At the time, I reasoned that it didn’t matter if the universe could expand or not. Minecraft alone was big enough and important enough that it was worth every penny of the $2.5 billion Microsoft paid for it. But then, something magical happened: Mojang kept making smart partnerships that expanded the universe in brilliant and often unexpected ways. Lego Minecraft went from a one-off set for nerds to a fully-fledged series of toys, beloved by children everywhere....

With this mod, you can use a fast-travel station to wait for a metro. Text at the bottom of the screen tells you where the train is going next, and once it arrives, you can ride in it in real time, taking in the sights in first or third-person views. So what’s the point of this? After all, fast travel is already implemented in the base game. But sometimes you just want to immerse yourself in a world or a little bit of the mundane amongst the fantastical....

First up is Persona 3 Portable on January 19 for cloud, console, and PC alongside Persona 4 Golden for the same platforms. Monster Hunter Rise will arrive on the same platforms the following day, January 20. The most recent titles added to the service were Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition, Stranded Deep, and the Valheim: Mistlands update. As previously reported, five games will be leaving the service on January 15, along with We Happy Few, bringing the total to six....

These require Bottle Caps and a bit of farming to get, but they’re absolutely essential for success in the Rite of Channeling. What are stimulants in Monster Hunter Stories 2 Stimulants unlock closed-off slots in your Monsties’ gene grid. Some locked slots open automatically as the Monstie levels up, but the ones without unlock conditions require a stimulant. Stimulants come in several varieties based on the monster species. While the game divides monsters into multiple categories — Burning Flying Wyvern, for example — stimulants work more broadly....

Both events were originally scheduled to take place in Chicago this weekend before NetherRealm pulled the plug on late Friday. At the moment only tournament finalists and staff will be admitted to the tournament venue. “Due to the escalating concerns and cautions around COVID-19 (Coronavirus), we have made the difficult decision to no longer host a live audience at Final Kombat 2020, scheduled for this Sunday, March 8, at Chicago’s Park West Theater,” reads the statement....

According to the studio, the acquisition is a unique opportunity to “rethink the game development and organizational structure” while moving forward and understanding its “own advantages and unique position” as it is presented with new possibilities in game creation. “As we all know, NetEase Games has developed many excellent games in the past, and I have long been aware of NetEase’s creative capabilities,” said Goichi Suda, known to all as Suda51....

For a limited time each day, you’ll be more likely to encounter certain Shiny Pokemon, and you will benefit from bonuses. Different Pokemon will also be appearing more frequently in Mega Raids. Without further ado, here’s what you can expect. Pokemon Go December Community Day Weekend Date and Time Saturday, December 12 at 6am to Sunday, December 13 at 10pm local time. Pokemon appearing more frequently in the wild: Charmander, Weedle, Abra, Gastly, Rhyhorn, Electabuzz, Magmar, Magikarp, Porygon, Seedot, and Piplup....

Solving the mystery at hand will feel a little less daunting with the help of freebies, and fortunately, Netmarble are regularly releasing new codes for Ni no Kuni Cross Worlds to help with players’ adventures. From useful items to less useful, but cute, cosmetics, here is everything you need to know about Ni no Kuni Cross Worlds codes. Working Ni no Kuni codes Expired Ni no Kuni codes How to redeem codes in Ni no Kuni Cross Worlds...

But at least Nintendo is attempting to tackle the issue. In a new interview with The Verge, Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser has stated that the company is making “continuous improvements” to Joy-Con controllers in efforts to prevent the infamous hardware fault. “As we’ve gone through the first five and a half years of the Nintendo Switch, we’ve observed gameplay, we’ve observed as people have returned units how they’ve worn, and we’ve been making continuous improvements overall to the Joy-Con, including the analog stick,” he told the site....

Nintendo is taking an online store to court for selling software that can get around the Switch’s “technological protection measures.” Nintendo says that by deactivating its protection measures, RCM Loader is “causing widespread piracy of Nintendo’s copyrighted video games.” The platform has described video game piracy as a “serious, worsening international problem.” Nintendo is hoping to have the court stop Le Hoang Minh from selling RCM Loaders and award it $2,500 for every infringement....

