On May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by a United States military special operations unit at his compound in Pakistan. During the raid, code-named Operation Neptune Spear, a number of bin Laden’s assets were seized, including a hard drive that had hundreds of thousands of files stored on it. Yesterday, the CIA released 470,000 of these files to the public, which may reveal that Osama bin Laden was a gamer....
It seems that the development process for the Final Fantasy 7 Remake is about to undergo some major changes. During a Mobius Final Fantasy livestream over the weekend, project lead Naoki Hamaguchi stated that production was being brought in-house, with less of an emphasis on external collaborators. “The information is already available online, but I’ve taken charge on the development side for Final Fantasy 7 Remake,” revealed Hamaguchi. “Until now, development was moving forward with external cooperation, but the company has decided to shift to an internal setup, including mass production and quality, because we want to control everything, including quality, on a stable schedule....
The early trailers of Final Fantasy VII Remake showed Aerith being hassled by ghostly apparitions. Square Enix kept quiet about the nature of these spirits for a long time, but they revealed that Final Fantasy VII Remake would include content that wasn’t present in the original game, so fans assumed that these ghosts were new villains. Final Fantasy VII Remake is now in the hands of fans and we know now the true purpose behind these spirits, which are known as “Whispers....
One of Nikola Tesla’s inventions, the Tesla coil, has been featured in countless horror movies, and has become a staple of the horror genre. Thus, it was just a matter of time before the inventor himself was the subject of a horror title. Close to the Sun is a first-person horror game heavily influenced by Tesla, and its first trailer debuted today at Gamescom 2018. In the short trailer, audiences get a strong feel for the terrifying environment they’ll have to explore in the game....
Launching a game in Early Access is an understandably stressful time for any game developer. However, Early Access is also a huge opportunity as interested gamers are going to experience a game for the first time, but they’ll also see how responsive a game developer is to feedback. Valheim developer Iron Gate AB is already off to a great example. Just days after launch, Iron Gate AB is already issuing updates for some of Valheim’s most pressing issues....
Last year’s Vancouver Titans took the Overwatch League by storm. Since the team ended the 2019 season as the league’s finalists, most analysts expected them to remain a strong contender this year as well. Dropping both Bumper, one of the team’s stars, and TiZi, who played the main tank role during the entirety of their playoff run, was the first strange decision made by the team’s higher-ups; however, that was addressed somewhat during the off season with the signing of Fissure, a player with a tumultuous career, but inarguably great play come match time....
Fighting game expert TrU3Ta1ent shares detailed strategies on how to get the most out of the Valkyrie character class while out on the battlefield in For Honor. Now that For Honor is out in the wild, players are starting to understand what kind of game the history-spanning brawler really is. While it may not be obvious until you play it, the game actually resembles a three-dimensional take on fighting game mechanics, and as such expert players of other fighting games are weighing in with high-level strategies....
Fans of Fortnite may feel like there is nothing left to do as they approach the end of season two. However, Epic Games has added the “Gnome More War” secret challenge for fans to play through! Gnome More War follows the “For The Bears” and “No Right To Bear Arms” secret challenges. It requires players to land at one location on the map. By doing this, players will be rewarded with 15000 XP....
Fortnite has been adding daily and weekly challenges, but none are as coveted as the Deadpool Challenges. The Deadpool challenges can only be unlocked to those who have purchased the Battle Pass but will unlock Deadpool style screen savers and skins. This week players are expected to “Embrace the Rainbow,” by finding the five multi-color bridges across the map. The Embrace the Rainbow challenge has players looking for the Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, and Purple bridges scattered throughout the map....
The next round of major content is right around the corner in Epic Games’ wildly successful free-to-play multiplayer shooter, with Fortnite Battle Royale’s Season 8 Week 9 is set to give way to Week 10 soon. As such, many are speculating what the developer could have planned for Season 9, with one theory making the rounds in the game’s community suggesting that Tilted Towers may get destroyed by some kind of cataclysmic event....
