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The commercialization of the holidays seems to be the only thing that hasn’t changed in 2020. Even before Santa first chugged a Coca-Cola, companies everywhere have loved to capitalize on the good cheer and nostalgia of the season. Comcast is no different, as shown by their new holiday ad which is honestly a pretty enjoyable watch. The media conglomerate enlisted the help of The Office star Steve Carell this year in an undeniably charming commercial....

The Pipi Plant is a plant in Stranded Deep that spawns in small numbers on the various islands. It’s a very important plant that you’ll need to find. It’s used to make Antidote, for when you inevitably get poisoned by a snake you barely noticed, and to craft Shark repellent, to keep away sharks while you explore the waves. In this guide, you’ll get all the information you need on where to find the Pipi Plant and how to use it....

Developer Sucker Punch has stated that the upcoming multiplayer expansion for Ghost of Tsushima, titled Legends, will not feature any form of microtransactions. After its surprise announcement yesterday, IGN reached out to the developer to learn if there would be any kind of paid DLC for this add-on, but that isn’t currently in the cards. “There are no microtransactions in Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, and we have absolutely no plans to add them,” reads the statement....

It looks like you won’t be able to play with friends online in Super Mario Maker 2. The sequel to the hit Wii U title, a month away, features a bizarre limitation. Super Mario Maker 2 was originally announced during Nintendo’s February Direct. It was a grand reveal, teasing a ton of new content. From slopes to a brand new game style in the form of Super Mario 3D World, the game appeared to be the definition of a followup....

In a discussion with investors, the CEO of Take-Two Interactive discusses the possibility of remakes or remasters of PS2 Grand Theft Auto games being made. While most Grand Theft Auto fans are still having a lot of fun with Grand Theft Auto V and its multiplayer mode Grand Theft Auto Online, some gamers still yearn to see remakes of the classics that changed the future of the franchise. In a discussion with investors today, Rockstar Games’ parent company, Take-Two Interactive, explained its position on the idea of remakes of older Grand Theft Auto games....

As a class-based shooter, Team Fortress 2 doesn’t fail to diversify with the classes. Two classes, in particular, are highlight classes that could push the tides of a match– The Soldier and The Medic. Soldier mains are known to dominate in engagements and crowd control; while Medic mains are known to aid their team in winning clashes and pushing through chokes. Because of this, the Soldier and the Medic are the bread and butter of a solid team composition in TF2....

Now this one’s got Ninja Gaiden written all over it. If you weren’t already hyped enough for the arrival of the first part of Nioh 2’s DLC, you’re about to be. Let’s take a look at the Splitstaff. Ever since the original Nioh launched in February 2017, the series has constantly been compared to Dark Souls. While this seems to be true of just about every game these days, the comparisons are certainly apt where Nioh’s concerned, in terms of the gameplay, the visual style, the general vibe and so on....

The following contains THE 100 spoilers. In a pivotal moment for the fate of humanity during The 100’s series finale, the Disciples and Wonkru found themselves devolving into war. The Disciples were awaiting what they thought would be The Last War, an existential battle to determine whether humanity would transcend to a higher plane of existence. Wonkru (and some former Eligius prisoners) were there as a distraction to buy Clarke time to stop Cadogan from bringing about The Last War and/or transcendence....

Minecraft Dungeons offers a very risk free environment for players to try out new builds, ideas, and more, resulting in an experience in which very few mistakes are permanent. Despite this, there are still a few things that players can do which will really end up hurting them in the long run, as well as a few short term mistakes which are easy to make if players aren’t careful. None of this is game breaking by any means, as the developers designed the game to be forgiving....

After its announcement last year, Ubisoft’s The Division 2 has finally launched, and players have begun reclaiming the virtual streets of Washington, D.C. from a new threat. Having learned from the first game in the series, the developers at Massive have filled The Division 2 with new mechanics and features which may surprise veterans of the series. A few of these changes, though, are either not explained well enough or glossed over entirely....

