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TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘High Rise – A Puzzle Cityscape’

TouchArcade Rating:The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn’t necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the highest scoring game in a review, the game with the best graphics, or really any other quantifiable “best" thing. Instead, it’s more just us picking out the single game out of the week’s releases that we think

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted’, ‘Monstrum’, and Today’s Other New Releases, Plus the Latest Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for May 22nd, 2020. With it being Friday, we’ve got a lot of new releases to check out today. That includes surprise release Journey to the Savage Planet and the latest release in the Five Nights at Freddy’s series among many others. We’ve also got a ton of new sales to dig into. Let’s have a look and see what’s what! New Releases Journey to the Savage Planet ($29.99) SwitchArcade Highlight! This humorous exploration game hit other platforms a few months

Minecraft Dungeons has charm and potential, but needs lot more time in the furnace

  Minecraft is one of the most popular games on the planet, so it’s natural that Microsoft, after buying creator Mojang some years back, would attempt to apply the genre’s playful, blocky aesthetic to other genres. After modest success with the Story Mode adventure game and Pokémon GO-like Minecraft Earth, they’ve tried their hand at a light action-RPG à la Diablo — and unfortunately come up rather short. For now, that is. Minecraft Dungeons is a sort of my-first-dungeon-crawler type game, a friendly, streamlined version of the genre Diablo created

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Arrest of a Stone Buddha’, ‘What The Golf?’, and Today’s Other New Releases, the Latest Sales, and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for May 21st, 2020. As we approach the end of the month, we’re seeing more releases arriving. There are a lot of new games to check out today, and that’s how we’ll be spending most of our time here. There are also the usual lists of sales information, and that’s about the lot. Let’s check it out! New Releases Arrest of a Stone Buddha ($14.99) SwitchArcade Highlight! One of the coolest surprises of last year was The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa

Virtually reality: why isn’t VR more popular?

VR is impressive to watch — but it is less impressive to purchaseMany people probably have experience of VR second-hand, rather than from the comfort of their own home. A casual demo in a gaming convention here, or a half hour spent on someone else’s setup there — the interest exists, but the demand does not.The titles already coming out for it are getting better and better, and have already contributed to a branch of Youtubers focusing on VR content. VRChat, Beat Saber and Half Life: Alyx have been raising

Ubisoft makes Assassin’s Creed’s educational ‘Discovery Tours’ free

Ubisoft today announced it’s giving away two games to help get us through the pandemic. More specifically, it’s giving away the Discovery Tours, two educational offshoots of its Assassin’s Creed series that depict Ancient Greece or Ancient Egypt. If you’ve got kids to educate — or heck, if you want to educate yourself — they’re one of the more appealing products Ubisoft has made. Take a historic journey from home with Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece & Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt FREE to download and keep ??‍♀️ #PlayApartTogether ? https://t.co/UVftq2CaBr — Ubisoft (@Ubisoft)

Chainlink Introduces VRF Tool to Help Smart Contracts Achieve On-Chain Randomness

Chainlink is best known for its pioneering work around decentralized oracles, but the project’s experts have also gone expansive with work on Mixicles, meta oracles, and beyond. The Link Marines are buzzing anew, then, as Chainlink has rolled out yet another major contribution to the smart contracts ecosystem this week, the Chainlink VRF. The “VRF” in that stands for verifiable random function, a cryptographic primitive that can generate random numbers in verifiable and unbiasable fashion. Why’s this important? There are no shortage of use cases in which blockchain projects could

7 Cannabis Strains To Smoke Before Playing Video Games

Have you ever wanted to enhance your video game experience with cannabis but not sure which strain is right for you? Don’t worry, we’ve created a list of 7 cannabis strains to smoke before playing video games. Lemon Kush cannabis strain Photo From: https://www.leafly.com Lemon Kush (50% Sativa, 50% Indica) is a strain that will keep you happy, relaxed, and creative. This strain is great if you’re looking to play an adventure game for a few hours. White Widow- Cannabis Strain to Smoke Photo From: https://www.leafly.com White Widow (60% Sativa,

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla May Get Beowulf DLC

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is another historical epic from Ubisoft, this time taking place in the dark ages and detailing the Viking conquest of large parts of England. But the series has always paid homage to famous myths and legends as well, and there's reason to suspect that a piece of Valhalla DLC will explore the epic poem Beowulf. A description on the German Ubisoft Store mentions the Beowulf DLC. A translated version of text promoting the season pass reads, "Includes the story mission: The Legend of Beowulf. Discover the cruel