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One of the most popular and hyped-up traditions in League of Legends esports returned on Thursday, with the release of this year’s annual Worlds Anthem, Take Over. Every year, Riot Games produces and releases a Worlds Anthem, aimed primarily at garnering hype for the League of Legends World Championship, and 2020’s Take Over, marks the seventh installment of the annual tradition. From the Imagine Dragons’ Warriors in 2014, to Legends Never Die in 2017, to RISE in 2018 and now Take Over in 2020, the popularity of the Worlds Anthems have etched them into the game’s culture, and made them a significant part of the esports lore....

A witty Legends of Runeterra player stumbles upon a secret code from Riot Games to import hidden heroes into a new deck. Legends of Runeterra is a free-to-play mobile card game that heavily based on Riot’s popular League of Legends MOBA game. Although it’s a different format, Legends of Runeterra still consists of characters and gameplay elements from the original game. Legends of Runeterra is developed by Riot Games and released on April 29, 2020....

Back in December we learned that LEGO would be making toys for one of our favorite book series and movie franchises, The Lord of the Rings. Since LEGO is all about the licensed properties, we knew damn well that they’d be adapting it for a video game series. Having done Harry Potter, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc., a Lord of the Rings LEGO game was inevitable....

Canadian developer Ratloop Games introduces a unique take on turn-based strategy games and FPS games at the same time. Lemnis Gate was revealed during Gamescom’s opening night with a gameplay trailer that shows off the game’s impressive mechanics. Lemnis Gate is based around a 25 second time loop. In a multiplayer environment, players take turns trying to capture an orb and bring it back to base, all within 25 seconds. In the next turn, the other player will attempt to change the timeline and steal the 0rb from the previous loop....

When first setting up the LG Ultrawide 38UC99 Monitor it’s hard not to be impressed. With a 37.5-inch diagonal wingspan, a curved profile, and a sleek form factor, the LG monitor is nothing short of stunning. Moreover, it’s an imposing addition to any PC gamer or PC user’s setup – one that offers all the usual bells and whistles, and then some. In terms of its set up, the LG Ultrawide 38UC99 may be large, but it is in no way bulky....

Fan-favorite Scott Pilgrim is back! This time as an anime adaptation headed to Netflix. “Scott Pilgrim, which has been a beloved comic, a cult classic film, and an absolutely addictive video game, has now reached boss level with an upcoming anime adaptation. Netflix and UCP (The Umbrella Academy, Chucky) are adapting Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic series, with O’Malley writing and executive producing alongside Ben-David Grabinski (Are You Afraid of the Dark?...

From heist movies to Magic Mike, these are the 15 best movies from No Sudden Move director Steven Soderburgh. “In 2013, filmmaker Steven Soderbergh retired from directing movies. During his brief time off from the theatrical film business, he helmed every episode of an acclaimed television series (The Knick), directed an off-Broadway production (The Library), published a novella on Twitter (Glue), and even began importing and selling his own brand of Bolivian liquor (Singani 63)....

Maneater allows you to upgrade your shark by applying body evolutions, otherwise known as mutations. You can not only increase the size of your shark, but you can change its appearance and give it certain abilities and perks as well. They are all given as rewards for completing certain tasks, whether it be taking out an Apex Predator or finding landmarks. However, players are often confused as to what body evolutions exist, what they do for them, and how to equip them in the first place....

Square Enix has revealed when the Marvel’s Avengers beta will go live, and what players with access to it will be able to experience. When Square Enix officially announced Marvel’s Avengers in 2019, it was met with a pretty flat reaction. Pretty shocking when anything even remotely related to Marvel in the present day is almost guaranteed to succeed. The announcement also came when the hype for Avengers: Endgame was at its peak which might be part of the reason why the reaction wasn’t what the game’s developers might have expected....

Marvel’s Avengers player count has been steadily decreasing since its launch. Last week, an average of 500 players logged into the game every day, which is quite low for a Triple A game like Marvel’s Avengers. Last week, on March 18, Marvel’s Avengers received a new content update that added plenty of new goodies, including a new story campaign, HARM Room, new enemy type, free outfits, next-gen upgrades, and on top of all, a long-awaited Avenger - Hawkeye....

