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Switch owners that have been dying to get their hands on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 will be happy to learn that the Birdman is grinding his way over to Nintendo’s console on June 25, 2021. Activision confirmed the news this morning with a Tweet from the official Nintendo Twitter account. Interestingly, there are no specifics on the technical details of this port. While I would assume it won’t be running at a full 1080p due to the Switch’s limited power, I’m very curious with Activision was able to hit 60 FPS here....

As the digital age continues to grow and evolve each year, the real world seems to inch closer and closer to that of Watch Dogs: one in which privacy is a thing of the past to anyone with a computer - provided they know how to use it. Although the average gamer may not actually have a firm grip on the nature of computer hacking, they’ve certainly encountered some in video game form....

This November, Call of Duty: Black Ops will turn ten years old. After its introduction to the world, Black Ops quickly became one of the most popular entries in the series, launching a fan-favorite subseries that has received four numbered entries. To celebrate, Treyarch released an anniversary video honoring the game, specifically in regards to the story. The video shows some of the greatest moments from Black Ops’ campaign, one of the best to ever have been featured in Call of Duty....

While loot boxes were once one of the most common forms of microtransactions in video games, now most gamers feel that loot boxes are a form of gambling thanks to their blind-bag nature. There’s been a lot of discussion in recent years over whether that’s the case or not, and whether governments should step in to regulate loot boxes. To that end, the government of the United Kingdom wants to know people’s thoughts on the matter....

VALORANT, the first-person-shooter developed by Riot Games will not include a surrender vote at launch. It may surprise VALORANT players to learn that a surrender vote feature is not available in the game, despite its inclusion in Riot’s League of Legends. The surrender vote in League of Legends was designed to give players the opportunity to ‘surrender’ matches before the match was officially over. Players can surrender if the enemy team was too far ahead, or if their teammates are toxic and/or AFK....

The Vampire: The Masquerade Companion has brought three of the thirteen clans into the modern World of Darkness. Today, we’re going to look at the new iteration of clan Salubri and how they compare to the unicorns of the past. There are a couple of extinct clans and bloodlines in the World of Darkness that aren’t quite as dead as the other Kindred believe. The Salubri were once a powerful clan, but they were almost completely wiped out by the Tremere....

Twitch has banned Velvet_7 yet again, but this time her suspension is permanent in nature. The South Korean streamer quickly took to Twitter to explain her confusion in the situation, claiming innocence and waiting for a reply to her immediate appeal. Supposedly, she engaged in “sexually suggestive content,” but according to Velvet – this is untrue. In the past, she’s had issues with trolls reporting her account, resulting in her “mistaken” suspensions....

COVID-19 is making public events and gatherings nigh impossible, and Super Bowl is no different. As such, Fornite and Verizon have teamed up to try and keep the biggest American football event’s momentum going with a digital stadium that will boast football-inspired games, “hidden surprises,” and live-streamed events featuring actual NFL players and professional gamers. For those who want to catch the streams featuring said NFL players and pro gamers - Myth and KittyPlays - they will be broadcasting tomorrow, February 2, and Friday, February 5....

Irish stand-up comedian Dara O’Briain has an excellent routine where he describes the way in which video games will punish you for being bad at them. Not only do they punish you, but they also go as far as to completely prevent your progress if you just can’t “git gud.” We’ve all been there with games. Everyone has that one level that haunts them, the game that made them break a controller or turn off their whole console just so they didn’t have to look at the mocking pixels anymore....

As WandaVision gets ready to come to its conclusion, the show is revealing more and more about its complex story. However, with precious few episodes remaining, the mystery continues to grow with many questions still left unanswered. With countless fan theories floating around, it would seem that most of the possibilities have been covered. But one question remains overlooked by many fans and could have huge repercussions: who is Agnes’ husband Ralph?...

You don’t have to look very hard to find the inspirations behind WandaVision. The MCU’s most creative offering to date, WandaVision revolves around the idea that Wanda Maximoff has trapped herself in an alternate reality where life is like a sitcom, and everyone in the town plays their part perfectly. Almost everyone, that is. Something is clearly rotten in Westview, and as the series races to a close I’m sure we’ll find out that everything is not quite what it seems....

