cowabunga has become CoDabunga. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are officially coming to Call of Duty as part of a new collab. The TMNT coming to ****** Ops 6 and Warzone hasn’t been a secret for very long, as all of the *********’s melee weapons were data mined from within the game’s files months ago. But now, the totally radical turtles are confirmed to be coming as part of Season Two Reloaded. View the full article

Valentine’s Day is this weekend, so it’s no surprise game developers are celebrating it in their respective titles. The case is no different for NetEase and Marvel Rivals, where players may obtain wedding skins in the Fantastic Love event. However, the event has a limited-time window and requires a fair bit of luck. Let’s not waste any time and jump right into the details. View the full article

The Sonic the Hedgehog universe is filled with memorable characters and locations, and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is already teasing a large number of racers and courses at launch. Another Sonic kart racer in the style of Sonic and ***** All-Stars Racing and Team Sonic Racing was announced at The Game Awards 2024 in December, with a brief trailer of Shadow driving through a mysterious portal that will serve as Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds’ primary mechanic. View the full article

Hyper Light Breaker has had a rocky start after entering Steam Early Access last month, but developer Heart Machine has announced an ongoing roadmap of updates, new content, and fixes for the spring season, starting next week. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Hyper Light Breaker early access review - extraction roguelike needs more time Hyper Light Breaker dev promises to fix gameplay and performance issues Hugely anticipated new RPG Hyper Light Breaker is struggling on Steam View the full article

Dawnshore is the first region of the Living Lands you visit in Avowed, but it’s far from just an introductory area. The large map has plenty to be discovered and quests to be completed, which is best done before making the trip to Emerald Stair—and we’ve got a definitive guide. Each area in Avowed‘s main story is filled with side quests, collectibles, bounty targets, treasure maps, and plenty more secrets, resulting in gameplay that will extend much longer than just completing the main story, so we’re here to help tick everything off your list. View the full article

Crafting in Avowed is vital to survival, and failing to upgrade your gear will result in a swift end to your adventure. To make it easier to understand the process, we’ve outlined everything you need to know. Weapons and armor are both available to upgrade in Avowed, providing boosts to your damage output and improving your defense to aid your survival in combat. If your gear isn’t up to the required level, your companions will quickly make you aware that your gear needs improving. View the full article