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As players are exploring the area northeast of Savalon inBravely Default 2, they may come across an Abandoned Mansion that is tucked away by the water. This building is connected to one of the game’s side quests, and indeed fans will need to have started it before they can enter the dungeon. Providing details on that side quest, and where it can be obtained, is the exact purpose of this guide, and players that read on should have no trouble getting insideBravely Default 2’s Abandoned Mansion....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Waris now only one day away from a full multiplayer reveal. Although there is still tons to be discovered come the full announcement, the officialCall of DutyTwitter has been leaking information through several countdown videos. Yesterday, the Twitter feed revealed the return of the RC-XD, a fan favorite killstreak from the firstBlack Opstitle. Today, the clip revealed something more hands-on a practical confirming the return of an era-favorite weapon tothe multiplayer game mode....

Controversial YouTuber and Internet personality Logan Paul is best known lately for his podcast and high profile boxing matches. In fact,Paul’s boxing matcheshave proven to be a huge draw for the sport, with his KSI fights drawing significant attention from both the media and general public. The interactions between Paul and KSI leading up to their boxing matches were compared to professional wrestling feuds, and so it’s fitting that Paul will apparently now be joining the world of pro wrestling....

Counter-Strike: Global Offensivejust keeps on breaking its own records, and not over long periods of time; it’s been a good month for the multiplayer tactical shooter in terms of its player threshold. As of today, the game hasbroken its player recordfor the third time in February 2020, and its previous record was set in the second week of the month at 901,681 players. In addition, February’s first record (which happened in the very first week) was set at 876,575 players, which means thatCounter-Strike: Global Offensive’s player count jumped by over 25,000 in one week–and even more by the end of the month....

In entirely unsurprising news, Blizzard has officially confirmed that the upcoming ARPGDiablo 4will be monetized. WhileDiablo 4won’t be revisiting the controversial days ofDiablo 3’s auction house, or anything else of that severity, it does sound likeDiablo 4will be adopting some modern-day monetization practices. Blizzard states that it’s still very early and that monetization plans are in flux, but does make clear thatDiablo 4will not sell power. Twitch streamer Quin69 got the question answered atBlizzCon 2019, speaking withDiablo 4lead game designer Joe Shely....

Beyond the hordes of demons, flashy abilities, and shiny loot,Diablo 4is, at its very core, a game of numbers. Everything players do in this game is all about making their numbers bigger, whether it’s their level, money, highest-clearable Nightmare Dungeon, and so on. All of these are ultimately determined by how much damage players deal. RELATED:Diablo 4: How to Get Baleful Fragments Even before the game’s official release, theDiablo 4community has been hard at work trying to determine how damage is actually calculated....

Summary TheStar Warsfranchise has had its share of ups and downs over the last forty-plus years of its existence. For everyEmpire Strikes Back, there’s aStar Wars Holiday Special, and for everyKnights of the Old Republic, there’s aMasters of Teras Kasi. The last ten years have been particularly rocky forStar Wars' gaming projects, as the franchise’s exclusivity deal with publisher EA has been the source of great ire for many fans. That deal will soon be reaching its end, but even in its waning months, EA has added one more transgression to its list with the cancelation of Respawn’s Mandalorian first-person shooter....

From Software’sElden Ringis a big game with many weapons and items to choose from. Some of those may become integral to apowerfulElden Ringbuild, while others will usually be discarded at the first opportunity. Meanwhile, a few will spend a significant amount of time sitting in the player’s inventory until the exact moment they prove to be a game-changer. One of these situational items isElden Ring’s Mimic’s Veil, which allows players to disguise themselves as part of the environment....

Summary With the release of the trailer for theShadow of the ErdtreeDLC,Elden Ringhas gotten a massive boost to its concurrent player counts across platforms.Elden Ringsaw a spike in concurrent playerswhen the DLC was first revealed. As players await the content update to drop, this uptick in reignited fan interest is continuing to rise. Released in February 2022,Elden Ringis an open-world Soulslike RPG written by George R. R. Martin, the author behind the high-fantasy novel seriesA Song of Ice and Fire....

Since the day of its release in November 2011,Skyrimhas been compared with its predecessors on practically every level; its gameplay, story, and characters have all been scrutinized by long-time fans of the series. The game’s factions were also put under the same critical lens, with fans comparingSkyrim’s iterations of popular guilds to earlier appearances in the series. One such faction is the Thieves Guild, a group that gives the player the ability to learn new stealth abilities and work their way up the ranks to become a master thief....

After months of waiting, NetherRealm has finally officially announced the next entry in its long-running fighting game franchise, and like the recent rumors suggested, it’s officially titledMortal Kombat 1. Technically both a reboot and a sequel for the franchise,Mortal Kombat 1seems to follow on from the good ending ofMortal Kombat 11’s Aftermath DLC, where Fire God Liu Kang puts a stop to Shang Tsung’s time-altering shenanigans and creates a brand-new timeline of his design....

Summary Given theFalloutfranchise’s unique post-apocalyptic setting, this franchise has a lot of potential to provide a challenging and immersive survival experience. However, recent games in theFalloutfranchise haven’t quite tapped into the full potential of this. Especially afterFallout 76’s questionable approach to its survival mechanics, futureFalloutgames can’t make this same mistake. Not only do futureFalloutgames need a survival difficulty mode at launch, but the franchise could also stand to take this feature to the next level....

TheFalloutseries has the world on its shoulders. Fan expectations couldn’t be higher after a mess of titles with wildly varying success and failure. The first episode unleashes everything a relatively reasonably-minded fan could expect. The characters sparkle with enough wit to stay lovable. The jokes land or flop with roughly the same ratio as the gags in the games. The action set pieces work without blowing too many minds. It’s a fun ride, but it hasn’t reached its apex yet....