Summary While Falcom (officially, Nihon Falcom) has been cranking out quality RPGs for decades, audiences outside of Japan have only really come to appreciate this developer’s works in the past decade or so. A concerted effort to localise more of Falcom’s games has serendipitously coincided with this studio delivering fantastic JRPG after fantastic JRPG – and the world of gaming’s a better place for it. Huge, interconnected worlds, hairstyles that take after every colour in the rainbow, and of course, banging music are all synonymous with Falcom RPGs, but some of their titles rise above the rest....

Quick Links InPalworld, upgrading your equipment and building strong bases will not only make you stronger, but more capable of taking on a challenge. With the Sakurajima update, there’s even more to do. A new resource that can be gathered is Crude Oil, though it will take a decent amount of work to prepare your base for it. Thankfully, we’ve got you covered. You’ll need to prepare a new base, but it’s a small price to pay for greatness....

Summary We’ve had a lot of rampant success stories recently, ranging fromsmall indie titles such as Palworld, to behemothssuch as Larian Studios and Baldur’s Gate 3. Some developers have been unfortunate to get swept up a little in the social media frenzy surrounding these titles, and the topic of Starfield’s close launch next to Baldur’s Gate 3 was brought up in a recent interview with Bethesda’s Todd Howard. While you might assume that there may be a little bit of bad blood there, withBaldur’s Gate 3undeniably sucking a little bit of hype out of Starfield’s launch, Howard has nothing but praise for Larian Studios....

Summary If you were planning to buy a physical copy ofBlack Myth: Wukongwhenthe game launches in August, you might want to rethink that decision. Not because we think the game will be bad, in fact, it looks like another interesting entry in the Soulslike subgenre that’s sprung up. But because the physical edition of the game won’t have a disc at all. Instead, a copy of the physical edition will have a download voucher inside the box, which players can then redeem online for the full game....

Dino Crisisdied a grizzly death in 2003 with the action-packed Xbox-exclusive threequel. In the over 20 years since, fans have been calling for a return to the series and its more horror-oriented roots, and they were only spurred on further when Capcom remade several of its classicResident Evils. Now, it’s one of the company’s most heavily requested games. Capcom tweeted a word cloud of some of the most popular comments across 200,000 votes from a recent survey, and right at the top in big bold lettering, standing side-by-side withMega Manand even superseding Resident Evil AndAce Attorney, is Dino Crisis....

Summary Video games are like cruise ships. They’re expensive, they take years to build, they have massive turning circles, andif the recent slew of layoffs are anything to go by, they sink a lot. That last one isn’t important for this simile, it’s just difficult to escape the crushing futility of game design these days. Anyway! The point is, video game development is not an agile process, and that can mean it takes half a decade or longer before we see the impact of truly influential games on the industry....

Summary BioWarejust showed off 20 minutes ofDragon Age: The Veilguardgameplay, giving us our first-ever look at how it plays. One of the big takeaways from this showcase is that theInquisitiondialogue wheel is back. As before, different options are marked not only by snippets of conversation but also icons representing the tone, such as a silhouette of a head with exclamation marks inside of it, an armoured knight with their arms crossed, and a thumbs up....

Quick Links The cast ofThat’s Not My Neighborhas a few gems among their ranks, from everyone’s cult favorite Milkman to a strange man asking too many questions. You are bound to find a favorite. It’s even more fun when you realize that some of the tenants coming to your door are connected by more than just a common space. Chester, the easy-going quiz-maker, is one of the special characters you can meet during your stressful day as a security guard in the Doppelganger Detection Department (D....

Quick Links Your Warrior of Light is your avatar in the world ofFinal Fantasy 14, and so understandably, you’ll want them to look their best. As well as curating their appearance from their physical look,stylish locks, and perfect outfits, you can also equip them with various Fashion Accessories. Fashion Accessories are extra items that don’t require a proper equipment slot and don’t factor intothe glamour systemeither — they’re their own set thing that’s purely aesthetic, and includes umbrellas, glasses, wings, and more....

Summary As you venture into the Erebus and beyond inHades 2, you stand the chance of running into a handful of minibosses. Some are certainly easier to best than others, but they all provide a unique fight that changes up your routine occasionally. Throughout the different areas, you can generally choose whether or not you confront a miniboss, though, on occasion, you are corralled into a fight with one. Really, the only area where the minibosses will always be completely optional is Tartarus....

Quick Links This week is a big one for Fallout fans, what with the release of the long-anticipated Amazon series.Magic: The Gatheringis joining in on the post-nuclear celebrations too, with three Secret Lair drops based on its famous Vault Boy mascot. Secret Lair is MTG’s direct-to-consumer service that offers exclusive cards for only a limited time. Once the sale ends, or once they’ve sold out, these cards won’t be available again....

Summary Fallout 4 launched its long-awaited next-gen update last month, but it went down about as well as a nuke in Boston. Not only did it break most mods, players immediately ran into a slew of old bugs. So,Bethesda has rolled out “Next Gen Update 2”, which introduces new graphics options for fidelity and performance. you may read the full list of patch notes in the tweet embedded below....

Summary I’m on the pitch at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea FC. I see my free kick curl beautifully and nestle into the top corner of the goal, in my mind’s eye at least. My actual shot sails into the blue seats of the Matthew Harding Stand. Row M, I think. More training needed. I blame my gruelling session withfitness game Shardfallthe day before for putting my legs out. After another few free kicks, our coach calls us over to hover around an iPad....