The second installment in the Nioh series is heading to PC real soon, publisher Koei Tecmo has announced. Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition follows the first game‘s PC release cadence, by arriving as a complete edition after the PS4 launch. Nioh 2 will release on PC via Steam on February 5, 2021. The complete edition comes with some great bonuses for those jumping in with the PC release. First off, the game’s three premium expansions are included: The Tengu’s Disciple, Darkness in the Capital and The First Samurai. The First Samurai was recently revealed as the final expansion for the PS4 season pass. Of course, they’re all included in the base version on PC. There’s also a PC-exclusive bonus item that will come packed into Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition. The Valve Helmet is a unique piece of armor that will only be available for PC Players, at least for the time being. The Valve Helmet item is shown off in a new Nioh 2 trailer. Feature complete...Syndicated from Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition comes to Steam next February
Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive continues to add content to its popular multiplayer horror game. Recently, the title paired up with the likes of Silent Hill and Stranger Things, in two of the game’s biggest crossovers yet. This update isn’t a major one, but it is bringing a new outfit to one of the older Dead by Daylight crossover characters, Leatherface. Leatherface, from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, was introduced as one of the game’s killers back in 2017. The character is now getting its first cosmetic outfit over three years later. The Old Lady Outfit reflects Leatherface’s “homemaker” persona, and makes the guy look even creepier than usual. The outfit includes the Lady of Leatherhead, the Homemaker’s Apron, as well as the Dinner Smasher weapon. This mallet should come in handy for any escaping survivors. To coincide with launch, the team has put together a short trailer showing the Old Lady off. This outfit is distinctively ...
Sound the klaxons, the armored fanatics are arriving! Having been revealed as the next big content drop coming to the MMO, Fallout 76: Steel Dawn will officially see the Brotherhood of Steel enter Appalachia on December 1. To celebrate the momentous occasion, Bethesda has just dropped a new trailer with a focus on the organization. Suffice to say, they are not here to play. Instead, the Brotherhood of Steel is here to stop all of the crazy vault dwellers from using weapons and technology that is destroying society. Such nice fellows they are. Of course, if you are looking to rebuild society, having nukes flying around is not the best way forward. With the Brotherhood’s arrival also comes several NPCs that will be added with Fallout 76: Steel Dawn. True to form, these individuals are definitely not as colorful as the denizens of Appalachia. All they want is to stop us from having fun. Who can argue with big guns and even bigger armor? It would be wise for players to join up and...
With the hustle and bustle of daily life, sometimes it can be really relaxing just to take it slow and enjoy the sights and sounds. If you want a taste of that Mediterranean air and long for an adventure in the wild, Ustwo Games has the right solution for you. The maker of Monument Valley and Assemble With Care is bringing the super positive game that is Alba: A Wildlife Adventure next month, and we have ourselves a new trailer. When it was first announced in the summer, little else was known about the game. All we knew was that a young girl would be helping out in sorting things out on an island while on her vacation to visit her grandma. With the new trailer, we now have a better idea of what we can get up to during this little adventure. The island is definitely in a state of disarray, and full of things to be handled. It will be up to the little girl, her dad, and best friend to get it all together. Peace and harmony Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is not about rushing, however. The ...
The hype around Mediatonic’s Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has dropped in recent times, but the adorable battle royale of sorts is still doing really well in terms of player numbers and engagement. With the increased attention paid to it, this has also resulted in players demanding more from the developers. On that front, the studio has been working hard to come up with more regular content updates to satiate the demand with Season 2. We recently got a mid-season update, with even more whacky costumes thrown in for good measure. However, that is not enough for some parts of the community. Fall Guys Season 3 will have much to live up to. Taking to Reddit, a pair of community managers were on hand to talk more about the mid-season update. In addition, they also dropped more information regarding Fall Guys Season 3. As a whole, the team at Mediatonic is confident of having more levels at launch compared to this season. According to Community Director Oliver Hindle, the studio is a...
With players now experiencing all of the new content in Destiny 2: Beyond Light, Bungie has decided to reveal more about the next season. In the brand new Season of the Hunt YouTube trailer, we witness the arrival of the Hive God of War, Xivu Arath, in Destiny 2. With it comes an important question, is there anything or anyone else that the Darkness is speaking to? Of course, with the Darkness finally arriving to counter the Light of the Traveler, things are about to get messy. The introduction of Xivu Arath has certainly messed up the status quo. She is looking to consolidate her power with the help of the Darkness, and we are certainly standing in her way. With such a big threat looming, Osiris has enlisted the help of the Guardians once again. You will not have to stand up against this threat alone, of course. The Crow is here to help. That is, if you can get past the fact that this is Uldren Sov, the baddie who basically wiped Cayde-6 off the face of the universe as part of the ...
