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Giant mechs are piloted by adorable animal creatures in Volta-X, the upcoming tactical strategy game for the Nintendo Switch. Are furries taking over more than just the PlayStation 5? It certainly seems that way thanks to Volta-X, an upcoming strategy game for the Nintendo Switch from GungHo Entertainment. Although that company is Japanese, their American division has created Volta-X to appeal to a more Western audience, as the animation style of the cute animal creatures makes abundantly clear....

According to recent reports, the US Army’s brief tenure on Twitch has come to an end for now. During its time on the platform, the military branch’s esports team faced widespread criticism from viewers, Twitter users and even from Twitch itself. This announcement comes from esports consultant Rod Breslau, who goes by Slasher on Twitter. After failing to stream for thirteen days, the Army decided to “pause” social media usage in response to the backlash surrounding fake giveaways and accusations of unconstitutional behavior from the ACLU....

Tons of things changed in Call of Duty: Warzone Season 2 as a large ship banked on the shore of Verdansk. While the ship gained lots of attention, several of the notable bunker locations changed, and nuclear silos opened across the game’s map. With things changing so rapidly, it can be hard to know what features are still around in Call of Duty: Warzone during Season 2. To make this a little easier, one fan has created a useful map for Call of Duty: Warzone bunker fans....

Since its launch, Valheim made an impact with players, garnering quite a bit of community support. The developers have also been hard at work adapting to new workspaces while crafting new updates for Valheim. A recent developer update from Iron Gate Studios revealed some of the progress that’s been made on Valheim. The update revealed the status of a couple of bugs being worked on and issues being addressed in the game....

China continues to lead the world to the cyber dystopian future with a censored alpha client for Steam. Back in 2018, China announced that it’d require all software available in the country to conform to Chinese laws regarding video games. This means strict censorship of certain terms, limits on gameplay time for younger players, and the segregation of Chinese players so that they could only play with other Chinese gamers....

2020 is going to be a massive year for Nintendo, and especially so for fans of the Super Mario franchise as Nintendo gears up for his 35 year anniversary. Yes, that’s right. The former plumber is back and he’s bringing his back catalog with him. As first reported on VGC, Nintendo looks set to release special anniversary editions of some of his classic adventures. A source close to Nintendo has said that these will not just be straight digital ports and will include the N64 hit Super Mario 64 (1997), Gamecube’s Super Mario Sunshine (2002) and Wii’s Super Mario Galaxy (2007)....

Upon first unboxing the ViewSonic XG2705 gaming monitor, it quickly manages to impress as a simple, well put together piece of hardware. Assembly takes moments but remains secure, even with the occasional bumping or jostling of the monitor. From there, it’s everything a PC or console player could want. As expected from modern designs, the monitor can tilt to avoid glare, pivot from widescreen to vertical, or swivel depending on the need of the gamer, but its height adjustment options go a long way too....

A university study from 2018 has revealed that Wailord needs to eat a lot of other Pokémon just to make sure it doesn’t float away. Wailord is a big Pokemon. In fact, it’s canonically the biggest organism in the entire Pokemon universe. Wailord is so big that all it needs to do to knock you out is make a big splash. Its size has been the subject of many memes and is the major reason behind its popularity amongst the Pokemon community....

WandaVision’s 7th episode gave fans answers to a few theories that had been circling for weeks now, while also serving to raise the stakes a bit. This makes sense in terms of pacing as there are only two episodes left to conclude this strangely wonderful television experiment from the Marvel masterminds. However, it’s also becoming clear how Marvel intends to set up the pieces of this phase using television as a full-fledged part of the MCU....

Several weeks after the Cold War update in Warzone, it is clear that Raven has made a number of changes behind the scenes. The Kilo and R-9 were stealth nerfed, and the Cold War guns are a mess. Some small changes to the map have been discovered and a lot of things are completely broken. Raven did their best to try and integrate the huge mass of content on a short timetable....

