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You might have seen a story going around this week with the headline “The only manned submersible that could reach the missing Titan is owned by Steam’s Gabe Newell,” in reference to the leader of the world’s biggest PC gaming platform. This is true, in a purely hypothetical sense, but also kinda pointless since said… Read more... View the full article

If the sale of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft for $69 billion goes through, it could have big consequences for the future of Call of Duty on PlayStation. At least that’s what Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan keeps saying. In a new deposition for the current lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission, the… Read more... View the full article

Nintendo just dropped trailers for its next big Super Mario games, and while they look cool, you’ve probably noticed the plumber himself looks a little different. The hallmarks of iconic Mario’s design are still there, like his blue overalls and red cap, but his actual silhouette is now way more compact. The effect is… Read more... View the full article

Conquer the lands in Microsoft’s award-winning Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. It leads 10 new games supported today on GeForce NOW. At Your Command Stream battles all from the cloud. Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is a remaster of one of the most beloved real-time strategy franchises featuring improved visuals, enhanced gameplay, cross-platform multiplayer and more. Command mighty civilizations from across Europe and the Americas or jump to the battlefields of Asia. Members can experience two new game modes: Historical Battles and The Art of War Challenge Missions. Two new nations also join this edition — Sweden and the Inca — each with advantages for conquering the New World. Build an empire today and stream across devices in glorious 4K resolution with an Ultimate membership. Conquer Your Games List Master the art of siege tactics in “Conqueror’s Blade” this week. The GeForce NOW library is always expanding. Take a look at the 10 newly supported games this week. Aliens: Dark Descent (New release on Steam, June 20) Trepang2 (New release on Steam, June 21) Forever Skies (New release on Steam, June 22) Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (Steam) A.V.A Global (Steam) Bloons TD 6 (Steam) Conqueror’s Blade (Steam) Layers of Fear (Steam) Park Beyond (Steam) Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction (Steam) Before diving into the weekend, let us know your answer to our question of the week on Twitter or in the comments below. Happy streaming! You’ve been chosen to build the greatest empire in history. What time period are you choosing to build it in? — NVIDIA GeForce NOW (@NVIDIAGFN) June 14, 2023 View the full article

When protagonist Clive Rosfield takes to the battlefield in Final Fantasy XVI, he channels the otherworldly magical power of the Eikons, enormous and incredibly powerful magical entities. This new interpretation of classic Final Fantasy Summons like Shiva and Ifrit is at the center of the game’s story: A single person… Read more... View the full article

Final Fantasy XVI brings some big changes to the long-running franchise. It’s the first true action-RPG in the main series, meaning even longtime fans will have a bit of learning to do. Read more... View the full article

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EventDaru Mission Event PeriodJune 22 (Thurs), 2023 after maintenance–July 6 (Thurs), 2023 before maintenance Event DetailsOutlineYou can purchase the "Daru Daily Mission: 1 Day" for free at the Marketplace for 2 weeks from June 22 (Thurs) after maintenance–July 6 (Thurs) before maintenance. (Once per day per account.)When you use the "Daru Daily Mission: 1 Day" item, you will randomly get one of two Daru Missions.You cannot use the "Daru Daily Mission: 1 Day" item if you already have a Daru Mission item, if you have a Daru Mission quest in progress, or if you already completed the quest.You can get 6 Manastorm Crystals as a reward for completing the Daru Daily Mission quest.The Daru Mission items will be removed once you complete the quest.After the event ends, you will get additional rewards depending on the number of times you completed the quests using the event item. Event QuestsQuest NameCondition for Accepting QuestQuest Completion ConditionsRewardsDaru Mission: Vocation BadgesLv55+Obtain 2,000 Vocation BadgesManastorm Crystal x6Daru Mission: Spend LaborLv55+Spend 2,000 LaborManastorm Crystal x6 Additional Rewards for Event Quest CompletionsReward Schedule: July 7 (Fri), 2023, before 18:00Reward Item & QuantityNumber of CompletionsAkasch TokensAkasch Token Crate of Honor x21–3 times30Akasch Token Crate of Honor x54–6 times75Akasch Token Crate of Honor x107–9 times150Akasch Token Crate of Honor x2010 times or more300 DisclaimerThe daily quests are available for level 55 or above and reset each day at 23:00 CEST (21:00 PST).The coupons that are sent after the end of the event must be used within 30 days, and will disappear after the expiration period.Expired coupons cannot be recovered.All event items cannot be restored.View the full article

