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After putting out new hotfixes for weeks, Gearbox is finally applying some major changes to Borderlands 3’s Mayhem Mode in a Mayhem 2.0 update. This major update will be going live this Thursday, Apr. 23.

For those who don’t know, Mayhem Mode unlocks once you’ve completed the main story. It provides the option to increase the game’s level of difficulty in stages as you grind to max level, or look for better loot.

Borderlands 3’s Mayhem 2.0 update is improving that feature in various ways. First and foremost, players no longer have to go all the way back to Sanctuary to change the Mayhem level. Thank goodness. Mayhem levels can now be changed at will from your ECHO Device menu.

The host chooses the Mayhem level for multiplayer sessions, but if you’re matchmaking, you’ll be teamed up with players on a similar difficulty level.

For the uninitiated, Mayhem Mode also adds modifiers to the game on top of more difficult enemies. The Mayhem 2.0 update is bringing 25 new modifiers to Borderlands 3, each categorized as Easy, Medium, Hard, or Very Hard.

These modifiers are chosen at random, but modifier frequency and difficulty ratings remain the same through each Mayhem level. This Borderlands 3 Mayhem 2.0 table from the website should help clear that up:

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you must work your way to make your deserted island the most inviting island there is by sprucing up the place with villagers, furniture, flowers, and other homely additions. Once you get to a high enough island rating from Isabelle, you can watch the credits roll and enjoy a wonderful concert put on by none other KK Slider, the hippie dog musician.

You can collect his music albums in the game too and they feature some awesome art that stars the chill, musically-inclined pup. Most Animal Crossing fans absolutely adore this character and are now creating their own versions of popular album covers but replaced with KK Slider.

Needless to say, the creations are remarkably well done! You can check out some of the best ones I found on Twitter down below. Let us know which one is your favorite by shouting out in the comments section!

THQ Nordic’s anticipated western real-time tactics game Desperados III has a release date; a new announcement trailer today confirmed the June 16 across all platforms.

For the uninitiated, Desperados III is a story-driven tactical stealth game set in an authentic Wild West scenario. Developed by German game studio Mimimi Games (Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun), players command a band of Desperados led by fan-favorite gunslinger John Cooper.

Desperados III serves as a prequel tale to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive. The game tasks players with combining the abilities of five different characters to make their way through each level, choosing either a lethal or non-lethal approach.

You can check out the announcement trailer below.

Also revealed in tandem is a new story trailer detailing the game’s central main protagonist, John Cooper.

Today Bandai Namco announced the release date of the first DLC for its popular action JRPG Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.

The DLC is titled “A New Power Awakens – Part 1” and it’ll release for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on April 28. 

You’ll be able to unlock Super Saiyan God Vegeta and Super Saiyan God Goku and to fight Beerus. Not only he’s level 250, but you won’t even be able to use all of your items against him. 

Producer Ryousuke Hara promises a challenging encounter.

“Beerus is so strong that my rating for this fight is 1 in 10.”

 Below you can find the screenshots. 

Final Fantasy XIV is an MMORPG, which means that you can definitely expect an element of grinding in basically every aspect of the game. Past expansions have introduced Relic Weapons, which are some of the most powerful weapons you can get in the game for your respective jobs. And, yep you guessed it, there’s always some sort of insane, tedious grind involved. This time, though, FFXIV isn’t too demanding of your time. And it’s nice.

Patch 5.25 dropped for FFXIV in the last couple of weeks, introducing the first chapter of a new quest line called Save the Queen. By completing this first chapter, players would be able to unlock a forge where they could gather materials to craft a Resistance weapon — basically the new fancy term for this expansion‘s Relic Weapons.

When I heard about the patch drop, I was apprehensive. I instantly started getting flashbacks to the Relic Weapons of the Stormblood expansion, when Square Enix introduced Eureka and forced players to grind there for literal years. Okay not literal years, but it might as well have been.

