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This Gundam Game Finally Arrives In West, No Longer Vita-Exclusive

9 hours 38 min ago

Bandai Namco has announced Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny Remastered and it is set to launch on May 22 for PC and Nintendo Switch. The original game was released in 2012 for the PlayStation Vita, but had not been released outside Japan.

In this game, players will be able to tackle its story missions and relive moments from the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Seed Destiny anime. There are three factions to choose from: Earth Alliance Forces, ZAFT, and the Archangel.

This remaster will have enhanced visuals and revamped user-interface readability, as well as new quality-of-life features like lock-on mode and improved tuning. The announcement trailer goes over the basic premise of the game and it also seemingly reveals that while the text is in English, the voice dub will remain Japanese-only.

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System Shock 2's Long-Awaited Nightdive Studios Remaster Has A New Name

9 hours 55 min ago

Nightdive Studios finally gave us a long-awaited update on its remaster of System Shock 2. Previously known as System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition, this modernized remaster of the iconic and influential 1999 sci-fi shooter is now titled System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster, and we'll learn its release date next month.

Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios' System Shock 2 is a sci-fi shooter in which players explore and try to survive on a starship that has been taken over by an evil AI called SHODAN. While it wasn't a commercial success at the time of its release, it was trailblazing for narrative storytelling in video games, setting design standards that would go on to influence games like BioShock. It's also the game that put Nightdive Studios on the map, as it acquired the rights to the series and re-released it on Steam in 2013.

Since then, Nightdive has made a name for itself by remastering PC-shooter classics like Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Quake, Rise of the Triad, and Star Wars: Dark Forces with its game engine KEX. While Nightdive retained ownership of the System Shock IP and even developed a full-on remake of the first System Shock, a KEX Engine remaster of System Shock 2 has taken a while to come out. Nightdive Studios first teased that it was working on System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition in 2019, but updates on this project have been spotty over the years.

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From Software Apologizes For Elden Ring Nightreign Test Server Problems

10 hours 14 min ago

From Software has issued an apology for the connection issues currently plaguing the Elden Ring Nightreign network test.

From Software's Japanese player-support account on Twitter said that the servers are currently congested, which is making it difficult for players to match with each other. The account suggested to continue trying and apologized for any inconvenience.

It seems like the PlayStation servers are being hit particularly hard. "Nightfarers, the Nightreign PlayStation servers are currently under maintenance," said the official Elden Ring Twitter account. "Work is ongoing to restore server functionality. Further updates will be provided. Thank you for your patience and understanding."

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Support For This Final Fantasy Game Has Suddenly Ended On iOS

10 hours 18 min ago

Square Enix has announced that it is ending support for the iOS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered due to a change in the version's in-app purchase model.

Back on January 24, players reported that they couldn't access their paid additional content in the iOS version of the game. The issue impacted both the free and fully paid versions of the game on iOS.

When Square Enix investigated the issue, it figured out that changes to the in-app purchase model caused it. However, Square Enix concluded that it could not completely fix the bug while simultaneously implement the new changes. As a result, Square Enix has decided to completely cease service of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered on iOS.

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The Pokemon Company And Niantic Pledge $1 Million For Los Angeles Fire Relief

10 hours 20 min ago

Earlier this year, Los Angeles and surrounding areas were ravaged by devastating wildfires. At the time, Pokemon Go developer Niantic assured fans that its Pokemon Go Unova Tour - Los Angeles event would go on as scheduled in February. Now, Niantic is stepping up to help aid Los Angeles' recovery efforts alongside The Pokemon Company for a joint donation of $1 million.

As announced on the official Pokemon site, Niantic will donate $500,000 to GlobalGiving's California Wildfire Relief Fund, while The Pokemon Company will distribute the remaining $500,000 to nonprofit organizations that are providing aid to the victims of the wildfire.

"Our thoughts are with those affected by the devastating wildfires in Southern California," said The Pokemon Company's Raquel Daniels in a statement. "We are grateful for the opportunity to support relief efforts in the greater Los Angeles area alongside our partners at Niantic and GlobalGiving."

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Avowed - All Totem Of Perseverance Pieces And Locations

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 09:13

In Avowed, you can find and assemble totems in each region that provide passive buffs. In Galawain's Tusks you can assemble the Totem of Perseverance by finding the totem base and six pieces throughout the region. A list of the totem pieces can be purchased from a vendor in Solace Keep, but this list does not provide map markers for the totem pieces. Once you have collected the totem pieces, they can be assembled at camp.

The totem pieces can be collected in any order.

