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A sixth currency is being added toOverwatch 2.Alongside Credits, Coins, League Tokens, Competitive Points, andLegacyCompetitive points, we now haveMythic Prisms. Much like the heralding of a new playable hero, Mythic Prisms have joined the game’s growing roster of convoluted currency. The cost of Mythic Prisms This new currency isearnable in-gamethrough the $10 Premium track of the Battle Pass and are spent on, predictably, Mythic Skins and their upgrades. You may already know that unlocking a Mythic Skin for a hero is just the start – if you want all the juicy customizations you’ll need to upgrade it as well....

[Editor’s note GrumpyTurtle shares with us a very emotional story about gaming with his mother for hisMonthly Musing piece. — CTZ] I had written this about a week in a half ago, but seeingeternalplayer2345’s blog about playing games with his brothergave me the oomph to put it up. So thanks to him. My mother never showed much interest in videogames in my younger days. She would mostly tell me to turn it down because whatever music loop on the current game I was playing would be driving her mad....

The launch of a major expansion inPokémon TCG Pocketcan always have some drama, but none will match the controversy surrounding two ofWisdom of Sea and Sky’s founding cards. For the first time in the game’s history, the immersive art items of the two themed Pokémon have been replaced ahead of the pack’s launch. The information has beenofficially shared by The Pokémon Company, confirming earlier rumors about possible art plagiarism regarding two card designs....

Kind of A few days ago we told youPudding Monsters, about the newest game from creators ofCut the Rope. Now we have a trailer featuring the first gameplay footage, and its pudding glob “stick-’em-together” gameplay kind of reminds me of puzzlerPuyo Puyo. But it looks like the end goal here is to slide these blobs around existing objects to create larger blobs. Even from this short trailer it’s clear that some of the puzzles are going to be pretty challenging....

The role of Saudi Arabia in gaming isn’t new – SEF has been here since 2017 – but recently the growth has been going at a faster pace. With the first two editions of Gamers8, the biggest gaming and esports festival worldwide, we are now seeing the difference and the quality of what Saudi Arabia can actually do on the global stage. And what Saudi players and teams can do on a global scale when competing with international teams....

Ubisoft revealed today that an all-new game mode, Dual Front, is coming to the tactical FPSRainbow 6 Siegeas part of its Siege X showcase which is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. I had a chance to play a few rounds of the innovative new mode, and it’s an absolute game changer forRainbow 6 Siege. The new Dual Front mode essentially breaks the map into different sections and splits it between the two teams....

Limited Run Gameshas announcedthat they’re going to be re-releasing Hudson’s 2003 Game Boy Advance game,Ninja Five-O, both physically and digitally for Switch, PS4, and PS5. You might be thinking thatNinja Five-Ois a quirky early-’00s localization title, but it was never released in Japan despite being developed by Hudson and published by Konami. That’s actually what it’s called, though it was released in Europe asNinja Cop. It’s an extremely rare GBA game that now commands an impressive price tag onthe collector’s market....

Nintendo and Monolithsoft just announced that they’re going to be adding two bits of DLC (one paid, one free) toXenoblade Chronicles 2in the form of extra blades — T-elos Re and Poppibuster — and now you’re able to check them out in action in the videos below. As a reference T-elos Re is the counterpart to the already included KOS-MOS from Xenosaga, and you’ll nab her by finishing the campaign. The Poppibuster is basically an Iron Man Hulkbuster mech piloted by another Poppi robot, and will be included by way of the season pass....

2017 Annual Report tells all AlthoughShin Megami Tenseistarted it all and has roughly 28 total packaged editions to sell,Persona 5‘s 13 editions have outsold it over the years. Sega has revealed that since 1987 theMegaTenseries has sold 7.2 million units, andPersonahas peddled 8.5 since 1996.Persona 5was a huge reason why it was able to take the crown, as it shifted 1.8 million on its own. Other interesting numbers include Sonic’s total sales since 1991 (360 million units/downloads),Yakuza‘s sales (10....

I’m not sure if the internet even remembers thatSniper: Ghost Warrior 3actually released this year, but discussions on the game were usually limited to itsobscene loading times. Whether or not that has gotten fixed isn’t on the cards for today, because we have far more pressing things to talk about! Mainly, how the hell did we transition fromGhost Warrior 2to3? Why not have some DLC to explain that gap?! Free for season pass owners (which was offered freewith pre-orders), “The Sabotage” stars the brother of the main character from3and features his battle against the rise of the 23 Society....

Let’s see what the opening salvo is “PlayStation Productions” is now in business. Created by Sony executives Asad Qizilbash and Shawn Layden, the concept is to adapt Sony’s vast PlayStation catalog for both the TV and film mediums: what could go wrong? Sony, a media giant in and of itself, is no stranger to cross-media opportunities. The comicPowerswas adapted by the company as a way to push original PlayStation Plus programming, which fizzled....

Oh, good The PS4 version ofFinal Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remasterwas and still isheld back by a few issueswith the RNG (random number generator) and background music. But fixes are on the way. “We are aware of the audio and RNG bugs inFinal Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remasteron PS4 and rest assured that we are in the process of creating a patch to fix them,” said Square Enix. “Details on timing will come soon....

Oh the outrage if it isn’t Whoever handles marketing at Square Enix really has a thing for annoyingly vague and slowly updating teasers, don’t they? Afterits teaser campaignforDeus Ex: Mankind Dividedwent fantastically wrong and info about the game got leaked, it hasgiven us another vague teaser. “This time we’ll do better, we promise!” a plucky team of Square Enix staff say while lovingly updating a page that tells ussod all....