Camellya, likely the most-hyped character since Wuthering Waves' release, has finally arrived with version 1.4, and she is a doozy. If you want to learn how to play her properly and gear her ??up correctly, keep reading, as I'm going to dive into what this? famed character is all about.

Best Camellya Build in Wuthering Waves

Camellya is a Havoc DPS character with a focus on dishing out? as much damage as possible while she is on the field, which is most of the time. This is thanks to th??e many buffs she awards herself with as she flows through her rotation. Camellya is also a "stance-dancer," which means she constantly swaps between two different movesets, which is a commonly misunderstood aspect of her character.

Camellya's Gameplan

The complexity of Camellya's kit may not seem apparent on the surface, but the moment you start digging through it, there is plenty to learn, practice, ?and master.

The Budding State

Your goal with Camellya is to reach her Budding State as quickly as possible because she gains a significant damage buff with most of her abilities while it is active. She enters this state by fully charging her Concerto Meter and activating her Skill. This will trigger her Forte Circuit, Ephemeral, which unleashes the m??ost powerful attack in her kit? while putting her into the Budding State.

The damage buff gained in the Budding State depends entirely upon how many stacks of Crimson Buds she had before invoking Ephemeral. Crimson Bud stacks are gained when Camellya deals damage while she has Crimson Pistils or her Forte Bar. Every attack she lands will drain the bar while giving her Crimson Bud stacks up to 10. For every stack of Crimson Bud, she gains a massive stacking damage buff when she uses Ephemeral (which also applies to the Ephemeral explosion) in the Budding State. You'll know Camellya is in the Budding State when she has a red petal aura around her.

When Camellya casts Ephemeral, her Forte Bar is completely refilled, but it cannot be used to regain Crimson Bud stacks while the Budding State is active. Her Forte Bar is also refilled every time she uses her Intro Skill. You want to do bo??th to ensure Camellya can gain al??l the stacks and buffs she needs.

It sounds more confu??sing than it actuall??y is, and this a situation where you should do a few test runs to get a real, hands-on sense of the flow.

Stance swapping: Normal State and Blossom State

Camellya can access two additional States, both essential for transitioning into the Budding State more easily. These are her Normal State and Blossom State.

• Normal State (White Hair) - Camellya’s attack strings emphasize grounded, single-target damage. It has minimal cleave but should be your go-to state when fighting bosses because it deals more damage than Blossom State.
• Blossom State (Red Hair) - Camellya takes to the air and remains stationary unless a dodge is used first. Her attack strings transform into wide AoE spin attacks, perfect for cutting through large groups of enemies.

Camellya can seamlessly shift between both her Normal and Blossom States with her Skill at any time. Her Blossom State can (and should) be canceled by pressing the Jump button so that the Skill cooldown is not used.

There’s a lot more nuance to Camellya’s stances. For example, she can c??ancel any action with a stance swap, opening up some advanced techniques that can turn the tide in combat if you take the time to master them.

• String Cancelling - Switching stances allow Camellya to cancel any animation in her kit, including her attack strings. This enables you to skip unwanted portions of her combos in either stance, seamlessly transition into a new string, minimize attack delay frames, and position yourself more advantageously during combat.
• Blossom State Staminaless Dodge - When Camellya is airborne in the Blossom State, she can only move around by Dodging, and this costs Stamina. However, if she avoids an attack while dodging in this state, she will regain all of the Stamina she used.

While there are likely more advanced techniques to master with Camellya, your primary focus should be building her Concerto and entering the Budding State as efficiently as possible, ensuring you have 10 stacks of Crimson Bud when casting Ephemeral. Once there, use her Normal State to deal single-target DPS and use her Blossom State for AoE DPS. Then, rinse and repeat.

Best Echoes for Camellya in Wuthering Waves

Camellya deals immense damage, leaving her with one optimal Echo Set choice: Sun-sinking Eclipse. The ideal Echo setup for her is '43311,' which refers to the Echo Costs fo??r all five Echo equipment slots.

• 4-Cost Echo (Crit DMG) - Dreamless or Crownless
• 3-Cost Echoes (Havoc DMG Bonus or ATK%) - Any
• 1-Cost Echoes (ATK%) - Any

Make sure that you use Dreamless or Crownle?ss as Camellya's active Echo? so she gains the damage bonus from them.

Best weapons for Camellya in Wuthering Waves

Camellya's signature weapon, Red Spring, is by far her best, as it is tailor-made for her hit. One of its most potent components requires the equipper to use their Concerto Energy, but ?Camellya is currently the only character who can do so wh??ile remaining on the field, making it her best option.

The only other viable option for Camellya is Emerald of Genesis, as it's a solid all-around stat stick for any Sword character. However, keep in mind that Red Spring greatly outperforms Emerald of Gen?esis for Camellya, thanks to the way her kit works.

Best team compositions for Camellya in Wuthering Waves

Camellya is a very selfish character. She wants to have the field to herself for the majority of the time because of the Budding State. If you swap to a different charact??er while she is in Bud?ding State, she will lose all benefits from it, which is extremely detrimental to her overall gameplan.

As such, Camell??ya favors having a strict rotation with her team, with her being the l?ast to go on-field and remain there after all other buffs are active.

Camellya/Sanhau/Shorekeeper

This is Camellya’s best team comp, letting her stay on the field for long stretches without losing any buffs. Start by having Shorekeeper generate enough Concerto to fill it using her Ultimate. Then, trigger Sanhau's intro and follow it up with her quic??k Skill, Ultimate, and Heavy Attack combo. This combo should fill Sanhau's Concerto completely, letting Camellya jump in to carry out her gameplan. If needed, Danjin can replace Sanhau and Verina can take over for Shorekeeper, though the results will be slightly suboptimal.

Best Sequences for Camellya in Wuthering Waves

Camellya is one of the few characters in Wuthering Waves that benefits heavily from her Sequences. This isn't to say she isn't viable at S0, but there is a considerable difference between that and even S2. Without a doubt, S3 is your best stopping point, but th??at is a bit deep in. If you're interested in what all of her Sequence do, her?e they are, condensed for your clarity.

• Somewhere No One Travelled (S1) - When Camellya uses her Intro Skill, she gains a free 28% Crit DMG for 18 seconds and grants her interruption immunity when casting Ephemeral. This is a decent sequence, but it is not enough to be worth going for unless you're going beyond it.
• Calling Upon the Silent Rose (S2) - Ephemeral's DMG Multiplier is increased by 120%. This Sequence more than doubles the damage of Camellya's most powerful ability. It's really good. Get it if you can.
• A Bud Adorned by Thorns (S3) - Increased Camellya's Ultimate DMG by 50% and she gains a massive 58% ATK buff while in the Budding State. This is also a dramatic increase in damage for Camellya, which is why I recommend this to be your stopping point.

• Roots Set Deep in Eternity (S4) - Camellya's Intro Skill gives her entire party 25% Basic ATK DMG for 30 seconds. Not great right now due to the lack of Basic ATK characters that would run with Camellya, but in the future, this could be a potentially potent Sequence.
• Infinity Held in Your Palm (S5) - Camellya's Intro skill deals 303% more damage, and her Outro Skill deals 68% more damage. This is a nice bonus, but not worth going for unless it's a stepping stone to her S6.
• Bloom For You Thousand Times Over (S6) - Oh boy. This one is insane. There’s a lot of technical jargon behind this Sequence in-game, but here’s the gist: when you use Camellya’s Ephemeral if you refill her Concerto within 15 seconds of the cast, she can cast a secondary version of it called Perennial (on a separate cooldown). This basically lets her enter the Budding State twice as often, and if that wasn’t crazy enough, the damage bonus from the state gets a massive 250% boost. It's a S6. What did you expect?

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Blizzard's Warcraft Direct stream celebrated 30 years of the franchise, bringing out various teams to make announcements about their upcoming projects. None were as baffling, yet exciting, as the announcement that StarCraft was coming to Hearthstone. The catch is that it's "only" a mini-set.

The current expansion of Hearthstone is titled "The Great Dark Beyond." It focuses on the Draenei's adventures through space. It's made for some great art, but ultimately, it's a fairly "okay" set at best. The starships aren't te?rribly fun to play with, the balance is awful, and the general design feels very haphazard. (How is there a set that takes place in the icy, cold depths of space, and Death Knights don't have a single Frost rune card?)

As with every expansion since Madness at the Darkmoon Faire, there will be a mini-set to follow in January. For the first time, it will focus on one of Blizzard's other IPs: StarCraft.

The StarCraft-themed mini-set will contain 49 new cards, more than the typical 38. The three races of the spacefaring series will be divvied up among the various classes of Hearthstone, each with gameplay styles to reflect their StarCraft counterparts. At the front of each faction is a familiar StarCraft hero.

• Zerg: Death Knight, Demon Hunter, Hunter, and Warlock are led by Kerrigan.
• Protoss: Druid, Mage, Priest, and Rogue are led by Artanis.
• Terran: Paladin, Shaman, and Warrior are led by Jim Raynor.

The mini-set itself will also feature new music. Here's hoping there's actually a board this time. This isn't Hearthstone's first foray into other Blizzard IPs. The defunct Mercenaries mode featured the Lord of Terror himself, Diablo, as a playable hero, who also made an appearance in Battlegrounds and? Duels.

A preview of further things to come

We now also have the next three Hearthstone expansions announced, as well as an impending revamp of the Arena mode. The Year of the Raptor will start next year around March with the release of "Into the Emerald Dream." The new expansion will feature exactly what you think because there are no more fun surprises in Hearthstone. It's Druids fighting Old Gods in the popular Emerald Dream location from WarCraft. The mini-set will feature the only other villain they could think of, the Druid??s of the Flame.

The next expansion will be "The Shrouded City," and it will be a direct follow-up to 2017's Journey to Un'Goro. Itwill be about the ?League of Explorers looking for a lost Tortollan city in the? jungles of Un'Goro. The mini-set here will focus on Tortollans celebrating the "Festival of The Devilsaur."

Finally, "The Heroes of Time" will be next year's final expansion. You'll travel with Chromie to alternate realities to recruit WarCraft heroes "like you've never seen them before," or so Blizzard says. Considering how many Bronze Dragonflight shenanigans we just went through in the last World of Warcraft expansion, I doubt we'll see too much new here.

Arena Mode is getting a significant revamp for the first time in the game's history. It will be split into two modes: Normal And Undergroun.. Normal Arena will be shorter, allowing you to complete runs quicker. This is the more casual variant. More competitive players will want to go to the high-stakes "Underground Arena," where yo??ur runs will be longer, and you'll have a new "Re-Draft on Loss" feature. After you lose, you have the option to re-draft your cards, edit your deck, and jump back in. Details about the new reward structure (and the length of the runs under the new system) are sparse. The revamped Arena mode is expected to launch somet?ime after the start of The Year of the Raptor.

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Yanagi, the first five-star premium Agent in Zenless Zone Zero's Section 8, has made quite a splash in the community thanks to her highly unique gameplay. As a character, Yanagi is a lot more complex than most of the roster, but if you're interested in playing her at her highest potential, here's everything you need ??to know.

