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Sanhua is one of the few free Wuthering Waves characters you can acquire, so what are the best team comps for her? She’s a 4-Star Glacio Sword Resonator who is a great pick for a DPS team member.Wuthering Waves: Best Sanhua team compsOnce you unlock Sanhua you’ll probably be wondering where she fits best. She’s a great DPS Resonator, but who else can you pair with her? Here are the top picks for Sanhua team compositions in Wuthering Waves.Main DPSSub DPSSupportSanhuaCalcharoVerinaIf you’re looking for a team that deals a decent amount of damage, try putting Calcharo and Verina with Sanhua. Sanhua’s Outro skill will provide a 38% Basic ******* Deepen boost for Calcharo who can dish out fast Basic Attacks.Verina is also a great support pick since she heals the party while also granting Sanhua and Calcharo a 15% All-Type DMG Deepen buff. Main DPSSub DPSSupportEncoreSanhuaVerinaInstead of Calcharo, you can go for Encore alongside San...View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Image: YouTube Everybody’s getting into gaming these days. YouTube joins the slowly growing list of companies with gaming initiatives, rolling out its Playables program across mobile and desktop. To play, simply visit YouTube’s website or Android / iOS app and look for Playables in the sidebar. YouTube will let players save their progress and keep track of high scores. There are over 75 games to choose from, including chess and crossword games to more popular casual mobile titles like ****** Birds Showdown!, Trivia ******, and Cut the Rope. YouTube began its foray into gaming last year, offering Playables to YouTube Premium subscribers. That initial phase had far fewer games and was only around for a relatively limited amount of time, with the phase... Continue reading… View the full article

League of Legends is an infamously dense game with a practically endless number of champion-specific mechanics—many of which interact with each other in confusing ways. Today, the League community discovered a new mechanic en masse on the game’s official subreddit. Swaths of players found out that Kalista earns credit for minion ****** whenever the champion she’s tethered to via The ****** Spear last hits a minion. View the full article

Inventory management games are becoming another popular thing at the moment. We've had all those survivor-like bullet-heaven games and now another genre is springing to life. NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters looks like a sweet spin on the idea. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

What is the ****** Ops 6 release date? There is a sizable portion of the Call of Duty fandom that rejoices whenever a new ****** Ops game is on the horizon; the more cerebral branch of the first-person shooter not only brings best-in-class multiplayer gameplay but also a renewed focus on the single-player story. ****** Ops isn't afraid to push the limits of Call of Duty, and going from early reveals, the newest entry is looking to go beyond anything we've seen before. You can usually set your clock to a Call of Duty release, and it looks like this year will be no different. The to and fro of CoD brands sees us froing to ****** Ops this year, and back in time if the teasers are to be believed - although not as far as previous installments. We've collected all the information available on the FPS game, including the newest ****** Ops 6 trailer. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

A lot has happened in Destiny over the past ten years. The ongoing saga of dark and light has run its course, and will come to its conclusion in Destiny 2 The Final Shape, but during a recent preview event the Bungie team told us that it's far from the end of the game. In fact, it marks the beginning of something new. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This Destiny 2 and SteelSeries collab includes a $90 Ghost keycap Destiny 2 The Final Shape release date, story, and latest Bungie news Three Destiny 2 expansions are playable for free right now View the full article

This is just an evil experiment gone wrong, so let’s put an end to this TD existence. Here is where to find and how to beat the Mech Abomination boss in Wuthering Waves.Where to find Mech Abomination in Wuthering WavesThe Mech Abomination and all the other world bosses in Wuthering Waves are unlocked once you get to Union Level 10. Once you do, its location will appear on the map, so travel to the Court of Savantae Ruins on the southmost part of the map. The Court of Savantae is a building in the area you need to access to enter it, so don’t approach it from the hills above since it will appear that the Mech Abomination is underground – which it is, but you know what I mean.Screenshot: PC InvasionOnce inside the Court of Savantae, head behind the counter and you will see an opening on the floor leading you to the Mech Abomination boss room. Drop below and the battle should start.Screenshot: PC InvasionHow to beat Mech Abomination in Wuthering W...View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

EA and Maxis have announced two new The Sims 4 kits. Called Riviera Retreat and Cozy Bistro, both of the upcoming The Sims 4 add-ons are scheduled for release on Thursday, May 30. View the full article

Warzone is getting a refreshed set of content in season four of Modern Warfare 3, including new weapons and other fun additions. The return of the Kar98k marksman rifle will be a welcome one for many players who miss the ****’s heyday from the original Warzone, but that’s just scratching the surface of everything coming to the game as part of the seasonal patch. View the full article

