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There’s a lot of talk of cozy games these days, and Civilization is definitely my personal cozy game. It’s relaxing to get lost in a flow state, making “a series of interesting decisions” for “one more turn,” then another, late into the evening. Change is almost definitionally not cozy, though, and Civilization VII changes quite a lot —especially about the game’s overall structure. Frankly, I’ve long felt the series peaked with Civilization IV, at least for me. But after playing VII for a couple of dozen hours, there’s a chance it’s at least as good as Civilization V, and it has the potential to even match IV with just a little more refinement. Read full article Comments View the full article

The two modern XCOM games, Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2, represent the very best not only of Firaxis but of strategy as a videogame concept. Every single input in XCOM is significant, and laden with pressures and consequences. You never think to yourself 'well, this doesn't really matter, and I'll just see what happens' - there's no such thing as a disinterested or a wasted turn. Whether it's Stellaris, Age of Wonders, or any of the other genre totems, 4X games, the richest and most encompassing expressions of 'strategy,' are comparatively unable to maintain that type of intensity. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Civilization 7 - the best Civilizations for each Age Civilization 7 specialists explained Civilization 7 victories and win conditions View the full article

How do you win in Civilization 7? Civ 7 brings many changes to the popular strategy game series, including mix-and-match leaders from their civilizations, a new Age mechanic, and more. One of the biggest changes that might catch veteran players out is a whole new victory system, which stems from Legacy Paths. Civ 7 Legacy Paths are a new quest mechanic that guides players through the 4X game, from the early stages of the Antiquity Age, right through researching flight and even heading to space in the Modern Age. While you can win by spreading across different areas during the three Civilization 7 Ages, focusing on one Legacy Path can lead to one of four new Civ 7 Victories, as we've detailed below. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Civilization 7 specialists explained Civilization 7 review - even Firaxis can't fully fix the problems with 4X games All Civilization 7 leaders revealed so far View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

What are Civilization 7 specialists? As you lead your civilization into war, scientific advancements, or cultural excellence, your population is busy working away under the surface, building a steady flow of resources. Just like in real life, you're going to need highly trained individuals to improve yield. In Civilization 7, this is where specialists come in. To reach any of the Civ 7 victories in the 4X game, you must excel in every area. Your civilians need to be happy, fed, and your armies should be strong enough to prevent invasion from other Civ 7 leaders - or strong enough to invade others. While you'll spend most of your time in Civilization 7 commanding military units, you shouldn't forget those working civilians grafting away behind the scenes, and Civ 7 specialists are another type of citizen who can boost your income. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Civilization 7 victories and win conditions Civilization 7 review - even Firaxis can't fully fix the problems with 4X games All Civilization 7 leaders revealed so far View the full article

As you battle your way to victory in Marvel Rivals, you’ll be met with lots of unique terms you might not know the meaning of. One of the most confusing ones is Ace since it has multiple meanings, depending on when you see it. Knowing what this term means is crucial if you want to fully understand what’s going on in each match you tackle. Even though it has two meanings, they’re not as complicated as you might expect, so here’s everything you need to know about what Ace means in Marvel Rivals. View the full article

With each new Civilization release, fans of previous versions have taken polarising views of the changes made and it will be no different with this one. However, what might tip opinions in a particular direction is how well it runs and, to cut to the chase immediately, it's not brilliant. It's not terrible either, but depending on the hardware you have in your gaming PC, Civilization 7 could be smooth and trouble-free, or something of a grindfest... Read more.View the full article

