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Our quick take HTC Magic - 4.5 / 5 HTC through the ages: A brief history of HTC’s Android handsets Best smartphone: The top mobile phones available to buy today The 3.2-inch haptic enabled HVGA touchscreen dominates the front of the unit with an array of buttons underneath for those not too sure. Since its first appearance at Mobile World Congress in February, the button layout has been changed slightly. You now get a home, menu, back and search buttons, alongside a call, hang up/power and a trackball that acts and responds just like the pearl found on a BlackBerry....

Capcom announces a new addition to the Street Fighter V roster, but the news comes with a major caveat about the game’s planned DLC schedule. After nearly thirty years, the Street Fighter franchise has built up a massive array of characters that could potentially show up in each new instalment — meaning that some fans are always going to be disappointed by omissions. Now, Street Fighter V is preparing to welcome a real fan favourite in the form of Ibuki....

Even five years after its release, P.T. remains one of the most mysterious horror/puzzle games. According to an IGN theory, the infamous playable teaser is has reached the status of an urban legend. IGN goes in-depth about the theory of why P.T. has become such a legend with some pretty convincing points. The original Silent Hill released for the PlayStation 1 was widely considered to be one of the creepiest video games of its time....

We all have a Star Wars introduction story. Some of us never got to see the movies until we were adults, and some of us saw it when we were kids. I did not hear of Star Wars until I was five years old. My aunt on my mother’s side, while spending time with me, asked if I had seen Star Wars yet. “Star Wars what?” I replied. She sat me down the very next day and we watched the entire original trilogy....

Critically acclaimed indie platformer Fez has finally made its way to Nintendo Switch and is available to download right now. This news comes from Nintendo’s recent indie showcase which revealed that Fez has finally made its way onto Nintendo Switch despite being released for other systems for almost nine years. Developer Polytron celebrated the announcement with a Twitter post yesterday, informing people on Twitter who might have missed the showcase that Fez is now available....

“What time is it? Adventure Time!” The delightfully surreal adventures of Finn the Human and Jake the Dog have been confined to the television screen for long enough. Where are the games? As if in answer to that very question, Adventure Time mastermind Pendelton Ward took to twitter to announce that a DS game is on the way, from Wayforward Technologies (Mighty Switch Force, Shante: Risky’s Revenge, BloodRayne: Betrayal). This is the part where you say, “mathmatical!...

When any variation of everyone’s favorite mushroom enhanced plumber gets a live-action treatment, his life can be turned into a very gritty story — unless of course you count Bob Hoskins’ 1993 film, Super Mario Bros. Kart Driver, showcased in G4 Films Epictober Film Fest, brings you Mario like you’ve never seen before. Director and co-writer, Drew Daywalt, had help from G4’s own Stephen Johnson to push the envelope of video game adaptation short films to create one terrific tale....

HBO Max is becoming the home of multiple DC Comics-based superhero shows in the coming years. Now, the Green Lantern series is evidently scheduled to start filming on April 12, 2021, and will introduce multiple members of the eponymous intergalactic law enforcement agency. According to Productionlist.com, the synopsis for the show reads: “The Green Lantern Corps is an outer-space law-enforcement agency aided by each members’ individual power ring that grants the wearer abilities based on the strength of their own willpower....

With the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 set to release in 2020, gamers are wondering when Rockstar Games will reveal Grand Theft Auto VI. Their last major release, Red Dead Redemption 2, was a critical darling, but those clamoring for the modern satire are still waiting. GTA Online has been a force in terms of revenue for the developer and publisher, but will Arthur Morgan’s Western tale influence the next GTA title?...

Supergiant Games, the studio behind hugely successful indie titles like Bastion and Transistor, has made waves recently with the surprise release of Hades, out of early access. In the process of the game’s explosive release, Creative Director Greg Kasavin spoke with Game Rant about his role at Supergiant Games, as well as the development of Hades from before and after it had already been in player hands two years ago....