Eureka was a pretty divisive aspect of the game, to say the least. It was meant to be a throwback to the gameplay loop of FFXI, but because it was so at odds with FFXIV’s current model, it ended up being quite a jarring process to get into. The grind felt unbearably tedious especially if you weren’t playing the new content right when it dropped, and if you wanted to catch up on your own, Eureka didn’t make it easy for you to do a lot of the content solo.

If you’ve been running out of things to do in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you’ll be glad to know that Nintendo has released a trailer outlining information about a free update that will be adding plenty of events over the next few months.

The first part of the update includes three additions to the game: two new visiting characters and an expansion to the museum.

Leif, the gardening sloth, will begin arriving on islands by setting up his shop outside of the Town Hall building, similar to how Label and Kicks set up their shop to sell items. Players will be able to buy flower seeds and various bushes, such as azalea and tea-olive shrubs, that can be planted around the island.

Redd, the cunning fox, will begin appearing by boat on the northern beaches on islands. When players board his boat, they will be able to take part in Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler to buy artwork and furniture from him. In previous games, there was a chance Redd could sell counterfeit artwork, so be sure to examine what you buy carefully.

The museum will receive an expansion, adding a section for artwork and sculptures. It is likely that Blathers, the museum curator, will accept donations of the artwork bought from Redd, as long as it is genuine.

The second part of the update includes four new events, beginning this week and lasting through the end of June.

From April 23 through May 4, Nature Day will be celebrated in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Players can complete nature-related activities to earn Nook Miles.

From May 1 through May 7, islands will be celebrating May Day. For a limited time, players can go on special May Day island tours for a chance to score rare items and meet new characters. In the trailer, the special character Rover is seen in the background of one of these tours.

Square Enix’s anticipated Final Fantasy VII Remake has enjoyed a very positive critical reception, and today we’ve learned it’s also been a very hot seller. The developer/publisher has announced the game shipped and digitally sold 3.5 million units in its first three days.

The news comes by way of a Tweet from the game’s official channel:

We’re proud to announce we shipped and digitally sold over 3.5M copies of #FinalFantasy VII Remake in 3 days! 🥳

All of us would like to raise our Buster Swords to say THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us during launch, we hope you’re all enjoying the game! #FF7R pic.twitter.com/4m93Op7O9I

— FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE (@finalfantasyvii) April 21, 2020

An impressive tally, indeed, though not quite as substantial as Final Fantasy XV’s five million units shipped and digitally sold within 24 hours back in 2016.

Animal Crossing New Horizons is often described as being a chill, carefree game with a wholesome community and very little stress overall. You play as a human living day to day life on a deserted island with a group of animal friends, so it must all be cute and innocent, right?

Let me be the one to inform you: that’s not the case at all. There’s a secret dark side of Animal Crossing that not every fan sees.

In the depths of the game’s fandom, you can find a portion of the New Horizons community involved in black market schemes. Instead of watering their flowers and catching bugs as any normal person would, these players are trading items, DIY recipes, and… villagers.

Yes, there is an underground market for buying and selling the animal villagers that people have living on their islands. In the darkest corners of the internet, websites like Nookazon and r/AdoptMyVillager on Reddit exist with the sole purpose of hosting these unscrupulous transactions.

For the uninitiated, Nookazon allows you to sort through listings for items or villagers that people have for sale and lets you post your own for others to make offers on. Reddit’s r/AdoptMyVillager is similar, but it’s specifically intended for exchanging bells for a villager who is about to move away from a person’s island.

Hercules. The Lion King. Mulan. Jungle Book. These are only a handful of the most iconic animated Disney movies to ever grace the big screen. You may remember the song names and the character’s intentions but do you really remember all of the song lyrics?

If you think you know it all when to comes to memorizing Disney songs from the movies, why not test out your skills with this little lyric trivia quiz?

Let’s see who the real Disney fans are!

The test begins… now! Good luck out there!

