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“This family needs Smallville… as much as the world needs Superman.” That was one of the featured Superman & Lois lines in the new trailer for “The CWverse,” which dropped earlier this month. The superhero spinoff—which will see Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch reprising the roles of Clark Kent (aka Superman) and Lois Lane, respectively, which they have previously only ever inhabited on a guest star basis—is one of the big premieres for The CW in 2021....

This review contains what may be spoilers for the film Synchronic. Synchronic is the fourth feature film from the writing-directing (and sometimes acting) team of Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benso. Their previous independent efforts–Resolution (2012), Spring (2014) and The Endless (2017)–were all hybrids in one way or another of sci-fi and horror, leaning more toward one or the other, depending on the story that was at hand. Synchronic extends the duo’s ambitions in terms of the scope of the story, its genre (still decidedly science fiction with horror overtones), and its casting....

Microsoft is hitting Sony where it hurts with a controller that’s compatible both forwards and backward. Yesterday, we found out that the DualShock controller from the PS4 would not work on newer PS5 games. According to Sony, PS5 games will need the updated features and capabilities of the DualSense controller and just won’t work on the older PS4 controller. You’ll likely get one controller with a new PS5, but multiplayer games will likely require that owners shell out for a few more DualSenses....

Take-Two has had its day in court. The video game holding company has won a case against Solid Oak Sketches, a tattoo studio known for inking celebrities, such as basketball athletes LeBron James, Kenyon Martin, and Eric Bledsoe. The studio had taken Take-Two to task over the copyright protection of those tattoos that have appeared in NBA 2k and similar games. The main legal question was whether tattoos belong to the person whose body they are one, or if the artists deserve copyright protection for their work - which is to say, limiting others from profiting off their representation....

The struggling, pandemic-era state of the theater industry is about to be boosted by a bit of Turtle Power (as Partners in Kryme’s end-credits soundtrack song famously declared), with the big screen return of the celebrated 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Fathom Events’ latest big screen retro release will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Renaissance reptiles’ iconic live-action feature, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set for a limited return run at select theaters on Thursday, November 5 and Saturday, November 7....

Today, in order to promote tomorrow’s release of Episode One of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series known as “Tangled Up in Blue,” the title’s developers have released an official launch trailer that provides some details about the initial installment’s story. The narrative information revealed in this latest piece of footage builds upon details provided in the episode’s first trailer released several weeks ago. As seen below in the launch trailer for the game’s first entry courtesy of IGN, after a gigantic battle that has occurred, the Guardians have managed to get their hands on an artifact that has untold amounts of power locked inside of it....

Tencent is set to become the sole owner of Leyou Technologies, the parent company of Warframe developer Digital Extremes as well as Splash Damage, King Maker, and Radiance. This will further add to Tencent’s growing roster of developers and publishers as well as increase Tencent’s dominance in the world gaming market. Industry Analyst Daniel Ahmad broke the news on Twitter quoting the sale price at $1.5 billion. That’s a little more than what Leyou was valued at earlier this summer when Sony was in talks to acquire the Chinese company, but then Tencent threw their hat into the bidding war and apparently muscled out Sony....

From Edge of Nowhere to Job Simulator, these are the 10 best virtual reality games that released for Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, and HTC Vive in 2016. After successful Kickstarter campaigns, buyouts, and significant technological advancements, 2016 was the year that the three major players in the virtual reality market finally threw their headsets into the ring. While it’s true that VR sales are not as strong as many predicted at the beginning of the year, there’s still no shortage of compelling experiences for early adopters of HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR to try....

From a simple mod to the world’s premier tactical first-person shooter, Counter-Strike has been around for two decades. The latest installment in the series, Global Offensive, launched in August of 2012. Since then, hundreds of thousands of players have picked up the game. Many of the world’s best and funniest players have taken up streaming their gameplay. Counter-Strike streams on Twitch have created some of the best memes and insides jokes the scene has to offer and have provided countless hours of entertainment....

While Final Fantasy titles are generally well known for featuring vibrant and lovable casts of characters swept up into intriguing plots across immersive fantasy worlds, experienced fans know to prepare their hearts for a beating before getting emotionally invested. After all, the games have also got a reputation for suddenly and unceremoniously skewering one of those characters with a katana of impossible length. But what’s a little emotional scarring, so long as it’s endured for the sake of a great story?...

