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Dark Souls Games used to be harder and they still are. That’s the lament veteran players now mutter whenever encountering some modern shoot-’em-up or action adventure. It sounds like the same sort of nostalgic elitism that music snobs indulge in, criticising current bands for lacking the legendary quality of yesterday’s heroes. But with games, it’s kind of true. As the industry has grown, the big titles have moved towards toning down the difficulty, in order to give a smooth experience to as wide a range of players as possible. Nowadays, if you want to face a real challenge, you have to select “hard” mode, which usually just means more enemies and less ammo. But difficulty is at its best when it’s an intrinsic part of the design: players have to think about the game in another way – and earn their progress. That is certainly true for the titles in this list. They’re not all classics, but even the plainly unfair ones have unforgettable qualities that made us persevere...

Patna Pirates When Gujarat Fortunegiants’ Parvesh Bhainswal rammed into Pardeep Narwal in the third minute, only for his team to quickly round up on the Patna Pirates raider and send him off the mat, it looked like the final of the Pro Kabaddi League was going to follow a familiar script. Narwal, the best raider in the competition by far, had routinely run into trouble against Gujarat’s defence in the past two matches they played, scoring only five and four respectively while his league average was more than 14 raid points per match.Their defence was week tonight Gujarat had started the match brightly, effecting the first all-out and opening up a 14-6 lead. But it wasn’t meant to be their day. It was Narwal who once again reigned supreme, scoring 19 points to lead his team to a hat-trick of titles. On the night, Gujarat had only five tackle points, only one from their famed corner pair of Fazel Atrachali and Abozar Mighani. It wasn’t the perfect ending but the Fortun...

Cardi B Hip hop star Cardi B and Migos rapper Offset got engaged on stage during Power 99's concert in Philadelphia. In a video by the Wells Fargo Center on Twitter, Offset drops to one knee and Cardi B is not able to contain her excitement, gesturing wildly as she stares at the ring he held out to her. She was feeling a bit awkward The rapper expressed her love by giving him a hug. Offset shared video of the engagement and Cardi B's diamond ring on his Instagram story shortly after their performance. " She said yes," he captioned the video. The engagement of Cardi B and Offset sent many of their fans into a frenzy. "Man I hope offset and Cardi B beat all the odds lol," wrote an admirer of the hip hop artists.