DNF Duel Open Beta Announced

Upcoming Dungeon Fighter fighting game DNF Duel has announced that it will be having an Open Beta this weekend, allowing you to try out the game for the first time.

UPDATE: Read our thoughts on the Open Beta here.

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They announced the DNF Duel Open Beta during a new trailer today, which also featured a new playable character, the Hitman, as well as teased silhouettes for more members of the game’s roster.
The Beta will be available for both PS5 and PS4 players, and presumably be released worldwide considering the timing was given in PST, KST and JST.
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The DNF Duel Open Beta will start December 18th, 10am Malaysia Time (GMT+8) and will end on Monday, December 20th 10pm.

Despite the hype around it, there’s actually been very little confirmation about the features of DNF Duel- for one we don’t even know what kind of netcode it uses, or the universal mechanics that are going to be present in the game.
DNF Duel has garnered a lot of hype in the fighting game community, mixing the now-signature Arc System Works 3D Anime art style with what appears to be 8Ting’s signature hyper-style combat design from Marvel Vs Capcom 3.
Similarly we don’t know if they plan to reveal all the silhouette characters this week, ahead of their inclusion in the beta or if the beta build will only feature the currently-announced roster, or an even smaller one a la KOFXV.

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Discovery Tour: Viking Age Releases October 19

Discovery Tour: Viking Age, an educational experience allowing players to explore the Viking Age world, will release on October 19. Discovery Tour: Viking Age will be free for all owners of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, available on the same platforms as the main game.

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The PC standalone version of Discovery Tour: Viking Age will be available via Ubisoft Connect and on the Epic Games Store. For the very first time in the Discovery Tour franchise, Discovery Tour: Viking Age will also release as a standalone on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S | X in early 2022. Local prices are as follows:

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Discovery Tour: Viking Age Standalone

26.90
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14.99

Following Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt and Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece’s line, the brand-new chapter of the Assassin’s Creed educational expansion will shed light on the Viking era and allow players to discover more about the history and traditions of the time. Designed in close collaboration with historians and archaeologists, this non-violent, interactive learning experience is an engaging deep dive into the Viking Age in ninth-century Norway and England.
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For this new opus in the series, the development team in Ubisoft Montreal has changed the formula to make the experience even more fun and informative. Discovery Tour: Viking Age puts the narrative and storytelling at the heart of the experience; players will step into the shoes of Viking and Anglo-Saxon characters of the time and live their big and small stories. During their memorable adventure, they will interact with the world and its inhabitants while discovering many details and anecdotes about the time period.

Since its beginnings, the Discovery Tour Team has always worked with a wide variety of partners. The immersive approach of the Discovery Tour, the knowledge of our experts and historians, and the featuring of real artifacts from our partners’ collections give rise to many collaborations and projects. The museum partners that have contributed images for Discovery Tour: Viking Age include:

Hampshire Cultural Trust (HCT) is Ubisoft’s main partner for Discovery Tour: Viking Age, managing 23 museum and arts attractions across Hampshire and caring for 2.5 million objects relating to Hampshire’s rich and internationally important heritage. The Discovery Tour provides a unique glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in and around Winchester through a selection of rare objects, including the exceptional Winchester Reliquary, the sole surviving holy relic in Britain from the time. In addition to this collaboration with the Discovery Tour: Viking Age, Ubisoft’s strategic partnership with HCT will bring history to life in spring 2022 in Winchester through a unique, immersive cultural experience, which will blend real action with video projection, storytelling, and objects from the trust’s collections; the experience will be complemented by an Augmented Reality tour of Winchester in the lore of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla produced by Sugar Creative, one of the UK’s leading creative studios.
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It has a vast collection of items including artifacts from every age of written civilization. A partnership with the British Library was key to Ubisoft to give players the best access to medieval manuscripts and illustrations directly linked with the Viking Age.
The Réunion des Musées Nationaux – Grand Palais photo agency is a public industrial and commercial institution under the authority of the French Ministry of Culture. It has been officially responsible for promoting collections of France’s national museums. Each year, it captures more than 20,000 new on-site shots to further expand the agency’s collection, which is universally available online. They have been an essential partner since the very first Discovery Tour. Their vast collections have been key in supporting Ubisoft’s artifact-driven approach to the Discovery Tour: Viking Age, enabling players to look at items such as the Bayeux Tapestry or the Sutton Hoo helmet.
York Archaeological Trust operates the Jorvik Viking Centre in the UK, which has interpreted the archaeology of York’s Coppergate dig for the benefit of all audiences. The Discovery Tour has allowed Ubisoft to present some of these finds in a new medium, adding authentic period detail to the immersive environment of the Discovery Tour and demonstrating the importance of the city during the Viking Age as a commercial, religious and political hub.
The National Museum of Denmark, Nationalmuseet, consists of a network of 20 museums all over the country with a collection of unique items covering a large part of Danish history. Putting artifacts under the spotlight from the National Museum of Denmark’s collections truly added depth to the Discovery Tour, demonstrating amazing crafting skills and esthetics and a chance to see how reputation, family, and social bonds are described as such vital elements.
Preston Park Museum & Grounds is the local Museum serving the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. Preston Park Museums & Ground gave the Discovery Tour team the unique opportunity to highlight two key elements from the Viking Era; the new Anglo-Scandinavian culture that emerged from funerary art, and one of only two near-complete Viking era helmets in the world; the Yarm Helmet. Preston Park Museum has a special Viking touring exhibition arriving early 2022 in which there will be events that incorporate the Discovery Tour: Viking Age.

For global information about the Discovery Tour franchise and the two first opuses on Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece, please visit https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/assassins-creed/discovery-tour.

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Red Bull Japan and Hololive Team Up To Let You Meet Your Favorite Vtubers

Red Bull Japan has announced two new virtual ambassadors from Hololive, as well as a lucky draw to meet the Vtubers by buying comemmorative cans of the energy drink.

Hololive 2nd Generation Minato Aqua and 5th Generation Shishiro Botan will both be Virtual Ambassadors for Red Bull Japan, featuring new Red Bull-branded stream overlays going forward as well as promotional art by professional illustrator Ttomarii.

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Drinking Red Bull To Meet Hololive
To welcome the new ambassadors, Red Bull Japan is having a special campaign, wherein you can receive limited edition stickers of the collaboration by buying Redbull through Amazon.
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The offer is only applicable to those who purchase the Red Bull Purple Edition 24-crate, and buying the product entitles you to possibly meet Aqua and Botan and the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in Tokyo.

Due to the popularity of the product, Red Bull Japan has also announced they’re doing a second batch of preorders for the Purple Edition, which will kick off on the 10th of June.
Hololive Brand Collaborations
As Hololive only grows in popularity, it’s no surprise that so are their brand collaborations. Previously, we reported that Shishiro Botan was doing sponsored streams for Xbox as part of Microsoft’s attempts to expand their reach in the Japanese market. She had also co-presented a No More Heroes stream, and was also part of the Family Mart collaboration with the rest of the fifth generation.
Redbull explained the rationale for picking Aqua and Botan, citing Botan’s elite gaming skills as the reason for her selection. Meanwhile Aqua had also been selected for her near-religious consumption of Redbull. The Vtuber admits that she often uses the drink for her “endurance streams’ , giving her energy to keep going.

