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The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Update 2.000.010 Fixes Missing Campaign Unlockables

by Alex Co

April 4, 2025 5:21 pm in Title Updates and Patches

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Yesterday’s content patch for The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, which coincided with the release of the game on PC, should have been a time to enjoy the game. But for some, the update released for it became a bane, as it caused issues witht the campaign. Naughty Dog seeks to amend that with The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered update 2.000.010 download that’s out on PS5.

This should fix any issues related to missing items in your campaign, though there’s a lot more to it than that.

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Campaign Unlockables Missing Issue Fixed in Patch 2.000.010

The issue fixed by in this patch is the following:

Restores campaign unlockables, such as additional weapon holster and skill points, which had previously been lost after continuing progress from a save created prior to Patch 2.0.0.

Naughty Dog adds, “To ensure progress is restored, players should access save files created prior to April 3, 2025 at 10 am PT/1 pm ET to restore lost unlockables. Earned unlockables may still be lost if you continue to play from a save created after April 3, 2025 and before updating to patch 2.0.1.”

Aside from this issue, Naughty Dog is also aware of players losing access to No Return skins previously obtained before the 2.0.0 patch. The studio advises players affected to reach out to their feedback page for help. Based on the studio’s wording, more patches seem to be on the way.

Those on PC, no word yet on when you can expect a patch, but based on the community, there’s a handful of issues plaguing players.

Audio issues (skipping)
Crashing at specific instances of the campaign
Various animation glitches in cutscenes.

Outside of that, the game’s performance on PC seems to be doing fine.

Have you noticed any issues on PC or on the PS5 after the patch (aside from the missing unlockables)? If so, leave a comment and let the other players know.

Tags: The Last of Us The Last of Us Part II

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Helldivers 2 Turnaround Inspired by One of Gaming’s Best Redemption Arcs According to CEO

by Alex Co

5:06 pm in News

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When Helldivers 2 launched, it reached heights never-before-seen by a PlayStation game on PC. While players were happy with how Arrowhead Games Studio handled the live-service aspect of the game, it ran into a huge roadblock when Sony suddenly mandated gamers on PC to register for a PlayStation Network (PSN) account if they wanted to play the game.

This resulted in the game getting review-bombed on Steam to the point that it dipped to a 19% approval rating. Thankfully, Sony heard the backlash and pulled back on its PSN requirement.

Behind the scenes, things were not in a good place either, when the PSN brouhaha was happening, as most of the Helldivers 2 devs based in Sweden went on vacation since they haven’t taken one in years. This put newly-placed CEO Shams Jorjani in quite a dilemma.

Helldivers 2 CEO Said They Were Inspired by No Man’s Sky, Given Both Games Had a Similar Journey

Speaking to The Game Business, Jorjani explained the situation they were in when he came in as CEO of the studio in May last year.

According to Jorjani, “When I was asked to step in [as CEO], they gave me the keys to the car… and told me: ‘we’re going off on vacation, because we haven’t been taking much over the last few summers. And I was like: ‘we’re running a live service game, people can’t be off for the next three months!’ But that’s what happens in Sweden. We take our summer vacations very seriously.”

And then it got worse, as that’s when Hermen Hulst, then co-CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, called. Jorjani had to explain that while they didn’t have a short-term plan to fix things, they did have a long-term one.

“Maybe the lowest point during my tenure so far. I had to explain to the CEO why things were in the state they were, and what we were going to do to recover. And I had to say the awkward truth that there is nothing we can do in the short term. But in the long term, we have plans that will get us back on track,” per Jorjani.

This was when Arrowhead announced its 60-Day plan in August last year, which outlined some of the big changes incoming to players if they were patient enough. Jorjani admits they were inspired by Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky, since both games had a “similar journey.”

Jorjani adds, “I was inspired by No Man’s Sky and the team over there. They had a similar journey. The game was hyped, then bombed, and then they put the head to the grindstone and just updated the game.”

(Editor’s Note: For context, Helldivers 2 and No Man’s Sky had vastly different launches. While Helldivers 2 was a massive hit out of the gate, No Man’s Sky was very buggy and performed well below expectations).

For those unfamiliar with No Man’s Sky’s development and release, the sci-fi action-adventure game was revealed in 2013 with so much hype by Sony and even studio boss, Sean Muray. There was a ton of promises made that unfortunately, weren’t kept when the game was released in 2016. This resulted in a massive backlash against the game and the studio.

However, instead of giving up, Murray and his studio worked non-stop on updating the game for years. Slowly but surely, the studio managed to live up to its promise. Today, almost 10 years later, No Man’s Sky has a thriving player base and is still getting massive support from the studio.

It’s safe to say, Helldivers 2 has recovered from the backlash, and from a 19% Steam rating, it has climbed up to positive rating on the platform. It’s proof that even if a game launched with issues or it stumbles big-time along the way, there is a chance to turn things around.

Tags: arrowhead game studios Helldivers helldivers 2 No Man's Sky Shams Jorjani

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Remedy and FBC: Firebreak Interview – Unraveling The Oldest House

by Alex Co

1:57 pm in Features

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While Remedy Entertainment is mostly known for big budget single-player games with an engrossing narrative, the studio is taking a huge departure to what they’re known for with FBC: Firebreak; a multiplayer co-op game based in the same universe as Control (and Alan Wake).

MP1st got the chance to talk to Remedy as part of our FBC: Firebreak preview, and we asked a lot of sutff about development budgets, the game’s live-service component and more.

Answering the questions were Thomas Puha (Communications Director), and FBC: Firebreak game director Mike Kayatta.

Unraveling FBC: Firebreak With Remedy Entertainment

MP1st: What performance is FBC aiming for at launch on consoles and PC?

Thomas Puha, Communications Director: We are aiming to have, as always, as great a technical performance as possible across all the platforms. But especially with an online game, there’s some things we’ll only really know once the game is out there. No matter how much closed technical testing we do on things like matchmaking, etc, before launch.

We are aiming for lower PC requirements than Remedy games traditionally have as we want to ensure a wider variety of PC’s can run FBC: Firebreak, so we’ll be Steam Deck Verified for example. Of course, we always wanted to make our games playable to a wider audience in the past as well, but it didn’t always work out that way.

While PVP is different from PVE that we are making, in a game like this, the responsiveness and frame rate are key, so we’ve focused a lot on ensuring those are smooth as possible, but as I’m sure you can see from the trailers and videos, FBC: Firebreak looks really good too, so we haven’t had to compromise too much on the visual side of things.

MP1st: Based on the preview event, Remedy has said there are no FOMO Battle Passes, but there will be cosmetics that can be purchased with real-world money. Based on this, the game is not going to use the now-standard Season Pass/Battle Pass business model confirmed? But there will be purchasable currency packs?

Thomas Puha, Communications Director: We’re not going to have any time-restricted content delivery mechanisms. That’s what we mean by no FOMO.

Firebreak is a mid-priced game, however all future post launch playable content will be free. Separate from this, we will be implementing both free and paid cosmetics, such as wearables, weapon skins and some other things, nothing that will influence gameplay. 

We’ll be revealing more about our post launch a bit later, but ultimately we can confirm that none of this content will be released on limited time rotation. We want to ensure that whether you play daily or play every other week, you’ll have the opportunity to acquire all the same items.

MP1st: Remedy has said FBC: Firebreak is AA. What constitutes a game to be classified as AA? Its launch sale price? Smaller team? I mean, we want to say the development budget, but those are almost always never made public.

Thomas Puha, Communications Director: Good question. The whole AA and AAA “classifications”, what do those really mean?

For us it means the cost of the game’s development, meaning the budget, the development team size and the amount of content and features we ship on day 1. These are all intricately linked to each other.

Then there’s things like, we aren’t doing a lot of VO localized into lots of different languages, being more economical there, which is easier when you don’t have cut-scenes which are some of the most expensive things to do in video games. The aim as always is put out as great of a game as possible.

FYI

The initial 25 million budget was announced way, way back in 2021.

MP1st: Given the game has no PvP component, will console players be able to use mouse and keyboard controllers without penalties in FBC?

Thomas Puha, Communications Director: We are looking into this currently.

MP1st: How is Remedy looking to rope in new players who haven’t played Control or Alan Wake? Will there be a primer video of sorts in-game, or will players be able to understand everything that’s happening even without proper knowledge of the Control universe?

Mike Kayatta, Game Director: You definitely don’t need to have played Control or Alan Wake to understand the world of FBC: Firebreak. And that’s not because we try to catch players up on those events through summaries or exposition – you can enjoy everything in this game to its fullest without ever knowing those stories. So, it’s been less about onboarding those folks and more about making sure that the space and time we’re exploring in Firebreak is self-contained. As for explaining important concepts like the Hiss, the FBC, and the Oldest House itself, we tackle that organically on a case-by-case basis.

MP1st: Any chance we’ll see an Alan Wake skin? Maybe Max Payne as part of the rewards?

Mike Kayatta, Game Director: We’ll announce cosmetic types and specifics at a later time, but we can say that our general approach to this and all such game connections is to celebrate the RCU without parodying it because Firebreak is part of that universe—not an outsider looking in or a commenter on it.

MP1st: Remedy is possibly one of the best studios when it comes to managing expectations, not overflowing on goals and budgets. What makes the studio different from the rest that they’re able to weather storms like the one we’re seeing now.?

Thomas Puha, Communications Director: We’ve been around making video games for 30 years. There’s been some really tough times at Remedy during that time, but somehow we have always managed to find a way to keep moving forward.

We did go over budget on Alan Wake 2, not an uncommon thing in this industry when you are always pushing the envelope and game development is unlike any other software development out there, so knowing how long it takes to really polish ideas into a great game, it’s always hard to tell. There’s always a big challenge in trying to match the creative ambition with realistic budgets and how many units you can sell.

We’ve always been careful about our budget sizes, the scope of our games and not hiring too many people, too quickly. It feels like a lot of people at Remedy do multiple roles and jobs!

MP1st: FBC Firebreak story stems from the aftermath of Control, and takes place six years after the events of it. That would also, assuming our years are right, mean the game takes place two years after Alan Wake 2? We learned from Alan Wake 2 that time isn’t linear, with the past and future happening all at once in some instances. Could we expect more time-related things in FBC Firebreak that may connect it to the other games, and even future ones?

Mike Kayatta, Game Director: Right now, the only story details we’re discussing are the state of the FBC, specifically. It’s been six (linear) years since Control, lockdown is still in effect, and Firebreak’s job is to put down the growing crises.

MP1st: I know it was mentioned we could play the game alone, with a friend, or two friends/randoms. Obviously there’s a very online focus here, but will there be any offline modes available? What about servers? Will they be dedicated, or peer-to-peer hosting?

Thomas Puha, Communications Director: No offline modes and the game is peer to peer.

MP1st: Looking at both Alan Wake 2 and Control, the studio really pushed things on a technical level. Not specifically to the visuals, but also storytelling. Obviously this being more online and co-op focused, that’s a little harder to do, but the studio is known for pushing the boundaries of things. So, is there something we can expect from FBC Firebreak that’ll surprise in the way its done that just screams, “yeah this is Remedy”, and ties thing into a bigger picture? 

Mike Kayatta, Game Director: Narrative is very important to Remedy and to Firebreak. Being a coop multiplayer game though, we’ve of course had to approach it in a very world-first sort of way to make sure we don’t fight against people talking on mics or harm our replayability by asking people to watch specific story beats occur and re-occur over and over. So, lots of thought has gone into the presentation of the environments and how characters feel being inside of them. There are few precious places for direct storytelling, but we have sought to make the most of as many as we could without detracting from the gameplay forward nature of this type of experience.

FBC: Firebreak is set to launch this summer on the PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

Tags: FBC: Firebreak Mike Kayatta remedy entertainment Thomas Puha

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Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Reveals New Guest Character and It’s…DJ Salvatore Ganacci?

by James Lara

12:13 pm in News

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The guest character reveals for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves continue to get weirder and weirder, as SNK has just announced another celebrity joining the roster.

Introducing DJ Salvatore Ganacci, who will kick it alongside Cristiano Ronaldo as a guest character. No, I’m not joking about Ronaldo either.

Mortal Kombat May Have Met Its Match, as Fatal Fury’s Guest Characters Are Even Stranger

Perhaps his addition isn’t completely farfetched, as Ganacci is contributing music to the game, so at least he has some ties to it, even if it is pretty strange to see. Now, for those who aren’t familiar with him, SNK has provided a bit of background, as well as context to how he fits in the game’s story.

