Borderlands 4 dev clears up the difference between Skill Damage and Action Skill damage, and I feel like a combat log is in order so I didn't have to find this out on a Reddit thread

Borderlands 4 dev clears up the difference between Skill Damage and Action Skill damage, and I feel like a combat log is in order so I didn’t have to find this out on a Reddit thread

Borderlands 4 has a ton of possible builds to choose from—it’s one of the strengths I highlighted in my Borderlands 4 review—but I do have one teensy-tiny complaint, and it’s that I would like some of the tooltips to be a smidge more straightforward about what is what. This feeling has returned full-force after seeing…

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Japan: Top ten best-selling games of 2020

Famitsu has revealed the best-selling Japanese video games during 2020. 185,66 billion yen was gained on video game hardware and video game software sales accumulated 181,72 in total. Nintendo Switch family sales totalled 5,956,943 and Animal Crossing: New Horizons was the top-selling game. The Nintendo Switch family sold 1.3 times more in 2020 compared to…

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The studio behind the best metroidvania of 2021 has a new game coming out next month—and I’m dropping everything to play it

It looks like a fairly orthodox 8-bit platformer on the surface, but Astalon: Tears of the Earth is among my favourite modern metroidvanias. Its class-based combat and exploration is thoroughly engrossing, the depth of its secrets astonishing, and most importantly, it’s a sumptuous feast for pixel art enthusiasts. If you like metroidvanias I’m begging you…

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