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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is an odd bird. On the one hand, its final trailer makes it look like an action-packed Marvel extravaganza; on the other, it still has to deal with the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame and make sure the new Captain America fits right in with the rest of the MCU. Entering the post-blip MCU is a complicated narrative that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will try to tackle, but unlike Sam Wilson on his missions, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige does seem to have a concrete plan for it....

Call of Duty: Warzone has been out in the wild for quite a while now, and the community has already learned some tricks. Things like redeploying your parachute have become commonly known tricks, although there are still some lesser-known advanced tips. There’s always room for improvement, and with such a feature-rich game as Warzone is, you can never stop learning. The best players out there have successfully brainstormed Warzone’s gameplay to reveal some of the advanced tricks you can use to your advantage....

There are a number of hotly anticipated RPGs and strategy games set to be released throughout 2021. One title that combines elements of both is the upcoming Digimon Survive. Following the success of Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth in the West, Bandai Namco has finally found it worth it to release Digimon titles overseas once again. As one of the premiere creature collectors not called Pokemon, fans are excited to see this new twist on the genre and franchise....

Ubisoft might not be the most beloved gaming company around, but even their most vocal naysayers would not really have too many horrible things to say about the Far Cry series. This first-person open-world romp through rich and varied landscapes has pretty much always hit the nail on the head when it comes to crafting entertaining experiences that remain fresh in the minds of players after they’ve finished these games....

New Genshin Impact players may find this game overwhelming, potentially causing them to make various mistakes. It’s a deceptively deep and involved title, and getting to grips with its various mechanics can take a lot of time, especially for those unfamiliar with the genre. From its vast open-world to the intricacies of the battle system, there are a lot of things to understand. It is very important for new players to research the game before they start playing, to avoid making mistakes (as many have already done)....

It took a while, but a substantial amount of information on the Sony PlayStation 5 console was released on June 11, 2020. Not long after the PS5 Reveal Event ended, PS5 console memes exploded onto the internet. As a result, fans of the new gaming hardware were delighted. One glimpse at the PlayStation 5 was enough for gamers everywhere to get excited for next-gen, but it’s the hilarious content keeping fans sane until then....

Resident Evil Village, despite all it does differently from the rest of the series, lives up to the franchise’s name. Ethan Winters’ journey is filled with terrifying monsters, from regular enemies to the handful of bosses. For the most part, they are an upgrade over recent mainline Resident Evil games. After all, one of them even set the Internet on fire with their aesthetic, though not for being scary. If any of these designs prove too terrifying, just play on an easier difficulty so the battles are not too hard....

It’s hard to believe, but Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has finally arrived. Koji Igarashi, the former Castlevania producer, left Konami in 2014 and launched this game’s Kickstarter a year later. He wanted to bring back Metroidvanias (or ‘Igavanias’ as he dubbed them) for the fans. It took four long years, but the end product is everything he promised and then some. No, it’s not going to redefine the genre, but it is satisfying....

As one of the longest-running science-fiction television shows of all time, it’s fair to say that Doctor Who has quite a following. From its humble beginnings in 1969 to a multi-media fandom today, fans of the franchise follow the show on TV, read the books, create some amazing content and yes - play the games. After the acclaim of the first game in the series, The Edge of Time, developers Maze Theory Studios is bringing out a sequel in 2021 entitled The Edge of Reality....

Skyrim is full of subplots, side quests, and secrets for the player to discover. Yet, some of the game’s hidden mysteries don’t have satisfying conclusions for players to find. Furthermore, some quests or aspects of the game design raise lore questions that don’t seem to have clear answers. In such a large game, some loose ends are bound to be left hanging—much to the dismay and confusion of many players, who are forced to speculate and fill in the gaps for themselves....

The Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise is one that spans several different entertainment mediums and has been around for over 20 years. From almost 1,000 episodes on TV, to tons of video game adaptations and, of course, the trading card game, this franchise has certainly been around the block. The entire franchise is centered around a card game that is played most often to take over the world in the anime, and in various living rooms around the world in real life....

The trend of HD remastered games shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon, with the relative newness of the current console generation fueling gamer desire to upgrade all the old classics that won’t run on their PlayStation 4s and Xbox Ones. The heavy-hitter franchises are the games most often mentioned as top contenders for an upgrade – Uncharted, Arkham Asylum/City, Gears of War – but there are plenty of other noteworthy last-gen games that might merit a high-def revisit, even if they didn’t spawn entire franchises....

There are many of you out there wondering what’s going to happen to Ezio at the end of Assassin’s Creed Revelations and how the story will progress - and that just means that the men and women at Ubisoft are doing their job right. However they have another job for players, which will let you forgo those worries for a few weeks, and instead enjoy just some simple, stealthy, combat....

Bloodborne launched last month to strong reviews from both gamers and critics. Overall, the game provides a challenging and enjoyable experience for those who play, though it does have its flaws. One of the biggest complaints with Bloodborne has been the dreadfully long load times. The latest 1.03 patch for Bloodborne helps reduce the load time by up to 15 seconds, which says a lot about how painfully long the load times were prior to the patch....

Over the past year or so, Cyborg actor Ray Fisher has been in a public feud with Warner Bros. over his treatment during the filming of Justice League. The actor alleges that several executives in the company behaved unprofessionally and threatened his career, but particularly that director Joss Whedon engaged in unprofessional and harassing behavior on set during filming. Now, multiple stars of Buffy the Vampire Slayer have recounted their own experiences of abuse at the hands of Whedon during the filming of the series....

The Castlevania series has gone through multiple changes over the many years of its existence. It started off as a traditional side-scroller back in the days of 8-bit and 16-bit greatness. Then, after a poor attempt to jump into the third dimension, they adopted a free-roaming 2D gameplay style, similar to the Metroid series - with some RPG elements added in. As a result, RPG elements have now become the standard for most newer games, and Castlevania: Harmony of Despair further added to this by introducing multiplayer....

Electronic Arts and BioWare Victory announced at the end of 2011 that they were bringing back the C&C franchise with Command & Conquer: Generals 2, a sequel to the franchise’s best-selling game. In a surprise twist, last week they unveiled a complete change in direction for both the title and future of the series. No longer would the be titled Generals 2. Instead, the ‘more serious’ return of the beloved franchise would be going free-to-play and online only....

It’s been over about six months since Dead Island shambled onto our radar with one of the most provocative game trailers in the history of the industry. The Dead Island trailer went on to win an advertising award at Cannes - but provided very little information about what players could expect from the tone and gameplay of the upcoming title. Overtime, through a series of character and class reveals, it became increasingly clear that Dead Island was not going to be an emotionally-charged scramble for survival (as the trailer seemed to indicate); rather, the first person shooter title was going for a somewhat cartoonish, and especially bloody, trek through a post-zombpocalyptic landscape - as a result the latest Dead Island trailer, highlighting the co-op gameplay (and f-bombs), is especially reminiscent of another zombie-liquidation co-op title....

This morning Square Enix announced that Dead Island sold more than 1 million units in North America. That’s quite a feat but no surprise after all the hype the Dead Island teaser trailer created and the world’s current zombie obsession. But many of those players are experiencing several different technical or game play issues resulting in mixed reviews from players and critics alike. Dead Island is a good game buried under enough bugs that it’s almost criminal that it was released in its current state....

The best-selling new IP of all time, there’s no denying that Destiny is hugely successful. The sales figures prove that too as the first-person shooter/MMO title managed to rack up over $500 million in shipped product on launch day alone. Destiny’s large sci-fi universe has its own draw, while its connected world provides a new style of gameplay to players only used to interacting with other players in multiplayer matches and lobbies....