The Bloodedge Demon is the most unique boss in Nioh 3, since this yokai scales based on how many revenants you’ve killed—those red spirits of other players that you can summon for a duel. If you’ve been very liberal with your friendly summons (the blue ones), then you’ve likely had to kill a lot of…
If you’re like me and have never played Nioh before, Nioh 3 is quite the challenge. Combat is so much faster and more aggressive than something like Elden Ring, with so many abilities to juggle and buttons to press. Add to that enemies and bosses that don’t mess around, putting your understanding of these tools…
Compared to every other soulslike I’ve played, Nioh 3 really just throws loot at you, Diablo-style. It’s not so much about finding a rare, one-of-a-kind sword or helmet in a cave, so much as it’s about hunting for ever-bigger stats on generic gear. In this way, you’re encouraged to routinely swap your equipment for something…
The Samurai style in Nioh 3 is much closer to the methodical, more hardy, planted sword master that you’d expect from a soulslike, at least compared to the shadowy ninja. However, Nioh 3’s samurai has one defining factor that makes it hard to get to grips with for newcomers: Ki Pulse. Ki is effectively your…
Working out how to beat Yamagata Masakage in Nioh 3 isn’t as challenging as many of the other bosses you’ll encounter when you enter the open-world Warring States map, but it is still somewhat of a trial by fire in terms of learning the game’s central combat mechanics. In particular, Burst Break is of huge…
Jakotsu-baba is the first major boss in Nioh 3, not including the prologue’s Yamagata Masakage. As is typical for the first real boss in any soulslike, Jakotsu-baba is no walk in the park, as I’m sure you’ve figured out by now. Not only is Jakotsu-baba a real pain by himself, but he’s also inside the…
One of the greatest strengths of Arc Raiders is its visual atmosphere. Its post-apocalyptic environments are richly imagined, evoking a textured, near-tangible sense of place and passage of time through details that seem intricately considered—except one. As spotted by redditor TNT_Owl, the Spaceport map features an oversight so glaring, so ill-conceived, so obscene that it…
A major update to Highguard is rolling out tomorrow on Steam, bringing with it a new hero, a new map, a new mount, and of particular note to people who just can’t get enough competitive action, ranked play. The new character in Highguard Episode 2, as the update is formally named, is Ekon, and he’s…
And it may well be a reworking of a mobile favourite. In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment during today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, you may have caught a glimpse at a cute-looking RPG called Another Eden Begins. Coming to Switch 2 and Switch 1 this summer, it features time travel, turn-based combat, ten different endings, and New…
Once again it’s time for my annual—except for the year I forgot—tradition of simulating the Super Bowl here at PC Gamer! I’ve now done it six times using various American football-related PC games and have a record of 3-3 for predicting the winner, a 50% accuracy rate. Meaning I could have skipped all those hours…