Movies and video games have something in common. One way to make them more exciting, interesting, or thrilling is to give them an exotic and beautiful location. A place with awesome ruins, dangerous but compelling jungles, vast canyons, and wide-open beaches, the type of locations that can host pirates, race car drivers, cowboys, or archaeologists. Mexico is such a place, and video game developers like to go south of the border just as much as movie-makers do....
Summary RPGs are known for their rich writing and detailed worlds, and include some of the best games in the industry when it comes to immersion and roleplaying. Every player can expect great characters and deep,intricate narratives when it comes to RPGs, but another essential part of the genre comes in the form of reactive world events. There’s nothing that quite creates the same sense of immersion as direct results from a player’s action - and that’s exactly what reactive world events entail....
Netflixoriginal mystery-horror seriesArchive 81is the streaming platforms latest big hit and because of that, the showrunner is hoping that it’s not just a one-season trend. So far, Netflix has not okayed a renewal of the series, but Rebecca Sonnenshine is hoping the show is indeed going to get a season 2. Archive 81is aNetflixoriginal series that focuses on archivist Dan Turner, who takes a job restoring a collection of fire-damaged videotapes from years earlier....
Summary In the video game industry, big players such as EA, Ubisoft, and Nintendo consistently spoil players with many games that possess sprawling open worlds, epic narratives,and online experiences. These AAA developers find themselves in a brilliant position to create video games crammed with content while being released frequently, relying on large budgets, subsidiary companies, and name recognition to keep the conveyer belt moving. RELATED:Indie Games That Became Major Success Stories There does, however, exist a subset of video game developers that, despite a distinct lack of support from publishersboth financially and practically, create experiences that are on the cutting edge of video game ingenuity....
Player Mistakes Back to All Characters Venti was the first featured 5-star unit inGenshin Impact, and arguably the most powerfulGenshin Impactcharacter at the time. His kit revolves around the top-tier crowd control that he provides, sucking small enemies into an eight-second-long wind vortex. With the release of newer and “heavier” enemies, Venti has lost a lot of his viability. RELATED:Genshin Impact: All Lost Energy Block Locations In Sumeru (In The Name Of Anfortas Achievement)...
After almost a decade of silence, Ken Levine - one of the primary creative minds behind the belovedBioShockseries - reared his head once more, debuting the first trailer ofJudas. Announced in December 2022,Judasis a first-person shooter with a heavy emphasis on Sci-Fi imagery and themes, and the first game fromKen Levine’s studio, Ghost Story Games. Based on the few trailers released so far, it’s clear thatJudasis setting itself up to be a spiritual successor of sorts to theBioShockseries....
Bob Odenkirk has a new series coming out on AMC, and the first teaser was just released. Some might wonder what’s next for the veteran actor after he captured audiences as a morally shaky lawyer and a retired assassin. Naturally, he’ll be playing the chairman of a college English department going through a midlife crisis. Why not, right? In the wake ofOdenkirk’s endlessly-quotable run onBetter Call Saul, it looks like he’s not quite ready to slow down....
A little less than a decade ago, a sandbox game created by a single developer in the Javascript language would be launched. The game was simple enough: players would mine to craft and craft to mine. The world, completely composed of square and rectangle objects, is customizable in a way that is only limited to a player’s imagination. This freedom and ability to create and customize a world with friends quickly led to an explosion in popularity for this multiplayer sandbox, and it wasn’t long beforeMinecrafthad become a household name and the best-selling game of all time....
It’s been just over a month now since the launch ofGenshin Impact1.5, the latest update for miHoYo’s gacha-based RPG. As well as introducing new characters and weapons, the update has also included many new events. One of these events is Mimi Tomo, which requires players to communicate withGenshin Impact’s Hilichurls. Hilichurls are one of themain enemies inGenshin Impact. They’re a tribal goblin-like race with a penchant for masks, hostility to outsiders, and a hunter-gatherer lifestyle....
There seems to be a lot riding on the success of theDead Spaceremake. For fans, it needs to be a return to the series' roots following mixed reception toDead Space 3. For EA, the game needs to be a commercial success that, hopefully, is a rebirth for the beloved horror franchise. A development update stream that EA Motive put on earlier this week answered a lot of questions fans have had since the game’s announcements, and showed off a very early build of what the game is meant to look like....
It’s still a long way off, butDeath Stranding 2is on its way. Currently operating under the titleDS2, this game is the sequel to the hit Kojima Productions title released in 2019. That’s all that can be said for sure regardingDeath Stranding 2right now, as Kojima is once again taking the approach of previewing the game through CG trailers. Only one trailer has been released, and while fans can glean some details from it like the return of an older Sam Porter Bridges, many things will remain mysterious until after the game is released....
Summary DemonSlayeris easily one of the biggest and most popular shonen series of all time, which is certainly surprising given how short the series has been. The amazing adaptation of this series by Ufotable has certainly lit the spark for this series' popularity, withthe movieDemon Slayer: Mugen Trainestablishing itself as the highest-grossing Japanese movie of all time. A big part of what makes the combat inDemon Slayerso enthralling to watch is its various breathing techniques, witheach notable Demon Slayerspecializing in a particular breathing technique that allows them to pull off some truly fantastic and amazing moves....
Since the release of Shadowkeep,Destiny2’s newest expansion, Bungie has added several additional pieces of content to its highly popular looter shooter. This content includesDestiny2’s Garden of Salvation raidand the new Vex Offensive game mode, which are sure to have many players occupied at this time. That said, the developer has even more planned for the month of October, and extensive details have now surfaced about one of these forthcoming offerings: the Leviathan’s Breath exotic bow quest....
