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Nightdive Studios’ remake of the original System Shock has been a long time coming, but fans can finally get a taste of the modernized cyberpunk FPS with an alpha demo build of the game, available now on GOG. The game’s full release is scheduled for later in 2020. The studio also debuted a new trailer for System Shock at the PC Gaming Show over the weekend, highlighting the game’s slick new look and feel as the Hacker fights his way through Citadel Station all over again....

Final Fantasy 7 Remake has become one of Square Enix’s biggest successes of the past decade. While fans have known for a long time that this is just the first entry in a multi-part long Final Fantasy 7 Remake project, not much information is available regarding future titles in the series, especially the next entry currently in development at Square Enix. One tidbit fans have now learned, however, is that Final Fantasy 7 Remake Lead Director Tetsuya Nomura will not be directing the next title....

The Nintendo Switch was one of those rare consoles that had local multiplayer in mind when the system was built. That’s why there are two controllers via the Joy-Cons. So it should stand to reason that the console should be home to some of the best multiplayer games of 2020. This ranking is not a definitive list from top to bottom on Metacritic. It’s more of a gathering of the very best games rated throughout the gaming industry with a few exceptions....

There have been a number of solid titles released exclusively for the PS4 over the years. It’s an effective tactic to convince gamers to align with a particular console and PS4 chose some solid winners to represent their console. Sports-themed games, RPGs, and some of the best horror titles that have ever been made have had exclusive releases on the PS4. According to Metacritic, the following titles are the best that the PS4 had to show....

This article contains spoilers for every season of The Walking Dead. When a black and white comic book series titled The Walking Dead premiered among Image Comics’ monthly offerings in 2003, few would have guessed that it would spawn the multimedia franchise we know it as today. As one among many works that capitalized in a cultural resurgence in the zombie subgenre in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, The Walking Dead might have been a flash in the pan were it not for its world-building and revolving ensemble cast, which allowed for it to go mainstream with AMC’s 2010 TV adaptation....

Very few television shows are anywhere near as brazen as It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Some of the plot lines found throughout the series are seriously messed up and yet many consider it to be one of the best TV comedies of the 21st century. Were it not for its wonderful cast of characters though, that might not be the case. Dee, Dennis, Mac, and Charlie are all incredibly dysfunctional human beings with some rather severe emotional and psychological problems to contend with....

It turns out that gamers love nostalgia and will pay a lot of money to own a particular vintage game, even if they never plan to play it. Collectors from around the world diligently hunt for those rare and special prizes that they can proudly set on a bookshelf or pedestal for all their friends to drool over. As a follow-up to yesterday’s post about the most expensive video game special editions, we decided to look at the most expensive rare vintage games....

Many Nintendo fans point to the latest rendition of Mario Party on Switch as a sort of renaissance for the series (albeit lacking in content). Though there was a time during the late GameCube and Wii era where the series was hitting a bit of a snag. The mini-games were feeling increasingly bland, uninspired, and rehashed. Nintendo was resorting to odd gimmicks like microphone-controlled battles and watered down board games where all players were bound to a single vehicle....

Pokemon Sword and Shield took a leaf out of Sun and Moon’s book and added some much needed variety to the gyms. The puzzles are interesting. There’s one where you have to herd sheep, one where you have to catch Pokemon, and one where you have to drive a little teacup car. All but one also include Dynamaxing, a cool gimmick that seems inspired by the Totem Pokemon and Mega Pokemon that came before....

This article is sponsored by Samit Basu didn’t expect for The City Inside to connect with audiences outside of his home country of India. “When I was writing it, it was so local to me,” says the 42-year-old author, when we talk from different sides of the planet via Zoom. His “anti-dystopian” novel, out today, is set in a near-future Delhi where corporate and government entities track everything you do and the attention economy has found even more invasive, thorough ways to commandeer our lives....

