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How Has Marvel Rivals Conquered the World?
Marvel Rivals didn’t just step onto the gaming scene – it drop-kicked the door down, assembling Earth’s mightiest heroes and villains into a 6v6 hero shooter that’s taken the world by storm. Combining the thrill of team-based combat with the rich tapestry of the Marvel Universe, it’s no wonder this game has captivated millions since its announcement. We’ve teamed up with our pals at Eneba to have a look at how it’s grown into a gaming phenomenon.
Best Healer in Marvel Rivals - and the Runner-Up!
Who is the best healer in Marvel Rivals? In this guide, I discuss my favourite Strategist and the runner-up choice! Try out the Marvel Rivals Strategists to see which one you prefer! Fan of superheroes? Read our Marvel Snap Decks guide to discover more. Best Healers in Marvel Rivals Which Strategists are the best in Marvel Rivals? Cloak and Dagger Cloak and Dagger are, in my opinion, the strongest Strategist choice in Marvel Rivals.
How to Get the BitLife Lustful Ribbon
Wondering how to get the BitLife lustful Ribbon? You’re in the right place. BitLife has several ribbons to achieve each one more convoluted than the last. For those of you unaware, a ribbon in BitLife is something to commemorate your life with. Certain ribbons celebrate certain milestones or events that can occur during a life. This guide will give you all the information you need to achieve the lustful ribbon. If you’re looking for something else, check out our BitLife complete guide.
Real-World Passions Will Onboard the Next Wave of Crypto Adopters
About the Author Sam Simmons is co-founder and CEO at MintPass, a travel inspiration app powered by digital souvenir collecting. He invests in Web3 as a partner at Dream Ventures, and is an active Cryptopunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club community member. The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily represent those of Decrypt. Decrypt’s Art, Fashion, and Entertainment Hub. Discover SCENE Real life experiences say as much about who we are as what we’ve done or accomplished.
BitLife Health and Happiness Guide
BitLife is a life simulator with endless possibilities and a great sense of humour. Throughout every BitLife there is a struggle to maintain your Health, Happiness, Smarts and Looks. It is possible to maintain all four of these bars at 100% however, this guide will focus on getting your health and happiness up to max. If you’re looking for something else, check out our complete guide to BitLife.
BitLife Ribbons List
Ribbons are the reason to play BitLife. They reward you for living lives that you wouldn’t ordinarily think of, like a serial killer or idiot. Not every life can be one of riches and fame, and BitLife wants to reward you for playing it in numerous different ways. In this guide, we’re going to list all 30 Ribbons in BitLife and detail exactly how you can get them. We’ll also include links to our main guide for each Ribbon in case you need more information.
BitLife Family Guy Ribbon
So a recent update to BitLife has finally cleared up the rumours about a ribbon called Family Guy. At first, people thought they introduced this ribbon to the game in the last update before the New Year, but it wasn’t. They released it in the most recent Valentine’s Themed update which also saw the addition of the Thief ribbon. This guide will tell you everything you need to know about the Family Guy ribbon. If you’re looking for something else, check out our complete guide to BitLife.
BitLife Sugar Daddy / Mama
Don’t want to work hard for your cash? Would you rather rely on your looks and youth instead? Well, you could try and get yourself a Sugar Daddy or Mama, depending on your preference. Well, that’s an entirely possible and valid choice to make in BitLife. If you prove particularly adapt at it, you could even earn yourself millions! In this guide, we’re going to explain exactly how you can achieve that. Just to be abundantly clear though, we can only help you do this in BitLife.
BitLife Tips, Tricks, and Cheats
Downloads Looking for BitLife tips? You’re in the right place. BitLife is the new life simulator on the block, and it’s mercilessly addictive. Seeing your character’s life tick by year by year, watching on as they succeed or fail in love and business – it’s intoxicating stuff. It also feels a little too big at times. There’s so much to do, and it can be a bit overwhelming. How do you live the best possible life you can? Don’t worry though, we’ve got you covered.
The Survival Game Iron Guide - How To Get Iron
Are you in search of iron? Then you’ve come to the right place! We’ve written a The Survival Game iron guide, teaching you everything you need to know about obtaining it. The guide will teach you where to find iron, along with what tools you’ll need to farm it. The Survival Game is a game on Roblox that’s just entered open beta, making it very popular on the Roblox discover page. The game is set in a medieval world, and your main goal is to survive.
