Dice Manor Review

Yes, there are countless Far Cry comparisons.

is a game that promises a lot just by existing. Developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft, it's a very AAA take on a very blockbuster film franchise, hellbent on creating a beautiful world that's almost impossibly dense with vivid life. Much to the game's credit, it rises to the challenge of rendering Pandora's splendor with care, and a share of somewhat pedestrian elements never manage to overwhelm everything that it does right.

Short of somehow growing a Na’vi neural braid and jamming it directly into the base of James Cameron’s skull, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is pretty much your best option for taking a virtual tour of the stunning alien moon of Pandora. This open-world shooter serves up a mind bogglingly large slice of the fantastic fictional universe to explore, from staggeringly dense forest areas to picturesque open plains and properly intimidating mountain ranges both on land and suspended impossibly in the skies above. However, hidden amongst all that beauty is a disappointing amount of bloat, with copy-pasted enemy outposts and facilities that made venturing off the main story path far less rewarding than it has been in recent landmark adventures such as Elden Ring or the last two Legend of Zeldas. I still largely enjoyed the 25 hours I spent trying to fend off a resource-hungry human invasion, but I wish the environment itself had presented me with more compelling reasons to fight for it beyond its surface-level splendor.

The next two sets for Magic: The Gathering take on the flavor of a classic murder mystery with Murders at Karlov Manor, launching on Feb. 9, and Ravnica: Clue Edition, launching February 23. The sets are very deliberately inspired by the latest edition of the popular board game, Clue, which features more than a few glammed-up murderers to thirst over. Of course, in classic Magic style, these sets will instead feature several well-appointed astral sleuths as they attempt to unravel an unfortunate incident that took place on the titular Karlov estate.

In the time of always-online requirements, game-ruining microtransactions, and DLC, sometimes players may be left yearning for the days when things were a lot more simple. That's something that HyperMegaTech! is certainly aiming to help with, thanks to the extremely portable Super Pocket handheld consoles.

Botany Manor will launch for Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam in spring 2024, publisher Whitethorn Games and developer Balloon Studios announced. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass.

The city builder genre was quite unique when 1989’s SimCity hit the scene. It was a game with no end, something rarely (but not never) seen in those days. But there are only so many times you can maximize the density of your residential zones before it loses its grip.

Botany Manor is an enigmatic puzzle adventure game that tasks players with solving riddles to grow plants within a mysterious estate. The game first raised eyebrows during its reveal at a Nintendo Direct last November, and we can exclusively reveal that it’s arriving next spring.

A new dicebuilding game is on the way, taking the roguelite framework and applying it in an interesting-looking way by having you place your dice in a grid for synergies and effects. Plus, you're a cute frog that's eating bugs. Big bonus in my opinion.

More Mythic+ hotfixes have been pushed which includes fixes to cheese strategies in Everbloom and Waycrest Manor.

If you hope to complete this week's challenge, the Slice & Dice Challenge, you must be prepared to get your hands dirty. That's because, for this challenge, you will need to obtain some weapons and perform some very hostile actions with them. As a result, some people may find the Slice & Dice weekly challenge unsettling. However, to reap those sweet rewards, you must do whatever it takes.

Baldur's Gate 3's latest and biggest update, Patch 5, releases today and adds a ton of new content to the game, including new epilogue scenes, a harder difficulty called Honour Mode, and a Custom Mode that lets hide the required roll to succeed dice checks.