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Now that HBO’s House of the Dragon has wrapped its first season, a legion of Game of Thrones fans have some time on their hands. And with that time comes the resumption of an old question: “Hey, when is George gonna finish these books?” Poor George R.R. Martin has been wrestling with his fantasy series’ sixth and penultimate installment, The Winds of Winter, for over a decade now. Naturally, this has led to some moments of fan frustration, particularly since Martin is not very good at judging his own writing progress....

Games are getting longer - nobody can argue with that. Gamers demand an arbitrary threshold of content per game, and if they don’t get their pound of flesh, Facebook will see a torrent of angry comments like never before. More content means it’s better, right? I digress. Ghost of Tsushima players probably won’t have to worry too much about the volume of content in the game. Recently, Nate Fox came out promising an upwards of fifty hours of gameplay before players see the end of the game....

Best Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL deals Pixel designs Pixel 3: 145.6 x 68.2 x 7.9mm, 148g Pixel 3 XL: 158 x 76.7 x 7.9mm, 184g Pixel 2: 145.7 x 69.7 x 7.8mm, 143g Pixel 2 XL: 157.9 x 76.7 x 7.9mm, 175g Pixel: 143.8 x 69.5 x 7.3-8.5mm, 143g Pixel XL: 154.7 x 75.7 x 7.3-8.5mm, 168g Pixel displays Pixel / Pixel 2: 5-inch, Full HD, 441ppi Pixel XL: 5....

The Google Stadia event arrived this morning and, as expected, the company revealed more details about the technology, the launch games (including the official reveal of Baulder’s Gate 3), and the price tiers for the service. The service is going to be available later this year, so gamers can start planning which tier is right for them now. The Google Stadia prices seem pretty affordable and its clear that company is aiming to get players onboard and in its ecosystem, where they can then spend more money on additional games and services later....

Unfortunately, pre-orders are excluded from the minimum amount needed to be spent, but Final Fantasy 14 Online timecards are eligible, and players need those in order to play the game. There are some other restrictions, and the eligibility of items feels a bit arbitrary, so check first for a “Black Fat Chocobo DLC – 1 application promotion” beneath listed the price. While players will always be happy to receive new mounts, some have expressed their disappointment that this bonus is yet another recolor of an existing mount....

Fifa 21 includes 17,000 players across 30 leagues. Each of these players has a card in Ultimate Team that can be bought and traded on the transfer market. The Ultimate Team transfer market is based almost entirely on supply and demand. EA has done a better job of preventing players from manipulating the market in recent years by adding automatic influxes of players to the market for buy it now prices (“BIN”)....

Tracking just behind Final Fantasy 13, Final Fantasy 15 is the franchise’s second-fastest selling title in the UK, managing to come in at number two on the charts behind FIFA 17. Following a decade of development, the long-awaited Final Fantasy 15 was finally released last week to positive reviews across the board and much excitement from fans. The game’s positive word-of-mouth, coupled with a strong marketing push from Square Enix, has unsurprisingly translated to impressive sales numbers, particularly in the UK....

Square Enix stole the recent State of Play with the announcement of Intergrade, the PS5 upgrade of Final Fantasy 7 Remake that will include a Yuffie DLC. It also revealed a mobile battle royale game called Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier, as well as Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis. While the sequel to the highly successful Final Fantasy 7 Remake has not been announced yet, fans of the series can still expect to return to Midgar very soon....

Price and availability Fire HD 8 (2022): from $99.99 / £99 / €114.99 Fire HD 8 (2020): from $89.99 / £89 / €89.99 Design and build Fire HD 8 (2022): 201.90 x 137.34 x 9.60mm, 337g Fire HD 8 (2020): 202 x 137 x 9.7mm, 355g Display Fire HD 8 (2022): 8-inch, 1280 x 800 pixels, 189ppi Fire HD 8 (2020): 8-inch, 1280 x 800 pixels, 189ppi Hardware Fire HD 8 (2022): 2....

