Comoros News API

Supported Countries - 165

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia And Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

DR Congo

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

French Polynesia

Gabon

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guatemala

Guinea

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherland

New Zealand

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Samoa

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Tonga

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States Of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Get headlines from Comoros with our JSON API.

🔑 Get API key for the Comoros News API

Country Parameter

The country paramter for the Comoros is KM.

Some example queries:

Below is the search query to fetch random 100 news-sources of Comoros.

https://newsdata.io/api/1/sources?country=km&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

Some of the well known sources

Live Example

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make, and the JSON response you will receive, when you use the News API to get headlines from Comoros.

Headlines from Comoros

https://newsdata.io/api/1/latest?country=km&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

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That darkness comes in many shapes and sizes, as the setting features a handful of different biomes, each with distinct personalities, backdrops, and characteristics. No two mazes in this 2D adventure will have the same layout, and enemy designs and types will change depending on the region that is being explored. My preview started by placing me in an underground tech biome filled with various melee, flying, and ranged enemy types that could only exist underground, like bat-creatures and angry hedgehogs. Gameplay was straightforward and intuitive enough initially. Combat and dodging reminded me a lot of the original Castlevania titles, and its platforming elements are akin to a love child of Ori and the Blind Forest and Celeste, thanks to Puck’s ability to grapple onto spots, adding extra layers of maneuverability. Combining the grapple with aerial attacks makes for interesting gameplay against enemies, especially when challenge rooms come into play. Like many other Metroidvanias, Shadow Labyrinth has rooms that will seal off once entered, requiring the Swordsman to defeat each combatant inside to unlock the room. Enemies spawn in from all over the room, attempting to overwhelm with quantity and variety, making for a bullet-sponge-like environment. I frantically grappled to avoid ground foe charges while dodging flying enemies simultaneously, failing to do so multiple times, and needing to respawn. After getting the hang of their patterns and placements, I grappled up and used melee attacks to chain movements in the air, then slammed my sword down from above on the enemies below, making for an immensely satisfying victory. While I only experienced two challenge rooms in this particular build, I was impressed with how difficult but rewarding each room was. But despite how much I enjoyed this, the true beauty of Shadow Labyrinth’s platforming and combat comes to light when Puck becomes the controllable character. The platforming element of controlling Puck is both clever and nostalgic, as the Swordsman will morph into him and ride waves of electricity to help them move around areas otherwise blocked by environmental hazards or inaccessible heights. While riding the wave, you’ll move identically to the old Pac-Man games, but with an added twist. Puck is still limited to moving left, right, up, or down on the violet electricity line, but he is no longer limited to a lined grid and can also stop, aim, and jump. While this might sound simple, it adds a new layer to movement and combat. Some challenge rooms even feature these lines, which can be used to execute sword attacks, creating an entirely new approach to beating each room’s combat puzzle. My favorite instance of this occurred halfway through the preview during the Kaiju boss battle (yes, you read that right). The fight is similar to a challenge room in the sense that it blocks off any retreat, but this time it is a one-on-one fight, as the boss is much bigger than Swordsman No. 8. To combat the size difference, Swordsman No. 8 can use Puck’s ability to ride up the wall to not only get a height advantage and deal extra damage to the enemy’s horn weak spot, but also avoid massive laser attacks that would otherwise kill them both. As it turns out, the boss isn’t the only one wielding a laser, which leads to my other favorite, absurd moment in this preview: Puck can turn into a giant mecha named Gaia. Yes, this is a Metroidvania Pac-Man game where you can control a Gundam and fight Kaiju. Again, this should not work, but it does so marvelously, resulting in an epic crescendo to a fever dream of a boss battle and transformation. Even after the boss battle ended, there was still plenty to explore in Shadow Labyrinth. The first thing I unlocked afterward was a pared-down version of Gaia’s laser ability, which the Swordsman can use by holding down the charge button. Not only is this move great for dispelling large groups of foes blocking an area, but it can also be thrown into attacks in locations like the challenge rooms to make for some delightful combo kills. Alongside the new power move, I also unlocked a new location featuring another strangely familiar-looking set of enemies that would begin to float through the level toward me until they touched the ground. At first, I was confused about how to beat them, as hitting them with a sword wasn’t working. It wasn’t until I started listening to the music and sound effects and remembering why the enemies’ movements looked so familiar that a lightbulb went off: these are the Pooka from Dig Dug. Just like the 1982 classic arcade title, the only way to destroy Pooka is to stun and inflate it when they are materialized. 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Whether it is the fluidity of Puck’s grappling hook and wall traversal combined with Swordsman No. 8’s raw power and durability, or the fact that Pac-Man can turn into a mech that shoots lasers out of its mouth, everything about this Metroidvania is absurdly fun. The game features something for everyone here, as the platforming, combat, and puzzles each stand out on their own as enjoyable experiences. I implore you to suspend your disbelief about how this bizarre concept can even work, and at least give Shadow Labyrinth a try when it is released, as this insane creative bet by Bandai looks like it might actually pay off.",
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IGN: So, to get started, congrats on opening Nintendo San Francisco. Bowser: Thank you. IGN: It's exciting to see all that stuff that Nintendo fans have just longingly looked at from Japan finally come overseas to the States. So walk me through it – how did this all come together? Why now, and why was San Francisco the pick for the first public store on the West Coast? Bowser: Well, you hit on one important point. We were looking for an opportunity to open a store on the West Coast, and as we looked at possible cities for us, San Francisco just kept coming to the top of the list for a couple of reasons. First of all, it's a vibrant city, it's got a very, very high level of traffic. And it also draws from around the Bay Area, a lot of consumers, into the core of the city. 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And yes, from time to time, when either we have Directs, or we have releases, use the store for an event space, if you will, for people to gather and celebrate whatever that event might be. IGN: Any plans for Nintendo Switch 2 launch day? Bowser: We will be selling Switch 2 at the Nintendo San Francisco Store. No plans yet to announce as to the release. However, I would encourage anybody to look either at our social media sites, which is @NintendoStoreUS, or you can look at Nintendo.com for more information. IGN: It's obviously just setting up to be a huge year for your company. This week it's a store, next week you're opening a theme park, and then two weeks after that is a new console. I imagine you're all just really tired all the time. But there's more than that, too. You have a movie coming next year, you have live events like Nintendo Live, where you and I first spoke. 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But it's really just a wonderful opportunity for us to engage with consumers in a host of different ways and, frankly, to build on their affinity and their love and their passion for our characters. IGN: And I think part of building on that passion and how you've done that the last several years has led to what's been arguably Nintendo's most successful console generation ever. And as it's been very successful for Nintendo, we've seen many struggles across the rest of the industry. A lot of other video game companies are facing layoffs or budget cuts and things of that nature. So as you turn your attention towards transitioning your audience to Nintendo Switch 2, what is Nintendo's strategy to protect itself from the hardships that so many other video game companies are facing? And how does expanding awareness of your IP and diversifying your business – through things like the store or the theme parks – kind of all play into that strategy? Bowser: A few thoughts on that topic. First of all, I'd go back to what we just discussed around just being an entertainment company and increasing the number of touch points we have as consumers. Just there with that strategy, we're able to build that affinity that we just talked about. And hopefully, as people engage in our content, whether it's inside the video game space or outside the video game space, there's a desire to continue that relationship and that engagement. As we look at Nintendo Switch 2, we believe by having a next generation platform with very, very strong gameplay capabilities, social capabilities with GameChat, and with strong content like Mario Kart World or Donkey Kong Bananza – which we talked about during our Direct last month – we have this ability to bring consumers in and really build a longer term relationship with them through their gameplay experiences and through their other experiences. IGN: I do have a few more questions about the store, but while we're here, I'd like to dig a little bit more into Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo's latest financial report forecasts 15 million units shipped in its first fiscal year. Will Nintendo be able to meet demand in the U.S. at launch? Bowser: [Nintendo President] Mr. [Shuntaro] Furukawa last week announced that we'll have 15 million units in our forecast for Nintendo Switch 2 and 4.5 million units for Nintendo Switch during the fiscal year. That forecast was really driven by wanting to match, if you will, what we accomplished with Nintendo Switch in the first 10 months of its release. As we look at our plans here in the U.S., we do believe we'll have production and supply that will allow us to meet consumer demand. We know there's been strong positive reaction to Nintendo Switch 2 early on and we've seen that through our preorders, but we do have a plan to have a continuous flow of product that'll be available through the holidays. IGN: So that's availability, which is one huge factor, and obviously the other big factor is price. And Mr. Furukawa has raised concerns about possible impacts of tariffs on Nintendo Switch 2 and the American people's spending power, while also noting that the forecast was not affected by tariffs or production limitations. The tariff situation is constantly changing in the United States, and with all this uncertainty, I think that some consumers are worried that if they can't find one at launch, the price will have gone up in six months or a year when they do find one. So I'm wondering, to what extent can you commit to Switch 2's $450 price tag for both launch and beyond? Bowser: Well, we made a commitment by announcing the pricing of both the single SKU at $449 and then the bundled SKU with Mario Kart World at $499. And we really thought it was important that we established that price point, even after further tariffs were announced, to give consumers that comfort that they would be able to purchase at that price point. Obviously, it's still a very fluid situation and it's difficult to determine what may be happening in the upcoming months or weeks. But our commitment is to find ways within existing market conditions or changing market conditions to make our products, including Nintendo Switch 2 hardware, as obtainable as we possibly can. IGN: Was that part of the strategy, when you had the preorder delay, and you kind of went back to the drawing board and talked about prices for all these things, you come back, the console stays the same, accessories go up a little bit, and the more niche hardcore things like amiibo go up a lot. Did that kind of play into that? You want to leave the ground floor as accessible as you possibly can for people and kind of charge up elsewhere? Bowser: It was part of many considerations. First of all, and Mr. Furukawa talked about this during his earnings announcement, our production for U.S. supply is in Vietnam, so much less impacted by tariffs as, say, China. However, some of our accessories are produced in China. And as a result, there was a need to take some pricing on those accessories as we looked towards launch and beyond. But that is a bit of the strategy is to really understand one: market conditions, two: origin of production, as we make those pricing decisions. IGN: And you're right, you mentioned earlier that the preorders showed how high demand is for Switch 2, and that's been a very positive story for you guys over the last couple of weeks. But prior to that, about a month ago, I think undoubtedly one of the biggest talking points following the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct was some backlash over the software pricing, specifically Mario Kart World costing $79.99, a price that did not change coming back after the preorder delay. Internally, were you all expecting that level of backlash over the price, what were those conversations like? Bowser: Really, the conversation centered around, “What is the right price to charge for a software experience?” We look at things such as the content, we look at the extended amount of play that would be provided through the gameplay experiences, we look at a number of different factors as we consider what the pricing may be. And so we felt that the price that we charge for Mario Kart World really does equal the value of the gameplay experience. But as you also saw, that was one price point. For Donkey Kong Bananza, our price point was set at $69.99. IGN: So back to the original question, were you expecting that level of backlash over the Mario Kart World pricing announcement? Bowser: I think any time you take price, make pricing decisions, there's a level of backlash. But I'd love to focus now on the store. IGN: Okay, yes, understood. Well then I will ask, I noticed on the top floor of the store, you can customize your Nintendo Switch as you can, I believe, at a Japan store as well. Bowser: That's correct, yes. IGN: Can fans expect similar customization options at the Nintendo San Francisco store for Switch 2 in any capacity? Bowser: Yeah, well today obviously we're offering fans the ability to customize an OLED model, whether it's through the docking station, through the Joy-Con selection, and even through the strap selection. As we look forward, right now with Nintendo Switch 2, there's only two SKUs that are being offered right now, and one color of Joy-Con being offered right now. So the customization abilities would be somewhat limited, but that's something we've looked for in the future. IGN: Okay. And then in this decade, as we've talked about, you've expanded into movies, theme parks, more dedicated retail like Nintendo San Francisco, and beyond. So what's next? More retail locations like Nintendo San Francisco? Are there other avenues Nintendo is exploring to continue to expand its reach as an entertainment business? Bowser: So I think you touched again on a couple of important points. One, as we look to expand into other forms of entertainment, whether it's movies, theme parks, or stores, for us what's important is that we offer unique experiences. So even if you look at Nintendo San Francisco, while you mentioned there's some similarities to the Nintendo stores in Japan, there are also some differences. 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Moving forward, is physical still going to be a big part of your business, or do you see the Game-Key Cards – where the actual game itself isn't on the cartridge – as kind of the future? Bowser: In the immediate future, physical games are still a key part of our business. And we value our relationships in particular with our retailers, and want to make sure we have products available for them to sell to their consumers. When you look at Game-Key Cards, for us, our goal with Nintendo Switch 2 – similar to what we were able to accomplish on Nintendo Switch – is to have the broadest and deepest library of content we possibly can. And that includes our publishing partners. And Game-Key Cards are a way that our publishing partners are able to bring more content onto the platform, deeper and larger, more immersive content on the platform. IGN: Another thing I noticed in the store is right now, it is very Nintendo Switch focused. I think the only mention of Switch 2 that I saw was on a TV screen, there was a commercial for it playing, and that makes sense, it's not out yet. But you mentioned that you’re forecasting still to sell roughly 4.5 million Nintendo Switch consoles in the next fiscal year. As we move forward, you also have a couple of Switch games announced for this year, and a couple scheduled for next year with Rhythm Heaven Groove and Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. For those who aren't ready to adopt Nintendo Switch 2 yet, will 2026 mark the end of Nintendo Switch as a big focus of the business, or will these two pillars – Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 – continue to coexist alongside each other into 2027 and potentially further than that? Bowser: I resist putting time parameters around it. I think what Mr. Furukawa talked about last week was, we will continue to support Nintendo Switch including – as you mentioned – bringing new games onto the platform. The other thing I would mention is, as you look at Nintendo Switch 2, one of the benefits of Nintendo Switch 2 is that ability not only to play the new content that we'll bring into the platform, like Mario Kart World or Donkey Kong Bananza or the host of publishing partner titles that we've already announced, but you'll also be able to play content from Nintendo Switch on the platform. So we're really looking for an opportunity for consumers to engage with us in a variety of different ways and a variety of different platforms. IGN: Here’s a fun one to end on, what's your favorite thing for sale in the entire Nintendo store? Bowser: [Laughs] I'm wearing it. It’s the reversible The Legend of Zelda bomber jacket, it is absolutely one of my favorite items. IGN: Nice. Bowser: But there are a host of other items. I'm gonna have to restrain myself a bit as I walk through the store and shop. IGN: Yeah, I know that some of my coworkers walked out after buying bags and bags full of stuff. 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This inventory here of things that were previously exclusive to Japan that have now come over to the States, are there plans to list those products online on the My Nintendo store? Bowser: We plan to use all of our retail locations, whether it's Nintendo San Francisco, Nintendo New York, or the My Nintendo store, to help us share a lot of variety of merchandise with our consumers. But we may not share all of the same variety of merchandise. So for instance, for Nintendo San Francisco, there will be unique merchandise that you can only purchase here. The same would apply to Nintendo New York, and it may also apply to the My Nintendo store. So it really provides consumers this opportunity, if you will, to treasure hunt at the various locations to find those products that they're really excited about. IGN: There are a lot of amiibo at the Nintendo San Francisco store as well, in some cases, ones that have not been in print for many years. Bowser: Many years, yes. IGN: Are there plans to put those out into wider retail, at other retail partners, or is it the idea that you come to the Nintendo store to find these now, kind of rare, Nintendo products? Bowser: We wanted to provide an experience for consumers here at Nintendo San Francisco that would be unique, and allow them to engage in our content, and particularly find those amiibo, maybe that they haven't been able to round out their collection with. But nothing to share regarding any plans with retailers at this time. IGN: Last question, it's not about the store, but I hope you'll humor me, because we’ve bonded over this. The partnership with the Seattle Mariners, you're the first jersey patch for the Seattle Mariners, and this partnership between Nintendo and the Mariners dates back to the 1990s. Bowser: Yes it does. IGN: I would just love some insight into how that came together, who approached who, and how did this partnership reach the next level with this collaboration? 