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Not every recruit is created equal in Watch Dogs Legion, and players that want the very best on their teams will need to obtain some of the game’s Skilled Operatives. Indeed, these NPCs have some truly unique skills and equipment at their disposal, and the Beekeeper, who can use a swarm of robotic bees to attack their foes, is one of the most powerful. For those players that would like to acquire a Beekeeper in Watch Dogs Legion, there are two avenues that they can pursue....

Foley work may not be the most appreciated job in the movie and video game business, but it sure makes our experience so much better. During episode 4 of CD Projekt Red’s Night City Wire, we got an up-close and personal look at the vehicles of Cyberpunk 2077, and the foley artists who make those in-game engines purr. Revving Up Night City was the name of the behind the scenes piece featured in the publisher’s showcase, that saw senior sound designer Krzysztof Lipka on the race track....

Releasing on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and the Epic Game Store last year, The Outer Worlds was one of 2019’s biggest RPGs. Acting as something of a spiritual successor to Obsidian Entertainment’s work on Fallout: New Vegas, it was a sci-fi experience that put the reins of the story in the hands of the player, letting them create a wholly unique character and make choices that affected the outcome of the story and world....

With the latest in Xbox hardware recently released to the public via the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S, players that have managed to get their hands on these sought after consoles are likely looking for the first major exclusive title to play on it. While games like Tetris Effect: Connected and Yakuza: Like a Dragon seem to fill that role in at least a temporary sense as they are timed exclusives, Xbox seems to be lacking the power of launching a major first party title alongside its new consoles....

The Backyard Stuff pack for The Sims 4 comprises content very clearly designed to add some color to Sim’s gardens. The vast majority of the build and buy items are outdoor-related and the clothing is very much themed around relaxing outdoors on a summer afternoon. However, despite the seemingly limited nature of the pack, there are still plenty of useful items and great create a sim choices to be found. Those looking for indoor furniture should steer clear but for anyone who wants some casual clothes and a few finishing touches for their garden, these are the highlights of Backyard Stuff....

If the pandemic was good for something, it was giving folks time to catch up on or get reacquainted with the best television series from the modern era. Are you someone who promised you’d watch The Wire if you only had the time? Well, time found you. Were you dying to revisit Breaking Bad now that you’ve had some distance? Well, what a perfect activity for social distancing! Looking to careen through 40 seasons of Survivor?...

Nowadays it’s hard for any superhero show to stand out on television. Through three seasons on Netflix, however, The Umbrella Academy has discovered that it sure does help to have a banging soundtrack. Fittingly for a TV series based on a comic written by a musician (My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way), The Umbrella Academy knows its way around a tune. Season 1 was highlighted by an instant classic group dance session to Tiffany....

It’s sometimes said that the 1990s wasn’t a great time for horror films. But while lots of disappointing franchise sequels crowded their way into cinemas or the lower shelves of video stores, there were also plenty of fantastic examples of the familiar chill. Bernard Rose’s Candyman was one of the very best of the decade; Wes Craven’s New Nightmare was an intelligent reworking of a flagging series; The Ring introduced a new strain of Japanese horror to a global audience....

I loved swinging from rooftop to rooftop in Marvel’s Spider-Man. It’s the only game where I never used the fast travel mechanic once. Okay, I suppose I did a few times, but only because it was funny to make Peter ride the subway wearing just his Spidey mask and his Spidey pants. For the most part though, even if I needed to get all the way from the Financial District to Harlem, I used nothing but web....

Developed by PlatinumGames, The Wonderful 101 first released in 2013 for Wii U. In the game, players control 100 different heroes to attack alien invaders. The game received positive reviews, but the Wii U wasn’t the most popular and many people didn’t get the chance to play. In May 2020, Platinum released a remastered version of the game, which is available for Nintendo Switch, PC, and PS4. The remastered version includes sharper visuals and a smoother combat system that can be found in other PlatinumGame titles, such as Bayonetta and Nier: Automata....

