The launch of Split Fiction couldn't have gone any better for Hazelight Studios and EA. In just two weeks, Split Fiction has become EA's No. 2 all-time game on Steam. Now, a Split Fiction movie is reportedly in development, and the project is expected to attract a bidding war from Hollywood Studios.According to Variety, Hazelight is reuniting with Story Kitchen, the media company that helped sell the movie rights for the studio's previous game, It Takes Two, which landed at Amazon MGM Studios. The report indicates that Hazelight and Story Kitchen are already assembling cast members, writers, and a director for the pitch before Split Fiction goes out to potential buyers.The game follows two young women, Zoe and Mio, who are strangers to each other before they find themselves trapped together in mishmash of the sci-fi and fantasy stories they've written. In order to escape from the virtual world and return to reality, the two women have to figure out how to work together and use their skills to survive the experience.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Apart from the exciting gameplay that Marvel Rivals offers to the players, there is a lot more that players can enjoy in the game. Each season, the game features many objectives the player can complete to earn easy rewards. Different types of objectives are present in Marvel Rivals, such as daily, weekly, and seasonal objectives.

Not every great strategy game needs an elaborate narrative to keep players engaged. In fact, this genre can thrive solely on mechanics, challenge, and replayability. The absence of a main story allows many strategy titles to empower players to craft their own narratives through strategic decisions, emergent gameplay, and evolving challenges.

Metal Eden is coming out May 6 and we cant wait for you all to enjoy this shooter fans paradise! To make the wait even more exciting, were launching a free demo on April 8 at PlayStation Store. Get ready to experience Aska in actionstay tuned!Now, lets focus on her.In a world ravaged by war and technology, only the strongest survive. Askaa battle-forged android with the power to rip through enemies, evolve beyond limits, and dominate the battlefield in Metal Eden is ready to meet you. If you crave high-octane combat and devastating power moves, Aska is your perfect warrior.What makes her truly unstoppable? Lets dive into her unique abilities and progression system.Unleash your hyperpower and customize your playstyleAskas signature move, Core Ripping, is the foundation of her combat strategy. With this ability, she can instantly kill enemies and absorb their power, unlocking game-changing skills like:Super Punch A devastating strike that shatters enemy armor.Core Explosion Harness explosive power to wipe out foes in an instant.Healing & Armor Boost Rip cores to replenish health and fortify defensesAska isnt just powerfulshes incredibly mobile. Her agility allows players to chain together wall runs, high jumps, and jetpack boosts for seamless movement. Whether you prefer fast, aggressive playstyles or tactical evasion, Askas mobility gives you the upper hand.Play VideoAskas evolution system lets you tailor her abilities to match your preferred combat style. Using the Skill Drone, you can enhance her powers by choosing between offensive, defensive, or balanced upgrades. Heres how it works:Core Power Path: Focuses on explosive energy and high-damage attacks.Body Suit Upgrades: Enhances mobility, defense, and slows time for precise attacks.Core Ripping Enhancements: Boosts efficiency, allowing ASKA to extract more power from her enemies.Best Upgrade combosDifferent upgrade combinations affect Askas combat efficiency in many different ways. It depends on the strategy chosen by the player to support playstyle and boost efficiency. Players may choose a more defensive or more offensive path, increase movement and agility or invest in exploding cores. There are a lot of options and possible combinations.High Damage: Iron Fist + Double PunchAgility & Precision: Combat Focus Mode + Synaptic SuppressionCore Ripping Mastery: Magnetic Field + Core EruptionMixing upgrades is the way to create a unique set of enhancements matching the players playing style. For more offensive players, prioritizing Soniferous Explosion and Core Power upgrades will maximize damage output. Defensive ones should focus on Synaptic Suppression, Healing Explosion, and Armor Reconstruction for sustained survivability. For those who prefer a balanced approach, mixing upgrades across multiple paths allows for a versatile Aska build that adapts to various combat situations.Askas full potentialNew abilities and modules can be unlocked using Upgrade Drones, typically found at the end of intense enemy encounters. Choosing the right upgrades will significantly impact late-game challenges, making some encounters easier based on your selected evolution path.Askas evolution system makes Metal Eden a dynamic and immersive experience. Whether you prefer brute force, high-speed maneuvers, or strategic defense, Aska adapts to your playstyle. The key to mastering her abilities? Experiment, upgrade, and find the perfect balance between power and agility.Are you ready to evolve Aska into the ultimate battle android? The battlefield awaitschoose your path and rip some cores out!