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The First Video By The Bandai Namco Asia TikTok Features The iCarly Theme

The first-ever video posted on the official Bandai Namco Asia Tiktok features the song “Leave It All To Me”, the theme song of the popular 2007 Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly, sung by Miranda Cosgrove.

The video itself promotes the publisher’s recently released title “We Love Katamari Reroll+ Royal Reverie“, seeing an office member playing the game, cut between footage of the title. You can watch the video yourself below:

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@bandainamcoentasia We’re officially on TikTok, and we’re celebrating the launch of We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie! Get it now: https://bnent.asia/Buy-WLKRRR ⚽🥎 #Katamari #bandainamco #gaming #fyp ♬ ICarly – TwoTimes

Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia first launched their new TikTok account at the beginning of June 2023, with the video being posted on June 2nd.
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They aren’t the only large video game publisher that has set up accounts and started posting videos on Tiktok, with others including Pokemon, Square Enix, Ubisoft, and Capcom.
Bandai Namco is set to launch a number of large games in the near future including Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon and Tekken 8 so there is a good chance we’ll be seeing a number of new videos coming to their TikTok. Whether any upcoming Bandai Namco videos will include songs from iCarly or any other Nickelodeon show, is currently to be determined.
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Bandai Namco’s latest release, We Love Katamari Reroll+ Royal Reverie is available for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. You can check out our review of the game here.

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FEH Legendary Banner Featuring Corrin: Child of Dusk

FEH (Fire Emblem Heroes) is back at it again with its monthly Legendary Banner and for the month of August, they’re featuring Corrin: Child of Dusk.

The Legendary banner features Female Corrin from the Fire Emblem:Fates series wearing the Nohrian Noble outfit.

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Corrin: Child of Dusk is a colorless infantry dragon unit of the wind element blessing.
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Her skillset consists of:
Weapon: Primordial Breath (Mt:16 Rng:1)
Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count -1). If foe’s Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe’s Def or Res. If foe initiates combat or if foe’s HP = 100% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res +5 to unit and grants unit Special cooldown charge +1 per unit’s attack. (Only highest value applies. Does not stack).
Special: Negating Fang (3 Turn Cooldown)
Reduces damage from foe’s attacks by 30%. After triggering, boosts damage for unit’s next attack by 30% of unit’s Atk. (Boost resets at the end of combat).
Slot A: Distant Counter
Unit can counterattack regardless of foe’s range.
Slot B: Shield Pulse 3
At the start of turn 1, if foe’s attack triggers Special, grants Special cooldown count-2. Reduces damage dealt to unit by 5 when Special triggers.
Slot C: Joint Drive Atk
Grants Atk+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk+4 to unit during combat.
Base Stats (Level 40, 5 Star)
HP: 41
ATK: 38 (Without Weapon)
DEF: 34
RES: 29
SPD: 40
All in all, Corrin: Child of Dusk looks like a pretty solid unit and is considered to be possibly one of the strongest Dragon unit there is to date. She also works as a better version of Fjorm since Negating Fang is much better than Ice Mirror in general.

The other units in this Legendary Banner features:
Red

Fallen Ike
Hrid
Legendary Eirika

Blue

Legendary Julia
Nils
Naga

Green

Gunthra
Legendary Hector
Rinkah

Colorless

Legendary Corrin
Bramimond
Mila

While you can skip the Red and Green pool, the Blue and Colorless pool have some pretty premium skills and strong units to keep an eye on. In the blue pool, Legendary Julia is really strong unit with her Light and Dark B slot skill along with having access with Mirror Impact and Atk/Res Oath 3 which are premium skills to have on your Mage unit. Nils is also a pretty unique unit to have with him being a dragon dancer unit. He also has access to Even Pulse Tie 3 and Infantry Pulse 3, both of which are pretty good skills to have.
The Colorless pool is by far the strongest choice to pull for. Besides Legendary Corrin and Mila who are good units to begin with, Bramimond is an superb unit to go for. With his Preferred Weapon Void Tome alongside his unique Slot C skill Impenetrable Dark is super good with dealing with Tank units since his Slot C skills cancels out any outside support the Unit he faces against. Even if you’re not planning on using Bramimond, he offers some really premium meta skills in the form of Atk/Def Push 4 and Lull Atk/Res 3.
Will you be summoning in this Legendary banner? For more information, check out the official Fire Emblem Heroes Twitter account.
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Fire Emblem HeroesPublisher: NintendoDeveloper: Intelligent SystemsRelease Date: 2017-02-02Android, iOS
Nintendo's hit strategy-RPG Fire Emblem series, which has been going strong for more than 25 years, continues its journey on smart devices.

Fight battles customized for touch screens and on-the-go play. Summon characters from across the Fire Emblem universe. Develop your Heroes' skills, and take them to new heights. This is your adventure—a Fire Emblem that's like nothing you've seen before!

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Pokemon Sleep Opens Android Pre Registrations, Launches Late July

The Pokemon Company has announced that they are opening pre registrations for the Android version of Pokemon Sleep, ahead of the game’s launch this July.

According to the website, iOS pre registrations would be available soon for Pokemon Sleep- though at the moment it’s Android only.

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It should be mentioned that while it’s not in anhy of the material, a press release by The Pokemon Company has the game’s release date marked as “Late July”.
Aside from this news, they’ve also provided a more detailed breakdown of the gameplay for Pokemon Sleep.
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Your Drowsy Power is drawn from two factors- one being the Strength level of your Snorlax, and the other being the quality of your real-world sleep, measured via Sleep Score.
Snorlax’s Strength level is determined by berries you feed it during the day, while the Sleep Score is measured using your phone’s microphone as you sleep.
For those concerned about privacy, the gameplay breakdown does mention that it records your audio when you sleep- offering you the chance to listen back to the noises in the morning, as well as tracking other stats.
That being said, the preview mentions that the recordings are deleted on the next opening of the app, or after 24 hours.
As explained previously, your Sleep Score is important for collecting various Pokemon- all of which have multiple sleep styles and can be used to fill out your SleepDex.
Pokemon Sleep is a highly anticipated mobile game, following the success of Pokemon Go.

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Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works makes its way to Valkyrie Connect

Love all things TYPE-MOON? If that is the case, chances are you are already playing Fate/Grand Order, but if you crave for more, this new collaboration event in Valkyrie Connect should satiate you. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works is now available as a limited event in the global version of Valkyrie Connect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAcMLGJXDhU

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From what we were able to gather from the trailer, Shirou, Saber, Rin and Archer are available, while you will have to beat Gilgamesh in order to unlock him. You have almost an entire month to get everyone since the event runs between now until 26 April 2017. Hopefully you already have a full fledged team to expedite things, but if you don’t, now is the best time to give this game a go.

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For more details on the game, be sure to drop by the official website.

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Mr Driller DrillLand will be on Nintendo Switch for its 20th anniversary!

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Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia has announced the release of Mr Driller DrillLand for the Nintendo Switch on 25 June 2020! A Steam version will also be available, the launch to be confirmed at a later time. The game was originally a Gamecube title.

“Mr Driller” is an action puzzle game where players control one of six characters to reach the bottom of the stage by “demolishing” formations of coloured blocks in the playfield. Throughout the game, the character will need to survive by collecting air capsules and avoid falling blocks.

