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The Metal Slug franchise is taking an unexpected turn with the latest entry, Metal Slug Tactics. Announced at the 2021 Summer Game Fest, this new game by Leikir Studio is a turn-based tactical RPG with rogue-lite elements. Characters from the original Metal Slug games are returning, as is the cartoony military setting. However, the gameplay is completely different. Instead of running and gunning through various warzones and blowing things up, Metal Slug Tactics players will be moving their characters across grid-based arenas and using positioning and tactics to blow things up....

The card-based mobile game, Marvel Snap, is now available to download on your preferred mobile devices. The game’s announcement made a big splash back in May, but the game’s launch caught a lot of fans off guard. Marvel Snap has already proven to be a big hit for fans of Marvel’s superheroes, featuring artwork and alternate designs of the world’s most popular heroes. With its sudden appearance, many players wonder when the game was released and why so many people waited so long to play it....

Final Fantasy XIV’s Patch 6.1 – Newfound Adventure has given players plenty of content to keep them busy over the past month. However, Square Enix promised several other major pieces of content with the patch that are being added with the additional Patch 6.15. It has been relatively quiet about the release date for this new patch, leaving players to only speculate on when they would get this additional content. Thankfully, a recent post by game director Naoki Yoshida has announced that Patch 6....

Coromon wears its Pokémon inspiration on its sleeve but implements some new features to differentiate itself from the popular series. While Coromon has been in development for some time, it has finally received a release date. Those interested in the monster-catching genre may be wondering when this is. Coromon will release on March 31, 2022, for Nintendo Switch and PC. Their website lists the game coming to iOS and Android as well, but the release date announcement trailer only lists PC and Nintendo Switch....

Ahh, just like old times. With this week’s 2.0 update, a change has been made to Xur in Destiny 2—his location will no longer be shown on the map, and it isn’t tied to the current week’s Flashpoint, either. Just like in the old days of Destiny 1, players will have to hunt him down to figure out where he’s posted up for the weekend with his selection of Exotics. It’s a classic pastime....

Thravnairian Calamari is one of the more difficult to catch fish, or squid, in Final Fantasy XIV. Requiring several prerequisites and needing to fish at level 85 fishing holes, it’s a tough one to land. Here’s where and how to catch the Thavnairian Calamari in Final Fantasy XIV. How to get Thavnairian Calamari in FFXIV The first step to getting Thavnairian Calamari in Final Fantasy XIV is unlocking the Tome of Ichthyological Folklore - Ilsabard and the Northern Empty....

Pokémon Legends: Arceus is the latest installment in the Pokémon mainline franchise, and players will once again be aiming to complete the Pokédex by scouring each of the game’s locales for the Hisui region’s wildlife, should players make it to the post-game, there are several Legendary Pokémon that await them, including Arceus. Arceus’s Location Players can only encounter Arceus after they’ve completed the Hisui region’s Pokédex, so make sure to find each of the game’s unique Pokémon before you start your search for the Legendary....

Mime Jr. is one of the beginning evolution Pokémon that you can find in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. You’ll capture this Pokémon and evolve into a Mr. Mime. For those on the lookout for a Mime Jr., you’ll need to find it in a particular area of the game. Here’s what you need to know about finding a Mime Jr. in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Mime Jr....

The Omni Sword Quests in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 2 received three new challenges with the release of the Week 6 update. The challenges are exclusively for players who own the battle pass. Players can complete these challenges every week to collect Omni Chips which are required to unlock various style edits for the Omni Sword. This week, players will have to visit Seven Outpost II and collect three Omni Chips which are scattered around the POI....

Since its release in 2016, Dead by Daylight has grown, and with it, so has the terminology. For newcomers, some of the abbreviations can be confusing at first and can leave you wondering what’s going on when you see seemingly random letters in the chat. But alas, they have meanings! Here is what SWF means in Dead by Daylight. SWF is an acronym which stands for Survive With Friends. It is when players in a friend group join the lobby together and enter into a trail all at once....

