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Genshin Impact’s Windblume festival is in full swing, and players are loving the festival’s Ballads of Breeze rhythm-based mini-game challenges which must be completed using the Windsong Lyre. Whilst the game has a number of pre-set tracks which you’re required to play in order to unlock rewards, some fans are taking things a step further by playing some of their own favorite songs using the Windsong Lyre, just for funsies....

Rise Eterna is a classic-style strategy RPG coming to Steam and Nintendo Switch. It’s the kind of game that knows its audience, and will probably do well by playing to exactly what that audience wants. That wasn’t meant in a cynical way, mind you. The official website for Rise Eterna calls it “nostalgia on steroids” and fully admits that it caters to lovers of games like Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics....

Roborock S4 Max | Was $429.99, now $279.99 Low-light LiDAR navigation Multi-floor mapping No-go zones Selective room cleaning Automatic schedules Smartphone app control 2000Pa suction force Automatic carpet boost 180 minutes of non-stop cleaning Roborock E4 Mop | Was $379.99, now $219.99 2-in-1 vacuum and mop cleaner 2000Pa suction force 3.55-inch design Logical route planning Intelligent navigation No-go zones and no-mop zones Z-shape route cleaning Automatic carpet boost Infrared sensors Cliff sensors Anti-tangle main and side brushes Automatic room scheduling App and voice control 5200mAh Automatic battery recharge Roborock S6 Pure | Was $599....

We Bare Bears: The Movie was an absolute delight and even thought it released at the end of June I’m still thinking about it. The way it managed to balance the comedy and melancholy of the series with its absolutely riveting message is one that’ll speak to generations to come. We got a chance to speak with Daniel Chong about the film when it came out but there’s even more We Bare Bears: The Movie behind-the-scenes content that’s coming soon!...

When Kratos returned to Sony’s E3 2017 press conference, he looked noticeably different. Weatherworn, and with a son, Kratos spent the demonstration navigating frozen wastes and battling a new horde of enemies. Fans were still treated to the same visceral combat that they have come to expect from a God of War game, and there were still supernatural elements as well, but it didn’t take long for people to begin noticing that something about Kratos was different - his weapon of choice....

Sony just concluded its PlayStation 5 Showcase presentation with a bombshell announcement. After revealing the PlayStation 5 price and release date, Sony officially confirmed that the new God of War game is coming to PS5 in 2021, with Sony Santa Monica once again developing the new game. The teaser trailer for the new God of War game was brief, showing the franchise’s symbol and having very little in the way of details....

If you didn’t already label the fictional city of Gotham as dark, bleak, and rather unwelcoming, then the upcoming Gotham PD will make it abundantly clear. Joe Barton’s prequel series to Matt Reeves’ The Batman will extend a new, grittier branch within the DC Universe, but how different will it be to the five seasons of Fox’s Gotham? Gotham PD will serve as an HBO Max spin-off show to The Batman, the latter of which is due to release in March, 2022....

Game Rant had the opportunity to go hands-on with an almost finalized build of Final Fantasy 15, and the storied fantasy RPG franchise is in safe hands. Final Fantasy 15 is, despite the protestations of some, the lens through which the gaming world sees the entire genre of JRPG titles. As Final Fantasy 15 goes, so too will the ability of companies to market the genre to the west - and let’s not forget, there’s still a very real chance that Final Fantasy 15 will have a major impact on the console market in Japan, to the point that its viability might be defined entirely by sales figures from Square Enix’s latest effort....

Summons are a mainstay of the Final Fantasy series, and it’s no different with Final Fantasy VII Remake. If you’re unfamiliar, Summons are powerful magical creatures you can summon in the heat of battle that give offensive, defensive, or curative effects. You’ll come across several Summon Materia that you can slot into your weapon to summon a variety of beasts to fight alongside you, each with their own unique abilities. Here’s every one of the Summons in the FFVII Remake you can get, ranked, as well as how to get them so you can put the smack down on your enemies....

It has been at least a week since Fire Emblem Heroes announced and started its summoning winter event named A Festive Miracle. The event introduced new limited-time alternate costumes for Fire Emblem: Three Houses characters Felix, Hilda, and Bernadette, as well as another Christmas-themed outfit for the game’s goddess, Sothis. As the celebration continues, the game’s developers seem to be in a festive mood, creating a limited-time online interaction with players and fans to send them festive greetings through their Twitter accounts....