The Story Behind the DJ

Salvatore is a justice-dealing Artist who has arrived in South Town looking for inspiration to help finish his latest (and hopefully greatest) anime music video. When his good friend Duck King tells him about the KOF tournament on the horizon, Salvatore decides it just might give him the spark he needs. Combining DJing and martial arts, Salvatore is nothing if not versatile—mixing music, muscles, and mayhem leaving even the most formidable opponents stunned and disoriented by his extraordinary abilities.

About Salvatore Ganacci

Salvatore Ganacci is a groundbreaking artist whose unique approach to electronic music, captivating performances, and innovative visual storytelling has set him apart in the global music scene. Known for his bold style, creativity, and unorthodox methods, Ganacci continues to redefine the genre and captivate audiences worldwide in constantly new ways, not just a DJ he’s a force of the sound.

And in case you missed it, here’s the Cristiano Ronaldo reveal for Fatal Fury.

We’ve joked about some random guest appearances in games like Mortal Kombat, but I think Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves takes the cake when it comes to “I did not see that coming.” Seriously, who’d have guessed that we would see a DJ and a professional footballer hashing it out in a fighting game? For sure not me.

Fatal Fury: City of Wolves arrives on April 24, 2025, on the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and the Epic Games Store.

Tags: Fatal Fury Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

James Lara

A gamer at heart, James has been working for MP1st for the last decade to do exactly what he loves, writing about video games and having fun doing it. Growing up in the 90's gaming has been in his DNA since the days of NES. One day he hopes to develop his own game.

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Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Order Date Delayed Due to Tariff Concerns

by Alex Co

11:52 am in News

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The Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders in the US were set to kick off next week on April 9, but that’s not happening now. Nintendo has announced today that the Switch 2 pre-order date has been delayed indefinitely following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of imposing new tariffs on several countries.

Several of the countries penalized by the new tariffs are directly involved with video game hardware manufacturing, which means this is not good news.

Nintendo Re-Evaluating Impact of Tariffs on Switch 2

While Nintendo hasn’t officially announced any price hike for the Switch 2 in America, there’s a very good possibility that’s what’s about to happen. Nintendo’s statement (via The Verge) confirmed the pre-order delay but also mentioned how the June 5 release date won’t be affected.

Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.

The “assess” part can’t be good. While there is a chance Nintendo keeps the price as is, there’s also a big chance that the price will increase. Regardless of if it’s a $10 increase or somewhere between $50-$100, it’s still not a good thing to see happen to the upcoming consoles, especially since some of its games are already priced higher than even the PS5 and Xbox Series titles.

If it does fall in the $500 range, would people still bite? I’d assume they would, but begrudingly. Can you imagine the scalped price for these consoles? While Nintendo is implementing safeguards to dissuade scalpers from snagging a console, you can bet someone will still be able to get one to sell at an exorbitant price.

For those hoping there’ll be a cheaper Switch 2 unit like in Japan, that doesn’t look like it’s happening anytime soon. There’s also a possiblity that these tariffs could impact PlayStation and Xbox products as well, and we’re keeping an eye on it, and will report on anything that happens.

Tags: Donald Trump Nintendo Nintendo Switch 2 tariffs

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Monster Hunter Wilds Down on All Platforms on April 4, Capcom Investigating

by Alex Co

9:00 am in News

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Following the release of Title Update 1 for Monster Hunter Wilds, which was initiated by a maintenance period that lasted for a few hours, the game’s servers are running into connection issues once again.

Players are reporting that Monster Hunter Wilds servers are down and having connectivity issues on all platforms on April 4.

Monster Hunter Wilds Down With Connectivity Issues (Update)

Update: Issues with the servers are now sorted out according to Capcom.

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Capcom has acknowledged the issues and mentioned, “We are aware of issues occurring with Monster Hunter Wilds online connectivity on all platforms. We are investigating the cause and working towards restoring normal functionality.”

Today’s server outage follows the crashing issues players experienced on PC after installing Title Update 1, which Capcom offered a workaround for.

In addition to that, the developers also addressed cheating problems in Arena Quests and Challenge Quests ranking. Capcom released a statement about it. “Hunters, we’ve confirmed that the rankings for Arena Quests and Challenge Quests include some times which are either fraudulent or the result of bugs. Please be assured that we will be removing obviously abnormal times from the rankings and players found to have cheated will not receive rewards,” the devs noted.

Capcom added, “As a result, when accessing the Arena Quest Counter you may see an error with the code EW_3671F stating that your quest completion time has failed to upload. If this happens, please select the option to discard the unsent time and accept another quest or else you will unable to transmit subsequent times.”

The rewards will be distributed after the tabulation period has passed and the final rankings are confirmed, which will exclude any fraudulent times. The devs also confirmed that accounts who have cheated or used external tools may be suspended.

Going back to the server problems at hand, if we get an update from Capcom, we’ll be sure to let our readers know, so refresh this article from time to time.

Tags: Monster Hunter Monster Hunter Wilds

Alex Co

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Marvel Rivals Season 2 Balance Changes Brings Plenty of Nerfs and Buffs

by James Lara

5:53 am in News

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Marvel Rivals’ Season 2 is launching next week, and ahead of the update, developers NetEase have released a complete list of balance changes coming at launch.

Get ready, as plenty of nerfs and buffs are coming to some of your favorite characters when Season 2 drops, which we’re sure is something the community h

Marvel Rivals Season 2 Is Seeing Some Questionable Buffs and Nerfs

VANGUARD

Captain America

Steve will undergo some adjustments to his survivability, leading to a slight decrease in his overall resilience.

Reduce base health from 675 to 650.
Reduce the shield value of Living Legend from 400 to 350.

Doctor Strange

The Sorcerer Supreme will see a reduction in his offensive capabilities, limiting his battlefield control.

Decrease Daggers of Denak damage per projectile from 18 to 16.
Reduce the Maelstrom of Madness conversion ratio of Dark Magic to damage from 1.3 to 1.2.

Hulk

The Green Goliath will boast enhanced maneuverability and improved survivability upon entering combat.

Increase base movement speed from 600 to 650.
Reduce cooldown time for Indestructible Guard from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
Decrease minimum charge time for Incredible Leap from 0.7 seconds to 0.5 seconds.

Magneto

The Master of Magnetism will experience a slight decrease in the frequency of his Ultimate Ability.

Increase energy cost for Meteor M (Ultimate Ability) from 3100 to 3400.

Peni Parker

Peni will receive enhancements to her primary attack damage efficiency and a boost to her survivability and combat capabilities.

Cyber-Web Cluster now has a chance to crit; reduce movement speed penalty while firing Cyber-Web Cluster from 40% to 20%.
Increase base health from 650 to 750.

The Thing

The Ever-Lovin’ Blue-Eyed Thing will see a slight reduction in his damage reduction effect.

Decrease Embattled Leap’s damage reduction effect for himself and teammates from 30% to 25%.

Thor

The Mighty Thor will receive an increase in survivability.

Increase base health from 525 to 600.
Increase base movement speed from 600 to 650.

DUELIST

Black Widow

Natasha is receiving optimizations to her shooting experience.

Added a new effect where Black Widow can directly shoot after releasing the second kick of Edge Dancer and after using Electro-Plasma Explosion (Ultimate Ability).

Hawkeye

We’re improving Clint’s mobility while drawing his bow, enhancing his combat capabilities, and increasing the threat of his Ultimate Ability.

Reduce the slow effect while charging the bow from 30% to 20%.
Increase both instances of damage for Hypersonic Arrow from 50 to 55.
Decrease energy cost for Hunter’s Sight (Ultimate Ability) from 3700 to 3100 and improve the bow draw speed increase from 1.35x to 1.5x.

Hela

The Goddess of Death will see a reduction in mobility while slightly enhancing her offensive power.

Increase cooldown time for Astral Flock from 12 seconds to 15 seconds.
Increase Spell Field Damage of Piercing Night from 30 to 35.
Decrease cooldown time for Soul Drainer from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.

Human Torch

Johnny’s attack feedback and survivability are being improved to enhance his impact across various combat scenarios.

Reduce attack interval for Fire Cluster from 0.6 seconds to 0.5 seconds; the launch timing of the primary attack projectile has been advanced.
Increase the cooldown for Flaming Meteor from 12 seconds to 15 seconds, but add a new effect: After releasing Flaming Meteor, immediately gain 75 Bonus Health, which will start to falloff 3 seconds later at a rate of 30 per second.

Iron Man

Iron Man is seeing improvements to his mid-range combat effectiveness.

Slightly reduce Iron Man’s hitbox size.
New feature: Gain 100 Bonus Health activating Armor Overdrive or Gamma Overdrive that will start to falloff 5 seconds later at a rate of 30 per second.

Iron Fist

Lin Lie will see an increase in his combat effectiveness against Vanguards, a slight improvement to his mobility, and a slight reduction to his survivability when first entering the battlefield.

Reduce the Bonus Max Health gained from Harmony Recovery from 150 to 100, but slow the falloff rate of that health from 25 per/s to 15 per/s.
Lower fixed damage of Yat Jee Chung Kuen from 10 to 9, but increase the percentage damage of the enemy’s Max Health per strike from 1.7% to 2.1%.
Decrease the cooldown for K’un-Lun Kick from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.

Mister Fantastic

We’re enhancing Reed’s capabilities while making some balance adjustments to his ultimate energy charge rate, adding additional control ability, and optimizing the release experience of his Ultimate Ability.

Increase base health from 350 to 375.
Boost the damage of Stretch Punch from 60 to 65 and from 75 to 80 while in Inflated state.
Flexible Elongation New Effect: Enemies within range now suffer a 35% slow effect; reduce Flexible Elongation cooldown time from 10s to 8s.
Reduce the Elasticity gained from Elastic Strength (passive ability) from 30 to 20, while the Elasticity provided by Stretch Punch is increased from 5 to 8. After entering the inflated state, the Bonus Health provided to self has been reduced from 450 to 400.
New Feature: When Mister Fantastic uses Brainiac Bounce (Ultimate Ability), immediately gain Bonus Health equal to that gained when entering inflated state.

Moon Knight

We’re optimizing Marc’s Moon Blade projectile bounce feedback while improving maneuverability, Ultimate Ability, and survivability.

Increase Crescent Dart projectile speed from 120m/s to 150 m/s.
Moon Blade New Effect: Gain 25 Bonus Health with each enemy hit, up to a max of 100. 3 seconds after the Bonus Health stops increasing, it will start to falloff at a rate of 20 per second.
Speed up Moonlight Hook pull startup time after hit from 0.4 seconds to 0.15 seconds.
Extend the duration of the Hand of Khonshu (Ultimate Ability) from 3.5 seconds to 4.5 seconds, and increase the number of talons generated during this period from 14 to 18. Additionally, the fall speed of the talons has been slightly enhanced. A new damage falloff mechanic for the spell field has been added, beginning at 1.5 meters from the center and reaching a maximum reduction of 70% at 5 meters.

Scarlet Witch

We’re reducing Wanda’s survivability but increasing her threat level against Strategists and Duelists while optimizing her Ultimate Ability release experience.

Remove Chaos Control percentage damage while increasing fixed damage from 60/s to 80/s.
Increase Chthonian Burst projectile damage from 35 to 40 and spell field damage from 35 to 40.
Increase the cooldown of Mystic Projection from 8 seconds to 10 seconds, and reduce Phased state time from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
Rework the slow effect of Reality Erasure to start at 1.5 seconds instead of starting immediately, with a linear increase to a 35% slow over 3.5 seconds.

Star-Lord

We’re reducing Peter’s damage output and the efficiency of his Ultimate Ability charge rate.

Reduce Blaster Barrage damage from 80 per second to 75. Introduce a new damage falloff mechanic, starting at 4 meters and maxing out at 80% reduction at 8 meters.

Winter Soldier

We’re lowering Bucky’s threat level against Vanguards and reducing the margin for error in his Ultimate Ability.

Increase the cooldown time for Bionic Hook from 8 seconds to 12 seconds.
Reduce base damage of Kraken Impact (Ultimate Ability) from 100 to 80, but lower the culling threshold from 20% of maximum health to 15%.

