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The term “gacha” isn’t quite as widespread in the West as it is in Japan, but we all understand how a free-to-play game like Genshin Impact aims to make money through various currencies. Still, with every game inventing their own terms for their different types of currencies, and all of them being used for different purposes, it can be a major headache to try and keep it all straight. You don’t need a personal banker if you want a simple breakdown of what all the currencies in Genshin Impact do or how you should be spending them thanks to our guide....

The Fatui is a well-known organization in Teyvat and one of the core antagonists of Genshin Impact. Not only do the Fatui play a part in the main story, but some of the most powerful enemies players can face are Fatui mages and skirmishers. The organization is obsessed with gaining the power of each element and will go through any means it takes to acquire them. The Fatui have found ways to worm themselves into just about every other region, including both Mondstadt and Liyue, where they openly walk around and even own a bank with powerful ties to the city....

Sucker Punch’s Ghost Of Tsushima is a beautiful game. It features an expansive open world, unbelievable art, a variety of weapons, and some of the best blade-to-blade combat in all of gaming. And the game puts this combat to great use in a handful 0f epic, intricate, and totally awesome one on one duels that are both exhilarating and difficult. So let’s take a look at the different duels in the game, and decide which ones took the most brow sweat to conquer....

Google Stadia, Google’s premium cloud gaming service, is scheduled to be unveiled during a Google Connect livestream in just a few short hours. However, it looks like some of the event’s major details, including pricing and release info, has leaked a bit earlier. Needless to say, Google Stadia is a bit more complicated than some may have been assuming, but now gamers can judge for themselves whether to look forward to Google’s cloud gaming efforts....

Our quick take GoPro Hero 9 Black - 4.5 / 5 Familiar, yet new Dimensions: 71 x 55 x 33.6mm Microphone (with water drain) Waterproof to 10m (33ft) Built-in mounting What’s it like to use? Touchscreen interface HyperSmooth Voice control Video and photo 1080p up to 240fps 4K up to 60fps 5K at 30fps 20MP stills To recap Video and still photography quality won’t match a flagship smartphone, that’s for sure, but GoPro more than makes up for it by offering a camera you could bounce off walls, drown in a river, and take on the shakeiest bike ride you could imagine - yet still deliver awesome footage....

The aesthetics of your island and villagers are all important and held to a high standard for Animal Crossing: New Horizons players, but it doesn’t stop there. Custom designs are still around with this new Animal Crossing game, so the fun and creativity continue! It may be hard to sift through QR codes and custom designs online so here are some of the top gothic pieces to fit in with any dark and mysterious island....

President Trump has signed two executive orders: one banning US companies from doing business with TikTok’s parent company ByteDance and another prohibiting “any transaction that is related to WeChat,” a Chinese messaging app owned by Tencent Holdings. Some gamers, like Noah J. Nelson, fear that Trump has declared war on gaming as a whole. Tencent, which owns Riot Games, creator of League of Legends, as well as, 40% of Epic Games, which develops Fortnite, also holds 5% stakes in Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft....

It’s time for Irrational Games to introduce gamers to the final member of their Heavy Hitter class of enemies in BioShock Infinite, this one appropriately dubbed ‘The Siren’. Though not an entirely new type of enemy, the Siren should bring a new gameplay experience to BioShock Infinite even though, by our measure, there are plenty of those already. Stemming from society’s obsession with the spiritual world during that time period, the Siren is, in essence, a necromancer....

Video games often use a simple, hooking formula: to beat the final boss and save the day, you have to work for it. In most games, you unlock the final boss only after completing the required levels. Some games, however, allow you to fight the final boss from the beginning of the game. Defeating the final boss is often impossible or incredibly challenging; in order to beat the powerful antagonist, you must strengthen your avatar and your own gaming abilities....

Final Fantasy is a series full to the brim with memorable scenarios and characters. The main cast of most Final Fantasy games have become embedded in the minds of their fans due to some excellent character writing, making most of these people likable — or, at the very least, notable. However, the villains of Final Fantasy should also be given due credit. Most Final Fantasy games definitely feature excellent villains that have definitely made the spotlight their own several times, to the point where some of the most iconic moments in the series have come after these villains have taken the upper hand in their conflict against the heroes....

