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Beloved actor and British national treasure Brian Blessed claimed the 1980 adaptation of Flash Gordon is the Queen’s favorite movie in an online interview promoting its 40th anniversary re-release. He also revealed that he’s constantly asked to recite Prince Vultan’s iconic line, “GORDON’S ALIVE?!?” Talking with Yahoo Movies UK Host Edith Bowman and Sam J. Jones, who played football player turned hero Flash Gordon in the 1980 movie, Blessed said “the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, horses and queens, and prime ministers, they all want me to say ‘Gordon’s alive!...

Life-simulation franchise The Sims turns 21 today, and Electronic Arts is celebrating in The Sims 4 with the help of some community creators. The franchise now spans four titles and a whopping 60 pieces of DLC across all titles, ranging from furniture content to fully-fledged expansion packs that bring new avenues of life to the celebrated series. This appears to be one of the few times that Electronic Arts recognizes the work of modders within its titles, though it is worth noting that community content has gone hand-in-hand with The Sims 4 markedly more than other titles in its repertoire....

As The Sims Spark’d makes its TV debut many viewers may be wondering just who the contestants in this first series are. While some names are more well known than others, the range of personalities and styles reflects the diversity the game itself strives for. Some of the contestants are builders and others are storytellers while some showcase all aspects of the game. The line up also includes different nationalities, personalities, and ages....

This Walking Dead article contains spoilers. If there’s anyone who knows what The Walking Dead needs, its series producer and zombie effects expert Greg Nicotero. Aside from perhaps series creator Robert Kirkman himself, no one else is as responsible for the series’ iconic undead look than the makeup effects enthusiast-turned-director. Nicotero dates his Walking Dead journey all the way back to before the beginning when original showrunner Frank Darabont brought him aboard before the pilot was even sold....

The pre-orders for the Xbox Series X went live today, and as expected, it wasn’t easy to snatch one among the hype and thousands of interested consumers. The pre-orders for the Xbox Series X seem to be just as chaotic as the PS5’s, but the Xbox has one additional issue to deal with: its name. On an Xbox blog post about Destiny 2: Beyond Light (which will launch on Game Pass), Microsoft called its next-generation console the Xbox One Series X....

eSports in 2017 is larger than ever and there’s no better evidence of that than the amount of prize money tournaments are offering. In 2017 alone, more than $73 million dollars have been won by players across more than 70 different games, with four months left in the year. At the top reigns Dota 2 after its massive $25 million pool for The International 2017, but it’s not the only game funding a stable and sustainable environment for players....

It has been a very busy week down on Fortnite’s cluster of islands this week, as the 12.60 update dropped and brought a lot along with it. There was big news in Fortnite this week as the long-awaited 12.60 patch landed in-game. It has been a three-week wait since Fortnite was last updated, making this one a significant one. It has brought with it new challenges, new cosmetic items, and more hints as to what will bring the curtain down on Chapter 2: Season 2....

When wandering around the Wasteland in Fallout 4, players will occasionally come across Legendary enemies that will be marked with a star icon next to their name. They’re tougher than normal enemies, but the loot they drop can be really useful, if not valuable to those that want to sell whatever they drop. When looting a Legendary enemy, players are sure to find a weapon or armor piece that will also have a star next to it....

“Do you hear that? That’s the sound of bones breaking.” Are you hooked yet? The line above comes from the first book in an upcoming YA duology from Amanda Foody (Ace of Shades) and Christine Lynn Herman (The Devouring Gray). It’s called All of Us Villains and, judging by the synopsis and excerpt below, the book seems to harness the clever plot mechanics of The Hunger Games and the thematic brilliance of V....

Video games, especially competitive esports games, can unfortunately bring out the worst in people. Foul language, trash talk, thrown controllers—many gamers have been there, but many have also taken it several steps too far. Some have even become downright toxic, setting a bad example for those around them. Toxic behavior is a wide term used for problem gamers and not always correctly. There is a difference between things like being a sore loser and constantly blaming others for personal failures and loudly vocalizing that fact....

