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In just a few short weeks players on the downloadable arenas of Xbox Live will be able to experience Hybrid, the new title from Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell. While Hybrid borrows heavily from a wide variety of third person shooters, in terms of both its design and mechanics, it still manages to stand out because of its 3v3 set-up and its unique use of cover. The easiest comparison to point to for Hybrid is Vanquish, last year’s futuristic, high-octane shooter from Platinum Games....

There are some days when you just need to take some mind-blowing superpowers in-hand and engage in a cheerful rampage through waves of enemies in a highly destructible environment. That’s where inFAMOUS: Second Son comes in: the next entry in Sucker Punch’s comic book style sandbox-styled game franchise, and the first inFAMOUS game to be released exclusively for the PlayStation 4. The first two inFAMOUS titles rank very highly on the list of superhero/supervillain open world games, mainly because the protagonist can give a massive electric shock to a helpless civilian with a broken leg and the nearby crowd will applaud this action (as every doctor knows, electricity is a good remedy for most ailments), but also because of the amount of detail that’s put into the giant playgrounds that Cole is set down in....

Mojang has certainly kept busy with Minecraft, recently announcing a ’new’ Xbox One edition and working on sending out several snapshot updates prior to the large 1.6 update, which finally released yesterday. Alongside this new update was a new launcher interface, which brings with it plenty of changes which should leave Minecraft users happy. The new launcher interface is required to run Version 1.6 and beyond, and has been made immediately available for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems....

Following multiple successful forays into console gaming, the Splinter Cell series had every right to kick back, relax and iterate the ever-loving life out its lucrative stealth formula. Instead, developers Ubisoft took the daring decision to revamp the series, eschewing wall-straddling stealth in favor of Conviction’s more action-oriented approach (read the full review here). Now, with the game’s sequel, Splinter Cell Blacklist appearing to reconcile the series’ previous play styles, Game Rant suits up to take a sneaky peek at the title’s co-op credentials, a feature we’ve been excited to learn more about....

Star Wars is a massive and expansive franchise that’s always seeing new stories and lore added to its ever-growing canon. Even though George Lucas’ immersive, generation-defining saga can be seen as a testament to the merits of long-form storytelling and world-building, it also means there are some strange inconsistencies and funny coincidences within the Star Wars story universe. A fan-made video shows what Return of the Jedi might have been like with some more recently introduced narrative elements included in the mix....

EA and Dice made quite a splash at the Star Wars Celebration event last Friday by finally detailing and showing off the highly anticipated shooter, Star Wars Battlefront. With an impressive trailer showing off some big moments during the Battle for Endor, fans finally got a first look at the title in action. With the excitement still riding high, Star Wars Battlefront design director Niklas Fegraeus took to Twitter to provide some new information and reveal some interesting tidbits....

With the introduction of the current generation of consoles a new talking point has entered the fray: resolution. Over the past few years, gamers have become more acutely aware of a console release’s resolution, and more importantly how it compares to other platforms. Case in point: the recent discussion surrounding Watch Dogs, and the differing resolutions it will run at. And while there’s no need to stoke a fire that’s already burning pretty bright as it is, that’s just what The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt Red did when discussing resolution and feature parity, or lack thereof, among the Xbox One and PS4 versions of their upcoming game....

At this point, it’s practically a given that any high profile, triple-A release will have some form of Season Pass. In some cases, that Pass serves as a way to discount post-release content (Call of Duty: Ghosts); while in others it allows early access to content (Battlefield 4). In the case of Watch Dogs, it’s both. Although word of a Watch Dogs Season Pass has been circulating the Net for the last month, Ubisoft made it official with news of a price point, details, and a new trailer (seen above)....

Late last month, the Nintendo 3DS eShop began selling UFO Interactive’s Zombie Slayer Diox. The downloadable game attempts to give gamers a Rock Band-esque experience with a zombie twist, and the end result is a game that’ll fail to impress fans of either genre. The game is more like a rhythm game that happens to feature zombies, and even during the frantic zombie slashing you can’t help but feel stupefied over how tedious and superfluous this mash-up really is....

Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid franchise is not only one of the longest-running video game series of all time, it is also one of the few that kept the same continuity through out. The likes of Super Mario and Final Fantasy are slightly older, but each of those games are standalone projects that don’t really follow through on one story line. Given that the timeline runs through more than seven games, the plot does get a little complicated....

