Whether you watched the Sony press conference from the E3 show floor or from the comfort of your own home, chances are the insane Uncharted 4 gameplay demo caught your eye. The demo got off to a rocky start with a technical glitch, but quickly recovered and showcased the first gameplay footage of the 2016 PS4 action game. As if that car chase wasn’t enough, today gamer’s get to see the other half of that Uncharted 4 action sequence....
A weird Steam game experiment makes the developer drink a glass of water for each sale. It’s one of several odd publicity stunts rolled out by companies this month, such as McDonald’s 5G smartphone “announcement” and KFC’s electric car prank. Developer Bmc Studio has put its new game, Each Sale I Drink a Glass of Water, in early access on Steam, vowing to drink a glass of water for every sale it gets....
Despite the franchise’s hit status and popularity, there hasn’t been a National Treasure movie since 2007, and there hasn’t been any indication that Disney has any interest changing that. Even though the original film and its sequel were very successful, and a potential third movie was teased by the director and producer, nothing ever materialized. Now Mulan producer Jason Reed reveals why Ben Gates never went looking for more historical booty....
No matter what people say, attacking power is important in Pokemon battles, and some Pokemon inherently have it better than others. A Pokemon’s ability to deal damage of the rough-and-tumble variety is quantified in the physical Attack stat. While every type is capable of dealing physical damage to some extent thanks to the physical-special split, some are better at it than others. This list will stack the best squarer-uppers and hand-throwers of each type against each other, and hopefully give you an idea of how the types stack as a whole in that department....
This The Simpsons review contains spoilers. The Simpsons Season 34 Episode 12 The Simpsons season 34 episode 12 “My Life as a Vlog,” highlights the family’s addiction to clickbait, which could be seen as a grasp for relevancy in an Instagram world, but is really a ratings grab because YouTube is easier to satirize and monetize. It’s not quite the latest thing, but it’s not passe, and it’s more fun to navigate....
The Sims 4 remains the longest-running entry in a series with what many call a current monopoly over family life sims. The TS4 expansion packs have a varied reception, with early installments like Get to Work coming out buggy and fading in interest fast, while others like Get Famous are exciting to some and dull to others. In the midst of community feedback, calls for quality of life updates, and concerns about race, EA has released The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu, a game pack that has drawn an incredible amount of backlash....
This article contains spoilers for the sixth episode of The Stand. In episode 6 of the CBS All Access limited series The Stand, “The Vigil,” several critical things happen: Mother Abigail (Whoopi Goldberg), out on her spiritual quest in the wilderness to communicate with God, has an unexpected confrontation with Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgard) instead before she retreats, physically depleted, to the Boulder Free Zone. Her return, however, coincides with Harold Lauder (Owen Teague) and Nadine Cross (Amber Heard) successfully pulling off their plan to stage a terrorist attack in the Free Zone, detonating a bomb in Abigail’s house that results in the death of Boulder leader and Abigail’s “voice,” the deaf, mute and partially blind Nick Andros (Henry Zaga)....
This Walking Dead feature contains spoilers. With Maggie back, there’s no doubt that Negan’s time in Alexandria is going to get harder. After all, she is there with little Hershel, and every day she has to walk by the man who killed her husband. When you add in the fact that Negan was there as Alpha’s second in commend when she burned Hilltop to the ground, it’s clear that there’s no road to forgiveness in Maggie’s eyes....
The Witcher is one of the most popular series in the world right now, and Pokémon has been popular for ages. It’s only natural that gamer’s start to wonder about what a cross-over between the two would look like. You’re probably even wondering what type of Pokémon Geralt and his friends would have accompanying them through the lands! After all, The White Wolf would need a partner that is used too all manner of chaos breaking loose....
A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fan has found a DualShock charm in the game, but nobody knows how to get it. There’s little doubt that the DualShock controller will go down in history as one of the most iconic designs in video gaming. It’s so good that Sony is using it as the base for its upcoming DualSense controller for the PlayStation 5. The DualShock is so great, it’s even in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare as a weapon charm....
