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Diablo IV Season 1 Preparation Guide

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Diablo IV Season 1 is here! Start off on the right foot with our guide.

With the release of Diablo IV season 1: Season of the Malignant, fans have an exciting gaming experience to look forward to. This new season will feature exciting new challenges, a new campaign, seven new legendary aspects, unique items, cosmetics, and exclusive rewards for players to earn. We’ll be discussing some of what you can expect this season, tips to optimize your gameplay, and how to earn special rewards.

Tips to prepare for Diablo IV Season 1

The season will last for about eleven weeks, ending on October 9th, during which players must complete various objectives to earn rewards. To participate in the season, players must create a brand new character, as existing characters in the Eternal Realm cannot be used. Your new character for Diablo IV season 1 content will need to be created on the Seasonal Realm. However, your new character can benefit from some of the progress you’ve made on your most-progressed Eternal Realm character.

In order for your Seasonal Realm character to benefit from the progress you’ve made on your other character in the Eternal Realm, it is necessary to log in to your main Eternal Realm character at least once in the period between July 18th and when you create your Seasonal Realm character.

Diablo IV season 1 - realm selection during character creation

Transferring progress from your Eternal Realm character to your Seasonal Realm character will help optimize your gameplay. You can even progress a little farther in the Eternal Realm for additional gains. Next, we’ll discuss some of the progression you might want to accomplish to transfer over to your Seasonal Realm character.

Unlock your horse

If you haven’t already, unlock your horse through a side quest you get through the main campaign on your Eternal Realm character. Once you unlock it on one character, you’ll be able to use it on any character, including your Seasonal Realm character. Having a horse from the start on your Seasonal Realm character will give you a huge advantage.

You’ll need to complete the campaign once to access the seasonal content anyway, so you may as well pick up your horse along the way. Once you complete the campaign, you can encounter Malignant enemies in the open world even in the Eternal Realm, but you’ll only have full access to the seasonal mechanics and rewards in the Seasonal Realm.

Explore your map

You can also give your Seasonal Realm character a head start by exploring more of the map on your Eternal Realm character. Map progress can be carried over to your Seasonal Realm character, which will boost your renown and make it easier to navigate. If you really want to go all in, you can clear the entire map with your Eternal Realm character before making your Seasonal Realm character.

Find Altars of Lilith

In addition, unlocked Altars of Lilith and the renown you get from finding them can also carry over to your Seasonal Realm character from your Eternal Realm character. You might want to look up a guide to help you find all the altars if you’re going for full completion, as there are a lot to hunt for.

Note: Softcore and hardcore modes do not overlap in these kinds of shared progression mentioned above. For example, if your main Eternal Realm character was made in hardcore, and you are planning on playing softcore for Diablo IV season 1, you will not be able to carry over this shared map progression or your collected Altars of Lilith.

Diablo IV Season 1 Features

Diablo IV season 1 - Season of the Malignant features. New questline and boss, 32 Malignant Powers, new Season Journey, 7 new Legendary Aspects plus 6 new unique items, and new cosmetics.

Malignant Hearts

Season 1 brings a host of new features to Diablo IV, including exclusive rewards. Seasons also come with a story that is unique to that season, and season 1’s theme is Malignant infection.

One of the biggest changes from the base game is the addition of the Malignant Hearts system, which empowers players with powerful abilities and augmentations. These Malignant Hearts will be season exclusive items that can be socketed into specific slots on your gear pieces.

Players can acquire these Malignant Hearts by completing specific challenges throughout the season. Malignant Hearts can be obtained during Diablo IV season 1 by killing Malignant monsters and capturing their hearts, or by conquering Malignant Tunnel dungeons.

When completing a Malignant Tunnel, be sure to bring a crafted Malignant Invoker with you. Use it on the overgrowth at the end of the tunnel to summon an elite Malignant enemy. You can craft invokers that correspond to the specific colors of the different hearts to increase your chances of getting what you want.

