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Overwatch 2 has revealed the most banned heroes since the feature was added. The information comes from Blizzard, and shows how hero bans have been received across different Overwatch 2 servers, ranks, and platforms. View the full article

Monster Hunter Wilds is having its first ever collaboration event with Street Fighter 6, adding in new fighting game-themed cosmetics, including an armor set resembling a powerful warrior. This crossover between two of Capcom's biggest recent titles is unsurprising, but full of content for you to explore. From a unique layered armor moveset, detailed gestures, and even a new side quest, this collab brings true street fighting to your hunts. View the full article

NetherRealm Studios confirmed that there will be no additional DLC characters or story chapters for Mortal Kombat 1 going forward. Although the studio will continue to support Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm Studios is shifting its focus onto the next project. View the full article

Our Fantasy Life i online multiplayer guide covers how to play online with friends, quest progression online, game modes, when you unlock multiplayer in Fantasy Life i, and more. View the full article

Zenless Zone Zero has revealed an exclusive Starter Pack for Xbox users, which is already available for pre-order. After being a PS5 exclusive for months, Zenless Zone Zero is finally landing on Xbox consoles with the release of Version 2.0. View the full article

Marvel Rivals has revealed new skins for Ultron and Groot that will be released on May 30. The cosmetics are part of the mid-season update for Marvel Rivals Season 2, a patch that will bring other equally anticipated changes. View the full article

Marvel Rivals has revealed that a new Convoy map called Arakko will be coming to the popular hero shooter with the upcoming Season 2.5 update on May 30. NetEase Games recently announced that it would be launching its major mid-season update at the end of May, which will bring a wide variety of new features and balance changes to Marvel Rivals. View the full article

UPDATE 5/23: 1047 Games has brought the Splitgate 2 servers back online for testing. While the developer noted issues with monetization are still being dealt with, players should be able to go online and look for matches again. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

NetEase has kept its promise to the community by continually updating Marvel Rivalswith new characters on a regular basis. After Emma Frost opened Season 2 and the Hellfire Gala with a bang that threatened to cause the internet to spiral, Ultron is opening Season 2.5, and the AI is coming with many features that break the rules. Ultron will be very different from the other Strategists already on the roster, and will justify the class' name after many were confused as to why Strategists weren't just called Healers or Supports. Ultron is here to do more than that. View the full article

The Update the World!, um, update is coming to all platformsView the full article

A new SteamDB listing for Gears of War: Reloaded potentially points toward a multiplayer beta, allowing PC gamers to test out the new remaster before it launches this August. Developed in partnership with Sumo Digital and Disbelief, Xbox and The Coalition's Gears of War: Reloaded aims to revitalize the original Gears of War game with several major improvements and features. View the full article

If we were to put it to a democratic vote, the people would undoubtedly elect Doom as their boomer shooter president. But is it the best? Many would argue that title belongs to Dusk, the 2018, retro-style FPS that feels like a throw back to the golden age of Doom. Built primarily by just one man, it's one of the best-reviewed boomer shooters ever, and one of the highest-rated by Steam users. Now though, it's received the ultimate praise. John Romero, the co-founder of id Software and designer of the first Doom game, has finally got around to playing it - and he loves it. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Why Doom is one of the most important PC games of all time This Doom PC controller is stunning, but only 1,000 are being made Oblivion remade as a slick and brutal Doom style boomer shooter View the full article

There's no better way to buff your party in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 than to unlock passive Lumina effects for each of your character builds. While at first you'll be somewhat limited by the number of Colour of Lumina upgrades available, these become abundant in the later stages of the game, and there is no limit to how many Colour of Lumina upgrades you give to a specific character. Passive buffs are only limited to the number of Pictos in Clair Obscurthat you've collected and unlocked the Lumina effect for. View the full article

CyberConnect2's Hiroshi Matsuyama revealed the successful promotional strategy in a Japanese interview. View the full article

