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The general rule is that the first film or a season of a TV show is always the best. The subsequent movies or seasons experience a drop in quality, sometimes a rapid one, sometimes a slow one. However, that’s not always the case. In fact, multiple film franchises prove that sequels can be better than the first movies. It’s not easy but it’s possible. While first movies have to establish the characters and the world they live in, sequels have more possibilities....

With the announcement of a Mass Effect Legendary Edition to come out 2021, the fandom for the space-faring RPG adventure series has re-awoken. Soon everyone can re-live the fight with Saren, romancing their favorite companion, and their drama-filled war against the Reapers. Such a re-awakening creates a flow of Mass Effect memes both new and old. After all, the series is not without its humor. The fandom certainly has its own inside jokes as well....

The Elder Scrolls series has an incredibly rich lore and history. It’s filled with tales of gods, heroes of legend, and the rise and fall of empires. It tells its stories through exposition, books, and in-game references. Tamriel’s fascinating figures appear at key moments in history, and their influence reaches far beyond what is shown in the games. While figures such as the Daedric Princes are well-known, there are other figures who are only featured in books or legends, but are just as interesting and diverse as the characters who appear in-game....

Everyone knows the classic RPG titles out there: Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Dragon’s Quest, and The Elder Scrolls games. With titles like these, gaming companies were inspired to make a plethora of modern RPGs including Mass Effect and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. However, for every RPG that became a massive success, there are also the games that became forgotten over the years. This was the most prevalent during the 2000-2010 era; plenty of great games released that unfortunately did not see the same success as other titles....

Before angering the gaming community as a whole and relegating themselves to re-releases and pachinko machines, Konami was once a respected company. In the 80s and 90s, they were one of the top tier developers, bringing out classic games and creating entire genres. In 1987, Konami created an arcade game named Contra, and, with it, the classic run and gun genre came into existence. Today, the genre isn’t as popular as it once was, but the indie screen does on occasion bring us some great run and guns like Cuphead and Blazing Chrome....

The survival-horror genre is characterized by having limited resources with scary themes, though there is, of course, deviations and additions that can be added to the formula. The genre’s inception started off with games like 1992’s Alone in the Dark for the PC, or 1989’s Sweet Home for the Nintendo Entertainment System. While the previously mentioned games can be classified as survival horror games due to their themes and gameplay, the actual term survival horror was first used in 1996’s Resident Evil which also popularized the genre....

There are many times where you’ve probably found yourself wishing that you knew things before you started something. For example: wishing that as a child you knew that no matter how hard you smashed the buttons on your controller - it wouldn’t impact the force of the punches on your game. The principle is the same for starting a new videogame and there is plenty of things that you probably wished you knew before starting Apex Legends....

Winning Fortnite is no easy task – especially when you take into account the fact that you’re competing alongside almost 100 other players who want to come out on top as badly as you do. While being No. 1 can be daunting for anyone, it’s especially overwhelming for newbies who find themselves competing against master players. Don’t stress just yet, though. We have a few tricks to get you started....

With the Demon’s Souls remake out and well-received, you might still somehow be itching for more Souls-like content. Of course, there are games like Nioh 2, Sekiro, or technically even Bloodborne, but what about the people who just want some of that good Souls-y action without a $60 price tag, like they’d have to invest with something like Code Vein? Well, we’ve got some amazing recommendations for those of you who’d like the experience a Souls-like game, but are on a bit of a budget....

Mamoru Hosoda, the highly regarded director responsible for hit anime movies like 2006’s The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and 2009’s Summer Wars, has just announced his new project. The upcoming film, Belle, will reportedly feature a decidedly modern story set in a virtual world, and will also the 10th anniversary of Hosoda’s animation company, Studio Chizu. According to Studio Chizu, Belle will feature an “ever-evolving online world,” possibly similar to popular anime and game series like Sword Art Online and the ....