Types of Malignant Hearts:

  • Vicious Hearts, for orange sockets, which give offensive ability increases.
  • Brutal Hearts, for blue sockets, which give defensive power-ups.
  • Devious Hearts, for pink sockets, which give utility buffs.
  • Wrathful Hearts, which can be placed in any socket color.

You can salvage the Malignant Hearts you don’t want at Cormond’s Workbench for Ichor that is used to craft new hearts or Malignant Invokers.

Diablo IV season 1 - Cormond's wagon

Challenges and Rewards in Diablo IV Season 1

To make the most of season 1, players must complete various challenges in the Season Journey. Some of the challenges include completing dungeons, slaying specific monsters, completing quests, and more. By completing objectives, players will earn unique rewards such as reward caches, Legendary Aspects, and Battle Pass Favor.

Players can expect to face tough monsters and difficult dungeon bosses. To overcome these challenges, players must upgrade their gear with Malignant Heart powers and utilize their character’s unique abilities to maximize their potential. It’s also helpful to work in teams with other players.

Battle Pass

Diablo IV season 1 - Battle Pass

The Diablo IV season 1 Battle Pass is also live as of the start of the season. You can access it in the menu under the “Season” tab. There will be 27 free tiers, featuring cosmetics, titles, and Smoldering Ashes that can be used for various character boosts. If you purchase the premium Battle Pass, you’ll have access to 90 tiers of cosmetics, titles, emotes, and premium currency to unlock.

The Ultimate Edition of Diablo IV comes with an accelerated path to unlock the seasonal Battle Pass, by skipping 20 tiers, as well as activation of the premium Battle Pass, and you can still upgrade to it if you purchased a different edition. The Digital Deluxe Edition also unlocks the premium Battle Pass, but without 20 tier skips.

Diablo IV season 1 - Ultimate Edition upgrade.

More Resources

Here are some other guides we found helpful that go even more in-depth in some areas:

For more tips, watch these official videos from the Diablo IV team:

Inside the Game: Season of the Malignant

Gameplay Guides: Season of the Malignant / Seasonal Characters

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Exoprimal PC Requirements: Can Your PC Kill Dinosaurs?

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Is your PC ready to slay dinosaurs? Read our Exoprimal PC requirements guide to find out.

Exoprimal PC Requirements - Game screenshot. Character pointing a gun.
Official Exoprimal screenshot property of Capcom.

Exoprimal is a new Capcom game. It’s an action shooter featuring futuristic suits (Exosuits) as part of your arsenal, and hordes of dinosaurs as enemies. This title just released on July 13th and is available on Steam or through Xbox Gamepass.

Check out the official launch trailer for Exoprimal

Minimum Exoprimal PC Requirements

CPU (Central Processing Unit)Intel i5-7500 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 560 (4GB VRAM)
RAM (System Memory)8 GB
Storage50 GB available space to install
Operating SystemWindows 10 Version 20H2 (64 bit)
Minimum Exoprimal PC requirements available on Steam store page.

The minimum Exoprimal PC requirements are luckily not that intense, and it won’t take the most expensive PC out there just to play this game. Many budget PCs and some older PCs should make the cut. This game requires at least Windows 10 to run.

Additional notes under the minimum Exoprimal PC requirements on the Steam store page give a performance estimate for these specs of 30 FPS at 1080p resolution with minimum graphics settings chosen, with possibility of some drops during graphics-intense scenes.

Minimum PC Requirements – Editor’s Pick

This budget Chronos mini configuration meets the minimum Exoprimal PC requirements as listed on the game’s Steam store page, and even exceeds them in some areas.

We think this PC can offer an experience comparable or a bit better than what is described in the Steam store page: about 30 FPS most of the time at 1080p and minimum graphics settings, with some dips in graphics-intensive moments.		Minimum Exoprimal PC requirements recommendation - Chronos Mini configuration

Exoprimal PC Requirements - Game screenshot. Character taking stance with two blade like weapons, one in front and one behind.
Official Exoprimal screenshot property of Capcom.

Recommended Exoprimal PC Requirements

CPU (Central Processing Unit)Intel Core i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)NVIDIA GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 590
RAM (System Memory)16 GB
Storage50 GB available space to install
Operating SystemWindows 10 Version 20H2 (64 bit) / Windows 11
Recommended Exoprimal PC requirements available on Steam store page.

