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It’s Thursday, which means Fortnite players are treated with a new set of weekly challenges for the season. Thus far, this season of the battle royale game has reached Week 3 and brings with it a challenge related to timed trials. Notably, these came much later last season, but they work the same for this week. While we’ve compiled a full guide to this week’s challenges here, many will likely want to know where to find these timed trials across the battle island....

Today, the video game developer Epic Games and the toy manufacturer Hasbro announced a partnership to bring the wildly popular multiplayer sandbox shooter Fortnite into the board game world by revealing a Monopoly version of the title. Now, the companies have also decided to unveil that officially licensed Nerf blasters based on the weapons in the game will make their way into the marketplace starting in the spring of 2019....

Although Fortnite is a fun game that’s known for its accessibility, plenty of players take the multiplayer shooter incredibly seriously. Some players play the title to set records while others, such as streamers and YouTubers like Ninja and elrubius have garnered millions of fans thanks to their prowess at the game. So it comes as little surprise then that some Fortnite players are even willing to pay better-skilled players in order to get ahead in the game....

Since the launch of Fortnite Battle Royale, the online multiplayer third-person shooter has dominated Twitch’s livestream ratings. Fortnite, off the back of instant-celebrity Ninja, has become a cultural phenomenon in an unprecedented manner. But nothing lasts forever. A new report from stream analytics agency StreamHatchet in partnership with StreamElements shows that Fortnite’s overall viewership fell for its second month in a row. Nevertheless, Fortnite remains the top game on Twitch when comparing overall hours viewed, but is now below a threshold it hasn’t been at since February....

Friday the 13th developer Illfonic responded to criticism today by stating that the studio’s support for the game has only increased. The official Friday the 13th Twitter account was responding to a sketchy news story implying that Illfonic had already shifted development resources to a new game and that fans were “furious.” This comes after the details regarding Illfonic’s role behind the in-development project named Dead Alliance came into the spotlight....

Though from seeing all of the promotional materials like trailers and screenshots many gamers would be willing to accept that BioShock: Infinite was our E3 2011 Best of Show, they still might want to see exactly what we saw. Thankfully Ken Levine and the team at Irrational agreed with those sentiments and have decided to release the entire 15-minute demo to the public for all to see just how fantastic the game is....

When you’re stuck at home due to a quarantine caused by a pandemic, you can count your blessings for being born in this generation. Had this been the Spanish flu, you probably wouldn’t have quite as many options for entertainment as you do now. Keeping in spirit with what brought us here - COVID-19, or Coronavirus - we’re currently sticking to games that deal with viral apocalypses in one way or another....

Game of Thrones’ penultimate episode delivers gut-wrenching choices and entertaining combat, whilst setting the place for an emotional season finale. Game of Thrones has always been a series where fans should, by now, expect the worst possible scenario to unfold. As Ramsay Snow once put it, if you’re expecting a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention. That’s why the tidings of hope and forward momentum brought out at certain points in the fifth episode of Game of Thrones, A Nest Of Vipers, are so suspicious....

One of the most disturbing Japanese horror games ever made is finally receiving an English localization, as Garage: Bad Dream Adventure is being ported to mobile phones. Garage: Bad Dream Adventure is a bizarre point & click adventure game, where the player wakes up in a horrific robot body and must explore their surroundings, in order to learn what happened to them. This is a game that’s so obscure that copies were impossible to find for years....

Borderlands 3 developer Gearbox has announced the game’s Season Pass 2 along with new downloadable content following the culmination of its first season pass last month. The season ended with a campaign that had Vault Hunters go into the mind of Krieg, a character from the second installment. And, with that all behind us, the devs have disclosed details as it pertains to their upcoming term. Fans who are keen on getting either one of the inbound next-gen consoles will be glad to know the game will be coming to both the PS5 and Xbox Series X in November....