Cursed Techniques are your ultimate means to empower your build in Jujutsu Odyssey, and there are plenty of choices to explore. Cursed Techniques, in simple words, are the specialization skills that you gradually unlock upon leveling up. While there are some terrific options available at launch, you'll need to unlock them first before you get to equip any. That said, let's take a look at how you can obtain the different Techniques in Jujutsu Odyssey. How to obtain Cursed Techniques in Jujutsu Odyssey To get Cursed Techniques in Jujutsu Odyssey, you'll have to get something called Cursed Wombs. These wombs, in turn, will allow you to unlock new techniques from the skill tree after you absorb them. We will discuss how to get the Cursed Wombs in the following section, since the method of obtaining them is slightly different. While it's not necessary to have a top-tier Cursed Technique for a strong build, getting the better ones certainly will help your cause. Then again, you'll be relying on luck after absorbing the Cursed Wombs. [Hidden Content] How to get Cursed Wombs in Jujutsu Odyssey There are different ways to get Cursed Wombs inside the game, and they're less luck-reliant than you might think. Here are all the known ways currently available for you to get this resource in Jujutsu Odyssey. Look around the map under the trees, as this item spawns there every 1-2 hours inside the game. Once they appear, they will be available at that spot for 30 minutes, so be quick when you spot one. Complete the Jujutsu Tech Entrance Exam (it takes a bit of time if you're a starter). The Azure Maw Cursed Spirit Boss spawns randomly, but it's a stern test that's not suitable for beginners. Completing the Secret Ending of a Raid will reward every party member with a Cursed Womb. Make sure to use a Womb whenever you obtain one by selecting the Absorb option. Once done, go to the skill tree, and you'll find the available Cursed Technique to equip. If you have an unused Womb and quit the game, it will be lost, so always be extra careful when you find one. The post How to get Cursed Techniques in Jujutsu Odyssey appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

The season of love has returned to Eorzea, and Final Fantasy XIV players have another chance to get their hands on a romantic reward for completing 2025’s Valentione’s Day event. This year, the main reward is the Bouquet emote, allowing players to offer an obscenely large bundle of roses to another. If you want to get this emote, or any of the other items available this year, we’ve got you covered. How to get the Bouquet emote in Final Fantasy XIV Screenshot by Destructoid To get the Bouquet emote for your collection, you’ll need to complete the quest that makes up this year’s Valentione’s Day event. It’s a pretty straightforward quest that won’t even require you to leave Gridania. To begin the event quest “I Promise You a Rose Garden”, head to Old Gridania and talk to Astrid at Mih Khetto’s Amphitheatre (X:10.2, Y:9.4). It turns out that the Botanist in charge of growing the roses is having relationship drama, and who better to act as a relationship counselor than the Warrior of Light? Screenshot by Destructoid After talking to Astrid, head to the Greatloam Growery, either on foot or via the Botanist’s Guild Aethernet Shard, and find Laurovic (X:10.3, Y:9.4). He’ll tell you the full story of Sylginie, his former love who disappeared out of the blue some time ago, and ask that you go out in search of her with only a description of an Elezen with silver hair and a Rose Earring. To find her, you’ll need to go back to Mih Khetto’s Amphitheatre. Your task is made simple thanks to the names given to the three NPCs that you can possibly talk to: Woman with a Rose Hairpin (X:9.9, Y:8.9) Woman with an Orchid Earring (X:9.5, Y:8.7) Woman with a Rose Earring (X:10.4, Y:9.1) Either speak to them all or head directly for the one with the Rose Earring to complete this step of the quest. Of course, things aren’t ever simple in FFXIV. As it turns out Sylginie does not want to see Laurovic, and sends you off to tell him such. You’ll find him close to the Shaded Bower (X:12.8, Y:9.2), and talking to him will provide a new twist to the story. Screenshot by Destructoid Now the task has changed, and you must plant a rumor around Gridania in order to entice Sylginie out of hiding. You’ll have a choice between saying that Laurovic has been detained by an Ishgardian Knight, or that he’s entered into a duel with one. Either way, the results will be the same, so it doesn’t matter which you choose. To spread the rumor, talk to the three following NPCs: Woman with a Rose Hairpin (X:9.9, Y:8.9) Woman with an Orchid Earring (X:9.5, Y:8.7) Woman with a Rose Earring (X:10.4, Y:9.1) With the rumor in circulation, seek out Laurovic at the Greatloam Growery (X:6.1, Y:7.4) to trigger the final pivotal cutscene of the quest, and see him reunited with Sylginie. After that, all that’s left to do is head back to Astrid at Mih Khetto’s Amphitheatre to complete the quest and obtain the Bouquet emote. Valentione’s Day 2025 additional rewards Screenshot by Destructoid If you want to get the full set of rewards exclusive to the 2025 Valentione’s Day event, make sure to visit the House Valentione Maid (X:10.6, Y:8.7). This “Purveyor of Love” can be found just outside the main entrance to Mih Khetto’s Amphitheatre, and has the following items for *****: Heartfelt Valentione's Day Advertisement (2,000 Gil) Prismatic Heart Left (8 Gil) Prismatic Heart Right (8 Gil) The post How to get the Bouquet emote in Final Fantasy XIV (Valentione’s Day 2025 event guide) appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Those of you that don't want to see any Assassin's Creed Shadows spoilers might want to be careful, as the game's art book has leaked online. Read more View the full article