Best Yanagi Build in Zenless Zone Zero

Jumping right in, Yanagi is an Electric Anomaly character with a significant focus on Shock DoT (Damage over Time) and On-field damage. Thanks to her combo-heavy nature, Yanagi wants to be on the field as long as possible, while you still cycle through the rest of your team to apply buffs and debuffs as applicable. While she does play your standard main DPS role, her kit is highly flexible thanks to the non-static nature of it. Compared to all other characters in Zenless Zone Zero, she is a complex character, but proper play allows her to exceed in any of the game's conte?nt.

Yanagi's Gameplan

The complexity of Yanagi's kit shows itself when enacting her ideal game plan, which has several moving parts and features. Rather than explain this in one big paragraph, I'll break it up for your clarity. The following is in priority order for Yanagi's goals while she is in play.

Polar Disorder

When Yanagi uses her EX-Special, she is able to apply a special version of the standard Discord mechanic called Polar Disorder to any enemies suffering from an Anomaly. When Polar Disorder is activated, it will deal 15% of ??the active Anomaly's total damage plus an additional percentage amount (based on Yanagi's Anomaly Proficiency), to targets struck.

Unlike standard Disorder, Polar Disorder does not remove the Anomaly on the enemy, allowing Yanagi to apply this effect in rapid succession provided she has enough Energy. Polar Disorder will also activate on any Anomaly, including Shock, meaning Yanagi can apply Shock to an enemy and trigger Polar Disorder all on her own--a contrast to the standard Anomaly te??a??m playstyle.

Y??ou want to land as many Polar Disorders as possible during Anomaly windows to make the most of Yanagi's damage. Polar Disorder is entirely unique to Yanagi, and it is ??the source of a majority of her damage, hence its importance on this priority list.

Stance Swapping: Jougen and Kagen

Yanagi has two special Stances she uses to dish out damage outside of Polar Disorder. These stances are Jougen and Kagen.

• Jougen (Blue) - Buffs Yanagi's Electric Damage by 10%. Faster attacks, longer string, longer animation lock.
• Kagen (Yellow) - Buffs Yanagi's PEN Ratio by 10%. Slow attacks, shorter string, shorter animation lock.

Yanagi has different attack strings while in Jougen or Kagen, and you can swap which stance she's in by pressing the Special button at any time. You can always tell which Stance Yanagi is in by the color of her hair braid. More importantly, when Yanagi swaps stances, she will retain the effects of the inactive Stance for an additional eight seconds. The idea here is to swap stances frequently enough to maintain both stance buffs at all times.

Additionally, when Yanagi switches stances during the third, fourth, or fifth portion of her basic attack string, her following attack will be sped up, allowing Yanagi to attack faster than normal while also skipping the start-up of her string. This also ensures that Yanagi is only dealing Electric damage and not Physical, which happens during the first and second portions of the basic string. Additionally, during this swap, Yanagi can parry any attack that hits her during the animation.

I know this is a lot to take in, but it’s much easier to get the hang of when you play her?? yourself. If anything’s unclear, I really recommend taking Yanagi into the Tr?aining Room to practice her moves and get comfortable with her gameplan.

Best Drive Disks for Yanagi in Zenless Zone Zero

Yanagi is an anomaly character who thrives on inflicting shock on her enemies, so she values ATK% and anomaly proficiency (AP) abo??ve all other stats. That said, PEN Ratio % becomes a highly valuable stat for her if you have other sources of it already.

• Disk 4 - AP or ATK%. Note that ATK% should only be used if you have good AP sub-stats on it.
• Disk 5 - ATK% or Electric DMG%. PEN Ratio% is an option if you have other sources of the stat already.
• Disk 6 - ATK%

Yanagi two main Drive Discs are Chaos Jazz and Thunder Metal, a?nd the one you should use on her depends on the type of team you're playing her in.

Disorder

If you're playing Yanagi with a focus on applying standard Disorder, then use Chaos Jazz as that will provide her ?with the most damage. Just? make sure you're running a second, different element Anomaly character with her.

Mono-Electric

Since Yanagi has access to Polar Disorder, she is not strictly tied to running in a pure Disorder team setup and can, instead, be the headliner in an all-electric team composition. In this case, Thunder Metal pulls ahead as it allows Yanagi to permanently have a 28% ATK boost through Shocked enemie????????????????????????????s.

Best W-Engines for Yanagi in Zenless Zone Zero

Yanagi has a solid selection of W-Engines she can effectively make use of. Without question her own signature W-Engine, Timeweaver is her best option. However, if her signatur?e is out of reach, here are some strong alternatives.

• Fusion Compiler - Fusion Complier is the second best option and a five-star W-Engine meaning it provides her with a higher base ATK. Its PEN Ratio % substat means that you should prioritize PEN Ratio % on her gear and team composition.
• Electro-Lip Gloss - Yanagi naturally has excellent Anomaly Build-up which means this W-Engine's effects will stay active almost all of the time. A good four-star W-Engine option.

If you don't have access to any of these three W-Engines, th?en I highly recommend you reconsider pulling Ya?nagi until you do. These are by far her most viable options.

Best Mindscapes for Yanagi in Zenless Zone Zero

At M0, Yanagi is a serious powerhouse in the Zenless Zone Zero meta thanks to her ability to use the Disorder mechanic via her own Polar Disorder. This means that her Mindscapes are largely unnecessary to pull for. That said, if you really enjoy Yanagi's gameplay and want to vertically invest in her Mindscapes, know that the best stopping point would be M2?. For your clarity, though, here are all six, detailed.

• Know Thy Self, Know Thy Enemy (M1) - When an Anomaly triggers on an enemy, Yanagi gains a Clarity stack. With Clarity, if she's hit, she ignores the attack and becomes immune to all damage for one second. Plus, while she has at least one Clarity stack, she gets an 80 AP boost. It’s a decent damage boost, but the real strength is in her survivability. She can hold up to three Clarity stacks at once, making her incredibly resilient in tough content.
• Outstanding Adaptability (M2) - This Mindscape gives her EX-Special additional functionality. When held, Yanagi will launch additional EX-Special thrusting attacks for 10 extra Energy each. Each extra thrust improves the Polar Disorder multiplier. Yanagi's Polar Disorder also will deal 20% of the Anomaly's effect, instead of its standard 15%. This Mindscape is a considerable boost to Yanagi's power, and is her most important one. Best stopping point.
• Tsukishiro Style Management (M3) - A solid all-around boost to her standard moveset's damage. More damage is always nice, but far from required.
• Chestmaster (M4) - When Yanagi inflicts Shock on an enemy, they will suffer the Exposed effect, which rewards her team with an additional 16% PEN Ratio. Very good, but exceptionally so with other sources of PEN Ratio like Rina and Fusion Compiler.
• "Other Mother" (M5) - This is the same as M3.
• Inhuman Blood (M6) - This is a significantly empowered version of Yanagi's M2, with the added effect of increasing the duration of her Shinrabanshou buff to 30 seconds. Overall, this is a ridiculously strong M6 that only makes her game plan even easier to accomplish.

Best Team Comps for Yanagi in Zenless Zone Zero

Yanagi has a few team composi??tions ?because of her required on-field time.

Yanagi/Burnice/Caeser

This is Yanagi's strongest team composition, and it functions like your standard Disorder team. Yanagi is the main damage dealer with Burnice being the sub-DPS via Burn and Afterburn off-field damage. Caeser provides a flat 1000 ATK to the on-field character (which is Yanagi for a majori??ty of the time), while also supporting with?? her shielding mechanic.

Yanagi/Caeser/Rina

This is Yanagi's strongest Mono-Electric team comp, and it focuses on having Yanagi on-field almost all the time. In this team, Yanagi will be delivering constant Polar Disorders by hit?ting the Shock status that she triggers herself. Caeser is here to provide her large ATK boost and shielding. Rina is present to activate Yanagi's Passive while also activating her own and providing additional PEN Ratio %.

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With online service for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp coming to an end on November 28, Nintendo has given a release date for the replacement paid app, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete. 

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete will be available to download and install on December 3. If you dive in early and download the game before January 31, 2025, you’ll get it half-price for $9.99. After that point, the price will increase to the regular price of $19.99. You can pre-register for the app now via the App Store or Google Play, depending on your device.

If you’ve been playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for a? while, then you’re ??likely wondering how to prepare for this change. Aside from spending all of your Leaf Tickets, one of the things you’ll definitely need to do is transfer your save file from the old app to the new one. 

How to link a save file in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

To prepare for the change in app, you’ll need to link your save file on Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp to your Nintendo?? Account using the following steps:

1. Launch Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and let it load
2. Open up the menu in the bottom right corner and select “Settings�/li>

3. Tap “Link Nintendo Account� and a new window will open
4. Tap “Create/Link Nintendo Account�and wait for it to load
5. Either create a Nintendo Account, or enter the details for a previously existing one

Once yo?u’ve done this, you should get a pop-up telling you that a link has been es??tablished and you can now download the save file. 

While you can do this now, or as often as you like, you’ll need to do it soon before the servers for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp go offline on November 28 to ensure you don’t lose any progre??ss that you’ve made between now and then. If you’ve already logged in using your Nintendo Account, your save date should automatically update whenever you play.

How to download a save file in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete

Once Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete is available to purchase and download on December 3, you’ll be able to download the save file that you created by following the s?teps laid out above. 

To do this, you’ll need to complete the following ste??ps:

1. Launch Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete and tap “Tap to Start�/li>

2. In the window that pops up, select “Continue�/li>

3. Sign in to the Nintendo Account that you linked to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in the steps laid out in the previous section
4. When logged in, select “Transfer�and let the download complete

   1. This might take a while, depending on how long you’ve been playing, how many items you have, etc. Be patient and keep the game open while the save data downloads!

5. When the download is complete, select “Ok�/li>

Having followed these steps, you should be able to continue where you left off before the servers for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp were shut down, and everything should be?? right where you left it.&??nbsp;

What to do before transferring save files in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

There a??re a few things that should be remembered when it comes to preparing for the end of service on November 28:

• Items in your mailbox will not transfer with your save file, so remember to collect them before the end of service
• Certain data will not be transferred, so if you want to make a note or take screenshots, now is the time to do it:

  • Step count stickers
  • Fave Photo / Album
  • Stamps Received
  • Visitor history
  • Mailbox Item Log
  • Crafting work spaces 
  • Some islands in Gulliver's Ship

• Save data will only be transferable to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete until June 1, 2025

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As part of the release of the 1.6 update for Stardew Valley on co??nsole and mobile platforms, ConcernedApe has included a hidden extra for those playing on mobile devices â€?Multiplayer. 

Multiplayer is something that players on PC and console have been able to enjoy since the 1.3.27 update way back in 2018, but it’s something very new and exciting for mobile players. However, it’s also experimental and not without ??issue, with ConcernedApe ?giving the following warnings about the feature:

• You can only connect to farms via an IP
• Connecting to a farm or trying to host a farm on a cell phone network will likely result in issues such as lack of connection, disturbed gameplay, and crashes 

Ape also notes that as this is a very new and experimental featur??e, bugs and issues may still be present. To avoid frustration, try to go into this process without the expectation of a flawless experience. 

