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Ephemer and the Kingdom Hearts Union Cross protagonist are going their separate ways for now. The new world Brain’s portal led them to was Wreck-it-Ralph’s Game Central Station, and here they made some interesting discoveries that Ephemer wants to report back to his fellow Union leaders. The protagonist’s Chirithy believes Ralph might be connected to the Data World’s glitches, so Ephemer wants the duo to continue investigating him. Meanwhile, he will go back and relay their theory that the Darklings led the Game Central Station’s Heartless to Data Daybreak Town....

Beginning May 5, the VALORANT closed beta will be extending to three new regions for play, including South Korea, Brazil, and most of Latin America. Unfortunately, Mexico will need to wait a little while longer as the infrastructure there has not yet been completed. Speaking in the video below is VALORANT Executive Producer Anna Donlon, who speaks to the experience of working on the closed beta thus far. Riot Games is making great strides and learning from the closed beta, and they hope to expand their player base to include Oceania, Japan, South East Asia, the greater Middle East, and more as soon as possible....

Best gaming laptops: Top options to game on no matter your budget Our quick take Lenovo Legion Slim 7i Gen 7 - 4.0 / 5 Design Weight starts at 2.05kg 16.9mm x 357.7mm x 256mm Sizeable power brick Keyboard and trackpad Full-sized keyboard with number pad Good key travel Customisable backlighting Ports and features Ports: 1 x Thunderbolt 4, 2x USB-C, 2 x USB-A, HDMI 2.1, SD card, 3.5mm aux Harmon Kardon speakers 71 or 99Whr battery capacity, fast charging Display and performance 16-inch IPS screen, 2560 x 1600 165Hz refresh rate Intel Core i7-12700H Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU To recap The Lenovo Legion Slim 7i is an impressive gaming laptop that really doesn’t weigh a ton, although that lightweight build does mean some compromises on performance....

Supernatural star Jared Padalecki’s new CW show, Walker, has premiered, but this Walker: Texas Ranger reboot doesn’t exactly wow. “There are many moments in the pilot of Walker where someone talks about how Cordell Walker doesn’t play by the rules. He’s got his own way of doing things, you see, and he’s not like other Texas Rangers etcetera. The new series, a reboot of the Chuck Norris-led Walker: Texas Ranger, is extremely focused on building up the titular hero but at times that comes at the expense of actually making him a hero we want to root for....

It looks like Kite Man of all DC characters could be the next one to get his own spinoff series on HBO Max. “DC has been killing it when it comes to their superhero-centric programming on HBO Max. One of the many highlights has been the Harley Quinn animated series starring Kaley Cuoco. While fans have been anxiously waiting for the third season for a while now, series co-creator Patrick Schumacker just announced that a spin-off series is in the works at the streamer....

From Zoolander‘s “What is this? A center for ants?” to 300‘s iconic “This is Sparta” line, here are the best quotes from movies of the 21st century. “The history of cinema is littered with lines of dialogue that transcend context, but for the most part, what are considered the Great Movie Quotes are vintage in nature. AFI’s 100 Years…100 Quotes remains the bible, reminding us that, yes, ‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn’ is pretty significant....

If you were hoping to grab a Nintendo Switch console soon, you may be out of luck. According to a new report from Bloomberg, lockdowns in both Malaysia and the Philippines are preventing Nintendo from producing additional units of its massively popular console. It doesn’t seem like these issues will be resolved anytime soon, either. Ace Research Institute analyst Hideki Yasuda told Bloomberg, “The inventory may recover in the summer, but we may see shortages again toward the year-end because Nintendo wouldn’t be able to produce enough units for the shopping season....

Mafia 3: Definitive Edition revisits the original game and adds the DLC content that came to the title later. While the commercially successful Mafia 3 has not changed too much, players will be getting the DLC for the game for free if they already own the game and this has generated some interest in the titles before a fully remade Mafia 1 releases later this year. Despite limited changes coming to Mafia 3, a YouTube user has found some interesting new content in the game which includes an unfinished map of Berlin....

It took nearly five years, but a dedicated Mario Kart player has finally done the impossible. ArthuurrrP is the first person to land the ultra shortcut on Mario Kart Wii’s Rainbow Road. Anyone who plays Mario Kart knows about its shortcuts. Dip around a tree here, go off the track there, and you’ll shave a few seconds off your lap time. Ultra shortcuts, however, are a completely different beast. These are shortcuts that Nintendo never really meant for you to use....

Oh, Marvel. How far you’ve come. To hear TV shows like The Big Bang Theory tell it, comic book fandom is a small, niche area, inhabited by people who just fulfil the usual cheap nerdy clichés. In the actual real world, of course, this couldn’t be further from the truth. In recent years, superheroes have experienced a real surge in popularity. Over in the DC world, TheDark Knight movie trilogy and the Arkham video games did a lot to cement the fact that there’s no niche here....