Video games are a great way to escape reality. One of the best genres that do this is role-playing games. Being able to be put into the shoes of a different person with their own unique background is an important element of storytelling. Role-playing games do just that, with the added fun of being able to control that character and their actions. 2019 was a solid year for video games, and role-playing games were no exception....

The PlayStation Store’s Big in Japan Sale is back, offering plenty of discounts on some of the best anime games, JRPGs, and more. Luckily for players on the PS4, the Big in Japan Sale offers discounts of up to 75% off and will be available until February 24, 2021, giving players plenty of time to select a deal or two. Headlining the PlayStation Store’s Big in Japan Sale is Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, which is available now for $23....

Kratos has been the player character of God of War since the first game, with the 2018 soft reboot giving fans an opportunity to see him in his older age years after his destruction of the Greek gods in the original trilogy. The last game also introduced Atreus, Kratos’ son who accompanies him on a journey to spread the ashes of Faye, Kratos’ wife and Atreus’ mother. While it may not have immediate appeal to every fan of the franchise, there are some great reasons that Atreus should be a player character in the next God of War....

Earlier today at Gamescom, Ubisoft announced that Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 - the sequel to its 2016 action-RPG/third-person shooter - is now available to pre-order. And, of course, there are a number of different editions of The Division 2 for fans to get hold of, each with more goodies than the last. Regardless of which edition players pre-order, however, they will be granted access to a private beta (which set a registrations record for the company), as well as the Capitol Defender Pack, which comes with several in-game items and weapons....

Despite having launched back in March of last year, Tom Clancy’s The Division keeps going strong with new updates and fresh content drops well after its initial release date. As a matter of fact, the developers at Ubisoft Massive plan on continuing its expansion of the third-person shooter’s materials, as the studio has now released a brand new reveal trailer for the free content on the way in the game’s Update 1....

After previously teasing fans, Ubisoft reveals what Operation ISAC actually is and how players can earn some new rewards by playing through Tom Clancy’s The Division each week. After exploding onto the scene earlier this year thanks to a well received beta that pulled in monster numbers and a record breaking first week, Tom Clancy’s The Division has quickly found its groove with players over the past month. The game recently received its first major update called Incursions, giving players all kinds of new things to do including collect new loot, fight over uncontaminated supply drops in the Dark Zone, and also complete a difficult Incursion mission called Falcon Lost....

During a recent ‘State of Game’ Twitch stream, community developer Hamish Bode reveals that changes are coming to division tech in Tom Clancy’s The Division. Although it wasn’t initially something Ubisoft focused on heavily in the months leading up to release, crafting is still an important component of Tom Clancy’s The Division. However, when it comes to crafting top tier gear – specifically high-end, item level 31 items – there are some bottlenecks....

Could the Doom Slayer be the next Mortal Kombat 11 DLC? Last May’s Kombat Pack trailer revealed a bunch of fantastic new DLC characters to be added to Mortal Kombat 11, including Shang Tsung, Nightwolf, Sindel, and Todd MacFarlane’s Spawn. It also told us there would be two unannounced mystery characters that has led to a flood of speculation. Everyone from The Terminator to Sweet Tooth from the Twisted Metal series has been suggested, and so far we haven’t heard anything in terms of official confirmation....

Few RPGs can hold a candle to the replayability of The Elder Scrolls series. Nearly every game can be played dozens of times thanks to the game’s variety of character builds and variety of quests. While every game can be played for thousands of hours due to the near-infinite amount of side content, the game’s main questline has varied in length with each installment, and some titles take much longer to beat than others....

This The Expanse review contains spoilers. And of course, that’s why The Expanse succeeds: because it backs up its stunning visuals with heart. When Chrisjen stays on Earth after the entire UN Council evacuates, for example, it feels like the captain bravely going down with her ship, especially because of the wonderfully awkward, time-delayed conversation with her husband Arjun on the moon. Placed beside Miller’s mission and even Fred Johnson’s sense of responsibility, the overall effect is that all of our favorite characters become heroes, warts and all....