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What was only once believed to be a pipe dream explored by clever hackers is finally coming to fruition tomorrow, as Skyrim is getting an update that allows players to complete a wide variety of moves using Kinect. First teased by Bethesda during a GDC panel, this Kinect support for Skyrim has been highly anticipated. To help usher Skyrim players, both new and old, into the world of Kinect voice commands Bethesda has released a comprehensive list of all 200 commands that will be available....

In mid-July, just one month ago, the crowdfunding campaign for Star Citizen hit $48 million, continuing to set records, and the developers at Cloud Imperium Games Corporation revealed stretch goals for the next two million dollar tiers. Both of those have been hit (plus another million since we’re now past $51 million) thanks to a big presence creator Chris Roberts (Wing Commander) brought to Gamescom 2014 last week, the annual trade show in Cologne, Germany....

With enough distance between the release of The Last of Us and now, developer Naughty Dog has begun discussing the particulars of their game’s story. And, while the characters of Joel and Ellie are worth exploring at length, most gamers have wanted to hear more about the game’s ending, and how it came to be. So, at PAX Prime 2013, Naughty Dog sought to give gamers a closer look at The Last of Us in the form of an alternate ending....

Although they are relatively rare in the business of protected IPs and brands, crossovers can oftentimes be big moneymakers in video games. Just look at Super Smash Bros. — a title that is typically a massive seller for Nintendo. One other title that sells really well, especially in Japan, for Nintendo is Monster Hunter, the adventuring, monster-slaying title from Capcom. And as it turns out, the latest entry in the franchise, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, is getting a crossover of its own....

The Worms series is no stranger to repackaged content and bundle packages (check out our review of the repackaged Worms 2: Armageddon game). Worms: Ultimate Mayhem is the next opportunity to offer players some mostly pre-existing content. The bundle game combines both Worms 3D and Worms: Mayhem, adding some new content and bonuses for those who buy the $15 value-priced title - available on Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network, or Steam....

Through high mobility and solid offensive stats, mounted units are often viewed as some of the most useful characters at a player’s disposal in the Fire Emblem series. While flying units like wyvern riders and promoted units like paladins are frequently considered some of the best mounted units, cavaliers are often available early into each game in the series. These units are unpromoted soldiers that ride horseback. Cavaliers often have the potential to be the strongest characters at a player’s disposal and can be a staple of one’s army throughout the entirety of a game....

Phasmophobia is a horror co-op game released just a couple of months ago that has gotten overwhelmingly positive reviews and has been a best-seller on Steam. The indie game has up to four players take on the role of ghost hunters. The setting can range from prison, school, hospital, or house and there are 12 different kinds of ghosts that behave differently. The game did not just get popular for its high quality....

It’s become a tradition for Assassin’s Creed titles to leave out details hidden in the game for fans to find. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla continues this practice, to the point where vital aspects of the story have to be uncovered in order to learn more about them. This also includes sequences that can be played for several more hours, making the hidden details all the more important to learn about. In other areas, these take the form of Easter eggs and references which are hints for what’s to come and how to make the gameplay experience a lot more fun by handing out certain clues....

Why aren’t there more Kalos Pokemon in Sword & Shield? Pokemon X and Y might have not brought many new Pokemon, considering it was the beginning of a new generation but most of the new Pokemon were awesome. Quality over quantity. Although some of the Kalos Pokemon have been included in Sword & Shield, some were brought back with the expansions to the game: Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra. Fans are still waiting on their favorites, so there is no doubt that they would be very happy to see the rest of the Gen VI Pokemon brought to Pokemon Sword & Shield....

An RPG game is only as good as its best weapon. Well, no, maybe not, but weapons in RPGs most certainly add to the overall enjoyment. One of the best things the players can do while playing an RPG is to scour the world and look for the best weapons or the ones that fit their builds best—and some of these weapons have been sometimes be too OP, much to the enjoyment of the players....

