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Sharing meals in Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a pretty straightforward concept: Pick two students to eat with, bonus points if they favor the dish, have a great time. Here are some good things to always keep in mind in order to make sure you’re making the most out of every meal.

• Think twice before sharing a meal with a class member who has full motivation. Could you be making this meal have a bigger impact by sharing it with someone else who doesn’t have any motivation? You don’t want to let any activity points go to waste when classes start back up for the week.

• Do the two characters you’re sharing a meal with have the potential for social bonds with each other? If they don’t, look for a different pairing. This is especially important when you’re incorporating students from other houses–not every character can have a social relationship with every other character. (Pro tip: You can hit the X button when choosing your meal companions to view their social ranks between everyone else at the table, if any)

• And later on in the game: Do the two characters you’re sharing a meal with already have a maxed-out social bond? You might have your favorite characters, but if they’re not going to get any benefits out of the meal, it might be worth checking the support menu and see who might stand to gain a bit more.

For more in-game know-how, check our complete collection of essential advice and tips for Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It’s a huge game, and after our multiple playthroughs, we have plenty of guidance we’re dying to give you.

For a behind-the-scenes look at the game, read our interview with the directors of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, where they talk about the series’ increasing popularity in the West, the dramatic changes they made to the combat system, and the refreshing new character designs.

In our Fire Emblem: Three Houses review, Kallie Plagge concluded: “When all was said and done, all I could think about was starting another playthrough… whether you’re managing inventories or battlefields, it’s the kind of game that’s hard to put down, even when it’s over.”

Fire Emblem: Three Houses will painstakingly explain the mechanics of how to take out monsters when you first encounter them. But let’s be honest–with all the stuff going on in this game, you’ll probably forget about it by the time another one rolls around and just spam Gambit abilities at it, which is not the best way to do things.

Here’s what to remember when you take on monsters:

• Each monster has a number of different segments available for attack. These are all initially shielded, as indicated by the golden squares underneath it.

• You need to take down these shields by attacking them. You won’t do as much damage, but it’s a necessity–think about using your weaker units to help out with this.

• The gold squares that indicate shields will eventually crack, and then shatter. Once they’re gone, that particular square will be susceptible to full damage.

• Gambits will do damage to multiple segments, as well as stun the monster, which means it won’t be able to counterattack until it is hit again.

As you can imagine, the fastest way to take down a monster is to have units prepared to make targeted strikes one after the other. If you don’t think you can take it down in one phase, try and make your last attack a Gambit attack so the monster will be stunned during their phase.

For more in-game know-how, check our complete collection of essential advice and tips for Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It’s a huge game, and after our multiple playthroughs, we have plenty of guidance we’re dying to give you.

For a behind-the-scenes look at the game, read our interview with the directors of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, where they talk about the series’ increasing popularity in the West, the dramatic changes they made to the combat system, and the refreshing new character designs.

In our Fire Emblem: Three Houses review, Kallie Plagge concluded: “When all was said and done, all I could think about was starting another playthrough… whether you’re managing inventories or battlefields, it’s the kind of game that’s hard to put down, even when it’s over.”

In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, you’re the one teaching students. But what about your own self-development? Weapons skills are easy to practice in battle, but you can’t level up things like reason, faith, riding, or flying skills unless you’re already certified for the associated classes–and you need Faculty Training in order to do that.

Early on, it’s a better use of your activity points to invest in those skills so you can, say, become certified as a Pegasus Knight and continue practicing your flying from there. Here’s who can teach you the aforementioned skills:

• Flying: Manuela, Seteth
• Riding: Jeralt, Hanneman, Gilbert
• Faith: Rhea, Manuela
• Reason: Hanneman, Rhea

And here’s a list of what all the teachers at Garreg Mach Monastery can teach you:

• Rhea: Sword, Brawl, Reason, Faith
• Seteth: Sword, Lance, Axe, Authority, Flying
• Manuela: Sword, Faith, Flying
• Hanneman: Bow, Reason, Riding
• Catherine: Sword, Brawl
• Jeralt: Lance, Authority, Riding
• Alois: Axe, Brawl, Heavy Armor
• Shamir: Lance, Bow
• Gilbert: Lance, Axe, Heavy Armor, Riding

Later on in the story, you’ll open up more avenues to teach your protagonist skills, but we’ll keep that a mystery for anyone just starting out.

