The recent launch of Warlords of New York, the first expansion for The Division 2, has come with a slew of changes to gear and loot, which is to say, to a large portion of the game. Now that players have had an opportunity to play the new story and level up to the new cap of 40, the race is on to find the best items, and Ahmas#0001 from the Community Discord has compiled a comprehensive list to make the task easier....
Players interested in Elder Scrolls Online have reason to rejoice, as the game is going completely free to play for a limited time as part of the ongoing QuakeCon event. Players on any platform will be able to download and play the game without any sort of subscription fee or purchase price, but they’ll need to act fast if they want time to enjoy the experience. QuakeCon is an ongoing live streamed event during which Bethesda shares information about its upcoming projects....
It is easy to assume that with each new entry in The Elder Scrolls, players get a bigger experience than the last. And while this can be true in some ways, technically the first game in the series, The Elder Scrolls: Arena, has the biggest map – and the competition isn’t even close. If we’re talking continental comparisons, then the scope of Arena is almost the size of the land down under, Australia....
The Last of Us is the world of Ellie and Joel & how their father-and-daughter-like relationship blossomed and shattered throughout the apocalyptic years. The two might not have always had the easiest and smoothest road along the way, but they always had each other’s back. With Part II officially hitting your nearest game store shelves now, it is the best time to look back at some of Ellie and Joel’s relationship facts....
The Legend of Zelda series contains multiple Super Mario references and cameos. Sure, there are a few crossover games that both characters appear in, but these cameos further support the idea that Hyrule and the Mushroom Kingdom aren’t too far apart. This does not come as a surprise given that both franchises belong to Nintendo, but it’s still interesting to see. Some of these Mario references appear quite subtly, so they’re easy to forget about and even easier to miss....
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If you’re thinking that The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a game where you befriend a pig and then train it to forage for truffles, well, you’ll be as disappointed as I was. It seems the name is more of a metaphor for what the game is actually about, which is digging up buried treasure using a metal detector. Okay, I lie. The Magnificent Trufflepigs is billing itself as a far more narrative adventure than a simple afternoon waving around a virtual metal detector....
In a world of polarized politics, it seems that there isn’t much that many of us agree upon these days. Every decision is now the kind of love it or hate it scenario we used to reserve for marmite. Things have gone so awry that the comic book fans among us have started to watch for signs of a nuclear, utilitarian Doctor Manhattan, ready to save humanity by forcing them to unite against a false enemy....
During the Stadia Keynote at Google for Games Developer Summit 2021 earlier this week, Careen Yapp of Stadia’s strategic business development segment announced a new revenue share program for developers. Starting this month, any new games added to the Stadia Pro library will earn monthly revenue based on engagement. The new revenue model, which the company describes as “industry leading,” will assess engagement based on how many days a game is played....
Star Trek: VI: The Undiscovered Country remains the final ensemble outing for the cast of Star Trek: The Original Series, the show that started it all. Let’s take a look back at how this miraculous film came to be and why it deserves recognition in this franchise’s 50-year history… Despite my personal opinions, the reception to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was nothing short of disastrous: A Razzie for Worst Picture, derision across the board, enough fallout to kill the career of producer Harve Bennett and stop William Shatner from ever directing another movie....
The Star Wars original trilogy gave us characters with whom we share a connection. Yoda, a short green goblin, speaks irregularly and in short fragments. In the Empire Strike Back, Yoda said: “Wars not make one great” instead of “wars do not make one great.” Yoda’s sentences are often short and challenging to understand, but are filled with wisdom. Apparently, he is also meme-worthy. It was brilliant of Disney to include Yoda in the recently released Star Wars: The Last Jedi....
While it would be an overstatement to claim that the franchise is in trouble, few would argue that Star Wars is currently at its height. The excitement generated by the first season of The Mandalorian gave way to a mixed response to the lore-heavy second season and to the relatively unpopular The Book of Boba Fett. On the cinematic side of things, both the controversial The Last Jedi and the disappointing The Rise of Skywalker did well at the box office, but no new film is in production yet (and announced projects like Rogue Squadron have been shelved)....
Star Wars The Force Unleased was meant to be a trilogy, but it seems like gamers will never get a chance to experience the third installment in the dark-side focused action-adventure franchise. The third Force Unleashed game was in development at LucasArts and eyeing up a release for Xbox One and PS4 (which were next-gen consoles at the time), but was sadly cancelled long before its launch. Although gamers will never be able to play it, there is now a chance to get a look at what could have been....
While Star Wars Battlefront was a solid first entry in the long-running series for DICE, the experience wasn’t perfect. With Star Wars Battlefront 2, EA and DICE appear to have taken many criticisms of the first game to heart by making sure to include a number of new features like a dedicated single-player campaign, more game modes and maps, as well as content from all three Star Wars eras. Although the game is still seventeen days away from store shelves, EA has released the official launch trailer for Star Wars Battlefront 2....
Eric Barone’s Stardew Valley is one of the most popular farming simulator games on the market right now. In addition to farming, the player can mine, engage in battle, fish, cook, create artisan goods and so much more. One really cool feature of the game is the ability to completely customize the house the player gets to live in. Everything from the floor to the wallpaper is able to be changed....
Steam has added a pretty cool feature to be implemented in its games, allowing players to block out various offensive words. The forward-thinking feature has the chance to set a standard in gaming. Valve’s Steam Lab program allows players to test out various features in a beta-like setting. On Thursday, Steam released Experiment 011, the Steam Text and Chat Filtering feature. It allows players to block out language in game text and chat that they may find offensive....
Making a deserted island a home in Stranded Deep is what the game is all about. With a variety of different materials and designs at your fingertips, you can create some awesome beach bases with what you find lying around on the sand. In this guide, we’ll go over some of the best materials, some unique building techniques, and the general process behind establishing your first house. The rest is up to your own creativity....
Id Software’s unreleased Super Mario Bros. 3 PC port has been acquired by the National Museum of Play as reported by ArsTechnica. The port pre-dates id Software’s breakout hits Wolfenstein 3D and Doom which were released later in the ’90s. The Super Mario Bros 3. PC port was worked on in 1990 for MS-DOS PCs in only a week as an attempt to garner a contract from Nintendo to develop an official port of the NES title....
Despite being released 15 years earlier, the Super Mario Sunshine developers managed to do something the team that created Super Mario Odyssey couldn’t. A few characters spring to mind when it comes to naming the most iconic figures from gaming history, including Sonic, Crash, Snake, and Link. However, one stands out above all others, and that would be a little Italian plumber named Mario. Who would have thought that such a strange concept for a video game character would go on to become the most recognizable gaming persona in the history of the industry?...
There’s a livestream currently running that allows viewers to watch an AI learn how to Super Mario Bros., and it’s pretty interesting stuff. While, admittedly, the bulk of the footage consists of a program continually making the same silly errors any human player would know to avoid, it does eventually get to hang of each level and proceeds to blast through it with the skill of a professional speedrunner. Since embedding is disabled for the video, those who want to watch the program play classic Super Mario Bros....
