Epic left itself with a mountain to climb after Fortnite season four. The entire season was Marvel-themed from the characters introduced at the start to the Galactus event that brought it to an end. After that, players were left wondering “now what?” How do you top a season in which one of the world’s most famous franchises was the running theme, and where its biggest characters became a part of the Fortnite family?...
This article contains spoilers for…a whole lotta stuff. Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers just arrived on Disney+ and while it follows up on 1988’s Rescue Rangers animated series, it’s more of a thematic sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. Both feature similar concepts like a world where humans and cartoons coexist, each use the existence of cartoons to explain real life issues (racism, trafficking), and both have a freaky hybrid villain in the finale....
Our quick take Fujifilm FinePix XP170 - 3.0 / 5 Design One tough cookie Performance & Image Quality Wireless Image Transfer To recap The Fujifilm XP170 succeeds in its tough and waterproof tasks, but lacks the core camera abilities. It works fine enough, but the overall picture quality is poor, as is the rear LCD. This would be forgivable if it was a budget model, much like its predecessors. Instead the inclusion of Wireless Image Transfer has bumped up the price, but left the quality behind....
Fuser is adding new tracks from several big artists this May, with songs from Billie Eilish, The Cure, Dirty Vegas, and more available for purchase. If you’re not looking to drop any cash, all Fuser players will see the arrival of “Days Ahead, Days Behind” by Some Lover. All told, seven new songs will be available for your mixing and fusing needs. May also marks the launch of the free Faint Shadow “Loop Pack 01,” which is the first release in a series of Promotor Packs....
A lot of TV shows and movies that turn out highly successful are based on books. That’s also the case of the hyper-popular fantasy HBO TV show Game of Thrones that ran for eight seasons. Throughout the years, it introduced a large number of characters, both heroes and antagonists. Sometimes, they lived to see the end of the series, but more often than not, they met their gruesome end during the show’s long run....
Esports organization FaZe Clan continues to be at the center of controversy regarding a series of alleged contracts that are restrictive in nature to an unreasonable level, now with Dennis “Cloakzy” Lepore, the Fortnite team captain for the organization, looking to leave. The issues came to light about a month ago when Turner “Tfue” Tenney revealed just how bad his own agreement with the organization was, and brought a lawsuit against FaZe Clan....
Without the repercussions of real life, being placed into the shoes of a bad guy in a video game can be a great way to go wild and let off some steam. Playing the virtuous hero who saves the day game after game can get stale pretty quickly, after all, so it’s always interesting when a game lets the player take control of the villain instead. In many of these games, it’s easy to tell when the protagonist is actually the villain, but some instead choose to obscure the player’s vision of this fact until much later on in the game....
Games have a lot of standard elements, but it’s the differences between them that make tutorials almost a necessity. While you can know without playing that a shooter game is going to ask you to shoot enemies, control schemes and abilities differ from game to game, making tutorials common in explaining the particulars of individual games. Unfortunately, not all tutorials are good ones—many spend too long on trivial or standard mechanics like jumping, crouching, or interacting with objects, while other games drop you in with nothing but a picture of a controller and lines designating what each button does, or nothing at all....
Gearbox has revealed its next game and it’s going to surprise a lot of people. Instead of Borderlands 3, a new Duke Nukem, or a fresh Brothers in Arms, the publisher is working on a very early in development game online multiplayer FPS code name Project 1v1. The game is referred to as “top secret,” but the company has sent out a mass email inviting players to register for Project 1v1’s upcoming closed technical test....
Along with the announcement of the Gears of War 3 DLC season pass came news that the first downloadable add-on (or is it downloadable and adding on?) would be coming in November and would be adding more than just maps. Today, Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios have unveiled the first pack, titled ‘Horde Command Pack,’ which adds maps, Horde 2.0 upgrades, weapon skins and character skins to the Gears of War 3 multiplayer....
