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A few of the games shown during Sony’s E3 2015 Press Conference has the Japanese company looking like the savior of long-rumored titles and projects that almost got lost in the development pipeline. For instance, Sony released a trailer for the much-desired Final Fantasy 7 remake, as well as gameplay footage for Team Ico’s The Last Guardian. As if that weren’t enough great news for gamers, the technology firm also set aside time for legendary game developer Yu Suzuki to declare that his studio Ys Net was taking a page out of Koji Igarashi’s book and crowdsourcing capital for his pet project, Shenmue 3, by launching a Kickstarter of their own....

It isn’t easy being emperor, just ask Oblivion’s Uriel Septim. No sooner had players encountered this distinguished old king in The Elder Scrolls IV, than that rightful ruler of Tamriel found himself struck down - slain by sewer-dwelling assassins. With the throne room set to empty once again as part of this year’s Elder Scrolls Online, developer ZeniMax Studios is announcing a new revolving door approach to royalty. With three new factions all warring for control of Cyrodiil’s vacant throne, it only makes sense to offer up the high seat of power as the ultimate in high-level incentives....

Wanda Maximoff’s origins, adapting the Scarlet Witch comics, are being brought to life in the Marvel Cinematic Universe via Disney+, and the result has been surprisingly clever at celebrating, parodying, and paying respect to the history of the medium of television. Its narrative about coping with grief is relatable on a very broad level in a way many Marvel stories don’t typically explore. But a lesser-known yet well-respected TV series accomplished many of the things WandaVision has done in more nuanced and complex ways that are more grounded to reality, and its ideas are even more relevant now in 2021 than they were when the show finished in 2019....

Just like the original Hyrule Warriors before it, Age of Calamity is a love letter to The Legend of Zelda at its core. Koei Tecmo’s passion for the franchise bleeds through every aspect of the game, from the combat, to the level design and story. Age of Calamity bolsters Breath of the Wild to new heights, complementing what was already one of the best games on the Nintendo Switch. Thanks to so many references to the franchise scattered throughout, it’s impossible to catch everything hidden in Age of Calamity....

Super Mario Bros. is a franchise that prides itself on uniqueness and originality. The best games in the series are those that push the envelope, giving us weirder and weird gameplay mechanics to play with, worlds to fight, and enemies to fight. That last one has always been an underrated aspect of Mario games, but an important one. There have been countless enemies in Mario games over the years, and some of the best enemies are the bosses....

Nintendo has many properties, but the growth of The Legend of Zelda seems particularly drastic. Each game in the series has delivered an engaging experience, but the titles have come a long way from their NES and Super Nintendo origins. Link has had to face many extreme challenges over the years, but the epic boss battles that he’s subjected to mark some of the series highs and lows. Bosses can sometimes fall into a predictable pattern in Zelda games, but there are plenty of examples that strive to do something different....

The 2010s was a notable decade in the horror genre not only because many large well-established franchises released some great entries, but also because the indie scene was starting to produce some very unique experiences that you wouldn’t typically find in triple-A releases. The advent of streaming through Twitch also helped in raising the popularity of horror games. Because of this and the horror genre’s already immense popularity, the decade saw many games in the genre release, spanning a diverse set of genres....

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will forever be one of the most beautiful and replayed open-world titles to ever grace a home console. It gave new life to the series, and the kingdom of Hyrule couldn’t have looked better. That’s a fact almost all gamers have universally accepted, but what about those who are tired of paragliding and picking off Bokoblins? Fortunately, the open-world genre is ripe with a selection of new worlds to explore....

Ever since the early days of the console wars between Nintendo and Sega, the gaming console that people chose would say a lot about that person: their preference in games, general tone, community, preference in controller, and many other aspects that can craft a person’s gaming identity. For years, the competition between Xbox and PlayStation was flaming red: owners of each console would talk endless amounts of trash to each other, and there was almost never any hope of any compromise or understanding....