Wolverine

We’re tuning Logan’s Rage acquisition rate and slightly lowering his control intensity over enemies:

Increase Rage gained from Savage Claw hits from 7 to 10, while Rage gained from Berserk Claw Strike has been decreased from 7 to 5. Reduce Rage gained from Feral Leap from 20 to 10, and from Vicious Rampage from 20 to 15. However, Rage gained from taking damage has been increased from 3 to 5.
Reduce the time an enemy is knocked down after impact from Last Stand (Ultimate Ability) from 1 second to 0.75 seconds.

STRATEGIST

Adam Warlock

We’re slightly reducing the frequency of Adam’s abilities and adjusting the healing provided by his Ultimate Ability after reviving teammates.

Increase the cooldown for Soul Bond from 30s to 40s.
Karmic Revival (Ultimate Ability) now restores 30% of a fallen ally’s maximum health instead of a fixed 100 Health.

Cloak and Dagger

We’re optimizing the logic of this dynamic duo’s Ultimate Ability

After activating Eternal Bond (Ultimate Ability), the duration of the first three healing zones will no longer be calculated separately; instead, they will remain active until the duration of the final healing zone ends, at which point all will be removed together.

Invisible Woman

We’ll be fine-tuning Susan’s protective capabilities to create a more strategic gameplay experience.

Decrease the shield value of Guardian Shield from 300 to 250.

Loki

To balance Loki’s influence in matches, we’re making a small adjustment to the frequency of one of his key abilities.

Increase Regeneration Domain cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds.

Mantis

To emphasize strategy over speed, we’re modifying Mantis’ health and buff mechanics.

Reduce base health from 275 to 250.
Effects of Healing Flower and Allied Inspiration can be stacked, up to a maximum of 16 seconds.

Rocket Raccoon

Rocket’s healing abilities will see some adjustments to enhance team survivability while balancing his mobility.

Decrease the healing area of Repair Mode spheres from 70 health/s to 50 health/s, but add a new effect of one-time healing of 55 health to allies hit. Projectile speed reduction increased from 4.5 m/s to 7 m/s.
Extend cooldown for Jetpack Dash from 6 seconds to 10 seconds; reduce dash distance from 10 meters to 8 meters.
Reduce C.Y.A. (Ultimate Ability) damage boost from 40% to 25%, but add a new effect: during the ability’s duration, linked allies will receive an additional 100 Bonus Health points per second, capping at 150. After breaking the link, this bonus starts to falloff after 1 second at a rate of 75 per/s. Additionally, increase the energy cost from 3700 to 4000.

TEAM-UP ABILITIES

NEW:

Arcane Order (Doctor Strange – Scarlet Witch)

This mystical duo is set to enhance their powers!

As the Team-Up Anchor, Doctor Strange gains a maximum health increase of 100.
Scarlet Witch unlocks a new magical Mystic Burst ability through her team-up with Doctor Strange.

Stars Aligned (Captain America – Winter Soldier)

A classic partnership now with added strength!

As the Team-Up Anchor, Captain America gains a maximum health increase of 100 and a 5% boost in damage output.
Winter Soldier unlocks the devastating Stellar Impact ability through his team-up with Captain America.

Mental Projection (Emma Frost – Psylocke/Magneto)

A powerful trio that connects minds and abilities!

As the Team-Up Anchor, Emma Frost gains a maximum health increase of 100.
Magneto receives the Magnetic Resonance ability through his team-up with Emma Frost.
Psylocke receives the Soul Resurgence ability through her team-up with Emma Frost.

ADJUSTED OR REMOVED:

Ammo Overload (Rocket Racoon – Winter Soldier)

A slight change for this battle-hardened hero!

Winter Soldier loses the Infinite Grit ability he once had through his team-up with Rocket Raccoon.

Chilling Charisma (Luna Snow – Namor)

Things are heating up as synergies change!

Namor has lost the Frozen Spawn ability from his team-up with Luna Snow.

Dimensional Shortcut (Magik – Psylocke)

A temporal reconfiguration for these powerful souls!

Psylocke has lost the Psionic Disc ability previously attained from her team-up with Magik.

Gamma Charge (Hulk -Doctor Strange/Namor)

Changes in synergy for these heavyweights!

Doctor Strange loses the Gamma Maelstrom ability previously gained from his team-up with Hulk.
Namor now gains the Gamma Monstro ability through his team-up with Hulk.

Metallic Chaos (Scarlet Witch – Magneto)

A disconnect in family synergy!

The Team-Up Anchor enhancement effect for Scarlet Witch has been removed, along with the Metallic Chaos Team-Up Ability.
Magneto loses the Metallic Fusion ability he had through his team-up with Scarlet Witch.

Voltaic Union (Thor – Captain America/Storm)

A shift in electrical dynamics for this trio!

The Team-Up Anchor effect for Thor has been removed, along with the Voltaic Union Team-Up Ability.
Captain America loses the Charged Aegis ability from his team-up with Thor.
Storm loses the Charged Gale ability gained from her team-up with Thor.

I can already tell from this list that many in the community won’t be happy, especially with the nerfs made to several characters that some felt were already pretty “weak” regarding their damage output. Though it’s possible that these values look a lot worse than they actually are, but we won’t know for sure until the season begins.

Thankfully, we won’t have long to wait, as Marvel Rivals Season 2 launches on April 11. In the meantime, if you’re interested in reading up more on Season 2, be sure to check out our “Everything you need to know about Season 2” story for Marvel Rivals.

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Helldivers 2 Patch 1.002.203 Slaps Emergency Hotfix to Auto-Cannon

by Alex Co

5:32 am in Title Updates and Patches

[summaraize]

Arrowhead Game Studios has released Helldivers 2 patch 1.002.203 on a Friday, and this is an emergency hotfix for the Auto-Cannon, which now makes it usable once again.

This is small patch, so don’t expect anything major outside of that important fix.

Helldivers Auto-Cannon Reload Issue Now Resolved in Latest Update Download

The only thing included in the patch is a fix for the Auto-Cannon reload bug, and it now reloads normally. That’s about it. Given we got a patch the other day, that included fixes to crashing and laser weapon rel;oading issues, this is to be expected.

In case you didn’t see the patch released earlier this week, here’s a look at the fixes it brought to the game:

Fixes From Previous Patch Released on April 1:

Crash Fixes, Hangs and Soft-locks:

Fixed game crashing on legacy hardware when player drops into a mission
Fixed crash after exiting the armory when switching from certain weapons
Fix an out-of-memory crash when large amount of particles are present

Weapons and Stratagems

Fixed shooting and reloading issues with laser weapons

Social & Multiplayer Fixes

Fixed an edge-case allowing some mismatching version to still connect to each other

Missions

Fixed issue on Illuminate Defend Evacuation Site missions where illuminate dropships stopped coming if too many were destroyed before they dropped off the enemies.

Miscellaneous Fixes

Fixed white boxes showing in seldom cases in the Super Store

There are no known issues that have been mentioned by the developers as being worked on, though that doesn’t mea there’s not another patch on the way. Once we spot another one, expect it up here on MP1st.

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Alex Co

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Monster Hunter Wilds Crashing Issues Surface on PC After Installing Title Update 1

by Alex Co

1:51 am in News

[summaraize]

Capcom just released Title Update 1 on all platforms, which should be a time to celebrate and incentivize players to go on a hunt, right? While console gamers are able to do that now, PC hunters are running into issues, as a lot of players are reporting on crashing issues after installing the content patch.

If you’re seeing a crash right now, it’s not just you, which means there’s nothing wrong with your PC.

Players Reporting Monster Hunter Wilds Crashing Issues After TU1 Install on PC

The screen above is what people are getting, and we can chime in that it’s happening to us as well. Players on the game’s Steam page are posting threads on how MH Wilds is crashing after launching the game with the TU1 patch installed, with some triggering the crash by item trading with NPC’s.

It’s gotten so bad that some are reporting they can’t even complete a hunt without the game crashing. Some reports on Reddit are claiming that teh game crashes 15 seconds upon booting the game, and others are getting stuck on a black screen. Another report has surfaced that claims the update has softlocked the entire game. Needless to say, there are a bunch of issues that has surfaced with the patch.

Monster Hunter Wilds Item Trading Crashing Issues Workaround After Title Update 1

Capcom has acknowledged the crashing problems when item trading, stating, “We have confirmed that the game crashes when you talk to Nata and select Sekka to trade items at the Village Intermediary.” The developers have a workaround, and it involves waiting.
“If this problem occurs, it can be resolved by waiting a certain amount of time or by resting at the BBQ Menu,” Capcom’s developers shared.

Some of the know issues after today’s Title Update 1 rollout include:

An issue where players are unable to search for SOS Flare quests of a certain difficulty (★).
Certain SOS Flare quests are shown as “?????,” preventing players from joining the quest.
A cutscene is not added to the gallery even when players have proceeded through the story enough to unlock it.
The text for the Cosmetic DLC Pass is not displayed correctly in the Claim Content menu at the Support Desk.
Some display issues may occur when clearing widgets from the Hunter Profile.
*This issue will resolve by closing and going back into the “Edit Top Page Widgets” screen.
In the past Challenge and Free Challenge quest ranking results, some results may appear to be blank, and the weapon icons may be replaced with a question mark.
Trading items with Sekka through Nata at the Village Intermediary menu will cause the game to crash.
*This issue will resolve after waiting a short while or by resting at the BBQ Menu.

No word yet if Capcom will release a patch to fix the crashing issues, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see one. We’ll be updating the article as more news develops, so stay tuned.

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Alex Co

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Monster Hunter Wilds Update 1.010.020 Out for Title Update 1

by James Lara

April 3, 2025 11:41 pm in Title Updates and Patches

[summaraize]

Monster Hunter Wilds Update 1.010.020 has begun rolling out on all platforms, and this is the game’s first major update, bringing Title Update 1 to all players.

A new monster called Mizutsune has been added, as well as a new Gathering Hub, new story content, new side missions, and more, all for free! Here’s everything in today’s major Monster Hunter Wilds update.

Monster Hunter Wilds Update 1.010.020 Adds New Monsters, Quests, and More

Here’s what got fixed per Capcom, as well as the download size foe each platform:

Size – PS5: 10GB, Xbox Series X|S: 6GB, PC: 6GB (With High Resolution Texture Pack: About 16 GB total)

– New monsters can now be hunted after meeting certain in-game conditions.
– Mizutsune has been added. Reach HR 21 to unlock an extra mission that can be started by speaking to Kanya in the Scarlet Forest Base Camp. Complete the mission to unlock Mizutsune.
– Tempered Mizutsune has been added and will appear when you are HR 41+ after completing the Mizutsune extra mission.
– Zoh Shia has been added as a high-rank monster. Reach HR 50 to unlock a story mission that unlocks Zoh Shia.
– New story, extra, and side missions have been added.
– New weapons, armor, and skills have been added.
– The upgrade limit has been increased for armor of rarity 5 and above.
– The Grand Hub has been added. It can be unlocked by completing a tutorial mission that appears from HR 16.
– The following features have been added to the Grand Hub: Barrel Bowling; the Diva; Arena Quest Counter; the Canteen; the Arm Wrestling Barrel.
– The Expedition Record Board has been added to the Grand Hub, along with rankings for time attack quests.
– Arena Quests have been added.
– Challenge Quests and Free Challenge Quests (Challenge Quests with no equipment restrictions) have been added and will be made available at a later date.
– New status ailments have been added.
– New voice lines for Alma (the Handler) have been added.
– An arena log page has been added to hunter profiles.
– The Change Appearance menu in the camp now has an option to change Alma’s outfit.
– New pop-up camp gear options have been added.
– New limited bounty categories have been added.
– New voice lines, pose sets, and gestures have been added.
– Preparations have been made for the Festival of Accord, planned to run from April 23 to May 6.
– The following features will be temporarily modified during the Festival of Accord: the Handler’s Outfit; Seikret decoration; the Diva’s song list; the Grand Hub decorations; the Canteen’s menu.

Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 1 Balance Adjustments and Bug Fixes

Bases and Facilities

– After unlocking the Grand Hub, the Squad Information Counter will move from the Windward Plains Base Camp to the Grand Hub.
– Fixed an issue where consecutive uses of the BBQ Grill inside a tent could cause game controls to stop functioning.
– Fixed an issue with the BBQ Grill where ingredients would be used but meal effects wouldn’t trigger when a meal is canceled, such as when an Environment Link is disbanded.
– Improved the response time for controls in all dialogue scenes, such as facility conversations.
– The “Rest” command now requires 500 guild points, and investigations reward 10% more guild points than before.
– Increased the amount of points required for “Wyverian Melding” and “Meld Decorations” at the Melding Pot.
– Increased the amount of melding points obtained from some items and rare decorations when using them as melding materials.
– Fixed an issue where meal invitations would sometimes be announced or show up in the Environment Overview at times when the invitation could not actually be accepted.
– The “Transfer Items” option has been added to the Provisions Stockpile menu, allowing you to restock items outside of the tent.

