Metaphor: ReFantazio further details concept, world, tribes, story, and characters

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Brelshaza Inferno is almost here in Lost Ark , with tomorrow’s patch bringing that hardest version of the Legion Raid, new base build updates, a new Adventure Island, and more.

In the picturesque Forgotten Valley in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful, love is in the air. While the player’s character is the only one who can get married, several potential couples in the game share a special bond.

Players will have secrets to unlock when upgrading their tools in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. Each tool obtained at the start of the game has unusual potential, if the correct steps are taken to unlock them.

While most farming sims require social presents, Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life takes gift-giving to a whole new level. Players will find the usual need to offer potential love interests desired tokens, but this same attention is needed for every NPC in the game, otherwise they will miss out on important items and moments locked behind friendship levels.

If you were like me, the shutdown of the GOAT superhero MMORPG City of Heroes broke your heart into itty-bitty pieces—it also probably made you happy to see people playing it again when it was revealed that the game code had been salvaged in 2019. 

The next entry in The Witcher series, currently known as "Polaris", is going to see a development ramp-up in 2024 with the expansion of the development team, according to the current CD Projekt Red CEO.

The latest Q&A video —  the last of 2023 — for New World dropped on Christmas. Despite the festive outfits of two-thirds of the developers on camera, the Amazon Games team addressed some pretty hard-hitting questions that have circulated since its 2024 roadmap was revealed.

The New World team is looking back on 2023, breaking down some interesting player stats, while also giving a glimpse ahead and what's to come in 2024. 

Today, Archon has revealed its first feature update for retail Warcraft Logs, popularity based builds and tier lists! Driven by their own logged data, this new tool organizes statistics on all aspects of customization, including talents, gear, enchants, and consumables, to create popularity based recommendations further broken down by encounter, difficulty, or key level. With the goal of making Warcraft Logs more approachable for more players, the feature is currently in beta while improving its recommendation engine and seeking feedback from the wider World of Warcraft community. Introducing Archon's newest tool in data driven analytics. This past October, Warcraft Logs introduced Archon, the official rebranded name of the parent company encompassing all of its logging sites for different games. More than just a simple name change, Archon has been built as a place for new features that aren't quite specific to logs, promising new tools, clarity, and a more consistent visual identity for its various websites. Today, another step towards that vision has been revealed. Data Driven Lists by ArchonData Driven Builds by Archon Recently, we unveiled our new umbrella company, Archon, a place for us to release new products that aren't quite logging specific. Today, we're excited to announce our first tool— popularity based Builds and Tier Lists! Currently, this tool is only available for Retail World of Warcraft. We're working hard to expand it to other games!

Studio Zero’s Metaphor: ReFantazio, a new fantasy RPG from director Katsura Hashino of Persona 5 fame, is releasing in Fall 2024. Following the recent “Year-End Special Main Cast Gathering SP”, a new “Creator’s Voice” video is available where Hashino talks about various aspects of the title. Check it out below.

Cygames has announced free-to-play digital card game Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond for PC, iOS, and Android. It will launch in summer 2024.