Even with a ton of uncertainty regarding the release dates of next generation consoles due to the coronavirus pandemic impacting the world right now, fans remain eager for any information on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Microsoft first the first shot when it revealed its next console in a trailer at The Game Awards and once more, the company has beaten Sony to the punch by fully revealing the console’s hardware and tech specs....
Since its return to screens in 2014’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the XCOM franchise has had a great run over the last few years, dropping some great games and following them up with solid DLC. The franchise’s most recent mainline entry, XCOM 2, has gradually arrived on nearly every platform available, delivering ports on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Yet, it seems the minds behind the series weren’t done porting the game, with a new announcement revealing that Feral Interactive will be bringing the XCOM 2 Collection to select mobile devices next month....
Yakuza: Like a Dragon recently released, and though it’s the seventh main title in Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s popular Yakuza franchise, it is the first to shake things up by opting to go down the RPG genre route. With its shift in genre, the game has a plethora of features that are new to the franchise, such as turn-based combat, a job system, the ability to summon allies into battle, and more....
Since it’s one of the most popular games in history, it seems as if Fortnite is either breaking a record or changing the way the public views video games on any given week. From becoming the most-watched game on Twitch to being the game that earns Ninja over $500,000 a month, Fortnite constantly makes headlines. Unfortunately, some of these headlines are related to video game addiction. While Fortnite is only one of the many games to be regarded as a cause for video game addiction, its recent popularity has made it one of the leading referenced causes for addiction in both younger and older gamers....
A creative mind rarely lets budget constraints get in their way. YouTuber Matthew Highton has tapped into that late 90’s nostalgia with his latest endeavor. Using nothing but publicly available stock footage, he has recreated the opening credits sequence from the TV show Friends, and the results are surprisingly faithful. Highton’s YouTube channel, while primarily focused on various comedy sketches and edits, has recently pivoted towards a more specialized style: He meticulously matches stock footage to the original sequence of a given show....
Yuffie Kisaragi and Vincent Valentine were optional characters in the original Final Fantasy 7, so you could play through the entire game without ever recruiting them. But with coming chapters of the ambitious remake, they are now poised to become permanent members of your party. We’ve already seen the materia hunter emerge as part of Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade’s Episode Intermission DLC, and recently had a chance to talk with co-director Motomu Toriyama to break down Yuffie Kisaragi’s inclusion in the remake, and why exactly she was chosen ahead of Vincent Valentine....
A game called Hell Let Loose has recently become pretty popular on content creation sites like YouTube and Twitch. In fact, the situation shares some similarities with Escape from Tarkov’s abrupt spike in popularity on Twitch at the beginning of this year. With the recent spike in popularity, a lot of gamers are probably wondering what exactly is Hell Let Loose. In short, it’s a realistic war simulation FPS that centers around World War II combat developed by Black Matter and published by Team17....
What is YouTube Super Chat? What are Super Stickers? How does Super Chat work? Super Chat for viewers How to send Super Chat messages Select the dollar sign within a live chat. The live chat must be visible and mobile devices must be in portrait mode. Select SEND A SUPER CHAT. To select an amount, either drag the slider or type your desired value. Optionally, enter your message. Select BUY AND SEND....
Outside of actual video games, a lot of creative people have been able to make some incredible stuff in Unreal Engine, oftentimes using Unreal Engine to recreate popular games like Among Us, Metal Gear Solid, and Half-Life 2. Now amateur creators have even more tools to work with, as loads of assets from the indie darling What Remains of Edith Finch are now available for anyone to use free of charge....
Since the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 are currently the most powerful consoles on the market, one might expect game studios to only develop for those current-gen platforms. While many companies do indeed focus their efforts on the latest consoles, many more are still creating games for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. That isn’t entirely due to stock shortages that plagued the Series X and PS5 at launch and still linger today; it’s an ancient tradition dating back to earlier generations of gaming consoles....