Final Fantasy 15’s combat is a little more fast-paced than some RPG fans are used to, but this trick to slow down time and identify enemy weaknesses makes things much easier. Final Fantasy 15 has been out for a few days now and players are already flying through the content and taking out bosses taller than skyscrapers. Whether Noct and his crew are fighting a hulking behemoth or a pack of smaller monsters in the wild, Final Fantasy 15 players have a major advantage if they take the time to identify enemy weaknesses....

A Final Fantasy 7 Remake is in the works, and since the first announcement of the remake last year, more and more has gradually been revealed about what fans can expect from the PlayStation 4 exclusive. Up to this point, fans didn’t know much about the highly anticipated remake, but a posting has suggested that the Final Fantasy 7 Remake aims to exceed the original, instead of just being another remaster....

Developer Spokko Games has revealed its first look at The Witcher: Monster Slayer gameplay, and so far it looks great. In the gameplay video below, we can see that players will need to learn how to strategically fight off several dangerous monsters from The Witcher universe, while also having the familiar real-world map overlay players have come to expect from games like Pokémon: GO. Combat appears to be deeper than other AR games....

Our quick take Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale - 3.5 / 5 Set Up Design To The Cloud! Food Plan Accuracy To recap The FitBit Aria Wi-Fi Smart scales look decent and, for the most part, work well too. There are some accuracy issues, but weigh yourself enough and the system will give an adjusted and more accurate weight, fat and BMI projection. The online food plan system may be long-winded to fill out day to day, but the inclusion of these tools means that weight loss and tracking is easy if you have the self control and willpower....

Not too long ago, it was discovered that Fortnite landmarks are appearing in the real world, with the wildly popular multiplayer sandbox survival title’s Durr Burger showing up in a desert outside of Palmdale, California. Now, it seems as if Epic Games is content to continue marketing the hybrid construction shooter by way of real-life props, as there have recently been multiple sightings of Loot Llamas across Europe. As seen in the image below, the Redditor and Fortnite fan known as “eversoris86” posted a photo of a Loot Llama found in a London telephone booth, and the plastic likeness of the in-game item has been found across the continent....

Although it may seem as if Fortnite season 9 has just begun, it’s officially at its midway point, with season 9 week 5 now underway. After completing all of the challenges given by developer Epic Games this week, players will be able to find a season 9 week 5 battle star, but one challenge that may be perplexing for some requires players to visit 5 wind turbines in a single match....

As many Fortnite Battle Royale fans will suggest, the wildly successful multiplayer sandbox survival title from Epic Games has introduced its fair share of weaponry ever since it went free-to-play roughly a year ago. Of course, the developer plans to forge on with its plans to expand the game’s armory, as the studio has teased the inclusion of a suppressed assault rifle is on the way in a future update....

Games often hold special events to celebrate holidays, including kicking off the New Year, but Epic Games surprised everyone with its decision to hold an hourly Fortnite New Years’ Party. Fortnite players across the globe were surprised to see an in-game event celebrating the start of 2019, because many saw the event happen hours before 2019 would actually start in their time zone. Initially, gamers believed that it might have been a bug that caused the event to trigger at the wrong time, but that was quickly busted as the event repeated starting with the next hour....

Ever since Fortnite Battle Royale’s release, Epic Games has made it clear that the experience is a work in progress. Things will be constantly changing through the addition of new weapons and the developers will consistently tweak elements to keep the matches fun and fair. To that point, Epic Games is preparing a limited time mode called Shooting Test #1 that will make some major changes to the way certain weapons work in Fortnite Battle Royale....

Today, 14 Days of Fortnite has officially come to a close, but it seems as if there has been some miscommunication on behalf of the multiplayer sandbox survival shooter’s developer, Epic Games, insofar as to when the event would actually be over. With this being the case, the company has now decided that it will be rewarding certain players with a free cosmetic as compensation due to the fact that it shared an incorrect end date for the event on the game’s social channels....