For those of you who may not be among the most dedicated of Mass Effect fans, it may be difficult to think of anyone who didn’t love the critically-hailed Mass Effect 2. While the first in the series was an undeniable nod to BioWare’s RPG roots, the follow-up was a far more refined shooter that many fans weren’t expecting. Still, the story of the series has kept gamers patiently waiting for the chance to finish the fight next year....
A defining characteristic of the Mega Man series is its solid, simple-to-grasp mechanics and meticulous encounter designs. The player knows exactly what their character’s range of motion and offensive options are and utilizes them to overcome the considerable challenge the game exhibits. Mega Man Battle Network adds a serious spin to this formula. It tries to implement this ethos in an RPG structure. The end result is a unique system that merges the strategy and randomness of deck-building with the mobility and urgency of grid-based active combat....
Metacritic has become a go-to website for gamers over recent years, giving those looking for the best games to play a place to find all the reviews and an aggregate score quickly. Metacritic also hosts a sizable forum of fans that enjoy sharing their own opinion, and the community recently voted in a poll for 2020’s Game of the Year. In an interesting turn of events, The Last of Us 2 took home the title of Metacritic’s Game of the Year winner....
Nintendo has confirmed with a short, cryptic teaser that Metroid Prime 4 is currently being developed for the Nintendo Switch. This is the newest core installment in the Metroid Prime series in nearly ten years. The trailer doesn’t offer much in the way of details, but the announcement itself is reason enough for Metroid fans to celebrate. The trailer is a meager 42 seconds long, and features little aside from a title card announcing that the newest Metroid franchise installment will be Metroid Prime 4....
Flight simulators are unbelievably realistic, but they can always improve. That’s exactly why one modder added a giant Gundam to Microsoft Flight Simulator…to make the game more realistic (seriously). Players have been marveling at the incredible level of detail that Microsoft Flight Simulator offers. In fact, nobody has ever seen the full potential of the game because the hardware required to get everything out of it doesn’t exist yet. Of course, a game that allows you to fly all over the world in this kind of detail is going to have some mistakes—as well as massive opportunities for mods....
After releasing stills of the Project Scorpio dev kit, Microsoft has provided an in-motion look at the device. Jez Corden, senior editor at Windows Central, shared a video of Microsoft’s Project Scorpio dev kit on his Twitter account, and fans are buzzing. Accompanying the clip is the caption, “Scorpio dev kit. Kinda sexy, no?” Though the actual design of the dev kit is relatively simple overall, given that it is just a dev kit, one particular aspect of it stands out for all the right reasons....
The concept of The Sims is to build your own families and people, in order to control their lives and fate. You have complete control of the world around you, controlling the look of your sims, their houses, their careers and relationships. While you can start your own neighbourhood from the very beginning, the games contain several premade families with their own backstories and implied future destinies, giving you the chance to follow the implied path the EA has set out for them or go off script and make their lives your own original creation....
The decision to make a spin-off in the style of Minecraft Dungeons makes a lot of sense. After all, Minecraft is popular and so are dungeon crawlers. Ever since Minecraft Dungeons was announced in 2019, fans have waited patiently for it to release. Unfortunately, players will have to wait a little longer, as the April launch has been pushed back to May 26. With many games being pushed back lately, the delay doesn’t come as a surprise....
Those looking to get their dance on using their PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S might have to wait a little bit. That’s because Just Dance 2021 will be hitting the next-gen consoles a little after it comes to their predecessors. Ubisoft announced that the release date for Just Dance 2021 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S is November 24. For reference, Just Dance 2021 comes to Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox One, and Google Stadia on November 12....
Kesha is a singer, songwriter, global pop superstar, paranormal investigator, and explorer of the unexplained. Though she is perhaps better known for her multiplatinum musical success, it is her fascination with the unknown that propels her pursuits these days. To put it simply, in her own words, Kesha is “totally addicted to ghosts.” And in the Conjuring Kesha unscripted paranormal series, which she stars in and executive produces — currently airing on Travel Channel during the network’s seasonal “Ghostober” event, following its premiere on the discovery+ streaming service last summer — the artist has found a “reinvigorated lust for life” in the afterlife....