(Images via Disney)

Despite reports earlier this year suggesting layoffs at Otherside Entertainment had all but canceled System Shock 3, it sounds as though the studio is still clinging on.

As spotted by VGC earlier this week, VP of marketing and business development Walter Somol provided a brief update over on Otherside’s forums, teasing a new concept in the process:

“We’re still here. We’re all working remotely right now, probably like most of you. Our new concept is coming along nicely and we are really excited about it. We have cool and we think distinctive art style for it and we have that and gameplay coming together in UE4. I know it’s a tease, but I just can’t really say anything about it at this point.”

It’s unclear as to whether Somol is referring to a new concept for System Shock 3 or a new game entirely. We know that Starbreeze, the game’s previous publisher, sold the rights for System Shock 3 back to Otherside following its own financial battles, so the door is certainly open.

Still, it seems rather unlikely. There’s been absolutely no word on System Shock 3 in over three months, a radio silence which has been echoed by director Warren Spector for the same period of time as well.

Death Stranding’s PC release has been delayed by just over a month, pushed back from its original June 2 date to July 14.

Kojima Productions’ Twitter account made the announcement earlier today, citing difficulties with work-from-home logistics as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following the temporary closure of KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, we have had to delay the PC launch of DEATH STRANDING to July 14, 2020, to allow more development time amidst the current work-from-home orders in place. Thank you all for your patience and continued support!#keeponkeepingon pic.twitter.com/euOmebcdQj

— KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Eng) (@KojiPro2015_EN) April 21, 2020

The PC version of Death Stranding features a number of high-performance optimizations over the PS4 original, including high frame-rate support and ultra-wide monitor compatibility. The PC version will also feature a photo mode, which came to PS4 earlier this month with Update 1.12.

Today’s news shouldn’t come as too much of a shock; Kojima Productions is one of many developers and publishers to delay a game or update in the wake of the pandemic.

Today Compile Heart released a new gameplay video of its shipgirl-focused game Azur Lane: Crosswave focusing on the DLC.

To be precise, it showcases the second DLC that will be released in Japan on April 27, focusing on Formidable. 

The video focuses on the story part of the DLC, which is narrated in the usual visual novel-like fashion. We get to see the protagonist Formidable and the three support/secretary shipgirls that will be included in the package, Zara, Warspite, and Neptune.

It’s worth mentioning that Idea Factory International has not announced any release date for the DLC in the west or for the PC version. We inquired with them about it a few days ago, and they mentioned that for the moment they have no update on this.

You can check it out below. If you want to see some action gameplay, you can check it out in this older video.

Nintendo of America has announced that Super Mario Maker 2 will be receiving its final major update later this week, and it’s a big one.

The most notable part of the update will add a highly requested feature to the game: a world maker. Players will be able to add up to 40 of their created courses into a customizable world.

This will give players the liberty of creating their very own Mario game by building structures like bridges, hills, and warp pipes to the map. It looks like there will be plenty of customization since players will have control of details down to each level’s icon.

In addition to the world maker feature, this final content update will include a large variety of new power-ups and enemies. Some included are the Super Mario Bros 2 mushroom, frog suit, power balloon, super acorn, and boomerang flower.

In the 3D World game mode, there will be new hat items such as the cannon box, propeller box, red POW box, Goomba mask, and Bullet Bill mask.

Koopalings will be added as bosses across various game modes as well, allowing creators to have more choices for who players will face in their courses.

Earlier this year, Super Mario Maker 2 reached the milestone of 10 million playable courses. With all of the new features in this upcoming update, there will be even more ways for players to create unique and fun courses.

This final major content update to Super Mario Maker 2 will be available for free and will arrive on April 22. For full details and to see the world maker in action, you can watch the trailer below.

The Nintendo Versus Twitter account has announced that the 12th Tetris 99 Maximus Cup will take place this upcoming weekend. Nintendo must know how many people have been relying on Ring Fit Adventure to stay active lately, which is why the latest competition will be featuring the popular fitness game.