The recommended Exoprimal PC requirements, which you’ll ideally want to meet or exceed if possible for a better gaming experience than just over the minimum requirements will get you, are a bit harder to meet, but still not the most taxing of recent games out there. Plenty of budget-level PCs will likely be able to keep up and deliver decent performance.

The additional notes on the Steam store page explain that you can probably expect to see around 60 FPS in 1080p resolution at medium graphics settings, with possibility of some drops during graphics-intense scenes with these specs.

Recommended PC Requirements – Editor’s Pick

This version of our Azure model meets the recommended Exoprimal PC requirements from the game’s Steam store page.

This PC should be capable of delivering an experience similar to what is described on the Steam store page for the recommended PC specs: about 60 FPS in 1080p using medium graphics settings, with some dips in graphics-intensive moments.		Recommended Exoprimal PC requirements recommendation - Azure PC model version

For an even better experience than specifications just over the recommended Exoprimal PC requirements is estimated to get you, check out our more powerful model versions in the prebuilt PC section of our website, or configure a custom PC that exceeds the recommended requirements.

Exoprimal PC Requirements - Game screenshot. Characters fighting against a T-rex like dinosaur.
Official Exoprimal screenshot property of Capcom.

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A Street Fighter 6 Training Plan for Beginners to Help Increase Your Skill Level!

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Just getting started with fighting games recently? Here’s our Street Fighter 6 training plan we’d recommend for beginners!

Street Fighter 6 has been one of the most anticipated June 2023 PC game releases! If you’re just getting into fighting games with this release, or you’re new to this particular series, you might feel a little overwhelmed when trying to improve your skills. Here is our Street Fighter 6 training plan with tips and advice for beginners!

Check out the official Launch Trailer for Street Fighter 6!

Picking a Main Character in Street Fighter 6:

When picking a main character in Street Fighter 6, you should choose someone who you enjoy playing as and who fits your playstyle. If you’re just starting out, and don’t know what playstyles you like, you can pick whoever you think looks cool, and learn over time if you like how they fight!

Once you have picked your main character, you should learn their moveset. Each character has their own unique moves and combos that you will need to master. You can find a list of each character’s moves and combos online.

Here’s a step-by-step basic Street Fighter 6 training plan to get started:

  • Choose your main character based on your playstyle and preferences. You can find a list of the best characters to play in Street Fighter 6 based on your skill level and preferred playstyle here.
  • Learn your character’s moveset. Each character has their own unique moves and combos that you will need to master. You can find a list of each character’s moves and combos here.
  • Practice your combos in training mode. This will help you get a feel for your character’s moves and learn how to execute them properly.
  • Watch videos of high-level players playing your character. This will help you learn new strategies and techniques that you can use in your own gameplay.
  • Play against other players online to practice your skills.

Reaching Diamond Rank

To reach Diamond Rank in Street Fighter 6, you will have to complete ten placement matches which will determine an appropriate starting rank for you. You can also pick your skill level with fighting games (beginner, novice, intermediate, and advanced) to help these placement matches be a fair experience.

In order to climb the ranks, players must battle others and win in order to earn enough points. There are different ranks, but Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond are divided into three tiers. Regulars and the upper tiers with the title “Super” and “Ultra” before them. The “currency” that determines a player’s positioning is League Points.

Here is a step-by-step Street Fighter 6 training plan that can help you reach Diamond Rank:

  • Learn the basics of the game.
  • Choose your main character, and practice with them a lot.
  • Hone your skills with that character’s movesets and combos.
  • Learn how to block and counter-attack.
  • Learn how to read your opponent.
  • Practice against other players online.
  • Analyze your gameplay and learn from your mistakes.
  • Keep practicing and improving your skills.

