Quick Links You will meet Broden, Kalm’s innkeeper, early inFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s second chapter. After he helps the party escape Shinra’s grasp, you won’t be able to return to town for a bit, but the coast is clear a little later. Now, you’ll have an opportunity to really get to know the guy. Where the Wind Blows is great for shining a light on what’s up with Broden’s cough. But it’s also a fun time in its own right, and it serves as a solid lesson in a few key gameplay systems....

Summary I still remember how I felt last November, at the end of Disney Lorcana’s woefully unbalanced first season. I was beyond fed up with Ruby/Amethyst decks dominating at every local game night, cash event, and online tournament, and I had hoped that Rise of the Floodborn was going to give the meta the shake-up it so desperately needed. Lorcana’s first expansion introduced 204 new cards, doubling the available card pool....

Dragon’s Dogma 2andBaldur’s Gate 3might be some of the greatest RPGs we’ve seen this gaming generation. Although they have a lot of differences, both these games have been compared a lot online, and fans have speculated if Dragon’s Dogma 2 lives up to the incredibly high standard set by Baldur’s Gate 3. This article will let you know which of the two games is better based on their gameplay, story, combat, and more....

Insomniac Gamescontinues to be a leaky ship.After a high profile breach last year that saw materials for Wolverine, Venom, and a number of its other upcoming projects emerge onlinealongside countless confidential documents and personal information, it looked like the studio had finally begun to bounce back. Until earlier this week when yet another trailer appeared. Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Great Webwas a recently cancelled live-service game in development at the studio, likely amid all the layoffs and canned projects that Sony has been butchering in recent months....

Summary I love a good mini game. I can get sidetracked by them for hours, if it scratches my brain just right.Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, a game stacked to bursting with mini games that you may retreat to if you want a break from the main story, is occupying all my spare time right now, partly because its mini games are so well-crafted and absorbing. When I playedRed Dead Redemption 2, every time I came across a river, I’d abandon whatever I was doing to fish for half an hour....

Neuvillette is one ofGenshin Impact’s premier Hydro DPS characters, with strength relative to other top tiers, such as Hu Tao or Alhaitham. They even overtake them in AOE scenarios. At first glance, his simple play style of absorbing Sourcewater Droplets to release a beam of mass destruction may seem straightforward, but there are many nuances to fully harnessing the strength of the Hydro Dragon. From properly balancing his stats to finding out which of his fellow Fontainians work best with him, as well as fully understanding the workings behind his Charged Attack: Equitable Judgement, here’s everything you need to know to gift your enemies a very watery death....

Quick Links In the aftermath of his absurd cloning bit during thefight against Grasptropod,Johnny and his identical selves have begun the hard work of renovating the Seaside Inn from trash to treasure. In fact, whenFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s ‘The Saga of the Seaside Inn’ wraps up in your quest log, you’ll be scouring the world to fill it with curios. ‘The Saga of the Seaside Inn’ is a multistep quest with a unique twist - you’re able to’t progress to the end in the same chapter that it unlocks....

It’s been fascinating to watch the rise of the deck-building roguelike ever sinceSlay The Spirelaunched in early access in 2017. The trajectory has closely mirrored that of the tabletop deck-builder, which landed in the hobby like a meteor with the release of 2009’s Dominion. Then, as now, game designers lined up to improve and perfect a mechanic that had made waves by putting card-drafting and engine-building - previously hallmarks of time-intensive collectible games - into a balanced, single-sitting experience....

Summary Subnauticapublisher Krafton released a new earnings report earlier this week, causing a little bit of confusion among fans. While it originally seemed like Krafton wouldbe making Subnautica 2 a live-service title, an update was quickly issued to explain that it simply meant the game will be continually supported, rather than feature any live service trappings such as battle passes or microtransactions. In all that confusion, an image was released of what people must have assumed was either a piece of concept art or a standard screenshot of the first Subnautica....

OP-06 Wings Of The Captain introduces tons of excellent meta-defining cards to add to your pre-existingOne Piece Card Gamedecks, but also includes brand-new archetypes for players to try out, like Thriller Bark and Germa 66. This is one of the best sets to invest in if you want to start playing the One Piece Card Game. Most of the cards found in the set can make cohesive decks because of how powerful they are individually....

Summary Once a year, for three days, you’re able to experience the Desert Festival inStardew Valley. There are loads of activities, fun challenges for the Skull Cavern, and even a new currency type that you can only collect and use while the festival is going on called Calico Eggs. What can these Calico Eggs buy? There are various traders and shops set up so you may peruse their wares. However, two random villagers each day will arrive and sell their own items....

Magic: The Gathering’sMurders at Karlov Manor brings us back to the world of Ravnica, however, instead of focusing on the guilds like previous Ravnica sets, this release revolves around solving the crime of a string of murders. The set’s mechanics reflect this theme by including disguise, suspect, clues, investigate, cases, and collect evidence as mechanics. While typically on the weaker side of the Magic color pie, green looks to have some pretty strong constructed playables in this release....

Summary Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorahelps to expand James Cameron’s epic sci-fi world. Taking place in a new region of the titular Pandora, you can directly interact with all new fauna, characters, and enemies. All of which help to further establish the conflict that plagues the planet, as well as understand the cultures that exist there. Apart from all that is new, there are also elements of the game that help tie it back to the Avatar franchise....