As revealed at BlizzCon a few weeks ago, there are quite a few new things coming to World of Warcraft this year. Not only is The Burning Crusade getting the Classic treatment, which brings the classic game’s first expansion back to its roots (with a few modern tweaks), but Shadowlands is set to get its first major update in the coming months. While Blizzard hasn’t announced a release date for Update 9....
Covenant Adventures are the fourth iteration of offline progression that began back in Warlords of Draenor with Garrison Missions. If you have experienced either Garrison, Class Hall, or War Campaign Missions from any of the past three expansions, you’ll have a good idea of the purpose of Covenant Adventures. While you engage with them the same way as Missions, Covenant Adventures require a higher level of strategy and offer greater rewards....
In a shocking move that has led to controversy aimed at the company, WWE was recently announced to be an essential business by the Florida Government, meaning the wrestling promotion could continue to operate amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Naturally, this had led many to question the legitimacy of this claim, especially as the wrestling show is a massive production and requires a significant amount of cast, crew, and wrestlers on-site to produce the product....
Last fall, Xbox and Bethesda tied the knot as only a $7.5 billion corporate merger can. The biggest acquisition in gaming history saw Bethesda, Id Software, Arkane Studios, Zenimax Online, and more all join the Microsoft Studios umbrella to create first-party games for both Xbox consoles and Windows PC. The deal was announced back in September, but according to Xbox chief Phil Spencer, the origins of the deal go back much further, starting with Bethesda parent company ZeniMax and its owner Robert Altman....
Xbox has showcased a few Series X controllers modeled after different Loki variants, but you’ll need to design them yourself if you actually want to own one. The final episode of Loki’s first season is streaming now on Disney Plus, bringing the curtain down on the debut season of the third MCU TV show. Fear not if you want to see more of Loki. It was confirmed via the credits of the finale that the God of Mischief will return for a second season....
Xbox is ready to start its holiday 2018 “The Countdown” sales event, capitalizing on late gift-buyers and post-Christmas shoppers spending their gifted cash. According to community boss Major Nelson, over 800 digital games and add-in packs are featured in the Xbox sale, with at least 200 priced at $10 or less. Plus, there’s an extra 10% off for the Xbox God subscription faithful. The Countdown Xbox holiday sale will last from December 20 through January 4....
Martha is Dead is an upcoming psychological horror game that many horror fans have had their eye on for a while now. Made by the same studio that developed The Town of Light, Martha is Dead is looking to come out on the Xbox Series X and PC. Although the game has had numerous trailers release already, the official gameplay trailer has finally premiered. Of the many horror games coming to Xbox Series X, Martha is Dead is one that many in the gaming community are looking forward to....
Xbox Series X vs. PS5 will be a console war unlike any other. At a time when console game libraries are becoming more homogenous and we look towards more than just console sales to determine success in this industry, you may think that the decision to buy one console over another really just comes down to a few exclusive titles and personal preferences. Even the specs of the two consoles appear to be fairly similar at a glance:...
2K Games reveals that XCOM 2 will be releasing for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and offers fans a specific release date for when the game will be available. Last generation, XCOM: Enemy Unknown earned critical acclaim across both PCs and consoles. However, console gamers that enjoyed the reboot were left in the dark when it came to XCOM 2, as the game released as a PC exclusive earlier this year....
SplitmediaLabs, a software development company based out of Hong-Kong, specializes in multimedia management. Its XSplit VCam software was one of the best-selling products in the GameRant store for 2020, and it is easy to see why. XSplit VCam software makes it possible for any Windows user to blur and substitute backgrounds in video streams with any webcam. The video processing program provides a feature similar to the one found in Nvidia’s Broadcast app, which uses AI algorithms to detect the difference between the user in the foreground and the features of the background....
Yellowstone is much more than just a boring old life-changing national park monument to the breathtaking majesty of nature…it’s also a TV show! And it is about to get a fourth season. For three seasons now Yellowstone has staked its claim to telling exciting stories of family drama in a rural setting for Paramount Network. Though Paramount might not necessarily be a heavy-hitter, Yellowstone absolutely is. Yellowstone takes in around 5 million viewers per episode, which is superb for any cable entity – let alone one on a lesser-known network....
