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There is no shortage of foundational anime series that have influenced the medium in crucial ways and Yatsuhiro Nightow’s Trigun stands out as a landmark action series from the 1990s. Trigun resonated strongly with both its native Japanese audience as well as North American crowds thanks to its prominent airplay on Cartoon Network’s Toonami anime block. Trigun is a powerful genre blend of Western and science fiction sensibilities that introduced audiences to Vash the Stampede and his increasingly heightened acts of gunplay....

That’s not a mistake or a pricing error– it’s meant as a deterrent. “Minecraft: Story Mode games will no longer be supported via the necessary game servers on June 25th, 2019,” is the official reply from Mojang. The problem? Removing the game from the Xbox marketplace would remove the game from the people who had digitally downloaded it. The hope is that would-be buyers will see the pricetag, say “No thanks” and move on instead of paying $1300 for the full experience....

First off, I want to say that I’m a huge fan of Superman. Among all the superheroes, both DC and Marvel, Superman has always stood out to me because of the power fantasy. He’s everything the average human aspires to be on the inside, and outside he’s extremely fast, strong, and, best of all, he can fly. Now, all of those qualities lend themselves very well to various storytelling mediums. There have been great Superman comics (of course), movies, and TV shows, but so far there has yet to be a truly great Superman game....

Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who: Flux episodes one to three. ‘The new Doctor Who showrunner is destroying continuity!’ Like ‘I don’t like the new theme tune’, ‘When did the show suddenly start having all this progressive politics in it?’, ‘Actually the new theme tune’s growing on me’, ‘Why aren’t the Sontarans scary anymore?’ and ‘I don’t like the new theme tune’, the above doesn’t actually mean anything – it’s just something fans like to say to remind each other that we still exist....

Windows 11 just broke today, as in now we know a lot of what to expect. It’ll come as a free update to Windows 10, so you won’t need to worry about grabbing a new installation file, and it’ll bring a lot of features pioneered on the Xbox Series X|S like Auto-HDR and DirectStorage for faster loading times. And of course, Windows 11 will maintain the “broadest hardware support in the world....

The Witcher 3 has received significant praise for multiple reasons, including its storytelling, visuals, and amazing quests. Yet, a brilliant aspect of the game that often gets overlooked is its humor. The game is brimming with laugh-out-loud lines. And the likes of Yennefer, Zoltan, Dijkstra, and more all contribute to the overall hilarity of the game. However, the main provider of comedy is the master of deadpan Geralt. His specific comedic stylings involve a lot of sarcasm as he regularly mocks the bizarre people he meets on his adventure....

This article is sponsored by In the epic of Dune, the hero of the story might appear to be Paul Atreides, but the most powerful character in the original Frank Herbert novel is actually his mother, Lady Jessica. Although not formally married to Paul’s father Duke Leto, Jessica belongs to the order of the Bene Gesserit, a matriarchal group of telepathic pseudo-witches, who are pretty much Dune’s version of the Jedi....

If the new James Bond movie, No Time to Die, skipped theaters and went straight to streaming, how would you feel about that? The chances of that happening briefly flared up in late September when the studio behind the 007 franchise, MGM, put out feelers to Apple, Netflix, and other streaming services about picking up the 25th official entry in the series and the final one to star Daniel Craig....

Although the company hasn’t overtly discussed the console just yet, one of Microsoft’s worst kept secrets is that a brand new next-generation Xbox model codenamed Lockhart is on the way. According to sources, this variation of the Series X will be less powerful, toting 1440p visuals instead of full 4k and less of the major upgrades that make Xbox’s future console such a technical powerhouse. However, a new leak seems to imply that Microsoft may have a major third project in the works, with a new look into the Xbox One S’ OS revealing a mysterious project going by the name “Edinburgh....

Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft’s subscription service for Xbox One owners. It’s designed to be like a “Netflix for games,” where you pay a simple monthly rate and get access to loads of games for download. It’s not to be confused with the Xbox Live Gold membership, which gives users a selection of free games each month. There has been a huge surge in popularity and profile for Xbox Game Pass since its launch, mainly due to the diverse list of games and first-party exclusives on the service....