What are Google Assistant routines? Which Google Assistant routines are available? Google Home tips and tricks How do Google Assistant routines work? Bedtime Say “Hey Google, bedtime”, or “Hey Google, good night” or “Hey Google, time to hit the hay” Your Assistant can then do the following: put your phone volume to zero (when initiated via an Android); tell you about tomorrow’s weather and first calendar event; set an alarm; adjust lights, plugs, thermostats, etc; adjust media volume; set a sleep timer, play sleep sounds or tell you a poem; tell you if your battery is low; turn Do Not Disturb (Android only)....

The Sims 4 is preparing for the release of its new Paranormal stuff pack, which seems to supply players with a lot of ghostly experiences. Stuff packs are the smallest of The Sims’ DLC, but the upcoming pack seems chock full of new Build/ Buy mode items, CAS items, and so much more. One of the new skills to be added to the game is the “Medium” skill, which allows Sims to contact the spirit world—though how well it goes depends on how well the Seance is executed....

This The Walking Dead review contains spoilers. The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 20 The Walking Dead has made a lot of hay with their six bonus episodes following the pandemic-shortened season 10. Rather than doing a ton of world-building or doing too much to push into territory best covered in season 11, they’ve doubled down on character pieces. Maggie, Daryl, Aaron and Gabriel, and now Princess have all come into focus, allowing the show’s creative team to work on digging into their characters, rather than providing much elaboration on big world-building events....

This The Walking Dead review contains spoilers. The Walking Dead Season 11 Episode 6 Clearly, writer Kevin Dieboldt and the various creative crew behind The Walking Dead are Wes Craven fans. The 1991 Wes Craven film The People Under the Stairs was one of the better movies Craven did, and it remains a lot of fun while also being shocking and still having some great scares. “On the Inside” takes that premise, combines it with Mile Flanagan’s Hush, and the end result is one of the most jaw-clenching, teeth grinding episodes of straight-out horror that The Walking Dead has done....

Console game fanatics were thrilled to be alive this past year. Throughout the course of 2017, there were tons of great console games produced. From games such as Persona 5 to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, along with Final Fantasy 14: Stormblood and Destiny 2 — gamers have been thrilled. But with the good always comes the bad. The good games were great and the bad games were downright awful this year, along with a healthy mix of games which tote the line of good and bad....

This Tokyo Vice article contains no spoilers. HBO Max crime drama Tokyo Vice begins by going back to the past…twice. The eight episode series opens in 2001. Floppy-haired journalist Jake Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) and Tokyo police detective Hiroto Katagiri (Ken Watanabe) enter into the top floor of a plush Tokyo restaurant to have a meeting – or more accurately be threatened – by the number two figure in a Japanese crime family....

Trials of Mana is a remake of Seiken Densetsu 3, which was the sequel to Secret of Mana. Fans recently had a chance to legally play Trials of Mana for the first time in English when it was released as part of the Collection of Mana and now they can experience the remake in a new demo that has been released on PC, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. We’ve tried out the Nintendo Switch demo and we’re impressed with the game, though there are a couple of issues bringing the experience down....

Twitch Co-Founder Kevin Lin has announced his departure from the live streaming platform after years of working with the company. Lin published a blog post on Medium detailing his move and thanking fans of the service for their longtime support of the platform, emphasizing how much of a difference Twitch’s growth has had on his life. Lin doesn’t specifically state what he’s leaving Twitch to pursue, though he does state that he’ll spend some time with family, as well as relaxing and playing video games....

Twitch is increasing its generosity for Twitch Prime subscribers in the month of May, which certainly won’t be refused. Today the streaming platform announced that it will be delivering six free to Twitch Prime subscribers, which is a step down from April’s seven games but is still a solid haul. Twitch announced the news Thursday via a press release. Twitch Prime subscribers still have a short time left to claim April’s games, which include the remastered Turok and RPG Earthlock....