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The Sims franchise has continued to rise since the very first PC Sims game. And the creators offer more and more content, and hidden Easter eggs throughout each game that gets released. It was once the most popular RPG games because of its structure, whether it was starting a family, ending your sims in horrendous ways, or just becoming a heartbreaker — there are endless ways. If you think there’s something The Sims can’t do, you would be so wrong....

The newest game in the popular and ever-growing survival genre, Valheim has taken the world by storm. Selling 5 million copies in its first month, the Viking survival game has been compared to following the early trends of Minecraft in creating a very immersive survival experience with a great crafting and building system. The game seems to be an unstoppable force at the moment and is due to get a bunch of content updates in the near future....

Valheim players will undoubtedly be familiar with the pride that comes from building their first respectable structure, and the crushing defeat felt when browsing through stunning buildings posted on the Valheim subreddit. Now, one player has presented another serious ego bruiser in the form of the Notre Dame cathedral built in-game. Having released only last month, the growing list of architectural accomplishments is daunting. Most players began their adventures struggling to craft a basic house....

If you are looking for a versatile character in VALORANT that can handle both offense and defense pretty well, then Breach is your guy. How Should You Approach Breach? Breach is an initiator, meaning he excels at using his abilities to set up his team to make a push, so don’t get greedy and remember to help your team take control of an area. However, Breach’s toolkit can easily be played to fit the role of an aggressor, flanker, defense, or whatever situation is thrown at you and your team....

G2 continues their dominance over Europe with their victory at the Allied Esports Odyssey. The team has placed first in every European event since the launch of the Ignition Series. The road to victory for G2 proved to be more difficult than the team has seen before, placing 3rd in the group stage. Newly formed teams Liquid and FunPlus Phoenix showed they are worthy competitors to the defending champions. During the group stage, tragedy struck G2’s DavidP as he found out his father passed away during a match with FunPlus....

Valorant is a new first-person shooter game coming to PC that is currently in its closed beta stage of development. It is a unique blend of aspects from Counter-Strike and Overwatch between the weaponry and characteristics of the agents. One of the biggest parts is the ability for players to purchase weapons throughout the game. Weapons are, of course, the mark of any FPS. For a FPS game to be awesome, the weapons have to be pretty great....

One part of Valorant is purchasing skins to change up how the different weapons appear. However, weapon cosmetics can become quite expensive, and some players are resistant to drop a chunk of real world money just for a few points to afford the last weapon skim they are looking for. The good news is that Riot Games has a solution to dilemma. Players have been bring up complaints around the Valorant skin system recently....

Valve confirms that it will be sponsoring this year’s Game Devs of Color Expo after facing criticism for failing to make a statement in support of Black Lives Matter. While other major games companies like Destiny 2 developer Bungie have made public statements against racial injustice, Valve has not. On Twitter, game developer Shawn Alexander Allen tweeted that Valve had signed on to sponsor Game Devs of Color Expo, which takes place in September....

“We three brothers are the leaders together as our father would have wished.” In the aftermath of Ragnar Lothbrok’s death and the demise of Kings Ecbert and Aelle, Vikings returns for its fifth season with a wealth of storylines and the first extended look at the man on God’s mission to stop the Great Heathen Army in its tracks. With a powerful two-hour season premiere, creator Michael Hirst takes advantage of the opportunity to explore battles both earthly and spiritual....

Wal-Mart’s ad-matching policy goes along with this by stating “We’re committed to providing low prices every day, on everything. So if you find a current lower online price from an online retailer on an identical, in-stock product, tell us and we’ll match it.” However, it looks like most Wal-Mart cashiers don’t verify the online listing by checking to see if it actually exists, or comes from a reputable third-party seller, and have been letting people purchase PlayStation 4 consoles for a literal steal of $99....

The main thrust of Vermintide 2 is absolutely the rush of you and your team carving a bloody path of destruction through the hordes of foes. It is essentially the melee successor to the Left 4 Dead formula, but there are more differences than just the heroes you play as and monsters you fight. The first Vermintide had a simple crafting system in it, but the sequel ups the complexity with a ton of new features and ways to use it....

Morte is the newest operator in Call of Duty: Warzone. A Sergio Leone-inspired gunslinger, Morte serves as a love letter to the spaghetti Western genre — a genre beloved to his voice actor, Italian rapper and entertainer Fabio Rovazzi. We recently had a chance to chat with Rovazzi via Skype, where we discussed Morte, Will Smith, the Gulag, and almost falling over while trying to shoot AK-47s in a gun range....

Since the release of Watch Dogs: Legion, there have been numerous reports about the game’s upcoming post-launch content. Ubisoft previously released a trailer showing some of the new content for Year 1, including a new story expansion and new playable heroes. For Watch Dogs players, their patience will be paying off this year. A recent tweet revealed the Watch Dogs: Legion content roadmap for the upcoming months in 2021. The new roadmap provides several previews of the new content that will be arriving in the game, including late April, May, June, and August....

One of the most exciting aspects of indie game development is being able to see indie studios grow and improve. Few studios represent that idea better than Total Mayhem Games and its popular We Were Here series. Total Mayhem Games has released three games since 2017, each expanding on the creativity of the game prior. Now the team is ready to deliver its latest iteration of the co-op puzzle game. Introducing We Were Here Forever, tentatively planned for release in 2021, including on next-gen consoles....

Text-based passwords have been around since the dawn of the internet, and have served their purpose well, but maybe it’s time that something better came along. The problem with traditional passwords is that they can be stolen, as we’ve seen happen with numerous data breaches over the years. Of course, there have been steps taken to mitigate this risk, with things like two-factor authentication and password managers, but neither is especially convenient....

What Does Social Media Analytics Tools Mean? Social media analytics tools are pieces of web application analysis software that are used to monitor, assess and consequently improve social media performance. They are simply a subset of web analytics tools that are designed to gather and make sense of web performance data produced by social media sites and platforms, and consists of the usual graphical dashboard and data visualization techniques that give the user a clear understanding on the performance of their social media presence....

After a short hiatus, the Pokémon anime series is returning in Japan with brand-new episodes that are set to begin airing on June 7. Pokémon Journeys: The Series was temporarily suspended in April after Japan declared a state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Pokémon Anime official Twitter (via Nintendo Soup), the series is resuming production and broadcast now that Japan has ended its state of emergency and it is safe for the team to return to work....

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, many companies have taken extra precautions to prevent the spread of the virus. The Pokemon Company is the latest to announce cancellations of major events. As of now, all Play! Pokemon events for the next two months will be cancelled. Both Pokemon video game and trading card game tournaments are affected and may have implications for ranking championships. Pokemon is not the only trading card game to be affected, as the newest Marvel Champions expansion is most likely being delayed....

When it comes to franchises that dish out tons of merchandise a year, most pale in comparison to Pokemon. The franchise is a multimedia icon after all, with the video game spawning a huge trading card empire, an incredibly popular TV shows, and even recently making the jump into live-action cinema with the release of Detective Pikachu last year. Through the hundreds of faces that make up its adorable pocket monster roster, many have been transformed into various physical items for the franchise’s fans to enjoy, with Pikachu plushies, Magikarp hats, and even a Lapras sofa being sold to players....

James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is on track to come out on time for its August 2021 release date, and the director has the logo to prove it. Indeed, JaGunn personally unveiled the new logo for Warner Brothers’ loose sequel to Suicide Squad (2016), announcing via Twitter that it was prepared just in time for his birthday. “TheSuicideSquad team just got me these amazing new official title treatments for my birthday,” James Gunn said....