The latest Fortnite update is now available. A lot of new features have been added, but one controversial aspect was removed: the ability to redeploy gliders in all the default modes. Glider Redeploy will remain active in the bigger team modes, such as Soaring 50s and Disco Domination, as well as Playground “to allow ongoing experimentation with this feature,” according to the Patch Notes. Glider Redeploy was an interesting mechanic, both liked and hated by the community....
Fortnite season 10, officially stylized as season X with an “Out of Time” theme, introduces a brand new Battle Pass for players to purchase (roughly $10) and complete. It’s worth adding that the Season 10 Battle Pass can be gifted to friends, but this has to be done by August 15. Doing so means that friends will be able to team up, complete challenges, and unlock new, twisted versions of classic Fortnite skins together....
Microsoft has finally revealed the next entry in the Forza series, simply titled Forza Motorsport. Announced during the Xbox Games Showcase this morning, Forza Motorsport will release for the Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and Game Pass. Forza Motorsport is one of over 100 games that Microsoft states will be available at launch. Though the game itself has no announced release date. The announcement comes with a brand new trailer showcasing the game on Xbox Series X....
Frank Grillo, who played Brock Rumlow in Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Endgame, is currently promoting his upcoming action thriller Boss Level. The 55-year-old action star recently managed to get Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. “The Rock,” to promote his Hulu film on social media. Boss Level follows a retired Special Forces officer, named Roy Pulver (Grillo), who is stuck in a never-ending time loop on the day of his death. Pulver is forced to fend off several assassins while he tries to make sense of what is happening to him....
Ah, the dreaded game backlog. Almost all of us have been there. Whether it’s because you entered the game scene late and have tons to catch up on, or you’ve always loved games, and there are just too many to possibly play them all—the game backlog haunts us all. Perhaps it’s even the case that you work in the industry and feel compelled to keep up with all the new releases, and so you’re struggling to find time to go back and play through some of the greats that you just never could squeeze in....
The Coalition today launches a major update for Gears of War 4 that adds two new multiplayer maps as well as punitive measures to combat rage quitting. A new patch for Gears of War 4 is rolling out today at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST, which will likely disrupt servers for some time. The so-called Title Update, the third since the game came out in October, adds new multiplayer maps to the game as well as fixing some minor issues....
RPGs are full of stats that dictate how powerful your character is in different ways. In Genshin Impact, there are five main attributes for each character: Max HP, Attack, Defense, Max Stamina, and Elemental Mastery. All of these are pretty straight forward and easy to understand, except for Elemental Mastery. This stat is not only unique to Genshin Impact, but also works differently from the other four. If you want to max out your character’s potential, you’ll want to know everything there is to know about Elemental Mastery....
Genshin Impact has seen a ton of updates since its launch in December. Previously, Mondstadt was a starter region that helped set up the game’s story. Now, it contains the Dragonspine regions, as well as extra world quests that award Primogems to players brave enough to complete them. While Primogems are given out for story-related events like joining the Adventurers guild in Mondstadt, this isn’t really enough to make a pull....
Though Genshin Impact has only been around for about four months, the game has garnered quite a dedicated community. The Reddit community surrounding Genshin Impact is quite strong in particular, with tons of Genshin players posting fan creations online to showcase their artistic talents. Now, one Genshin Impact players has posted an incredible miniature recreation of Liyue Harbor. A user on the Genshin Impact subreddit posted a video from the Chinese video sharing website Bilibili, where the video poster said they spent over 1,000 hours recreating the in-game harbor....
Ubisoft is offering many of its most popular games at discounted prices during the Lunar Sale event – and it’s also giving away Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China for free. The event runs until February 21 and includes steep discounts on titles such as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Rainbow Six Siege, and Immortals Fenyx Rising. If you jump on the sale early you can save an extra 15% off with coupon code LUNAR15....