Drill Land has five thrilling stages, each with different rules! So get excited and explore the different facets of Drill Land!

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Mr Driller is fun and easy-to-play, and has been beloved by fans around the world. For its 20th anniversary, the original Gamecube Mr Driller DrillLand will also be released as a remastered version on Nintendo Switch and Steam with upgraded graphics.
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Beginners can play on the “casual course” mode to get used to the mechanics and controls first, before they can play the “classic course”, where the difficulty will match the original version.

For the Nintendo Switch, simultaneous play of up to 4 players will be supported, with each player having their own Joy-Con. Go solo, or with friends in co-op!

Get the game when it comes out in Southeast Asia for both Switch and PC Steam!

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MSI to hold Youtuber Workshop and Caster Workshop for FREE this month

Have a dream to become a Youtuber or Caster but don’t know how? Here is a chance for you to learn from the experienced! MSI will be holding a Youtuber Workshop and Caster Workshop for FREE on 9 March and 17 March respectively. Find the details below!

My Life as a Youtuber (Youtuber Workshop):
As Gaming and Esports industry is growing rapidly, Youtuber or Streamer has become more demanding and favourable to the market. However, being a Youtuber or Streamer isn’t as easy as you thought. To help out those who are keen to become a Youtuber or Streamer, here is a Youtuber Workshop featuring experienced Youtuber – Lunacy Hollow and Zadpumpkin. They will be sharing their experience and insight on their journey as a Youtuber.

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The workshop will be held on this Saturday (9 March) at Lowyat MSI Concept Store. Entrances are free, you can register here or visit the event page for more info.
Journey to be a Professional Caster (Caster Workshop):
With the increasing popularity of Esports and gaming, Game Caster gets more important now as they play a great role in heating up the audience and live coverage in the gaming ground. Being a Game Caster might be interesting, but it needs a lot of skills, knowledge and experience to be a good Game Caster.

For those who are still trying to figure out how to start their journey as a caster, MSI is offering a Caster Workshop on 17 March (Saturday). It will feature professional casters – VictorKaxX and Dawei ‘Xero’ Teng. They will be sharing their insights and experience, so register for the free workshop now before it is full! You can find more details about the workshop here too.

Stay tuned to the official MSI Facebook page for more event like this!

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Rose and Camellia available on mobile!

Rose and Camellia is available for free on both major mobile platforms, Android and iOS. The game is originally available as a Flash game, and had also spawned a sequel. What is this game, you ask? You’re in for a treat. Watch the trailer first below:

The wonderful description provided on the game’s Google Play Store page is as follows:

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The graceful, beautiful, and elegant slap battle of the historied Tsubakikoji ladies has emerged.
Your swipe becomes the face slap to your foes!
This is the stylish, tremendous and gorgeous traditional duel of the historied Tsubakikoji family that has been run for ages.
Reiko married Shunsuke who’s from the Tsubakikoji family.
But the very next day, Shunsuke passed away.
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Tsubakikoji family starts to torment and bully Reiko.
She has had enough. One day, she declared war against the family.
“I, Reiko, the wife of the oldest son Shunsuke, will inherit everything Tsubakikoji family owns,” said Reiko.
With the rose Shunsuke gave her in her heart, she stood up for the duel against the family….
The battle is fabulously simple.
When the brilliant meter shown on the top left of the screen shows the turn for “rose”, you can swipe your flawless fingers against your foes’ cheeks to slap them.
But when the meter shows the turn for “camellia”, your foes will slap you. You can avoid them by swiping left to right, which is the opposite from when you’re slapping them.
The distance, speed, and accuracy of your remarkable swipe determine the strength of your magnificent slap.
When your foes are trying to slap you, you must look closely to their movements and swipe accurately to avoid them.
Teach Kazoku family a lesson with your soulful face slap!
Yes indeed, Rose and Camellia has you slap the living lights out of your opponents, which you can now do on mobile! Perhaps they’ll be porting the sequel over some time too?
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The graceful, beautiful, and elegant slap battle of the historied Tsubakikoji ladies has emerged.
Your swipe becomes the face slap to your foes!

This is the stylish, tremendous and gorgeous traditional duel of the historied Tsubakikoji family that has been run for ages.
Reiko married Shunsuke who’s from the Tsubakikoji family.
But the very next day, Shunsuke passed away.

Tsubakikoji family starts to torment and bully Reiko.
She has had enough. One day, she declared war against the family.

“I, Reiko, the wife of the oldest son Shunsuke, will inherit everything Tsubakikoji family owns,” said Reiko.
With the rose Shunsuke gave her in her heart, she stood up for the duel against the family….

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Shadow Blade: Reload to be released soon

If you are a fan of ninjas and anything related to the subject matter, you will be pleased to know that there is a new game which goes by the name Shadow Blade: Reload, which is due for launch on 15 January 2017. The scrolling platformer puts you in the tabi of Kuro, where you have to clear the level by running, jumping and dispatching enemies, the latter which can be performed stealthily or with swords unsheathin’.

It is worth nothing that the game is actually available on Google Play right now, even though it is not officially out yet. The game is listed as an “unreleased app” and “may be unstable”, so you are more likely than not to encounter bugs if you get the game right now.

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Uma Musume adds Mejiro Ardan: Should You Pull?

With a new banner refresh that will last until 16 February 2022, we have the addition of Mejiro Ardan to the Uma Musume stable.

プリティーダービーガチャとサポートカードガチャ開催です！

【新登場の育成ウマ娘】
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【新登場のサポートカード】
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As an addition to the ever growing lineup of Mejiro horses, is Ardan worth rolling for, especially since anniversary is around the corner? Let’s find out.

Mejiro Ardan fulfills the role of leader for the mile and medium distances, and there is very little a trainer can do to spec her for anything else, even if the C in runner looks tempting. Regardless, her skillset pretty much necessitates you to run that one strategy anyway. In any case, Mejiro Ardan gets a fairly decent variety of skills to work with, particularly the various heals available to her, although they are hardly the most efficient or reliable. As such, you are still going to want to equip her with the more reliable options in Big Eater and Arc Maestro.
The new Mejiro girl does get solid speed up abilities that proc on the final stretches, particularly her unique character skill, although numbers on that remain to be seen. For what it is worth, Ardan has good training bonuses in speed and wisdom, which is always handy to have if you run her in mile. All in all, it is quite difficult to recommend Ardan based on what is on paper, but if you are a Mejiro farm supporter and need to complete your collection, she might be worth considering just for that alone.
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby is currently available on Android and iOS for mobile, and DMM Games for the PC.
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Uma Musume: Pretty DerbyDeveloper: CygamesRelease Date: 2021-02-24Android, iOS
Horse girls take to the track! Train up these cute horse girls to be the best of the best.

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Details on Agumon Bond of Courage and Gabumon Bond of Friendship

With Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna being released in Cinemas, fans were hyped to see their childhood heroes, Taichi with his Agumon and Yamato with his Gabumon as well as their ultimate forms big screen.

With the heartwarming movie aside, let’s get more into speculations with one of the more ending scenes in the movie. That’s right, the ultimate forms for Taichi’s Agumon Bond of Courage as well as Yamato’s Gabumon Bond of Friendship.