How to Get the BitLife Scandalous Ribbon
Downloads Looking for a BitLife scandalous ribbon guide? My word, you’ve got a eye for the macabre by clicking on this guide my friend. In any case BitLife – Life Simulator is a game for all types. From those who want to live a mundane life to those – like yourself, possibly – that want to end innocent virtual lives. In any case we’re here to help with your criminal urges, and also help you to grab the Scandalous Ribbon to boot. Just follow the general tips below.
How to Become a BitLife Crab Fisherman - A Step-by-Step Guide
Downloads Not sure how to unlock the BitLife Crab Fisherman career in the game? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We’ve created a step-by-step guide to help you complete the new BitLife Deadliest Catch Challenge. It can be a pretty overwhelming game at first, with a plethora of choices to make throughout. Make sure to bookmark this page to refer back to when playing the game! BitLife is a mobile game that is filled to the brim with important life choices.
How to Get the BitLife Mediocre Ribbon
Not sure how to get the BitLife mediocre ribbon? Well, you’re in the right place. We round up all of the tips and tricks you need. BitLife is a game where you can achieve whatever you want, no matter how farfetched. It just so happens that there are eleven different ribbons to aim for during each of your BitLifes. Each ribbon celebrates a different lifestyle, some celebrate success, whether it be financially or emotionally.
Awaken: Chaos Era Tier List - All Characters Ranked
Downloads Not sure who to form a party out of? Our Awaken: Chaos Era tier list is here to help you. In this guide, we rank all of the characters from S tier to D tier, allowing you to waste no time in guessing which characters to use. What’s more, we’ll keep it updated alongside new character additions and balance patches. So, we recommend that you bookmark this page and check back often. Awaken: Chaos Era is a strategic, turn-based RPG.
How to Become a BitLife CEO
Downloads As its popularity continues to grow, more and more people are asking how to become a BitLife CEO. In BitLife the possibilities are endless, but to grab a top job, you will need to fulfil a list of certain criteria. What are these criteria? What a superb question, read on for an answer. If you’re looking for something else, check out our complete guide to BitLife. It includes links to all of our other guides, where we’ve covered pretty much every aspect of this awesome game.
BitLife Make Money - Best Paying Jobs and How To Get Them
Wondering how to make all that cash in BitLife? Our BitLife make money guide is here to help you. In this here article we walk you through all of the steps you need to take to make millions (or billions!). We also detail whether or not you need to see higher education, and more. BitLife is the type of game where you can do almost anything. Whether it involves succeeding in a business and earning your way to the top or murder everyone around you.
BitLife Schools List
Can’t seem to get the job of your dreams in BitLife? Chances are you’re not preparing properly and haven’t ended up at one of the BitLife schools. Don’t know how to do that? Well, fear not friend. This guide will tell you all you need to know to get into the right school for your dream. If you’re looking for something else, check out our complete guide to BitLife. It includes links to all of our other guides, where we’ve covered pretty much every aspect of this awesome game.
Festival Five with NSK Juror Adib Khorram, by The Editors of WLT
Adib Khorram is an author, graphic designer, and tea enthusiast. Iranian American, he was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. A theater kid in high school, he went on to study design and technical theater at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, with an emphasis in lighting design. He later attended one year of film school in Vancouver. He returned to Kansas City after school and has worked in the event production industry ever since.
In the battle between Epic and Apple we’re the ones who lose
In case you have been living under a rock, Epic Games, the developer of Fortnite, has taken on the two trillion dollar conglomerate, Apple. While it’s not an unusual event for two outrageously large companies to square off against each other, it’s weird for one group especially: us, the consumers. Both sides have their own diehard fanatics, defending the giants to the death, but any outcome will affect all of us regardless.
PUBG Corporation ditches Tencent Games to self-publish in India
PUBG Corporation has removed Tencent Games from all publishing responsibilities for the PUBG Mobile franchise in India. This is in response to the ever-growing list of mobile games and applications banned in India by the ministry of information and technology. The move comes after Tencent had all of its published games added to a list of blocked apps in the country.
