It's been five years since the first Atelier Ryza game launched, bringing its charming blend of colorful anime designs, JRPG combat, and satisfying alchemy to our PCs. That initial entry was far from the first game to bear the Atelier name, which dates all the way back to 1997, yet its most recent trilogy has earned it much more attention among a Western audience. To commemorate the anniversary, Koei Tecmo Games has given all three games a polish, with optimization updates, quality-of-life features, and additional improvements. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
The Problem Child Challenge in Bitlife allows you to unleash your young notorious side and become an intolerable menace in everyone’s life without having any regrets. Unlike other Bitlife challenges, this one is fairly easy, but you’ll have to strategically complete the various requirements, as many of them are time-sensitive. However, having the paid Time-Machine option can make things easier for you. View the full article
In 2024, it seems that every major release is followed by some small indie title that sweeps up all the players with its charm. And September is no different, as TCG Card Shop Simulator has attracted quite a few more players than even Frostpunk 2 or **** of War: Ragnarok. Released on Sept. 15, TCG Card Shop Simulator lets you “open your own local game store” and perfect the card shop experience for your virtual patrons, who won’t have to suffer those issues your only card shop in town has. The game currently sits at a whopping 95 percent positive Steam reviews, putting it in the rare and respectable “Overwhelmingly Positive” category, with players praising its simple yet addictive gameplay loop. And, given how popular trading cards themselves are, it’s no wonder that the game has managed to attract over 38,000 players during its peak on Sept. 22 per SteamDB. View the full article
There are tons of secret Cameo Levels for players to discover in Funko Fusion, including one based on the popular zombie comedy film, Shaun of the *****. However, to access each of these Cameo Levels, players will first need to complete some prerequisites and find their entry point in other worlds. View the full article
There are so many things about World of Warcraft: The War Within expansion that are worthy of praise, particularly for players like myself who enjoy playing the game mostly solo. Of course, any MMORPG is meant to be played multiplayer, but several negative situations over the years have left me preferring to do my own thing wherever possible. The War Within feels as though it is specifically catering to me in this respect, with numerous ways to explore the content of the expansion without social anxiety. View the full article
The Lord of the Rings is all about the call of adventure and duty beyond the comfort of home, but Tales of the Shire is a Middle-Earth game for those who would rather resist the call. Developed by Wt Workshop and published by Private Division, the game replaces full-scale battles with trials like nailing the consistency of a stew. It's squarely positioned as a part of the burgeoning cozy game market, focusing on all the mundane parts of life but making them charming and attractive in the way that only a video game can. View the full article
October's always the perfect time to ***** into horror games, and it looks like horror fans will be spoiled for choice this year. From the already-divisive Silent Hill 2 remake to the less thoroughly transformed return of Until Dawn, there are a lot of obvious options to leap for. Even the Starfield DLC Shattered Space is getting into the spirit, adding a touch of cosmic horror to a game that otherwise focuses more on the joy of exploration than the ***** of the unknown. View the full article
A dedicated Minecraft player has handcrafted a 1-to-1 recreation of New York City in the game, showing off multiple views of the impressive build. The massively popular sandbox survival game from Mojang has seen a plethora of unique and outstanding creations within the game, featuring everything from massive structures to complex city builds. Fans of Minecraft have often paid tribute to their favorite media franchises through the game, including games like Elden Ring and Pokemon among others. Now, one fan has built a stunning recreation of one of the world's biggest cities. View the full article
To beat Avenger Knight and ****** Castle in Episode Aigis: The Answer, there are a few key things for Persona 3 Reload to keep in mind in terms of weaknesses, resistances, and strategy. A tough double-boss battle on the B20 floor of Antenora dungeon within the Abyss of Time is arguably the trickiest battle in the DLC so far. With that, your team needs to consist of the right members. View the full article
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will be significantly longer than the previous series spin-off, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has revealed. The ********* developer even attempted to quantify the length difference between the two, suggesting that Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii could take at least 15 hours to beat. View the full article
After a breakout showing at the 2022 Chess Olympiad, Dommaraju Gukesh took things a step further this year in Budapest as he helped lead his nation to first place while also securing the individual gold. With the Indian women’s team also winning their competition, this marked an unprecedented national double. Eight wins and two draws against the world’s elite: not a bad way to etch yourself into the chess record books at the tender age of eighteen. In 2022, Gukesh played on the first board of India’s second team (as the host nation has the opportunity to field three squads instead of one), ending the tournament with a 2867 tournament performance rating. View the full article
The final results for the winner of the Pokemon TCG Illustration Contest 2024 are in, and I'm in love with the winning piece. Earlier this year, The Pokemon Company held a competition for fans of the series to submit some art that if it won, would be made into an official Pokemon Trading Card Game card (oh the winner gets $5000 too, which is nice). The results of the competition have finally been announced, and the winner is an artist by the name of Kazuki Minami, who drew maybe the best Pikachu card I've ever seen. You can see it at the end of a video that shows a bunch of the other submissions, or just look at the top of this page, but for those of you that don't want to do either of those things, it's a lovingly rendered piece showing Pikachu yawning and scratching its head with its foot, filled with such a real sense of life that can be so hard to do. "I'm truly honored to receive this prize," Minami said in a statement. "As this was my first time taking part in this contest, I wasn't sure what to draw and how to draw it. That's when my dog came into my sight being cute - I was inspired to draw Pikachu in such a way that reminds me of my dog. So the prize belongs to my dog as much as it does to me, and we're both extremely happy and honored. Thank you." Read more View the full article