Like in previous Tetris 99 Maximus Cups, there will be a reward for players who do well in the competition. Earning at least 100 event points will award players with a Ring Fit Adventure theme in the game.

As always, points in the Maximus Cup will be awarded based on how well players rank in each battle: 1st place receives 100 points, 2nd place receives 50 points, 3rd place receives 30 points, 4th-10th place receives 20 points, 11th-30th place receives 15 points, 31st-50th place receives 10 points, 51st-90th place receives 5 points, and 91st-99th place receives 1 point.

The official Nintendo Twitter account also tweeted a video showcasing the Ring Fit Adventure in-game theme that can be unlocked for earning at least 100 points:

Speedrunning group Games Done Quick raised more than $400,000 over the past weekend during its Corona Relief Done Quick charity event, the company announced.

According to the event’s donation tracker, the Corona Relief Done Quick event raised $402,578.60 with the highest single donation at $10,000. All proceeds will go to Direct Relief, a humanitarian aid organization “with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies.”

The event began last Friday at noon with a speedrun of Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo and ended on Sunday night with Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix.

Unlike previous events that were held in front of a large crowd, the Corona Relief Done Quick was done online only with streamers running the games from their respective homes.

Summer Games Done Quick 2020, the next charity speedrunning event, is scheduled for Aug. 16-23, 2020 in Bloomington, MN. It was originally scheduled for late June, but was postponed last month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The group’s previous event, Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, raised over $3 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation last January.

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The gaming industry has been rallying to support the fight against coronavirus, and the New Japan BGM Philharmonic Orchestra just made its contribution… with Super Mario.

The New Japan BGM Philharmonic Orchestra is both a professional orchestra dedicated to playing video game music and a non-profit organization with educational and social contribution purposes.

They just released a series of videos titled “Mario de Handwashing” in which members of the orchestra play the famous Super Mario Overworld Theme followed by the Course Clear fanfare for a total of about 30 seconds. 

The 30 seconds duration isn’t random, as it aims to accompany our handwashing sessions and especially to help kids that can’t yet count to 30 time their use of warm water and soap to keep COVID-19 at bay. 

On top of that, for every retweet on the tweet below and share on Facebook, the orchestra will donate 1 yen (up to a total of 500,000, which translates into approximately $4640) to The Tokyo Community Foundation’s COVID-19 relief fund.

Friends is one of the most popular sitcoms of all time and if you’re a fan of the characters like we are, then you must have a fountain of information in your head that’s specifically sectioned off for iconic quotes from the series.

Yup, this 10-question trivia quiz will test your Joey Tribbiani knowledge and it’ll be pretty difficult to finish all of these quotes from him but I have faith that you all can do well!

Let’s begin, shall we? We’ll see who’s a true Joey fan and who’s a fake fan.

(All images via Warner Bros.)

When Square Enix first announced its intention to chop Final Fantasy 7 into pieces for the long-awaited remake, fans were understandably skeptical. But four years later and after having completed what turned out to be a 30-hour JRPG epic, most would surely now agree the developer had a plan for the remake that went beyond their expectations.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake deviates from the original story, with its dramatic conclusion revealing an absolute bombshell that blew us away here at Twinfinite. And it’s got us all hotly debating the future of the game moving forward, which prompted this appropriately numbered shortlist of the 7 biggest questions we have after beating the game.

Final spoiler warning! Do not read the article if you’ve not played through the game to its conclusion.

Today Microsoft officially released the previously leaked Limited Edition Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox Wireless Controller, and they just published a video introducing it.

The video features Xbox design director Monique Charterjee as she showcases the controller and explains how its design and colors were inspired by Cyberpunk legend Johnny Silverhand and his cybernetic arm.

One thing is for sure. It certainly looks gorgeous just like the Xbox One X bundle (which includes the controller as well) also officially revealed today.

The stand-alone controller is already available for purchase priced at $74.99.