Dawn Awakening is a promising open-world zombie survival game
Dawn Awakening is a zombie survival game from Tencent, who also brought us PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty: Mobile. While we don’t have an exact release date, we can confirm Dawn Awakening enters a closed beta test in China on September 16. Tencent’s Lightspeed & Quantum studios revealed that Dawn Awakening aims to bring a console-like survival experience to mobile.
Garena Free Fire adds Jai its first Indian character
Garena, the Singapore based publisher of Free Fire, has unveiled its first Indian playable character based on Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan. The new character, Jai, also sees the introduction of an exciting new campaign called ‘be the hero’. This new addition to Free Fire comes after the Indian ministry of information and technology decided to ban over a hundred mobile games and applications, including PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite.
Evony: The King’s Return guide - tips and tricks
Evony is a real-time strategy MMO mixed with a simplistic one-touch puzzler. Although this may sound unusual, solving the odd puzzle is the perfect way to kill time while you upgrade or construct new buildings. This Evony guide will teach you everything you need to know to master this. The aim of the game is to constantly upgrade, research, build, and expand your kingdom to become the most powerful force in all of Evony.
India bans PUBG Mobile and 117 other mobile apps
The Indian ministry of information and technology has added 118 mobile games and applications to the list of those banned in the country. The 118 apps that were banned today join the already substantial list of 59 others that were banned back in July.
Square Enix announces its full lineup for the Tokyo Game Show
Square Enix has announced its game lineup and schedule for the 2020 Tokyo Game Show, which due to the ongoing health crisis caused by the Coronavirus, is being held as a virtual event. The Square Enix announcement revealed around 20 games for us to get excited about later this month, including some newer titles, and some returning fan favourites. Some of the games coming to mobile include Romancing SaGa Re: Universe, Dragon Quest Walk, Dragon Quest Monsters 2, and more.
Among Us guide: tips, tricks, and cheats
Our Among Us guide has everything you need to know to become a Whodunnit master. The developer, InnerSloth, designed the game to have endless replayability as you try to puzzle out who the devious killer is. For those of you unaware, Among Us is a murder mystery game where up to ten people have to try and figure out who the imposter, or imposters are.
Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds gets a new animated teaser trailer
Netmarble has released a new animated teaser trailer for its upcoming MMORPG, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds. The game is set to release in Japan later this year on Android and iOS, but hasn’t been confirmed for a global release just yet. The story of Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds revolves around the main character meeting a mysterious girl called Rania and helping her to accomplish a secret mission.
Marvel Super War is now available in Australia and New Zealand
Marvel Super War has blasted its way onto iOS and Android in Australia and New Zealand. Marvel’s first-ever MOBA originally hit mobile devices in December 2019 and over the past year has become available in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao, South Korea, Japan, and India. This most recent release also brings the game to Australia and New Zealand.
Pixel-art roguelike Dead Cells gets a new content roadmap
Playdigious has announced a new content roadmap on Twitter for the incredibly popular roguelike, Dead Cells. The beautiful pixel-art platformer arrived on Android in June 2020, and came to iOS in late August 2019, making this Dead Cells roadmap announcement part of the first year anniversary celebrations. The mobile roadmap confirms the development of three separate updates that are making their way to mobile.
Hyper Plinko guide: tips, tricks, and cheats
Our Hyper Plinko guide has all of the juicy information you need to become a ball-dropping expert in no time. The developer, Shape Keeper, designed it around the 1980’s classic Plinko game, where players would drop a ring down the board and try to win prizes. Hyper Plinko works pretty much the same. You drop balls down a board filled with pegs designed to deflect and randomise the trajectory of the ball. At the bottom of the screen, there are prizes to be won that change every time you collect them.
Death Incoming guide: tips, tricks, and cheats
Our Death Incoming guide has all the information you need to reap the innocent souls of the living, and to look cool while doing it. Lion Studios, the developer, designed each level with a shocking and equally gruesome demise for one or more unsuspecting victims. Squeamish people may not consider Death Incoming as a relaxing game to play, with all of the merciless killing and all, but somehow it is.
