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As game premises go, the Monster Hunter series has been a sort of monkey’s paw. You get to fight a menagerie of giant, awe-inspiring creatures that go well beyond your typical fantasy beast. But before you can engage in these epic battles, you have to farm resources. A lot of resources. Only when you’re amply prepared can you succeed against your prey. That success earns you the right to make cool armor from its hide, assuming you carved off certain parts of it....

Indie games present an artistic vision that isn’t seen much in AAA games. The visual aesthetic of these games can become a strong foundation for the story and gameplay. However, some games rely on visual storytelling like the well-known indie game, Journey. Artistic qualities in indie games transcend being simply a game and provide a sentimental experience. Below is a list of some of the most visually pleasing games that create memorable atmospheres....

When the Kingdom Hearts series first launched, it was the strange combination of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy JRPG series and Disney’s film catalogue that first captured the attention of fans of both franchises. The result is a combination of starkly distinct characters that act as references themselves with fewer subtle callbacks within Kingdom Hearts’ original characters. However, while many of the characters in Kingdom Hearts are more on the nose with how they relate to the connected crossovers, one heartless makes for one of the best visual references in the series....

Testuya Nomura, director and series creator of the Kingdom Hearts franchise, recently spoke with Dengeki Online about the future of the franchise as a whole. The interview was mostly geared towards the recent release of Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, but naturally strayed towards questions about where the franchise will go next. Nomura’s answers clear up some confusion about the ending of Kingdom Hearts 3 and any potential sequels. For starters, it should be said that Nomura stressed that nothing new has been announced, and therefore nothing is official....

Keanu Reeve is undoubtedly the internet’s favorite human being right now. Aside from being the star of the immensely popular and fun John Wick series, he also stole the show in this year’s Toy Story 4 as Duke Kaboom, has a subreddit that’s entirely devoted to tales of how cool and humble he is, and at this year’s E3 we found out he’s going to be a part of gaming history as he plays a pivotal role in Cyberpunk 2077....

Riot Games is gearing up for the League of Legends 10.19 patch scheduled for September 15th. The patch comes before the World Championships starting on September 25th in Shanghai, despite previous League of Legends event cancellations. The 10.19 patch, dubbed the World Championship update, will not be as large as other patches, but will have major implications to the tournament meta, so it is watched closely by competitive players. Riot Games developer Mark Yetter has revealed the champions set to receive buffs and nerfs in the League of Legends update....

While everyone is enjoying the Christmas-time Marvel show Hawkeye, let’s take a look back on the holiday-themed DC flick Batman Returns. “Batman Returns (1992) is undoubtedly one of the most bizarre movies ever made. You wouldn’t expect anything less from a Tim Burton movie, but even then, it’s a hard movie to pin down. It’s a Batman movie, a comic book movie, and somewhere between an action and sci-fi movie—that much is clear....

The director of The Mitchells vs. The Machines talks animation technology, the Spider-Man cameo the film almost had, and more. “To make Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sony had to invent new types of animation technology. The result was a stunning, Oscar-winning film that blurred the line between cartoon and comic book. But at the same time, Sony was making another animated film that took the same tech from Spider-Verse and used it to do something very… weird....

The following contains spoilers for Lovecraft Country episode 1. From its opening scene onward, HBO’s new action horror series Lovecraft Country makes clear that it will not be tied down by silly little things like “time” and “space.” The first moments of episode 1 “Sundown,” find our lead character Atticus “Tic” Freeman (Jonathan Majors) in the hellish maw of trench warfare. Bullets fly and men die as Tic advances through the shit toward safety…only to find aliens and an enormous Lovecraftian monster blocking his path....

Madden NFL 21 hit Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at the beginning of March thanks to its partnership with EA Play, giving PC and Xbox players access to the title with a subscription. With Madden NFL 21 on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, it seems more and more players are discovering some amusing situations in the game. Madden NFL 21’s Franchise Mode has been the subject of criticism since the game’s release, with many fans calling for EA to fix it....