A recent livestream for The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle has confirmed that firefighters will be added to the base game in an upcoming free update on June 2nd. Firefighters have been present in the franchise since the first Sims game, but were only made playable in the Ambitions expansion for The Sims 3. It was strange to see them absent from the base game when The Sims 4 launched, as it was the first time they weren’t included even as NPCs, but it seems EA is finally patching that up now....

The latest season of Fortnite has been acquainting gamers with a spectrum of Marvel superheroes. Players with the paid Battle Pass can now earn a unique new costume by finding and defeating the famous mutant, Wolverine. Wolverine’s X-Men costume is now available as a Fortnite skin, though only for Battle Pass holders. Players will need to complete one tricky challenge before unlocking the skin, but once they do, they can enter the fray as one of the most iconic X-Men to date: Wolverine....

Fortnite Season 5 includes a number of new Battle Pass outfits, but the two legendary skins introduced this season are known as Drift and Ragnarok. One dedicated fan took it upon themselves to create a Ragnarok Lights concept, thereby giving the latter legendary skin a few more hues. The new Ragnarok skin may very well be one of the more popular skins revealed so far this season, but if it were to receive red, purple, and green hues, its popularity could continue to skyrocket....

A decade ago, it seemed like no game could possibly top the pop culture relevance of Minecraft, but Fortnite is really giving those building blocks a run for their money. From Fortnite inspired taunts at sporting events to massive eSports prizes, the battle royale game is really taking over the world. The game’s cultural relevance is even invading BBC’s 500 Words competition. The BBC 500 Words short story competition tasks children from ages five to 13 years old with writing a short story....

In Fortnite and other battle royale games, the start of the match is familiar: players drop, loot, and then begin to fight. Sometimes, victory is a matter of where players choose to drop and what they loot. This may have very well been the rationale for the Fortnite fan who created the below map that shows which areas spawn the most chests. Of course, it’s worth mentioning that this map shows the total number of possible spawns, not the total number of spawns that happen game-to-game....

Legacy Look Controls will be completely removed from Fortnite starting on March 13th, but there is still a way to preserve your current settings. The shift in gameplay will also remove the Legacy Control aim-assist that gave an unfair advantage to console players. At the beginning of Chapter 2, Legacy Controls were kept in the game as a way to make cross-platform play more competitive. It’s well-known that a mouse and keyboard configuration allows for a level of precision that is nearly impossible to achieve on a controller....

Friday the 13th: The Game’s first cosmetic DLC for camp counselors is still in the works, waiting on the multiplayer horror game’s Counselor Clothing update to enable outfits. In the mean time, Illfonic is sharing just what each camp counselor’s look is in the Spring Break 1984 DLC along with their different customization options. Spring break outfits for both Tiffany and Chad were shown with the Spring Break 1984 DLC pack’s initial announcement three weeks ago....

Frostpunk developer, 11 bit Studios, has a new game in the works and, thankfully, it won’t be as sad as what fans have grown used to. People familiar with Frostpunk and This War of Mine will probably agree that both games evoke doom and gloom. The former requires the building of a city, and then preparations for an apocalyptic cold, while the latter asks players to brave it through a warzone....

VR gaming is continuously picking up speed, especially as VR tech grows more sophisticated. But one thing still stands in the way of many prospective players hopping on the VR bandwagon - the cursed phenomenon of cybersickness. Cybersickness is essentially motion sickness, but VR Edition. Its symptoms generally include disorientation, vertigo, nausea, eye strain or headache, and can vary in severity from being pesky to completely debilitating. It’s also a pretty common occurrence, affecting an estimated more than half of VR users, so it remains at the top of the list of obstacles for many developers in this field....

Welcome to another edition of the Game Ranter Banter. Five of our writers take a few minutes out of their busy schedules to give their opinions on some of the most compelling and controversial recent news stories of the game industry. This week, the Game Rant team discusses the season pass for Gears of War 3, the latest PS3 price drop, the Yakuza franchise’s continued growth, EA’s incessant needling at Activision, and the impressive scope of Batman: Arkham City....