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James Buckley, a British actor known for his roles in the BAFTA-winning sitcom The Inbetweeners, Doctor Who and White Gold, is considering giving up his acting gig to become a full-time gamer on Twitch and YouTube. Buckley, who says he’s grown tired of celebrity life, wants to focus his energy on expanding his Twitch gaming channel, Completed It Mate, after consulting with several sponsors. He told The Sun, “I’m not that excited about the industry and I haven’t been for a while....

When cult classic RPG The Last Remnant was delisted from Steam earlier in the month, many were upset and confused as to why. Cut to Sony’s pre-Tokyo Game Show stream and suddenly it made sense, as Square Enix will be releasing a remaster for the PS4. Originally released on the Xbox 360 in 2008 and later for PC in 2009, the game was set in a world divided into multiple city-states, where the citizens were in conflict over ancient artifacts called Remnants....

The man who created The Legend of Zelda’s quirky “guy in green tights” has retired from Nintendo, after 32 years with the gaming company. The year 2000 was great for many reasons, the threat of the Millennium Bug had passed and Britney Spears topped the charts with her iconic Oops! I did it again. 2000 was also the year that The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask made its unnerving way to the Nintendo 64....

The Mandalorian’s Moff Gideon aka Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito has hinted at a several season story arc for everyone’s favorite masked wanderer and his adorable baby Yoda co-pilot. Speaking on People’s and Entertainment Weekly’s Emmy Red Carpet show online, Esposito said, “I think this show is going to lay the ground work for the depth and breadth that’s gonna come in season 3 and season 4, where you’re really gonna start to get answers....

It’s not a surprise to anyone that Dark Souls is a hard game. When the games’ “You Died” screen is popular enough to become a meme, it’s pretty obvious. Whether looting your way through Lordran, dragging yourself through Drangleic, or lolloping across Lothric, the games present you with challenge after challenge. It’s also, however, an exceptionally fair video game. When you die, it’s down to you. There’s almost always something you could have done to save yourself, be it equipping yourself with better gear, dodging faster, or simply developing a coherent strategy for dealing with each enemy....

Following several teases for an upcoming SSX downloadable content pack in the form of puzzle pieces of a screenshot pertaining to classic SSX elements, publisher/developer Electronic Arts officially confirmed on Friday that a retro experience will be delivered from past titles in DLC. The first DLC for SSX is certainly going to delight fans of the snowboarding franchise. Electronic Arts shed light on the downloadable content pack to reveal that it’s aiming to give players a sense of nostalgia by instilling the memorable experiences from classic SSX installments....

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Ukrainian developer GSC Game World decided to clear the air regarding its highly-anticipated game Stalker 2, slated to be shown during the upcoming Xbox Indie Games Showcase. According to the dev, they didn’t plan to show the new trailer for the open-world shooter, so the fans probably should lower their expectations for the event. Open-world shooters are certainly not a rare thing these days, but Stalker always manages to be a one of a kind series, illustrated by the plenty of user mods, which greatly extended the original trilogy’s life....

Captain Pike is riding a horse. Why is he riding a horse? In a newly released promotional image for the upcoming series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, we see a cowboy in the saddle, looking out at the USS Enterprise as though he’s fixing to put a bumper sticker on it that says “my other starship is a horse.” If you’re only kind of into Trek, this may scan as weird....

The Star Trek universe is alive and well thanks to shows like Star Trek: Picard on CBS All Access. The MMORPG Star Trek Online is also looking to keep itself relevant by taking on a “major, multipart, 2411-focused Klingon storyline” called the Year of the Klingon. Though the announcement posted to Arc Games’ website on April 29 said developers “can’t release the details” of what the 12-month event will entail, they drop a few hints about how its content will change the face of the game, in part thanks to potential time travel shenanigans....