Marvel’s Avengers is gearing up to get frustrated fans back into the game, and it seems that the target date for the game’s turnaround is March 18. This day will bring the Clint Barton Hawkeye DLC as well as mark the release of Marvel’s Avengers on next-gen consoles, complete with upgraded features for the Xbox Series X|S and PS5. But now fans can expect another update to launch on March 18 as well....

There are few things in this world with a capacity for evil as large as bureaucracy. In all of the atrocities that have been committed in modern human history, perhaps the most chilling aspect of them is the record keeping. In amongst all of the torture and cruelty, somebody sat down in an office with a pencil, some paperwork, and a stale cup of coffee, to fill in some forms. The Nazis kept copious files and folders on their ‘experiments’....

Peter Parker is a rebel. He’s a high-swinging, hard-kicking, red and blue smartass who never keeps his mouth shut. Spider-Man may have grown up learning the lessons of his dear Aunt May and Uncle Ben, but outside of those ostensible parents, he never has time for anyone over 30. He was the superhero idol of his age in the 1960s: a wiseguy who taunted all the squares that tried to make him respect their authority....

Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is set to take the series back to its WW2 roots, with the Oculus-exclusive project now confirmed to be helmed by the series’ original director. Peter Hirschmann, who wrote and directed the original 1999 game, is returning to help Respawn Entertainment deliver the next game in the Medal of Honor series. A trailer for the game was also revealed. In an Oculus blog post attached to the article, Hirschmann confirmed that the goal of the next game aligns with other projects in the series....

The Dark Souls series has become synonymous with difficulty. Everything from Crash Bandicoot to DiRT Rally can be considered the Dark Souls of its respective genre, which is a heck of a lot of pressure to put on the Souls series. Are FromSoftware’s action RPGs the toughest games around? Well, some of those boss battles are certainly infamous for a reason, but the king of difficulty used to be Mega Man....

Yesterday, eagle-eyed Reddit users noticed that a PlayStation 4 port of Metal Gear Solid HD Collection was listed on the portfolio site of Armature, the studio that handled the PS Vita version of the game. This led many to believe that the collection would be making its way to PS4 at some point in the near future, but we now know that’s not the case. This is according to Jonathan Zamkoff, the head of business development at Armature....

It looks like the rumors were true – the Nintendo Switch is officially getting a new 2D Metroid game after nearly 19 years. Metroid Dread will drop on October 8 and will arrive alongside a new Samus and E.M.M.I amiibo. Although we didn’t see much, the short trailer shown off at E3 did give us a look at gameplay – showing off a title that should be a nostalgic blast for fans of Metroid’s 2D, exploration-based games of the past....

The gaming community is eager to leave that Monster Hunter live action movie in the past, and swiftly move on to the next game adaptation. Instead of a video game, director duo Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are helming a feature based on Dungeons & Dragons - and the production just cast Michelle Rodriguez and Justice Smith. The big-screen adaptation of the hit fantasy role-playing game is slowly growing its all-star cast, as Fast & Furious star Michelle Rodriguez and Detective Pikachu star Justice Smith join Chris Pine on set....

Alongside Animal Crossing: New Horizons - which helped to soothe the giant heartache that this year has been - Microsoft’s 2020 edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator has been a saving grace for some too. Its pilot database has now passed 2 million, which is an incredible feat for a title that’s not been released on consoles yet. As planes, trains, and automobiles came to a grinding halt during the brunt of lockdown - which has reared its ugly head again in the UK - many civilians were searching for other ways to escape the real world....

If you were wondering just how Microsoft planned to get the Xbox One controller to be forward compatible with the Xbox Series X and Series S, wonder no longer. We just got the scoop on how they plan to add next-gen features to the previous-gen controller. The Verge’s Tom Warren recently tweeted out that Microsoft plans to add the Xbox Series X’s Dynamic Latency Input (DLI) protocols to the Xbox One controller....