The Division 2 players have anxiously sat back and watched next-gen news coverage over the past several months. New game announcements are understandable a priority right now, but for live service games like The Division 2, there’s nothing more important than whether the game will be supported on the new consoles. Today, Ubisoft put The Division 2 players’ fears to rest. The online multiplayer shooter is confirmed to be playable on both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X....

The House in Fata Morgana’s recently released Switch port currently has a perfect 100 critic score on Metacritic, and is the only game on the reviewing platform to have done so. With a perfect score of 100, The House in Fata Morgana is actually the highest-rated game on Metactitic, with the second title being Ocarina of Time at 99, and the third being Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater at 98. The “game releases by score” page hasn’t yet updated to include Fata Morgana, but the game’s own page shows the incredibly rare 100....

Normally, an E3 presentation doesn’t feature a cast of characters and an ongoing, multi-year storyline. Well, Devolver Digital isn’t a normal company; and neither are their presentations. No, their presentations are insane, blood-soaked affairs where limbs are lost, necks are broken, and occasionally, a game may or may not be announced. You may have watched this year’s Devolver Direct without having seen any of their prior press conferences and been just a little lost about what was going on....

After seven long years, the very last (or what we assume to be the last) Halo 3 Easter Egg has been found. And it’s a…happy birthday message? About two years ago, one Halo 3 developer revealed that, amid the known Easter Eggs, in-jokes, and references, there was still one Easter egg left undiscovered within Bungie’s shooter. The developer didn’t say much, but he did reveal that the Easter egg only appears on a specific day....

After a number of delays and unfortunate PR moments, Naughty Dog’s next chapter in The Last of Us franchise has finally arrived. Players are once again reuniting with an older Ellie and Joel as they attempt to navigate a brutal world that has become overrun with infected as well as factions that have appeared to try and regain control of the now broken world. In addition to Ellie being the main protagonist this time around, The Last of Us 2 also adds in a number of new mechanics and features to the game including taking players to a reimagined Seattle, Washington where two warring factions are battling for territory and control....

The Last of Us 2 was released to immensely positive reviews and has become the highest awarded video game of all time. At launch, however, the game was riddled with a lot of controversies. The plethora of pre-launch leaks that surfaced on the internet spoiled the game for many, and it also led to some serious backlash from the ones who were disappointed with the game’s direction. At first glance, it is easy to assume that The Last of Us 2 is structurally different from the first game....

This article is sponsored by When Orson Scott Card wrote his original trilogy following the child genius Andrew “Ender” Wiggin as he trained for interstellar war at Battle School, he hardly could have imagined how far the tale would progress. However, because Card left himself such a large time gap between Ender’s Game and the second novel, Speaker for the Dead, the millennia were ripe for further exploration, and explore them he did, both in the Shadow saga following Ender’s classmate Bean and in short stories and prequels throughout the 2000s and 2010s....

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy’s $2.9 billion collective worldwide gross and 17 Academy Award wins (one of which was for Best Picture) certainly make a case for the 2001-2003 films being the product of a winning formula, both production-wise and plot-wise. However, the process of getting the grandiose, once-unfathomable project off the ground naturally involved producers pressuring director Peter Jackson to implement ideas often contradictory to the source material. Apparently, one such idea would have seen one of the film’s four hobbits die!...

The fourth episode of Star Trek: Discovery’s second season is all about death, and perhaps, in some senses, rebirth. The title of the episode, is “An Obol for Charon,” which references the Greek mythological god Charon and the specific way you bribe him. In order to get your soul taken to the right place in the underworld, you’re supposed to give Charon an “Obol” or payment. In ancient Greece, this sometimes meant putting money in the mouths of dead people....

With so many new Star Wars shows being announced last week, it was almost inevitable that audiences would see some revival of The Clone Wars TV show. One of the most popular Star Wars shows in recent memory, The Clone Wars featured an animated look back on the prequel trilogy and filled in some of the gaps between the films. It was an extremely popular show that was revived multiple times and has become, to many, the definitive version for that period of the Star Wars canon....