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When I started building my character, or Zoi, for the first time, Inzoi impressed me with the amount of customization at hand. I spent a lot longer than I like to admit meticulously crafting a Zoi that in reality, looked nothing like me. But I still felt proud of it. The amount of points you…
Turn an unruly scattering of yellow letters into an easy win with today’s Wordle hint. It’ll provide just enough of a nudge to give you a brilliant idea or a bit of a push, without spoiling your fun. Go guess your socks off—the March 28 (1378) answer can save the day in a single click…
Saga Frontier 2 didn’t exactly set the world on fire when it released for the original PlayStation in 2000—at least in the west—but time has treated it well. Like its predecessor, it ignores the then-ascendant move to 3D in favor of lavishly illustrated hand-drawn backgrounds and cheerful sprite work. As a result—and sure, this is…
Some of my favourite moments in roguelikes (and -lites, which we’ll get into) are when I beat the odds and clawed my way to victory on my very first run. Grit and Valor – 1949 didn’t give me the opportunity. It wanted me to die first, and it tied one of my hands behind my…
If you’re on social media you’ve probably stumbled over some quote, clip, or screen grab from one of Studio Ghibli’s movies, but with ChatGPT’s newest update introducing its most refined image generation yet, you’re now just as likely to find an AI facsimile with a startling resemblance to the real thing. Possibly based on someone’s…
Let all the modestly powerful computer owners breathe a sigh of relief. NetEase is aware that Marvel Rivals is currently a massive RAM hog and is working on a fix. “On PC, we realize that [optimization] is a big problem, especially for the memory consumption,” Marvel Rivals director Guangyun Chen told PC Gamer during an…
A new Bloomberg report says a planned expansion for Hogwarts Legacy, as well as a “Definitive Edition” release that would’ve included the base game and the new content in a single package, have been cancelled as part of the ongoing structuring of Warner’s game business. The expansion hadn’t been formally announced, but the Definitive Edition…
As soon as I sat down to play it, the developers of Phantom Blade Zero were eager to tell me that they motion captured the movements from real kung fu masters to ensure their game was as “authentic” as possible. They’re also very aware that when the game was first revealed, players thought it looked…
We’re firmly in the era of Nintendo Direct presentations having announcements relevant to PC gamers and that’s especially true when it comes to the cozy farm sim genre. This year’s harvest of pastoral sims now includes Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, announced with an August 27 release date during today’s Direct. Farm sim lifers will…
Ubisoft is continuing to trumpet the success of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, saying today that the game has now surpassed three million players a week after its release. The new big number comes just four days after Ubisoft said Shadows had broken the two million player mark, and points to continued growth for a game the…