The Academy: The First Riddle - from developer Pine Studio - is available now for PC, Android, and iOS devices. While the game is inspired by the Harry Potter series, The Academy: The First Riddle creates a mysterious world of its own with thoughtful puzzles that will put players’ brains to work. It’s immediately apparent that The Academy: The First Riddle draws a ton of its inspiration from the Harry Potter series....
They have been playing the same ominous song every night. For nearly two weeks, the army of Antonio López de Santa Anna has serenaded the Alamo defenders with “El Degüello,” a bugle cavalry call that’s been retrofitted with drums as an opening salvo into psychological warfare. Each evening, the cheerful beat blasts at dusk, and each evening it is then promptly followed by a nightlong bombardment of cannon fire. Yet on this particular evening, as depicted in John Lee Hancock’s sorely overlooked The Alamo, Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett stands atop to the parapets of the Alamo to greet the melodic menace with a little ditty of his own....
This The Americans review contains spoilers The Americans Season 5 Episode 13 I’ve been thinking a lot about Shakespeare lately. Party because of This American Life recently reran its excellent episode in which inmates perform the bloody final act of Hamlet and partly because I’m probably never not thinking about Shakespeare on some barely conscious level. This thought process has unlocked a memory from middle school that has ended up being far more transformative than I realized....
At the time this article was written, Star Wars: Battlefront II was released mere hours before to the excitement of fans everywhere. Finally, Star Wars junkies could have their time in the sun. Everyone else was getting their shooter franchise, and it was now the galaxy’s turn. Star Wars: Battlefront II is a follow up to the successful title that was released a couple of years ago. The idea seemed like the smartest one ever: take the best heroes and pit them against the most vicious villains of the franchise in a Deathmatch style battle....
The Walking Dead is one of the most popular and influential comic series ever created. With nearly two hundred issues of the comic in print going back as early as 2003, a successful drama TV series, and five seasons of a successful video game adaptation, The Walking Dead has made quite a substantial impact on the entertainment industry as a whole. After one hundred and ninety three issues, The Walking Dead comic came to a close last year....
Nominees for The Game Awards’ annual event were published today, featuring 5-6 nominees in 29 different categories including genre awards, eSports awards, and Game of the Year. Unsurprisingly, two of the games leading in nominations are Nintendo’s major Switch exclusives: Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Leading the way with Nintendo’s games are Sony’s early-2017 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn, the multi-platform hit Destiny 2, and Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice....
Sucker Punch’s six-year-long hiatus between the Infamous series closure and the launch of their new stealth adventure, Ghost of Tsushima, was marked by a stack of precariousness. A viral post on the PlayStation blog by Sucker Punch co-founder Brian Fleming reveals that the prodigious studio’s recent open-world game could have looked much different. Before going for a 13th-century feudal Japan storyline, Sucker Punch pondered over several possibilities for its new video game....
This The Gilded Age review contains spoilers. The Gilded Age Episode 9 The final episode of The Gilded Age season 1 answers most of the questions the audience has wondered about while teasing a little bit of what’s to come in season 2. The war between the old guard and the nouveau riche isn’t over yet but Bertha has won a decisive victory over Mrs. Astor. Although many may have already guessed some of the elements, there are still enough plot twists to keep the audience engaged and wishing to see more from the story....
Warning: contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 episode 5 ‘Fairytale’. Serena Waterford didn’t want a Handmaid. A younger woman in your home for your husband to impregnate – what wife would? In Season 5 episode ‘Fairytale’, The Handmaid’s Tale flashed back to the early days of Gilead, when the Commanders’ Wives were still apprehensive about the Handmaid system. We saw Naomi Putnam and Serena walk the glass-lined corridors of a prison for Gilead’s kidnapped children and wrinkle their noses at what was on display....
Fortnite’s PC players will find a “larger than normal” update this morning, as the game moved to v14.40. today at 04:00 AM ET, in preparation for the Fortnitemares 2020 event. The new update will kick start the Halloween festivities a little earlier this year, with Midas making a return to the game, as well as pumpkin rocket launchers and another in-game concert. In between updating Fortnite across all platforms for the annual event, Epic has decided now is the time to address an issue that has been creeping into the game for PC players: the increasing size of updates to the game....