The Genshin Impact 1.6 update has not only promised new characters. They’ve also introduced character outfits for the first time. We have summer-themed outfits for sisters Jean and Barbara that are now available. These first two outfits are obtained in different ways and Barbara’s is free for all players. Here’s how to get your hands on Jean and Barbara’s summertime skins. How To Get Jean’s Summer Outfit - Sea Breeze Dandelion When you first log into the game after updating you’ll get the usual array of messages in your inbox....

A second year of post-launch downloadable content for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is coming and will be starting next week. The game is over a year old and has a past of major DLCs added post-launch for free to keep the game fresh, the most recent being a Predator-themed update. Ubisoft has announced that Ghost Recon Wildlands’ second season of free post-launch content - known as Year 2 - will consist of four major updates, each titled Special Operations (similarly to Rainbow Six), with each one adding brand new items, missions, rewards, and “community-requested features”....

This article contains spoilers for Ghosts season 2 episodes 1 and 2. Alberta Haynes (Danielle Pinnock) is one of CBS’s Ghosts most fascinating creations. A Black jazz singer from the 1920’s, she had a beautiful voice but life at the intersections of race, gender, and body image was not easy. Unfortunately, Alberta died in Woodstone Manor under mysterious circumstances. Her spirit was trapped in a ghostly form, unable to ascend to heaven or down to hell because her death became a mystery....

The sheer number of excellent titles on the PlayStation 4 is simply immense, with games like Uncharted and The Last Of Us Part II being just a few of the many excellent titles that have easily become some of the greatest titles ever made. One such PlayStation exclusive that shares this status with the greats is God Of War — a game that was widely anticipated upon launch and ended up surpassing everyone’s expectations by delivering one of the greatest gaming experiences in recent memory....

Normally, PC system requirements are really only of interest to prospective PC gamers wondering how well they can run upcoming titles, but Godfall‘s system requirements are causing a stir amongst even console gamers. Just take a look at the minimum and recommended requirements for the PC version of Godfall: If you’re looking for some practical context, we highly recommend you check out the PC requirements for Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla....

Final Fantasy 14 managed to turn itself around many years ago, moving from being an outright failure to a huge success for Square Enix. Its popularity continues to be demonstrated today as the newest expansion nears its release, but unfortunately, many players are now discovering that they can’t access the game at all. Technically, Final Fantasy 14’s Shadowbringers expansion won’t fully launch for a few days yet. However, players are still eagerly queuing up for a chance to access the Shadowbringers early access period....

Fire Emblem: Three Houses offers you a series of choices before you begin the game. In past Fire Emblem games these have had an impact on the rest of your adventure, so it’s understandable that players will want to know what they’re getting into. Here’s a breakdown of those first few questions and the consequences of your decisions. Decisions To Make In Fire Emblem Games The first choice is between male and female skins for protagonist Byleth....

In the rare event that a Fire Emblem player lets a unit stay dead, the game should at least let them know they’re a monster. Very few fans of the Fire Emblem series can honestly say they’ve never restarted a chapter to keep a unit alive. In fact, the frequency with which players do just that is likely one of the driving forces behind mechanics like Mila’s Turnwheel and the Divine Pulse being added to the two most recent entries in the franchise....

Everyone around the world is getting ready to celebrate the new year, but Microsoft has skipped ahead with plans for one of its services. The first two Xbox titles that are part of the January 2021 Xbox Live Games with Gold have released a day early, and both are available to download now from the Microsoft Store. The new year has begun sooner than expected for Xbox users, as they can pick up the Xbox One game Little Nightmares and the Xbox 360 game The King of Fighters 13....

The success of the Five Nights at Freddy’s series is something that was entirely unexpected. The original game became a YouTube phenomenon, with Let’s Players in particular enjoying the thrill of the title’s jump scares. Creator Scott Cawthon proved to be an extremely productive developer, pushing out both Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 and Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 in quick succession, selling impressively in spite of criticism of Cawthon and his series....