Wolfenstein: The New Order served as a soft reboot to the beloved first-person shooter franchise. While it creates an entirely new story with different characters, it couldn’t help but reference past games in the franchise. The New Order has many hidden references and Easter eggs to past Wolfenstein games that even diehard fans might have missed. The game also references other game series such as Super Mario, Fallout 3, and more!...
Despite receiving mixed reviews for various reasons, it seems Wonder Woman 1984 still has a success story to share. After being one of the few films cleared to show in cinemas, the superhero sequel has apparently been a bit of a shot in the arm for the theater industry, boosting stocks for several of the COVID-affected companies. Stocks rose between 3% and 7% for various theater owners following the premiere of Wonder Woman 1984, with companies like Cinemark and IMAX breathing a bit of a sigh of relief at the boost....
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is finally here, and with it comes brand new loot for players to hunt down. Among these offerings, the Enchanted Chests have the potential to offer great rewards, so it’s in players’ best interests to hunt them down. Usually these don’t require much fighting, so they can be obtained with relative ease if players know where to look. Enchanted Chests in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands can sometimes give players some rare items as rewards, but getting to them isn’t always simple....
While questing is a journey by itself, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands players know the true endgame only begins after reaching max level. At that point, progression switches from exploring zones to improving professions or queuing up for PvE and PvP content. However, the low drop rates of Mythic+ and Castle Nathria loot mean that many players are still wearing the same pieces of armor even several weeks later. Thankfully, there’s another way to gear up just by keeping up with the Covenant story....
Microsoft marketing executive Yusuf Mehdi states that the Xbox One will have the best lineup in Xbox history in 2016, with exclusives such as Gears of War 4. Xbox One owners may have enjoyed 2015’s lineup of quality games, with the likes of the impressive Rise of the Tomb Raider causing a stir. According to tech giant Microsoft, however, Xbox gamers can expect even more from the year to come. The company’s marketing executive Yusuf Mehdi has stated that 2016 will be the “best lineup” in the history of Xbox....
XCOM Chimera Squad changes the XCOM formula in a number of ways, one of which is the inclusion of 11 different Agents, or characters. All of these Agents have unique abilities to make use of, and fitting them together into a competent squad is crucial to success once you’re actually in a fight. There’s no better way to know what Agent’s are going to fit well into your squad/playstyle than by becoming familiar with them....
Playtonic Games announces the release date for Yooka-Laylee, and confirms that the game won’t see a release on the Wii U as a result of “unforeseen technical issues.” Playtonic Games’ spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, Yooka-Laylee, proved to be an enormous crowdfunding success on Kickstarter last year, reaching its initial goal of £175,000 in less than an hour. Now, the studio has revealed that backers will only have to wait a few months longer to get their hands on the game....
Miles Morales players have become trash cans and even bricks. However, one Cyberpunk 2077 player channeled their inner vending machine. Gone are the days when a game was the finished article when you bought it from the store. Developers can now fix and change a game remotely via patches and updates. That has its obvious pros, but also a fair few cons. While it means problems that would have previously remained a part of the game can now be fixed, it can also lead to devs rushing things, knowing that certain mistakes can be dealt with after release day....
Someone has discovered that you can create fireworks out of dragon scales in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Almost 4 years since the release of Nintendo’s open world Zelda game, avid players are still finding new and exciting things about the game with the most recent discovery being so obsure you wouldn’t believe it until you saw it. The new finding was recorded for in a short clip which was then posted to a Breath of the Wild subredit by the user hiopklin....
What Does Great Firewall of China (GFW) Mean? The Great Firewall of China is a term used to refer to the infrastructure of the Chinese leadership in controlling web traffic within the country. It is a play on words based on the renowned Great Wall of China, the massive structure built to protect the Northern edges of the kingdom from invaders. Techopedia Explains Great Firewall of China (GFW) Many attribute the development of China’s modern cybersecurity and protective technologies to the leadership of Xi Jinping, the current leader of China....