Zelda 64: Recompiled was pretty interesting news recently, a PC port of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask using the new N64: Recompiled tool and now a fresh update is out to improve it further. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

What I dig about MutliVersus is that for a free-to-play game, there’s a lot to be earned without bringing out your credit card. For example, unlocking Agent Smith can be earned in a few ways — and they’re all free. However, if you want to make your character look fresh you have to earn Prestige. If you read along, we’ll show you how to get those Prestige Points in MultiVersus. MultiVersus: How to get Prestige Points There’s an in-game economy filled with different currencies for different things. As mentioned, Prestige Points are for cosmetics. To earn these points simply play MultiVersus and unlock or buy cosmetics. For every cosmetic you have, there’s a certain amount of Prestige Points to earn. This might seem like a slow method to earn these points, which it is. However, there is a faster way to get Prestige Points.Image: Warner Bros. GamesQuick ways to earn Prestige Points If you have not noticed, cosmetics like many items ar...View the full article

The Echo system is the key to growth in Wuthering Waves, and learning how to add new substats to them is crucial if you want to get stronger. One of the Echo tutorial quests requires you to tune an Echo in the Echoes interface, but it doesn’t tell you which menu you need to go to in order to accomplish this task.You’ll need to tune an Echo to complete the Silver-Haired Echo Trainer side quest for the Echo Hunters event, but most players will still be figuring out the intricacies of the Echo system at this point in the game. If you’re having a hard time figuring out how exactly you’re supposed to tune an Echo, here’s where you can find the Echo interface.How to Tune Echoes in Wuthering WavesTo tune an Echo in Wuthering Waves, you first need to open the Echo interface. Just open the Resonator menu and select any of your characters. Then, click the Echo tab to manage their equipped Echoes.Screenshot: PC InvasionSelect any Echo and you̵...View the full article

What are Echoes in Wuthering Waves? Echoes are the remnants of enemies, which are denoted by a yellow outline once defeated. They can be absorbed and equipped to provide various effects, including passive buffs and Sonata Effects, which are set bonuses acquired after equipping several Echoes of the same type. When an Echo is equipped, the primary slot unlocks a powerful Echo Skill to use in battle. With three Resonators available at any time, and each Resonator capable of equipping up to five Echoes, there's a staggering amount of customization to tinker with. If you're just jumping into Wuthering Waves, check out the best Wuthering Waves weapons and how to get more Wuthering Waves tides. With that information under your belt, read on to find out all you need to know about the available Echoes in the game. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Wuthering Waves current banner and next banner Wuthering Waves codes May 2024 Wuthering Waves' least loved aspect to be optional in a future update View the full article

What are the best F1 24 settings for max fps? High-speed racing has never looked so good thanks to Codemasters' great PC optimization that should see even mid-range gaming PCs reach great frame rates without sacrificing visual fidelity. You won't need the best graphics card to enjoy F1 24 on PC, but it will help when it comes to pushing for the best visuals and ray tracing performance. The F1 24 system requirements are a little messy as they lay out compatibility for VR and ray tracing, but our pick of the settings will help clear everything up. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: F1 24 review - a solid but skippable racing sim Is F1 24 Steam Deck compatible? F1 24 system requirements View the full article

Helldivers 2 players triumphed once again in the latest Major Order targeting Valyria 5, and were promptly rewarded for their efforts. The new mech is an awesome auto-cannon-sporting ******** machine, and though players are satisfied with its overall quality, ammo capacity ******** a critical issue. The Emancipator Exosuit, as the new mech is called, was introduced to the game on May 27 after players liberated the suit’s factory on Valyria 5. It sports several auto-cannons on both sides, maneuvers quite similarly to the Walker Exosuit introduced a couple of months earlier, and is an overall ******, especially against Automatons. A Reddit thread posted on the day of the mech’s release into the wild shows how it performs on Helldive difficulty with endless swarms of bots emerging on all sides. And, though it can dispatch or “emancipate” them quite quickly, the suit runs out of ammo after a whopping 50 seconds of continuous use. View the full article

