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I’m a self-proclaimed Yakuza hipster. Nowadays, the franchise is one of Sega’s biggest properties, beloved by millions around the world as each new entry is welcomed with open arms. But before the release of Yakuza 0 in the West and Kazuma Kiryu’s subsequent explosion in popularity, the picture was very different indeed. Fans were used to waiting years for games to be localised, and even then they’d be rewarded with a digital-only release on a platform that had been on the shelf for years....

When Robert Kirkman isn’t busy killing off fan favorite characters in the pages of The Walking Dead comic book, he likes to spend some of his free time playing video games. This is according to Kirkman himself, who revealed that one of his favorite current video games is Bungie’s Destiny 2 while discussing Overkill’s upcoming The Walking Dead game in a video interview. Kirkman also pointed to the original Wolfenstein and Doom games as some of his favorite FPS titles....

The world of The Witcher is full to the brim with some of the most disgusting monsters you’ll ever gaze upon. Drowners, grave hags, foglets, plague maidens, and botchlings are just a few of the many horrifying creatures you’ll encounter in your journey as Geralt of Rivia. However, perhaps the most terrifying creature in The Witcher 3 that will surely rustle your jimmies are the rotfiends — heinous abominations that will make you shiver with their sheer grotesqueness at least once during your playthrough....

The Witcher: Blood Origin - Release date Airs on 25 December 2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin - Where can I watch it? The Witcher: Blood Origin - Plot The Witcher: Blood Origin - Cast Michelle Yeoh - Scian Lenny Henry - Balor Sophia Brown - Éile Laurence O’Fuarain - Fjall Dylan Moran - Uthrok One-Nut Jacob Collins-Levy - Eredin Francesca Mills - Meldof Nathaniel Curtis - Brían Mirren Mack - Merwyn Minnie Driver - Narrator Huw Novelli - Brother Death Zach Wyatt - Syndril Lizzie Annis - Zacaré Amy Murray - Fenrick Hebe Beardsall - Catrin Kim Adis - Ket Aidan O’Callaghan - Kareg The Witcher: Blood Origin - Trailers and featurettes 

Red Dead Redemption 2 is packed full of Arthurian legends which play play a key role both in-universe and as a commentary on the game itself. The characters refer to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in the story, mythologizing themselves but also reminding the player that the entire game takes place within a mythologized version of the Old West. Red Dead Redemption 2 isn’t the only huge open-world game with a strange relationship to another source....

If there’s anything that gets us through our day-to-day lives, it’s undoubtedly the many, many memes that we see throughout the week, treating us to plenty of chuckles and bringing a smile to our day. We absolutely love memes, and that’s why we share some of our absolute favorites on our Facebook page every week. In case you missed out on some prime meme-material, here are the very best memes of the past week to brighten up your day....

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is no stranger to promotional islands, but this new one is bound to be the most profitable. Ally Financial is creating Ally Island to promote its services, and it will be offering visitors to the island a turnip exchange rate of 1,000 bells between October 23 and October 27. That’s the best rate we’ve ever seen in the game, so make sure stock up on turnips and head over to the island when it goes live....

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Although we already have a live action adaptation of Battle Royale, which is pretty close to what a PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds movie would be like, it’s still fun to imagine a cinematic version of the hit game. There aren’t any official plans for a PUBG film in the near future, but this live action trailer does a pretty fantastic job selling us on the idea of one. The live-action cinematic round of PUBG arrives just in time to promote the Chinese exclusive mobile spin-off games associated with the main title....

Respawn Entertainment reveals that Titanfall 2’s single player experience will emphasize freedom, and center around themes of humanity’s relationship to artificial intelligence. Titanfall 2 created some buzz at E3 with the reveal of the sword-based titan class, and a trailer for the single player campaign. One of the main complaints with the first Titanfall was that the game lacked a single player story and, consequently, lacked enough content to justify the $60 price tag....

