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Before starting a brand newDungeons & Dragonscampaign, it’s important to sit down and make sure everyone’s on the same page. Being certain that players know what they’re signing up for is imperative. And, it’s essential to make sure they understand what flavor of fantasy the campaign is going to use. A campaign’s “flavor of fantasy” is the overall tone or atmosphere that separates one campaign from another. But, which one is right for your campaign?...

Quick Links If you’re an avid builder inThe Sims 4, then the new Cozy Kitsch kit adds plenty of statement furniture into your game, perfect for Sims who love to make a statement.With 27 new additions in Build/Buy mode, you’ll surely find something you enjoy for your Sims in the Cozy Kitsch pack. Whether you’re looking for bold new couches, statement lamps to hang around the house, adorable wall art, and plenty of rainbow clutter to add splashes of that lived-in feeling, the Cozy Kitsch kit for The Sims 4 is one of its boldest, most colorful kit additions yet....

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader’s first DLC, Void Shadows, takes a unique spin on expanding the world of Rogue Trader. Instead of new planets or even a new sector of the galaxy, in Void Shadows, the Lord Captain can delve into the depths of his own Voidship, discovering how his subordinates spend their days. As well as an enemy lurking in the vessel, you’ll have to defeat the Genestealer Cults, aided by a brand newcompanion, Kibellah, a Death Cult Assassin....

Summary It’s amazing to think this time last year we didn’t even know there was anAstro Botgame just a few months away. Fast forward 12 months and Astro Bot is not only here, but it haswon more Game of the Year awards than any other platformer ever.PlayStationcontinues to celebrate the game’s success into 2025 and has released buildable paper figures you may download and print for free. PlayStation wished its Astro Bot fanbase a happy new year earlier this week by releasing a short stop-motion video in which papercraft bots spell out the holiday message....

Summary Bosses appear inDragon Age: The Veilguardwhen you least expect them. While many of the main quests end with cinematic boss fights, there are also powerful enemies that are tied to side quests and some that can even be stumbled upon while you explore Thedas. However, some of the bosses and their fights are more impressive than others. Some have cool movesets, some are set in impressive locations, and some are simply more cinematic than others....

Dragon Age: Inquisitionhas quite a few different companions that you can recruit to your cause throughout the game, and three of those companions are Warriors:Cassandra, Blackwall, and Iron Bull. Warriors are melee-centric characters, but can fulfill a couple of different roles in your lineup. Cassandra’s unique skill tree is the Templar tree. These skills all revolve around area-of-effect abilities, either buffing Cassandra and her allies, or debuffing enemies, especially demons. These abilities can fit into a couple of different builds extremely well, and while Cassandra can fulfill both Damage and Tank roles, this build is going to detail a very effective Tank build....

The aptly namedNintendo GameCubeheralded the gaming giant’s entry into the sixth generation of home consoles. It first hit store shelves between 2001 and 2002, competing against Sega’s Dreamcast, Sony’s PlayStation 2, and Microsoft’s first iteration of its flagship Xbox. While most of the GameCube’s most beloved games are family-oriented, the blocky home console had plenty of hair-raising horror games under its belt. While Nintendo lacked the processing power and graphical fidelity of its competitors, it excelled at retooling games to fit its limited capabilities....

Summary Pokemon TCG’sPrismatic Evolution set is mostly filled with high rarity reprints of some of your favorite Pokemon. However, if you’re wondering if the set has any good cards that you may use competitively, then you’ve come to the right place. Some of the greatest threats in the Pokemon TCG get reprints, giving you yet another way to obtain them through luck. If you’ve already built a deck, then Prismatic Evolution is a great way to get a rarity bump that makes your deck just as pretty to look at as it is deadly....

It’s a fascinating idea that certain games could slowly be lost to time since many of the game consoles are starting the process of switching to digital-only consoles. It’s so easy to open Steam or the PlayStation Store and just buy and download a game. But it wasn’t like that twenty years ago. Currently, we see old game cartridges on eBay selling for thousands. We only see recent gaming items sell for a high price when they are collectors' editions....

Quick Links Most of the Space Marine Chapters you will come across in the grim darkness ofWarhammer 40kare valiant warriors, heroes of the Imperium who bravely strive against the myriad evils of the galaxy. But not every Chapter fights the same way or holds themselves to the same ideals – some are willing to take on a more pragmatic approach, while others see their actions as a manifestation of their faith in the Emperor....

Gaming Twitter hasn’t felt like Gaming Twitter in years. That may not change onTwitteranytime soon, but Bluesky feels like a window into the not-so-distant past. Twitter has been in steep decline since Elon Musk took the website over in 2022. As of the end of August, the social media giant was estimated to be worthnearly 80 percent lessthan it was pre-takeover. And following the United States presidential election in November,hundreds of thousands of users have closed their Twitter(now known as X) accounts in favor of Bluesky, a Twitter competitor which hasgained eight million users since October, rocketing from 13 million to 21 million....

Rumours of aBloodborneremaster or remake fall under the same category asHalf-Life 3 rumours. While the latter actually appears to have some movement on it after all these years, Bloodborne fans haven’t even heard a whimper from their beloved game. And now, almost as an insult to injury, rumours of another FromSoftware game getting a remaster have started to swirl. According to XboxEra’s Speshal_Nick, it looks like a remaster ofDark Souls 3might be in the works....

Summary Diablogeneral manager Rod Fergusson has come under fire after tweeting that he thinks Action RPGs should be called “Diablo-likes” in the same vein asMetroidvaniasandRoguelikes. Although the practice has died out somewhat in recent generations,one of the most interesting facets of gaming is the coining of genres. While we all know about RPGs, Life-Sims, and the abstractly named Action Adventures, the real fun begins when you get to genres based on specific games such as Metroidvanias, Roguelikes, Soulslikes,and even GTA Clones....