Massively multiplayer online roleplaying games, aka, games that will consume your life. Your first task: fetch thirty kobold beaks for Gary and receive a stubby longsword in exchange. Fast forward ten thousand hours later. You sport fiery pauldrons, slay a dragon, and nab some legendary loot. What a feeling. And there are plenty of MMORPGs that can give you this experience, but with different makeups. Some are fantasy, some lean into the JRPG side of things, while others go full sci-fi. Well, we've put together a list of the 10 best MMORPGs to try out if you're into levelling, raiding, and roleplaying.

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While it's often referred to as The Legend of Zelda: BOTW 2 or sequel now, it does have a title which may allude to its storyline.

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Just a few weeks ago, Kadokawa Games finally unveiled Relayer, a mecha strategy simulation JRPG by the team that created God Wars.

The Tokyo-based developer has kept the project under wraps for a long time, so much so that its very nature was quite mysterious. A common misconception identified it as the console version of the mobile game Starly Girls, but it turned out to be its own new IP.

In January 2020, way before it received its official title and was still code-named “Project Stella,” I was allowed to see some early character design concepts and I immediately fell in love.

Now that the cat is out of the bag, I had a chat with Kadokawa Games president Yoshimi Yasuda, who is also directly at the helm of this project, exactly like he was for God Wars.

Giuseppe: When the game was originally announced a long time ago, it was billed as the console version of the mobile game Starly Girls. Yet, now that it has been re-revealed as Relayer, it seems to have mostly or entirely evolved into its own IP. Can you talk about that evolution?

Yoshimi Yasuda: I’d actually like to clarify that the development of the console version of the original mobile game is still an active project on its own. However, Relayer is actually a different project so this release is not related to Starly Girls. Relayer is the official name of the title which has been developed as “Project Stella”.

The new Gundam game will have competitive features like Battle Operation and Extreme Vs.

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There was a bunch of cool stuff to get excited about during today’s E3 2021-adjacent Nintendo Direct presentation. Metroid Dread is real, Advance Wars is back, and Tekken’s Kazuya Mishima dropped the entire Super Smash Bros. Ultimate cast into a volcano. But one major announcement was notably missing in action: an…

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Elden Ring exists! I'm still in a state of perpetual delight having read that I can turn my enemies into summoned sidekicks and that it has vases which are cute lads. And now I've learned that your enemies leave "trails" that are more visible at night, how curious.

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Several unique Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba inspired cosmetics will be available to obtain during this event.

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The stars were aligned for Microsoft to deliver a phenomenal E3 2021 showcase and it's fair to say that Xbox and Bethesda delivered. The firm had already firmly established Game Pass as a service offering unbeatable value, but remarkably, the show did an impressive job of making the subscription seem almost indispensable. And in the process, Xbox went one stage further in comprehensively taking down the argument that its first-party line-up is lacking, while at the same time addressing the cross-gen controversy that made it feel like Microsoft wasn't fully committed to the concept of delivering games tailored to the strengths of the new wave of console and PC hardware. This one had it all - and perhaps it actually delivered too much, to the detriment of some of the games shown.

That's what we're discussing in the latest Digital Foundry Direct, where myself, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia pick out our highlights from the Xbox team's 90-minute showing and share some thoughts on how Microsoft chose to cram 30 games into what is a relatively short presentation and the extent to which it was successful. We kick off our show by sharing our thoughts on Forza Horizon 5 from Playground Games - a game that's cross-gen in nature but still manages to fully exercise the latest in console and PC hardware.

After snooping around offices in The Occupation and memories in Ether One, developers White Paper Games will soon offer the opportunity to snoop around a neighbourhood . During E3 they announced Conway: Disappearance At Dahlia View, where we'll play a former detective in 1950s England who falls into spying on his neighbours after the disappearance of a young girl. The announcement trailer remind me a bit of Hitchcock's Rear Window, spying on people out his flat window. Have a look for yourself below.

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The successor to Sony's PlayStation VR headset will feature OLED panels manufactured by Samsung and launch in 2022. ...

However, this trial period is limited to those located in Japan.

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It's been a long while since there's been a truly great budget gaming CPU that's actually been available to buy. AMD's Ryzen 3 3300X filled that hole admirably when it first launched back in May last year, but the sheer popularity of that £115 / $120 CPU has meant that it's been out of stock almost ever since. Indeed, AMD still haven't released a Ryzen 5000 successor for it, and even Intel's 11th Gen Rocket Lake earlier in the year didn't yield any promising Core i3 candidates, either, with the chip maker stopping firm at the Core i5-11400 and i5-11400F, the latter of which is on test today.