Warner Bros. Interactive releases a new trailer for its hotly anticipated DC Comics fighting game, Injustice 2, featuring two prominent members of the Suicide Squad. Despite the desire critics have had to pan the recent Suicide Squad film, there’s little doubt that DC Comics’s stock in those on-screen baddies has risen substantially in the wake of its release. As a result, it was really only a matter of time before those characters began to show up more prominently in other forms of media, with an appearance in the upcoming Injustice 2 being an obvious step in that direction....

Would it be rude to say that I prefer the Percy Jackson books over Harry Potter in a way? Like don’t get me wrong, I love both a ton, but I did read PJO first so I assume that has something to do with my reasoning there. Nostalgia is a strong force! Both have given me a ton of great memories but it’s hard to believe that the main series of books have been over for so many years now....

When The Pokemon Company announced that another special Pokemon event would happen shortly after the previous, fans’ expectations climbed very fast. After all, the Pokemon event last week saw the announcement of three new Pokemon games including a Pokemon Snap sequel. Now the latest event is over and Pokemon is trending on Twitter again, but not for the reasons fans may have been hoping for. “Pokemon Sleep” and “Sinnoh” are the two trending terms, and neither because of a related announcement....

The masterful horror author Stephen King is a king, in his own right, of film and television adaptations. His litany of novels and short stories has inspired a mammoth list of features over the years, and Apple TV Plus is about to air a series based on one of King’s more personal stories. Lisey’s Story will present King’s 2006 novel of the same name with Julianne Moore playing the titular role....

Russian champion Zarya is to join Tracer as the second playable hero from Blizzard’s first-person shooter Overwatch present in popular MOBA Heroes of the Storm. In an effort to capitalize off the popularity of its new first-person shooter Overwatch, Blizzard has added another one of the game’s characters to the company’s MOBA, Heroes of the Storm. When Blizzard first released its latest shooter, the company announced that the British character Tracer would be coming to their long-term MOBA as a playable hero in the near future....

As part of the Heroes of the Storm 2.0 relaunch Blizzard’s making available several free “Mega Hero Bundles” for new players to choose from. Four separate bundles will be made available, each including 20 of Heroes of the Storm’s heroes. Any player who logs in between the Heroes of the Storm 2.0 launch and May 22 can unlock one of the four bundles, or opt out and keep 100 Gems – enough for one of the new standard Loot Chests....

Hands down the Call of Duty franchise is one of the most popular of all time. Millions of gamers have experienced the magic of bringing death to their enemies, achieving prestige, and verbally assaulting anyone brave enough to leave them unmuted. Yes, the persistent shooter has spawned its own subculture of noobs, fanboys, badasses, and unchecked 12-year-olds. Though each new game is familiar territory, thanks to the success of its online multiplayer, players have yet to see it all....

Kingdom Hearts: The name of the game itself incites one of two reactions. Either illicit hatred for a convoluted plot that makes little sense or an overabundance of excitement over a fandom that will protect the saga until its final (or .2) game. When an agreement can’t be reached on the opinion of a game (or a game series, in this case), we resort to one thing: Memes. Because you can’t fight the meme fandom, right?...

A popular pen-and-paper TTRPG is called Honey Heist, and it has risen in popularity due to its hilarity and ease of play. It is a great game to play with a group of friends and there is only a single piece of paper needed to play the game. The goal is fairly simple, but there are a few things you should know before getting started. The next time you are bored and looking for something new, then you should give this game a try....

It’s always important that a sequel to a game isn’t just a rehash of the first one. Sequels have the power to look back on their predecessors, determine what worked and didn’t work, and make improvements to the mechanics that define the franchise. Not every sequel does something like this, but those that doggedly try to improve themselves are always fondly remembered. One of the highest-profile sequels on the horizon right now is Horizon: Forbidden West, the next chapter in Aloy’s adventures after the acclaimed Horizon Zero Dawn....