As with most bosses in Wuthering Waves, beating the Impermanence Heron comes down to having the right team build and memorising the ******* patterns. This guide will show you just how to do that.How to beat the Impermanence HeronBeating the Impermanence Heron in Wuthering Waves is going to take some pretty impressive timing. The moves usually are quite slow and can be read and dodged quite easily. However, there are a few moves that will cause you issues. Here is how to deal with them.Image: YouTube WoW QuestsMove listSwoop – This move is a big one and can take up a lot of space and then, your health. However, it can be parried and doing so will add a lot to the Vibration bar. Get your timing right and this move can work in your favour.Feathers – During this move in Wuthering Waves, the Impermanence Heron will call down 5 feathers which will then explode. However, there is a method to dodging them. The middle feather will explode, followed by the out...View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

What are the F1 24 system requirements? Formula 1 games are often used as benchmarks for new PC hardware and the latest Codemasters racing game, F1 24, brings with it some very reasonable minimum and recommended specs. You won't need the best graphics card to get the most out of F1 24, but pushing for the prettiest visuals and fastest frame rates will be difficult if you're on an older gaming PC. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: F1 24 review - a solid but skippable racing sim Best F1 24 settings for max fps Is F1 24 Steam Deck compatible? View the full article

AAPI Month coverage continues with an interview with Polychroma Games about their Phillipines-set story game, Until Then, coming out on June 25. Even in its demo, Until Then rang plenty of bells for me as a *********-*********. It reminded me of summer breaks when I would visit Manila, but with a fondness that outdid any discomfort I would have from walking under the sweltering heat and dodging cockroaches on the sidewalk. From ******** chicks to bits of Tagalog, ********* culture deepened the immersiveness of the story between the playful characterization and mini games. This is the setting that Mickole Klein Nulud, founder of Polychroma Games and game director of Until Then, and his team sought to capture. Mark Borja is seemingly just another ********* high schooler going through shenanigans like cramming for class and keeping up with the local rumor mill. However, magical realism starts to seep into the slice of life setting, hinting at the emotionally compelling story to come. A Setting By Any Other Name The Philippines isn’t a glamorous city with ****** toilets and vending machines at every corner. Until Then doesn’t tout fantasy gimmicks or child soldiers, yet Polychroma still decided to base its setting on Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Nulud tells IGN that the Philippines was integral to the story they wanted to tell, and it was a non-negotiable from the start. They initially had concerns on whether or not a global audience would find the Philippines relatable. However, the developers quickly abandoned their doubts. “We wanted to write a story where we could apply the experiences of growing up here,” Nulud says. “Right from the start, the idea behind this game was to represent the Philippines and share the experiences we went through living here growing up here. It's fundamental to the game, so there were no other settings on the table.” The plan was to create a universally relatable story with the Philippines as a backdrop. That way, it could appeal to global audiences as well as fellow Filipinos. “If we wanted to write a story in a game where you could reach into people's hearts, of course it has to be universal,” Nulud says. “But the setting, the context, the mannerisms that the story integrates–some of them are uniquely *********. So, we sprinkle in some references here and there, but not too much that will make the story confusing for other audiences.” “We learned how to strike a balance between sprinkling in some references that players here would appreciate, but still [making it so] everyone would appreciate the main story itself.” Most of the Philippine references appear in the settings, like the trash-littered streets and roaming stray dogs. However, Nulud and fellow developers found a way to gamify their experiences through mini-games and interactive parts of the game, even if it isn’t exactly how you would experience it in real life. For example, in the demo, Mark and Sofia take turns stabbing fish ****** with skewers. However, they don’t just take the fish ****** from the vendor and leave. You have to skewer the fish ****** yourself by timing exactly where the stick stops above the frying ******, and then again for when exactly to stab it so that it actually sticks. That’s not actually how you buy or even eat fish ****** in the Philippines, but it was a fun way for Nulud and his fellow developers to gamify a cultural experience. Until Then also serves as one of the most recent and significant examples of ********* representation. My ********* friends and I have a hard time recalling ********* representation in recent games. Josie Rizal from Tekken 7 is one of the most popular examples that still pops up, but that game came out nearly a decade ago. Nulud also recalled Rizal, but noted her inclusion in Tekken is only a small part of the game. In that sense, Until Then is a more fully fleshed out example. “It's not just an element. It's not just like 10% ********* representation. It's 100% ********* representation,” says Nulud. “And I don't think there are–if there ever is–a game that has 100% representation. Maybe there's just one or two.” “I think [in] that way, it is a strength. This is a game where you could really say that. That's really representative, first of its kind.” ********* Time Capsule Cultural time capsules also exist, like the train station Mark uses early in the game to get to school where you need to buy the ticket from the machine. Nulud admits that it’s not that exciting because you’re just buying a train ticket. However, for him and others who used to commute using the Manila subway, it’s a fun reminder of their local transportation. “It was really fun because I copied the interface almost 100% in the train station that we have here,” Nulud said. “That was just really fun for me because it's going to be a time capsule.” “There have been changes to the train station that we have in the game from real life. Like, some of the design, some of the architecture of the train station…When you visit it now, it's slightly different from what it is in the game.” Besides the train station