The version 1.3.0 update for Monster Hunter Stories 2 will arrive on September 2, and it adds new monsties, quests, and more. Monsties in Update 3 include Soulseer Mizutsune, Elderfrost Gammoth, and Oroshi Kirin. Later in September, the update will add the monsties Dreadking Rathalos, and Molten Tigrex. Additionally in late-September, the high-difficulty co-op exclusive quest monster, Kulve Taroth, will be added. The update will also include new quests and sub-quests at launch, with more coming later in the month with update 1....

Capcom promised last month it would share more details on post-release content for Monster Hunter Stories 2, and today it delivered. One week after release on July 15, the Palamute from Monster Hunter Rise will join the game as a Monstie. The Palamute will join you in battle and will be sporting its Kamura Armor and packing the Canyne Kamura Blade. You can also ride it outside of battle just like in Monster Hunter Rise....

As your progress through the Empire questline, you’ll be faced with a Conspiracy quest from either Istiana or Arzagos, depending on who you sided with. The latter half of this quest is time-limited, so once you’ve received it, you’d do well to drop whatever it is you’re doing and try your best to complete it. There is a recurring bug where the game will update to say you’ve failed the quest unexpectedly, so save before you begin anything and frequently during the quest so you can at least try and load back if things go tits up....

This all started thanks to one animator - Jordan Rutter. A junior animator at Playtonic Games, he started a side project creating a character concept for Daffy Duck at the tail end of July. From there, clips of combos, aerials, and special moves all inspired by classic moments from the lovable duck were quickly published online, gaining traction among the community. This excellent animation work in turn inspired some more creative juices to get flowing....

This Mystic Messenger guide page takes you through the Prologue, Day 1, Day 2, Day and Day 4 to ensure you end up on the Zen route at the end of the common days in Casual Story mode. Alongside our Mystic Messenger Emails guide, we’re here to help you experience Zen’s story the way you want to! We haven’t listed every possible Mystic Messenger chat here; there are plenty of others to participate in during Days 1 through 4, but they don’t contain opportunities to earn hearts for Zen’s route....

Necromunda: Hired Gun, the Warhammer 40,000 shooter from Streum On, has received its first update. The patch, which came out on Friday, targets some of the game’s most common problems. In particular, the update improves sound mixing to better bring up the dialogue, one of the key problems we called out in our Hired Gun review. It also appears certain levels had missing sounds, which the patch added. One major issue many ran into when playing the game with a controller is just how strange aiming behaves....

Developed by the creator of Donut County, Neon White follows a hand-picked assassin from Hell to compete with other demon slayers for a chance to live permanently in Heaven. Since True Believers can’t kill anyone, White and other Neons have been tasked with dealing with an evil demon infestation. Using magic playing cards that transform into weapons, they will compete with one another for a chance to win the Mechanical Halo, a device that will allow them to stay indefinitely....

The news comes from ResetEra, where a poster collected a string of tweets from a French journalist who correctly predicted the Xbox event’s entire lineup ahead of the showcase. Check out the tweet below, which includes timestamps of when he predicted the lineup. Apparently he got this information from a variety of sources, and was unsure of their reliability until the showcase actually happened and proved them right. As you can see, everything looks fairly normal - except for the fact that Fable is listed as an MMO....

Update: Turns out one of the biggest spoilers from the Resident Evil 3 Remake info dump today wasn’t a spoiler after all. The OXM article stated Nemesis was able to break into Safe Rooms in the game - if he was chasing you. Turns out, that’s not the case. According to Capcom via an update from Games Radar, the room Nemesis broke into was mistaken for a Safe Room during the preview....

The Skull-o-Maniac boosts your Curse percentage significantly, and while it’s good for XP, it makes the game much more difficult than usual. That’s where the Cherry Bomb comes in, an incredibly powerful weapon with devestating effects. How do you get the Skull-O-Maniac in Vampire Survivors? The Skull-O-Maniac is a secret item you need to put a bit of work into unlocking. Your first step is unlocking Lama. How to unlock Lama in Vampire Survivors The process is a bit challenging, since you need to survive for 20 minutes with 10% Curse....

