Author: Sarah Connor
Each Pokémon has its own set of Effort Levels, or ELs, in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.Alongside basic training and levelling, ELs are one of the multiple systems used for raising your Pokémon’s stats. EL’s work differently from previous games though and can be quite important for tackling bigger challenges like fighting Alpha Pokémon. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Unown locations are a mainstay of the Pokémon universe. Whether it’s writing on cave walls, or – well, mostly just writing on cave walls – the Symbol Pokémon (or ‘alphabet’ Pokémon) is there to literally spell things out for you.Pokémon Legends Arceus is no different, with an Unown Dex of its own, and 26 letters – and two punctuation marks – to find to gain a completed Dex entry.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City leads new additions to PlayStation Now in February.Rockstar’s ode to the 80s was part of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Remastered Collection and will now be added to PlayStation Now as a standalone game.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red is aiming to release a new standalone Gwent title at some point in 2022. It is being designed as a single-player experience, CD Projekt told IGN, rather than having a focus on competitive multiplayer.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Prolific video game voice actor Troy Baker, star of The Last of Us, BioShock Infinite and Fortnite, has abandoned his plans to partner with a controversial voice NFT company.In a short statement issued via Twitter today, Baker also apologised for “accusing anyone of ‘hating’ just by simply disagreeing with me”.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
A tweet from last week asked developers: “What’s in your game graveyard? Games that were cancelled or no one can play anymore?” What followed was a wonderful, melancholic list of delights we will never get to play again, or never had the chance to play at all. Battleborn came up, and a Disney Infinity sequel. But also beloved XNA games and YA interactive fictions. The deeper you go, the more thrilling these games start to sound, the richness and imagination that is forever out of reach. I read and read and it was like descending through coral – all this…
Darkrai and the Modern Team Galactic Set are unlocked in Pokémon Legends: Arceus by having a save file from specific Pokémon games on your Nintendo Switch. A Pokémon Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl save file is what you need on your Switch to access both Darkrai and the new clothing set. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
The Star Rank in Pokémon Legends: Arceus marks both your position within the Galaxy Expedition Team and how much you’ve learnt about the Hisui region’s Pokémon.You’ll also receive a selection of Star Rank rewards, such as new items and access to a new location, every time you reach a new rank. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
In Pokémon Legends: Arceus you can get the mythical Shaymin (Land Forme) and unlock the Shaymin Kimono Set by having a save file from a previous instalment in the mainline series. These games are Pokémon Sword and Shield and you simply need to have created a save file on your Nintendo Switch to start working towards these rewards.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
As part of its fascinating Power On documentary series released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Xbox, Microsoft has discussed the time it rejected Rockstar’s pitch to put Grand Theft Auto 3 on the original Xbox back in 2001 – a decision that would ultimately lead to the multi-million-selling phenomenon being snapped up by Sony as a timed exclusive.The story, which follows similarly candid recollections from Microsoft in Power On – including the admission its closure of Fable developer Lionhead Studios was one of the company’s “biggest missteps” – comes in the third episode. Here, various members of the original…