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If a modern game developer set out to craft a video game franchise as odd, quirky, and uniquely fleshed-out as Metal Gear Solid, the smart money would be on failure. Yet Kojima Productions has turned the stealth action title into a modern epic, with Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain taking the action onto a new generation of home consoles. And after the game was shown off at E3 2014, the developers have now made the walkthrough demo available to anyone wishing to see it....

The recent delay to the forthcoming James Bond movie, No Time To Die, was a colossal blow to the film industry. Audiences will have to wait until at least 2021 for what is set to be actor Daniel Craig’s final appearance in the Bond series. Once No Time To Die is finally released, Craig will have been playing Bond for 15 years – a fact which is bound to age many readers on the spot....

The news that Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali would be taking over the iconic role of Blade in the MCU was met with a very positive reaction, but there are still many fans who have a hard time picturing anyone but Wesley Snipes in the role. But while he might not be reprising his role as the Daywalker, Snipes stated that he would be open to making a cameo in the new Marvel Studios movie....

Final Fantasy 7 is a political game. The definition of a political game is fairly broad these days, ranging from games that make political statements to games that feature politicians in central roles, to games that don’t feature an all cis-white-straight male cast. “Stop making gaming political!” has become such an empty, bad faith talking point - basically, if a certain group of people (4chan losers, mostly) decide they don’t like a game, it’s political....

This Lord of the Rings article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power. But the inevitable future of Numenor isn’t the only thing teased in “Adar.” Galadriel also confirms what she’s suspected all along: Sauron is indeed still out there and amassing his forces to create a new kingdom in the Southlands of Middle-earth. Indeed, the sigil Galadriel found in the first episode turns out to actually be a map pointing towards the place that will eventually become Mordor, the land where the shadows lie....

When searching for a new anime to watch, there are several possible approaches. Recommendations from friends are fine, but what if they have bad taste? Best to leave it up to the greater public by learning what the most popular Netflix Original anime is. The answer, by the way, is fantasy-action title The Seven Deadly Sins followed by the grown-up furries of Beastars. Netlix is notoriously tight-lipped about viewing data, but content marketing company NeoMam Studios stepped in to crunch the numbers....

The Sims 4 is all about living the life of your dreams through your Sims. Choose the career you want, build the house you’ve always dreamed of and use cheats to get all the simoleons in the world. With mods, the possibilities become even more endless, and ultimately the game is sort of the best guilty pleasure game out there. However, guilty pleasure doesn’t always mean all is well in the world of your Sims....

The new Sims 4 game pack, Journey To Batuu, is a crossover between The Sims 4 and Star Wars. It meshes both worlds together in a way we’ve never seen before in The Sims franchise. The result is a game that has those who know nothing about Star Wars wondering if they’ll be able to understand it. This game pack is very unique but a vast knowledge of Star Wars isn’t necessary to play in and enjoy the world of Batuu....

Capping off Saturday’s EA Play, Electronic Arts revealed exciting new content headed to The Sims 4 soon. Players who were able to snag a free copy of the game last month would be happy to know that The Sims 4 is getting a new expansion this month, and another game pack later this fall that will introduce a feature that simmers have been asking for years now. The upcoming expansion pack is called The Sims 4: Island Living and it will release on June 21 for PC and Mac, and July 16 for consoles....

News of what Sega plans to do next with Sonic the Hedgehog has not been rolling around at the speed of sound, leaving fans to wonder what Sonic’s 30th anniversary will bring. Now they shall wonder no longer, as Sonic Central finally announced a digital event for the big 30. The Sonic livestream is happening today, May 27. Hardcore fans already got some inkling of future Sonic plans. If certain retailer leaks hold true, a new Sonic Collection and Sonic Colors Ultimate are on the way....

This Umbrella Academy review does not contain spoilers. Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba’s The Umbrella Academy, which opens with the spontaneous birth of 43 superpowered babies right at the moment a wrestler elbow drops a giant space squid in the ring, might be unadaptable. Despite its best efforts to capture the delightful weirdness of the comic as well as expand on some of the storylines only hinted at in the book, the new Netflix series is ultimately too grounded and sluggish to really keep us invested....

In spite of the fact that you cannot choose your school in the Witcher series, they play an important role in understanding the lore — and fans are often at odds over which is the superior school. Each Witcher school is responsible for training its students to tackle particular enemies using strategies unique to each one, and come with their own codes of honor, ethics, and ideologies. There is a lot about these organizations that many fans may not be aware of....

Yennefer of Vengerberg is one of the most recognizable characters in the entirety of the Witcher franchise, in whatever form Witcher media might take. That being said, Yennefer didn’t really appear seriously in the games until pretty early into the 3rd game. There were little hints at her existence in the first game, and in the second, any player keeping a close eye on the action has a pretty good guess that they would end up seeing Yennefer when The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt came out....

In 2007 Square Enix blew Nintendo DS owners’ minds with the release of their teen-angst fueled dual-screen masterpiece, The World Ends With You. The game saw players take a coming of age journey with series protagonist Neku and friends in their attempt to win “The Reaper’s Game,” a twisted contest where the contestants’ existence can be permanently erased. For years, fans of the original game have clamored for a sequel. Despite several teased announcements that almost always turned out to be tablet, Square Enix has finally announced Neo: The World Ends With You, a true sequel to the DS original....

New environment screenshots for the remaster of NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… have been made available on Square Enix’s NieR Twitter. NieR has had a unique release history. In Japan, the game was split into two versions: NieR Replicant, which was a PS3 exclusive centered around a teen boy, and NieR Gestalt, the Xbox 360 exclusive with a middle-aged male protagonist. Although those were the extent of the two versions’ differences, only NieR Gestalt was released in the West—simply titled NieR—leaving Replicant exclusive to Japan....

One Sonic fan has taken matters into their own hands and created a visually stunning Sonic game using Dreams. Ever since Dreams launched, dedicated players have been using the platform to create virtual works of art. Whether it be a recreation of Fall Guys or what a Treasure Planet World might look like in Kingdom Hearts. The latest addition to that impressive roster is an all-new fanmade Sonic game, and it might be the best-imagined video game creation in Dreams to date....

At the beginning of last year, a guy by the name of Jak Wilmot decided to spend an entire week living in VR. Why, you ask? Besides the fact that it would make a great TED talk, he wanted to experience first-hand what the implications are of simulating our reality in every aspect of daily life. Wilmot literally did everything - sleeping, eating, showering, and working - with an HMD strapped to his head for 7 straight days....

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 lets you shred to over 50 songs across different genres, but not every track is a banger. Thankfully, you can take out those annoying songs in the options menu, and it’s an almost painless process. How To Access The Pro Skater Playlist On the main menu, go to Options, then Sound Options. Next, go down to playlist and press X (or A for Xbox)....

Over the last week a debate has raged in the gaming community over the actions of Twitch streamer Alinity. In a short clip from a recent stream, Alinity can be seen moving her cat out of the way of her monitor and seemingly dropping it behind her chair. Shortly after the incident happened on stream, the clip was shared around the Internet, with many accusing Alinity of animal abuse and saying she threw her cat over her head....

After a recent ban, Twitch streamer Amouranth has returned to the platform. At first, fans were unaware of the cause of the ban, and many were uncertain about how long it would last, but Amouranth has now revealed these details to fans in her stream. It is a well known fact by now that Twitch has an extremely harsh and sometimes unpredictable banning system, especially when it comes to sexually explicit content....