Nintendo Switch with Neon Blue and Neon Red Joy-Cons (comes with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe) PlayStation 4 Slim 1TB Console (comes with The Last of Us, God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn) Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch) Marvel’s Spider-Man (PS4) LEGO Super Mario Adventures Starter Course (features Mario, Bowser Jr and a Goomba) If you’re buying LEGO Mario, you should take a quick glance first at our run-down and ranking of all the sets first, so you know exactly which ones are best and what they do once you get them!...

This is according to Nintendo Japan, which states the company is planning a cloud save option for Animal Crossing: New Horizons players. At present, the option is not available, but Nintendo says it is “planning to have a save backup function for this software, available to Nintendo Switch Online users.” When it will be available is unconfirmed, but Nintendo promises to keep folks updated (thanks, resetera). Here’s the quote using Google Translate: “We are considering a function to back up saved data in a unique form of this software in case of failure, loss or theft of the Nintendo Switch itself....

If you’re toiling away against the Gozuki in the second level, I’m pretty sure you’re just meant to run past it on your way to the first real required fight in the game: the Enki. Otherwise, you face the Gozuki again as part of an optional gauntlet in a side mission later. To help you along you have a friendly Scampuss in tow. They gradually restore your lost Ki to give you an edge in battle - while also getting stuck in with a couple of cute attacks themselves....

The Nioh 2 Last Chance demo is currently available on PS4 until March 1, and producer Fumihiko Yasuda has some tips to help you survive one of the three stages in the demo. It’s just shy of eight-minutes, so it’s not too terribly long, and seems to be rather helpful. If you want to know more about the game, be sure to check out our time with the game’s preview build and read our interview with Team Ninja where the team discusses what sets Nioh 2 apart from the original....

The PC patch for Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition contains some nice Keyboard and mouse fixes. This patch has added the option to reset individual key settings for items blank by default in Keyboard and Mouse Settings. It has also adjusted the size and position of some key icons. Along with the above, it changes some icons displayed when changing multiple button assignments in the Keyboard and Mouse Settings....

During the big Nvidia RTX 3000 series GPU reveal event, the company showed a slide featuring a Cyberpunk 2077 screenshot as an example of a dense next-gen game that requires fast read/write speeds on SSDs. The shot was accompanied by the reveal of a new Nvidia technology called RTX IO, which works with Microsoft’s DirectStorage API to enable the GPU to handle some of the game loading and asset decompression....

Over on the Outriders reddit, People Can Fly outlined how you can request a refund on the game if you pre-ordered it for an Xbox system. If you are in that crowd, in order to request a refund directly from Xbox, you will need to sign in here. Then you will need to look for the pre-order in your order history. Once found, you can then hit Cancel listed under the release date....

Better yet, those looking to really climb the ranks are likely trying to figure out the best DPS, best Support, and best Tank options before they head into competitive playlists. Sounds like you? Well, to help out in the endeavour we’ve created this Overwatch 2 hero tier list to break down the very best heroes you can pick right now. We’ve also written out an explanation for some of the best for each role, so you can see exactly what character you should be learning ASAP....

Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller opened last night’s long Overwatch 2 PvP reveal stream with some big news: the game’s PvP will now be limited to 5v5, rather than the original game’s 6v6. This also means team composition is changing to now require two DPS heroes, two support heroes - and the one causing a lot of controversy - only one tank. “Overwatch has always been played with two teams of six players....

We have rounded up plenty of Persona 5 Strikers reviews for you. Released in Japan in February 2020 as Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, it is a collaboration between P Studio and Omega Force. The hack and slash role-playing game is a crossover between Dynasty Warriors and the Persona franchises. It is set six months after the events of Persona 5 and follows Joker and the Phantom Thieves of Hearts investigating a series of mysterious events....