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Our quick take Tomb Raider (2013) - 5.0 / 5 Shadow of the Tomb Raider release date, screens, trailers and pre-order details Lost and found Gameplay The world has changed To recap Tomb Raider is a storming reimagination of the series complete with all the jumping, shooting and mini puzzles you could care to shake a stick at. But it’s also dark, gory and occasionally borders on the disturbing too - which makes for a gruesome yet delightfully gritty title that delivers with more impact than other games of its kind....

After its initial leak on the Microsoft Store, the Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy has officially appeared on both the Microsoft Store and the PlayStation Store. Console players can buy this collection with a 60% discount for a limited time. Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy launches for $49.99, and includes complete editions of the latest trilogy’s games: Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition....

Warning: contains spoilers for Happy Valley Series 3 Episode 4. In the final moments of Happy Valley Series 3, Episode 4, jailed-for-life villain Tommy Lee Royce (played by James Norton) enacts a bold escape. It’s a big moment in a high-stakes drama that may seem like the stuff of fiction but which has surprising real-world parallels. Out of prison under police escort while being sentenced for another crime on top of his current stretch, Royce absconds from the courtroom while the court is in session....

Those of us who grew up in the 90s are very familiar with the term “sellout,” which is essentially the negative connotation associated with the act of being “bought” through endorsements and other marketing tactics. Professional athletes, musicians… no one in the 90s was safe from being labeled a sellout after signing the dotted line for a lucrative endorsement. That included professional skateboarding legend, Tony Hawk, who revealed on episode #1477 of the Joe Rogan Experience that he was labeled a sellout when he partnered with Activision to bring about the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series....

There is good news for fans of Square Enix’s Mana series, as Trials of Mana has greatly exceeded the company’s sales expectations. Trials of Mana is a remake of a game that was originally a Japan-exclusive title for the Super Nintendo. Seiken Densetsu 2 was localized in North America and Europe as Secret of Mana, but Seiken Densetsu 3 never made its way overseas. International fans gained a way to play the game during the early days of emulation, as fans were able to translate the game into English and release it online....

Sony Interactive Entertainment officially announces the first week numbers for Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, revealing sales of more than 2.7 million units. Now that Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End has been out for nearly two weeks and initially had its UK launch sales up 66% from the third entry, Sony Interactive Entertainment has been able to determine exactly how many copies of the action-adventure title have sold within its first week....

The card game UNO might be one of the longest running party games that is still played today, with a digital version even making the game playable online during the a year essentially without parties. However, the official brand has recently made a ruling on the legitimacy of a popular house rule that has even made its way into the Ubisoft UNO video game. House rules in board and card games have become the topic of a number of online discussions, as everything from Monopoly to Chinese Checkers have gained unofficial rules overtime that players still never let go of....

The Pokémon franchise has numerous mysteries that will likely never be answered by the people at Game Freak. The reasons for this are different depending on whether you are talking about the anime or the video games. The Pokémon anime was an unprecedented success, to the point where it eventually became an endless cycle of Ash traveling to new regions. The original plan for the series was that Ash would defeat Gary during the final battle of the Pokémon League, in either Kanto or Johto....

This article contains big Venom: Let There Be Carnage spoilers. If you’ve scrolled around the internet in the last day or two, you might’ve seen folks talking about a little movie called Venom: Let There Be Carnage. With the superhero sequel breaking box office records over the weekend, and ending on a cliffhanger that seems to tease we’ll finally get some proper Spider-Man on symbiote action in the MCU, there’s a lot out there for genre fans to unpack....

The gas mask animation in Warzone can be the difference between winning and losing a round for some players. Here’s how to stop it happening. Call of Duty: Warzone has a lot in common with other battle royale titles on the market, but also a lot of things that set it apart. The Gulag, for instance. A one-on-one scenario where players have the chance to slay a foe and re-enter the fray....

