Apart from the Windblume festival, Genshin Impact’s latest update 1.4 has added a new event called Contending Tides, providing an opportunity to win a lot of Primogems and Hero’s Wits. Notably, the event has already started and it will run until April 12, 2021. Since we still have a few days left to claim rewards before the Contending Tides event comes to an end, we have got you everything covered here....
Kaedehara Kazuha is back as a rerun Banner in Phase 1 of the 2.8 update to Genshin Impact. The young samurai from Inazuma is featured in the Leaves in the Wind event Banner during the Summer Fantasia content of 2.8, which also includes new Anemo 4-Star, Heizou. Whether you have him, or want to prepare for if you do Wish for him successfully, it’s good to know the best Kazuha build in Genshin Impact, including his best Artifacts and best team comp....
Genshin Impact has always had a reliable update cycle, with players getting one new content update every four weeks or so. The coronavirus situation in Shangai seems to have changed HoYoverse’s usual schedule, as the developers announced via Twitter that Version 2.7 of Genshin Impact will see a delay. This news follows another post by HoYoverse stating that it will also delay the monthly update livestream, presumably for similar reasons....
As E3 continues to fade in relevance, it seems as if another nail in the coffin has been added to its casket. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, industry pundit Geoff Keighley announced that he won’t be attending E3 this year. This is a huge shock as he recently started producing E3 Coliseum and has attended every show in the event’s 25-year history. “Given what has been publicly communicated about plans for E3 2020, I just don’t feel comfortable participating in the show at this time,” Keighley told the publication....
The new year is well underway and there have been plenty of sales and discounts on tech so far this January. Now memory and storage experts Crucial have gotten in on the act with a sales event on lots of their SSDs. The P5 plus is one of our favourite SSD options, presenting a serious upgrade over any old hard drive you might still have in your PC. As an NVMe SSD, the P5 plus will slot straight onto your motherboard where it can sit forever and deliver fast loading times thanks to its speeds of up to 6600MB/s....
Bungie is offering Destiny players three free Strange Coins to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day. To grab the coins, all you need to do is head over to Bungie’s code redemption website, login to your account and enter the code ‘ARR-RRR-RRR’. You’ll then be able to pick up the coins from the Postmaster in the Tower. Players can use Strange Coins to purchase Exotic items from Xur each weekend, although you’ll often need far more than just three…...
Next month, Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon franchise is set to make a return and looks to continue to build on the successful formula established by its open-world predecessor. Ghost Recon Breakpoint sets players on a massive fictional island called Auroa, where they’re behind enemy lines and up against a former ally and Ghost, Cole D. Walker. In addition to a number of new gameplay features, Breakpoint is changing how it delivers post-launch content which now includes Raid missions....
Ubisoft has included a subtle nod to its cancelled shooter Rainbow Six Patriots in the latest update for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands. The cheeky wink comes as park of Wildlands’ crossover mission with Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, and takes place via some banter with your Operative and drone wizard Twitch. You end up prodding Twitch for more details, but your companion simply replies, ‘Not even with a knife to my throat....
[Update: The beta starts June 3!] In today’s giveaway you can take a closed beta key for KartRider: Drift! It’s the weekend, so I won’t bog you down with too much chatter for this one: We’ve got tonsof closed beta keys for upcoming free-to-play kart racer, KartRider: Drift, and need you to take them all. Or just one. Or however many you want or need. Just take some keys, damn it!...
Favor quests are one of the best ways for exploring the regions hidden across the 9 Realms. When you begin your journey with Freya in the later part of the game, you will eventually be entering Vanaheim. Wherein, near the Cliffside Ruins, you will come across a Spirit by the name Gunhild. This is where a new Favor Quest, Conscience for the Dead begins in God of War Ragnarok. The main objective of this quest is to slay and set the souls of Gunhild’s known ones free....
Gaming mice are constantly evolving, with top manufacturers like Razer and Logitech bringing out new models every year or so with upgraded features to separate them from the rest. The actual discount might only be a humble £3, but this makes the Viper Ultimate the lowest price it’s been. For that price you get an optical sensor with 20,000 Dpi and the RGB Razer logo on the mouse, both of which can be customised using Razer’s software....
In Hair Salon Simulator you can start your very own hair salon and customize your customers with different hairstyles. You can collect gold after each near hair styling. Then use this gold to more chairs to accommodate more customers at the same time. You can also find and equip new hairstyles as you play more of the game. And once you attract rich customers to your salon, you can collect bonus gems from them....
Chet Faliszek, a man with writing credits that include both Half-Life episodes and the two Portal games, has left Valve after 12 years at the studio, as announced via GI.biz. Along with Eric Wolpaw and Mark Laidlaw, Faliszek penned the aforementioned influential games, as well as both Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2. More recently, Faliszek worked in developer relations, chatting to studios about getting their game on HTC Vive — Valve’s VR platform....
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is still tentatively planned for release on PC in 2019 but progress towards its testing goals has been delayed in recent months. Originally planned for July, the test flight for Halo: Reach’s Firefight Horde mode was delayed until “it’s ready.” It seems Firefight is ready now, as the next test flight for Halo: The Master Chief Collection has started. 343 Industries Engagement Coordinator Tyler Davis announced on Twitter that the “FireFlight” test flight would begin today....
Disintegration mashes different genres into one big action game. On the one hand, it’s a first person-shooter, where players control a flying gravcycle equipped with a variety of weapons and abilities. On top of that, players control a group of ground troops like in a strategy game but are deployed similarly to grenades in a shooter. The two gameplay mechanics are blended together in a game that features themed crews that include robotic samurai, malicious clowns, medieval knights, and more....
The ability to change your loadouts in Halo Infinite can be quite advantageous. With this ability, you will be able to have the upper hand on your enemies with the help of different weapons in the midst of gameplay. With the latest edition of the Halo franchise gracing the PCs and consoles of eager players, everybody is asking the same question, and that is, can you change loadouts in the game....
Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki has offered an update on Hayao Miyazaki‘s next film for the Japanese animation powerhouse. Described as a “big, fantastical story”, How Do You Live? is being adapted from Yoshino Genzaburo’s 1937 book, Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka. The tale follows a young boy who has to go and live with his uncle after his father dies, and charts how he deals with spiritual growth, poverty, and the overall human experience....
Hypnospace Outlaw publisher No More Robots and co-developers SkyBagel and RogueCode have unveiled Heist Simulator, a strategy game that challenges you to plan, play and share your own elaborate heists. The game promises you’ll be able to create a range of cunning heists from a broad range of possibilities. These include action-packed capers, puzzle-based jobs, narrative campaigns or escape-room type heists and more using the game’s own level creation and sharing tools....
Christmas is getting closer, and Currys have now offered a big helping hand by bringing back the “GAMING30” discount code, which can be used to get 30 per cent off any gaming accessory across the site. So if you’ve been trying to find a new gaming headset, mouse, keyboard, or other accessory for someone this month then now is a great time, as some really good pieces of tech can be had for their lowest-ever price....
Last night, Naughty Dog officially unveiled its The Last of Us Part 1 remake for the PS5, and confirmed it will also make its way to PC in the future. Ahead of this reveal, we also got our first look at the price - $70 - via a leak online. That in itself was enough to cause many to raise an eyebrow, as while the game certainly does look smoother thanks to its current gen make-over, it is also a game that has been released twice before....