You can check out the video below and see if it tempts you.

A report from IGN today claims that Warner Bros. has delayed its anticipated The Batman film until next year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In what is presumably a tentative new release date, the film is now slated for an October 2021 release, pushed back from the original date of June 25.

The news isn’t all that surprising given that the film’s production, like every in Hollywood, is on hiatus until further notice.

The Batman is essentially a soft reboot of the Dark Knight saga, focusing on a younger Bruce Wayne. The Batman was originally set to star Ben Affleck, who also co-wrote the film’s script, but has since stepped away from the production.

Other upcoming DC movie The Flash, Shazam 2, and David Chase’s Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark have also been given new release dates pushed back from their original slots.

The Flash has shifted from an Aug. 1, 2022 release to June 2, 2022; Shazam 2 is postponed from April 1, 2022 to Nov. 4, 2022, while the Many Saints of Newark from Sept. 25, 2020 to March 12, 2021.

In related recent The Batman news, a Tweet from director Matt Reeves showcased the new Batmobile. It looks to be combining different features from older versions of the vehicle; importantly, it’s actually a car and not a tank this time.

Today Suwa-based manufacturer Plum revealed a new figure portraying God Eater’s Alisa Ilinichina Amiella.

The version of the popular character from God Eater Burst and God Eater 2 comes from the mobile game God Eater Resonant Ops, in which Alisa is acting director of the Far East Branch.

The figure has been made available for pre-order today on Plum’s own web shop priced at 17,600 yen including texes, which  translates roughly into $163.

Her scale is 1/7 for approximately 170mm in height due to the sitting position. The release window isn’t so far, July 2020.

If you’d like to see what she looks like, you can enjoy plenty of pictures in the gallery below.

Epic Games has announced the next big Fortnite collaboration with a musical artist and this time it’s rapper Travis Scott. Called Astronomical, the “one of a kind musical journey” is to feature a world premiere of his brand new track.

The design of Astronomical’s “otherworldly experience” is inspired by Cactus Jack’s creations, which is said to have been built from the ground up in Fortnite.

The event won’t run globally at the same time, so don’t worry about having to tune in an awkward hours. Instead, there’s a string of “tour dates” showing at different times across the globe. You’ll just need to make sure you get in early to secure a spot, with servers opening 30 minutes prior to the gig kicking off.

The times are as follows:

• Friday, April 24, 2020 AT 12:00:00 AM GMT+1
• Friday, April 24, 2020 AT 3:00:00 PM GMT+1
• Saturday, April 25, 2020 AT 5:00:00 AM GMT+1
• Saturday, April 25, 2020 AT 4:00:00 PM GMT+1
• Saturday, April 25, 2020 AT 11:00:00 PM GMT+1

Further to the announcement of the event itself, Epic also confirmed that Travis Scott is the latest addition to the Icon Series. You can get his outfits, emotes, and other insignia from April 21. Attending any of the Astronomical events also nets you the Astroworld Cyclone Glider, as well as a couple of free themed loading screens. Both are pictured below.

Beam Team’s survival game Stranded Deep will launch on PS4 tomorrow. The developer took to the PlayStation Blog earlier today to make the announcement, which will also mark the first time one of its games has been available on a console.

Beam Team co-founder Sam Edward’s made special mention of the “surreal” moment when he and the team picked up the PS4 controller to play the game on a console for the first time.

“This is our passion project and first console game finally coming to life,” Edwards said. “We’ve been working on this game for over five years now, a couple of guys out of Brisbane, Australia, that had jobs in other industries before, but we loved games and we wanted to build something we thought would be fun and people would like to play.”

Players who purchase Stranded Deep on PS4 will be among the first to experience a new game content that allows them to actually escape the island if they’re able to survive its many perils.

But that doesn’t sound as though it’s an easy feat. Indeed, the beauty of Stranded Deep’s exotic pacific island location is only a facade; all sorts of dangerous creatures on both land and sea pose a threat, as do the ever-changing elements and lack of food and drink.