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Let’s take a lot on some more details regarding these ultimate forms for agumon and gabumon!
Ultimate form of Agumon Bond of Courage

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Also known as Agumon -Yuki’s Kizuna- it is the profound bond between Agumon and Tachi. It is a legendary, final evolution that was achieved through the hardships of countless of possibilities. This unbreakable “Courage” of Taichi turned into scorching hot flames you can see erupting out from the entirety of its body. This symbolizes the amount of trust it has with Taichi.
The near-humanoid shape this evolution has is a sign of its great understanding towards humans due to the long amount of time it spent alongside with Taichi.
According to the wiki. We can learn that the level of this evolution is at Ultimate and its field is known to be of the Virus Busters type. Although its type and attributes are still unknown.
Here are some of the official details about its attack techniques that are currently known.

Star Slash Salamander: Agumon -Yuki’s Kizuna- uses the spear of its tail as a weapon and skewers its enemies with it.
Red Reamer: Agumon -Yuki’s Kizuna- forms a high-intensity laser from the tip of its claw that burns with a reddish color.
Gaia Brave: Agumon -Yuki’s Kizuna- changes the flames of courage it bears into ultra-high temperature energy shot and releases it to its enemies.

And of course, we know that this ultimate form comes from the evolution of Agumon and War Greymon.
Details about Agumon -Yuki’s Kizuna- that can be found from the Japanese Version of Digimon ReArise. The rough translations can be found below.
Screenshot of the JP version of Digimon ReArise
Rough Translations (pending for official localisation)
Profile: A deep resignation between Agumon and its partner, the legendary and last evolution that was realized at the end of infinite possibilities. The indomitable “courage” of its partner becomes a hot flame that blows out from the whole body, and it appears as a proof of deep trust. By spending a lot of time together with its partner, its understanding on humans has deepened, and the evolved figure also creates a shape similar to a humanoid. Its Special Move is “Red Reamer”, a high-density red-light laser firing from the tip of its nails to burn enemies, and “Star slash Salamander”, which uses the spear on its tail as a weapon to pierce it, “Gaia Brave” and the fire of courage it possesses fires a super-high energy bullet.
It seems like the information stated here are similar to the information that can be found in the Digimon wiki.
Fret not, there are some more details regarding this final form in one of the card games – Battle Spirits.
Battle Spirits is a two-player collectible card game jointly developed by Bandai and Sunrise, Inc. and a franchise which also includes several anime series, manga serializations, and other merchandise like toys and video games.

Details are as follows:
Name: Agumon – Bond of Courage-
Color: Red
Cost: 9
Reduction: 6
Family: Mega, Terra Dragon, Dragon
Ability: Advent
Card Effects:
Flash – Advent: Red/Purple & Cost 6 or more (Either Attack Step)
By sending your Soul Core to the Trash, stack this from your hand onto your target spirit.
When your Life is 3 or less, this card in your Hand can advent on your “Agumon”-named Spirit, ignoring the condition and treating Soul Core as being sent to Trash.
[LV1][LV2][LV3] (When Advents/Attacks) You can destroy an opposing 15000 BP or less Spirit/Ultimate. If you control a Yagami Taichi this effect can only be prevented by Heavy Armor/Ultra Armor.
[LV2][LV3] (When Attacks) When an opposing Spirit/Ultimate is depleted/destroyed, send an opposing Life to the Reserve.
Flavor Text: [Mega. Unknown. Unknown.] The Last Evolution represents Taichi’s and Agumon’s feelings becoming one.
Ultimate form of Gabumon Bond of Friendship

Also known as Gabumon -Yujo’s Kizuna- it is the profound bond between Gabumon and Yamato. It is a legendary, final evolution that was achieved through the hardships of countless of possibilities. This unyielding “Friendship” of Yamato turned into an elegant armor which covers its body, and appears as proof of the trust coursing through both of them.
Gabumon -Yujo’s Kizuna- is able to fly by generating photon light wings on its back, but it can also transform into its Motorcycle Mode, which is Yamato’s favorite vehicle.
According to the wiki. The level is at Ultimate and its Field is of the Virus Buster type which is similar to Agumon -Yuki’s Kizuna-. And similar to it, the type and attribute for Gabumon -Yujo’s Kizuna- is also unknown.
Here are some of the official details about its attack techniques that are currently known.

Red Star: Gabumon -Yujo’s Kizuna- fires a tracking weapon that is equipped with AI targeting systems.
Full Metal Machine Gun: Gabumon -Yujo’s Kizuna- causes a downpour of iron to rain down from the Cowl Parts on its arms.
Cool Edge: Gabumon -Yujo’s Kizuna- purges the Cowl Parts and unleashes an instant attack.
Moon Tense: Gabumon -Yujo’s Kizuna- fires laser beams in all directions.

This ultimate form evolves from Gabumon and Metal Garurumon.
Alongside with Agumon -Yuki’s Kizuna- there’s also details regarding Gabumon -Yujo’s Kizuna- in the Japan version of Digimon ReArise.
Screenshot of the JP version of Digimon ReArise
Rough Translations (pending official localisation)
Profile: The deep bond between Gabumon and its partner, the legendary and final evolution that was realized at the end of infinite possibilities. Its partner’s immortal “friendship” turns into a graceful armor, wrapping his body, and as a proof of trust and friendship together with its partner. It can fly by generating photon light wings on its back, it can transform into a motorcycle form that is its partner’s favorite vehicle. Its Special Moves are “Full Metal Machine Gun,” which allows heavy rain of iron to be poured from the cowl parts on both arms, and “Cool Edge,” which purges the cowl parts and makes an instant attack. Furthermore, with the “Moon tense” it launches a laser beam in all directions and the AI-equipped tracking weapon “Red Star”.
Once again, the translation is similar to the one in the Digimon Wiki.
Just like the ultimate form of Agumon -Yuki’s Kizuna- , the ultimate form of Gabumon -Yujo’s Kizuna- also has some details in the Battle Spirits card game wiki.

Details are as follows:
Name: Gabumon -Bond of Friendship-
Color: Purple
Cost: 9
Reduction: 6
Family: Mega, Machine Beast, Android
Ability: Advent: Red/Purple & Cost 6 or more (Either Attack Step)
By sending your Soul Core to the Trash, stack this from your hand onto your target spirit.
When your Life is 3 or less, this card in your Hand can advent on your “Gabumon”-named Spirit, ignoring the condition and treating Soul Core as being sent to Trash.
[LV1][LV2][LV3] (When Advents) Send up to three cores from the opposing Field to the Trash. Then, if you control an “Ishida Yamato”, once per turn, send two cores other than Soul Core from the opposing Trash to the Void.
[LV2][LV3] Flash – (When Attacks) By discarding a card from your Hand, refresh this Spirit.
Flavor Text: [Mega. Unknown. Unknown.] The Last Evolution represents Yamato’s and Gabumon’s feelings becoming one.
And that pretty much covers the official information on these two evolution. I find it strange on how little information there is about the two, even in the Japanese digimon sites. Till this day, even after the release of the movie, there are still no official updates or follow-ups regarding the two ultimate forms of agumon and gabumon. I really do hope that they will release more details about it eventually.