Patch NotesContent Updates"Daru Transformation" was added.Go to Skills (K) - Basic tab to use the Daru Transformation skill. You can use the skill once learned.The transformation lasts 30 minutes with a cooldown of 4 hours (cooldown applies when you cancel transformation).Use the skill again during transformation to cancel transformation (you cannot transform or cancel transformation during combat).The following effects apply while you are transformed into a Daru.Daru performance/appearance costume effects apply.Increases Move Speed when riding Donkey mount while equipped with Trade Pack.Doubles the damage for the "Big Reel In" skill during Mirage Isle Fish-Fest.Enables underwater breathing.Increases swimming speed by 20%.Cannot use all combat skills and racial skills.Cannot participate or enter instances.Added Daru exclusive costume slots (performance/appearance). These slots are on the bottom of the existing costume slots.Added 2 Transparent Daru Costumes and 2 Shining Daru Costumes.They are new vocation costumes that give new synthesis effects including Labor Consumption Reduction and Production Increase when Harvesting.Can be equipped on a Daru Costume slot, and the effects are applied only while transformed into a Daru.Depending on the acquired item grade, the synthesis effect will be fixed. It is not possible to increase the item grade or replace the synthesis effect through item synthesis.Use Evenstones to salvage these items.Added "Daru Specialty Preservation Bag" that allows you to collect intact specialties.Can be purchased from any General Merchant at 1 copper (up to 7 purchases per week).Use it by interacting with an intact specialty while transformed into a Daru.Use it to obtain "Full Daru Specialty Preservation Bag," which can be sold to the "Specialty Preservation Bag Collector" (the same payment and labor consumption as Specialty Preservation Bag apply).Added "Full Daru Specialty Preservation Bag" as the "Spotless Service Uniform" quest objective.You can now complete the "Rotten Specialty Merchant" achievement when selling "Full Daru Specialty Preservation Bag."Added "Daru Pocket Watch," which can reset Daru Transformation cooldown.Can be purchased at the Vocation Badge Shop once per day with 1,000 Vocation Badges.Added "Daru Costume Cleaner." - Use it to wash the duration of the Daru costume's synthesis effect.- Can be purchased at the Vocation Badge Shop with 5,000 Vocation Badges.Added a feature whereby you can salvage a Daru costume by using Evenstones.Added a new Arena Flag War.Restricted the use of War Drum at Red Dragon's Keep. If guardians enter the bases of hostile factions, the battle will stop and the guardians will be returned.Discontinued 4 Blue Salt Brotherhood resource quests.Supply Demand: 20 FabricSupply Demand: 20 LeatherSupply Demand: 20 Iron IngotSupply Demand: 20 LumberAdded a Daru Transformation quest.Combined the weekly quests of Great Prairie of the West with those of Ipnya Ridge.Combined the weekly quests of Great Prairie of the West with those of Ipnya Ridge to reduce the fatigue you may have experienced through the weekly quests.Discontinued the "Intelligent Animals and Member of the Abyssal Legion" and the "Food Chain in the Great Prairie" quests, and added the new "Powerful Animals and Members of the Abyssal Legion" quest."Powerful Animals and Members of the Abyssal Legion"Requirement: Defeat 100 animals and members of the Abyssal Legion at Ipnya Ridge and Great Prairie of the WestReward: Akasch Token Crate x20If guardians enter the bases of hostile factions during Guardian Scramble, they will now be returned to the starting point.We received feedback that it was difficult to progress through Guardian Scramble when guardians entered the bases of hostile factions and did not come out for various reasons such as attacking an invincible character. We have therefore made changes so that allied guardians are returned to the battle starting point when they enter the bases of hostile factions.Improved Partial Purchase's "Quantity" feature in the Auction House.We received feedback that it was inconvenient how when using Partial Purchase's "Quantity" feature in the Auction House, if you clicked on a number, the quantity was set to a number that added the number you clicked on to your current quantity. Hence we have improved the feature as below:The quantity will be set to the first number you click on after the Partial Purchase UI is displayed.e.g.: if you click on "10" first after the Partial Purchase UI is displayed, the quantity will be set to 10.After the first click, the quantity will be set to current quantity + number you click on.e.g.: if you click on "50" after the first click while your current quantity is 10, the quantity will be set to 60.Improved the visibility of a section without rewards in the ArchePass Rewards list.A section without rewards in the ArchePass Rewards list used to show an empty slot, which looked like a bug and was visibly uncomfortable. Hence we have changed this section to display no slot at all.Removed the restriction of the below content on Gene and Melisara servers:Region: Great Prairie of the WestWorld Bosses: Leviathan, Leviathan of Sprouted HatredEquipment: Refined Erenor Equipment, Sacred Hiram Guardian EquipmentContent: Hiram Rift, Guardian ScrambleAdded exclusive furniture items for Guild Residence.Carpet of Noble GallantryThe guild leader can activate the carpet. Guild members can recover additional Labor by standing on the activated carpet.Statue of Noble GallantryThe guild leader can activate the statue. Guild members can exchange Alluvion Love for Guild Courage when the statue is activated.Added Guild Courage.Can be obtained through the Statue of Noble Gallantry. Bug FixesFixed the incorrect damage range displayed for Corrupted Kyrios' 4-piece skill.Fixed the issue where the background looked awkward in some Arenas.Fixed the issue where the shoes were displayed abnormally when equipping Catching Zzz loungewear on a female character of a certain race.Fixed the issue where the ears of a Harani male character looked abnormal in certain situations upon equipping Image Item: Rabbit is Too Sleepy.Fixed the issue where the shield looked awkward during standby when equipping Rabbit is Too Sleepy costume.Fixed the issue where you became immune to Provocation while immune to Taunt. Fixed the issue where "Hiram's Chosen Ring" could not be removed when it was equipped while completing the quest "The Energy of the Hiram Mountains."Fixed the conditions for which the N sign was displayed for quest-related content.The sign will be displayed when accepting/progressing through/completing/logged in during any race quest. The sign will not be displayed for common quests even if your status changes.Fixed the issue where the Config UI became transparent in a certain situation.Fixed the