video game,star wars video gamesClair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Great, But Its Popularity Raises Big Questions About How We View Japanese RPGs

When I first saw it at the 2024 Xbox Games Showcase, I was surprised to see a game from a French developer with the photorealism of Western RPGs and mechanical stylings of Japanese ones. Its polished, cinematic trailer gave the impression of a AAA game, even though I'd never even heard of Sandfall Interactive at the time.

Clair Obscur moved mountains. Despite its launch on the same weekend as Oblivion Remastered, it sold 500,000 copies within 24 hours and 1 million after three days. It's still maintaining the discourse and curiosity of the games community months later--something that you'd think only a title from a more experienced studio could do. It's all for good reason, of course--it's a great game. We even rated it a 9/10 in our Clair Obscur review.

In many ways, its critical and commercial triumph has been encouraging. We should have a wide range of RPGs made by people from different backgrounds, and we should have more turn-based RPGs. However, Clair Obscur's success also magnified criticisms of Japanese turn-based games, only some of which are deserved. Finally, the haters said, a turn-based RPG that is actually good--as if those don't already exist.

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video game,star wars video gamesNintendo Exploring A Much Different Sort Of Controller Input

Nintendo has filed a new patent application that suggests an interesting new way to play. The patent filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) shows a crank-like device built to attach to the side of a game controller, allowing you to crank up the fun. Eh?

The description of the patent goes into detail about the mouse-operation sensor and how the peripheral could attach to a recessed surface in the controller with a mouse operation sensor, which may suggest it could attach directly onto the Switch or Switch 2 Joy-Cons. Then with the crank attached you could explore the many possibilities of crank-based gameplay, from fishing games to probably a second thing.

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While fairly novel, this wouldn't be the first example of a video game device with a crank. The indie handheld hardware Playdate has a crank and developers and homebrew artisans alike have been coming up with various applications for it. And Nintendo did once make a cardboard crank with Nintendo Labo, so the company is no stranger to cranks.

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video game,star wars video gamesCoD: Warzone - How To Complete Satellite Hijack Contract And Destroy Stadium Roof

Call of Duty Season 5 is live in Warzone, and this season blows the top off of Verdansk's Stadium. For one week only, players have the ability to complete a special Satellite Hijack Contract that lets them destroy the Stadium's roof. Completing this specific contract also grants special rewards. Here we guide you through completing this multi-step contract to open Stadium's roof for yourself.

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• How to get the Satellite Hijack contract

How to get the Satellite Hijack contract

To blow the rooftop off of Stadium, it's going to take a few steps and a lot of teamwork. Additionally, multiple squads must complete the contract in the same match to initiate the Stadium breach. This means instead of killing every opponent you see, it's in your best interest to ignore some of the other squads around you, and let them work on their contract steps as well.

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