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Role-playing games are the cinematic experience of the gaming the world. They’re the biggest – often that means the longest too – and more often than not they’re some of our favorite games of all-time. But much like a night scrolling through your Netflix library to find the perfect movie, finding the right RPG for you if tough turkey. There’s just so many RPGs to choose from and most of them look intimidating enough to turn back to Call of Duty or Rocket League for comfort....

Flashpoint’s new league might be just what the CS:GO community needs. The new Flashpoint league, run by FACEIT, is going toe-to-toe with the established ESL Pro League to compete for viewership and fans. There are also other event organizers like BLAST, DreamHack and Games Clash. With so much competition, Flashpoint will have to do something in order to stay on top. Luckily they have a few tricks up their sleeves....

This article contains spoilers for episode one of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. She-Hulk, aka Jennifer Walters, made her entrance in the pages of Marvel Comics in February 1980, when her debut book, The Savage She-Hulk, hit the stands. In the book, Walters is a criminal defense attorney who runs afoul of a crime boss with a beef against her father, a Los Angeles County Sheriff. The boss orders a hit on Jennifer, who is gravely wounded and in need of blood....

Hey, remember Rick Grimes? You might not – he was a tall, grizzled fellow – wore a brown stetson, carried a Colt Python revolver, and killed lots and lots of zombies. As played by Andrew Lincoln, erstwhile Kentucky sheriff Rick Grimes was the lead on The Walking Dead for more than eight seasons, culminating in his departure midway through season 9. Lincoln was understandably tired from a grueling shooting schedule in the Georgia heat and, as a native Londoner, was eager to spend more time with his family....

It’s perhaps gaming’s biggest open secret at this point: Aspyr, the studio behind recent current-gen ports like Republic Commando and Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, is reportedly working on a remake of the seminal RPG Knights of the Old Republic, arguably the greatest Star Wars game ever made. Rumors of a remake have made the rounds for years, but it’s uber-reliable Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier who has finally given the hearsay a bit of credibility....

Due to his suppressed emotions, Geralt doesn’t feel too strongly on many topics. Yet, anyone who has played The Witcher 3 knows that he has a deep-seated hatred for one thing, in particular, portals. Anytime one of his powerful sorceress allies suggests taking a portal to their destination, the Witcher protests the idea unless it’s absolutely necessary. The reason why Geralt hates the transportation power is that it doesn’t always work properly....

A fan of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s expansion pack Blood & Wine discovers a Game of Thrones Easter egg referencing one of the series’ main characters. As many fans would agree, not only does The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Blood & Wine DLC bring loads of high quality gameplay with more than 20 hours of additional content, but it also contains its fair share of fun little secrets. As a matter of fact, the YouTuber going by the fantastic and fanciful name of FluffyNinjaLlama has discovered an Easter egg in The Witcher 3’s recently released add-on that pays homage to one of Game of Thrones’ myriad characters....

World of Warcraft players have been busier than usual since Death Rising, the Shadowlands pre-patch event, finally hit live servers on November 10th. While the first set of quests abruptly ended on a cliffhanger, the remaining ones are now available in-game. For the next week, players can finish up the pre-patch storyline and earn an exclusive achievement. After Sylvanas Windrunner broke the Lich King’s helm, the Jailer’s forces kidnapped various faction leaders and sent the undead rampaging across Azeroth once again....

Please be advised that in the interests of maintaining contemporaneous consistency I will be referring to WWE as WWF throughout this article. This clarification should prevent you from imagining giant men in spandex fighting pandas for money. On August the 29th 1992 the WWF came to Wembley Stadium for its annual SummerSlam. It was the first time the organisation had strayed outside the States for an event of this scale, and the reason was purely financial: Vince McMahon and his backers realised that while enthusiasm for the sport was waning – or at least plateauing – in the US, fans in the UK were in the fevered grip of Wrestlemania, Hulkamania, and – perhaps most crucially of all – Gladly-Spend-Thirty-Pounds-on-a-Giant-Foam-Finger-amania....

Porn. The ‘70s. A Texas summer night massacre. There are so many salacious buzzwords you can apply to Ti West’s horror return that all there appears to be missing is a chainsaw. But for whatever frothy vivaciousness it brings, what’s most striking about the simply titled X is that it’s no frolic. The A24 movie about sex workers and porn stars has a melancholic soul and, at least for half of its running time, concerns itself with matters above the belt....

