Quick Links Jump straight into the action and start browsing the best cooperative board games: 1. Top 10 Amazon board game sale Walmart board game deals The best cooperative board games are perfect if you're put off by competitiveness around the table. Offering unique challenges that can only be solved together, co-op board games emphasise teamwork rather than a scramble to victory. As it turns out, games night is so much more chill when players aren't trying to screw each other over. Co-op board game deals: Save up to $30 at Amazon US But where should you start? There's plenty to choose from when it comes to the best cooperative board games, and that in itself is daunting. To give you a helping hand, we've rounded up our favorites below. You'll find suggestions from a variety of genres to suit all ages, and they're as replayable as they are fun. Co-op board games can be expensive, after all, so being able to squeeze maximum value for money out of … [Read more...] about The best cooperative board games – play nice and work together with these essential co-op picks
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Apple Announces New M1-Powered iPad Pro Models, Available This May
Apple's Spring Loaded event has come and gone, and while there were a few hardware announcements to note , the more-prominent unveiling was of the new iPad Pros . The two models, 11-in and 12.9-in, retail for $799 and $1299, respectively. They look like last year's iPad Pros but feature Apple's M1 system-on-a-chip and will be available in the second half of May. Preorders start on April 30. This year's iPad Pros come with a bevy of improvements. There's the new ultra-wide front-facing camera equipped with Apple's Center Stage technology, which tracks your movements to keep you in frame at all times. Thunderbolt 3 support lets you connect high-speed accessories for even faster data transfer through the USB-C port. And cellular models feature 5G for quicker downloads and performance. But the attention-grabbing inclusion is the M1 chip. This SoC cuts the need for various circuitry by combining everything onto one chip. The result is a smaller motherboard that produces faster … [Read more...] about Apple Announces New M1-Powered iPad Pro Models, Available This May
Google Adds Pac-Man, Hello Kitty, And Evangelion Unit To AR Search
Google added AR characters from well-known Japanese pop culture franchises in its search function on mobile. You can now find Hello Kitty, Pac-Man , Gundam, Ultraman, Evangelion, and much more represented in their 3D form. A few of the characters, including Cogimyun, Hello Kitty, and Pompompurin, come with their own audio and can "talk." You'll need to be on mobile to use Google AR and view the 14 new characters. While in Google, search for a character's name and then tap on View in 3D. Android devices can access the AR search function in Google search and iOS devices need to go through the Google app. Android 7 Plus with ARCore enabled and iOS 11.0+ devices can view 3D and AR content. Full list of characters added: Ultraman Ultraman Zero Ultraman Belial Gomora Evangelion (EVA Unit 1) Gundam (Odysseus Gundam, Xi Gundam, Penelope) Cogimyun Taiko Master (drums from the rhythm game Taiko no Tatsujin ) Pac-Man Hello Kitty Pompompurin Little Twin Stars … [Read more...] about Google Adds Pac-Man, Hello Kitty, And Evangelion Unit To AR Search
Warcraft creator Chris Metzen unveils his new tabletop RPG project inspired by his childhood D&D campaigns
Chris Metzen is famous for helping to conceive Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo. But long before he joined Blizzard, Metzen was a dungeon master. And now the campaigns he used to run for his childhood friends in the '80s are being turned into a codified campaign and fantasy universe based off of Dungeons and Dragons' fifth edition ruleset. It's called Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent, and it's basically an alternative setting to the Forgotten Realms complete with new races, subclasses, and special magic systems. The Kickstarter to fund the first of what will likely be several rulebooks went live today and it's already 500 percent funded . It's easy to understand why. Metzen is a world-building icon known for his storytelling and characters (like Thrall, World of Warcraft's most famous warchief). Auroboros also sounds damn cool. The rulebook being crowdfunded is called Worldbook: Lawbrand, and it contains everything dungeon masters will need to run adventures in the world of … [Read more...] about Warcraft creator Chris Metzen unveils his new tabletop RPG project inspired by his childhood D&D campaigns
Mario Kart Tour passes $200m in 18 months
Mario Kart Tour, Nintendo's gacha-filled mobile racer which lets you tug on a warp pipe to earn a lederhosen-wearing Luigi, is doing pretty well. It has earned $200m in 18 months, and racked up 200m downloads worldwide. Store data provided to Eurogamer by Sensor Tower shows that downloads slowed last year versus the game's big launch at the end of 2019 - when Mario Kart Tour was Nintendo's fastest-downloaded smartphone game by quite some margin . Spending, however, has stayed steady. Nintendo's mobile Mario Kart spin-off officially launched back in September 2019, and is primarily monetised through a gacha-based system which unlocks new in-game items. It also has expensive fixed-price money packs and a subscription service, Gold Pass, which unlocks further cosmetic items and 200cc races for £5 per month . For the 12 months ending 31st March, Mario Kart Tour earned $93m worldwide, making it Nintendo's second-biggest mobile money spinner last year. Fire Emblem Heroes, … [Read more...] about Mario Kart Tour passes $200m in 18 months