For more in-game know-how, check our complete collection of essential advice and tips for Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It’s a huge game, and after our multiple playthroughs, we have plenty of guidance we’re dying to give you.

For a behind-the-scenes look at the game, read our interview with the directors of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, where they talk about the series’ increasing popularity in the West, the dramatic changes they made to the combat system, and the refreshing new character designs.

In our Fire Emblem: Three Houses review, Kallie Plagge concluded: “When all was said and done, all I could think about was starting another playthrough… whether you’re managing inventories or battlefields, it’s the kind of game that’s hard to put down, even when it’s over.”

In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, as was the case in previous Fire Emblem games, each gender has its own variety of classes that are unique to them. Most of them will be common, but for whatever reason, only dudes can punch things and be a hero, and only girls can ride the flying horsies. Here is a list of all the gender-specific classes in the game, so you don’t waste time training anybody to be certified in a class they’re locked out of.

Male Only:

Intermediate:

• Brawler (Brawl)
• Dark Mage (Reason)

Advanced:

• Hero (Sword, Axe)
• Grappler (Brawl)
• Dark Bishop (Reason)

Master:

• War Master (Axe, Brawl)

Female Only:

Intermediate:

• Pegasus Knight (Lance, Flying)

Advanced:

Master:

• Falcon Knight (Sword, Lance, Flying)
• Gremory (Reason, Faith)

For more in-game know-how, check our complete collection of essential advice and tips for Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It’s a huge game, and after our multiple playthroughs, we have plenty of guidance we’re dying to give you.

For a behind-the-scenes look at the game, read our interview with the directors of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, where they talk about the series’ increasing popularity in the West, the dramatic changes they made to the combat system, and the refreshing new character designs.

In our Fire Emblem: Three Houses review, Kallie Plagge concluded: “When all was said and done, all I could think about was starting another playthrough… whether you’re managing inventories or battlefields, it’s the kind of game that’s hard to put down, even when it’s over.”

Fire Emblem: Three Houses certainly gives you a lot of flexibility in terms of how you can develop your protagonist’s abilities, as well as those of your students. While you’re free to pursue any combat skill with any character you wish, the game definitely nudges you in a few different directions when it comes to certain characters and certain classes.

When it comes to picking a goal, it’s important to keep a few things in mind:

• Your gender: Three Houses unfortunately still has gender-specific classes, so it’s important to look ahead and see what options you have available in the long-term before you start to pursue a class discipline. I was in the process of making my female protagonist the best hand-to-hand fighter possible until I learned that the later brawler classes, the Brawler, Grappler, and Warmaster, were exclusive to males. You can find a list of the gender-specific classes here.

• Innate learning advantages: Every character has specific skills they’re particularly good at learning, indicated by a blue arrow next to it on their character sheet. This means they’ll get more skill points when training in this ability.

• Innate learning disadvantages: Some characters have skills that they are poor at learning, meaning they’ll earn fewer points when training in this ability. It’s usually not a fantastic idea to keep pushing a character in a direction they hate unless they have a…

• Hidden potential: Some characters have hidden potentials next to certain skills indicated by three stars next to it on the character sheet. This is usually in a skill that doesn’t seem like a natural part of their initial class designation and means that with enough consistent learning in that skill, that character will be able to unlock a unique or advanced ability. Sometimes, this hidden potential will also come with an innate learning disadvantage, but if you work at it hard enough, then you can flip it into an advantage instead.

• The Story: Without spoiling anything, the plot of Three Houses will eventually push your protagonist and house leaders quite hard towards a particular skillset, typically the ones they start with. That’s a sword for the protagonist, axe for Edelgard, lance for Dimitri, and bow for Claude. So, if you really want to excel in one type of weapon for these characters, stick with what they have.

For more in-game know-how, check our complete collection of essential advice and tips for Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It’s a huge game, and after our multiple playthroughs, we have plenty of guidance we’re dying to give you.

