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Quick Links Just like Odyssey and Valhalla did,Assassin’s Creed Shadowsgives the player the option to romance a few specific characters for Naoe and Yasuke. While most of the characters aren’t that important to the story, there’s one who is a central figure. That character is Lady Oichi and she’s one of the main romance options for Yasuke in the game. While romancing other characters is fairly straightforward, Lady Oichi is a little bit more complex than that and requires some very specific choices....

Quick Links It’s a new day and that means a new puzzle wall to solve in the New York Times’sConnectionsgame. If you’re looking to save your streak and only want to nail down that last pesky category, don’t worry - we have all the hints you could need. You’ll find everything you need below, from vague hints as to what you should be looking for to the outright answers. Whether you’re looking for a nudge in the right direction or a sneaky way to preserve your blemish-free record, you’ve come to the right place....

Quick Links What’s better than reaching that treasure hidden beneath the hole? The virtual trophies you find along the way!A Game About Digging a Holehas those moments, with its small but significant achievements obtained by digging deeper than any other man has ever before. However, one must dig to the deepest depths before one can start collecting those small victories in your own garden. Due to how achievements work in this game, you might find yourself a bit confused the first time you go through the game....

Quick Links Friedrich comes in two varieties inCivilization 7, and Friedrich, Oblique follows a more mililitaristic slant than his Baroque alter ego. If you’re planning to play as Oblique, you’ll be marrying that military slant to a thirst for the scientific. It’s a good blend, and it can pay dividends if you do it just right. Our Civ 7 guide for Friedrich, Oblique will get into what makes him tick, why you might consider maining him for a campaign (or ten), and which civs will suit his fancy....

Hey, everybody. What’s your favourite gameshow? Something intellectually stimulating, like The Chase? A more casual, luck based affair like Deal or No Deal? Maybe even one of those gameshows that isn’t really a gameshow so much as a reality show full of people being conniving in the hopes of winning money, like The Traitors. It’s probably not the one where the teammates throw a bomb at each other over and over again until it explodes, likeSplit Fictionseems to think a gameshow is, right?...

Summary Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2is a gruelling game. Set against a medieval European backdrop,developer Warhorse Studios strips away the ‘power’ in power fantasy, forcing you to grapple with hunger and sleep meters anda rigorous save mechanicthat demands crafting with scarce materials, all while your shoes get tattered. Clothing and armour have durability in KCD2, with different experts being able to repair different components. The more you walk, the more worn down your shoes get, so you need to see a cobbler to get them fixed....

Summary Magic: The Gathering’s next phase of Universes Beyond is officially underway withthe reveal of its Final Fantasy crossover commander decksthis week. The new set will be here in June, but pre-orders for it have already begun with the decks now available on Amazon alongside starter kits, a booster bundle, and more. Four games from theFinal Fantasyseries have been selected for MTG duty -Final Fantasy 6,Final Fantasy 7,Final Fantasy 10, andFinal Fantasy 14....

Summary Marvel Rivalshas had a pretty incredible first month. Millions of people have been playing,it was the most-played game on Steam last weekend, and you’ll struggle to find someone with a bad word to say about it. That’s unless you ask someone who’s used to playing hero shooters with role queue, and those people are only going to be more annoyed with an update on that absent feature provided this week....

Summary Metaphor: ReFantazioandPersonadeveloper Atlus has a particularly strange formula when it comes to designing protagonists for their games. They almost always have a pre-designed main character, not allowing you to build or customize them in any way, but they also allow you to name them whatever you like, allowing you a small degree of customization. It’s this fact that has made actually getting the canon names of these characters rather complex....

Summary Funko seemingly has a busy week ahead with the first images of its next drops starting to appear online. One of those drops will be made up of four new figures based on characters from theMortal Kombat 11roster, all of which have been modeled on them mid-fatality. The fourMortal Kombatcharacters selected for Funko Pop duty are icons that have been a part of the series for so long, even the most casual fans will know who they are....

The lore of the Night Kingdom is important to understand to completely grasp the plot of the Natlan Chapter inGenshin Impact. This realm that existed alongside the mortal world plays a huge part in the story. Considering that the Ley Lines of Natlan were weak, Natlan’s fate depended greatly on this mysterious area. Many Natlan Archons have sacrificed their lives to stabilize the Night Kingdom. However, nothing solved the continuous problems the region has permanently faced....

Summary Thursday’s impromptuNintendo Directwasfull of exciting announcements and updates, though it appears what has fans talking about the most —besides the long-awaited return of Tomodachi Life— is the mysterious “C” button that was spotted after the broadcast. As part of the Direct,Nintendo revealed the “Nintendo Today” app, a platform where news about Nintendo and daily updates will be shared with players. Onthe app’s storefront page, in one of the images, a render of the Switch 2 console is shown featuring a “C” button on the right Joy-Con....

Summary Yesterday’s Pokémon Presents included a plethora of announcements, none more surprisingthan the reveal of Pokémon Champions, a new Pokémon battler currently in development for Nintendo Switch and mobile. ThetrailerforPokémon Championsshowcased a brief history of multiplayer Pokémon battling, from the original Game Boy to the Nintendo Switch. We learned that The Pokémon Works, a support studio best known for Pokémon Home and Pokémon Sleep, is working on the title under the oversight of Game Freak....