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Destiny 2 Episode Echoes Act II ends on a cliffhanger, but it’s one that’s got me hooked. While the first Act’s conclusion was lackluster, this one drags a character back from the dead and simultaneously out of the dark to make them relevant in its modern day. Some spoilers ahead for the ending of A…
The Helldivers 2 community is vehemently against being given an Anti-Tank Mines Stratagem for reasons that started off as failures but have evolved from being a meme into actual in-game lore with the latest Major Order. It’s now at the point where players are actively fighting against being handed the Stratagem for free. The latest…
The beloved Kingdom Hearts 2 drive forms like Valor Form have been added to Kingdom Hearts 3. There’s even a mod for a drive gauge just like the PS2 game. Kingdom Hearts 3 modders add popular KH2 mechanic into the game Kingdom Hearts 3 changed a lot of mechanics from its predecessor, such as removing…
Victoria Housekeeping’s head maid and the organization’s senior member, Rina, also takes the title of the best Electric support in Zenless Zone Zero. She has exceptional mobility and the ability to buff your team’s PEN Ratio, Electric DMG, and Shock uptime. But getting the most out of her buffs will demand both the right team…
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is putting players back in the shoes of Max Caulfield, the iconic protagonist of the original Life is Strange. And as if that’s not exciting enough, this time she’ll be armed with an all-new power: the ability to enter alternate timelines in which certain characters are still alive. From the…
After a strong launch, Zenless Zone Zero has revealed details for its first major content update. Here’s a summary of ZZZ’s 1.1 special programs, including new characters, events, and a whole new game mode! Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.1, titled “Undercover R&B,” releases on August 14. It will continue Wise and Belle’s journey in New…
Happy Paintings, the developer behind the amazing RPG Maker titles Fear & Hunger and Fear & Hunger 2: Termina, has recently spoken about the third game in the series and its possible directions. You’ll be pleased to know that they’re just as radical as the changes between the first two entries. On Twitter, Happy Paintings recently posted a few of their…
With the big Summer update for Hitman World of Assassination, developer IO Interactive introduced new challenges to the game to keep players busy in what is usually a quiet period for releases. Some of these challenges, like the Sapienza Sports Club, are downright fiendish. To complete the Sapienza Sports Club challenge in Hitman World of…
Enlarge / A thing that exists through ROM hacking, and ROMHacking.net: Super Mario Land 2, in color. (credit: Nintendo/Toruzz) If there was something wrong with an old game, or you wanted to make a different version of it, and you wanted people to help you fix that, you typically did that on RomHacking.net. After this…
On the heels of Apple rolling out an early preview of iOS 18.1 with its first generative AI (genAI) tools, IDC this week released a report saying nearly three-in-four smartphones will be running AI features in four years. Apple first announced its plans to add AI features to devices through its Apple Intelligence platform at…