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It’s nearly impossible to talk about Psykers in Warhammer 40,000 without talking about the Thousand Sons. A legion of Chaos Space Marines that worship Tzeentch, the Chaos God of magic and deception, these unfortunate individuals utilized psychic powers to such an excessive extent that they began to mutate. In order to stop this transformation, one of the faction’s head sorcerer’s, Ahriman, did what any logical thinker would do: He turned his fellow marine’s into dust, permanently binding their souls to their armor....

You can’t quite simulate the broken teeth and smell of cheap beer, but hockey games have gotten pretty realistic in recent years. So realistic, in fact, that NHL players are now using them to simulate games in lieu of the regular hockey season. NHL 20 Hockey Night is a brand-new online show from New Jersey Devils defenseman P.K. Subban. In the series, prominent NHL players stay frosty during quarantine by squaring off in games of EA’s NHL 20....

Having a few fans of Dungeons & Dragons on the Game Rant team, and a few more who loved the Neverwinter Nights games, made it easy to get excited about an MMO take on the universe and at E3 2012 we made sure to get hands-on with the free-to-play Neverwinter in development at Cryptic Studios. We enjoyed our experience and hopped on the opportunity to play it as soon as possible when the game launched its first of three closed beta weekends last month (watch our Neverwinter gameplay videos)....

Bethesda has reportedly been hard at work on Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield for some time now, so it seemed that there wouldn’t be a new Fallout game for quite a while. However, since Microsoft acquired Bethesda earlier this year, speculation about the future of Fallout has spiked. Some have even proposed that Microsoft-owned Obsidian could develop a game, like it did with Fallout: New Vegas. Now that Fallout hype is in season again, here is what I want from the hypothetical Fallout 5....

Director Scott Cooper‘s The Pale Blue Eye is a subtle, restrained work of suspense for fans of the slow-burn murder mystery genre. Even its most exciting action scene comes across as more realistically perilous than cinematically frightening. The film, which reimagines the real-life Edgar Allan Poe during his younger years at West Point, has its blemishes, but these offenses do not include Harry Melling, who occasionally looks like a touched-up vintage photograph of Poe, or Christian Bale, who stars as Augustus Landor, the damaged detective desperate to control the chaos....

The Predator: Hunting Grounds’ box art is fantastic, but it’s too bad the game itself isn’t too great. Last weekend, The Predator: Hunting Grounds hosted its first public beta test. The game itself is scheduled for release on April 24, which doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for developers Illfonic to change things up based on player feedback. In case you haven’t heard, Hunting Grounds is an asymmetric shooter where one player plays the Predator while the rest play as a team of human soldiers....

EA’s The Sims franchise has been around for over 20 years now, hitting a major milestone in March of this year when the latest iteration of the series, The Sims 4, reached 10 million players overall. While the series hasn’t been around or involved long enough to be inducted into the annals of video game history as “one of the longest running franchises,” 20 years is still a remarkable achievement....

I’ve played Red Dead Redemption 2’s story from start to finish three times now, and I know I still haven’t seen everything. I always try to take Arthur Morgan in different directions, explore regions I never spent much time in during my last go around, and make every attempt to encounter new strangers, new scenarios, and new stories. I would probably have played it even more times, if it wasn’t for one thing putting me off: the opening few hours in the snow are an absolute slog, and I could never bring myself to redo them again....

Every fan of The Witcher franchise no doubt knows that the games originated in a book series by the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Sapkowski published the first story with Geralt of Rivia back in 1986. Ever since then, Sapkowski wrote two story collections and six novels from the same world. His written work sold great and the books were published in multiple countries. However, it wasn’t until CD Projekt Red made The Witcher games that the books became truly popular in English-speaking countries....

Ciri isn’t a girl you want to mess with, and at the end of Witcher 3, she became one of the most powerful beings alive. Now that we have officially found out more gamers are on the way; it’s only natural to wonder about how Ciri would be if she starred at the protagnist for the next game. While Ciri would be an interesting choice, there are a few hang-ups we have about her taking on Geralt’s mantle....

