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This Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 article contains MAJOR spoilers through Episode 7. The biggest question facing Captain Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) for the latter half of Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 is clearly whether or not she’ll end up being a good cat-sitter for Book’s cat Grudge. Seriously, that cat hates her! Remember when Spot scratched Riker in “Timescape” and then time was frozen? Nobody wants a repeat of that! All kidding aside, in addition to Book leaving his cat Maine Coon Cat, Grudge, in Michael’s care, DISCO’s resident space badass has also skipped out on the crew, stolen an experimental portable version of the Spore Drive, and now intends to deliver a highly illegal weapon into the heart of the Dark Matter Anomaly with the help of a questionable scientist who may or may not be from an alternate universe....

This article contains nothing but major spoilers for Marvel’s The Defenders. So I have to say, I’m a little surprised by The Defenders. While the show is an excellent return to form for Marvel’s stable of Netflix shows, it’s surprisingly light on Marvel Comics mythology. That’s not necessarily a bad thing (we don’t need easter eggs in every single scene), but given how jam-packed every other season of the Marvel Netflix shows was, I expected a little more....

Massive Entertainment reveals a new Legendary difficulty mode for three missions in The Division that will challenge the most hardcore players in the game. Yesterday, Massive Entertainment revealed in a livestream that its planning some major changes for its third-person shooter, Tom Clancy’s The Division. The update, known as Update 1.6, will introduce numerous changes and additions to the game’s PvP mechanics, gear and weapon bonuses, enemy difficulty, Dark Zone, and world activities....

This The Expanse review contains spoilers. The Expanse Season 3 Episode 8 Since “It Reaches Out” was essentially a continuation of last week’s stellar episode of The Expanse, all of the excitement and intrigue surrounding the race to the Ring is still intact, but this week’s story has the added ingredients of Melba’s sabotage of the Seung Un and Holden’s struggle to figure out why he’s seeing visions of Miller, both of which certainly up the ante considerably....

The Japanese video game industry continues to grow, as the market reported its third straight year of improvement. Thanks to a surge primarily fueled by various Nintendo releases and the popularity of the Switch, the market posted a 0.62% growth leaving its grand total of the last fiscal year at an impressive 436.85 billion yen (or $4.19 billion). This current trend is a tremendous reversal from the beginning of the previous decade and suggests that console gaming is healthier than ever....

The finale to The Last of Us Part 2 is somewhat ambiguous, leaving a few players to wonder about the eventual fates of the main characters without a full explanation of The Last of Us 2’s ending. However, some perceptive players have noticed that the menu screen itself gives some insight into where the protagonists may have found themselves by the end of the game. Looking into the meaning of the menu screens in The Last of Us Part 2 will involve some Major Spoilers about the story and especially the ending....

Bloober Team’s psychological horror title The Medium was one of the most anticipated games coming into 2021. After being announced at Inside Xbox 2020, The Medium made an impact as being among the first titles announced to be optimized for the Xbox Series X and the first next-gen only title to be available day one on Xbox Game Pass. The Medium has been extremely well-received, and to celebrate, Bloober Team has released a trailer showing off these accolades....

Despite the loss of fans and backlash that ensued when DICE released Star Wars: Battlefront 2 with game-changing loot boxes, some fans have remained loyal to the series and were awarded with a new hero yesterday, General Grievous. The addition of Grievous marks the first of four new heroes - all from The Clone Wars television show - to join the existing 16 heroes in the fight for the galaxy, but due to some of Grievous’ dialogue phrases, fans are speculating that DICE plans to add two new female heroes from The Clone Wars as well: Ahsoka and Padme....

In addition to the announcement of all-new Star Wars series like Ahsoka and Rangers of the New Republic, Disney’s recent Investor Day event brought a handful of announcements about the highly anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries, which will chronicle the fan-favorite Jedi’s exile on Tatooine between the prequel and original trilogies. One such announcement was the tantalizing news that Hayden Christensen will reprise his role as Darth Vader in the series....