How to unlock mobile multiplayer in Stardew Valley

Even unlocking the ability to play with frie?nds is a bit of a process, and it involves at least the first part of the much-loved Konami Code. In case you have no idea what the Konami Code is, it’s as follows:

• Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start

You can disregard the “B, A, Startâ€?part of this, but you’ll need to remem?ber the rest in order to unlo??ck Multiplayer on mobile devices. 

When you first open up Stardew Valley on a phone or tablet, you’ll get the same old menu screen with the logo, and options to start a ?new game or load a game at the bottom. Take a closer look at the logo, and take note of the four sets of leaves. Each set of leaves corresponds to a direction, as shown below:

You’ll need to touch the leaves in order of th?e Konami Code, so:

• Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right

Bear in mind that the press only counts if you hear the leaves rustle when you touch them. Then press the â€?â€?button in the bot??tom right corner of the screen, exit the window that pops up, ??and you should now have the “Co-opâ€?button available to press on the home screen menu. 

How to host or join a game in mobile Multiplayer in Stardew Valley

Sadly, the mobile Multiplayer doe?s not allow for farm “discoveryâ€? meaning you’ll need to either hand out your IP add??ress if you’re looking to host a game, or know the hosts IP address if you’re wanting to join a game. 

According to ConcernedApe, the way to get the best experience out of mobile Multiplayer is to connect to a PC-hosted farm from a high-end mobile device o??n a local network, such as Wi-Fi. However, this doesn’t mean you can’t try to set up a game or connect via cell phone data, but you may need to set up a mobile wi-fi hotspot in order for things to run as smoothly as possible. 

This does mean that mobile Multiplayer is more intended for players who are in the same location, rather than those who are playing together from a distance. As well as this, all players must be playing the same software version of Stardew Valley in order to connect with each other.

If you’re looking to host a game, you’ll need to set up the farm and make sure there are cabins available for anyone who will eventually join. Then, anyone who trying to join will need to enter the IP Address of whoever is hosting. To a?void disconnection issues, the host should find out their IP Address before setting up their farm, and can do so in either of the following ways:

• For iOS users: Settings > Wi-Fi > Click the “iâ€?next to your Wi-Fi name > Look up IP Address
• For Android users: Settings > Network & Internet > Internet > Click the cog next to your Wi-Fi name > Look for IP Address

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With the release of Zenless Zone Zero's 1.3 update, a new Special Age?nt quest was introduced. If you've started the quest and are seemingly unable to continue the story due to a sudden soft lock, I've got th?e solution that will fix your problem, though it is a bit unusual.

Zenless Zone Zero 1.3 Special Agent Story Soft Lock Workaround (Fix)

If you're playing Zenless Zone Zero on the PC client, you might encounter a point in the new Special Agent story where progress halts, leaving you stuck in Immersiv??e Storytelling mode with no way to advance. You are also unable to move, thus softlocking you and preventing you from really doing anything else in the game. Normally, you'd have to wait for the developers to fix this ?sort of problem in this scenario. Although a fix is likely coming soon, there's a workaround you can use now to keep playing the rest of the update content.

To be clear, this problem only exists on the PC client, so if you're stuck, the solution is to load up Zenless Zone Zero through its mobile client. You can do this on any mobile device, though it may take a little time to download if it's not already installed. Once installed, open the game and attempt to continue the storyline on the device. Doing this should resolve the soft lock for you?, allowing you to continue pl??aying and progressing on the PC client.

If this solution does not work for you, then I'm afraid you will have to wait for the developers to fix the problem and release a fix. Fortunately, HoYoverse, the developers behind Zenless Zone Zero, are quic?k to fix such disruptive problems and will also likely reward pull currency as compensation for yo?ur troubles.

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Pack points are a type of currency that can be earned in Pokémon TCG Pocket, and you can use them to get some pretty rare cards. If you’re wondering how to get Pack Points or how to spend them, he??re’s everything you need to know. 

How to get more Pack Points in Pokémon TCG Pocket

Each time you open up a booster pack in TCG Pocket, you’ll earn five Pack Points. ?These can then be saved and then used to effectivel?y “craftâ€?chase cards. I don’t mean that you can get some glue and do some arts and crafts, but you can spend the points to guarantee the appearance of a chase card in a booster pack. 

How to use Pack Points in Pokémon TCG Pocket

Each card has a pre-determined rarity, and you’ll need to spend a fixed number of Pack Points in ord?er to guarantee the appearance of a card of that rarity. The minimum number of Pack Points you’ll need for the most basic of cards is 35. The maximum for the rarest type of cards is 2,500. 

At a base level, you can only open two booster packs per day, three if you’ve unlocked the Premium, and more if you use Pack Hourglasses to unlock more packs. That means a minimum of 10 Pack Points can be earned each day, s?o ho?wever you look at it, you’re in for a grind. 

Here’s how many Pack Points you need for each rari?ty of the card, al??ong with how many days you’d need to play if you open two booster packs per day:

To exchange Pack Points, you’ll need to press the Pack Point ??Exchange button on the booster pack screen, as shown below:

This will bring up a screen wher?e you can see how many Pack Points you currently have and a full list of cards that can be guaranteed in the next booster pack. This is a good way to get specific cards, and you’ll need to be quick - once the availability period for a certain booster pack ends, you won’t be able?? to spend your Pack Points on those cards anymore. 

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Wonder Pick is a system in Pokémon TCG Pocket that allows you to choose one card from a pack that another player has opened. The other player doesn’t lose any cards, and you st??and a chance to get a really cool card for your own collection. ??;

Just like with the booster packs themselves, you have to re?ly on Wonder Stamina to let you take part in Picks. You can have a maximum of five ??Wonder Stamina at any time, and each Pick uses up a certain number of your Stamina. Each Wonder Stamina takes 12 hours to regenerate, so if you run out completely, you’ll need to wait 60 hours to be refilled.

However, also just like Pack Stamina, there are ways to speed up this process and get some Wonder Stamina back much more quickly, giving you another?? chance to get some cool cards. 

How to get more Wonder Stamina in Pokémon TCG Pocket

Just like using Pack Hourglasses to get more Pack Stamina, you can use Wonder Hourglasses to ge?t more Wonder Stamina. There are a few ways to do this, so let’s get into ??it. 

Complete missions to get more Wonder Hourglasses

Wonder Hourglasses aren’t? given as rewards for completing the basic missions themselves, but completing a certain amount of missions will reward you? with some Hourglasses. For instance, completing five Beginner Missions will reward you with five Wonder Hourglasses. 

Claim your daily gift

The daily gift can be claimed for free in the Shop, and you get everything on display each day. This will often in?clude one or more Wonder Hourglasses. 

Exchange Tickets for Wonder Hourglasses

As with Pack Hourglasses, you can also exchange your Tic?kets for Wonder Hourglasses. You can purchase either single Hourglasses, or bundles of 12 at a cost of two Tickets each??. 

Tickets can be earned in the following ways:

• Leveling up
• Thanks from those who have Wonder Picked from your packs
• As part of the daily free gift

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If you’re anything like me, you’ve likely got a rather large collection of Pokémon cards rattling around somewhere in your house. Collecting them is undeniably fun, and Pokémon TCG Pocket lets you do that without any ?addit?ional clutter in your living space. 

The primary way to unlock new cards in TCG Pocket is by opening booster packs. At a base level, you get two booster p??acks to open every day, and they can be opened 12 hours apart. Why? Because it takes 12 hours for your “Pack Stamina�to refill, allowing you to rip open another pack of five cards. 

How to get more Pack Stamina for free in Pokémon TCG Pocket

12 hours is a long time to wait, and it’s understandable if you get a little frustrated with the process, but thankfully, there are a couple of ways to open more than two packs a day, and one of them won’t cost you a?? penny, although it is a bit of a grind. 

Complete missions and level up to earn some Pack Hourglasses

Hourglasses are the main way to speed up your waiting times in TCG Pocket. They’re a type of currency, essentially, and you can sp??end one Hourglass to reduce your waiting time b??y one hour. 

The good news is that there’s a way for you to begin earning Hourglasses as soon as you’ve downloaded and installed the game, and all you need to do is play to complete missions. There are many different types of missions to complete, but the ones that reward Pack Hourglasses are Basic Missions and? Daily Missions. 

To begin with, you’ll have Beginner missions to complete. There are five in total, and onc?e they’re completed, you’ll move up to the next set of missions. Completing each mission will get you 24 Pack Hourglasses, which is enough to completely negate any waiting and allow you to open up two additional booster packs. 

Daily Missions reward less Pack Hourglasses per one completed, but?? completing three will reward you with either Pack Hourglasses or Wonder Hourglasses. 

Complete the Battle tutorials

Once you’ve opened enough packs to reach level 3, you’ll be able to start battling either against other players, or against an AI opponent??. It can be tempting to dive straight in, especially if you know how to play, but don’t skip out on the tutorials, because there are Pack H??ourglasses to be had. 

To get them, open up the battle menu on the? bottom of the screen, then select “Guidesâ€?in the bottom left corner. There are seven tutorials to complete, each of which will give you two Pack Hourglasses. 

It’s worth ??noting that once you’ve completed the basic tutorials, you can also? complete more advanced ones. These don’t reward Pack Hourglasses, but you can get some very useful Trainer cards this way. 

You’ll also earn Pack Hourglasses for completing solo battle ?challenges for the first ?time. 

Exchange your tickets for Pack Hourglasses

Tickets are earned through the Wonder Pick system, and players who pick from y??our packs can send you thanks. Each thanks comes with a Ticket, which can be exchanged in the Shop. 

You can also get Tickets as part of the Daily Gift item? within the Shop. This is completely free, and you get all three of the items shown. They’re also a possible reward for leveling up, although this is a bit hit-and-miss. 

How to buy more Pack Stamina in Pokémon TCG Pocket

Failing everything else, if you run out of Pack Hourglasses and have no Tickets left to exchange, you can always give up some real money to purchase some Poké Gold. This currency works similarly to Pack Hourglasses, but each Poké Gold will reduce the waitin?g time by two hours instead of one, and you can use up to 720 Poké Gold each day. 

There are six different permanent bundles of Poké Gold ??that can be purchased:

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Seven years after its debut, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will be going offline. November 28 is the final day, but your camp isn't gone for good. On December 3, a new version of the game called Pocket Camp Complete will be arriving, and all of your content will ??transfer over.

It's not really a "new" game, but it will have a few different structures to it. Pocket Camp Complete is going to be a paid game, removing all in-game transactions. It will cost $20, though it will have an intro??ductory price of $10 until January 31 of next year.

What is Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp?

If you're unfamiliar, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is a game where you become the owner of a cute little campsite, and invite your favorite animal pals to hang out. You do random tasks by visiting different parts of the park, in a very 'quick bite' version of typical Animal Crossing a??ctivities. You can decorate your camp with furniture, and your personal cam??per.

As someone who's enjoyed Pocket Camp on and off for 7 years, I'm glad that t??he end of this service doesn't mean everything is just evaporating. I've put a lot of time, and more than a little money into this thing. It's good to see live service games reaching end of life and converting into a more "normal" game at the end. I'm sure more than a few people would like to still be able to play Dragalia Lost, even if no new content was being poured in.