Surprising no one, Warzone’s newly introduced Season Four light machine gun, the MG 82, is set to be nerfed in an upcoming patch. Raven Software delivered the news on Tuesday afternoon in a Tweet, which included several additional changes that will be arriving in the next update to Warzone. Maximum damage output for the MG 82 will be decreased from 30 to 29, while also its damage range will be cut by 20 percent, the patch notes read....

Several days ago, Ubisoft released Watch Dogs Legion, and as players explore the fictional version of London, they will come across several masks that are important items in the game. Basically, masks allow DeadSec operatives to maintain a level of anonymity as they complete tasks and accomplish missions. Additionally, masks are also a great way for players to express the personalities of various characters, especially since there are tons to collect all over the game’s world....

Watch Dogs: Legion is one of the many new games with a photo mode. With the visually impressive graphics of many modern games, like Watch Dogs and Ghost of Tsushima, games need a photo mode for players to take selfies, capture important moments, and clip funny moments. In Legion, the photo mode is also used to collect evidence and fulfill quests, but it’s not as intuitive as similar modes in other games....

The Minecraft VR gaming communities are banding together from November 23 to 27 to support and raise money for the No Kid Hungry charity by hosting numerous Twitch live streaming events across the Internet. Leading the gaming and fundraising charge is prolific Twitch streamer and YouTuber WayneRadioTV, who will cap off the week’s events with a 24-hour Minecraft VR marathon, with the goal of raising $50,000 for the charity. According to the official press release, a large and diverse collection of Minecraft streamers and community creators “will play a variety of game types within Minecraft, everything from free build modes to community challenges to battle royale, in the days leading up to Wayne’s marathon....

After seven films and an ill-advised reboot, Chucky is set to deploy a new torrent of neighborhood carnage. The killer doll has gone through several reinventions over the years, but now that he’s back in the hands of original creator Don Mancini, he’ll find yet another unsuspecting family to terrorize in his very own TV series. Chucky has certainly navigated a wild path to the small screen. The Child’s Play franchise started out playing the character straight by charting his efforts to get his murderous psychological hooks into innocent little Andy Barclay, but films one through three were also embracing a slasher genre that appeared to be on its last legs....

The Outer Worlds: Peril On Gorgon DLC was an unexpected but welcome addition to a game that shook up the RPG ranks in late 2019. Many gamers wanted to see more content that addressed questions in the base game. Instead, what they’ve got here is a fresh adventure with new NPCs, a new world to explore, and a new perspective on actions the character had likely taken during prior playthroughs....

If you’re reading this article, there’s a pretty good chance you know the words to the original Pokemon theme song - “I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was.” There’s a reason why it’s still so catchy to this day - it’s written in common meter. Also known as ballad meter, this is a literary device that appears in some of the most famous and prestigious poems ever written....

Everyone knows that Fortnite is an overwhelmingly massive success. It’s frequently been labelled as the most successful free-to-play game and one of the most-played games ever. Epic Games’ shooter-slash-construction-based multiplayer - with its three distinct game modes (Save the World, Battle Royale, and Fortnite Creative) - has taken the world by storm. But why is that? Besides the fact that it crashed strategically into an audience of tens of millions players primed for a good battle royale game and ready for the taking, Fortnite also satisfies the basic human needs for relatedness and socializing, appealing to that much more of a wider audience....

Nvidia is trying to get back on gamers’ good side after the RTX 3000 series graphics cards launch has been mostly marred by supply shortages due to a higher than ever demand for PC parts from all kinds of consumers. This includes making the budget-minded RTX 3060 resistant against cryptocurrency mining. In fact, Nvidia has come up with a whole new lineup of GPUs lacking video outputs which are solely meant for mining activities, but that won’t stop retailers from pricing the 3060 above its MSRP....

The Sims 4 turns 7 this year yet shows no signs of slowing down. Its newest stuff pack, Paranormal, releases at the end of the month and a new dev blog from SimGuruConor has revealed quite a bit of information about the upcoming pack. While the reveal trailer already advertised the pack as being quite spooky, it seems The Sims 4 will be getting even more scary additions than many fans realized....