Missions

– Fixed an issue where some side missions which required specific item turn-ins could not be completed correctly.
– Fixed an issue that prevented the completion of side mission conditions during event quests.

Monsters and Endemic Life

– Fixed an issue where some monsters would stop moving in certain situations.
– Fixed an issue where some monster wounds would disappear unintentionally after performing certain actions.
– Fixed an issue where the game might crash after blocking a Gravios’s attack.
– Fixed an issue where the introductory cinematic camera (used for newly discovered monsters) would trigger on monsters you’ve already discovered.
– Fixed an issue where the Smokeshroud Gekko endemic life would not appear in the Windward Plains.
– Adjusted the behavior of some monster actions.
– The distance between the monster and camera has been increased for certain monsters, such as Gore Magala.
– Fixed an issue where Jin Dahaad would unintentionally disappear from the locale.

Misc.

General

– Fixed an issue where the hunter profile could not be edited properly.
– Added a feature that lets you reset hunter profile edits.
– Fixed an issue where sneak attacks could not be canceled when using light bowgun, heavy bowgun, or bow.
– Fixed an issue where weapon pendants could appear in scenes where weapons are not displayed.
– Fixed an unintended issue where large falling boulders could be blocked.
– Lance: Made it easier to land thrust attack finishers after a focus strike in which the first hit causes large knockback.
– Hammer: Fixed an issue where Focus Strikes could not be used quickly after coming to a stop after moving during a charge.
– Light Bowgun: Fixed an issue that caused Wyvernblast to react to Palico attacks.
– Palico: Fixed an issue that prevented stun and exhaust values from increasing when a Palico attacks a monster with a blunt weapon.
– Hunting Horn: Fixed an issue where certain actions that required simultaneous inputs were not behaving correctly.
– Heavy bowgun and light bowgun ranged attack capabilities have been adjusted when riding a Seikret.
– The effects of the Corrupted Mantle have been adjusted.
– The Rocksteady Mantle’s damage mitigation has been increased.
– Mending Mantle and Evasion Mantle durations have been increased.
– Bow: Dragon Piercer damage has been decreased.
– Bow: Power Volley elemental values have been increased.
– Bow: Thousand Dragons damage has been increased. This includes when using Close-range Coating and Power Coating.
– Bow: Power Shot and Power Volley are now affected by the skill Charge Master.

Skills

– Fixed an issue where Opening Shot did not work with special ammo.

Support Hunters

– Fixed an issue that caused Support Hunters to be unable to reach certain areas.
– Fixed an issue that prevented guest players from receiving the effects of Rosso’s Demon Ammo, Armor Ammo, and Recover Ammo.
– Fixed an issue that resulted in guest players not seeing any visual change when a Support Hunter would equip a mantle.
– Adjusted the rate at which Support Hunters use certain items.

The Handler

– Adjusted the distance that the Handler keeps from the monster during hunts.

Login Bonuses

– There will now be login bonus days that include a free meal voucher (one out of the different types).
– Login bonuses now include at least one Barrel Bowling Voucher every day.

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System

Steam® – Improvements were made to VRAM usage, and the DirectStorage version has been upgraded.

– Fixed an issue that prevented pigment information from being included in shared loadouts.
– Fixed an issue with some display settings on the character models on the title screen and save data selection screen.
– Fixed an issue where the model display toggle for pendants would not function properly when previewing armor.
– Fixed an issue with the visual effects of the Hope Charm.
– Fixed an issue so that other Link Members are now properly prioritized to be displayed in Base Camps and other shared locations.
– Fixed an issue that made communication errors more likely to occur when firing an SOS Flare right after the start of a quest.
– Background color has been changed to black for areas outside of the game’s rendering range.
– Fixed an issue where a squad leader leaving a squad would not correctly transfer leader rights to the sub-leader.
– Fixed an issue that made it impossible in some instances to obtain the Powercharm or Armorcharm even after fulfilling the requirements to do so. If you have fulfilled the requirements and have not obtained the items, they can be re-obtained after proceeding through another Quest Results screen.

Quests

– Fixed an issue where some NPC dialogue would be cut off when completing certain story assignments by capturing the target.
– Fixed an issue where accepting an Investigation but failing to depart (due to a communication error or similar) would still reduce the number of times you can accept that Investigation.
– Failing to join another quest while already in the middle of a quest will now forcibly end the current quest and take you back to base.
– Fixed an issue that would prevent game progress after departing on a quest while performing platform-related invitations.
– Fixed an issue where quest party size limits would not work as intended when performing certain actions.
– Fixed an issue where a quest would not appear in an SOS Flare Quests search if the quest host fires the SOS Flare but then leaves the quest.

Other

– Fixed an issue where the stated number of Pop-up Camps and their locations would not match up with their actual data in some situations.
– Adjusted the placement of some ore deposits to make them easier to gather while riding the Seikret.
– Fixed an issue where some voice lines would not trigger properly.
– Fixed various text issues.
– Fixed other miscellaneous issues.

Do note that this is the second update to release alongside this patch, so there may be more fixes included.

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James Lara

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Bleach Rebirth of Souls Update 1.04 Brings Character Adjustments and Fixes This April 4

by James Lara

11:14 pm in Title Updates and Patches

[summaraize]

Update 1.04 is now live for Bleach Rebirth of Souls across all platforms, addressing several bugs and making numerous character changes.

Here’s a breakdown of everything included in today’s Bleach Rebirth of Souls update.

Bleach Rebirth of Souls Update 1.000.004 Is All About Balancing

Here’s what Bandai says is included in this update:

Changes and adjustments in Ver1.04

General battle adjustments and changes

– Reduced the amount of morale gained when a spirit is destroyed.
– Fixed an issue where the recovery time from Chain Reverse damage changed depending on the awakening stage.
– In online battles, we’ve adjusted the unblockable frames when getting up, and fixed an issue where combos could continue endlessly.

Game mode adjustments and changes

FREE MATCH

– Match time has been changed to 300 seconds.
– The default settings for battle region and connection speed in matching settings have been changed to [No restrictions].
– The default setting for Spirit Crystals and Spirit Talismans in the matching settings has been changed to [Disabled].

Battle

– Turned off the display of technique names when using Reiatsu technique triggers outside of NPC battles.
– Changed the specification that stops the time limit during a reverse action.

Character adjustments and changes

Ichigo Kurosaki [Bankai]

Mortar: Fixed an issue where inputting a mortar after hitting with an attack would increase the forward movement amount.
– Flash Strike: [Awakening] [During Moon Fang] Fixed an issue where the Strike would not follow correctly with certain inputs.
– The amount of spirit particles consumed upon reawakening has been reduced.

Ichigo Kurosaki [The Final Getsuga Tensho]

– Reiatsu Technique 1: Fixed an issue where the technique would not follow up properly under certain circumstances.
Unique Skills:After hitting, some actions will be disabled.
Increased the amount of fighting spirit given to the opponent upon hit.
– Increased the amount of fighting will required to transition to Broken Soul Ascension and Spirit Drive.
– Greatly increased the amount of fighting spirit given to the opponent when a Kiss Technique hits.

Uryu Ishida

– Breaker: It is now possible to connect a combo when performing a follow-up move after a breaker.
– Spiritual Pressure Technique 2: [Reawakening] Adjusted the hitbox to prevent multiple hits.
-Spirit Convergence State: Certain combos can now be linked while in effect.
– Pursuit Walk: Can now be properly followed up with specific inputs.

Yoruichi Shihouin

– Breaker: Adjusted behavior for some characters when hit.

Renji Abarai

– Awakening: Spirit particles are no longer restored upon awakening, but are instead carried over at a percentage.
– Weakened: The behavior when transitioning to weakened has been adjusted.

Kuchiki Rukia

Unique Skills:Can now be canceled into Pursuit Walk.
Increased damage dealt when awakened.
– Unique Technique (Charged): Adjusted the frame difference of the charged attack to prevent the charged attack from hitting again.
– Damage to the guard gauge for some actions has been adjusted.

Kira Izuru

– Unique Technique: Can now be properly followed up with specific inputs.
– Unique Technique (Charged): When used on certain characters, it will now be possible to guard when recovering.

Madarame Ikkaku

– Pursuit Walking Technique: Now hits correctly against certain characters.
– Kiyu-waza (while Reiatsu Technique 1 is in effect): Increased the damage dealt by the step button derivative (attack) while Reiatsu Technique 2 is in effect.
– Reiatsu Technique 1: Fixed an issue where the move could be canceled into another action at unintended times.

Genryusai Yamamoto Shigekuni

– Unique Technique: Fixed an issue where the second stage of an attack could not be used if the user was in the Hellfire state when using the technique.
・Special Flash:Fixed an issue where the move would not follow up properly when blocked.
Adjusted the frame difference when hit and blocked.
– Reiatsu Technique 2: Fixed an issue where the attack hitbox would disappear under certain circumstances.

Aizen Sousuke

– Flash Strike: Increased damage when the Hogyoku fusion level increases.
– Reiatsu Technique 1: [Reawakening] Fixed an issue where it would not hit properly on certain characters.
– Unique Technique: [First Stage/Hougyoku Fusion Second Stage/Awakening] Fixed an issue where the technique would not follow up properly with certain inputs.
– Hogyoku Fusion: Reduced the time it takes to transition to the second stage.
– Hogyoku Fusion: Reduced the amount of fighting will required from the second stage to awakening.

Byakuya Kuchiki

Unique Skills:It is now no longer possible to branch out from Quick Attack or Flash Attack.
Fixed an issue where a Mortar attack could not be branched out from a Flash Attack.
– Flash Strike: Now the attack will be align with the opponent when there is a certain height difference between them.

Komamura Sajin

– Awakening: Spirit particles are no longer restored upon awakening, but are instead carried over at a percentage.
– Weakened: The behavior when transitioning to weakened has been adjusted.

Tosen Kaname

– Reiatsu Technique 2: Now correctly follows up when a counter is successful under certain circumstances.
– After performing a specific action, you can immediately transition to another action.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi

– Flash Strike: Fixed an issue where the move could be canceled at unintended times.
– Reiatsu Technique 2: Fixed an issue where attacks would not hit properly against opponents whose spiritual particles were below a certain level.
– Initial Phase Kikon Technique 1: Fixed an issue where it would not hit properly under certain circumstances.
– Pursuit Movement: Combo correction during the combo has been adjusted.

Shiba Kaien

– Unique Technique: Can now be properly followed up with specific inputs.
– Special Flash Attack: Adjusted the charge time when the water current is generated.

Hirako Mako

– Unique Techniques: Fixed an issue where follow-up attacks would not connect after a successful counter attack against certain opponent techniques.
– Breaking Hand: The position when playing the breaking hand has been adjusted.
– Combos can now be linked properly with certain characters.

Coyote Stark

– Quick Attack: [Starting phase] Fixed an issue where combos could be continued under certain circumstances.
Special Flash Attack: Can now be properly derived from certain inputs.
– Breaking Hand: The position when playing the breaking hand has been adjusted.
– Pursuit Walk: [Starting Phase] Fixed an issue where damage was reduced while using Reiatsu Technique 2.
– Flash Strike: [Awakening] Fixed an issue where combos would not hit properly under certain circumstances.
– Unique Features: [Awakening] Fixed an issue where, under certain circumstances, even if there was a Blue Flame Wolf stock, the Blue Flame Wolf stock would not be consumed properly.

Tier Harribel

– Unique feature: Fixed an issue where the aura gauge would not increase with certain actions.
– Spiritual Pressure Technique 2: Increased invincibility time.
– Quick Attack: [Awakening] Increased the time the player remains on guard when in self-enhanced state.

Neliel To Odelschwanck

– Initial Phase Kikon Technique 1: Fixed an issue where the move would not hit properly in online matches.
Pursuit Walk: Fixed an issue where certain inputs would cause the move to not follow up properly.
– Reiatsu Technique 2: [Awakening] Fixed an issue where it would not follow up properly.

others

– Some battle actions have been adjusted.
– Improved usability and operational stability.