The following contains major spoilers for The Flash The Flash Season 8 Episode 13 The Flash season 8 has been one of the most emotional runs in recent memory, from the returns of fan favorites like Ray Palmer, Jefferson Pierce, and Mia Queen in the Armageddon event to the “reappearance” of Ronnie Raymond in the current Deathstorm arc. Now, viewers already know that the being we believed to be Caitlin Snow’s resurrected dead husband is actually Deathstorm, a monstrous cosmic being known born of the singularity that killed Ronnie....

Food in video games always looks tastier than it does in real life. As a cooking lover myself, I always strive to make something look as good as it does in a video game. A fruitless goal, perhaps, but my goal nonetheless. But what makes video game food so enticing? Is it the perfect way it’s rendered - devoid of imperfections? No, I’d argue not. For me, what makes food in games so appealing is the lack of realism behind it....

This The Handmaid’s Tale review contains spoilers. That ending was earned. Under ordinary circumstances, the un-ironic use of Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’ over a slo-mo reunion scene would result in disciplinary action from the mawkishness police, but The Handmaid’s Tale gets away with it. This drama has been feel-bad for so long, it’s saved up enough feel-good pennies to splurge on moments just like this one: June and Moira, reunited. Drink it in....

While Masters of the Universe: Revelation reignites Mattel’s toy-spawning fantasy franchise, Kevin Smith’s Netflix animated series arrives in the recent wake of an ill-fated film project. Indeed, Sony/Columbia settled on up-and-coming directors Aaron Nee and Adam Nee to conjure new live-action exploits of He-Man in the land of Eternia, which progressed to pre-production and cast Noah Centineo in the starring role before the pandemic put an end to the endeavor. Interestingly, David S....

The Last of Us 2 launched this past June, and so one wouldn’t expect for the game to be getting any new trailers or anything like that. However, seemingly out of nowhere, Sony has opted to release a brand new Last of Us 2 story trailer, with this one from Abby’s perspective. Please note that those that have yet to play through The Last of Us 2 may get some SPOILERS from the trailer, so proceed with caution....

The Last of Us Part 2 is one of the best games ever made. It’s clear from the very first frame that director Neil Druckmann and all of the Naughty Dog developers poured their blood, sweat, and tears into the sequel in the hopes of delivering something truly unique. In a word, The Last of Us 2 is exhausting – an affecting, emotional epic that explores challenging themes through a host of impressive design elements and whose performances are second to none....

When The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild released in 2017, Nintendo granted millions of Zelda players a new dimension of freedom. Nintendo’s masterpiece ushered in a new era of exploration and survival in the Zelda series. The new features of Nintendo’s Switch title included HD rumble, JoyCon motion controls, and even handheld play. However, not all was perfect in the realm of Hyrule. Even Link’s prettiest and most beautiful adventure to date featured new flaws....

EA will be fined €500,000 a week by the Netherlands Gaming Authority should it continue selling loot boxes via FIFA’s Ultimate Team. The argument over whether loot boxes in video games should be classed as gambling or not rages on around the world right now. Some countries have already banned the mechanic or made the decision to reclassify it as a form of gambling. However, in other countries, the powers-that-be and the developers they are up against are struggling to find an appropriate definition and subsequent action....

Warning: contains spoilers for The Office seasons 1-9. “Geese and goats and Schrutes and hijinks at the Bed and Breakfast” is how Rainn Wilson, the actor behind The Office‘s Dwight K. Schrute, summed up proposed spin-off The Farm, which never went beyond its pilot episode. Speaking to fans on a Reddit AMA back in 2012, Wilson called the Dwight-focussed show a terrific, weird yet accessible rural family comedy. Had it been ordered to series, it would have told the story of the Dunder Mifflin paper salesman running a 1,600 acre farm and B&B with his brother and sister....

The following contains Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 spoilers. The primary story of Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 has gone back to many of the basics that make the Star Trek franchise so great, asking big questions about the necessary conflicts between visionary ideals and the real world those who hold them must exist in. A season that has continually wrestled with what an institution like the Federation is supposed to be and do, its central arc explores the inescapable, often uncomfortable tensions between hope and pragmatism, philosophy and realism, and politics and practicality....