If there’s anything vampires appreciate, it’s a good old-fashioned power struggle. Living as an undead creature of the night forever can get boring. So to spice things up sometimes you have to argue with your spooky peers as to which vampire reigns supreme. We’ve seen this struggle play out on season 3 of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows. After the Staten Island vampires’ familiar Guillermo de la Cruz (Harvey Guillen) took out virtually the entire Vampiric Council in season 2, his vampire friends were invited to fill the power vacuum....
This article contains spoilers for only the intros of Cabinet of Curiosities. Good horror anthologies can speak for themselves. But it’s still never a bad idea to have a host hype them up anyway. That’s something that the classics understood like The Twilight Zone with its provocative opening monologues from creator Rod Serling and Alfred Hitchcock Presents with the horror maestro’s equally enigmatic intros. It’s also something that the latest entry into the horror anthology canon, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, understands as well....
The argument has been made that Hunting bows in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla are basically the inferior version of Predator bows. While it’s true that Predator bows deal more damage, there are benefits to using Hunter bows where the Predator bows fall short. Light bows are another type that people use in the game, but most see enough of a difference between this type and the others, so it’s generally accepted that Light bows have separate value and aren’t as often compared against the other two....
There are a lot of games that have photo modes, allowing players to capture and customize their favorite moments. For many gamers, this is a casual feature that lets them take cool screenshots, but for others, photo modes make true virtual photography possible. Horizon Zero Dawn, Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Spider-Man: Miles Morales are examples of games that have incredible photo modes, but Ghost of Tsushima has one that stands out with some unique features....
Warzone’s latest update changed the weapons offered up in the Gulag and as with every change that has been made to the game so far, players aren’t happy. Call of Duty waded into an already busy market back in March by launching Warzone, its own take on the battle royale genre. Being a CoD title attracted a large player base right off the bat, but in order to keep expanding and get non-CoD fans involved, developer Infinity Ward needed to find ways to set itself apart from established rivals such as Fortnite and Apex Legends....
Today, CD Projekt Red has announced that its free-to-play spin-off title, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, will be getting an open beta for PlayStation 4 users this weekend. Accessing the beta is a snap and only requires eager testers to search for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game in the PlayStation Store and download it. The technical beta is available in Europe, North America, and South America. Because of this, the game will be available in several different languages, which include English, German, Russian, French, Brazilian-Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American- Spanish, Italian and Polish....
Within the video game industry, when rumors start to swirl most companies opt for silence. In some instances, developers and publishers don’t delay in responding to rumors to prevent them from spreading further across the internet. Developer Blizzard decided to quell a recent rumor that was quickly gaining traction. Rumors sprung up yesterday that that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is coming to the Xbox Series X. Blizzard has addressed the rumor with a frank response....
Microsoft wastes little time in clarifying a few things about its widely praised Play Anywhere system, stating that not all games will receive cross-play support. Whenever a company announces the introduction of a brand new, platform-wide system, there is bound to be some initial confusion on the part of the people those changes affect. Microsoft’s new Xbox Play Anywhere system is one such change that, while exciting, is not necessarily as easy to understand as one would expect from something designed to let gamers buy a game on PC or Xbox One and have it for the other platform as well....
With the recent release of Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X, early adopters have been looking for ways to give the next-gen consoles a unique twist. Some PS5 owners are already customizing their consoles with unique faceplates, coloring, additional accessories, and more, but one Xbox Series X owner came up with a simple, effective way to pay homage to a fan-favorite superhero movie. Spider-Man is largely associated with Sony, both in terms of filmography and video games....
There is a new contender for the title of “Best Action RPG” on the Nintendo Switch, as Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition improves upon almost every aspect of one of the greatest games on the Nintendo Wii. Humble Beginnings The original Xenoblade Chronicles was released for the Nintendo Wii in 2010, where it quickly gained acclaim for its massive open-world environments and exciting MMO-style combat. The game received mainstream attention when the main character Shulk was added to Super Smash Bros....