Here's what transfers to the new app

Existing players can transfer their data to Pocket Camp Complete. You'll need to make sure you have a Nintendo Account and sign into the current Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp app before the game goes offline on November 28. When you launch Pocket Camp Complete, it'll a?sk you to transfer your save file by signing into the same Nintendo Account. Here's what will transfer over:

• Character Level
• Bells
• Friendship Levels with other campers
• Furniture collection
• Crafting materials
• Saved layouts for your camp, cabin, and camper

While it will probably be welcome news that Leaf Ticket premium currency and the Pocket Camp Club subscriptions will no longer be available, the lack of friend interacti?on might sting. The game will no longer require a constant network connection, but that means you ?also can't send gifts to friends, visit their camp, or shop in their market. However, a new feature means you won't be separated from your friends entirely.

There are new features, too

The new friend feature is called Camper Cards. They're cards that you collect featuring your friends with their favorite camper. You can export it as a QR code that other players can scan to add you to their collection. Friends you've traded cards with will meet at the new location called Whistle Pass. Sometimes they'll bring you items, like fortune cookies and stickers. You and your friends can also hang out at 7pm every day to enjoy a KK Slider performance. All your current Friends List friends who sign in between now and the game's end will automatically receive eac?h other's Friend Cards.

Leaf Tokens will also be replacing Leaf Tickets, and are obtainable in-game via bell exchange or in-game events. They do the same thing as tickets, like speeding up your crafti??ng time and helping you make furnitur??e you don't otherwise have the materials for.

Pocket Camp Club subscriptions won't continue. Instead, all players will obtain most of the benefits that were previously featured. You'll be able to walk with your favorite animals, save la??youts for your camp, and decorate your planner with stickers. However, features like the free monthly cookies will no longer be available.

There's also a Complete Item Catalogue that features all? the furniture in the game. Anything you missed can be purchased with Complete Tickets, another earnable item. These should help players fill out missing pieces of sets, regardless of season.

One really interesting thing to note is that there is still new content planned for the first full year of Pocket Camp Complete. The next year will round the game out to 8 years of content, which they will then compress into a rotating 4 years of events. Anything you've missed previously will become part of ??a regular, albeit long, rotating schedule.

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Burnice, Zenless Zone Zero's newest five-star pyromaniac, has finally touched down with quite the explosive hype behind her. If you're planning to pull her, or already have and are looking to build from scratch, here's everything you need to know to ensure Burnice can utterly crema??te your? enemies.

Best Burnice Build in Zenless Zone Zero

Starting with some surface-level details, Burnice is a Fire Anomaly character with a huge focus on Fire DoT (Damage over Time) and Off-field damage. You read that correctly: Burnice deals a large portion of her damage while not on the field, contrasting with every other character in Zenless Zone Zero. That isn't to say she isn't capable of playing like a standard DPS, however, as all of her abilities have very high damage scali?ng. This means that Bunrice is very flexible with her role, and has several teams and gear setups where she can excel.

Burnice's Gameplan

Burnice's most fundamental game plan is to come on-field and apply Burn and her unique Afterburn mechanic to as man?y enemies as possible. Enemies afflicted with Afterburn take additional Burn Build-up and Fire Damage when hit by any of her allies, allowing her to fight off the field while?? taking up as little field time as possible.

Afterburn can only be applied when Burnice has enough Heat, which is her secondary resource that determines how long Afternburn can stay applied. When she has more than 50% Heat, she will enter Nitro-Fuel Cocktail State??, which, while active, allows her to apply Afterburn to enemies?.

When Afterburn is triggered, Burnice uses a portion of her Heat gauge. To regain Heat, she must use Energy by using EX Sp?ecials, creating a constant need to balance both her Energy and Heat gauges. If her Heat is fully drained, she loses her Nitro-Fuel Cocktail State, drastically weakening her overall abilities. Without Heat, she can no longer activate Afterburn or use her Enhanced Basic Attacks, making careful resource management crucial to maintaining her strength.

Best Drive Disks for Burnice in Zenless Zone Zero

Since Burnice is an Anomaly character, she values ATK% and Anomaly Proficiency (AP) above all other stats, thanks to Burn being such a large part of her damage. However, because of her overall stat scaling, can she be built viably with Crit, Crit DMG, PEN Ratio, Anomaly Mastery (AM), and Energy Regen (ER) as secondary stats t??o look out for on Drive Disks?.

• Disk 4 - AP or ATK%. Note that ATK% should only be used if you have good AP sub-stats on it.
• Disk 5 - ATK% or Fire DMG%. PEN Ratio% is an option if you have other sources of the stat already.
• Disk 6 - ATK%, AM, or ER.

The Drive Disk sets you should us?e on Burnice depend on how you plan to build her and how much investment you're willing to put into her.

Sub-DPS Burnice

Burnice is at her stronge??st when she is pla??yed with ATK% and AP as her focus while serving as a Sub-DPS for team compositions. With this in mind, Burnice has a few options.

• 4p-Chaos Jazz / 2p-Piece Freedom Blues - This provides a walloping 60 AP to Burnice while also boosting the power of her EX-Specials when swapped in from being off-field. For a majority of roles, this is Burnice's best setup.
• 4p-Chaos Jazz / 2p-Swing Jazz - Instead of the 30 extra AP, Burnice will gain more Energy Regen, making it easier to maintain her Heat Gauge. Only use this if you're having issues with Energy.
• 4p-Chaos Jazz / 2p-Puffer Electro - Puffer Electro offers Burnice some extra PEN Ratio for ignoring enemy defenses. I only recommend this if your Burnice already has additional sources of PEN Ratio from weapons, buffs, or Cinemas/Mindscapes.

Hypercarry Burnice

If you plan to play Burnice on-field as your main DPS character, then there are a few more options open to her for Drive Disks outside of Chaos Jazz. However, as a warning, Hypercarry Burnice is very expensive to build optimally, as she wants ATK%, AP, CRIT Rate, and CRIT DMG on as many Discs as possible to be truly effective. Note: I don't recommend this setup unless you're prepared to invest significant time farming for Burnice's gear.

• 4p-Inferno Metal / 2p-Chaos Jazz or Freedom Blues - Gives free 28% CRIT Rate to Burnice when any target is Burning, while providing 30 additional AP.
• 4p-Inferno Metal / 2p-Swing Jazz - On-field Burnice may need additional energy, which Swing Jazz will provide.
• 4p-Inferno Metal / 2p-Puffer Electro - As before, the additional PEN Ratio from Puffer Electro will be more effective if Burnice already has additional sources of the stat.
• 4p- Chaos Jazz / 2p-Inferno Metal - Provides Burnice with the largest amount of Fire DMG% she can possibly get. You will also still want to swap characters on occasion to gain the full benefit from Chaos Jazz.

Best W-Engines for Burnice in Zenless Zone Zero

Unsurprisingly, Burnice's best W-Engine is her signature Flamemaker Shaker, as it provides Burnice with everything she needs to be a strong DPS in any team role. That said, Electro-Lip Gloss(R5) and Fusion Compiler are strong competitive options that allow Burnice to dish out large sums of damage. Fusion Compiler, in particular, works exceptionally well if you can stack?? Burnice with other sources of PEN Ratio %.

Beyond these three options, I don't ?recommend using anything else outside of niche situations.

Best Mindscapes for Burnice in Zenless Zone Zero

It’s important to note that Burnice is a?lready fully viable and highly effective in the current meta, even at M0. She doesn’t require any of he??r Mindscapes to excel. However, her Mindscapes amplify her existing strengths and role options, making them even more potent. If you aim to invest in a few, M2 is the ideal stopping point for most players. For your convenience, here’s a breakdown of how each of Burnice's Mindscapes enhances her effectiveness.

• Kindred Flames (M1) - Burnice's M1 is highly potent, as it allows her more leniency on how much Heat you can use, while simultaneously increasing the damage multiplier of Afterburn by a massive 100%. Said Afterburns also accumulate 25% more Burn status. This is a silly strong M1 and is worth the investment if you can get it.
• Extra at No Additional Charge (M2) - This M2 is strong by default, effectively giving Burnice and her allies a free 20% PEN Ratio at all times if playing around Afterburn correctly. However, this Mindscape gets considerably more powerful if running with additional, outside sources of PEN Ratio %.
• Optimistic by Nature (M3) - An across-the-board multiplier boost to most of Burnice's kit. Nice, but not worth the investment if you're planning to stop here.
• Ultimate Fuel Supply (M4) - This Mindscape enhances Burnice's ability to dish out direct damage by giving her Assist and EX Special Attacks a free 30% CRIT Rate at all times. Honestly, this is a really strong Mindscape if you're playing CRIT, but if your focus is on AP, then this is, at best, a nice little extra. It's... okay.
• Dance of Fire and Ice (M5) - This Mindscape is exactly the same as her M3, just even more of a boost.
• Burning Invitation (M6) - M6 is a game-changer for Burnice as it allows her to 'proc' her own special version of Afterburn that doesn't consume Heat and without the need of her teammates. Additionally, using EX Special Attack Double Shot causes Burnice's special Afterburn, Double Shot, and Burn effects to ignore 25% Fire Resistance. If that wasn't insane enough, Double Shot's end fireblast will deal a colossal 1800% additional DMG to Burning Targets, once every 20 seconds. Needless to say, this Mindscape is ridiculously strong, if you can get it.

Best Team Comps for Burnice in Zenless Zone Zero

Burnice has several ??strong team compositions that she works very well for thanks to her versatile build options.

Burnice/Jane/Caeser

This is Burnice's strongest team composition, and it functions with Burnice herself acting as sub-DPS for Jane Doe. The team's goal is to cause Disorder, a status effect that occurs when two different Anomalies are applied to an enemy. Ideally, you want Burnice to inflict Burn first and then have Jane 'pop' the Burn with an Assault, which triggers Disorder for massive d?amage. Caeser's part in the team is for the additional 1000 flat ATK she gives to the on-field Agent, which will mostly be Jane in this composition.

Burnice/Piper/Lucy

This composition is also powerful and has the same goal as the Jane team previously mentioned: Disorder. The main difference is that both Burnice and Piper will be playing the sub-DPS role together, and you'll switch back and forth between them far more often than t??he Jane team. Lucy and Caeser are largely interchangeable in this team, though M6 Lucy offers more damage output specifically for Piper and Burnice because of the continuous nature of their EX Specials.

Burnice/Caeser/Lucy

If you're playing Burnice as a Hypercarry, this is the strongest composition she has access to thanks? to the considerable ATK buff both Caeser and Lucy can consistently provide. This?? results in a Burnice that will dish out massive damage through her Afterburn, Burn status, and direct damage abilities. Caeser's shield also protects her while she is channeling her flamethrower, and flamethrower hits also activate Lucy's M6, simultaneously.

Burnice/Koleda/Lucy

This team comp also features Burnice as the main? damage dealer, aiming to make use of Stun windows for the highest possible Burn damage. As a mono Fire team, her Burns will be diluted between all three characters, which is why you want to ensure that Koleda and Lucy are built with damage in mind (CRIT sub-stats, etc...). Additionally, having ??CRIT sub-stats on Burnice will also help.

