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Gearbox Software, makers of Borderlands, Brothers in Arms, and Duke Nukem Forever will be hard at work creating the new Aliens: Colonial Marines title. Since you’ll be controlling space marines, it’s not a stretch to wonder whether or not the squad mechanics will be similar to Brothers in Arms (which featured fire teams and fire-and-maneuver tactics). The short is answer is no. The long answer? Xenomorphs can’t be flanked, so why have squad mechanics at all?...

Gearbox Software has consistently had a major presence at PAX events, and even with physical PAX events canceled this year, the company will still be hosting a special digital showcase as part of PAX Online. On September 12 at 12:45pm PT, Gearbox will be showcasing its future games, calling out the Borderlands franchise specifically. What exactly Gearbox will announce or show off at PAX remains to be seen. September 12 is two days after the release of the last Borderlands 3 DLC, and so it’s possible that it will use PAX Online to announce future BL3 DLC plans....

Many players may find themselves frustrated, especially if they are trying to find a new name card. Unlocking name cards in Genshin Impact requires a ton of work and research. Players either need to max out friendship with their characters or complete achievement lists to change the image that others see next to their name. For players who don’t want to spend all of their time chasing down every chest in Mondstadt and Liyue, though, this can be tough to accomplish....

Genshin Impact is finally out. After more than a year of hype and controversy, miHoYo’s supposed Breath of the Wild clone has made its way onto PC, PS4, and mobile devices today, bringing the open-world action-RPG to a wide audience for the first time. Now that the gates to the game’s vast and colorful world are open, there are a few decisions players are going to have to make once they download it, like whether to play Genshin Impact solo or in co-op....

Yoimiya is a 5-star Bow-wielding Pyro character in Genshin Impact. She is the owner of Naganohara Fireworks, and is known as the “Queen of the Summer Festival”. Let’s take a look at what materials you will need to ascend and fully upgrade Yoimiya’s talents, and where you can get them. Ascension Materials for Yoimiya Gemstones and Boss Loot 1 Agnidus Agate Sliver 9 Agnidus Agate Fragment 9 Agnidus Agate Chunk 6 Agnidus Agate Gemstone 46 Smoldering Pearl Common Items and Monster Drops 168 Naku Weed 18 Divining Scroll 30 Sealed Scroll 36 Forbidden Curse Scroll Hero’s Wit and Mora 414 Hero’s Wit 420,000 Mora Talent Materials for Yoimiya Books 9 Teachings of Transience 63 Guides to Transience 114 Philosophies of Transience Monster Drops 18 Divining Scroll 66 Sealed Scroll 93 Forbidden Curse Scroll Rare Items 18x Dragon Lord’s Crown 3x Crown of Insight Mora 4,950,000 Mora Where To Find Yoimiya’s Ascension and Talent Materials Agnidus Agate Slivers, Fragments, Chunks, and Gemstones can be received from the Pyro Regisvine and Pyro Hypostasis bosses....

Pokémon GO continues to deliver despite the unrest and uncertainty in the world right now with some important raids taking place this week. May 2020 was the month of the Throwback Event in Pokémon GO. Each week, trainers were afforded the opportunity to revisit the first four regions in the franchise’s history one after the other. Anyone who managed to complete every single level of research across all four weeks was granted an additional opportunity....

God of War (2018) is one of the most successful and influential video games to come out within the last several years. After winning numerous game of the year awards and achieving widespread commercial success, fans of the series have wondered when will there be another God of War. God of War Director Cory Barlog has become a prominent member of the gaming industry and built a large presence online. Since the release of God of War, Barlog has become practically a household name in the video game industry....

Alex Hutchinson, Typhoon Studios co-founder and creative director at the Montreal Studio of Stadia Games and Entertainment, has suggested on Twitter that video game streamers should pay developers for the rights to stream their games. Hutchinson’s tweet seems to be a response to Twitch’s controversial handling of DMCA takedowns which have impacted their streaming partners’ ability to play licensed music and other licensed audio content on their streams. The confusing nature of that policy has concerned many streamers who not only are resorting to deleting all of their old content but are left with unanswered questions regarding the extent of Twitch’s policies and what they’re supposed to do moving forward....

Where Do They Come From? If He’s King, Why Is He Under The Summoners’ Control? Why Are The Knights Of The Round So Strong? Why Is Odin Even Here? Why Wouldn’t Everyone Just Become A Summoner How Did They Become So Strong? Where Do The Weapons Fit In? Is Yuna’s Yojimbo Everyone’s Yojimbo? If The Summon Is Villainous, Why Does It Fight For Good? Who Is This Shiva, Really? Why Are Chocobos A Summon?...

