You can upgrade most of the gear you find while playing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Your trusty blacksmith will use certain resources to unlock higher-level upgrades, one of them being Nickel Ingots. These are used to upgrade superior gear to flawless gear, and are pretty hard to find at the start of the game. To help you track down your first Nickel Ingot we’ve listed some locations where you can find them below. We’ll also be detailing the fastest way to get Nickel, so that you can upgrade your weapons and armour.

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Merry Xboxmas! Microsoft’s new console launches today and all across the land, good kiddywinkles are waiting to see if Father Xboxmas will deliver one to their door, or whether it’s still stuck bouncing back and forth between post depots in Truro and Cumbernauld. The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are the first of the new console generation, arriving mere days ahead of the PlayStation 5, so: how about it, huh? You getting one?

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The third ever Apex Legends map, the floating island of Olympus, features quite a few differences from the previous two locations of Kings Canyon and World’s Edge. From its brand new array of loot-filled locations to its long sightlines and fast travel times, there’s a lot to learn about this place – and our Apex Legends Olympus map guide will get you off to the best possible start with a close look at the map and all its major locations.

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As if all the games on offer on Xbox Game Pass for PC weren’t already a pretty good deal, Electronic Arts are adding a big old library of games to the service soon, too. As of December 15th, Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate members will have access to EA Play for no extra cost. That means for your basic Game Pass sub of £8/$10 a month, you can play tons of Microsoft’s games (as well as many others) and all your fave EA ones like Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Sims 4, Battlefield V and more.

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As of late, Microsoft have bought up countless mid-size game studios, culminating recently in the acquisition of big lad ZeniMax in September. Even still, they hungered for more, and now it looks like they’re after a Japanese studio to gobble up.

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Raiding can be tiresome work, so it’s good to know that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has plenty of romance options that help you blow off steam between battles. These romance options are unlocked in a number of ways, some through settlement upgrades, some via story progression. So that you’re not missing out of any potential love connections we’ll be listing every romance we find during our time with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. We’ll detail how to start off each romance quest, and which characters are available to romance.

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The big one is here, folks: Ubisoft released Assassin’s Creed Valhalla today. Raiding! Pillaging! Stealing from the English! What a way to start your Tuesday morning. Valhalla straps you into the Viking boots of Eivor, the latest assassin to join the sandbox murder simulator series. It takes place in 9th century Britain, with frequent trips back home to Norway to drop off all your blood-soaked hard-earned loot. Like its predecessor, AC Odyssey, this one has a little mythology thrown in as well.

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Pathfinder may not look all that swift, but prepare to be flummoxed, because he is in fact one of the most mobile Apex Legends characters out there. As possibly the character with the highest skill ceiling in the game, it’s a no-brainer that we compile this Apex Legends Pathfinder guide, fully updated for Season 7, which will take you through each of his abilities one at a time and explain how and when you should be using them.

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After a short goodbye event live in-game last night, Bungie have shut down Destiny 2‘s servers to roll out the new expansion, Beyond Light. The event was only small, just a little flourish as Darkness closed around the solar system and locked off several areas for the foreseeable future. I think. But it seemed nice. From what I’ve seen. I wouldn’t know myself because I, like many, got sick of queueing for the servers then being disconnected when I got in, and just went to bed. Alright, let’s catch up with a VOD.

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This afternoon, I’ve been mucking about with Minecraft‘s new 20w45a snapshot, which introduces the first tranche of goodies from the upcoming Cliffs & Caves update. And since closing the game, I’ve been sat here for a long hour, trying to think of something original or enlightening to say about it. It’s not the game’s fault. Last week was a heavy week, and I’m cooked. Cooked and flattened, in fact, like one of those chickens you press between hot bricks and put on a barbecue.

I went through that stage where all your mental tension explodes into the world via a nightmarish extended metaphor about fighting a clown to the death. So forgive me, then, if I forsake anything clever, and just list the reasons why I really like the new copper blocks in Minecraft.

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