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Tips & GuidesPSA: Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate Is Free On The Epic Games Store Right Now
Heads up, PC gamers: In case you didn’t know, each week, you can get free games on the Epic Games Store. Think of it like Microsoft or Sony’s free-game programs, except you don’t need to pay for a monthly subscription. This morning, the digital storefront put up a truly epic title. Between now and next…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Beat Umbral Beast In Fire Emblem: Cindered Shadows DLC
As longtime series fans know, the real goal of any Fire Emblem game is to make it to the credits without anyone in your party dying. For the most part, well-planned tactics and well-trained troops will get the job done. But the newest Fire Emblem—an excellent full-blown DLC campaign for Three Houses called Cindered Shadows—poses…
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Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses – Cindered Shadows
Last week, Fire Emblem: Three Houses received a shiny new piece of DLC. Unlike the previous “waves,” it’s not just a handful of new quests and costumes and other small-scale additions. This DLC, called Cindered Shadows, is a fully contained standalone campaign, wherein Byleth, Claude, Edelgard, Hilda, and some other less-cool students explore a mysterious…
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Tips & GuidesPSA: If You’re Just Starting Dreams, Leave The Motion Controls On
I don’t know about you, but I’m no fan of motion controls. In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, I immediately deactivated the tilt. I would’ve turned off the motion controls in Detroit: Become Human, if doing so wouldn’t also minimize the narrative stakes. The worst Super Mario Party mini-games are those that require physical Joy-Con movement.…
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Tips & GuidesCan’t Find Pokémon Home On Mobile? Open Up Your Browser
After much anticipation, Pokémon Home came out Tuesday—but you wouldn’t necessarily know it from checking your phone. For whatever reason, the catchall Pokémon storage center does not appear if you search for it on a mobile device’s app store. For those who may not know, Pokémon Home is Nintendo’s cloud storage service for Pokémon. The…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Make Short Work Of Mama Tick In The New Dead Cells DLC
Dead Cells is a satisfyingly complex roguelite with fast-paced combat, Metroid-style exploration, and gorgeously rendered medieval environments. It will also kick your ass in a thousand ways. This week, Dead Cells added yet another method of ass-kicking: Mama Tick. Mama Tick is the boss of “Bad Seed,” the new Dead Cells DLC that’s out today…
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Tips & GuidesHeads Up: You’ll Need To Manage The Bioshock Collection’s Limited Save Space
If you use up the BioShock collection’s limited space for making saves while playing BioShock 1, you won’t be able to save at all once you start playing BioShock 2 Yesterday was BioShock 2’s 10-year anniversary, and the remastered collection containing all three games is currently available to download as part of PlayStation Plus. As…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Squeeze The Most Legendary Gear Out Of Borderlands 3‘s New Event
There’s really only one reason people play Borderlands 3, and it’s not the story. It’s the guns. And right now, there are more awesome guns than you can shake a Claptrap at. Borderlands games feature a mind-boggling amount of weaponry. It’s kind of their thing. The first game featured 17.75 million different guns. In pre-launch…
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Tips & GuidesThe First Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass Was Definitely Worth It
Earlier this week, Nintendo added a new fighter to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the company’s wildly popular Fire Emblem-themed fighting game. Byleth, the player character from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, is the sixth new fighter to join the roster since Smash Ultimate’s December 2018 launch. Starting with Piranha Plant, in January 2019, Nintendo has rolled…
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Tips & GuidesEverything You Need to Know About Battlefield V‘s ‘Into the Jungle’ Update
Like an Instagram influencer in search of new content, Battlefield V has booked a trip to the Solomon Islands. In an announcement video this morning, Battlefield publisher EA revealed the first Tides of War update of 2020 will feature a return to the Pacific Theater. Out Thursday, February 6, “Chapter 6: Into the Jungle” will…
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Tips & GuidesThis Year’s Dawning Event Is A Huge Gift To Players Grinding Destiny 2‘s Season Pass
Destiny 2’s seasonal “Dawning” event is showering players in experience points, helping to ease the months-long grind through the game’s second battle pass-style reward progression. The event went live last week and will remain in effect until January 14. During that time the Tower will have a nice, festive dusting of snow and players will…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Get Destiny 2’s Buggy New Obelisk Working
It’s the second week of Destiny 2’s new Season of Dawn, which means there’s a new Obelisk for players to activate. That’s easier said than done, though, thanks to a bug that prevents you from being able to interact with it. The latest Obelisk appears in the Gulch section of the European Dead Zone. Like…
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Tips & GuidesPSA: If Destiny 2‘s Osiris Says He Doesn’t Have New Quests, Keep Asking
Destiny 2‘s Season of Dawn began today, and with it came all sorts of changes, including the return of the mysterious exiled Warlock Osiris. He has new quests for you, but for some reason, he likes to hide them. Osiris appears to be the main quest giver this season, and as a result, players will…
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Tips & GuidesBuyer Beware: Nintendo’s Black Friday Switch Bundle Is The Old, Low-Battery Model
Some Black Friday Switch Bundles Include Older Versions Of The Console With Worse Battery Life There’s a $300 Switch bundle that includes a digital version of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on sale this Black Friday at a lot of stores. It would be a solid deal, but there’s a catch: The bundle includes the original…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Kill Jedi: Fallen Order‘s Oggdo Bogdo More Easily
The key to beating one of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’s earliest optional boss fights is to start it off with a jump attack. If that attack connects successfully, you’re golden. If not, you’re in for a world of pain. Oggdo Bogdo is a giant black alien toad on the first planet you go to…
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