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      • "content": "Obsidian Entertainment has released a 2025 post-launch roadmap for Avowed alongside patch notes for its 1.4 update . Obsidian has three major updates planned for Avowed in 2025. The first of those is live now with update 1.4 and comes with the aforementioned improvements as well as mouse and keyboard support on Xbox, more gold and crafting materials, gear adjustments, a new party camp feature, and more. If those who have yet to travel to Eora aren’t convinced yet, the summer update is said to come with cooking and crafting improvements, new NPC interactions, additional weapons and armor, and, finally, custom map markers. Lastly, at least as far as this year is concerned, Avowed’s fall update will round out 2025 with new highly requested features: new game plus and photo mode. It’s by far poised to be Obsidian’s biggest update yet, as it’s also said to come with a new weapon type, the ability to change appearance in world, more character presets, and more. The developers also acknowledge those hoping to play Avowed with support for more languages. “We also want to acknowledge our players in Korea, Japan, and French-speaking regions,” Obsidian explained. “We know how important it is to experience a game in your preferred language, and we are actively working on localized versions for Korean and Japanese, along with ongoing improvements for French. We’re committed to delivering these updates as soon as they are ready, and we deeply appreciate your patience and support as we make sure they meet the quality you deserve.” Avowed launched February 18, 2025, and is available now for PC and Xbox Series X | S as well as Game Pass. Obsidian leaves fans teasing that it “can’t wait to show you what’s next.” For everything else packed into Avowed update 1.4, including all additional features and bug fixes, with the full patch notes below. You can also click here to learn about one of its secret (and crucial) side quests. Note: Potential spoilers have been highlighted in bold. Avowed Update 1.4 Patch Notes Greetings Envoys, We want to take a moment to thank you for your continued reports, feedback, suggestions, and your patience. Your insights are valuable to us, and we appreciate the time and effort you put into sharing your experiences with us. Without further ado, the 1.4 patch notes is now ready for all to enjoy! Thank you for being part of our community—we appreciate your support and look forward to sharing more with you in the future! — The Avowed Team Features and Improvements!Arachnophobia Safe ModeThe highly requested Arachnophobia Mode is now available in Avowed! You can enable this option in the Accessibility menu to replace all spiders in the game with little spheres wielding swords. Please note that while their appearance is “friendlier”, they remain just as deadly! Community Highlights Once a player has explored nearly all of the accessible areas on a map, the fog of war for the entire map will automatically clear. When entering a city on an overland map (for example, entering Northern Paradis in Dawnshore), the corresponding section of the overland map will now be revealed. The radius for clearing fog while exploring has been significantly increased, allowing players to uncover more of the map as they move. Critters can now be killed and have a chance to drop loot. Players can now wait to pass time (day/night cycle) while in the Party Camp. Soul Pod throwables now dispel illusions, with the exception of Ryngrim’s entrance, which still requires Yatzli’s interaction. Added a settings option to display chests on the minimap. Added a setting option to allow canceling power attacks with the Bow and Arquebus. World Reactivity Improvements Arrows will now fall naturally and hit the ground. Water now reacts with splashes and ripples when players enter it or fire weapons into it. Economy & Loot Adjustments Critters now drop loot when killed. Added more weapons to loot throughout the game, including many that come pre-upgraded (+1, +2, +3 versions). Increased monetary rewards for main path quests and exploration. Small loot containers, such as backpacks and lockboxes, can now contain larger items like body armor and larger weapons, leading to more fairly distributed drops. Significantly increased the drop rate of Creature Parts (which can now also be used for upgrading grimoires). Increased the drop rate of higher-tier weapons in later regions. Updated loot lists to include slightly more upgrade materials. UI/UX Improvements Added a visual effect and UI indicator to help players locate Downed Companions during combat. Enabled the \"Talk\" interaction prompt for Companions. Added support for Mouse and Keyboard input on Xbox. Updated the loading screen art for the Dawnshore and Fort Northreach maps. Added an ‘Auto Detect’ option to the Graphics menu to find and set the recommended settings for your hardware. Added support for Nvidia DLSS Frame Generation (for RTX 40 and 50 series GPUs). Added a \"Read All\" button to the Journal; each tab (Quests, Documents, and Tutorials) now has its own dedicated button. Combat Updates Enemies now become shocked faster when standing in water. Creature Parts can now be used to upgrade Grimoires. Companion Improvements Companions now gain Ability Points every 3 levels instead of every 4 levels, increasing their maximum from 8 to 11. Players will automatically receive the additional points upon updating. Enemy Behavior Enemy awareness speed now dynamically adjusts based on their distance from the player — closer enemies detect players faster, while distant enemies react more slowly. Unique Item Updates Updated the stats on many Unique Items throughout the game: Thirdborn Brigandine Jacket: Increased regeneration rate. Civilizing Influence: Increased damage reduction against beasts, primordials, and wilders to 10%. Berath's Blessed Ward: Increased damage reduction against vessels to 20%. Chitin Band: Increased damage reduction against beasts to 20%. Nimanna's Ward: Increased damage reduction against spirits to 20%. Wildwalker Ring and Threads of the Faithful: Increased health regeneration from 0.05 to 0.5. Thirdborn Brigandine Jack: Increased health regeneration from 0.05 to 0.8. Faith and Conviction: Increased essence regeneration from 0.05 to 0.1. Enchantments Rework Replaced obsolete Carry Capacity enchantments on certain Unique Items with new stat buffs: Boots of the Bricklayer / Porter: +2 Might Animancer's Swallowtail / Stelgaer-Hide Pouches: +2 Dexterity The Packmule's Burden / Honorbound Mule: +1 Might, +2 Constitution Tranton Family Brigandine / Tranton Tenacity: +2 Might Thirdborn Brigandine Jack / Grim Hope: +3 Resolve Thirdborn Boots / Explorer's Boon: +3 Constitution, +10% Move Speed Key Bug Fixes Limited CPU utilization during the \"Compiling Shaders\" screen to improve stability across all CPUs. Fixed an issue where Shadows of the Past waypoints could become stuck at the beginning of the entrance path to Naku Kubel. Totem pieces now correctly go into the player’s inventory instead of the party stash when picked up. Resolved cases where certain totem effects would stop working after a conversation or cutscene. Minoletta’s Conduit now correctly interacts with the Wand Mastery ability. Fixed an issue where companions could be removed from the party, resulting in broken conversations and quests. Enemy vitals UI has been updated to always stay properly positioned above enemies, preventing occasional clipping. The statue in Ryngrim’s Domain now remains interactable even if the player previously interacted with it without fully advancing the quest. An Untimely End quest now correctly triggers the final objective and no longer gets stuck under rare conditions. Completing certain quests on older saves now properly counts toward the Pentiment achievement. Fixed an issue where the Armor Fit for the Wilds quest could get stuck at the \"Gather Materials\" stage. Re-added the FidelityFX 3 option to Graphics Settings for AMD graphics card users. Binding the scroll wheel to hotbar slots 1–6 now works properly after restarting the game. Binding Ability Slots to keys 7, 8, 9, or 0 no longer casts an unintended additional ability from the radial menu. Players will no longer encounter unkillable Dreamthralls outside of Thirdborn. Crashes and stability Limited CPU utilization during the Compiling Shaders screen, to increase stability on all CPUs. Fixed a rare hang that would cause the whole PC to freeze on some machines. Fix rare crash when traveling between maps. Fixed a crash that could occur after idling in Dawnshore for a long period of time. Fixed a rare crash related to audio systems. Resolved a rare crash related to the radial UI and food items. Performance and Optimizations Optimized wand power attacks. Improved performance of the 'Meteor Shower' ability Optimized the volcano eruption cutscene Animation Corrected animations of a dwarf at the Emergency Camp in Galawain's Tusks. Improved gestures, emotions and lip-sync of few conversations. Mestru Varka's hands no longer clip with their outfit. Improved unarmed idle animation. Quests & Conversations Shadows of the Past waypoints no longer get stuck at the beginning of the entrance path to Naku Kubel. The quest 'Homecoming' now progresses correctly if the player speaks with the Jail Guards earlier in the quest. Set up a failstate for Nature vs. Nurture for an edge case where the player kills the Hermit with electricity after siding with them. \"One Last Drink\" now progresses correctly if the player speaks with Kohwa before starting the quest. Adding a new success/end state node for players who were stuck in Boundaries of Antiquity after taking a very specific path through the quest. Players already stuck in this state will have the quest progress automatically upon loading into the game. Tira Nui Hajime now only appears in one location at a time in Thirdborn, to ensure quests involving the character work consistently. Added a new addendum as well as a new area objective beacon for players who are at the final step of the Garden quest to give clarity on what the current objective for the player is. Conversation with Ruanga no longer ends unexpectedly after certain choices. Added a conditional to the Cistern key in the Claviger's estate to prevent it from appearing before the player should be able to find it. 