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Happy new year, gamers. While you rest your sore heads and clean up those empty bottles, let’s take one last opportunity to say 2023 was a great year for video game releases.Mathematically the best in two decades, aided in part by a bottleneck of releases bumped into 2023 by the pandemic. Which means, logically speaking, 2024 probably won’t be as good. Where does that leave us? In the last week, I’ve written a few articles looking ahead into this brave new year....

InPalworld, your bases are your home - it’s where you can chill out with your Pals, store all of your items, and get to work on your item and equipment production. Whether your bases look like factories or like idyllic homes for your adorable companions, you’ll want to be keeping track of your base level. Your base level is tied to missions you can complete, which are tied to your progression in the technology tree....

Quick Links After reminding us of what the city has to offer in Ravnica Remastered,Magic: The Gatheringis taking us back to Ravnica again, but not quite as we’ve seen it before. A set that moves past the guilds and instead pounds the streets on the trail of a serial killer, Murders at Karlov Manor gives us sleuths, suspects, and stabbings galore. A murder mystery-themed set needs new mechanics to go with it, of course, and so Wizards of the Coast has lifted the lid on everything Murders at Karlov Manor will provide when it launches on February 9....

Quick Links Since its debut,Warzonehas made a splash in the Battle Royale scene but has since broadened its appeal with several different modes, offering a wide range of different playstyles that may not enjoy the traditional BR experience. And, with the substantial Season One update forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, everything from Warzone’s Battle Royale to its Plunder and its Resurgence modes have all received new changes and content that either bring back fan-favorite maps into the mix or introduce wholly new systems or areas to explore....

FortniteFestival’s music tracks have a surprising second function as they can be taken out of the new mode and used as emotes during Battle Royale matches. The last few weeks have been absolutely huge for Fortnitethanks to the debut of the Big Bang event,the start of Chapter 5, and theintroduction of three brand-new game modes. Lego Fortnite and Rocket Racing have already had their moment in the spotlight and seem like a hit with players (well, minus the 4,000 V-Buck car bundle), and it seems that Fortnite Festival, the last of the new modes is headed that way too....

Earlier this month,Fortnitereleasedan updatethat made movement animations less than a second slower, butthat was enough to spark enormous backlash. One dev, celebrating the overhaul, was met with a non-stop wave of harassment that ultimately led to him being doxxed, with demands from players that he be fired. Following all of this outrage, Epic Games has now slightly increased the movement speed. As shown by Hypex in the below clip, running and crouching speeds have been made faster, with less camera movement to make the view smoother....

Next Game Of The Year Editor’s Pick, 2023 - Rhiannon Bevan I’m sure you’ve heard that 2023 was both a very good year for games and a very bad year for the people who make them. Developers produced generation-defining games, and had their livelihoods snatched from them in huge numbers. A deluge of groundbreaking titles coexisted with wave after wave of layoffs that affected studios across the world. That was the drumbeat of my first full year writing about games full-time....

Grand Theft Auto 5’s cancelled single-player DLC would have seemingly sent Trevor Phillips to space as part of the planned “Agent Trevor” campaign. Rockstar has had a pretty bad time with leaks in the last few months.Not only did the GTA 6 trailer get shared a day early, but GTA 5’s source code was also released online, and contained a lot information about the game’s development and several othercancelled projects at Rockstar like Bully 2 and Agent....

Quick Links Minecraftworlds seem to stretch on infinitely. This makes sense, as the game uses procedural generation; this makes every Minecraft seed and world unique. Have you ever stopped to wonder, just how big is a Minecraft world? If you have, you’re in luck. Here, we are going to take an in-depth look at how big a Minecraft world is. This will include size from all borders, as well as how thick the world actually is....

Summary Long-time fans of theKingdom Heartsknow that Sora has had a bit of a rough time throughout the games. Whether it is being turned into a Heartless, losing all his friends, or failing his Mastery exam, the kid has been through a lot. No small part of that has been because Sora’s has hosted quite a few other entities in his heart over the years, other than his own. While most of the time these other hearts have come unbeknownst to Sora, it speaks to the strength of Sora’s heart....

Quick Links The final part of thePokemon Scarlet and VioletDLC, the Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Epilogue is now available. Players hoping to obtain a new mythical Pokemon, get answers to some lingering questions or who simply want to hang out with Arven, Penny, and Nemona again can do so as long as they’ve met the prerequisites. However, unlike the other parts of the DLC, which are very clear on how to start, this one is a little more obtuse and requires very specific actions with no real in-game indication....

Quick Links Monks who follow the Way of the Long Death do not fear dying—rather they seek to understand and even master the act. They gain power and strength by embracing the inevitability of death, a gift they not only prepare to receive but one they are willing to give to others. Those who choose this monastic tradition must embrace the transience of life. Found in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s guide, the Way of the Long Death monks are students of the dead and dying....

Quick Links The world ofPrince Of Persia: The Lost Crownis huge, and thankfully, it doesn’t even feel empty because of the presence of puzzles and side quests everywhere. You can encounter some of these side quests as you’re pursuing the main mission, but you might also have to specifically look for the others. Motherly Love is one of the side quests that you’ll get if you explore some of the side paths while doing The Tiger And The Rat main mission, but you can also get it at any point later....