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Matt Reeves sees Gotham City as an experiment. Which is to say in his version of the Dark Knight mythos, Bruce Wayne is just starting out in his war on crime and the Batman isn’t even sure what he can accomplish yet. However, this sense of experimentation also applies to Reeves’ take on the characters, which as he stressed throughout The Batman DC FanDome event is not an origin story: it will look familiar, and yet be something decidedly more intimate and grittier....

The Beatles are credited with a lot of “firsts” in rock history. They were the first band to play stadium concerts, put intentional feedback, backwards instrumentation, and faded introductions into songs. Because of their ever-experimental guitarist, they were also the first rock band to put sitar and tamboura drones in pop rock and perform the first Indian modality prog piece. George Harrison didn’t stop expanding possibilities away from his bandmates. His first solo release after The Beatles’ break up, All Things Must Pass – which will have a celebratory remix release this week, was the first triple album coming from a single act in rock....

During a recent trip to New York City, we sat down with the associate creative director for The Division to talk about why the game was in development for so long. As one of the biggest games launching this year, many gamers have begun turning their attention to The Division and its massive in-game world. With an MMO-inspired base that finds itself riddled with team-focussed shenanigans and PVP-centric warfare, there’s little question that it’s one of the more ambitious projects arriving in 2016....

Xbox Game Pass has been a revolutionary way for many to access video games on console and PC. Now, it may be a new way for fans to get remastered versions of their favorite classics. The recently added PC port of The Evil Within to Game Pass offers substantial improvements and updates that aren’t present on other PC versions. Youtuber Jigsaw_Killer, who is known for speed running The Evil Within, noticed several new features added to the PC version of the game on Game Pass....

2020 has certainly been a packed year, full of ups and downs for gaming. Though many games have gotten delayed to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many fantastic titles have come out of the year, including Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Doom Eternal, and much more. This year’s Game Awards 2020 event hosted by Geoff Keighley is almost here, and with it, many fans have began speculating possible announcements and game trailers that will come out of the event....

When talking about the biggest Nintendo flagship titles, The Legend of Zelda will always be in the top five. The most prominent reason for that is the fact that it was one of the first few action-adventure video games that were genuinely good. The Legend of Zelda video game debuted in 1986, and soon became one of the best titles on the NES and Famicom. The Zelda series is the right mix of a couple of genres, which makes it a unique game in comparison to others....

The Last of Us and its sequel bring the contrasting sights of beautiful-yet-dangerous dead American cities to life. Often hailed as a modern-day masterpiece, the graphics play a big part in the overwhelming sense of immersion in The Last of Us, complementing the fantastic gameplay experience for players as they navigate their journey with Joel Miller and Ellie Williams. One of the American cities featured on both of the games is Salt Lake City, one of the biggest cities in Utah and home of the infamous St....

As the follow-up to one of the most popular games from the PS3 era, The Last of Us Part 2 has a lot of weight on its shoulders. But while developer Naughty Dog could have easily played it safe with this sequel, the studio instead tried to deliver something even more challenging than its predecessor. Admittedly, a lot of the game is going to be very polarizing to fans because of the choices that the developer has made....

On Feb. 16, 2007, Mark Steven Johnson’s Ghost Rider movie hit theaters. Nicolas Cage starred as Johnny Blaze, a motorcycle stuntman powered by the devil to slay the damned in the form of a man with a flaming skull. It was the perfect vehicle for Nicolas Cage, a comic fan known for his often eccentric screen presence. Cage playing a demonic bounty hunter who spits hellfire is one of those things where it feels more like a documentary that only happens to resemble a Marvel Comics character....

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild is a sprawling open-world action-adventure game that launched alongside the Nintendo Switch console in March 2017. Since then, it has received unrivaled critical and commercial success, with many fans calling it the best Zelda game of all time. Whilst exploring the ruins of Hyrule players can meet and assist a number of quirky side characters to complete side quests and the game’s main storyline — defeating Ganon....

A large crane unlocks what looks like an industrial-grade sealing device, before hoisting a cryogenic pod out of a secure chamber. A young, tattooed woman with a skinhead is held in place by hefty restraints. “Jack is small,” Grunt says. Jack’s eyes snap open. She gasps for air, tugs at her bindings, and lunges toward three mechs with the explosive fury of a volcanic eruption. “Oh, I want to see this,” Grunt says....

The Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. What seemed like a clear reference to the classic sci-fi horror movie Alien at first turns out to be a major blast from the past easter egg. This week’s episode of The Mandalorian, “The Passenger,” takes us deep into a deadly spider nest where Baby Yoda clearly bites off more than he can chew, all while reintroducing a piece of Star Wars history that goes all the way back to Ralph McQuarrie’s original concept art for the Original Trilogy!...

The Jungle role is one of the most defining parts of the entire MOBA genre. Many people will see these characters as roaming assassins, but League of Legends has tons of champions that can gank and support the team through both supportive AP spells and aggressive AD force. The metagame has changed dramatically over the years, but there are still several underrated champions who are just as powerful as ever in the Jungle role....

In the future universe of Star Trek, humanity has grown out of its infancy, eliminated hunger, want, and the need for possessions. But people still make a lot of upsetting decisions, especially Starfleet captains. Trekkers regularly debate the merits of Sisko manipulating the Romulans into the Dominion war, Kirk seeking vengeance against a blood-sucking space cloud, and Janeway … well, doing lots of things, but let’s just say “solving” Tuvix....

Following months of rumors and speculation, including a leak on the PlayStation Store back in March, EA has finally confirmed that it and Motive Studio are working on a flight-action game set in the Star Wars universe with Star Wars: Squadron. Better yet, the publisher has teased that they will be revealing it very soon. In fact, even earlier than its planned EA Play event next Thursday, June 19th. The flight-action game first leaked in the form of a listing found on the PlayStation Store, where it was codenamed “Star Wars: Project Maverick....

With the confirmation that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was the start of a franchise, a sequel from Respawn Entertainment is likely on the books for some point. Presumably, Jedi: Fallen Order 2 would come to PS5 and Xbox Series X, making it one of the first (depending on its development cycle) Star Wars games on the next-gen consoles. The best thing to do when looking forward, however, is sometimes to look back....

Stardew Valley’s 1.5 update came a slew of new features. One of the biggest additions was Ginger Island, an island off the south coast of Pelican Town that Willy can take the player to once they help him fix up his boat. After arriving on the island, players will first have to follow the new NPC Leo to the eastern end of the island and give his parrot a Golden Walnut....

Without a doubt, many gaming fans would consider Microsoft and Undead Labs’ forthcoming survival-horror title State of Decay 2 to be one of the most exciting Xbox One exclusives in 2018, especially when one considers that its launch is now less than a week away. In order to prime folks for the game’s impending release, the aforementioned companies have decided to put out the first 17 minutes of gameplay found within the title....

Steven Universe: Unleash The Light will finally be releasing on Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam) on February 19. That’s less than a week away! Thanks Gematsu for the heads up. This adaptation of the popular animated show was previously an Apple Arcade exclusive in November 2019, but after more than a year, it has finally made a jump to consoles and PC. The Crystal Gems are back in this turn-based RPG developed by Grumpyface Studios....

There is a compelling rumor stating that Microsoft is preparing to release a streaming-only Xbox console. So as to support this hearsay, the source is none other than Thurrott writer Brad Sams. In the past, Sams has shown his reliability with such matters with his accurate reveal of Halo: Infinite before the game was officially presented in 2018 at E3. Sams has uploaded a video with his reasoning behind the release of such a device....