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Nioh combines the stiff challenge of Dark Souls, the atmosphere of Onimusha, and the loot farming of Diablo to create an intense experience that’s hard to put down. Since lead developer Tomonobu Itagaki parted ways with Team Ninja in 2008, the studio has struggled to live up to its reputation of delivering visually impressive games with engaging action. After a string of disappointing titles, like the polarizing Metroid: Other M and Ninja Gaiden 3, fans have been waiting for a game on par with the classics that defined the developer in the past....

When No Man’s Sky was being shown off back in 2016, it promised an enormous journey. While that journey initially led to disappointment and No Man’s Sky memes, the game has improved since then. Its journey is not over, and is now continuing with a new update. Prior to its release, many features were promised in No Man’s Sky, and while only some of those materialized upon release, many of them exist in the game now....

There is a guaranteed way to get good at video games and everyone knows it. Practice is a myth, consistency is a waste of time, and aim training? That stuff is for the birds. All of those “pro strats” are smoke and mirrors. The only thing that makes you good at video games is leaning in. We all do it. A tough boss fight, a challenging bit of platforming, the last lap of Rainbow Road, it doesn’t matter what you’re playing — if you’re being a try-hard, you lean into your game....

If you set your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island to the Northern Hemisphere and booted up your game today, you might have noticed something new — a blanket of snow. Animal Crossing fans who keep their game time synced to real world time now have a winter wonderland to play in. “Isabelle” tweeted about the new snowy season today for players who haven’t turned on their game yet. She mentions the Snowboy and snowflake features available while the snow is around....

In the aftermath of Facebook’s recent acquisition of Oculus VR, the question of what effect the social media giant would have on this primarily game-related company has become a common one. While data mining has been the obvious conclusion for many, a possible product of the partnership could very well end up being a massively multiplayer online world unlike anything gamers have seen before. In many ways, this would both quell and substantiate many of the fears that have developed since the hardware’s acquisition....

Old School RuneScape continues to seek community feedback on its sweeping Equipment Rebalancing initiative, this time asking for input on the current Ranged meta. To that end, Jagex has released a short survey that will help pinpoint current issues with the meta and offer insight into changes the community would like to see. Initial community feedback on the Equipment Rebalance was overwhelmingly negative, causing Jagex to take a step back and slow down with the plan....

Dimension 20 has taken us on several exciting adventures, where Game Master Brennan Lee Mulligan guides a party through fun and danger-filled worlds, but he also has a great love for less conventional one on one campaigns. These adventures still offer a way to create and explore an exciting world and story, but you only need two people, which can be far easier to organize than an entire group of friends....

In the wake of the recent closure of Lionhead Studios and cancellation of Fable Legends, one Game Rant writer examines the troubling development pattern which may have signaled its fate. Microsoft shocked a lot of people earlier this week when it announced that Danish studio Press Play and the long running UK developer Lionhead Studios were being shut down. Not only that, but that Fable Legends (a game Lionhead Studios had been working on for a number of years and was currently beta testing) was also being cancelled....

Lock and load, Agents, it’s time to go clothes shopping. The Outguard Apparel Event launched in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 on December 22, and is scheduled to run January 11, 2021. During the event, you’ll have your chance at collecting 24 new apparel items to outfit your Agent with, including four full named cosmetic outfits, and a unique and exclusive Ballistic Helmet. According to the official announcement, the Outguard Apparel Event is open to all Division 2 players who own Warlords of New York, and who have also completed the New York campaign....

The Technomancer is one of the four different classes in Outriders that you can choose from at the beginning of the game. The Technomancer class is more of a long-range type of fighter and a support specialist. The class’s abilities will allow you to spawn a couple of gadgets deadly to the enemies. This class is one of the best you can use if you’re constantly playing with other players online, or setting up a party with friends....

