The era of building being banned from Fortnite's core modes is over.

Now, players can choose whether they want to play classic Solos, Duos, Trios or Squads playlists with building - or the option of No Builds Solos, Duos, Trios or Squads, as the game has offered over the past couple of weeks.

In those No Build modes, the game retains the Overshield mechanic introduced at the beginning of the season. But this is gone if you choose to play with building back re-enabled.

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If you want to flex your meterology rather than your vocabulary, check out a neat new free game inspired by Worlde: Cloudle. Each day, it asks players to guess the five-day weather forecast for a random city around the world, filling out a grid with weather symbols. It's Wordle but with weather, and I like it.

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Doom – the 1993 one – can famously run on all manner of stuff that generally has no business running games, from inkjet printers to pregnancy tests. You’ll be wanting a bonafide PC for this new mod, though, as it adds some GPU-intensive but rather lovely ray tracing to Doom’s first three episodes. There’s DLSS support too!

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Shueisha publishes Weekly Shonen Jump, the most famous weekly manga magazine in Japan. And now, the company is getting into gaming in a much bigger way.

Famitsu reports that the iconic publisher established Shueisha Games on February 16, 2022, to develop and release games for consoles, PC and smart devices. The…

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Today Atlus released a large gallery of screenshots and details about its upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, showing new characters and more.

First of all, we meet Raven. He’s a former member of Yatagarasu and used to be a top-notch summoner, but now he’s retired and runs an orphanage. He’s very sociable and loves children. He speaks calmly and he’s very caring. He’s like a mentor figure to the hero Arrow, and calls him little brother. Ringo and her team visit him to ask for advice during their investigation.

The second character introduced today is Kaburagi, a member of Phantom Society. He’s a bright young man with a strong sense of justice and care for his friends. Yet, he kills Arrow to fulfill his mission. The two appear to know each other and have some sort of connection.

We also learn more about Arrow himself, including the fact that he loves taking care of plants as his hobby, he loves shoyu (soy source flavor) ramen. His birthday is February 22.

Arrow’s COMP is a gun-type so his basic attacks are bullets. He is strong with the ice elements and support skills. His physical strength is considerable and depending on how he’s specced he can learn skills to shield his allies.

Like in most Shin Megami Tensei games, it’s important to attack enemies according to their elemental weaknesses, while avoiding their resistances.

Ringo and her companions have COMPs that can be equipped with a variety of demons giving them direct access to their skills.

If you hit an enemy’s weakness you can summon your own demon, which is called “Stack.” At the end of the turn, Ringo will give the signal to begin the “Sabbath” prompting all summoned demons to strike. You can stack up to 16 demons.

Demons can also learn tandem skills and when they join a Sabbath there is a chance that they will unleash those skills with various effects like inflicting abnormal statuses or healing allies.

Today Atlus released one of its daily trailers of its upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, focusing on one of the demons included in the game.

This time around shows Zhu Tun She, known in Japanese as “Chotonda.” It’s another of the demons that are a bit rarer within the Shin Megami Tensei series and actually debuted in the original Soul Hackers.

As usual, we also get the daily horoscope, with Leo at the top of the fortune ranking, while Gemini is at the bottom.

Soul Hackers 2 releases for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC (Steam and Windows Store) on August 26, just one day after the Japanese launch on August 25.

Yae Miko is a fairly recent addition to the already massive character roster in Genshin Impact, but players have been disappointed with the implement of a fix for her elemental abilities. Whereas her elemental skill used to target random enemies, it now locks on to the nearest foe, which can pose all sorts of problems if that enemy in particular is resistant or shielded to her attacks.

After examining combat data, MiHoYo has announced that they’ll be rolling back the nerf this week and readjust Yae Miko’s abilities so that it reverts to its original state. The developers apologized for the inconvenience caused, and also announced that players will receive a compensation of 100 Primogems.

And, well, more primogems is always a good thing because how else are you gonna pull all your favorite characters and weapons?

The patch is set to be deployed on April 6, and players should be able to redeem their compensation primogems then as well. Genshin Impact is now available on PC, PlayStation, and mobile devices.

In Nightmare on PS5

The key to a good horror game is giving players new things to be afraid of, hiding new tricks around every corner so fear can’t turn into frustration. In Nightmare sadly wasn’t developed with this idea in mind; instead, nearly every threat or new monster doesn’t add anything to the game outside of a new gimmick you must learn how to avoid. Time and time again it provides more overwhelming annoyance than it does a sense of victory when finishing an area that was proving to be difficult.

It doesn’t help that too many sections of In Nightmare boil down to one simple objective: run down a corridor and avoid a pursuing monster. The first chase sequence was fun and useful for getting used to the game’s controls and test out the sprint speed of the main character. However, after far too many instances of entering through a door and seeing the telltale cutscene that lets you know you are about to be chased, it got old quickly.

With just a month or so to go before Star Trek: Strange New Worlds makes its debut on Paramount+, a new trailer has just been unveiled, and it suggests that there is still much more to see for Christopher Pike and the rest of the crew of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek universe.