Mojang Studios’ isometric action-RPG Minecraft Dungeons has received a lot of updates in its relatively short life – just over five months. The DLC content has sent players to the steamy jungles and wintery domains. These DLCs have also added a bunch of new features to the action-adventure. However, a standout feature that’s always been missing from Minecraft Dungeons is cross-play. But that’s about to change. On November 17, Minecraft Dungeons will finally allow players to join forces with people on different platforms through cross-play. Players on Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One can all join the cross-platform party. Scaling the peaks Mojang Studios doesn’t look like it’s slowing down with Minecraft Dungeons any time soon. In December, the action-RPG will take players to new heights with the Howling Peaks DLC. Players will have hordes of new mobs to battle, as well as a new boss in the form of the Tempest Golem. Around the same time that the Howling Peaks...
Godfall is out now on PC and we’re going to take a look at its performance and various other options. It’s a gorgeous game that doesn’t exactly require the best rig around to run despite being a PS5 launch title. Before getting into the nitty-gritty, let’s take a loot at the minimum and recommended specs. System specifications Minimum Specs Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, 6 GB / AMD Radeon RX 580, 8 GB Recommended Specs Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 11 GB / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, 8 GB As you can see, Godfall is not super-duper demanding. I have a very similar build to the above, with the exact AMD GPU as recommended and a similar processor. The only caveat is that it looks like machines that still have just 8 GB of RAM might have some issues. For me, though, the game runs flawlessly almost all of the time a...
It’s not the end of the story that makes the experience. It’s the journey we take to arrive there. This adage is apt when used to describe The Pathless. If you want, you can make a beeline for the ending in several hours. Or you can immerse yourself in the vast, digital lands before you while searching for puzzles and lore. What’s more, the game has no map. If you want to discover its secrets, you have to look carefully as opposed to just selecting an icon on a map and chasing a waypoint. It’s this sense of discovery that makes the game feel so intimate and peaceful. The Pathless is set in a world threatened by the Godslayer. The Eagle Mother, a guardian deity, has been stricken by this grievous foe and rendered inert as he plans to doom the entire world to melancholy and despair. You’re thrust into the narrative as a young archer who seeks to put a stop to his foul machinations. During the game’s prologue, you cleanse the Eagle Mother of the Gods...
The Stasis element takes center stage in Destiny 2: Beyond Light. While you’re doing a few quests, you’ll be able to boost the subclass’ capabilities by way of new aspects, grenades, and fragments. Regarding Stasis fragments, these are additional quests that you can obtain from the Exo Stranger. Here’s our guide to help you out. Note: For more information, check out our Destiny 2: Beyond Light guides and features hub. Destiny 2: Beyond Light – Stasis fragment quests and effects You’re going to have to complete Destiny 2: Beyond Light‘s campaign just to start getting Stasis fragment quests. Not only that, but you’ll have to finish at least “Born in Darkness – Part 2,” a quest chain involving the Exo Stranger. Once you’ve done that, she’ll offer you a selection of Stasis fragment quests. You’ll be able to choose two fragment quests each week. In my case, I picked the Gambit-focused and Vanguard-...
Destiny 2: Beyond Light provides Guardians with the means of harnessing the Darkness via the Stasis element. Likewise, you may also gain new powers by unlocking Stasis aspects. The first Stasis aspect can be obtained by finding Entropic Shards on Europa. One of these locations, Creation, does require you to glitch outside the map. Here’s our guide to help you out. Note: For more information, check out our Destiny 2: Beyond Light guides and features hub. Destiny 2: Beyond Light – Unlocking your Stasis aspect and finding all Entropic Shards Remember that you must first complete a quest in Destiny 2: Beyond Light called Born in Darkness. Finishing part one of that quest unlocks another one called Aspect of Control which rewards you with your first Stasis aspect once that’s done. The Aspect of Control quest actually has a fairly simple requirement: find and destroy five Entropic Shards on Europa. You’re going to need the Salvation’s Grip exotic grena...
After finishing Destiny 2: Beyond Light‘s campaign, you’ve got more tasks ahead of you. There are bounties from Variks to help you earn Herealways Pieces. Likewise, there’s the Born in Darkness quest from the Exo Stranger. The questline will eventually let you obtain Stasis grenades and aspects to boost your new subclass. Here’s our guide to help you out. Note: For more information, check out our Destiny 2: Beyond Light guides and features hub. Destiny 2: Beyond Light – Born in Darkness quest Destiny 2: Beyond Light‘s Born in Darkness quest is given to you by the Exo Stranger after you’ve completed the campaign. You should get attuned with the large pyramid fragment to finally obtain the Stasis subclass permanently. The Exo Stranger will then give you a set of tasks that, in the end, will give you yet another quest. Due to multiple quest parts and rewards, I’ve split up this guide into a few pages. Click on the page below for th...
The Pathless doesn’t have much interest at all in telling you what to do or what anything is. It’s very much the sort of game that throws you in and expects you to learn by doing. And this works! But in case you’d rather just be told instead of having to figure it out yourself, then this beginner’s guide has got you covered. I’m going to be breaking down what your main goals are going to be, what everything means, and why you should care about the extras. Your goal in each of the plateaus in The Pathless is very simple. When you turn on your spirit vision after acquiring the mask that unlocks it, you’ll see towers that are highlighted in red. You want to interact with each of these in order to face the plateau’s boss. You’ll do this by getting metal plates that you can place at the top of the towers that clear corruption away. You can spot places that give you metal plates by looking for red barriers that are very noticeable even with...