As surreal as it may now seem, 2008’s Iron Man was initially dismissed as yet another visually-driven but unexceptional comic book movie for an era filled with them. Not only was it a Hail Mary moment for the upstart Marvel Studios over its attempt to bring old Shellhead into the mainstream, but its selection of the notoriously-troubled Robert Downey Jr. as the star was seen as a risk. Of course, the film brought a winning formula that ultimately proved epochal for not only the comic book movie genre, but the film industry as a whole....

An upcoming series of novels from publisher Titan Books link the story between video game developer BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 and Mass Effect: Andromeda. This August, those gaming fans anticipating Mass Effect: Andromeda’s early 2017 release date can whet their appetite with Titan Books’ forthcoming novel series that is set to tell the story in between the new game and its predecessor, Mass Effect 3. The first offering in the run of books is entitled Mass Effect: Andromeda Initiation, which is written by fantasy author N....

It’s a rare treat for fans when a perfect collaboration takes place, but Game Rant recently had a chance to get an inside scoop on just such an ideal combo. Jennifer Hale is the narrator for the brand new audiobook To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, written by Christopher Paolini, the author of Eragon. We had an early opportunity to sit down with Hale and discuss the book as well as her prolific voice acting career in games and animation; in her time, she has voiced characters in Metal Gear Solid, BioShock Infinite, Metroid Prime, Overwatch, various Star Wars media, countless classic cartoons, and perhaps most famously in Mass Effect as female Commander Shepard....

Since the next-generation consoles launched, scalping has been a major problem. By setting up bots to flood online retailers the second stock goes on sale, scalpers are walking away with literally thousands of PS5s. By making it so that average folks don’t stand much of a chance at getting a console at retail price, the secondary market has exploded, forcing people to pay double if they want next-gen now. Waiting in line in front of the local video game store used to be the way folks would pick up the newest tech or the biggest game of the year....

Last week, a remake of the cult-classic 2003 FPS game XIII was released to all of the enthusiasm of a wet fart. With almost zero marketing from publisher Microids and no review copies sent out to press, the majority of people online didn’t even know the remake was a thing. It turns out, the lack of exposure was likely because of how shoddy the whole thing was, something that publisher Microids and developer PlayMagic are now apologizing for....

First released in Japan in 2004, Phantom Dust was a card-based action game developed and published by Microsoft. The game was strategic and tactical and saw players build up and manage an ‘arsenal’ of skills to battle against other players and complete missions, as they also try to discover why the Earth has become such a wasteland. With ‘Auras’, ‘Environmental Crystals’ and all manner of skill types (including optical, nature and ki skills) Phantom Dust was a remarkably Japanese game and so it was a surprise when fan demand saw it published in North America in 2005, especially as Microsoft had initially cancelled the North American version....

Xbox players have been able to turn their achievement hunting and extensive gameplay available through services like Xbox Game Pass in order to earn premium rewards and enter sweepstakes. However, Microsoft also lets players donate their hard-earned points from playing through games like Skyrim on Game Pass to a number of different charitable causes, with the company adding a new incentive until the end of the year. These charities help several causes, including the CDC Foundation and United Nations Foundation, which are both currently working towards COVID-19 relief....

When the Xbox Series X launched in November, it did so alongside three separate controller options. Xbox Series X early adopters could get their hands on standard Carbon Black and Robot White controllers, bundled with the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, respectively, as well as the impressive Shock Blue controller, sold on its own. Now a fourth Xbox Series X controller color variant has been revealed by Microsoft, and it’s launching next month....

Surface Studio vs Apple iMac: Design Surface Studio is thinner and more flexible Apple iMac has a more minimal footprint Surface Studio: A stunning all-in-one PC that doubles as a drafting table Surface Studio vs Apple iMac: Display Surface Studio: 28-inch, 4500 x 3000, 193ppi, touchscreen Apple iMac: 27-inch, 5120 x 2880, 217ppi Apple iMac with Retina 5K display (2015) review: Pixel-packed powerhouse Surface Studio vs Apple iMac: Hardware and power Surface Studio: Intel Core i5 or i7, 8-32GB RAM, Nvidia GPU Apple iMac: Intel Core i5 or i7, 8-32GB RAM, AMD Radeon GPU Apple currently offers more configuration options Surface Studio vs Apple iMac: Connections and accessories Surface Studio: 4x USB 3, Ethernet, SD card, Mini DisplayPort, 3....

Last month, Minecraft Dungeons fans got a free update and the game’s first-ever DLC: Jungle Awakens. Not long after, fans are getting a second DLC, Creeping Winter, to be released along with another free update. Minecraft Dungeons has performed extremely well, even dethroning the popular Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the Nintendo eShop. That’s an impressive feat in and of itself, and Minecraft Dungeons has proven itself to be accessible for younger and newer players while still being challenging enough for more experienced players....