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The televisions in Animal Crossing: New Horizons are another source of minute detail in the popular Nintendo-exclusive life simulator. Seriously, we could write a full-length book about all the different kinds of details in this game, but this is one of the coolest so far. Someone on Twitter noticed that the in-game television broadcasts a show which mentions Halloween if you’re playing during October. Now you have something extra to look out for as everyone’s favorite Season of Spooks rolls out over the next few months....

The Winter anime season is coming to a close. It’s been a damn good season, with shows like Jujutsu Kaisen and Attack on Titan: The Final Season being hugely popular, and everyone celebrating them, and for good reason too. But as one season closes, another opens, and we’re looking forward to the future of anime, which begins next month. Starting in April we will see the debut of a bunch of brand new shows, and a bunch of sequels to shows you may have already seen, but no matter what you’re looking for, you’ll find it here....

This The Walking Dead: World Beyond review contains spoilers. The Walking Dead: World Beyond Episodes 9 and 10 Huck (Annet Mahendru) is a woman with a mission, and it’s not to make sure everyone gets to the Civic Republic Militia research facility safely. From the very opening of The Walking Dead: World Beyond‘s ninth episode, “The Deepest Cut,” as Huck stares into the darkness while everyone sleeps, it’s clear she’s facing a choice between the people that she has come to know and love as friends in Felix and the kids, and her loyalty to the CRM, her mother, and the CRM’s idea of the greater good....

Mobile game Plague Inc found itself enjoying a morbid revival of popularity last year, as COVID-19 spread quickly across the globe. Originally released in 2012, this strategy game sees you play as the plague, as you infect the globe and develop deadly side effects on a mission to wipe out humanity. For a topical rebrand, developer Ndemic launched Plague Inc: The Cure last November. This major expansion flips the game on its head, and has players fighting a deadly virus....

Titanfall hasn’t had the best time in recent years. Upon its reveal, the first game was lauded as the future of first-person shooters, with its faster movement, emphasis on parkour, and ever-changing dynamic between humanoid and mech combat making even the latest blockbusters feel dated in comparison. It remains a fantastic game, but one that is plagued by server issues and a lack of support I’ll get into shortly. Its sequel was sandwiched between the launch of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Battlefield 1, leaving it to die in a period packed with not only other shooters, but a number of industry mainstays that made standing out as a smaller title almost impossible....

With part one of the Final Fantasy VII remake now set to release in March of next year, longtime fans of the franchise are looking forward to finally getting their hands on something they’ve been craving pretty much since the PS3 came out. With the newfound fervor and excitement surrounding the game, it’s worth taking a look back at what made the original 1997 release so beloved. While the characters, story, and gameplay all play a role, one of the essential parts of FF7 adored by gamers everywhere is the Limit Break system....

There isn’t another hack and slash dungeon crawler out there quite like Torchlight III. How many other games in the genre allow players to be a robot or a Railmaster when plowing through enemies? The game is bursting full of unique flavor and with the game now out of closed alpha many gaming fans are giving it a try. The Dusk Mage is particularly special and not just another random mage class in an RPG styled game....

Virginia Beach Police investigate the mysterious death of World of Tanks Twitch streamer Brian ‘PoShYbRiD’ Vigneault, who died during a 24-hour livestream for charity. This past Sunday evening, World of Tanks player Brian Vigneault, also known as PoShYbRiD, passed away from unknown causes during a 24-hour charity livestream on Twitch. Vigneault, who has raised thousands of dollars for charity with his livestreams in the past, went outside for a smoke break at 4:30pm Eastern time, but never returned....

Twitch had a rough 2020. According to its own numbers, the platform acted on just 15% of all user-reported complaints, and in cases of “hateful conduct, sexual harassment, and harassment,” that number fell to just 2%. Clearly, Twitch needs some help. And in a recent blog post, Twitch admitted that’s exactly why they’ve paid a law firm to assist in coming through these reports. In a recent blog post, Twitch announced that they’d be expanding their policy of off-service enforcement....

Although there was a gap between the first and second games, since then the Assassin’s Creed franchise has turned into an annual event. In some cases, in fact, the franchise has extended beyond the annual schedule to include several titles within a single calendar year. Take Assassin’s Creed Unity and Assassin’s Creed Rogue, for example; both highly anticipated titles are not just releasing within the same year, they are also releasing on the same day....

