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With Marvel’s Spider-Man in the rearview mirror, Insomniac Games has already made it plenty clear that they’re not slowing down, announcing that both Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart are on the way very soon. Since the company was acquired by Sony, it seems it’s been investing a lot into its Sony-focused IP, making sure that both Spider-Man and Ratchet and Clank are some of the best-looking franchises heading to the PlayStation 5....

This Into The Badlands review contains spoilers. Into the Badlands Season 3 Episode 16 I don’t like series finales. They tell you when the ride ends, when the party’s over, when you’re being kicked out of an entire universe. They take away all the possibilities that the show fostered within you, sealing them up in a jar that will sit on a shelf deep down in the basement of your mind....

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery’s Year 5 Chapter 1 is finally available, and it features some rather significant story developments. Besides revealing the identity of the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher as Madam Rakepick, it also teased that one of the game’s main characters is going to be killed off at some point during the year. Before reading on, be warned that this article will have spoilers for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery through Year 5 Chapter 1....

Despite the fact that Grand Theft Auto V released nearly two years ago, the game has evolved significantly since launch day. We’ve seen the addition of multiplayer heists, expanded ports for the current generation of consoles, and a great deal of content added to GTA Online. Fans of the series have always lingered around each game’s city long after they’ve completed the main story, but frequent content drops mean there’s more reason than ever to make frequent return trips to Los Santos....

The latest Grand Theft Auto 5 multiplayer DLC has been added to Grand Theft Auto Online as of October 27. The update includes a brand new Adversary Mode called Condemned that’s perfect for Halloween, a new weaponized vehicle named the Vigilante, and an event that should entice plenty of retired Grand Theft Auto Online players. Players that login before Nov. 6 will even get a GTA$400,000 bonus. The Vigilante is the new vehicle that every Grand Theft Auto Online player will covet....

Following the poor reception to Habbo Hotel’s open beta, Azerion has begun to block users on Twitter. For context, Azerion is the parent company to Sulake, the developers behind Habbo Hotel, and its making the leap from the Flash engine to Unity next month, with a beta now playable as of yesterday. Azerion posted on Twitter thanking everybody for their loyalty in 2020, but when backlash made its way to the comment section, users who were criticizing many of the decisions were swiftly blocked....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War lead designer Tony Flame has had his Twitter account hacked. Flame was in control of his Twitter account last night, as he sent a post out wishing his followers a Merry Christmas, including the “Christmas noobs” that typically show up online in Call of Duty. Since then, however, Flame’s Twitter has been tweeting out obscenities, racial slurs, and calling out Treyarch parent company Activision about skill-based matchmaking....

A fan of Valve’s 2004 classic Half-Life 2 has created the entire plaza from the game in Unreal Engine 4. An artist by the name of Ivan Fernandez created the entire plaza area where players can board the train station in City 17 at the beginning of Half-Life 2, complete with all the little details. Ivan gives special thanks to fellow artist Jersongaming for HD decals to fill in some gaps....

“Next Halloween, when the sun sets and someone is alone, he kills." These fearful words from Laurie Strode (played once more by Jamie Lee Curtis) kick off this quick but effective trailer for Halloween Kills, the upcoming latest entry in the classic slasher series. The trailer features flashes of action and confusion and confusing action, teasing plenty of the brutal scares that fans of the series have come to expect. Beginning with a shot of killer Michael Myers slowly picking up his signature mask in the middle of a street that, bafflingly, hasn’t completely outlawed Halloween decorations after all the holiday-centric murder, the teaser seems to suggest a rather classic horror feel to the film....

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players currently have a very exciting Wizarding Weekend underway as the second half of July continues to bring near constant events (view all Wizards Unite July 2020 events). In addition to the Wizarding Weekend and all the other events keeping fans of the mobile AR game busy, there is also a new feature on the way that fans are very excited about and the newly released patch brings it one step closer to implementation....

The future is here. Warner Bros. changed the movie industry, likely forever, when it announced this week that its entire film slate for the next 12 months will follow Wonder Woman 1984 to HBO Max. More than just a shot in the arm for the new streaming service, this obliterates the theatrical window as we know it, with every one of WB’s next 18 films opening concurrently on streaming and in theaters....

Nintendo’s Paper Mario: The Origami King will be hitting the Switch in just a couple of weeks on July 17. While you may be tempted to go digital with this game, here’s a couple of reasons why you should definitely pre-order a physical copy of the latest Paper Mario title. First and foremost: space! While The Origami King’s download size of 6.5 GB might not seem like a lot, remember that downloads add up, especially on the Switch console which only supports 32 GB of internal storage....

To celebrate the start of the new year, Blizzard announces a special event for Heroes of the Storm this coming weekend that makes all of the game’s heroes free to play. While it may not get quite as much attention as Blizzard’s other games, the MOBA (or “hero brawler,” as Blizzard likes to call it) Heroes of the Storm is still going strong, nearly two years since its initial launch. Anyone curious about what Heroes of the Storm entails have a great opportunity to play it this coming weekend, as Blizzard is making all of the game’s characters free to play for a limited time....

This review contains spoilers. 1.3 The Spies To be clear, those aren’t embellishments to this story, they are the story. Any version that side-lined those ideas and sped off to the witches and armoured bears would be more panto than adaptation. (Next week though – did you see? – armoured bears!) Time was also devoted to the intricacies of daemons and how their animal forms reflect their human counterparts, sometimes to the bafflement of outsiders....

The Hitman franchise has been around for quite some time, and while the newer entries seem to be struggling sales-wise, even with special guest appearances like Sean Bean, many gamers have fond memories of stealthily eliminating targets as Agent 47. Luckily, fans of the series will soon be able to relive these memories in glorious 4K60, as both Absolution and Blood Money are headed to the PS4 and Xbox One next week....

Hollow Knight is already extremely difficult, but it’s made even harder by the fact that, when you die, you’ll have to fight your own Shade to recover your money and full max health. There are times, though, that your Shade is somewhere that you really can’t be bothered to try and return to, what with the intense platforming challenges and/or enemies between you and that place. Luckily, you don’t have to abandon your Shade and your Geo....

Another week, another patch for Horizon Zero Dawn is out on PC. Guerilla Games is continuing to support their baby after its rocky launch on Steam and Epic Games with update after update fixing all the various bugs, glitches, and crashes. This week is no different, with update 1.05 eliminating several nagging crashes while simultaneously fixing Aloy’s weird hair whenever the game was running at greater than 30 fps. Starting with a few niche case crashes, Horizon Zero Dawn will no longer crash if the player launches the game from the installation folder instead of Steam like some sort of anarchist....

Last week was a special one for Horizon Zero Dawn, which not only celebrated its first birthday but solidified its position as a massive sales success for Sony after it was revealed that it has sold over 7.6 million copies over the course of a year. To mark the occasion, Guerrilla Games had a number of events lined up from discounts to the game and gear, free downloads on PSN, and a special Reddit AMA with lead writer Ben McCaw....

With video games now being a mainstream fixture in more ways than one, it’s safe to presume that a large majority of people–including non-gamers–would at least be able to name some of the medium’s most popular titles if given the chance. After all, a study done by the ESA in 2015 found that a little more than half of the US population plays video games, and that number has likely grown since....

Sequels in the Fire Emblem franchise are a rarity. Most installments are standalone experiences players can enjoy regardless of how many prior entries they’ve tried, if any. Some games reference previous Fire Emblem titles, but these callbacks are usually little more than lip service, Sometimes, there are exceptions, which makes it difficult to tell whether a Fire Emblem game that includes these easter eggs is a sequel or not. So what gives?...