The gacha in Neverness to Everness isn’t as generous as it seems—here’s how it works and why I’ve been more tempted to pull banners than ever

The banners in Neverness to Everness follow most of the usual rules established by its gacha forefathers, but it has major differences in a few important areas and some changes are more welcome than others. To get you up to speed, I’ve explained every gacha system and currency used in NTE below, along with what…

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Interview: “I Thought Of The Biggest Number I Think Of, Which Was A Million Dollars. Then I Doubled It” – Jez San On Argonaut, Nintendo And Star Fox

“I wish I had thought of ten million dollars, because he would have said yes”. To celebrate the surprise announcement of a new Star Fox outing, we thought it would be a good idea to dig into the archives for previous features we’ve written on the series. Jez San occupies a pretty unique place in…

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This bloody vampire FPS with Splatoon movement tech is the best $5 I’ve spent on Steam this week

Blood Vial, a self-described “retro-inspired micro-FPS” that hit Steam earlier this week, is a lot like Splatoon—except instead of starring charming squid teens swimming through the ink spread by their paintguns, you play as a leaky, gun-toting vampire diving through the freshly-spilled gore of murderous pseudo-Catholics on a blood-soaked quest for revenge. So, really, it’s…

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Age of Empires IV: Yue Fei’s Legacy – Available Now!

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Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is coming this summer, now with more marines and a ‘massive variety of new xenomorphs’ to slice ’em up

I was really surprised when I read today that Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is in development, because the first game was such a notorious mess—until I realized I was confusing it with the much older Aliens: Colonial Marines (the concept of time has pretty much slipped from my grasp at this point), and that Aliens:…

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