Dress for Success is a key quest in taking down the Golden Teppo, one of your first main story targets in Assassins Creed Shadows. Its available after completing Searching Sakai. In it, youll need to help a kosode maker retrieve her silk so that you can get a new garment for a tea ceremony, but neither the merchant nor the silk are clearly marked on the map.In this Assassins Creed Shadows guide, well give you a full Dress for Success walkthrough, including showing you where to find the silk and explaining which color of kosode you should pick.Where to get a kasode in Dress for SuccessIn Dress for Success, your first goal will be to acquire a kosode, and youll get a hint that you can pick one up in southwest Sakai. The merchant your looking for is south of the Money Changer District, overlooking the bay near the southern part of the city, right next to the wooden tower. As you get close to the merchant, youll see a little blue dot start to pulse if you hold in the Observe button.Speak to the merchant and Naoe will say she needs a special kasode as soon as possible, which the merchant cant manage as all of her silk has been stolen by pirates. Guess whose job it is to deal with those pirates now?How to get the silk back in Dress for SuccessOnce you have your mission to steal the silk back from the pirates (is it stealing if theyre pirates?), turn around from the merchant and youll be face-to-face with the Port of Sakai. Run up to the water and grab one of the small boats. Hop onto it and look out into the bay. Youll see two large ships (also represented and marked on the map above). Start heading in that direction.The silk youre looking for is on the ship to the left (see the annotated image above), but while youre at it, its worth making a quick stop at the ship on the right for a small treasure chest and a synchronization point.Dock your boat on the leftmost ships side and climb up. Youll need to deal with some pirate enemies here before you can progress.Once youve taken the pirates out, look for the chest in the center of the ship, which is tucked in-between some explosive items. Blow them up from a safe distance to kill the nearby enemies, grab the chest, and head back to the merchant.Should you get the red or black silk in Dress for Success?When you return the silk to the merchant, shell thank you and offer to make you a special kasode with either Portuguese black silk or Chinese red silk. Youll then be given a dialogue wheel and told to pick.While most Polygon staffers testing this quest went with black (I mean, shes an aspiring ninja, come on), we have confirmed that this decision doesnt seem to have any bearing on quest outcome. The women at the tea party will be rude to you regardless of the silk you choose, although their justifications for their rudeness might change.For more Assassins Creed Shadows guides, see our running lists of Lost Pages, Kuji-kiri, and armor locations. Or see our full Assassins Creed Shadows walkthrough, and our guides on how to get all companions and romance options.

Great Windward Aloe is a special item in Monster Hunter Wilds that you can use to trade for other items. This item only appears in a certain region, under special conditions, so its not always easy to find. Once you get it, it has some limited, but useful, applications that can help you get other resources in the game. This guide will show you where to find and how to get Windward Aloe in Monster Hunter Wilds. How to track the Great Windward Aloe Emergence event in Monster Hunter WildsYou can find Great Windward Aloe in the Windward Plains regions in Monster Hunter Wilds. Sounds easy enough, but it only spawns during a special Emergence Event, which is like a temporary weather event in the game. The Emergence Event is called the Great Windward Aloe Emergence and you can track it by checking the forecast in the Environment Overview in your main map. You can see what it looks like in the map forecast below.The first time we went to look for the Great Windward Aloe, our forecast did not contain the actual name for its emergence event. We solved this problem by waiting for the regular Windward Aloe Upsurge event and collecting the standard Windward Aloe. Afterward, the Great Windward Aloe Emergence event started appearing.The emergence event might also not appear in your weather forecast because of the current weather. To reset the weather and get new Emergence Events, you can rest in a tent. Go to a tent, select the Rest option under the BBQ Menu, and set it so that the environment option says Plenty. After that, confirm you want to make your hunter sleep and your hunter will walk outside the tent and you will have a new forecast of emergence events.You can do this until the Great Windward Aloe Emergence appears on your map. However, resting like this costs 300 Guild Points each time you reset the emergence events. Once the forecast lists the Great Windward Aloe Emergence event, wait for it (as predicted by your map) and you will be able to go get Great Windward Aloe.Great Windward Aloe location in Monster Hunter Wilds Once the Great Windward Aloe Emergence event has started, you can go and collect some Great Windward Aloe.To find it, open your map and use the cursor to look for a small green plant-like icon labeled, Giant Windward Succulent. Once the event starts, you should be able to find one somewhere on Windward Plains. (We found one growing on the western side of the map.) Once you find one, go to the spot on the map and look for a large green aloe plant labeled Giant Windward Succulent. Walk up to it and harvest it to collect your great windward aloe.How to use Great Windward Aloe The best way to use great windward aloe is to trade it. Kilama in Kunafa village will trade you one Great Windward Aloe for the Sinister Cloth. You can also trade the special aloe for Doshaguma Fang+, two Sharp Kunafa Cheese, and the Rey Dau Fulgurtalon.Our Monster Hunter Wilds guides can outline your progress with ourmain story walkthroughandmonster listahead of reachingHigh Rank, help you settle on an armament with ourweapons listandbest weaponsexplainers, uncoverores,bones, andmonster tails, and teach you how tojoin friends in co-op multiplayer.

