On November 18, miHoYo announced a quick balance patch nerf for the Childe boss fight in Genshin Impact (PC, PS4, PS5, Mobile, soon on Switch). The boss fight against Childe in the archon quest (main story quest) Heart of Glaze will have its difficulty decreased on November 19. This kind of fix will definitely trigger
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Unreconciled Stars is the new large-scale event ongoing in Genshin Impact (PC, PS4, PS5, Mobile, soon on Switch), and it has a fun detail for Venti players. The event is divided in three phases, with the first and second phases, Unknown Star, Star of Deceitful Dreams, available now. In the first phase, players need to
On November 18 midnight JST, the Japanese Twitter account for Genshin Impact (PC, PS4, PS5, Mobile, soon on Switch) teased a new character, a “mysterious boy” voiced by Tetsuya Kakihara. This character will be appearing in the ongoing Unreconciled Stars event, in the second phase, Star of Deceitful Dreams, which is launching on November 18.
If you received an Xbox Series X / S console last week, you’ll have no doubt been instructed to download the mobile phone application to help with setting the console up. Now, those with access to the beta testing of the iOS version of the app appear to be trying out some new features that
Minecraft has had a busy last few months. First, Mojang revealed the next big title update that’s set to come in 2021. Then, Minecraft Dungeons added cross-platform play to its Diablo-lite offerings. And now, fans are getting some exciting new DLC. That’s right, Minecraft is getting several new pieces of official Star Wars content. Check
Fortnite is in the middle of their Nexus War seasonal event. Players have been able to unlock skins for superhero favorites like Iron Man, Wolverine, and Groot. Today, Fortnite and Marvel are teasing a new skin for Venom. It’s quite the get for the team at Epic Games. I mean, they can probably bring in
Over the past few days, Pokemon GO players have been gaining the ability to transfer Pokemon to Pokemon HOME. This service is the main way for players to transfer their monsters to other games, including Sword and Shield and Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee. The service has been available for level 40 players
On November 13, Cygames announced Granblue Fantasy (PC, mobile) will hold a crossover collab event with Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba. The event will happen sometime in December. With the collab, multiple characters from Demon Slayer will join Granblue Fantasy as playable characters. Those teased so far include protagonist Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, Inosuke Hashibira,
On November 11, miHoYo launched A New Star Approaches, the version 1.1 update of Genshin Impact (PC, PS4, PS5, Mobile, soon on Switch). Multiple changes were made to the game. One unexpected change concerns the damage calculation formula from Elemental Reactions born through the environment. In version 1.1, the damage dealt by these Elemental Reactions
Don’t let the title confuse you; Bright Memory isn’t the game we saw at Microsoft’s first showcase for Xbox Series X games. Sure, it’s the same franchise and developer, yes, the gameplay looks comparable, and the names are absolutely confusing, but there wasn’t a single moment of gameplay in Bright Memory‘s stunted hour-ish runtime that came remotely
Fortnite developer Epic Games is considering adding a monthly subscription package into their massively popular battle royale and is currently surveying players to see how they would feel about the addition. Information on the potential subscription and survey was shared on Twitter by user FireMonkey, who specialises in Fortnite news and leaks. The survey asks
The Japanese twitter account for Genshin Impact (PC, PS4, PS5, Mobile, soon on Switch) recently got trolled into retweeting a dick joke through its follow and retweet campaign. Ever since the JRPG’s launch on September 28, miHoYo is organizing a release commemoration Twitter campaign in Japan. Each day, those who follow and RT a specific
Few would have expected that a 2018 indie title would become a breakout hit two years later, but Among Us has seemingly defied the odds. Over the past few months, the low profile indie game had an explosion in popularity and has become one of 2020’s breakout hits thanks to its clever emphasis on player
For the past few months, Ubisoft has been at the center of an ever-evolving reckoning in the video game industry; across the board, people have been stepping forward and sharing their stories of abuse. Ubisoft’s prevalence in the situation was particularly alarming, especially considering how seemingly universal it was at the worldwide company. They’ve been
Bandai Namco announced a new Super Robot Wars live stream is coming on October 12, and it will most notably feature Super Robot Wars OG writer Soichiro Morizumi. The stream (YouTube) will be at 2100 JST (Click here for a time conversion table). On the August 2020 SRW stream, where a huge urban legend regarding
