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The week-long summer event Summer Games Done Quick will be here very soon, and it’s finally revealed its full schedule. Come Sunday, August 16, gamers will have a lot of exciting gameplay to watch and charities to contribute to. Last month, Games Done Quick announced that the summer event would be held online due to Covid-19 restrictions. Wanting to stay true to its charitable mission statement while keeping volunteers safe, the group decided to cancel the on-site event and replace it with an online event titled “Summer Games Done Quick 2020 Online,” and gamers everywhere are just glad that the event wasn’t fully canceled....

At long last, Nintendo fans around the world are digging into Super Mario Maker 2’s robust creation tools and playing around to their heart’s content. In one weekend alone, the community has created several games’ worth of levels - not to mention concocted myriad creative ways to kill players. But one thing that seems to be slipping under the radar is a feature tucked away behind one of the game’s new additions....

After almost an eight month delay, Super Nintendo World will finally open its gates to the Japanese public on Thursday, March 18. The Osaka based theme park was originally scheduled to open in 2020, but the management decided against it in lieu of the Covid-19 pandemic. The park will reportedly follow strict Covid-19 protocols issued by the USJ. These include a limit on the number of people allowed into the park, and a strict time allotment for guests....

In the last few weeks, one of the biggest concerns regarding the next console generation has become the possibility of next-gen games becoming more expensive across the board. This is largely due to the news that NBA 2K21 will cost $70 on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, and today 2K Games’ parent company, Take-Two Interactive, shared its thoughts on the matter. Ahead of the company’s Q1 earnings report today, GamesIndustry....

The saga of next-gen console restocks continues as rumors that Target will have more Xbox Series X stock soon have recently surfaced. According to an image supposedly taken from next week’s Target ad flyer, the store will have Xbox Series X consoles available for online purchase only beginning sometime during the week of January 24. The leaked image comes courtesy of Slickdeals, a forum website where users post about deals and coupons....

[HTML1] With the release of action game Quantum Break, Game Rant takes a closer look at some of the best action-oriented video game characters that have hit the scene over the years. Video game thrill-seekers hunting for that next burst of adrenaline need look no further than action games for their fast paced fun and thrilling moments. With Remedy’s latest game, Quantum Break, finally arriving on Xbox One and PC, we’d thought it would be fun to celebrate by taking a look at action-oriented characters that are surely going to get your blood racing....

There a lot of Psychic-Types in the Pokémon franchise and this list will let fans in on a few of the absolute cutest that the series has to offer. There are so many cute ones that it can be hard to decide which ones are the best, however, there are some definitive answers and fans are about to learn some of them. Fans can hardly decide which ones are the best but this list will lay out a few of them....

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot retells the story of Dragon Ball Z more comprehensively than any other game has ever done. The title’s beautiful re-creation of all the significant moments in the anime captured the hearts of many Dragon Ball Z fans. Likewise, its achievement/trophy list has captured the hearts of achievement and trophy hunters. This is because the game includes a great mix of challenging yet attainable achievements/trophies. Whether you’re hunting Steam achievements, trying to get 1000 Gamerscore on Xbox, or you’re going after an elusive PlayStation Platinum trophy, this list will identify and help you obtain Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot’s hardest achievements/trophies....

The characters from The Legend of Zelda series are undoubtedly a high point for every game in the franchise, and they are so for a lot of reasons. They have unique designs that match that Zelda “feeling” that is critical to capture, and they also have endearing or even compelling personalities that draw the fans to them. Every character has at least one way to make themselves stand out. With that in mind, every fan has to admit that certain characters gain an extra foothold in their hearts and memories because of one important reason: their sense of style....

This The 100 review contains spoilers. The 100 Season 6 Episode 4 Sanctum’s Naming Day – an occasion for making amends – is perfectly timed for our Kru to do some much-needed exploring of their feelings. As Bellamy points out, they lost Monty and Harper just three days ago, which means the valley, the torture, and the fighting pit were mere days and weeks before that. Clarke goes on an apology tour to Raven and Bellamy, and after three episodes of Raven’s huffing and puffing, it was so satisfying to hear her tell Clarke off accurately, taking her to task for hurting everyone over and over, making her apologies feel meaningless....

