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Dead Cells tolls the death knell with the final two free updates landing on mobile
It is the end of an era as mobile users can now download the two last free updates for famed roguevania, Dead Cells. Of course, if you play Dead Cells anywhere near the way I do, these two packs will keep you fed for months at least, what with all the doom. Pitiful playstyles aside, these two packs are called Clean Cut and The End is Near. They are available for all versions on mobile; App Store, Google Play, Netflix and Play Pass. Both come packed with a combination of weapons, skills, enemies and that most important of gear; a few new heads. Let’s start with Clean Cut because the weapons make me laugh. The first is the Sewing Scissors, which is sadly a Survival Weapon, something I…
Build your healthy habits alongside mythical creatures and folklore beasts with Threkka
I believe I speak for most of us common folk when I say being healthy and building good habits is a right pain in the proverbials. I know I am currently failing my goals, for a start. It's because of this that I am always interested in these fitness, habit-building apps, such as the new offering Threkka, which is available on the App Store. An everyman game developer named Pete Morrish, a self-insert of the actual dev, was toiling away at his computer one normal day before suddenly being ripped through the void by a thespian Minotaur, named Humbert. This mythical beast bemoans the state of the once-great Gym Between, which currently lies in ruin. Humbert aims to win the Gold he needs…
Continue on the Flame-Chase Journey as Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.1 launches next week
Our last outing with the Trailblazer in Honkai: Star Rail saw the Nikador Coreflame successfully retrieved, but that’s only half the job done. Version 3.1 Light Slips the Fate, Shadow Greets the Throne, is coming February 26th, sees the Flame-Chase Journey continue, and time is not on our side. Heading into the Grove of Epiphany, a city central to research on the black tide and Titans, the Trailblazer is taking on the mantle of a messenger. However, they are greeted with a battlefield under assault from the black tide and will need to help with the rescue efforts and reclaim Cerces’ Coreflame to accomplish their mission of saving Okhema. In terms of firepower, our new fighter f…
Wuthering Waves Version 2.1 lands with only one limited Convene
Wuthering Waves has released its latest update bringing us to Version 2.1, Waves Sing and the Cerulean Bird Calls, and this is both excellent and terrible news. Good because we can recruit new friends, enjoy more stories, and explore extra regions. What's sad is that the Roccia Convene is now gone so I can’t get her weapon anymore—a tragedy of epic proportions. Continuing my own personal woes, the Shorekeeper still has not returned to be summoned. Instead, we have one sole banner for the five-star Phoebe to pull on. She is a Specro fighter whose kit is geared to apply Spectro Frazzle to foes, a damage-over-time stacker. Beyond this, she can also do some pretty serious direct dam…
Whip everybody within a 500-yard radius with the release of the latest Prime Warframe
Fresh off the Digital Extremes’ TennoCon 2025 announcement, which sold out in a crazy time, the hype train keeps building with the release of the latest Prime Warframe. In addition to the shiny new character to rip about with, we also get the two customary new weapons, including some very Viking melee tools. Our upgraded friend this time around is Lavos the transmuter. Once a jailer to a rogue Orokin alchemist on Venus, they instead became the prisoner's pupil. On the day the alchemist should have been executed, Lavos instead transmuted them into a serpent and granted it onto their own left arm. A very cool backstory I am sure you will agree. Thanks to this alchemy fun, Lavos cuts ab…
Ragnarok comes to Ark: Survival Evolved Mobile Edition and every other map is now redundant
I am a very simple man who I realise would be very easy to trap; you say something Norse, I come running, and get caught in a box. Or, in the case of Ark: Survival Evolved Mobile Edition, get eaten by Viking Dinosaurs as the Ragnarok expansion map has arrived. P.S. Grove Street Games and Studio Wildcard, add actual Viking Dinosaurs. There is also an event currently happening, so let's address that so I can talk about that map more. Love Evolved is running until February 16th and features limited cosmetics, as well as boosted rates for harvesting, taming, experience and, rather fittingly, breeding. There are even Valentine’s candy and chocolates to collect and then offer to your…
Make your Bloons TD6 adventures endless with the Rogue Legends DLC
After heavy voting from readers back in December, our sibling site Pocket Gamer, crowned Bloons TD6 as the mobile game of the year, which is totally unacceptable because the right answer was Wuthering Waves, but I digress. As a direct result of being bestowed that honour, I assume, Ninja Kiwi has launched a new DLC for Bloon TD6, called Rogue Legends. Sadly this update does not flood the levels with a slew of deadly and sneaky miscreants, instead meaning the other type of Rogue; lite. This DLC adds over 10 tile-based campaign maps that can be randomly generated for some replayable, single-player fun. Each has multiple routes to take, with a formidable multi-round boss awaiting. Along the w…
Tickets are on sale for TennoCon 2025 including two Legendary Tickets with massive rewards