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I'm always looking for Mac apps that speed up repetitive tasks, and Rapidmg is my latest find. It's a neat macOS utility that speeds up the app install process for many programs outside the Mac App Store. While you can download and install apps via Homebrew for the fastest possible experience, plenty of apps are unavailable for install via the package manager. Instead, they're available for download via your favorite developers' websites, where you can download a DMG (Disk Image) file to install the app. Rapidmg automates the process of installing apps from DMG files and executes a bunch of actions that will save you a fair bit of time.What's the deal with DMG files?The Mac's DMG format is similar to the ISO format on Windows, which can be used to mount virtual volumes, clone entire discs, and much more. It's a common way to distribute Mac apps online. To you, opening a DMG file appears as if you're launching the app itself, because it uses the app's icon and name. Once you open a DMG file, you'll see a small window containing the app's icon, which you drag into the Applications folder on your Mac. The DMG format allows developers the ability to customize the size and background of this window, creating some unique install layouts.This Aymeric on Software blog post does a great job documenting the history of the DMG file, in case you want to learn more about it.How Rapidmg speeds up the install workflow Credit: Pranay Parab Once you open a DMG file, it'll be mounted as a volume, and you'll see the installation pop-up. You drag the app's icon to the Application folder to complete the installation. This installs the app, but you still have two more things to do. You need to unmount the volume (right-click it on the desktop and click Eject), and delete the unwanted DMG file, which serves no purposes after an app is installed. Rapidmg can automate this entire process for you.Once Rapidmg opens a DMG file, it'll automatically move the app to your Mac's Applications folder, unmount the volume, and delete the DMG file (if you want it to). To use it, install Rapidmg, and then right-click any DMG file. Select Get Info and under Open with:, select Rapidmg. You may click Change All to make Rapidmg the default app for opening DMG files.With this done, just double-click any DMG file and Rapidmg will handle the rest for you. To streamline the process, launch Rapidmg, then click the gear icon in the top-right corner to configure it. Select the drop-down menu next to After Expanding, and choose Delete the disk image to get rid of the install file.That's all there is to it! Rapidmg is a free download via the Mac App Store and you can use it for free for one week. After that, you can pay $1 to unlock the app forever. As always, you should be cautious when you download Mac apps from unknown developers. While macOS has security protections to keep you from launching suspicious apps, you should still only download apps from reputed developers to avoid accidentally installing malware. Using Rapidmg is safe and it doesn't make you more vulnerable to security threats, but keep your guard up when downloading any apps from the internet.

I've been trying to get back into playing guitar and I've noticed one thing: Both the App Store and Google Play are replete with guitar-tuning apps that are full of either upsells or advertisements. Isn't there any application that helps tune your guitar without bothering you?It turns out, there is. LikeTones, a music-education company, offers a guitar tuner for Android and iPhone that's both free to use and free of ads and upsells. You can open this application, play a string on your guitar, and start tuning. The application automatically detects which string you're trying to play and tells you whether to tune up or down.If you'd rather not use this automated tuning, or find that it doesn't quite work, you can tap a string to tune it specifically. This also plays the note from your phone's speakers, giving you an idea of how the string should sound.Because not every guitar is the same, this application offers support for six, seven, eight, and 12 string guitars in the settings. There's also support for various alternative tunings. You can also configure the reference frequency, if you wantthis is useful if you need to tune to a piano or other instrument that isn't quite standard. Credit: Justin Pot It's a well-thought-out application, and the best I could manage to dig up in my capacity as an amateur guitarist and professional app recommender. It even has a built-in metronome. There are other solid options out there. Jon's Tuner for iPhone also works quite well, and is clean, but doesn't offer the same flexibility in terms of alternative tuning schemes. The Android version of Jon's Tuner, which I found reference to online, seems to be missing from Google Play. There is a solid Android alternative, though: Tunerly, which is completely open source. This app offers a simple user interface and settings, allowing you to choose specific tuning schemes.For most people, though, LikeTone Guitar Tuner is currently the best option. It works on both Android and iPhone, it's clean, it works well, and it stays out of your way. Try it if you're even a little unhappy with your current guitar tuning application.