[Guide] Cookie Run Kingdom – Should You Use Cherry Blossom Cookie

With the coming of Spring comes another Fresh Cookie, Cherry Blossom Cookie (aka Sakura Cookie in Japan), looking to have a nice picnic as the cherry blossoms fall throughout April.

How is she best used? This article will give you ideas on how to best utilize this pink cherry bomber on your team.

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If you’re interested in Cookie Run Kingdom, check out our previous Cooke Run Kingdom character guides:

Should You Use Pumpkin Cookie
Should You Use Cotton Cookie
Should You Use Cocoa Cookie
Should You Use Eclair Cookie
Should You Use Tea Knight Cookie
Should You Use Affogato Cookie
Should You Use Caramel Arrow Cookie
Should You Use Wildberry Cookie
Should You Use Crunchy Chip Cookie
Should You Use Oyster Cookie
Should You Use Financier Cookie
Should You Use Cream Unicorn Cookie
Should You Use Captain Caviar Cookie

The Skills of Cherry Blossom Cookie

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Cherry Blossom Cookie is an ambush cookie that usually stands in the back row.
Her skill is called Cherry Blossom Rain, where she flies on her umbrella and rains damage-dealing cherry blossom petals down on her enemies. These petals do extra damage to non-cookie enemies and she’ll also buff the attack stat of her allies depending on how many enemies she is able to hit.
Here are the stats of the skill:

DMG: 70.6%
Additional DMG to non-Cookie targets: 10.0%
With every 3 hits, the DMG decreases by 20% (cannot get decreased by more than 80%
2.5% ATK for 12 sec, stacks up to 10x times

The Best Use of Cherry Blossom Cookie?

Please note, that as with every new Cookie added to Cookie Run Kingdom new strategies and uses are still being formed by the player base but this is what we found based on first impressions:
You can probably tell from her skill description but Cherry Blossom Cookie is a great unit for PvE play. Her rain of cherry blossoms has a really wide range and it is able to hit enemies in the back rows, which is very useful for hitting snipers. She also does a solid amount of damage and can boost the attack of your other cookies, meaning that even if she doesn’t finish off enemies, your buffed-up charge and magic DPS cookies should do the trick.
She’s decent for PvP however the fact that she lacks buffs for cookie enemies does make her less useful compared to other ambush cookies like Sorbet Shark or Vampire Cookie who can take out opponent cookies more efficiently.
Best Toppings

Like all offensive-based cookies, a mixture of Searing Rhapsberries and Swift Chocolate is the best way to go to ensure high damage output and lower cooldown time. The amount you want to use for each is up to your preferences.
Who is Cherry Blossom Cookie?

Cherry Blossom Cookie is the older sister of Cherry Cookie (and thankfully hasn’t picked up any of her sister’s mad bomber tendencies). She first appeared on Cookie Run Line, and then Oven Break, CookieWars, and Puzzle World before eventually finding her way to the Cookie Run Kingdom.
Here’s her bio:
On a warm spring day, the first pink cherry blossoms were collected, then infused for a generous amount of time. Then this essence was used to create Cherry Blossom Cookie. Just by looking at her, you will feel splendid and warm inside, with a tingle on both your cheeks. On a perfect day, you can see her humming, trying to fly into the air with her umbrella open. She is most adorable when she offers you delicious sandwiches and tea. But watch out, once she starts to chat, you will lose track of time!
Do you plan to use Cherry Blossom Cookie?
Cookie Run Kingdom is available for mobile devices
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Cookie Run: KingdomPublisher: DevsistersDeveloper: DevsistersRelease Date: 2021-01-21Android, iOS
Build your dream Cookie Kingdom and reclaim the land lost against the evil that lingers in the shadows. Fresh out of the oven and from the Cookie Run: OvenBreak creators comes Cookie Run: Kingdom! Build a delectable Kingdom while battling against evil dessert monsters!

Team up with friends in Guild Battles! Fight alongside other Guild Members and defeat new rivals. Battle against powerful enemies to level up together. Earn soul stones, guild level-up items, guild treasures, and more!

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Get your NVIDIA Ultimate Play platform with these unmissable Chinese New Year promotions!

Don’t think NVIDIA‘s Ultimate Play experience is out of your reach. This Chinese New Year, from 24 to 30 January 2022, you can get up to RM300 discounts and a 10% Off Voucher (up to RM100) for your choice of laptop to play games as they’re meant to be played this festive season.

WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE PLAY?
Before we head into the tech terms, how does the idea of getting to play just about every game currently available at high settings or better, without having it look like a PowerPoint presentation? That’s what NVIDIA’s Ultimate Play can give you.

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Stop us if you’ve heard this before: the GeForce RTX 30 series is built with NVIDIA’s Ampere architecture that powers the world’s fastest GPUs for gamers to provide a smoother gameplay performance at higher resolutions. If you want to do creative works on the side, that won’t be an issue either as your processes get done as smooth as butter. The second generation RT cores in the GeForce RTX 30 series offers the most realistic and immersive experience yet, simulating how light works in real life. You might have heard the buzz around ray tracing, which is what this tech basically is. You’ll find it in high-profile titles like Cyberpunk 2077 and Resident Evil Village, to the humble Minecraft, where the effects could make a game look totally different and dynamic.  With the Chinese New Year promotion, you could even take one of the offered laptops on the go and check it out for yourself, eh?
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Leave behind trading good performance for lower quality graphics and enjoy both instead with NVIDIA’s DLSS technology. Thanks to Game Ready drivers, you can always be assured your game will be optimized and kept up to date no matter where you are. Any errant problems that might arise from in-game latency is handled with NVIDIA Reflex, providing you the precision and responsiveness you need.
With the graphics and performance taken care of, show it all off with the combined forces of NVIDIA Encoder for better looking livestreams, NVIDIA Broadcast for a suite of options when you go live or even just for calls, and have that workflow all organized within NVIDIA Studio. Perfect for the friends and family multiplayer sessions, to hear you loud and clear.
In other words, through NVIDIA Ultimate Play, available with the GeForce RTX 30 series, you’ll get to elevate not just your gaming experience, but also your general use work and relaxation. The promotions let you gift this experience to friends and family to help them with the coming year and beyond.
HOW DO YOU GET THIS PERFORMANCE?
If all that sounds good, you’re in luck. As mentioned, there’s a Chinese New Year promotion available from 24 – 30 January 2022. With discounts up to RM300 and a 10% Off Voucher up to RM100, here are some of the machines you should add to your household:
ASUS ROG ZEPHYRUS G14 AW SE ALAN WALKER (2021)

If you haven’t seen the Alan Walker edition, then head right over here to see our unboxing of this special edition laptop! We’ve also reviewed the laptop itself here. Don’t underestimate its small size: you can enjoy the Ultimate Play features in this compact package AND stand out with the AniMe Matrix lid, subtle Alan Walker touches, and heck, moonlight as a DJ!
ASUS TUF DASH F15 FX516P EHN006T

Need a durable companion? The TUF Dash F15 lives up to its name, meeting military-grade MIL-STD standards, as we’ve reviewed before here. Packing its own suite of software to help you manage just about every important aspect of the laptop, here’s one cool customer to get for on-the-clock productivity, and down-time gaming.
MSI GF63 THIN

For those of you who want the least frills possible while still enjoying the almighty features of NVIDIA Ultimate Play, the MSI GF63 Thin can be your stalwart companion through thick (and Thin!). Available in either GeForce RTX 3050 / 3050 Ti options, take your pick.
Check out the NVIDIA Chinese New Year 2022 promotions for the GeForce RTX 30 series machines here.

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Leaked images of MSI GT76 surface?

Leaked images of a supposed MSI GT76 gaming laptop have appeared on the internet. And with COMPUTEX Taipei 2019 just around the corner, it may very well be a real product.

Source: Notebookcheck
According to Notebookcheck, images of a new gaming laptop have been shared to them. We agree with them that this machine could be the next in the MSI GT70 series, due to similarities to MSI’s GT75 Titan.

If this is a top-of-the-line powerhouse as expected, this machine could fit up to an Intel Core i9 CPU and an Nvidia GTX 2080 GPU. One of the leaked images also shows that the right side contains an HDMI port, mini DisplayPort, USB Type-C port, two USB Type-A ports, and a microSD card reader.
In addition, we can see that the beefy rear air exhaust is covered with a carbon-weave pattern. The laptop should also be blowing hot air out towards the sides, so altogether we can expect good cooling efficiency.
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Source: Notebookcheck
All of this is speculation, of course, since nothing has been confirmed. But we will post an update once there’s an official response from MSI so stay tuned for now!
Big thanks to Notebookcheck for sharing this!

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Genshin Impact: Yummy Barbecue with Shiki Taishou web event starts

Genshin Impact has begun their newest web event with Yummy Barbecue Under the Stars. The event will run until 7 November 2021, 23:59 UTC +8. The event is accessible here.

