UFC 4 has been out for EA’s Early Access giving players a good look at its gameplay for the duration of ten hours before its official release on the 14th August 2020. Just like its predecessors, UFC 4 is a complicated game to play and arguably far more difficult to master than EA’s Fight Night boxing game series. In these kinds of games, players can’t get away with mashing buttons and there’s a real sense of strategy and tactical thinking involved....
The video game publisher and developer Capcom officially unveils the release date for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One platforms. Ever since Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite was unveiled during last year’s PlayStation Experience, fans of the long-running fighting game franchise were undoubtedly elated to discover the news of its existence, but the developer has yet to provide an exact launch date beyond the nebulous window of it releasing sometime in late 2017....
Uncharted 4’s lead multiplayer designer Robert Cogburn confirms that the game will feature microtransactions, allowing players to purchase guns and upgrades. Yesterday, during Sony’s Paris Games Week press conference, Naughty Dog gave fans their first look at Uncharted 4’s multiplayer, with the likes of Nathan, Elena, Chloe, and even Katherine Marlowe all being featured as playable characters. While fans have been excited to get their hands on the game’s multiplayer mode, with a beta set to go live in December, some will be disappointed to know that the mode will also feature microtransactions at launch....
It was recently revealed that the haunting trailer shown at The Game Awards 2019 for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 was built using the Unreal Engine 5. During the 2019 Game Awards fans were given a glimpse at the sequel to the chilling franchise Hellblade. The trailer showcased some of the sights that players would experience in the game. It featured photorealistic graphics and impressive visuals. According to a blog post by Jason Ronald, Director of Program Management for the Xbox Series X, the footage seen in the trailer was built using the Xbox Series X technology and the Unreal Engine 5....
Valheim’s early access has been available for a while now; since February 2, gamers have learned how to defeat challenging bosses like Bonemass and Yagluth, as well as where to find even the most hidden resources. Every Valheim fan knows that the key to succeeding in this game is to explore the different biomes available and see what you can find in each one of them. However, there’s an elusive NPC that offers players great rewards, although he’s kind of hard to find....
Valheim is all the rage right now, helped out by a blank release slate, some viral news stories, and the fact that it’s just bloody good fun. Despite the game launching in early access back at the start of February though, I only got around to playing it last weekend. I punched some trees, chased some deer, died while swimming because I didn’t realise how stamina worked… you know, the usual....
Valorant’s Brimstone used to be one of the most played agents in the game. He’s currently one of only three characters sitting in the controller category. The others are Viper and Omen, and back during Valorant’s early beta days, Brimstone’s easy learning curve and Orbital Strike Ultimate put him above them. However, over time, Brimstone’s playtime plummeted because he received nerfs and because Valorant players realized Omen did what he does better....
Valorant, the 5v5 tactical shooter from Riot Games, is set to receive a new map, according to a leak. This news comes courtesy of ValorLeaks, who shares a lot of datamined content for Valorant. Judging by this datamined content, this new upcoming map will be called “Foxtrot”. However, ValorLeaks didn’t manage to find any images for this new map in the Valorant API. This suggests that the new map might not be ready yet to be released in the game....
As gaming continues to grow in popularity, the debate over its effects on children and young adults has only gained more attention. While some studies suggest that video games are not harmful to children, a recent study suggests that gaming could have negative effects on young girls’ ability to develop social skills. This week the Society for Research in Child Development published the results of a study focused on the effects of gaming on children’s development....
Ubisoft officials confirm that Vivendi is attempting a hostile takeover of the company, buying large quantities of shares, possibly in an attempt to become a major shareholder. Ubisoft, the developer and publisher behind games like Assassin’s Creed and the upcoming third-person shooter The Division, is apparently ramping up a defense against a hostile takeover. According to Ubisoft officials, the mass media company Vivendi is attempting to purchase a large quantity of Ubisoft’s shares....
