The John Wick franchise is known for its well-choreographed action sequences and high body count. But in an interview with comicbook.com, director Chad Stahelski revealed that the original script of John Wick only had a few deaths. According to Stahelski, Keanu Reeves sent him the script on a Friday, having read it in a day and thinking about it all weekend. Talking about the original screenplay, Stahelski said “It was much more contained....
Farming for materials is bound to happen in any RPG, especially ones developed by Square Enix. Grinding has always been a staple of the genre and while modern RPGs tend to veer away from power leveling, franchises like Kingdom Hearts never learned to be generous with their random drops. Material grinding is a staple of Kingdom Hearts’ post-game, with the numbered games taking things to another level entirely. Both Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II demand players dedicate a considerable amount of time to material grinding if they want to synthesize everything....
It’s been almost 20 years since the first Fatal Frame started terrifying PS2 owners with its distinct brand of Japanese horror. Although the franchise could never quite supplant rivals Silent Hill or Resident Evil, it still carved out a dedicated fan base that will never lay down their Camera Obscura. And for them, we have some good news. Possibly. In Famitsu’s year-end interview with 110 different creators, one of them just so happened to be franchise producer Keisuke Kikuchi....
In the past few months, Japanese games publisher Konami has been at the centre of several controversies. It began with a reported rift between the publisher and the creator of the Metal Gear series, Hideo Kojima. The well-known games developer was previously Konami’s Executive Content Officer but Konami removed his name off their list of executives, took Kojima’s name off of the Metal Gear series’ websites, and said that the Metal Gear games would continue with or without him....
In the many years since the Mass Effect trilogy was ported to PC, a thriving mod scene has built up around BioWare’s sci-fi space franchise. People have even gone as far as trying to completely remake the end of Mass Effect 3 into something that doesn’t quite suck so much. And seemingly for the first time, BioWare has even acknowledged the modding scene with Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. Game director Mac Walters recently tweeted that he’s reaching out to the modding community to see how Legendary Edition will impact existing mosd and was going to try to “set the modding community up for success going forward....
Since it launched back in March 2020, Call of Duty: Warzone has never been short on content. Activision continues to stuff the in-game store with all sorts of cosmetics at a rapid pace and seasonal battle passes ensure that players have a constant stream of things to unlock while they play. These items include everything from character and weapon skins, to calling cards, and even new finishers. Inside of the frantic multiplayer or battle royal modes of recent Call of Duty games, execution moves can be tricky to pull off....
Remember when the finale of WandaVision brought you to tears? Well, it doesn’t look quite as good without all the special effects. “It’s been just over a year since WandaVision first hit Disney+, so while we wait for the Scarlet Witch to return in Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness to grapple with the whole ‘so I was understandably quite sad and magically took it out on a small town/a witch passing by/the synthetic corpse of my android lover’ deal, in the meantime, ILM has given us a great chance to look back and see the series’ emotional finale come together....
Some new gameplay footage for Sonic Frontiers has dropped, and it looks an awful lot like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. “Sega shared a decent chunk of Sonic Frontiers gameplay this morning, showing off some of the shenanigans the blue hedgehog will get up to in his next adventure. Sonic collects rings. Sonic dashes through verdant fields. Sonic grinds floating rails. Sonic climbs (and then eventually runs up the sides of) ancient towers....
Many games and developers will team up with outside organizations to create mutually beneficial partnerships. Likewise, Riot Games has teamed up with Logitech G in a multi-year partnership to develop officially licensed products based on League of Legends. Logitech G has announced the first collection from the partnership, based on League of Legends’ K/DA music group, is now available worldwide. Riot Games is well aware of K/DA’s massive popularity, which exploded onto the scene in 2018 with the single, “POP/STARS....