The Mario Kart series has been a staple in the Nintendo world since the release of the SNES. This classic racing game has been made eight times for eight different consoles, and including remakes, over 200 courses have appeared in the series. That’s sure a lot of tracks! While racing as Peach or Mario can be a whole lot of fun, the game can also get pretty frustrating. Some levels have far too much lava, annoying banana peels, and giant slabs of ice that block the finish line....

A Balan Wonderworld demo is now available ahead of its March 26 release date. To coincide with the demo announcement, Square Enix released a new gameplay trailer for the colorful game, showing off a few bosses, unlockable abilities, and… choreographed dance moves? Balan Wonderworld is Square Enix’s trippy, upcoming action-platformer. It’s billed as “a wonderous action platformer game themed around the Balan Theatre. Led by the enigmatic maestro named Balan, the stars of the show Emma and Leo will use special abilities from a multitude of characterful costumes as they adventure in the bizarre and imaginary land of Wonderworld....

Despite only being in season for about a month of the year, Christmas movies are a booming business. Outside of big-screen offerings like Paul Feig’s Last Christmas and a new version of Black Christmas, the Hallmark Channel has produced a whopping 40 new festive movies for 2019 and Netflix has turned out a range of original films too. Few of the new films produced each year will join the annual rotation of classics like The Muppet Christmas Carol and It’s A Wonderful Life, but not everyone wants to watch the same films once a year every year....

And just like that (not be confused with And Just Like That…), another year of television is in the books. In terms of pop culture, 2021 was never going to be as strange and surreal as when the whole world shut down in 2020. Still, this year of TV wasn’t necessarily the return to normalcy that one might expect. TV changed in the year 2021. For one, it got a hell of a lot bigger....

There are a variety of weapons for Lara to wield in Shadow Of The Tomb Raider and each come with its own distinct uses and advantages. Which weapons are best will generally depend on the player, their preferred playstyle, and other subjective tastes. That being said there are some weapons that most players gravitate to as they tend to be powerful for a variety of playstyles. What weapon the player will use depends on the combat scenario, but these seem to be the best choices for anything the game might throw at them....

The time has come! After a year of rumored delays, baseless speculation, disappointing trailers, seemingly endless periods of radio silence, and bad news being filtered through blog posts, they’re finally here. The PS5 and Xbox Series X generation are finally here. TheGamer has been playing and dissecting each of the major new titles as they have been released. These are our reviews of some of the biggest releases of November 2020, including the latest consoles by Microsoft and Sony, the cute adventure that shows off the power of the DualSense, a thrilling JRPG crime adventure in modern Japan, and Miles Morales’ shining moment in the spotlight....

If you pre-order from GameStop, you can get an exclusive Galaxy Purple edition of the upcoming Intellivision Amico. Retro is still in for 2020, and Intellivision is here to get a piece of the action. Their upcoming Amico retro console isn’t quite the mini console we’ve come to expect, but that’s only because it comes with a pair of controllers that use the console itself as a charging dock. Coming this October, the Amico is available in three colors: black, white, and if you order from GameStop, something that Intellivision calls “Galaxy Purple....

With reviews for The Last of Us 2 dropping today, it seems the hype surrounding the sequel to Naughty Dog’s groundbreaking apocalyptic classic has quickly soared through the roof. Picking up perfect scores from a large variety of different publications, it’s clear that many of the industry’s biggest names consider the sequel to be a worthy successor to one of gaming’s most must-play experiences. That being said, it seems the game’s writer and director, Neil Druckmann, is much less confident that the legion of players who will flock to the sequel next week are going to be unanimously happy with it....

The modding scene for console exclusive titles isn’t exactly at the same level that it is for PC games, but that doesn’t mean the community completely keeps itself out of PS4 exclusives like The Last of Us 2. A recent example of the Last of Us modding community hard at work has produced a video of a fan-favorite character becoming playable in Naughty Dog’s 2020 title. This latest mod for The Last of Us 2 comes from YouTuber Smasher248, who has been periodically updating new videos of the process for the past few weeks....

The Legend of Zelda series has featured some of the most iconic characters in all of gaming. Link, Zelda, and Ganon, for example, are all recognizable to gamers around the world. It’s not just individual characters that the series is known for though, there are also the various races that appear throughout the games. The amphibian-like Zora, pirate Gerudo, and children of the forest Kokiri, all play key roles in various entries....