A TV show introducing some fresh faces is nothing new. Casting turnover is one of the ways that the medium is able to stay fresh, year after year. Still, there are normal casting tweaks and then there is what The Umbrella Academy is set to do in season 3. Fans of the series will recall that, at the end of season 2, the Hargreeves children’s time-meddling came back to bite them once again – this time in a particularly spectacular fashion....
When we last left our ragtag group of survivors in Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead, gravelly-voiced villain Bill Carver had caught up to them, committed a bit of light murder and then ordered everyone to be rounded up and taken back “home.” Players who were hoping that the third episode of season two, ‘In Harm’s Way,’ would use this to inject some momentum and direction into the rest of the season will be disappointed, however, as it instead it’s more of a standalone story that leaves the plot little more advanced by the end....
The Marvel Universe is known for superheroes but it’s also home to some of the greatest classic monsters ever to shamble onto a comic book page. Beginning in the early 1970s, some scary residents moved in. Marvel has its own Dracula, its own Frankenstein Monster, its own Mummy, its own werewolf (two actually) and even its own Manphibian (kind of like the Creature from the Black Lagoon…but not). These creepy residents lurked in their own little dark corner of the Marvel Universe, but the takeaway here is that they were IN the Marvel Universe and at times these vampires, lycanthropes, and corpses even met the famous heroes of the MU....
Netflix’s breakout series The Witcher, based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s series of novels and short stories, harbors an intensively detailed plot and intricate relationships. The focal point of the first season is Geralt’s hunt for Ciri, which may be tough to grasp for some viewers, given the show’s non-linear timeline. Moreover, various scenes and personalities are adapted for the screen. WARNING: Book Spoilers! Geralt’s Child Surprise The Cintran Ball, at which we learn of the Law of Surprise, plays out more or less in the same fashion between the books and Netflix series, despite some minor details....
The world of The Witcher 3 is undeniably large, with so many interesting characters to meet, hidden places to discover, and sidequests to unlock. Playing just the main quests is very rewarding, but to get the full experience of the game, players are encouraged to tackle some side quests and meet new characters as well. There are so many easy-to-find side quests that players can find along Geralt’s journey, however, some of the best ones are hidden deep within the fantasy world....
The Witcher 3 offers a rich open world to any player willing to put in the hours and spend a lot of time exploring it. Not only are there multiple lands, each different from the previous one, but they also hide a lot of interesting details worth discovering. One such detail concerns the Places of Power. Places of Power help Geralt to boost the magical power of his signs, although only for a time....
Ratchet and Clank’s latest outing, the PlayStation 5 exclusive Rift Apart, is the most ambitious game in the series, offering some of the best visuals on the console as well as an unprecedented level of detail. So much so that many smaller details will be missed by many players, especially if you’re rushing through the game. Most of these details don’t have a huge impact on gameplay, so there’s a high chance that you didn’t even realize they were there....
Since the release of Cyberpunk 2077, we’ve heard a nearly endless flow of glitches and bugs within the game. Everything from a save file limit that would crash the game to NPCs that can follow you around like companions, it feels like we’ve seen just about everything that can be seen from Night City. Ironically, however, there is a way to “fly” around in Cyberpunk without using any glitches or bugs....
Gamers around the world can soon try to be the very best, like no one ever was, without needing to resort to emulation, as the upcoming Nexomon: Extinction will be competing with the Pokémon franchise in 2020. Nexomon: Extinction is an upcoming monster-catching RPG with beautiful visuals that is coming to various modern platforms later this year. The story has a darker tone than Pokémon, as the world is on the brink of extinction at the hands of Tyrant Nexomon....
According to a tweet from developer Respawn Entertainment, the fan favorite Titanfall map Angel City will be coming to Titanfall 2 as a free DLC for all players. This past weekend wrapped up a two-weekend opportunity for gamers to try their hands at Titanfall 2 via an open beta. The sequel to 2014’s highly praised first-person shooter and mech mashup game is set to release in a couple months, and Respawn Entertainment seems eager to get players on board with the title....