The trophy list for the PS5 version of Marvel’s Avengers has been listed online, suggesting next week’s War Table will include a next-gen release date. Square Enix revealed that Marvel’s Avengers would eventually be coming to new-gen consoles a long time ago. A clue that its arrival on those consoles, at least when it comes to PS5, has surfaced online. PSN Profiles, where you can find full trophy lists for all PS3, PS4, and PS5 games, now has a listing revealing the trophies for Avengers on PS5....

This article contains Black Panther: Wakanda Forever spoilers It’s finally time to dive into Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, as Ryan Coogler has the honor of rounding off Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As with any MCU outing, there’s a slew of Easter eggs that reference everyone from Ant-Man to Ultron, tragic tributes to Chadwick Boseman, and a setup for Thunderbolts. However, for eagle-eyed nerf herders or moof milkers, you might’ve spotted some nods to a certain galaxy far, far away....

This article contains WandaVision episode 4 spoilers, as well as potential spoilers for future episodes and the wider MCU. WandaVision episode 4 ditches the sitcom format in favor of something that gives us a much clearer picture of what’s happening in the “real” MCU. Primarily functioning as a Monica Rambeau origin story, and one that gives us a better look at the inner working of SWORD (and puts FBI Agent Jimmy Woo front and center!...

With the high-level requirement of the harder difficulties in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3, players have quickly found that some of the Infinity Trails are the best way to level up; but have you found all eight of the Infinity Rifts hidden in the campaign? Some are easy to find, while others require going a bit out of the way in order to unlock them. Luckily, if you have gone through the campaign, going back to find the rifts is as easy as picking the appropriate checkpoint within the Chapter Select menu....

BioWare fans received a long-awaited update about the next chapter in the Mass Effect universe at The Game Awards this week. The developer dropped a new trailer for a game presumed to be Mass Effect 4, promising that “Mass Effect will continue” while packing the video with hints about the game’s possible setting, characters, and timeline. One of the most surprising implications of the new Mass Effect 4 trailer is that BioWare appears to have determined a canonical ending to Mass Effect 3 in order to tell a story which directly continues from the events of the original trilogy....

The Mass Effect Remastered Trilogy has been rumored since as far back as 2014. With many fans hoping that EA’s upcoming “HD Title” will be a remaster of BioWare’s famous sci-fi series, some are wondering what changes the games could see if remastered. While it is likely that BioWare will avoid changing too many story fundamentals in a Mass Effect Remastered Trilogy, it is very likely that the remaster will include all of the DLC, including additional squadmates, at launch....

Recently, Deep Silver executive producer John Bloch spoke with the Official PlayStation Magazine UK about the upcoming post-apocalyptic title Metro Exodus. The latest news hit reveals an interesting tidbit about the script for the game, and considering that it is one of the most anticipated games for 2018, fans of the series may be in for a treat. In the interview, Bloch revealed that the script for Metro Exodus is larger than Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light combined....

Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb replies to gamers demanding compensation for Xbox Live’s downtime on Reddit, and explains that he’s discussing it with the Xbox team. Game servers and gaming services crash from time to time, and it’s a fairly expected part of being a gamer. However, Xbox Live subscribers aren’t taking the matter lying down, and have even gotten attention from Major Nelson himself. Taking to Reddit, many Xbox One users discussed how frequently Xbox Live has been down recently....

Microsoft Senior Director Albert Penello has been all over the news as of late, discussing everything Xbox One. He’s addressed a potential return of the Shared Digital Library, hypothesized how backwards compatibility could be possible, and revealed some of the new improvements coming to SmartGlass for Xbox One. Needless to say, if there’s news worth reporting this past week, it likely came from Penello. To that end, we have a new quote from Penello that specifically addresses the performance disparity (or perceived performance disparity) between the Xbox One and the PS4....

According to a quarterly financial call, Microsoft expects the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S to have a very successful first year on the market. Although the consoles will likely be sold at a loss, the company still anticipates a 40% increase in hardware revenue year-on-year. As compared to Sony and Nintendo, Microsoft has chosen to take a slightly different approach to its next console launches. Rather than offer a single upgraded console, Microsoft will offer the high-end Xbox Series X and the less-expensive Xbox Series S....