Table of Contents [hide]Totem BaseThe Shrine to Galawain is located in the northeast part of Twinedwood.

The Totem Base can be found in the Shrine to Galawain in the north part of Twinedwood. It is located on an altar in the west part of the shrine.

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No More Heroes Studio Asks For No More Fans To Randomly Appear At Office

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 08:34

Grasshopper Manufacture is kindly asking for people to stop dropping by its Tokyo location unannounced. In fact, the developer--founded by Suda51 and behind the No More Heroes franchise--decided to can an episode of its Dev Room series on YouTube because it may have led to even more fans randomly appearing at its office.

Automaton reported that Grasshopper Manufacture explained the situation last week on X, noting "it simply isn't possible for us to receive sudden visitors during work so often." As such, the developer is calling on fans to "refrain from showing up at the studio without a business-related appointment."

Announcement Re: The Dev Room: Ep. 49
A few days ago we posted that the release of the 49th episode of The Dev Room would be delayed due to some last-minute editing issues. During editing, there was a lot of internal discussion regarding this particular episode, and we regret to…

— Grasshopper Manufacture (@Grasshopper_EN) February 7, 2025

Founded in 1998, the studio is probably best known for No More Heroes, Killer7, and Lollipop Chainsaw. Last year, Grasshopper released Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered, which doesn't take itself too seriously. Looking ahead, Suda51, whose actual name is Goichi Suda, has stated that his company will "cook for" Switch 2.

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It Takes Two Boss Says Studio Will Never Make A Live-Service Game

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 07:33

Josef Fares, the director of It Takes Two and the upcoming Split Fiction, said that Hazelight Studios will never make a live-service game.

"We will not have them, I do not believe in them," Fares said in an interview with Eurogamer. "I think [live service] is not the right way to go. I hope more and more [developers] focus on their passion and what they believe in."

Fares explained that he understands the financial pressures of having to make live-service games, but emphasized the need to not lose all focus on creativity. He believes that there should be a balance between the financial and creative aspects, as developers can't just ask for $100 million in funding and do whatever they want.

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EA College Football 26 Could Offer Bigger Payouts To Players

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 07:22

Earlier this year, EA officially announced that EA College Football 26 was in development for release this summer. Last year, EA offered high-profile college football players $600 each for the right to use their names, images, and likenesses in EA College Football 25. But if a new sports representative company is successful, EA may have to pay a significantly higher amount to include those players in EA College Football 26.

As reported by Yahoo Sports, Pathway Sports and Entertainment is making aggressive inroads by pursuing the elite players in college football. The company has offered players $1,500 upfront for their NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) rights in addition to royalty pay that has yet to be fleshed out. Over 450 students at Alabama, Illinois, Georgia, Texas Tech, Wisconsin, and Oregon have already taken the deal, and Pathway has even grander ambitions.

Pathway is currently sending representatives to colleges across the nation with the desire to sign every football player who is on a scholarship program. There are approximately 11,000 players who have scholarships, and it would take more than $17 million to sign them all at the currently offered rate. However, the report suggests that the total payout may exceed $20 million when factoring in "ambassador payments" for certain students.

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Avowed - All Totem Of Revelations Pieces And Locations

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 07:02

Each region in Avowed is home to a totem you can find the pieces to and assemble, offering special passive bonuses when activated at camp. In Shatterscarp you can find the Totem of Revelations, with its six pieces and Totem Base scattered throughout the area. You can purchase a note with one-sentence hints and the names of each piece from the barkeep in Thirdborn, but it won't add markers to the map.

The totem pieces can be found in any order.

Table of Contents [hide]Totem BaseThe Shrine to Wael is in the southwest part of Shatterscarp.

The Totem Base can be found in the Shrine to Wael in the southwest region of Scatterscarp. It's inside a cave, which you must follow a path into.

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Digimon Story: Time Stranger Preorders Are Already Live For PS5, Xbox, And PC

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 07:01
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Bandai Namco announced the next entry in the long-running Digimon Story RPG series, Digimon Story: Time Stranger, will launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC later in 2025. The game will let players recruit and train their own team of digital monsters and use them in turn-based battles while on a time-hopping quest that spans the real and digital worlds. While no specific release date has been confirmed, preorders for the game are already live at Amazon and GameStop.

Digimon Story: Time Stranger Preorder Bonus

No preorder bonuses have been announced for Digimon Story: Time Stranger, but we'll be sure to update this post if anything new is confirmed.

Digimon Story: Time Stranger $70 | TBA 2025

So far, Bandai Namco has only announced a Digimon Story: Time Stranger standard edition that includes the base game on your platform of choice. You can preorder physical PS5 and Xbox copies at Amazon and GameStop. Digital preorders are also available on the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, and Steam. Note that the final box art has not yet been revealed.