Multiversus game director Tony Huynh took to social media to apologize to fans for the recent game shutdown announcement and to ask for an end to the “threats to harm” against the team. Huynh explained that Player First Games is going through a tough time following the decision to shut down Multiversus and shouldn’t have to put up with threats like that, urging these fans to put a stop to it. View the full article

Square Enix has dropped the first Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth patch notes for the PC version of the game, specifically aimed at improving stability. The new Steam and Epic Games Store releases of Rebirth might look even prettier than the RPG did on PS5, but after spending a lot of time with the game I did notice a few cracks. Rebirth has some performance issues in the large open-world areas and the visuals can struggle to keep up with the game itself, so hopefully this patch remedies these problems. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth eclipses Remake's Steam launch in a matter of days Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PC review - so nice it emotionally wrecked me twice Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director asks you not to install "inappropriate" mods View the full article

Sony is reportedly set to deliver its now-standard February PlayStation State of Play broadcast next week. Leaker NateTheHate, who accurately revealed the date of Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal ahead of time, took to social media to tease a State of Play for Valentine’s Day week (February 10 to 14). It’s speculation time! What could Sony have up its sleeve for this year’s State of Play? It’s worth going through the first-party games it has announced and coming out in 2025. Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Yotei currently has a 2025 release window. Perhaps we’ll get a fresh look at gameplay and a release date. Meanwhile, Bungie’s PvP extraction shooter Marathon may be set for a showing if it still plans to open playtesting up this year. There’s also Fairgames, the debut game from Haven Studios. Naughty Dog recently announced its brand new IP, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and Insomniac is working on Marvel’s Wolverine. More likely, perhaps, is a fresh trailer for Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, which is set for a 2025 release. What we won’t see are the various live service games Sony recently canned. Last month, Sony canceled two unannounced live-service games that were in development at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. The Bluepoint game was reportedly a live-service God of War game. Bend Studio’s live-service game remains unknown. Guerrilla Games' live service Horizon game reportedly survived the cull. Is it finally time for a reveal? Moving on to potential third-party announcements, Kojima has Physint, the upcoming stealth-action PlayStation exclusive in the works, but it feels a little early for that. Phantom Blade Zero, the flashy hack-and-slash action RPG from ******** studio S-Game, is a safer bet. And let’s not forget Microsoft, now a significant publisher of games on PlayStation. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is set to launch on PS5 soon, so maybe we will see a release date announced. And could Microsoft use State of Play to finally announce the arrival of Halo on PlayStation? In predicting the future, it’s helpful to look to the past. Last year’s equivalent State of Play showcased the likes of Death Stranding 2, Physint, Rise of the Ronin, the Until Dawn remaster, Stellar Blade, Dragon's Dogma 2, Sonic x Shadow Generations, various Silent Hill projects, Ken Levine’s Judas, Foamstars, and Helldivers 2. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article

