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Like most crossword enthusiasts I enjoy a good, challenging crossword clue, and the clue, “Bottom ten?” from today’s NYT Crossword puzzle, is just that: A challenge. This NYT Mini Crossword clue appears at four down in the Aug. 21 puzzle. If you’ve tried every possible answer (and you may have, this one’s a bit vague) then don’t worry—we’ve got the answer, even if it gave us pause. View the full article

Take a look at a few new monsters and a new biome with Capcom's most recent trailers. View the full article

Persona 3 fans feel like Atlus has made a big mistake leaving Persona 3 Portable heroine Kotone Shiomi out of Persona 3 Reload, with many disappointed that the surprise Female Protagonist exclusion means the game won’t be “definitive” anymore. Atlus’ decision to leave Kotone out of the Persona 3 Reload release stings even more, players declared today, because the developers actually decided to bring Joker from the franchise’s fifth entry into the Reloaded title as a challenge boss—a change that makes little sense for the story the game’s were originally telling. View the full article

With so many incredible video game references appearing in the Gamescom Opening Night Live teaser trailer, gamers have been left curious about what the new Secret Level show coming to Amazon Prime later this year really is. Here’s everything we know about Secret Level on Amazon so far. View the full article

The First Descendant has a large and ever-expanding roster of unique characters to ******** the Vulgus menace. Unfortunately, some are certainly better than others. Two Descendants in particular, Sharen and Enzo, are so useful that they should be one of the first Descendant unlocks after Bunny. However, their strength does not come from their stats or their combat abilities; instead, these two stand out because they have unique abilities outside of combat. View the full article

Four years after the game's original release, the massive free-to-play RPG lands on a new platform. View the full article

Our week continues, fellow bargain hunters, with an average Wednesday of nowhere near average savings. Top of my list includes that Borderlands Pandora Collection—because we all may as well blast through the entire franchise as prep for Borderlands 4. I'm also all about that PSDiscount on No Man's Sky, the game that just keeps on giving. ******* amounts of value for money there. Get amongst it already. In retro news, I’m celebrating the 15th birthday of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again, one of the best DSi downloads you could nab. Minis March Again bolstered the original article with four more game worlds of 10 stages apiece. Along with the brilliant DIY level creator that let me wirelessly share my conundrums with friends, this was just more of the same—old school Nintendo game design with pitch perfect puzzle platforming and high sheen visuals. Please remake more of this sizeable series on Switch, Ninty. This Day in Gaming - Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (DSi) 2009. Similar - Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (PS3/4) 2014. Get - The Bard’s Tale (PS4,PSV) 2017. Get - Burnout Paradise Remastered (PC) 2018. Get Table of ContentsNintendo SwitchPCXboxPlayStationLEGOThe Weekly Top 10Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch Expiring Recent Deals Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card. Switch Console Prices How much to Switch it up? [/url] Back to top Purchase Cheap for PC Expiring Recent Deals Or just get a Steam Wallet Card. PC Hardware Prices Slay your pile of shame. [/url] Back to top Exciting Bargains for Xbox Expiring Recent Deals Or just invest in an Xbox Card. Xbox Console Prices How many bucks for a 'Box? [/url] Back to top Pure Scores for PlayStation Expiring Recent Deals Or purchase a PS Store Card. PlayStation Console Prices What you'll pay to 'Station. [/url] Back to top Legit LEGO Deals Expiring Recent Deals Back to top The Top 10 Games in Australia (According to IGEA and Game Sales Data.) GTA VHogwarts LegacyElden RingCollege Football 25COD MW3GTA OnlineRed ***** 2South Park: The Fractured But WholeNBA 2K24Hitman WoA Part 1 Back to top Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Coffee Stain Studios recently announced their upcoming remaster of the hit chaotic physics simulator game, Goat Simulator. The silly sandbox game is back and players will be able to once again rain chaos down on the world as a goat in Goat Simulator Remastered. View the full article

Traverse the city in-between battles with chibi pixel-art characters. View the full article

Gearbox and 2K have revealed Borderlands 4 with a new Teaser Trailer. View the full article

Every endgame boss in Diablo 4 has an upgraded Tormented version you can summon only in World Tier Four. They’re quite similar to their normal counterparts, but Tormented bosses are more challenging to defeat—and the loot’s way better. Here’s what you need to know about these Tormented Bosses in Diablo 4. View the full article

Joker's ultimate Persona, Satanael, makes an appearance in the ******. View the full article