Skyrim mods come in all shapes and sizes: for every DLC-scale quest mod we also get tiny, mechanical shifts in how we play the RPG. Even unassuming mods can prove to be the most popular. A simple change to the UI has over 17 million downloads, for example. To me, this is the beauty of the still-thriving community as even after 11 years, we're finding ways to rewrite our experience across Tamriel. Today, another small creation with huge ambition grabbed my attention, and if utilized properly it could change how we interact with Skyrim mods forever. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best Skyrim mods 2024 The best games like Starfield 2024 Grab $121 worth of classic Elder Scrolls games for 84% off View the full article
One crafty Stardew Valley player has used images found online to draw up a concept for an in-game hide for bird watching, as well as adding several bird sprites gathered together for a prime viewing experience. While the idea is just a concept, the Stardew Valley community seems excited by it, with hopes that it will one day be added to the game as a mod or otherwise. View the full article
Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair over Palworld, but one expert isn't sure the Mario maker has enough to win. Read more View the full article
The New York Times mentioned the existence of this stealth project in a new profile on Ive published this week. According to the report, Ive met OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for dinner last year after an introduction from Airbnb chief Brian Chesky. Over multiple meals, the pair hatched a plan... Read Entire Article View the full article
Valve appear to have some pretty ambitious future plans for Steam, as we've seen recently a ***** (and not for the first time) that Valve has plans for ARM64 and Android support on Linux. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
A decade ago, if you were to say that a single title would drive the progress of PS4 emulation, most would likely call you madder than the beasts of Yharnam, but here we are, with Bloodborne on the PC almost within our grasp. New videos released over the past week have showcased how capable the ShadPS4 emulator has become in bringing one of the most sought-after games to the PC platform. Just a month ago, Bloodborne barely ran without sound and with broken lighting and textures, but now it can smoothly sail across most of the game’s areas, with some bosses also fully functional. From what we can gather, it appears that only the lighting still poses a real issue, alongside general stability stuff that is likely to impact the game well after it’s available for everyone to enjoy through emulation. View the full article
In the world of Once Human, players must choose between several different ******* skills to survive difficult boss battles and dungeons. Frost Vortex is one such build, which delivers an AoE Status effect using frost damage. This effect creates frost vortexes that swirl around enemies, damaging them for 30% Psi Intensity damage each second for four seconds. View the full article
It's sounding like Dragon Age: The Veilguard is going to be the complete package, as its director has said there aren't any plans for DLC expansions. Read more View the full article
Featuring one of the most iconic Pokémon starters of all time, the dynamic duo of Charizard and Pidgeot is an unstoppable force on the Pokémon TCG battlefield. If you’re hoping to pick up a punchy decklist, we’ve got you covered. Here are the best Charizard ex and Pidgeot ex Pokémon Trading Card Game deck builds, including the standard card list and our own spin on the classic set-up. View the full article
Popular online gaming platform Steam recently passed a massive milestone, boasting a new all-time high for online players with over 38 million users online. Since Valve originally launched Steam in September of 2003, the gaming platform has grown into one of the most-used gaming services and online marketplaces in the world. Steam's catalog boasts over 100,000 games in the U.S. with the service standing as the largest online gaming platform on PC, beating out competitors like the Epic Games Store. Now, Steam has passed another major milestone in the online gaming space. View the full article
Data center power consumption has become a major concern as demand grows and utilities struggle to keep up. Operators are looking for ways to reduce energy use and costs, with many developing novel ways of cooling equipment and maximizing data center design. Read Entire Article View the full article
It’s now been a year since Counter-Strike 2’s official release, and with the game still lagging so far behind Global Offensive both in terms of content and fidelity, ***** are now also getting more vocal about their criticism of the game and Valve. Now, it was ropz and NiKo who spoke out in interviews given to BLAST ahead of the tournament organizer’s Fall Finals competition, and neither of them minced words about the state of CS2. View the full article
Though horror cameos are plentiful in Funko Fusion, some of these character Cameos require specific quests to unlock them, including the murderous ****** icon M3GAN. While M3GAN does not have her own world for players to visit, she can still be found in various other worlds and is unlocked as a playable character. View the full article
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It's been five years since the first Atelier Ryza game launched, bringing its charming blend of colorful anime designs, JRPG combat, and satisfying alchemy to our PCs. That initial entry was far from the first game to bear the Atelier name, which dates all the way back to 1997, yet its most recent trilogy has earned it much more attention among a Western audience. To commemorate the anniversary, Koei Tecmo Games has given all three games a polish, with optimization updates, quality-of-life features, and additional improvements. Read the rest of the story... View the full article