Are you wondering what film techniques were used for Avatar: The Way of Water? It has been 13 years since the original Avatar came out, so you may wonder how Avatar was filmed and if its visuals will be improved with better technology. The answer is yes. Not only has technology improved in general, but James Cameron isn’t afraid to take chances to improve techniques to make his movies better. Here is everything you need to know about what film techniques were used for Avatar: The Way of Water and its sequel, Avatar 3, which was filmed simultaneously....

On October 17th, during the Minecraft Live event, developers Mojang revealed the next big update for Minecraft: The Wild Update. Another huge addition to Minecraft, in the same vein as the Cliffs and Caves Update, The Wild Update is set to hit the game in 2022. Like Cliffs and Caves, The Wild Update will add new biomes, new mobs, and additional items to the game. The update will be the 1....

Kickstarter is responsible for more than $5.5 billion in pledges to more than 195,946 different projects. Kickstarter has launched everything from video games to smart cups that tell you the chemical makeup of your drink. If there’s a special project you want to start that you can’t fund entirely out of your own pocket, Kickstarter is a great place to go, but keep in mind that there are restrictions on how Kickstarter funding is awarded and the steps you have to take to get there....

Returnal was released last year exclusively for the PlayStation 5, and it was met with wide critical praise. The challenging gameplay made for a fun and sometimes frustrating experience. Now, almost a year after the game was originally released, it will be getting a free update known as Returnal Ascension. Here is everything we know about it. Returnal Ascension is a free update for Returnal announced at PlayStation’s March 2022 State of Play that adds more content to the game....

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 comes with a variety of new skins, challenges, and references to super spies. What better way to celebrate spies than to have a secret base full of bad guys middle of the map? It’s called The Agency. It’s full of NPC henchmen protecting the grounds with plenty of loot available for eager players to obtain. When you enter the location, the NPCs will happily start shooting you on sight with no hesitation....

The bane of many online multiplayer games, no matter how fun they might be, can often be the tick rate. The tick rate, or refresh rate, of a server, is how many times it updates per second, information all players in the server of any new information that they need to know. This information can include other player positions, bullets and trajectories, and other forms of incoming damage. If the tick rate is too slow, the game is often considered sluggish and it is the common consensus that the faster the tick rate, the more accurate information players have to work with....

Following the update for the Season 6 update in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, some players have been encountering a heavy error that is causes their game to freeze, and then crashes. It’s happening across the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC version of the game. It happens multiple times, and in some instances, prevents players from playing the game. What’s going on, and what can you do about it? The error code reads 0x0000000142220c40 8077539 0xc00000005 ModernWarfare....

It looks like the world of The Division is about to become a little bit bigger. The Ubisoft team will releasing a free-to-play game called The Division: Heartland. It’s set to be a cross-generation game coming to the Xbox One and Series X, PlayStation 4 and 5, and PC. We don’t have too much information about the game, or what the central focus is going to be. With a name like Heartland, and brief teaser image of a water tower, surrounded by trees, with a small city in the distance, we imagine it’s going to take place somewhere in the United States in the midwest....

The Treasure Hunt has begun and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet students are roaming the region of Paldea looking for Pokémon to catch, gym leaders to defeat, and Team Star grunts to send back to school. There are many trainers in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s world that will try to defeat your left and right, and some of the most entertaining out there are the Team Star enemies. One of the first crew you will defeat in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is the Schedar Squad, which boasts very powerful Fire-type Pokémon....

We’ve already wrote about the “mid-credits” scene for Avengers: Age of Ultron. The ending of the film however has interesting turns for the characters in the future. Spoilers obviously follow. SPOILER ALERT Let’s start off with the two characters in Avengers: Age of Ultron that are highly unlikely to be returning in future films. Ultron himself dies at the hands of Vision. Every metal piece of him got destroyed so there is no future for him....