Nintendo is known for emphasizing gameplay over story more often than not, which results in some fairly incredible experiences that tend to be so memorable that they cement an instantaneous feeling of nostalgia, whether its the innovative and charming Splatoon or the classic Super Mario World. By putting such a strong focus on gameplay, Nintendo’s works tend to have a lot of replay value. With that in mind, here are ten games that refuse to get old that are worth every cent and worth every second....

With the upcoming release of Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, the newest entry in one of the hardest video games made for kids and a sequel that fans have been begging for, questions are abound over the story and which locations the game will take place in. But there are much bigger questions at hand, such as where the entry will fit in to the Uncharted/Crash Bandicoot universe. The two franchises are clearly parallel universes of one another, either that or Crash Bandicoot is a figment of Nathan Drake’s imagination, made up to cope with his PTSD after murdering thousands of men....

With well over one thousand games in its library, it should come as a shock to no one that there were many great games for the PlayStation that flopped. New titles came out far too frequently for gamers to keep up, and the consequence of this was that many incredible games slipped through the cracks and became labeled as failures. Now, these games populate an ever-growing list of “hidden gems” for the PSX....

Pokémon has been rocking and rolling for over 20 years at this point, and much of the franchise’s success is tied to fans falling in love with the concept of evolving its wildly varied and inventive cast of creatures. Despite evolution being at the core of the series, there are more than a handful of Pokémon that don’t evolve into or from anything else. Even among those introduced in Pokémon Sword & Shield, there are new Pokémon that deserve cute base forms trainers can fall in love with before training and evolving them into capable and confident Pokémon....

Naruto and Pokemon remain some of the biggest Japanese properties to release in the last twenty years. Surprisingly, there has rarely ever been a crossover between the two. The two series share some key traits such as placing a big value on forging connections with people (and Pokemon). Pairing these Naruto characters with Pokemon is a natural thing – especially with someone as outgoing as Naruto himself. Understanding a character’s personality and what they’re drawn to can be different depending on the fan, so the team of Pokemon attached to that character varies....

The Playstation 4 had one of the most satisfying and largest libraries available. It only makes sense for Sony to capitalize on these prominent titles via PS5 upgrades. The PS5 is known to be a graphical powerhouse with its Zen 2-based CPU, and its gargantuan 8 cores at 3.5 GHz and 10.28 Teraflops. Sony’s PS5 (hard to scoop up) hardware brings your favorite PS4 games to this console, but fully optimizing them via free upgrades can help everyone enjoy their go-to games that much more....

There are so many canon Metal Gear games that it can be hard to keep track of all of them. In addition to the older Metal Games for the MSX and the numbered Metal Gear Solid entries, there are also two PSP games true fans should play in order to get a full picture of the lore. Released in 2006 and 2010 respectively, the portable spin-offs Portable Ops and Peace Walker are smaller stealth-action games which introduced many mechanics 2015’s The Phantom Pain would later expand upon....

The young princess of Hyrule always kept an enigmatic air about herself. Between taking on different identities and residing in Ganon’s castle until the game’s final confrontation, Zelda always presented herself at a distance. On several occasions, though, she found herself helping Link fight against evil. In the Legend of Zelda series, the titular princess surrounds herself with an aura of mystery. She’s proven to be good at hiding secrets. Even among longtime fans of Zelda, players may find new things to discover....

Instead of being set in a mansion like Luigi’s Mansion’s name would suggest, it will be set in a spooky hotel—the most detailed location we’ve seen yet. This hotel is unlike anything we’ve seen before, but it’s indeed frightening. The developers of Luigi’s Mansion have already stated that its boss fights will be the best yet, as well as the puzzles. Beware, Luigi’s Mansion 3 is shaping up to be the most horrific Luigi’s Mansion game yet....

Rainbow Six Siege is a game of learning. It’s a game where, at the end of just about every match, you know something that you didn’t when the match began. That’s part of what makes Siege so awesome, and it’s part of why Siege has remained popular for as long as it has. That being said, every once in a while, it feels like you hit a skill-barrier in Siege. Sometimes, you go for days or weeks on end without feeling like you’ve improved as a player at all....