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Tips & GuidesHere’s How Microtransactions Work In Marvel’s Avengers
Ever since Marvel’s Avengers was revealed to be an endless online game, a la Destiny, prospective players have wondered about potential microtransactions, and just how bad they are. To just be out with it: Yes, there are microtransactions in Marvel’s Avengers. No, you can’t pay your way to a superpowered character (or, well, a more…
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Tips & GuidesMoon Was Pretty Confusing Until Its Devs Tweeted The Manual
PlayStation original Moon: Remix RPG Adventure arrived on Switch yesterday, giving Western gamers their first opportunity to experience the previously Japan-exclusive adventure, which never received a complete translation, official or otherwise. But like many arthouse games, you’re probably going to be lost for the first hour or so figuring out what to do. That’s where…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Use ‘Primary’ Console Settings To Share Digital Xbox One, Switch, And PS4 Games
In 2013, during the runup to the launch of the PlayStation 4, Sony released an “instructional” video on how to share PS4 games with friends. The 22-second clip features Shuhei Yoshida, then the president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, handing a PS4 game to Adam Boyes, another Sony exec. At the time, it was a dig…
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Tips & GuidesA Parent’s Guide To What The Hell Is Going On With Fortnite
Maybe you’re a parent who, like a lot of parents nowadays, is working from home as the covid-19 pandemic still rages on. If you have tween-aged, gaming inclined children, they probably play Fortnite. Yesterday, that tween-aged gamer came to you wondering what’s going on with Fortnite. And you, dear parent, have no idea what to tell…
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Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Fall Guys
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is taking the gaming world by storm. The party platformer battle royale, out this week for PC and PlayStation 4, pits dozens of players against each other in a series of mad-dash mini-games. It’s largely uncomplicated; most of the mini-games require running forward and jumping at the right time. But there…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Survive Fall Guys‘ Toughest Mini-Games
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout released yesterday on PC and PlayStation 4. Thanks to Twitch hype and inclusion in August’s game with PS Plus, Fall Guys landed with a splash—such a big splash, in fact, that server issues persisted throughout much of yesterday, preventing eager players from testing out this hotly-anticipated party game. It’s by and…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Unlock The Rest Of Paper Mario: The Origami King’s Settings
For a modern game, Paper Mario: The Origami King’s settings are archaic. When you first start out, you can adjust the brightness, or the rumble in your Joy-Cons. You can toggle the motion controls on or off. There are three other options, but they’re listed, literally, as “????” To find out what they are—as well…
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Tips & GuidesWhat Happens When You Abandon Your Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a game that demands attention. The way it’s structured, you’re supposed to play every day, or at least check in to see what’s up. Like brushing your teeth or taking out the trash, Animal Crossing is, at its core, a chore. So what happens if you forget to do that…
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Tips & GuidesGrounded‘s Arachnophobia Slider Turns Spiders Into Cute Floating Blobs
We learned back in April that Grounded, the new miniaturized survival game from Obsidian Entertainment, would include an “arachnophobia mode” for players with an aversion to spiders. Let’s take a look at how this accessibility option works now that the game is out in the wild. Upon booting up Grounded for the first time, the…
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Tips & GuidesHere’s The Deal With Ghost Of Tsushima‘s Final Stance
Success in Ghost of Tsushima requires one thing: mastering the game’s four sword stances. Each stance deals boosted damage against specific enemy classes, which is essential for managing crowds and quickly taking down Mongols. There’s Stone stance, which wrecks anyone wielding a sword. Water stance makes short work of shields. Wind stance trumps spears. And…
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Tips & GuidesThe Best Side-Quests In Ghost Of Tsushima
Ghost of Tsushima is an open-world game, which means you spend a lot of your time tackling side-quests. Having completed all 92 quests in the game, here are the ones you don’t want to miss. Quests in Ghost of Tsushima are gussied up in unconventional nomenclature that can be tough to parse at first. Here’s…
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Tips & GuidesPaper Mario: The Origami King Is Better When You Turn Off Motion Controls
You won’t find many customization options in Paper Mario: The Origami King’s menu. But there is one thing you can and absolutely should change: Turn off the motion controls. For the most part, motion controls in The Origami King are relegated to a move called 1,000-Fold Arms. It’s the most dexterous of Mario’s magical abilities;…
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Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Ghost Of Tsushima
Ghost of Tsushima, out today for PlayStation 4, is a lot of game. As Jin Sakai, one of Tsushima’s last surviving samurai, you’re singularly tasked with the goal of repelling an entire Mongol fleet. No sweat, right? The truth is it actually is no sweat, once you learn the ropes. The following compendium will help…
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Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Paper Mario: The Origami King
The world’s most famous plumber (or not) returns to a two-dimensional state in Paper Mario: The Origami King, out today for Nintendo Switch. This latest entry in Nintendo’s long-running formerly-an-RPG series both sticks to formula (Peach needs saving again) and bucks it (the battle system is one-of-a-kind). Whatever you’re expecting, know this: You’re bound to…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Efficiently Upgrade Your Skills And Gear In Ghost Of Tsushima
You’ve surely heard about Ghost of Tsushima’s overwhelming large open-world. But Sucker Punch’s action-adventure game is also overwhelming in a different way: In the first few hours, you’re given access to a mind-boggling number of skills to unlock and gear to upgrade. It’s enough to make a new player’s head spin with indecision. When you…
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Tips & GuidesGhost Of Tsushima’s Best Early Charm Will Have You Rolling In Loot
After an hour of flashbacks and melodrama, Ghost of Tsushima, out tomorrow for PlayStation 4, cuts you loose in an open world. The game features a whale-sized map, full of a dizzying amount of question marks and fogged-up regions. With all those options, it can be hard to know where to start. So here’s some…
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