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Monster Hunter Now hosts event to celebrate the New Years and some surprising sales numbers
Since launching, Monster Hunter Now hasn't exactly been shouting about its existence, instead just trundling along with a regular event schedule, including its ongoing New Year event. You would be forgiven for thinking it has just been listing along, but some recent numbers show just how big a smash it has been. Since launching September 14th, three-short-yet-somehow-long months ago, Now has racked up $73.3 million in-store commissions and taxes, stabilizing in the last month at an eye-watering $3.5 million a month, rocketing it to Niantics number 2 spot. No prizes for guessing who is first. There are no signs of them slowing down, with A Happy Hunting New Year ringing in 2024, with Black…
Puzzle & Dragons rerelease the might of the Eikons in Final Fantasy 16 rerun
Puzzle & Dragons is giving its player base the chance to harness the power of the Eikons as characters from Final Fantasy XVI return to the fold. Bolster your army, tackle tricky new dungeons, and immerse yourself in a cavalcade of events in this latest collaboration lasting until January 15th. There are two Collab dungeons to tackle, each rewarding you with FF Crystal Medal - Golds, and should you clear the Expert floor a pull on the Final Fantasy Egg Machine. Rack up enough medals, and you can trade them at the Monster Exchange for powerful allies such as Locke and Chocobo. Face off against one of the franchise's toughest foes in Eikon Odin Descended, which will reward those victorio…
Tears of Themis starts 2024 off with a huge event starting January 3rd
Tears of Themis is gearing up to start 2024 with a bang as HoYoverse announces a large-scale event to kick off the New Year. Enduring Light harkens back to the past with this case, and gives off a slight noir vibe for the first mystery of the year, launching January 3rd. Take a trip to Li Hotel, nestled in the neon-bathed city of Xuzhou Town, just to throw us off on the size of the place. It is a place that shines with riches, but scratch the surface and you will find that crime stains the streets as much as everywhere else. A famous philanthropist holds his 50th birthday party at the hotel, and sadly his last. The party comes to an abrupt halt as the star of the night winds up dead, and i…
TEPPEN plumbs the depths of Capcom depravity with latest card packs
In perhaps the most true-to-life event in gaming this winter, GungHo Online has launched the Absolute Zero card pack for TEPPEN. This update draws from perhaps one of the most polarising titles in Capcom history, the Lost Planet series, propped up by some new Mega Man heroes. Carrying on from the Sigma’s Invasion story, Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong of Resident Evil fame find themselves stranded on the dying planet of E.D.N III, populated by deadly monsters. Leon is rescued by a group known as the Resistance and is brought back to Ada, now in the form of a Cyber-Elf. This melting pot of Capcom properties joins forces to free Neo Arcadia from Dr Weil, with new cards such as a Red Leon, and…
Reverse: 1999 comes over all musical with a new EP that could earn players prizes
Bluepoch Games is branching out with its time-travel RPG Reverse: 1999 and has released an EP featuring one of its newest characters, Tooth Fairy, entitled Fairy’s Blessing. We are also just a few short days out from the second phase of the current Version being launched, with two new characters. Fairy’s Blessing is sung by Tooth Fairy, or more accurately her VA Alexandra Boyadjieff, and an assortment of children. It isn’t a half-bad song, which you would expect from a song composed by Adam Gubman, of The Greatest Showman fame. If you are up for sharing the EP’s official post on Discord or Twix, then you might just win a $20 or $100 gift card or an in-game holiday me…
Krafton's December update brings a beautiful new map and some increased chaos
The Aurora Borealis is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful natural phenomena in the world, and it is also universally expected that the best way to increase this viewing pleasure is by having a massive gunfight under it. Enter New State Mobiles' latest update. As you drop into Erangel, you have a chance of it being the new Aurora variant, bringing a beautiful new background to the standard mayhem. Playing under this new look will grant you a 50% increase in tier points earned, however, a defeat will also have a 20% increase in points lost, so bring your A game. The training mode can help with that, thanks to its new patterns in the shooting gallery to try out. It is not just this…
Stumble Guys teams up with puzzle gaming royalty to release newest event
Stumble Guys are delving into the iconics of the industry for their latest team-up, and have built a stage modelled after perhaps the most famous of all puzzle games; Tetris. I am sure I am not the only one who is also hoping that they manage to incorporate that catchiest of gaming theme music into this new collaboration. This promises to be pure, unadulterated chaos, perhaps more than any other Stumble Guys event has ever delivered. Players will find themselves on an active Tetris matrix, as those Tetriminos, who knew the blocks had a name, are falling into place, bringing with them a range of hazards. If you are not careful, you could find yourself being thrown from the board by the fall…
Harness the power of the heavens with Demian Sagas’ newest Hero
