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The Witcher trilogy is widely considered one of the best game series of all time, with its sprawling world, deep lore, and fully realized characters. It’s no surprise, then, that despite the years since the last release, fans are still eager for more, particularly a hypothetical Witcher 4. While CD Projekt Red has confirmed that they’re not currently working on future Witcher installments, they also haven’t ruled out returning to this world - although not to Geralt of Rivia....

Since the release of its third entry back in 2015, CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher series has proven to be a a runaway success and fans have been clamoring for more of Geralt’s adventures since. While players can forget about another game in the series for the time being, the upcoming Netflix adaptation is sure to give fans plenty to be excited for. Now it seems some information is beginning to come regarding the series....

This week, Final Fantasy XIV launched its official website for patch 5.3. The site contains screenshots from new activities and a list of what to expect from the long-awaited update. Patch 5.3 was notably delayed for over two months due to COVID-19, but developers recently announced that the update was on schedule for an August 11th launch. In addition to a slew of new content, the update is meant to streamline the A Realm Reborn storyline and add flying to areas within the base game....

In what is easily the strangest thing to happen this year, game publisher THQ Nordic decided to host an AMA on the worst website on the internet. Most people have heard of 4chan, the image posting board where almost anything goes. 4chan has been home to some of the seedier places on the internet, but when they were accused of hosting some downright illegal imagery, they cleaned up their act and forced certain unsavory elements to find a new home....

PC gamers are plenty familiar with free-to-play models at this point thanks to the growing trend of MMOs with optional subscription benefits, but console gamers have yet to really experience the progressive financial model. When the Xbox One releases on November 22, fans of the Killer Instinct fighting franchise will get a chance to be guinea pigs for the franchise’s console-based progressive F2P model. The Double Helix Games developed fighting sim will offer players a number of purchasing options ranging from completely free-to-play (with a single “seasonal” fighter) all the way up to an Ultra Edition (which includes all launch characters, two post-launch DLC characters, and a bunch of extra costumes and accessories for $39....

Consumer electronics brand and leading technology company TCL has unveiled its latest television release within its 6-Series TCL Roku TV line. What makes this release so special is that the company has partnered with world-class audio and video certification and technology company, THX. TCL and THX have announced that the 6-Series TCL Roku TV will feature the all-new THX Certified Game Mode, which was created to allow “games to be enjoyed the way they were intended by the creators with rich, vibrant colors and dramatic contrast in crisp 4K HDR resolution....

Investing in Lifeinvader Stocks in Grand Theft Auto 5 is an interesting activity that can net huge windfalls or see huge losses. Many players have misconceptions about how to properly invest and end up losing money or getting frustrated by the experience. When done properly it can bankroll many of your single-player activities such as those out-of-reach expensive vehicles and lead to massive fortunes throughout the story. Here are a few things you’ll want to keep in mind if you want to dive into the nitty gritty of investing in GTA 5....

“There is more to this than meets the eye.” You’d think that after such a long run of shows, comics, toys, movies, and so much more, Transformers as a brand would have run out of ways to work “more than meets the eye” into their dialogue. But dang it, if there’s one person who can make it sound new, fun, commanding, and exciting? It’s the legendary actor Alan Tudyk (Resident Alien), who is set to play Autobot leader Optimus Prime in the new series, Transformers: EarthSpark....

Film studios are trying to make the best of a bad situation. With theaters closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many studios are opting for alternative release plans. For instance, Universal chose to release Trolls World Tour as a digital rental, forgoing a theatrical launch. It turns out, it was a very smart decision. According to Universal, Trolls World Tour has been rented more than five million times since it was released on March 11....

Earlier this week, Ubisoft announced that it had chosen to delay Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine, two major titles that it still has planned to release either in 2021 or early 2022, due to production troubles brought on by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But one other game that not many may know about was also hit with a delay - Ubisoft’s new Avatar game. To clarify, this is not a tie-in with either the beloved Avatar: The Last Airbender or Legend of Korra animated shows, but James Cameron’s Avatar, which first debuted in cinemas in 2009 and became the highest-grossing movie of all time, a record it held until 2019’s Avengers: Endgame....

