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Scheduled to take place on December 10, Geoff Keighley’s annual Game Awards is slated to include a number of big announcements. Mediatonic will be at the event talking about Fall Guys Season 3, InnerSloth will be revealing a new Among Us map, and BioWare will be making an appearance to talk about Dragon Age 4. Thanks to a new announcement by the game’s Twitter account, fans now know they’ll be getting another major debut with Warhammer 40,000: Darktide primed to be a part of The Game Awards 2020....

Xbox is leaning into the fact its consoles look like fridges again by sending Series X mini-fridges to a few lucky influencers. It took them a while, but eventually, PlayStation and Xbox caved and revealed what their new consoles would look like in 2020. The wait to reveal information was like watching a really long game of chicken, made even longer by the fact most of us were locked down at home throughout....

While different from previous XCOM titles in many ways, XCOM: Chimera Squad is still true to the series’ roots. Powerful abilities, unforgiving difficulty, and character customization are still present in Chimera Squad and used to great effect. Loadouts still have as much depth as they did in XCOM 2, allowing for weapon types, mods, armor mods, and general equipment to make combat easier. With so many choices present in Chimera Squad, it can be hard to decide what’s the best for each character....

XCOM: Chimera Squad is the squad-based spin-off from Firaxis and 2K Games’ tactical series. Just like previous XCOM games, Chimera Squad gives players control over a small squad in turn-based combat against human and alien threats. Unlike previous titles, however, randomly-generated squad-members have been replaced by a colorful team with their own backstories and combat styles. Whether a bog-standard human or an eight-foot snake lady with an even longer tongue, all Chimera Squad agents rely on the same weaponry to protect themselves....

During this morning’s “Xbox 20/20” Livestream, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios confirmed that Yakuza: Like a Dragon will be an Xbox Series X launch title. In addition to the already confirmed PS4 release, gamers on Xbox One, PC, and the upcoming Series X will be able to partake in this new generation of Yakuza games. If you purchase the last-generation version, you’ll get a free upgrade to the Series X release courtesy of Microsoft’s “Smart Delivery” system....

The so-called gaming wars between consoles and PCs have changed significantly in recent years, with more games crossing over between platforms and arriving on PC. The majority of the Yakuza game series is about to join them, coming to PC and Xbox One for the first time. Initially, gamers who wanted to play Yakuza from start to finish had to play the games on a PS4, with only Yakuza 0, Kiwami, and Kiwami 2 making the jump to PC and Xbox One....

Boss fights are a core part of every Souls title. Reaching as far back as Demon’s Souls, FromSoftware has done much to iterate on their boss design. Many agree that the boss fights in later Souls titles are top-notch, but it took a lot of experimentation to reach that point. Many boss fights in the franchise focus around gimmicks, mechanics that dictate a fight rather than an enemy’s moveset. Most of these fights are frankly terrible, but there are a few cases where these gimmicks made up for an otherwise lackluster fight....

What Does Attribute-Value Pair (AVP) Mean? An attribute-value pair (AVP) is a fundamental representation of data in computer systems and its various applications. The attribute-value pair is a good way of storing and modeling real-world data in a database. A good example of this is how personal data such as a name is stored, by using an attribute called “first name” followed by its value pair, which is the actual first name of the person....

What Does I Don’t Believe You (IDBY) Mean? “I don’t believe you” is a phrase commonly abbreviated in Internet slang as IDBY. This sequence of four capital letters replaces the fully written phrase in modern digital communications. Techopedia Explains I Don’t Believe You (IDBY) Like many other chat slang abbreviations, IDBY is simply a way to say a phrase more quickly, or, more accurately, to write it more quickly. The use of these types of abbreviations mainly arose out of a need to communicate via text message....

What Does Mojibake Mean? Mojibake is a term in IT that describes instances where text is improperly decoded, resulting in nonsense or random symbols. Mojibake happens largely due to the replacement of a set of unrelated symbols in a different code structure. Techopedia Explains Mojibake Some experts describe mojibake situations where text data has been sent between computers with different default encodings. These and other kinds of changes result in the same underlying bits and bytes being represented in ways that do not make sense to the recipient....