Players will have to overcome the odds by crafting tools, unlocking skills, building vehicles, and farming resources.

Edit: This article originally stated a co-operative mode was available on PS4, but this is in fact limited to the PC version for the time being.

This just needs some clarification that co-op is not on console but can be available on the PC version via Steam remote play. 

You can check out some screenshots of the game below:

Broccoli updated the official site of the upcoming game Jack Jeanne, releasing a few new images.

The images showcase in-game events, which will be displayed by beautiful artwork created by Tokyo Ghoul mangaka Sui Ishida himself.

They showcase some of the relevant characters that populate the game’s intriguing story.

You can check them out below.

Numskull Designs has announced the third wave of Tubbz, which is an official range of collectible cosplaying rubber ducks that are portrayed as popular video game and pop culture icons. This newest wave adds in adorable figures based on the God of War, Sonic, and Street Fighter franchises.

Tubbz is a brand of collectible, high-quality figurines based on pop culture but it morphs iconic characters into rubber duckies –each figure even comes with a unique bathtub display stand so you can take a bath with Knuckles or Kratos… if you wanted to.

You can check out some official images of the new duck figures down below:

Just yesterday, Square Enix announced the second Final Fantasy Tactics crossover for the Japanese servers of War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. You may have wondered when the first would come in the recently-released western version.

The good news is that it’s soon, as announced today by the publisher on the game’s official Twitter account.

The collaboration event starts in two days, on April 22, and it’ll bring forth the first three Final Fantasy Tactics characters, Ramza Beoulve, Goffard Gaffgarion, and Cidolfus Orlandeau.

If you want to see what they look like, you can check out the trailer for the Japanese event which happened late last year.

If you’re unfamiliar with War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, which is currently available for iOS and Android, here’s how Square Enix describes the story.

“Leonis, a small kingdom surrounded by powerful nations, has remained unconquered with the help of a curious ring bestowed upon it king by the “Winged One.”

With visions—the hopes and dreams of legendary warriors given life—on their side, Leonis could hold its own against the might of other kingdoms.

Today Sega announced the western release date of its upcoming rhythm game Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix.

The game will launch exclusively on Nintendo Switch and only digitally on the Nintendo eShop on May 15, 2020.

If you’d like to try the game before you buy it, a demo is currently available on the eShop itself.

You can also already pre-order the game in two versions. The standard version costs $39.39, while the “Mega Pack” is priced at $59.99. It includes six DLC song packs with six songs each for a total of 36.

Each DLC can be purchased individually for $6.99 and there is also a DLC bundle for $29.99.

If you pre-order the game you’ll also get early access to the “Theme Song DLC Pack” including the following.

• The secret garden by Kosaki Satoru
• Look This Way, Baby by ryo
• Sekiranun Graffiti by ryo
• Yumeyume by DECO*27

Even if you don’t pre-order, this pack will be available for free for everyone on June 12.

You can check out the trailer below.

If you’re unfamiliar with the game, here’s an official description from Sega.

Nintendo of America has released a brand-new Animal Crossing: New Horizons promotional video to its YouTube channel and its titled, “Personalize Your Island.”

Considering Animal Crossing is all about decorating your house and your deserted island, the trailer shows off some neat design ideas for those struggling to come up with a theme for their land.

In the trailer, you can see someone creating a chill spot in front of their tent, another player with a handy outdoor gym, and one that even made an outdoor classroom surrounded by Cherry trees!

You can watch the new trailer for Animal Crossing: New Horizons down below:

For even more Animal Crossing: New Horizons content, make sure to check out our extensive Guide Wiki for tips and tricks, our review so you can find out why the game is so good, and a feature about the best iconic town tunes for your island.

Xbox One Game – Doom (2016)

Xbox Games with Gold Predictions

In a week or so we should get the offical list of what free Games with Gold titles will be included for the upcoming month of May 2020. But we broke out our crystal ball for some Xbox Games with Gold predictions in the meantime.