issue where using the Black Dragon Roar skill with a male Dwarf character did not display the skill effect.Fixed the issue where the sign for accepting daily and weekly quests was not displayed on the map.Fixed the issue where turning off the optimization mode in a certain situation continuously displayed optimized costume.Fixed the issue where entering the Salon while having placed a costume only in the appearance slot deactivated the Hide Wardrobe Items button. Fixed the issue where the "Do not display this message again" button did not work when clicking on the Optimization button. Fixed the tooltip for Apply Optimization Settings pop-up. Fixed the issue where buff effects remained upon using Powerstone Pet skills in a certain situation.Fixed the issue where the animation was displayed abnormally when a certain race used Freezing Earth while moving.Fixed the issue where your character stopped midair when hit by a confining skill while on a dragon pet. Fixed the issue where the kill count increase did not work correctly during a specific quest.Fixed the issue where installing a scroll furniture on the inner wall of Chalet (Balcony) or Chalet (Terrace)'s second floor caused the furniture to be covered by the wall. You may collect the existing furniture and reinstall it to solve this issue.Fixed the issue where the content of Haradium Research Journal and Meadows Patrol Journal was displayed incorrectly. Fixed the incorrect npc location for the "Ghost Ship Observer" quest from Chronicle Quests - Sea Shanty - Nuia and Haranya Only.Fixed the issue where the mouse cursor disappeared in a certain situation.Fixed the issue where Wicker Bed could not be seen. Fixed the issue where the "Aftereffect" state caused upon using Shatigon Steam Tank's "Intuition" skill was abnormally canceled in a specific situation. EventsThe "Daru Mission" event has started. You can get the "Daru Daily Mission: 1 Day" daily quest for free from the Marketplace during the event period (requires Lv55+). OtherAdded new homes to the following regions to meet user demand.Falcorth PlainsVillanelleWhite ArdenGweonid ForestSungold FieldsAdjusted the way in which you level up to Ancestral Level.Previously, you had to first reach Level 55 and then spend an "Honorforged Medal" to level up to Ancestral Level. Also, it wasn't easy for the new players to become aware of Ancestral Level. To alleviate such issues, we have made the below adjustments:You will automatically change to Ancestral Level upon reaching Level 55, without having to spend an Honorforged Medal.Changed the video that was automatically played when reaching Ancestral Level to be played with the "Erenor Succession Stone (given out automatically)."Added a feature for searching titles.We added a search feature to the title UI as there was feedback that the large number of titles made it difficult to search a specific title.Searching rules: primary rule - "titles that your character has," secondary rule - "titles that your character does not have"When there is no title that matches your search, the "No search results." message will be displayed.Use the category option button from Title List to categorize the titles according to quest, achievement, shop, or other. You may only search a title that is related to the selected category.Changed the rank effects of Shaken and Distressed.As Ancestral skills were included to Skillsaver, the Ancestral Level info was added to the skillset costs. The costs of resetting skills or changing ancestral skills/skillsets/Skillsaver will change.You can now save and change Ancestral skills using Skillsaver.With this change, the saved information in the existing Skillsaver was reset.Adjusted skill balance.AuramancyThwartAdded Move Speed Decrease as a debuff.Vicious ImplosionChanged the Provocation effect to Taunt.Burning targets are Provoked upon skill use.MaledictionShadow CloakChanged the time for which you can't select target when using the skill with stacked Malice Charges to a maximum of 4 seconds.Wrathful CastingChanged effect duration to 30 seconds.Murderous IntentChanged Critical Damage to 10%.Serpent BiteIncreased the speed at which the skill reaches the target.VitalismMana BarrierDecreased Mana Barrier's damage absorption and mana consumption.BattlerageLife Tiger Strike The skill will now stop when Snare and Impale are abled while using the skill. Added the following skills:DefenseBoastful Roar: RockAdded a skill that removes Taunt or Shaken effects from you while Taunting nearby enemies.OccultismAbsorb Lifeforce: WaveAdded a skill that both heals you and decreases the target's received healing while the skill is active when the target is under a continuous recovery buff (Resurgence, Toughened, Ode to Recovery, Healing Circle, Mend).WitchcraftEnervate: LightningAdded a skill that affects the target's Awakening although its range and effect duration are shorter than Enervate.ArcheryConcussive Arrow: RockAdded a skill that debuffs a single target's equipment disable.Added the effect duration of Tiny Treasure Taffy to the relevant tooltip.Vehicles and farm vehicles near Siege Stronghold will receive damage at the point when Siege Declaration is possible through a Siege Stronghold. Adjusted the maximum number of siege participants for the Pirate Faction to 15.Added the following world message that appears when activating Siege Boost: "Siege Weapons that have already been summoned will receive the effect after they are re-summoned." Adjusted the buff effects of Siege Boost as below: Adjusted the number of Faction Commendations required for collecting Siege Boost to 200 (previously 1,000).Adjusted the Received Siege Damage Decrease applied when using Siege Boost while owning no territory to 35% (previously 30%).Changed the sorting rules used when searching guild members in Guild Community. - You will see the "Rank" category in "Descending" order by default (Guild Leader will appear on the top).- And for members of the same rank, the "Name" category will be sorted in "Ascending" order.The "Open Worldgate" quest from Guild Mission - Continent Exploration is no longer available.If you are on the relevant quest or have already completed it, these details will be reset so that you may do another quest.Chronicle quests are now free. You can now apply required Level and Equipment Points arbitrarily when recruiting Raids.Improved the Qty button for making a partial purchase at the Auction House to fit user experience.The number of available purchases will now be displayed as an icon at the Marketplace.Added zoom-in/out, rotate, move around the surface features to various preview modes.Marketplace, Item Encyclopedia, View Equipped Gear, Dye PreviewThe most recent settings will now be saved for map and minimap zooms.Added the "Erenor Wings display" category to Character Display Settings.View the full article