It’s a little hard to accept that it’s already well into November of 2020. Epic seems to be dealing with the struggle. Or whoever it is that’s coming up with all of these free game giveaways. They are apparently stuck on the idea that it can be Halloween forever, as we’re still getting spooky-themed titles despite our trick-or-treat obsessions having died with the inevitable sugar crashes. Well, here’s to (at least) one last free game on the Epic Games Store in 2020 that deals with the supernatural. The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia deals with digital exorcisms, as you likely inferred from the play on words. You take on the role of a private exorcist based in Rome during the middle of a demonic outbreak. It sounds a bit epic doesn’t it? You will experience a sinful city on the decline, full of action and insidious plots. Expect to deal with gun-crazed gangsters, demons, and even the Pope himself as you fight to prevent an unearthly coup agai...
As the Covid-19 pandemic has worn on across the globe, one game with far too much relevance has been playing off of it. Plague Inc., the game where players are usually the ones controlling and designing a virus as it mutates and spreads around the world with the main goal of wiping out humanity, is reversing course in a new DLC titled Plague Inc: The Cure. The expansion will task players with fighting a pandemic off instead of bringing one on, all while maintaining public trust. Sound familiar? Announced in a blog post on the game’s Steam page, Plague Inc: The Cure will be free for all owners of Plague Inc: Evolved, that is, until Covid-19 is under control. So in all likeliness, players who jump in now should have free access to this DLC for time enough to get their fill. The DLC was developed in partnership with “world health and infectious disease experts from all over the world” to create a game that mimics real life. Players looking for some escapism can look e...
Godfall doesn’t have a ton of crafting, but it’ll save you some time to look at this quick overview of what your options are. For starters, there are 12 Valorplates currently in the game, and 11 of them will need to be crafted (even if one of them is extremely cheap and given to you early on.) Crafting a Valorplate requires two things: five Valorplate cores and 50 of a crafting resource from motherlodes. Valorplate cores can be found in the game’s zones. Go into your heightened sense mode and look for glowing golden spots. If you find one above what looks like a corpse, that will grant you a core. As for the crafting resources, there are three of these in Godfall that are specific to the Earth, Water, and Air zones. These are Infused Jasper in Earth, Crystalline Tears in Water, and Aetheric Filaments in Air. Motherlodes are all over the zones and will often give you four-to-six of the zone’s respective material each. Once you have all the cores and materials,...
It’s another year and here comes another Destiny 2 expansion, Beyond Light. After a short delay, Guardians are finally be able to set foot on Europa, learn more about its secrets, and harness a form of the Darkness via an element known as Stasis. The question, however, is if this whole thing is worthwhile. Truth be told, it’s too early to tell given that we’re only in the first week of Beyond Light‘s release. There might be new additions in the coming weeks or once the raid, Deep Stone Crypt, goes live. Unfortunately, there are already so many problems that it’s going to be an uphill climb for Bungie. Welcome to Europa Destiny 2: Beyond Light‘s campaign starts off with a recounting of events that brought you to this moment: the arrival of the Darkness’ Pyramid ships, the loss of contact in various planets, the machinations of Savathun, and a distress call from none other than Variks. The wayward Eliksni is on Jupiter’s frozen mo...
There are a decent amount of skills to acquire in Godfall. To help you get off to a good start, I’m going to break down my personal picks. You unlock skills with skill points, which you receive from leveling up, completing story missions, or finishing out Merits that are tied to performing certain actions and killing a particular number of enemies. Each skill has five levels, and not all of them are as useful as others. Naturally, it takes five points to max out a skill. Finesse This initially unlocks an evasive slide, which not only makes you more nimble but gives you a lot more room to breathe when escaping from enemies. This is one of the first skills in Godfall you’ll likely want to spend points on. Subsequent unlocks also increase your parry window by 10% each, which is helpful. Rampage A great one that you can get and then forget while seeing your damage output increase. All you need to do is hit enemies enough in a short span of time and you’ll automatically...
Combat in Godfall kind of has a lot going on. This guide is going to break down the general mechanics and let you know what sort of options you’ll have when fighting the hordes of whomever. Just remember: if you’re terrible at the game, you can respawn, so just hit things and laugh when they kill you. But don’t laugh too hard. You’ve got neighbors. Godfall has default regular and strong attacks to choose from. Both deplete the lifebars of your enemies. As you whittle health down with your regular attack, you’ll see a remainder appear in place of some of what you’ve removed. This is how much the enemy can heal if it has the ability to do so. When you hit a damaged enemy with a strong attack, this remainder will be shattered. If you get enemies down to next to nothing/just their remainder, hitting them with a strong attack will cause them to shatter via a green explosion. Combos and breakers Both regular and strong attacks have normal combos where y...