Not content to rest on its laurels, Arkane Studios debuts a Dishonored 2 assassination mission that reveals a fundamentally different approach to the sequel. The challenge in developing Dishonored 2 was always likely to hinge on differentiating the sequel from its wildly successful predecessor. Dishonored was a unique game from top to bottom, whether it be the game’s Gothic/steampunk hybrid aesthetic or its supernatural, assassination-based gameplay. Arkane Studios has remained adamant that it doesn’t want Dishonored 2 to be a rehash of everything that made the first game popular, and that has been the philosophy that has shifted the setting from a fantasy version of England to Dishonored 2’s sunny, tropical Karnaca instead....
It seems that every big video game character is getting their own movie nowadays. Sure, there’s always been a desire to translate big games into film, but the movement has hit new strides in the last couple of years, and 2022 is the biggest year for adaptations yet. Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg gave their take on Naughty Dog’s impeccable adventure series, Uncharted, but live action remakes have a little more leeway in their interpretation of the story....
Nearly eight years after its last original title, Gears of War: Judgment, People Can Fly is nearing the launch date of its next major franchise, Outriders. This action-RPG takes players to an alien planet known as Enoch where humanity is searching for a mysterious signal to may prove to be its salvation, but instead find a massive energy storm called The Anomaly. The expedition team sent in to investigate is soon discover that the storm grants them superpowers, along with Enoch’s inhabitants, some of which threaten the colonists now trapped on the dangerous planet....
The year 2020 is the year of the rat as the Chinese zodiac calendar has restarted its cycle. It’s been a harrowing year with the coronavirus outbreak, and the gaming industry hasn’t been immune to the effects of this virus. However, aside from a few setbacks, most games are scheduled to release on time without delay. The Mario Kart series is recognized for competitive racing and addictive multiplayer. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe proves that kart racing is more than a past time....
Similar to how Naughty Dog pushes the limits of graphics on PlayStation platforms today, Rare filled that same position by breaking new ground back in the Nintendo 64 era. Just when the worlds of Banjo Kazooie seemed gargantuan and extremely detailed for the time, the company blew expectations out of the water with Donkey Kong 64. The game featured easily some of the best graphics on the system, while simultaneously rendering absolutely massive environments to explore (that still remain fairly big, even by today’s standards)....
Without a doubt, Microsoft’s E3 2018 press conference featured a wide variety of game premieres, with one of the more noteworthy announcements belonging to Techland for its reveal trailer for Dying Light 2, the sequel to the 2015 zombie parkour title. Since the project has just now recently been announced, the developer is currently still unpacking all that will be offered in the followup, and many have been wondering if it will contain a battle royale component....
While gamers are still arguing the finer points of one of next year’s sure-to-be-contenders, Mass Effect 3, the 3rd Annual Canadian Video Game Awards took place over this past weekend, awarding some of Canada’s finest projects. Whereas an awards show like the Spike Video Game Awards doles out its trophy’s to fan or critic-chosen nominees, the CVAs can only be won by a production that places a specific section of development in Canada....
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is in full swing and firing on all cylinders with a series of events right out of the gate. Unlike Pokemon GO, which took the better part of a year to start consistently hosting in-game events, Wizards Unite is already giving witches and wizards that extra motivation to login and continue playing with Community Days and other Brilliant Events. Yesterday kicked off a new Brilliant Event, with a focus on Potter’s Calamity....
Being a priest in World of Warcraft comes with a sense of grandeur, opulence, and understanding of the Light. Over the years, these ideas manifested in the various armor sets with shades of white and gold along with a dash of angelic halos. Priests have multitudes of options to choose from, be it classic sets from the vanilla days or the stunningly detailed options available now. Many of the priest class’s best sets come from the old days, long before 3D assets began appearing....