This week is Grand Theft Auto Online is going to be one of the best in a while, thanks to the decision to bring back a Spooktacular Halloween event for a limited time. Players can jump into the game now for the Alien Survival Series and Peyote plants from last year’s October event, both of which are available from now until Monday, April 13. The event is largely unchanged from 2019, where players can choose from seven different Survival modes around the map against aliens with big, big gun....
All eyes are on Blizzard now as players patiently await the arrival of Echo, the next damage-dealing character in Overwatch. While no solid release date has been provided, current speculation and previous release schedules point to an April launch, so we may see Echo arrive in the coming week. As a high-mobility character than can glide while falling and fly in any direction for three seconds at a time, Echo is sure to be a nightmare for opponents with poor situational awareness, and flanking will take on whole new levels of strategy....
Jon Shiring, lead engineer at Respawn Entertainment, reveals how the developer is planning to prevent server connection issues for Titanfall 2 on launch day. Online games are judged quickly based on how well the servers hold up during launch week. For many shooters, the large rush of players on day one is a hard thing to plan for – typically resulting in downtime. Respawn Entertainment appears to be going the extra mile to eliminate any fears over server issues or other connectivity problems that could arise on day one for its upcoming shooter Titanfall 2....
Last year’s E3 contained a decent amount of surprises for Xbox fans, but one of the largest was undoubtedly the return of Killer Instinct. Reappearing as a downloadable exclusive for the Xbox One, some fans were quickly turned off by the game once it was announced that they’d have to invest in a season pass to have access to the initial roster of characters. Now that the first season of Killer Instinct has finally wrapped up and the controversy has died down, Microsoft has confirmed that a second season will be arriving for the celebrated fighting franchise....
The top sci-fi books in January 2022 see the world transformed in myriad ways, from an Arctic plague to a UFO sighting to fleeing Earth for the stars. How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Type: NovelPublisher: William MorrowRelease date: Jan. 18 Den of Geek says: Sequoia Nagamatsu’s debut promises to be for 2022 what rereading Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven was for 2020: a speculative plague narrative that may hit too close to home, but that may also be just the catharsis we need as we continue to adjust our lives in a post-covid era....
Twitch streamer, internet personality, and former Overwatch pro Felix “xQc” Lengyel has been temporarily banned from the popular streaming platform, as well as Twitch Rivals events after stream sniping during a recent Fall Guys event. While it doesn’t appear the act was done with ill intent and it ultimately had no impact on the results, stream sniping is in violation of GlitchCon’s player conduct code, though Twitch has been historically criticized for inconsistent rule enforcements....
Two Point Hospital, the spiritual successor to the 1997 business simulator Theme Hospital, has officially introduced its sandbox mode update across all platforms. The game puts players into the shoes of a hospital manager. Build and furnish your hospital, and make sure your staff is trained to deal with the shenanigans Two Point Hospital throws your way. While the game doesn’t give you the same freedom of design that The Sims franchise does, for instance, sandbox mode goes a long way toward enabling the same kinds of antics....
Nicolas Cage is trending. It’s not uncommon for celebrities to become trending topics on Twitter after a recent interview or talk show appearance, but the 58-year-old actor finds himself the topic of conversation online far more frequently than other actors of his generation. This time, Cage is having a mini-viral moment after discussing his pet crow Hoogan and declaring, “I am a goth,” in an interview with the Los Angeles Times....
While one of the last major updates to Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End fixed a ranked multiplayer issue involving some player progress from the previous season continually resetting, this time around, Naughty Dog is set to provide a patch to the game mode in the action-adventure title that will bring about a lot of new materials, including assets from the forthcoming spin-off The Lost Legacy. In order to show fans what’s coming to the fourth entry in the franchise’s multiplayer, the developer has released a brand new trailer detailing the update’s wares....
The bosses in rogue-likes are essentially a check for the player to see if they’ve either mastered the game’s mechanics, or have gotten good enough luck on the items they found and are powerful enough to go on to the next stage. In UnderMine, there aren’t really any unbalanced items or synergies players can take advantage of and ride out the game. Each boss will require skill and execution to make it through....