The final week of the Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia begins with Rocket League, which is kicking off on Aug. 22 and features a massive $550,000 USD prize pool. It’s one of the largest prize pool events for Rocket League this competitive year, and with just about every corner of the globe represented through the 16 invited squads, we’re sure to witness one ***** of a competition in Riyadh. View the full article

Another look at this Italian folklore-inspired soulslike ahead of its launch next month. View the full article

Firaxis, the developers behind the long-running Civilization franchise, have finally unveiled gameplay of the seventh entry into the series. In a livestream hosted midway through Gamescom 2024, the developers detailed how they expanded existing features and showcased why in-game societies evolve through time. Here are all the new features showcased through the Civilization 7 showcase. View the full article

The Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia entered its final week on Wednesday, Aug. 21 with PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, featuring a massive $2 million prize pool and 24 teams in attendance. EWC is a key event in the competitive PUBG calendar; a record prize pool aside, teams will also earn PGS points that go toward a direct invitation to the biggest tournament on the esports calendar, the PUBG Global Championship. View the full article

Earlier today, Bethesda announced that in the lead-up to Starfield's upcoming Shattered Space DLC, players would be treated to the game's first land vehicle, the Rev-8, in an update coming later tonight. Well, it's now later tonight, and Starfield's 1.13.61 update is now live. The big centerpiece of this patch is, of course, the Rev-8. It's the game's first land vehicle, and we got our first look at it earlier today in a trailer. It's kinda cute, bouncing around craters and things with its little hover jets and turret. Take a look: The update isn't just car-centric, though the Rev-8 is a pretty big deal. There are a number of new settings being added such as a frame rate target setting allowing players to pick between 30, 40, 60, or uncapped on VRR displays. Non-VRR displays will still be able to select between 30 and 60, though players are warned screen tearing may occur on non-VRR displays if 60 is selected. There's also a new setting allowing you to prioritize between visuals and performance, and toggling Vsync on and off. And there are new Xbox Series S performance options added as well. Gameplay-wise, the majority of the changes appear to be fixing various bugs or minor other adjustments to make gameplay a bit smoother. Today's update comes ahead of a much larger DLC expansion entitled Shattered Space, which we learned today would be releasing on September 30. Shattered Space was first revealed back in June at the Xbox Games Showcase and is the game's first story expansion. It takes place on the homeworld of House Va'Ruun and includes a new planet, weapons, spacesuits, gear, and more. We gave Starfield a 7/10 in our launch review, saying that it "has a lot of forces working against it, but eventually the allure of its expansive roleplaying quests and respectable combat make its gravitational pull difficult to resist." The full patch notes are below. New settings:Frame Rate Target: You can now choose between 30, 40, 60 or an Uncapped frame rate on VRR displays. If you do not have a VRR display running 120hz, you will still be able to select from 30 or 60. Screen tearing may occur at times when selecting 60 on a non-VRR display.Prioritize: You can now prioritize between Visuals and Performance while trying to maintain the frame rate target. If you’re choosing a frame rate target of 60 or above, we recommend changing this to Performance. Prioritizing Visuals keeps the highest resolution while maintaining full detail for special effects, lighting, and crowds. Prioritizing Performance lowers internal resolution and detail for special effects, lighting, and crowds. Both modes may adjust internal resolution dynamically when scenes or action get heavier as well. When switching between modes, you will see the lighting change briefly as the system catches up to the new mode.VSync: You can now toggle between VSync off or on. Choosing off will separate the game frames from the monitor's refresh rate and may result in screen tearing. Toggling On will synchronize the frame rate to the monitor's refresh rate avoiding screen tearing but limiting number of frames.FeaturesAdded the new Rev-8 Vehicle which can be purchased from the ship technicianAdded Xbox Series S performance optionsGeneralGeneral performance and stability improvementsCreations UI fixes and improvementsGameplayAddressed an issue that could prevent fully scanning the planet Beta Marae IGameplay Options: Addressed an issue with Legendary weapons that could cause the Well Fed and Hydrated effects to refreshGameplay Options: Addressed an issue with switching weapons that could cause the "You are now Hydrated" notification to appear frequentlyGameplay Options: Addressed an issue that could cause Sustenance effects to stop working in NG+ variantsFixed an issue with reloading the Novastrike ******* rifleResolved an issue that caused other characters to hold the Novastrike rifle incorrectlyFixed a visual issue with the Magshot reload animation in zero-gExtreme Temperature Entry Spacesuit can now be put on displaysAddressed an issue that could cause multiple items to spawn on display standsThe Rattler displayed on the Trackers Alliance headquarters wall can now be interacted withGravity Well no longer pulls NPCs into the ships in the Chop ShopAdjusted map location markers in cities to improve fast travellingThe apartment in The Well in New Atlantis now has a map markerThe marker for Shepherd's General Store in Akila should display properlyFixed an issue that caused the Rapid Legendary effect to not properly apply to melee weaponsAddressed an issue that could cause Lyle Brewer to become hostile to the player as a followerUpdated the status text for the Shielded Grip and Large Shielded Grip mods for the Plasma CutterAdjusted the balance on Mysterious Tracker’s Voice audioResolved an issue that could cause unexpected noises upon entering the Lodge for NG+ variantsShipsFixed an issue that could cause Ship docking bridges to remain extendedAddressed an issue with modifying a landed non-home ship that could cause a duplicate ship model to appear on the landing padShipbuilder: Ship module variants and flip versions will now correctly revert to the original when pressing the Cancel buttonShip Decoration: Addressed an issue with the Ecliptic Claymore that could allow objects to be placed outside of the shipGraphicsFixed an issue that would cause the Frame generation setting to be turned off when DLSS was selected for Upscaling (PC)Fixed lighting for ship and station interiors in photo modeImproved quality of reflections in shallow puddlesAddressed an issue with upscaling that could cause visual artifacts on planets when viewed from spaceHelmets will now toggle correctly for companions who are downed in photo modeUIAddressed an issue with the Ship and Inventory menus on 21:9 resolutionsFixed an issue with how large Carry Capacity is displayed in the inventory with large font enabledAddressed an issue with how The Cue Ball and Ping Pong Ball display in the inventory menuOutpostsFlood lamps decoration items will now correctly toggle off and on at outposts featuring a power source Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. 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Overwatch 2 fans can pick up the Barista Sojourn bundle for free as a part of a new Twitch Drop campaign to celebrate the launch of Season 12, New Frontiers. From now until August 31, players who watch 15 hours of Overwatch 2 on Twitch can earn six in-game cosmetics, including the Barista Sojourn Epic skin. View the full article

