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The next DLC character to be added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Hero from the Dragon Quest series, who is technically four characters in one. The base form of Hero is the Luminary from Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, and he has three costumes that are based on other Dragon Quest protagonists - Erdrick from Dragon Quest III: Seeds of Salvation, Solo from Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, and Eight from Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King....

Surviving Mars, the city building simulation game released on Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PS4 and Xbox One on March 15, 2018, will be available for free on the Epic Games Store on March 11. Developed by Bulgarian studio Haemimont Games and published by Paradox Interactive, the game is set on Mars and is based on actual Martian data. The game, currently listed for $29.99 on the Epic Games Store, is described by the site as, “The time has come to stake your claim on the Red Planet and build the first functioning human colonies on Mars!...

Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive explains why it’s not interested in “milking” popular franchises such as the Red Dead series or the Grand Theft Auto titles. On Tuesday, Take-Two Interactive’s president Karl Slatoff took part in a business presentation in New York, and was asked about why the company does not put out its non-sports titles on an annual basis, and if was a hard to keep investors interested in properties that are not released yearly....

The International is the most exciting time of year for Dota 2 fans - a ten day-long odyssey that tests the strength of the game’s greatest players and squads that comes in early August each year. The tournament, which is almost entirely funded by the Dota 2 community, has seen many great stories over the years, including an Evil Geniuses win that proved North American organizations had a place in a scene often dominated by European and Chinese teams....

Crafting the Cell Phone in Terraria 1.4 is a mission. It’s a very complicated item to put together, requiring loads of different accessories all combined at the Tinkerer’s Workshop. You should, in theory, be able to get everything you need after defeating Skeletron, but realistically you might have to wait much longer before you have all the different parts. Pick up everything, and keep everything stored in an organized chest area....

10 Gear Goggles 9 Ice Box And Extended Food Storage The world of “Don’t Starve Together” might be complex and detailed, with rich lives for the characters, but the elements can be very simple. Like that you can’t have your food go bad - enter the icebox. This step towards easier refrigeration, “Requires: Alchemy Engine - 2 Frazzled Wires - 2 Gears - 1 Lying Robot” and the benefits include, “Inventory storage with 2 slots Reduces spoilage rate by 50% (same as Ice Box) Cannot store items which cannot be stored in an Ice Box Cannot suspend spoilage of Ice and Ice Cube nor cool the Thermal Stone”....

Although Half-Life: Alyx may have stolen the hearts of many a VR enthusiast this year, the UploadVR Summer Showcase proved Valve isn’t the only one pushing the bounds in this relatively tight space. From spellbinding experiences to improvements even in hardware, it’s clear now that virtual reality is taking on a whole new ascension into commonplace gaming and the envelope will only be pushed so much further into the next several years....

7 Game Boy - Tetris (1989) The Game Boy was far from the most powerful handheld on the market at the time. It had a couple of distinct advantages, however. It was cheaper than its competitors at only $99 and was marketed towards a more casual gaming demographic. This was exemplified no better than with the pack-in game, Tetris. Though the Russian game had been around for many years already by 1989, the portability helped both it and the Game Boy become a phenomenon....

Potions are just one of the many RPG features in Minecraft’s survival mode, and they’re often a bit underrated by players. When you’re dealing with a horde of mobs or looking to conquer an underwater ocean monument, potions can be a total lifesaver. Many of them are also not terribly expensive to craft. To start brewing, you first need to visit the Nether, or get lucky and find an igloo in a snowy tundra biome....

This is normally the time of year when it’s a toss-up between which hurts more: the liver or the wallet. Lockdown has prevented Halloween from taking its normal course, so we’ve had to rely on digital events to help get us through this period, and toward what will hopefully be a more normal Christmas. The biggest stories of the past week include another delay for Cyberpunk 2077, a slew of new Nintendo announcements, more details about the upcoming Final Fantasy 16, a shake-up in the PS5 launch library, and the first single-player League of Legends spin-off....

A common analysis is that Pixar makes films for boys. Without being too reductively gendered, while Disney makes animated films about princesses, Pixar specializes in making family-films about male sensibilities. Although what makes Pixar stand out (aside from simply good writing/animation/production etc.) is the vulnerability and emotional maturity given to these topics. They achieve this by couching familiar and resonant family dynamics within fantastical concepts, almost all Pixar films displaying some level of daddy issues....

Speaking as a seasoned fan and consummate professional, I use the word “anime” as both a noun and loving pejorative descriptor. When I’m talking about animation that comes out of Japan, I call it anime. But when a video game or a show has a certain look to it, makes certain storytelling choices, or features certain character tropes, I’ll often sigh, smirk, and say, “ah, that’s so anime.” So, Interspecies Reviewers or Detective Conan?...

Due to the massive number of Cleaners killed yesterday in The Division’s open beta, Ubisoft are now offering players a special ‘fire kit’ and a special new objective. The latest open beta for The Division has only been live for a couple of days, but Ubisoft are already responding and rewarding the many hours players have put in. Due to the massive extermination of Cleaners - approximately 275 million of them - just yesterday, Ubisoft are offering up a special bonus and a unique mission to all players....

Sadly stories of sexual harassment and abuse are far too common and this weekend it was the game industry that was thrust into the spotlight. After a handful of accounts from female Twitch streamers speaking out about sexual harassment started circulating, other women were given the courage to come forward. It’s no secret that all industries have their predators but the gaming industry has another problem that makes everything worse, the sexist macho culture based around gaming itself....

With The Last Guardian quickly approaching its now realized launch date, Sony is releasing a trailer focusing on the ‘Action Gameplay’ within the game. The development of The Last Guardian by Sony’s Japan Studio has been a veritable Odyssey, but after years of waiting Odysseus is finally about to arrive at Ithaca. Fumito Ueda’s project will arrive on PlayStation 4 starting December 6th, marking the end of a near-decade long effort....

The Last of Us 2 is scheduled to arrive at the end of May and, assuming the coronavirus doesn’t somehow delay it, it is poised to be one of the biggest games of the year. Naughty Dog has been hard at work on the title for a long time and fans of the original PS3 game are eager to get back into the franchise’s brutal world and see what Ellie and Joel have been up to for the past five years....

Disney has announced that it will release a new documentary series covering the making of The Mandalorian on Disney Plus. With its first episode airing on Star Wars Day, May 4th. The new series will cover the production behind the eight-episode Star Wars spin-off. As the first live-action series set in the Star Wars universe, The Mandalorian had quite the legacy to live up to. However, with the exception of a pair of weaker episodes, it succeeded, scoring an average 95% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes....

The next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate event will bring in spirits based on the six playable characters from Trials of Mana, which is as close to seeing a Mana series rep in the Super Smash Bros. series as fans are likely to get. The Mana series debuted on the Game Boy as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden, which was localized as Final Fantasy Adventure outside of Japan. The series found international attention when Seiken Densetsu 2 was brought to the west as Secret of Mana, which was one of the few games localized by Squaresoft in Europe....

For many fans, watching TV hasn’t been the same since The Office finished airing in 2013. Adapting the original British show, the series initially struggled during its first season before diverging from the source material. Following seasons received critical acclaim and positive reviews up to the series finale with The Office’s scenes being remembered even today. Afterwards, a reunion has always been wishful thinking, but recent events have stirred up the question once again....

The official Olympics game (Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game is its full title, but that’s too many words to type over and over again) is a little bit strange. It was advertised with the “you can play as Sonic!” angle, but it’s really just a dude in the kind of Sonic get-up you’d see in Times Square, which adds an extra level of weirdness to the experience....