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The best Genshin Impact Alhaitham teams Zap, burn, bloom The best Alhaithan teams in Genshin Impact give what seems like a one-note character plenty of options for keeping battles fresh in the open-world game . Alhaitham works best with a varied elemental team, which means his F2P options are idea. We’ve also opted to hone in on a few specific Dendro reactions for more specialized rotations that make strong use of the Dendro infusion effect from Alhaitham’s skill....

The best Genshin Impact Mika build, Artifacts, and F2P options Mika the explorer Mika has joined the standard banner pool, so it’s time to start thinking about the best Genshin Impact Mika build, Mika gives your party a hybrid healer and attack supporter who, unlike most healers in Genshin Impact, can actually heal the entire party and not just the active character. Mika’s special niche is buffing the party’s physical attack power, and while that might seem limited to a specific niche, it can help bring out the best in some of your sub-DPS heroes....

The first teaser trailer for 28 Years Later is mostly just darkness and morse code, and yet it still has me excited You really shouldn’t expect much, though. Image credit:Fox The first teaser trailer for 28 Years Later is here, and while it might really be emphasizing the tease, I’m still excited. These days I’m a massive fan of horror movies, but lil old teenager me found them to be a bit too stressful for the ole ticker....

The Henry Cavill-led Warhammer 40,000 series might be cooked, but don’t lose hope just yet Games Workshop wants to make sure no one messes its universe up. Image credit:Games Workshop IGN first shared the news , which popped up during Games Workshop’s annual financial report. Long story short: The company’s very serious about either getting it right or not making it at all. No matter how passionate Cavill is about the potential project(s), Warhammer 40,000 is a difficult beast to tame, as Games Workshop is notoriously strict when it comes to its flagship sci-fi universe outside the realm of tabletop gaming....

The Last of Us, Episode 3 marks the first major deviation from the game – and it couldn’t have gone better Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann took us on a journey of what it means to protect and risk in the latest episode – and provided nuance the game never could. I know that the ‘curse of video game adaptations’ has long been broken, but I did not expect The Last of Us to potentially provide us with one of the best episodes of TV in 2023....

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum will sneak onto PC and consoles in May Prepare to grovel and slink around dark places this spring. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has a release date, and you can expect a look at some gameplay via a showcase later today. Releasing on May 25, Gollum tells the tale of the twisted Stoor with a split-personality, who searched high and low for his Precious, until he finally found it and met his end....

The new Nvidia App is a brilliant new unified graphics settings powerhouse - and it’s out now I can’t believe I’m excited about a PC settings app, but here we are. Nvidia’s new software is an excellent much-needed upgrade. Image credit:VG247 I’m hesitant to use the word ‘exciting’ when I’m talking about a piece of PC software that simply facilitates playing video games when I’ll be careful about how I use that word even describing actual full-blown video games....

The original Elden Ring manga is going on hiatus because the author is taking some time off to play Shadow of the Erdtree like the rest of us What other option is there? Image credit:FromSoftware The original Elden Ring manga is on hiatus for this month, as the author is… going to be busy playing Shadow of the Erdtree. Earlier this month, you might have seen that a new Elden Ring manga was in the works....

The Penguin will return in The Batman 2, but Colin Farrell was just happy to be done with him after shooting his spinoff show Yeah, playing him doesn’t look exactly comfortable. Image credit:HBO/Max The Penguin finally premieres on Max in exactly one week, on September 19. We’re now learning more and more about the process of shooting the long-anticipated series, and it appears that Colin Farrell didn’t have a super great time under all the prosthetics and makeup....

The Phasmophobia hype might have died down, but if you never gave it a shot, you might want to pick it up before the price goes up Plus, it’s finally coming to console! If you’ve been meaning to pick up Phasmophobia , you might want to do so soon, as the price is going up later this year. While you don’t hear about it as much these days, Phasmophobia is still going relatively strong....

