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The term legendary gets thrown around quite a lot these days, what with blockbuster franchises and reboots growing by the day. In the case of Rayman Legends, the developers at Ubisoft Montpelier turned to the more wondrous elements of ’legendary’ settings to bring something new to the platforming genre, and delivered one of the best examples in recent memory. But now that the game’s release date on Xbox One and PS4 has been set in stone - February 25, 2014 - the game’s hero is turning to a true icon for a crash course in what it takes to become a legend....

The Xbox One release of multiplayer first person shooter, Titanfall, is very much expected to be a system seller for Microsoft’s next-gen console and similarly, the game is also being regarded as one of the biggest PC releases of the year, with the fast-paced gun and mech-battling action of the persistently online title serving as a huge draw. However, while the benefits of online multiplayer may be great for some players, it also offers a huge downside in that the game is being met with many cheaters....

With a name like Titanfall, Electronic Arts really had no other option but to succeed. A titanic franchise falling at the first hurdle would have made easy pickings among the Internet’s resident punmeisters, pranksters and putdown artists. Luckily for fans of mech-blasting action, the game’s PC and Xbox One releases went as well as any major, server-strangling launch in recent memory. Aside from a number of initial glitches, the vast majority of players were able to log on, suit up and start shooting from the get-go....

With game consoles and gaming PCs, heat is always a major concern. The limiting factor to high-end performance is often how hot the device can get before it starts to suffer from heat-related issues as all those little semi-conducting transistors start to break down. That’s why overclocking your GPU can be so dangerous, and why people resort to liquid nitrogen cooling to boost their Doom Eternal frame rates over 1000 fps....

Dreamcast – ahead of its time and taken too soon. Ultimately, the console was the final nail in the coffin for SEGA’s console empire. Released in 1999 (1998 in Japan), the Dreamcast was SEGA’s answer to the PlayStation. Sadly, one year after the Dreamcast’s release, SONY launched the PS2, which was being touted as the most advanced gaming system of all time. On top of the looming PS2 release, SEGA was undergoing massive turmoil, as many heads of the company wanted to move away from platforms and focus solely on game production....

Thanks to developers realizing the pixelated beauty of retro gaming, bringing games from the cabinet to the console has never been easier. Big-name companies like Nintendo and Sony have been doing it more and more, much to players’ delight. Nowadays, developers have made it even more simple to lay hands on several classic titles that used to be only available in arcades. Compilations and collections aplenty have brought new life to these old games and even a new legion of fans....

An aspect of gaming that many players often hate is how they are stuck playing in a set area due to the non-portability of their PC. This is why companies have released a wide array of gaming laptops so you can play your favorites anywhere in the world. They fit all budgets, graphics demands, and size-restraints, so there is a laptop out there for everyone. The biggest things to consider before buying a gaming laptop are the CPU, GPU, and RAM, as these will determine how well it will be able to handle your games....

In its 5 year life, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege has undergone many, many changes. From new seasonal operators and skins to fixes for bugs and new ways to punish toxic players, there is always something new to look forward to with each season of Siege. Those who haven’t played the game since the early days would surely be confused by the game they found themselves in if they were to load it up today....

The Nintendo Switch is a very versatile console, with a wide range of different game genres. There are great Nintendo games on the Switch, but that doesn’t mean that all of the best games on the console have to be made by Nintendo. There is an exceptional third-party game library on this revolutionary portable console. It’s not hard to find a game that will suit just about anyone. With so many great game developing companies and such a dynamic platform for gaming, 2020 has produced plenty of amazing Nintendo Switch third-party games....

During his many adventures in the anime, Ash Ketchum comes across hundreds of different Pokemon. Despite setting out to “catch them all”, he’s only managed to capture a little over 55 Pokemon which is quite surprising. Dragon-type Pokemon aren’t necessarily the type fans would associate Ash with. So there isn’t much surprise that he never caught a majority of them. It’s time to look at the 10 best Dragon-type Pokemon Ash Ketchum never caught from the Kanto region through the latest episodes of the anime where he traverses all eight known regions....

