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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that his company’s electric cars will be launching a racing game that can be controlled with the steering wheel. This comes after news that Cuphead is set to be ported to certain Tesla models, with the cars already having a selection of old-school Atari games installed. Well, if you’re going to buy a car that allows you to play games, you might as well have at least one racing title, which is exactly the logic Musk seems to have taken into consideration....

Tetris Effect has gone down as one the best versions of Tetris for the way it marries the iconic tile-matching gameplay with a stunning mix of cerebral visuals and audio. It’s an highly-acclaimed experience that has been exclusive to PC and PS4 gamers for the past two years, but with the launch of its expanded version, Tetris Effect: Connected, Xbox gamers can now experience it for themselves. Like the updated title suggests, the biggest addition to the 2018 puzzler is its four new multiplayer modes....

2020 has been an interesting year for gaming. We’ve seen the launch of a new generation of consoles, a number of long forgotten franchises rising from the dead and some truly fantastic games . While the lists of the best and top selling games are mostly filled with the usual suspects though, there have been a few titles that crept under the radar and surprised everybody. If given a list of the announced and expected titles at the beginning of the year, most gamers could have predicted the ones that were going to perform well with a reasonable degree of accuracy....

No human being is perfect. Even the most saintly among us have dark spots on the underbelly of our consciences from the times that we have succumbed to laziness, depravity and wickedness. Since the human race is imperfect, so too are the video games that are crafted by human hands, and even the greatest of video games tend to feature design decisions that are truly maddening. Everyone has their own personal bugbear, whether it’s the cutscenes that go on until you forget that you’re playing a game instead of watching a movie, inventories that are organized worse than the “Misc” box at a yard sale, or the baffling presence of knee-high barriers that the game’s musclebound, monster-slaying hero is incapable of stepping over....

When Iron Man was released in 2008 it changed the game as far as comic book films were concerned. While DC Comics had success with Superman in the 70s and Batman in the 80s and early 00s, Marvel had always struggled with adaptations of its property. Realizing they needed a new strategy, the company devised a shared Marvel universe whereby characters from different comics would interact with each other and feature in each other’s films....

It’s been an eventful year, to say the least. Video games offer a pleasant distraction from real-world woes, especially this year, but 2020 also had its fair share of controversies where the video game industry is concerned. While it wasn’t all bad news, there certainly was some turbulence as the world adjusted to stay-at-home orders and remote work, though video games offered a respite from that. The future does look bright, too....

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic is on the horizon, slated for release sometime later in 2021, and fans are delving back into the lore introduced to the game nearly 14 years ago. The Burning Crusade featured a number of well-known characters from the Warcraft RTS trilogy, among whom is Lady Vashj. Lady Vashj was, in the past, a completely different person than she became during the events leading up to The Burning Crusade – her origin story explained more in detail in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne and the Legion expansion....

Less than a week after the first Anthem closed alpha test was held, it seems that Ubisoft’s The Division 2 is following suit. Today, Ubisoft revealed that it’s planning to hold a very limited technical alpha that will run between December 15 and 18. The alpha will be under an NDA, so don’t expect to hear any juicy gameplay details beyond vague hints and untrustworthy leaks. Invitations will go out on December 13....

Earlier this week, lots more information about The Division 2 and the story content that players will be able to enjoy was revealed. In a new trailer, it is explained that the action-RPG’s story will pit players against a variety of different factions who are all trying to get ahead after the Dollar Flu ravages Washington D.C. Of course, this led many fans to wonder how long it will take to complete the campaign....

This The Flash review contains spoilers. The Flash Season 4 Episode 11 Disclaimer: my local CW affiliate was having some ridiculous audio issues tonight, where chunks of the episode sounded like they were being broadcast from a very small and very busted AM radio in 1973. If I missed any details, this is why. Anyway… I…really don’t know what to make of “The Elongated Knight Rises.” I wasn’t a fan of “The Trial of the Flash” and as long as Barry remains in prison, I feel like everything is a little bit tainted by the laziness of that particular episode....

