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Honkai: Star Rail’s version 2.1 patch is coming soon, bringing new characters and story with it. For those looking forward to pulling for Acheron or exploring more of Penacony’s story, you’ll want to know the exact time the game launches so you can jump right in. Below, we explain when …

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Folks seem pretty down on Dungeons & Dragons lately, and not for no reason. The company that owns it, Hasbro, continues to stick its foot in it — first with the whole OGL fiasco this time last year, and most recently with some conflicting comments from the company’s CEO regarding …

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“Boomer shooter” is the somewhat reductive (but undeniably catchy) term to describe the classic era of FPS games , the people who enjoyed them at release and who still enjoy them decades after their heyday. If you’re in that group that recognizes taking cover is for cowards, reloading is merely …

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The 2024 winter anime season boasted a slew of exciting new shows, and if the spring anime season (which runs from April through June) is any indication, 2024 is shaping up to be just as excellent. We’ve got a ton of highly anticipated premieres and new series debuts coming out …

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Though Nintendo is known for mobile consoles — Game Boy, DS, Nintendo Switch — it’s never really been known as a mobile game developer, i.e., a studio making games for your phone. But that’s not to say that Nintendo hasn’t done so. In fact, you can count the number of …

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“A Beggar’s Tale” is a Dragon’s Dogma 2 side quest that you can pick up shortly after arriving in Vernworth, one of the major hubs. During the day, you’ll notice a beggar named Albert standing near the fountain, recounting whimsical tales and stories. When walking past, a chap named Benton …

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Final Fantasy 14 Online’s next expansion, the summer-vacation adventure Dawntrail, will officially launch on July 2, producer and director Naoki Yoshida announced Sunday. Early access to Dawntrail will go live on June 28, for players who have pre-ordered the expansion. Yoshida announced Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail’s release date at PAX …

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 players will no doubt have heard whispers from their faithful followers, known as pawns, about a terrible plague infecting their ranks. Unfortunately, that sickness is real and currently spreading through Capcom’s fantasy role-playing game via its pawns, and it’s led to the mass murders of NPCs like …

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That’s it, guys, we made it: Time for March to go out like a lamb, as the old adage says, and spring has sprung — most notably (“most” here for if you are not the type who wants to go touch literal grass) in the form of our spring preview, …

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Palia first launched on PC in 2023, and rolled out onto the Nintendo Switch. Now, the free-to-play life simulator game can be downloaded from Steam. The new platform for Palia coincides with patch 0.178, which is focused around celebrating spring. If you haven’t had a chance to sample this Stardew …

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If you’re looking for an anime that will force you to interrogate the inevitable passage of time and reconcile with the fact that one day you, too, will be forgotten, then boy do I have a show for you. Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is a visually gorgeous fantasy adventure, but …

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You’ll likely find yourself in jail (or gaol, to use the proper spelling) at some point in Dragon’s Dogma 2. Maybe you snuck around a restricted area. Maybe you were a human trying to unlock the Warfarer vocation. When you’re in ja- ahem, gaol, you’ll temporarily lose most of your …

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