Ubisoft provides what is certainly the trippiest moment of E3 2016 so far, revealing Trials of the Blood Dragon is real and that the game will be available today. Ubisoft’s E3 2016 presentation didn’t pull any punches. What began with a bizarre dance number set to Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” that featured a lion in sunglasses and a panda with a rainbow mohawk continued to ramp up the weirdness later on, unveiling the kind of video game mashup that only the minds currently employed at Ubisoft could possibly conceive of....

It is Valentine’s Day and seemingly everyone is getting in on the action; including Twitch. In the world of gaming, many are celebrating the big day, as even Nintendo recently joined up with Hallmark to make Valentine’s Day cards. Twitch is no different, as the streaming behemoth just shared a few cards themed around some of its streamers. Twitch may be known for high-profile bans, but it is spreading the love on February 14th....

Too often when it comes to Twitch, and streaming culture in general, there tends to be a focus on negative encounters or feuds between streamers. So when a few viewers stumbled on Nick Kelly’s small Just Chatting stream and decided to share his stream with others, it snowballed into a Twitch feel good story. Twitch is a strange place for a number of reasons. The interaction between streamer and viewer is simultaneously intimate and distant, with streamers inviting the Internet into their world....

On her Twitter page, US Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN), posted a fan pic by artist Benjamin Sawyer that shows her with a Gundam - the giant military-style mecha robots created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise. In an earlier tweet, Omar said she was “standing by and ready to suit up” into the life-size moving RX-0 Unicorn Gundam statue that stands 19.7 meters tall outside the Diver City Shopping Center in Tokyo’s Odaiba district....

Game cancellations are, unfortunately, a common occurrence in the games industry. Just this week, EA confirmed that the long-rumored and often delayed open world Star Wars project previously at Visceral Games and then EA Vancouver had been cancelled. Details of the cancellation weren’t provided by EA, though it’s no doubt disappointing for fans who had following the game’s development. Following right on the heels of that announcement, word also broke that Ubisoft recently cancelled one of its projects....

French publisher Ubisoft is partnering with a Chinese developer to bring their games to the largest market of gamers in the world. According to games industry site Gamasutra, Ubisoft is partnering with Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent to bring a variety of Ketchapp’s mobile games to China. Ketchapp was a mobile games developer that Ubisoft bought in 2016. They’re the developer behind mobile games like Hoverboard, Rider, Skyward, and 2048, a game that’s seen as mostly a ripoff of the hugely successful mobile game Threes....

In a treat for fans of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Naughty Dog let gamers feast their eyes on the spectacular E3 2015 gameplay demo for the developer’s upcoming action-adventure epic yesterday via Twitch. The footage contained boatloads of breakneck action, including shoot-outs, chase scenes, and (of course) witty banter between Nathan Drake and his co-horts. In fact, Naughty Dog’s team took time out of their busy schedules after screening the video in order to answer questions from the community involving Nathan Drake’s last adventure, and to flesh out what gamers can expect as far as technical aspects and gameplay mechanics....

Developers have access to an array of video game engines that help power their projects. Some studios stick to their own proprietary engines, such as CD Projekt RED’s REDengine and Capcom’s RE Engine, but other studios use more widely available digital toolboxes to create games. For years, one of the most popular and influential game engines has been the Unreal Engine. The Unreal Engine was originally developed by Epic Games for its 1998 FPS Unreal....

The last biome you are able to explore in Valheim so far is the Plains. Made up of long blades of brown grassland, the Plains biomes could be mistaken for desert geography on your map. These grasslands harbor some of the toughest threats yet, along with several important crafting and cooking materials. If you’re just setting out on your first expedition into the Plains, here’s everything you’ll need to know....

Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road is adding five new clans as DLC in March, including the Nosferatu, Lasombra, Ravnos, Hecata, and Ministry. Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road is an interactive novel, in the same vein as the old Fighting Fantasy/Choose Your Own Adventure books. The player takes on the role of a courier for the undead. The vampires are currently hunted by an organization known as the Second Inquisition, and the use of communication technology has become strictly forbidden....