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Pokémon TCG Pocket has a great deck option for every Energy type in the game. Whether you prefer to dip into solo battles during events or tackle other players in online matches, there’ll be the perfect list for you to experiment with. If you’re hunting for a powerful Water-type deck, we’ve got you covered. Below, you’ll find the best Water deck in Pocket, looking at both solo battles and PvP gameplay. View the full article
Paradis. I'm told it's a city of opportunity; a beating heart, a roguish metropolis. Its streets are lined with merchants peddling their wares (ill-gotten or otherwise). According to my newfound companion Kai, a hulking gentleman with blue-scaled skin and pointed, yellowed teeth, Paradis is the embodiment of freedom. As we push open the city gates, ready to take on the world, I hear an ominous thunk. I look down and see a poisoned arrow comfortably wedged in my chest. Avowed begins much like Obsidian's New Vegas: you're dead, and then somehow you're not. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Avowed and Pirate Yakuza players need this Intel Arc gaming GPU driver All Avowed abilities revealed so far Best Avowed builds theorycrafted before launch View the full article
Avowed may not be the next groundbreaking evolution of the action RPG genre, but when it’s this entertaining it really doesn’t have to be. With The Elder Scrolls 6 still likely many years away and Fable’s ‘2025’ release window looking worryingly vague, Xbox-owning fantasy action RPG fans are placing their hopes on Obsidian’s Avowed for the time being. It’s not just the fans who’ve been keeping their fingers crossed that Avowed is great. Following the critical acclaim received by Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and with South of Midnight and Doom: The Dark Ages on the way soon, Microsoft will also be hoping that Obsidian’s latest offering is the next link in a chain of high-quality titles, something it’s been missing for a while. Read More... View the full article
Two more bundles of games here to build up your collection ready for the weekend! Fanatical have launched the Build your own Special Editions Bundle (BundleFest 2025) and Build your own Simulator Collection bundles. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
The Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater release trailer was launched on February 13, giving players a glimpse at a mode included in the game: the Snake vs. Monkey minigame. Along with the Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater release date, slated for August 28, the trailer also confirmed the presence of many iconic bosses from the original game. View the full article
Role-playing games come in all shapes and sizes, but something I really rather appreciate is when a game in the genre doesn’t sweat the gritty stuff. I do respect and enjoy when a game really goes for crafting a world experience, I admit - but sometimes, I just want my RPG fix to come in the form of a truly video gamey video game. Avowed is that - still immersive, but gleefully unashamed of doing whatever it can to shine a light on mechanics first to deliver a fun and memorable world to noodle around in. Read more View the full article
Avowed is almost good, but there's something so resigned and workmanlike to its quest design and storytelling that it often feels like dog-eared chorelist of Obsidian must-haves, ticked off so aimlessly that the result is a bit like having an RPG described to you by someone late for a bus. And that should be that, really. I'd run through all the ways Obsidian's latest didn't quite do it for me, most of you would go play it anyway because it's on Games Pass, and we'd all go back to patiently waiting for the sun to explode. But, god, what a devastatingly gorgeous open-zoned world this is. What a triumphantly weird, sprawling playground of fantasy naturalia. What a treat it is to just climb all over, its design ethos captured in the first magical ring I found offering a 15% buff to parkour speed. Ignore two thirds of the weapons and just roll a wizard to witness the stodgy melee combat of other classes give way to crackling, cackling spell-slinging. There is such a gulf of quality here it's like playing two different games. I spent 27 hours having a meh ol' time until a reinstallation of Nvidia's loathsome app deleted 200 some screenshots and I had to restart. Why not play a wizard? I thought. Why not indeed. Suddenly, I'm frying whole families of lizards at once with chain lightning and grinning like Palpatine in a **** shop. Read more View the full article
After years of work across many areas, lots of discussions and more work - the Wayland Colour Management and HDR Protocol has been merged! Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Good news has arrived for fans eagerly awaiting an update on Hell is Us, as the game has finally received a confirmed release date. Developed by Rouge Factor and published by Nancon, the upcoming third-person action title made its most recent major appearance at PlayStation’s 2024 State of Play in September, offering a glimpse into Hell is Us and its dark, moody world and melee-heavy combat. PlayStation has been quieter than industry giants Nintendo and Xbox regarding its 2025 announcements, likely because Sony reserves many of its big reveals for its State of Play events. View the full article
The remaster of Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny has been confirmed to hit the stores on May 23, 2025, for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch players. First announced during the Capcom Spotlight stream on February 4, the new take on the 2002 Onimusha title enhances the original with upgraded graphics and certain quality-of-life additions, such as improved controls. View the full article
