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Most video games based on movies make meager contributions to the lore of their source material. The most important characters are those who are borrowed from the books or movies, while the original creations often feel like extras. But Star Wars is unique in that its games boast some of the best additions to the franchise’s extended canon. This is especially true of Knights of the Old Republic and its antagonists....

I’m sure many of you have had this experience before with Stardew Valley and similar games. After a long day of work and other household obligations, I went to sit down for my nightly routine of relaxing with Stardew Valley. All I wanted to do after spending my entire day on responsibilities was get into bed with my Nintendo Switch and water my crops, drop off some gifts for my neighbors, cut down some pesky weeds, and go mine for more resources....

Steam has broken its concurrent player record, with almost twenty-five million people on the service at once. The lockdown situations around the world have resulted in a dramatic increase in video game-related spending, with companies like Sony seeing a 50% increase in profits. The PC platform has benefited from this increase in interest, as some of the biggest games of the year were available on Steam. Incredibly popular games like Among Us, Fall Guys, and Hades all became the darling of streamers, with the help of the Steam versions of each title....

Top Nintendo Switch games: Best games everyone must own Our quick take Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury - 4.0 / 5 Bowser’s Fury review Best upcoming Nintendo Switch games to look forward to Super Mario 3D World: Floaty fun Super Mario 3D World: Multiplayer antics To recap That the original game is already over seven years old is never telling. Which, as ever, goes to show Nintendo’s ongoing genius when it comes to creating timeless masterpieces....

Although the company eventually hit some snags financially and closed its doors in 2018, a number of Telltale’s best games live on as modern classics, with its take on The Walking Dead and its rendition of Fables through The Wolf Among Us both being huge hits for the company. The team also built a cult-hit in Tales of the Borderlands, which told a separate, narrative-driven side-story based within the Borderlands universe....

Valve releases its Team Fortress 2 Halloween-themed event, unveiling a new crate, two new taunts, three community maps, and some boosts to unboxing odds. Although news previously broke that Team Fortress 2 wouldn’t be receiving a new event from Valve for Halloween this year, that doesn’t mean that Valve is entirely overlooking the holiday. Team Fortress 2 has now received an update for Halloween featuring a myriad of new items, taunts, and maps....

Many gamers quite rightly frown upon developers releasing sequels on a yearly basis. This is especially so for games that bring very little that is new to the table. Many games like sports titles or popular shooters are nothing more than yearly updates with new scenery and a few extra guns or an updated roster. However, not all sequels are identical clones of its predecessor designed to rinse more cash out of the consumer....

The PS5 has launched with a number of amazing titles, and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is shaping up to be one such game that will single-handedly push a large number of PS5 units into the hands of players who wish to play this title. Insomniac Games very much set the bar for superhero games with Marvel’s Spider-Man, and it seems that Miles Morales is just one of the many titles that will constantly raise these standards even further....

Snakes are fascinating creatures that strike wonder and terror into hearts all over the globe (depending on the owner of the heart.) Because art draws inspiration from real life, it is no surprise that many different Pokémon have been based on snakes, from Generation I’s Ekans and Arbok to Generation VIII’s Silicobra. But we know what you’re here for. You want to find out which snake is the best, the strongest, and the deadliest?...

Franchises that are more than two decades old tend to have a lot of skeletons in the closet, namely titles that were so bad they ended up being forgotten. With Resident Evil having such a long list of characters, it’s understandable the series has had its fair share of humdrum games featuring these protagonists. We’ve previously looked into the best games the series has to offer, but it’s always wise to know what the worst of the bunch is in order to steer clear of them....

Series from all corners of the industry, from Donkey Kong Country to Candy Crush, have been part of Saturday mornings and game-show blocks for decades. Their overall track-record isn’t exactly ideal, but among the dozens of television shows based on the interactive art form, a few gems stand out. These are the best and most binge-worthy shows based on (or about) video games. In 2017, years after developer Konami lost interest in traditional gaming and had put one of its longest-running and most successful series on the shelf, the very existence of a show based on Castlevania confounded even the most hardened of vampire killers....

