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Apex Legends Season 17: Arsenal launches Tuesday, and ahead of that, developer Respawn Entertainment gave players the nitty gritty details on the upcoming season's content via the release of the Season 17: Arsenal patch notes, which were posted on EA's official Apex Legends site. The patch notes give players a much better idea of what Season 17 will look like in terms of specific gameplay updates and other game changes that will ultimately affect the game's meta. From the remodeled ping...
I first heard of Exp Share--a mechanic where all party members gain experience points regardless of if they're in battle--in Pokemon. Many RPGs have some level of it. Sometimes, it's just for members of your current party. Sometimes, it's for the entire roster. Its absence or limited implementation especially stands out when revisiting older games like Persona 4 and comparing them to newer ones like Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Despite what might seem like a minor quality-of-life feature at...
Fortnite dropped its latest Level Up Pack this week, and it's a bit of an unusual one. The skin that comes in this season's pack is called Captain Hypatia--she's a starship captain. Like all the skins in the Level Up Packs, Hypatia's got an alternate "Armored" style that is very different from its main style. This alt style takes this pretty standard lady here and turns her into an extremely dope cyborg, with arms and legs that are not physically attached to her torso but are held on by some...