Roll the dice and fight! This is a board game-style turn-based RPG where dice will decide your fate! The story begins in the kingdom of Siland, where four adventurers set out to talk to the king in search of intrepid adventures. Each adventure is different, so be sure to choose the most suitable member for each journey. A school of magic? An adventure at sea? It's up to you(and luck, of course) to make sure the adventure has a good ending! But beware of the enemies, as they won't make your path easy. Luck will lead you to victory!

Follow Aura's adventure as she is thrust into the fantasy world of Roya. What she initially believed to follow the conventional plotline of a "summoned to another world"-story quickly turns into her worst nightmare. Cursed by the Demon King, Aura must now struggle every night to track down her nemesis and ultimately strike him down. But her enemies don't just lurk in Roya. Having entered her mind through the Demon King's curse, another enemy attempts to brainwash and corrupt Aura from the inside. Faced with a two-pronged attack against her body and mind, can Aura finish off her worst enemy without losing herself?

Earlier this year, Nintendo debuted a brief first look at the Switch 2 which didn't offer many details about the new console. However, there was a moment in the teaser video where the next generation of Joy-Cons appeared to move over a flat surface like a mouse. Now, a Japanese patent application filed in August 2023 appears to confirm that the Joy-Cons will have mouse capabilities.

The application was publicly revealed on February 6, and it includes an early schematic for the new Joy-Con, which it describes as the "input device." The patent also states that it has "a sensor for mouse operation," which functions in a similar way that normal mice work with computers.

Adding the mouse capabilities open up some intriguing possibilities for gameplay on Switch 2. Will shooter fans have the option to use the mouse instead of the conventional controller? This could potentially work very well with PC games that were designed to be played with mouse. It's also possible that Nintendo is working on some new titles that can take advantage of these mouse functions in ways we haven't thought of yet.

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Microsoft's next big game, the RPG Avowed from The Outer Worlds developer Obsidian, is capable of running at up to 60fps on Xbox Series X, game director Carrie Patel has confirmed.

Patel said on the MinnMax podcast, "You can get up to 60[fps]" on Xbox Series X. The use of "can" here might indicate an alternative graphics mode that prioritizes image quality over frame rate, but we don't know for sure as of yet.

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A new gameplay trailer for Apex Legends' upcoming Season 24: Takeover has been released, and it features a major surprise: Respawn is kicking off Apex's sixth anniversary by letting content creators step into the shoes of the (fictional) Apex Games Commissioner, Kuben Blisk.

Four different "Content Commissioners" will take the stage from February 25 to April 28 (two weeks per content creator), introducing special challenges for players to overcome, exclusive cosmetic rewards, and fan-favorite limited-time modes for the duration of their two-week takeover.

For the first week of each Content Commissioner takeover, players will "chase glory together to complete Community challenges and ultimately determine how many Apex Packs will be up for grabs the following week," according to a new blog post on the official Apex Legends website.

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NASA will be hosting its first-ever Twitch stream from the International Space Station (ISS) next week. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration made the announcement via its official X (formerly Twitter) account, and shared some details on what viewers can expect from the stream.

"This Twitch event from space is the first of many," said Brittany Brown, who directs NASA's Office of Communications Digital and Technology Division. "We spoke with digital creators at TwitchCon about their desire for streams designed with their communities in mind, and we listened. In addition to our spacewalks, launches, and landings, we’ll host more Twitch-exclusive streams like this one. Twitch is one of the many digital platforms we use to reach new audiences and get them excited about all things space."

Live from space! Join our very first @Twitch stream directly from the @Space_Station on Feb. 12 to ask @Astro_Pettit about living and working in space.

We will also be joined by @DominickMatthew, who recently returned home from living aboard the station. https://t.co/LQiUToKogh pic.twitter.com/jNn4Bie6He

— NASA (@NASA) February 5, 2025

The stream itself will take place on the ISS--roughly 250 miles above Earth's surface--and will feature appearances from NASA astronauts Don Pettit (who is currently aboard the ISS) and Matt Dominick (who recently returned to Earth after participating in NASA's Crew-8 mission). The spacefaring duo will discuss topics like daily life aboard the ISS and the microgravity experiments currently being performed on board, while also highlighting "ways for Twitch users to engage with NASA, including citizen science projects and science, technology, engineering, and math programs designed to inspire the Artemis Generation."

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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

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The Like a Dragon series returns in two weeks with a swashbuckling spin-off for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii places fan-favorite side character Goro Majima in the leading role for the first time. If you want to voyage the high seas as a Pirate Yakuza, there's still time to take advantage of various preorder offers ahead of the game's February 21 release. It's also worth noting that the $130 Collector's Edition is still in stock at Amazon for PS5 and Xbox Series X. Meanwhile, PC players can save on preorders for the standard and Digital Deluxe versions at Fanatical (a GameSpot sister site).

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Preordering Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will get you a set of unique in-game items based on the series' newest protagonist, Ichiban Kasuga. These include Ichiban and his iconic pet crawfish Nancy as crew members for your ship, plus two outfits for Majima to wear based on Ichiban's appearances in Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

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