This article contains spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode 9. Lower Decks has made its most obscure Star Trek joke yet. Unquestionably, when Mariner drops the name “Xon” in Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode 9, “Crisis Point,” only a fraction of the Trekkie population will truly get it. And that’s okay because this joke not only cuts deep, but it also might have brought a very specific Vulcan back from pseudo-canon purgatory....
The start of 2020 had a bit of a lull in game releases, but it all led up to an explosive March. Unsurprisingly, most of the list of games that have topped Metacritic’s ratings this month could have easily been guessed six months ago, long before they were released, as none of these highly-anticipated AAA releases failed to live up to expectation. Call of Duty: Warzone Metacritic Score: 80 / User Score: 4....
Rev your engines and get ready for the next Mario Kart Tour special tournament, the Exploration Tour! Mario Kart Tour is a mobile version of the Mario Kart franchise we all know and love. The mobile game features courses from classic Mario Kart games past as well as a few real-life locations, big cities like Paris and New York. Mario Kart Tour also has a point-based system to it, so it’s not just about coming in first it’s also about how your aim is and how spiteful a player you are....
Marvel and Fortnite are certainly no strangers to crossover events. It may seem a little strange to some for the newest Marvel game, Marvel’s Avengers, to feature cross promotion with Fortnite when they are closer to direct competitors. Nevertheless, the relationship between these two giants remain strong. Even in the early beta build of Marvel’s Avengers there is an exclusive new pickaxe you can unlock to wield in Fortnite. If you want to make sure you get this mean, green pickaxe skin before the beta ends – we’ll show you exactly what you need to do....
While fans know that Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered is happening, they’ve yet to see what the game actually looks like. Since it’s a remaster on a brand new console, Spider-Man: Remastered’s graphics are its most significant selling point, but Insomniac Games hasn’t released any images or footage of the game yet. That will change soon. Insomniac recently confirmed that it would be giving Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered a PS5 showcase before it launches with the Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition on November 12....
BioWare announces that the main theme of Mass Effect: Andromeda will be revealed at 2016: A Video Game Musical Odyssey, where it will be performed by a live orchestra. In space, no one can hear you scream – but they might be able to hear some presumably exciting main theme music. As BioWare revealed today, the main theme from Mass Effect: Andromeda is set to be revealed in some fashion this December 9th and 11th, when the currently unknown tune is played via orchestra in front of a live audience at 2016: A Video Game Musical Odyssey....
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is already a top-seller on Steam a whole day before its official release. 2021’s video game release slate kicked off with something of a dry spell. Understandable and to be expected coming out of the holiday season. Other than Hitman 3 and Super Mario 3D World, there wasn’t much to really get excited about. That has all changed over the course of the last month, and now releases are hitting the gaming world thick and fast....
The year 2020 has come to a close, and so all the review scores are in for the titles that released during the year. Metacritic has compiled all of the data, revealing the top video games for 2020 for each available platform and listing them off. This includes all the top PlayStation 4 games that released in 2020, with the list proving that Sony’s PS4 delivered quite a bit of variety to gamers last year....
Although the trend seemed strange when it started, it has become commonplace for major AAA releases to roll out the online portion of games a few week’s after the retail launch. In the case of a game like Grand Theft Auto 5, it ended up taking Rockstar months to get the feature fully up and running. Thanks to a stellar single player experience, the game’s reviews and sales didn’t suffer from the delay....
Modded content is one way to keep Minecraft feeling fresh after years. However, most of the popular content tends to be big modpacks and cosmetic improvements to the game such as shaders and texture packs. You can end up completely changing your game with heavy modpacks that are difficult to install, or only changing the way things look. This is why data packs are an amazing tool for Minecraft players, and grossly underrated as well....