Look to any major video game franchise character these days, and you’re likely to find one thing: the adventures and hardships they endure are lethal to the average human being. While we’d wager most video game heroes are exceptional in most aspects, some of their invincibility must be credited to the armor they usually wear into combat. Whether their second skin is simply strong, bestowed with superpowers or an artificial intelligence, or just pleasing to the eye, a video game hero’s armor is likely to become every bit as famous as their name....
We know that beggars can’t be choosers. And while Batman: Arkham City is looking to bring more comic book villains to life than any game that preceded it, that doesn’t mean that everyone will be happy. Rocksteady Studios may be doing everything they can to include both headlining and supporting cast-villains from Batman’s past, but serious comic book fans will be sure to have at least a few favorite characters left by the wayside....
The ability to change the look of your armor is something that many people want in their games. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla promised to do just that before the game was launched, although that ability has yet to make an appearance. However, thanks to one enterprising fan, we now know that Ubisoft does indeed plan on introducing transmogrification to the game. We just don’t know when. Transmogrification is, simply put, the ability to change the look of your weapons and armor—similar to the way that skins work in games like Call of Duty or Minecraft....
Many streamers that had found a home on Mixer are now scrambling to rebuild their communities on new platforms and salvage their livelihoods after Microsoft announced the Facebook Gaming partnership. As a result, a number of these popular streamers have returned to Twitch and YouTube, hoping to keep the success they had previously found on the Microsoft owned Mixer. One of these streamers includes Jaiscot, who has made the transfer over to Twitch after his livelihood was threatened by the sudden closure of Mixer....
Patrick ‘ACHES’ Price didn’t have to wait long to find a new team after getting released from the Los Angeles Guerrillas. Just a few days after he parted ways with his team, ACHES joined up with a new roster for the CDL Challengers League. ACHES spent several months on the bench before the Los Angeles Guerrillas announced his departure on July 22. When he was released, nobody expected such a swift return to competitive play – and he reportedly had no plan to do so himself....
Almost two weeks after the PS5’s UK release, some people are still unable to upgrade their Ubisoft games to the next-gen versions. The transition from one generation of consoles to another has been unlike any other for a number of reasons, some of them good and some of them bad. The bad mainly consists of thousands of you being unable to even find a console. Pre-orders were snapped up alarmingly fast, and the little stock available on launch day disappeared even faster....
Ubisoft opened a sign-up page for its rumored battle royale game Hyper Scape and confirmed the game’s official reveal date. Information about the new Ubisoft game leaked as sources revealed that the multiplayer title would offer cross-platform play. Earlier today, Ubisoft’s battle royale game Hyper Scape leaked, with sources revealing that the game is codenamed “Prisma Dimensions.” Ubisoft has now launched a site using that codename, which can be found at prismadimensions....
While games like Fortnite and Apex Legends frequently receive the lion’s share of attention in the first-person shooter space, there’s another tier of game just below those in popularity that are taken just as seriously, if not more so, by their player bases. Among these is Rainbow Six Siege, famous for both its high level of competition and high barrier of entry for new players, a result of its unique mix of tactical shooter tropes and brutally realistic gunplay....
There have been many great personalities who have worked for World Wrestling Entertainment, formerly known as the WWWF and WWF. Yet, there are still a great number of them who have never appeared in an actual WWE-branded wrestling video game. Sure, a lot of the individuals on this list performed during eras where wrestling video games were an afterthought, but with the current roster selections of modern WWE 2K titles, it seems like a travesty to not have them in the game as downloadable content or unlockable characters....
Over the last 12 months, The Last of Us and Uncharted developer Naughty Dog has lost several key figures. The developer’s co-president Christophe Balestra departed the studio in March 2017, while The Last of Us and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End co-director Bruce Straley left in September. But Straley and Balestra aren’t the only big names at Naughty Dog to leave for pastures new. Shaun Escayg, who had worked at Naughty Dog for seven years, has also announced that he is leaving the developer too....
