As the months roll on, more and more franchises and media giants pick their sides in the streaming wars. One of the latest services to spin up their wheels is Peacock, hot off the heels of a rebranding that also saw them acquire the exclusive rights toThe Office, is busy snapping up even more content to entice viewers on to its platform. This latest announcement isn’t the typical limited series or movie release, however....
There are only two more episodes ofThe Falcon and The Winter Soldierseason one and in anticipation, Marvel Studios has released a mid-season sneak peek, which gives us a look at what’s to come. While the teaser doesn’t feature that much new footage, mostly recapping what’s already happened, it does tease a showdown between our heroes and the new,not so improved Captain America, John Walker. For the last few weeks,The Falcon and The Winter Soldierhas been putting out episodes every Friday, and while the theories aren’t as wild as they were with itsDisney Plus predecessorWandaVision, the show’s bold narrative has certainly become a topic of discussion online....
Age of Wonders 4is a 4X strategy filled with fantasy and adventure, challenging players to lead their custom Faction from humble beginnings to world domination. In lieu of a traditional 4X technology tree,Age of Wonders 4instead features the Tomes of Magic, books of spells, units, and structures for players to unlock. The Tomes of Magicare divided into the game’s 6 Affinities, and the Order Affinity Tomes are all about healing magic for the faithful and the wrath of heaven for the heretic....
Sonic Frontiers' launch is fast approaching, and many fans are highly anticipating the release. With some positive hands-on previews making the rounds before reviews, andcontent like the TailsTubesor a prequel comic holding fans over, the launch of the nextSonicgame is becoming a very important date. In preparations, some fans will undoubtedly be wondering if any special editions are available. There isn’t much in terms of special editions or bundles forSonic Frontiers....
BioWareis a game company with a hugely rich history in creating unique combat within its games that has gone on to inspire the creation of many other legendary titles. Beyond all of its great storytelling and game design,BioWareis consistently known for having excellent combat systems throughout its gaming history. RELATED:Best Stories In BioWare Games FromBaldur’s GatetoMass Effectand many other incredible games in between, the consistent history that BioWare has with action and combat in games being of high quality is impressive, to say the least....
Summary A dungeon crawler, as a genre, can mean a lot of different things to varying groups of people. It’s commonly associated with RPGs likeDungeons and Dragons. While there are things to be done outside of dungeons, the dungeons are the main hook of a campaign for DMs. Another RPG example would includetheYsserieswhich features little story and more action-packed dungeons. What about a big company like Square Enix? Have they put out any good dungeon crawlers in the RPG, puzzle, or pure action genres?...
Summary Today, the RPG genre is massive, and most big releases feature some kind of RPG progression mechanic or another. But that wasn’t always so. It was once considered a niche genre (at least outside of Japan). It can be argued that the rise in popularity of the RPG coincided with the lifespan of the PS3. This long-lived console was home to some of the biggest and most successful RPGs in gaming history....
Summary Spectacle fighters, often lumped together with character-action games, are generally defined asfast-paced action gamesthat focus on stylish combat and execution, more often than not with a real-time grade system that informs players on just how cool they are. RELATED:The Best Action Games To Play If You Like God Of War Games like the originalGod Of Warfranchise helped bring the genre to popularity, thoughGod Of Wardoesn’t necessarily contain all the elements that make spectacle fighters what they are today, and the 2018 game steered mostly clear of this style....
Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classicBlade Runneris set for another sequel, this time in the form of a live-action tv series. Now, Amazon Studios has taken up Scott’sBlade Runner 2099concept. Scott has teased the newBlade Runnerseries since November 2021, stating they’ve written a pilot script and a series bible, without giving any further details. This marks the latest installment in theBlade Runnerfranchise, following 2017’s beloved Warner Bros. filmBlade Runner 2049and Adult Swim’s ongoinganimated seriesBlade Runner: Black Lotus....
Bravely Default 2is the third, deceptively, in Square Enix’s spiritual spin-off title. Many elements of the game’s design harken back to classicFinal Fantasygames. The series includes a class system, called Jobs, that allows players to move their party through different Job paths acquiring different abilities. Many of the Jobs are either taken from or adapted from the originalFinal FantasyandFinal Fantasy 3. However, much of the structure and intricacies around how the Job system works is heavily drawn from the classic strategy titleFinal Fantasy Tactics....
With a new season ofModern WarfareandWarzonecomes a new set of weapons added to the ever-expanding roster of armaments in the game, while balancing changes, meta shifts, and new discoveries have re-defined the best weapons and builds over the course of the last season.Season 5 brings the ISO SMG, based on the Swiss B&T APC9 recently adopted by the US Military, plus the AN-94. Neither of these weapons change the meta too much, but huge shifts in Season 4 have rolled over into Season 5....
Summary Grand Theft Auto 5is one of the most successful games of the past decade, with over 190 million copies sold worldwide as of 2023. While it still has a solid player base that keeps returning to replay its campaign or hop on GTA Online, some fans are disappointed at its lack of single-player expansions. As it turns out, Rockstar Games had some DLCs planned forGTA 5, but it either canceled or reworked them intoGTA Onlineexpansions, according to a recent leak....
Summary Becoming an overnight hit following its launch on Steam in April, the co-op survival-horror sensationContent Warningcould be headed to consoles. The game has sold a whopping 2.2 copies in just over two months, prompting the community to wonder how much higher that number would be ifContent Warningwasn’t exclusively on PC. Released on April Fool’s Day, the game was made free for its first 24 hours in a move that was undoubtedly great for promotion....
