A PS5 employee has shared an image of a white and gold DualSense controller, but don’t go getting your hopes up when it comes to getting one. While console creators need to put a lot of thought and a lot of work into their controllers, they are rarely the focus when a console is finally released. The PS5 bucked that trend last year when PlayStation wowed the world via its DualSense....
Super Mario Bros. 3 is one of the best games on NES, if not the absolute best. Some of its secrets have entered the collective consciousness of gamers, to a point where most people who have ever owned an NES still remember the location of all the warp whistles, or where to find a Hammer Suit. This information is useful, but it has become common knowledge. You might not even remember how you learned that you could go behind the scenery by crouching on a white block; it has always been a part of you, absorbed into your subconscious through years of dedicated playing....
This week is going to be quite hectic for Overwatch players as Echo, hero number 32, finally arrives to the game after nearly a month in the public test region. April 14 is the formal launch date for Echo, and games are sure to be far more dynamic thanks to the broad toolkit this character brings. The big question will be how great of an impact Echo will have. The character already saw one nerf during the PTR, and in the hand of an expert this hero’s highly mobile playstyle is going to be a nightmare for support characters finding themselves repeatedly flanked....
Most of the humor in the Melissa McCarthy–Octavia Spencer superhero comedy, Thunder Force, doesn’t really work. The film has nothing funny or interesting to say about superheroes, as concepts or movie franchises, and it relies way too heavily on messy montages that weirdly double down on comedic bits that didn’t work the first time. There are more laughs to be found in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. (Relax, I like ZSJL.)...
Call of Duty: Warzone plays like most other battle royales, but it does add an interesting variation with the Gulag. After their first death, players get a chance to respawn if they can beat another player in a head-to-head match. Usually, losing a Gulag match can be very disheartening, as it’s more embarrassing to lose to a single player than something like an incredible C4 drone strike. But players don’t always lose simply because their opponents outplayed them, as is the case in a recent clip of Call of Duty: Warzone streamer Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar losing a Gulag fight… due to a hilariously well-timed rock throw....
With Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 set to launch at the beginning of next month, fans are already likely wondering what fun easter eggs and secrets will pop up in the long-awaited reimagining of the seminal skating franchise. With most Pro Skater entries providing players with some hilarious unlockables and added extras, it’s no surprise datamining fans have discovered a new celebrity cameo that will seemingly pop up in the new remake....
After voicing support for the Black Lives Matter movement, renowned board game designer, Eric Lang, has had his Twitter account suspended due to unknown reasons. Lang claims he had been the victim of a targeted harassment campaign, and that his suspension likely stems from using a chain-blocking program to halt the personal attacks. Lang has had a storied career in tabletop game design, working with developers such as Fantasy Flight and WizKids, where he has adapted high profile properties such as Star Wars and Game of Thrones into board and card games....
Ubisoft delivers a lawsuit against EA, accusing them of attempting to confuse gamers and steal their business by creating a logo that’s too similar to Ghost Recon’s. Every once in a while, one company will sue another because they claim said company has too closely copied their logo, name, or product. In this instance, Ubisoft is suing EA on the grounds that EA’s Ghost trademark is too similar to Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon logo....
The Nintendo Switch is without a doubt one of the best consoles ever made, but there is always room for improvement. One problem faced by some users relates to overheating while in portable mode for the original console, and even for the Switch Lite, but now Japanese company Thanko is releasing a special Joy-Gripon with a built-in cooling system. The accessory looks similar to other grips made to enhance comfort for long-term play, which is useful given the somewhat awkward position our hands need to take to handle the console, but has two fans that circulate air in the back....
Valheim is all about surviving in the brutal purgatory world that players find themselves in. In order to thrive in the survival co-op world of Valheim, players will have to collect materials in order to build bigger and better weapons, outposts, homes, and more. One of the basics that players will absolutely need to survive is iron. Iron Tools In Valheim Bringing a settlement from a basic camp to a real thriving town requires some dedication....