For this Genshin Yummy Barbecue Under the Stars event, the rules are summarized as follows:

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Adventure Rank 10 or above
Obtain three kinds of materials: Fish, firewood and seasoning. You complete tasks to obtain them, which leads into a mini-game to grill the fish and raise your friendship with Shiki Taishou depending on how well it’s cooked, the seasoning, and the fish used.
Up to 4 fish can be stored, 1 fish obtainable every 6 hours. When the basket is full, the countdown will stop.
Log in to Genshin daily and complete the mission to obtain 4 firewood.
Seasoning can be obtained through

Using 40 Original Resin daily
Complete 2 Daily Commissions
Use a total of 200 Original Resin during the event
Spending a total of 50,000 Mora during the event
Share the event page once

Each grilling mini-game uses 1 each of Fish, Firewood and Seasoning. Choices will affect the end result
Exiting the mini-game halfway will not save progress nor consume materials.

Even though a shikigami probably doesn’t need to eat, you can hang out with Mr Worldwide, Paimon and Xinyan, so let’s get cooking for some nice hot meals.
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Genshin ImpactPublisher: miHoYoDeveloper: miHoYoRelease Date: 2020-09-28Android, iOS, PlayStation 4
Step into Teyvat, a vast world teeming with life and flowing with elemental energy.

You and your sibling arrived here from another world. Separated by an unknown god, stripped of your powers, and cast into a deep slumber, you now awake to a world very different from when you first arrived.

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC Announced: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero

The brand new DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet has been announced during the Pokemon Presents livestream. Titled The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero, the DLCs will come in two parts much like in Pokemon SwSh.

Part 1 of DLC – The Teal Mask will be releasing sometime in Fall 2023, while Part 2 – The Indigo Disk will release in Winter 2023. In Part 1, trainers will be visiting the lands of Kitakami as part of school trip as your adventure expands beyond the Paldea region. Whereas in Part 2, trainers will be studying as an exchange student at Blueberry academy.

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Additionally, the DLCs will see the return of several past Pokemon from previous regions; as well as the introduction of two brand new Legendary Pokemon.
The Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLCs will be available to purchase on the Nintendo eShop soon. Moreover, trainers who purchase the DLC will receive four new sets of in-game uniforms to freshen up your look as you set off in your new journey.
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Trainers who purchase the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC by 31st October will receive an early-purchase bonus code that includes a special Hisuian Zoroak. This special Hisuian Zoroak comes with the exclusive move Happy Hour, which doubles the amount of prize money earned at the end of battle.

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Gamious to release three new mobile games: Turmoil, Turnbased Templars, and Words in Progress

Gamescom is underway and many developers have brought awesome new games to the table, including Gamious, who revealed three of their new titles that were definitely on point.

Turmoil

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Pretty sure many of you already know this game. If you haven’t already, Turmoil had already released on Steam earlier this year, and was well received by the masses.
They’re almost done developing the game for tablet platforms. The phone adaptions should be coming in the near future, but the nature of the game’s design needs a bit of tweaking on phones.
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Turnbased Templars

Turnbased Templars is a strategy game about capturing land, and will be released at the end of this year. The trailer shows of minimal designs and vibrant colors, and it’s not as menacing as it sounds.
Castles and mini soldiers defend your land and invade the enemy’s, I reckon it’ll be a nice leisurely game, you can take your time deciding what to do. The game plays against AI’s but you can play with your friends if you please as well.

Words in Progress
This game is still in progress (like what it’s title suggests), and won’t be out any time soon. Words in Progress is a strategy word-builder, a game of Countdown and Scrabble combined put into a mobile game. The gameplay is basically this: make the biggest word out of a series of lettered cars. It’s still in very early development so we’ll update you when the time comes.

Source: PocketGamer

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Diablo Immortal rakes in USD 2 million from mobile users in Asia Pacific just days after launch

Since its release in Asia Pacific on 7 July, Diablo Immortal has earned USD 2 million from mobile users, according to data from AppMagic.

Note that the game released in other Asia Pacific countries such as Japan, South Korea and Australia prior to 7 July. As such, the data only takes into account the countries which recently had access to the game on 7 July.

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Credit: AppMagic
In terms of revenue, Taiwan leads the pack of Asia Pacific countries, contributing USD 742,369, followed by Hong Kong (USD 428,040), Singapore (USD 172,221), Malaysia (USD 172,221) and Thailand (USD 171,601).
Even though Thailand had the most number of downloads at 249,032, the country also has the lowest average revenue per user (ARPU) at USD 0.71. Despite its low player count, Singaporean players spend the most on average at USD 8.66.
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Even though Diablo Immortal has yet to release in China, the new Asia Pacific countries contributed to around 14% of the game’s worldwide revenue of USD 14 million. The game’s launch in China has been postponed indefinitely without a release date in sight.
Diablo Immortal has been marred with controversy due to its predatory microtransactions. Despite the negative backlash, it seems that the game is shaping up to be a commercial success for Blizzard, with the game ranking high on the Play Store and App Store for many countries.
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Diablo ImmortalRelease Date: 2022-06-01Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows
Diablo Immortal™ is a brand-new mobile game from Blizzard Entertainment. A genre-defining action role playing game series set between the events of Diablo® II: Lord of Destruction® and Diablo III®.

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The mobile version of Yggdra Union is now available in Japan

After much deliberation, the mobile port for legendary GBA RPG Yggdra Union: We’ll Never Fight Alone has made its way to Google Play and Apple iTunes in Japan.

The official website has gone live for quite some time already, so be sure to head over there for more information. First launched in 2006-released for Game Boy Advance, the mobile version of Yggdra Union will feature an updated user interface with additional features, controller support, and other improvements.

If you have never heard of it, just know that this game is a Fire Emblem-esque tactical RPG. The unique feature of the game is its unions mechanic that allows players to develop a formation out of several units. In any single union, you can recruit up to 80 units. Each union has its own leader, which in turn determines the class of the units within the union. If you are a fan of deep and tactical games, you will want to give Yggdra Union a spin.
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Theatrhythm Final Bar Line Reveals More Of The Songs And Features

The Final Fantasy rhythm game series, Theatrhythm returns next year with Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, and Square Enix and has revealed more information about the songs and features in the title.

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With 385 songs, this installment has the highest volume of tracks in the history of the series! The total jumps to 502 songs when including the DX version and DLC.
Theatrhythm Final Bar Line includes 167 new songs that weren’t in the previous game on the 3DS from both numbered and spin-off Final Fantasy titles as well as 104 different characters to play from through the Final Fantasy series.
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Museum Mode

In addition to the regular battle/rhythm mode, the game also has a Museum mode. Here you can listen to music, view your collection, and check your records. Here are the details:

Collection
Check out the CollectaCards and Collector’s Bonuses you’ve earned.
Theater
Watch EMS movies and other videos you’ve unlocked.
Music Player
Listen to all the music tracks you’ve obtained. You can create up to three playlists, and in the Nintendo SwitchTM version you can listen with the screen turned off.
Records
View gameplay records for each mode
Feats
Check your in-game accomplishments

Live Information

You can choose whether to show or hide your live info from the settings. Live info shows the high score for the current song, party information, and real-time controller input. This feature is recommended for streamers and players who want to see more information while they play!
The high score, button input, and timing judgment displays can also be individually switched on or off.
Characters

As previously stated, you can choose from 104 characters from across the Final Fantasy series, both mainline and spin-offs. Even Final Fantasy Mystic Quest has some representation.

Characters can be obtained by unlocking their associated title in Series Quests. You can also obtain enemy characters by clearing the final stage for each title!

Versions and Contents
There will be three versions of the game available at launch. The standard version will have 385 songs, the Digital Deluxe version will have 442 songs and the Premium Digital Deluxe version will have 502 songs.
The game will also have three season passes for the game which will include songs from other Square Enix titles like The World Ends With You, Nier, and Chrono Trigger.
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Theatrhythm Final Bar Line will launch for Nintendo Switch and PS4 next year on February 16th 2023.

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Two Point Campus Shows Off Its New Robotics Course

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Two Point Campus has unveiled the latest course your students can enroll in: the Robotics course.
The Two Point Campus robotics course will have players and their students fidgeting with tech and electronics in hopes of making mechs good enough to battle a kaiju. You can see more in their latest preview video:

“Students can build their very own giant robot piece by piece throughout the academic year. They’ll start with simple sketch designs showing off their ideas before developing each robotic limb, throwing their designs into a 3D printer and attaching them together via jet-powered drones. The future is truly here.
Students will also get the chance to develop the Mega Hand, which is as cool as it sounds. Have a student stick their hand in the machine to control it, and feel free to give a fist bump or two.
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Last but certainly not least among the student projects is the Mysterious Cube. Students enter the cube, but no one is quite sure what happens inside. Guess you’ll have to find out for yourself.”

Two Point Campus is a simulation game created by the aptly named developers Two Point Studios. The goal of the game is the enroll students into the university of your dreams.
Two Point Campus is coming to PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on August 10th, 2022, and players can pre-order the game here.
Two Point Campus will also be available on Xbox Game Pass on day one.
For more information on Two Point Campus, check out our preview of the game here.

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Monument Valley 2 is having a surprise launch on iOS stores

We reported about the possible Monument Valley sequel two weeks ago, not a thing is confirmed yet at that time. Surprisingly, Apple drops a subtle reference to Monument Valley 2 during WWDC 2017, revealing that the sequel is now available on App Store.

The original requires you to control only one character and this time, you will be guiding a mother, Ro, and her child through the tricky puzzles. Both the original and sequel shares the same universe, but Monument Valley 2 comes with a standalone story. Therefore, you don’t need to have previously played Monument Valley to enjoy the sequel.

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Monument Valley 2 is now available for $4.99 on the iOS App Store (iOS 9 or later).