The Elder Scrolls Online may get crossplay after over a decade of service, according to game director Rich Lambert and Zenimax studio director Matt Firor. Although some work on the underlying technology for The Elder Scrolls Online to support crossplay still needs to be done, Zenimax stated that Microsoft's current multiplatform approach could make it easier for the feature to become a reality. View the full article

Warner Bros. has confirmed what Mortal Kombat 1 fans feared after the recent launch of the Definitive Edition: no new DLC characters or story chapters will be released for the game. Mortal Kombat 1 has sold 5 million copies, with the franchise now up to 100 million. Mortal Kombat 11 became the best-selling game in the franchise by passing Mortal Kombat X's nearly 11 million units sold worldwide soon after launch. By 2022, Mortal Kombat 11 had sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. Clearly, Mortal Kombat 1 has underperformed compared to previous games in the series. In a tweet on the official Mortal Kombat social media account, Warner Bros. acknowledged the disappointment the news will cause players, "but our team at NetherRealm needs to shift focus to the next project in order to make it as great as we possibly can.” Warner Bros. failed to say what this new project is, but current speculation points to Injustice 3, a continuation of NetherRealm’s DC fighting game series. Here’s the statement in full: We are hearing players’ requests for continued game support of Mortal Kombat 1, and, while we will continue to support Mortal Kombat 1 through balance adjustments and fixes, there will not be additional DLC characters or story chapters released from this point on. We understand this will be disappointing for fans, but our team at NetherRealm needs to shift focus to the next project in order to make it as great as we possibly can. March 2025's release of the T-1000 guest character, which came a year-and-a-half after the release of Mortal Kombat 1 itself, now goes down as the game’s final major content drop. For context, in July 2021, NetherRealm announced it had started work on its next project (Mortal Kombat 1) and, as a result, there would be no further DLC for Mortal Kombat 11. That announcement came two years and three months after the release of the game. Today’s announcement comes one year and eight months after the release of Mortal Kombat 1. Players are already bringing up prior comments from NetherRealm development chief Ed Boon, who had promised fans years of support. Indeed, many are now pointing to a September 2024 tweet from Boon, who at the time moved to reassure fans already concerned that the studio had moved onto its next game by saying: “NetherRealm is still fully committed to supporting Mortal Kombat 1 for a long time to come.” Mortal Kombat 1 enjoyed something of a resurgence in January with the secret fight with Floyd, the pink ninja developer Boon had been teasing for years. That sparked a fun community-wide effort that breathed new life into the game. But that was a rare bright spot for what has, overall, been a disappointing release for many core Mortal Kombat fans. What now for Mortal Kombat? Parent company Warner Bros. Discovery has indicated that it still believes the gory fighting game franchise has a future. In November, CEO David Zaslav said that on the games side of things, the company plans to double down on just four titles, one of which was Mortal Kombat. Movie adaptation Mortal Kombat 2 is due out later this year. Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article