Killer Instinct is one of the most beloved fighting game franchises of all time, but unfortunately suffered an extremely long hiatus. After years without a new release, Microsoft finally revived the classic fighter as a launch title for the Xbox One, with plans of building on the game with DLC “seasons” wherein a handful of new characters and features will be added to the roster each year. This unique approach to DLC has kept the Killer Instinct online community active ever since the game’s launch a couple of years ago, with no signs of slowing down....
The latest Kingdom Hearts spin-off is here in the form of the rhythm action title Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, and to nobody’s surprise, it has some implications for the future of the series. There isn’t quite as much story present in the new title as Melody of Memory is meant to be a recap story, but the ending does give players a small amount of new content to keep players engaged....
The Super Smash Bros. series is one of Nintendo’s most popular. It’s seen a release on every one of Nintendo’s console since the N64, bringing together Nintendo characters from all over to form a unique fighting game. As the years went on and the roster of playable characters continued to grow, third-party characters not owned by Nintendo eventually made guest appearances. Snake from Metal Gear Solid and Sonic from Sonic the Hedgehog were the first to kick things off in Super Smash Bros....
Riot Games’ next champion for League of Legends has been revealed in the form of Lillia, the Bashful Bloom. Lillia will be the 149th champion and the “new jungler to fawn over” teased earlier this year by Riot Reav3. The reveal confirms earlier leaks revealing Lillia’s name, splash art and voice lines. Besides the release of Lillia, skins for other champions will also be released as part of the Spirit Blossom event due on July 22....
Our quick take LG G Flex 2 - 4.0 / 5 LG bends it like Beckham Display Build quality Next-gen internals, performance pro Software quirks Battery life Great camera To recap The LG G Flex 2 might be an oddball, but we like the design and the experience. The excellent camera performance is a highlight, but the display isn’t competitive against its rivals. The feel the battery life should be better and LG’s software could do with some refinement....
It takes guts to freestyle live on Twitch, but it takes even more guts to drop a diss track on yourself live on Twitch. LilyPichu has 2.1 million subscribers on YouTube and 1.1 million on Twitch. With those kinds of numbers, it’s safe to say that she’s “made it” as far as being an internet streaming star is concerned. And when you’re that big, the only person who can take you down is yourself....
Warning: contains spoilers for the Line of Duty series 6 finale. Perhaps thanks to the extra half hour of screen time (with seven one-hour episodes instead of five plus a 90-minute finale), or perhaps because there was a genuine sense of threads being tied up as AC-12 went into storage for potentially the last time, there are fewer questions left to answer than usual after Line of Duty series six. The finale gave us lots of certainty, and just a few things still to mull over....
The first set photos from the upcoming film Renfield has been revealed, showcasing Nicolas Cage as Dracula for the first time, and it’s pure Nicolas Cage perfection. “We’re still pinching ourselves that ‘Nic Cage playing Dracula’ is an actual thing that our eyeballs will soon be able to witness. New photos from the set of Chris McKay’s horror-comedy Renfield, which stars Nicholas Hoult as the put-upon assistant of a certain famous vampire, now make us even more eager to see Cage in action....
Netflix’s I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson is one of the funniest sketch comedy shows out there. Here are its funniest twelve sketches to check out. “Without question, ITYSL is still Netflix’s most successful sketch comedy series to date, and it gives both up-and-coming talent (Patti Harrison, Conner O’Malley , Kate Berlant, Brandon Wardell, Sam Richardson, etc.) and recognizable faces (Vanessa Bayer, Cecily Strong, Fred Willard, Andy Samberg, Steven Yeun, Tim Heidecker, etc....
Fans of the Looney Tunes franchise recently got something huge in the form of Looney Tunes Cartoons, a new series on HBO Max designed to recapture the vibe and spirit of the original theatrical shorts. That being said, it’s been revealed that the new shorts are omitting a common feature of the older ones: guns. Throughout the years, Looney Tunes has been adapted and re-adapted to better suit the sensibilities of modern times, as spinoffs like Space Jam can attest....
