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Entertainment’s hybrid mech/shooter Titanfall took Microsoft consoles and PCs by storm over the last few months and the title’s impressive sales record proves that gamers are welcoming the change of pace from the usual Battlefield and Call of Duty first-person shooter experiences. Now that plenty of consumers have committed the first $60 to the Titanfall experience, the developers are ready to start unleashing additional paid content to keep things the community entertained…...

Ever since its release in 2007 (and its re-release in 2020), Crysis has been a benchmark for graphical capability. This first person shooter puts players in the role of an augmented super soldier, and is incredibly solid in its execution; so much so that it garnered two sequels. But no matter how good the game is, the online jokes seem to have surpassed the game itself. The memes of “Can it run Crysis?...

At about 1AM PST last night the impossible was made possible. Twitch Plays Pokémon, the protracted experiment that combined the chaos of a Twitch chat with pocket monsters, actually beat Pokémon Red. While many thought this day would never come, the Twitch Plays Pokémon stream was able to overcome some pretty big obstacles, including the loss of a starter Pokémon and what seemed like an endless loop of touching the helix fossil....

Twitter has tweaked the way bookmarks work to make it easier and quicker to bookmark a tweet for later reading. The ability to bookmark a tweet isn’t a new addition for Twitter, but what’s now changed is a tweak to how it actually happens. Previously, marking a tweet as bookmarked required opening the share menu and then selecting a bookmarking option. However, this new change means that a bookmark button can be found within the tweet’s details page - the same place you’d find buttons to add it as a favourite, for example....

Ubisoft reveals an E3 2017 trailer teasing unannounced games and a brand new IP from the company as well. The company’s E3 2017 press conference is set to take place on June 12. In a new teaser trailer for its E3 plans, two Ubisoft team members seek Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s approval for what they can put in said video. “Most of the games are unannounced” and will not be revealed until the conference and so it’s best that they get the executive to sign off first....

Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad is the upcoming free-to-play game by Ubisoft that aims to take on the mobile market. The new game recently drew the ire of many fans, surprisingly not because of its monetization, but the use of political imagery and themes. While using political imagery and flirting with contemporary issues for marketing is not new for Ubisoft, the recent usage of the Black Lives Matter fist has many questioning what Ubisoft is trying to do....

If there’s one thing Undertale has become famous for aside from its memorable characters, subversive RPG gameplay, and contributions to meme culture, it’s the soundtrack. Few video game soundtracks of this generation have left as big an impression as the one that gave fans “Megalovania,” and soon there will be a whole new way to experience it, since one fan is making a ska album out of Toby Fox’s music....

Easter is a Christian holiday and tends to fall on a different day with each passing year. Many people love Easter because of egg hunts, the Easter bunny, and spending time with loved ones. The holidays may not look the same this year with the Covid-19 virus still running rampant in many areas, but players can always recreate Easter in The Sims 4. While this can’t be done with the base game, all players have to do is purchase The Sims 4: Seasons to help them create the Easter holiday of their dreams....

It looks like the world just can’t get enough of Iron Gate Studio’s viking simulator. Valheim has been on quite a roll since its Early Access release on Steam. The game hit 364,629 concurrent players in just two weeks, with over 75,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch. The game has casually broken another record to reach a peak of 502,387 concurrent players on Steam according to SteamCharts. The charts haven’t yet updated as of this writing....

Valve is retiring the section of Steam that deals with non-video game video purchases in what was an unexpected move to many. Well, we use the term “unexpected” because we’re certain most users either forgot Steam had a video purchasing option, or just never knew it existed. The product never really made sense on the Steam platform, and Valve more or less confirmed such sentiments in their statement regarding the matter....

If there’s one thing to take from this console generation, it’s that the gaming landscape has changed. Five years ago, who would have thought that we could buy all of our games digitally or that smartphone companion apps would tie us into the game world? Who would have thought that video games would ever rival movies and books as a storytelling medium? Some might say that last sentence goes a bit too far....

This Vikings review contains spoilers. Vikings Season 5 Episode 12 “I am what I have always been, Christ’s warrior on Earth.” What begins as an episode examining the doubts and fears of leadership, quickly devolves into a study of political survival as the exiles from the north settle into their new lives in Wessex while their former friends and neighbors learn to live under the rule of a new king in Kattegat....

With the video game industry being an absolute juggernaut in terms of global reach and revenue – it made $91 billion worldwide in 2016, according to a report from SuperData Research – it makes sense for many physicians, clinicians, and psychological experts to continue their studies on the medium in order to understand its effects on the human body and psyche. With this being the case, there are bound to be conflicting pieces of research that either point to the possibility of video games having negative impacts such as a link to increased aggression, or having no connection to harmful effects whatsoever....

The HTC Vive is trending on Twitter, and not because of anything it specifically did. The Vive’s number one competitor made a blunder, and because of that, the HTC VR headset is suddenly a bit more popular. Oculus is now forcing its players to use Facebook accounts to log in and play on its VR headsets. The announcement has not gone over well with fans. Because of this, many are saying they will leave Oculus and buy an HTC Vive, and others are claiming that when they do eventually buy a VR headset, it will not be an Oculus....

From its very opening, the most striking thing about War for the Planet of the Apes is how uncompromising it is in its earnestness and brutality. Whereas most summer spectacles these days are beholden to universe-building and snappy intertextual banter, Matt Reeves’ War makes no bones about being anything less than its aspirations: a patient, deliberate, and occasionally devastating drama about an ape who is transitioning from the role of flesh-and-blood leader to mythic figure for a yet to be written Simian bible....

War never changes but Fallout certainly has. One of Interplay Entertainment’s development teams, Black Isle Studios, wanted to create a new game. Their previous title, Wasteland, was a role-playing game set in the aftermath of nuclear war. Wasteland enjoyed worldwide success and positive reception from players. Wasteland’s sequel Fountain of Dreams did not live up to the hype of the original game and the publisher, Electronic Arts, scrapped plans for a sequel....

With hundreds of models, multiple books, and dozens of accessories Warhammer 40K has fans around the world. Players can take part in local tournaments or battle against their friends. However, some fans of the hobby simply enjoy building and painting models. The tabletop game has countless customization options, so the hobby can rack up serious price investments. The larger titan and transport sets can cost players hundreds and even thousands of dollars....

The Sykov is an extremely powerful pistol in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone that has completely flipped the meta. Many are referring to the Sykov as ‘broken’, which means you definitely need it in your loadout. Here’s everything you need to know to unlock the Sykov pistol in Warzone. How To Unlock The Sykov The Sykov pistol is unlocked by completing a specific challenge in either Modern Warfare multiplayer or Warzone....

Ubisoft confirms that the highly anticipated sequel to one of 2014’s hit games, Watch Dogs 2, will release for unspecified platforms before April 2017. Considering the fact that the original Watch Dogs sold 4 million copies in one week, despite being a brand new IP, it’s not surprising at all to know that Watch Dogs 2 is on the way. Ever since the success of the original, the sequel has been a shoo-in, but now fans have a better idea of when to actually expect the game to hit store shelves....

Ubisoft has a wide array of games launching in the coming months, with heavyweight titles like Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla being complemented by new IPs like Immortals: Fenyx Rising. In the middle of those is Watch Dogs Legion, Ubisoft’s third pass at telling a compelling hacker drama. Game Rant went hands-on with Watch Dogs Legion for about four hours at a recent remote preview event, during which time we saw a significant chunk of missions, NPC recruitment, and free roam....