The Animal Crossing series has always been a hit with players. Each entry offers immense customization options, clever writing/dialogue, and (oftentimes overlooked) amazing soundtracks. As you shake trees, collect seashells, fish, and catch bugs with the hourly melodies that play throughout your town (or island), it’s hard not to find yourself humming the tunes during your real-life routine. Naturally, some hourly tracks in each game outshine others, and the fan-favorites are clear....

Publisher and developer Ubisoft offers a free copy of its forthcoming open world title Watch Dogs 2 to the winners of a North American hacking competition. With Watch Dogs 2’s story focusing on a hacktivist group known as Dedsec in a San Francisco setting, it only makes sense for the forthcoming game’s creators to team up with a real world organization dedicated to the actual education and awareness of cyber-security skills in order to promote the title....

Rift, the 2011 MMO developed by Trion Worlds, has announced a decrease in subscription fees for its 3-month, 6-month, and annual plans. There’s no official reason as to why this decrease in prices is being rolled out, but one has to imagine a little title called Star Wars: The Old Republic has something to do with it. To sweeten the deal even further, Trion Worlds announced that anyone who purchases a multi-month subscription would net themselves an extra 30 days of playtime, making each subscription package one month longer....

Ubisoft has just revealed its latest VR game, AGOS (for A Game Of Space), coming to Steam and Oculus VR on October 28. In the not-too-distant future, humanity is forced to leave Earth, and you are the last to go. Humanity will rely on advanced AIs to help guide them to their next home where they can rebuild civilization. The mysterious game will see you piloting spacecraft around, collecting resources, researching new technologies, and doing whatever it takes to keep your ships full of fragile humans running....

Amid the current coronavirus pandemic, many planned events have been cancelled under lockdown and social distancing measures. Yet, many organizations have utilized remote means to still persevere despite the situation. In this case, a university took a swing at using a popular video game. The University of California, Berkeley’s class of 2020 would still have its commencement ceremony, albeit a bit blocky. Taking the World Health Organization’s recommendation to heart by staying home and playing video games, the 2020 commencement was held over Minecraft while streamed on Twitch....

While our opinions over games, genres, and platform preferences can differ, if there’s a single consensus amongst TheGamer editing staff, it’s that virtual reality has hit its stride with plenty of room to grow and thrive. From the Oculus 2 to VR battle royales, virtual reality as a platform feels great, and can sometimes even be the preferred method of playing VR-capable titles. Last year, TheGamer’s Eric Switzer previewed Until You Fall, and couldn’t have been more excited about what he experienced and the future potential that the game held....

Valve is teaming up with Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard to create a brand new virtual reality headset. Half-Life: Alyx just came out, and by all accounts, it’s the best VR game ever made. Metacritic has Alyx at 92, with a few publications giving it a perfect score. We here at TheGamer sadly don’t have a high-end virtual reality rig to test out Alyx ourselves, and that’s sort of the problem with VR gaming: it’s bulky, requires a lot of space, and is super expensive....

Valve is sponsoring another South American Dota 2 tournament, this time teaming up with 4D Esports to produce a second season of the Realms Collide series. The partnership will see the event’s prize pool take a huge leap to $75,000, making it “the biggest tournament in the history of South America.” 4D Esports is a South American esports tournament organizer based in Lima, Peru. The company has previously hosted several small events, including the inaugural Realms Collide season....

Lockpicking simulations have existed in video games pretty much since the dawn of video games, and developers’ interpretations of cracking a lock range from attempted realism to creative minigames that sometimes have little to do with actual lockpicking. To memorialize the diverse ways that this common gameplay mechanic has been implemented in games, Johnnemann Nordhagen of Dim Bulb Games has created a virtual Museum of Mechanics, which features some of the varied lockpicking mechanisms used in video games over the years....

Wallace & Gromit isn’t the first franchise that springs to mind when predicting who will give AR gaming a whirl in 2020, but here we are. Ever since Pokémon GO brought AR gaming to the world’s attention in 2016, it feels as if everyone has been trying to replicate its success. Even Pokémon GO’s developer Niantic has tried to lay another golden egg by turning other beloved franchises into AR adventures....