Burnice/Rina/Lucy or Caeser

If you're running Burnice with Fusion Compiler and/or are using her M2, then PEN Ratio becomes a highly competitive stat for her to stack. Rina provides a large amount? of additional PEN Ratio, and large amounts of it make it stronger overall. Lucy/Caeser continues to provide competent levels of damage while still providing Burnice with her large ATK buff. Ideally, Rina should be M1 and Lucy should be M6 for this team to be competitive with the other comps mentioned.

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After plenty of leaks earlier this year, NetEase and Bungie have finally announced Destiny: Rising, a ??new shared-world shooter coming to ?mobile platforms.

The game will take place decades before the events of Destiny 1 and will center on new and returning characters after The Coll?apse, an? event only shown in the series' deeper lore drops so far, but will take place on a fresh timeline, NetEase has explained.

Destiny: Rising brings Bungie's shooter to mobile

For non-Destiny fans, consider this as what the prequel trilogy is to the original Star Wars trilogy and you'll be somewhere close, with players working alongside the Iron Lords of ?Iron Banner fame.

"For over a decade, we have built this universe to contain many unique and wonderful stories, and we are excited to see mobile gamers be able to experience this new take on the Destiny universe from the creative team at NetEase," said Terry Redfield, Cre??ative Lead at Bungie via a press release.

“With Destiny: Rising, NetEase Games is honored to partner with Bungie to deliver a Destiny-caliber experience to mobile devices,??�said Ethan Wang, Senior Vice President at NetEase added.

“Destiny is an incredible franchise with a passionate and dedicated global fanbase. As huge fans ourselves, we are humbled and thrilled for the opportunity to bring gamers an action-packed RPG shooter set within the Destiny Universe.�/p>

Destiny: Rising will offer first and third-person combat, and if you're less enthused about using your digits to pok??e away at your character, controller support is included, too.

Speaking of characters, NetEase is promising multi?ple playable ones, which is certainly different from Destiny and its sequel which have players creating their own Guardians.

Destiny: Rising also includes PvE and PvP, with the former including Strikes which have six p?layers (double the main game's three-player Strikes), and new locati?ons including the Red Sea Rift, Jiangshi, and Haven.

From the sounds of things, players will see the formation of the series' iconic Last City, and maybe even the formation of the Vanguard, which for Destiny nerds like me is some pretty exciting stuff -?? even if it is being cast adrift on a fresh timeline has me a tad concerned about how deep it'll delve into Bungie's universe.

Players can pre-register now via the game's official site, with a closed alpha set for November.

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Camellya is one of the most hyped characters upcoming in Wut?hering Waves, and her arrival can get here fast enough. With her being announced as a playable character some weeks back, if you're wondering when you can actually start pull??ing copies of her, here's what you need to know.

When does Camellya come out in Wuthering Waves?

While Kuro Games has not given any details as to when Camellya will officially be released, she has been announced, which does imply a release sooner than you might think if you pay attention to how the banner system works in Wuthering Waves.

When a character is considered the 'Featured Rate-up', it means they are currently on the banner and available to be pulled. Typically, banners last a few weeks a month, with two total banners taking up the duration of an entire major patch. We know for certain that Camellya will be released in Version 1.4 of Wuthering Waves. Currently, we are in Version 1.3, and the current Rate-up chara??cter is The Shorekeeper. After her banner ends, there's a high chance there will be a re-run of a previously released character since no second character was announced by Kuro Games for 1.3.

In a similar vein, there has been no second character announced for Version 1.4. Only Camellya has been officially announced, which suggests that she is the first character to be a Rate-up in 1.4. If this is indeed the case (which is highly likely at this point), that means that Camellya will release following the re-run character in 1.3. In conclusion, based on these insights, Camellya is highly likely to release on November 14, which is just after the re-run character's banner ends and likely when Version 1.4 offic??ially releases.

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Amidst the Stars is a multi-part questline following the events of the main Black Shore questline in Wuthering Waves. Completing it ?requires you to do some searching, so here's a walkthrough on how to complete all its objectives.

How to complete Amidst the Stars in Wuthering Waves

As I just mentioned, the Amidst the Star quest comprises several individual quests of the same name. There are a total of six parts, and each? one tasks with you a number of different objectives that must be completed to finish the entire questline. The first part can be started directly after you finish the main Black Shores storyline, and each part after that can be completed in any order. I recommend you do this in the given order, however, as there is no real reason not to, for clarity's sake.

Amidst the Stars - Part One

The first part of Amidst the Stars requires you to take a photo of the upper portion of the Black Shores facility, making sure that all three main buildings are in the picture. As implied, you'll need to use the Camera functio?n and stand at a l?ocation so you can see all three buildings.

Head to the TD Observatory waypoint located at the Black Shores Archipelago and look out over the shoreline. This location is probably the best one as it is close to the quest NPC you spoke to, and you'll have a great view of the three buildings in question. Successfully taking the photo finishes part one o?f the questline.

Amidst the Stars - Part Two

The second part of Amidst the Stars has you searching for clues about a mysterious Resonator, and this particular clue is located at the Eidoscope located in Tethys' Deep, where you first found the physical body of The Shorekeeper during the main story. Head to the Deep-Error Cell Waypoint and follow the path up.

The quest will update and require you to use the Sensor to find the clue. The clue itself is located in front of The Shorekeeper's chair, where a large lamp is sitting on a nearby table. ?Next to this lap is a folder of sorts, which is the clue you seek. Interacting with it will complete part two of the quest.

Amidst the Stars - Part Three

The third part of Amidst the Stars requires you to head to the entrance of the Modulation Hall located in Tethys' Deep. Specifically, you need to head to the area just before reaching the bridge leading to the hall it?self??.

Once you're there, use Sensor to locate the clue nearby. This time around, the clue is located on top of a small ov?erhang, to the left of the bridge entr?ance. A folder, like the one in part two, will be there. Interact with it, and you'll get a brief, lore-based cutscene that plays. Once this cutscene has ended, you'll have completed part three of the questline.

Amidst the Stars - Part Four

In the fourth part of Amidst the Stars, you need to head to the exit of the Bank of Life in Tethys' Deep. This is the same location you reached in the main story after reaching Tethys' Deep for the first t??ime. When you arrive, you'll encounter an ethereal version of The Shorekeeper. Interact with her and exhaust her dialogue.

After doing so, you'll be tasked with taking a photo of the Data Torrent right in front of?? the platform you're on. Use the Camera function again and take the picture to finish this part of the questline.

Amidst the Stars - Part Five and Six

Parts five and six of the Amidst the Stars questline are simplistic since you won't be looking for clues. Instead, all you need to do is follow the markers to each location. For both, you'll be tasked with surfing around The Black Shores on Aetherfins, which you'll be directly guided to. Aetherfin Surfing is a mini-game where you must surf through rings to? maintain your balance. Failing to do so, though, will make you start over from scratch. Succeed, and you'll have completed the entire Amidst the Stars questline.

Wuthering Waves - Amidst the Stars Quest Rewards

Every part of the Amidst the Stars will reward you with 40x Asterite each. You'll also receive various other materials such as Resonance Potions and Echo experience �both valuable things to have in Wuthering Waves.

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Boundary of Deduction is a quest in Wuthering Waves that involves solving a puzzle with a s?olution that isn't so obvious. If you're struggling to figure out what you need to do, here's how you can get through it.

How to finish Boundary of Deduction in Wuthering Waves

Boundary of Deduction is located within one of the side rooms in the Error Cell of Tethys' Deep. To gain access to this quest, you must first finish the main Black Shores storyline first and foremost. Fortunately, the storyline isn't too l??ong, so you can probably do so in on??e setting.

On?ce you have the Bo?undary of Deduction quest, you're tasked with making two nearly identical rooms the same by switching computers on and off. A portal in the area reveals that there are two rooms, and while both rooms appear the same (apart from the lighting) at the start, there is a key difference.

The computers on the table in the middle of both rooms can be toggled on and off, and you must match the red room's computers with the main room's. This is done by going up to one of the monitors present and interacting with them. This will change their state, letting you comple??te the questline.

Remember that the rooms are mirrors of each other and appear as such when you look through the portal on either side. I recommend looking at the door in the back of both rooms as? the doo??r makes it easy to tell which side of the room you're on when turning computers on and off.

When you've successfully mirrored the rooms, th??e quest will update, and you'll need to talk to the scientist outside the red room. The door in the red room will open up, allowing you to do so.

Speak with the NPC, and the quest will end, rewarding you?? with useful Asterite for your trouble.

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Lingsha is the newest character available to pull on Honkai: Star Rail, and as one th?at serves the Abundance role, she has significant competition. With this in mind, is Lingshi still worth your Steller Jades, or should you pass her up for a future character?

Is Lingsha worth pulling in Honkai: Star Rail?

Lingsha is in an interesting place. She's a Break/Follow-up-centric Fire Abundance character that focuses on offense to do her healing. Thanks to her plethora of buffs for both Break and Follow-up archetypes, she fits like a glove in those teams. Moreover, she is universally strong on every possible team in Honkai: Star Rail thanks to her ?constant cleansing and eme??rgency healing, and if you factor in Eidolons (specifically her E1), I'd argue she is the strongest Abundance character outright.

While this sounds like a no-brainer pull, I can't say I agree for one big reason: her competition. What do I mean by this? We've had many Abundance and Preservation units that redefined the meta since the game's release, and those characters remain among the best in meta even now. These characters all work to sustain your team so they aren't killed the moment something strong comes along. Lingsha also fits in well here, being able to keep your team alive in the direst situations, but if you already have one of these meta supports, I'd argue that Lingsha is pretty unnecessary.

Unlike DPS units, sustain-base supports have a much longer lifespan in the meta of most gacha games, and that remains true for Honkai: Star Rail as well. So, the issue or concern isn't whether or not Lingsha will be a good addition to your account roster. She absolutely will be. It's 'Do you actually need her to replace one of your meta-already supports?'. If the answer to this question is 'n??o,' then there's not really a point in pulling her unless you just like her aesthetics or playstyle.

Sustain characters like Aventurine and HuoHuo are meta because they have unique niches that work extraordinarily well on specific teams despite being universally useful if you just need healing support. Lingsha would sit right in the same boat, side-by-side, with these characters, as her niche is the unique power she brings to Break and ??Follow-up teams. However, to use her in, say, a Follow-up team, she'd have to replace Aventurine, who is widely considered the best Follow-up support thanks to his Skill Point positive playstyle, passive sustain, and great damage. At this impasse, is it worth pulling a new character who will perform similarly to Aventurine in the same team? For me, I don't think so.

That all said, I'd say Lingsha is a fantastic pull if you don't already have at least two meta sustainers (Aventurine, HuoHuo, Fu Xuan, Gall?agher, Luocha). Otherwise, I re??commend skipping Lingsha for future pastures.

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Over twelve years after its launch, the end is coming fast for The Simpsons: Tapped Out. On January 25th, 2025, the game's publisher, Electronic Arts, will pull the plug on this cult-classic city-builder. Break out the steamed clams hams if you got them; this one's a heartbreaker.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out will vanish from your phones early next year

Word of The Simpsons: Tapped Out's impending demise came to us from the game's developer, Team TSTO. In an in-game pop-up that went live on September 26th, 2024, Team TSTO announced that they've suspended all in-game purchases and will pull Simpsons: Tapped Out from all official mobile gaming stores the day after October 31st, 2024. Forget Hallowee??kend at Cedar Point; this is the scariest thing happening to me this Halloween.