Most people know that streamers and gamers prefer comfy chairs, and often companies will market chairs specifically for gaming. Herman Miller, a furniture company, is partnering with Logitech, a computer gaming peripherals company, to create a new gaming chair for just under $1,500 with an emphasis on user comfort. The chair will be Herman Miller x Logitech G Embody Gaming Chair. Logitech has had its hand in a number of buzzed-about products, like the G810 Orion Spectrum Keyboard with its rainbow backlights....
The 90s were a wild time for video games. With various technological barriers being broken on a yearly basis, gamers were never quite sure what to expect next. That follows with your current subject of the day: Quake. id Software revolutionized PC gaming and first-person shooters with both Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, but Quake was in a league of its own. It pioneered 3D tech that is still in use to this day, but it required something of a hefty PC to run properly....
Loop Hero has many hidden mechanics within its simple yet very challenging — and addicting — gameplay system. The game’s card system alone can be a tad confusing initially as the game does not do a very great job explaining how to utilize them for the best possible outcome. However, Loop Hero’s card system is rather deep and can help the player out tremendously if placed correctly. You can put certain cards with others to grant additional bonuses or materials....
Another video game franchise is making the leap to the big screen. Dynasty Warriors will be hitting theaters in Hong Kong on April 29. The popular hack and slash series created by Koei Tecmo will join the likes of other video games getting the movie treatment such as Mortal Kombat and Uncharted. The trailer for Dynasty Warriors came out way back in 2018, so fans have been waiting patiently for a theatrical release date....
It’s a new year which means that a new Madden NFL video game is almost upon us. Madden 20 will be releasing on August 2nd, 2019 and will feature all of the new rookies who were drafted in the 2019 NFL Draft and signed as undrafted free agents in the days and weeks that followed. Many of these young guys are facing high expectations due to where and when they were drafted....
Magic: The Gathering is a huge cash earner for Hasbro and leads the company’s second-quarter growth. This probably isn’t surprising to anyone that actually plays Magic, but the 26-year-old card game is still as popular as ever. In fact, it might be more popular now than it’s ever been. According to parent company Hasbro, who owns Magic: The Gathering maker Wizards of the Coast, much of their success can be attributed directly to Magic....
8 There Are No Detachable Joy-Cons One of the most unique features of the Switch is the detachable Joy-Cons. You can play handheld with these attached to the sides of the Switch, or use them as a separate controller when playing docked. Many games even let each one be its own controller for simple multiplayer functionality. Unfortunately, they are not the most comfortable and there is a small epidemic of malfunctioning analog sticks known as “Joy-Con drift”....
Fallout 76 has seen some significant changes this year, and a new blog post has revealed that several more quality of life improvements are on the way in 2021. Hot on the heels of Season 3, there are a ton of great changes coming to make your experience in the Wasteland even better than it is now, which is saying a lot after the improvements of 2020. Beginning January, the team hopes to increase the personal Stash limit by a massive 50%, to a new maximum of 1,200 pounds....
This Manifest review contains spoilers. Manifest Season 3 Episode 4 There are a few lines of dialogue in this week’s episode of Manifest that encapsulate how the audience must feel at this high point in the series. On the one hand, there’s Michaela being the voice of us all when witnessing Zeke’s cool new empathic powers: “That’s next level!” And as the mysteries pile up and threaten to overwhelm viewers, they might feel that Vance is speaking directly to them when he asks Ben, “How much are you willing to sacrifice to get to the truth?...
The Mass Effect series is considered by many as some of the best western role-playing games of all time, and it’s easy to see why this is the case. From engaging combat to a stellar storyline, the original Mass Effect trilogy has pretty much everything going for it… barring an ending that was extremely underwhelming for many. That being said, the trilogy is still beloved by many, with its cast of characters being one of its biggest strengths....
Since the first Mass Effect, Bioware laid down the foundation for a number of different storylines that would come to a head by the time Mass Effect 3 begins. Among the more memorable storylines is that surrounding the sterility virus forced on the Krogan — also known as the genophage. The virus was meant to keep the Krogan population in check to prevent them from starting a war they’d likely win due to their superior numbers....