In the early months of 2013, Activision gave gamers what was thought to be their first look at next-gen Call of Duty in the form of a handful of screenshots. However, as it turned out, the quality suggested by those screenshots and what was seen in the end product, Call of Duty: Ghosts, were not one in the same. Luckily, Call of Duty (2014) developer Sledgehammer Games has learned from last year’s unveiling and they have come out swinging with the first official, in-game image from their franchise entry....

The first gameplay videos of the Resident Evil 4 HD and Resident Evil: CODE Veronica X HD have been released, giving Capcom fans a taste of what next generation technology can do for the much beloved Resident Evil titles. While the differences in quality might not be immediately evident, the real draw is having the games available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Fans of the Resident Evil franchise often argue that Resident Evil 4 and CODE Veronica are the two best entries in the series....

After a long break, Iron Banner returns to Destiny next Tuesday bringing new weapons and armor for players to earn as well as changes to the way the PvP event works. Destiny: Rise of Iron is practically themed around Iron Banner. Its story focuses on the Iron Lords, its main quest giver is Lord Saladin, and the Rise of Iron record book rewards armor that will adorn players and equip them to become a new Iron Lord themselves....

The Game Awards 2020 pre-show is already delivering the kinds of announcements that video game fans are hungry for. Focus Home Entertainment promised two different game announcements during The Game Awards and the first is here. Introducing Shady Part of Me, developed by indie studio Douze-Dixiemes. But the most exciting part of the announcement is that it’s available now. Shady Part of Me can be purchased and played now on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One....

Fortnite is currently into week 13 of its current season and there’s a lot of things to dig up. One of the most elusive collectibles to find are the XP coins that are scattered throughout the map. These coins can really help with the progression of the player and they can be tricky to find. Once they’re all gathered up, there’s a slew of unlockables players can indulge themselves in. Of course, Fortnite is known to have well-hidden items and secrets abound throughout its map and the XP coins are no exception....

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 4 packs in all sorts of new content themed around Marvel, including a fancy new Groot skin, available as part of the Season 4 Battle Pass. However, unlocking Groot is only part of the battle, as the character also features some challenges to conquer, called Groot Awakening. The Groot Awakening challenges can be completed while wearing the Groot skin, and will net players some decent extra rewards....

While it wasn’t the first game to feature cross-play between more than one platform, Fortnite was by far the biggest and most influential game early on to make a point of bringing all console, PC, and even mobile players together. As a battle royale game where there can be up to 100 players in a single match, having as large of a player base as possible is essential to the game’s survival....

Last month, Epic Games introduced the Survive the Storm game mode to its new game Fortnite. Those who had played the multiplayer loot shooter since its debut in July welcomed the arrival of brand new content, but it seems that Epic Games has far more up its sleeves. Today, Epic announced that Fortnite will be adding a new game mode called Battle Royale. Arriving on September 26, Battle Royale will put 100 players in a giant map, challenging them to be the last commander standing....

With less than 24 hours left to go before Fortnite Battle Royale’s Season 8 officially begins, Epic Games continues to steadily promote the next major cycle of content to come for its massively successful free-to-play multiplayer shooter. Now, the video game developer has released the last teaser image hinting at some of the content that fans should expect to see once the eight season finally goes live. The final teaser image for Fortnite Battle Royale’s Season 8 somewhat undercuts the grandiosity of previous clues, with Epic having released a still that depicts a character that’s basically a partially-peeled banana suit....

Jeff Goldblum is standing in a hall of masks in San Dimas, California when he’s taken back. How could he not be? Everywhere he looks, on each shelf and behind every sales rack, there is another row of ghoulish faces staring back at him. Some have rubber fangs, others a latex eyeball, and then there’s that wolf-man get-up over there. At the time, Goldblum’s filming the opening segment for his latest episode of The World According to Jeff Goldblum, a streaming documentary series courtesy of Nat Geo and Disney+....

According to a new memo circulating online, GameStop employees have been instructed to ignore law enforcement should they try to shut down retail stores. GameStop’s corporate office claims that the video game retailer is an “essential" store and therefore is permitted to stay open during a city or county-wide lockdown. As states continue to navigate the Coronavirus pandemic, many have begun to turn to extreme measures in an effort to curb the spread of the virus....