EventA New Arena: "Flag War" Event PeriodJune 22, 2023 (Thurs) after maintenance–July 20, 2023 (Thurs) before maintenance Event DetailsOutlineRewards will be given after the event ends, based on your participation count and wins during the event.The rewards will be given to the participating account. Participation RewardsRewards will be given to the accounts that participated in the "Flag War" during the event (the participation count of all characters will be added up for each account).Number of ParticipationsReward Items & Qty5–9 timesHonorable Victory Rank 5 x210–14 timesHonorable Victory Rank 3 x215–19 timesHonorable Victory Rank 1 x220 times or moreHonorable Victory Rank 1 x5 Flag War Victory RewardRewards will be given to the accounts that won in the "Flag War" during the event (the wins of all characters will be added up for each account).Players with a high number of wins can obtain all rewards that correspond to lower numbers of wins.You can obtain up to Akasch Token x2,000 and Fruit of Effort x40 if you win 16 times or more.WinsReward Items & Qty4 times or moreAkasch Token x200 Fruit of Effort x48 times or moreAkasch Token x400 Fruit of Effort x812 times or moreAkasch Token x600 Fruit of Effort x1216 times or moreAkasch Token x800 Fruit of Effort x16 Event Reward Distribution ScheduleRewards will be distributed via the Web Inventory on the official website during the July 27, 2023 (Thurs) maintenance. DisclaimerYou must be Lv55+ and have 8,000 Equipment Points or higher to participate in the Flag War arena.Please note that the rewards will be distributed via the Web Inventory on the official website. These rewards must be used within 30 days of distribution and they will disappear once they expire.All event items cannot be restored.View the full article