This The Flash review contains spoilers. The Flash Season 5 Episode 3 Well, they did it. The rare Flash episode hat trick. We never had three exceptional episodes in a row in season four, and right now The Flash season 5 is three-for-three. Misleading title aside (for real, is this the TV episode title of clickbait?), “The Death of Vibe” is not only a solid hour of The Flash, it’s the kind of unhurried (be quiet!...

On Thursday, December 6, the Game Awards will occur, with everything from Game of the Year to Content Creator of the Year being selected. Speaking of Game of the Year, its nominees include Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Celeste, God of War, Spider-Man, Monster Hunter World, and Red Dead Redemption 2, with God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 receiving the most nominations at the prestigious event. Still, beyond finding out which games won which categories, the event usually has some interesting events such as the Orchestra going on too....

There aren’t many that would say The Last of Us was an easy game, as it often presented players with some difficult situations. The constant struggle of balancing the use of ammunition against the many threats the player faced was tough, and in many cases, the odds weren’t in the player’s favor. That said, The Last of Us 2 is clearly much more difficult than its predecessor for a number of reasons....

The Last Of Us Part 2 introduced a lot of new characters with personalities that are distinctly different from each other. Some of these characters have rare and unique talents that most characters that players have seen in the franchise so far do not share. Although there are a lot of characters that make dumb decisions, a lot of the characters in TheLast Of Us Part 2 are skilled in both combat and brainpower, which shows throughout the different sequences in the game....

When one talks about some of the greatest video games ever made, it’s hard to get by a discussion without mentioning the absolute brilliance of Breath of the Wild. Nintendo absolutely knocked it out of the part with this stellar entry in The Legend of Zelda series, wowing new fans with perhaps the freshest approach to open-world design ever seen while simultaneously providing new fans with an experience that was equal parts new and familiar at the same time....

A new trailer for Lord of the Rings: Gollum has been uploaded by publisher Nacon, showing off some of the game’s stealth and parkour gameplay. In the trailer, the titular Gollum can be seen in all-new environments scaling walls and leaping across hazardous gaps. Described by Nacon as a “cinematic stealth-action adventure” and mixes stealth and parkour gameplay as you travel to a number of iconic locations across Middle-Earth inlcuding the Mines of Moria and Mirkwood....

Alright, let’s get it out of the way right now: this article is based on four new Mass Effect screenshots that were recently revealed online, and is — despite being heavily researched — pure speculation. It is not designed to boil gamer piss. I just like Mass Effect and want to play around with what the newly unveiled concept art could imply. Cheers. wipes brow I have been a huge Mass Effect fan since I binged the first two games (twice) about a month prior to the launch of Mass Effect 3....

Being able to wield a lightsaber and cut down a Rancor is awesome. It makes the player truly feel like a Jedi or a Sith of their dreams. It’s why games like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and The Force Unleashed are classics. However, it is equally satisfying to feel immersed in the cockpit of an X-Wing; Flying across the skies and stars, firing lasers, and hearing the engines roar despite being in space....

I was born in the late eighties, over a decade after the release of the original Star Wars movie, A New Hope. As a result, I arrived totally late to the hype party. The first Star Wars movie released in my lifetime was The Phantom Menace, and while I was kind of intrigued by it, it was… well, it was Phantom freaking Menace. When it comes to legendary space-tacular franchises, is Jar Jar Binks the first impression you want to give?...

Renowned for their use by Blade Squadron, B-Wings are packed with heavy weaponry. They were designed to bust through enemy defenses, so the B-Wing bomber is exceptional in Fleet Battles. However, in Star Wars: Squadrons the B-Wing can also be proficient in dogfights, despite its slow speed and low maneuverability. The B-Wing was added after launch alongside the TIE Defender, despite the developers previously saying that there would not be any post-launch content....