Fans have been waiting for another true entry in the Banjo-Kazooie series for quite some time. After the latest title featuring the beloved bird and bear combo, Nuts & Bolts, didn’t quite live up to fans’ platform-centric expectations, the wait for another true entry in the franchise has been unbearable for many. Fortunately, a group of dedicated ex-Rare staffers plan on correcting this injustice with a spiritual successor. This software may be without an official title, currently operating under the monicker of Project Ukulele, but that hasn’t stopped EDGE from getting the scoop on Playtonic Games’ Banjo-Kazooie successor....

Who knew that the Batman’s refusal to kill would spawn quite so many interesting adversaries? With nowhere to go but back to jail, Bruce’s throng of baddies just keeps on expanding. So much so that, Batman: Arkham Knight could conceivably include the biggest rogues gallery yet. With this third game, Rocksteady Studios will bid its final farewell to the Arkham series. And as a main baddie for this latest game they have selected Scarecrow, who terrorizing the citizens of Gotham while unifying its criminal elite....

Despite receiving many positive reviews and stirring up a ton of controversy, Epic Games and People Can Fly’s over the top action-heavy shooter Bulletstorm was not a financial success. This news comes straight from Mike Capps, president of Epic Games. Bulletstorm was something of a parody of the shooter genre, as demonstrated by the Duty Calls trailer and accompanying free-to-play game. Wisely, Bulletstorm never itself never took itself too seriously, instead focusing on solid, innovative gameplay and grandiose amounts of vulgarity, which ultimately got it in trouble with Fox News....

With the PS4 still so shiny and new, the library of games available to play on the console remains quite limited, and one of the positive sides of this is that each upcoming next-gen exclusive game gets an extra dose of attention. One such game is Deep Down, an online fantasy RPG that’s exclusive to the PS4 and will be free-to-play, albeit with the usual microtransaction caveat. For those unfamiliar with Deep Down’s central conceit, this trailer is probably a little confusing....

The Destiny experience as it is today would be hardly recognizable to someone that only played the game at launch. While it’s still the same core experience, Bungie has endlessly updated the game based on feedback from fans, tweaking things here and there, and adding often requested features to try to make Destiny the best it can be. Unfortunately, while Bungie does a pretty good job at listening to their fans for the most part, there is one issue that they seemingly refuse to budge on, and that is matchmaking....

Destiny has been a game on many lips ever since it was first announced in February. As well as being Bungie’s follow up to the Halo series, Destiny plays with the term “MMO” and mixes it with a “AAA” first-person shooter experience. Winning a flurry of E3 and Gamescom awards, the game has garnered some of the biggest hype going into the next-generation. Bungie has been working away on their new long-term IP after a summer of showcasing Destiny at various conventions and expos....

It’s been a long time coming, but we are finally less than a week away from the release of Driver: San Francisco, Ubisoft’s update of the car-chase classic. Offering players one last look at the game before it winds up on store shelves, Ubisoft today released the Driver: San Francisco launch trailer. Though it may be short on in-game footage, the trailer more than delivers on building anticipation for what must be the most unique driving game of the Fall....

There may be a Dead Island follow-up already in the works at publisher Deep Silver, but the third sequel isn’t a true successor to the first person zombie-slaying title. Rather, that distinction belongs to Dying Light, the new IP from original Dead Island developer Techland. Techland may not have the Dead Island name, but Dying Light very much plays the part of a spiritual successor, albeit for a next-gen audience. It has the open world exploration, the brutal melee combat, and the free form narrative beats....

Heroes of Ruin brings multiplayer dungeon crawling to the 3DS with drop-in drop-out co-op, something that Nintendo consoles need a lot more of. This title can benefit from the buzz surrounding the upcoming release of Diablo 3, and it may give those 3DS-owning Diablo fans something to do when away from their PCs. We got play this exclusive 3DS title at PAX East and were pleasantly surprised with what we experienced....

League of Legends, or LOL to its friends, currently boasts a roster of 123 champions for players and is constantly growing. The game has succeeded largely as a result of its free to play model, which rotates the free characters available and only keeps cosmetic upgrades behind a paywall. The good news is as long as players spend time with the game, they will eventually unlock all of the champions and gameplay options....