As for what’s next, Bandai mentioned on social media that they are currently looking at ways to implement ranked matches, though they don’t have a timeframe for when that may happen.

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The First Berserker: Khazan Update 1.003.034 Slashes Out This April 3

by James Lara

10:39 pm in Title Updates and Patches

[summaraize]

The First Berserker: Khazan update 1.003.034 has begun rolling out across all platforms. It incorporates changes based on community feedback and fixes several issues.

For those worried about their OLED experience burn-in, this update also removes the build number from the UI.

New The First Berserker: Khazan Update Addresses Difficulty, Build Number, and More

Version

STEAM®: Ver. 496652
PlayStation®5: Ver. 01.003.034
Xbox Series X|S: Ver. 1.1.3.34

Update Contents

Balance Adjustments
UI Improvements
System Changes
QoL Enhancements
Error Fixes

[Balance Adjustments]

Gear

1. 1. Level of Acquired Gear

The level of gear which can be acquired through Shop and Craft will now be based on accumulated experience and Lacrima rather than character level.
Character level reset will no longer affect the gear level available in Shop or Craft, allowing the usage of gear to match overall progression.
2. Bard Set Effects

Fixed an issue where ‘High-Grade Item Drop Rate’ stats for the Bard Set were not properly applied to Epic and Legendary items in NG+.

3. Gear Health Recovery Options

Fixed an issue where ‘Brutal Attack: Health Recovery’ option was not applied when using ‘Brutal Attack: Execution’ or ‘Brutal Attack: Descent’ skills.
Fixed an issue where ‘Enemy Defeated: Health Recovery’ option was not triggered when defeating enemies with ‘Brutal Attack: Execution’ or ‘Brutal Attack: Descent’ skills.

Monster

1. Adjustment to Monster Weak Point Stats in Multiple Playthroughs

Fixed an issue where monster ‘Shatter Durability and ‘Stamina Recovery Speed’ was not applied normally in NG+.

Mission

Improved an issue where certain level ranges (excluding boss battles) may cause frustrating and overly exhausting experience rather than challenging.

Affected Missions

Main Missions: Mission 7 (Nadin), Mission 9 (Linon Mine), Mission 10 (Lake City Aldevir), Mission 11 (Rephalan Mountains), Mission 13 (Rovelion Imperial Theater)
Side Missions: Mission 10 (Unrequited Love), Mission 13 (Centurial Order)

[UI Improvements]

Sequence Output Priority

NPC conversation will now be available even during real-time sequence output.
For more natural and immersive gameplay experience, real-time sequences will no longer be displayed during NPC conversation.

Change Attributes

1. Improved the order of attributes available for change, so that expected results (changeable attributes) are sorted to the top.

1st priority (yellow): Changeable attributes (granted attributes)
2nd priority (white): Attributes that can appear
3rd priority (gray): Attributes that cannot appear

2. The number of owned ‘Augment of Wisdom’ will now be displayed in the Reset Reroll Cost screen.

[System Changes]

Soulstone System

1. The number of owned Soulstones displayed in the main menu and other screens will now be displayed in yellow when it reaches the amount required for Soulstone Unleash.

Main Menu

Soulstone Unleash screen

2. While talking to Daphrona, an alert will now be displayed on Unleash Soulstone menu when Unleash is available.

3. Fixed an issue where Daphrona’s voice did not play during Soulstone Unleash.

4. Adjusted the message displayed when destroying Soulstones to change according to game progression.

Before Daphrona Interaction

On destroying Soulstone: “You’ve destroyed a mysterious energy-emitting ore.”
After destroying all Soulstones in a Mission: “You’ve destroyed all the ores in this location.”

After Daphrona Interaction

On destroying Soulstone: “You’ve destroyed a Soulstone.”
After destroying all Soulstones in a Mission: “You’ve destroyed all the Soulstones in this location.”

5. Added a feature to reset Soulstone Unleash.

NG+ System

[1st – 2nd Playthrough]

NG+ can now only be accessed by speaking with Blade Phantom in the Crevice.
A guide for NG+ will now be displayed after viewing the ending credit and moving to the Crevice. Upon completing the 3rd playthrough, a pop-up indicating that the final playthrough has been completed will be displayed.

NPC Interaction

1. Pressing the down key on the last option will now move the cursor back to the first option.

2. Fixed an issue where selected option would reset during conversation with NPC.

3. Improved NPC dialogues so that some NPCs have different lines depending on the playthrough.

[QoL Enhancements]

Recharge Consumables Display

Improved consumables recharge so that the inventory will be recharged with consumables stored in the storage when dying after using all consumable in the inventory or moving to a checkpoint.
A unique icon will be displayed when the consumables are recharged.
Note: Recharging consumables is only available if consumables are stored in the storage, and the maximum recharge amount is limited to inventory space.

Title Screen Accessibility

Returning to the Title Screen from the main menu during gameplay will no longer play company logo and opening video.

Initial Title Screen Settings

Added a description to the brightness settings displayed when launching the game for the first time.
“Adjust the brightness level until the image on the left is barely visible.”

[Samsung Odyssey 3D Support]

If you are using a Samsung Odyssey 3D monitor, system settings for 3D environement will now appear under Settings > Graphics.

1. 3D Mode Settings (Samsung Launcher required)

Focal Distance: Adjust the distance between the camera and the focal plane to control how much the central character appears to pop out or recede into the screen.
Depth Factor: Adjust the binocular disparity (distance between the left and right images) to control the perceived depth effect.
Note: When 3D mode is enabled, Intel XeSS and AMD FSR 2 setting cannot be used, and damage floaters will not be displayed.

2. Locked Screen Mode and Resolution

When 3D mode is enabled, only ‘Fullscreen’ and ‘Borderless Fullscreen’ modes are available.
Resolution will always be fixed at 4K (maximum resolution).

If you are using a Samsung Odyssey 3D monitor but cannot see the 3D mode settings, please check if the game is launched through the Samsung Launcher.

[Error Fixes]

Please note that the list below only highlights key gameplay issues fixed in this patch.

Key Issues

Fixed an issue where Danjin NPC no longer sells items after all Danjin jars have been collected.
Fixed an issue where removing and re-equipping certain Hero’s Gear Set pieces would restore HP to full.
Fixed an issue where Phantom Form is retained when defeating and retrying a boss monster.
Fixed an issue where using the ‘Phatom : Heatwave’ skill while having the ‘Phantom : Absorbtion’ skill unlocked would grant immunity to the initial elemental damage.
Fixed an issue where using the ‘Whirlwind : Tempest’ skill during certain boss fights would cause the character to overlap with the boss and prevent the character from moving.
Fixed an issue where ‘Battle Thirst’ skill effect would not trigger while using Greatsword – Spirit skill.
Fixed an issue where ‘Phantom Form: Death’s Denial’ skill would not trigger when Khazan is defeated in a depleted state.
Fixed an issue where certain skills could be used to skip missions. (Main Mission: Embars, Nadin / Side Mission: Lacrima).
Fixed an issue where under certain conditions, ‘Singing Hawk’s Hair’ item would be permanently deleted after defeating the boss. (Side Mission: Crimson Trace)
Fixed an issue where ‘The Brother’s Merged Hands’ item could not be obtained in certain locations. (Side Mission: Last Sentinel)
Improved controls for Spear – Crescent Strike and Eagle Wind skills.
Fixed an issue where unnatural spaces were created during main and side mission, preventing the character from moving.
Fixed an issue where delayed map loading temporarily caused the environment to appear unnatural. (Main Mission: Palemion)
Fixed crash issues occurring under centain situations while progressing the main mission. (Main Mission: Palemion)
Fixed an issue where the character would be stuck in the map and becomes unable to move in certain locations. (Main Mission: Aldevir)
Fixed an issue where Brutal Attack could not be used intermittently during Trokka boss fight.
Fixed an issue where certain elite monsters would reset to their original positions when moving too far away. (Main Mission: Nadin)
Fixed an issue where the Scalpel did not properly engage in combat under certain conditions.
Fixed an issue where Spore Jocko monster would stop fighting after failing all skill attacks.
Fixed an issue where rotating lasers would not appear intermittently. (Main mission – El Ravaca Village)
Fixed an issue where ‘Phantom: Night’s Veil’ skill attack motion and projectile travel distance do not align properly.
Fixed an issue where background music would not play during certain situations. (Side Mission – Remnants of Chaos)
Fixed an issue where the price of last sold item would continue to be displayed after selling all inventory items in Shop > Sell.
Fixed an issue where the visual effects of certain skills used by Volbaino are displayed abnormally.

Talk about a big update! Glad to see the studio is working to address several big issues that players were having. I know I’m happy about the build number no longer being displayed on the screen.

As for what’s to come next, the studio shared on a Dev Note earlier this week they had plans to address and bring the following in future patches:

Making appearance change available from the very first playthrough
Preparing new Gear Preset and Skill Preset systems
Allowing players to freely switch difficulty back from Easy to Normal mid-game
Investigating platform-specific issues with achievements

The First Berserker: Khazan is now available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.

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Monster Hunter Wilds Update 1.010.010 for Update 1 Brings Mizutsune and Load of New Features

by Alex Co

10:25 pm in Title Updates and Patches

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The time hunters have been waiting for is here, as Capcom has released Monster Hunter Wilds update 1.010.010, which brings Title Update 1 to players.

Hunters can expect Mizutsune to be added, a new Gathering Hub, new story content, new side missions and more, all for free! There’s a lot to take in so, read on for everything new with Monster Hunter Wilds’ first content patch.

Monster Hunter Wilds Update 1.010.010 New Content and Changes

Here’s what got fixed per Capcom, as well as the download size foe each platform:

Size – PS5: 10GB, Xbox Series X|S: 6GB, PC: 6GB (With High Resolution Texture Pack: About 16 GB total)

– New monsters can now be hunted after meeting certain in-game conditions.
– Mizutsune has been added. Reach HR 21 to unlock an extra mission that can be started by speaking to Kanya in the Scarlet Forest Base Camp. Complete the mission to unlock Mizutsune.
– Tempered Mizutsune has been added and will appear when you are HR 41+ after completing the Mizutsune extra mission.
– Zoh Shia has been added as a high-rank monster. Reach HR 50 to unlock a story mission that unlocks Zoh Shia.
– New story, extra, and side missions have been added.
– New weapons, armor, and skills have been added.
– The upgrade limit has been increased for armor of rarity 5 and above.
– The Grand Hub has been added. It can be unlocked by completing a tutorial mission that appears from HR 16.
– The following features have been added to the Grand Hub: Barrel Bowling; the Diva; Arena Quest Counter; the Canteen; the Arm Wrestling Barrel.
– The Expedition Record Board has been added to the Grand Hub, along with rankings for time attack quests.
– Arena Quests have been added.
– Challenge Quests and Free Challenge Quests (Challenge Quests with no equipment restrictions) have been added and will be made available at a later date.
– New status ailments have been added.
– New voice lines for Alma (the Handler) have been added.
– An arena log page has been added to hunter profiles.
– The Change Appearance menu in the camp now has an option to change Alma’s outfit.
– New pop-up camp gear options have been added.
– New limited bounty categories have been added.
– New voice lines, pose sets, and gestures have been added.
– Preparations have been made for the Festival of Accord, planned to run from April 23 to May 6.
– The following features will be temporarily modified during the Festival of Accord: the Handler’s Outfit; Seikret decoration; the Diva’s song list; the Grand Hub decorations; the Canteen’s menu.

Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 1 Balance Adjustments and Bug Fixes

Bases and Facilities

– After unlocking the Grand Hub, the Squad Information Counter will move from the Windward Plains Base Camp to the Grand Hub.
– Fixed an issue where consecutive uses of the BBQ Grill inside a tent could cause game controls to stop functioning.
– Fixed an issue with the BBQ Grill where ingredients would be used but meal effects wouldn’t trigger when a meal is canceled, such as when an Environment Link is disbanded.
– Improved the response time for controls in all dialogue scenes, such as facility conversations.
– The “Rest” command now requires 500 guild points, and investigations reward 10% more guild points than before.
– Increased the amount of points required for “Wyverian Melding” and “Meld Decorations” at the Melding Pot.
– Increased the amount of melding points obtained from some items and rare decorations when using them as melding materials.
– Fixed an issue where meal invitations would sometimes be announced or show up in the Environment Overview at times when the invitation could not actually be accepted.
– The “Transfer Items” option has been added to the Provisions Stockpile menu, allowing you to restock items outside of the tent.

