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Monster Hunter is huge now in the West thanks to its latest release. The upcoming expansion, Iceborne, looks just as inviting. It’s not that the series was dead outside of Japan. It has had a nice little niche following since its 2004 debut. But to those that are indeed new to this monster slaying phenomenon, here are ten cool things one might not know. 10 Upcoming Movie Whenever a video game movie is announced, the automatic reaction tends to be a shrug....

Rocksteady have their Suicide Squad co-op extravaganza in the Arkham-verse coming up, but the studio who brought their own entry into the hit Batman gaming series are also developing a title of their own in Gotham Knights. This comic book co-op beat-em-up focuses on the Batman Family, particularly Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Barbara Gordon, and Dick Grayson, featuring a supposedly dead Bruce Wayne and the Court of Owls. But, it’s a fair ways away, so here are ten games to scratch that superhero itch whilst you wait....

When people think of the Nintendo Wii, it’s usually not elaborate or epic titles that come to mind. The console has largely built its reputation on smaller, pick-up-and-play romps, many of which can be breezed through fairly quickly. Yet, there are some surprisingly dense, massive titles on the console, even when disregarding games that lean on replay value such as Wii Sports, Mario Kart Wii, or Super Smash Bros. Brawl....

Fire Emblem is one of the most iconic tactical RPGs of all time. As a turn-based strategy game, players are given a wide variety of unit types to use within their army. Each class comes along with their own strengths and weaknesses and varying degrees of utility they provide to a player. However, not all of these classes are created equally, and the usefulness of some greatly outweigh the viability of others....

There is a certain beauty to open-world video games. Games where you are truly free and have full-on freedom of choice to go and do whatever you want, whenever you want to. You can stumble upon fantastic open-world games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, where you are free to explore breathtaking views, or games like RDR2, where every nook and cranny in the map has easter and secrets for you to find....

Also referred to as CRPGs (computer role-playing games), PC RPGs contain some of the most impactful dialogue choices in video games. The uncanny ability to imprison a race of humans or leave a city in ruins with the click of a button is unfathomable. Almost like Game of Thrones, a character can be killed off at any moment. Dialogue options enhance gameplay, providing a backstory behind the conflict. The best RPGs have rich dialogue supplemented by game-altering decisions....

Sony came out of the gate swinging into the console space with the original PlayStation. Released in 1994 in Japan and the following year in the states, it managed to beat out the competition with the CD format and massive support from third-party developers. While Nintendo 64 had titans like Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the PlayStation had countless classic titles that entertained gamers to no end throughout the latter half of the ’90s....

With over forty years of content, Star Wars has been a cultural juggernaut since 1977. It has covered nearly everything from movies, television shows, comics, books, toys, and of course, video games. Star Wars: Squadrons is the newest video game in the long-running franchise: a flight combat game that emulates the feeling of dogfighting in legendary ships, and does it with flair. With so much high speed galactic action, fans are bound to miss some of the finer details that the developers put in the game, as they’re put in the cockpits of their favorite ships for hours at a time....

Capcom, and more specifically the Resident Evil series, still puts out demos for players to experience before the final product comes out. Resident Evil 7 included a special teaser utilizing content not meant for the main game. The upcoming mainline entry, Resident Evil: Village, is doing the same thing with Maiden, a PlayStation 5 exclusive demo detailing events prior to Ethan Winters’ journey. Even though the demo is extremely short (coming in at less than twenty minutes), finally playing some of the new Resident Evil tells fans a lot about the upcoming title, including tidbits about the gameplay as well as the story....

Fans have been waiting impatiently for Legend Of Heroes: Trails Of Cold Steel III to continue the story that started so many years ago. The newest title in the beloved franchise is proving to be everything fans have been hoping for and is a unique tactical JRPG experience. That being said, there are some things players both new and experienced with the franchise wish they’d known beforehand. Whether it’s new game mechanics, capabilities of certain characters, or certain details about the franchise as a whole, here’s what you probably should know before getting started....

It wouldn’t be an Assassin’s Creed game if it didn’t leave fans with more questions than they had before starting their playthrough. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has continued this tradition, with many earlier plot points still unresolved and new ones being added to the list. If there aren’t plot holes, there are mysteries that were opened up following the events of this game that need to be answered in the future. Finally, there are things that clash with established logic, leaving them as nonsensical points that can be seen as a mix of plot holes and mysteries....

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I didn’t hop aboard the PS4 train until relatively recently, and already, we’re getting talk of the PS5. It is at this point that I take a look back and realize that the PS4 came out in 2013, and we are all hurtling towards the great beyond. Regardless, along the way to that, we’re going to get quite a few more games consoles, and one of them is the PS5, which I am cautiously optimistic about....

After 6 games, 4 protagonists, and several different time periods and settings, Assassin’s Creed fans know that every detail contained within Ubisoft’s franchise could be a clue towards what’s next. Even clues that don’t lead to something immediately might actually be a hint as to what’s in the franchise’s future. Take a scene from the ending of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, for example; a moment that, at first glance, seemed pretty innocuous, but was actually a clue towards not one but two future AC games....

If you were an Xbox 360 owner between 2005 and 2010 who thought that Alan Wake was taking its good sweet time in development, imagine how the PC crowd feels! The episodic, Hitchockian action thriller was initially promised as an Xbox 360 / PC exclusive from Remedy Entertainment, but the later end of that deal was axed shortly before its final release. PC gamers were left in the darkness, wishing they had stocked up on more lithium batteries....

When a game developer is lucky enough to strike gold in an industry as fickle and saturated with high quality franchises as can be imagined, changing things up generally isn’t the next step. With Assassin’s Creed having already enjoyed four different entries that pleased fans and expanded the player population, breaking new ground is exactly where they’re headed with Assassin’s Creed 3. But according to the minds behind the series at Ubisoft, Assassin’s Creed 3 looks to be making all the best changes, both from a gameplay standpoint and as an artistic expression....

Ubisoft hasn’t made a habit of keeping tight-lipped about their Assassin’s Creed titles prior to launch, usually inundating fans and news sites with assets and story details to hint at the team’s latest direction. That is certainly the case once again with Assassin’s Creed 3, featuring a brand new setting and historical protagonist. Given the amount of historical fiction and wide swath of gameplay mechanics both new and re-tooled in store, the developers have managed to keep the heart of the story close to their chest....

When the developers of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag first promised to drop players into ’the Golden Age of Pirates,’ there were plenty that scoffed at the idea of such a title. Sure, there was a time and place when pirates made their name in the Caribbean Sea, but not on the same scale witnessed in fiction, right? Wrong. The developers at Ubisoft have turned to more than just fiction for their next chapter in the Assassin’s Creed universe, with the latest video released focusing on the historical accuracy of the weaponry, the combat, and the circumstances that gave rise to Edward Kenway’s gang of famous friends....

While developer DICE is always looking for new and exciting (and hopefully functional) features to add to their Battlefield franchise, they are also, at the same time, doing their best to give players a familiar experience. Part of delivering the familiar, for example, involves bringing back features from past games that were deemed successful by the Battlefield fan base. For example, one such feature that is set to make a comeback for Battlefield 4 is Platoons....

While many gamers have long dismissed the Call of Duty franchise for its lack of innovation or graphical polish, the latest iteration, Ghosts, has slowly been making a name for itself through some bountiful DLC offerings. To be fair, developer Infinity Ward hasn’t ventured too far outside of the box with COD: Ghosts’ DLC, but have tried to ensure there’s a little something for everybody. In keeping with that all-inclusive nature, the latest Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC pack, titled Devastation, has received the full trailer treatment....