Despite being the shortest month, February’s place in the bleak and dismal ****-crack of winter for half the planet often makes it drag. In 2025 though, there aren’t enough hours in the day or days in the month to fit all the massive games that are coming out. But it’s not so much the quantity of new releases as it is the density of a select few, because some of the year’s longest games are dropping in the shortest month. If any of your friends are major history buffs, you should probably check and make sure they’re okay over the next couple of weeks. If they’re unresponsive it’s likely they’re completely immersed in – or frozen with decision paralysis – over the two huge games that come out in February: Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 and Kingdom Come Deliverance II. These are two very different games with a couple major things in common. One, they’re jam-packed with tons of extensive deep-cut lore from that hit, long-running immensely controversial franchise known as human existence (in other words, actual real-world history), and two, they’re infamous timesinks. The upcoming sequels are bound to keep even the most casual players busy for at least a couple 40-hour workweeks, but if the previous installments are any indication, they’ll keep serious players occupied waaaaay longer than that. Civilization 7 Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 needs little introduction and whether you realize it or not, multiple people you know – or possibly, you yourself – will sink hundreds, possibly thousands of hours into the next entry of the prolific turn-based 4X strategy series. I don’t just mean your gamer pals, either; this is one of those series with crossover appeal that attracts players who typically don’t play many games otherwise, and hardcore Civ players are hiding in plain sight all around us. Whether it’s your teachers, your co-workers, your dentist, that one aunt who doesn’t talk much at family gatherings, the person at the deli counter, or that guy at your gym who grunts too much when he’s working out, Sid Meier’s incredibly addictive sim has created a cabal of sleeper agents and it’s not hard to see why. Despite a dauntingly robust number of systems and a vertigo-inducing amount of depth, the board game aesthetic, turn-based nature, and familiar subject matter make Civ approachable to players who might otherwise be scared off by many other games. You know, the ones set in fictional universes mired in convoluted lore that require players to learn complex control schemes, and then have the dexterity and reflexes to use them under pressure. Civ 6 has one hell of a learning curve but getting the hang of it is more like learning Excel than gittin gud at Elden Ring, and there’ll be even less of a barrier to entry if Civ 7 comes to iOS down the road, which seems likely, if not inevitable. According to howlongtobeat.com, you can finish the main story of Civilization 6 in around 23 hours, and according to Lay’s Classic Potato Chips, the serving size is just 15 chips. Realistically, most people who open a bag of chips are gonna eat way more than that, and realistically, most people who get hooked on Civ will spend days, maybe weeks in its thrall. Howlongtobeat also says completing the main campaign plus sidequests – or, optional objectives – will take around 97 hours, and if you’re a completionist, you’re looking at approximately 382 hours, which seems more accurate. It’s unclear if this accounts for the copious amount of DLC that Civ 6 has gotten over the years, and it doesn’t clock multiplayer , but the point is, Civ is immensely time consuming, infinitely replayable, and prominently featured on plenty of desert island game lists, and there’s absolutely no reason to think Civ 7 won’t be more of the same, and then some. The jury’s out on exactly how long Civilization 7 is, but let’s say it’s on par with Civ 6 – if you average the 23 hours it takes to mainline and the 382 hours it takes to 100%, you’re looking at approximately 200 hours. If you play video games for four hours a day, every day of the week, clocking 200 hours in Civ 7 will take you 1.7 Februaries The average adult gamer spends 8-12 hours a week gaming. I don’t know who you are, but if you’re watching an IGN video, I’m gonna assume you’re doing way more than that, so for the sake of this article, let’s say you play video games three hours every day. Okay, fine, you’ve been good, so you can stay up a little late, let’s call it four. If you play video games for four hours a day, every day of the week, clocking 200 hours in Civ 7 will take you 1.7 Februaries. Is that a stupid metric for the size of a game? Absolutely, but it just goes to show you that just because something involves numbers doesn’t mean it should be treated like an exact science. See also, IGN review scores. How much your time is worth, how much money you spend on games, and how much enjoyment you get out of said games is entirely subjective, but one thing that is not up for debate is that Civilization 7 isn’t the sort of game you burn through in a weekend. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II So that’s ONE huge game dropping in February. The other is Kingdom Come: Deliverance II This may not have as much of a reputation as Civ and it might not be quite as infinitely replayable due to its narrower historical focus and lack of multiplayer, but it’s nonetheless a doozie. The original Kingdom Come Deliverance has garnered a devoted following for not just its authentic simulation of medieval life, but how much player choices actually affect the world around them over the dozens of hours it takes to complete, which has the tendency to encourage multiple replays to see different outcomes. How Long To Beat says you can mainline the original Kingdom Come Deliverance in 41 ½ hours, but again, that’s sort of like buying tickets to a renaissance faire and running full speed toward the exit as soon as you’re past the front gate, which is a waste of money AND a safety hazard. The point of either experience is getting immersed in the day-to-day life of another era – in Kingdom Come’s case, as the son of a blacksmith in 15th-century Bohemia. Howlongtobeat says 100%ing Kingdom Come will take around 131 hours, but poking around the KCD subreddit, you’ll find plenty of folks who’ve clocked twice that, and several who’ve put in over a thousand hours because it’s that kind of game. There are probably people in the Bubsy3D subreddit who’ve sunk 1,000 hours into Bubsy3D, so take that with a grain of salt. Nobody complained that the first game was too small or light on content, but Warhorse studios has repeatedly touted that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will be twice the size, so a conservative estimate suggests a single playthrough will easily make 100 hours disappear. Well, maybe not EASILY, given the realistically brutal combat, but you get the idea. If we take the 41.5 hours it takes to mainline KCD1 and the 131 it takes to supposedly complete it, we have 86.5, which seems fair. Now, if KCD2 is in fact twice the size of the first game, that means it’ll take you just over 1.5 Februaries to play it once! if you double that, it’ll take you almost twice as long! When you consider the average price of ren faire tickets is 40 bucks, not counting the cost of mead, turkey legs, or ******* attire, 60 bucks for a month in medieval bohemia is a steal! Avowed On February 18th, Obsidian’s next big fantasy RPG drops. Avowed is set in the same universe as the studio’s Pillars of Eternity games, which may set unrealistic expectations. Both of those games exhibit some pretty flagrant false advertising: none of the titular pillars are, in fact, eternal. But, in Obsidian’s defense these isometric CRPGs do offer pretty hefty campaigns – you can mainline them both in roughly 40 hours, but 100% completion will take more like a hundred. Then again, these are actual role-playing games, not just games where there are experience points and numbers fly off enemies when they take damage. These are meant to be replayed, and the playtimes you’ll see people on the Pillars subreddit boasting are three, four, maybe even 30 times that of what’s on HowLongToBeat. As always, your mileage may vary. Meanwhile, Obsidian’s most recent full-scale RPG, The Outer Worlds, is egregiously or refreshingly short, depending who you ask. This one’s practically an anomaly in the RPG scene because you can roll credits in under 14 hours, and 100% it in less than 40. An RPG that can be beaten in a single work-week? Unheard of! Though, for some individuals whose work-week cuts into their gaming time, the idea of being able to finish a video game in under a fiscal quarter was one of The Outer Worlds’ main selling-points. Anyone expecting Avowed to be on the same scale as the Pillars games will be sorely disappointed, as Obsidian has said it’s more in line with The Outer Worlds. The Outer Worlds got a bit of a pass for being short, since it was published by Private Division, whose whole business model was incubating indie and smaller scale projects. Avowed will be the first Obsidian game released since the studio was acquired by Microsoft that actually looks like an Obsidian game. This studio is best known for big, crunchy RPGs like Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 and Fallout New Vegas, and while Grounded and Pentiment are both excellent in their own right, they’re kind of like when Andre 3000 from Outkast put out that flute album. It’s a good flute album, but it’s not an Outkast album. Anyway, even if Avowed is shorter than a lot of Obsidian RPGs, that’ll likely encourage people to play it more than once. The Outer Worlds was short but like a good role-playing game, there were multiple outcomes. There were three main endings, but plenty of variables would see situations play out a multitude of different ways. So, let’s say Microsoft’s deeper pockets means Avowed is a little ******* than The Outer Worlds, like 20 hours, but assume it’s about as replayable. If you want to see three endings, that’s still 60 hours, which is 1.8 Februaries, assuming you’re following our completely arbitrary made-up rules and only playing four hours a day. And even if you only play it once, that’ll still likely take you a whole weekend during which you do literally nothing else. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii On February 21st, there’s Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, which is really more of an honorable mention with an asterisk than a proper entry on this list. The series has some absolute behemoths, with the longer installments like Yakuza 0, Yakuza 5 and Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth easily racking up 60 hours for a normal playthrough. Of course, it’s not uncommon for people to spend twice that long after getting hooked on any of the infamously addictive side activities, like mahjong! Or managing a cabaret club! Or growing a senbei rice cracker company into a fortune 500 company that owns an amusement park run by a crawfish, a vacuum cleaner, and a 10 year old! Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is going to be a smaller entry and the developers gave the oddly specific estimate that it’ll be about 1.3 to 1.5 times the size of last year’s Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. Despite having the longest title in series history, that’s the shortest game to date, apparently starting out as DLC before becoming its own standalone thing. Gaiden can be completed in around 12 hours, so expect Pirate Yakuza to be roughly 16 to 18… with a big capital BUT: it’s very possible there’s some absurdly time-consuming diversion. The kart-racing and delivery minigames from Infinite Wealth return, but there’s also something called Masaru’s Love Journey: My Dream Minato Girl… so make of that what you will (just close the blinds first.) Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii might only weigh in at two thirds of a February if you’re microdosing it, but don’t underestimate how easy it is to lose track of time in one of these games. Monster Hunter Wilds Now we should probably address the 800 pound Gorillaphant in the room. Actually, I think that’s a Congalala, which is neither gorilla nor elephant and probably weighs way more than 800 pounds but I disgress: the biggest game of the month is Monster Hunter Wilds, which releases on the dawn of the final day, February 28th. When I say this game is big, I mean not just in terms of its geographical scale, the grandiosity of its gameplay, the amount of anticipation millions of players have for it worldwide, or the amount of time they’ll sink into it, but really, all the above. Anybody who knows anything about Monster Hunter knows that the people who get into Monster Hunter get into Monster Hunter. The last few entries, Rise and World, plus their respective expansions and/or expanded editions Sunbreak and Iceborne, can be mainlined in 30 to 50 hours, but like every other game on this list, aside from Speedrunners, who does that? That’s like going to an all-you-can-eat brazilian steakhouse and filling up on rolls before a guy with a sword covered in meat even comes by your table. And like a Brazilian steakhouse, the meat and swords are also big selling points for Monster Hunter. Realistically, getting your fill of an average Monster Hunter game’s campaign and sidequests, plus all the requisite grinding, will at least triple the playtime of the main campaign. I sent a message to the entire IGN team asking folks how much time they put into Monster Hunter games and literally no one who responded had less than 100 hours clocked. Admittedly, I work at a video game website. If you work at, like, Applebee’s, or a hospice, or the Arvin Edison Water Storage District, you probably won’t get the same response from your co-workers, though you might get called into HR for being annoying and using company time to talk about video games. Regardless, it’s probably worth adding that my esteemed colleagues don’t play a lot of video games just because they work at IGN, they work at IGN because they play a lot of video games. A lot, as in 956 hours across Monster Hunter World and Iceborne. Another colleague had 632 hours logged, but shrugged it off saying some of it was hanging out in lobbies chatting with friends. Yes, friends with whom you spent hundreds of hours playing Monster Hunter! I’m not saying this to boast about the people I work with at a video game website actually doing their job, but rather to underline that it’s not out of the ordinary for fans of this series to make this kind of time commitment, and I’m sure quite a few of you have done even more Monster Hunting than these casual scrubs I work with. Monster Hunter has been a big deal in Japan since the jump. There were news stories about a CEO giving his employees the day off when Monster Hunter Rise came out because he knew half of them were just going to call in sick anyway. In fact, the previous game on this list, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii’s Crazy Verbose Vacation Adventure, actually had its release date moved up a week to get the hell out of Monster Hunter’s way. The studio head put out a video stating the reason was so fans could “play the game that comes out after with peace of mind" and "enjoy hunting at [their] own pace." Monster Hunter World was appropriately titled, because it proved to be a massive global success, and part of the reason Wilds has been in the works for so long is because of that popularity. How do you make something that is accessible and appealing to newcomers, but which also poses a fresh challenge to the millions of players who’ve sunk hundreds of millions of hours into the previous games? That’s quite a quandary, and whatever they don’t stick the landing on day one will likely get addressed in future patches or expansions. Based on my incredibly precise calculations, it’ll likely take upwards of three and a half Februaries to get the full Monster Hunter Wilds experience In any case, anticipation is through the roof and Wilds is already smashing records: The open beta held in late October attracted almost half a million concurrent players on Steam alone, a new record high for the franchise, with 150,000 more people online than Monster Hunter World’s all-time peak player count. So, breaking news: Monster Hunter Wilds is going to be a big game that a lot of people are going to be playing, and based on my incredibly precise calculations, it’ll likely take upwards of three and a half Februaries to get the full experience, but realistically, this is one of those games that a lot of folks will keep simmering on the backburner year round. So, which of these massive games are you gonna spend your hard earned money on, and how much of your ever-so-fleeting spare time do you see yourself sinking into it? Let me know in the comments below, but try to keep it short and sweet… I don’t have all day. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The Honkai: Star Rail 3.1 livestream is arriving, and its date and time should be revealed soon, allowing players to know when they will be able to see the planned content for the turn-based RPG’s next update, including new characters, banners, story updates, maps, and more. Version 3.0, released in mid-January, started the game’s third year of content and took players to Amphoreus, a mysterious new destination. So far, players have progressed a bit into The Eternal Land’s campaign and met some of the Amphoreus characters in Honkai: Star Rail, one of which became available as a playable unit, Aglaea. View the full article

