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If you’re a Marvel fan and a PS4 player, you’re probably eagerly awaiting the system-exclusive Spider-Man title. You’ll also probably be glad to hear that the developers have taken inspiration from some of the best superhero games in living memory: the Arkham titles. Now, sure, in the movie world, Marvel are in a league of their own. You may have heard of a little upcoming movie called Avengers: Infinity War, for instance, which hits theaters at the end of next week....

Marvel’s Avengers fans have known for some time now that original Hawkeye Clint Barton would be coming as DLC, as the hero was announced before the game even launched. While the various problems with Crystal Dynamics’ Avengers project have led to the character and his expansion being pushed back, today’s War Table finally confirmed when Hawkeye will be coming to the game. Fans were also given a good luck as to what his DLC will entail, as gameplay was shown that gave a look at Barton in action....

With Marvel’s Avengers losing its playerbase rapidly since release, Crystal Dynamics has been working on a slate of new content designed to bring fans back into the fold. With new events, high-level missions, and characters set to make their way to the game in the coming months, the goal appears to be to beef up Avengers into a AAA experience worthy of its iconic comic book source material. As many will know, the first step on this roadmap is the release of the game’s long-teased Kate Bishop expansion, which is slated to bring the bow and arrow wielding superhero to the game as a playable character with her own set of story missions....

Marvel’s Avengers officially launched last week, and with that launch came more datamining on the part of fans. Within the files a special suit was found for Marvel’s Avengers hero Hulk, and oddly enough, it looks like it turns the Gamma monster into Santa Claus. While not quite as big of a find as the leaked character roster for Marvel’s Avengers, the suit could be an indication of more holiday suits on the way....

After hearing very little about it for some time after Disney bought and absorbed the 20th Century Fox movie studio, Deadpool 3 now seems to be moving forward again. As reported last week, Marvel Studios and star/producer Ryan Reynolds have tapped sisters Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin (Bob’s Burgers) to pen the next Deadpool movie after meeting with a number of writers (Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who wrote the first two, seem to be out of the picture at this point)....

The Mass Effect series is full of memorable moments and characters that really help make the universe of the game feel alive. Bioware provided a variety of characters that were at Commander Shepard’s side through their adventures in the Milky Way Galaxy. But many would argue though that the best of the best might be the turian sharpshooter, Garrus Vakarian. Garrus is one of two characters in the original trilogy to be a squad member throughout all three games (the other being Tali)....

The conclusion to Bioware’s Mass Effect trilogy was notoriously hated by fans of the series and the company. The discussion surrounding it has survived long after the game was no longer relevant since it ties into discussions about crunch in the gaming industry and people who worked on the game have discussed what they might have changed. As fans of the series wait for more details about the newest installment, there’s been lots of speculation based on the current trailer about how the endings of Mass Effect 3 will play into the next game....

After a few years in limbo, Mass Effect fans have welcomed the franchise back with reinvigorated support thanks to the upcoming release of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, a collection of remasters of the original Mass Effect trilogy. With players finally able to relive the tale of Commander Shepard on contemporary hardware, there has been a renewed focus on bringing Mass Effect merchandise back into circulation. SpaceLab9 is one such company producing new Mass Effect collectibles, opting to support the franchise’s audiophiles....

There are several key differences between classic Mega Man and Mega Man X– from the darker storyline to a greater emphasis on action over pure platformer– but the X sub-series arguably defines itself best through the implementation of a full progression system. Beyond X’s Armor upgrades and Sub-Tanks, his health bar isn’t static like Rock’s was. Every Maverick stage in Mega Man X hides at least one Heart Tank that upgrades X’s health, but very few are just lying out in the open....

4A Games, developer of the Metro shooter series, drops a pair of mysterious images on Facebook and Twitter that may point towards the developer’s next gaming project. Both Metro: 2033 and Metro: Last Light proved to be surprise hits of the last gaming generation. The titles, which are set in the same universe as Dmitry Glukhovsky’s Metro books, gained a cult following of players impressed by the brooding atmosphere and tense action present in both games....