The Core i5-11400F is fundamentally identical to the 11400 - it's just that the F model doesn't have any integrated graphics built-in. As such, you'll need to pair it with a graphics card if you want anything to appear on your monitor when you come to turn it on. Otherwise, they're exactly the same chip. And for lack of any other competition right now, this £150 / $230 CPU is probably the closest thing you'll get to a great budget gaming CPU in 2021.

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To celebrate the history and 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, the Game and Watch: The Legend of Zelda is being released on 12th November, 2021, If you're a die-hard Zelda fan, you're probably going to want to ensure you secure this collectible by putting down a Game and Watch: The Legend of Zelda pre-order.

The retro-styled handheld was excitingly announced in yesterday's E3 Nintendo Direct, along with the latest news and video footage for the eagerly awaited The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild sequel.

Ahead, we delve into all you need to know about the new Game and Watch system, including where you can pre-order and find the retailer with the lowest price.

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One glaring omission in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct for E3 2021 was Bayonetta 3. Heck, even Kotaku thought news about the game was a “safe bet.” Hideki Kamiya, the game’s outspoken creator, is once again not mincing words with those speculating as to why the title was absent.

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Given how many cyberpunky games are around these days, it takes something particularly interesting in that style to stand out to me now. But Minds Beneath Us has really caught my eye. It's an upcoming sci-fi thriller set in a futuristic world where humans have been integrated with AI. It has cool skylines, excellent use of neon signs, and you play as a character who might occasionally turn into a murderous zombie-thing.

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It will now release in Fall 2022.

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A funny old E3 this year, for sure. But there were still plenty of great games to get all excited about.

Here are some of our personal favourites. And apologies for anything really obvious we've left out.

Every year we hope for a new Advance Wars, and every year we are disappointed. Except for this year, sort of, as it's announced that the Switch is getting a revamped version of the first two games' campaigns. Advance Wars 1 and 2 are classics of tactical playfulness, a tanky take on Chess filled with great characters and lovely little details. The new 3D art style is a little odd, but if it's another chance to mess around with the Pipe-runner, we'll take it. Now the wait is on for a new Codename: STEAM. Come on.

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Microsoft will use cloud streaming to prevent the Xbox One from becoming obsolete as games become reliant on next-gen hardware. ...

Take a look at the top ten charts on Netflix Japan, and it’s filled with anime. The streaming service has gone out of its way to appeal to Japan, including producing Netflix exclusive Japanese dramas, but subscriptions are still lagging behind other regions.

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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! is a HD remaster of the cute anime visual novel (which is also a psychological horror game) coming out on June 30th. Unlike the old game, this one won't be free, but it's adding a bunch of new stuff that I'm sure will have plenty of spooks for us. It's bringing six new side stories, loads of new music, and a visual upgrade with higher-resolution artwork.

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Players can obtain Monster Hunter Rise armor sets, weapons, and DiVE cards for a limited time.

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Keywords CEO Andrew Day is stepping down with immediate effect following a health scare earlier this year. ...

You've thought it, I've thought it, but the question of what London would look like in the Fallout universe has never truly been answered... until now.

A Fallout mod team is working on a huge project called Fallout: London, which is described as a "DLC-sized mod for Bethesda's Fallout 4". Although the team has been issuing updates on progress for some time, yesterday the group released a full reveal trailer, and the work done so far looks extremely impressive. Many of London's most iconic landmarks have been given a Fallout makeover - including Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral and even the BT Tower. Oh, and there's some extremely hammy commentary over the whole thing.

There are some really nice touches throughout the trailer: you can spot plenty of London buses, murky tube stations and even a classic London pub. I'm also a big fan of the Beefeater who's embraced a more Raider-inspired look. It feels like there are some nods to Britain's WWI and WWII past, with barrage balloons seen in the sky and soldiers camping out in trenches.

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The Medium launches on PlayStation 5 on 3rd September, developer Bloober Team has announced.

Its release on PS5 was expected after a rating for the game on Sony's console was spotted on the The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) website. The new trailer is below:

Bloober Team's well-received third-person psychological horror game The Medium launched digitally for Xbox Series X and S and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, as well as via Xbox Game Pass, in January.

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds owner Krafton is looking to raise $5 billion through an incoming IPO. ...

Microsoft has said how it plans to keep Xbox One going next year even as developers make use of more powerful hardware: cloud streaming.

In a post on Xbox Wire, Microsoft said some exclusives set for 2022 require the power of the Xbox Series X and S and so will use Xbox Cloud Gaming to run on the eight-year old Xbox One.

Microsoft confirmed it will use Xbox Cloud Gaming to bring Microsoft Flight Simulator, for example, to Xbox One.

