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It’s official: Fall Guys is a Twitter sensation. We know that because Twitter actually bothered to compile some numbers about the game even though we’re only two weeks out from their gaming insights blog post. Twitter isn’t going to wait when a game blows up as big as Fall Guys. “Needless to say, the Fall Guys conversation on Twitter has been immense,” says Rishi Chadha, head of gaming partnerships, Twitter. “The game has really caught the attention of gamers of all kinds this August, from the professionals to more casual everyday gamers....

Fortnite has been steadily pumping out Marvel content throughout this entire season. And, now that week six is finally upon us, Wolverine has a few skins that are finally available to players. Posted earlier today on Twitter, Fortnite announced that both the Wolverine Outfit and Classic Style are now unlockable. Like all other Marvel skins this season, you’ll need to be a Battle Pass owner in order to take advantage of them....

World of Warcraft hasn’t stayed on top of the MMORPG scene by resting on its laurels, and part of that success can be attributed to the transparency of Blizzard while delivering game-altering content. Blizzard has a long history of in-depth, meticulous patch notes accompanying most of World of Warcraft’s updates, and players are usually given a number of weeks to prepare for changes. Oddly enough, however, one of the biggest changes to the world of Azeroth in recent memory was delivered in Patch 7....

World of Warcraft Shadowlands is likely still months away, though a specific release date hasn’t been confirmed, but players are already started to debate what choices they will make when the iconic MMO’s next expansion finally arrives. Players have always had agency to make choices related to their own talent trees, equipment, and skill progressions - but historically the game hasn’t provided a ton of plot choices that impact the way things play out....

It looks like Microsoft is aiming to make a positive change to the gaming industry in 2021, specifically around the ways accessibility for video games is handled. To do that, they are expanding their accessibility efforts and launching a never-before-done program that will help to evaluate Xbox and PC games. Microsoft’s gaming accessibility team have announced that developers will have the option to send their games in to be evaluated for accessibility and to be tested by real players with disabilities....

Conversations about Game Pass are strange. While it’s technically an Xbox service, and so in video game speak every win for Game Pass is a win for Xbox by proxy, it’s important to remember that it’s heavily supplemented by Microsoft. I know it’s obvious that Microsoft owns Xbox, but that obviousness has become so emphatically obvious that it is now sufficiently ubiquitous as to be easily ignored. Before I get to my argument on Windows 11 and how it plays into this whole dynamic, allow me to indulge in one succinct, unusual, and workably accurate analogy....

Thanks to the early release of Dark Souls 3 in Japan, some Xbox One gamers in the West can now access the content a few weeks earlier than planned. For now at least. Although FromSoftware’s highly anticipated Dark Souls 3 is not set to release in the West until April 12th, some gamers have already figured out a way to get a head start playing the notoriously difficult game. The 24th of March is the Japanese release date for the latest in the Dark Souls franchise, meaning that the game is available on the Japanese Xbox Store from now onwards....

With Crackdown 3 being delayed and with Scalebound cancelled altogether, many fans and critics have raised concerns about the upcoming lineup of Xbox One exclusives, or the lack thereof. But Microsoft is adamant that there are plenty of strong exclusives coming down the line. In an interview at Gamescom 2017, the head of Xbox games marketing Aaron Greenberg revealed that Microsoft has “so many big exclusives” and Xbox One fans can expect “all different types of games, all great exclusives....

Microsoft has also announced that the list of games that will be enhanced for Xbox One X has expanded to 130. New titles planning support for Xbox One X include Far Cry 5, Okami HD, and L.A. Noire. The list is likely to continue to grow leading up to the Xbox One X’s launch and beyond. The Xbox One X is a companion console to both of the currently available Xbox consoles, the original Xbox One and its slimmer, streamlined Xbox One S counterpart....

Of the two big console launches that happened last year, the Xbox Series X has gone the smoothest. Its controller, on the other hand, seems to be suffering from a minor setback. A post on Microsoft’s tech support board reports that the Xbox Series X controller will keep “connecting and disconnecting on its own. So for example, within 10 seconds it connects and disconnects about 5 times which makes [Assassin’s Creed Valhalla] unplayable....

