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Players of Bungie’s Destiny 2 know they need the right combination of weapons, armor, mods, and Perks to dominate the battlefield. Moreover, just the wrong combination can wreck a Guardian’s performance in PVP and PVE. However, thanks to the Charged with Light mechanic, players can add a new layer of complexity to their character builds. Additionally, this mechanic – made available in the Season of Dawn – can add new variations to playstyles thanks to their benefits....

Over the past few decades, gaming has delivered a number of memorable survival-horror heroes, ranging from average joes battling supernatural threats to highly trained spec ops soldiers fighting otherworldly monstrosities. Due to the horrors they face, these heroes oftentimes struggle with their mental health as well, making them flawed, interesting characters. Some survival-horror heroes are more interesting than others, though, and have left a bigger impact on the gaming industry. Out of all the survival-horror heroes seen in gaming so far, the following 10 are the best the genre has to offer....

Star Wars is a beloved universe that is rich in mythology and lore. So many different forms of media have spawned out of this franchise. It is a hit-and-miss affair, but this latest one, Star Wars: Squadrons, has been majorly well-received for its incredible gameplay. Similar to many Star Wars titles, Squadrons’ world and story are filled with Easter eggs that give a nod to the universe it’s in. It is done as both a sign of respect to the classic and beloved media....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War introduced a new Zombies experience with new features, new weapons, and new Easter Eggs. As with every Call of Duty, Black Ops: Cold War yields new Easter eggs across all of its game modes from Campaign to Multiplayer and to Zombies lying in wait to be discovered by players. Die Maschine is the first Zombies map offered in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War....

Throughout the Fire Emblem series, player have had to fight against numerous empires and neighboring kingdoms across numerous games. While these games often possess countless cruel bandits and evil emperors, Fire Emblem games are also known for possessing numerous sympathetic foes which a player doesn’t necessarily want to kill, bringing to light the ugly side of war. Whether it be due to their personality or motivations, these characters help to bring a dimensionality to Fire Emblem in the form of a moral grey area....

Director and producer Irwin Allen didn’t invent the disaster movie, but he certainly helped define it. The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974) established a template of Hollywood glamour, melodrama and mass destruction, with some of the most famous actors of the era meeting their maker in spectacular fashion. Even though Allen didn’t direct all of The Poseidon Adventure (he only handled the disaster scenes, while Ronald Neame dealt with the talky bits), Allen’s larger-than-life personality, elaborately woven hair and reputation as a producer soon established him as cinema’s “master of disaster” – and the results were both critically and financial smashes....

Nintendo has dozens of different intellectual properties that have been able to achieve deep levels of success, but it’s unlikely that anything is ever going to dethrone Super Mario as the company’s most popular mascot and series of games. The mainline Super Mario games are typically the most groundbreaking titles to appear on Nintendo consoles, but there have also been an increasing number of spin-off efforts that try to push the character into a different direction or genre....

Square Enix’s 2018 conclusion to the rebooted Tomb Raider series was met with varying reviews. Some people loved it whilst others are already calling for a revamp of the original series. Whether it was loved or hated, Shadow Of The Tomb Raider definitely gave players a look into the more morally questionable side of cultural icon Lara Croft. The game sees Lara venturing into the lost city of Paititi to, as usual, stop Trinity from bringing about the end of the world, no thanks to our protagonist herself, who has become obsessed with stopping her long-time enemies regardless of the consequences....

For a long time the Macross anime franchise couldn’t escape the shadow of Robotech, at least in America. Ever since Robotech utilized the first Macross series as part of its amalgamation of three shows in the ‘80s, it’s been difficult for Macross to make its own place in the United States. Due to complicated legal problems most of the franchise besides the original series wasn’t legally available in the U.S. for the past 20 years....

Dejobaan Games, IGF 2010 finalist and creators of AaaAAa!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity, have announced that the iOS version of their hit base jumping series is complete. AaaAAa!! (Force=Mass x Acceleration) was developed alongside Owlchemy Labs, creators of another popular iOS title Snuggle Truck. For the uninitiated, Dejobaan has been around for quite sometime but are more widely known for creating AaaAAa!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity which has players free falling past floating structures, giving them “hugs and kisses” to rack up points....