Missions

– Fixed an issue where some side missions which required specific item turn-ins could not be completed correctly.
– Fixed an issue that prevented the completion of side mission conditions during event quests.

Monsters and Endemic Life

– Fixed an issue where some monsters would stop moving in certain situations.
– Fixed an issue where some monster wounds would disappear unintentionally after performing certain actions.
– Fixed an issue where the game might crash after blocking a Gravios’s attack.
– Fixed an issue where the introductory cinematic camera (used for newly discovered monsters) would trigger on monsters you’ve already discovered.
– Fixed an issue where the Smokeshroud Gekko endemic life would not appear in the Windward Plains.
– Adjusted the behavior of some monster actions.
– The distance between the monster and camera has been increased for certain monsters, such as Gore Magala.
– Fixed an issue where Jin Dahaad would unintentionally disappear from the locale.

Misc.

General

– Fixed an issue where the hunter profile could not be edited properly.
– Added a feature that lets you reset hunter profile edits.
– Fixed an issue where sneak attacks could not be canceled when using light bowgun, heavy bowgun, or bow.
– Fixed an issue where weapon pendants could appear in scenes where weapons are not displayed.
– Fixed an unintended issue where large falling boulders could be blocked.
– Lance: Made it easier to land thrust attack finishers after a focus strike in which the first hit causes large knockback.
– Hammer: Fixed an issue where Focus Strikes could not be used quickly after coming to a stop after moving during a charge.
– Light Bowgun: Fixed an issue that caused Wyvernblast to react to Palico attacks.
– Palico: Fixed an issue that prevented stun and exhaust values from increasing when a Palico attacks a monster with a blunt weapon.
– Hunting Horn: Fixed an issue where certain actions that required simultaneous inputs were not behaving correctly.
– Heavy bowgun and light bowgun ranged attack capabilities have been adjusted when riding a Seikret.
– The effects of the Corrupted Mantle have been adjusted.
– The Rocksteady Mantle’s damage mitigation has been increased.
– Mending Mantle and Evasion Mantle durations have been increased.
– Bow: Dragon Piercer damage has been decreased.
– Bow: Power Volley elemental values have been increased.
– Bow: Thousand Dragons damage has been increased. This includes when using Close-range Coating and Power Coating.
– Bow: Power Shot and Power Volley are now affected by the skill Charge Master.

Skills

– Fixed an issue where Opening Shot did not work with special ammo.

Support Hunters

– Fixed an issue that caused Support Hunters to be unable to reach certain areas.
– Fixed an issue that prevented guest players from receiving the effects of Rosso’s Demon Ammo, Armor Ammo, and Recover Ammo.
– Fixed an issue that resulted in guest players not seeing any visual change when a Support Hunter would equip a mantle.
– Adjusted the rate at which Support Hunters use certain items.

The Handler

– Adjusted the distance that the Handler keeps from the monster during hunts.

Login Bonuses

– There will now be login bonus days that include a free meal voucher (one out of the different types).
– Login bonuses now include at least one Barrel Bowling Voucher every day.

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System

Steam® – Improvements were made to VRAM usage, and the DirectStorage version has been upgraded.

– Fixed an issue that prevented pigment information from being included in shared loadouts.
– Fixed an issue with some display settings on the character models on the title screen and save data selection screen.
– Fixed an issue where the model display toggle for pendants would not function properly when previewing armor.
– Fixed an issue with the visual effects of the Hope Charm.
– Fixed an issue so that other Link Members are now properly prioritized to be displayed in Base Camps and other shared locations.
– Fixed an issue that made communication errors more likely to occur when firing an SOS Flare right after the start of a quest.
– Background color has been changed to black for areas outside of the game’s rendering range.
– Fixed an issue where a squad leader leaving a squad would not correctly transfer leader rights to the sub-leader.
– Fixed an issue that made it impossible in some instances to obtain the Powercharm or Armorcharm even after fulfilling the requirements to do so. If you have fulfilled the requirements and have not obtained the items, they can be re-obtained after proceeding through another Quest Results screen.

Quests

– Fixed an issue where some NPC dialogue would be cut off when completing certain story assignments by capturing the target.
– Fixed an issue where accepting an Investigation but failing to depart (due to a communication error or similar) would still reduce the number of times you can accept that Investigation.
– Failing to join another quest while already in the middle of a quest will now forcibly end the current quest and take you back to base.
– Fixed an issue that would prevent game progress after departing on a quest while performing platform-related invitations.
– Fixed an issue where quest party size limits would not work as intended when performing certain actions.
– Fixed an issue where a quest would not appear in an SOS Flare Quests search if the quest host fires the SOS Flare but then leaves the quest.

Other

– Fixed an issue where the stated number of Pop-up Camps and their locations would not match up with their actual data in some situations.
– Adjusted the placement of some ore deposits to make them easier to gather while riding the Seikret.
– Fixed an issue where some voice lines would not trigger properly.
– Fixed various text issues.
– Fixed other miscellaneous issues.

With a patch this big, don’t be surprised if we get a follow-up patch to fix any issues that arise from this content drop.

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Alex Co

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Zenless Zone Zero Newest Agent, Trigger, Is Now Available; Zhu Yuan Is Back

by James Lara

9:54 pm in News

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The second part of Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.6 is now live, bringing the highly anticipated S-rank Electric Stun Agent, Trigger.

That’s not all, though, as S-rank Ether Attack Agent Zhu Yuan is also back and available for a chance to roll from Signal Searches.

Fingers on the Trigger

Calling all Zenless Zone Zero fans! A new agent, who goes by the name of Trigger, is now available in the Singal Search shop! As with any searches, the rate of getting her on your guaranteed S-rank roll is 50/50, so good luck to you all who want her! But wait, she’s not the only agent to show up this round, as Zhu Yuan is making her first return to shop with the same drop rates! Both characters will be available in the shop for the next 18 days, so if you’re looking to add some powerful agents to your lineup, now is your chance.

Additionally, if you aren’t interested in this wave or don’t have enough to roll Trigger, her Agent Story is also available. Dubbed “Out of Sight,” this Agent Story offers roughly 2-3 hours of gameplay, with a story that sees Trigger confronting her past, dealing with the aftermath of her mistakes, and learning how to forgive. Trust me; it’s a fantastic piece of content you don’t want to miss.

As for what’s next for Zenless Zone Zero, we should expect version 1.7 as soon as this chapter comes to a close in the next month or so. As with all versions, we’ll probably get new agents, a new location, and a continuation of the main story. We’ll keep you updated once details on the update become available; otherwise, have fun!

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Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut Announced for Switch 2; Features New Cutscenes, Dubs, and More

by James Lara

9:01 pm in News

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Yakuza 0 is getting a Director’s Cut, nearly a decade after its original release. This was revealed during today’s Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, with the title being confirmed as a Switch 2 timed-exclusive.

Here’s what’s coming in what is being called the “Definitive” edition of the game.

One of the Best Yakuza Games Just Became A Lot Better

We knew today would be filled with a bunch of surprises, but I can’t say I was expecting Yakuza 0 to show up again, let alone with brand-new content. Besides obviously having the original game, built to run on the Switch 2, Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut comes with brand-new content, including fully voiced English dubs and new cutscenes. Here’s a breakdown of everything we know is coming in this version.

Never-before-scene cutscenes
Red Light Raid online 4-player online mode with up to 60 unlockable characters
French, Italian, German, Spanish Text
English Voiceover

How exciting!

It seems like this version of the game is timed exclusively for the Nintendo Switch 2, though SEGA has yet to confirm which other platforms it will arrive on.

As for those who recently played Like A Dragon: Pirate in Hawaii and never played Yakuza 0, you’ll be excited to know that the game features not only a full-length campaign for the long-time series’ protagonist Kiryu but also one for Goro Majima, the very star of Pirate in Hawaii. Oh yeah, it’s a good year for us Majima fans, and I cannot wait to get my hands on this. Luckily, it’s launching the same day as the Switch 2, which is on June 5.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Graphical Modes, PS5 Pro Enhanced, And Other Details Revealed

by James Lara

8:14 pm in News

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It’s April, which means we’ve entered launch month for Sandfall Interactive‘s debut turn-based RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33! While the studio is busy preparing for the big day, they’ve begun their big marketing push, revealing a brand-new character trailer along with some new details.

For those wanting details on what kind of graphical modes the game will feature, it seems that on consoles and PC, there will be plenty of options to play around with.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Will Have Plenty of Graphical Options for PC Players

First on the agenda is the newest spotlight trailer, which features Sciel, one of the many companions traveling with you to destroy the Paintress. Sandfall Interactive offers a bit of backstory in the trailer, as well as in the text, which seems to hint at a tragic past.

“Meet Sciel, the Cheerful and Serene Warrior. A farmer turned teacher, Sciel is warm and outgoing, enjoying life day by day. She is at ease with death, having long accepted the brutality of their world. But her teasing smile masks a dark and painful past. Though deeply committed to the Expedition, she is untroubled by the specter of failure. They will do all in their power, and it will either be enough, or it won’t.”

As for performance and graphical options, the studio confirms that the PC version will feature a variety of customizable options, ranging from Low to Epic presets, so that players can fine-tune their experience to their liking. You can probably expect the usual stuff, from texture quality, resolution, frame caps, and likely upscalers and frame-gen support, though whether that’s Intel, Nvidia, or AMD (or all of them) is something yet to be confirmed.

On the console side, both PS5 (standard) and Xbox Series X|S will feature a quality and performance mode, though the exact specifics have yet to be announced. PS5 Pro’s enhanced features have also been confirmed, and we expect to hear more about them as we approach the launch.

For preloading, PlayStation gamers will likely have to wait until March 22, 2025, as, typically, that becomes available two days before the official launch. Xbox gamers, on the other hand, can start preloading the game right now! The title also supports Play Anywhere and will be available day one on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

And finally, trophies and achievements. For those hunters out there, Clair Obscur Expedition 33 will feature a total of 55 Achievements or 56 Trophies (Platinum adds an extra). The complete list isn’t live yet, but the studio did share a few of them in the press release. For those worried, none of these reveal any story details and are more along the lines of hitting a certain number or pulling off a specific feat.

Expeditioner – Reach level 33.
Overcharge – With Gustave, use a fully charged Overcharge that Breaks an enemy.
Follow The Trail – Find all of the journals from prior expeditions.
Professional – Defeat a boss without taking any damage.
Connoisseur – Find all 33 music records.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is launching on April 24, 2025, on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store).

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Path of Exile 2 Update 1.022 “Dawn of the Hunt” First Major Update Now Live

by James Lara

8:10 pm in Title Updates and Patches

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The first major content update for Path of Exile 2 early access is now live on all platforms. Console players will see it as Path of Exile 2 update Path of Exile 2 Update 1.022 (version 1.022.000), and it includes a ton of new content, improvements, and bug fixes.

Grab those spears and blades, as the Dawn of the Hunt is finally upon us.

Path of Exile 2 Update 1.022.000 Brings Loads of New Content and Features

Because the patch notes are so big, we decided to include only the big stuff, which is mostly the new content and features added with this update, as well as the bug fixes.

