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DMM and Koei Tecmo released another trailer of their upcoming Musou game Touken Ranbu Warriors. This time around, we get an extensive look at the gameplay and features of the game, including easy and normal battle modes (the former lets you pretty much automate combos by pressing a single button), the interaction with a buddy character in battle, relationships outside of battle, minigames, and the photo mode. Interestingly, when your boys are damaged in battle, their outfits will also be damaged, which is certainly a bit of interesting fanservice....

Another JC Chandor film, another potted take on masculinity in crisis. Margin Call (2011) was about crooked Wall Street traders, All is Lost (2013) concentrated on a solo sailor fighting a losing battle against the ocean and A Most Violent Year (2014) concerned a harassed businessman’s territorial struggles against mobsters and rivals. While these films are all of a fine standard, Jessica Chastain’s performance in the latter aside, there’s rarely a meaningful role for a woman....

While it has been known for a while that Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsay are taking on the lead roles of Joel and Ellie in HBO’s upcoming adaption of The Last of Us, something that we didn’t know was that Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson will also be showing up in it. Baker and Johnson, who play Joel and Ellie in Naughty Dog’s games, took to the stage during Summer Game Fest alongside The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann....

Ubisoft has outlined its approach to dealing with its reportedly toxic culture which permitted sexual abuse and misconduct to occur without consequence. Last week, a number of stories were told of endemic harassment and misconduct from Ubisoft employees and Ubisoft’s workplaces. Due to the internal investigative process, the developer was unable to share anything specific, but it is known that director Ashraf Ismail and “several” others have been placed on administrative leave....

Loot boxes have been the topic of much heated debate for the last few years. As more people become aware of the blind-bag nature of these in-game items, more are pushing for actual legislation to enforce limits on their use. In Belgium, authorities have even sought to make loot boxes illegal and banned altogether. And members of the United Kingdom’s parliament are trying to follow suit with calls to label loot boxes as gambling, effectively banning them from games popular with kids....

We’ve searched far and wide to bring you the best shopping recommendations! Just a note: Den of Geek may receive a commission from links on this page. Prices & stockage are accurate as of time of publication. Star Wars Galactic Necklace Hailing from far, far away, this galactic necklace is perfect for your Star Wars-obsessed partner. The extremely detailed necklace includes stones from Coruscant, Alderaan, Yavin 4, Tatooine, Sullust, Dagobah, Hoth, Endor, and Bespin!...

Deer is the one of first non-hostile creatures you find in the world of Valheim. They can be found plentiful in the Meadows biome. It’s no surprise deer roam here at the Meadows biome, as it is the safest biome in-game. But deer won’t hold back to even run into a totally different biome if they feel you are a threat. So hunting a deer either in Meadows or the Black Forest can be one of the trickiest things for an early player, who wants to collect some hide, meat, and even Trophy for summoning the first forsaken boss....

From a stumbling bean outfit in Fall Guys to high-precision training in Valorant, Aim Lab is really putting its name out there at the moment. The latest move for the accuracy trainer is to partner with Valorant Challengers North America, which begins this weekend. Valorant is a far better fit for Aim Lab than Fall Guys, and a partnership between the two can only be good for the competitive scene of Riot’s hero-based shooter....

Valve will fight back against the antitrust charges levied by the European Commission that charged it and five other video game publishers with blocking cross-border trade (via Reuters). In 2017, the European Commission began an investigation into Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media, Valve, and ZeniMax for their commercial activities within the European Union. The Commission wishes to remove cross-border checks on online trade within the bloc, and so charged the publishers with preventing distributors from selling their games outside their country of operation....

110 Industries has announced Vengeance is Mine, a mech brawler in development for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC. Promising “brutal” mech combat, the twist here is that encounters will also include a time-manipulation mechanic. The HYDRA mech suit that players fight in is able to speed up and rewind time. This will let players either blink towards their enemies or rewind to get out of the way of certain doom....