For a behind-the-scenes look at the game, read our interview with the directors of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, where they talk about the series’ increasing popularity in the West, the dramatic changes they made to the combat system, and the refreshing new character designs.

In our Fire Emblem: Three Houses review, Kallie Plagge concluded: “When all was said and done, all I could think about was starting another playthrough… whether you’re managing inventories or battlefields, it’s the kind of game that’s hard to put down, even when it’s over.”

When you first start Fire Emblem: Three Houses, You’ll probably spend a whole lot of time agonizing over which of the three groups of students you want to teach for the rest of the game. It’s a tough choice–each class brings the potential for major differences in the story, and the composition of each is a real mix of pros and cons, both in terms of the personalities of the students, and the initial abilities they bring to the battlefield.

But remember–with enough time and effort, you can recruit almost any student you want to your class with the exception of the house leaders and their closest retainer. Each student will value a certain attribute and a certain skill. All you need to do is work to meet that threshold through battles and training, while also making an effort to raise your social rank with them (which will take away time from increasing the social rank and motivation of those already in your class).

We’ve had varying experiences here, and found that the conditions might be different with each student–anywhere from E to D+ ranks for skills and C to B for social ranks. In some instances, certain characters will be much easier to recruit depending on your gender (namely, Sylvian and the Female protagonist).

To actually recruit someone, you need to talk to them in the monastery on a free day. On the odd occasion, if your ranks are high enough a student will reach out to you during the week to ask if you’d be interested in having them in your class.

Here is a list of what each student is looking for:

Black Eagles

• Dorethea: Charisma and Authority
• Bernadetta: Strength, Bow
• Petra: Dex, Riding
• Caspar: Str, Brawl
• Linhardt: Mag, Reason
• Ferdinand: Dex, Hvy Armor
• Hubert: N/A
• Edelgard: N/A

Blue Lions

• Annette: Mag, Faith
• Ashe: Cha, Lance
• Ingrid: Dex, Flying
• Felix: Spd, Sword
• Sylvain: Cha, Reason
• Mercedes: Mag, Bow
• Dedue: N/A
• Dimitri: N/A

Golden Deer

• Leonie: Str, Lance
• Lorenz: Cha, Reason
• Raphael: Str, Heavy Armor
• Lysithia: Mag, Faith
• Ignatz: Dex, Authority
• Marianne: Mag, Riding
• Hilda: N/A
• Claude: N/A

Just in case you weren’t aware, you also have the ability to recruit most of the monastery staff characters into your team. Yes, that means you can recruit fellow professors into your class, and then teach them as part of your day-to-day. It’s weird, I don’t know.

Some of them will join as part of the story, depending on which house you’re in. Some of them can’t be recruited at all for various reasons, but we’ll leave the specific details of this one a mystery.

Monastery staff recruits differ from the students in that they don’t require a skill level check (at least as far as we know), just a social level check. So if you have your eye on someone (it’s Alois, I know everyone is falling over Alois), be sure to invite them to dinner and give them lots of gifts.

For more in-game know-how, check our complete collection of essential advice and tips for Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It’s a huge game, and after our multiple playthroughs, we have plenty of guidance we’re dying to give you.

For a behind-the-scenes look at the game, read our interview with the directors of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, where they talk about the series’ increasing popularity in the West, the dramatic changes they made to the combat system, and the refreshing new character designs.

In our Fire Emblem: Three Houses review, Kallie Plagge concluded: “When all was said and done, all I could think about was starting another playthrough… whether you’re managing inventories or battlefields, it’s the kind of game that’s hard to put down, even when it’s over.”

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a game with a lot of choices, and a game where things can go wrong–your favorite characters can die permanently on the battlefield or you might accidentally waste a whole day of free time. You could accidentally offend someone in a conversation, or you might have a disastrously embarrassing tea party with someone you’re trying to get closer too.

Thankfully, Fire Emblem has an autosave function and it prompts you to manually save very regularly. But the one thing it doesn’t tell you is how to boot back into the main menu to load a previous save. That’s what we’re here for.

To soft reset the game and go back to the main menu, press and hold: [-] + [+] + [L] + [R].You’re welcome.

