A day or two after Pokemon TCG Pocket launched the Shining Revelry set, Giratina ex’s new deck with Darkrai ex appeared in PvP. The duo quickly took over the metagame, though they were initially countered by the Arceus ex & Dialga ex meta. Despite this, Giratina ex is currently considered the most prominent card in the Shining Revelry era, holding the highest win rate (around 55%) among top-tier decks. Related Pokemon TCG Pocket: Best Counter Decks These counter decks are the best bet for Pokemon TCG Pocket players to go anti-meta and defeat most of the currently dominant setups. This…

Summary Ubisoft is considering adding tougher difficulty options to Assassin’s Creed Shadows based on player feedback. The current difficulty settings are customizable, but players wanting a greater challenge may have more options in the future. Assassin’s Creed Shadows creative director Jonathan Dumont has confirmed that Ubisoft is “actively looking at” tougher difficulty options in the popular RPG. With many players already beating Assassin’s Creed Shadows, some have asked for more difficulty options for subsequent playthroughs. Despite a bumpy road to release, including several delays, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is finally in the hands of gamers, receiving positive reviews from critics, too.…

The Dragon Ball franchise remains one of the most popular multimedia brands in the world. Beyond its natural ubiquity in the worlds of manga and anime, Dragon Ball has seen plenty of success in the gaming world and continues to receive new titles regularly. 2024 even saw the release of Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, the long-awaited revitalization of the ever-popular Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi sub-series. Recently, rumors have swirled that Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is set to release on Nintendo’s upcoming Switch 2 system. It wouldn’t be too surprising to see Nintendo bring a game like this to the…

Summary Among the variety of characters in Xenoblade Chronicles X, L stands out as one of the best tanks with high defense and endurance. Lin is a top tank pick in early gameplay due to her ability to draw enemy focus and trigger Topple for increased damage. Elma delivers massive damage and is valuable for most team setups, offering quick bursts of DPS in the JRPG. Among the characters from the classic game and the fresh additions in the Definitive Edition, Xenoblade Chronicles X has party members with different traits and skills that influence the group’s composition. This variety enhances…

Summary DC comics blend horror with popular icons, creating gripping and dark narratives that explore intense fear and psychological horror. Gotham By Midnight uncovers eerie mysteries in an iconic city, showcasing intense clashes between justice and supernatural beings. The Witching Hour and other horror tales push boundaries with morbid plots and eerie humor, establishing themselves as top DC horror stories. Once explored in DC Comics, the horror genre was not just fuel but a main style in layered stories, where danger reaches beyond a usual villain in superhero comics. By examining the horror of the mind and brutal violence, these…

Developer Rebellion is perhaps best known for the Sniper Elite franchise, but its newest game, the upcoming survival-action game Atomfall, is quite different. Set in an alternate version of 1960s Great Britain shortly after the Windscale nuclear disaster, the game combines exploration, combat, and mystery into one intriguing package for players to unravel. Choice and dialogue play a key role in Atomfall, allowing for a high degree of player freedom. Game Rant caught up with Rebellion head of design Ben Fisher who explained some of the reasoning behind Atomfall‘s dialogue options. He talked about the effect these options can have…

Skells are Xenoblade Chronicles X‘s take on mechs, and they are featured prominently in the game’s cover art and other promotional material. This materials’ focus on Skells suggests that these mechs play an important role in the game, and, indeed, that is true. However, players will not gain access to a Skell immediately upon starting Xenoblade Chronicles X, and they will actually need to exercise quite a bit of patience when it comes to obtaining one. This article contains light spoilers for Xenoblade Chronicles X, including some details about Skell features and functionalities. Related Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition New…

Summary Fans want Capcom to remove the glow from buffs/debuffs in Monster Hunter Wilds, as it overrides character customization. Players desire more customization options, such as layered weapons, in the game. Some fans believe the option to toggle off the glow effect already exists in Monster Hunter Wilds but isn’t available to the player. Some Monster Hunter Wilds players are asking Capcom to remove the glow that comes with certain buffs or debuffs, claiming that it’s ruining the hard work they’ve put into their hunter’s appearance. Monster Hunter Wilds has proven to be a big hit with many fans of…

Summary Amouranth received a warning from Twitch for featuring a banned streamer’s voice in a recent vod. The stream featured banned streamer Adin Ross. Ross has been banned from Twitch since 2023. Twitch has issued a warning to popular streamer Amouranth. Amouranth is one of the most popular Twitch streamers of all time, having previously earned the title of top female streamer. Amouranth has enjoyed a great deal of success on other platforms as well, becoming a top streamer on Twitch rival Kick. Despite her success, Amouranth’s content creation career has not been without controversy. In fact, Amouranth has had…

It’s not too great a stretch to say that Dark Souls is one of the most culturally significant gaming franchises of all time. Aside from proving that there’s still a healthy market for challenging and complex interactive experiences, the Dark Souls games helped to usher in a new golden era of third-person action-RPGs, influencing everything from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order to the new God of War games. It also helped developer FromSoftware skyrocket in popularity, positioning it as perhaps the most prestigious and consistent game studio working today. Of course, FromSoftware’s reputation reached its apex following the release of…