If you missed the reveals for the current month of April, Project Cars 2 will be free to download for Xbox Live members for the entire month, Knights of Pen and Paper Bundle between April 16 to May 15, Fable Anniversary from April 1-15, and finally Toybox Turbos from April 16-30.

Ever since 2014, Microsoft has always coupled one Xbox One title with one Xbox 360 title together for Games with Gold releases. For next month we suspect that larger Xbox One game to be Doom (2016).

Following its reveal all the way back at E3 2013, I was excited to try out Capybara’s Below when it launched on PC and Xbox One back in December 2018.

To make it even better, it was free for Game Pass subscribers from the day it released, so I jumped in to give it a try, expecting to love it.

I didn’t though.

It wasn’t because of its overall difficulty, the way it refuses to explain anything you see or do as you descend into the mountain’s depths, nor was it due to the unrelenting darkness of the world.

Instead, it was the way that a few of the game’s mechanics seemed to have no purpose other than to annoy players under the guise of difficulty and complexity.

Hidden insta-death spikes, hunger and thirst meters to keep track of, and the lack of a save system of any kind seemed like unnecessary features that only served to distract players from the atmospheric world and exploration-led progression that were the meat of Below.

Managing hunger and thirst in survival games can be frustrating at the best of times, with you having to juggle and survive in-game threats at the same time as ones that just manifest as time passes.

With it being so easy to get lost in Below’s mysterious dungeons, the combat being tricky, and you having to start again when you die, the fact that Below didn’t explain how to even manage your hunger meant you’d spend a while just trying to work out even how to die a little later.

It made Below feel like an unfair slog. After a couple of hours, I’d had enough.

The Bigger Game – No Man’s Sky

PS Plus Free Games Predictions

It’s almost time for Sony to announce what free games will be available for PS Plus for the upcoming month of May 2020. So we have some PS Plus free games predictions in the meantime.

For the current month of April we have Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and DiRT Rally 2.0 on being offered for free. And due to the COVID-19 pandemic this month Sony is also offering Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection for Journey for free as well as part of its Play at Home Campaign. So you could get the entire Uncharted series for free from this month alone!

Usually one larger game headlines the list, and we suspect No Man’s Sky would be an appropriate pick for May.

Today Bandai Namco released a new trailer of its Sword Art Online mobile game Sword Art Online Alicization Rising Steel.

The trailer focuses on the original character introduced by the game, Eydis Synthesis Ten. More precisely, it teases a new episode centered on her implemented in the game and tied in with War of Underworld. 

You can check it out below.

Sword Art Online Alicization Rising Steel is currently available for iOS and Android. 

If you want to see more, you can enjoy the previous trailer and an earlier batch focusing on the characters including Eydis herself.

If you’re interest leans more toward console and PC games, Bandai Namco will soon release Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. 

PC gamers won’t have to wait longer than their PS4 brethren for the upcoming DLC of Granblue Fantasy Versus.

Fans of Cygames and Arc System Works’ fighting game playing on PC had to wait a bit longer for the previous batch of DLC featuring Djeeta and Soriz, but it looks like that was an isolated issue.

Cygames has announced officially on Twitter that the next DLC featuring Zooey will come on PC at the same time as PS4, on April 28.

The announcement was made both in English and Japanese, so there shouldn’t be differences between regions.

Granblue Fantasy Versus  is currently available for PS4 and PC. If you want to read more about the game (and the upcoming action JRPG Granblue Fantasy Relink) you can also read our recent review with director Tetsuya Fukuhara alongside our review.

Final Fantasy VII Remake is finally out, and it’s fantastic. Still, even the very best games have room for improvement. Fortunately, since there’s more to come with Final Fantasy VII in the future, Square Enix will have a chance to improve on this great foundation.