An upcoming RPG-WEBTOON crossover mobile game called Hero Cantare has opened pre-registration for its North American and Oceania players. The game will feature turn-based gameplay, boss fights, loot, and characters from popular web-comics The God of High School, Hardcore Leveling Warrior, and Tower of God. The crossover will take place in a new world called “Tetra.” Fans of the current season of anime should be over-the-moon with joy at this announcement, as Tower of God’s protagonist Bam will be featured in the game....

There was a time when Call of Duty was a much loved franchise that rejuvenated the first-person console experience, offering a bleak military shooter about the post-9/11 era. That was six years ago when Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare hit, helping change the landscape of the shooter genre, pushing it out of WWII era. Since then, the title now occupies an interesting space within the market. Despite declining sales with the last iteration, the Call of Duty games have sold tens of millions of copies on an annual basis....

When Bungie parted ways with the Xbox-exclusive Halo brand for the chance to start a new franchise, it was the studio’s first opportunity to develop a triple-A video game that spans multiple platforms. Their concept, revealed last year to be Destiny, comes to PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One all on the same day later this year. As for the PC version of the game, there’s been nothing but dodgy answers and ‘maybes....

With a lineage stretching all the way back to 2001, the first Desperados is considered by many as a severely underrated cult-hit. The real-time tactical western-focused game is one of the only real entries in its genre, boasting an incredibly interesting concept with some solidly challenging gameplay to complement it. That’s why Desperados 3, the long-awaited prequel to 2001’s Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, has already garnered a lot of excitement from its small but passionate community, with the game receiving a lot of traction online....

Cyberpunk 2077 might be a bug-riddled mess, but it’s made for some incredible footage on the ol’ internet. Today’s highlight includes a runaway car, an innocent bystander, and a whole lot of janky physics. Posted to Reddit early this morning, the clip gets off to a strong start. Our daredevil of a hero takes their supercar for a bit of offroading before launching off a nearby dune – sending their vehicle into an airborne pirouette....

“What people will be really surprised about is that it’s not fun, this film,” reveals Holland. “It’s dark and it’s sad, and it’s going to be really affecting. You’re going to see characters that you love go through things that you would never wish for them to go through. And I was just really excited to kind of lean into that side of Peter Parker.” “Peter Parker is always someone who’s looking up,” continues Holland....

Ubisoft has waded into the discussion surrounding Lady Dimitrescu, the imposingly tall villain from Capcom’s upcoming Resident Evil Village. In a Tweet from the official Assassin’s Creed account, the company posted an image comparing the statuesque antagonist with Eivor and Basim from 2020’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla along with the message “Time for another round of ‘Smash, Step, Stab.’” Fans were more than eager to jump into the conversation, demanding to know how other Assassin’s Creed Valhalla characters like Suttungr and Jotunheim’s Ice Giants stacked up against Lady Dimitrescu’s remarkable stature....

At its core, Ubisoft’s For Honor is primarily a multiplayer title about factions of Knights, Vikings, Samurai, and Wu Lin battling for supremacy in physical combat. However, the ongoing title has also developed an extensive mythology during its four-year run, and its developers announced the first season of year five, “Asunder,” will center around conflicts between the Order of Horkos and Chimera Alliance. For Honor’s Asunder season was announced during a live Warrior’s Den livestream on Twitch today, and is set to begin on March 11, 2021....

YouTube may finally be coming to the Nintendo Switch, and a lot sooner than anybody expected. When the Nintendo Switch launched way back in the heady days of March 2017, it had zero streaming apps. Literally nothing–your only option was to play one of the few games that the switch launched with (which were admittedly pretty good, but it still seemed an oversight on the part of Nintendo’s engineers). Now the Switch has exactly two streaming apps: Hulu, which launched in November 2017, and Niconico, which is a Japanese streaming service that only operates domestically....

The unofficial DayZ map Namalsk is now available for download on the Steam workshop, continuing the story that started way back in Arma 2 from one of Blue Point’s own developers, Adam Francu. Namalsk is home to a single city called Vokuta, which can be found to the north. Barring that, you’re most likely to stumble on a variety of military outposts or underground railway tunnels and laboratories. There’s even an abandoned nuclear submarine that can be found out on the ice....