Scheduled for release for Nintendo Switch on October 8th, the highly anticipated Metroid Dread is being touted as the final chapter in the Metroid story that began nearly 35 years ago. This isn’t necessarily the last time we’ll see Samus in action (Metroid Prime 4 will finally be released one day), but it will likely act as the culmination of her bout against the titular alien menace. For all those reasons and more, the pressure is on developer MercurySteam and director Yoshio Sakamoto to deliver an epic Metroid tale that also answers the many unresolved questions and unsolved mysteries in the Metroid lore....

COVID-19 regulations are still in effect in many parts of the world, as leaders implement measures in hopes that society can return to normal as soon as possible. Not only are public officials taking these actions, but many big businesses are also doing their part to fight the virus as well, such as Microsoft. Many parts of the United States are running out of hospital space due to an overwhelming number of patients in need....

One of the hottest topics in the gaming hemisphere right now is Gears of War 3. The finally installment in the Gears of War trilogy only just released yesterday, and it has easily moved to the forefront of every Xbox gamer’s mind. Gears of War 3 has certainly set new precedents in the gaming industry as the most pre-ordered Xbox-exclusive of all time, but it would appear that it doesn’t plan on stopping there....

One of the biggest features heading into the next-generation of consoles is backward compatibility, which has been a major selling point for both the PS5 and Xbox Series X. Microsoft has now revealed how much time it spent testing games that will be available through backward compatibility on the Series X and Series S, and it seems it was a considerable investment. In an interview with Inverse, Xbox Director of Program Jason Ronald revealed how much work went into testing each title, revealing that the entire endeavor involved around 500 testers....

Microsoft has announced developers who sell PC games through its online store will soon receive an 88% cut of net revenue, up from the current 70%. Microsoft has today revealed it will be increasing the share of net revenue developers receive from sales of PC games through its store. Starting on August 1, 2021, game developers will get an 88% cut rather than the 70% wedge they currently receive. 70% was an industry-standard not so long ago, but Microsoft is the latest in a long line of companies to buck the trend....

Microsoft’s Surface line of devices has cemented itself with users, spanning laptops, desktops and the original Surface 2-in-1 design that the Surface Pro typifies. The Surface Pro 9 makes a slight change to previous iterations, bringing two distinct options, the more conventional Intel-powered version and the ARM-based version that essentially supplants the Surface Pro X. That gives customers a choice: stick with the familiar incumbent Intel, or jump over to the Qualcomm-powered version (badged as Microsoft SQ 3) offering 5G, which might, inevitably, emerge as the default platform for mobile computing in the future....

Gone are the days when the Nether of Minecraft used to be devoid of any real action and excitement. Now, it’s possible to see a whole host of new mobs and structures, and even biomes in the underworld that has become known as the more challenging dimension out of all the three. Not just that, one of the new mobs added in actually allows the player to traverse lava lakes....

You’re playing Minecraft and want to enchant a sword, but you only have one level. To gain more experience to level up, you can do a variety of small tasks that will take a long time, or you can create an XP farm from a spider spawner! Spider spawners will, as the name implies, spawn spiders in an area. The spiders will drop loot in addition to experience, and this can be exploited through an XP farm....

The Minecraft craze shows absolutely no signs of slowing down. Microsoft realized the franchise’s potential about a year ago, and purchased the IP as well as developer Mojang for $2.5 billion. Since then, Microsoft has helped Mojang to continue supporting Minecraft across a wide variety of platforms, including their competitors on PlayStation. Minecraft is available on more platforms than virtually any other game in recent memory despite the Microsoft buyout, and now yet another version of the game has been announced, in the form of Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition....

Jason Statham went from villain to hero in the Fast & Furious franchise, but he knows that he needs to answer for killing a certain member of the family. And now that said family member is actually miraculously alive, Statham is more than willing to settle the score. Those who have been following the Fast series up until the upcoming Fast 9 will remember Han, played by Sung Kang. He was a part of Dom Toretto’s crew who made his way to Japan for Tokyo Drift....