The Binding of Isaac - an indie roguelike with a killer soundtrack - is close to releasing its “mega expansion” for the Rebirth console release. The expansion - titled Repentance - is said to be so big that it will almost act as a sequel. No release date has been announced, however fans should check Steam for regular blog updates on the expansion’s progression. Indie designer Edmund McMillen announced the arrival of The Binding of Isaac: Repentance Steam page, on which he claimed the expansion was “bigger than Rebirth was to the OG flash game....

Ubisoft is keeping The Division’s end game a secret for now, but there is some evidence that the shared world shooter could feature multi-group activities such as raids. The Division Beta has wrapped up and one of the big questions that has come up after playing it is “What will The Division’s end game content be like?” During the Beta, Ubisoft laid out some plans for the Season Pass and DLC that will be coming to the game, but they weren’t clear about what any special end-game content might be....

The original The Flash TV series celebrated its 30th anniversary back in September of 2020. While the show only ran for a single season on CBS, it made quite an impression on fans who weren’t accustomed to seeing DC superheroes other than Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman on their screens, and over the years it has maintained a devoted cult following. Adding to its legacy, star John Wesley Shipp keeps returning to the Speed Force, whether as the voice of Professor Zoom on Batman: The Brave and the Bold, as Dr....

This The Last Kingdom review contains spoilers. The Last Kingdom Season 3 Episode 10 If that were the final ever hour of The Last Kingdom—and with the show on such excellent form, I dearly hope it won’t be—it would make a fitting finale. After painful tragedy and thrilling action, episode ten gave an answer to the drama’s central question. Is Uhtred Saxon or Dane? Thor’s hammer, or Bebbanburg amber? Both, of course....

Major spoilers for The Last of Us Part II. Seriously. Stop reading if you don’t want to be spoiled. Abby acts as the deuteragonist of The Last of Us Part II. In fact, players basically spend around half the game controlling her - especially after a mid-game twist puts her in the driver’s seat for a good ten to twelve hours. That might not sit well with some people, though, considering she bashes Joel’s bearded face in a with golf club early on....

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring came out in December of 2001 after an incredibly long, difficult, and hilariously complicated journey from JRR Tolkien’s pages to Peter Jackson’s camera. Making even a simple movie is very complex with a ton of moving pieces and The Lord of the Rings trilogy had a lot of moving pieces. Weta Workshop, the New Zealand based props and costume studio that has gone on to work on the biggest science fiction and fantasy movies of the 21st century, created thousands of models for the films from swords, armor pieces, and jewellery all the way up to entire forests and cities....

This STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH article contains spoilers. In “Decommissioned,” the Bad Batch continue performing odd jobs for Cid. This time, they have to travel to one of Star Wars‘ most famous planets to retrieve a tactical droid’s data-filled brain. Along the way, they’re joined by two unexpected rivals, who want the information inside the tactical droid for their own fight against the Empire. The Bad Batch fight their way through the police droids guarding the facility, passing some Star Wars canon connections along the way....

Considering the rather large posters in downtown Los Angeles promoting Star Wars Battlefront 2, it stands to reason that DICE and Electronic Arts are planning on giving the forthcoming science fiction shooter ample space during E3 2017 to strut its stuff. Now, in an additional promotional effort, the companies have released a brief piece of footage teasing a full trailer to come tomorrow during EA’s press conference for this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo....

Bethesda’s Starfield seems to be a different kind of sci-fi game than we’ve seen before. Science fiction is often obsessed with the far-flung future, eager to hurl us into an almost unrecognisable interpretation of our world, one where humanity’s humble origins are little more than footnotes in history books and mentions upon monuments amidst myriad metropolises. While you can delve into literature for a more comprehensive imagining of our potential future, games and film often settle for the outlandish....