Square Enix confirms that the previously announced tweaks to a particularly divisive chapter of Final Fantasy 15 will be distributed via an update on March 28. Several weeks after its release, it seems that the consensus is that Final Fantasy 15 is a good game — and its sales performance certainly backs up its critical reception. However, there’s one section that many critics and fans didn’t enjoy too much; Chapter 13....

Do you stay on top of all of Hollywood’s latest gossip? Are you a television or movie buff? Or maybe you’re a master of awards season bingo. If any of these ring true, put your celebrity devotion to the ultimate test with Us Weekly the Game, available now from Big Potato Games. Us Weekly the Game gives players the chance to show off their celebrity prowess in a fast-paced and intense trivia party game that’s fun for players aged fourteen and up....

There are few things worse in a competitive shooter than when you lose a teammate that you can’t replace (I hope you sang that in Chris Martin’s voice). Sometimes, this isn’t malicious - maybe their internet died, or something happened that demanded their immediate attention. In most cases, however, leavers are just rage-quitters who are annoyed they didn’t get a million kills in a round, or because the other team out-damaged your healer in Overwatch, League of Legends, or whatever your poison of choice is....

Fortune favors the bold, and nothing says “bold” like building an entire cinematic universe, complete with tie-ins, crossovers, and TV spin-offs. While Marvel has had a bit of a head start, DC isn’t far behind. In a recent interview with The New York Times, DC Film executive Walter Hamada revealed that the studio isn’t just thinking about films, but also TV spinoffs, attempting to leverage HBO Max as their exclusive platform of choice....

Several high profile players have begun to amplify calls for nerfing the Grau 5.56 in Call of Duty: Warzone. The latest calls have come from high-profile players such as Jack “CouRage” Dunlop, of 100 Thieves, who has been vocal for nerfing many weapons over the short history of the game, from the RPG, the akimbo snake shot, and now the Grau. Dallas Empire’s Crimsix has echoed this call for a nerf, amongst many other internationally known pro gamers....

IGN publishes the first 15 minutes of gameplay of the single-player campaign for Respawn Entertainment’s forthcoming first-person shooter Titanfall 2. Although Electronic Arts recently disappointed some gamers by announcing its decision to launch Titanfall 2 without an EA Access free trial or discount, fans can at least take solace in the fact that early critical reception of the title has been generally positive so far. As a matter of fact, when it comes to some of the forthcoming release’s plethora of new additions, most reviews have praised the game for its ability to hone the choices that the original gave fans, while also incorporating lots of versatile and interesting new gameplay options....

This Lord of the Rings article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power. The first two episodes of The Rings of Power packed in plenty of surprises for anxious Lord of the Rings fans. Not only did we learn what all of that meteor business was about but the show also set up the potential origin story of a particularly beloved Middle-earth character, all while introducing us to a whole new clan of sneaky Hobbits (or “Harfoots,” as the show calls them) and teasing the pivotal part they’ll play in the history of the Second Age....

Brooke Smith has enjoyed a career spanning more than three decades across the big and small screen. She’s starred in the cult classic Series 7: The Contenders, had roles in blockbusters including Interstellar and featured prominently on Grey’s Anatomy, Ray Donovan, and Bates Motel to name but a few. Yet to some, she will always be remembered as Catherine Martin, the daughter of Senator Ruth Martin who winds up being kidnapped by Jame Gumb, aka Buffalo Bill, in The Silence of The Lambs....

As Homer Simpson himself once (more or less) said: Animal Crossing fans: is there anything they can’t do? Now, it’s news to nobody that times are super hard for people from all walks of life at the moment. Coronavirus continues to disrupt every aspect of our working and personal lives, so many things are up in the air at the moment and contradictory advice is everywhere. If there’s one thing we can count on, though, it’s that Animal Crossing: New Horizons, one of Nintendo’s most beloved and wholesome exports ever, will still be here....

Frogwares, the developer behind The Sinking City, has discouraged gamers from purchasing copies of the game via Steam. It’s quite a thing to find a message from a dev or publisher alongside a game being sold on such a market, it’s even stranger to find one urging you not to buy the game. Yet that’s exactly the case with Frogwares and The Sinking City. Previously: The Sinking City: The Story Explained (In Case You Love Cthulu, But Hate Survival Horror)...