For more in-game know-how, check our complete collection of essential advice and tips for Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It’s a huge game, and after our multiple playthroughs, we have plenty of guidance we’re dying to give you.

For a behind-the-scenes look at the game, read our interview with the directors of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, where they talk about the series’ increasing popularity in the West, the dramatic changes they made to the combat system, and the refreshing new character designs.

In our Fire Emblem: Three Houses review, Kallie Plagge concluded: “When all was said and done, all I could think about was starting another playthrough… whether you’re managing inventories or battlefields, it’s the kind of game that’s hard to put down, even when it’s over.”

IO Interactive, the Danish developer responsible for the Hitman franchise, opened a new studio in January 2019. This new studio was established to “strengthen IOI’s commitment to [delivering] exceptional content to the Hitman franchise.” It’s been around seven months since then, and it seems that commitment may manifest in a new Hitman title.

In a documentary from NoClip, IOI talks about the challenges and triumphs of developing the Hitman games. Toward the end of the 40-minute video, host O’Dwyer said the team is “working on new Hitman content, and looking ahead to the third Hitman game.” He later added claim that the majority of IOI is “working on something secret, and rather excitingly, something new.”

IOI CEO Hakan Abrak said when “the World of Assassination [is complete], it’s gonna be one game with all the locations starting from Paris in Hitman 1 to the last location in Hitman 3, where it’s 20-plus locations.” Though he didn’t confirm or deny whether Hitman 3 is in development, Abrak did say IOI is “looking into the future with new things and potentially new IPs that we might be working on.”

IOI has said that Hitman will have three seasons, with lead writer Michael Vogt saying in October 2016 that “Season 1 is the first act in a feature film.” If a new Hitman game is in the works, Hakan said it “may once-again go episodic.”

Hitman 2 arrived on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in November 2018. Much like Hitman 1, Hitman 2 offers you a variety of distinct locations–like Miami and New Zealand–to live out your assassination fantasies. With Vermont being a location in the game, we recommended Senator Bernie Sanders stream the game on his newly-established Twitch channel.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses has finished at the top of the UK all-format physical sales chart, beating the multiplatform shooter Wolfenstein: Youngblood in the two games’ debut week.

Sales monitor Chart-Track says the Switch exclusive was the best-selling boxed game in the UK for the week ending July 27. With Wolfenstein finishing at No.2, it means last week’s No.1, Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, falls to No.3. Besides the top two, the only other new game this week was Kill La Kill: If, which enters the chart at No.40.

We enjoyed all three of the new games here at GameSpot, and you can read our verdicts on them via the links below.

You can read the full top 10 sales chart for this week below, courtesy of UKIE and GfK Chart-Track. Note this table does not include digital sales data, and so should not be considered representative of all UK game sales.

1. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
2. Wolfenstein: Youngblood
3. Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled
4. Super Mario Maker 2
5. FIFA 19
6. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
7. Grand Theft Auto V
8. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
9. F1 2019
10. Red Dead Redemption 2

Streaming has become a part of most people’s daily lives. Whether it’s Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, or Shudder, every week offers up a variety of new content for subscribers to enjoy. This week is no exception with new movies, TV series, and originals coming to a television screen near you.

If you love Batman, but find Bruce Wayne needs some refinement and isn’t British enough for your liking, you may want to check out Pennyworth, which debuted on Sunday on Amazon Prime Video. The Epix series follows Alfred Pennyworth–Batman’s butler–as a special forces officer working in London during the 1960s. Find out what adventures Alfred got into in his prime, before he brought Bruce Wayne some tea in the batcave.

Also coming to Amazon Prime Video this week is a slew of new movies, most of which arrive on Wednesday. Most notably, the sci-fi thriller 12 Monkeys arrives, along with the 1995 movie Hackers, a movie about hacking that knows nothing about hacking. There are also a few Star Trek movies arriving as well.

Over on Hulu, Thursday marks the biggest day of the week for the streaming service. This is the day when Hulu drops most of its content for the month. Arriving that day are numerous Star Trek and Final Destination movies, along with the superhero musical Spider-Man 3 and Hackers–in case you wanted options on where to watch it.