People are selling iPhones with Fortnite installed for £10,000
Unbelievably, people have turned to eBay to try and make a tidy profit during the Epic Games versus Apple saga. Several sellers have listed iPhones on eBay, with Fortnite installed for prices upwards of £10,000. For those of you unaware of the ongoing controversy between Epic and the highest valued company on the planet, you can find out the details in our Fortnite v Apple timeline. To summarise, Epic games tried to forgo the 30% tax Apple and Google implement in their respective app stores.
Fortnite’s Community Battles Bootcamp tournament has begun
The latest opportunity for you to get free V-bucks in Fortnite has arrived. The new community battle, which begins August 19 and concludes August 23, 20:00 CEST, is a challenge-based tournament rewarding the finest players with large sums of V-bucks. The top 20,000 participants in the Fortnite Community Battles Bootcamp receive between 200 – 2,500 V-bucks. Fortnite is one of those games that needs no introduction, and yet, we’re going to give it one anyway.
Kingdom of Heroes: Tactics War is a turn-based tactics RPG out now on mobile
Kingdom of Heroes: Tactics War is a turn-based RPG developed by Neowiz, now available globally on Android and iOS devices. The game is based on Arthurian legend with a young Arthur tasked with building up an army in the good old fashioned battle between good and evil. It’s your job to defend the land of Avalon from an army threatening the realm by using gacha mechanics to fashion an unlikely team of heroes.
Log Thrower guide: tips, tricks, and cheats
Our Log Thrower guide provides you with all of the knowledge you need to sharpen and shoot your logs like a pro. The developer, Playgendary, filled this puzzler with cinematics, explosions, and your own funfair to populate. Each of these features is designed for you to let your hair down – if you have any – and unwind while you blow things up using your handcrafted ammunition and stylish cannon. What makes the one-touch puzzler addictive is its combination of features.
Tencent make more than Microsoft and Nintendo combined
Tencent’s revenue in the final quarter of 2019 was around $5.22bn, more than Nintendo and Microsoft combined, according to a report published by ForexSchoolOnline. The report outlines the top performers of the gaming industry in the fourth quarter of last year. Tencent owns stakes in some of the biggest games companies globally, including Riot Games, a 40% stake in Epic Games, an 84% stake in SuperCell, and minority stakes in Call of Duty, and Assassin’s Creed.
Fortnite is unlikely to return to iOS before August 2021
Apple has decided not to let Epic Games re-apply to the Apple Developer Program for at least a year. While Epic has filed a preliminary injunction to overturn the ban, this does mean it’s unlikely that Fortnite will be able to return to iOS until at least August 2021. The information was revealed by Daniel Ahmad, Senior Analyst at Niko Partners, on Twitter over the weekend.
Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells is a match-3 puzzler now open for pre-registration
Zynga has announced that its upcoming Harry Potter-themed match-three puzzler is now available for pre-registration on Google Play. Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells is a puzzle game with iconic movie moments from the Harry Potter series woven into the gameplay. “With Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, we’ll be delighting fans with the memorable characters, sounds and stories of the original books and films,” says a spokesperson from Zynga. “But we’re also bringing more dimension to the match-3 genre.
Neverwinter Nights is an old-school RPG out now on iOS
Neverwinter Nights is an official Dungeons & Dragons adventure game now available on the App Store. BioWare developed the original Neverwinter Nights way back in 2002, Beamdog then gave the game an Enhanced Edition, which is what just dropped on iOS. Neverwinter Nights’ campaign takes place in Neverwinter, and you must travel through this region of dangerous cities, monster-filled dungeons, and lawless wilderness in search of a cure for the plague ravaging the world.
Brain Wash guide: tips, tricks, and cheats
Do you think you’re smarter than the average Joe? Then Brain Wash might well be the game for you. The developer, SayGames, filled this tricky mobile puzzler with quirky and bizarre brain teasers, each of which is designed to make you think creatively to solve the puzzles. It starts simple, but after you get the hang of it, Brain Wash will throw some real humdingers your way. What makes Brain Wash so special? Well, besides the satisfaction you get from completing puzzles, it’s incredibly streamlined.