The long wait is finally over and millions of gamers across the world are eager to try their hands at Riot Games’ newest tactical shooter, VALORANT. VALORANT can be a little daunting for newcomers, especially those that don’t come from a background in first-person shooters. Separated into four distinct classes, there’s a total of eleven agents to play, each with four unique abilities. The game has seventeen guns to choose from, four maps as well as two different game modes to try out....
Warning: contains spoilers for the War of the Worlds Season 3 finale. In the end, War of the Worlds was all about forgiveness and second chances. And particle accelerators and black holes. And killer robo-dogs and genocidal future humans and theoretical physics experiments saving the world. Basically: learn science and phone your mum is the take-home after seasons of this deep-thinking, dystopian drama. Season three went all in on the science-speak....
Zombies have made their Warzone debut, but the mode in which they feature won’t be familiar to veteran Call of Duty zombie fans. Halloween is fast approaching which means games are beginning to launch their respective events. Fortnite’s third-annual Fortnitemares update went live earlier today and ushered in the return of Midas who was eaten by a shark over a season ago. As for Warzone’s first Halloween, its players can now take part in an event it has dubbed The Haunting of Verdansk....
With E3 in full swing, all the major publishers have congregated in one place to show off what they have in store for gamers in the future. This year it seems that Square Enix is no different. Set to hit the stage Monday, June 11th at 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT, the Square Enix E3 2018 press conference will be streamed all around the world for fans to enjoy and can be seen below....
Animal Crossing lets players live out the dream of having cute talking animals for neighbors, and does a pretty bang-up job of it. Millions of players, myself included, have been enamored with Nintendo’s eclectic cast of quirky cartoon friends for over 20 years at this point. But while Nintendo’s mostly kept Animal Crossing to itself, without much in the way of guest characters or crossovers, I think it’s time to swing open the town gate and let another famous talking animal in: Hello Kitty....
David S. Goyer’s Blade: Trinity marked the end of Wesley Snipes’ big screen tenure as Marvel’s iconic vampire hunter. The 2004 superhero horror movie was allegedly plagued with issues during its production, and some of those reports were fuelled years ago by comedian Patton Oswalt, who starred alongside Snipes in the middling threequel. Oswalt told AV Club back in 2012 that Snipes acted strangely throughout filming on Blade: Trinity and even “tried to strangle” its director at one point....
Fortnite is a cultural phenomenon that shows no sign of slowing down. New players join the bandwagon every day, booting it up on just about any platform they could hope for. It can be a jarring world to experience and many gamers feel they’ll never catch up with the dedicated players. But little rewards like skins keep them joining the matches. In a game as huge in scale as Fortnite - and only getting bigger, with new characters added all the time - it can be hard to know which skin to pick though....
What Does Black Box Attack Mean? A black box attack is a specific type of criminal “hack” on ATMs that compels the ATM unit to disperse cash in an illegitimate way. Criminals use ATM black box attacks to drain cash out of ATM systems. Techopedia Explains Black Box Attack In a black box ATM attack, a criminal first drills into the shell of the ATM. Then he or she attaches a hardware piece to the cash dispersal apparatus to prompt the machine to release cash....
Spikes have been a notorious hazard in video games dating back to the most classic 2D platformers. It has become an instinct for gamers to associate spikes with an quick, if not instant, death. In Paper Mario: The Origami King spikes may not have the touch of death like they would in a 2D Mario title, but they do still hurt and block your progress. Also unlike 2D games, the spikes you come across in this version of the Mushroom Kingdom require more than jumping skills to bypass....
The Starlight Children’s Foundation has a long history of philanthropic initiatives for children facing serious illness. Those endeavors continued last week, as the organization continued their partnership with Nintendo by bringing the Nintendo Switch Gaming Station to hospitals and care facilities across the United States. Founded back in the early ’80s, Starlight Children’s Foundation began with sponsoring trips to Disneyland and building fun, interactive spaces for critically ill children and their families....