The Pokemon TCG Pocket Venusaur drop event is finally here - here’s what you can get Get a fire deck ready and open some promo packs! Image credit:The Pokemon Company/VG247 Early this morning Pokemon TCG Pocket got a brand-new promo pack event, where players can battle the CPU for a selection of limited-time cards. The grand prize being a special Venusaur with some new art on it. This event is set to run until December 12 at 10PM PST / 1AM EST (13th) / 6AM GMT (13th) / 7AM CEST (13th) ....

The Sims 4 celebrates its 9th anniversary with two new kits and a long-awaited Gallery overhaul Thus ends the “Take The Reins” summer content programme… at least in terms of paid DLC Image credit:EA The Sims 4 turned nine years old this weekend, and while that might not seem like such a big milestone, it is in fact fairly noteworthy if you know your franchise history. The Sims 2 and The Sims 3 both had a roughly four-and-a-half year lifespan, so their most recent successor has officially worn the current-gen crown for twice as long as either of them ever got to; or, looked at another way, is now as old as both of its immediate predecessors combined....

The Witcher 3: Collect ‘Em All - Where to get every Gwent card You can never have enough decks of playing cards in The Witcher 3. Update: We’ve added interactive maps showing every Gwent card and Gwent player location across The Witcher 3 to the first section of this page. The Witcher 3 ’s hardest quest is probably Collect ‘Em All , and it behoves us to include detailed instructions as part of our The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt guide and walkthrough ....

The Wolf Among Us 2 delayed out of 2023 as development switches to Unreal 5 Part of the reason for the delay was the engine switch. Telltale Games have announced it has delayed The Wolf Among Us 2 out of 2023, and has not provided a new release date. According to an official tweet from the studio, the game is going to require more time, and it is committed to “delivering the sequel fans deserve, and doing what’s right for the game while protecting the health of our team....

There was no other show like it" - gaming execs reflect on the life, and tragic death, of E3 Some major figures in the industry chip in with E3 memories. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/E3-Thumbnail-01.jpg?width=570&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“There was no other show like it” - 1”> We’re firmly in the Summer Game Fest era, there’s no getting around that fact. E3 is certified dead - and video game publishers have taken the opportunity to hold individual events and streams separate from the industry’s once-solo summer show....

There’s now a God of War Ragnarok mod which does away with that pesky PSN sign-in requirement everyone hated You can now potentially pretend to a burly, big thing-killing dad without having be reminded of the PlayStation username you created when you were 12. Image credit:Santa Monica Studio Good news, folks who bought God of War Ragnarok ’s PC port and were immeditely a bit cheesed off by the PSN account sign-in/linking requirement that’s been a point of contention between Sony and players for a good while now....

They’d never get away with THIS nowadays! The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 96 Nowadays, right, you can’t even massacre everyone on a football pitch in an ill-advised parody of the first world war, because of woke Image credit:VG247, Namco You can’t say anything these days! Is what silly people say, a lot. You can actually say whatever you like. You can say, for example, and with confidence, that there are certain things you could get away with in gaming thirty years ago that simply wouldn’t fly now....

This Helldivers 2 Star Wars mod will soon let you and your nerdy mates do some Clone Wars roleplaying while you kill bugs Also, here’s a mod that’ll let you enlist Master Chief into Super Earth service. Image credit:VG247/BattlefrontUpdates on Twitter. Hello, Helldivers 2 people. And Star Wars people. You’ll both be glad to know that there’s a mod pack in the works which’ll bring both of those two things together, by visually transforming the shooter into the perfect tool to re-enact some Clone Wars battles....

This massive 2TB portable SSD is great for keeping more games installed- and it’s now $180 off This pocket powerhouse from Western Digital is the cheapest it’s ever been. Image credit:WD_Black It can be really frustrating having to uninstall games to install new ones on your console or PC, and this is where external SSDs can be really helpful as they let you keep all of the games you’re currently playing handy without having to re-download them everytime....

Top Gun Maverick’s Glen Powell turned down Jurassic World 4 despite his love for the series, but it’s not for the reason you think “I read the script and I immediately was like, my presence in this movie doesn’t help it.” Image credit:Paramount Pictures Glen Powell, star of films like Top Gun: Maverick and Anyone But You, was offered a role in Jurassic World 4, but he turned it down....