Sadly, in-app purchases have been disabled, and the game will no longer be available from the App Store after October 31, 2024,�read the notice. “You may continue playing until January 24, 2025. Then the game will no longer be accessible. We bid you adieu. Until we meet again�/p>

Team TSTO, The Simpsons: Tapped Out

The Simpsons: Tapped Out's shut-down ends a twelve-year

To their credit, EA acknowledged publicly that this turn of events isn't happy. In an official statement posted on their Facebook p??age, EA offered what consolation they could, stating that the decision to end The Simpsons Tapped Out wasn't easy to make. Regardless, they stood firm, confirming they plan to shut down the game’s servers on January 25, 2025. That means, as of today, The Simpsons: Tapped Out players have a little less than four months to enjoy the game before it vanishes foreve??r.

To our beloved fans,

We have made the difficult decision to s?unset?? Tapped Out. In-app purchases have been disabled, and the game will be removed from the app stores October 31, 2024. You may continue playing until January 24th, 2025, at which point servers will be turned off and TSTO will not be accessible.

The decision to end our twelve-year journey is an emotional one. Together with our partners at The Simpsons�and Th??e Walt Disney company, we have delighted in bringing this game to you, the fans, and s??eeing how you’ve each built your own beloved versions of Springfield. It has been a remarkable journey, and we are grateful that we’ve been able to deliver 308 updates, 831 characters and including today’s final farewell 1,463 questlines.

As our journey comes to a close, we offer our sincerest thanks to? you, the players, who have made this all possible.

Satement via Electronic Arts

I'll admit I haven't been on The Simpsons: Tapped Out for over a year, but my dad's been playing it since launch. I used to love watching him build up his version of Springfield, taking part in every seasonal quest line, unlocking every new character, and expanding his border?s as new buildings rolled out. It inspired me to start my own profile, and I'm proud of the little city I've built over the years. So I'm right there with all of you when I say I'm having a cow about this, man.

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Minecraft developer Mojang and MOD Entertainment revealed the Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue in early 2024. The one-??hour-long real-world activity had to be delayed, but now it's coming up for its Dallas launch on October 18, 2024, and all attendees ca?n get their hands on an exclusive reward.

Anyone who buys a ticket and plays the Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue will receive an exclusive in-game cape for Minecraft that's half-villager, half-zombie. It looks pretty great and acts as a nice bonus that'll help the event last even longer in your mind when you see it each time you log in. You don't even need to visit Dallas just to get the cape because the entire thing is going on tour, meaning there's?? a good chance it'll turn up near you in the future.

Now that's a nice cape

In the Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue, iconic?? locations and creatures from the game are brought to life. You start in the forest, where you'll learn the ropes of how mechanics in this experience function. From there, you'll enter the village, where you'll pick up your quest and team up with other real players to complete your task. I'm going to go ahead and guess, given the experience's name, that you'll be rescuing a Villager.

There will be multiple biomes to explore and creatures to meet along the way. Whil?e you can gush over the dolphins, sheep, and pigs, the skeletons and spiders aren't so friendly. Luckily, the experience has everything you'll be used to from the game, so you'll be able to fend off any mobs.

The most interesting thing about the Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue is the Orb of Interaction. This is an obj?ect you hold and take with you throughout the story to interact with objects, enemies, and every biome as you would in the game. It's got some sort of haptic feedback built in, so I imagine it vibrates in specific ways for each type of interaction, but it shoul?d also change color depending on what you're doing.

Considering you can build an entire universe in Minecraft if you work hard enough, a 1-hour experience sounds a little small. However, y??ou do get to chill out in the Trading Post with a memento afterward, so you might be able to make an entire morning or afternoon out?? of it if you want.

Of course, the long-lasting reward from the experience is going to be that in-game cape. Given that you can only get it from this touring physical event, I can see it being pretty rare and desirable. Between this and the fact that you can keep the whole experience to an hour if you don't want to spend an entire day on it, I think the Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue could be pretty popular, especially with fans who aren't excited for the movie.

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Developer Digital Extremes has revealed some of the quality-of-life improvements coming to Warframe with its Koumei & the Five Fates update. Interestingly, there's a huge focus on streamlining the game for newcomers, something Warframe has s?een a lot of over the last couple of ??months.

The Koumei & the Five Fates update for Warframe launches in late 2024 and brings with it a new Warframe for players to master, as well as additional story content to dig into. However, in a recent blog post, Digital Extremes showcased how this update will also make the game more approachable as a newcomer. The game has seen loads of people join after leaving Destiny 2 following Bungie's layoffs, so this update couldn't come at a better time.

Demystifying the basics

There are loads of quality-of-life changes in this update that I wish I had when I was first getting into Warframe, but it's good to know they'll be there for new players. For example, stats have been shifted from your starter Warframe to make things a bit less overwhelming when jumping i?nto the experience as a fresh player. A few other things, such as opening hacking puzzles and the time to intubate your first Kubrow have had time reductions to get you into the game and help you understand it much faster.

There's also going to be much more guidance in the game. A good example of this is when you come to sell unmastered items. You'll soon be greeted by a popup that tells you it's better to hit Rank ??30 with it before selling it so your Mastery Rank benefits as much as possible from your time played.

New abilities that you unlock will now have their input shown alongside their information o?n-screen when you first unlock them. I can't tell you how many times I've thought that it's great I have a new ability for a Warfr??ame that I have no clue how to trigger.

What might be the best improvement, though, is Relic breakdowns. This is a small tab that'll appear when you hover over a Relic, displaying the owned and crafted status of their rewards. Relics are an abuse mechanic in Warframe, but they're essential to unlocking Prime Warfra??mes without spending real-world cash, so they're a necessary evil. Soon, they'll just be a little less evil to work with.

It won't end with Koumei & the Five Fates either. Digital Extremes has explained that future updates will tackle other systems such as the Star Chart and understanding the order of main and side quests. Once you're into Warframe, these don't pose much of an issue at all, but they're definitely a barrier to entry that would be hard to push pa?st without the game's inc??redibly helpful community on hand.

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When it comes to raw power, Acheron is often compared to Firefly, and now Feixiao, as they rank among the top-tier characters in Honkai: Star Rail. With Feixiao being the newest addition to the roster, and both characters requiring a significant investment of currency (whether real or in-game), the question arises: Who truly stands out between her and Ach?eron?

Is Feixiao stronger than Acheron in Honkai: Star Rail?

If you're looking for a quick and dirty answer, she is not stronger than Acheron overall. However, there are nuances you should know about so you understand exactly why that is. The first I want to note is that Feixiao is largely superior to Acheron in pure single-target scenarios. This means that in any endgame mode that places Feixiao and Acheron against a single target, Feixiao will dish out more damage and allow you to kill the enemy faster. This makes sense with the roles of each character. Feixiao is a ?Hunt character while Acheron is Nihility. Hunt characters should be superior in a single target, as that is where their niche in a team lies.

However, Acheron is no slouch in single-target DPS. In fact, in most cases, you won't need the type of damage output that Feixiao is capable of, because Acheron can dish out more than enough to end fights just as fast. For added measure, the moment more than one target is on the screen, Acheron completely outdoes Feixiao in terms of raw damage output. Acheron can consistently attack every enemy on the field with no sacrifices necessary. While Feixiao does have some light cleave, in this type of encounter Acheron is just better on all fronts. Feixiao is more restrictive than Acheron because she is almost entirely single-target-focused.

To counter this, Feixiao's team composition is less limiting than Acheron's because she has more options to run with. Thanks to Feixiao's flexible kit, she only needs to play with strong follow-up attackers to gain the most out of running her. Acheron, however, requires two Nihility units on her team for her to be at maximum effectiveness, which is a point for Feixiao. However, once Acheron does have those two units, she can face anything in the game without any problems, something Feixiao can never say ?due to her lack of AoE (Area o??f Effect).

So, all in all, Acheron is the strongest of the two characters because she is more versatile, adaptable, and consistent. She is extremely strong in all scenarios when her team composition is sound. While Acheron does deal less single-target damage, this hardly matters when she still deals massive single-target dama?ge, while also doing that damage to all enemies on the field. Hopefully, this makes sense and helps you decide which one to pull for.

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If you're planning to pull Feixiao in Honkai: Star Rail, you ??need to understand the best way to build her u?p to get the most impact. For all your build crafting needs, here's a nifty guide on Feixiao, to help you get your feet on the ground.

Strongest Feixiao Build in Honkai: Star Rail

Feixiao is a Wind Hunt character that focuses on delivering easy-to-access follow-up attacks to dish out?? extremely potent single-target damage. Unlike most follow-up attackers, Feixiao's are super easy to activate—only requiring a teammate to attack an enemy target, and that's it. This means that Feixiao attacks very often without any sort of follow-up restrictions, making her highly versatile. Feixiao's versatility translates into her being able to be inserted into practically any team composition and find some level of success.

Feixiao does not require too much high-level planning to get rolling because most of her kit is straightforward and her team restrictions are low. However, one of her unique aspects you need to be aware of is how her Ultimate ability works. Like Acheron, Feixiao's Ultimate does not work off an energy threshold. Instead, she requires stacks of her Talent, Thunderhunt, to build up to a minimum of six. This is done simply by having her teammates attack enemies. Every two launched attacks count toward this counter??, which is important ??to consider later for team composition.

At six stacks, Feixiao can activate her Ultimate at will to dish out some solid damage that ignores Elemental Weakness while active. Her Talent caps out at twelve, however, which greatly improves her Ultimate's damage if you wait to use it. Still, being able to activate it early provides you with a new tactical option, which can make or break? an encounter. Beyond this, she is a tried and true Main DPS that wants ATK% and CRIT stats to dish out her damage.

Best Relics for Feixiao

A substantial portion of Feixiao's damage comes from her launching her unconditional follow-up attacks often, so you want to use Relics that focus on improving them. With this in mind, her best Relic set is The Wind-Soaring Valorous, as it provides Feixiao with a nic?e boost to ATK% and CRIT Rate. Most important though is the 36% damage increase to her U??ltimate, something she should be using often.

A strong alternative set you can use is The Ashblazing Grand Duke as it greatly boosts the power of her follow-up attacks, the other thing she should be doi?ng quite often.

For Feixiao's Sphere and Rope set, you want to use Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves, a?s it directly synergizes with her core gameplay loop of having her allies use follow-up attacks to build stacks for her Talent. The set gives a stacking dmg boost (5%) to Feixiao's follow-ups every time a teammate launches a follow-up attack, up to five times. At five stacks, Feixiao additionally gains 25% CRIT DMG. Quite strong.

Best Team Comp for Feixiao

While Feixiao doesn't require any specific characters to function well, as a follow-up attacker, she gains considerable power from teams that focus on empowering them at all times. With this in mind, Topaz and Robin are her best teammates. March 7th (Hunt) is also a strong alternative supporter for Feix??iao.

Topaz is the premium follow-up attack buffer and she is especially potent with Feixiao thanks to her ability to buff follow-up attacks against single targets. T?opaz synergizes with Feixiao incredibly well due to this, along with her high attack frequency, giving Feixiao a constant source of stacks for her Ultimate.

