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No Man’s Sky update 2.4 brings goddam robot walkers. Yes, you heard me: Mechs are now in No Man’s Sky. No Man’s Sky already offers players a ton of transportation options. There is, of course, the usual assortment of spacecraft (both living and not) for quickly traversing the empty black void of space, but also for quickly exploring the upper and lower atmosphere of newfound planets. If you wanted to get out of your spaceship you could walk around, but there’s also a hover speeder, 4x4 rover, 8x8 mobile home, a motorcycle, and even a submarine....

Our quick take Nokia XR20 - 4.0 / 5 Design and build 171.64 x 81.5 x 10.64mm, 248g MIL-STD 810H, IP68 Grippy finish Display 6.67-inch, 2400 x 1080 pixels, 60Hz LCD Gorilla Glass Victus 550 nits brightness Hardware and performance Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G 4/64GB or 6/128GB + microSD or dual SIM 4630mAh, 18W wired, 15W Qi wireless Camera Dual camera system: Main: 48MP, 0.8µm, f/1.79, AF Ultrawide: 13MP, 1.12µm, f/2....

Google is set to host its next Stadia Connect presentation in less than an hour from the time of this writing, but it appears as though one of its announcements has leaked ahead of time. If a new rating from the ESRB is to be believed, Google Stadia will soon be getting the critically-acclaimed JRPG Octopath Traveler. Originally released as a Nintendo Switch exclusive, Octopath Traveler has since made its way to PC, so a Stadia port doesn’t sound too outlandish....

Best in-ear headphones: 12 great wired, wireless and wire-free earphones Our quick take Alternatives to consider Beats X Read the full article: Beats X review V-Moda Forza Metallo Wireless Read the full article: V-Moda Forza Metallo Wireless review OnePlus Bullets Wireless - 4.5 / 5 Beats X wannabe? Lightweight flexible neckband design Water and sweat resistant Magnetic pouch opening 3x earplugs and fins in S/M/L A post shared by Cam Bunton (@cambunton)...

It looks like tactical RPG aficionados will have plenty to play on their Nintendo Switch the next couple of months. Not only will Valkyria Chronicles 4 be giving the franchise its debut on Nintendo hardware for the first time at the end of the month, but the first game in the series, Valkyria Chronicles, will also be available on the eShop shortly afterward. Sega is double dipping on its World War II tactical RPG for the Nintendo Switch by re-releasing the first game in the series less than a month after its fourth entry....

After the coronavirus pandemic began to shut down live events like E3 2020, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced it would be streaming its annual game awards online. That ceremony was held today, and Mobius Digital’s time-looping space exploration game Outer Wilds walked away with the ever-coveted Best Game award. Outer Wilds, which also won Best Game Design and Best Original Property, beat out Remedy Entertainment’s Control, ZA/UM’s Disco Elysium, Next Level Games’ Luigi’s Mansion 3, House House’s Untitled Goose Game, and Game Awards’ top winner Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice....

Prominent Overwatch streamer Becca ‘Aspen’ Rukavina has reached the top of the competitive ladder. After plenty of matches, the player has become the number 1 support player in ranked Overwatch. The core of Blizzard’s first-person team shooter relies on fast-paced PvP action between two teams of 6. For those who want to show off their ability, Overwatch’s competitive mode matchmaking places competitors based on a skill rating. Of the 6 players, Aspen fell into the support category, which involves heroes that heal and buff allies....

Since its launch last year, Overwatch has earned praise for its unique, cartoon art style that has helped it stand apart from the majority of other shooters on the market. Overwatch’s art style is such a part of its DNA that it’s hard to imagine the game looking like anything else, but as it turns out, the game may have looked a lot different if it wasn’t for Torbjorn. As revealed by the Overwatch team speaking at the Game Developers Conference, Torbjorn, a defense class character with a penchant for building turrets, was the first character designed for Overwatch....

Good Smile Company and Blizzard team up to release a brand new, adorable, and posable Tracer figurine, which will undoubtedly make for a must-have amongst fans of Overwatch. Collectibles associated with any medium have become bigger and bigger in recent years, seeing the rise of several brands that were built specifically to cater to the desire that consumers have to purchase and display pieces of their favorite IP. One of the biggest video games that’s taken off in this direction as of late is Blizzard’s competitive shooter, Overwatch....