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Gundam The Witch From Mercury Features A Female Protagonist

Sunrise has unveiled new details about the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury, the new upcoming Gundam anime releasing this October.

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Not much is known about Gundam: The Witch From Mercury- all they’ve released is a teaser showing the new protagonist and the main mobile suit, the Gundam Aeria as well as a key visual for the anime.
Naturally, they also announced the merchandising for the anime project- Gundam Aerial will be getting its own model kit, and characters from the series will also get figures from other brands such as Banpresto, though the scope of merchandise hasn’t  been revealed yet.
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The anime will release October of this year, but a Prologue animation will also be released ahead of the anime’s weekly release, which will feature two more mobile suits as well.
These are the Gundam Lfrith as well as the Beguir Beou, and both mobile suits will be getting model kits as well, though no release date has been given for the new model kits.
It joins this year’s line-up of Gundam animation projects, such as a theatrical release for Gundam SEED, the rebroadcast of Iron-Blooded Orphans as well as the upcoming movie Cucuruz Doan’s Island which will all be releasing this year.

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Wonderland Online Mobile launched on iOS + future plans revealed

As the game is finally launching on iOS as announced by ChineseGamer, you can now play Wonderland Online Mobile on iOS, Android and PC platform! Besides, the development team also revealed some future plans for the game together with the launching of Wonderland Online Mobile on iOS.

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Their future plan includes adding more furniture and tools in their room system and installing new vehicles to their transport system. While for the new characters that most of the player concerns with, the team mentioned that they are still developing. More information will be given when it is available.

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Wonderland Online Mobile is a MMORPG mobile game remake from Wonderland Online released on 2008. Players can involve in real time PvP battle, designing their own house, exploring for the lost treasure and more in the game.
The game is now available on iOS, Android and PC platform. More information can be obtained at their official website, be sure to check it out!
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Warcraft Arclight Rumble – Monetization, Shop, Talents and Leaders

We’ve been playing the alpha build of Warcraft Arclight Rumble (WAR) for almost a week and we’ve found interesting details about how you can improve your teams, the game’s monetization, and other features hidden throughout the ethereal arclight arcade machine.

So here’s roughly what we found out. Keep in mind this is based on an alpha build of the game and some of these mechanics may be changed by the time of the game’s official release.

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Using the store and Monetization

The store in Warcraft Arclight Rumble is rather peculiar when it comes to monetization. The game has no gacha or loot boxes but this doesn’t mean there’s no RNG.
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The WAR store is made up of a 3×3 grid with characters, leaders, and talents up for sale. Once you buy a unit, all other items that are horizontally or vertically aligned to it also reset, making way for new items to appear.
This means that you’ll need some luck from the RNG Gods if you’re looking for a specific item. It’s a little annoying that you can’t just pick exactly what you want, the system definitely encourages players to keep spending. That being said, it at least means that you know what you’re going to buy and have more choice than with a loot box system.
There are two currencies in the game, in-game gold and real-world money. The store uses gold to buy items, but you can buy more gold with real-world money which will refresh in stock once a week.
Here is the in-game price for the different items in the store:

XP Boost – 50 Gold
Unit – 350 Gold
Hazard Unit – 350 Gold
Leader Units – 400 Gold
Talents – 500 Gold

All of this can lead to the game being rather pricey, especially with the talents however if you’re able to stave off the temptation of paying real money for the in-game money, you should be able to get more gold through completing the maps.
One important trick to remember is that after completing a world on the PvE map, there will be limited-time offers at the store for some discounted items and gold for real money but only for a short amount of time. For the first map, it will sell units that are in the same tribe as your first chosen leader and the other maps will sell gold for far cheaper.
Leveling Up

There are two leveling systems in Warcraft Arclight Rumble, each unit individually levels up, and your overall account levels up. Completing a map will give exp to a single unit. Doing Daily Quests, however, can give more exp to a unit of your choosing making them a good way to grind up your army.
If your account levels up, you will be able to gain more exp from XP tomes, found in the stores, and as PvE rewards as well as, and the daily quests so it is imperative to try and level up your account.
Using Leaders and Their Abilities

In Arclight Rumble, your team is led by one of 12 leader units, consisting of famous characters from across the Warcraft series. When you start the game, you’ll get to choose your first leader from three randomly selected choices.
Each leader has a specific passive ability that only they can perform. Here are all the abilities of each of the leaders that are currently in the alpha build.

                                        Cairne Bloodhoof

                                        Shockwave - Area damage attack that stuns enemies

                                        Horde - 5 Gold

                                        Melee, AOE, Tank, Attack Stun

                                        Grommash Hellscream

                                        For The Horde - All nearby friendly units gain bloodlust

                                        Horde - 4 Gold

                                        Melee, One-Target, Tank, Bloodlust

                                        Sneed

                                        Sneed Before Greed - Gain 2 Gold anytime a Siege Damage unit destroys a tower or opens a chest

                                        Horde - 6 Gold

                                        Melee, AOE, Tank, Armored, Siege Damage

                                        Jaina Proudmoore

                                        Arcane Brilliance - Increases the level of your spells by 3 while Jaina is play

                                        Alliance - 3 Gold

                                        Ranged, One-Target, Elemental, Frost

                                        Maiev Shadowsong

                                        Master Assassin - Maiev's cost is reduced by 1 for each Unbound troop you play

                                        Alliance - 6 Gold

                                        Melee, AoE, Stealth, Unbound

                                        Tirion Fordring

                                        Holy Light - Heals all nearby friendly units

                                        Alliance - 4 Gold

                                        Melee, One-Target, Tank, Armoured, Healer

                                        Charlga Razorflank

                                        Entangling Roots - Channeled attack that roots enemies in place and disables towers

                                        Beasts - 2 Gold

                                        Ranged, One-Target, Percent Damage, Elemental, Bombard, Attack Root

                                        Hogger

                                        Relentless - Hogger's movement and attack speed increase 35% each time he is played

                                        Beasts - 4 Gold

                                        Melee, AoE, Tanks

                                        Rend Blackhand

                                        Blacken The Skies - Your other flying troops cost 1 less gold while Rend is in play (but no less than 2)

                                        Black Rock - 6 Gold

                                        Flying, AoE, Dismount, Elemental

                                        General Drakkisath

                                        Banner of Flame - Nearby Enemies take 50% more elemental damage

                                        Black Rock - 5 Gold

                                        Melee, One-Target, Tank, Elemental, Resistant

                                        Baron Rivendare

                                        Army of The Dead - Rivendare periodically summons skeletons at buildings you control

                                        Undead - 4 Gold

                                        Melee, One-Target, Tank, Armored, Elemental, Fast

                                        Bloodmage Thalnos

                                        Dark Rituals - Thalnos gains 1 level for each spell you play, until death

                                        Undead - 4 Gold

                                        Ranged, AoE, Elemental

Using Talents
In Warcraft Arclight Rumble, you’ll be able to unlock another mechanic called talents. Talents are passive skills that unit leaders can gain access to. Each of the 12 leaders has about three talents that they can choose from. For example, Hogger has a talent that grants him 20% max HP depending on how many times he is deployed, and has another talent that grants him poison.
You can think of them as kind of like the abilities in Pokemon, and like those, talents can significantly change how your units work in battle meaning that selecting one is something you should think about before heading off to fight.
You can buy more talents in the store. It should be noted that they are by far the most expensive item in there, even more so than new units or leaders usually going for around 500 gold, probably a little stingy on the dev’s side but it shows how valuable they can be.
Dungeon Mode and Valor