Robin is a standout follow-up attack buffer, designed specifically to enhance the performance of characters who rely on frequent attacks. Her Ultimate thrives on the team's ab??ility to unleash multiple attacks within?? its active window, significantly boosting overall damage. When paired with characters like Topaz and Feixiao, who constantly trigger each other's follow-up attacks, Robin's Ultimate can deliver devastating blows repeatedly, maximizing the team's offensive potential.

March 7th (Hunt) is a strong alternative to Topaz for pairing with Feixiao, offering a significant speed boost and extra attacks that help Feixiao build stacks more quickly. Similar to Topaz, both characters can trigger each other's?? follow-up attacks, lead?ing to multiple strikes per turn. Furthermore, when Feixiao becomes March 7th's Shifu, she gains access to Wind and Imaginary elements, allowing her to cover a rarer set of weaknesses and enhance the team's versatility.

Should you get Feixiao's Lightcone in Honkai: Star Rail?

Feixiao's Lightcone, I Venture Forth to Hunt, is undo??ubtedly her best option, and you should consider pulling for it if you're planning on getting her. It gives her an absurd amount of additional CRIT Rate while allowing her to ignore a considerable amount of her target's defense if she landed follow-up attacks ??against them. It is a large damage increase for her that you should consider if you're pulling Feixiao.

However, if you're not interested in her Lightcone, she does have one other notable option with Baptism of Pure Thought--Dr. Ratio's signature Lightcone. It gives Feixiao a general damage buff and allows her follow-up attacks to ignore the defense of her enemies (smaller than her signature) every time she uses her Ultimate. This lasts for two turns, but since Feixiao will be triggering her Ultimate and follow-up attacks pretty much all the time, this buff is permanent, making the Lightcone a very strong alternative.

Best Eidolons for Feixiao in Honkai: Star Rail

Like most limited five-star characters, Feixiao is a strong character right out of the gate at E0. She really does not need Eidolons to crush ??all of the content the game has to offer. However, if you're still interested in getting some of her Eidolons, here's an over?view of each one for your information.

• Skyward I Quell (E1) - Every time Feixiao launches Boltsunder Blitz or Waraxe Skyward, the damage of her Ultimate is boosted by 10% of the damage. This stacks up to five times. As you may suspect, this is an incredibly powerful Eidolon with a highly unique scaling factor not seen in most others at E1. Worth it if you're investing in Feixiao.
• Moonward I Wish (E2) - With this Eidolon, Feixiao will gain stacks of her follow-up counter significantly faster if her allies also attack with follow-up attacks. Most of Feixiao's damage comes from her Ultimate, so this Eidolon allows her to reach her maximum potential much more quickly than normal. Good Eidolon. Makes her flow much better.
• Starward I Bode (E3) - Provides a hefty boost to her Ultimate damage, which is always nice but not worth investing in unless you're going beyond.
• Stomward I Hear (E4) - Doubles Feixiao's Toughness damage when she is utilizing a follow-up attack. Also, provides her with a large bonus to her Speed, which is always strong on Hunt characters. This Eidolon is quite powerful, but not on the same level as her E1 or E2.
• Heavenward I Leap (E5) - Boosts the potency of Feixiao's Skill and Talent. While the Skill boost is not important, the damage boost to her Talent affects her follow-up attacks, which leads to a nice increase in her overall damage. Still, not worth getting unless you planning to go to her E6.
• Homeward I Near (E6) - This Eidolon is monstrous. Firstly, it turns Feixiao's follow-up DMG into Ultimate DMG, which means her follow-ups now gain full benefits from Ultimate DMG buffs of all types. On top of this, she gains 20% All-type Resistance Penetration, which means she will always deal more damage to all enemy types, at all times. If this wasn't enough, Feixiao's follow-up attacks additionally gain a staggering DMG multiplier increase of 140%, which is stupidly high. Absurd.

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The BEUC, an umbrella group for 44 independent consumer organizations from 31 countries, and 22 member organizations, filed a?? complaint to EU authorities on September 12, 2024, regarding "video games�manipulative spending tactics." The group believ?es many games using premium currencies breach EU consumer protection laws.

The group shared news of the complaint this week. After conducting its own analysis, it has found that games such as Fortnite, Minecraft, Clash of Clans, and EA Sports FC 24 all breach EU consumer protection laws through unfair practices. It's calling on the relevant authorities to investigate and crack down on these practices to ensure a safe environment for everyone who plays these games. Many of whom studies show are children without the financial literacy to un??derstand the impact of their s?pending.

'Gamers shouldn’t need to rely on a calculator'

The BEUC and these member organizations have made four main points in their statement on this matter. I've outlined each one below to try to help you understand what's at the heart of this complaint aga?inst some of the biggest games on the planet and? their developers/publishers.

The groups believe that these points demonstrate how certain compa??nies within the games industry maximize consumer spending through in-game premium currency.

1. Consumers can't see the real cost of digital items, only the premium currency cost, which leads to overspending. There's also always a need to buy bigger bundles to have enough premium currency for in-game items. The BEUC and member organizations believe in-game items should have their cost in their real-world currency (regional equivalents) provided so players can see how much they're really spending.
2. Games industry companies insist players prefer in-game premium currencies. The BEUC and member organizations say this isn't true, and that consumers find it confusing and prefer seeing the real-world equivalent cost of the items they're buying.
3. The BEUC and member organizations have found that consumers are often denied their rights when using in-game premium currencies. The terms are almost always more favorable to the companies behind the games.
4. Data found by the BEUC and member organizations shows that children in Europe are spending an average of â‚?9 per month on items in games using premium currencies. Yes, they are the consumers playing the most, but they also have the lowest level of financial literacy and may not understand the impact of their spending in the long-term.

Gamers shouldn’t need to rely on a calculator anytime they want to make an informed decision on how much they want to spend. The money they spend should be displayed in real mon??ey and deceptive practices must be sto?pped.

Today, premium in-game currencies are purposefully tricking consumers ?and take a big toll on children. Companies are well aware of children’s vulnerability and use tricks to lure younger consumers into spending more.

Agustín Reyna, Director General of BEUC

For many of us, this is nothing new. In-game premium currencies have become a necessary evil in so many games like Destiny 2, World of Warcraft, and every title mentioned above. Seeing a consumer group go after the developers and publishers behind these titles is wild because it's felt for so long like buying a premium currency is just something you have to suck it up and do if you want, say the latest Fortnite Battle Pass.

The groups even name the organizations they? believe are the main culprits for this manipulative behavior with premium in-game currencies. Those named organizations include Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Mojang Studios, Roblox Corporation, Supercell, and Ubisoft, which I don't think will be surprising to anyone.

Indeed, when Diablo Immortal was initially released, its microtransactions were called into question. One content creator spent roughly $100,000 in ??the g?ame to boost themselves but ended up in a situation where it was impossible to play, yet t??he game encouraged them to do ??so.

As? an adult, I know exactly what I'm doing when I buy in-game premium currency, but my children don't understand the correlation between the in-game premium currency they see on ?a screen and how much it costs in real-world cash. They don't even understand how expensive 10 Lego sets at £10 each can be, and premium currency is a lot easier to buy.

It will be extremely interesting to see what the EU authorities do with this complaint. With other groups, such as Stop Killing Games, bringing other issues from the games industry to polit?ic??ians?, it certainly fe??els like new laws are needed to bring the same level of consumer protection to the gaming landscape.

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The ferocious Feixiao has finally made her way into full release in Honkai: Star Rail version 2.5. With it, it'??s time to ask the question that always po?ps into the mind of those considering pulling a new character: Is she worth it?

Is Feixiao worth pulling in Honkai: Star Rail?

Feixiao is an extraordinarily powerful character with a lot of easy-to-access damage in her kit. In terms of raw strength, she offers a ton of value to any account, but the amount depends on who else you already own. This is because Feixiao is a follow-up character, and as with most follow-up characters in HSR, they thrive depending on who they have on their team. With Topaz and Robin being her best teammates by far, thanks to their potent buffs to fo?llow-up attacks, having them on your account makes Feixiao an interesti?ng consideration.

Furthermore, Feixiao being a Hunt character means she deals top-tier single-target damage, but a big plus is that her AoE potential isn't all that weak despite her typing. Her follow-up mechanic is rather unique for a f??ollow-up character because, unlike most, her follow-up does not require any special condition to build or activate. An ally hitting an enemy is enough to increase her counter, meaning she is highly versatile and can fit on most teams without much trouble.

That said, despite Feixiao’s solid value, she isn’t a must-pull for a few key reasons. Her biggest drawback is the stiff competition she faces from Firefly and Acheron. While Feixiao can dish out just as much damage as these two, you don't need to pull for her if you already ha?ve one or both. Firefly and Acheron? are in the same power tier as Feixiao, and her slight edge in single-target damage isn’t enough to justify spending Stellar Jades for such a minor upgrade. This is especially true in AoE-heavy content like Pure Fiction, where Feixiao struggles to compete in any meaningful metric and is far less effective than the aforementioned.

So, should you pull for Feixiao? Is she worth your time and investment? The answer depends on your roster. If you already have her ideal teammates, like Topaz and Robin, or if you're missing Firefly and Acheron, she could be a great addition. But, if you're only after her for meta reasons, weigh these factors before committing. Ultimately, if you love?? her design, go for it! Your enjoyment should be the top priority. Just make sure you're certain before pulling the lever.

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Developer Mojang Studios has outlined how work on future updates and features for Minecraft will change. These changes will result in more regular updates of varying s??izes and a renewed focus on keeping in touch with the c??ommunity through Minecraft Live.

In the past, Mojang has held one Minecraft Live per year and released a big update for Minecraft each summer. Each one is usually sizeable and brings with it dozens of new interactions and possibilities for every player's world. That's now changing so players get more updates each year and two Minecraft Lives so they can keep up to date with what the development team is working on?? and see more of the behind-the-scenes work.

More Minecraft

As stated by Mojang in its recent blog post, the biggest change to how Minecraft's updates will work is that there will be more of them. Instead, there will now be a few free updates each year, but they'll vary in s??ize compared to the enormous updates we've grown used to. I think this will ultimately feel better for both players and the development team, with each update being more focused and delivering specific activities, items, animals, and whatever else Mojang is cooking up.

There will now also be two Minecraft Live showcases each year instead of just one. This will keep players informed about what's on the way in future updates and give Mojang a chance to connect with the community more and see feedback for each planned update.

I believe this will help refine each new feature more efficiently because feedback for one part of a much larger update slows everyone down, whereas feedback for a small update slows only those work?ing on that specific update down.

While the Minecraft Movie is not mentioned in the blog post, the team is working hard to release a native version of Minecraft for PS5. I don't know how much better it'll look on PS5 Pro, but having a native version for the platform will allow more fan??s to play together where they want to. I'??m also excited about the new set of trophies to chase.

I've watched Minecraft grow from a Java game that you needed to be a member of a forum to access into the fantastic open-world sandbox for survival, crafting, modding, and having fun with your friends it is today. It has felt like the growth it once knew had stagnated in recent years, t??hough. Hopefully, this renewed vision for updates brings back that exciting sense of momentum.

