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Ari Notis
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Staff Writer, Kotaku

Pretty much. Not including cosmetics/secrets like the figurines, classic maps, cheats, etc, when compared they’re not far off.

2016 had:
-Weapon upgrades + currency
-Weapon mastery challenges
-Suit upgrades + currency
-Stat upgrades + currency
-Rune upgrades
-Rune capacity upgrades

Eternal has:
-Weapon upgrades+currency
-Weapon Read more

I’d also recommend upgrading your ammo capacity ASAP. On Nightmare difficulty, running out of ammo is the biggest cause of death. Enemies are pretty tanky and do a ton of damage so you need to clear them as quickly as possible. That’s hard to do when you don’t have any ammo for the optimal weapons. Read more

Also: don’t be stingy with using your flamethrower or chainsaw, there’s plenty of ammo for them everywhere, and they will save your but if you’re down on ammo or health. You’re supposed to frequently use them. Read more

The probability of getting the combo you want on any single try is just: Read more

My wife, our son, and I each have our own copy of the game. When we started today, we wanted to make sure we each had a different starting fruit. My wife got to her island first (just barely!) and got oranges. She was pleased with this result. Moments later, the camera pans over my own island... oranges. With an Read more

Xbox Game Pass is an amazing deal for anyone on the fence, even those who game on PC rather than Xbox. The selection is fantastic on both platforms, ranging from Xbox exclusives (Forza Horizon is my personal fav) to AAA greats (Yakuza 0! Monster Hunter! FFXV! KH3!) to indies (so many all-time greats!) to classic games Read more

There are also free monthly games offered through Twitch Prime. If you check things like battle royales or PVE games like Dauntless, there are additional free goodies. Read more

Square Enix is giving away the following for free (add to cart, checkout and receive steam keys) Read more

There’s no reason to get pricey wipes. Just use cheap as dirt alcohol or hydrogen peroxide, which was one of the options mentioned. You’re now more likely to find the liquid bottles of alcohol on store shelves than any cleaning wipe. Read more

Something I learned the hard way, lysol wipes can mess with the finish on some things. I used to use them on my 3DS to clean/disinfect after my young kids would use it for extended periods. After awhile I realized the design/finish on the back was chipping off. At least it was still usable, but it never looked as cool Read more

Silent Hill 4: The Room - the game where you’re locked inside your apartment AND your apartment is trying to kill you! Read more

Wasn’t there a part in Dishonored where rats brought some sort of plague and I think even made humans zombified somehow, if I’m remembering correctly.
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“Happy owners of PS4 Pro or Xbox One X consoles—both of which come equipped with beastly 1 TB hard drives—likely needn’t worry about external storage solutions.” Read more

Ha ha ha ha ha, I laughed so hard I cried. I have a launch PS4, I upgraded the drive in it in 2015 to a 2TB model which has about 500GB free, and I’m hoping the PS5 comes with 4TB by default. Why? Big RPG’s and MMO’s! I could easily fill up my remaining 500GB by reinstalling ESO, TERA, The Witcher, Dragon Age, AC Read more

Well damn, guess they did a 180 for the battle royal.  Read more

No worries! I’m super excited to get my butt kicked for awhile. I was listening to ACG’s review as well and he suggested much the same as you so I’ll probably do exactly what you suggested (normal for intro, start over on easy if I’m just not having a good time). Read more

Yes and game pass members get it. No 60 dollars, just download it and play. Read more

Always, choose, easy, mode. Unless you want to get mid-game and hit a difficulty spike that locks out the rest of the game you paid for. Read more