Last year we got an update to the Nether regions in Minecraft, this year, Caves & Cliffs will be getting the update. During Minecraft live, the update was announced and will release in the summer of 2021. Microsoft stated that this update is going to take longer to develop and on top of that, Minecraft
Square Enix could end up bringing a Live A Live remaster to the west, officially localizing the game for the first time, assuming fan demand is high enough. Square Enix held a special live stream for the 26th anniversary of legendary omnibus SNES RPG Live A Live on October 3. The stream featured Live A
In a tweet this morning, the official Twitter account for Xbox Game Pass posted a photo revealing one of the latest perks for Game Pass Ultimate: two months of free Funimation Premium Plus. Funimation is an anime streaming service that seems like a perfect pair for Game Pass Ultimate. There is a high crossover between anime
DualShockers recently had the opportunity to interview the Genshin Impact development team at miHoYo. The game is out now on PC, PS4, mobile, and currently has two vast regions to explore, Mondstadt and Liyue. miHoYo confirmed the next region to be added is the Japan-themed Inazuma. Moreover, in a recently revealed trailer, miHoYo actually listed in
Genshin Impact by miHoYo is finally available worldwide on PC, PS4, iOS, and Android. A Switch version is also in development. Set in the fantasy world of Teyvat, Genshin Impact mixes an action battle system using elemental affinities, with open world RPG and gacha mechanics. Many eagerly awaited the release date of Genshin, seeing only
It’s a rare day at DualShockers when a large portion of our staff is able to get together and play a game together, but with the rise in popularity of Among Us over the past month, we knew we needed to set some time aside and give the asymmetrical multiplayer title a shot for ourselves. In
Genshin Impact. available since September 28 on PC, PS4, iOS, and Android. is set in the fantasy world of Teyvat. The regions of Teyvat are each inspired from various real countries. Mondstadt, the first region we get to explore, has a western European medieval feel. The second region the story brings us to, Liyue, is
As you already know, miHoYo recently launched two new projects, the VTuber Lumi N0va with her animated desktop app N0va Desktop, and open-world ARPG Genshin Impact. Available on PC, PS4, iOS, and Android. N0va Desktop includes multiple Yumi videos published so far, but also a Genshin Impact background. As such, when DualShockers recently got to
On September 28, soon after the launch of Genshin Impact on on PC, PS4, iOS, and Android, multiple Japanese players claimed the game’s anti cheat program mhyprot2 was spyware. miHoYo quickly denied the allegations and explained the situation. Later on, more allegations came out, this time from iOS 14 users claiming Genshin Impact reads the
miHoYo officially denied in a Japanese statement the allegations regarding Genshin Impact being akin to spyware stealing personal information. A few hours after the game released on September 28, スパイウェア (Spyware) and 原神 (Genshin Impact) started trending on Twitter, with players mentioning the game is spyware. The reason for that is, an article shared on
With the calendar finally set to turn over to October later this week, Microsoft has now unveiled which new titles will be heading to Xbox Game Pass across all avenues over the course of the month. Easily the biggest addition to Xbox Game Pass within the month of October was one we already knew about
Minecraft Live kicks off this weekend and one of the many events virtual attendees can participate in is a vote for the latest mob. Last time fans had a vote like this, we got the Phantom. This go-around, the choices are a little less terrifying but still fun. Starting this weekend, you’ll have a chance
On September 28, Square Enix announced a live stream for the 26th anniversary of SNES JRPG Live A Live. The stream will feature Live A Live Director Takashi Tokita, Composer Yoko Shimomura, Battle Director Nobuyuki Inoue, Character Pixel Art Illustrator Kazuyuki Kurashima, and Nobuo from comedy duo Penguins. The stream (YouTube) will start on October
Pokemon Cafe Mix was announced as part of one of this summer’s Pokemon Presents presentations. The Free to Play puzzler, which achieved over five million downloads in less than two months, sees you take control of a cafe, serving guests and enticing other Pokemon to join your staff. With the success of the title, support
Koei Tecmo held a special event for the Dynasty Warriors series on the final day of TGS 2020, most notably revealing Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires. The stream featured Dynasty Warriors Producer Akihiro Suzuki. Note that this was primarily an event to celebrate the Dynasty Warriors / Shin Sangoku Musou 20th anniversary, so most of the