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Need viable hee-hos – Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remastered review

Playing through Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remastered reminds me that I never did finish Devil Survivor. When will they remaster that, one wonders? In any case, the former is what we’re here for today, the demi-fiend stepping into a new world pre-apocalypse? mid-apocalypse? post-apocalypse? after 18 years with a new coat of paint.

PRESENTATION
As a remastered version, I wasn’t expecting completely overhauled graphics. Depending on how nitpicky you are, the game isn’t going to be winning Best Graphics anytime soon. They remind me a lot of those Ken / Barbie dolls of years past, with that kind of PVC / plastic quality with somewhat stiff animations. Certain cutscenes also start out with the aspect ratio in 4:3, and not all of them become full screen. It’s a mostly negligible oddity, but I felt I should point it out regardless.

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Is that a denim dress? A jean-dress??
In the Options menu, you can switch subtitle and dubbing languages. Surprisingly, there’s nothing about speeding up animations, and if you’re like me, this will wear on you really quickly, because dear god is this game slow. You win some and lose some, I suppose. Otherwise, there’s nothing particularly exceptional about the settings unless you count the OST options groundbreaking.
The overworld map’s buildings glow if you’re able to interact with them to enter, but I feel that it can be hard to see even as I play this on the PS4 version on a larger screen. There are places where the cameras are fixed, so I found myself wondering on occasion where the hell this mark on the map is supposed to be before putting my face in my hands and realizing the stupid thing is in the background. Truly, the most tragic thing is wondering how far the self-own goes.
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The interactable buildings should be obvious here.
GAMEPLAY
Welcome back to 2003! You’re supposed to go meet your teacher in the park and along the way you learn about people dying after some clashes or whatever, cool beans. Some dude named Hijiri hands you an occult mag. You get a brief lecture since you were late so you’ll be meeting the gang at the nearby hospital instead. I opted to hark back to the legendary Man Weed in more family friendly terms and not embarrass the rest of the cast with my stupid naming sense.
The first / last name still trips me up.
Teach is nowhere to be found, so obviously we need to head into the creepy basement. Teach stops Mr CEO from murdering me but not that it matters much. She gives some cryptic speec The world goes to shit, Merb is now a demi-fiend, and now he’s gotta save the world after having lost both humanity and shirt while befriending demons and avoiding the dreaded Enemy Turn.
Besides the slow animations, the game itself isn’t really what you’d call a “fast-paced” one. I’d like to thank the addition of auto mode while I explored in my own time with Merciful difficulty, punching the shit out of randoms and maybe locking myself out of in-battle negotiations, who knows. The DLC gets you access to Dante from the Devil May Cry series, though don’t expect to meet him so soon, and the DLC areas to farm for your Macca and EXP.
Mysterious Man from the God Will Laugh series.
There’s a decent bit of backtracking you do which is slightly lessened relatively early into the game with the Amala Network fast travel system, and every hub area will always have a healing point and the Lady of the Fount to cleanse you of curses, with the bigger areas having shops too. It’s sprinkled with the typical moon logic and easily missable stuff if you’re going into this blind, leaving you to divine things from snippets of NPC conversations in the world. The general loop is very straightforward, it’s the systems which will require some study. Since difficulty affects things like Macca gained and item prices, the fact you can change it whenever is another way to “exploit” the game, should you know your stuff.
CLOSING COMMENTS
For the most part, if you were curious about the whole Shin Megami Tensei series and are interested in picking up V when it launches later this year, this could be a miss. It’s a serviceable remaster, with various quality of life updates, but not a great one. Pick the game up if you really want to experience the predecessor games that isn’t a Persona title (who knows what happened to 1 and 2, god forbid).
Product placement, ho!
I can’t say the remaster endeared me to playing the newest one, no matter how fabulous the protagonist’s hair is. Not my style, and I’m only here for the Jack Frosts because I have priorities. You want to actually complete this game? Check out our demon tier list here and go fight god (?) in my place.

Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD RemasterDeveloper: AtlusRelease Date: 2021-05-20Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
Reawaken your inner demon in a modernized version of the acclaimed ATLUS classic, Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster.

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The Review

                    Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remastered

3.8
Score

Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series.

PROS
 Old game given new life on new platforms Various quality of life updates

CONS
 No animation speed up option Won't have the polish you'd expect for a "modern" title

Review Breakdown

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LYN: The Lightbringer will shut down

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Nexon‘s LYN: The Lightbringer has announced it will shut down its global servers in December. The notice was posted on its official Facebook page, which is provided verbatim as follows:

[Notice] LYN: The Lightbringer Service Termination

Knights,
We are most regrettable to deliver you the news that the global service of LYN: The Lightbringer will no longer be in service from Tue 12/29/2020.
It is with sadness that the time with LYN: The Lightbringer will be a distant memory. We offer our sincere thanks to everyone who has supported the game.

Please check the information below for further details about the service termination.

■ Service Termination Schedule
– Date of Termination: After the maintenance on December 29, 2020 (Tue) UTC
– Game not Available for Download: After the maintenance on December 29, 2020 (Tue) UTC
– Official Facebook Community Page will be closed: After the maintenance on December 29, 2020 (Tue) UTC
– In-App purchase Termination: After the maintenance on November 24, 2020 (Thu) UTC

■ Please Note
– It is highly recommended that the in-game currencies and items be used before the service termination.
– The game will no longer be available after the service termination.

We would like to give our sincerest thanks to all of the Knights who have showed their supports for LYN: The Lightbringer.

Thank you.

Funnily enough, despite the shut down notice, there will still be a last round of on-time rewards for LYN: The Lightbringer, so if you want to just check out the game, you can still do so.

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Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaire’s Conspiracy due 20 July 2017

Japan-based game developer Level-5 has just announced the release date for Lady Layton: The Millionaire Ariadone’s Conspiracy, as well as an accompanying name change.

Henceforth, the game will be known as Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaire’s Conspiracy, and will be out on mobile devices, alongside a Nintendo 3DS release globally on 20 July 2017.

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As you may have seen above, a new trailer for Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaire’s Conspiracy was posted via Nintendo Direct. The mobile version of the game will cost JPY 1,900 with in-app purchases, although rest assured, you will be able to beat the game without having to make any additional purchases whatsoever.

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Mobile farming game, Blocky Farm soft-launch soon

If you love to play farming game like Hay Day or Harvest Moon, this upcoming voxel farm manager on mobile definitely suits you. Blocky Farm has been under development for quite some time by Jet Toast, with its soft-launch scheduled at the end of May.Blocky Farm is non-other like the typical farming game where you plant and harvest your plantings but focus more on animal care. There will be tractor driving, animal feeding and healing system, wearable animal gadgets and lots of fun features. You can also play with your animals and treasure chests!The game will be released on iOS devices in Q1 2017. Can’t wait to play this lovely game!

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Fans Rally To Support Hololive Vtuber Uruha Rushia Amid MafuMafu Row

Fans are showing their support for Hololive Vtuber Uruha Rushia, amid public backlash that exposed private conversations for the actress behind the character’s stream with fellow streamer Mafumafu.

It started during one of Rushia’s GTA V streams, where she had forgotten to turn off her discord notifications, and a private message from MafuMafu came on screen.

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The message reads, “I just finished streaming, gonna go home now” before calling her a pet name referring to the performer behind the avatar.
Some fans took great offense at the idea of a vtuber having a real life, with many claiming that they had been cheated since they believed that Rushia’s VA had a boyfriend.
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Many would even post photos of how long they’d been members of her channel, as well as complaining about how much money they’d spent on super chats for the Vtuber as if that meant they had a shot at actually dating her.
Just last month, Hong Kong fans of Rushia had decorated a public bus to celebrate the Vtuber’s birthday.
Rushia has since been on an unannounced break following the incident, with a now-deleted tweet painting a dire picture of her performer’s well-being amid the harassment.
“I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, I have trouble walking, there are so many terrible falsehoods that I want to die right now. I haven’t rested properly in days, I’m unable to make decisions, so please stop saying things that aren’t true, please”, the tweet reads.
Sanity prevailed over the weekend though, as fans without parasocial hangups rallied to flood the Twitter hashtags with support for the Vtuber.

Those days are tough days for you.No matter what they say, just be yourself.Be strong, Rushia ! ! !I will always support you.Fighting Rushia ! ! !#るしあ大好きだよ#WeLoveRushia Note: Sorry about my bad English pic.twitter.com/cDWvZfiHrj
— Toga (@Trng40982686) February 12, 2022

Coincidentally Rushia features grand prominence in this week’s episode of the web series Holo No Graffiti, where fans had also commented on how much they longed for her to return.
“i will support rushia. its just something missing without her stream. majority of the fan didn’t care about what happened, that’s why we will wait patiently for her to comeback when rushia ready. stay safe and healthy rushia”, one such comment reads.

Why The Big Fuss
A large part of the fan meltdown stems from Japanese idol culture, which Hololive itself is embedded with. While not at all morally correct, idols are typically forbidden from engaging in relationships exactly because fans often feel entitled to their idols lives.
To them, the mere thought that Rushia would be dating MafuMafu is somehow inherently a betrayal, despite the fact the Vtuber they watch is a fictional character detached from the actress portraying her.
Some Hololive members, such as fellow 3rd generation member Shirogane Noel, had also previously cited it as a reason for not collaborating with the all-male hololive offshoot Holostars.