'An Untimely End' now correctly triggers the final objective instead of getting stuck under very specific conditions. Progression of Nature vs. Nature quest will no longer break if the player did not make the final decision before Fior mes Iverno was razed. The statue in Ryngrim's Domain now remains interactable for cases where the player interacted with the statue previously, but hadn't fully advanced the quest yet. Player can no longer get burned from destroyed brambles Selecting to attack Razvan during conversation is now counted as Violent Resolutions Returned the ability to parkour up the rocks behind Margan's Assay 'Locate the Steel Garrote' quest beacon now updates correctly after talking to Kostya Katoa and Haiako can no longer teleport It is possible to talk to Novice Dolna about Burned Bounty List after giving her the Book of the Before Kai no longer stands halfway underground when camping in Shatterscarp sometimes. Can no longer enter Fior Mes Iverno via the south entrance if access to the town is lost. Miteno's conversation can no longer be triggered after completing the quest, preventing the player from getting infinite rewards from him. A Relic from Ashes Quest now also Rewards the Player with currency Quest can be now completed by starting it in such alternative way. Broken Farming Equipment conversation will no longer randomly trigger after events in Fior mes Iverno crit-path make it unavailable . Fixed missing waypoint for Mapping the Region quest turn ins Exploding the barrel next to the Steel Garrote guards in the Steel Garrote Camp in Emerald Stair now causes them to go hostile Must talk to Kai about Tama's badge before he'll open up at Tama's memorial stones. Dialogue with farmers in Nature vs. Nurture quest does not repeats after ending it if player starts this quest by talking to Hermit first Quest marker for the objective \"Release Gilyn\" appears after killing the Ogra Grakohr. Galawain's Tusk bounties now correctly point to bounty master even if they move elsewhere due to story events Added a new beacon for Gabral if the player is on the step to go speak with him and then Solace Keep becomes uninhabitable. Conversation with companions next to Nandru's Journal will no longer start if Player progresses the Main Story far enough. Sanza now takes Geirmunds catography notes from the player if they offer to hand them over at the docks instead of at Sanza's shop in Northern Paradis Conversation with Ruanga can no longer be repeated after Player exhausts all the available dialogue options. Conversation with Ranger Dorso about the investigation will no longer repeat after the quest \"Steel Resolve\" is completed. This will affect both new and old saves. \"Fixed an issue in Ryngrim's Domain whereby Kai would incorrectly identify the number of statue pieces the player has collected. Fixed an issue in Ryngrim's Domain whereby the conversation with Yatzli would drop unexpectedly under certain conditions. Fixed an issue in Ryngrim's Domain whereby a conversation would repeatedly trigger under certain conditions.\" Fixed a once ever turn in node for \"A Home for Outcasts\" quest. It is now always available for players until the quest is completed, ensuring that players will never be in a state where they cannot finish the quest. This fix works for saves that were already stuck in this state already as well. Wardens from the Cave and Tower camps in Galawain's Tusks will no longer be hostile if the player has parleyed with Amalia. Fixed the issue where, if the Adra was severed while One Last Drink quest was still in progress and all Crewmates were convinced to attend the reunion, upon talking to Ngunu, Player would be teleported downstairs and would be able to say Crewmembers didn't arrive because of the severed Adra, adespite the that their bodies are laying upstairs. Fixed the issue where during \"Nature vs Nurture\" quest companions would talk about how peaceful the xaurips are despite the fact they are hostile. Fixed the issue where Giatta would have troubles with animations after each conversation inside her house. Camera fixes for conversation with Chiko if the player plunders the heart from Keipo's Dungeon before visiting Thirdborn Turning in the Beetle Matriarch's bounty will now be removed from the bounty board properly. Emerald Stair map now correctly displays two Pargrunen Caches instead of just one. Removed issue causing the Aelfyr to disappear after their vignette in Northern Paradis Fix error where you could give Ofryc the wrong ring in one instance NPC near godshrine in Shatterscarp will now allow you to retrigger their conversation if it dropped randomly and preventing player from collecting god totem fragment. The quest icon for the Nature vs. Nature quest will now disappear correctly after Fior Mes Inverno is razed . Fixed a bug that caused the player to receive the same trinket reward twice from Heart of Valor, leviathans have only one heart canonically The player is no longer able to leave the quest area before speaking with Ryngrim after the Naku Kubel decision cutscene Prevented spider from spawning under the level in the Spider Lair Player no longer able to access the sulfur mines in Shatterscarp after the player agrees to let Darle blow them up . Fixed a bug where Captain Ngunu could show up in his lighthouse and the tavern at the same time Optimized terrain chunks navigation around the tiered farms in Emerald Stair The conversation with Tycg in the Aedyran Embassy in Dawnshore will no longer end unexpectedly. Kai will no longer talk in conversation with Dehengen if he is not in the player's current party It is no longer possible to buy the 'Faith and Conviction' armor from Forgemaster Dela twice Companions will no longer appear in the middle of the conversation space when talking to the leaders of the Living Lands during the quest The Siege of Paradis. Giatta will no longer play bark dialogue during the Adra Pillar cutscene at Naku Tedek Improved transition into the ending cutscenes and end slides of the game. Corrected the loot list for a chest outside of Naku Tedek that would sometimes have no loot in it. An NPC will no longer walk into the conversation space when talking to Warden Radut in Galawain's Tusks. Camera now correctly centers on the Envoy when certain characters state their opinion about trying drugs. Yatzli will no longer repeat the same conversation about Living Land leaders in The Garden Fixed an issue where the Player could fall behind the cliff and get stuck in Delemgan Glade UI/UX Lore UI in conversations will no longer flicker while using the largest text size Adjusted the Map Legend textbox to prevent text overlapping. The Dream Touch status effect icon is now displayed correctly under hit enemy HP bars Added 'Hold' variants of Sticks, Bumpers and D-Pad icons Updated the videos used in the tutorials for Swords and Greatswords. Color of the 'Corroded Key' icon is now consistent with other key items Ancient Memory conversations now have smoother fade out animations. Food persistent temporary effects are limited to a designer adjustable number HUD Opacities of <100% no longer cut off Companions' want-to-talk icons. Added an auto detect graphics button for the Graphics Quality setting. The party camp god totem's skill dialog now also forwards analog input changes to the scrollable content. Companion abilities are now automatically added to empty hotbar slots. Switching between controller and mouse when playing on an Xbox will no longer cause the cursor to disappear on the map screen. Subtitle text size now changes properly after changing it in Settings. It is now possible to scroll Kai's \"New Companion\" pop-up when playing with Bigger text size and High Contrast Documents on. \"Want to talk\" companion icons will no longer show if the player progresses to a point in the story where they can no longer have regular conversations with companions. It is now possible to select all presets in Character Creation on Xbox if playing with a mouse plugged in. Switching grimoires mid cooldown no longer freezes the cooldown animation. When resetting graphics settings back to default on PC, it will set the Graphics Quality settings back to the last benchmark results instead of always to Epic Quality. The description for DLSS Frame Generation in Settings now updates properly when playing using a 50 series GPU. The player can now disable HUD Shake in Settings. Re-added the FidelityFX 3 option to the graphics settings for AMD graphics card users. Switching between controller and mouse when playing on an Xbox will no longer cause icons on the map to be non-interactable. Point of Interest names now properly fit within text backgrounds on the map. \"XP Gained\" notifications will no longer linger on the screen longer than intended. Opening the radial while viewing the grimoire spells with the mouse will no longer make the radial unresponsive. \"Unspent points\" reminders are now included in the \"Show Reminders\" settings. When rebinding Gamepad Left Trigger to Sprint and Left Thumbstick to Off Hand, Left Trigger will no longer trigger the Off Hand action. Changing controller binding presets back to \"Custom\" will now undo the other preset's pending bindings to the currently applied bindings. \"Don't Show Again\" option on the input bindings screen now works as intended. Separated map panning and zoom speed with keyboard and gamepad from FPS Frame limit can no longer be set while frame generation is on. Binding the scroll wheel to hotbar slots 1-6 now works as intended after restarting the game. Binding the R key to Next Subtab will no longer cause equipping the next item after stashing or breaking down an item. Corrected the translation for \"survivalist\" in Chinese. Tutorials no longer flicker while the game's language is set to Portuguese. Grimoire Mastery no longer shows as a prerequisite when trying to increase the rank of Minor Missiles. The Quest Tracker is now included in HUD shake animations. The player can