Star Wars fans everywhere were delighted to discover that their favorite live-action theme park attraction was getting its own VR game. Today, ILMxLAB released its reveal video for Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge. Players begin their Star Wars journey as a droid repair technician after a crash-landing outside the Black Spire Outpost. From there, the developers are crafting an immersive play space that brings the outpost to life in VR....

It’s fair to say that Star Wars is one of the biggest media franchises of all time. A lot of that comes from the live-action movies. But the video games also deserve some credit for enhancing the legacy of the series. There have been many Star Wars games over the years - some of which have been very successful. They’ve varied in genre and content, yet many of them have introduced several fantastic characters....

Sometimes, the features a game doesn’t have are just as important as what it does have. Electronic Arts announced that Star Wars: Squadrons will not contain microtransactions, which comes as a big relief for gamers and their pocketbooks. EA said that not only will the space dogfighting game set in a galaxy far far away avoid using the often-criticized game mechanic, but there will be great features gamers crave. Virtual reality support, in particular, will make the Star Wars: Squadrons experience especially immersive....

The Steam summer sale is upon us once again, and this time there are some great deals on the best digital board games available. Many of these games are faithful adaptations of the tabletop versions, giving players a quick way to practice new and interesting strategies, and in the midst of a pandemic, a way to play online with friends as well. Now is a great time to pick up any of these classics....

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is coming back and it’s bringing a collectors edition with it. That particular Stubbs the Zombie collector’s edition is bringing quite a bit with it, but it’s also asking for a rather high price. Developer Aspyr Media announced the game is “coming back from the dead” earlier this month and Stubbs the Zombie is landing on a ton of different platforms. The game will release on the Xbox One, PS4, and PC and will of course be playable on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S....

A new study by the AP is causing some discussion within the rapidly growing esports community. The study involved data from 56 different public schools in the US, all members of the National Association of Collegiate Esports. Using this information, the AP states that 88.5% of esports scholarship funds are going to male game players. And further, that 90.5% of overall roster spots on varsity esports teams from these schools are held by men, as well....

Super Animal Royale is an adorably fun game in the battle royale genre. Who doesn’t want to play as cute fuzzy animals and blast their friends and foes in the face with a shotgun? Being the last animal standing is always a treat but this game has a lot of secrets to find under the surface. Super Animal Royale has seven Secret Milestones in the game. They can be hard to find — even the game’s official wiki doesn’t state how to get them....

The legendary blades Pyra and Mythra, from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, have joined the battle in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but the pair play completely differently from each other. Though they might initially appear to share similar playstyles, you would do well to know the nuances of each. Here is a breakdown of how to play them to the best of your ability. General Strategy Pyra and Mythra may have a similar move set, but they somehow play very differently (we have a thorough understanding of the differences here)....

Now that Banjo-Kazooie is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, anything seems possible. While fans have a long list of characters that they wish would be officially added to the competitive brawler, they’ll have to settle for mods of the characters with a close association to Nintendo’s competitors. Luckily, a modder by the name of Demonslayerx8 has fans of everyone’s favorite Xbox super-soldier covered. A new mod adds Halo’s Master Chief to Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and it actually looks very impressive, especially for a mod....

Back in September, Capcom announced Super Street Fighter IV, the sequel to Street Fighter IV, polarizing video game insiders. Many thought the game was a marketing gimmick that abused gamers for buying the original release. Others believed the game would bring necessary balancing tweaks — extra characters and other features would just be icing on the cake. Now, recent Famitsu magazine scans reveal even more Super Street Fighter IV particulars — most notably, the car and barrel bashing bonus levels of Street Fighter II are returning to the franchise....

Rockstar has brought Grand Theft Auto 5 to every console under the sun, but Take-Two CEO Stauss Zelnick believes every new generation has received a version of GTA 5 that’s much more than a “simple port.” In fact, he’s confident that the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X|S remaster of the game will perform incredibly well, as the team has gone to painstaking lengths to improve the underlying technology, visuals, and overall performance....