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Punishing Gray Raven opens global social channels

Following after the launch of the Japanese server almost five months ago, Punishing Gray Raven has now opened social media channels for its global release! The first teaser trailer can be watched below:

You can follow the global Punishing Gray Raven channels on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. That English store page description is coming in handy once again (taken from the Taiwan release):

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Human’s exploration of science touched the taboo field, and the “punishing” suddenly came. The fragile human body is rapidly destroyed, while the Corrupter is manipulated and turned into violent killing machine.
The once highly prosperous human civilization has almost lost its trace on the earth. The survivors were forced to flee their homes and exile in deep space. You will take on the role as a “Savior” and lead the final hope “Reconstructed Soldier” of human civilization on the journey back to earth.
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◆ Game Features
In terms of art, we used some quieter colors, hand-drawn game art, gorgeous special effects, trying to restore the end of the science fiction world in our mind.
In terms of combat, on the basis of sticking to the essence of action games, we designed combat skills to release through free elimination of signal balls, and also gave them different skill effects under “supercomputing space”. That makes the output of general attack and skills more strategic, and delivers intense and exciting combat gameplay.
Of course, you can go to the warm base after the battle, and enjoy a moment of relaxation with cute roles.

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Pikmin Bloom, the AR game, launches in Australia and Singapore

After a period of early access, the Pikmin AR game has revealed its official title of Pikmin Bloom. The game is now available in Singapore and Australia, with New Zealand to follow. The announcement also comes with a new trailer, which you can watch below:

Niantic’s blog post describes the game as such:

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Niantic, Inc. today started the global launch of Pikmin Bloom, a smartphone app designed to bring a little joy to your everyday journeys on foot. Jointly developed by Niantic and Nintendo, Pikmin Bloom allows you to spice up your daily walks with the help of your very own squad of Pikmin. It will be available on the App Store and Google Play over the coming days.
What are Pikmin?
Pikmin are tiny, plant-like creatures that exist all around us but cannot be seen with the naked eye. Pikmin Bloom enables you to see and interact with them. Pikmin grow from seedlings, and the ones that you grow and pick will follow you around. They love nectar extracted from fruit and, when you feed them, they’ll sprout flowers atop their heads. There are lots of different types of Pikmin to encounter and interact with in Pikmin Bloom.
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Walk to grow more Pikmin
The most important thing in Pikmin Bloom is your daily walk. As you walk, you’ll find Pikmin seedlings along your path, so the more you walk, the more your Pikmin squad will grow. You can then pluck Pikmin from seedlings after they grow. Walk more to make more friends with Pikmin!
Walk to make flowers bloom
Walking with your Pikmin will make flowers bloom along your path. When you feed Pikmin nectar from the various fruits you pick up in the game, beautiful flowers bloom atop their heads. Collect the petals to plant them as you walk and flowers will bloom with each and every step you take, leaving a colorful trail behind you. Watch the world come alive as you transform it to create shared trails of flowers!
Walk to log your memories
At the end of the day, you can review the number of steps you took as well as the routes you walked. You have the option to add notes and photos to your lifelog, providing a way to turn an ordinary day into a special memory. Pikmin may also bring back postcards of the places you visited, which can be saved and kept, or sent to friends in the app.
A day to walk with everyone
Pikmin Bloom will be holding a monthly Community Day event, where you can stroll, plant and play together with other players. Stay tuned for more details!
Pikmin Bloom, which is free to play, is available now on the App Store and Google Play in Australia and Singapore, and is coming to other countries and regions shortly.
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Pikmin BloomPublisher: NintendoDeveloper: NianticRelease Date: 2021-10-27Android, iOS
Walk to grow more Pikmin, walk to make flowers bloom, and walk to log your memories.

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Kritika: The White Knights V2.29 Patch Update: Demon Blade Upgrades and more!

Kritika: The White Knights is a 3D mobile ARPG that packs all the fun and action, published by Gamevil. An update will be coming in today, mainly improving the Demon Blade, Melee Renewal, Level Enhance System, new avatars and several game optimizations.

A new “Level Enhance System” for Ethereal+
The new Level Enhance System allows players to increase Ethereal+ levels by using the same Ethereal+ equipment. As long as your Ethereal+ equipment is at +20, it can be Level Enhanced. The max Level Enhance is 10, and stats will increase proportionally.

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Melee Renewal Season 2
Season 2 of Melee has arrived with greater rewards! Victory Points will reset after the update, the Episode number will remain the same. To celebrate, players will receive 30 Melee Badges and 300 Karats as a reward.

Melee will be available once your character becomes level 35 and you have 3 or more characters. Once Melee is available, you will be able to select characters within your account that are under level 35. 1 Melee Badge will be consumed when upon entering Melee mode, and 5 Melee Badges will be recharged for your account daily. At the end of it, your ranking will determine what rewards you receive.
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Demon Blade Buff / Skill Damage / Opal Improvement
With the new season comes the modification of the Demon Blade. Players who are using this will receive critical damage enhancements and enjoy up to 348% of increased damage. These allows Demon Blade to be more playable with added advantage:

Other Improvements
In addition, the difficulty of the Tower of Tribulation has been adjusted in accordance to Kritika players’ requests!  Otherwise, the [Ethereal] Transmute System and pet refining costs has been improved amidst the many updates so that players can enjoy the game better.
Lastly, don’t miss out on the new avatars! Kritika is adding in “Elite Warrior’s Robe” and “Strategist’s Robe “ and they will announce it once its available. On a side note, they will be changing all Striker’s Avatars to these, totally diggin’ the designs!

Keep yourself updated with all the events by following Kritika: The White Knights on Facebook!
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Cookie Run Kingdom Devs Apologize Ahead of Controversial New System Update

Cookie Run Kingdom will see a new update tomorrow on the 6/7th of July which will add a couple of news systems to the game that fans have become quite concerned about and haven’t reacted well to.

As a result developer Devsisters have responded ahead of time and announced that they will be making changes to address the issue.

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The 6/7th July update will add a new cookie to the game: Financier Cookie as well as two notable news changes:

A skill enhancement system called ‘Magic Candy’ that will have a chance of failure (like the toppings)
They will add a new ascension that will bring to cap to six stars

The primary reason for the controversy is the ascension level being raised. You see, in Cookie Run Kingdom after you fully promote a cookie, if you pull a duplicate in the gacha, you’ll get mileage points which can be spent on ‘soul stones’ for any non-ancient cookie.
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Getting 20 soul stones allows you to unlock a cookie and getting more allows you to promote them to a higher star ascension, making them far stronger. With this new ascension tier, however, all of your cookies including the ‘regular’ and ‘rare’ units who most fans likely maxed out months ago can no longer give you mileage points. They have to be fully promoted all over again.
This is a problem as players have come to heavily rely on the mileage points to make their units stronger. Considering that Cookie Run Kingdom already has a large problem with power creep, many fans feel that this will only make the game more grindy and gacha-dependant.
It can be fairly disheartening when you consider that Cookie Run Kingdom was always praised for being more generous with its gacha compared to many of its peers.
Devsisters Response
Before the update has even dropped, Devsisters have sent two in-game messages to fans, apologizing for the new systems and saying that they will make changes to the update meant to address the problems.

While this doesn’t completely fix all of the issues fans have with the new Cookie Run Kingdom update, it does show that the developers are listening and are willing to work towards a solution.
They do also have a point regarding stagnation in the game. At this point, I’m personally pretty closed to maxing out my main party so creating a new level to give players more to accomplish is somewhat understandable. At the same time though, it does play into the problem of power creep which is becoming all too common in the game.
Hopefully, Devsisters will continue to listen to fan feedback and make further improvements where appropriate.
Cookie Run Kingdom is available for mobile devices.
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Cookie Run: KingdomPublisher: DevsistersDeveloper: DevsistersRelease Date: 2021-01-21Android, iOS
Build your dream Cookie Kingdom and reclaim the land lost against the evil that lingers in the shadows. Fresh out of the oven and from the Cookie Run: OvenBreak creators comes Cookie Run: Kingdom! Build a delectable Kingdom while battling against evil dessert monsters!

Team up with friends in Guild Battles! Fight alongside other Guild Members and defeat new rivals. Battle against powerful enemies to level up together. Earn soul stones, guild level-up items, guild treasures, and more!

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The 2023 Pokemon World Championship Will be Held in Yokohama, Japan

The 2023 Pokemon World Championship will be held in Yokohama, Japan for the first very first time through the history of this esports event. The event will make its way to Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall from 11th August till 13th August.

The announcement of the venue was originally teased during the closing ceremony of last year’s Pokemon World Championship. The Pokemon Company is known for having different official artworks for the Pokemon World Championship; one honors the location the event is held. During the Pokemon Presents Livestream, we get a first look at the special artwork for this year’s Pokemon World Championship.

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For the unfamiliar, the Pokemon World Championship is an annual esports event where Pokemon fans can come together to enjoy all things Pokemon. The event features a handful of Pokemon tournaments for games such as the mainline Pokemon games, Pokemon Training Card Game, Pokemon Go, and the newly added Pokemon Unite.
The 2023 Pokemon World Championship is the second event held outside of North America, first being London in 2022. There’s actually some significance in choosing Yokohama to be this year’s event location. Yokohama is the inspiration behind the design of Pokemon’s iconic Vermillion City in the Kanto region.
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D_CIDE TRAUMEREI transfers operations for mobile game

The mobile game arm of multimedia project D_CIDE TRAUMEREI announced a change of operations in servicing the game. The game itself remains live, the process merely handing over the management to another company.