There are several fundamental skills that you can work on to improve your ranking in Street Fighter 6. Here are some explanations:

  • Learn your character’s moveset and combos: This will help you execute your moves more effectively and deal more damage.
  • Practice your execution: This includes things like timing your combos correctly and executing special moves quickly and accurately.
  • Work on your spacing: This means learning how to position yourself in relation to your opponent so that you can attack them while avoiding their attacks.
  • Learn how to read your opponent: This means learning how to predict what your opponent will do next so that you can counter their moves effectively.
  • Practice your defense: This includes things like blocking, dodging, and countering your opponent’s attacks.

By working on these fundamental skills, you can improve your gameplay and increase your ranking in Street Fighter 6.

Here are a couple of video resources that can help you learn the fundamental skills in Street Fighter 6:

1. [Street Fighter 6 – Everything To Know] – This video provides an overview of the game’s mechanics and features.

2. [Street Fighter 6 Training Mode]- This video provides an overview of the game’s training mode and how to use it to improve your skills.

Buckler’s Boot Camp: an Official Street Fighter 6 Training Plan Program!

Street Fighter 6 is even hosting an official training plan program to help players improve their skills! You can register on their official website.

Street Fighter 6 Training Plan - Buckler's Boot Camp
Street Fighter 6 Training Plan – Buckler’s Boot Camp

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A Diablo IV Guide for Beginners: Start your Quest to Defend Sanctuary on the Right Foot

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New to the Diablo series, or back from a long break? Our Diablo IV guide can help you learn the basics.

The Diablo series finally has another full installment with Activision-Blizzard’s latest release in the series, Diablo IV. If you’re returning after a long break, or just getting into the series, there might be a lot you’re unfamiliar with. Diablo IV also brings some exciting new elements to the series like a more varied and branching skill tree system, as well as the ability to actually customize what your character looks like. Our Diablo IV guide can help you get familiar with fighting your way through Sanctuary.

Choosing your Class

Diablo IV guide - Character selection screen

There five different classes, and each class is further customizable by spending points in your skill trees. In this Diablo game, you’ll even get to customize how they look!

Diablo IV - Barbarian
Barbarian		The Barbarian is a brawler, as well as a master of weapons and war-cries
Diablo IV guide - Druid
Druid		The Druid is a flexible class that can be built towards a few different playstyles. They can cast earth, wind, and storm magic, as well as shapeshift into a sturdy werebear or ferocious werewolf.
Diablo IV - Necromancer
Necromancer		The Necromancer is a summoner class that conjures undead allies to aid them.
Diablo IV - Rogue
Rogue		The Rogue is also flexible in their ability to specialize in either ranged or close quarters combat. They are agile and can utilize poisons or shadow magic as well.
Diablo IV - Sorcerer
Sorcerer		The Sorcerer commands the basic elements to cast powerful spells of ice, lightning, or fire.

Class Skill Trees

The cost to experimenting with skill builds is not that high–you can refund if you have regrets. Refunding skills is even free for the first 8 levels. After that, it will cost you some currency, but not so much it’s regularly a barrier to augmenting your build.

You can choose different skills in a few categories: basic, core, defensive, companion, wrath, and ultimate. There are also subtle ways to augment your chosen skills.

We recommend gathering skills from different categories as soon as you can rather than spending all your points upgrading one skill, so you have access to more moves in battle faster. Then you can focus on upgrading your favorites.		diablo IV guide - skill tree example

Managing your Gear

  • Keep your gear current. Especially early on, newer gear will quickly outpace older gear.
  • Only upgrade legendaries or rares. Anything lower in rarity typically has less potential.
  • Balance selling and salvaging for the gear you’re not using or keeping. You’ll need the resources from both.
  • Gear condition degrades when you die, so be careful!

Upgrading your Gear with Gems

diablo IV guide - gem merchantThe gem system is unlocked after you hit level 20 on a character and complete the priority quest to unlock Kratia the gem merchant in Kyovashad.

Get familiar with the gem system, and don’t worry about being unable to recover a valueable gem from a socket. You can pay Kratia some gold to remove a gem from a socket, and if you salvage a piece of gear, the gems that were in it will appear back in your inventory.

Stash your extra gems, as you’ll be able to combine them for more powerful ones.