Set decades before the original series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will see Pike and the gang exploring brand new worlds and establishing contact with undiscovered societies and cultures. As opposed to a darker tone that has been prevalent in recent times, this show is more inclined toward the joy and excitement of discovery.

Japanese figure manufacturers are continuing to reveal new figures portraying Azur Lane’s shipgirls, and now it’s Mimeyoi’s turn.

We get a figure portraying Bremerton with her “Scorching-Hot Training” skin.

She’s currently available for pre-order on Ami Ami in a cheaper TF Edition and a pricier one with more accessories priced respectively at 14,600 yen and 18,800 yen, which translate respectively into approximately $120 and $154.

The release window is May 2023 for both editions.

The prototype was sculpted by Yadokari in collaboration with CREAME and painted by Emi Hoshina. The scale is 1/7 for approximately 200 mm in height.

You can check out what she looks like in the gallery below.

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Japan loves all kinds of merchandise, so when you hear about a tea set dedicated to a video game, you shouldn’t be too surprised, especially when it’s Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Intelligent Systems revealed the Fódlan Tea Break set and the Fódlan Tea Collection sets.

The former includes one original teacup and saucer plus a can with 5 bags of “Hræsvelgr blend” tea.

The latter comes with 30 design tea bags inspired by the characters of the game and featuring various flavors. The prices are 5,500 yen for each set including taxes (which translates approximately into $45).

Both sets come in special boxes with a lovely illustration featuring the male and female versions of the player character.

You can check a gallery of images below.

Today third-party developers released a relevant new aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator and revealed new assets.

First of all, Wing42 launched its classic Boeing 247D, which is available on the developer’s own store and on Simmarket for about $20.

Below you can find a gallery of images.

Internet personality, boxer, and Pokémon investor Logan Paul recently spent $6 million dollars on a very rare Pokémon card and then wore that card during his WrestleMania 38 appearance. Why? Because the internet and speculators have destroyed reality.

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Ashes of Creation developer Intrepid Studio revealed a first look at a crucial element of any MMORPG, the character creator.

In over 40 minutes of footage, the developers showcase the extremely deep character customization suite, that certainly appears to be top-notch compared to what you see in the MMORPG industry.

You can watch it for yourself below.

Ashes of Creation is a very promising fantasy MMORPG coming to Windows PC. If you want to hear more, you can check out our hands-on preview from last year.

The game is currently being transitioned to Unreal Engine 5.

Below you can read how the developers describe the game:

Experience an MMORPG where everything is permanently impacted
by your actions – explore, trade, build, and let the world take form. From your imagination through your will and into everyone’s reality, what you create will be the cornerstone of the next explorer’s ambition.

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Today Pony Canyon officially announced Part 3 of the Final Season of the ultra-popular Attack on Titan anime.

We also get the confirmation that the anime will air in 2023, while there is no indication on when exactly it will debut.

In case you’re wondering, the Japanese title is “The Final Season Kanketsu Hen,” which translates as “Final Part” so it should really be the last.

Below you can find a teaser trailer and the key art, which were published today.

Gex is back. But not how his fans probably were hoping for. Instead of a new game or remake, fans can check out a demo for Gex Jr. a never-before-seen PS1 spin-off of the original Gex franchise. This new demo has surfaced online over 20 years after it was seemingly abandoned.

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This is way too many parts for a final season

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On April 1, Twitch streamer Seki did something very impressive in FromSoftware’s Elden Ring. After many attempts and practice, the expert player completed what appears to be the world’s first recorded no-hit/no-damage run of Elden Ring.

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Square Enix really loves to put some NieR flair pretty literally in everything and today PUBG Studios released a new trailer of PUBG: Battlegrounds showing the newest crossover.

The trailer shows costumes portraying 2B and 9S from NieR: Automata and NieR and Kainé from NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… in action.

You can check it out below.

The costumes are already available in PUBG at the following pricing:

• Nier Mega Bundle (5450 G-COIN)
• NieR:Automata – 2B Costume Set (2080 G-COIN)
• NieR:Automata – 9S Costume Set (1500 G-COIN)
• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… – NieR Costume Set (1500 G-COIN)
• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… – Kainé Costume Set (2080 G-COIN)

The costumes will be available until the end of April, so you have some time to grab them.

PUBG is currently available for PC, iOS, Android, PS4, Xbox One, and Google Stadia.

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Master Chief has recently moved from Halo video games into the television arena, with the TV series debuting on Paramount+. Despite what reservations fans might have about the move, there is still much to like about the different way it takes in storytelling. However, for those of you who have not yet watched the show, the first episode of the Halo TV series is now live on the Paramount+ YouTube channel.

It is an interesting move for sure, just like a game demo that is meant to entice viewers to jump on another streaming service. With the first episode being free, you can decide for yourself if the Halo show is worth subscribing to Paramount+.

Considering that there are plenty more shows in the works that are using video games as source material, this could be the best way to get players on board. By giving us a taste of what is to come without necessarily investing in a service, the ball is pushed further into consumers’ courts to decide.