On AMC’s horror-service Shudder, Hackers will not be arriving, probably ever. However, there are some spectacular ’80s flicks you should check out, including a collection of A Nightmare on Elm Street movies on Thursday. This collection does not include Wes Craven’s New Nightmare or Freddy vs. Jason, but all the other Freddy Krueger movies will be streamable this week.

Below, you’ll find everything coming to Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and Shudder this week. If you’re interested in more streaming service content, check out everything coming to Netflix this week.

New This Week To Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and Shudder

Sunday, July 28

Amazon Prime Video:

• After Darkness (2018)
• Pennyworth, S1, Epix

Monday, July 29

Amazon Prime Video:

• The Haunting of Sharon Tate (2019)

Hulu:

• After Darkness (2018)

Tuesday, July 30

Hulu:

• Bachelor in Paradise: Season 6 Premiere (ABC)

Wednesday, July 31

Amazon Prime Video:

• A Very Brady Sequel (1996)
• A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day (2013)
• Arctic (2018)
• American Heart (1992)
• Chinese Box (1997)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Dumb and Dumber (1994)
• Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
• Eight Men Out (1988)
• Furry Vengeance (2010)
• Good Advice (2001)
• Hackers (1995)
• Ingenious (2009)
• Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
• Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
• My Bloody Valentine (2009)
• Rat Race (2001)
• Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
• S.W.A.T. (2003)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
• Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
• Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
• Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
• The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006)
• The Rainmaker (1997)
• Tracker (2010)
• Twelve Monkeys (1995)
• Urban Cowboy (1980)

Hulu:

• Four Weddings and a Funeral: Series Premiere (Hulu Original)
• Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018)
• Dior and I (2015)

Thursday, August 1

Hulu:

• Heartland: Complete Season 11(Kew Media)
• Pure: Complete Season 2 (WGN)
• Unikitty: Complete Season 1B (Cartoon Network)
• A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day (2013)
• Alien vs. Predator (2004)
• American Heart (1993)
• Baby Boom (1987)
• Big Fish (2003)
• The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
• A Very Brady Sequel (1996)
• Bulletproof Monk (2003)
• Cats & Dogs (2001)
• Chinese Box (1997)
• The Color Purple (1985)
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
• The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)
• The Cutting Edge (1992)
• The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006)
• Dances with Wolves (1990)
• Das Boot (1981)
• Double Impact (1991)
• Down in the Delta (1998)
• Drumline (2002)
• Eight Men Out (1988)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Final Destination (2000)
• Final Destination 2 (2003)
• Final Destination 3 (2006)
• The Final Destination (2009)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
• Furry Vengeance (2010)
• Good Advice (2001)
• Hackers (1995)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
• Idiocracy (2006)
• Indecent Proposal (1993)
• Ingenious (2009)
• Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
• John Grisham’s The Rainmaker (1997)
• Kama Sutra (1997)
• Man on a Ledge (2012)
• Marley and Me: the Puppy Years (2010)
• Meet the Parents (2000)
• Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007)
• My Bloody Valentine (1981)
• The Pink Panther (2006)
• The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
• Rat Race (2001)
• Repentance (2013)
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
• Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
• Rushmore (1998)
• Seven (1995)
• Shivers (1975)
• Snake Eyes (1998)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
• Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996)
• Star Trek IX: Insurrection (1998)
• Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
• Stargate (1994)
• Step Up (2006)
• The Terminator (1984)
• The Transporter (2002)
• Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
• Tracker (2011)
• Urban Cowboy (1980)
• White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
• Zookeeper (2011)

Shudder:

• Raising Cain (1992, Brian De Palma)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street III: Dream Warriors (1987)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street IV: The Dream Master (1988)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street V: The Dream Child (1989)
• Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
• Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)

Friday, August 2

Amazon Prime Video:

• 300 (2006)
• This is Football S1 – Amazon Prime Original

Hulu:

• Into The Dark: School Spirit: Episode 11 Premiere (Hulu Original)
• Rick Steves’ Cruising the Mediterranean: Special (PBS)
• Anger Management (2003)
• Non-Fiction (2019)