Dungeon mode is another feature that can be unlocked early in the game. It’s a survival mode where your army has to go up against three maps, one after another.
For every map that you clear, you’ll get valor, a resource that allows you to upgrade your army via your leader by raising one of their stats based on your choice. As you can see from the picture above, you need to unlock a certain stat with valor at least three times for it to upgrade it to the next level.
These upgrades are particularly important for PvP play. In PvP, in order to make the game fairer, all units are brought down the level one however the leader’s stats unlocked from valor stay the same which can give you quite the edge against your opponents. It’s equivalent to a level 1 army going up against a level 4 army.
The dungeon maps will also give you one relic per map which can be used to buff certain units based on their tribe.
There are a few more details worth noting about the game, combat wise:

The Home base tower will have the same level as your hero.
Quests level will be similar to your current troops’ level.
There are high ground and low ground areas on maps. Ranged units can attack enemies that are on lower ground, but can’t attack units that are higher than them.
If your bombard (usually ranged and attack ground only) unit goes up the ramp, it won’t attack the enemy until the enemy is next to it or until it successfully went up the ramp. This is due to the effects of high and low ground.
We suspect the unit’s max level is at 30. We can’t confirm for certain however considering Onyxia, the game’s most challenging boss reaches level 30, is it most likely that is as far as the player can go, at least at launch.
Apparently, they set a maximum quest (which grants extra exp on specific units) you can do a day, not sure if this will still be the case for the final build.

Hopefully, this should give you some idea of what awaits you in Warcraft Arclight Rumble, from talents to leaders, to entering a dungeon.
Warcraft Arclight Rumble will be available for mobile devices later this year.

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Malaysians Can Enjoy a 7-day Free Trial for PlayStation Plus Subscription

Malaysian PlayStation owners can rejoice as they can enjoy a 7-day free trial for both the PlayStation Plus Deluxe and the PlayStation Plus Extra subscriptions plans.

Over on the PlayStation Plus Malaysian website, you can see that the aforementioned subscription plans are now free to access for the 1 , 3, & 12 months plans. PlayStation users can enjoy the 7-day free trial and once the trial is up, they will then have to pay for the full price of the plan until the subscription is cancelled. Although, there is no free trial for the PlayStation Plus Essential plan.

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The PlayStation Plus Extra plan will let users to access this month’s gallery of games to try out and claim for free. This month’s free title on for the PlayStation plus is one of the fan-favourite title that had recently been released – Stray by Annapurna Interactive. Users who plan on getting the Extra plan will also have access to Ubisoft+ Classics where you can download and play titles from iconic franchises such as Far Cry, The Division and Assassin’s Creed on your PS4 or PS5 console, with new titles joining the collection regularly.
The Deluxe plan will include all the features provided in the Extra plan as will as other additional features such as accessing the Classic Catalogue where users can rediscover a selection of classic games from previous PlayStation generations, ready to play on your PS4 or PS5 console. From much-loved hits to forgotten gems, users can access a catalogue of hundreds of classic games from the original PlayStation, PS2 and PSP consoles.

For more information on the free trial for PlayStation Plus subscription plans, do check out the official PlayStation website here.

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After Killing Zombies, Milla Jovovich Turns To Hunt Monsters In Monster Hunter Movie!

Milla Jovovich who’s famously known as Alice in the Resident Evil movie series, has turned heads when Capcom announced that she will be playing a role in the coming Monster Hunter movie. The movie will be led by Germany-based Constantin Film who was also behind the Resident Evil movies (which was also under Capcom). That means Milla Jovovich will be working with director Paul W. S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt, again.

The movie was said to have a $50 million budget. With Resident Evil reboot also in the making, there were no details if Milla Jovovich will continue with the series or the producers will be casting a new actress for the reboot.

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[APGS] How Xbox Markets To Players With Options

In today’s Xbox session at Asia Pacific Games Summit, the company talked about how Microsoft’s entire strategy this generation is built around serving customers with better options.

Rod Chang, Head of Gaming Partnerships in Asia delivered a 15-minute address, where he highlighted how Microsoft makes every choice to give players options, leading to their large growth in Europe and The US.

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He did this at the Asia Pacific Games Summit Online talk, which featured other industries such as Shinji Hashimoto from Square Enix.

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The first way they did this was with the flagship consoles, the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. With two separate price points, the consoles allow players the option of choosing a larger more powerful console or a smaller more economic one, without having to miss out on any games between the two.

He also mentioned the importance of Xbox Game Pass– the gaming subscription service which allows players access to a huge library of first-party titles, as well as participating third-party games. He mentioned that even EA had jumped on board, with many of the publisher’s titles being available on Game Pass.
But what of players who wanted to play on the go? According to Rod Chang, that’s where Xbox provides options using xCloud, the premium service that lets you stream console games on your mobile device. Naturally, most of these games were designed with controller support in mind, so you’d need to either connect your Xbox controller or one of the third-party mobile controllers like the Razer Kishi.

Chang says however, that there was a growing need for people to be able to play their games on their phones without carrying a controller everywhere.
As a result, xCloud supports a virtual touchscreen controller, which Chang says is much more popular due to the convenience of being able to play without a controller.

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Crashbots to launch on 2 November 2017

While the infinite genre has been done to death for the mobile platform, so one would wonder how much a developer these days are able to give a fresh take on it. The upcoming game from developer Neon Chimp in the form of Crashbots is said to be as much of an action game as it is much as an endless runner.

After a rather long beta testing period, the developer announced that Crashbots will be making its way to Android and iOS on 2 November 2017, accompanied by a new trailer which showcases the best aspects of the game. The running and gunning action highlighted in the Crashbots trailer underlines the frantic gameplay one can expect from the final product. With two game modes, 75 levels and a five robots to unlock, there is much in here that will be able to keep you occupied. The boss fights in particular require a lot of strategies, as clever utilisation of auto-running lane swapping and targeting aiming is key to victory.

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NieR Replicant is a farming sim in April Fools trailer

The NieR Replicant remake is a heartwarming and wholesome farming sim where nothing can go wrong, based on its April Fools trailer. You can watch more gameplay footage of the peaceful and definitely not emotionally-depressing game here:

The April Fools trailer for the game features more of its relaxing elements. Players can plant, water and care for their crops as they rebuild the post-apocalyptic world. Fishing is another pleasant pastime that can get players acquainted with the marine fauna in the game.

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If fishing and aquatic life forms are not your thing, rest assured—the game also has plenty of land animals that players can interact with. Players can meet deers, wild boars, wolves, and other creatures as they progress in the game.
In addition, no farming sim is ever complete without villagers. In the game, players can meet and even make friends with the warm and welcoming masked villagers of Facade.
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If these gameplay features sound like something you will enjoy, then you should definitely give “farming sim” NieR Replicant v.1.122474487139… a shot. The game releases for PS4 and Xbox One later this month on 22nd April 2021, and for Steam on 24th April 2021.
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Pac-Man Museum+ Review: Is The Pac Truly Back?