Live-service games have become a popular, with titles releasing timed content in the form of in-game events, seasons, and battle passes. By releasing content continuously, the original full game price may become more justified for fans over time. Star Wars: Squadrons is a newly-released title that stands apart from the live-service blueprint in a number of ways. Star Wars: Squadrons received favorable reviews when it released on October 8. Squadrons offers an immersive space-battling experience with a campaign set after the events of Return of the Jedi, as well as online multiplayer that offers customization of pilots and starfighters....

The Star Wars franchise has firmly established itself as among the vastest pop-culture media franchises in terms of lore. The more-immediate past was explored with the prequels and the future beyond the original trilogy followed with the sequels, leaving the farther past as another option. The gaming space tackled this back in the early 2000s with the acclaimed Knights of the Old Republic RPGs, followed by The Old Republic MMORPG....

Now that Capcom’s Street Fighter 5 is out and would-be champions are attempting to stake their claim as champions in the online scene, we thought it might be a good idea to put out a guide to help those new to the series. Street Fighter 5 can be a complicated game, and there’s no shortage of unique move skillsets, complicated combinations, and a variety of gameplay elements that might make the fighting title confusing to newcomers....

For a number of years, the effects of video game violence have been a topic of concern for the public. The media, however, has constantly questioned whether playing violent video games can cause aggressive or violent behavior. It is this question that has pushed parental advocacy groups, and many other opponents into the spotlight. With so many enemies, it is easy for a studio to be misrepresented, even when the media forgets that these aggression studies have been rebutted time and time again....

What might the future hold for the average gamer in 2040? According to a study and the dire predictions of OnlineCasino.ca, it’s quite bleak. According to Limelight, the average video game player currently spends around six hours each week playing online games. Is that figure too high? Well, everything is relative, but for starters, the figure represents a major upward shift of 19.3% since 2019. If this points to a continuing upward trend, then there could certainly be negative implications over the next twenty years....

It’s not unusual to see fighting game franchises cross over with various titles, either featuring characters from other games like Samurai Shodown adding Honor of Kings’ GongSun Li this month, or having characters appear in other series like Ryu and Ken taking part in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The mobile turn-based strategy game Summoners War: Sky Arena announced it will be adding multiple characters from Street Fighter 5 in a major event starting tomorrow....

Mihoyo’s Genshin Impact is currently dominating the gacha scene, but it’s not the studio’s first game. In 2016, the company released another mobile action RPG, Honkai Impact 3rd. And starting on January 22, Honkai Impact global players will team up with Evangelion’s Asuka Langley in battle. If you’ve only heard of Genshin Impact, no shame. It’s what really propelled Mihoyo into mainstream popularity, so much so that the game has earned about $6 million per day as of December....

Which is the best Microsoft Surface laptop or tablet for you? Our quick take Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (13.5-inch) - 4.5 / 5 Design & Connectivity Dimensions: 308 x 223 x 14.51mm / Weight: 1.25kg Finishes: Sandstone, Black, Cobalt Blue, Platinum Alcantara on Cobalt Blue & Platinum Metal (aluminium) on other finishes Ports: 1x USB-A, 1x USB-C, 1x 3.5mm jack Power: proprietary Surface Connector Full-size keyboard (1.3mm key travel) Trackpad 20% larger than previous Windows 10 Home...

We’ve all had a nightmare set within a haunted hotel or abandoned building in our lives. Stephen King’s short story 1408 depicted a ghost hunter who experienced trippy, inescapable terrors in one room of the Dolphin Hotel, and survival horror Perishment seems to adopt the same premise but housed within an apartment block. Developed by ‘ohm_ena’, Perishment’s gameplay sounds as futile as the title. The 2D survival horror has been compared to Resident Evil, but carries the claustrophobic exploration of stealth horror 2Dark from Gloomywood....

In a bizarre twist of events following the successful release of L.A. Noire, Team Bondi is shutting down. Producing one of the (according to charts) best selling new IPs in the UK, a top seller on American charts, as well as in Japan, just wasn’t enough to keep this company afloat. With their shady past involving work ethics and bankruptcy is it really a surprise though? Not long after the release of LA Noire, Team Bondi was making news headlines again, this time it wasn’t for their game....