Maintaining a proper supply of food is important for long term survival in Minecraft. A player could have diamond armor, a diamond sword, powerful enchantments, and even the best potions, but without proper food, they will eventually perish. Fortunately obtaining enough food for survival isn’t terribly difficult and with the right steps players can essentially automate the entire process. Farming can be as simple or as complex a process as players want it to be....
Earlier this year, Mojang announced the launch of a new graphical feature coming to Minecraft in collaboration with the graphic hardware powerhouse Nvidia. This new update adds ray tracing to Minecraft, giving the blocky, pixilated graphics a complete overhaul with RTX, massively enhancing lighting effects across all areas of the game. The ray tracing was originally beta tested in April, with a select few PC players able to run Minecraft with the new graphical improvements on Windows 10....
A new Crash Bandicoot game is coming to mobile phones everywhere. While it’s not going to be available until the Spring of 2021, we do know that it’s going to offer a mindboggling 100+ hours of gameplay, according to the developer. Mobile platforms are still going strong, perhaps even more so recently. Particularly with the advent of programs like xCloud that can stream full-blown triple-A games straight to your device, and accessories like Razer’s Raiju that essentially turn your phone into a mobile console....
Just as Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould have filled in the backstory of Breaking Bad with the spin-off series Better Call Saul, David Chase is set to explore the backstory of his own groundbreaking TV drama, The Sopranos, with a prequel movie called The Many Saints of Newark. The movie will primarily revolve around Dickie Moltisanti, the father of Christopher Moltisanti, but it will also feature a young Tony Soprano played by Michael Gandolfini, the real-life son of James Gandolfini, who made the role iconic in the original series....
Between The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy 3, James Gunn is one of the few, if not the only, directors in Hollywood currently on contract to produce both a DC and Marvel movie at around the same time. Due to an odd set of circumstances which saw him temporarily fired from Marvel, the renowned director managed to snag a film deal with Warner Bros. before Marvel changed its mind and asked him to return to the MCU....
For years, fans have been using Minecraft to recreate epic scenes in movies or replicas of real-life buildings. Now, fans are creating new landscapes for their friends to meet up online. Thanks to the ever-growing threat of COVID-19, many events have been canceled, including school graduations. This would have been a major loss for most students, but a school in Japan is using the game to help students graduate from elementary school....
While Cyberpunk 2077 won’t be censored in many countries including Australia as many had previously feared, CD Projekt Red has confirmed that it will be heavily censored in Japan and players should expect the game to look slightly different. Japan has a long history of censoring its video games on its content that pushes the limit on what it deems acceptable for its citizens. The country itself is more conservative in its views when compared to the United States, so it doesn’t surprise many to see that Japan’s version of Cyberpunk 2077 will have some hefty changes in order to be cleared for release....
Not all post-game content needs to be deadly serious, and the Kingdom Hearts franchise is one that understands this very well. While the series is packed with ultra tough super bosses to take on after being the story’s final boss, it also has more light hearted — but still challenging — trials waiting for you after the credits. Following up from Kingdom Hearts 2’s Mushroom Organization 13, Kingdom Hearts 3 has introduced the Flantastic 7, a series of seven mini-games hidden in the game’s various worlds....
In almost every game world players visit, Kingdom Hearts 3 introduces some new gameplay mechanics that players have to learn if they hope to succeed in that world. While the game worlds do a decent job of teaching players the controls, sometimes they may forget how to do something, especially if it’s not done in other levels. One such new gameplay mechanic is introduced in the Pirates of the Caribbean-themed world in Kingdom Hearts 3, where Sora, Donald, and Goofy have some underwater adventures....
League of Legends Champions Korea will adopt a franchise model similar to that of the LCS, LEC, and LPL, Riot Korea revealed earlier this week. The premier Korean league features some of the best teams in League of Legends, including T1, Gen.G, and DragonX. The Chinese League of Legends Pro League (LPL) was the first professional league to adopt the franchising model. The LPL’s restructuring included the introduction of home and away games, and allowed the league to expand to now host 17 teams....