So I’ve played Pac-Man before but I was surprised to learn just how much Pac-Man there actually was when I started making my way through the maze that was Pac-Man Museum +.

The game is a sequel/enhanced port of the 2014 compilation title Pac-Man Museum and includes 14 games from the Pac-Man series.

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Welcome to The Arcade

Before we get into the different games, I think it’s worth talking about the menu where they’re presented since it’s pretty interesting. The menu is a 3D arcade with different Pac-Man machines and even ghosts will occasionally come to visit.
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You can actually create your own unique arcade here. You can freely decorate the arcade with decorations purchased from vending machines or gachapon. You can also acquire decorations from winning missions in each game. It’s not a big feature but it is a nice little distraction from the main games that does incentivize you to give all of them a try.
There are 14 arcade machines for the 14 games, 7 of them can be played for free while the other 7 require the player to pay an in-game coin to play them. You start the collection with 500 coins which will likely be enough to keep you going for a while.
After that, you can win more coins by playing missions in each game. I find this system to be odd. People, who play the collection probably want to pick whatever game they wish so why hide half of them behind coins? Yes, you get a large number of coins to start with but then what’s the point of having them in the first place. It just seems unnecessary.
Gameplay
There are 14 game titles that are available on this game:

         Pac-Man (1980)
         Super Pac-Man (1982)
         Pac & Pal (1983)
         Pac-Land (1984)
         Pac-Mania (1987)
         Pac-Attack (1993)
         Pac-In-Time (1995)
         Pac-Man Arrangement (1996)
         Pac-Man Arrangement (2005)
         Pac-Man Championship Edition (2007)
         Pac ‘n Roll Remix (2007)
         Pac-Motos (2007)
         Pac-Man Battle Royale (2010)
         Pac-Man 256 (2015)

The most fascinating thing about Pac-Man Museum + is learning just how many different kinds of Pac-Man games there are. I’m sure we’ve all played or at least seen the original Pac-Man and it honestly still holds up to this day but what they’ve done with the series since is all over the place, in a good way. Here are some of the more interesting games in the collection:

Pac-Mania is a 3D isometric take on Pac-Man that allows jump over the ghosts while he collects dots. Jumping really adds a lot of intensity to traditional Pac-Man, creating an interesting new take on the original game.

Pac-In-Time is a 2D sidescrolling collectathon where you have to explore a series of vibrant stages and collect on the dots hidden around before you can leave. Pac can jump, swim, and use power-ups. As a fan of old-school platformers, this should have been right up my alley but it’s let down by how slippery Pac-Man is the control, it get’s really frustrating after a while.

Pac ‘n Roll Remix feels like a mix between Pac-Man and Super Monkey Ball where you have to roll Pac-Man around the stage. Like Monkey Ball, this makes the game quite challenging, roll too fast you can fall off the edge, roll too slow, and you’ll get eaten by ghosts. It can get a little too frustrating after a while but once again it’s cool to see something so different in the collection.
Pac-Man Battle Royale is the multiplayer highlight of the collection. The is classic Pac-Man, only you have four players competing to eat the most ghosts or eat each other. I’d recommend this one if you have friends around. It has that same sort of chaotic energy you’d get from something like Mario Party which can really get you pumped.

Pac-Man 256 is a more recent game in the franchise and has never been part of a previous Pac-Man collection. Developed by Hipster Whale, the same developer is Crossy Road, the game combines traditional Pac-Man with an endless runner. You control Pac-Man in an isometric maze that is constantly scrolling up and you need to survive the ghosts. It’s pretty addictive although you can tell this was originally a mobile game as it feels more suited to a quick gaming session on a phone, rather than the proper sit-down experience of a console.
Looking at each of these games is fascinating. They’re all so different yet you can see how each one attempts to adapt the basic collect-the-dots, escape-the-ghost gameplay of Pac-Man. They’re not all winners, I’ve mentioned Pac-In-Time but Pac-Land is a bad sidescroller that made for a bad stage in Smash Bros. Overall though, it’s fun exploring each of these games in Pac-Man’s history, much like an actual museum I suppose.
Multiplayer
Almost all the available games have multiplayer and that includes online multiplayer, but only to an extent.

The online consists only of single-player competitive Leaderboards. If want to play a casual multiplayer match of say Battle Royale, then your only option is local which feels a little too limiting especially for those who may not be able to invite friends over.
The multiplayer for each game is also different. Some games have users play alternately and compete for the highest score such as Pac-Land, and some played simultaneously such as Pac-Man Battle Royale and Pac-Man 256. Either gameplay type is fine but once again proper casual online multiplayer would have been much appreciated.
Visual & Performance

All the classic games are playable via modified emulation, while some of the modern games are source ports. I’m playing on PS5 and had no performance issues with any of the titles. The graphics look clear and crisp even when playing on a big-screen TV.
But there were major issues with the controller. Sometimes it was just plain unresponsive, for example when I wanted to turn in a few games it had to be super precise, otherwise, Pac-man would just keep going straight. The D-pad worked a little better but it still feels far too stiff in a lot of these games.
Verdict

Pac-Man Museum+ is actually a solid game, and I do feel like it lives up to its name. It was interesting discovering just how many different types of games Pac-Man has started in and I like the arcade-style menu hub.
That bad said I do think the game is held by several shortcomings. The worst of these are the stiff controls. Perhaps this is just old games showing their age but even then I don’t see why they couldn’t tweak some of these to play a little smoother. The lack of casual play online was also an issue considering how many of these games have multiplayer options.
I’d say if you’re interested in Pac-Man and his history and don’t already own these games through several other Namco collections (there are a lot of them) then this could be worth a bite, otherwise, you’re not missing on much.
Pac-Man Museum+ is available for Nintendo Switch, PS4 (and by extension PS5), Xbox One, and Steam.

                                        Pros

                                        Cons

                                        Great range of games from Pac-Man's history

                                        Controls don't always work properly

                                        Emulation is good with no major performance issues

                                        Coin system seems unnecessary

                                        Arcade style hub is a nice touch

                                        No online multplayer

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Hetalia World Stars Anime Release Date Announced

Relive the early 2000s with the release date of Hetalia World Stars, the latest Anime based on the popular Hetalia franchise.

Hetalia World Stars will have a release date of April 1st, and features Hiroshi Watanabe, Kazuyaki Fudeyasu and Mariko Oda reprising their roles as Director, Series Script Supervisor and Character Designer. On top of that, the new anime will also be produced by Studio DEEN, also reprising their roles from the first Hetalia anime.

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The cast features Namikawa Daisuke as Italy Romano, Hiroki Yasumoto as Germany as well as Hiroki Takahashi as Japan. The full cast list can be viewed on the anime’s website.
The series will be streamed via various Japanese sites, such as NicoNico Video, Gyao!, dTV and FOD. It’s unknown if it will get a broadcast release as well.
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Hetalia Axis Powers was an important series for anyone growing up in the early 2000s, as it featured anthropomorphized versions of countries, drawn as handsome Anime men. It spawned many fan works, becoming a formative part of a large chunk of the generation’s first foray into Anime.
The World Stars anime is based on the manga of the same name, which is due to resume again after its hiatus in 2018 this Winter.