In this case, Sumzap will be replaced by Lions Film. They will be preparing the data transfer starting 20 May 2022, 15:00 JST and scheduled to complete by 1 June 2022, 00:00 JST. If you happen to uninstall the game during the transfer period, you will not be able to log in through your associated OS. You’re recommended to have any transfer code where relevant to ensure you will not lose your account. In-app purchases will also be disabled from 24 May 2022, 15:00 JST to 1 June 2022, 14:59 JST. Maintenance to commence the data transfer process will be from 20 May 2022, 15:00 – 16:00 JST.

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To be clear, the D_CIDE TRAUMEREI mobile game will not be shutting down, merely doing due process for the change of hands in management. The anime finished airing October 2021, so if you’re curious about what it is, here’s a summary of that:
When he was little, Ryuuhei Oda witnessed the death of his caring older brother, along with a mysterious mark that was left near his body. Now a second-year high school student, the outgoing and impulsive young boy spends his days doing what he loves most—kickboxing.
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One night on his way home, a peculiar creature bites Ryuuhei’s leg and causes him to have a strange dream filled with odd entities. When he is attacked the next day by the same creatures in the real world, Jessica Clayborn and Aruto Fushibe come to his rescue, claiming that Ryuuhei is their new recruit.
Faced with an imminent threat, Jessica urges a confused Ryuuhei to transform into a “knocker-up,” a person with the ability to confront the monsters hailing from the dreamscape. Using his talent for kickboxing to his advantage, Ryuuhei awakens his powers to save the city, only to come across a familiar mark—a mark that he could never forget.
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Hawkeye appears in Marvel’s Avengers as the game gets next-gen console upgrades

Clint Barton aka Hawkeye, the superpower-less bow-shooting superhero is joining Marvel’s Avengers as the latest DLC character.

He will make his debut in the game as part of its second post-launch Operation, Marvel’s Avengers Operation: Hawkeye – Future Imperfect. This free DLC not only adds the expert archer, but also a new villain. Players can face off against Maestro, an evil version of Hulk that retains Bruce Banner’s intelligence, on top of Hulk’s incredible bulk. Operation: Hawkeye – Future Imperfect takes place after the events of Kate Bishop’s story.

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Besides Bishop’s mentor and Maestro, the game is also getting Reassemble Campaign Replay. Players can now reset their Reassemble campaign progress and experience the mode again while keeping their Hero progression. Furthermore, players will also get a new customisable HARM room, giving players much greater freedom in choosing their enemies, environmental hazards and combat bonuses.
Besides that, the game is finally playable on PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. PS4 and Xbox One owners can upgrade to the next-gen version for free. Players can also transfer their saved data and progress over. Watch the following video to learn more about the new improvements that come with the next-gen version:
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Marvel's AvengersPublisher: Square EnixDeveloper: Crystal DynamicsRelease Date: 2020-09-04Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Steam, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Marvel’s Avengers is an epic, third-person, action-adventure game that combines an original, cinematic story with single-player and co-operative gameplay. Assemble into a team of up to four players online, master extraordinary abilities, customize a growing roster of Heroes, and defend the Earth from escalating threats.

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Overlord: Mass for the Dead Is A Mobile Game Based Off The Animated Series!

Overlord: Mass for the Dead is an upcoming mobile game that is adapted from the popular animated series, Overlord! The game was just announced by Kugane Maruyama, the author for Overlord. Currently players can already pre-register for the game with the chance to win the Staff of Ains Ool Gown (スタッフ・オブ・アインズ・ウール・ゴウン) that is over 2m long!

The mobile game based off the popular animated series will have a story set in the fantasy virtual MMORPG, YGGDRASIL. Of course, players will take on the mantel of the strongest skeletal mage, Momonga or Ainz Ooal Gown, in the game.

For those who pre-register, will be rewarded with up to 500 Chaos Stones which is equivalent to pull from the Gacha 10 times. Of course, along with the chance to get a 1:1 2m Staff of Ains Ool Gown! Players can register with multiple emails and try your luck! However currently, the only way to pre-register is to either follow them on Twitter, Line or YouTube. So go on ahead to their official site now to pre-register!
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Sin Chronicle Release Date Announced

The upcoming mobile game Sin Chronicle has announced its release date, after the game was delayed last year.

According to the official SEGA Twitter, Sin Chronicle will release on March 23rd in Japan, letting players try out the tactical RPG for themselves.

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The game is also available to pre-register in Japan, allowing you to keep up to date when it actually launches.
Sin Chronicle is the mobile successor to the Chain Chronicle series, featuring an enhanced focus on decision making and branching paths.
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These are more than just dialogue options, though- entire characters can be locked out, assuming you didn’t make the right choices.

SEGA has stressed that the finality of these choices are a huge part of the Sin Chronicle experience- your decisions are stored server side, so don’t expect rolling back any choices to be particularly easy if you decide that maybe you wanted to go with other characters, after all.
That being said, you won’t be locked out of characters forever- like other mobile games, Sin Chronicle still maintains a gacha system, where you’ll be able to pull for characters to recruit to your party.
The game had previously released a closed Beta, which we also managed to try out despite the game’s lack of an announced English release.

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Hololive 5th Gen Family Mart Collaboration Announced

Hololive has just announced a new 5th Gen Collaboration with Family Mart, a Japanese chain of convenience stores.

New merchandise featuring exclusive art of the 5th gen Hololive members will be sold at the convenience stores, as part of the third volume of Hololive-themed collaborations.

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Details about the Hololive 5th Gen Family Mart Collaboration were announced on Twitter today by 5th Gen member Shishiro Botan, who also showed off the different types of merchandise for sale.

らら～いおん、獅白ぼたんです！今日は5期生のみんなでファミリーマートさんとの #ホロマート の開催が決定しました！５月にちなんで5期生キャンペーンです😎この動画を見てｽﾃﾝﾊﾞｰｲしておいてね🌿#5期生ホロマート pic.twitter.com/WT9OxGPuAb
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— 獅白ぼたん♌ホロライブ5期生 (@shishirobotan) May 6, 2021

From 11th May, fans will be able to get special A5 Clear Folders of the Vtubers in their Family Mart collab outfits, with different folders for each of the 4 members.
Meanwhile, from the 18th onwards, fans can get an A5 posters of the girls in all their regular outfits. From June 4th, you’ll also be able to get your hands on special clear acrylic stands, featuring the girls once again in their collab outfits.
This is all part of Family Mart’s “May You Be Happy” campaign for the month of May, and also marks the first collab-based redesign for the 5th generation since their debut last year.
Sadly, as with most Family Mart collaborations, this event will be limited to Japan only, so overseas fans won’t be able to get their hands on the new merchandise.

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Fate Grand Order Camelot Movie Malaysia Release Date Announced

GSC Cinemas is holding a special Malaysia screening of the Fate Grand Order Camelot movie, letting fans watch the latest chapter in the arc.

The cinema’s website has announced that they’ll be having a special fan screening of Wandering; Atageram, which is the second movie in the Camelot arc. The screening will be on 6th May, and it will screen exclusively at GSC Cinemas for Malaysia.

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Tickets are not currently available for any kind of pre-purchase, but those interested can keep their eyes on the GSC Social media channels if they don’t want to miss their chance at watching the movie when it comes to Malaysia.
Wandering; Atageram is the second movie in the Fate Grand Order Camelot series, and is the first one that will be available in Malaysia. It follows Bedivere, as well as Fate/Grand Order protagonists Ritsuka and Mash as they deal with The Lion King’s conquering of the Holy City of Jerusalem. Aside from featuring all the Arthurian servants from Fate such as Mordred, Lancelot and even Arturia, it also features Middle-Eastern servants such as King Hassan of the Cursed Arm, as well as Egyptian servants like Ozymandias.
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This is the second time an arc from Fate Grand Order has been adapted, after the OVA adaptation of the Babylonia arc.

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31st Union – 2K Silicon Valley official name announced

31st Union is the official name for 2K Silicon Valley, as announced by 2K. It’s the label’s wholly-owned development studio that was founded in February 2019, headed by video game industry veteran Michael Condrey. The reveal also showed off its new state-of-the-art development facility, branding and core values commitment to further establish its identity. The announcement included plans to expand its presence internationally, starting with a European location based in Spain.

Michael Condrey
“31st Union is off to an incredible start with a passionate and talented team, an intentioned culture that champions inclusivity and greater representation, and an ambitious and inspired new IP that we’re extremely excited about.”

“Our name and studio represent the spirit of California in its rich diversity of thought, art, music, innovation and cultural representation that have defined the current golden age of entertainment and technology here in Silicon Valley. In revealing our new identity and announcing the expansion of our operations, we’re shifting into an exciting next phase of growth to include more voices and bring our vision to life around the globe.”
Michael Condrey, President at 31st Union
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31st Union becomes the fourth 2K-owned game development studio with multiple locations around the globe. December 2019 saw Cloud Chamber announcing studio locations in Novato, Calif., and Montreal, Quebec. Hangar 13 opened its third location in Brighton, UK, with other offices in Czech Republic and Novato. Visual Concepts also maintains offices in multiple global locations.