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A new Valorant mobile leak has surface?d online and shows certain features that are yet to arrive on the PC version of the game.

This new leak shows some advan?ced training modes that include jump peeking and jiggle peeking. Jiggle and jump peeking are some gameplay m?echanics that PC and console players implement during matches to gather info on opponent positions.

These types of peekings expose a little part of the Agent's character mo??del for a brief period. Unlike dry peeking (that exposes the entire character model), jiggle and jump peeking reduce the chances of getting shot by an enemy, as the movement pattern is unexpected and random.

PC play??ers have learned this by trial-and-error, mostly from pros while watching a professional match or livestreams of their favorite players. Allowing mobile players to learn this from a training mode will only jump-start their performance during matches when it finally launches at a later date.

Riot bringing these features to this version of Valorant only signifies how serious they are with the mobile port. At the time of writing, it's unclear when and if the devs ever decide to bring these features to Valorant PC or consoles.

However, if they do end up bringing them to current platforms (like they did with the revamped training range that first arrived on consoles ??and later on PC), it will benefit new players as they'll be ready with some of the most important movement mechanics that you need to use during matches.

The most requested feature from Valorant mobile is the replay system. It's already present in other shooters, Rainbow Six Siege being a prime example, it would?? undoubtedly help the?? majority of the player base to analyze and improve their gameplay.

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Perhaps in an effort to show that mobile gaming is so much more than Homescape and cash grabs from notable franchises, Capcom released recent Resident Evil games for iPhone and iPad. We're now living in a world in which it's possible to play RE7, RE Village, and the remake of RE4 while waiting in line for a croissant.

However, thanks to a recent update, it looks as though you now need an internet connection to boot up the aforementioned games, even though they're all single-player. The report comes from VG247, which links to a Reddit thread where many are evidently displeased with the new changes. The thread opens with user Hall_Such insisting ?people not initiate the updates.

DO NOT UPDATE RESIDENT EVIL!!
byu/Hall_Such iniosgaming

Indeed, if you look on the Apple Store pages for all three Resident Evil titles, you can see under the "What's New" section that "due to changes to ??the startup process, an internet connection is now required when starting this app." The patch start?ed rolling out on August 27.

Who's the real Evil here?

Far be it from me to explain Capcom's reasoning beh??ind this. Most would argue that a single-player game should not need an internet connection to b??oot up. Speculations suggest it could be for data collection or DRM checks, but it's difficult to confirm whether this is true or not.

Some might not see it as much of a problem, given that the majority of us have easy access to an internet conne?ction of some kind. Ho??wever, we're talking about mobile ports here; it's understandable that many would take umbrage over needing to be connected when you can never be sure how stable the internet will be while out and about (subways are a classic example).

The iOS versions of the modern Resident Evil games have not exactly sold well to be?gin with, and it stands to reason that forcing an internet connection as of now can only do more harm than good.

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As Gamescom came to an end, Digital Extremes was just getting started with a Tenno VIP event featuring a reveal no one saw coming. Hot on the heels of The Lotus Eaters Prologue, Warframe players can now look forward to the Koumei &a??mp; the Five Fates update this fall.

The Koumei & the Five Fates update was previously titled "Unannounced Fall 2024 Warframe update" at TennoCon 2024, but I like this name and the actual context of what's in the update way better. I didn't attend Gamescom 2024, so I didn't see what those at the Tenno VIP event were s??hown, but Digital Extremes says in a blog post that fans attending got a sneaky early look at the update.

A look at a new Warframe, Nora's Mix Vol. 7, and a Volt skin

Warframe's Koumei & the Five Fates update will be released in fall 2024, and it brings a slew of new content, some of which all players can enjoy regardless of where they are in their journey with the game. I don't have a confirmed release date for the update, but I do know that Nora's Mix Vol. 7 is launching on September 3, 2024. This will allow players to unlock a tonne of new gear by completing the challenges within, all of which are themed around a familiar brooding protector from the ?Jade Shadows update.

The Koumei & the Five Fates update for Warframe, which comes after the latest Nora's Mix, will add a new Deluxe Skin for ??Volt mains. Based on this and the update's name, I can certainly start to see a theme emerging for the update, and it looks really exciting. Of course, that's excitement from the Fashionframe point of view since we don't know what the update will add in terms of gameplay just yet.

Finally, as you can see higher in this article, Tenno VIP attendees also got a better look at Cyte-09, a new Warframe coming to the game with the Warframe: 1999 update. This is Warframe's modern-day version of the Protoframe who we??'ll interact with this winter.

Finally, the developer also provided its first update on The Line's Warframe: 1999 anime. It's a brief peek behind the curtain and ?details Lettie, the reluctant healer of the group you'll be interacting with when playing through the update's campaign. This is the first official Warframe anime, expanding the franchise's reach into a whole new medium. The two im??ages we've seen so far look great, and I'm eager to see what The Line puts together.

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If you’ve been on Twitter today, you’ve likely seen Animal Crossing trending and wondered whether a new console game was on the horizon. There’s still no news on that front, but there is news relating to the mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.

Pocket Camp has been a staple in the cozy gaming world since it first released back in 2017, and it’s maintained a dedicated player base throughout that time. It allows players to take Animal Crossing with them literally in their pocket,? constantly updating and evolvin??g with new events and things to do. 

Sadly, Nintendo announced today that Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will be shutting down on November 29.

Players who are currently paying? for a Pocket Camp Club subscription, or anyone who signs up for a subscription before October 28, will be able to continue using their Pocket Camp Club bene??fits until the shut down on November 29 at no extra cost. If your subscription is set to renew between October 28 and November 29, you’ll continue receiving benefits after the usual renewal date, but you won’t need to pay for renewal. 

As for Leaf Tickets, you won’t b??e able to purchase any additional Tickets after November 26, but you will be able to continue spending any that you have until shutdown on November 29. You’ll need to make sure you do this, because Leaf Tickets will not be transfe??rable to the new offline app.

While this could all have been devastating news for anyone who has spent hours increasing their level, improving friendships with campers, and pouring their hearts into creative designs for their campsites, there is a light on the horizon and it’s far from all do??om and gloom. 

Rather than simply shutting down the game and leaving players at a loose end, Nintendo will be releasing a paid, offline version of Pocket Camp. Anyone with a save file in the current version will be able to import their save file to the paid version,?? allowing them to continue their game offline. 

What’s more, according to Nintendo, the paid version of Pocket Camp (which is as yet unnamed) will have no micro-transactions or subscription costs,? such as the Pocket Camp Club plans. After a one-ti??me purchase, you’re free to play as much as you like. 

There are some downsides to this new offline version of Pocket Camp. Gifting, visiting other players' camps, and Market Boxes will no longer be available, so Pocket Camp will become very much a single player endeavor. While some social aspects of the game may be lost in this transition, it s??eems like a small price to pay for not losing all of the effort put into perfecting your camp.

There is no concrete release date for the new offline version of Pocket Camp as of yet, but Nintendo will be announcing further information �a href="//faq.ac-pocketcamp.com/hc/en-us/articles/36353725150489-What-is-the-paid-version-of-the-app#" target="_blank"? rel="noreferrer noopener">around October� As a long-time player of Pocket Camp, I’l??l definitely be keeping my eye out for any new u?pdates.

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Developer Digital Extremes has released a Sevagoth Prime and a new Prologue Quest, The Lotus Eaters, for Warframe. Fans have been waiting since TennoCon 2024 to get their hands on the new Prime Warframe and dive into this short quest ahead of this year's major expansion, Warframe: 1999.

Sevagoth Prime is a new version of what might be the most ??terrifying Warframe in the game. Every one of its abilities charges up a meter that can be used to summon a spooky death-like visage that deals massive amounts of dam??age to enemies and looks glorious. Provided you're the one controlling it.

The Lotus Eaters is a short narrative quest for players who have completed the Whispers in the Wall quest. In it, you'll reunite with a familiar character and set up the events leading to Warframe: 1999, where you'll batt??le through all sorts of chaos.

More story and more beautiful death

We are continuing our world tour in Germany and it’s so cool to be back in Cologne. Launching this Update? alongside our Tenno across Europe on the opening day of Gamescom is just wild. Players have been clamoring for another taste of The Lotus in the story and this bite-sized Quest might just offer a tad more insight into her role here. This is just an appetizer of course, we’ve got more brewing to share next month at Tokyo Game Show and 1999 launches this winter!

Rebecca Ford, Creative Director at Digital Extremes

Sevagoth Prime replaces Protea Prime as the current Warframe available through Prime Access. You can opt to grind Relics for Blueprints and craft your Sevagoth Prime, or skip that process and buy access to it through one of Warframe's premium packages. If you're new to the game, maybe having moved over from Destiny 2, I can't recommend grabbing a Prime Warframe early on enough. Protea Prime helped me smash through many quests, and I've no doubt Sevagoth Prime will be just?? as useful.

If you haven't completed Whispers in the Wall, then you won't be able to tackle The Lotus Eaters Prologue Quest. Warframe's story is a little bonkers but it's essential you experi??ence these quests in order to retain your sanity and an understandin??g of what's going on. So take your time, work through the quests you have left, and hit this one when you're ready.

While The Lotus Eaters is a new piece of story content to enjoy, it's short. The main goal of this quest is to help set up the story for this winter's expansion, Warframe: 1999. The expansion throws players into an E?arth not quite like ours in the year 1999, when everyone is worried about Y2K, and there's a terrifying tech virus consuming everything it can touch.

Right now is an extremely exciting time to be a Warframe player. Outside of the new content in this article, the game will be getting yet another expansion b?efore the main one this winter, and there's already 11 years' worth of story to play through with a community more than will??ing to provide spoiler-free help and resources.

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If you’re a fan of One Piece and enjoy a dip into the world of Mobile gaming, you’ve likely heard of One Piece: Bounty Rush. The 4 vs. 4 PvP capture the flag game is incredibly fun to play, has a gacha element, and bizarrely co???mpelling.

However, in my time with it the one place it fell flat was the clunky touchscreen controls. Maybe this is a me problem, but I’ve never quite been able to fully enjoy a game when using a touchscreen to control movement or attacks. This will soon be an issue of the past where Bounty Rush is concerned as Bandai Namco has revealed that One Piece: Bounty Rush is coming to Steam in Fall ?2024.

In One Piece: Bounty Rush, you gain new characters from a huge roster of 200 possibly obtainable characters through the gacha system. Then, you use the??se characters in 4 vs. 4 Capture the Flag battles to win upgrade materials, currencies, and, let's face it, bragging rights. 

Transferring this touchscreen mobile game to larger screens is already a huge step in what I feel is the right direction,? but? the ability to play with WASD controls or even a controller (hopefully) will only give what is a truly fun game a new lease of life. 

Originally released for mobile platforms back in 2018, Bounty Rush has more than 10 million downloads through the Google Play Store alone, and reviews are largely favorable. There are regular events held, including the current 5.5 Year Thank You Campaign, and yo?u’re never short of new things to do. 

There is currently no word as to whether progress made on mobile platforms will carry over to the Steam version of Bounty Rush, although even if you need to start over, you’ll have a world of f?un clawing your way back up the league tables and kicking butt in battles against other players. 

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