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Noah’s Heart Closed Beta Impressions: There Is So Much

Noah’s Heart is Archosaur Games‘ new MMORPG, presently in a testing period until 27 December 2021. Its touted features are “a seamless world”, “select and switching weapons based on your playstyle”, and “diverse occupations”. All that aside, what is it actually like?

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OPTIONS
There are a LOT of settings you can try tweaking. For reference, I’m playing on a Poco X3 NFC.
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Picture and Frame Rate

Image Quality: Smooth / Common / HD / Ultra HD / Movie / Customize
Smart Adaptive: ON / OFF
FPS: 30 / 45 / 60

Number of Models

Sliders for number of Characters / NPCs / Monsters

Precision

Resolution: Low / Medium / High / Highest / Extreme

OPERATIONS

Camera Settings

Role Playing / Action Adventure / Custom

Lens Distance
Speed
Play Phantom CG / Phantom Ultimate CG
ACCESSIBILITY MODE (!)

Auto adjusting cameras for skills / pitch angle / early warning / lock on
Quick combo casts, horizontal movement, fixed joystick, grapple aim assist, tap to lock on
Targetting priority, skill response mode, jetpack use

There’s other toggles and sliders for a number of display aspects for teammates and the like, but you can get the general idea. It’s quite surprising to see all these in a mobile game, and considering its ambitious scope, I can appreciate the availability.
PRESENTATION
There’s A LOT of customization options, which I’m pretty sure are imported from their previous title, Dragon Raja. Just look at the examples! That chart thing you can drag it around to get your chosen base body. Looks like if you’re really happy with the character or just like someone else’s base, you can import / export data too.

I understand why they’re doing this “realistic” style considering what they did before, and it sets them apart from being immediately dubbed a Genshin “clone”. Granted, Genshin doesn’t “own” the anime-esque style, but such comparisons are basically inescapable now. The style makes the switch between the sprite art and the models all the more jarring, personally.

Graphics wise, they’re aren’t that bad. There’s a lot of clipping which I assume they will fix later on. The menus are clean enough, just that there’s A LOT of things to juggle, nested away in however many tabs.
STORY
I suppose not everything’s finalized right now, but you start off as an amnesiac seemingly floating in some cyberspace before dropping into the world. Ave is maybe some AI companion who gives you a totally-not-a-Shiekah-Slate that will unlock more functions as you level up and explore.

The cutscenes are not entirely voiced even as the voice actors are credited in their introduction, but it’s a beta test so that’s nothing to pick at now. There are both Chinese and Japanese tracks. Twice within 20 minutes I find Mysterious Lady Who Jumps In To Help Me, one of whom introduces herself shortly after, and there’s some bad guys monologuing? The transition is not great, which I need to point out now.
When the narrative is fully implemented, I’ll give it another shot.

GAMEPLAY

Basic controls are simple: move around with the virtual joystick, and tap away on the screen to attack or interact with things. There’s stamina, which you’d probably use mostly for dodging to start to move out of the way of telegraphed attacks. There doesn’t appear to be invincibility frames on dodge, though. If you need to review any of the game’s systems, the in-game Wiki is there to help.

Mobility seems like a really big thing in Noah’s Heart: you get access to a jetpack pretty early on, which can help you glide to a gradual landing. There’s a grappling hook which is also usable in combat, the latter function enabling you to find weak points for a boss. There’s points you can use a vehicle in, and that’s not forgetting the horse, and the taste of an “airship”. The jump button also gets fairly quickly upgraded into a double jump.

When I remember this is supposed to be an MMORPG instead of a mostly single-player game with online elements – cough cough Genshin – all these inclusions make sense.
You can automatically navigate to quests, me hopping on the horse for a 50 meter run. From there, it’s either open world or instanced combat areas, then I mash that button and don’t die, maybe. You need stamina to start certain encounters, which… fine, I guess.

Phantoms are obtainable characters you can add to your “party” so to speak. “Possessing” them will grant you access to their skills and their ultimate ability, so you don’t technically have a class. Possessing different Phantoms also provide different stats depending on which one you choose. Phantoms don’t appear to level up automatically, and their max level will only go up to your current player level. They have their stories, voice lines, and you can raise their affection, as is usually the case. Upgrading them requires multiple duplicates because shard system, so yeah, no thanks.

There’s the usual skill trees and equipment, which by default will be levelled up automatically to whatever parameters that’s been set. Besides your primary weapon, you get a ranged off-hand one, reducing your reliance on Phantoms or teammates. I assume if you picked the bow to start, you can get a melee weapon.

About other mechanics:

Titles that give minor stat boosts
EXP bonus if below server level, max level cannot exceed server level

Social bonuses through Popularity mechanic
Fame currency
And a LOT of stats…

GACHA
2700 premium currency is required for a 10-pull. The more you pull, you can get additional rewards. The Wish List system only becomes active after 100 (!) summons, which lets you set one SSR of choice, and 3 SR. The 2.5% SSR rate is… not great but alright.

Their names seem inspired by famous people or well known fictional characters, so that’s something…
CLOSING THOUGHTS

I don’t think I have the time for an MMORPG, so I don’t see myself getting too absorbed in Noah’s Heart. However, there are a lot of interesting mechanics and min-maxing that I can see happening should you decide to invest your time.
If you enjoyed Dragon Raja, it seems pretty likely you’d like Noah’s Heart too. Just be sure to have 10GB or so for it.

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Bravely Default: Fairy’s Effect now released on stores

Bravely Default series has been a great success on Nintendo 3DS, and now Square Enix and Silicon Studios finally bring the game to the mobile platforms. Following the pre-registration activity announced few weeks ago, Bravely Default: Fairy’s Effect is now finally up on iOS and Android stores! Do check out their trailer below:

Bravely Default: Fairy’s Effect is a turn-based RPG featuring some combat style which Final Fantasy Grandmasters fans would familiar with. We have covered some articles on the game, here is an article talking about its gameplay.

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Unfortunately the game is only in Japanese version, but do give it a try if you are interested!

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Logres: Japanese RPG now available in selected countries

With over 8 million downloads in Japan, mobile anime MMORPG Logres: Japanese RPG finally make its way to the English market. It is now available on mobile platforms in selected countries (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand).

Talking about the game features, there are over 15 character jobs to choose from with a vast amount of customizable equipment. Also, you can customize your avatars to look like your favorite anime character (to satisfy your inner Otaku). You will be able to form a party with your friends or random players around the world for real-time co-op quests too. The game control is easy enough, every player can get used to it real fast.

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Well, for the English version, the game is currently only available in the 5 countries listed above. More regional launches might be coming so stay tuned!
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Fall in love with a cosplayer! – Cospri

Cosprii is a love simulation game developed by SQ Co Ltd. In this game, you will get the chance to fall in love with famous cosplayers in real life! The cosplayers will be appearing as 3D model characters. You get to change their clothes into other cosplay.

In their official website, several cosplayers have been revealed but there will be more cosplayers joining in soon! Here are the cosplayers that will be in the game:

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The game is expected to be launch in Winter 2019 and will be available in iOS and Android. The game is free to play with in-app purchase. Not a lot information have been revealed yet. Find out more by visiting their official website.

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