that Nulud mentioned, it’s also a time capsule for technology and social media. Until Then takes place in 2014, even though the team started development in 2020. Facebook, which is still popular in the Philippines, is the main social media used in the story. You scroll through your timeline, liking and commenting on your friends’ posts, or even learn more about the world through the news stories and ads that pop up on your timeline. “Back in something like 2010, we were only able to access it from a computer shop or internet cafe,” says Nulud. “But, starting in 2014, that's when Filipinos became more active or online. So that makes a lot of sense for the smartphone mechanics that we have where there's basically a Facebook clone in the game where you can like, share, and stuff.” Even now, Facebook is the Philippines’ most popular social media platform. According to DataReportal, the Philippines ranks in Facebook’s top 10 most active countries with 91.9 million active Facebook users. For context, the last Philippine census counted 115.56 million people. The ******* States, second in the rankings, has 186.4 million active Facebook users, but about 333.29 million people. The ratios are skewed. “Facebook is not ***** here at all. It's the main platform. I know it's not big in the US right now, but here, it's synonymous to social media,” says Nulud. Inspirations for Until Then Besides ********* culture, Polychroma Games prioritized innovative storytelling to strengthen Until Then’s narrative. Nulud described it as closer to a “cinematic experience,” but one where it was more like a visual novel with interactive elements. Instead of just clicking through options of dialogue, I mashed buttons to wake up our main character, bought a train ticket, plugged in a USB, scrolled through Facebook messages, and more. In that sense, it felt a lot more interactive than a traditional relationship-based visual novel where you might select options that cater towards specific love interests and eventually form a relationship with them. Nulud’s main inspirations includes Night in the Woods, Infinite Fall’s narrative adventure game based on western Pennsylvania. I used to live in Pittsburgh, a setting that heavily inspired Night in the Woods. In that story, the mining town history, hilly suburban setting, and other environmentally unique pieces about it really made it feel like Pittsburgh and, as an extension, other western Pennsylvania towns. Until Then works similarly, painting a picture of Manila through its setting, even without exposition. “When you look at Night in the Woods and this game, there's a lot of similarity in how we present dialogue where you can see the world,” Nulud says. “When I played [NITW], I was really amazed that you can present a story like this. Like, you can present it in a way that you're just exploring the world because, in very conventional visual novels, you only have backgrounds for settings and then characters just fade in and fade out. And, since so far in my career, I have always been interested in narrative in games. I take a lot of inspiration from how Night in the Woods presents its story. It's just so immersive, having it presented this way.” “I'm interested to push the boundaries and explore different ways we can tell stories in games. And one way of doing that, I thought, was presenting it in a cinematic experience.” Nulud also highlighted a few other inspirations including The Last Night and, for Mark’s interest in piano, the anime Your Lie in April. When asked about The Last Night, Nulud said, “It's pixel art, but it's not fully two-dimensional. It's 2D sprites, but set in a 3D space. And they take it even further by using modern graphics, the type that you would see in AAA games like reflection shaders and stuff like that. I got really inspired by that as well.” Something That Can’t Be Said Until Then taps into high school nostalgia with its high school setting. However, Nulud highlights that Until Then isn’t just about that. His favorite theme was “understanding communication,” something that’s emphasized throughout the game and something he enjoyed examining the nuances of. Other words for it include human understanding or human condition in general. “The theme here is human condition,” says Nulud, “but that's very general. We don't talk about that. That is obvious, but if there's anything specific about the human condition that we highlight here, it's understanding [that] and its complexity. We really wanted to opt for a story that's really emotional, something, as I said earlier, something that will reach into people's hearts and strike a chord with them.” “Maybe, yeah, sure, high school days can strike a chord with the audience. But I think we were really aiming for something ******* than that. Something that's outside of school. Something that is truly universal in the human condition or experience. We were really just aiming for something *******. But definitely, yeah, there are elements of high school days that would make you wanna relive it.” Nulud recalls how he read a comment from one player about how the demo made them feel “nostalgic,” even though they didn’t come from the same background as he and his colleagues. Even though Until then is based in the Philippines, it seemed to succeed in relating to players overseas with its message. “Even though they didn't really live through any of this, they're not from the Philippines, their schools do not look like that in the game…By aiming for something ******* than school life, something more general than that, we were able to achieve that. Like, just being universal, and even people getting nostalgia for things that they didn't personally go through.” Ultimately, Nulud hopes that players connect with the emotional story that his team worked to convey in Until Then. If you learn about the Philippines, cool, but the most important part is the story. “We just really hope that, whoever plays this, for all the players that will go through the entire game–like, especially for me–I really hope that this game strikes a chord the same way all my inspirations did to me,” he says. “That's what we're really hoping for once this comes out.” To ********* players, he says, “As I said before, this is universal, but we sprinkled in some references here and there. So we really hope that you point these out when you talk about the game, and we'd really appreciate mentions of it because we put our heart into those references and just overall had fun, you know, putting references here that our fellow countrymen will get.” Until Then is coming to PC and PlayStation 5. You can play the demo now on Steam. Jess Reyes is a freelance writer for IGN. View the full article