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is an incredible game by Ubisoft Montreal. Fans of the Vikings era and Norse mythology will find the game’s story and atmosphere even more enjoyable. Vikings have become more and more popular thanks to their constant portrayal in various pop culture works. This, in turn, has led many people to become more fascinated by the ancient group of warriors. Those who know a lot about Vikings will appreciate the way they’re portrayed in this game, but they also know there are a lot of things anyone will miss about Vikings if they simply take the game’s iteration of them as their only source of information....

After over a decade without a true MechWarrior game, Piranha Games is weeks away from bringing the franchise back. As early as next month first-time players and longtime series fans will finally be able to jump forward to the year 3049 in the Battletech universe with MechWarrior Online, and before you do, there are a few things you should know. It was back in March when we got our very first look at MechWarrior Online gameplay and since that time, developer Piranha Games has been updating the official MWO site with blog entries, detailing on the game’s unique variety of warfare, and what really excites us, listing mechs one-by-one that will be shipping with the game at launch....

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are making their way back to the world of video games in an all-new adventure on mobile devices. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Madness - from developer and publisher Kongregate - will be a brand new game featuring the “world’s most fearsome fighting team,” and will be released this September as a free-to-play title for iOS and Android mobile devices. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Madness will be based on the Nickelodeon animated series, letting players experience the world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise with plenty of customization options, such as creating their own team of heroes and building up their headquarters....

Night Dive Studios’ Community Manager reveals that Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is well on its way to the PC, and that the development team is working to create an authentic experience. Whether as remakes, remasters, or ports, classic games have a tendency to make it back to modern gaming systems. Night Dive Studios has now confirmed that it’s still committed to making Turok 2: Seeds of Evil one of the classic games to re-emerge on the PC....

There has been plenty of controversy over the course of the Entertainment Software Rating Board’s 20-year history. Not as much as the MPAA film ratings board, mind you, but enough to call into question who decides what is and isn’t appropriate content. By and large, though, when a game does get the ESRB’s AO (short for Adults Only) rating it’s for good reason. The AO rating also happens to be a kiss of death for many games, since most retailers won’t sell titles with that rating....

Ubisoft today announced that its monthly subscription service, Ubisoft Plus, is now available in beta form through Google Stadia. The update is rolling out in waves and is expected to conclude on December 16. If you already have a Ubisoft Plus subscription, just visit the official Ubisoft website and link your account to Stadia. You don’t even need a Stadia Pro subscription to take advantage of the beta – as long as you’re a monthly subscriber to Ubisoft Plus, you’ll be able to access your titles remotely through Google Stadia....

On June 16th, Itch.io’s Bundle for Racial Justice and Inequality concluded, raising a grand total of $8,174,985 to be split evenly between the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Community Bail Fund. Buying the bundle required only a donation of $5, meaning that a maximum of 1,634,997 different people could theoretically own the bundle (though that number is almost surely smaller, given that many people donated more than $5, it’s still a close approximation, assuming the majority of owners bought in at the minimum....

The fact that Valheim is a roaring Steam success is not a new one. Currently, there are several million Vikings exploring the game’s 10th circle of Valhalla, and Iron Gate Studio’s breakout relies on incredible atmosphere, mechanics, and a gorgeously realized world to achieve all of this, including its biomes. Valheim’s biomes are a core part of this incredible world, as the developer has four detailed biomes teeming with danger and adventure, with a further four currently still in development....

There are a variety of different weapons in Valheim that do different types of damage. One of the many kind are maces and hammers, which do blunt damage. Different Kinds of Damage Different creatures in the land of Valheim are weak or strong against different kinds of damage. For example, Surtlings, which are the main source of picking up Surtling cores, don’t take much damage from elemental fire arrows. Also, skeletons take less damage from pierce sources and much more from blunt sources, like maces....

Despite being criticized for its lofty price point, HTC and Valve’s virtual reality headset, the HTC Vive, sells 15,000 units within 10 minutes of pre-orders going live. HTC and Valve recently announced that their virtual reality headset, the HTC Vive, would launch in April. For $799, those who purchase the headset will also get two motion controllers, two Lighthouse sensors along with two, free virtual reality games, Job Simulator and Fantastic Contraption....