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Dark World Studios and Nomnivore Games recently announced beta programs for their in-development tabletop roleplaying games. Dark World’s 1930s grimpunk RPG is Acheron, and Nomnivore’s RPG is called EMBERWIND, and both have downloadable beta products available on their websites for us to playtest. With 2020 going into its 2nd year, it may seem like we’ve almost played through our entire game library at this point. Thankfully, tabletop roleplaying game companies are keeping us fed with Kickstarted, newly-launched, and beta programs for their products....

The Game Awards 2020 is set to go live in just four days. It’s the biggest awards event of the holiday season, and is guaranteed to be full of reveals and announcements. For a show as big as The Game Awards 2020, accessibility is important, as enabling as many video game fans to enjoy the show is a part of embracing the gaming community. As such, Geoff Keighley has confirmed a new feature being used for this year’s livestream: an audio descriptive mode....

The Last of Us: Part 2 director Neil Druckmann reveals during a PlayStation Experience 2016 panel that Ellie is the main character of the upcoming game from Naughty Dog. While PlayStation Experience 2016 had plenty of exciting moments, it’s safe to say that most Sony fans were more blown away by the surprise unveiling of Naughty Dog’s forthcoming The Last of Us: Part 2 than by any of the other reveals....

The Legend of Zelda series is frequently praised for continuously and successfully re-inventing itself– from Ocarina of Time’s groundbreaking 3D gameplay to Breath of the Wild removing linearity in favor of an open adventure for the first time since the original game. Despite this innovation, there are a few features fans can almost guarantee will appear. The Master Sword, Dungeons, and the Lost Woods for example, almost always appear in Link’s adventures....

This article contains spoilers for The Little Things and Seven. Critics have not been kind to The Little Things, the new Warner Bros./HBO Max psychological thriller starring Denzel Washington and Rami Malek as two Los Angeles cops obsessed with catching a vicious serial killer. Although the film is apparently doing very decent business–especially on the streaming end–it sits at a mediocre 48 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with many comparing it to the 1995 classic Seven....

Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work, specifically the Appendices of The Lord of the Rings. The series is a prequel to the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and is set during Arda’s Second Age, when the Rings of Power are first created. Like any good fantasy series, The Rings of Power has an expansive cast of characters whose stories will weave through each other to determine the fate of Middle-earth....

Our guide to the best tech toys and the best Lego sets 1977 - Star Wars Toys Over 100 of these Star Wars toys were made between 1977 and 1985, but in the first year of release, they were flying off the shelves. 1978 - simon This will game was inspired by the children’s game “Simon Says” and had a simple premise - each of the four coloured buttons needed to be hit in sequence....

Confidential Microsoft documents reveal that Stalker 2 is planned as an Xbox console exclusive for a baffling three months. It’s been a big day for revelations based on confidential documents, thanks to the big Apple vs. Epic Games court case. As part of the proceedings, many big names in the industry have had to hand over crucial internal communications to public record. This has given the gaming industry a lot of new info....

There are two things I love in life, and that’s Disney and crossovers. I am a huge fan of Disney movies. I’ve seen them all multiples times, I annoyingly sing along to all the songs and if I learned to throw my voice, I pretty much could play all the characters at once. That might work better if I cloned myself. Speaking of clones, there’s only one franchise I love nearly as much as Disney, and that’s Star Wars....

This Star Wars: The Bad Batch review contains spoilers. Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 9 It sounds over-the-top, but it’s true: revelations and surprises propelled this week’s round of clone adventure stories. “Bounty Lost” features excellent bounty hunter action and a pleasant focus on Omega (not just what she is, but what choices she makes when she’s on her own). Sure, some revelations feel more like duds, but overall, it’s an episode that certainly isn’t afraid to move the plot forward, and returning characters and a real sense of threat keep it exciting....