Delta Force launched a beta test for the game’s mobile version today, but there’s a catch. It’s a closed beta test for only a couple of regions and platforms, so you might be out of luck if you were planning on trying it out. The Delta Force mobile close beta test begins today, Feb. 13, and runs until March 6. To participate, you need an Android phone and be based in the United Kingdom, Spain, Ukraine, or Poland. You can express your interest by pre-registering on Google Play. Be advised that because the initial announcement went live on Feb. 11, the slots might be nearly full. View the full article
Capcom reveals that Mizutsune will be joining Monster Hunter Wilds in the first free title update alongside the launch trailer during Sony's State of Play. View the full article
After a thrilling five-match series between T1 and HLE, Zeus and co. had the final laugh as they move to the next round of the League of Legends Champion Korea Cup 2025 playoffs. HLE started the series strong, dominating game one. But as the sides changed, T1 showcased their valor and equalized the series with a strong performance on the blue side. Until now, Fearless Drafts have not significantly impacted teams, and they have stuck to their meta picks with very few pocket picks, like Keria’s Pyke support. View the full article
With Adventure Mode out now, the Dwarf Fortress team are looking ahead and it's sounding quite exciting with some big features coming to the game. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Onimusha 3: ******’s Siege actor Jean Reno has commented on his potential return to the action-adventure franchise if the third installment gets given the remaster treatment. Reno is a well-respected French actor known for his cinematic roles in Leon: The Professional, Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, and Onimusha 3: ****** Siege is the only video game the star has been a part of, offering his voice and likeness to protagonist Jacques Blanc. View the full article
Recent datamining efforts from the Genshin Impact beta have revealed that Varesa will be accompanied by Xilonen and Xianyun on the Event Banners for Version 5.5, with Venti likely getting his rerun as well. While the gacha system in Genshin Impact has been a popular topic in the past year or so, one thing that has come to define the Natlan era is having very strong banners. Xilonen and Chiori, Chasca and Lyney, Mavuika and Citlali, Arlecchino and Clorinde – all examples of Event Banners with a lot of value, both in terms of the featured characters and the resulting Weapon Banners. View the full article
So you want to hear a story, eh? Borderlands 4 will be launching later this year with a new official release date, as announced by Gearbox Software during PlayStation's State of Play. The company has also confirmed a dedicated State of Play for Borderlands 4 will reveal more details about the game this spring. View the full article
Throne and Liberty made a big splash on Steam last year, and the newest MMORPG from Amazon Games still holds onto the crown of the most-played free MMO on the Valve platform four months after it first launched. As its first expansion looms, the developer is positioning players for the major upgrade by restructuring its community onto new, consolidated servers. With the launch of Throne and Liberty update 1.15, you can now manually transfer for free, and there are plenty of reasons to log in over the coming weeks. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Throne and Liberty coupons and all active codes Throne and Liberty Twitch drops and how to claim Throne and Liberty's first free expansion adds a new zone and raises level cap View the full article
PlayStation’s Astro Bot is set to receive a further five new levels, as well as a PlayStation 5 Pro patch, starting today, developer Team Asobi has announced. The five challenging stages will appear in the new Vicious Void Galaxy, with one released each week starting today, Thursday, February 13. The five levels will appear on a weekly basis as follows: Read More... View the full article
Hot on the heels of the recent news that Shift Up mentioned Stellar Blade would be optimized for Steam Deck and other smaller devices, we have a Steam page and release month. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
PlayStation's 2025 February State of Play featured a combination of exciting updates and announcements, one of which included a playable demo for the upcoming 2025 ***** release, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. This announcement was one of two for the franchise mentioned in this State of Play, with the other being a crossover DLC with Dave The Diver coming in April. View the full article
It seems a recent update to glibc with version 2.41 release at the end of January, has been causing all sorts of problems for Linux gamers that have pulled in the update (mostly on rolling-release distributions). Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
A new Remembrance character in Honkai: Star Rail has been leaked for Version 3.3 and their arrival may help the developer expand the Path’s roster of available units to choose from. Remembrance is a playable Path that was introduced with Version 3.0, the first new Path since the game’s release back in 2023. The Path was initially represented by the Remembrance Trailblazer and Aglaea, the only two units that follow Remembrance so far, but the Path should continue to gradually expand with new additions, such as Castorice in Honkai: Star Rail 3.2. View the full article
HBO's The Last of Us is rapidly approaching its second season, set to arrive in April, and it sure as hell ain't looking like a happy time. Those who have played The Last of Us: Part II know it's a long video game full of twists and gut punches, so it comes as no surprise to hear that the current plan is to make at least two more seasons after this one. Read more View the full article
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Every Thursday we share the weekly Famitsu sales charts, which tracks physical boxed game sales and hardware sales in Japan. ... Read more View the full article