now unbind an action from the hotbar by binding the same action to the same slot. All of the radial menu is now accessible when using a mouse when playing on Xbox. The controller mapping view in Settings now shows bindings on inputs properly when rebinding \"Swap weapon set\" to a different input. The player is now able to scroll down the description of Difficulty in the Game Settings when using a controller and the UI Text Size is set to \"Large\" or \"Larger\" Treasure Maps no longer flicker when viewing them. The highlight for the currently selected preset in Character Creation now works as intended when switching between different screens. Fix issue where navigating companion UI skill page with keyboard and controller doesn't make the navigate sound effect. Respecing Ability points no longer requires spending the first point into Charge, Tanglefoor, or Missiles. [UI] Removed unused setting from Accessibility Settings to match its removal from the UI tab Fixed issue where quest items could have quality pips Fixed an issue where Upscale setting was showing Nvidia DLSS 3 on an unsupported video card Made setting's screen resolution values more consistent and to accept even 10k values. Added different colored throwable types \"[UI] The Grimoire displays are no longer hidden by the Show HUD toggle While cases were made for both sides, this generally feels slightly kinder to the player, as there's no other way to see what's in their grimoire and which button will do what [UI] HUD Opacity slider is no longer disabled by the Show HUD setting, since it affects more than just the HUD anyway (Compass in particular)\" Added Elemental Resistance to Stat page next to accumulation values [UI] Traits/Grimoire Spells are now shown on the Upgrade screen at Party Camp Fixed Health and Essence potion tutorial Percentage symbol has been adapted to each language requirements. Fixed issue where breaking down prompt flickers briefly before the prompt fully pops up. The Player can no longer accidentally consume potions with the right click input in inventory. Fix issue with Shadowing beyond and grass incorrectly setting and unsetting the hidden indicator. Fixed Controller issue for the Dialog History Screen where LS controls the right list, while RS the left one When switching from gamepad to keyboard it'll update the hotbar entries properly so action 5 & 6 aren't greyed out. Art Fixing Obsidian order armor shoulder plates visible in First-Person View. Fixed Water splashes from water react differently than on Rivers. Fixed Amalia's navigation inside the Camp. Fixed player being able to enter Thirdborn via pipelines. Fixed floating roots in the Thicket. Fixed an issue where Paradis Militia in the Emerald Stair Gatehouse falls into the ground. The Player no longer can climb on top of the Xaurip rock in Prologue. Corrected the visual look of glass for low Global Illumination Setting. Smoothed out the skinning and reduce clipping of the Kumitru's shirt during conversation. Added new Design for Downed Companion indicators for when they are offscreen Shooting Water with Arrows now causes splash Added effect for ripples, wake when swimming for all NPCs, companions and players Fixed an issue where The Player was unable to see Casted Meteor Shower at farther ranges Fixed an issue where Lodestone's scratch decals are placed inaccurately Fixed fire and ire Impact LOD Fixed an issue where Smoke and steam effects inside Mermaid’s Den appear completely opaque, when global illumination graphic settings has been set to Low Added new Design for Downed Companion indicators for when they are offscreen Combat/Systems Fixes Increased arrow drop for bow basic attacks The visual effect of the Stamina Drain Aura cast by Ghost type enemies will now correctly end with the effect rather than lasting twice as long Added loot drops for killable critters Fixed issue with Crackling Bolt not correctly applying shock accumulation Fixed issue with bear fodder enemies clipping through Kai when attacking Companions affected with Shock accumulation no longer electrocute each other in a loop. Improved lightning accumulation rate in water hazards Raised the heights of the enemy health and stun UI on Ghost units to allow for more unobstructed aiming at their heads. Fixed a typo in the description of the 'Ring of the Founder' item Updated animation timings of Giatta's parry action to better line up with enemy attacks getting parried. Fixed a typo in the journal entry for the Totem of Defiance Improved lightning accumulation rate in water hazards Arrows now have gravity and will fall back down if shot in the air Grimoires now will cost less materials to upgrade per tier, but their per tier upgrade value has been reduced to match the change in upgrade costs Fixed Minoletta's Conduit now works as intended with the Wand Mastery Ability Fixed description of Chitin Band's enchantment to match buffs to the item Added Grimoires now use creature parts to upgrade instead of wood Halma's Fancy trinket now grants +20 Maximum Essence in addition to +3 Perception. Adjusted Aedyran Supply Cache to help make it easier for players to find Companions will now stay closer to the Player. Fixed the typo on one of the epitaphs inside Dawnshore Graveyard. Vailian and Rauataian coins can now be found as loot. Programming Fixes Fixed an issue with weapons losing enchantments after traveling between maps Fixed an issue where Bristling Frost doesn't create ice platforms on water Companions now consistently leave the combat state after all enemies lose track of the player. Fixed an issue where Completing certain quests on older saves was not bring properly counted for the Pentiment achievement. Fixed the \"Armor Fit for the Wilds\" Quest getting stuck at the \"Gather Materials\" stage. Ensure Proxy actors enter/exit destination points. Dead encounter characters with no loot will no longer respawn Fixed an issue where HUD was not fading out for end slides Improved Optimization to essence wisp spawning Improve appearance of hair, beards and fur when using FSR at lower quality levels Fixed an issue where Player inventory slot being left empty when equipping a weapon with LMB+RMB together Fix a while flash in the world lighting that can sometimes be seen when the loading screen disappears Essence will no longer be reduced from full when loading a save game where the Woedica totem is active Fix grimoire spell input sometimes triggering a quick-slot ability, or vice versa, when playing with mouse and keyboard. Enemies will no longer be stuck in ragdoll after attacking them with Stealth Attack while affected by Pull of Eora ability fixed enemy models appear with a delay if players run into Inner Complex too quickly Fixed First-Person camera unintentionally snapping to the horizon line when swimming along the surface of water Damaged Maegfolc enemy will now attack the player outside of melee range correctly The First-Person camera will no longer snap to default position upon using the Power Jump ability Fix weapon attacks restarting instead of finishing if the player rapidly taps the attack input at the end of another ability Ilora now consistently utilizes her ranged weapon. Fix some rare cases where slow-motion could last longer than intended. Play appropriate hit reactions when a player's or NPC's attempted block fails to mitigate any damage, such as when being hit from behind. Fixed an issue with Companions ragdoll during cutscenes Fixed an issue with missing VFX indicating that the companion is poisoned Giatta's Purification upgrade Essence Pressure no longer affects anything that isn't a living enemy. Fixed an issue where Ranged NPC are standing still instead of repositioning to hit the player. Fixed an issue where sometimes Freezing Pillar does not appear after casting the Ability Fixed an issue where the Player is missing one of the Skaen Totem pieces after picking it up Fixed an issue where Unique Pistol \"Fair Play\" doesn't cause critical hits when attacking weakpoint spots Overlands maps now remove fog of war from cities if the player has visited them. Essence Cost Reduction modifiers now add together, instead of combining as multipliers (-10% and -20% now combine to -30%, instead of -28%). The version number of the game now appears on the main menu. 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      • "content": "Blue Protocol may have been shut down last year, but it lives on in a new form now with Blue Protocol: Star Resonance. Publisher A Plus unveiled the new MMORPG today, and it's set for launch sometime in 2025. Per Gematsu , Blue Protocol: Star Resonance was previously only announced for China. It was licensed to Bokura, the developer, after the closure of Blue Protocol and picked up some members of the original team in the process. Now, Star Resonance looks to be heading to new territories. You'd be forgiven for thinking Blue Protcol: Star Resonance is the original Blue Protocol, as the gameplay and world look very similar . The original Blue Protocol was a collaboration between Amazon Games and Bandai Namco. The MMORPG went live in Japan and was planned for a worldwide release. IGN even previewed it in 2023 , calling it \"gorgeous\" and \"cool.\" Then in 2024, Bandai Namco announced it was cancelling the worldwide launch and would discontinue service for Blue Protocol by January 18, 2025. “We have enjoyed a strong relationship with Amazon Games throughout the development of Blue Protocol, and both of our teams are disappointed that we will not be able to deliver the game to players around the world,” Bandai Namco said in a statement at the time. “We have worked hard to prepare for the release; however, we have come to the conclusion that it will not be possible to provide a service that satisfies all of you.” Cut to now, and Blue Protocol: Star Resonance bears all the hallmarks of Blue Protocol. There's the anime-inspired aesthetic, action combat, character customization, and community events. This, in essence, may just be the return of Blue Protocol for those who were interested in seeing it arrive in the west. While this news might feel like seeing the ghost of old games past, it might be some good news for anyone who didn't get the chance to try Blue Protocol before its closure. Maybe the second time's the charm? We'll know for sure when Blue Protocol: Star Resonance arrives sometime this year. Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.",
