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Shenmue is, by all accounts, an absolute cult classic with the first two games still holding up fairly well on the Sega Dreamcast. However, that legacy wasn’t enough for Shenmue 3 to overcome its many shortcomings, and modders are continuing their attempts at fixing it by bringing over a couple of voice actors from the first two games to reprise their roles. Even though voice actor Corey Marshall did come back as protagonist Ryo Hazuki for Shenmue 3, most of the returning cast received new voices from different actors - something quite understandable considering almost two decades passed between Shenmue 2 and 3....

If you saw the headline of this article and decided to open it up, then kudos to you. Chances are, you’re reading because you enjoyed The Witcher on Netflix and thought to yourself, “I already know the number one song and I’m going to click this so I can prove myself right.” If that is the case, then your heroic efforts have earned a pat on the back. In the event that you haven’t seen the show, then be warned of the minor spoilers that lay ahead....

Fire-type Pokémon are definitely one of the strongest types in the series. There aren’t many types that have as unique a roster of Pokémon as the fire-type and fire-type attacks are incredibly strong. Being able to scorch the enemy with flames is a useful asset in battle and it’s even better when the Pokémon has a secondary type. With so many unique fire-type creatures come some pretty horrifying fiery designs that will leave fans terrified....

Christmas is fast approaching and while some will be busy decking the halls with boughs of holly, for many action movie fans the holidays are all about indulging in the time-honored tradition of watching Die Hard. There are some who would have you believe Die Hard isn’t a Christmas movie. To them, we say “bah, humbug,” or rather “yippee-ki-yay….” For one thing, it’s got John McClane cast firmly in the role of Santa Claus, roaming the corridors of Nakatomi Plaza trying to find out “who’s naughty or nice....

Skyrim offers a lot of customization, and with this customization comes the ability for you to create your own unique build. Many adventurers have experimented with different types of builds over the past several years that the game has been out, and some of the magic builds that you can create in Skyrim are worth a try. A character focused on raising your enemies from the dead to fight for you and a build rendering your enemies immobile with paralysis spells are just a few of the most unique Magicka characters you can create to give new life to your Skyrim playthrough....

Do you remember what life was like before Nintendo dropped the first trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the film poised to be the most talked about video game adaptation of the 2020s, the one that will come to define this era of what’s likely to be mostly terrible video game movies and a few good ones? I wish I did. For over two minutes, Jack Black hams it up as the evil Bowser, who fries up some penguins in the trailer, while our titular plumber (Chris Pratt) tries to get his footing in the Mushroom Kingdom with the help of Toad (Keegan-Michael Key)....

It is without a doubt that one of Red Dead Redemption 2’s hallmark features is its vast open-world environment. Of course, with a map as big as the one found in Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games has filled it with various secrets and mysteries from the vanishing audience at the Saint-Denis theater to an alien-worshipping cult in an abandoned hut north of Emerald Station. However, players should also note that the mysteries in Red Dead Redemption 2 also features creepy secrets that are downright vile and disturbing....

Following in the footsteps of EA’s take on the looter-shooter genre with Anthem, Ubisoft is set to give many players their first taste of The Division 2 this coming weekend. It’s been well documented that developer Massive Entertainment has learned a lot from its up and down experience with the first game in the franchise, promising more content for players to dig into at launch of The Division 2 this time around....

Information about the mysterious third enemy faction from The Division finally surfaces. Read on to find out what we know about the Last Man Battalion so far! So far only two of the factions from The Division have found themselves under the spotlight, but a recent examination of both the beta gameplay and some closed-door-events has led to more information about the third enemy faction from The Division being uprooted....

There are a precious few horror movies that can still get under my skin and make me glance back at a creaking door (much less scatter down the stairs like a spider). But to this day, The Exorcist remains the scariest film I’ve ever seen. This might be partially due to the fact that I unwittingly sneaked an edited viewing of the nightmare fuel on TNT when I was a child (the results were… intense)....

