Sword Art Online is one of the most divisive anime franchises of the 21st century. However, when it comes to the show’s recently completed third season, Sword Art Online: Alicization, many fans’ opinions are significantly more positive when compared to earlier arcs. So how well did SAO’s best season translate into a video game? With such a great foundation to start from, Alicization’s video game adaptation must be pretty good - right?...
Premier Korean esports organization T1 Entertainment & Sports has officially signed former CS:GO pro Keven “AZK” Larivière as a streamer and competitive VALORANT player. The 29-year-old joins former iBUYPOWER teammate Braxton “Brax” Pierce on T1’s VALORANT lineup. AZK has been active in professional Counter-Strike since the Source era, when he won numerous events with Team Dynamic. Larivière signed with iBUYPOWER shortly after Global Offensive took off, which quickly became known as one of the best teams in North America....
Most geeks are pretty punctual when it comes to planning and executing a Halloween costume. What is Halloween if not just a nationally sanctioned excuse to show off our cosplaying skills? However, 2020 has caused even the most honored traditions and best laid plans to fall in flux. If you find yourself without a costume just days away from Halloween 2020, let us make a suggestion: dress as the titular character from Apple TV+’s most popular comedy series, Ted Lasso....
When Telltale Games first announced development on a new IP earlier this year, fans were excited. They felt that The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us developer had earned enough clout working with established IPs that Telltale deserved a shot at delivering something original. However, we never expected that their new IP would be something this revolutionary and ambitious. Earlier today, film studio Lionsgate (The Hunger Games) announced a partnership with Telltale Games on a “super show” that will transcend the boundaries of interactive entertainment....
Thanks to video games, we can now live out what life was like for our cavemen ancestors. That is, murdering others and taking their stuff in hopes of becoming a king or at the very least, getting some food (preferably a chicken dinner). Battle royale games let us experience that without the consequences. Such a relatively novel idea has actually existed long before worldwide sensations like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) or Fortnite in the form of multiplayer deathmatch but their scale was never grand....
With some exceptions, it’s hard to believe that there was a period of time when superhero films weren’t considered big business. They were either low-budget straight to video affairs, or the films were just critically panned low-quality movies that people regretted seeing in the first place. It wasn’t until Blade, the X-Men, and the Spider-Man films proved that superhero films could be successful that Hollywood really started to take notice. However, it was the Marvel Cinematic Universe that began with Iron Man that really got the ball rolling by smashing box office records with almost every new installment in the intertwining MCU saga....
For anyone looking to deep dive into the world of The Sims 4, the amount of Expansions, Game Packs and Stuff Packs can be a little bit overwhelming. Unlike its previous installments, The Sims 4 is divided into smaller bits and pieces which allows players to effectively pick and choose what kind of features they’d like to play around with. The choice is highly subjective and we encourage experimenting, but if you’re looking for serious advice on the best additions (and the worst), then keep reading and chances are you’ll be spending your coin wisely in Origins Store....
Just when you thought it was safe to check out Netflix tonight, the streamer has dumped a sequel to its 2017 hit The Babysitter into its endless river of algorithm-calibrated goo. But while some critics apparently found the first movie charming–and appreciated the presence of rising horror-comedy star Samara Weaving (Ready or Not)–The Babysitter: Killer Queen fails on every level to make even a perfunctory case for a follow-up. For one thing, Weaving is not the lead baddie this time around, even if most of the rest of the cast from the original encore here....
We should always have a healthy fear and respect for nature, and especially for all the creatures great and small that inhabit this planet alongside us. But with all the abuse we heap on both them and the Earth, it would hardly be a surprise if they collectively decided one day that they had had enough of us. It’s no wonder that many sci-fi and horror films revolve around the idea of animals attacking humans — some of them corrupted by man-made poisons like radiation, some seeking revenge, and some, perhaps the most frightening, hunting us simply because we’re there....
Amidst all the crazy changes the video games industry is going through in 2020, it was good to finally hear from Sony about its highly anticipated PlayStation 5 console. News direct from PlayStation about the upcoming console has been sparse, to say the least. Fans have seen the initial slew of information, but the extent of how powerful the new console would be or what features it would have has remained unknown up until recently....