Watch Dogs 2’s “explicit” vagina has been removed from the game, Ubisoft has said. The genitalia was patched out via a new 1.4 title update released this weekend after attracting widespread attention shortly after the game’s launch. Ubisoft says that both male and female nudity will still appear in the game, however, and that it has only patched the “particularly explicit” NPC model. One PS4 user who shared a screenshot of the naughty NPC was temporarily banned from PSN by Sony, although the ban was lifted shortly after....

The brand-new Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain trailer from Gamescom 2015 is out now, and it sees things get suitably weird. There’s a floating character and Snake has a horn. Classic Metal Gear Solid. Check the trailer below.

This week in PC game releases (February 4 to 10), we’ve got expansions, sequels, and new IPs. The Joker’s Wild DLC for Destiny 2 comes out as well as Path of Exile: Synthesis. Dante’s story continues in Devil May Cry 5, while narratives start anew in Left Alive and The Occupation. If you’d like to see all the releases for March, you can check out our listing here. As for all PC game release dates from 2019 onwards, you can find those here....

Forging ahead through the Oneirist’s journey in Weird West takes you to a place called Foxglove. This will be the final step in this frontier. Here’s our Weird West endings and variations guide to help you with the dialogue choices and cutscenes that you’ll see. Note: For more information, check out our Weird West guides and features hub. Likewise, please be reminded that this guide contains spoilers. Weird West endings and variations guide To be clear, I’ve been told that Weird West has two major endings and multiple variations....

The following contains spoilers for Westworld Season 2. The Westworld Season 2 finale was confusing to say the least. The show revealed that a crucial character wasn’t who we thought she was, that Bernard has been working behind the scenes this whole time to build Robot Heaven, and oh, the very nature of humanity to boot. The finale was so revelatory and confusing in fact that now there seems to be a question regarding something that viewers had long etched into stone: the nature of the Man In Black’s identity....

Forspoken is the latest project set to release from Square Enix, and the isekai RPG is definitely not a slouch when it comes to graphical fidelity. With magic playing a huge role in the game, players will expect to see plenty of amazing effects and stunning visuals, but that all comes with a price, especially for those that are playing on PC. If you are looking for some help regarding the recommended PC specs for Forspoken, read on....

Naruto is one of the best-selling and most beloved manga and anime series, for newcomers and veterans alike. As is often the case with Japanese cultural imports to the West, sometimes meaning gets lost in translation, and Naruto’s catchphrase “dattebayo” is no exception. Let’s take a look at just what dattebayo means in Naruto. Naruto’s Catchphrase Dattebayo Meaning As any individual of great taste and refinement who prefers to watch their anime in its native Japanese will tell you, certain words and phrases will particularly stand out to English speakers....

What Does Chip-On-Board (COB) Mean? A chip-on-board (COB) is a chip that is mounted directly on a circuit board as opposed to being socketed. This kind of circuit board is also known as a “glop-top” for the blob of protective epoxy that protects and insulates the chip and its connections. All of the chip’s connections are hard-wired. Techopedia Explains Chip-On-Board (COB) A chip-on-board is a chip that is wired directly to the motherboard....

What Does Data Breach Mean? A data breach is an incident that involves the unauthorized or illegal viewing, access or retrieval of data by an individual, application or service. It is a type of security breach specifically designed to steal and/or publish data to an unsecured or illegal location. Techopedia Explains Data Breach A data breach occurs when an unauthorized hacker or attacker accesses a secure database or repository. Data breaches are typically geared toward logical or digital data and often conducted over the Internet or a network connection....

What Does Help Desk Operator Mean? A help desk operator is an individual who is assigned the duty of helping people figure out issues related to computers, technology and various other systems. The job is vast in scope and is not limited to the use of computers only, but it can also include everyday devices such as TVs, printers or mobile phones, depending on the nature of the company the operator is working for....