Friendly skateboarding game OlliOlli World and its rollerskating gun friend Rollerdrome have been delisted on Steam for unknown reasons. If you go to the store page for OlliOlli World, you'll currently see the classic delisted message: "Notice: OlliOlli World is no longer available on the Steam store." The same thing appears on the Rollerdrome page. No, we're not sure why. Read more View the full article

Of all the work Blizzard has been doing over the past several months to change Diablo 4’s fortunes, sell players on the dramatically different game that exists today, and perhaps convince some of buying the Vessel of Hated expansion, this particular tactic has to be the most underhanded. Read more View the full article

We normally expect Nvidia RTX 4060 gaming laptops to go for at least $999, so this $799.99 offer represents fantastic value for the spec. Not only does this Lenovo Loq gaming laptop deal give you a decent Nvidia GeForce gaming GPU, but it also comes with a solid AMD Ryzen 7 CPU, plus a 1080p screen with a 144Hz refresh rate, and you can currently save $200 off the standard retail price. It's the Nvidia GPU that really makes this Lenovo laptop a good deal at this price, though. It's the same GPU we tested in our Lenovo Legion Slim 5 review, and we've found it can handle games such as Total War: Warhammer 3 at 1080p with Ultra settings, while still averaging 72fps. What's more, it also supports Nvidia DLSS 3 with frame gen, which we found enables it to average 75fps in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p with the ultra ray tracing preset, as long as you enable DLSS Super Resolution on the Quality setting. If you're prepared to run your games at lower settings you'll easily be able to enjoy frame rates over 100fps. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: I tried the Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS, and it nails the Steam Deck formula Don't pull out this new Lenovo SSD grenade on public transport Lenovo Legion Go 2 is official and it's using the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