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While Digimon Story: Time Stranger appears to be an all-new storyline within the series, the Digimon Story franchise has been around since the Game Boy Advance. The latest prior releases in the series are Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth and its prequel Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory, both of which feature similar turn-based combat and story presentation as Time Stranger. If you're looking to play them before the new game is out, you can grab both in a single package with the Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition, which is available for just $25.45 on Nintendo Switch, or $43.49 on PC via Fanatical (was $50).

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Avowed - All Totem Of Defiance Pieces And Locations

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 05:00

In each region of Avowed you can find and assemble a totem which provides a number of passive bonuses when activated. In the Emerald Stair region, you can assemble the Totem of Defiance, by finding the Totem Base and the six additional missing pieces. You can find a note that provides one-sentence clues to the pieces' locations from a vendor in Fior mes Ivérno, but that won't place markers on the map. Fortunately, we have the locations shown in detail below. Once you have your totem pieces, you can assemble the totem at camp and activate it for the passive stats.

The totem pieces can be collected in any order.

Table of Contents [hide]Totem BaseThe Totem Base cane be found int he Shrine to Skaen.

The Totem Base can be found in the Shrine to Skaen, located in the western part of Emerald Stair. Start at the Rock Arch Beacon fast travel point and head towards the ledge north of Delemgan Glade, and head towards some ruins further west.

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Avowed - All Totem Of Rightful Rulership Pieces And Locations

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 05:00

In each of Avowed's regions you can find pieces of a Totem, which provides passive buffs once activated in your camp. In order to get the most out of each Totem, you will need to find all seven pieces, including the base. The Totem of Rightful Rulership can be found in Dawnshore, the first area. There is a document you can find to add the list of totem pieces to your quest, but it doesn't provide map markers, just single-sentence clues to the pieces locations. In this guide, we'll show you where to find all pieces, including the base, which you'll need to place in your camp in order to enjoy any of its passive buffs. It's worth noting that Totem pieces can be collected in any order.

Table of Contents [hide]Totem BaseThe Totem Base can be found in the Shrine to Woedica.

The Totem Base can be found in the Shrine to Woedica, which is located in the northeast corner of Dawnshore, in the region called The Rise. The Totem Base is sitting on an altar in the center of the shrine.

The Totem Base cane be found on this shrine.Broken Crown JewelThe Broken Crown Jewel can be found in Sanza's Emporium in Northern Paradis.

The Broken Crown Jewel can be found in Northern Paradis, which is a subregion of Paradis. In Northern Paradis, head to Sanza's Emporium. Behind the vendor there is a door leading into the back room of the shop, where the jewel can be found sitting on a desk.

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Avowed: Emerald Stair Cartographer Location For Mapping The Living Lands

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 05:00

If you've made your way to Emerald Stair, the second map in Avowed, then you're ready to take on another mission in the Mapping the Living Lands quest. The original mission in the quest required you to find a cartographer's location in Dawnshore for a man named Sanza. Well, as it turns out, Sanza has sent out plenty of other cartographers who haven't reported back to him, and one of them lies somewhere in Emerald Stair.

Of course, just like the one in Dawnshore, this cartographer's location is initially a mystery to you. To see exactly where the Emerald Stair cartographer is located in Avowed, keep reading the guide below.

Emerald Stair Cartographer's location in Avowed

Fortunately, the Emerald Stair cartographer isn't too far from the entrance to the map or from the town of Fior mes Iverno. Sanza says in the quest description that the cartographer wound up somewhere near a place called the Naku Tedek Grounds.

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How Long Is Avowed - Campaign Length Revealed

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 05:00

Avowed is the latest RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, the same development studio behind The Outer Worlds, Pillars of Eternity, Fallout: New Vegas, and other acclaimed titles. Set in a fantasy world of magic and curses, Avowed pits you as a Godlike who needs to stop a plague from consuming an entire foreign continent. At the same time, you're an imperial envoy from your homeland and need to contend with political dissidents, assassins, and warring settlements.

Across your journey in Avowed, you'll complete dozens of quests, recruit several companions, and travel to vastly different environments. One question you might have before jumping into Avowed is exactly how long it takes to beat the new RPG. We'll answer that question for all playstyles in the guide below.

How long to beat Avowed - Main story length

If you're just looking to beat Avowed's main story, it will take you roughly 25 hours if you breeze right through it without partaking in any additional content. Hopping from main quest to main quest will cause you to miss a majority of the different maps in Avowed, however. The main quests only take you to a few set locations on all of the maps, leaving much of the other areas unexplored if you only stick to the story.