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.View the full article

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.View the full article

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.View the full article

As we’ve been covering, things are not going well over on Reddit at the moment, with the site’s ownership currently engaged in a running battle with readers and moderators. Users are so annoyed at attempts to monetise the site that they’re working through a variety of protests, but one of the larger gaming… Read more... View the full article

Hollywood’s writers are currently striking for a number of reasons, but one of the big ones is to ensure their work is safeguarded from the advances of “AI”. And right in the middle of it all, Disney has dropped its new Marvel TV series, Secret Invasion, which features an opening credits made by an “AI vendor”. Read more... View the full article

A man suspected of building and detonating multiple explosives in Maryland was arrested by police after they connected some Pokémon cards left behind at a bomb site to him. Read more... View the full article

You could think of Final Fantasy XVI as just the latest in a line of many games developer Square Enix made to re-energize its now almost 40-year-old series. But unlike many of those other titles, which fans and developers alike have said struggled to invigorate the franchise (despite its still imposing name), FFXVI is… Read more... View the full article

At its best, Crash Team Rumble is a pretty fun romp in the Crash Bandicoot universe with the potential for great team-based play. At its worst, it can feel mindless and like you’re just throwing toy versions of Crash and his friends at each other until a disembodied voice declares one of you the victor. However, I… Read more... View the full article

Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, the co-founders behind the formative YouTube let’s play and sketch comedy channel, Smosh, broke the internet with the surprising announcement that they bought their old channel back from fellow comedic YouTubers Rhett & Link. Read more... View the full article

During Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct, Konami showed off a new trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1. The upcoming collection of past Metal Gear games includes some of the earliest and biggest games from the popular stealth series. However, 2008’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots isn’t included,… Read more... View the full article

Nintendo revealed a bunch of its upcoming fall games during its June Direct, and two of the biggest qualify for its ongoing Switch voucher discount program. Separately, Super Mario RPG Remake and Super Mario Bros. Wonder are $60 a piece, but you can save $20 when you buy both of them together. Read more... View the full article

Mario is back in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but longtime fans don’t think the Italian plumber sounds like his old self. They’re now listening to a one-second clip of Mario saying “Wonder” over and over again to try and decipher if it still sounds like longtime series voice actor Charles Martinet. Read more... View the full article

We’re a few days into the search for a missing tourist submarine that vanished while on a trip to survey the ruins of the Titanic dominating headlines. Now, as time for those aboard grows increasingly short, an early video game luminary has thrown his hat into the ring to help find the missing sub. Richard Garriott,… Read more... View the full article

You probably overlooked a tiny, seemingly insignificant line about an audio bug in the latest batch of Overwatch 2 patch notes. It makes sense–the patch notes included the return of the long-missed “on fire” animation along with a host of hero updates, so a single line about “audio reverb settings” tucked away at the… Read more... View the full article

The Final Fantasy series has become synonymous with experimentation and continual reinvention, with each entry taking you to a new world with new characters, new systems, and new experiences. As such, it’s not uncommon to ask a bunch of fans for their favorite and get as many different answers. Read more... View the full article