Lost Ark: Necromancer's Origin bosses and mechanics guide

Most of Garums attacks are fairly telegraphed and easy to avoid. The challenge lies in theDeath Marks. These marks stack, and initially have no effect. Interacting with the orb will consume it to clear all Death Marks from the player that uses it. The easiest way to do this is to assign everyone a number, one through four. After the first cycle, you will know it is your turn when you reach four Death Mark stacks....

March 15, 2022 · 2 min · 355 words · Mr. Joseph Brown

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak launches June 30th

Watch on for all the dog-destroying deets. June 30th is the magic day. Sunbreak will head off to the land of Elgado, where oh no wildlife is causing trouble again. My favourite critters on the stream were the cat-sized jumping spiders. The stream also noted thata 13GB patchwill launch alongside Sunbreak for all Rise players.

March 15, 2022 · 1 min · 55 words · Crystal Jensen

Oh hey, the new NZXT Function keyboards are pretty good

Besides, each provides a decent smattering of features for the money. The real party trick, though, is hot-swappable mechanical switches. If you dont have a spare keyboard to cannibalise, replacement switches are readily available from the likes ofAmazonandOverclockers. All three models are built mostly from plastic, but this too feels textured and robust. Some of us dont always default to Shift for caps! Although, the smaller models arent forgotten runts....

March 15, 2022 · 1 min · 82 words · Mrs. Shannon Hamilton

Perfect Dark development beset by "fast and furious" staff departures

Sources say these departures are partly responsible forCrystal Dynamics being drafted to work on the game late last year. Perfect Dark’s development is being led by The Initiative, a new studio founded by Microsoft in 2018. Gallagher and Neuburger were previously studio head and design director at Crystal Dynamics. “Its no small task to build a studio and reinvent a beloved franchise,” Gallagher told VGC. There are more details and quotes over in thefull VGC story....

March 15, 2022 · 1 min · 100 words · Jennifer Carson

Physics dog breeding sim Wobbledogs has left early access

I like dogs, too. I wrote as much when writing about the horrific rectangular dogmorphs of a particular devlog - doglog? Those early GIFs would becomeWobbledogs, a pet simulation in which you breed mutant dogs. It has now left early access. In Wobbledogs, you start with a flock of pups, and then breed them. Traits get mixed and passed down, and your dogs develop physical and psychological quirks. It’s silly, cute, glorious....

March 15, 2022 · 1 min · 109 words · Jason Hill

Redout 2 is shaping up to be a blisteringly good anti-grav racer

Redout 2doubles down on the speed element, that’s for sure. I played around an hour or so of Redout 2 and was immediately dropped into the deep end. That’s one thing Redout 2 does really well. Despite its ridiculous speeds, you’re able to look forwards and plan ahead if you’re fast enough. But that’s par for the course when you’re anti-grav racing. The ships, at least, have a real sense of character no matter what....

March 15, 2022 · 2 min · 218 words · Susan Roberts

RiffTrax: The Game has you and your pals crack jokes over bad movies

In the Mystery Science Theater 3000 tradition After makingWhat The Dub? Here, it’s about bad movies. Clips are cribbed from films RiffTrax have riffed on, includingRollergatorand Ed Wood’s infamousPlan 9 From Outer Space. It’ll support remote and cross-platform play too, and in-game voice chat. Like MST3K, they watch bad movies and make daft jokes. Who else would tell me the importance of being ready for some football? RiffTrax: The Game is due tohit Steamon the 5th of May....

March 15, 2022 · 1 min · 88 words · Brittany Donaldson

Ship Of Fools brings the co-op chaos of Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime to the high seas

You will not be suffered gladly. Viewed from a distance, Ship Of Fools could almost be the top-down 2D cousin ofSea Of Thieves. When you’re out sailing, it shares a lot of similar rhythms. Crucially, the tokens you collect to obtain these upgrades aren’t lost on defeat either. Elsewhere on the map, there’s a sprinkling of event tiles in there as well. It makes me wonder what theotherbosses are going to be like further down the line....

March 15, 2022 · 1 min · 77 words · Jeremy Pitts

Steam is holding a JRPG sale this week

HitSteam’s JRPG Sale pagefor the overview and a pretty forest. With 841 items discounted, it’ll run until 10am Pacific on Monday the 21st. Do look beyond the sale page for deals too, mind. I strongly recommendYakuza 0. I will always recommend Yakuza 0. In short, do also check your wishlist and any Japanese games you’ve had an eye on. And maybe you, reader dear, would like to recommend games to all of us?...

March 15, 2022 · 1 min · 84 words · Audrey Thompson

Tencent buy majority stake in Rime and Song Of Nunu developers

“But theres a limit to how much you’re free to grow by yourself. We’ve liked a lot of Tequila Works' games. OurRime reviewpraised its combat-free puzzling, and we later included it on our list of thebest non-violent games. Alice B called ita very clever interlocking thing of beauty. Funding that lets them go back to making their own ideas sounds like a good thing. They buy a new studio about as often as I buy one of those big bottles of Persil....

March 15, 2022 · 1 min · 82 words · Frank Garcia

The “world’s fastest gaming CPU”, AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D, gets a price and release date

UK pricing is still TBD. Ive requested a 5800X3D to see how well that stands up in benchmarks. The others bring back the old Zen 2 design, and are named according with 4000 series titles.

March 15, 2022 · 1 min · 35 words · Danny Boyd

Video Game Accessibility Awards celebrated games which welcome more players

Prizes came in ten categories covering everything from control and text options to friendly training spaces. It Takes Twoscooped the prize forPeer Assistance, games which let you bring in a pal. Cooperating is that game’s whole deal. Forza Horizon 5won theAI Assistanceprize, celebrating games which have options to help out when you’re struggling. Horizon 5 also has accessibility options includingsign language supportand the option to play in slow-motion. Life Is Strange: True Colorstook the prize forAbility To Bypass, about letting players skip troublesome bits....

March 15, 2022 · 1 min · 180 words · Robert Gordon

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Virtual World deck profile and combos: how to build a Virtual World deck

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel: Virtual World deck profile Here is our recommended Virtual World deck profile. Negations of these cards can grind the deck to a halt. Whenever possible, send Nyannyan to the Graveyard thanks to its ability to Special Summon itself. This is everything you gotta know to get started with the Virtual World deck.

March 15, 2022 · 1 min · 55 words · Kimberly Sloan