Quick Links The Actor’s Story inLayers Of Fear (2023)fully recreates Layers Of Fear 2. Whichever version you’re playing, thorough players will be able to find audio interviews on old wax cylinders - one of the first methods ever invented for recording sound. Playing these logs in the cabin between chapters lets you piece together more of James' story. Related:Layers Of Fear (2023): Where To Find All Strange Objects While the recordings aren’t required to complete the game, they’re a great way to look at the lives of the Burns children when they aren’t fighting for survival - not to mention a necessity for completionist players!...

Quick Links If you’re aGenshin Impactplayer, you know that character releases are one of the most hype moments of the game. Apart from the excitement of getting new characters in your roster, you also get to spend all the Gacha currency that you’ve accumulated over time. Though it can be quite hard to acquire a new four-star character. RELATED:Genshin Impact: Ascension Materials For Kirara Kaveh is a Dendro character who wields a Claymore as his weapon, and he was first released alongside Baizhu in the Version 3....

There’s been a lot of talk aboutXbox’sfuture lately, and I can understand why. ByPhil Spencer’s own admission, Microsoft “lost” the last generation, ceding the ground it had built up in the 360 era as the Xbox One’s gimmicks and games misfired whileSonysolidified thePlayStationas the dominant console in pop culture and the destination for premium, exclusive experiences you won’t find anywhere else. With this new generation, Xbox sharply changed tactics. The introduction of Game Pass and the cheaper Series S model saw it make a play as the people’s console, while it has been biding its time on exclusives with major acquisitions....

Many games feature gorgeous cathedrals and fictional churches with stunning architecture. But there are also a lot of notable shrines in gaming that we remember vividly, whether for their significance or aesthetic. If you don’t know these shrines for either of those things, then you most likely do because of their generous rewards. Related:Games Where The Church Was The Villain It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that some of these shrines saved your life and are typically treated as pit stops for healing after intense battles....

Nintendojust dropped a surprise update for its dead console, the3DS, and everyone hates it. Despite theeShop now being shut down, removing any way to legitimately buy new games for the platform, the latest firmware update stops users from hacking the console, making it able to run pirated games. This would be an understandable move for a console that’s still being supported by Nintendo, but it isn’t. While you can still legitimately purchase physical copies of some 3DS games from Nintendo, many third-party and digital-only titles were lost when the eShop shut down in March....

Natasha is one of the two healers currently found in Hoyoverse’s Honkai: Star Rail. Although Bailu is the healer most will prefer, Natasha is given to all players for free after a certain point in the main story, making her indispensable if you aren’t lucky enough to pull Bailu withyour precious Stellar Jades. Related:Honkai: Star Rail - The Best Ultimates, Ranked Natasha is nothing to laugh at. Her healing output is quite big, and her ultimate can provide party-wide heals that can increase once the characters are on the brink of death....

While speedrunning can be a ton of fun on your own, it’s an activity that can be even more of a blast with a friend or a few helping out. While they are lesser-known, there are tons of awesome games that you and your friends can do speedruns of together, and to some, co-op speedruns are even more exciting. Related:The Biggest Speedrun Skips If you think runs with one person pulling off incredible techniques and glitches were impressive, just wait until you start doing that in tandem with others to accomplish a single task....

Cities: Skylines 2looks like a very pretty game. In its latest glossy trailer, pushed out ahead of its October 24 release date, we see a resplendent city shimmering in the sunlight, beams of bright white dazzling on glass, calling city-dwellers with potential and promise. Cars flood the freshly formed streets, rubber paws prowling districts conjured by your own godly hand, metal scraping and writhing on top of itself, life bursting forth as high rises and condominiums and penthouses tower over the hustle and the bustle, the rush and the concrete and smog-filled air....

Trading card games were banned in my primary school (elementary for you yanks). Even the rural wastelands of Wales couldn’t escape the allure ofPokemonandYu-Gi-Oh. The former was banned before my time, butKonami’s effort was all the rage just as I was old enough to appreciate the draw of collecting rare cards and using them to battle against my friends. We would gather behind one of those shoddy looking temporary cabins and sit down by the steps with our decks in tow, ready to whittle down our life points in pursuit of victory....

One of my favorite cards in Disney Lorcana’s The First Chapter isCaptain Hook - Thinking A Happy Thought. Even though the card has lore text, it tells an entire story just with its art; in Peter Pan, the curmudgeonly captain is frequently thwarted by Peter, largely because he has the advantage of flight. Being stuck on the ground while Peter torments him from the sky eats at Hook, reminding him of his lost youth and the freedom that went with it....

Quick Links One of the key elements ofDisney Lorcanais protecting your characters. They help you keep your opponent at bay, have abilities you’ll want to use, and, most importantly, they’ll quest for lore to net you that precious victory. However, they’re also incredible vulnerable, as using them will open them up to be challenged and potentially even banished. RELATED:Disney Lorcana: What Is Shift? Fortunately, there is a way to keep them safe: throw someone else in the line of fire first....

I love games that let me do some sleuthing. I love puzzles, I love drama, and I love complex narratives. I’d heard The Case of the Golden Idol has it all, but I’d never gotten the chance to check it out myself, so when I saw it was on sale with its new DLC, I took the plunge. This point-and-click title makes me feel like a real detective. Each scene is a freeze-frame, and you get to click in to see what people are carrying, saying or thinking, and their surroundings....

Non-British readers, let me catch you up on one of the most divisive political discourses in the UK this year. George Osborne, the former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer (main money guy), isn’t a super popular fella. Over a six-year period, he introduced huge public spending cuts, and many hold him responsible for the ongoing struggles our National Health Service (NHS) faces today. One report has even linked his austerity measures to 330,000 excess deaths, and that’s not counting those lost during theCovid pandemic....