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The Yakuza series has experienced an upsurge in popularity in the Western market since the release of Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami in 2017. The eighth main entry in the series, 2020’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon, broke from the established gameplay formula of previous Yakuza titles by switching from real-time action to turn-based, party-focused RPG mechanics. Despite this drastic change, Yakuza: Like a Dragon was well received by many players, even earning a nomination for Ultimate Game of the Year at the 2020 Golden Joystick Awards....

According to a new study conducted by researchers at New Zealand’s Massey University, video games are not responsible for violence or aggression. The study, led by Aaron Drummond, analyzed more than 21,000 young people around the world and looked at previous data regarding the link between violent behavior and video gaming. The new report, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science on Wednesday, revealed that even though there is a small correlation between violent video games and aggression, it is minuscule....

This Young Justice: Phantoms review contains spoilers. Young Justice Season 4 Episode 22 Remember all those kidnapped kids last season? Markovia, vaguely eastern European home to Brion Markov, was briefly home to a metahuman trafficking ring led by Baron Bedlam. They kidnapped kids, soaked them in super goo, and the ones who lived had their meta gene activated. They were then sold to various partners through Bialya, including to Darkseid, Granny Goodness, and the hordes of Apokolips....

Despite the struggle that has been 2020 for many, YouTube is focused on the good to come out of it. This year has been YouTube Gaming’s biggest year ever with over 40 million active gaming channels and 100 billion watch time hours. Actually, YouTube Gaming’s success in 2020 is likely due to the hardships surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home restrictions. Many have either started new careers or monetized their hobbies after being furloughed, or have had much more free time at home due to closures of outdoor activities and mandatory stay-at-home orders....

Based on Japanese lore and Shinto gods, as well as several of the cards sporting artwork clearly inspired by Yu-Gi-Oh! GX characters, the Bujin archetype was both a fan favorite and one of the better decks around during its prime. Its ability to easily keep its main monsters safe, alongside being able to use cards like Fire Formation - Tenki and having a distinct lack of focus on special summoning made Bujin a deck many players gravitated towards....

Now that December is here, the holiday festivities are getting into full swing, and that means classic Christmas songs are playing on radios everywhere. A lot of people have been awaiting the annual deluge of holiday tunes with excitement, while others have been dreading the return of the same obnoxiously catchy tunes from years past. Whatever one’s feelings, though, most gamers will agree that a Legend of Zelda-themed Christmas album is a welcome addition to the holiday music catalog....

What Does Committed Access Rate (CAR) Mean? Committed access rate (CAR) is a feature from Cisco that is used in network optimization and security. It limits the input or output traffic rate on an interface or sub-interface based on criteria such as IP precedence, IP access list or incoming interface. When the traffic reaches the set limit, CAR specifies certain actions to be carried out. These actions can be configured using CAR commands that use the values of traffic rate limit, burst rate allowed and the action to be performed when the traffic reaches or exceeds the set limit....

What Does Proof of Importance (PoI) Mean? Proof of importance (PoI) is a cryptocurrency term defined as a blockchain consensus technique – essentially, proof of importance works to prove the utility of nodes in a cryptocurrency system, so that they can create blocks. Techopedia Explains Proof of Importance (PoI) In some ways, the proof of importance mechanism is similar to proof of stake, another technique involving showing the relations of parties to a transaction, but while there are similarities, proof importance uses other various metrics in order to evaluate nodes....

In the leadup to the game’s official first season, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is already in a great position. Treyarch’s return to the Black Ops subseries brings with it a revamped Cold War setting, a completely new Zombies experience, and a much more familiar multiplayer experience. Compared to Modern Warfare, Black Ops Cold War appeals much more to the classic gameplay experience. Movement is fast and fluid, and the map design is overall much less cramped or confusing compared to its predecessor....

The beauty of the natural world and its spiritual elements have long been popular subjects for anime, and in the new short film anthology Star Wars: Visions that translates to rich forests and bringing life to once barren ground. With its emphasis on how characters affect the environments around them, Visions touches on both the history of anime and an idea that has been present but muted in most Star Wars stories: that the evil of the Empire goes hand-in-hand with resource exploitation and greed....