This The Expanse review contains spoilers. The Expanse Season 3 Episode 3 With the war in this season of The Expanse escalating quickly, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that all of the destruction we’ve seen thus far is predicated on Errinwright’s need to regain Earth’s possession of the protomolecule, which he and other factions see as the ultimate weapon. The power of this episode, though, lies not only in the unfathomable disaster of having a nuclear bomb detonate in South America but in the tension between characters as they struggle to see eye to eye on matters that resist compromise....
This The Flash review contains spoilers. The Flash Season 5 Episode 18 Well, hello there, Godspeed. This might not have been the way I expected to see perhaps the greatest Flash villain of recent years introduced, but I’m willing to set all my preconceived notions aside in the service of the season. And in this case, “Godspeed” the episode is more important to those than Godspeed the actual villain needs to be at the moment....
Mother nature has a funny way of throwing more snow at us when we least expect it, but with the increasing number of next-generation releases, it’s probably just as well. March kicks off the Spring season with several anticipated titles, and next-gen console owners finally get some of the most exciting games announced for the PS4 and Xbox One at last year’s E3. Let’s jump in and take a look!...
Big things still come in small packages. Thankfully, Glorious PC Gaming Race recognizes this, and has created a gaming mouse that is ideal for small to medium-sized hands. Available for pre-order now, the Glorious PC Gaming Race Model D Minus gaming mouse seeks to level the playing field for those with smaller hands, with a mouse that undoubtedly falls in line with what is expected of Glorious PC Gaming Race....
Westerns were the superhero movies of yesteryear. That’s the first thing you’ll see in any thread on Twitter bemoaning the abundance of cape and cowl flicks, and how they’ve dominated the multiplex. Once upon a time, Westerns were the dominant genre, and all things run their course. But maybe Westerns ran their course because they were all fixated on the same archetype: the white cowboy. Outlaws of color are scattered throughout legends of the Old West, yet we still always hear about the same figures: Butch and Sundance, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday, Jesse James and Cole Younger....
There’s something about the Long Sword that a huge number of Monster Hunter fans just can’t seem to resist. It’s always been an incredibly popular weapon, and it’s topped the usage charts in the Monster Hunter Rise demo. In the last stretch before release, fans have the usual special edition options to gaze wistfully at (Best Buy’s steelbook looks rather sleek too) and the solace of a brilliant demo to enjoy, with a neat little package of items passing over to the full game to boot....
Bloober Team, a developer known for creating some memorable horror games over the past few years such as Blair Witch and Layers of Fear, has just put out its latest title, The Medium, on Xbox Series X/S and PC. The Silent Hill-inspired psychological third-person horror game received decent reviews from critics, landing on an average score of 75 on Opencritic at the time of writing. While the game’s reviews from various outlets haven’t been all positive, The Medium has still been a financial success for the development team, as the game’s development costs have already been earned back from the game’s overall sales....
Google Stadia has just received a major price cut among multiple retailers, including the tech giant’s own store. It’s now $59.99 and comes with three months of YouTube Premium if you purchase it from Best Buy. If you’re already interested in subscribing to YouTube Premium, which cuts the ads and gives you exclusive shows on the platform, that’s a $36 value. Include the controller ($69) and the Chromecast Ultra (which retails $69 by itself), and that’s pretty much a steal....
Square Enix announces the North American and European release date for Star Ocean 5 during the publisher’s first English live stream for the upcoming JRPG title. The newest entry into the Star Ocean series, called Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness (but shortened to Star Ocean 5 by fans to maintain their sanity), is headed to North American and European PlayStation 4s in summer 2016. Square Enix made the announcement during its “Star Log #1” livestream presentation, which also revealed more about Star Ocean 5’s characters and narrative, particularly protagonist Fidel and one of the game’s female cast members, Miki....
Mando and Baby Yoda are set to make a comeback in October. According to Lucasfilm, Star Wars live-action series The Mandalorian will premiere on Oct. 30 on Disney+. It’s unclear at this time how many episodes will make up the new season. Stream your Star Wars favorites right here! The series, which is set five years after Return of the Jedi and the fall of the Empire, will pick up where the first season left off, with the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) on a journey to find where the mysterious, Force-sensitive Child came from....