Just to be upfront, this is an incredible game and none of these issues are major or game-breaking. But with the benefit of hindsight, there are some aspects that dragged (especially in the back half of the game), and systems that were underutilized. Let’s take a look, shall we?

Spoiler Warning: This article will contain minor spoilers. If you’d like to remain completely blind, we suggest clicking off.

German techwear manufacturer Acronym has been collaborating with Death Stranding developer Kojima Productions for a few months, and now you can purchase the fruit of that collaboration.

The Gore-Tex jacket obscurely named J1A-GTKP is now for sale on the company’s own website (spotted by Resetera user signal), and it definitely comes with Death Stranding vibes, on top of plenty of recognizable Bridges logos and signage.

That being said, it doesn’t come cheap. The price is 1,752 euros, which translates to just over $1,900.

Below you can check out plenty of images.

Bandai Namco released another batch of screenshots of its upcoming anime-style MMORPG Blue Protocol ahead of the upcoming closed beta.

The new screenshots were published on the official Twitter account (sources 1, 2).

The screenshots showcase more characters, including a couple featuring cat and bunny ears, and a dungeon.

According to the tweet, this dungeon is a challenging one featuring machines as enemies. They’re relics of Bafaria and they’re ready to welcome intruders (which would be us).

You can check them out below.

With the release of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, we’ve decided to take a look back at some of the most iconic and recognizable Final Fantasy monsters of all time. Here are our top 10 favorites from the series’ history.

Chocobo

You know you’ve officially “made it” when you have adorable plushies fashioned after your inherently cute design. The Chocobo is a staple in any Final Fantasy game. A monster nonetheless, but a cute one.

Chocobos are large bird-like creatures that can be ridden across the wilderness of whatever landmass the Final Fantasy you’re playing finds you. Chocobos come in a variety of forms: Fat (item storage), multi-colored (traversal of different terrain), armored (war), race-ready, or the hero of the story (much love to Chocobo Mystery Dungeon).

War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is considered by many the spiritual successor of Final Fantasy Tactics, and the two games are crossing the streams once more in Japan.  

The Japanese version of the game already had a Final Fantasy Tactics crossover last year, featuring Ramza Beoulve, Goffard Gaffgarion, and Cidolfus Orlandeau.

Now a second collaboration is coming, including Delita Heiral, Agrias Oaks, and Mustadio Bunansa.

The collaboration will launch on the Japanese version of the game on April 22, and it will also bring back Ramza, Goffard, and Cidolfus for a second round.

At the moment we don’t know when either part of the crossover will come to the recently-released English version. Since it’s a few months behind in content, it’s likely going to be a while, but they should come at some point.

In the meanwhile, you can check out a trailer below.

Updated on April 20, 2020

The following is a list of the best JRPGs PS4 has to offer. Rest assured that Persona 5, Nier, and many Final Fantasy games are all on here. Read on for our best JRPGs on PS4.

Best PS4 JRPGs

1. Shenmue III

Your mileage will definitely vary with this one, depending on how much you’re willing to put up with. Shenmue III is a direct follow-up to the two original Sega Dreamcast games, and is a straight continuation of Ryo’s story from Shenmue II. It definitely feels a little dated for a modern audience, but its charm is undeniable.

2. Dark Souls 3

Dark Souls 3 may very well be considered the Dark Souls series at its finest. Providing closure for all the questions raised in prior entries while delivering on a formula that challenges you but never makes things feel unfair, the game is a true embodiment of an excellent action JRPG.

3. Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir

The Shakespearean-tongued Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir is much more charming than its vibrant visuals suggest. Chaining combos in the air makes for a compelling gameplay experience not typically found in other JRPGs, and unique skill trees for each character add a level of complexity that you wouldn’t have otherwise thought could be in such a pretty game.

4. NioH

NioH is a JRPG made in the vein of the Dark Souls series that possesses enough style of its own to set itself apart and exclusive to the PS4. The super smooth and varied gameplay keeps the player constantly on their toes, plus there’s so much content here to keep one playing for days on end.