The following contains spoilers for the first two episodes of Marvel’s WandaVision. “We are an unusual couple,” Wanda repeatedly proclaimed in trailers for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first offering through the Disney+ platform. Now that the first two episodes of the series have dropped, the audience can see for themselves just how WandaVision works. Using classic sitcoms as inspiration, the first two episodes of the series see Wanda and Vision trying to blend in to a typical suburban 1950s community....
This article contains Marvel’s What If…? Episode 1 spoilers. Marvel’s What If…? episode 1 is here, and it’s a fascinating glimpse at a version of the MCU we never expected to see. “What If…Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?” is an action-packed riff on the events of Captain America: The First Avenger, showcasing a world where Peggy Carter, not Steve Rogers, was the recipient of the super soldier serum, and took on Nazi forces and the hordes of Hydra....
Heavy Weapons are some of the fiercest and strongest weapons a player can wield in The Outer Worlds. Flamethrowers, Plasma Launchers, Grenade Launchers, and Machine Guns are just some of the devices of death that comprise the Heavy Weapons class in this game. For players that want to tote around these monstrous guns, it pays to know which ones are the best. Granted, a weapon is only as good as the person wielding it, so it pays to use whatever fits the character and playstyle best....
Although Obsidian Entertainment is not the originator of the Fallout formula as we know it today; the studio’s experience with Fallout: New Vegas showed an aptitude for hitting all of the appropriate notes with minimal hiccups. Since then, however, Obsidian has leaned more towards the CRPG with games like Tyranny and Pillars of Eternity. For its latest game, The Outer Worlds, Obsidian Entertainment is going back to that first person sci-fi formula and based on what we saw at E3 2019, it seems like the developer is going to have no troubles finding fans of its game....
CBS All Access has set a date for its new The Stand limited series. The adaptation of the 1978 Stephen King novel will premiere on Dec. 17, bringing a new vision of the apocalypse to our TV screens just in time for the holidays. The Stand, which is considered by many Constant Readers to be King’s absolute masterpiece, is the story of two groups of survivors living in a post-apocalyptic United States after a super flu known as Captain Trips has completely decimated 99 percent of the world’s population....
UPDATE: This post has been updated to clarify that the lawsuit was filed by Robert Kirkman LLC. and Skybound Entertainment and that Robert Kirkman is the sole creator of The Walking Dead IP. The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and his company Skybound Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against a video game developer for allegedly failing to pay him as part of a deal. Disruptor Beam released a mobile game in The Walking Dead series after striking a deal with Kirkman in 2014....
This The Walking Dead review contains spoilers. The Walking Dead Season 11 Episode 19 The opening montage of this week’s The Walking Dead asks an important question of both its survivors and the audience: does it take more courage to live than to die in this environment? It’s underscored by a montage of Eugene (Josh McDermitt) and his lower moments, from begging Abraham (Michael Cudlitz in flashback form) to save his life to joining up with Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) during the Savior days....
On a purely technical level, there are few feats in gaming as impressive as the absolutely massive open world CD Projekt RED created for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Not just huge, the world is filled to the brim with detail and personality, as well as tied together by intricate systems that give the virtual setting and its inhabitants so much life. It’s one of the key reasons The Witcher 3 tends to rank high on many lists of the best open world games....
The X-Files news beat has been relatively quiet since season 11 concluded with a finale that introduced more questions and sharp criticism than resolutions to storylines that had been building up for the better part of 25 years. In a recent interview with a Danish X-Files podcast called Sammensværgelsen (which translates in English to “The Conspiracy Podcast”), series creator Chris Carter said he always intended for The X-Files season 12 to resolve the cliffhangers of “My Struggle IV....
This post contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder Look how far Thor has come! When the Marvel Cinematic Universe ended its first Phase with 2012’s The Avengers, few could have guessed that he would be the only of the team’s trinity to get four movies, let alone that they would be comedies. But with Thor: Love and Thunder, Chris Hemsworth once again teams with Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi (who co-wrote the movie with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson) for another two hours of cosmic goofiness and enough brightly colored crackling to do Jack Kirby proud....