2022 was a relatively great year for Nintendo. We received Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which sold more copies than ever before, as well as Pokemon Legends: Arceus. On top of that was Splatoon 3, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and Bayonetta 3 (that’s a lot of threes). Let’s not also forget Kirby’s huge leap into 3D with Kirby and the Forgotten Land, too. To take a look at your Nintendo year-in-review, head over to the Nintendo Switch Year-in-Review page and sign in using your Nintendo account....

While it’s difficult to face up to a foe who can use all the same tools as you in battle, there are a few dirty tricks you can pull to even the odds and make the fight hilariously simple. Nioh 2 - How to beat Saito Yoshitatsu Below is a video from my first blind runthrough of Nioh 2, where I cheese the ever-loving snot out of this fight. In the grand scheme of the game, this mission is one of the tougher gauntlets, but the boss at the end is exploitable....

Not content with causing just one stress headache per level, right after the frustrating encounter with Maeda Toshile you’re thrown into an altogether different test. If you’re looking for the earlier double team side mission boss fight, our Shiftling’s Wise Judgement page is here. Nioh 2 - How to beat Shibata Katsuie Below is a video of when the mechanics of this fight finally clicked into gear for me on my first blind playthrough of Nioh 2....

The recently announced Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 remasters include all content in the original games, and all of it will be available to everyone at launch. Things are less clear when it comes to post-launch content, however. Jen Oneal, head of developer Vicarious Visions told Gamespot that the remasters won’t feature any microtransactions at launch, but that player demand for more content could change that in the future....

As per Nvidia, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is the new ‘flagship’ GPU for the brand (though the RTX 3090 is more expensive and outperforms the new model in a few areas). Running on Nvidia Ampere architecture, the RTX 3080 Ti promises an “incredible leap in performance and fidelity” compared to past models, and offers support for ray tracing, Nvidia DLSS performance-boosting AI, Nvidia Reflex latency-reduction, and more besides. The company said the cards support creators that stream and game at the same time....

According to the company, the community and developers prefer the wireless all-in-one headset Quest. Because of this, Oculus will now focus on VR headsets moving forward instead of PC-only hardware, with sales of Rift S ending in 2021. Sales of the original Quest will also when Quest 2 is brought to market. The company said it will continue to support the original quest Quest with “new features and gaming experiences moving forward....

There are 28 characters in total populating the One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows roster, and most have their own unique battle style - or at least their own special moves. You’ll be unleashing 20 heroes and 8 villains over 11 different stages. The Standard Type fighters include the likes of Silverfang, Amai Mask, and the all-mighty Mumen Rider. While Metal Bat and Atomic Samurai both have there own versions of Weapon Type....

In Outriders, Expeditions are “tough-as-nails missions” which will unlock the powerful equipment in the game. Expeditions expand on the story of the campaign and feature the toughest challenges in the game. They’re meant to be played with a team of skilled and coordinated players. They contain powerful equipment and efficient character builds, and true skill and mastery over your class are necessary to succeed and reach the highest levels. Outriders will be released on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms on February 2....

Overwatch will be free to play for Switch Online subscribers for an entire week starting on October 13. The free week will end on October 20. During this time it’s also possible the annual Halloween Terror event will start, going by previous dates. Blizzard has yet to announce when the event will kick-off, so we’re just speculating due to the launch history. At any rate, Switch Online players will be able to try out all sorts of characters, the story, and experience multiplayer battles....

Durning the Indies Showcase, Nintendo announced some indie games coming to Switch in the near future. One of these is Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals from Night School Studio. The supernatural narrative adventure game tells the tale of a researcher who stumbles upon ghostly happenings. Taking place five years after Oxenfree, in it, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio frequency signals causing curious disturbances. Oxenfree 2 is coming to Switch sometime this year and presumably other platforms....