General Survival Tips

  • Remember your potion upgrades. The ability of your potions to support you will be much greater if you keep them upgraded as you level.
  • Get out of the area of effect (AOE) damage abilities. It does, often, matter. It may be hard to get used to for some folks, but trust us when we say it is worth it in this game to work on your situational awareness and positioning to keep yourself out of some heavy AOE damage abilities enemies and especially bosses will throw at you.
  • Try bumping up the world tier once you’re already having an easy time. When you get the hang of it, you’ll eventually be ready to enjoy a more challenging level of gameplay!

More Diablo IV Guides

For more, check out Blizzard’s Guide to Diablo IV’s Gameplay video series. If you’re looking for more advanced and specific class build guides, check out Icy Veins.

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How to Use SignalRGB – Setup Guide

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Sync your RGB setup to produce amazing effects using SignalRGB!

This innovative software by WhirlwindFX allows you to customize your lighting settings, create unique lighting patterns, and take your gaming experience to the next level by immersing yourself in a fully customized gaming environment.

Before we dive into how to use SignalRGB, let’s talk about what it can offer you. This software allows you to fully customize your RGB lighting by providing you with an array of color options and lighting effects. You can create unique patterns and profiles that reflect your individual gaming style and make your setup truly your own. SignalRGB is easy to use and can sync your lighting effects across compatible peripherals, creating a fully immersive gaming experience with just one software.

SignalRGB software is a must-have for any gamer looking to customize their RGB lighting and create a fully immersive gaming experience. With its easy-to-use interface, you’ll learn how to use SignalRGB in no time. SignalRGB features compatibility with a wide range of peripherals, and a plethora of customization options, making this software a game-changer in the industry. Download SignalRGB today and take your gaming experience to the next level!

Getting started with SignalRGB

Let’s dive into how to use SignalRGB. The software is compatible with Windows 10 and 11 operating systems, and the basic version is free!

  • You’ll need to download the SignalRGB software from the official website.
  • Run the installer and follow the prompts to install it on your desktop PC.
  • Open the software
  • Specify any compatible hardware your computer and setup are equipped with within the software interface.

You can also visit the SignalRGB website for more information on troubleshooting and support options to help you with how to use SignalRGB. There are many helpful tutorial videos to guide you through SignalRGB’s setup process:

Check out SignalRGB’s quick start guide video!

For more, watch SignalRGB’s guide to setting up RGB fans, strips, and more:

Sync your whole setup with slick coordination

SignalRGB software is compatible with a wide range of peripherals, making it the perfect choice for those who want to take their gaming experience to the next level. First, you’ll want to check whether your peripherals are compatible with SignalRGB. If you can find the devices’ model names within the drop down lists in the software, they are compatible.

If your peripherals are compatible, you can start customizing them:

  • Open the SignalRGB software on your desktop.
  • Select the device you want to customize.
  • From there, you can select your desired
    • colors
    • lighting effects
    • and more!

To create a unique pattern or profile:

  • Navigate to the “layouts” tab and start customizing!
  • As before, select the devices you want to change
  • And save your customizations to your new layout

You can use this to sync your desktop’s RGB effects with other compatible devices like your keyboard for a truly customized experience! Just position your devices in your SignalRGB layout to match your physical setup.

Check out SignalRGB’s guide to coordinating your devices’ RGB effects with layouts!

Immerse yourself in the game with SignalRGB game integrations

Do you want your keyboard and other equipment to flash and react to in-game events, making the entire experience more immersive? Now that you know the basics of how to use SignalRGB, you can explore their game integrations.

To enable a specific game integration, simply select the game from the list of integrated games and ensure that the integration is active. Once the integration is active, the software will capture and analyze the pixels on your screen, automatically adjusting the lighting effects to match the in-game events. With SignalRGB’s pixel capturing/OCR method, you can expect lightning-fast and precise color transitions that correspond to in-game events such as explosions, shooting, and more. It’s a pretty impressive experience.

These are just some of SignalRGB’s game integrations–check out their full list on their website!		How to use SignalRGB - Game integrations list

Check out SignalRGB’s video guide for setting up game integrations!

Show off your setup!

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