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Life is stressful. I don't know about you, but my days usually consist of working, preparing for the next day, and then running to the gym for a couple of hours a night. Sometimes, I just need to unwind, turn off my brain, and immerse myself in something fun and refreshing. That's where Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time comes in. While I never got the chance to play the original Fantasy Life on the 3DS—by this point in time, I was shoulders deep into a Minecraft obsession that lasted over seven years—I decided to try out this latest entry on a whim. Fantasy Life i is a casual game where you, the protagonist, live in a fantasy world revolving around "Lives." These Lives are day-to-day professions, from chefs and blacksmiths to powerful sword and magic-wielding warriors. Unlike most folks who specialize in one or two Lives, you have the freedom to explore all 14 available options while tackling the game's main storyline and exploring several in-game worlds. Don't get me wrong; I've played dozens of casual, cozy games that mostly consist of questing, grinding for resources, and testing my design skills by slapping random decorations everywhere. Lately, though, I've been burnt out of these games and desperately needed something different. At least, that's until I hopped into this and remembered just what, exactly, makes me so happy while playing these. Screenshot by Destructoid I wasn't anticipating picking this game up at all. It looked fun, but I wasn't eager to deflate like a balloon after watching USD to CAD conversion rates turn a $60 game into over $90. Nonetheless, I needed something to get my spirits up after a series of stressful life events, and boy, my mood is higher than it has ever been. I went into Fantasy Life i thinking I'd spend about five hours completing its story, 10 to 15 hours to max out my stats, then return to it a year later if I found time. Instead, I'm 25 hours in at the time of writing, and I'm nowhere near done with my playthrough. I haven't even gotten my first maxed-out skill, let alone all 14 on top of a main questline and optional requests. There's more to this game than it initially lets on, and it's easy to sink dozens of hours in without noticing. I even have it open on my other monitor as I type this. You already know I'm swapping right back to it once I've finished spilling my thoughts on this page. There's something about playing adorable games that makes me happy. Maybe it's from spending most of my life playing these types of games, or it could be the snowball effect of life's stress that makes just about anything cute affect my mind and mood more than usual. At this point, I'm not worried about thinking very hard about it. And yet, I've managed to play this for 25 hours in three days. Screenshot by Destructoid Why? What makes Fantasy Life i so different from other casual farming and life sim games I've played previously? Admittedly, not as much as you'd think. Where there's an interesting story, lovable characters, and funny puns scattered about, there's repetitiveness in nearly every skill behaving the exact same way. At times, it feels like I'm leveling the same skills repeatedly. Do I say that as a bad thing? Not at all. There's nothing I need more at the moment than familiarity, simplicity, and an excuse to sit back in my chair with a controller in hand as I spend several hours straight cutting down some trees. I even experienced an adorable scene with dancing leaves, which I happily showed my best friend the second I discovered it. I love it all. I'm the same type of person who's invested over 1,000 hours into games like Disney Dreamlight Valley, The Sims franchise, and even MMOs like Runescape, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that I'd enjoy familiar, albeit somewhat repetitive gameplay loops, inside a cute, cheerful game. My only regret is not playing the original Fantasy Life to pull at some nostalgic heartstrings, but honestly, that might be for the better. This has been a fresh experience that I've enjoyed far more than I anticipated, and I'm happy to finally have some stress relief. Now, don't mind me; I'm just going to go back and build up my Base Camp for the next couple of hours. Do you have a fun, relaxing game you've been playing recently? I'd love to hear some of your favorite stories in the comments below. The post I needed a new chill game to play, and now I can’t stop playing Fantasy Life i appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

The roguelike game's core gameplay and storyline is already completed. View the full article

Fantasy Life i Treasure Grove Guide – Where To Plant the Treasure Grove Sapling, Online Multiplayer, and More View the full article

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Fixed 'Factory Reset' failing if the 'Reset OS' option was selected. Fixed an issue preventing some apps from installing on the Legion Go S. Added "SteamOS Compatible" library tab on the Legion Go S. View the full article

Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone said he hopes to release his next game, Haunted Chocolatier, by 2030—though he still isn't ready to commit to any timeframe, no matter how long. His comment suggests that Haunted Chocolatier may launch significantly later than many fans might have expected. View the full article

Level-5 has announced that it will be releasing free DLC for Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time titled "Update the World" including new content and recipes in the future. View the full article

Marvel Rivals has released its patch notes for the upcoming Season 2.5 update, which is scheduled to launch on May 30. NetEase Games has also revealed that numerous balance changes will be launched with the new update, which has received mixed reactions from a large portion of the Marvel Rivals community. View the full article

The Ignite 2025 Tournament is an official competition held by Marvel Rivals, allowing teams to register for qualifier matches to face each other in the hopes of collecting a prize. If you feel like you have the skills to win, you can join the tournament through a PC platform. However, the process for getting into the tournament has some restrictions you need to be mindful of before applying to participate. View the full article