Nihon Falcom published on November 12 its latest financials , for its September 2019-September 2020 fiscal year, revealing in the process it will release multiple games by September 2021. Including a new Trails series / Kiseki series game. This will be the game starting the next arc, following The Legend of Heroes: Hajimari no Kiseki , released on PS4 (and PS5 ) on A ugust 27 in Japan and A  
As expected, there are plenty of easy comparisons to games like Hearthstone and Magic: The Gathering . Players start with a certain life total (30 in this case) and use creatures and spells in an attempt to lower the opponent's life to zero. Much like in Hearthstone , players start with one Magicka (this game's mana) and gain one additional unit of the resource every t  
Genshin Impact 's world seems both foreign and familiar in the same breath. The world of Teyvat hasn't been explored in other games like Hyrule has over the past 34 years , but seems like it's existed for a millennia. This might have to do with Genshin Impact using real world nations as inspiration for the regions found within the game, such as Liyue being based on China or Snezhnaya with Russia. Each region has its own Archon with godlike power and overarching political structure, and is accompanied by a seemingly endless amount of l  
Players gain allies as they work through the campaign and this unlocks new decks with different strengths and strategies. The game has five alignments (that are very similar to the five colors in Magic ) and each of the unlocked decks will be built around one to two of the alignme  
Dropping almost out of the blue on Electronic Art’s Origin platform last Monday, Respawn Entertainment’s Apex Legends has picked up an incredible amount of steam in the few days it’s been available for download. In a space seemingly cluttered with dime-a-dozen Fortnite wannabes, EA’s new title, which is set in the Titanfall universe, is proving to be a legitimate contender in the extremely competitive battle royale Arena of Valor meta. Time will tell if it manages to maintain a sizable player-base, but, for the moment, it certainly has everyone’s attent  
Another set of mechanics that set Legends apart from the competition are Runes and Prophecy cards. Players start the game with five runes and lose one rune every time they lose five life. Every time a rune is lost, the player draws a card, and if that card is a Prophecy card type, the player can immediately play it for free. This adds a bit of luck and randomness to the game that will likely anger the more competitive players. That said, giving a player an extra card as they lose life helps keep both players invested in the game and makes it feel like there is always the chance for a comeback. The problem is that sometimes the Prophecy cards really do cause a major comeback and this is going to make people very unhappy when it costs them a game that 'should' have been theirs. The mechanic felt great to us and added a unique tension to every damage phase, but we also weren't battling through competitive ranked ti  
Genshin Impact , on the other hand, features 24 playable characters that seem completely fleshed-out, each with their own motivations and goals in Teyvat. Not only that, but these characters each have a unique feel to them with their own abilities that reflect their personalities, even within the same Element and Weapon type. Kaeya and Qiqi may both be long sword users that specialize in Cryo, but their skill sets are completely different from each other. Add in the fact that players can switch between multiple characters during combat on the fly, and it seems clear that Genshin Impact is striving for a different character experience than Breath of the Wi  
It seems that one of the biggest topics of conversation in the gaming community is miHoYo's new game, Genshin Impact . It might be easy to see why when one considers its colorful cast of characters, its free-to-play nature, and its availability on mobile . In addition, Genshin Impact features a vast world full of secrets and content that players can explore to their heart's cont  
However, it seems this open world and the mechanics that come along with it have caused several players to talk for other reasons. Many players have taken to social media to compare the game to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , calling it various nicknames like "Anime of the Wild" or "Breath of the Waifu" for its anime-like style of art. And while some players seem to feel that this comparison to the beloved Nintendo Switch title might be a compliment, it might actually be doing Genshin Impact a disserv  
This time around, Famitsu simply asked its readers to vote their favorite game of all time, without any restriction of release date, genre, or platform. In addition to the readers, the magazine's own editorial staff, and a sizable panel of celebrities and game developers were asked to vote. Of course, everyone's votes counted the s