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“We’re creating a development environment focused on a single new IP where passion is at the center of it all.”
“We believe diverse perspectives and experiences are crucial to creating a truly global entertainment experience with a deep connection to passionate fans.”
Tyler Michaud, Head of Strategy at 31st Union
“We’re pleased to see the team at 31st Union continue to expand and scale internationally.”
“We’ve seen the benefits of this approach across 2K, from broadening recruitment efforts and attracting the best talent to having more diverse perspectives contributing to the creative process. We’re optimistic the Spain studio will have a positive impact for 31st Union and look forward to sharing more about its new IP in time.”
David Ismailer, President of 2K
We’ll keep an eye out for 31st Union‘s future announcements! What do you hope they’re working on? Those interested in joining the team can also check them out here.

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Over Eclipse releases new teaser trailer

Over Eclipse has released a new teaser trailer, featuring narration from Hikaru Midorikawa. You can watch it below:

Besides the teaser trailer, the teaser website for Over Eclipse has also revealed some of the names involved in the project, including illustrators and voice actors:

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Illustrators:

enomi
キンコジカ
クルエルGZ
鈴木次郎
ゼイビ
タケチケイスケ
MACCO
ろるあ

Director: 和田 順児
Main planner: 大久保 圭祐
Art Directors: 大沼 卓也, 立原 直喜
Story: 近藤 真帆

The previously revealed Sargas has also been unmasked on the website’s character art roll:

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As far as we know, the brief story suggests this world of “Holos” is an unclean one, where living beings can succumb to the impurities. There exist “Invokers” who are able to purify the impurities, and while they will not be hailed as heroes, they nevertheless continue their journey for their own reasons.
Over Eclipse will be free to play with in app purchases, and will be available early Summer 2021. We might be able to expect a close beta test at some point as is pretty common for releases like these. The game is currently billed as an open world RPG, rather than an MMORPG, so we will have to wait and see details on how it works. It could be like Genshin, where most content if not all, can be done solo.
If you’re curious about the project, you can also check out their official Twitter account here for further updates.

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Onmyoji Arena welcomes Kumamon to Heian-kyo!

Netease Games had announced a collaboration with the globally popular Japanese mascot, Kumamon, with its MOBA, Onmyoji Arena, at the Netease Games’ Sixth Annual Product Launch. Besides the collaboration with the iconic bear, there will be other collaborations and a series of Fireworks Festival events all set to go live in Heian-kyo.

Kumamon has been a popular bringer of happiness as a nationally popular mascot in Japan loved by everyone. The Onmyoji Arena and Kumamon crossover will bring the bear over to the world of Heian-kyo for an unexpected adventure! How will his meeting with the shikigami go? Will he be bringing them joy and happiness?

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Besides the happy bear, Onmyoji Arena will be having a collaboration with another Netease Games’ property, the Chinese spirit RPG card game, Legend of the Fantasy Sprites. Popular character Dai Shimei will be arriving to Heian-kyo as a new shikigami! Shuten Doji and Ibaraki Doji will receive Chinese Tang Dynasty style skins in the Cheers Series. Enjoy this fusion of styles in the arena!
Meanwhile, Suzuka Gozen will be another new SSR shikigami joining the Onmyoji Arena ranks, in the Marksman position. It is the first time both the original Onmyoji game and the MOBA game introduces a new shikigami at the same time. The former lord of Suzuka Mountain will break through limits and conquer obstacles with faith and will, surely a strong force to contend with in the arena.
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Last but not least, the fireworks festival will be held on 3 July this year in Heian-kyo! Many in-game bonuses and surprises await. Enjoy a summer full of fun, and stay tuned for more!

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Onmyoji ArenaPublisher: NeteaseDeveloper: NeteaseRelease Date: 2018-01-12Android, iOS
Onmyoji Arena is part the hit Onmyoji series from NetEase. It builds on the rich character base from the original work to create a new MOBA experience. The game retains the elegant Japanese aesthetics and original voice talents to faithfully recreate Kyoto in the Heian era. With innovative map designs, a Fog of War mode, and an even larger set of Shikigami skills, players are in for more fun and greater challenges as they battle to reign supreme. The paid amulet system is now replaced by a free Onmyodo system. This levels the playing field. Players from all over the world are connected, and the all-new 3v3v3 Battle Royale will provide players with a fun and novel MOBA experience.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links celebrates third anniversary!

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links is currently celebrating its third anniversary with a related gift campaign! Since 9:00AM JST January 12 2020, players will be able to get various bonuses for logging in during the relevant time period. To start, all users will receive a copy of “The Winged Dragon of Ra” featuring brand new art, gems, and various Card Tickets.

New content will also be available! This includes:

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Selection BOX Vol.3

Get various powerful cards from this selection!

Structure Deck EX: Dragunity Overdrive

The full details of the third anniversary campaign are as follows:

“The Winged Dragon of Ra” – An Egyptian God Card wielded by Marik Ishtar, this powerful monster can destroy your opponent’s monsters and much more!
A total of eight UR and SR tickets will be given once per day to users who log in during the duration of the campaign – 1 UR Dream Ticket (Glossy), 1 SR Dream Ticket, 1 UR Ticket (Prismatic), 1 UR Ticket (Glossy), 1 UR Ticket, 1 SR Ticket (Prismatic), 1 SR Ticket (Glossy) and 1 SR Ticket. Cards eligible for tickets include not only familiar cards such as “Dark Magician” and “Blue-Eyes White Dragon”, but also popular competitive cards such as “Banishment of the Darklords”, “Drowning Mirror Force” and “Neos Fusion”
1,000 Gems
1 Skill Ticket (A new type of ticket that can be traded for a Skill)
Card Sleeves and Game Mat (Exclusive third anniversary accessories with new art)

Congratulations to Duel Links for your third anniversary! Here’s to more of that card game action, eh?
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel LinksPublisher: KonamiDeveloper: KonamiRelease Date: 2016-11-17Android, iOS, Steam
Bring your passion to DUEL wherever you go and challenge to be the best of the best!

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Onmyoji: The World revealed at NetEase Connect 2021

Revealed at NetEase Connect 2021, the company’s annual product launch event, is Onmyoji: The World. Onmyoji: The World, as you might guess from the name, is another spin-off title of the sprawling Onmyoji franchise, from card games to MOBAs and beyond. Social media accounts have already been opened for the title, which is a sequel to the original game.

City of Minamoto, one of the stages where the story of a hundred years after Heian is set. Here, a new chapter is about to unfold.

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It is suggested that Onmyoji: The World will be an MMORPG, but we can surely expect more news eventually. For reference, here’s what the base game is all about:

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A Tale of Demons
Begin your legendary journey through a Japanese-style fantasy RPG. Your epic adventure starts in the Heian period of Japanese history, a time when humans and demons co-exist…
It was a hellish time when spirits and demons lurked in the shadows, striking fear into the hearts of men. The only ones standing against the oncoming darkness and terror were the onmyoji – masters of mystery. Divining the future, observing the stars, traveling between worlds, and ultimately bending spirits to their will, the onmyoji sustained the balance between the humans and the demons.
Enter the incredible, vibrant world of spirits and demons, and watch mysteries unfold before your very eyes.

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GamerBraves Newsletter vol. 36 – The Never Ending Problem of Live Service Games

This is our newsletter on The Never-Ending Problem of Live Service Games. To read the full article simply subscribe to our newsletter below (it’s free).

This month, we’ve seen the release of Platinum Games’ Babylon’s Fall. For a developer well known for the creative single-player action games, many were deeply disappointed in the title which was reviewed badly and is hemorrhaging users. What separates it from Platinum’s previous works however is that it is their first live service game and they have previously hinted that it might not be their last.

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The last console generation has seen a major split in the business model of games. Some games still use a traditional business model of charging full price for a ‘complete game’ offering a full experience that starts, continues, and finally comes to an end. Live service games however are games that are meant to never end. They are constantly updated with new content, whether that’d be in characters, modes, campaigns, or cosmetics.
These have become the dominant model for the majority of multiplayer-oriented games such as Sports games, Fighting games, gacha games, even action games like Marvel’s Avengers or Fallout 76.  But what are the disadvantages? Find out by signing up to our newsletter below:
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Win a Myvi when you watch the PMPL Season 2 Finals!

Get your own chicken dinner when you drive off in a new Perodua Myvi just by watching the PUBG MOBILE Pro League (PMPL) MY/SG Grand Finals! The brand new Perodua Myvi 2020 model features industry leading safety, stylish looks, practicality, generous space despite its compact size, plus advanced features usually found in more premium cars.

Through the Viewer Milestone Giveaway, the more concurrent viewers achieved during the Grand Finals, the more extravagant the prizes will be!

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Concurrent Viewers
Prizes

100,000 viewers

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·         Signed PMWL S0 Poster (50 winners)

130,000 viewers

·         RM50 Google Play or iOS Vouchers (30 winners)
·         Aukey Powerbank (10 winners)

160,000 viewers

·         AirPods Pro Apple (10 winners)
·         Gaming Chair (5 winners)

200,000 viewers

·         Iphone SE (4 winners)
·         Iphone 11 Pro Max (1 winner)

250,000 viewers

·         Perodua Myvi 1.3L X Automatic (1 winner)

Do join us for this momentous occasion where PMPL MY/SG will be the first esports official tournament in Malaysia to giveaway a brand-new car! Will the community be passionate enough to stand a chance to win the Perodua Myvi? Grab your family and friends and watch the 3-days online livestream to find out more information on how you can be a winner!