New Content and Features

Added a new playable character class, the Huntress.
Added the new Amazon and Ritualist Ascendancy Classes for the Huntress.
Added the new Smith of Kitava Ascendancy Class for the Warrior.
Added the new Tactician Ascendancy Class for the Mercenary.
Added the new Lich Ascendancy Class for the Witch.
Added over 25 new Skills, primarily Spear Skills.
Added over 100 new Supports.
Added 2 new item classes, Spears and Bucklers.
Added over 100 new Unique Items.
Added 8 new Endgame Maps, each with new encounters and new rewards.
Introduced 4 Unique Strongboxes – special chests with unique encounters.
Introduced 12 Rogue Exiles – others like you who have been exiled and are openly hostile. Each one has their own skills and personalities, and are much smarter than the average monster. These Exiles use unique items that they will drop if you successfully kill them.
Introduced Azmerian Wisps – spirits that can be found throughout both the campaign and the Endgame. As you approach these wisps, they will flee, leading you past monsters. Any monsters it comes into contact with are infused by the spirit, making them more powerful and the spirit more rewarding. Let them get away for too long and they’ll dissipate and return to the woods.
Added 15 new Socketable items with new modifers that you can craft onto your items.
Introduced the Twilight Reliquary Key. When consumed at The Reliquary Vault, a new area on the Endgame Map, it grants you access to a vault with a chest that drops a special foil version of a Unique item selected by our supporters! They can contain any Unique found in Path of Exile 2, though if the selected item is a Pinnacle Boss drop then only special keys dropped by the relevant content will be able to provide these items. The Twilight Reliquary currently has 453 options for foiled Unique items that it can yield.
Essences can now have Vaal Orbs applied to them to corrupt the Essences with a range of unpredictable outcomes. Greater Essences are possible to be upgraded to four new Corrupted Essences.
Continued to incrementally improve the sound, art, effects and environments.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where skills that allow movement during their actions wouldn’t apply their slow at full effect if used with higher values of attack or cast speed, and not held down.
Fixed a bug where you could un-reserve and re-reserve Minions to resummon them instantly while they were in the process of resummoning.
Fixed a bug where cancelling a Skill with the Infernalist’s Pyromantic Pact Ascendancy Passive Skill allocated would still cause the player to gain Infernal Flame.
Fixed a bug where Wind Dancer stages could be kept after weapon swapping to a weapon set that did not have Wind Dancer activated.
Fixed an issue where some Triggered Skills were able to generate Energy, such as Burning Inscription.
Fixed a bug that could cause Shattering Palm’s ice shards to occasionally fail to explode.
Fixed a bug where Ignited Ground created by Incinerate was not dealing damage correctly compared to other sources of Ignited Ground.
Fixed a bug that could cause Support Gems applying to Persistent Buff Skills to apply twice.
Fixed a bug where Sunder’s aftershocks could hit enemies too many times.
Fixed a bug where Tremors Support could interfere with aftershock chances from other sources.
Fixed a bug where Resonating Shield recovered Stagger much faster than the inherent Raise Shield Skill.
Fixed a bug where Blink could be used to travel through walls.
Fixed a bug where effects that consume shocks could only consume a single shock at once. If the target has multiple active shocks, they now consume (and benefit from) all of them.
Fixed a bug where the “more Projectile Damage after Piercing an Enemy” stat granted by quality on High Velocity Rounds did not function.
Fixed a bug that could cause Shield-based attacks to not deal damage.
Fixed some wonkyness with Skills that could occur when using Flasks, such as Plague Bearer poison nova stacks being cleared.
Fixed a bug preventing Ferocity Support from functioning correctly.
Fixed a bug where skeletons impaled on offerings could sometimes still use skills if commanded to do so.
Fixed a bug that could cause Emergency Reload to empower fewer attacks than intended.
Fixed a bug with Second Wind Support and Demon Form where the additional Cooldown would still tick while in Demon Form.
Fixed a rounding issue that could cause skills used by an Infernalist to sometimes fail to generate Infernal Flame.
Fixed a bug that could cause Lingering Illusion to stop functioning when supported by specific support gems if you had very little unreserved spirit.
Fixed a bug where Stomping Ground Support would not function if you had a Wand or Sceptre equipped.
Fixed a bug where spell-related Support Gems could not support Skeletal Arsonists.
Fixed a bug where Long Fuse Support did not prevent grenades from being Detonated.
Fixed a bug where Crossbow Shot could consume more than one bolt when firing more than one projectile.
Fixed a bug where Eye of Winter passing over multiple ailment ground effects only got the extra damage bonus from the most recent one, rather than all of them.
Fixed a bug where the Collapsing Horizon Unique Quarterstaff was providing its Elemental Gem Level bonus multiple times to Skills with more than one element type.
Fixed a bug where Shield Charge was not correctly interacting with active block mechanics.
Fixed a bug where the damage gained as extra elemental damage on Detonating Arrow was applied at the same time as non-skill sources of damage conversion/gain instead of before them.
Fixed a bug where the Cast on Block Skill granted by the Svalinn Unique Shield was granting the wrong amount of energy. It now grants 25 base energy on block (previously displayed 250 but actually granting 2.5).
Fixed a bug where Vile Effusion, the Skill used by Dark Effigy, was not correctly scaling with Area damage.
Fixed a bug where a Skills Cooldown could stop when under the effects of multiple sources of reduced Cooldown Recovery Rate.
Fixed a bug where the damage bonus provided by Fresh Clip Support was shared between Skills and Weapon Sets. Unsocketing the Support also now correctly removes the bonus.
Fixed a bug that could cause Mana Tempest to stop draining the player’s mana.
Fixed a bug where Shockwave triggered by striking Tempest Bell was not correctly scaling with Knockback.
Fixed a bug where Thorns were not causing Stun, Freeze, Electrocute, Pin, Armour Break, Daze, nor Knockback.
Fixed a bug where Profane Ritual did not work with the Hinder or Chaotic Freeze Supports.
Fixed a bug where Fiery Death’s explosion was not considered as a triggered skill (and therefore could be supported by some supports that don’t apply to triggered skills).
Fixed a bug where more poisons than should be active could damage the same target when the poisons had different limits.
Fixed a bug where projectiles that cannot chain, such as Lightning arrow, were chaning off of terrain.
Fixed a bug where Marks could deal off-hand hits when dual-wielding, causing zero damage because they don’t have off-hand damage stats.
Fixed a bug that caused various aftershock-related stats that were intended to apply specifically to *your* skills to also apply to skills used by totems.
Fixed a bug that could occur if using Iron Grip and Iron Will in combination with an effect allowing spell damage increases to apply to attacks.
Fixed a bug where Impact Shockwave was not scaling with area modifiers.
Fixed a bug where Aftershocks caused by Slam Skills you use with Maces through the Split the Earth Notable Passive Skill were not scaling with area modifiers.
Fixed a bug where Shattering Palm ice shards could fail to deal damage when weapon swapping.
Fixed a bug where sources of less minimum or more maximum Physical Attack Damage, such as Heft Support or the Ryslatha’s Coil Unique Belt, were not working correctly with damage conversion.
Fixed a bug where the benefits of Heft Support were applying twice to Minions.
Fixed a bug where Meta Skills were not correctly counting energy costs for subsequent skills if a skill that consumed a corpse was socketed first in sequence.
Fixed a bug where some modifiers that affected Delirium Splinters, such as Distilled Despair or the I’m not afraid of you! Notable Atlas Passive, were not working correctly.
Fixed a bug where Seismic Cry, and other delayed cooldown skills, could consume two Cooldown charges when supported by Second Wind.
Fixed a bug where Gathering Storm was not affected by ground duration modifiers.
Fixed a bug where the Lord of the Pit Boss was not being affected by Map Boss difficulty modifiers.
Fixed a bug where Corrosion Support caused all poisons present on the target to apply armour break based on their magnitude, not just those actually applying damage to the target.
Fixed a bug where the fire exposure on fully breaking armour from the Wylund’s Stake unique mace would not always apply consistently.
Fixed a bug where some modifiers to armour break amount did not apply correctly to armour break caused by stunning enemies.
Fixed a bug where conditional effects that looked for ailments on the target didn’t count electrocute.
Fixed a bug where crossbow reload speed was not being affected by local attack speed modifiers on the crossbow itself.
Fixed a bug that caused Demon Form’s current cooldown time to not be displayed.
Fixed a bug where using Demon Form would kill your Minions when using a controller.
Fixed bug where Soulrend projectiles were unable to debuff targets after passing through chests.
Fixed a bug which could incorrectly limit when you could use Life Flasks with Eternal Youth.
Fixed an issue where Ghost Dance Quality was incorrect.
Fixed a bug where Volcanic Fissure could fail to create fissures when targeting locations very close to the player.
Fixed a bug where Offering skills could target the wrong skeleton.
Fixed a bug where Shockwave Totem supported by Astral Projection would prioritise targets in a specific direction from the totem.
Fixed a bug where Ballistae could target inanimate objects.
Fixed an issue where swapping to a new ammo type while using a controller could fail due to other actions interrupting the change.
Fixed a bug where some of the stats on the Gale Force Skill triggered by Wind Dancer were not being displayed.
Fixed a bug where Toxic Growth poisoning on hit was not described.
Fixed a bug where the maximum number of active Lightning Rods did not display on the gem, only on the skill information panel.
Fixed a bug where the Raging Spirits Skill did not display the duration of the spirits.
Fixed a bug where Ballistae and Ancestral Warrior Totem did not display their weapons’ base critical hit chances.
Fixed a bug where some sources of Aftershock chance were not being displayed in the skill information panel.
Fixed a bug where the visual effect from Stomping Ground Support lingered around after the damage was dealt.
Fixed a bug where Gathering Storm erroneously had the Strike tag.
Fixed a bug where Cold Snap’s Area of Effect did not play a visual effect.
Fixed a bug where Comet’s impact radius was not displayed.
Fixed a bug where Frost Wall did not display its length on the gem or skill information.
Fixed a bug where Martial Tempo was able to support Triggered Skills.
Fixed a bug where Ghost Dance did not display the maximum number of Ghost Shrouds you could have on the gem.
Fixed a bug where the Holy Descent and Shocking Leap Support Gems would not enable area, duration or ground effect-related support gems to support their skill.
Fixed a bug where the benefit provided by Quality on Combat Frenzy was missing a description. This is not a functional change, the benefit was previously applying, just not described.
Fixed a bug where Precision Support used the wrong 2D art. This will not affect existing copies of the gem.
Fixed some issues relating to Endgame Atlas generation.
Fixed a bug where the Reduced Resistances II Trials of Chaos modifiers was incorrectly granting Maximum Elemental Resistances instead of lowering them.
Fixed a bug where The Arbiter of Ash Boss fight could be paused in some situations.
Fixed a bug where Ketzuli, High Priest of the Sun could get out of sync when slowed.
Fixed a bug where Ketzuli, High Priest of the Sun could immediately face the player while using their laser skill if they were knocked back.
Fixed a case where players could get out of bounds during the Ketzuli, High Priest of the Sun fight.
Fixed a bug where slowing The Arbiter of Ash while they were using their flame drop beam slam combo skill could cause certain parts of the skill to overlap.
Fixed a bug where the swords thrown by Kosis, The Revelation could fail to return to him.
Fixed a bug that could cause Kosis, The Revelation to stop taking actions.
Fixed a bug where Sekhema Asala could sometimes fail to put up her sandstorm shield when fighting Jamanra, the Risen King.
Fixed a bug where Bahlak, the Sky Seer could start zooming around the outer edge of their arena.
Fixed a bug where Riona, Winter’s Cackle wouldn’t fire any projectiles when using their Ice Spike Barrage skill.
Fixed a bug where the boss arena in the Vaal Foundry Map did not have an exit available upon defeating the boss.
Fixed a bug where you were unable to open a portal in the Sump Map boss arena after killing the boss.
Fixed a bug where the entrance to the Grimhaven Map Boss room could fail to activate.
Fixed a bug where Quake Golems in Trials of the Sekhemas could sometimes be immune to damage.
Fixed a bug where the Lightning Lance skill used by Brutal Transcendent enemies could not be blocked or dodge rolled.
Fixed a bug where some Fireball traps in the Trial of the Sekhemas were terminating early on terrain.
Fixed a bug where Delirium Boss static life bars would appear before engaging the boss.
Fixed a bug where the visual indicators for the Proximal Tangibility monster modifier were not functioning.
Fixed an issue that caused monsters in Aggorat to not patrol as intended.
Fixed a bug where Diretusk Boar’s charge ability was unable to connect with the player, thus causing it to deal no damage. It will now deal damage correctly.
Fixed a bug where some reward marker flags in Expedition Logbooks had the wrong icon on the flag.
Fixed a bug where Magic and Rare Chests could not be found in the Decay Map.
Fixed a bug where the Burial Bog Map could fail to contain extra content.
Fixed a bug where the Gain Damage as Extra Chaos Damage modifier on the Ming’s Heart Unique Ring was not affected by Chayula’s Catalysts.
Fixed a bug where the Matsya Unique Staff’s “Skills reserve 50% less Spirit” modifier would not apply to totems when using the Ancestral Bond Keystone Passive Skill.
Fixed an issue where the Critical Damage per Power Charge modifier on the Powertread Unique Boots was being described as base Critical Damage Bonus instead of increased. This is purely a description change.
Fixed a bug where Spirit granted by the Morior Invictus Unique Body Armour was still granted when you could not gain Spirit from equipment.
Fixed a bug where the Atsak’s Sight Unique Helmet did not cause critical hits with spells to inflict poison.
Fixed a bug where some Auras granted by Sceptres did not update when presence radius changed, such as through the Alpha’s Howl Unique.
Fixed a bug where the benefits from Electrocution Passive Skill and the “Enemies Immobilised by you take 25% less Damage” modifier on the Sine Aequo Unique Gloves could sometimes end prematurely.
Fixed a bug where the Sacred Flame Unique Sceptre applied its “Enemies in your Presence Resist Elemental Damage based on their Lowest Resistance” aura to the player instead of enemies.
Fixed a bug where you would take damage from the Heartbound Loop Unique Ring when you unsocketed Minion Gems or the Minions expired.
Fixed a bug where the Falcon Dive Notable Passive Skill was providing 1% increased Attack Speed per 150 Accuracy Rating (instead of per 250) to your off-hand.
Fixed a bug where a number of Passive Skills that grant bonuses “while wielding a Staff” were also functioning while wielding a Quarterstaff; Most of these now only work with Staves. However, the increased defences granted by the One with the River Notable Passive Skill are now only granted while wielding a Quarterstaff.
Fixed a bug with the interaction of the Impending Doom Notable Passive Skill and the Hex Bloom Support.
Fixed a bug where effects that occur on reaching maximum Rage were not functioning correctly if you went from 0 Rage to maximum Rage in a single hit.
Fixed a bug where the Time-Lost Jewel modifier that was intended to grant Notable Passive Skills increased effect instead granted small Passive Skills increased effect. Existing items are unaffected.
Fixed a bug where modifiers on Sceptres did not stack. Multiple players within a party can now have the same Sceptre modifier, and it will stack. This also fixes an issue where Leer Cast could not stack.
Fixed a bug where the Gloves corruption enchantment that causes enemies to drop increased gold did not function.
Fixed a bug where Quality on Sceptres multiplied the amount of Spirit they granted instead of granting Quality to their inherent Skill.
Fixed a bug where the Unhindered Notable Passive Skill could not be instilled onto an amulet.
Fixed a bug where Greater Essences could not be used on items with other items socketed in them.
Fixed an issue where the two small Passive Skills leading to the Repulsion Notable were incorrectly granting Spell Skills increased Area of Effect instead of Area Damage.
Fixed a bug where the “chance for Trigger Skills to refund half of Energy spent” description could disappear if the chance was over 100%. This was just a display issue with the description.
Fixed a bug where the Greed Shrine buff was granted by an Avarice Shrine. In all instances this should now be referred to as a Greed Shrine.
Fixed a bug where Sabre Spiders could still attack while imprisoned in an Essence.
Fixed a bug where characters could become stuck between a wall and some indestructible pottery in The Lost City.
Fixed a flickering bug that could sometimes occur when using the DirectX 12 renderer.
Fixed a bug in the Passive Skill Tree where Jewels could sometimes be placed into a different socket to the one you clicked.
Fixed a bug that would allow you to visually allocate more passive skills than you had points to spend.
Fixed a bug where the Strugglescream Unique Amulet could not be stored in the Unique Stash Tab.
Fixed a bug in item filters where using “>=” to filter the number of sockets was not working.
Fixed a bug where the list of available public parties could fail to load if you logged in directly to your hideout.
Fixed a bug where increases to Gem levels from Global Modifiers was not displaying when socketed inside Meta Gems while using Controller input.
Fixed a bug where Ctrl + Alt + C did not include information on Skills granted by items.
Fixed a bug where the League migration options could disappear when using a controller if you went to migrate but then cancelled out of it.
Fixed targeting issues with Incinerate and Bonestorm when using a controller.
Fixed some issues targeting corpses when using a controller.
Fixed a bug where Trials of the Sekhema could not be accessed in couch Co-Op.
Fixed a bug in couch Co-Op where player 2 was not able to place a Jewel in a socket on their Passive Skill Tree until player 1 had allocated a Jewel Socket.
Fixed a bug where dialogue lines could be output to chat twice in couch Co-Op.
Fixed a bug where dialogue lines could be output to chat twice in couch Co-Op.
Fixed a bug preventing skipping cutscenes in some circumstances.
Fixed a bug preventing the Cosmetics menu from displaying properly in some hideouts.
Fixed a bug where the Wulfsbane Unique Shield 3D art was smaller than intended.
Fixed 5 client crashes.