The Final Shape’s campaign is the end of the Light and Dark saga that has permeated the Destiny franchise since its inception—and it’s also among the biggest Bungie has made for the game so far, developers said at a press event earlier this month. “I would argue this is maybe our biggest campaign to date,” campaign lead Andrew Hopps said. It’s an “immense” journey, according to him, and the raid isn’t the end either. View the full article

CD Projekt Red has confirmed that no one at the company is currently working on Cyberpunk 2077, marking the end of an era for the open world action-RPG. Development on Cyberpunk 2077 reportedly started shortly after the release of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, meaning someone at CD Projekt Red has been working on the game in some capacity since 2012. The wait for the game was an excruciating one for fans of CD Projekt Red's work, and when Cyberpunk 2077 was finally released to the masses, it unfortunately ******* to live up to expectations. View the full article

Terraria the smash-hit indie game is being turned into a tabletop experience with Terraria: The Board Game. It's crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and obviously it was going to do well. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Since MutliVersus is a free-to-play brawler, many things can be earned just by playing or by leveling up the battle pass. Of those free things, you can earn characters. Some new characters like Agent Smith from The Matrix are appearing at a later date. However you can unlock Agent Smith early on MultiVersus, and we’ll show you how that’s done.MultiVersus: How to unlock Agent SmithIf you want to go the old-fashioned way, you have to play the waiting game because he is a post-launch character. But to get him at launch, you’re going to have to do a lot more than unlocking Arya Stark. To unlock Agent Smith, play on the PVE Rift mode. This was not in the Open Beta and is entirely new. But to earn Agent Smith in the Rift, you have to clear instances that have bosses in them. The Rifts usually are challenges that are built like mini-games. It’s set up like a board game, so for each stage, you complete alone or with friends you earn rewards like in-game currency. Then, at ...View the full article

Gathering the red special enemies in Wuthering Waves will equip your team with 5-star echoes, so it is well worth seeking them out. One of the strongest red enemies is the Twin Heron, and there is a clever way to cheese it and add it to your Wuthering Waves team build.How to cheese the Twin Heron in Wuthering WavesThis method will take a bit of skill, some good timing, and a little luck, but keep trying until you nail it. The Twin Heron is a ****** to ******, but this method will make ******** it a breeze. You need to simply trap it in the waterfall, and let it drown.When you locate the Twin Heron arena you should notice they are in a lake. At one side of the lake is a waterfall which is what we are going to use to cheese the Twin Herons in Wuthering Waves. First, land in their area and trigger the ****** by attacking one. I would suggest using a ranged character just to make sure you keep your distance.Screenshot: YouTube MMOJACKX57Once you have triggered the Twin Her...View the full article

Ubisoft recently announced the changes for the newest season of Rainbow Six: Siege, Operation New Blood. However, fans of the game are not happy with some of the new features being implemented into the game. View the full article

It's happening - Call of Duty ****** Ops 6 is coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one. Xbox has finally confirmed that, alongside the traditional method of straight-up purchasing the upcoming shooter, Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will be able to access it at no extra cost. The news follows weeks of speculation after it was reported Microsoft was considering going back on its promise to bring future CoD installments to its Netflix-style service. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: ****** Ops 6 needs to top the best Call of Duty campaign of the decade XDefiant will take on COD's Search & ******** with "1-life ***** mode" The one COD you must play before ****** Ops 6 is now just $20 on Xbox View the full article