Winning amazing prizes is not the only thing that the Grand Finals is offering. There will also be tons of PUBG MOBILE action to keep up with! With the recent conclusion of the Regular Season taking place for four-weeks long, 24 PUBG MOBILE teams from all over Malaysia and Singapore have battled it out to be part of the Top 16 teams to continue their face-off in the Grand Finals.

Team Secret – 760 points
J8 Esports – 627 points
AXIS NRL MPX – 617 points
Team SMG – 582 points
TRX Elementus – 581 points
Geek Fam – 565 points
Damansara Esports – 554 points
Resurgence – 550 points
Yoodo GANK – 549 points
NED Brotherhood – 543 points
Dingoz MZ – 515 points
Marlino – 459 points
EVOS VIP – 451 points
EZZY LX – 428 points
Team Bosskurr – 416 points
Team No Recoil – 413 points

The scores accumulated from the Regular Season will be reset for the Grand Finals. Therefore, the Top 16 teams will be getting a fair chance to fight not only for the coveted Champion title, but for the remaining slots to represent their country in the upcoming PMPL SEA Finals Season 2. With a total of four slots, the first slot has been secured by Yoodo GANK from being the defending champion during SEA Finals Season 1, while Team Secret secured the second slot from acquiring first place in this Regular Season. The remaining two slots will go to the Champion and 1st Runner Up from the Grand Finals, where if either Team Secret or Yoodo GANK attains those placements, the slot will be provided to the next team in line.

Catch the action on the Facebook page from 25 to 27 September 2020.

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VALORANT announced for mobile as game hits 1st anniversary

Riot Games has announced that its team shooter, VALORANT, will be heading to mobile devices. At this juncture, there’s no information regarding its launch date, or how different it’d be from the base game, or its hardware requirements, but it will simply be called Valorant Mobile.

As the game hits its first anniversary, Riot says the game has managed 14 million players average per month, which is quite impressive when you consider it’s only available on PC. The celebrations have begun and will be running over the course of a month, with specifics to be available through their various social channels. Here‘s what’s coming:

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Night Market: A collection of six random skins available to purchase, discounted and unique to you
Give Back Bundle: Vote for four of your favourite gun skins. Proceeds from the resulting bundle will go towards the Riot Games Social Impact Fund
Player Cards: One each to celebrate Episode 1, 2 and 3
Community Battlepass: Global VALORANT regions to vote for items to represent their region for a future Episode 4 battlepass
WWFEST for 25 June
YR1 Event Pass free for all
Episode 3 livestream
Squad Boost: Team up with others and gain boosts according to how many you queue with
Account levelling details
New Agent teaser

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Wild Terra 2: New Lands enters alpha stage

Crowdfunded sandbox game Wild Terra 2: New Lands will enter its alpha stage on 20 February 2020, 5PM GMT, and will run until 1 March. The game, developed by indie studio Juvty Worlds, plans to have the game enter open beta/Steam Early Access by the end of 2020. For the alpha stage, those who have purchased the Conquerer, Hero and Creator packs will be able to access.

Features:

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New season. New continent. New rules. You can live on the One Mainland – build, develop, hunt, explore PvP and PvE zones. Or you can challenge and go to New Lands — every season a new continent will be available, with a variety of biomes and inhabitants, conditions, rules and rewards upon completion. For example, you can get to the continent with a very harsh winter all year round, where all the villages were empty due to the plague, and barely surviving forced to hunt people for food.

Huge selection of crafts. Attention to detail.
Raids and sieges.
Change of day and night, seasons, weather.
Tournaments, leaderboards and holidays.

The following will be available in the Alpha stage:

Starting island and Continent with unique locations: forests, cemetery, abandoned mines, church, an old sawmill, and others.
16 animals and monsters for hunting, including bosses.
Many quests (tutorial, construction, hunting, cooking, crafting items, etc.).
Fishing.
Mounts and pets.
Construction of houses and other structures for survival and production.
A lot of materials for a variety of crafting (tools, equipment from hides, leather, metals, etc.).
PvP and PvE. Fight against other players and team up to fight bosses.
Change of daytime, weather and seasons.

If you’re interested in games like Rust and similar, then you might want to consider supporting this endeavour.
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Re:Zero Lost in Memories now available

The paths are open, with Re:Zero Lost in Memories now available for mobile devices in Japan! If you missed out on what the game is, it’s basically an alternate path story for Re:Zero. We’ve gotten a peek at the gameplay here, which we’ll summarize as follows:

2D battle game

Utilize character skills with animated cut-ins to enhance the experience

Deep character growth system

Equip them with Memory Crystals
Further enhance abilities and skills with skill trees and growth boards

Many story branches to explore

Besides the story battles, there is both an arena and an incrementally tougher PvE content that players can challenge. Considering the nature of the game, the branching stories can be considered the biggest draw for the game, with the story supervised by Tappei Nagatsuki. If you ever wanted to decide Subaru’s alternate fate, here’s your chance (if you can read Japanese and fully understand the gravity of your choices).

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【ルグニカ王国伝令局より】
🎉事前登録数 70万件達成🎉
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リゼロスの事前登録数が70万件を突破しました🤝いよいよ明日、9/9リリース！
事前登録をして配信開始をお待ちください⭐https://t.co/KivMSRb8Hs#リゼロス #rezero #リゼロ pic.twitter.com/Sa0H7CEniF
— Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 Lost in Memories（リゼロス）公式 (@re_zero_rezelos) September 8, 2020

The game managed to achieve 700,000 pre-registrations in total, but no additional rewards were announced with the milestone. Rewards given out include:

A 3-star “Memory Crystal”
A 3-star Rem
20 gacha tickets
A 3-star Character Ticket

3-stars are the highest rarity available from the gacha.
In any case, you can head over to Lugnica now with Re:Zero Lost in Memories now available. At time of writing, servers have yet to open and we’d be expecting day 1 traffic, so hang in there.

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Journeys through the Radiant Citadel Review – A stepping stone into the Deep Ethereal

Journeys through the Radiant Citadel hit the shelves in North America and Pacific 19 July 2022, packing a staggering 13 stand-alone adventures in a single hardcover book. If Dungeons & Dragons wasn’t already that gateway to tell the stories you didn’t see in the mainstream media, Radiant Citadel firmly establishes even more of that diversity in a wonderfully fantastical buffet of settings.

Do read our interview with Pam Puzalan here, who wrote Beyond Tangled Roots found in Journeys through the Radiant Citadel.

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UNEARTHING A GEM
First of all, I must gush over the cover art. As always, having the book in your hands is a treat, with the option for a bustling, lively night market cover by Evyn Fong, or the crystalline fog and creatures with the titular citadel at the eye of the storm from Sija Hong.
I’m extremely fond of Sija Hong’s cover as it gives me that sense of fantastical expectation of a land rediscovered, its past guardians blending into the clouds. Will the present generation be able to find the lost civilizations that founded this place? One would hope so.
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Evyn Fong’s cover, meanwhile, feels much less somber, freezing one moment in time the hustle and bustle of the night market life with both creature mischief and simply the folk hawking their wares. Never mind the mysteries of the Deep Ethereal; you’re bound to be lost in the vibrancy of this market already.

Much like reviewing Strixhaven before, Radiant Citadel is primarily a supplementary book to add more to your campaign with 13 one-shots you can fold in. As the book notes, anyone from any culture is free to play a character not of their own culture, but care must be taken to not merely portray them as stereotypes or treat it as mere set dressing. Fortunately for those worried about pronunciations, there will be guides for the key words to help you butcher the words less.

The adventures have prescribed recommended levels for characters, so work with the core manuals and your party to plot something out. What illustrations are in the book are gorgeous too, of course. I’m especially fond of the environment art, be it a dense jungle canopy or the wrath of the waves beating upon mortal-made structures.
IN THE EYE OF THE STORM
The Radiant Citadel has been carved around the Auroral Diamond, an indestructible gem that shifts colours for whatever reason. It must be an absolutely dazzling sight as you find safe harbour in the space known as the Deep Ethereal. There’s plenty of gem-based architecture and magic, the Dawn Incarnates of the Citadel’s lost founding civilizations being one of the most prominent of them.
It’s a hub, a melting pot of multiple civilizations. Trade goods and share knowledge and carefully play the political games around the constraints of this place. A safe haven it may be, but there will always be outside forces intent on exerting their influence on the citadel. All the while, there’s the hope that the lost founding civilizations can be reconnected and perhaps unlock greater magics and secrets yet.

SETTING FORTH
Radiant Citadel reads a lot as the foundation of something more to me, with more focus on the setting than the characters you encounter. Characters are given a paragraph of description with their personality trait, ideal, bond and flaw summarized in one or two sentences each. For those less familiar with Dungeons & Dragons, I think this book will be more of a challenge to properly utilize.
Even for a 1st-level adventure, it feels like there’s already a lot of moving parts without much room to ‘ease’ in. I figure 1st-level is mostly synonymous with newbies, so having to maneuver the chaos might be tricky if they don’t get much breathing room. As it is, with thirteen short stories, the adventures themselves can feel like rushing from one bullet point to another, with the latter half of their sections dedicated to the world building and any relevant stat sheets.