If you wish to read the full patch notes, head over to the official Path of Exile 2 thread. Otherwise, happy hunting!

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Battle.net Down With DDoS Attack Affecting Call of Duty, Overwatch 2, Diablo 4 and More on April 3

by Alex Co

7:43 pm in News

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Uh-oh! It seems Battle.net ios having issues on April 3 (April 4 for those outside the US), and this isn’t your regular server outage, as this is a confirmed DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack.

This is affecting all games that run on Battle.net. such as Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Warzone, Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, World of Warcraft and more.

Battle.net Servers Having Issues Logging Players in as DDoS Attack Takes It Down

Update: Blizzard Support has confirmed that the issues have now been resolved.

Multiple reports have spiked on Downdetector for Overwatch 2, Diablo 4 and more. Players have also posted of outages on the game’s subreddits, and it’s an on-again, off-again situation. While the servers might go back up, it goes down again after a few minutes.

Blizzard has acknowledged the DDoS attack stating, “We are currently experiencing a DDoS attack, which may result in high latency and disconnections for some players. We are actively working to mitigate this issue.”

Some of the games that are affected include:

World of Warcraft
Diablo 4
Diablo 2 Resurrected
Hearthstone
Overwatch 2
Call of Duty Warzone
Call of Duty Black Ops 6
Warcraft 3 Reforged

There are a lot more, of course, but you get the gist. Hopefully, this gets resolved soon. We’ll be updating the article as more news develops, so stay tuned.

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Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Marvel Rivals Season 2 Before It Launches on April 11

by James Lara

7:17 pm in News

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Marvel Rivals Season 2 is almost upon us, and to help get you ready, Marvel Games and NetEase Games have unveiled everything that is coming. This includes the new heroes, maps, and some new team-ups, as well as some new adjustments this season.

So, join us as we break down everything coming in Season 2 of Marvel Rivals.

Emma Frost and Ultron Join the Fight in Season 2

Everything in the video above is outlined in the text below for those who prefer to read what’s coming.

New Characters

Emma Frost (available at the launch of Season 2)
Ultron (available in the second half of Season 2)

New Maps

Hellfire Gala: Krakoa

New Team-Up Abilities and Tweaks to Existing Ones

Arcane Order (New) – Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch
Mental Projections (New) – Emma Frost, Psylocke, and Megneto.
Stars Aligned (New) – Captain America and Winter Soldier
REMOVED – Metallic Chaos
REMOVED – Voltaic Union
Gamma Charge – Doctor Strange has been removed from this team-up and replaced with Namor.
Ammo Overload – Winter Soldier has been removed from this team-up.
Dimensional Shortcut – Psylocke has been removed from this team-up.
Chilling Charisma – Namor has been removed from this team-up.

Mission System Adjustments

Weekly missions will be implemented so players can earn more Chrono Tokens and complete the Battle Pass by the end of the season.

Costume Colors and Gifting Costumes

New color options are coming to some of the popular costumes.
A new feature is being added to allow players to gift costumes to their friends.

Replay Compatibility Update

Upgrades have been made to the game’s network protocol to enhance performance. Sadly replays from Season 0 and 1 will no longer be supported, with he studio urging players to record them now before the update drops.

Balance Roadmap for Season 2 and Season 2.5

Mister Fantastic, Penny Parker, Scarlet Witch, Black Widow, Rocket Racoon, and Jeff the Land Shark will be fine-tuned via team-up abilities and general balance adjustments. These will take time so they will be rolling out through both portions of Season 2.
Peni Parker will be getting buffs.
Captain America will be stepping up his competitive edge now that he is a new team-up anchor.
Doctor Strange is getting a nerf to his offensive powers, with improved survivability.
Scarlet Witch, Winter Soldier, Mister Fantastic, and Moon Knight will debut brand-new aggressive team-up abilities.
Rocket Raccoon team ability will be enhanced.
Loki’s Regeneration Domain and Adam Warlock’s Soul Bond will get modest nerfs.
More balance announcements are coming ahead of the Season 2 launch.

Ranked Adjustments

Competitive ranks are being reset.
Based on the player’s Season 1 standing, each player will drop nine divisions. For example, if you ended at Diamond I, you will start Season 1 at Silver I.
Hellfire Gala: Krakoa is entering map rotation.
Yggsgard Royal Palace and Tokyo 2099 Shin-Shibuya are leaving rotation.
Tournaments will use the same maps and modes as ranked.
Quick matches and custom games will still have every map.

Competitive Enhancements

The minimum level to enter competitive increased from level 10 to level 15.
Pick/ban will now come into play starting from Gold III rather than Diamond tier.
Individual performances will now have a bigger weight in rank. The better you perform, the more points you’ll earn in victory, and the fewer you’ll lose in defeat.

Tournament Plans

The studio is preparing for future tournaments.

Roadmap Ahead

The studio has been exploring and prototyping new modes they plan to introduce eventually.
Starting from Season 3, a new hero will debut every month.
Related systems will be adjusted accordingly.

As you can see, a hefty number of changes are coming. Mind you, this isn’t even the complete list, as more balancing changes will be discussed leading up to the release of Season 2. That, and the patch notes usually contain bug fixes and other improvements and changes.

We’ll have all of that posted here once the full patch notes are out, which should be the same day as Season 2’s launch on April 11.

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Monster Hunter Wilds Down for Maintenance and Title Update 1 Roll Out on April 3

by James Lara

6:33 pm in News

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Hunters having issues logging in, firing SOS flares for human help in Monster Hunter Wilds and seeing issues, it’s not just you. The game is undergoing maintenance today, April 3 (April 4 for outside US), and this is to usher in Title Update 1.

Monster Hunter Wilds servers are down for a few hours, and during this time, players won’t be able to play online, but offline play will be available.

Monster Hunter Wilds Down on April 3 to Usher in Title Update 1

According to Capcom, the maintenance period will last for a few hours, which we’ve outlined below for our readers.

April 3:

Start: 3 pm PT/6 pm ET
End: 8 pm PT/11 pm ET

April 4:

Start: 6 am HKT/7 am JST
End: 11 am HKT/12 pm JST

Capcom says the patch will be released once maintenance is over, so there’s a lot of waiting from now until the servers are restored.

What to expect in Title Update 1? Here’s a rundown of the highlights.

Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 1 New Content

– New monsters can now be hunted after meeting certain in-game conditions.
– Mizutsune has been added. Reach HR 21 to unlock an extra mission that can be started by speaking to Kanya in the Scarlet Forest Base Camp. Complete the mission to unlock Mizutsune.
– Tempered Mizutsune has been added and will appear when you are HR 41+ after completing the Mizutsune extra mission.
– Zoh Shia has been added as a high-rank monster. Reach HR 50 to unlock a story mission that unlocks Zoh Shia.
– New story, extra, and side missions have been added.
– New weapons, armor, and skills have been added.
– The upgrade limit has been increased for armor of rarity 5 and above.
– The Grand Hub has been added. It can be unlocked by completing a tutorial mission that appears from HR 16.
– The following features have been added to the Grand Hub: Barrel Bowling; the Diva; Arena Quest Counter; the Canteen; the Arm Wrestling Barrel.
– The Expedition Record Board has been added to the Grand Hub, along with rankings for time attack quests.
– Arena Quests have been added.
– Challenge Quests and Free Challenge Quests (Challenge Quests with no equipment restrictions) have been added and will be made available at a later date.
– New status ailments have been added.
– New voice lines for Alma (the Handler) have been added.
– An arena log page has been added to hunter profiles.
– The Change Appearance menu in the camp now has an option to change Alma’s outfit.
– New pop-up camp gear options have been added.
– New limited bounty categories have been added.
– New voice lines, pose sets, and gestures have been added.
– Preparations have been made for the Festival of Accord, planned to run from April 23 to May 6.
– The following features will be temporarily modified during the Festival of Accord: the Handler’s Outfit; Seikret decoration; the Diva’s song list; the Grand Hub decorations; the Canteen’s menu.

If anything changes regarding the server outage, we’ll update the article with the info. Make sure to check our Monster Hunter Wilds page, as we’ll have the patch notes and more up once it’s live.

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