Outriders is finally available today across PS4 and PS5, PC, and Xbox consoles via Game Pass, and we can all at last settle into People Can Fly’s latest multiplayer looter shooter. Or at least we would be able to, if it weren’t for a pesky “Party Joining Failure” error. We’ve got the solution to this little problem no matter which platform you’re using to play Outriders, and this tip should work even if you’re playing cross-play multiplayer with friends on PC or console....

Overwatch has always been receptive to the changing seasons, embracing the occasional timely makeover per map. As of late, Overwatch capture point map Hanamura has not only donned its winterized mantle, but adopted a particularly unfortunate bug that has a handful of players branding the map unplayable. As the Winter Wonderland 2020 event winds down, making way for Overwatch’s latest mini-event: The Kanezaka Challenge, some holiday-dressed maps have lingered with the lower temperatures....

The next Overwatch hero could be closer to release than we think. Over that past week, Blizzard has been hinting at the identity of the game’s twenty-forth character in three major instances. Today, the game’s official Twitter account has posted a news story that builds on a tease from earlier this week. The Overwatch tweet includes a story from fictional outlet Atlas News, where they are reporting on a major confrontation at the Numbani airport....

There are some pretty high-end collectibles out there for gamers serious about showing their love for a particular series, and Blizzard has an entire online collectibles store packed with them. Recently added for pre-order is a gorgeous statue of Overwatch’s D.Va that will run fans a staggering $450 – roughly the same price as a PS4 Pro and a copy of the game. Price aside, it’s hard not to appreciate the attention to detail and overall design....

The famous hero shooter, Paladins, is making its way to the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo announced that the game would be releasing the same day as the company’s E3 presentation, June 12th. Paladins is available for pre-order. Visiting its page on Nintendo’s website yields some interesting observations. First, if you don’t want to purchase the “Founders Pack,” the game will be available as free-to-play later in the year. Of course, that means Switch owners will have to wait a little while before they can jump into the action if they opt for the free version....

The core of Monster Hunter’s gameplay has always come down to the hunting itself. The franchise has built itself on the thrill of players hunting prehistoric monsters in lush environments, often being pushed to their absolute limits. In a sense, the average Monster Hunter game is filled to the brim with amazing boss fight after boss fight. At the same time, there’s always been a level of player customization that’s helped make Monster Hunter so appealing beyond the combat....

The Monster Hunter Digital Event has finally debuted, showing us everything we’ve been begging to know about the upcoming Monster Hunter Rise update, including what new creatures we can expect hunt, the future of Event Quests, and much more. In addition to the Monster Hunter Digital Event, which detailed all of the big things we can expect to see in the update tomorrow, Capcom has also released a dedicated site detailing the patch notes for this new update, so players know exactly what they can expect when they download the new content....

Monster Hunter World’s Seliana Sizzling Spice Fest is live now, and it is giving players the opportunity to complete a number of Event Quests and earn some special gear. One of the Event Quests that is available to fans that have reached Master Rank 1 or higher is called Fetching Light Pearls, and players that gather the requisite eight Light Pearls will be rewarded with an Herbivore Ticket and some Zenny....

While it contains beautiful visuals, near-perfect gameplay, and a ridiculously fun online experience, it’s arguable that Grand Theft Auto Online’s overall quality would suffer heavily without Rockstar Games’ immaculately curated and incredibly diverse soundtrack. In fact, the series’ music has been so popular with fans that the company enlisted the help of renown hip-hop artists/producers Oh No and The Alchemist to debut an entire collection of tunes inspired by the franchise dubbed Welcome to Los Santos on Grand Theft Auto V for PC....

Mortal Kombat 11 director Ed Boon likes to tease fans on Twitter by hinting at characters that may or may not wind up in the final game. For example, he recently responded to a fan who wants Pennywise the Dancing Clown in Mortal Kombat 11, and he has made similar teases for a number of other potential characters in the past. However, his latest tease is for a character who may legitimately be coming to the game, and that’s infamous DC Comics villain The Joker....