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      • "content": "The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting some extra buttons with specific set-ups, like the Joy-Con 2 Charging Grip and Pro Controller 2. The GL and GR buttons, as they're called, add extra buttons on the underside of the Switch's handles, and Nintendo has shared some examples of just how easy it will be to do so. According to Nintendo's update, the system will \"remember each user's button assignments for each game they play.\" This could make it easy to set up game-specific, maybe even user-specific, mappings for GR and GL. To assign these buttons out, just press and hold the HOME Button while playing a game to access quick settings, and then key in your button on the GR/GL settings. This might not help at the time of this writing, as the Switch 2 is still a few weeks away. But if you're here from the future, you're welcome for the tip! It all seems pretty quick and easy to set, and the per-game functionality is nice to see. It's important to note that this particular Switch 2 functionality only works with the Joy-Con 2 Charging Grip and Pro Controller 2, at least at this time. The base Joy-Con 2's don't have GR and GL buttons on the underside. Both of these accessories are sold separately from the base Switch 2 console and its Mario Kart World bundle, and both got a price bump due to the current trade situation. It won't be long now until the June 5 release date for the Nintendo Switch 2, as it debuts with Mario Kart World and several Switch 2 versions of Switch 1 favorites, including The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Digital Foundry recently revealed the tech specs for NIntendo's upcoming hybrid handheld console, and its report expressed some concerns over GameChat's effect on performance. You can read more about that here . Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.",
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      • "content": "Smash Together, an unofficial dating app started up for like-minded Smash Bros. players to meet and mingle, has claimed it has received a cease-and-desist letter just before its open beta. The app developers don't specify who the cease-and-desist is from, although the assumption would be Nintendo, since it's a Smash Bros. dating app. SmashTogether advertised itself as the \"premium dating site for Super Smash Bros. enjoyers of all kinds,\" where one could make their \"dream Doubles partner (in and out of Smash)\" with a matchmaking algorithm, tailored to \"connect you with your ideal Smash Partner.\" Included screenshots of the app included sections for listing your character of choice, or \"main,\" as well as notable wins and prompts, similar to those you might find in other dating apps but with a Smash Bros. twist. \"I'm looking for... Someone who can make it out of pools at a major,\" for example. Alongside concerns over actual IP and copyright infringement, the idea of a dating app around a game like Smash Bros. was probably reason enough for whoever sent the cease-and-desist to do so. There's been no word out of the SmashTogether camp as to whether the team will seek an alternative solution, without Smash Bros. as the foundation. Until then, please appreciate the restraint I've exhibited in this article by not writing a single joke about \"smashing.\" Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.",
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But it is the way I suspect those of us most eager for more medieval Czech adventuring will see it for the first time, because who wants to go rooting around their old saves looking for just the right spot? For one thing, especially if you've already resolved the main campaign's conflict, there isn’t much on the line here to make it feel like it matters. All of the base game's best side quests, including the ones that I do think could stand on their own better than this one, benefitted from being carried on the current of these sweeping, historical, life-changing events happening all around them. The pacing, also, is just a little bit odd when playing through it in a straight shot with no other distractions like going out of my way to uncover more of the map or discovering a whole new settlement. It took me around 12 hours, and you could probably knock it out a good deal quicker if you don't believe, like I do, that indulging in the temptation of fast travel is one of the seven deadly sins of open-world RPGs. Running through these objectives feels a little plodding at times, and there are a few too many quest steps that simply require you to ride somewhere and get an item or talk to a guy. That might not have been as much of an issue if I hadn’t already finished everything else, so there's no more possibility of getting caught up in a completely unrelated, unexpected adventure along the way. Those moments were a big part of Kingdom Come's charm. But let’s pretend that wasn’t a concern. If I were comparing this story to what I would consider the best side quests in the base game, it would be near the top in terms of scope, and probably above average in terms of writing. The actor voicing Voyta lends a lot of character and energy to the proceedings, too. On the other hand, in terms of the creativity in the quest design and the variety of activities Henry gets to engage in, it's really just adequate. And going at it with an endgame character decked out in expensive gear, all of the fights except for the last one felt pretty trivial. Even the one satisfyingly tough boss didn't feel like he got an appropriate lead-up or climactic backdrop fitting for his position. It's just another skirmish in some random spot in the forest. There isn't anything here as memorable or clever as the Mouth of Hell or Fifth Commandment quest chains from vanilla KCD2. There are no heart-pounding moments of action or drama to compete with those of the main quest. It does present Henry with some nuanced decisions that can have a notable impact on how things wrap up, though, and a secret achievement I got for getting Voyta to tell me more than he originally wanted to – I won’t tell you how – hinted to me that he might not be so forthcoming if I had done things differently. That's cool, because I felt rewarded for talking him into lowering his defenses. But even then, the friendship that developed between him and Henry seemed rushed and unearned when all of these quests are played back to back with no chance to reflect on their character development. The other neat thing this DLC adds other than a new storyline – and something you’ll have to remember it by if you’re moving on to other things in the world – is the ability to get Voyta to paint your shields. This is a welcome little bit of customization and medieval flair that adds to the feeling I'm creating a new legacy for Henry, not merely following the orders of some pampered lords. I like the period-inspired designs and color schemes quite a bit, and it's especially satisfying that you can unlock a few new designs based on your exploits from completing specific quests. Again, I think I’d have reacted to Brushes With Death much more favorably if it had been one part of a new playthrough rather than a late addition I was returning to months later. Its relationships would have had more time to brew. I would have spent more time pondering its mysteries while I was out exploring in the forest or getting distracted by other quests. And its conclusion might have felt more satisfying if it didn't have to follow the total show-stopper that was the last several hours of the main story. But instead of it serving as a nice little seasoning to a three-course meal, I was just emptying the entire pepper shaker into my mouth after cleaning my plate. I do also have to mention that this patch introduced a new graphical bug for me that was quite persistent and distracting. 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He's missing parts of a couple fingers, indicating that he’s tussled with the zombies at least once, and talking to him queues you into an expedition (i.e. a raid). The initial Early Access release will have three maps: Jacques Bridge, Sombre Forest, and Sarlat Farm. Each is one square kilometer, and each one has a big dungeon beneath it as well. Expect six weather varieties per map, including noon (clear), noon (fog), sunset, and sunrise. More dynamic stuff will be added post-release. Rea explained that they’re aiming for 50-60 hours of content here, and then you unlock the Cauldron, a new area of the Chateau. You will learn your profession there. There are six professions: three gathering (like Scavenging, which means you’re a purveyor of metals and materials; a Conservator who finds mechanisms and trinkets to make tools or guns; and the Naturalist, who gathers herbs and spices to make food, drinks, and medicine) and three crafting (examples here include Metallurgy, Gunsmithing, and Cooking). You can have two professions at a time. The story of this map is that there was civil conflict when The End – the bacteria that led to the Hunger – began. As you play, there's lore to find and extract with. Missives and Maps, as examples of this, are Common, Rare, or Legendary. And if you extract with a Missive you can read it back in the Chateau and get a quest's worth of XP, and once you’ve found everything you can read the whole story of the game. The developers also plan to tell the story through NPC dialogue. \"We try to infuse every aspect of the game with story,\" Rea told me. The Hunger all have different qualities and aspects, which means that going melee-only has the advantage of letting you be silent. Shooting, on the other hand, makes noise and invites more Hunger. The Bloater, as an example of one such Hunger, is a blob-like thing that explodes into a cloud of poisonous gas. Shambler hits, meanwhile, cause bleed damage. There are a whopping 33 weapons between melee and ranged, from daggers, pistols, and rifles to maces and primitive machine guns. You can find exotic ammo for the guns that add additional damage effects to the bullets. And yes, there will be dedicated PvP experiences if you need to scratch that itch. Furthermore, there's a Mastery Tree, and as you level up from 10-100 you get a mastery point. This includes four trees: Physiology, Survival, Martial, and Cunning, and the developers hope this ensures there are multiple ways to progress through the game besides PvP. In fact, you can play solo or in duos if you want as well. \"Being a solo or duo player isn't a death sentence,” Rea said. “In fact it's one of the quickest ways to progress in the game.\" You'll also unlock progression cosmetics as well when you level up, kill bosses, etc. And yes, there are cosmetics for every weapon and bag. Hunger won’t be free-to-play, which hopefully helps ensure its design principles won’t be compromised by pay-to-win nonsense, and there definitely won’t be any battle passes. They did mention a “Support the Developers” edition that would include extra cosmetics for whatever it ends up priced at above the $30 the team is aiming for on the standard edition. 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      • "description": "You maniacs! You want an Apes marathon? Damn youuuu!1968's classic and influential sci-fi film, Planet of the Apes (based on French author Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel), spawned a franchise that dominated the first half of the '70s with four more movie sequels, tie-in books, a live-action TV series, and and even an animated. This global conflict pitting humans ...",
