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Not too long ago, the developer Compulsion Games successfully appealed the Australian Classification Review Board’s decision to ban We Happy Few in Australia, meaning that the forthcoming action-adventure title will release in the region unedited. Following this victory, the studio and the game’s publisher Gearbox Publishing have decided to give fans a better look at the vibrant, dystopian world of Wellington Wells with a brand new trailer. As seen in below in the latest trailer for We Happy Few, potential players of the game are introduced to the concept of “The ABCs of Happiness”, which is to “Always Be Cheerful”....

WePlay! has announced it will be hosting the CS:GO Summer Regional Major Ranking tournament for the CIS region via what they have dubbed “Clutch Island,” wherein participants will compete for a $50,000 prize pool. Tournament Format The tournament will run from June 16-28 and offer teams the second-largest amount of points winnable to contribute toward their regional major rankings (RMR). After competing in open and closed qualifiers, the top five teams will be invited to the main stage....

This Westworld review contains spoilers. Westworld Episode 10 Of all the films that the brothers Christopher and Jonathan Nolan have collaborated on over the years, The Prestige is perhaps the most flawlessly and intricately designed. To be clear, my favorite of their joint efforts remains The Dark Knight (a big surprise, I’m sure considering this site). However, The Prestige seems to somehow effortlessly place narrative layer atop narrative layer until, finally, the end result is the viewer traversing in the ever-dizzying design of the movie’s structure without a sense of confusion… yet you’d probably be lying if you said that you knew for certain what was exactly going on the first time that you watched it....

The Prisoner premiered on British screens in 1967, bringing with it blazers, badges and mind-bending bad guys. The show ran for a mere two years, two truncated seasons and 17 episodes, but its surreal imagery, iconic catchphrases, cerebral plots and absolutely bonkers ending have earned it a perennial place in our cultural consciousness. It’s truly an odd-beast, quintessentially Sixties in some respects, timeless in others. It’s hard to describe or define it as any one thing: it’s a spy show that isn’t a spy show; it’s an action show with bigger brains than muscles; it’s an episode of Yes Minister written by The Beatles; it’s James Bond giving a philosophy lecture on LSD; it’s The Truman Show meets The Twilight Zone by way of Hi-de-Hi!...

The Shape of Water is a return for director/co-writer Guillermo del Toro to a style of filmmaking that he largely abandoned for his last few films — Hellboy: The Golden Army, Pacific Rim and Crimson Peak — although they all still retained a somewhat personal stamp from this most distinctive of genre auteurs. But his newest project finds Del Toro squarely back in the lush, deeply humane and fantastically surreal territory that he mined to near-perfection in Spanish-language movies like Cronos, his 2001 masterpiece The Devil’s Backbone, and his 2006 classic Pan’s Labyrinth....

This The Walking Dead: World Beyond review contains spoilers. The Walking Dead: World Beyond Episode 2 The teens of The Walking Dead: World Beyond have been given all the tools necessary to survive in the world around them. They’ve grown up with weapons training, martial arts drills, and walker-killing lessons from people who know exactly what they’re doing and how to do it. With a teacher like Felix (Nico Tortorella), who has been killing empties and in charge of campus security for quite some time, it’d be hard not to pick up the tricks necessary....

Since its release in 2016, hit indie farming simulator Stardew Valley has dropped players off on a small plot of land, leaving them to grow crops and build relationships with townsfolk. Along the way, players will level up their skills, slay monsters (after eating a hearty meal, of course) and marry an NPC if desired. With hours of content and the ability to play the game however you see fit, it’s easy to miss a lot of content during your first playthrough....

Animal Crossings: New Horizons camera woes became intolerable last month when the social simulation patched up a rather nifty glitch that was enabling players to obscure HUD appearances from their exotic camera shots. The built-in-camera in New Horizons has never been praised for its dynamic imagery. The feature, of course, allows players to capture and record flat scenes from their bustling islands, but it’s not multifaceted enough to give players the power to capture versatile snapshots....

Some remote controls, like the Apple TV 4K remote, need to be charged using a cable. But most get their power from a pair of AAA batteries and while they might last a good long while it’s an inevitibility that they’ll eventually need to be replaced. Unless you have this new remote from TW Electronics. Announced as part of the CES 2023 shennanighans yesterday, the new Google TV remote is designed to never need batteries and never need to be charged....