The newest update in Call of Duty: Warzone brought not only another large download into an already large game, but also a range of unlisted changes that are affecting players in different ways. According to u/diegg0 on Reddit, some of these changes seem to be permanent, and some perhaps made in error and have been adjusted since the update. The list of changes is as follows: Shield Turrets are no longer appearing on the map and their duration time has increased Ammo crates can now be pinged Trucks have been nerfed for Quads and Trios Guns may now be dropped and requested Scavenger loot boxes now spawn at greater distances from each other Bounty contracts were removed briefly, but as of 04/30/2020 appeared to be back as normal Self-revive kits provide players with full health A warning has been added before leaving the game that one should wait for the Party Leader and informs players of who the party leader is....

There’s less than a week to go until the launch of Godfall, the hotly-anticipated looter-slasher from Counterplay Games and Gearbox Publishing. Setting out to create a brand new subgenre, the game combines the loot-based elements of titles like Destiny with a third-person melee combat system. Godfall’s high fantasy world is divided into elemental realms, which players will travel through as they attempt to overthrow Macros, the Mad God. To defeat the many enemies they’ll come across, players will be equipped with Valorplates....

If you haven’t checked in on portable hard drives lately, you may be amazed some of the products out there now. Take for example the WD_BLACK P50: an extremely versatile gaming SSD that makes it impossibly easy transfer, back-up, or expand the storage of your gaming library. With almost no setup, the P50 can instantly double or even triple the storage capacity of your PS5 or Xbox One. For content creators, the mini-drive is the perfect portable solution for quickly and efficiently transfer and back-up your videos and exports....

Horror fans will be glad to know that the legendary Overlook Hotel will soon be making a return to video screens, but this time to television. HBO Max has revealed that it has cemented a deal to create Overlook, a one-hour drama revisiting the iconic location from Stephen King’s The Shining. The Shining, which released as a novel in 1977, was subsequently made into a film in 1980 and - in addition to remakes - has since seen offshoots like the Rose Red mini-series and last year’s Doctor Sleep, which acts as a sequel to the original novel....

Fallout 76 is the Fallout franchise’s first foray into multiplayer, and there are a ton of new things to discover in Bethesda’s newest open-world. One of the most interesting mechanics added in Fallout 76 are the mutations. You have a chance to mutate anytime you interact with something that gives you radiation, and you’re more likely to develop certain mutations than others. There are nineteen mutations that have been discovered so far, and you can develop different mutations at the same time....

Rockstar Toronto’s 2005 game The Warriors, based on the 1979 film of the same name, is a cult classic among fans of the PlayStation 2 and original Xbox. Now, 15 years after the game’s release, those same fans are campaigning for The Warriors to receive the remake treatment for next-gen consoles. Some of the video game movie tie-ins that released in the 2000s were more akin to shoddily put-together marketing material than quality gaming experiences, but The Warriors is one of the few exceptions....

Even though Geralt has plenty of different things to do in The Witcher 3, most of his time is spent fighting various monsters, as well as humans who stand in his way. Geralt has to take on some of the enemies while he searches for Ciri. There’s also the battle against the Wild Hunt which puts formidable villains in Geralt’s way. And if that wasn’t enough, the witcher’s job is to kill dangerous monsters who hurt or kill people....

Although The Witcher eventually became a video game industry juggernaut, the open world RPG franchise is actually an adaptation of a series of fantasy novels written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Sapkowski has been refining and expanding the world of The Witcher since 1986, but it was only after CD Projekt Red adapted his novels and short stories into a fantasy RPG title that The Witcher began to accrue global fame....

Uzi! China Lake! Olympia! All of these three guns have something in common. They’re all awful! It actually physically annoys me when I see someone using any of these guns in multiplayer or even zombies. This is because they are pretty much throwing the game for their entire team because of their lack of gun prowess. Now, there is only one thing that annoys me more than the use of awful guns in Call of Duty games....

Life is a game. Not in the sense that death is inevitable so we might as well enjoy the time we have before death’s cold embrace takes us. No, today we’re talking about the actual Game of Life, the board game sensation that takes us through all the ups and downs (mostly downs) of trying to make a living in modern society. It turns out that Marmalade Game Studios made a sequel that gives the game a 21st Century makeover, and you’ll soon be able to play it on PC and Nintendo Switch....