If you're reading this preview, it's likely that you already know what Civilization is on some level. A 4X game encompassing the entirety of human history may sound like a bit of a stretch, but that's exactly what Sid Meier and the rest of the team aimed for when creating the first - and every subsequent - Civilization game. I think it's fair to say they've done a decent job at it. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Civilization 7 launch date confirmed, coming sooner than we thought Civilization 7 release date, trailers, gameplay, and latest news Civilization 7 just got better as Firaxis cuts one annoying feature View the full article

The Dark Urge Origin character in Baldur's Gate 3 adds the most original options to a playthrough, so much so that some players have argued that developer Larian Studios always intended for the Dark Urge to be the game's main character. Those who haven't already played through the Dark Urge's storyline may want to wait for Patch 7, though, given the sheer amount of new content the evil character will receive with the September update. View the full article

Gamescom Opening Night Live has been bookended with two big surprises - while Borderlands 4 kicked things off, a new ****** game wrapped things up - but it's not the ****** 4 that you'd expect. Instead, you can look forward to ****** The Old Country, which goes back to the origins of the mob. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

Get ready for the next World of Warcraft expansion, The War Within, featuring new system mechanics like Warbands, balance changes, and how to play the Visions of Azeroth questline. The Worldsoul Saga in WoW begins with the launch of The War Within (TWW). Expanding upon learned lessons from Dragonflight, the new expansion contains major changes, from the Warband system to Skyriding. Leading up to the official release of the new expansion, Blizzard dropped The War Within early patch notes, showcasing balance changes to classes, characters, items, and professions. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The delay will allow the development team to further polish the game, as well as add more endings and address feedback from internal playtests. View the full article

Yaoguai Cores are a crafting material you can track down while exploring ****** Myth: Wukong. Early on in the game, they’re essential to unlock improved weapons, making you even more powerful against your foes, but finding them can be tricky. A Yaoguai Core does not drop from a standard ******. Instead, it’s best to find them by defeating some of the more formidable enemies you can find on your journey. It means you must explore the optional pathways to track them down. These include challenging the optional bosses in ****** Myth: Wukong and dispatching them for a Yaoguai Core. The upgrades to your equipment are well worth it. View the full article

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been delayed yet again, pushing the troubled RPG into the first half of 2025. Publishers Paradox Interactive and developers The ******** Room say the delay will allow them to continue to polish the game, respond to feedback, and expand on its story. Read more View the full article