One of the many weekly trials you might come across while playing Phasmophobia is Do as I Command, which is a decently tough challenge focused on trying to force the ghost to grant you evidence. You can earn some pretty great rewards and achievements if you manage to tackle this trial, so here’s what you need to do to complete the Do as I Command challenge in Phasmophobia. View the full article

Marvel Rivals Season 1 started off with a pretty serious rank reset that saw everyone go down at least seven levels from where they finished in Season 0. This was to prevent any stagnation and ensure everyone in the higher ranks are active in the game, but even still, the reset spread chaos throughout Season 1's ranks... Read more.View the full article

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Reliable Fortnite leakers have taken to social media to tease the potential theme for the upcoming chapter 6 season 2 of the battle royale, and the talk of the town is the new season will be heist-themed. Fortnite chapter 6 season 1 debuted with a new ****** Hunters theme, focusing on yōkai, hunters, and Japanese culture, on December 1, 2024, and is scheduled to run up until season 2’s debut on February 21, 2025. View the full article

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The two final games released by shuttered developer Roll7 have been delisted from Steam and the Xbox store. As spotted by PCGamesN, OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome are no longer available to buy on Steam. VGC can also confirm neither game can be purchased on the Xbox Store, though both are still present on the PlayStation Store and OlliOlliWorld is still on the Switch eShop. Read More... View the full article

Here's a fun fact: at the end of this year, Fallout 4 will officially turn ten years old. Okay, maybe that's not such a fun fact. Time is a terrifying concept, as we all know. But at least there are mods to distract us from the inevitable. In this case, it seems that someone had the thought: "Hey, why shouldn't the Tyrants from Resident Evil get to play in the Commonwealth?" And lo, they did create Reign of the Tyrants, a mod for Fallout 4 that does just that. Image via gutrings/Nexus Mods. It kind of makes sense, when you think about it. I mean, much of the Fallout universe is built on the idea of a post-apocalyptic society that's awash with radiation a-plenty. Given the mutated state of RE's most brutish antagonists, it stands to reason that they should fit quite nicely into the Lone Survivor's merry jaunts across destroyed Boston. Now with more Evil According to its creator, gutrings, the mod simply adds a "wide variety" of Tyrants from the Resident Evil series as enemies. There are also new weapons and chems thrown in there for good measure. Oh, they also recommend only playing this if your character is level 30 or above. I guess they kept the tyrannical nature of these beasts when they added them in. So far, there are four variants, totaling more than 50 spawns across the Commonwealth, as well as in the DLC Far Harbor. We can see from the images that we get Mr. X from the remakes of RE2 and RE3, as well as Nemesis, arguably the series' most notable (and hideous) Tyrant. There's more to come as well, it seems. Going forward, gutrings intends to add the following to Reign of Tyrants: Tyrant combat music Improved character meshes New spawning areas Rebalance difficulty Tyrant settlement guards? The question mark in that last one is intriguing. Anyway, I was wondering why no one had done something like this before. Fallout 4 (well, the franchise on the whole) does feature zombified enemies, something Resident Evil is fairly well known for. Plus, the aforementioned mutated state of the Tyrants suggests this is one mod that's been a long time coming. Although, it doesn't seem to be the first time someone else has thought to add them in. The post Fallout 4 and Resident Evil’s Tyrants go well together, as per this mod appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article