For all of the trolls, tikes and twisted troublemakers lining up to give video games a bad name, it’s reassuring to find the average gamer giving back. No, not with witty put-downs, ultra-mega beatdowns, sound annihilations or strained pleas for sanity — giving back in the sense of a focused philanthropy, a selfless generosity, an uncommon spirit of giving that’s all-too rarely encountered elsewhere. To that end, the good guys at Humble Bundle have often led the way where rallying cries are concerned; crystallizing community support around the release of numerous bargain buys....

Warning: contains spoilers for The Irregulars finale Praise be for a proper ending! Too many new Netflix series pull their punches when it comes to the finale, bowing out on a cliff-hanger that gambles on a second series commission that often never arrives. The Irregulars does nothing of the sort. It delivers a traditional, big, flashy conclusion that bests the bad guy, saves the world, and leaves plenty of space for emotional breakthroughs and teary goodbyes....

I know for a fact that EA Play came to Xbox Game Pass for PC this month. On March 17, we reported that Game Pass was getting over 60 new games thanks to a deal between Microsoft and EA that brought the entire EA Play catalog to Game Pass. The problem is, when I search for Star Wars: Squadrons, Dragon Age 2, or Mass Effect: Andromeda, nothing shows up. For more than a week, the Xbox App has made no mention at all of EA Play or the 60+ new games....

The Last of Us and its sequel are not your usual kind of game, and arguably one of the most polarizing games we have ever witnessed. Throughout the game, Joel Miller and Ellie, with their flaws and imperfections, had developed a turbulent, unique, and fluctuated father-and-daughter-esque relationship. Before the event of the original 2013 Last of Us, Joel’s just a brutal smuggler who was never afraid of crossing the line to survive....

The Last of Us games are full of moments that have stuck with fans for years. While we don’t know how many of these iconic scenes will make it into HBO’s upcoming live-action adaptation, we now know the show will include a pretty faithful recreation of one of The Last of Us’ most memorable action sequences. In recent weeks and months, fans have been sharing photos and videos from the set of HBO’s The Last of Us series....

LEC summer finals have been cancelled and moved! Riot Games and the LEC announced on May 26th that the LEC finals occurring in Malmö, Sweden would be getting cancelled and moved to another undecided location. This cancellation does not mean that the finals will not be occurring, but what it does mean is that the LEC and Riot are unsure whether or not the finals will be taking place in a physical location or occur online - like the Spring Split finals were....

The topics on everyone’s mind right now are 4K resolutions, enhanced frame rates, and faster loading times. Koei Tecmo’s announcement that The Nioh Collection was coming to PS5 screamed improved loading time in our faces, and now - thanks to a short clip - we get to see just how fast it is. Posted on Nioh 2’s Twitter page, the 14-second clip focused on the game’s loading screen after death and the amount of time it took to reappear at the closest shrine....

This article appears in the next issue of Den of Geek magazine. Subscribe here! In 2021, during the filming of Star Trek: Picard season two, Jonathan Frakes was working behind the camera as a director, making sure Alison Pill’s transformation into a new kind of Borg Queen made sense. In between shots, showrunner Terry Matalas confronted Frakes with a jarring question: “Are you ready to play Riker?” Frakes was caught off guard....

This Star Wars: The High Republic article contains spoilers. In the time of the High Republic, 200 years before The Phantom Menace, control of hyperspace is key. The Republic seeks to expand outward, but much of the galaxy is out of their reach simply by virtue of distance. It makes sense that in this time of unification, the most dangerous threat in the galaxy comes from a band of pirates known as the Nihil who don’t have to use established hyperspace lanes....

Like the original game, State of Decay 2 is all about surviving in an post-apocalyptic world full of zombies. Players have a number of weapons at their disposal that they can use to thin out the undead horde, including a variety of melee weapons and firearms. However, weapons in State of Decay 2 will deteriorate as they’re used to kill zombies (and hostile survivors), so it’s important players understand how to repair weapons in the game....