After god knows how much build-up, Warframe released the 1999 update back in December, and it was then that I foolishly thought my poor heart could rest. I was wrong, however, as there were further updates, and now, the announcements that ticket sales have opened for TennoCon 2025. The TennoCon last year marked the first time the event went across two days, and it was incredibly good fun to attend. There was a host of events to take part in, stalls to check out, and interesting panels to attend. I anticipate this year to be even better, as not only is it another two-day event, but it is also 10 years of TennCons. Each year the convention chooses a charity partner to benefit, and 2025 will…
SMT Games scores a touchdown with its Superbowl update for Super Tiny Bowl
It is almost time for the Super Bowl, and once again, the Minnesota Vikings have crushed my dreams by falling apart in crucial games. Ah, yearly traditions. In brighter news, SMT Games has announced their Super Tiny Bowl Update for Super Tiny Football, bringing super massive improvements. Starting with the big one, you can choose between Free to Play or Premium, with the former obviously having some restrictions. The obvious one being having to endure adverts. Free users can access limited offline play using the new currency, gems, which everyone will get thanks to Daily Bonuses and rewards. You can also “watch” rewarded ads for more gems if you choose. Gems can also be used to…
Metabots Survivor takes the franchise in a new direction
I don’t know if many people will remember, but back in the early 2000s, or thereabouts, there was a little anime series on our screens called Medabots. It was an incredibly fun show about battling robots, and a franchise that sadly didn’t kick off much in the West. In Japan, it is another story, and soon they will welcome the latest game entry on February 10th; Medabots Survivors. As spotted by the folks over at Gematsu, Medabots Survivors, or Medarot as it is known over there, will be what you expect of the name really. You will take control of fan-favourite and new Medabots and will face hoards of enemies as you try to survive. There will be a choice of over 30 character…
The Summoner’s Choice Champion result is in for Marvel Contest of Champions’ regular vote
February is a big month for Kabam and Marvel Contest of Champions, not least because the results of the Summoner’s Choice Champion have been announced. You can also take part in some Valentine’s Day events, and unlock two new characters, although it seems that Kabam are really pushing one over the other. This year's Summoner’s Choice Champion had a few interesting candidates, with the likes of Elektra's tenure as Daredevil and samurai legacy Colleen Wing in the running. Echo and her ability to mimic anything she sees, including her opponents, would have been amazing. Rather disappointingly though, the winner is literally just Moon Knight in a suit, known as Mr Knight, so t…
Embrace the wrong side of the law as Albion Online releases the Rogue Frontier update
There is that old adage that “crime never pays”, and clearly Albion Online has never heard that because the latest update is all about that sweet, sweet outlaw life. Rogue Frontier is expanding the Outlands and adding a host of ways to enjoy some light-hearted larceny. You can work with the new Smugglers Faction and undertake missions such as recovering Smuggler Crates and battering the Royal Guard to free captured Smugglers. Failing that, you can simply collect Smuggler’s Coins hidden away in Caches and Coffers to simply buy your way to higher ranks. And if you thought the word Smuggler has already been used too much already, boy you are in for a shock. Increasing…
Digital Extremes does it again with a devstream showing enough content to make us all impatient for March
It has been a long time coming since the Techrot started to infest our favourite virtual boyband, but it is finally time to face On-lyne in Warframe. The latest Digital Extremes Devsteeam unveiled details of 1999's follow-up update, Techrot Encore, launching in March. Excitingly, we are going to get four new Protoframes, and I sincerely hope one is Ash, but we won’t know until Devstream 185. We do know we can finally knock the Technocyte Coda around to earn Infested weapons. For even more musically inspired content, the 60th Warframe Temple was teased as the Guitar Warframe. Outside of combat, the Romance and Relationship System is being tuned up, and there is a 90s-inspired cosmetic…
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light brings tomb-raiding fun to mobiles in February
I feel like a lot of my generation's first exposure to 3D action adventure was Tomb Raider on the PS1. Lara Croft is one of gaming's most iconic characters for this and many reasons. Soon, players can re-experience one of her side adventures, as Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light readies itself for mobile launch. Guardian of Light was quite the departure from the usual outings of one of our favourite explorers. At least in the case of gameplay, she is always accidentally plundering something mystical. Croft’s instinct to always go after the thing that could potentially wipe out large swathes of the earth is almost impressive. But I digress. The gameplay takes the form of an almost…
Marvel Snap developer's Second Dinner announces a parting of ways with publishers Nuverse
This month I gained a phenomenal level of respect for Second Dinner, developer of Marvel Snap. Due to publisher Nuverse being affected by that ban in the US, Snap was taken offline for a bit. Now, to ensure that doesn’t happen again, Second Dinner has announced they are splitting with Nuverse and publishing with Skystone Games instead. We are going to keep the politics out of it as we recap, but as I have often theorised; TikTok is the root of all evil and suffering in the modern world. Earlier this month the US banned TikTok, following threats against ByteDance, the fellows behind the social media app. Unfortunately, this ban hit everything else owned by ByteDance, which included Nuv…
