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Assassin’s Creed was always known for its cinematic but rather simple combat, which prioritized looks over mechanics. And it was genuinely great and kept getting flashier with each game until Ubisoft, for whatever reason, decided Monster Hunter -style sword sponges were a better alternative. Ever since it introduced this new RPG combat system, players have been criticizing it left and right, and if there was one thing people (myself included) didn’t want to see in Black Flag Resynced, it’s exactly this kind of boring, hack-and-slash fighting. The first trailers and showcases for Black Flag Resynced seemed to avoid showing us any such thing, leading to widespread praise for preserving and polishing the original game’s combat. But, surprise, surprise: Ubisoft couldn’t help itself and decided that at least some part of the game just needed the RPG combat, and it placed it in hunting of all places. Hunting is back In Black Flag Resynced. AC Sh...

The first Festival playlist, aka Welcome to Japan, is now live in Forza Horizon 6 , and we can complete the first Treasure Hunt that takes place at the Ohtani region. Doing so not only gets us five event currency, but we can also find 100,000 credits. But first, you’ll need to locate the Treasure Hunt chest. Ohtani Region Treasure Hunt chest location in Forza Horizon 6 When you accept the task from the Festival Playlist menu, you’ll only find a photo of the location. The chest is located in the Kinkaku-Ji Temple, located southwest of the Horizon Festival Site. The temple has a nearby race event that you might have completed in all likelihood; use the race to fast travel. Screenshot by Destructoid Next, travel to the marked location on the image above. If you have the Treasure Map DLC purchased, you can put a marker. If you haven’t, no worries. Enter the Kinkaku-Ji Temple from the main entrance. Screenshot by Destructoid Next, turn left and ...

You can breathe easy, Grand Theft Auto fans. The next installment in the franchise, GTA 6 , won’t be delayed a third time, Take-Two Interactive confirmed in an earnings call today. Rumors started making their rounds on internet forums earlier in the week that the game would be delayed to February 2027. This all came shortly after Strauss Zelnick—CEO of Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar— reaffirmed the game would be launching on Nov. 19, 2026 in an interview with David Senra on May 17 . So even though it was a hard-to-believe rumor in the first place because of Zelnick’s comments, many GTA fans were anxiously awaiting what could’ve been a heart-breaking announcement. And many looked towards today’s earnings call as the place for Rockstar to do it. It wouldn’t have been totally out of left field for another potential delay, seeing as how Rockstar delayed the game twice already, which is why so many tuned into the earnings call with baited breath....

Expenite is a valuable resource in Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core , and we have to farm it to gain different upgrades on our run. While the initial upgrade costs 120 Expenite, the rate goes up the more boosts we get. With so many options available in the current version, you can get confused about what to pick. This guide will provide a complete list of every upgrade you can apply (based on your luck). Table of contents Complete list of Expenite upgrades in Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core Common upgrades Uncommon upgrades Rare Upgrades Epic Upgrades Legendary Upgrades Artifacts Complete list of Expenite upgrades in Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core The following tables have complete information about every upgrade, spread across different rarities. Common upgrades Upgrade Effect Health Reward Adds +20 Base Health. Heals by 100%. Adaptability Everytime you hit an enemy, you get +1% Critical Chance until you inflict a Critical Hit. Adhesive Snare +20% chance to spaw...

ARC Raiders is a unique game among extraction shooters in that there is a very strong social aspect to it. Whenever you play solo (and I consider that to be the quintessential ARC experience), folks will always gauge whether or not to fight you, seeing as you both stand to lose with no one there to back you up. But if you do love hunting people down for sport, you’re in for a world of reckoning when it comes to matchmaking now. Though we’ve known that aggression plays a major part in the game’s queue system, ARC Raiders devs are now looking to honor the right to self-defense by treating unprovoked attacks separately from just minding your own business and fighting to save your hide. In a new post titled “Notes on the matchmaking system,” Embark Studios stated that “your playstyle didn’t capture whether you started a PvP encounter or merely defended yourself” in previous iterations, leading to situations where “cautious R...

After glamorously promising to “make shooters great again” and failing—twice—Studio 1047 Games now wants to create the spiritual successor to one of the most beloved first-person shooter franchises ever made: Titanfall . The game, titled EMPULSE , “is an upcoming fast-paced 6v6 movement shooter,” according to its Steam page , which went live today. It has “wallrun, grapple, and Holojump” and lets you “pilot mechs and P.A.I.N.T. your way through Freehold’s vertical streets.” From the few screengrabs on the page, we see a lot of what can be found in Titanfall proper, what with players casting hooks to get to high-up ledges and some of them using giant robots to gain the upper hand. The Titanfall inspiration is evident. Image via 1047 Games Keep in mind that this game hasn’t yet received a proper announcement and that its development was leaked by Insider Gaming a few days ago . Furthermore, EMPULSE promise...

Destiny 2 players are struggling with the game's lack of content lately, and while it's definitely a "first-world problem" to have, I can sympathize. As a former habitual player, I have felt their pain. When a game becomes a part of your daily routine (for better or worse), it can feel like there's a hole in your day-to-day when things change. And things have changed a lot for Destiny 2 players over the past few years. I haven't touched it in quite some time, and it appears I'm not alone as the game currently has less than 7,000 players on Steam. Image via Bungie It definitely feels as though Destiny 2 is not the main priority for Bungie right now, after it launched Marathon almost three months ago. The extraction shooter's second season is launching in a few weeks, and Destiny 2 has been left in the lurch, with many players opining that it's been sidelined. But for some, they just miss what used to be. "I can't play...