      • "content": "1968's classic and influential sci-fi film, Planet of the Apes (based on French author Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel), spawned a franchise that dominated the first half of the '70s with four more movie sequels, tie-in books, a live-action TV series, and and even an animated. This global conflict pitting humans against intelligent humanoid apes thrilled the imagination while also touching on social issues like racism, animal cruelty, and the Cold War. It makes for some of the best sci-fi movies of all time. Now is it possible to take a full chronological journey? Not exactly, but we can do our best. This unsettling saga, one where humans find themselves supplanted by a fast-evolving new species and struggling with subservience and subjugation, is worth the watch, so let's look at how to catch the Planet of the Apes films in order. And when you're done here, be sure to also check out our detailed explanation of the Planet of the Apes timeline ! Jump to : How to watch in chronological order How to the original movies in order How to watch by release order How Many Planet of the Apes Movies Are There? There are a total of ten movies set within the Planet of the Apes universe, starting with the 1968 original and its four sequels. The 2001 reboot makes six and then the four prequels, which showcase how the world fell to the apes, round out the ten. The Planet of the Apes Movies in Chronological Order Here's the caveat: The three prequels from the last decade or so are not connected to the original series of films. They represent a fully rebooted timeline, presumedly with a different future than the one Charlton Heston's astronaut discovers in the 1968 film. But there's no harm in still watching them first... Motion capture technology and digital characters were on the extreme rise in the Aughts, allowing the Apes saga to move beyond practical makeup and into a new special effects arena that would allow for more emotion in performance from the lead Apes. Gollum himself, Andy Serkis, lent his extraodinary abilities to Caesar, a chimpanzee whose intelligence is increased through science, and becomes the heart of a prequel story all about the beginnings of the end for humankind. Set in the \"present day,\" Rise of the Planet of the Apes also stars James Franco, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, and Freida Pinto, planting the seeds for what will become a world-wide war. Read our review of Rise of the Planet of the Apes here. The prequels bring in The Batman's Matt Reeves as director for the next two movies, starting with the superb Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which brings back Andy Serkis' Caesar, years after the Simian Flu has decimated Earth' human population while the intelligence Apes have established a colony near San Francisco. Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, and Toby Kebbell co-star in this tale of the initial truce talks and attempts at peace that go so so badly because of treachery on both sides. Read our review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes here . Past the point of no return, the conflict between apes and humans has escalated into full war in Matt Reeves' War for the Planet of the Apes as Andy Serkis' Caesar sets out to avenge those he has lost. Woody Harrelson and Steve Zahn join the franchise for this acclaimed ending to the Apes' Caesar Trilogy, originally intended to drop us off on the doorstep of Planet of the Apes (in its own way since it's these are reboot prequels) except that it made a good amount of money and, thus, per rules of Hollywood, needed a sequel. Read our review of War for the Planet of the Apes here. Although Kingdom follows the events of the previous film, it actually takes place a full 300 years after War for the Planet of the Apes. At this point in the story, the apes have fully taken over and human civilization and their technology are now a distant past. Read our review of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes . Planet of the Apes , starring Charlton Heston as an adrift astronaut, George Taylor, who emerges from deep cryo-sleep to find marooned on planet populated by ape-like beings with human intelligence, is iconic sci-fi -- all while containing one of the best twist endings in cinema history. A twist brought to us courtesy of the king of \"gotcha!\" endings, Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, who adapted the original book and added his own special brand of shock and awe. Charlton Heston only returned briefly for this 1970 follow-up, Beneath the Planet of the Apes , which switched up the leads and focused on a different astronaut, Brent (James Franciscus), who arrives on a mission to find the missing Taylor. Discovering a hidden population of telepathic humans who worship an ancient nuclear weapon, Brent must survive this new harsh realm while also preventing everything from being destroyed by the doomsday bomb. A decent, albeit insane, sequel. In a biting bit of time-travel upheaval, a trio of Apes escape the events of the previous film -- Cornelius (Roddy McDowall), Zira (Kim Hunter), and Dr. Milo (Sal Mineo) -- and arrive in 1973 Earth where they face the worst of humanity's persecution. Escape From the Planet of the Apes is more touching and character-driven than the films before it, blending light with dark...until it goes super dark. Roddy McDowall returns to the franchise for Conquest of the Planet of the Apes , though now playing Caesar (yes, kinda/sorta Caesar the reboot prequels focused on), the intelligent ape son of Cornelius and Zira, out to lead a rebellion against humanity in the wake of a pandemic that's turned society into fascist slave-owners. You can debate as to whether we’re in an alternate timeline here or the same one George Taylor found himself in when he crashed landed in the future, in Planet of the Apes. Regardless, Conquest is still filled with mass death as a full Ape revolt occurs and humanity finds itself on the brink of downfall. In the final sequel to the original film, McDowall's Caesar once again tries to keep the peace amongst the humans and apes, after humans have been defeated, but uprisings spring up and the message is hammered home that power eventually corrupts all those in charge, whether they're human or not. Billed as The Final Chapter, Battle for the Planet of the Apes wasn't received well by critics or audiences, though it capped off the sci-fi story that began five years previous. Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes reboot can honestly be watched whenever, since it doesn't officially belong on any timeline, but we advise at least checking out the 1968 original before indulging in the remake. Mark Wahlberg stars as the wayward astronaut here, with Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Paul Giamatti in Ape roles. The story is similar to the O.G. film but the characters are new, and there's even a new stab at the classic twist ending. How to Watch the Original Planet of the Apes Movies in Order How to Watch the Planet of the Apes Movies by Release Date If you're looking to watch all the movies in theatrical release order, the correct list is below: Upcoming Planet of the Apes Movies The next Planet of the Apes movie is targeting a 2027 release, according to 20th Century Studios president Steve Asbell (via THR ). Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, the duo behind the rebooted film franchise, said they planned 2024's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes to be the start of a new trilogy . They also said their reboot was conceived with nine films in mind, meaning there may be as many as five new Apes movies to come. Despite his busy schedule (including the live-action Zelda movie ), director Wes Ball recently confirmed production on the Apes sequel was underway in a conversation with Collider . The director went on to say \"Movie two is almost always the best one of the trilogy. That's the way it works. That's where all the drama is, where all the conflict is.\"",