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If I've learned one thing from Mojiken Studio's beautiful hand-drawn point and click puzzler When The Past Was Around, it's that I should never strike up a relationship with a violin-playing owl man unless I want my heart to get smashed into a thousand tiny pieces. Despite its bright and breezy art style, When The Past Was Around hits hard, wallopping your emotions with all the feels at every gosh-darned turn. To be honest, even if I wasn't getting all teary-eyed at Owl and Eda's blossoming romance, I'd probably be equally upset about having my lovely neat apartment trashed by an invisible, busy-body puzzle solver. I've only just finished unpacking those plants, goddamnit, no need to tip them all over the carpet as well.

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A report from Bloomberg that’s mostly about LCD panels and VR also contains a brief mention that Sony has plans to release a new VR headset in late 2022.

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Today the Japanese arm of Sega announced with a press release that Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Judgment has passed a shipments milestone.

The game has shipped one million units shipped worldwide including all platforms, which is definitely quite flattering for this kind of game.

This comes ahead of the release of the game’s sequel, Lost Judgment, that will debut globally on Sept. 24 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, & Xbox One.

Judgment itself is currently available for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Google Stadia.

If you’re unfamiliar with Judgment, below you can read an official description.

“From the team that brought you the critically acclaimed Yakuza series comes Judgment, a gritty tale of disgraced attorney Takayuki Yagami in his quest for redemption. Haunted by his past, he takes up arms as a private detective, clawing his way through Kamurocho’s underground crime network to investigate a string of grisly murders. In this psychological thriller, the balance between justice and mercy teeters on the edge.

Track suspects, discover clues, and bring evidence to court – but be careful, there are dark characters at every turn. Can you distinguish between friend and foe? Take advantage of two unique battle styles to take down adversaries in electrifying encounters. Packed with Hollywood-worthy combat sequences and cinematic twists and turns, this mystery will surely keep you on your toes.”

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Super Robot Wars, one of the longest-running and most numerous video game series of all time, is back once more, and this time it’s celebrating its 30th birthday.

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Nintendo had a ton of news for us during their E3 Direct as always, and while most of them were games that we already knew of, there were still some surprise announcements, too. With that said, here are the three biggest surprises from the Nintendo E3 Direct this year.

Kazuya Is the New Smash Character

We all knew that a new Smash character was likely going to be announced during the Direct, but it’s always so hard to predict who’s going to get added next and that’s part of the fun. Nintendo certainly didn’t disappoint, as they opened the show with a fantastic teaser of various existing Smash characters getting thrown into a chasm.

Kazuya Mishima was revealed as the edgy new Smash character, and he’s got a lot of moves if that trailer’s anything to go by. Sure, we already have a few fighting game characters in Smash, but it’ll be interesting to see how Tekken’s 3D fighting style is adapted into a largely 2D game.

Hathaway will be available on Netflix in almost 200 countries this summer.

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E3 2021 is drawing to a close, and Nintendo’s showcase started to wrap up the week of announcements. We saw a diverse range of reveals, from exciting first-party games to third-party titles that will be making their way to the Switch in 2021 and beyond.

Though there were a lot of great games shown, we left the Direct with a few questions. There were a few games we expected to see that were absent, and we’re also wondering some things about the games they did show. Here are five unanswered questions we still have after Nintendo’s E3 2021 showcase.

Nintendo’s E3 2021-flavored Direct presentation was meatier than most showings of the last few days, with a good deal of info on upcoming games as well as surprise reveals. If you don’t have the time to sit through the entire event, our video will give you all the juicy highlights in just four-and-a-half minutes.

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A new WitchSpring3 Re:Fine Switch trailer is here, and it both shows off gameplay and confirms the game's Q3 2021 release window.

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It’s been a busy day for E3 2021, with the biggest announcement probably being Nintendo’s revival of the long-rumored Metroid Dread title for the series’ fifth mainline installment. Metroid Dread, coming to Switch on October 8, again follows Samus Aran on her planetary explorations, but also features an appearance by…

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Following the reveal of Super Robot Wars 30 for Switch during the Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation, Bandai Namco announced more platforms.

The game is releasing in Japan in 2021 not only for Nintendo Switch, but also for PS4 and PC via Steam.

We also learn that more information will be revealed at a dedicated event on July 11. At the moment, no western release has been announced but the game will be released in English for the South-East Asian market.

For now, the anime franchises officially announced for this crossover game are Mazinger Z Infinity, Choudenji Robo Combattler V, Mobile Suit Z Gundam, The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final, and Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection.

The trailer also showcases Mobile Suit Gundam’s hero Amuro Ray and Ryoma Nagare from Getter Robo.

Many more series will be announced at the event in July.

You can check out the announcement trailer of Super Robot Wars 30 below.