Normally games make sure everything is wrapped up by the time you reach the end, leaving the player with a sense of satisfaction and closure on completion. However, sometimes we get cliffhangers and that leaves fans desperate to know what will happen next. Unfortunately, if the game never gets a sequel, it can leave fans impatient for answers. It doesn’t even necessarily have to be a sequel that gives us closure, it can simply be some additional DLC, such as these questions about the recent Final Fantasy 7 Remake that we’d love to have answered....

Long before there was Dragon Ball Super, there was Dragon Ball AF – an April Fool’s prank which took the world by storm. AF was never meant to be more than a joke for the fan base, one that pushes Dragon Ball to bizarre extremes by completely disregarding the manga’s canon and introducing outlandish concepts like Super Saiyan 5. Many fan artists would try their hand at turning Dragon Ball AF into a reality, with none ever reaching their conclusion....

Since The Sims 4 was released, quite a few really cool expansion packs, game packs, and stuff packs have been released. While these have really expanded on the game and added awesome new items, interactions, and worlds to the game, there are some from previous installments in The Sims franchise that we’re missing. The Sims team has definitely hinted at future packs that they’re planning to release, and while we don’t know what they are yet, Sims fans have been hoping that their favorites from The Sims and its sequels, The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, will be making a comeback....

The aughts were a great time for video games, and Square, who went from SquareSoft to Square Enix during the first decade, was among the leaders of the charge. We all know classics like Final Fantasy 10 and Kingdom Hearts, but the publisher has many other games under its belt that time has forgotten. You would still get a great deal of enjoyment from any of the games below. Some of them are re-releases of older games, but that does not make their placement any less valid....

Breath of the Wild was filled with hidden secrets for fans to enjoy. The same goes for the game’s prequel, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Known as one of the games to take the longest amount of time to complete on the Nintendo Switch console, the original Hyrule Warriors was filled with fun secrets for the fans to uncover as they played through it. Much like its predecessor, the most recent Hyrule Warriors game got the same treatment and so there are lots of awesome secrets to dig up that complement its lore and gameplay....

Video game adaptations have an infamous tradition of essentially misunderstanding what made the source material so popular to begin with. Paul W.S. Anderson takes plenty of criticism for his directing—but his Mortal Kombat is quite beloved, and that first Resident Evil film mostly works. Mainly because it often borrows from Aliens. Still, given Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Hollywood is somewhat on the right track with Kaiju films. The focus of the Monster Hunter franchise is its wild variety of inventive creatures, so all Anderson has to do is follow suit....

The tabletop gaming market has flourished in recent years, with an abundance of new Kickstarter campaigns and successful board game companies flooding the market with a myriad of exciting releases ready to hit shelves later this year. With the success of so many in recent years, it’s no wonder tabletop companies are eager to build on their games’ worlds and campaigns with brand new expansions and sequels. So whether you’re looking to broaden your favorite in-game world, play some new campaigns, or head out on an all-new adventure, here are tabletop expansions worth looking out for in 2021....

Pokémon often seem designed to fit into their typing before any other design considerations, but every so often there are some that just don’t match at all. Some Pokémon, fans say, have the wrong typing altogether, like Gyarados not being Dragon. But, some have the right type and just don’t look like it. With many of these creatures, there’s some lore or reason why they have the typing they do. But, they still don’t look like they do....

Final Fantasy VII is undoubtedly one of the greatest and most important games of its generation. This title is single-handedly responsible for propelling Square Enix into global heights of popularity, while simultaneously making JRPGs a massive trend during the fifth generation of gaming. The story of Cloud and his friends as they strive to defeat Sephiroth and save the planet is truly brilliant in every sense of the word. However, Final Fantasy VII isn’t totally serious and dark — there are several moments in the game (intentional or otherwise) that are bound to elicit a chuckle from players....

The Outer Worlds is a space-themed RPG, and Starfield is an upcoming RPG set in space. Although these two games will likely be different in many ways, there are also lots of features and mechanics that could be brought over from The Outer Worlds for the perfect RPG experience. The companions and dialogue choices in The Outer Worlds are just two examples. One thing to consider here is that the studio that made Outer Worlds was none other than Obsidian....