Salted Legacy, which is the aforementioned 1st-level adventure, takes place in the Dyn Singh Night Market, the one featured in Evyn Fong’s cover. Some shenanigans are afoot, making the whole situation teeter on a knife’s edge. There is much to potentially keep track of as mischief can happen in between the necessary actions to progress the story. While I do agree it’s thematic to the chaos of its setting, the lack of breathing room just makes it feel a bit much.

Adventure aside, I will say I believe the latter half of the chapters – the worldbuilding – is what’s core to Radiant Citadel, so that people actually have a proper foundation which they can use to fold any of these worlds into their existing campaign if they so wish. Considering how much they’ve managed to pack in, I can understand why each section is comparatively short. What I wish is that the book also included the real life culture they’ve referenced so that I can study those in my own time and not merely having the basis of their fantasy counterpart.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
I think my expectations were set far too high for Radiant Citadel. I had imagined it to be a detailed primer of less represented cultures, but I think it’s more accurate to say it’s a building block. Much like the Radiant Citadel, it’s a gateway to learning and understanding. Here, you can get glimpses into these diverse cultures that don’t find their time in mainstream media.
The book is simultaneously many moving parts and tragically surface level. 13 adventures crammed into a single book with roughly 10 pages each is just not enough space to really showcase the full breadth of each featured culture.
As such, following Journeys through the Radiant Citadel, my hope is that we can get more books that are able to focus on more of the specifics and give diaspora and native creators alike to become the change they want to see. It’s an excellent opportunity to bring on new talent into the space, one dice roll at a time.
Moving forward, I wish to see the remaining lost civilizations find their own shine. Till we meet again.
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Sin Kiske Release Date Announced for Guilty Gear Strive

Arc System Works has announced the release date of Sin Kiske, the next daredevil coming to Guilty Gear Strive.

According to the new trailer, Sin Kiske will release in Guilty Gear Strive on the 24th of November.

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Just like his previous appearance in Xrd, Sin Kiske is a powerful rushdown character, having access to big special moves that come at the cost of his unique Stamina mechanic.
This allows him to cancel special moves into each other, similarly to Nagoriyuki from the game’s base roster.
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Unlike in Xrd, however, they’ve done away with the food mechanic where he recovers by eating, instead having him recover stamina over time.
Instead, the food now provides him random bufffs, though Arc System Works hasn’t explained what the nature of these buffs are just yet.
He also sports two supers based off of other characters in the game- his first Overdrive is RTL, a variant of Ky Kiske’s Ride The Lightning which features the ability to change directions and its own follow up.
Meanwhile his second overdrive, Tyrant Burl, is based off of Sol’s Tyrant Rave, and loses the invulnerability of its inspiration in exchange for more damage.
Sin’s addition to the Strive roster has been an open secret in the community- the character appears in the new story mode, with many fans excited to see the return of Ky’s son.

Guilty Gear StrivePublisher: Arc System WorksDeveloper: Arc System WorksRelease Date: 2021-06-11PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Steam
Experience the thrill of battle with the in-depth mechanics and gorgeous animations of Guilty Gear -Strive-, the latest entry in the cutting edge Guilty Gear series!

- Graphics so stunning they look like hand-drawn animation!

Graphical advances make for a game so beautiful it could be mistaken for hand-drawn animation. The new generation of graphics are a delight for the eyes down to the tiniest detail!

- The cutting edge of the fighting game genre!

We set out with the goal to innovate the fighting game genre with this title. This game appeals to a wider audience, while maintaining the deep game mechanics that define the Guilty Gear series. The complex mechanics such as the dramatic new wall break system create opportunities for the mind games associated with fighting games. One clash after the next tells a story unique to each battle!

- Their fates come to a conclusion!

The story of Guilty Gear has been told over more than 20 years. At long last, each character's fate comes to a conclusion! What shocking truth awaits them?

Content of the Ultimate Edition :
- Guilty Gear -Strive-
- Guilty Gear -Strive- : Season Pass 1
- Guilty Gear -Strive- : Soundtrack and Artbook
- Guilty Gear -Strive- : Ultimate Edition Special Colours

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Kamen Rider special screening coming to TGV cinemas very soon

Kamen Rider may be considered as a thing or trend in the past. You might have thought that there is no way to go back to those good old days. Worry not as TGV Cinemas has recently released a trailer of an incoming special screening and you are in for a real feast. The special screening will arrive at the end of this month on March 30.

Kamen Rider 20th Anniversary Special – Trailer
Kamen Rider fans, a special screening is coming your way!Stay tuned for advance sales information. In the meantime, we've got a trailer for you to enjoy.- Rafie#TGVHomeOfTheHeroes
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Posted by TGV Cinemas on Wednesday, March 6, 2019

It comes with the title, “Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever“. The special screening also serves a purpose, to celebrate Heisei Kamen Rider’s 20th anniversary. Unfortunately, other than the trailer, there are no other details for now. Information such as advance ticket sales and the price will be announced by TGV Cinemas soon so stay tuned. You can follow TGV Cinemas’ official website and Facebook Page.

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Alchemy Stars pre-download now available

Alchemy Stars is available for pre-download, with 1-3 hours difference give or take depending on your region. This includes the US client, which differs from the global release due to technical reasons. You’ll be prompted to choose from the Japan, Korea, SEA, Global or Latin America servers at the title screen, which you cannot change once confirmed.

The game overview is given as follows:

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Main Theme
Chase the Light in this Thrilling New Adventure!
A revolutionary line strategy RPG that pushes the genre to new heights！
Magnificent Stories Full of Fantasy and Adventure
Discover a riveting world brimming with magic and technology.
The light of the Aurora streaks across the stratosphere… Follow its radiant glow to the limits of the skies above and beyond the outer stretches of the universe. Our journey begins now!
Astra, where the Aurorians and Caelestites have lived since the beginning of time.
The hundred years of peace has been disrupted with the sudden appearance and invasion by dark creatures known as Eclipsites, controlled by a mysterious organization from the shadows.
The Caelestites have all but perished at the hands of the Eclipsites… As the sole survivor, you endure countless hardships and began a long and tortuous life of exile, deep underground.
17 years later, by chance, you were discovered by an Aurorian who brought you back up to the surface, where the Light shines brightly…
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The reality that cannot be reversed… your newfound bonds with Aurorians… responsibilities that are all yours to shoulder. Command the Colossus, a relic from your ancient civilization, and soar through the sacred cities and harsh deserts. Find the Light alongside your loyal band of allies and friends, all with their own distinct personalities. The time has come to lead the Light and create your own story, and become the shining hope for the future of the world!
Breathtaking Art Style and Graphics
Our team of 150+ talented artists have proudly illustrated each and every Aurorian character with extensive detail. Watch the characters come to life through exciting battle animations and breathtaking concept designs.
World-Class Voiceover Talents
Immerse yourself in a captivating fantasy world, with the finest voiceover cast bringing each beloved character to life in the fantasy world of Aurora.
Unique Characters, Bursting With Personality
Vice: Member of the Illumina Federation. Gentle, intelligent, diligent, and enthusiastic.
Carleen: Lumo Gardens Captain. Born into a noble family, she possesses a strong sense of justice.
Istvan: Leader of Umbraton. Easygoing yet decisive. Loyalty is of the utmost importance to him.
Kleken: The notorious trickster of Umbraton. Capable of lying without batting an eye.
Sinsa: The blunt and energetic leader of the Rediesel Wrench. He lives a carefree life with his many comrades.
Bethlehem: The ruler of Northland, possessing the composure to handle any matter with grace.
Innovative Strategic Gameplay
Original turn-based combat—master elemental attributes to draw the optimal plan of attack.
Optional auto-combat mode is available as well.
Approachable gameplay for even the most casual of gamers.
If any of that interests you, then go ahead and pre-download Alchemy Stars. You can check out our first closed beta experience to see what to expect.

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Check out 140 titles at BIC Festival 2020!

There will be 140 exhibiting game titles at Busan Indie Connect / BIC 2020, as confirmed by Busan Metropolitan City (Acting Mayor Sung-Wan Byeon), Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency (President & CEO In-Sook Lee), and Busan Indie Connect Festival Organizing Committee (Executive Chairman Tae-Geon Seo).

Out of the 140 titles at BIC Festival 2020, there will be:

78 in General Division
27 in Rookie Division
18 of “Again BIC”
17 partner and sponsor titles

In turn, 26 of these will be exhibited through the GeForce Now Cloud gaming service, as serviced by LG Uplus in Korea. It has 101 PC games, 44 mobile games, 17 console games, and 1 VR platform game. Detailed information on these exhibiting games will be available on the official website.

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The festival itself will be online from 19 to 25 October, kicking off with the opening ceremony on the 19th, conference sessions from 20 to 24 October and the BIC Award announced on the 25th. Enjoy a variety of unreleased, newly released and past released games through the event and communicate with developers via the exhibition page.

“The opportunities to promote and communicate for Indie developers have reduced due to the outbreak of COVID-19. This BIC Festival allows the developer to be able to get more feedback, and gamers to be able to enjoy various Indie games anywhere at any time.”

Tae-Geon Seo, Executive Chairman of the Busan Indie Connect Festival Organizing Committee

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