Dicebreaker Recommends is a series of monthly board game, RPG and other tabletop recommendations from our friends at our sibling site, Dicebreaker . Oath: Chronicles of Empire & Exile is perhaps the first board game to make the description "generic fantasy" a glowing compliment. The latest release from darling strategy designer Cole Wehrle - best known for his asymmetric masterpiece Root, in which players control animal factions scrapping over a woodland - Oath is a highly ambitious board game that attempts to chart the rise and fall of empires, their rulers and those attempting to seize power from them over countless generations. While the game presents itself on the surface as a deeply strategic game of commanding armies and maintaining a tight grip of regions - and make no mistake, that's all in here - it's at heart a hugely accomplished storytelling machine, primed to allow players the space to weave their own tales of victory and defeat, alliance and rivalry, … [Read more...] about Dicebreaker Recommends: Oath: Chronicles of Empire & Exile, a storytelling masterpiece and one of the best board games of 2021
Another secret method to kill Kraid has been discovered in Metroid Dread
It wasn't long after Metroid Dread was released that a major sequence break was discovered. Grabbing the morph ball bombs early opens up a secret method of killing Kraid , the game's second boss. Now a new method of beating the boss has been discovered that requires another item to be grabbed early: the flash shift. This item allows Samus to dash in quick succession and is usually found a short while after the Kraid fight. However, if found beforehand, Samus will be able to flash shift into Kraid's face instead of a parry and unleash a barrage of missiles. Twitter user Yassu Yassu showed the secret method in action. ???????????????????????? #MetroidDread #????????? pic.twitter.com/h5HNAM9LeP — ??? (@yassu_yassu) November 14, 2021 This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. Please enable cookies to view. Manage cookie settings So far speedrunners have been having a field day with Metroid … [Read more...] about Another secret method to kill Kraid has been discovered in Metroid Dread
Roblox suing controversial content creator for leading a “cybermob” against platform
The Roblox Corporation is suing content creator Benjamin Robert Simon for leading a "cybermob" against the platform. The lawsuit was filed in a California court on Tuesday, as reported by Polygon . Roblox is seeking $1.6m in damages. Simon, better known online as Ruben Sim, has already been banned from the platform for several years for using racist and homophobic slurs, sexual harassment, and uploading images of Adolf Hitler, according to the lawsuit. Roblox lawyers claim the creator is "the leader of a 'cybermob' that with malice, fraud, and oppression, commits and encourages unlawful acts designed to injure Roblox and its users". That includes "repeatedly circumventing the technological barriers erected to block Defendant Simon from accessing the Roblox platform after he was permanently banned from the platform and instructing and encouraging others to do the same." Particularly prominent are accusations of terrorism. Simon is accused of "posting false and misleading … [Read more...] about Roblox suing controversial content creator for leading a “cybermob” against platform
Ex-Mass Effect developers express interest in TV show
Mass Effect's former lead writer and composer have expressed interest in collaborating on Amazon's potential plans for a Mass Effect TV series . It comes after another BioWare lead writer, David Gaider, yesterday said the idea of a Mass Effect TV adaptation made him "cringe" . "I'm not involved, but I'm looking forward to it!" writer Drew Karpyshyn said on Twitter . "Happy to consult if they want my input. ;)" Karpryshn served as lead writer on both Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, and also wrote a trilogy of tie-in novels. He left BioWare in 2012, through returned for a stint to work on Star Wars: The Old Republic and Anthem. Then he left again. "Hmmmm. I'm gonna throw my hat in the ring on this one," composer Sam Hulick wrote , also on Twitter. Hulick composed music for all of the original Mass Effect trilogy, as well as some of its DLC. "Haha... I love how we both chimed in with interest in being involved :D," he added, after seeing Karpyshyn similarly taking an … [Read more...] about Ex-Mass Effect developers express interest in TV show
“Worldwide logistical issues” impact Beyond a Steel Sky console release date
Global supply chain issues have impacted the console release of Beyond a Steel Sky, publisher Microids has said. "Due to worldwide logistical issues and constraints beyond our control, the game's release date had to be postponed on some platforms in certain territories," Microids said in a note to press. This means in the UK, the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S and retail Nintendo Switch versions launch 7th December, while the digital Switch version launches earlier, on 30th November. In North America, the digital Switch version comes out on 7th December, and on 14th December on all other platforms for both retail and digital versions. In Australia and New Zealand, all retail versions come out on 17th December, while all digital versions release on 30th November. And in the rest of the world, the Nintendo Switch retail version launches on 2nd December while all other platforms (digital and retail) release on 30th November. "We deeply apologise … [Read more...] about “Worldwide logistical issues” impact Beyond a Steel Sky console release date