Romance isn’t a huge component of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, but it does exist. You’ll naturally come across some romance options in the main story and via companion missions. Romance, then, is just a matter of knowing what to say — and when to say it.In this Assassin’s Creed Shadows guide,...
Atomfall is an achievement in cutting to the chase
Forget the number of hours it takes for a game to “get good” — how am I spending the first 15 minutes? Call me impatient, but a game’s opening seconds, even those introductory moments as a character comes alive or a world opens up, are make-or-break for how far I...
Monster Hunter Wilds’ Gathering Hub NEEDS a Poogie, OK???
Monster Hunter Wilds has been keeping me busy since its drop a few weeks back. I’m working on boosting my hunter rank in the high-rank environments, and vacillating quickly on which new armor set I’m going to craft next. (Right now I’m hunting gnarly Jin Dahaad, but the armor-plated Gravios...
Getting Terminator 2’s T-1000 into MK1 was both easy and incredibly hard
“Guest characters are always a challenge,” says Nick Nicastro, design manager at Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios. But there’s at least one thing that’s easy about bringing Mortal Kombat 1’s newest kombatant, the Terminator T-1000, to the fighting game: a shared understanding of what the character is and what he’s...
Where to find Kuji-Kiri locations in Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Kuji-kiri are a type of side activity in Assassin’s Creed Shadows that are, at least in part, essential for completing Naoe’s storyline.Kuji-kiri are spots places where Naoe meditates, and tend to be tucked away in remote locations — which means that finding all Kuji-kiri locations in Assassin’s Creed Shadows mandates...
Assassin’s Creed Shadows commits a great RPG sin, but I’ll forgive it
I spent 20 hours playing Assassin’s Creed Shadows before I spent my first skill point. I was cleaning out castles like it was House Flipper: Sengoku Edition and I never once needed an extra 4% vulnerable damage, or even the ability to assassinate two people at once. Naoe is a...
How to get the Mushroomancer skill in Monster Hunter Wilds
The Mushroomancer skill is a unique power that activates when you wear certain armor in Monster Hunter Wilds.In addition to influencing your stats, different armor in Monster Hunter Wilds can have additional buffs called “skills,” which activate under special circumstances. One of these skills is called Mushroomancer, which is especially...
How to unlock the Barrow-Dyad Catalysts in Destiny 2
The Barrow-Dyad Catalysts continue to roll out in Destiny 2. But unlike previous episodic Exotic Catalysts, these don’t come from running a mission multiple times. Instead, you’ll need to fulfill some secret conditions.In this Destiny 2 guide, we’ll walk you through how to unlock the first and second Barrow-Dyad Catalysts...
Fallout 76’s newest update adds player ghouls, live now
In the Fallout canon, ghouls are humans who have been mutated by the radiation of the nuclear wasteland. Some of them go feral, and serve as bullet fodder for the game’s protagonist, but many are just normal folks trying to get by. Sure, they’re hugely pockmarked, scarred, burned, and twisted...
Here’s what Troy Baker did to sound uncannily like Indiana Jones
I wonder if the developers of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle — several years ago, when they were first outlining the game’s core pillars — felt like they knew what they were getting into when they decided to go the full-likeness route. That is, that the game’s protagonist wouldn’t...