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Avowed - All 5 Ancient Memory Locations

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 05:00

In Avowed, you play as a Godlike, granting you special abilities that other people don't possess. This has a few gameplay implications, one of which are the Ancient Memories that can be found in Avowed. Not only do these provide some backstory for the world, but they also unlock powerful passive abilities. There are five total Ancient Memories, one in each large region of Avowed. The locations for each region's Ancient Memory are listed in same order in which you'll visit the locations, so you can easily keep up as you work through the story. Naturally, be aware this guide necessarily contains some light spoilers.

Table of Contents [hide]Dawnshore Ancient Memory locationThe Ancient Memory can be found in Watcher's Mirror.

The first Ancient Memory is the only one tied directly to a side quest, "The Call of the Past," which prompts you to search for the Ancient Memory. The Dawnshore Ancient Memory can be found in Watcher's Mirror, which is located in the northeastern area called The Rise. In Watcher's Mirror just head east, where you will find a broken bridge, with the Ancient Memory floating in the air there.

Dawnshore's Ancient Memory is located at the end of this bridge.

After going through the memory, you will be given the Remembrance of Kishamal passive, which increases your maximum health by 10%.

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Avowed: Dawnshore Cartographer Location For Mapping The Living Lands

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 05:00

One of the earlier side quests you can take on in Avowed is called "Mapping the Living Lands." You accept this quest from Sanza in Paradis once you get through the first couple of story missions. Sanza employs a cartographer named Geirmund who has gone missing somewhere in Dawnshore and he tasks you with finding him, or whatever is left of him.

Unfortunately, unlike other side quests in Avowed, Mapping the Living Lands gives you no quest marker on the map, so you have little idea of where to look for the cartographer. While you can stumble about for a bit trying to find Geirmund on your own, you can also look at the guide below to make things far easier on yourself.

Dawnshore Cartographer's location in Avowed

The only piece of information Sanza gives you about Geirmund's location is to the east of Paradis near a cave. While that might be helpful if you've already explored a large chunk of Dawnshore, that vague description likely means nothing to you if your map is still mostly fogged out.

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Avowed - Guides Hub

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 05:00

In Obsidian's latest RPG, Avowed, you'll explore several diverse regions of a fantasy world while fighting magical enemies, digging up rare loot, and--if you're lucky, saving the world from a mysterious plague all while political turmoil threatens to destabilize The Living Lands. Things can get messy and complicated, but with our Avowed guides, they don't have to be that way. Find all of our Avowed guides in one place right here, arranged by category.

Avowed starter guides

Use these guides if you're just starting out in The Living Lands.

Avowed quest guides

These guides will assist you in Avowed's trickier quests, which often come with objectives, but few map markers.

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Avowed: How To Get More Adra

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 05:00

There's one resource that plays a major role in every facet of Avowed: Adra. This glowing, green rock is at the center of most issues in the Living Lands, but it's also incredibly valuable to you, as well as any animancer that you come across. Adra's main purpose, aside from story elements, is to upgrade your gear.

If you want to ensure your gear is always at its highest level, then you'll need to gather quite a lot of Adra in Avowed. To see the best ways to do that, keep reading the guide below.

How to get Adra in Avowed

There are three primary ways you'll be able to add Adra to your inventory in Avowed. All three methods can be taken advantage of right from the opening hours of the game when you stumble into the Living Lands and the first map in Dawnshore. However, you shouldn't expect to get a massive amount of Adra at any point in Avowed, as the resource is quite rare regardless of how you go about getting it.

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Avowed - Intimidating Feline Codpiece Treasure Map Location

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 05:00

In Dawnshore, the first region in Avowed, you can purchase the Treasure Map for the Intimidating Feline Codpiece from The Best Offense, the armor merchant at Claviger's Landing for 100 Gold. The merchants are located right next to the docks and the fast travel point location there. This leads to the Legendary armor Stelgaer's Pride, which is a much higher quality level than most gear in Dawnshore. Here's where you can find the Intimidating Feline Codpiece treasure.

Where to find Intimidating Feline CodpieceThe treasure is located underneath the area shown, but you will need to approach from the South.

The treasure can be found underneath Watcher's Mirror, in the northeast part of the map. To find it you will need to head to the Yellowband Camp further south and head to the east to cliff near the river.

Head through the small opening in the rocks shown above.

Once you reach the cliff, start heading north towards Watcher's Mirror while staying near the ledge. There will be a small path to follow on the cliff edge moving north.

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