From Alone in the Dark to Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, these are the 10 dormant horror game franchises that we would most like to see come back from the dead. Over the years, horror fans have seen many franchises come and go. In fact, some of the most prominent horror game franchises have faded into obscurity thanks to troubled development cycles, poorly-received sequels, and other issues. Some horror franchises are better off forgotten, but others we wouldn’t mind seeing come back to life....

Microsoft’s first foray into video game consoles was a smashing success, lest we forget its problems that were swept under the rug. In 2001, Microsoft released the Xbox. It was a console with a DVD player, superior graphics, and a powerful processor found in PCs. Although it had hot exclusives like Halo: Combat Evolved, Dead Or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, and Fable, some things about the console are better left in our distant memories....

Rainbow Six Siege is an intimidating game to get into, especially now that many players have a few years of experience under their belts. If you’re starting out now, it’s likely that a lot of the matches you get into are going to be full of players that have hundreds, if not thousands of hours of playtime. You can look at this one of two ways: it could intimidate you and scare you off of learning the game, or you could take every match where you’re being outplayed as a learning experience....

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age is an RPG developed and published by Square Enix that came out on the Nintendo 3DS and PS4 in July 2017 in Japan and then worldwide for the PS4 and PC in September 2018. Then an enhanced version, Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition, was released for the Nintendo Switch in September 2019. It also dropped on the PS4, PC, and Xbox One in December 2020 (and Google Stadia in March 2021)....

There’s no doubt that the talented writers behind The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt love hiding Easter Eggs throughout the Continent. They reference films, tv shows, books, comics, even their own future game, Cyberpunk 2077. Since the re-release of Witcher 3 on Nintendo Switch, players have returned to the game, finding more and more hidden details. There have been some quite obvious references; dead Tyrion Lannister - someone made the little man fly from a sky cell, Hattori from Kill Bill, the killer rabbit from Monty Python....

Virtual Reality isn’t just a theory on a napkin anymore, nor is it so expensive that only the very rich can afford the hardware and setup. The technology has a myriad of applications, including classroom and training simulators, but the real money is in the gaming aspect of VR. Although there will likely be more to choose from in the future, there are currently three main types of VR systems available on the regular retail market....

When we talk about the best RPG consoles, we typically focus on the SNES and the PS1 (and with good reason). However, there’s a strong argument to be made that the PS2 not only deserves to be in that conversation but could very well end up taking the crown. The PS2 represents this incredible moment in the evolution of the genre when we were both benefiting from the ambition of the PS1 generation as well as getting to enjoy the ways that PS2 technology made true 3D gaming so much more viable than it had ever been before....

Video games have changed radically over the past few decades and even though games have come a far way from earlier generations, it’s hard not to get a bit nostalgic and go back and play some of the classics. Even though video games got their start way before Nintendo started releasing games like Mario or Zelda, there is no denying the impact that the company had on the industry starting with the NES....

Heading into the holiday season, a hot ticket item on any PC gamer’s list is a new graphics card. This year has seen new cards from both Nvidia and AMD that are pushing PC power to new heights. Tracking down a graphics card, on the other hand, has been a nightmare. Shortages in stock, and scalping of the PS5, Xbox Series X, and graphics cards has been a problem. To make matters worse, a huge shipment of RTX 3090s has gone missing from a factory in China....

When Assassin’s Creed multiplier was first introduced in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, the mode quickly became a go-to experience for players who had become disenfranchised by shooter-heavy online game offerings. Game critics (read our Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood review) praised the cat and mouse approach of the multiplayer feature - which favored stealth and patience over run-and-gun shooting. The mode continued to present players with a solid experience in the next Assassin’s Creed installment, Revelations, but Ubisoft didn’t iterate on the idea very much - including only minor gameplay additions, customization options, and mechanics....