It appears to be another exciting time for fans of Overwatch. The newest Summer Games event has begun, bringing back the Lucioball game mode as well as several new, limited-time cosmetics for certain characters. But arguably the most exciting thing to be recently announced is something that may seem mundane to some but has been hotly demanded by players for years - role queuing. This feature was announced in a new video posted on the official Overwatch YouTube channel, where Jeff Kaplan, Blizzard’s vice president and lead director on Overwatch, explained why Blizzard is finally introducing role queuing....

Game developer Blizzard could potentially be considering the introduction of a free trial for its successful team-based first-person shooter Overwatch. During ChinaJoy 2016, which is arguably the country’s largest gaming and digital entertainment exhibition, NetEase president Li Riqiang talked about Overwatch, and discussed his company’s partnership with the game’s developer Blizzard. Over the course of the conference, Li eventually brought up the studio’s plans to possibly introduce a trial for Overwatch sometime in the near future....

These Overwatch cheat sheets provide a high-level breakdown of every single character’s strengths and weaknesses, including which opponents they should avoid and which they should hunt down. One of the best things about Overwatch is that gamers of just about any skill can jump into the shooter and find a character who suites their particular strengths. Although that is great for casual players, it also leads to a ton of variables for hardcore competitive players to balance (despite the lack of ranked play so far)....

After a week of daily 13 hour play sessions, one streamer dings level 100 in Overwatch and shares his stats summary for the world to see how he pulled it off so quickly. Unlike Blizzard’s MMO World of Warcraft, players in Overwatch won’t be locked down by a level cap of any sort. There’s no stat boost to leveling up in the FPS, so why cap progress anyway, right? Although most players are still churning through the 20s and 30s and maybe the hardcore are at 50+, one very dedicated Overwatch streamer just finished documenting his journey to level 100....

While a common trope in anime, you rarely see games tackle what is often referred to as the “slice of life” story. There are some titles where the comparison can be drawn -Animal Crossing is the biggest example-, but gaming tends to focus more on action or interactive systems versus just telling a simple story. That aspect is what drew me to Button City, a game that is very much cut from the mold of management/life sim titles....

Event weapons in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne are some of the more unique weapons in the game and are often a little sillier in nature than its standard weapons. The Whetfish Saber dual blades definitely fall into the category of silly event weapons. Players wanting to kill monsters by hitting them with two fish will want to follow these steps to get the sabers in Monster Hunter World. A Fish To Whet Your Appetite Unlike many of the other event weapons, such as the Well-Done Hammer, the Whetfish Sabers can be acquired very early on into Master Rank....

Gamepads saw record sales in March, and other game accessories and currency-card sales are also higher than normal across the United States. As Covid-19 concerns continue to keep people at home in an effort to maximize the effect of social distancing, it is not at all surprising to see that people are stocking up on the items they need to stay entertained in the home. According to The NPD Group, the numbers are up by a substantial amount relative to 2019, “Total March 2020 spending on accessories and game cards reached $397 million, increasing 12% when compared to a year ago…March Accessories spending reached a record high for a March month....

Titanfall 2 developer Respawn Entertainment outlines DLC release plans for February, March, and beyond, including the return of fan favorite multiplayer map Colony. About two weeks ago Titanfall 2 developer Respawn Entertainment announced plans to add a new mode and two maps to its popular mech v. pilot shooter. Today, the studio has elaborated on those plans and further fleshed out its DLC roadmap, which we now know includes another release in March....

Morkredd is a bizarre co-op puzzle game where players control two shadow people, one male and one female, that have to make their way across an oppressively dark environment full of fleshy architecture and filled with strange creatures. Stepping into the darkness means instant death, and so players have to stick to their light source, which changes throughout the game. At first it’s a bright light that players have to follow, and then later it’s an orb that the player can move around....

As social media has become an increasingly important part of any company’s marketing strategy, it’s sometimes easy to forget that a company’s online presence is being operated by real people. When the Twitter accounts of different brands get into a heated exchange, or the official Wendy’s account has a particularly snarky comeback, little attention goes to the person composing the tweet. However, a recent tweet from the Russian account for multinational technology company, MSI, serves as a reminder that the folks managing these accounts are all too human....

Game Rant recently got to take an deep dive into Mundaun, a hand-drawn survival horror game set in the Alps, by talking directly with the game’s creator, Michel Ziegler. Mundaun stands out because of its haunting atmosphere, incredibly unique artstyle, and attention to detail—resulting in touches like every NPC speaking an obscure language known only to a few thousand people in the real world. Games are only getting better at creating distinct tone, but Mundaun still manages to lay it on exceptionally thick....