Master Chief is not just moving into television, with a crossover with social deduction multiplayer game Among Us now live as well.

If you are wondering just what the fuss is all about, catch the first episode of the Halo TV series on Paramount+ below. Just take note that you will have to be in the right region to watch:

For fans of the League of Legends MOBA, getting to watch the Arcane: League of Legends series on Netflix would have been an amazing journey. In addition to the stunning visuals and excellent storytelling, at its heart was the story of the two sisters of Vi and Jinx. By elaborating more on their backstories, players and viewers alike were drawn more into a complicated relationship, making for intriguing drama. Now, you can experience it all over again or for the first time in a brand new supercut trailer for Arcane: League of Legends.

With over 3 minutes of footage showcasing both Vi and Jinx at their best, or worst depending on how you see things, it is a recollection of how things were, significant events that unfolded, and how the sisters’ relationship became as turbulent as it is.

It is also perhaps the best alternative to rewatching the entire season in preparation for the second season that is currently in production. Judging from the first season, it is likely we will get around nine episodes or so, each running at about 40-45 minutes, for the entire season.

For those new to the Arcane: League of Legends show, here is Netflix’s short and sweet summary of the awesomeness that awaits:

Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.

You can catch the Vi and Jinx supercut trailer below:

Today Atlus released one of its daily trailers of its upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, focusing on one of the locations included in the game.

This time around the trailer shows “Hakuai Shoyu Ramen,” a shop that, as the name suggests sells Shoyu Ramen, the soy sauce-based version of Ramen that is popular in Tokyo.

As usual, we also get the daily horoscope, with Scorpio at the top of the fortune ranking, while Sagittarius is at the bottom.

Soul Hackers 2 releases for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC (Steam and Windows Store) on August 26, just one day after the Japanese launch on August 25.

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a new video focusing on upcoming content for the consistently growing space game.

First of all, the video reveals the first dedicated refinery ship, the MISC Expanse, which will let players refine mined materials directly in space instead of having to return to a space station.

The second part of the video shows content coming soon in Alpha 3.17, including ship-to-ship refueling, loot generation and selling, the first iteration of Quantum, the new hospitals and clinics, changes to medical gameplay, character and animation improvements, mining gadgets, new clouds, rivers, the Hull A, and more.

In other Star Citizen news, the crowdfunding total has recently passed $446 million and it’s currently sitting on $446,648,859.

The number of registered accounts has recently passed 3.6 million, and it’s at 3,628,790 at the moment of this writing.

As usual, you should keep in mind that it’s known that not all of them are paying players. The number includes free accounts created for a variety of reasons, including Free Fly events.

A few months ago, we got an extensive look at what’s coming to Star Citizen with several panels hosted at CitizenCon.

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight. I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host as we look back at the best community-created works from the past week!

Well, we have a lot to discuss this week in terms of charity and overall site-related stuff. As most of you are interested in the latter, let's talk about those first. Many of you have been using the forums to ask about when certain premium shows will be returning, and many of the questions are already answered on the Programming Schedule and Show Notes page. If a program is not on the page, you can assume it will not air this week.

Now let's talk about bugs on the site. First, several of you reported that the "All Videos" premium RSS feeds are missing content, and Mr. Rorie has an update on the situation and has filed a ticket! Second, those that have experienced issues video issues related to the RSS feeds, API, set top boxes, and apps. Again, Mr. Rorie has an update and wrote something up about the possible sources of these issues! Finally, many of you are still reporting that you are constantly getting logged out of Giant Bomb. Mr. Rorie has taken the step of consolidating all of the tickets about the issue and hopes to report back on the progress the engineers have made on this issue shortly.

Japanese developer Nexton has been teasing a 30th-anniversary project for a while, and a new teaser trailer provided a pretty clear indication about its nature.

A previous trailer on March 25 showcased a Japanese street and a girl seen from the back, but the new trailer shows her turning around, revealing herself as Mizuka Nagamori, one of the heroines of the legendary visual novel One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e.

This likely indicates that the game is getting a remake.

Alongside the trailer, we get a full key art showcasing Mizuka herself.

We also get a summer 2022 release window, while platforms have not been announced just yet.

If you’re unfamiliar with One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e (which translates as “To the Radiant Season”), it was released originally as an eroge in 1998 for Windows and then ported to PlayStation one year later with the usual all-ages version.

It’s considered one of the pioneering works of the sub-genres of visual novels that mix science fiction and fantasy elements with romance, and is cited as a source of inspiration, among others, by Type-Moon’s Kinoko Nasu.

You can see both the teaser trailer and key art below.

Koei Tecmo released a brand new trailer of the upcoming strategy game Nobunaga’s Ambition: Shinsei.

The trailer focuses on gameplay systems included in the game, starting with those that govern the relationships with vassals.

You can check it out below.

Nobunaga’s Ambition: Shinsei will release on July 21 in Japan for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

At the moment, there is no information about a western release. The Steam listing is already available, but it’s geolocked, preventing western fans from seeing it. That’s definitely not a good sign.

If you want to learn, more, you can check out the previous trailer and read an official description below..

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