Genshin Impact players have been enjoying a three-part event, Unreconciled Stars, as part of the game’s recent update to Version 1.1. Having started on November 16, 2020, Unreconciled Stars teams players up with Electro character Fischl to help solve a case of mysterious sleep-inducing meteorites. Although the latest Genshin Impact event is unfolding over several phases, players can access the Unreconciled Stars Event Shop at any given moment to browse its offerings....
There is no doubt that Genshin Impact is popular, with there being millions of downloads over both mobile, console, and PC. With that many players, many would assume that whatever information was given to the game’s company, miHoYo, would be kept safe. However, this information was put at risk with a recently discovered Genshin Impact glitch. While Genshin Impact players don’t need to worry about their credit cards or addresses being leaked so far, players who have linked their mobile phone number to their miHoYo account may need to stay alert....
After a somewhat controversial month of leaks and concerns regarding the newest Genshin Impact character, it seems that fans will be able to ring in the new year with some additional good news. The game’s latest update introduced the highly anticipated Geo user Zhongli, however, fans were disappointed by the character’s movekit, and quickly took to social media with concerns - concerns which have finally been recognized by miHoYo. As of a post on the morning of December 19, 2020, miHoYo has officially conceded to fans’ demands that Zhongli be significantly adjusted....
The long awaited release of Ghost of Tsushima has almost arrived, a release many in the gaming community have been eagerly awaiting. To celebrate the occasion, Sucker Punch Studios has released a special Ghost of Tsushima themed Snapchat filter. This Snapchat filter allows the user to wear the same mask that Jin Sakai, the main protagonist of Ghost of Tsushima, wears in-game. This will give any and all users the chance to digitally don the intricately designed samurai mask....
Many fans are hyped by the recent information coming out that Gotham Knights has been announced at DC FanDome. While the game news was just released earlier today, the game has been hinted at for around a year and the game’s name was leaked in July. However, some more surprising details were revealed, and a representative from the game’s developer discussed why Batman was killed in this game. While there are still many things that fans don’t know about Gotham Knights, the trailer for the new Batman game gave fans some insight into what kind of story they can expect when the game is released....
Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring has several standout sequences that anyone who saw it on the big screen surely remembers. There’s the opening battle sequence; the Ringwraiths sniffing for the hobbits as they cower under a tree root; the leap across the chasm from the collapsing staircase in the mines of Moria; Aragorn’s one-man-army stand against the Orcs at the Falls of Rauros....
A shooting took place at the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California earlier today. According to various online reports, the shooter, a female, was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound after injuring at least three people. Victims were transported to the local Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, a level 1 trauma center. According to a spokesman for the hospital, a 36 year old man was in critical condition, a 32 year old woman was in serious condition, and a 27 year old woman was in fair condition....
With the release of the new Final Fantasy VII remake for the PS4, it is inevitable that fans are indulging in nostalgia over the original PS1 version of the game. Final Fantasy 7 is a classic after all, and while its blocky graphics are incredibly dated by today’s standards, it was considered revolutionary at the time. It also had a wonderful plot that withstands the test of time. Of the various classic locations in the game, few are as memorable as the Golden Saucer theme park....
A group of dedicated video game preservationists has released hundreds of PlayStation 2 prototypes and demos of titles such as Final Fantasy X and God of War 2. As reported by VGC, the preservation group The Hidden Palace recently shared the prototypes online and has made them available to download. This even includes unfinished/demo versions of massively popular PlayStation titles such as Shadow of the Colossus, Final Fantasy X, Okami, Ratchet and Clank, and God of War....
Everyone assumed that remaking a 23-year-old game for modern consoles would require making some changes, but the sheer scale of changes to the Final Fantasy VII Remake – from its graphics and battle system to its story and characters – was far beyond what the average gamer expected. And that’s just in the first part of the game, which was released in April – two more parts are due to release, and even more changes to the game are expected to appear....
