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HomeGuidesLost Ark Can you change servers in Lost Ark?Find out whether you can change servers in Lost Ark Find out whether you can change servers in Lost Ark Want to know whether you can change servers in Lost Ark?Like many MMOs,Lost Arkasks you to select a server when creating your character. The server you choose is extremely important, as friends must select the same server to play together. However, as Lost Ark’s player count continues to explode, you might struggle to get into the same server without experiencing long queues and wait times....

HomeNewsDota 2 Commonwealth Esports Championships running alongside this year’s Commonwealth GamesExploring potential future relationships between sports and esports Exploring potential future relationships between sports and esports Top 12 Best Management Games to Play on PCWatch on YouTube Top 12 Best Management Games to Play on PC The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial multi-sport international competition—a bit like the Olympics, but about fragments of the former British Empire. This year’s event is in Birmingham, England....

HomeNewsGenshin Impact Genshin Impact offering everyone a bonus gift following technical glitchA free extra Intertwined Fate for all! A free extra Intertwined Fate for all! The Lunar New Year celebrations inGenshin Impacthave become a little more generous than planned, with the free-to-play action-RPG offering all players a double of one of the gifts. A glitch with the game’s mail system meant some players received a duplicate of one of the daily Lantern Rite gifts, a bundle including one of the precious Intertwined Fate doodads which can unlock event characters and weapons....

HomeReviewsGrapple Dog Grapple Dog review: a cute yet frustrating platformerSwinging up the wrong tree Swinging up the wrong tree I resentGrapple Dogfor making me resent Grapple Dog. Look at him. He doesn’t deserve it. See his little paws, there, dangling out of that cannon? Tip of the iceberg. You haven’t seen his eagerness, his joie de vivre, as he swings between the many improbably-convenient floating grapple hook platforms of the world....

HomeGuidesPath of Exile Path Of Exile: Archnemesis recipes list, plus strategies for maximum Archnemesis lootGet those loot explosions rolling with these Archnemesis recipes Get those loot explosions rolling with these Archnemesis recipes Looking for the best Archnemesis recipes in Path Of Exile’s new Archnemesis league?Each newPath Of Exileleague brings with it a new mechanic, promising new content and powerful new rewards. This league’s Archnemesis system is simple on the surface, but if you delve deeper into the mechanics things get more complex, and vastly more rewarding....

HomeFeaturesLost Ark Will someone please give my Lost Ark gunslinger some trousers?It’s almost a full moon It’s almost a full moon Lost Arkis a new free-to-play MMORPG that is notable because a) it is a hack ‘n’ slash grind that makes it a bit like a free version of Diablo, b) I have no idea what is happening at any given point in time while playing it, instead drowning in a soup made of words like ‘destiny’, and c) the player characters look like they work at a sex dungeon....

HomeNews Bandai Namco aim to create “a metaverse for each IP"Investing in new three-year plan Investing in new three-year plan Bandai Namco will “develop a metaverse for each IP as a new framework for connecting with fans,” according to the company’smid-year report. The Japanese company lays out a three-year plan, which includes investing 15 billion yen (around £95 million, $130 million) in the creation of the metaverse. “On an IP axis, Bandai Namco will develop a metaverse for each IP as a new framework for connecting with fans,” says the report....

HomeNewsBioShock Infinite BioShock Infinite’s dancing bread boy is the start of some good game dev talesBaguette and tag it Baguette and tag it A boy dancing around the streets of Paris waving a baguette over his head inBioShock Infiniteholds a surprising amount of secrets and stories. Over the weekend, the former Irrational developer who placed the meme-ified Baguette Boy in Binfinite’s Burial At Sea expansion explained why he’s there. It’s an interesting story about how weird game development it is, how weird games themselves are as technical objects, and about creativity within technical constraints....

HomeReviewsDiplomacy Is Not An Option Diplomacy Is Not An Option review (early access): peasant-smashing fun on a giant scaleResistance is feudal Resistance is feudal Diplomacy is Not an Option. Early Access gameplay teaserWatch on YouTube Diplomacy is Not an Option. Early Access gameplay teaser In the moments of respite between attacks you’ve got a precious handful of minutes to expand your town with more homes for settlers, more farmlands and fisheries for food, and resource-generating buildings like iron mines and lumber mills....

HomeReviewsLost Ark Lost Ark review-in-progress: Diablo-like combat clashes with a very grindy MMOWhile you’re here, could you grab me ten kobold tongues? While you’re here, could you grab me ten kobold tongues? In last year’s hands-on with free-to-play action RPG-inspired MMOLost Arklast year, I thought it hadpotential if you could survive the early slow burn. Having since returned to it for a few weeks, my thoughts remain largely the same. For all its flashy combat and fun moments, the sheer grind to reach its promised endgame may prove too much for many....

HomeNews You’ll need dozens of guesses In many ways,Semantleis hard mode Wordle. Gone is the simplified dictionary and five-letter limit, meaning words can be any type and length, and gone is any indication of correctly guessed letters or positions. Instead, you’ve got two new helpers: the ability to make infinite guesses, and a neural network able to learn word associations telling you how close, conceptually, you are to the correct answer....

HomeNews “NFTs are a scam,” says indie game store Itch.io"How can you be so dense?" “How can you be so dense?” Whether you dislike NFTs, don’t understand them, or think you can make money from them, you can’t escape the NFT discourse. Game stores are no different. Valve havebanned games with NFTs or cryptocurrencies from Steam, theEpic Games Stores welcomes NFTs, and now Itch.io has weighed in. In response to people asking, the folks behind the excellent indie games store have stated their beliefs plainly: “NFTs are a scam....

HomeFeaturesOlliOlli World If Danny Trejo can be in OlliOlli World, why not your favourite game characters?We’ve been having fun with the character creator tool We’ve been having fun with the character creator tool Ahem. Well, if Danny Trejo can show up in this kickflip ‘em up, what other cameos may appear? We used the game’s character customisation menu to cook up some possibilities. OlliOlli World - Official Gameplay Trailer - Nintendo SwitchWatch on YouTube...