It’s been an exciting week for fans of the Assassin’s Creed series - with numerous Assassin’s Creed 3 details and screenshots leaking out ahead of more official pieces of marketing. However, while screenshots, gameplay details, and story spoilers have all slipped out from under Ubisoft’s cloud of secrecy (largely due to forum-postings with scans of an upcoming Game Informer feature), the game publisher has successfully withheld one especially exciting tease - the first official Assassin’s Creed 3 trailer....

If there’s one thing Ubisoft is known for, it’s getting the most out of an investment. While other AAA publishers struggle or outright fail, their all-business approach to established franchises has been a boon; and after Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag righted the franchise’s ship, all fans looked forward to the next-gen arrival of Assassin’s Creed Unity. Fortunately, those still playing on their Xbox 360 and PS3 received word that they wouldn’t be left behind....

With Bayonetta’s creators off developing Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and no date in sight for DmC Devil May Cry, fans of epic beat-em-up action are left without a lot of short term choices. Thankfully, Capcom itself is coming to the rescue with Asura’s Wrath, a distinctly Japanese take on the genre developed by CyberConnect2. The game is just about a month away, but curious players have a chance to take a test drive thanks to a two level demo currently available on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network....

It’s not inconceivable to think that, heading in to 2012, Activision and Treyarch weren’t prepared to make many detailed, content-heavy announcements concerning Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Much of what we know about the game - and in regards to multiplayer we could probably say most - stems from leaks through internal or external sources, and it seems just as effective to let the word spread virally as it does to, say, hype a world premiere trailer during the NBA Playoffs with a week-long website puzzle game/countdown timer....

It’s official: The Cold War is back in Call of Duty: Blacks Ops 2 - and not because we’re returning to the 60’s so we can blast “Sympathy for the Devil” out of a swift boat whilst gunning down hordes of North Vietnamese militia as a creepy Russian manifests his psyche in our brains. The Cold War in Black Ops 2 will be a future Cold War - a 21st Century, near-future exposition on terrifying potential of warfare, when a confluence of advanced technologies and next generation weaponry lie in the right (or wrong) hands....

Those that have been playing From Software’s Bloodborne on PS4 know that it is not an easy game. It follows in the tradition of the Souls franchise by not holding players’ hands, assaulting them with relentless difficulty and daunting boss battles. Not only does it borrow its penchant for difficulty from its sister series, but the game also takes another cue from the Souls games by creating a mysterious world full of hidden secrets....

While Destiny fans are still reeling from this week’s announcement that House of Wolves will not include a raid, Bungie is still trucking along business as usual. Well before the House of Wolves plans were officially unveiled, Bungie had revealed a substantial 6GB update was set to hit Destiny before the DLC, and today it finally goes live. Bungie has already done well to detail today’s Destiny update, which adds some much-needed features....

Covering both ends of the fiction spectrum from fantasy to sci-fi, it’s to be expected that a certain amount of bleed-over will occur between the Dragon Age and Mass Effect series’. While they are mechanically quite different from one another, one feature that they both share is a focus on narrative immersion. Building upon the inclusion of voice commands in the Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 3 through Kinect, it looks as though Dragon Age: Inquisition will be following suit....

If you are one of the poor souls not already walking in the neon light of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, then the launch trailer should get the job done. The game’s launch is just one day away, and the developers at Ubisoft are celebrating not with a series of black-lit explosions or laser lightshows, but a new trailer that sets the stage for the arrival of Rex Power Colt. The face of gaming will never be the same....

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is only a year old (not counting the extended beta) and Blizzard has already delivered the core game, a Naxxramas single-player adventure, and a Goblins Vs. Gnomes card expansion. The digital card game’s community continues to grow and the game’s competitive scene makes sure that the title is never far from the top trending games list on Twitch. Although the latest expansion pack is only a few months old, some uncovered files reveal that Blizzard is already laying the ground work for the next big card-based raid....