After the announcement of Nvidia’s new 30-series graphics cards and the reveal of their performance numbers, it’s clear that graphics technology has taken a major leap forward. The three high-end cards discussed in Nvidia’s video reveal are nothing less than the biggest generational leap in graphics technology in the last two decades, and to top it all off they are going to be offered at a competitive price point that Nvidia is typically not well known for....

When it comes to most video game franchises, it’s really not hard to know which game you should play first. There might be some debate about the best game in that particular franchise, but there’s usually something closer to a consensus regarding a reasonable jumping-off-point (especially in narrative-driven franchises). When it comes to the Final Fantasy franchise, though, that discussion has always been a little…different. Then again, the Final Fantasy franchise has always prided itself on being a bit different....

I had never played Mass Effect before the release of Legendary Edition - although I did once guess the plot from ten random screenshots - but I’ve certainly heard a lot about it over the years. From the way people talk about these games, I understood them to be high budget dating sims with a dash of running and gunning to just mix things up. I expected some amount of interplanetary political intrigue and zero-g fisticuffs just from the box art, but all anyone has ever really told me about Mass Effect is that the ending sucks and there’s loads of cool aliens to bonk....

With the news of up and coming film actor Michael Fassbender signing on as principal actor and producer for an Assassin’s Creed adaptation also comes questions as to who Fassbender might be playing in the sure-to-be-blockbuster movie. While the obvious choice would be Desmond Miles, the character at the center of the Assassin’s Creed franchise — the one who experiences his ancestor’s memories through a device known as the animus — that might not necessarily be true....

Baldur’s Gate 3, an upcoming role-playing video game that is being developed and published by Larian Studios, is set to launch on Early Access on September 30. According to Larian director of publishing Michael Douse, Baldur’s Gate 3 will be listed at $60, which makes it Larian’s most expensive PC game yet. Douse says the game’s steep price reflects the size of the game and the work that went into it....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is only a weekend away from release and rumors of hungry gamers scoring copies of the game early are beginning to accelerate. Early releases, prompted by eager retailers and supported by free trade agreements, are every gamer’s dream. We wait years for a title to make it into our local game store - who wouldn’t want to shorten that wait, even if only by a couple days?...

After Tom Holland’s recent claim that Spider-Man 3 is “the most ambitious solo superhero movie” he’s ever filmed, plus the shocking reveal on WandaVision that marked the possible beginning of an MCU multiverse, there have been rumors that the untitled threequel will be its very own live-action spider-verse featuring a crossover of every existing Spider-Man franchise from both Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures. Adding fuel to the fire is the reported sighting of Spider-Man alum Willem Dafoe on the set of Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man 3, which comes after months of speculation on his return as Norman Osborn....

While World of Warcraft: Shadowlands players are still waiting for a 9.1 release date following BlizzConline, the upcoming 9.0.5 patch looks to keep heroes busy with returning Valor point upgrades. Scheduled to arrive after the next weekly reset, a number of balance changes will also help struggling classes perform better in PvE endgame content such as warriors. Though warriors have taken a backseat role in the current Mythic+ dungeon meta, they remain a decent pick in Castle Nathria, even being part of the World First Mythic clear....

Ever since World of Warcraft: Shadowlands players stepped foot into the afterlife, each covenant has played an important part of storylines along with the Eternal Ones leading them. Dubbed the Pantheon of Death, every member wields titan-like power that makes them normally unkillable by mortals. But while heroes recently dealt with Sire Denathrius, they have just found an unintended way to take down the Archon Kyrestia within Bastion. Kyrestia the Firstborn is the progenitor of the Kyrian responsible for ferrying souls into the Shadowlands....

Wrestling would be too boring without some occasional hardcore stipulations. Because of this, weapons such as steel chairs, kendo sticks, and flaming barbed wire-studded bats have been incorporated into the theatrics of sports entertainment. WWE 2K20, like all the previous WWE games, replicated this to give players the true virtual wrestling experience. There are a ton of weapons and environmental items in 2K20 that can be used to maim and incapacitate....