Fewer and fewer companies are relying on E3 to promote their big blockbuster games. While some studios have been slowly distancing themselves from E3 over the years, the fading expo’s recent scheduling issues (it was canceled in 2020 due to Covid-19, ran as an online-only event in 2021 for the same reason, and was canceled again in 2022) has forced even E3 loyalists to pursue other options. That includes Xbox and Bethesda, who have been forced to take their typically massive E3 presentations to a different (and shared) stage....

Console launches are often the true test of finalized hardware, and not always a test that consoles pass. Today, videos of Xbox Series X systems smoking went viral online, though they were quickly proven to be fake. The culprit appears to have been vape smoke being blown into the console, and is apparently so widespread of an issue that Xbox has asked fans to stop. Over on Xbox’s Twitter, the console manufacturer urged fans to stop blowing smoke into the system, stating, “We can’t believe we have to say this, but please do not blow vape smoke into your Xbox Series X....

Across recent console generations, console-makers have slowly but surely made improvements to cross-generation accessory compatibility. But, as most console gamers can attest, there’s still much to be done. Microsoft is now looking to take a meaningful step in the right direction with the launch of Xbox Series X. It wants to offer console-buyers ease of mind when it comes to picking up Xbox accessories. That’s the thought behind the new “Designed for Xbox” labeling....

The week has seen some very interesting developments for next-generation consoles Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Despite many strongly-worded opinions floating around on the internet regarding Microsoft and Sony, none can deny that the two gaming giants have attracted a flurry of attention, for very different reasons. The Los Angeles-based Electronic Entertainment Expo is known for its huge announcements and product demonstrations, and this year was no exception. Unfortunately, it is also home to some of the biggest blunders in recent gaming history, and recent information suggests that Microsoft is adding to that list....

Compared to previous entries in the series, XCOM: Chimera Squad offers some of the largest changes yet to the XCOM formula. Each character has a place in the turn order, squads can now enter buildings using the Breach mechanic, and classes have been replaced with Agents. All of these changes can be whiplash-inducing for anyone new to Chimera Squad. Thankfully, these systems are relatively easy to understand and have room for players to exploit....

Genshin Impact fans have been waiting for weeks to try out the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor’s humble consultant, Zhongli. That wait is finally over and you can start blowing those saved up primogems now. Zhongli, please come home. The handsome mystery man from Liyue has been a bit of an enigma since his debut in Genshin Impact’s main story. He’s a philosophical man, always rambling on about contracts and money. We’ve learned some pretty interesting details about him within the last patch....

We’ve known for a while that a remastered trilogy is in the works. Announced during this year’s N7 day (that’s November 7, in case it wasn’t immediately obvious), BioWare said that the remastered trilogy will include all previously released DLC along with enhanced textures, 4K graphics, and an original Mass Effect that plays a lot more like the subsequent two Mass Effects. BioWare gave us a tentative release window of spring 2021....

Unearthed Arcana is Wizards of the Coast’s playtesting system, in which they publish Dungeons & Dragons concepts for the community to test and give feedback on. Previous documents have included new subclasses, feats, and spells, some of which have been refined and released in official sourcebooks. The most recent Unearthed Arcana includes a variety of new spells and rules for magic tattoos. There have been many homebrewed rules for magic tattoos in D&D, including a set of stat-boosting tattoos on the actual play show Critical Role, but this is the first time magic tattoos have been semi-officially introduced into 5th Edition D&D....

A YouTuber has figured out how to make the Xbox Adaptive Controller work on the Nintendo Switch. Since people with disabilities come in many different shapes and sizes, no single game controller can meet their needs. Some people don’t have arms and so use controllers with their feet, while others are paralyzed and use controllers operated with their mouths or tongues to provide input. Some are missing fingers and so use more standard controllers but with different button layouts or just simple joysticks....

Hitting theaters in 2020, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet was easily one of the bigger films to emerge during the year, with the vast majority of other movie studios pushing their releases into 2021 due to the pandemic. It led to controversy online, with fans criticizing Nolan’s insistence on viewers watching the film in theaters in spite of the risks the venues pose. First spotted by Endgadget, It seems one Tenet viewer decided to go out of their way to directly spite Nolan’s perspective on how fans should view his latest release, posting a hilarious video on YouTube that documents him making the movie watchable on a Game Boy Advance SP....