Author: Valhalladidde

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Monomyth’s first hour is packed with unobtrusive tutorial pop-ups and helpful advice. Do this to operate a lever. Press this to open my inventory. Jab this key to interact with things. Attack a locked wooden door with my weapon to smash it to smithereens. Set a locked wooden door on fire with the burning torch I’m holding in my hand.Wait, really? Just like that? Just… bash the weak thing with a massive sword until it breaks, or burn the thing made of highly burnable wood? That’s allowed?Weird, but OK. I made a mental note of this unusual feature and then…

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Foundations, the next expansion for Magic: The Gathering, arrives Nov. 15 and aims at providing a fun, accessible experience for every level of play. The expansion draws from a variety of aesthetics and reintroduces some of the game’s most famous cards, which will be legal in all standard formats through 2029.While Foundations will launch with a pair of new products intended to onboard new players, veterans looking to expand their collection may find some great additions in the typical spread of Booster Boxes and Bundles. We’ve outlined all of the products available in this expansion below and where you can…

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The Alien franchise has left a long, deep acid burn on the video game medium ever since the release of the first film in 1979. Whether hiding in lockers in Alien Isolation, blasting waves of creatures in Aliens: Fireteam Elite, or guiding a Marine squad to tactical victory in Aliens: Dark Descent, the series’ rich legacy has left plenty of room for creative interpretation. With Alien: Rogue Incursion, celebrated VR developer Survios is aiming to make another major contribution to the Alien gaming legacy. This big-budget, immersive PlayStation VR2 experience promises to make players feel like they’re actually inhabiting the…

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Registration is now open for TrueAchievements Genre Bingo 2024. The event will start on Friday, November 1, 2024, at 10am UTC+0 and run until midnight on Saturday, November 30.You can find full details about what Genre Bingo is and how it all works in our TrueAchievements Genre Bingo 2024 announcement article.How do I sign up for Genre Bingo?It’s easy, just head over to our TrueAchievements Genre Bingo Hub and click the register button. This will take you to a new settings page for this year’s event where you can choose which genres you want a chance of appearing in your…

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Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked)Some in the UK may know comedy TV personality Adam Buxton, who was once the counterpart of Joe Cornish in the Adam and Joe Show (1996-2001), and, as recently as 2020, was still guesting on popular Channel 4 panel shows. Nowadays, he’s more well-known for The Adam Buxton Podcast, but in 1999 he walked into a London-based video game store where I was working as staff, and, retrieving a copy of Raiden DX from the Japanese PlayStation section, asked if I was familiar with it. I told him if he liked the series, it was by…

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On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam. So that’s exactly what we’ve done. If nothing catches your fancy this week, we’ve gathered the best PC games you can play right now and a running list of the 2024 games that are launching this year.Psychopomp GOLD Psychopomp GOLD Official Trailer…

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