Author: Valhalladidde

The publisher CMON is prolific in the tabletop crowdfunding space, with its nearly 60 campaigns on Kickstarter tallying up more than $108 million in earnings. But the publisher has a healthy retail footprint as well, and it’s knocking big money off its popular Zombicide line of games as part of the current wave of early Black Friday board game deals. If you’re looking for a great board game gift to give (or to get for yourself — no judgment), each of these titles are a deadly good time and rarely get discounts.In addition to the base version, there are more…

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Dear Trailblazers, greetings from the Honkai: Star Rail dev team! It’s been a while, but today we’re thrilled to bring you more information about version 2.7, A New Venture on the Eighth Dawn which launches on December 4, the last chapter before the Astral Express sets its sights on the mysterious realm of Amphoreus, known as the Eternal Land. This update closes our chapter in Penacony and paves the way for a new story in version 3.0. In the previous story arc, Black Swan suggested the Crew venture to Amphoreus — a realm so enigmatic that even the Aeon of…

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Remember when AI-generated images looked like abstract paintings gone wrong? Those days are officially behind us. The evolution of AI image generation has been remarkable, and what Flux 1.1 Ultra is delivering now might leave even the biggest skeptics stunned – and perhaps a little unnerved. The New Reality of AI Images Launched on November 6th, Flux 1.1 Ultra isn’t just another incremental update. It’s a quantum leap in AI image generation, offering two distinct models: Ultra and Raw. What makes this particularly interesting is how each model serves a different purpose: Ultra Pro: Professional-grade, magazine-worthy edited photos Raw: Natural,…

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After three Expansion Pack updates in October, November has a solo game for the regular tier Switch Online libraries. Donkey Kong Land (1995) is now available in the Game Boy library. The game is a bespoke Game Boy version of the original Donkey Kong Country, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this week. This represents the first basic tier update since a group of SNES games in September, and the first Game Boy library additions since the entire Mega Man series was added in June.

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I can’t believe it finally happened.On a dusty day in May 2016, just a few months into Rainbow Six Siege’s redemption campaign following its disastrous launch, a Navy Seal named Blackbeard joined the team. He was only the second attacker added after launch, and with his defending counterpart Valkyrie raised Siege’s total roster size to 24. Blackbeard’s unique gadget, a rifle-mounted ballistic shield that negated headshots from the front, was immediately controversial. Headshots are king in Rainbow Six Siege—it’s one of the only games where they’re a guaranteed one-shot-kill—so you can imagine how an operator who gets to ignore that…

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