8 Ball Pool download: how to get it on mobile
8 Ball Pool has been around for ten years now and it remains, undoubtedly, the best pool experience you can have on mobile. It offers everything you could possibly want from playing pool, with multiple game modes and different cues to collect. 8 Ball Pool is a mobile version of the classic bar sport, American pool. If you have never played the surprisingly tough sport, the aim of the game is to pot your allotted seven balls and the black before your opponent.
Hot Wheels Unlimited races into soft launch in Canada, Australia, and the UK
Budge Studios has soft-launched a new Hot Wheels game on mobile. Hot Wheels Unlimited is a mobile version of what every Hot Wheels fan dreams of – a racing game where you can build your very own custom tracks. The game is set in Hot Wheels City, a busy metropolis full of challenges designed to test your speedy skills. Once you’ve let your hair down, you can zoom into the Build-A-Race Festival, where you get to build your very own track and race against your friends.
Word Connect guide: tips, tricks, and cheats
Looking for help in Word Connect? Our Word Connect guide is what you need. Boggle-like games are often harder than they look and Word Connect absolutely is no exception. What makes this game stand out from the others is that it’s technically possible to make real money from playing Word Connect. If you are playing to earn some cash, or for some good old fashioned fun, you must understand what you are doing, so you can try to beat the house.
Scribble Rider download guide: tips, tricks, and cheats
If you are looking for a Scribble Rider download guide, you have come to the right place. If you are a fan of Voodoo and its simplistic yet addictive mobile games, then you’ll want to know all about Scribble Rider. The aim is simple: get your bike to the end of the course before your opponent does. However, there is a lot standing between you and the finish line, like lava pits, giant cliff faces, and more. Casual games like Scribble Rider are fantastic for killing time, especially on commutes.
The president of Activision promises ‘significant new content’ for Call of Duty: Mobile
Daniel Alegre, the president of Activision, has promised fans a lot of new content for the first year anniversary celebration of Call of Duty: Mobile. If you didn’t know, Call of Duty: Mobile came out last year on October 1 and has been gradually adding new features through regular content updates. But while Activision is keen to keep most of the anniversary content a surprise, some significant new additions have been revealed.
XCOM-like Hyena Squad from Wave Light Games is out today
Wave Light Games, the developer of Demon’s Rise and Shieldwall Chronicles, has released its new XCOM-like Hyena Squad on iOS. The game takes place in deep space, aboard an orbital station, and it’s your job to infiltrate and rescue a VIP inmate with your team of ragtag mercenaries. The only problem? The station is infested with hostile aliens and walking dead. You must utilise your tactics toolkit to defeat these opponents, using cover, line of sight, and squad morale to emerge victorious.
BadFly Interactive has released a playable demo for its upcoming FPS, TauCeti Unknown Origin
BadFly Interactive, the developer of Dead Effect 2, has released a technology benchmark for its upcoming sci-fi FPS, TauCeti Unknown Origin. The playable demo is designed to show what high-end smartphones are capable of. While technology benchmarks traditionally give you a mere glimpse of what to expect on full release, TauCeti Unknown Origin really showcases that the future of mobile gaming is bright. TauCeti Unknown Origin takes place on the hostile planet Tau Ceti f.
Pokémon Virtual Fest is an online theme park opening this August
The Pokémon Virtual Fest is an upcoming online amusement park opening in Japan between August 12-31. The digital theme park will contain rides, shows, and missions for you to enjoy on your mobile device. Pokémon Virtual Fest is taking place in the Japanese social networking app, Cluster. You will get to choose from three avatars, which represent the starting characters in the latest Pokémon game, Sword and Shield.
Garena releases new Free Fire Sushi Menace elite pass
Garena has announced that the latest elite pass for Garena Free Fire is sushi-themed. Sushi Menace brings the world-famous Free Fire series into a quaint little sushi restaurant somewhere in Japan. Although, this is no ordinary sushi shack. It is the neutral meeting ground of two former warring mafia factions, where the fate of this dinner will decide if the partnership continues, or if the factions return to war.
Quirky card-crawler Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale is out today
Slothwerks has released its new card-crawling game on Android and iOS. Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale is a sequel of sorts to the brilliant Meteorfall: Journeys, focusing around roguelike deck building, and craftily working your way through as many dungeons as possible. The game also recently came out of early access on Steam, too.
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