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The new Star Wars: Squadrons trailer showcases the various pieces of new content coming to the game. Despite initially announcing that there were no post-launch plans, Star Wars: Squadrons’ developer has decided to release the update entirely free. EA and developer Motive Studio’s Star Wars dogfighting game has met with a lot of success since its October release. The new, free update was announced last month, promising players a new map and starfighters before the end of 2020....

The 2005 version of Star Wars: Battlefront 2, developed by Pandemic Studios, recently received a patch a stunning fifteen years after the game released. However, while this is the first patch for Battlefront 2 in years, it came with a number of issues that seem to have broken the game in a few ways, leading to the update quickly being pulled. According to Lucasfilms Games, Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s publisher, this removal has come after reviewing feedback from fans that resulted from players running into new issues brought on by the patch....

The newest entry in the Story of Seasons franchise, formerly known as Harvest Moon, is now available for pre-purchase on the Nintendo Switch. Subtitled Friends of Mineral Town, this enhanced port brings a classic entry of Story of Seasons to PC and a new console generation. The listing on the Switch eShop comes a month after Europe got the opportunity to pre-purchase the game. Those who buy Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town before its release will also get the cow costume DLC, which normally costs $1....

This article contains spoilers for the Stranger Things season 4 finale. Stranger Things season 4 concluded with many questions lingering. Where exactly is Max? How can Vecna be defeated? And when can we expect Will to share his secret with Mike? One question that’s already been definitively answered, however, is: will we get a Stranger Things season 5? The good news is that we will absolutely see a fifth season of Stranger Things....

Konami has announced that Super Bomberman R Online will be heading to Google Stadia on September 1, 2020. Coming in at $9.99, Stadia Pro members will have two months to grab the game for free. They’ll be given indefinite access to it from that point on. Starting November 30, Pro members that have not claimed the game will then need to pay $9.99 for the “Premium” package. The main difference between Online and the regular version is that this Stadia port includes a special 64-bomber battle royale mode....

It’s been an exciting weekend for fighting game fans, thanks entirely to the competitive spectacle that is EVO. This year’s take on the fighting game tournament has provided a handful of big reveals for followers of several different titles – with Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite in particular showcasing some new characters – but the newly released Tekken 7 wasn’t left out in the cold either. Far from it in fact, as a brand new downloadable fighter originally hailing from SNK’s Fatal Fury was revealed during the event....

Katsuhiro Harada officially announces that Tekken 7 will be coming to the PlayStation 4 at Sony’s presentation during Paris Games Week, with special features for at-home players. Tekken 7 has been available in arcades in Japan and in select cities in the United States for a while now, but the game is finally making its way to consoles. Speaking at the Sony presentation during Paris Games Week, Namco’s Executive Producer Katsuhiro Harada explained that the title would be coming to the PlayStation 4....

Tencent is reportedly in exclusive talks to purchase Leyou Technologies Holdings, the company that owns both Warframe developer Digital Extremes and Gears of War dev Splash Damage. No sooner do we have reports that Sony was angling for Leyou than we get the news that Tencent is now in exclusive talks with Leyou to sell its digital assets. Those are namely Digital Extremes, the makers of Warframe, as well as Gears of War developer Splash Damage....

The most popular Pokemon moves are, naturally, the most powerful. As a kid, you imagine your favorite Pokemon Hyper Beam-ing the knickers out of its opponents. As a full-grown adult, you find yourself in competitive battles, using moves that, among other things, pack plenty of power. But what about the opposite end of the spectrum? Certainly, there are a few moves out there that are hilariously bad, but there are more moves than you think that are just as ineffective....

In 2013 Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One for a new generation of gamers. Over time developers would release an impressive and engaging number of titles for Xbox fans to enjoy over the years. For Metacritic, there were quite a few games that impressed both critics and fans. From massive RPGs, visually impressive racing titles, indie horror, and triple-A horror it was a fun and interesting year for games. According to Metacritic, there are ten titles that stand out as shining examples of the best Xbox One had to offer....