The Xbox Series X console launches in just two days. After months of waiting, the next-generation Xbox console will soon be in players’ hands, but some Xbox fans are luckier than others, it seems. With the launch of any new and highly sought after item, retailers accidentally send some out early, and that’s also the case with the Xbox Series X. To assuage the worries of early Xbox Series X acquirers, Microsoft has issued a statement saying to go ahead and enjoy the new console early....

Microsoft has been increasingly experimental, not just with the launch of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles, but going back a number of years too. Particularly interesting is Xbox’s embrace of the PC marketplace and the ways it is bringing not just PC and console together, but also how other platforms are being welcomed in via xCloud. Few could have predicted that the features Xbox is using to support xCloud would have led to the support of another platform, though, as it seems Google Stadia will soon be available on Xbox Series X....

A new mod for Firaxis’ strategic, turn-based tactics game XCOM 2 allows players to trade in their regular squadrons for soldiers straight out of the Star Wars universe. XCOM 2 is not the kind of game where one should become particularly attached to any given member of their squad, no matter how amusing that soldier’s name might be. While XCOM 2 is close to tactical perfection, it’s also a brutal title that will often forcibly remove a soldier from players’ retinues while taking a piece of those gamers souls at the same time....

With such a massive cast of characters present in Genshin Impact, there’s a lot to learn if you want to get the most out of all your party members. The number of potential characters also could lead players to overlook a few that are actually some of the best. Xingqiu may not appear to be a particularly powerful party member when you first encounter him, but his skills in battle are just as sharp as his passion for knowledge and justice....

Outbreak Day has had a name change to simply ‘The Last of Us Day’, in light of the outbreak we face ourselves. Tomorrow will celebrate all things TLOU - including the passionate community - and Naughty Dog wanted to release the first party popper by announcing the launch of Mamegyorai’s 1/9 scale Joel and Ellie figures. Addressing the fan base on Twitter, Naughty Dog posted our first look at Joel and Ellie in figure form, created by sculptor Masato Ohata and the team from the Japanese collectibles company Mamegyorai....

Every big new Pokémon game gets fans talking. This year will see the release of Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! for the Nintendo Switch. Though it’s not the next big series installment (we’ll see that next year), Let’s Go is getting a considerable amount of hype. There are a few bits of new information. Perhaps most importantly, according to Game Informer, you won’t be able to evolve your starter Pokémon in either version....

At the time of its original Japanese release in 2011, Hyrule Historia was monumental for containing the first official Zelda timeline. This was quickly shared across the internet after its international release and popularity of it prompted Nintendo to translate the book. The information contained has seen become outdated, but there’s a lot of production notes and concept art that is perfect for fans of the series. With Hyrule Historia getting the digital treatment, this means that Dark Horse’s trilogy of Zelda compendiums will be fully accessible on mobile devices....

ZeniMax Online shares its name with ZeniMax Media, the massive holding company that Microsoft recently purchased for a cool $7.5 billion (no big deal or anything). You might remember ZeniMax Online better as the studio that makes The Elder Scrolls Online and that weird mobile Commander Keen reboot that seems to have flamed out. Anyway, ever since being folded into Microsoft’s network of studios, ZeniMax Online has been on a hiring spree....

What Does Hard Fork Mean? A hard fork in the world of bitcoin and cryptocurrency is a phenomenon in which a change forces certain divergences in the blockchain, as a result of miner or user activity or a change in rules. In the world of cryptocurrency, there are hard forks and soft forks; unlike a soft fork, a hard fork does not resolve automatically according to user trends. Techopedia Explains Hard Fork Defining and describing hard forks is tricky, partially due to various emerging opinions on what constitutes a hard fork, and partly due to debate on whether a particular change was a hard fork or not....

What Does Hash Rate Mean? A hash rate in blockchain and cryptocurrency operations is defined as the number of hash operations done in a given amount of time, or the speed of a miner’s performance. The hash rate is an important factor in the logistics of cryptocurrency mining and blockchain operations, and something that is often evaluated and discussed in cryptocurrency communities. Techopedia Explains Hash Rate One of the most common measurements of hash rate is called “hash per second” and represents the number of SHA-256 algorithms that are performed per second....