It is quite the important time of the year for Christianity, and Demain Saga is honoring this with its newest Neutral Hero, The angelic Seraphim will be on hand to assist in smiting evil, and every hero can benefit from the release of the new Pirate Pendant. Seraphim took part in the first Demian Expedition to the Night Realm, so she is something of a veteran, driven by her duty as a paladin of the Order of Light. With a rock-solid resolve that only evil Kaos dwelt here, she eventually began to soften as she realised this wasn't the case. When the Expedition fell at the hand of Hakhin, she was cast deep into the realm, and now labours to reunite with her friends. Far from the elegant image…
Resident Evil 4 finally releases on Apple devices in time for Christmas
For those of you who put the newest iPhone on your Christmas list, it may be a few days till you can unwrap it, but the perfect candidate for your first game is here as Resident Evil 4 finally releases on Apple devices. Rush through those pesky familial obligations, then shut yourself in a dark room with Leon and co for the perfect holiday. Resident Evil 4’s move from the classic survival horror tastes of the first three entries to a more action-based system was a divisive one, however, the result was one of the best games of its generation. You may get some die-hards who long for dogs diving through windows and awful fixed camera angles, but you don’t win multiple GOTY awards f…
Waven prepares to properly set sail as the last season of Lance Dur also introduces the main story
It has been so action-packed, that you would be forgiven for forgetting that Waven is still well in its infancy, so much so that it is still in Early Access. We are beginning to emerge from that cocoon, however, with the final chapter in the Lance Dur Season releasing, and bringing with it the beginnings of the main quest. For those who have played for a while, at this point you have probably visited every available island a dozen times over. Budding explores can rejoice though, as two new island nations will now be visitable. Amakna and Albuera will add a lot of new challenges, with the latter specifically being noteworthy for its high-level combat. The final chapter of Lance Dur is named…
Vampire Survivors takes its bullet hell antics to space in crossover with pandemic paragon Among Us
Putting on a masterclass of just slightly missing the boat, poncle has announced the release of a collaboration between their hit game Vampire Survivors, and the global phenomenon of the 2020 dark days, Among Us. The buzz may have died down a bit for the space-based caper, but there is still more than enough fun to be had here. The Survivors are still hungry to hunt vampires, and the only place to go is up. Emergency Meeting introduces a host of classic Among Us tasks and gives them an injection of bullet hell mayhem, all set on the new Polus Replica map, where nothing is as it seems and everything is out to get you. Even the bin. To explore this vast nothingness, there are a huge nine new…
Honkai: Star Rail showcases details of its latest update landing December 27th
After restoring a measure of peace to Fyxestroll Garden, the Trailblazer returns to Huerta Space Station and immediately finds a new problem in Honkai: Star Rail's version 1.6 update. Madam Ruan Meis’ experiments in the Seclusions Zone have gotten out of hand, and it is up to our hero to tackle another grave threat. Version 1.6, Crown of the Mundane and Divine, also brings a new DLC of the Simulated Universe: Gold and Gears. The Path of Erudition will debut, with Hoyoverse experimenting with separate dice from paths. This new dice has six slots that players can fill with varying Dice Face effects, with more to collect through Trailblaze Secrets. The Critter Pick Scavenging event will…
Rejoin the students of the SRT Academy as they face their past in the newest update to Blue Archive
Nexon would like to be incredibly sure players of the newest Blue Archive story update know exactly which squad it will be focusing on, and so they have named it Vol. 4, Rabbit of Caerbannog Chapter 2, We Were RABBITs! You can enjoy the continuing adventures of the team, and also recruit an incredibly powerful new student. Just when the RABBIT Squad thought they put all their troubles behind them after the events of Rabbit of Caerbannong Chapter 1, a shadow from their past rears its ugly head. With the help of Sensei and students from across the academies, the SRT Academy students will need to tackle this familiar foe and find peace once more. To help their classmates, SRT students Miyako…
The Pocket Gamer Awards 2023 are celebrating the best of the best in the past year of mobile gaming
The Game Awards 2023 has been and gone, and let's be fair to them, they did a good job, but it is time for them to stand aside because the Pocket Gamer Awards 2023 is where the real deal is. 350,000 readers voted across 20 categories, and now we have the definitive award list in mobile gaming. No one likes a paywall, but there is no doubt that there are some stellar games on the Apple Arcade, with the James Bond licensed Cypher 007 and collectable card game meets tower defence Junkworld duking it out for first place. In the end, though, Hill Climb Racing+ was crowned the Best Apple Arcade Game, and that is some fantastic confirmation that simple games can still rise to the top. For those w…
Aether Gazer releases a new S-Rank Modifier from Norse Mythology and nothing else matters
Yostar Games has cemented itself in my personal good books, with the latest update to Aether Gazer introducing the Norse God of Thunder. Version 1.6, Dreams Undreamed, does come with a new story and event, but who cares? Norse mythology! One sunny day, the Administrator was minding their own business, and suddenly, there appeared Skuld, a mysterious character with the power to glimpse possible futures. Being relentlessly pursued by various groups, she continuously exploits her power in the hopes of experiencing an ordinary day, despite the risk this repeated use entails. Until January 8th, there are a variety of events to take part in with awesome prizes up for grades. Many trials have ope…