We here at TheGamer answer the deepest, most pressing question in the entire Pokémon universe: which one would you kiss? This is not some frivolous inquiry like a game of murder/kiss/marry. This is deep scientific research into which fictional monster has the face you would most want to suck. It’s a difficult question to answer, but after consulting with various plush Pokémon toys and examining each and every Pokémon game in excruciating detail, we believe we have an answer....
Fable is finally coming, putting an end to the decade long draught of main entry Fable games, and it seems to be making a departure from the series’ iconic setting of Albion. Alongside that, many other changes are likely to come to the franchise despite Playground Games’ best intentions. Through all of this, the trailer makes it clear that the franchise’s whimsical atmosphere will remain, but one feature in particular from Fable 2 should make a comeback as well....
Warning: This article contains STAR TREK: PICARD spoilers. Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 2 After a fairly low-key premiere that was primarily focused on catching us up with where our favorite characters stand emotionally following the events of Season 1, Star Trek: Picard kicks things into high gear by following through on the promise of its Season 2 trailers: Alternate realities, time travel, and trial by Q. Oh, my....
At the moment, plenty of Star Wars Battlefront 2 fans are enjoying the game’s beta in order to get a better idea about the contents of the forthcoming title before it officially launches next month. Now, the developer DICE and publisher Electronic Arts have decided to let all of the franchise’s fans know before the testing period wraps up that Darth Vader will be a playable villain in the sequel....
Unlike the last Battlefront game, Star Wars Battlefront 2 is bringing players a full, single-player campaign, complete with a story that has yet to be told in the Star Wars universe. A new trailer, which debuted as part of Disney’s D23 event, takes a deep dive into the story of the upcoming first-person shooter. The developer diary for Star Wars Battlefront 2 goes deeper into the story of Iden Versio, a special operations Imperial commander who witnesses the destruction of the second Death Star from Endor....
Steam is celebrating World Environment Day by holding a massive sale that supports environmental causes. The United Nations declared the first World Environment Day on June 5th, 1974, and for 45 years it has been used to champion environmental issues such as human overpopulation, global warming, and pollution. This year’s theme is “air pollution”, which is of particular importance to host nation China as its urban centers continue to combat smog....
Steven Universe: Unleash the Light released on Apple Arcade in November of 2019. According to Cartoon Network, the game is now headed to consoles in the near future. Steven Universe has been a beloved animated show since it began airing in 2013, now fans have more ways to enjoy the coming-of-age space-fantasy comedy-drama. Steven Universe: Unleash the Light is an adventure role-playing game developed by Grumpyface Studios. The game was co-written by Rebecca Sugar, the same woman behind Steven Universe....
This article obviously contains enormous spoilers for Stranger Things season 4. Pop culture has trained us well to expect some corpses in the season finales of our favorite television shows. When it comes to Stranger Things season 4, however, it was particularly clear that a cast culling was in store. Not only has Stranger Things not been shy about callously murdering its characters in the past (R.I.P. Barb, Bob Newby, and countless other Hawkins citizens) but season 4 almost had to kill off some folks as a matter of pure logistics....
When Street Fighter 5 was officially announced last year, the game was confirmed to have cross-platform play and would allow players on PlayStation 4 to battle against those playing the game on PC. Although Capcom and Sony did not reveal any specific details about how cross-play works, many regard it as one of the most appealing features of the game, right up there with Street Fighter 5’s cast of characters....
Super Mario Maker 2 released last month to widespread acclaim. Fans and critics alike appreciated the wealth of tools Nintendo implemented. The game remained the top-selling title in the UK for three weeks straight. Since its release, over two million levels have been uploaded. Simply put, Super Mario Maker 2 is a massively popular game that could change the landscape of 2D platforming. Laying The Groundwork In 2015, Nintendo released Super Mario Maker for the Wii U....