Microsoft can consider E3 2014 a success, given the positive feedback their Xbox One-heavy press conference has received for its clear focus on video games. Titles such as Sunset Overdrive, Project Spark, Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Forza Horizon 2 have bagged a good reputation and Microsoft is happy with how they’ve promoted the next year for the Xbox One. There were however, some noticeable absences from Microsoft’s E3 press conference....
To date, I’ve experienced more first-person shooter games than I can count. There have been numerous great games that I have returned to on occasion, such as some of the Call of Duty and BioShock games. Yet, despite all the new content that’s come out since the year 2000, I’ve continuously found myself breaking out the N64 to revisit Perfect Dark. While GoldenEye 007 reigns as the other outstanding first-person shooter for the N64, Perfect Dark has qualities that just couldn’t be outdone by other games....
Valorant continues to be impressively successful during its closed beta. Invitations continue to roll out as Riot grows more confident in Valorant’s server capacity, and launch grows ever closer. But with launch looming, players are beginning to question the lack of certain features and options. One question that answered by Riot recently regards a pure solo matchmaking option in Valorant, or, more specifically, why there isn’t a pure solo matchmaking option in Valorant....
With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered allegedly leaked, one editor thinks ahead to how Activision would go about implementing multiplayer into the game for a new audience. I have nothing but fond memories of playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and the same is sure to be said for a good deal of people that played the game upon its release back in 2007. The introductory adventure of “Soap” McTavish and Captain Price still stands as one of the best campaigns that the franchise has ever seen, and a return to form on that front is something many fans have wanted from the franchise for years now....
Acquiring a set of Grandmaster Ursine armor is no easy task, but it’s well worth the effort. As part of the Bear School Gear in the Blood and Wine expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a player needs to seek out all other Ursine armor diagrams that came before it in order to create the set. Armor Types – Light, Medium, and Heavy The Witcher 3 allows players to choose from three armor types....
Wizards of the Coast has announced that it will be making changes to Dungeons and Dragons that will promote diversity in the fantasy role-playing space that the game fosters. The game’s developer will be reprinting all of its official handbooks to remove language that portrays certain D&D races as inherently evil and will be creating a new product to customize characters. On June 12, the principal rule designer of Dungeons and Dragons, Jeremy Crawford, responded to a Twitter thread about the depiction of orcs, drow, and Vistani as evil in the D&D campaign books as well as the official rulebooks....
Connie Nielsen is signed on to reprise her role as Queen Hippolyta in the Themyscira spin-off and recently spoke to CinemaBlend to clarify where the movie will place on the timeline of the Wonder Woman franchise. She explained, “It’s not just after what happens in Wonder Woman. There’s also some other stuff in there, which is related to a prior time as well. There is a lot of different sort of things that you can see where the story is a little bit origin-minded, but there are also other times involved....
Woot is offering a massive discount on gaming devices and accessories in its Video Gaming Galore Event. You can get your hands on a Nintendo Switch for just $267.99, an Xbox Series S for $229.99, and a variety of other video games and accessories for deeply discounted prices. Whether you’re a casual or hardcore gamer, this is a sale you won’t want to miss. Woot is known for offering amazing deals on popular electronics; this sale is no exception....
Although World of Warcraft players are always dealing with apocalyptic threats, they still have time to celebrate the various holidays in-game. Even with Shadowlands’ imminent release in October, there’s time for another seasonal event before everyone heads into the afterlife. From September 20th to October 6th, players can celebrate the annual Brewfest across all of Azeroth. Based off the real life Oktoberfest, Brewfest was added during The Burning Crusade and consisted of celebrating with drinks while foiling the Dark Iron dwarves’ attempts to ruin the festival....
Phase 5 of World of Warcraft Classic releases on July 28th, and players will soon begin the race to open the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj. If the hardcore antics of many classic players are any evidence, the Temple of Ahn’Qiraj will likely be open about 8 days after Phase 5 launch on the majority of servers. That’s the absolute minimum amount of time it takes the complete the war effort and scepter of the shifting sands questline....