LucasFilm Games and Ubisoft have announced that the two companies will be collaborating to deliver a story-driven, open-world Star Wars game. Development will be handled by Ubisoft’s Massive Studio, with the announcement coming shortly after the success of Ubisoft’s last open-world game, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. However, Ubisoft’s new Star Wars game needs to avoid one problem that Assassin’s Creed ran into. If it does, the new game has the potential to tell an exciting and original Star Wars story....

Iron Gate Studio’s indie survival game Valheim has been enjoyed by millions of players as it topped the Steam best-sellers charts through all of February. Players have been able to find interesting nods to the various mythological stories the game has been based on, including what seems to be the God of Thunder himself. For those that don’t know, Valheim is loosely based on Norse mythology, blending into the game various ideas about Odin, Valhalla, and Yggdrasil, The World Tree....

Sony has confirmed the impending demise of the PSP, PS3, and PS Vita’s digital storefronts on the official website. This substantiated sources speaking to TheGamer that said the PSP and PS3 stores will close on July 2, while the Vita will retain it’s digital store until August 27. The web stores for all three have already been taken offline, including a region-specific site that had previously been allowing people to shop for older console games....

The arrival of next-gen consoles may have video game fans elated, but analysts have been quick to temper that enthusiasm with reminders that overall retail sales in the United States during 2013 were down by 2%, with the end of a console generation leading to slower sales. But even as full-priced PS3 and Xbox 360 games failed to shift themselves off of store shelves, the used game market proved itself a worthy contender with cheaper, second-hand releases showing a 2% increase in revenue....

Tod Browning’s 1931 adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (or at least the stage play loosely based on the novel) may not have been the first vampire movie ever made, but it did solidly establish the mythology of the vampire within the mainstream American consciousness. It also established horror as a solid and profitable film genre to be reckoned with, and further established the vampire as a regular go-to character for thousands of films and TV shows down the line....

This article contains spoilers for The Walking Dead. It’s possible fans thought this day would never arrive for AMC’s long-running zombie drama, but as the series has shown plenty of times throughout its 12-year run of gruesome deaths, all things come to an end. With 16 of the 24 episodes of The Walking Dead Season 11 now out, only eight episodes remain to wrap up this post-apocalyptic epic. The Walking Dead certainly saved its biggest arc for last....

In 2016, Bloober Team delved into the psychological horror game genre with its release of Layers of Fear. Telling the complicated story of an artist seeking to finish his magnum opus, Layers of Fear is pretty highly regarded in the horror community. It was definitely the first game to put Bloober Team on the map as far as horror goes, which led to the release of other equally creepy games like Observer and Blair Witch....

The fantasy game The Witcher 3 has a lot to offer. The vast world contains multiple areas the player can explore: White Orchard, Vizima, Velen, Novigrad, Oxenfurt, Skellige, and Toussaint. With so many places, the possibilities are almost endless and some players don’t know where to go first. However, Velen usually is the first large area any player spends a lot of time in. From swamps and marshes to small or bigger villages, Velen hides a lot of secrets....

Today is the Nintendo Wii’s 14th anniversary, so I decided to take a look back at one of my favorite consoles of all time. To this day, few horror games unsettle me like Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Sure, much of that is due to its fantastic script and delightful art direction. However, a large part of my love for Konami’s unsung sequel has nothing to do with its story or aesthetic, or even its mesmerizing score....

The Lord of the Rings was written masterfully and then filmed with epic scale. No one dared to recreate its expanse–unless you’re Minecraft-savvy–until a team of 50 designers got together who wanted to build an inspired diorama from Lego. Freshly certified by the Guinness Book of Records, this Lord of the Rings-themed monster build is a mind-blowing feat for any Lego enthusiast. Constructed using 150 million pieces–a staggering number to get your head around–the largest interlocking plastic bricks diorama is deserving of every accolade....