Tim Roth was on his way to the Cannes Film Festival a couple of years ago when a script came through from his agent. It was for a movie called Resurrection. “I had taken my boy with me, my youngest,” Roth tells Den of Geek. “And I sat down and I read it, and I was kind of shellshocked afterwards. So my son was like, ‘What is that?’ And I said, ‘Well, I don’t know how you would describe it....

Dungeons are just a small but incredibly fun part of the massive online experience that is Final Fantasy 14. There are tons of different dungeons available, and all of them have different tricks that players have to figure out how to navigate. Some dungeons are loved by the fan base, while others like the Aurum Vale are more notorious than anything. No matter what dungeons players love or hate, though, they’ll need to know how to make the most out of their respective dungeon runs....

The Lord of the Rings is arguably the biggest fantasy franchise in all of pop culture. With a handful of successful games in its past - and more titles on the way - J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece also encouraged another game that sadly never came to fruition. Founder Jon Burton - of British developer Traveller’s Tales - once shared footage of a game based on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings that never took flight....

While most figured that Black Ops DLC map pack onslaught would end with the recently released (for the Xbox 360) Annihilation, it looks like Treyarch might have at least one more surprise in store for gamers. According to Black Ops’ design director, when asked if Annihilation would be the last map pack, gamers should keep their eyes peeled for more information in the weeks to come. Whether or not this means that more map packs are on the way is unclear, but obviously something worthwhile is in the pipeline....

Last year, Squanch Games released the acclaimed Trover Saves the Universe on Xbox One, Switch, PS4, PSVR, and PC. On June 18th, Trover will see a release on the Oculus Quest at a file size of 3.4 GB. Played from a third-person perspective, and considering Squanch’s roots in VR, it’s arguable that Oculus provides the best way to experience Trover. Squanch Games (formerly known as Squanchtendo) was founded in August 2016....

While we patiently wait for HBO’s The Last of Us casting news, Joel’s in-game actor Troy Baker is not giving up his dream of being in the show. The actor recently showed interest in taking on a smaller role that could potentially pit him against live-action Joel. Baker hosted a livestream over on his YouTube channel, Relater - Troy Baker, to predominantly talk about Tom Holland’s first promotional image as Nathan Drake for the upcoming Uncharted movie....

Twitch has banned Donald Trump in order to prevent him from using the platform to incite “further violence.” Twitch has taken the extraordinary step of banning Trump’s account. In an emailed statement to Kotaku, the online streaming platform wrote that the step was taken in order to prevent yesterday’s violence from escalating any further. “In light of yesterday’s shocking attack on the Capitol, we have disabled President Trump’s Twitch channel,” the spokesperson wrote....

It’s been a tumultuous year for Ubisoft. The company has found itself buried in controversy after controversy, almost all of them stemming from reports of toxic workplace place culture perpetuated by upper-level staff and management. Since then, there have been numerous key departures, apologies from Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, and massive missteps while trying to directly address the problem. On the other side of the coin, Ubisoft’s upcoming game lineup is one of the strongest the company has had in years....

Valheim’s rise to popularity in early 2021 has been a big surprise to many. The Viking survival RPG seemingly came from nowhere, but Valheim is continually one of the most played games on Steam. One of the aspects of the RPG that is enjoyable is the freedom it provides, and players are already tinkering with the experience to play the game in various ways. One particular streamer thought outside the box by turning it into a permadeath game; one with very high stakes....

Sage is a Chinese agent in the upcoming Valorant who specializes in support and healing. She wears the traditional white of a healer and has long hair. Her catchphrase, “I am both shield and sword,” is apt because while being a support character, she still has offensive capabilities. The game will feature two teams of five battling it out in round-based arena combat. There will be five standard characters and five who need to be unlocked....

Valorant developer Riot Games confirms that console and mobile versions of the new multiplayer shooter could happen. Fans have been wondering if the PC-only title could come to other platforms after they found evidence of a Valorant mobile port within the game’s files. Speaking to The Express Online, Valorant game director Joe Ziegler confirmed that the game’s development team is now “exploring other platforms like console and mobile.” However, Ziegler also said that “right now the team is working hard to deliver a top notch experience on PC,” suggesting that it could be a while until Valorant is available to those not playing on PC....