This What We Do in The Shadows review contains spoilers. What We Do in the Shadows Season 4 Episode 6 Speak now, because you’ll be holding your peace for the duration of What We Do in the Shadows’ “The Wedding,” if Laszlo (Matt Berry) has anything to say about it. Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak) is living up to his name. The once-living and still blood-thirsty medieval warlord will stop at nothing to procure the perfect wedding, and sees only treachery and betrayal in its path....

With this year’s exciting announcement that G4TV will be making a return in 2021, the network is planning on kicking off its revival with a G4TV Reunion Special airing later today. The charitable event, Gravython, will actually be airing twice, once on YouTube tonight and again on the SYFY channel later on in the week, with a number of contributing streamers also hosting live viewings of the reunion. While the event itself is a prerecorded special, it will be airing on G4TV’s YouTube channel through the premier feature today at 9 PM ET, or 6 PM PT, with a live chat that viewers can join in on before the show begins....

Receiving calls from unknown numbers can be nerve-wracking. You are always curious to know whether the caller is an ally or a malicious person out to harm you. You will most likely feel curious, anxious, and frustrated after the call ends. Thanks to technology, you no longer need to stress yourself over who called you. You can now find out who called you from a strange number in seconds. This way, you will immediately verify the caller’s identity and decide whether to call back....

Through the first three “phases” of its multi-decade storytelling mission, Marvel Studios’ films followed a fairly predictable rhythm. Each new phase would feature a handful of individual movie titles featuring characters like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, or the Guardians of the Galaxy before eventually culminating in an Avengers team-up film. Marvel’s Avengers capped the end of Phase 1, Avengers: Age of Ultron largely wrapped up Phase 2, and Phase 3 played host to the epic Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame....

The state of Anthem’s future is, as even its most ardent fans can attest, dubious at best. BioWare’s last major patch saw the introduction of a new Stronghold, but came alongside the delay of the entirety of Anthem’s post-launch roadmap. Weeks later and that roadmap remains undone. Yet remaining Anthem players and those interested in returning remain curious about what BioWare will do next, as the developer remains insistent that post-launch support will continue....

One of the hardest raids in World of Warcraft gets more difficult today as Blizzard releases the Emerald Nightmare’s Mythic difficult today, starting with its first wing. World of Warcraft is an interesting examination of difficulty perception in video games. Many of its veteran players, which includes Game of Thrones’ own Hodor, often cite the oldest versions of the game as the most trying, suggesting that newer expansions have gone out of their way to appeal to “casual” players....

While Xbox One gamers gladly welcomed the announcement of the Xbox Game Pass, retailer GameStop isn’t feeling the same excitement. GameStop experienced a major drop in its stock price following the announcement, dropping a whopping 8.5% in just one day. For those not in the know, the Xbox Game Pass looks to become akin to the Netflix of gaming, allowing players to download games from a large library of Xbox One and Xbox 360 backward compatible titles directly to their console for a small monthly subscription fee....

Plenty of players have been on the lookout for more news on the Xbox gaming event in March. While there have been various leaks and rumors about the Xbox gaming event, now there is official news about what to expect later this month straight from Xbox. A recent post from Xbox Wire revealed details about the Xbox March 2021 event, what it is, what will be featured, and where players can check it out....

By all accounts, it seems that the Xbox Series X is shaping up to be a well-designed next-gen gaming console focused on providing a superior experience. Plenty of games are set to release on the new piece of hardware, but do any of them justify spending $500 in the midst of a global pandemic? With most people spending a lot more time indoors it might be worth investing in a new entertainment machine....

With both Sony and Microsoft showcasing the next-gen consoles with the PS5 and Xbox Series X presentations, gamers are looking for any additional bit of information that might help sway them one way or another. For some, it might come down to the color of the console, and a leak on Reddit would seem to indicate that there is another color option for Xbox Series X fans not enthralled by the black design....