With the massive competition happening in the video game industry, it’s important for each new title that it provide a solid first impression for gamers. That first impression often comes, in almost all cases, from the game’s opening level, where players either fall in love or lose interest and move on. Considering the impact opening levels can have on gamers, we polled our writers to see what games they thought have the best start....
Even more than usual, you get no spoilers here. Good horror movies are scarce, and The Witch deserves being seen with as little fanfare as possible. It’s very different from the current crop of big screen horror – which has, in turn, led to a very split response in America. But it feels and is fresh. And it’s a fascinating piece of cinema. Plot is not always foremost on filmmakers’ agendas when it comes to horror....
As coronavirus has increasingly become a public health risk many films and TV shows, such as Robert Pattinson’s Batman film, have had to alter or outright suspend their production schedules. Most Netflix productions have done the same, but it appears that Netflix’s The Witcher season 2 may be an outlier. Netflix has suspended production of its series that are filmed in the US and Canada for two weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak....
This article contains spoilers for the last two years or so of Marvel X-Men comics. “Humans of the planet Earth. While you slept, the world changed.” The opening line of Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz’s House of X hit like a bolt of lightning, and everything it promised paid off. Hickman took over the floundering X-Men line of comics, isolated and diminished after years of corporate meddling, and reinvigorated them creatively and financially with an exciting five-year plan....
The Hydrator is the latest creation from Newegg – a very real gaming PC that offers up ray tracing, 4K resolutions… and the ability to mix you a drink. While the funky PC was actually built in-house at Newegg and has been serving up drinks for the past week, the prank product is unavailable for purchase. Newegg’s description for the semi-fake product is pure gold. I’m also convinced that, if the Hydrator ever goes on sale, it’ll sell out incredibly fast....
XP Boosts, Explosive Showdown Series, Sales, and Limited Time Items Await. This week in Red Dead Redemption 2 is set to reward players with bonus XP, specifically those in the Trader and Moonshiner roles. A 50% role XP boost can be obtained for all sell and resupply Trader missions, as well as free roam events for Traders. Moonshiners are also set to receive an additional 50% XP on bootlegging, story, and sell missions....
Fans of Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall games have gone through a rollercoaster of emotions over the past week. First, early leaks regarding the recently announced and released Apex Legends battle royale game tied it to the Titanfall franchise ambiguously. Next, official details on Apex Legends revealed that while it is set in the Titanfall universe, it definitely doesn’t have Titans and is otherwise unrelated. Then came the news that Titanfall 3 development ended and turned into Apex Legends....
Speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Technology Conference, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen reveals that Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 will release just three weeks apart. Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 are undoubtedly two of the most highly anticipated shooters (and games in general) of the year. When the two games are released on PC, PS4, and Xbox One later this year, they are both expected to offer explosive action for fans to sink their teeth into....
The announcement of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 remake/remaster has many fans of the series and skating genre excited. The return of some of the most revered skating games has been a cause for celebration, but has also been met with slight hesitation as to what will change. Recent news shows that those fears were somewhat warranted as one of the most crucial elements of the games is shifting. Confirmed today, the soundtrack to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 will not feature all of the tracks that were in the original 1999 and 2000 games....
Zombies are some of the most popular enemy types in video gaming, with countless games released starring the living dead. But which zombie games are the best? Zombies are everywhere. They’re lumbering around on television on AMC’s The Walking Dead shows, eating brains on the big screen, serving as the subject of numerous books, and countless members of the undead hordes have been slaughtered in video games. Yes, zombies are everywhere, and there is no sign that the world’s obsession with the living dead is going to subside anytime soon....
Find romance and adventure in this month’s most buzz-worthy YA reads. Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater Type: Novel Publisher: Scholastic Press Release date: May 18 Den of Geek says: Stiefvater’s wildly popular magical realism niche has just grown since the beginning of the The Raven Boys series. The second in the follow-up series, Mister Impossible follows a group of characters in a world where dreams have power. Publisher’s summary: Something is happening to the source of the dreamers’ power....
Last year, troubled toy and games retailer Toys R Us opted to close all of its stores in the United States. The announcement came not long after the retailer filed for bankruptcy, as it had been experiencing financial difficulties for several years. Despite all this, Toys R Us could be about to stage a comeback. After the retailer filed for bankruptcy in the United States, the company was reborn as Tru Kids Brands, with Toys R Us’ former lenders serving as the owner....
As Geoff Keighley’s annual Game Awards showcase draws ever closer, it seems the event is beginning to confirm some of the biggest games set to feature on the show. InnerSloth will be revealing a new Among Us map, BioWare will be showing off a brand new look at Dragon Age 4, and Fall Guys developer Mediatonic will be talking about its upcoming third season. The roster of guest talent is also beginning to stack up, with Geoff Keighley announcing two more names that will be joining the presenters and talent hosting the show....
Legal documents suggest that Ubisoft may have been inspired to change the name of Gods and Monsters to Immortals: Fenyx Rising due partially to a copyright challenge by Monster Energy. The legal documents (which were reported on by Techraptor and covered extensively by the Hoeg Law YouTube channel) are quite amusing if you’re into sly accusations made via dry legal smack talk. Basically, the Monster Energy corporation states that a game called Gods and Monsters could potentially conflict with the recognizably of their brand and create confusion....
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is a cult classic, considered by some to be a “masterpiece” for its narrative and incredible amount of player choice. Fans have continued to support the game with mods and unofficial updates, but a full-blown sequel has been unlikely due to the original’s poor sales. However, a new “dating app” appears to be teasing a sequel to Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 15 years after the first game’s launch....
This Van Helsing review contains spoilers. Van Helsing Season 2 Episode 4 In the opening scene, the camera moves slowly past the bloody corpses Sam left in his wake at the Randolphe Juvenile Detention Center, ultimately focusing on him as he constructs a necklace made of his victim’s fingers. Felix sits terrified on the bottom of the empty pool, and the long shot accentuates the boy’s isolation as he contemplates Sam’s unnatural fixation on Mohamad....
The greatest bug Warframe has ever seen turns you into a corncob with a skull for a face. No, really. Heart of Deimos added a ton of new content to Warframe, not the least of which is the third open-world of Deimos. There’s new K-Drives, new mods, new weapons, a whole new Warframe, and of course, the Necramech. Take one look at the Necramech and you’ll get some huge Warhammer 40K vibes, which is almost certainly intentional....
While the concept of jumping out of a plane and getting to the ground as quick as possible might seem like the most straightforward thing in the world, in Call of Duty: Warzone you’ll find this simple act actually has a lot of strategy and skill behind it. There’s more to it than just being able to land where you want, since landing late often means you’re a sitting duck to other players who got there first and have looted all the guns already....
What are Slack Huddles? How do Slack Huddles work? Start a Huddle Open Slack on your desktop. Open a channel or DM. Click the headphones toggle in the bottom left corner of your sidebar. Once the huddle has started, you can: Click the microphone icon to mute your microphone Click the screen icon to share your screen Or click the add people icon to invite specific people to the huddle. To turn on live captioning: Click the name of the person actively talking in the bottom left corner of your screen....
This Batwoman article contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 2’s “Survived Much Worse.” While you may or may not have guessed it from last night’s episode, Batwoman has officially recast the role of Kate Kane in Season 2. The news broke via several entertainment outlets last night during the airing of “Survived Much Worse,” right before the on-screen reveal that someone wearing Kate’s red necklace lies seemingly unconscious in the sewers of Gotham....