The Ascent, a cyberpunk-themed action-RPG originally slated to make its debut as a launch title for both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, has been delayed. Now, the game is instead slated to be released next year in 2021, also coming to Game Pass on launch day. Upon its initial announcement at the Xbox Series X Game Showcase, The Ascent was revealed to have a free-roam playstyle with classic RPG mechanics, and an “unprecedented” sense of verticality in the game’s world....

If you’re planning on picking up an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S and are based in the US, you’ll likely already know that official pre-orders are scheduled to go live today, September 22. However, what you might not know is what time pre-orders kick off at, or where you can actually order an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S for yourself. Because of that, we’ve taken the liberty of compiling a handy list of Xbox Series X pre-order times, as well as putting together a comprehensive catalogue of the retailers offering pre-orders for Microsoft’s pair of next-gen consoles....

In late December, YouTube personality Logan Paul uploaded a video that featured a recently-deceased man who killed himself in Japan’s infamous “Suicide Forest.” YouTube itself was criticized for not taking action fast enough, but now the company has updated its policies in an attempt to better address situations like this in the future. If a channel uploads a video that YouTube believes can cause “widespread harm” to other content creators, viewers, and advertisers, the company can now take additional steps....

Innovative board game studio Z-Man Games recently posted an interesting article to its website covering the history and development of the outstanding Pandemic Legacy series. The article provides insider details on the series, from the original Pandemic board game to Pandemic Legacy: Season 1, Pandemic Legacy: Season 2, and finishes with a special brief look into the upcoming series prequel Pandemic Legacy: Season 0. The Beginning of a Legacy: From Pandemic to Season 0 acts as an intro to the Pandemic: Legacy series for anyone who has yet to play them....

Fans that enjoyed Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask on the Nintendo 3DS will likely remember Grezzo, the studio that put in the leg work to port these games over to Nintendo’s handheld device. According to a new ’emergency recruitment’ listing on the company’s official website, the studio is currently hiring for a new project which will utilize the Unreal Engine 4 - a strong indicator that a Nintendo Switch game from Grezzo could be on the cards....

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow people to send photos and other images in their original quality for the first time. Sending photos via WhatsApp is a quick and easy way to share them with friends and family, but there has always been an issue in terms of what the service does to those photos. Even if you choose to transfer photos in the best quality the app allows, WhatsApp still downgrades them....

The Year of the Phoenix is in full swing, and while the newest expansion in Hearthstone brings several great new features - extended duplicate protection and the Demon Hunter class among them - the rotation of Whizbang the Wonderful from Standard into Wild without a valid replacement is a real shame. A quick recap for those who might be newer to the game: Whizbang was released two years ago and is a Legendary card that can be used to build a deck, requiring nothing else....

What Does Paul Baran Mean? Paul Baran was an engineer known for being one of the pioneers in the development of the modern computer network. He is best known for inventing packet-switched computer networking. He envisioned the concept of distributed networks as a fully redundant and independent system that could still function even when parts of it have been shut down or disconnected. Because of this, he is considered one of the founding fathers of the internet....

The Black Phone, the new horror movie out from Blumhouse and Universal Pictures, is a reunion of sorts: directed by Scott Derrickson, written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, and starring Ethan Hawke, it’s the same principal talents who last came together for Derrickson’s acclaimed 2012 horror film, Sinister (which was also produced through the Blumhouse brand). The Black Phone is the kind of intimate horror tale that Derrickson has done his best work with in films like Sinister and The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and it’s also got the added pedigree of being based on a short story by celebrated genre author Joe Hill....

Warning: contains a spoiler for The Haunting of Bly Manor episode 6 When you belong to a cultural superpower, you get used to things being all about you. Wrapped in the soft cotton wool of cultural dominance, you so rarely feel the prick of non-recognition. To grow up the same nationality, race, and on the same patch of land as the planet’s most celebrated writers, artists and musicians is to feel that their stuff is yours too....