Warframe is no stranger to change, adding major game-changing systemic systems and overhauling mechanics yearly. Like clockwork, Digital Extremes have released a unique system named Helminth Crysalis, and its impact on the game has been large, to say the least. In essence, players can transfer Warframe abilities to other frames by allowing Helminth to consume them. The ability you obtain is predetermined for balance, but Digital Extremes ensured that a wide selection of powerful, unique abilities are up for grabs....

Companion apps are one of the most annoying trends to come out of gaming in the past decade. The idea of having to clutter up my phone with bloatware, just to get some extra swag in a video game, makes me recoil. However, as I level up past rank 20 of Prestige 1 in Black Ops Cold War, I find myself checking my Call of Duty Companion App more and more often....

The Escape Room Unlocked is a digital detective game played entirely through a web browser. The Escape Game company designed Unlocked as a way to reimagine cooperative escape-room style games for a social-distancing audience. While stuck at home, Unlocked offers a group of friends the opportunity to find clues and solve puzzles together over Zoom/Discord. Two of the three chapters are currently available in the first Unlocked game titled The Heist....

The MCU’s first phase certainly knew how to make great first impressions. With the exception of The Incredible Hulk, every origin story put to screen catapulted their leads into mega-stardom. Collectively these films also changed the very shape of popular culture in the world with many unable to remember a time when superhero movies didn’t dominate the global box office. This success in turn has led to multiple other studios trying to copy the Marvel formula; many have attempted to create their own “cinematic universe,” but few have succeeded....

November has arrived and it will finally bring the next generation of consoles with it. Cyberpunk 2077 might have been pushed back to December, but this month will still feature a killer’s row of new titles. Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Demon’s Souls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands are all coming in the next few weeks, and TheGamer will be waiting to see if they live up to the hype....

Kingdom Hearts has always been a little weird. A wholesome sort of strangeness, one that combines all manner of characters from vastly different universes and somehow manages to make them work. I’ve found it endearing, the melodrama pulsing throughout the series like an anime-infused heartbeat that pulls me in with each new game. The introduction to Kingdom Hearts 3 made me weep like a baby, and I’m proud of that emotional attachment....

This year’s PlayStation Experience event had a number of projects for PlayStation VR owners to look forward to, including shooters and first-person horror games. Beyond these projects, Sony also revealed smaller experiences, such as The Last Guardian VR Demo, which will launch for PlayStation VR on December 12th, completely free of charge. The Last Guardian VR Demo is a standalone experience, meaning players don’t have to own a copy of The Last Guardian itself to check it out....

With the second season of The Mandalorian due to drop on Disney+ very soon, showrunner John Favreau has been talking about the possibility of a movie spin-off. “We’re definitely open to it,” said Favreau “and excited to see where the story leads us and have that flexibility, because there’s no rulebook now.” Even star Pedro Pascal is keen to portray the quiet bounty hunter on the big screen, talking to Variety, Pascal said “I think that the work is so beautiful that I would love for that to be held by a big screen experience....

There is no denying that Bloober Team makes some fascinating horror games. Their most recent release, The Medium, is by far their most ambitious project to date. The game has received many reviews and so far most look quite promising for fans of the genre. Most gaming fans would be surprised by some of the games Bloober Team has produced considering their current reputation for making horror games. With their recent release and DARQ: Complete Edition on the horizon for the Nintendo Switch, there’s no better time to see how all their games have fared with reviewers over the years....

Though the Kingdom Hearts series is almost 20 years old, it’s still attracting new fans to this day. It follows the life of Sora as he teams up with various Disney characters to stop the encroaching darkness on his world and theirs. The series is a crossover between Disney and Square Enix, and has featured a ton of cameos from Final Fantasy as well as various Disney films. The series has had quite a few games released on different consoles, but the original Kingdom Hearts first debuted as a PlayStation 2 exclusive....