During a recent Final Fantasy 14 livestream, director Naoki Yoshida acknowledged that the game has been converting a lot of World of Warcraft players lately but asked fans to please be reasonable about any discussions about Final Fantasy 14 somehow beating World of Warcraft or ending the MMO’s reign of dominance. “Blizzard is definitely aware of this, but without World of Warcraft, [Final Fantasy 14] A Realm Reborn wouldn’t exist,” Yoshida said....

Those looking to show off their fandom for Final Fantasy 14 will soon be able to adorn their shelves with new figurines of three of the game’s most prominent characters. The Square Enix store updated its merchandise with Y’shtola, Estinien, and Ryne Minon figurines, each showing off how they look currently in the game’s story. They aren’t particularly tiny, either. Each of the three Final Fantasy 14 figurines is approximately 8....

The director for Final Fantasy 15, Hajime Tabata, reveals the forthcoming RPG’s primary scenario takes about 50 hours to complete, with devs targeting 30 FPS visuals. Earlier this week, during a NicoNico Livestream hosted by the Japanese press outlet Famitsu, Final Fantasy 15’s director, Hajime Tabata, discussed many aspects of the long-awaited next entry in the decade-spanning series from Square Enix. According to Tabata-san, the title apparently has “more volume” than its developers had initially planned, which has caused the studio to estimate Final Fantasy 15’s main scenario to take roughly 50 hours to complete, instead of the originally speculated time-frame of 40 hours....

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade’s file size is more than 80 GB and could be even bigger on day one depending on the finer details. The PS5 has fancy tech that allows it to compress file sizes. That means despite a game looking and playing better than the same one released on PS4, it might actually take up less room on your SSD. That will be the case with Final Fantasy 7 Remake....

Fire Emblem fans have plenty of reasons to be excited about the recently-released Fire Emblem Engage. Not only is it the latest entry into the famous strategy franchise, but it’s really a return to form for Fire Emblem after the series experimented with a few different ideas. It also features a massive roster of characters voiced by some pretty notable actors. Seriously, Engage’s voice cast is impressive. It’s one thing to boast a roster of named and notable characters quite so large, and it’s quite another to give most of those characters their own name and voice....

When Telltale Games first announced a partnership with HBO’s Game of Thrones series (based on the George R.R. Martin books), fans were over the moon. If the people behind The Walking Dead could do even half as good a job with this beloved property, then fans would be mighty happy with the end product. However, all Telltale could announce at the time was that they were working on a Game of Thrones title and that it would tie-in with the TV series not the novels....

Forbes has released its top-ten list of the most valuable esports companies in the world, with Los Angeles-based Team SoloMid (TSM) at the top. The list comes at a time when the industry is suffering from the inability to hold live events due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of sold-out tournaments in turn led to fewer merchandise sales, media rights, and sponsorships. While most esports leagues were able to transition online, international tournaments were hit the hardest....

A former Faze clan member, Frazier “Kay” Khattri, is threatening legal action against the YouTuber that exposed him and three others for a cryptocurrency scheme. As reported by PC Gamer, Kay was removed from Faze after he and three other former clan members were found to be advertising a shady “Save the Kids” crypto coin. The crypto coin’s sales were partly given to charity, but the value of the sale crashed following the launch, which meant that buyers lost a ton of money whilst the Faze promoters actually benefitted from it....

Every new season of Fortnite brings with it plenty of new content, but also sees some old favorites, and not so favorites, get locked away in the vault. With Chapter 2 Season 4, a whole suite of weapons and items are getting swapped around. Check out our list of everything new coming in, and old taken out so you don’t lose your competitive edge. The beginning of a new season of Fortnite is always exciting for many reasons....

Players can unlock a variety of different skins in Fortnite Season 5 by climbing the tiers of the new Battle Pass. While many fans will be happy to earn just the base versions of these skins, there are opportunities to unlock additional styles that give the cosmetics unique effects. Those are the Sapphire, Topaz, and Zero Point styles, and this guide will provide details on how Fortnite players can go about obtaining them all....

Fortnite dataminers this week have uncovered new changes in the game’s files that suggest that, in addition to character skins potentially signalling major storyline events, players could possibly be treated to a number of new items in the coming weeks. According to Spedicey1 on Twitter, suspicious strings of code were found in the maintenance update Epic Games released for the game yesterday. Although these strings didn’t include any images to indicate what could be, Spedicey1 claims that each of the codenames in the strings corresponds to a new item....