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Despite all of the negativity surrounding an ongoing legal battle with Apple and Google, Epic Games has managed to find even more success in the latest team up with Marvel. The Nexus War crossover arrived in this latest season of Fortnite, bringing iconic Marvel heroes like Iron Man and Wolverine into the massively popular Battle Royale. With new heroes like Silver Silver arriving in a recent update, Epic Games continues to evolve the experience with the latest update from Stark Industries....

Epic Games has entered a partnership with Casetify to produce Fortnite-themed accessories for a variety of Apple devices. This includes several iPhone and AirPod cases, along with a few Apple Watch bands. The lineup features a variety of designs highlighting different characters from the world of Fortnite, including Cuddle Team Leader, DJ Yonder, Peely, and the Durrr Burger. Designs will be printed on Castify’s Impact Cases and Ultra Impact Cases....

Fortnite’s season 3 is winding down, and the end of this season may herald a new one. While season 3’s space theme introduced some memorable and unusual character skins, Epic Games continues its fastidious support of Fortnite by dropping new hints for what Season 4 has in store. Currently, rumors and hints surmise that Epic Games is preparing to drop superhero themed skins next season, thanks to an image of a masked man within a comet....

If you needed any more proof that Korean entertainment is becoming globally mainstream, look no further than the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Over the weekend, rumors surfaced that “Friends,” a song written by BTS’ Jimin and performed by Jimin and V, would be on the soundtrack for Marvel’s Eternals. On Monday, the rumors were confirmed, getting many ARMY excited about the group’s inclusion in one of the world’s biggest pop culture franchises....

Our quick take Fujifilm X-E1 - 4.5 / 5 Design & Lenses Performance Imaging Magic To recap It’s not cheap and the autofocus speed isn’t going to see off its nearest competitors, but the X-E1 is a tool that never takes its eye off the image-quality ball, all wrapped up into a super chic retro-styled body. It looks great, its images look even greater, and that’s where this retro snapper wins....

Being around as long as Valve has, there’s bound to be some good comedy fodder lurking about. And it looks like The Chalkeaters, a content creator group on YouTube making gaming memes and songs, have tapped into that, too. In their new song and music video Count to Three, The Chalkeaters deliver a hilarious performance featuring GLaDOS and Mr. Gabe Newell himself. There’s no confirmation of Half-Life 3 hidden in Count to Three, but it is full of hilarious references to Alyx and the troubled series....

A swatting prank by a gamer playing Call of Duty allegedly sparked the chain of events that led to the death of someone completely unrelated to the situation. The world of online gaming is an incredible and highly populated one. From FIFA and Madden to Grand Theft Auto and Battlefield, it’s now possible to play anyone anywhere in the world on whatever game you choose. Hard to imagine that it has only been a little over 20 years since the release of the Playstation 1 and Nintendo 64 isn’t it?...

It’s a rocky time for videogame retail chain GameStop, and the latest report regarding the company’s holiday earnings continues to paint a bleak picture. GameStop has reported that its overall sales during the holiday season of 2018 were lower than the year before. GameStop reported in a press release that its holiday sale season for 2018 saw a 5% decrease when compared to 2017. According to the retail chain, the drop was primarily due to a reduction in sales of new consoles, and fewer used games being sold in stores....

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, GameStop has enforced a number of strange and controversial decisions that have turned many against the slowly declining video game retailer. From declaring the store as an essential business to literally instructing employees to wrap their hands in plastic bags while working, it’s clear the company is desperate to remain open amid the current global crisis, however, it seems their efforts may have been in vain....

Link is one of the most well-known characters in all of video games. He is also one of the few characters who is left-handed in most of his titles, except for The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Wii. The main reason for the change was that a majority of people who used motion controls, the main selling point of the Wii, were right-handed. This change angered many fans who connected to Link in a special way because he was a lefty....

The world’s first awards ceremony about LGBTQ representation in gaming, The Gayming Awards, will be conducted sometime in 2021. Gayming Magazine, an LGBTQ focused gaming magazine, will be handling the event. Gayming Magazine says that they want to “celebrate the achievements of the global gaming industry in representing and championing the LGBTQ world through video games.” This is a big move from a relatively new UK publication, which launched last year....

Rosaria debuted during Tartaglia’s banner in Genshin Impact’s 1.4 update. Previously players got a glimpse of her during the Dragonspine event, where she was being cautious about both Albedo and the Traveler. Compared to most of the characters who live in Mondstadt, Rosaria is quite odd and has a rude way of speaking to others. Rosaria is known to be one of the members of the church, but it seems that she never attends services or events....

Fans of Genshin Impact have been enjoying plentiful new content with the game’s recently arrived Version 1.1 update. Aside from inviting players to partake in a new event, the massive update introduced new playable characters, enemies, quests, and even cooking materials. Much like its inspiration, Breath of the Wild, Genshin Impact relies on cooking and food to heal and protect its players. The game’s new patch introduces several new dishes for players to try their hands at, alongside a palette of new ingredients to be harvested....

If you’ve been working your way through the battle pass in Genshin Impact you may have reached The Wolf of the North challenge and found yourself at a loss for how to proceed. Or, even with the battle pass, you might have only heard about this challenge but don’t know how to actually unlock it. Regardless of where you are, we have all the info you need to unlock and complete The Wolf of the North Challenge in Genshin Impact....

With gamers around the world socially distancing and diving more into the gaming world, several companies are supporting this choice. There’s an EA initiative to get players to stay home, for example, and it seems that Assassin’s Creed developer and publisher Ubisoft is getting in on it. Many are looking forward to upcoming AC 2020, which most rumors point to being Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok (or some variation of the name befitting a Viking era game....

Most video games include at least one form of digital currency. For most of its life, the God of War franchise utilized red orbs, and players had to collect as many as possible to upgrade Kratos’ weapons and spells. Ever since swapping game genres and settings, the God of War economy started running on Hacksilver. Hacksilver, as the name suggests, are pieces of silver that had been hacked up and used as currency among the real world’s ancient Norse and Viking tribes....

The death of Faye, Kratos’ second wife and the mother of Atreus, is the inciting incident of 2018’s God of War. A powerful warrior and a master manipulator, many of the events that unfold over the course of the game all turn out to be part of Faye’s plan. Based on what’s known about Faye’s role in events so far, the character could continue to be highly influential in God of War’s upcoming Ragnarok sequel....

The documentary Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind, directed by Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni, is an intimate look at a prolific singer-songwriter who enriches and is enriched by the history of Canada. Most of the world knows Lightfoot as the singer with the recognizable baritone who put out hits like “Sundown,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” and “Early Mornin’ Rain.” But in his native country, he is a national treasure....

Warner Bros. Games Montreal’s secret Batman game was finally revealed at DC FanDome to be Gotham Knights, a new take on the DC universe featuring a playable Bat Family. The game features four new playable characters with Red Hood, Batgirl, Robin and Nightwing taking center stage in the wake of Batman’s death, but the voice cast for these famous characters was a mystery until now. Video games are known for attracting some big voice talent these days, and fans have been wondering who will be attached to the new high profile Batman game....

Battlefield 3 will be hitting stores this Tuesday, and it’s pre-orders have already surpassed 1.5 million as of mid September. The launch of this highly anticipated title has prompted YouTube’s Freddie W to bring us his rendition of how a Battlefield 4 trailer may look like. It’s a bit soon to be thinking about the next iteration of the Battlefield franchise (or is it), but news this past week with PS4 games being in development is already fueling speculation of what the next generation of games will look like....