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Tips & GuidesHow To Get (Some Of) Your Next-Gen Games To Run At 120 Frames Per Second
What’s the saying? “With great horsepower comes great framerates?” The next generation of gaming sure promises some great horsepower, which will allow many games from across generations to hit a framerate of 60 frames per second (fps). But some games will be able to run at double that, achieving a very pleasing 120 fps—that is,…
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Tips & GuidesHere’s Where The PlayStation 5’s Power Button Is
PlayStation 4 owners know the pain. You unbox your new console, you plug it into your TV, you go to turn it on, and, wait, where’s the power button? The PlayStation 5’s power button isn’t quite as obscure, but it’s not much better. See above for a closer look. Simple: The big button is the…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Capture The Legendary Birds In Pokémon Sword And Shield’s New DLC
Pokémon Sword and Shield’s latest DLC, The Crown Tundra, rains an army of legendary Pokémon on you. You stand a chance of encountering your first within minutes, and much of the main plot involves tracking down iconic legendary Pokémon from generations past. Longtime fans will be happy to hear that remixed versions of Moltres, Zapdos,…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Quickly Level Up In Ghost Of Tsushima’s Co-Op Mode
Before last week, Ghost of Tsushima, Sucker Punch’s open-world samurai action game, was a single-player game. Following a free update, Ghost received a robust cooperative mode called Legends, which is really two modes—a two-player narrative-driven campaign and a four-player wave-based survival challenge. A third, a three-part raid called “the Tale of Iyo,” is coming next…
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Tips & GuidesYou Can Stream Xbox Games To Your iPhone Now, But It’s Messy
Following this week’s update to the iPhone Xbox app, you can now remotely play Xbox games on your iPhone. It’s not quite last month’s ballyhooed Android xCloud launch, but it’s a neat feature with a lot of potential, in limited circumstances. To play, you’ll need an iPhone updated to iOS 12 or later, according to…
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Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Ghost Of Tsushima’s New Co-Op Mode
On Friday, Ghost of Tsushima got a lot bigger. Alongside a raft of quality-of-life updates, the latest patch for Sucker Punch’s open-world samurai adventure also introduced a robust new cooperative mode called Ghost of Tsushima: Legends. It’s really two modes—a two-player narrative adventure alongside a four-player survival gauntlet, both of which are steeped in mysticism—but…
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Tips & GuidesEverything You Need To Know About Ghost Of Tsushima‘s New Update
Ghost of Tsushima’s latest patch is a lot more than a patch. For starters, it added a meaty standalone cooperative mode to the single-player action game. It also introduced a New Game Plus and the option to dress Jin Sakai up as some of the game’s most memorable characters. There are also two exciting quality-of-life…
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Tips & Guides10 Things To Do In Destiny 2 Before It Loses A Bunch Of Content
We’re just inside of a month before the release of Destiny 2’s new annual expansion, Beyond Light. While the update will add a new location, raid, and lots more loot to collect, large portions of the game’s world will be indefinitely removed. Here’s a bunch of stuff worth finishing before that happens. I’ve tried to…
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Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Torchlight III
After being announced in 2018 as Torchlight: Frontiers, falling off the radar for a bit, and then resurfacing earlier this year as a proper numbered sequel, Torchlight III is out today for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. If you’ve played the first two—or, hell, any fantasy-themed action role-playing game—you know what to expect. Still,…
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Tips & GuidesWhat To Do Before Getting Rid Of Your Xbox One Or PS4
A little more than a month from now, next-gen consoles will be out in the wild. At this point, you might be regarding your PlayStation 4 or Xbox One as a slowly degrading plastic box that’s doomed to waste space and collect dust. You might have even considered [gasp] getting rid of them. Of course,…
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Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Star Wars: Squadrons
Star Wars: Squadrons is here and it’s pretty damn good, especially if you enjoy space combat and yelling out Star Wars references in the middle of battles. But it can also be a hard or frustrating game to wrap your head around at first, so here are some tips I’ve picked up after playing and…
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Tips & GuidesEverything You Need To Know About Hades’ Endgame
Hades doesn’t really start until you beat it. In many roguelikes, you’re encouraged to play through the game ad infinitum. Hades is no different. Once you beat the final boss (well, for the first time), a new gameplay mechanic opens up, and the game fundamentally changes. After you take down Hades, you’re soon sent right…
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Tips & GuidesHades Is A Little Easier If You Swap The Switch’s Buttons
After nearly two years, Hades, the story-driven roguelike from Supergiant Games, officially exited early access yesterday. It also received a surprise release on the Switch. No matter your platform, Hades is good—like, stay-up-til-5-a.m. good. But, if you’re playing on Switch, you might find that some of the default controls are a little awkward. So it’s…
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Tips & GuidesHow Much Every Sony, Nintendo, And Microsoft Console Cost At Launch
It took months of anticipation and a long game of chicken with Sony, but Microsoft finally pulled back the curtain on next-gen price points this week. The Xbox Series X, with its 12 teraflops and fridge-in-a-supervillain-lair design, will retail for $499. Meanwhile, the disc-less, all-digital Xbox Series S—which was first reported last year but only…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Make The Most Of Avengers’ Endgame
Marvel’s Avengers becomes a different game once you wrap up the campaign. Though the fundamentals—punch evil robots while on a never-ending quest for better gear—are unchanged, the game shifts from narrative-driven, third-person action game into a never-ending feedback loop: find better gear to level up enough to find better gear so you can level up…
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Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Marvel’s Avengers
Marvel’s Avengers, officially out today for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, send players directly to the uncanny valley of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As with the source material, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes operate uniquely, and reaching black-belt status with each character is something that only comes with time and effort. Still, there’s some general starting…
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Tips & GuidesSo, Is Marvel’s Avengers An Endless Grindfest Or Not?
There’s a cloud hanging over Marvel’s Avengers. Since the third-person action game was confirmed to be a Destiny-style online game, one question has persisted: Just how much of a grind are we looking at? Is Marvel’s Avengers, officially out tomorrow for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, more of an endless toil than an entertaining…
By Ari Notis