From comic books to that new-fangled rock ’n’ roll and those dangerous role-playing games, it seems that there’s always some new form of media threatening to tear apart the fabric of civilized society and corrupt the minds of the innocent. As a form of expression that is still relatively young, and which has a tendency to veer towards combative or competitive play, video games have been the bogeyman du jour on and off more or less since their inception....

This SUPERGIRL article contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 12, “Blind Spots.” Supergirl Season 6 Episode 12 Kelly makes her debut as Guardian in an impressive episode that actor Azie Tesfai (Kelly Olsen) co-wrote and David Ramsey directed. Ramsey previously directed a few great episodes of Arrow. Here, his direction gives the proceedings a feeling of gravitas – everything feels a bit more special, the shots more cinematic and creative. For Tesfai’s part, adding “writer” to her credits makes her the first Arrowverse actor to do so and adds a level of lived experience that grounds the episode in very real issues of race and privilege, even as Tesfai deftly weaves those themes into the fantastical aspects of the show....

Take-Two’s Strauss Zelnick isn’t convinced that gaming subscription services will one day supplant buying individual titles. However, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick doesn’t believe the gaming industry will ever catch up with other forms of entertainment. What’s more, he doesn’t believe that it should. Zelnick said as much two months ago and reiterated his beliefs about the future of the business during Take-Two’s latest financial update. Zelnick remains skeptical about the future of video game subscription services, which is likely why Rockstar hasn’t gone all-in on a service like other developers....

It’s Smissmas in Team Fortress 2! The festivities kicked off earlier this week and will run until January 7, 2021, so jump on board while you can. Now, Team Fortress 2 really is the game that just keeps on giving. Originally releasing way back in 2007, its eager fans have been lapping up new content, mastering their favorite Offense, Defense and Support characters and generally revelling in the chaotic fun ever since....

Pokemon Go developer Ninantic has announced that Team Go Rocket has finally returned to the game, and to make up for this inconvenience a little gift has been imparted to all Pokemon Go players. A game-breaking glitch demanded that Ninantic remove Team Go Rocket from the game for more than two weeks whilst the issue was being resolved. Pokemon Go players will no doubt be overjoyed that things seems to be back on track once more, especially those who couldn’t level up without encountering the team....

There aren’t many games that have transitioned from being a tabletop game to a full-blown video game franchise. Luckily, Warhammer is one of those games that has continuously evolved itself into the virtual world, ever since its launch in 1983. The original Warhammer is a miniature wargame that involves tactics and strategy. Staying true to that, most of the virtual versions of the game are also about strategy and real-time tactics....

The Happy Meal traces its roots back to the mid-1970s when Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, who was running McDonald’s restaurants in Guatemala, put together a meal which was the beginning of the concept. She offered a hamburger, fries, and a small sundae as a package to mothers for their children. It was known as the “Menu Ronald” and eventually came to the attention of Bob Bernstein, who developed the concept into the Happy Meal....

Avid gamers definitely remember 2010 as a year that marked the beginning of some of the gaming industry’s most innovative, revolutionary and visually-stunning video games. Some of the most jaw-dropping and awe-inspiring games followed one after the other in just a little under a decade since 2010. These games paved the way for most of the successful games we see in stores today, from action adventure games to first-person shooters and everything in between....

Pirates have always been one of fiction’s most interesting characters. They have no rules set on them other than the ones that they set for themselves and they go around fighting, looting, and looking for treasure. Whether or not that’s historically accurate (it isn’t) there are a ton of games that take that idea and try to make a solid experience based on it. Some of these games hit the nail on the head and are ready to set sail and some of them should really just walk the plank instead....

Holy revolving door, Batman! The Caped Crusader has been portrayed by more actors on the big screen than any other superhero in history. Most of the have lasted for just one film. But after The Dark Knight Rises, Christian Bale became the first man to have played Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego more than twice on the silver screen. He didn’t have much competition – Michael Keaton was the only other actor to reprise the role at the time....