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      • "content": "Going back to 1895 when the Lumière brothers first commercially shared their short films with the public — and the idea of motion pictures was invented — there have since been many technological leaps forward that have advanced the art of filmmaking. Many of them came through the studio that George Lucas founded in 1975: Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). He created it explicitly as a place for physical and digital innovation in the creation of visual effects. In March 2025, in something of a surprise, Disney+ announced a second season of three episodes directed by Joe Johnston. A former concept artist and visual effects technician for Lucas on the original Star Wars, Johnston collaborated with ILM until 1984 when he left to pursue his own films. We spoke to Johnston recently about his time working on the doc, including his willingness to, at times, question the memory of the man up top – George Lucas! Rebutting George Lucas Himself One of the delights of Season 2 is hearing Johnston off-camera asking some very candid questions that he lobbed at everyone from visual effects supervisor John Knoll to Lucas himself. His technique works well because he manages to elicit a lot of deeply personal memories out of ILM familiars like Dennis Muren, Rob Coleman, Rick McCallum, Knoll, and actor Ahmed Best, and even has a few on-camera differences of opinion with Lucas. “I hadn't really had a sit-down conversation with George in, I don't know how many years,” Johnston says of their reunion. “We've been close enough that I get invited to his birthday party, and I chat with him then. But as far as sitting down and asking questions about stuff, it's been since probably the ’80s.” The distance from the events discussed and their long friendship allows Johnston to rebut some of Lucas’ answers freely, like their differing perceptions regarding the audience’s negative reaction to Jar Jar Binks, which Lucas says was similar to C-3PO’s reception in 1977. “He disagreed with me about C-3PO, but I don't remember that at all,” Johnston says with candor. “I don't remember people reacting negatively to him. I do remember the thing about the Ewoks, about making them teddy bears. He was pretty accurate about that, and about my reaction. “And it was interesting talking to Doug Chiang too, because Doug reminded me of a few things,” Johnston says of the Lucasfilm creative director’s stories about their former boss being extremely tough on designs he didn’t like, or non-demonstrative as a leader. “I was like, ‘Oh, yeah , I remember George being exactly like that.’ Nothing really got onto the screen without George at least having some level of approval of it. “But I have to give George credit,” he adds, “because George watched the series, and there's negative stuff in the series. But he didn't object to it at all. The only note that he had was, ‘I want some of these other artists who worked with Doug to have their names mentioned.’ That was his only note, so I was very gratified that he was happy with it.” Ahmed Best’s Painful Jar Jar Memories Johnston was also happy that Ahmed Best was able to go into detail about the toxic feedback leveled at him by critics and audiences for his motion-capture and voice work as Jar Jar in the prequels. In one of the most emotional sequences of the whole series, Best talks about even having suicidal thoughts when his career and life were so negatively affected. “I asked him a question about it, and he was very honest about some things,” Johnston says of Best’s frankness. “And then one of the producers says, ‘Ask him just to go a little bit deeper.’ And he did. He added some stuff to it. He didn't need to be coached to tell that story and I don't know if he's ever told it before in such detail. It was really just letting him know that he was in a very friendly environment where, if he wanted to tell us that story, or any story, I wanted him to feel comfortable in saying what he said. It's probably the most emotional moment.” From Interviewee to Interviewer A featured on-camera interviewee in Season 1 of Light & Magic , Johnston tells IGN that he was very surprised when the production team called him six months after release about doing a second season. “I said, ‘Guys, I said everything I can even think of in Season 1,’” Johnston remembers. “But they said, “No, no, no, we don't want you to be in it. We want you to direct this.” Documentaries were absent from the robust career resume of Johnston (now aged 74), but he certainly knew the studio and quite a few of the now-legends who established ILM. Subject-wise, the second season focuses heavily on Lucas’ Star Wars prequels, which were digital VFX vanguards, and continues up through ILM’s first animated feature Rango (2011) before closing with the reunion of original ILM artists at the closing of the Kerner Optical complex in 2023. “I told Larry Kasdan [who directed Season 1], ‘The advantage you had was to tell the origin story. You can only do that one time,’” Johnston says of his season’s focus. “I was part of the origin story, but everything that came after that, I have no idea what it's all about. In a way, that was sort of the appeal. Even though I was originally an insider, I was looking back [on] Season 2 as a total outsider. And maybe that's why Imagine was thinking, ‘He'll be the right guy for it.’ “The important thing for me was to be in the room with my victims, you know?” Johnston laughs. “I know that Larry Kasdan did it the other way. He was remote for all of it and it worked for him. I had to do a couple of them remotely because Rob Coleman was in Australia and Rick McCallum was in the UK. I think I did three remote interviews, but for the rest of mine, I wanted to be in the room and look across the room at them.” As a newbie to the art of grilling subjects on camera, Johnston says a story producer initially provided him with a list of questions for each subject, but then he took his own pass at them. Johnston says, “I went through the questions and I said, ‘Well, I'm not going to ask this one, or this one, or this one, but I'll trade in some of mine.’ Having never interviewed anybody before, I think I learned with each interview something new, what to do, and maybe in a couple of instances, what not to do. He also didn’t do any research. “I wanted this series to sort of build itself,” he explains. “I had seen all the films, obviously. And I think I'd seen all the films that we referenced as other non-Lucasfilm projects. But I didn't want to over-educate myself about them because I was almost a fly on the wall for these interviews. I got to ask the questions but I wanted to sit back and listen to what everybody had to say.” “It was interesting,” he assesses. “It wouldn't be my ideal way to do a documentary. I’d want to have the camera on my shoulder, and walk in there and start asking questions. I wanted it to be very impromptu.” He says for Season 1, he even helped facilitate that vibe for his own interview with Kasdan. “When I talked to Larry before [my] interview, I said, ‘There's a couple of things I want to set straight.’ And so, I was very open to the people I interviewed, [saying], ‘If there's something you want to say, let me know, and I'm happy to either ask the question or just let you run with it.’” The ILM Reunion The Season 2 finale takes place at the ILM reunion at their old Kerner building, as the legends of the studio assembled to mark the forever closing together. While a perfect grace note to bring the docuseries full circle, Johnston admits that it was actually never planned that way. “We knew where there was going to be a goodbye to ILM, but we didn't intend to have it in the show. It was just a party,” he explains. “But we decided, ‘Okay, let's have a camera crew there, just in case.’ My goodbye ILM speech, I had never intended that to be in. But the editors really did a lot of the heavy lifting there.” Now on the other side of it, Johnston says he’s a bit smitten with the doc format and is pitching a music-centric project to Imagine in the near future. “What I learned more than anything was, if I'm going to do a documentary, I'm going to do it in a slightly different way,” he shares. “I'm going to let the editors have a huge amount of responsibility in guiding which way it goes once the footage, the archival footage, and the interviews are done. But I'm going to approach the interviews in a much more informal way, I guess is what I would say. One of my favorite documentarians is Michael Moore. I don't know how much planning he does, but my impression is he shows up with the camera and starts asking questions, catching people off guard, which I think is very important. “Documentaries are so different from feature films,” he continues. “There's pros and cons to all of it. You can't write a script for a documentary. It writes itself in the cutting room. And that's one of the appeals of it, actually. You jump in and you don't quite know exactly what it's going to be.” Light & Magic is streaming on Disney+ now.",
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      • "description": "This could be the start of a beautiful friendship.DC Comics and the creators behind Ghost Machine imprint have announced a new crossover that will see the two companies trading artists for a pair of very cool variant covers. It's effectively the first crossover between the DCU and Ghost Machine's Unnamed Universe.This arrangement will see Geiger artist Gary ...",
      • "content": "DC Comics and the creators behind Ghost Machine imprint have announced a new crossover that will see the two companies trading artists for a pair of very cool variant covers. It's effectively the first crossover between the DCU and Ghost Machine's Unnamed Universe. IGN can exclusively reveal both covers. First, check out Frank's Batman #163 cover below: Next, see Lee's Geiger #19 cover below: As you can see, both covers share a similar composition, meaning they should look good when displayed together as a pair. “Jim’s a great friend and inspirational artist,” said Frank in a statement. “When we first began talking about doing covers for each other’s projects, it instantly became a moment where you realize why you got into comics. The community, the friendships, the love of the medium and the appreciation of each other’s work is something unique to comics and its creators.” “When Jim delivered his Geiger cover featuring The Glowing Woman, Ashley Arden, it was a special moment for all of us at Ghost Machine,” continued Frank. “It was also fun for me to dip back into the world of DC with a Batman image featuring the Dark Knight and some of his greatest villains.\" “I’m thrilled to be able to collaborate with the massively talented Gary Frank who I’ve had the good fortune to call a true friend since the early 1990’s,” said Lee. “Gary is a consummate professional, a Bonafide artist’s artist, a master of capturing light and form, and he’s drawn some of my favorite comics ever.” “We hatched this idea to do a ‘crossover’ even if it is truly only compositionally,” continued Lee, “and I’m so honored to have a Gray Frank Batman Hush piece grace our ‘who’s who’ list of variant virtuoso cover artists!” Batman #163 will be released in August 2025, while Geiger #19 will be released in October 2025. As previously announced, Batman #163 also serves as the series finale for the current volume. It'll be replaced by a new Batman series in September , as Hawkeye writer Matt Fraction teams with Batman veteran Jorge Jiménez to kick off a new era for the Dark Knight. Will we ever see Batman actually cross over into the Unnamed Universe? Time will tell, but for now, check out our picks for the top 10 Batman crossovers of all time . Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on BlueSky .",
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