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Quick Links Frostpunk 2adds a political layer to the original’s post-apocalyptic survival city-building with the introduction of communities and factions. Nothing is ever easy in the Frostlands, though, so you can expect your people to start arguing - or even fighting - as soon as their political lines are drawn in each playthrough. At the beginning of the game, you have a limited amount of control over which parties form within the city....

Summary Final Fantasy 16has been locked to the PS5 ever since release back in 2023, but that’s coming to an end soonthanks to the game’s upcoming launch on PC. Starting on September 17, players on PC can finally experience the story of Clive, Jill, and Joshua, while there is also likely a budding modding community waiting to get their hands on the game’s assets. However, there is one particular asset that Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida would rather modders not play around with, as he recently expressed his desire for players to not make “offensive or inappropriate” mods when the game releases....

Summary Following the latestPlayStation 5firmware update,Final Fantasy 16players have run into some major, game-breaking bugs that are completely ruining the experience. Square Enix has addressed and apologised for the problem onTwitter, confirming that it’s working alongside Sony to remedy the issue. There’s no timeline yet, but it did ask players to “wait for further information”, so keep an eye on its socials if you want to know when things will be back to normal — in the meantime,Clive Rosefieldhas to suffer a very strange lightshow....

Summary Final Fantasy 16has just launched for PC, but protagonist Clive Rosfield’s actor, Ben Starr, will not be amongst those watching the closing credits on PC any time soon. Though he’s played through fully on PS5, he admits he doesn’t have a PC that could run it, “That’s not to say that I wouldn’t love the opportunity to play it again,” he tells me. “I don’t have a good enough PC....

Summary The first gameplay trailer forFortnite’s yearly Halloween event, Fortnitemares, has been revealed and finally gives us our first in-game look at the recently revealedDisneyvillains skins. It’s been clear for a couple of years now thatEpic Gameslikes working with Disney more than any other company when it comes to Fortnite content.The seemingly endless deluge of Marvel skins and even entire seasonswas the biggest sign of that, but things got even clearer earlier this yearwhen it was confirmed that the two were teaming up for a new project....

It’s unfortunate when you can see the potential in a game, but it doesn’t meet that standard.Funko Fusionis a lot of fun ideas wrapped up in a messy package that never truly feels like it expresses the reason for its existence. You can’t play potential, and what’s left is a game that has fun and funny moments, but its identity can’t save it from several technical issues, unclear objectives, and unintuitive boss fights with bad telegraphing....

Summary Helldivers 2proved this year that there is still room in the video game industry for new online multiplayer games to succeed, studios just need to get a little more inventive. Helldivers' success is made even more impressive by it being locked toPlayStationand PC with noXboxavailability in sight. The sequel might find its way to Xbox one day though, and Arrowhead’s boss has shed some light on what needs to happen to get Helldivers on PlayStation’s rival platform....

Quick Links Dodge and Cover are some of the most important mechanics inMetal Slug Tactics. You need to learn everything about how these work to have any chance of finishing a successful run. In fact, learn to use these and also Synchronization and you’ll be doing pretty good in (at least) the first two difficulty modes. In any strategic video game, taking cover is a big part of staying alive. However, here it doesn’t only help you with your survivability, but it also lets you be more offensive and ready to take out enemy forces....

Quick Links After progressing in the main story ofYs X: Nordicsand starting your journey on the seas with your shield sister, Karja, you’ll soon meet an interesting character called Logr. He’ll be introduced as one of the three Generals on the enemy side, and his main objective will be to make this tale as heroic as possible. He’ll also play his part in that by making the battle against him one of the most epic in the entire game....

Quick Links While playingStardew Valley, you’ll have the chance to come across theFairy Box. This is a unique item that can only be obtained after you max out every skill; from here, you can enter the Mastery Cave in the Cindersap Forest and eventually unlock Combat Mastery, which needs to be claimed before the trinket appears. With this done, the Fairy Box will have a slim chance to spawn in Skull Cavern chests, as well as when you slay monsters....

Beyond expanding your factory, your main goal inSatisfactoryis to deliver complex parts to the Space Elevator to complete project objectives and Save the Day. There are five Phases of the project, each with its own Tiers and Milestones to complete along the way. Phase 2 is quite a step up from Phase 1, requiring over two thousand more parts than the first step. These parts also have more complicated production requirements....

Quick Links “Grieving Ghost of the Goblet” pits players inMetaphor: ReFantazioagainst Fatolich in the Tomb of Lament. It’s all very dramatically titled, and in truth, the Tomb of Lament can be as daunting as it sounds like. But Fatolich itself is fairly easy to overcome -ifyou know what you’re doing ahead of time. Follow our guide so that you may get started on this quest, as well as the related quest, “The Chalice vs....

One of the first optional side quests you might come across inMetaphor: ReFantaziois ‘A Bullish Embargo’, which sees you traveling to the Belega Corridor to defeat the Grotesque Guptauros that dwells there. This boss is at the very end of the dungeon and there’s plenty of formidable foes in between, we recommend your party be in the double digits before you attempt this one. Because of the nature of this area and how the enemies don’t take kindly to anyone with a staff or a mace, you’re limited in terms of what your party can be....