Your memories with your early game consoles are probably ones you look back on with joy. For some, their early console was a PS2. Alas, as time went by, the PS2 became outdated by the new generation of consoles. However, without the early Playstation consoles, there wouldn’t be any new generation systems to compare them to. There was quite literally something for every genre and type of gamer; whether you liked RPGs or puzzle games, the PS2 had you covered....

Looter shooter fans have been anxiously awaiting the release of Outriders, a third-person shooter with excellent loot and fast-paced gameplay. As with most games in this genre, players will need to spend hours leveling their characters and acquiring gear before they can tackle the game’s hardest content. To survive on Enoch, understanding how this game treats difficulty scaling, crafting, and other combat-related mechanics is rather important. Some of this game’s mechanics, both big and small, can drastically impact your experience....

The Pokemon world is presented differently in each form of media that it appears in — whether it’s the manga, the anime, the trading card game, the main series of games, the side games, or any of the other pieces of the great Pokemon media empire. The anime is one of the most robust and in-depth iterations of the Pokemon universe, and, as a result, has a lot going on that the games do not....

There are a lot of new gameplay mechanics in Watch Dogs: Legion that players are starting to discover. It seems the developers have provided a number of ways for players to free London from Albion’s control, and some players are finding creative ways to utilize these features. While the game is still new, many players may not be aware of these useful mechanics. Every little bit helps in the effort to regain control, especially if it’s on permadeath mode....

Game Rant recently got a chance to sit down with Paweł Miechowski of 11-Bit studios, the development team behind hits like This War of Mine and Frostpunk, as well as the publisher for a variety of interesting titles from Moonlighter to Children of Morta. Our interview marked the tenth anniversary of Paweł’s tenure at 11-Bit, so we had a lot of questions about the company’s growth over time and how it came to be known for such subversive and even groundbreaking titles....

After the big Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag announcement there are a few details worth mentioning for posterity’s sake. Although we had heard rumors of a new Assassin’s Creed for about a month now, it was only a few days ago that we received our first glimpse at Black Flag. Now that Ubisoft has begun discussing the game we know that Assassin’s Creed 4 will feature a new protagonist (a pirate that may be Connor Kenway’s grandfather), a new setting (the Caribbean), and a new time period (the early 18th century)....

Ever since Tim Burton released the Christmas-themed sequel (Batman Returns) to 1989’s Batman film, many Bat-fans have considered the cape and cowl a staple of the holiday season. There are always plenty of holiday adventures in Gotham to keep comic book fans satisfied, but apparently the vide0 game version of the Dark Knight is making a winter appearance, as well. It sounds as if fans of the Batman: Arkham franchise are in for a late Christmas present early next week....

Battlefield 3 is only a few days away and anticipation for the title has no doubt reached a fever-pitch - especially following news that DICE’s triple-A first person shooter is going to include early-access to the Mass Effect 3 demo (which launches in January). A lot of fanboy-fueled comparisons between Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 have been raging for months now - even though there’s plenty of room for both titles to exist in the industry (especially since they will provide significantly different gameplay experiences)....

It’s been a rough and rocky first year for Battlefield 4, the first person soldier shooter that was released in October 2013. From the ‘Death Shield’ bug that let corpses become grenade reflectors to ‘rubber banding’ that pinged players all over the map, the bugs have become a primary concern. They’ve become such a huge problem that EA investors claimed after launch that the publisher misled them on Battlefield 4’s issues and quality....

As gamers loaded up BioShock Infinite’s Burial at Sea: Episode 2 DLC, they did so with a ton of expectations. While many games use DLC as a way to tell side stories or to add extra gameplay opportunities, the Burial at Sea DLC has thus far been as integral to the BioShock Infinite brand as the main game. In fact, now having played it to completion, it may be the single most revelatory piece of content in the whole BioShock franchise....

Gamers were amused - and later outraged - months ago when King, the developer and publisher of the ‘Saga’ franchise of games (the most famous of which being Candy Crush Saga - the game that everyone and their pets have been playing) stated their intentions of trademarking the word ‘Candy’ in the United States, as they had in Europe. While the move seemed foolish at first, the company soon proved they meant business....