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The Affinity system inDarkest Dungeon 2allows the heroes to have positive and negative relationships with each other. Positive relationships will empower skills with the Blessed trait, making it so that when the hero uses the given skill, their friend receives a benefit. RELATED:Hardest Turn-Based RPGs Ever Made, Ranked Conversely, heroes that do not have a good relationship with one another inDarkest Dungeon 2will create debuffs and penalties for each other when using skills labeled as Cursed....

Stone the Crows One of the year’s finest releases,Death’s Door, will be bringing its beautiful, gloomy adventure to new platforms soon. As revealed during yesterday’s State of Play presentation, Acid Nerve’s love letter to the afterlifewill arrive on PlayStation platformsNovember 23, 2021. It will also launch on Nintendo Switch the same day. Created by a talented two-man team,Death’s Dooris a bleak yet wryly comic tale about a young reaper crow, who is forced into undertaking a hazardous quest after a spanner is thrown into the everyday business of life and death....

Just recently, Bandai Namco confirmed plans to initiate a24 hour open betaforDragon Ball FighterZthat will serve as a followup to the most recent testing period held last weekend, as many players reported a litany of server issues that effectively kept them from jumping into the action. Now, it looks as if the publisher and the fighting game’s developer Arc System Works have even more good news for fans, as the companies have officially revealed a new playable character just a week before the game’s launch....

Two of the biggest gaming trends of the last five years have beenSouls-like combat systems and battle royale games. Now those two ideas will meet inEgress, a new battle royale game that is looking to appeal to theDark Soulscrowd. According to the announcement trailer,Egresswill be making its way to PC, PS4, and Xbox One later this year. We’re not sure if the game will spend any time in early access before it enjoys its proper launch, but we do know that developers Fazan Games plans on hosting a closed beta at some point....

Without a doubt,Final Fantasy 10/10-2andFinal Fantasy 12are some of the most popular entries in the franchise. After all, both launched to critical acclaim, withFinal Fantasy 12being the firstFinal Fantasygame to ever receive a perfect score from the Japanese gaming magazine, Famitsu. So when it was announced that these two titles were coming to the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, many fans were understandably hyped. Now, we know exact dates as to when each of these titles willhit the shelves for the new consoles....

Foam rules everything around me Square Enix showed up twice for today’s PlayStation Showcase. Once, for the anticipated RPGFinal Fantasy XVI. And the other time, for the reveal of something a little different: a sudsy new shooter calledFoamstars. Foamstarsis a new 4v4 shooter where players fight it out using foam. It looks bright and colorful, with some energetic vibes behind it all. Here’s the trailer from today’s PlayStation Showcase: As producer Kosuke Okatani explains on thePlayStation Blog, foam is used as both a projectile and a piece of terrain....

ProfessionalFortniteplayer Cowboy, who was signed to TSM, has been released by the eSports organization after allegedly sending inappropriate messages to an unidentified, underage Twitch streamer. Some of the messages were revealed in a stream by well-known Twitch streamer Faith, who was apparently sent the messages by Cowboy’s alleged victim. The underage girl said Cowboy’s messages to her made her feel “uncomfortable.” Since Faith’s revelation on Twitch, TSM quickly cut ties with Cowboy, releasing him from hiscompetitiveFortnitecontract....

Spanning two galaxies, multiple games, and several books and comics,Mass Effect’s reach is vast. Now, thanks to the fans, this also includes a whole host of hilarious memes as well. Memes have come to define a corner of the internet reserved for lighthearted banter and the sending up of cultural phenomena. The rise of this culture of commenting has added another dimension to the enjoyment of mediums like video games, and lets players and fans poke fun at their beloved franchises likeMass Effect....

GoldenEye 007, the legendary first-person shooter from Rare, was first released for the N64 way back in 1997. Despite its age, the game still boasts a hardcore following among nostalgia-junkies and FPS historians, who flock to its blocky halls and angular characters to exchange gunfire and vitriolicvideo game trash-talkalike. While spawning a slew of fan-made remakes,GoldenEye 007has never had an official remaster, and those who prefer the purity of the original game must contend with right-angled halls, dull-grey walls and low-poly characters....

The transition to Wear OS 3 was a mess, to say the least. But it’s not over. Google is now depreciating support for Google Assistant on Wear OS 2 smartwatches. Every Wear OS device that launched before the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is affected by this change, including relatively new products like the Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 3 and Fossil Gen 5. Presumably, Google is trying to shed some dead weight, as Google Assistant lacked some core features on Wear OS 2 and never really worked well on the platform....

Summary It’s rare these days for a subscription servicenotto increase its price. It’s sadly all too common—from streaming services to other useful subscriptions. Google’s Nest Aware subscription, which is a boon for those in the Google smart home ecosystem, is the latest victim to this increasingly common phenomenon. The more comprehensive Nest Aware Plus plan will increase from $15 to $20, and the annual subscription will rise from $150 to $200....

TheHimtrailer reveals Marlon Wayans as a satanic football cult leader in a Jordan Peele-produced horror movie. Known as one half ofKey & Peele, the sketch comedian burst onto the horror scene in 2017 with his directorial debut,Get Out, which was a massive success that won him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and quickly established him as an auteur, following it up with equally original horror movies – 2019’sUsand 2022’sNope....

Quick Links As you explore the Land of Shadows inElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, you’ll find yourself interacting with several followers of Miquella. These fellow explorers are united in the goal of seeking out Miquella in the Land of Shadows, though as the story goes on this union is strained and ultimately fractured. This will ultimately lead to a fight between you and Needle Knight Leda, aided by the NPCs who remain on her side....