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Back in the late 1980s, video games were primarily score-based and storyless. It was tough to pack information into small cartridges and computer memory banks. As time went on, video games blossomed into interactive art, spanning across massive worlds and featuring beautifully written story arcs. The modern age still sees some score-driven or purely “Arcade” releases, but developers are now free to tell tales and build lore-rich universes. This artistic freedom, while wonderful, has caused some debate....

Nintendo’s development team behind 3DS hits The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Tri Force Heroes could bring a 2D Zelda title to Switch, The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma has told Game Informer. “The 3DS team and the Wii U team have different approaches to game development, so I don’t necessarily want to combine them and have them think together, but rather have each think about what they can bring to Nintendo Switch from their own perspective,” explained Aonuma....

When Dragon Age: Origins was first released, many console gamers were disappointed to find out that their PC cohorts were experiencing a much more polished experience — especially in the area of visuals and control scheme. While all signs pointed to the fact that Origins was merely a PC port, the overwhelming enthusiasm gamers felt for the title took precedence over that inferiority complex. For Dragon Age II, BioWare has vowed not to repeat the sins of Origins, but instead promise to make the titles equally impressive across all platforms....

The new thing in the Role-Playing genre is the melding of Squad-based First Person Shooters. We had Tabula Rasa, which failed hard despite implementing elements found in World of Warcraft. Then there’s the more recent Borderlands, which was more of a hit with gamers but less of an MMO. We now have FireFall, a “team-based online action shooter” title from developer Red 5 Studios, a house comprised of former World of Warcraft and Tribes developers....

Activision has been showing a lot of composure with regards to the Modern Warfare 3 information leak that occurred last week. Kotaku didn’t just spill the beans, they blew a bag of beans up when revealing a whole host of information that had been leaked from within the company to their website. Activision responded by releasing a group of 4 teaser trailers ahead of schedule likely to give themselves even more exposure while the leak was on everyone’s mind....

In an interview with PCGamesN, The Outer Worlds senior designer Brian Hines stated that Obsidian Entertainment does not allow for harmful crunching during game development. ‘Obsidian is not a crunch studio, which is one of the things that keeps people staying there for a long time,’ Hines explained in the interview. Members of the team may be asked to work for longer ‘to meet a deadline for a week or so’ from time to time, but he affirmed that they are under no impetus to agree....

Pokémon Go has been buggy since its release in 2016. However, with every update that comes, the game gets better and better. But just like with all games out there, there are some bugs that will always come in the way. These bugs are of two types, ones that you can fix on your own at home and others that need to be fixed through the server-side. Even though the ‘Pokemon Go failed to get game data from the server’ error is a client-side issue, sometimes, you can fix it on your own as well....

The SEGA Dreamcast is still held in high regard amongst many in the gaming community. The last SEGA console, beloved by its passionate and dedicated cult following, was discontinued by the company in 2001. The console was anything but dead, as SEGA of Japan continued selling refurbished systems and releasing new games until 2007. Fans of the Dreamcast who now play their games on an Xbox 360 or PC will be able to relive their past favorites through The Dreamcast Collection, releasing this February....

“The Fablemans”, the latest movie from one of modern cinema’s greatest and most influential storytellers, director, Steven Spielberg, is his most personal movie since his Academy Award winning “Schindler’s List“.As “The Fablemans” is inspired by Spielberg’s own life and is set to be both a semi auto-biographical tale of the director’s upbringing and the break up of his parent’s marriage as well as a sincere love letter to one of his life’s greatest passions, Cinema....

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Before you begin your quest as the Luminary to save the kingdom from certain dark forces, you need to be properly prepared. Dragon Quest XI S is a massive JRPG full of systems and menus and settings galore, some that need to be dealt with right out the gate otherwise you may need to restart. It wouldn’t be a real JRPG if playing the game didn’t take a certain level of planning to start with....

Remakes of the newest Pokémon main series games, Sword & Shield, are probably more than a decade away. The world is still impatiently waiting for the long-expected Diamond & Pearl remakes. But, that doesn’t mean we can’t speculate about what types of features would be or should be included in Gen VIII reboots. Past remakes of the Gen I, II, and III games kept themselves true to the originals but added in a few mechanics, plotlines, or gameplay elements that were new, fresh, or exciting....

Stumbling out of the gate and forced to play catch-up throughout the current generation, the Xbox One is unlikely to go down as one of the industry’s greatest consoles. Recently, Microsoft has taken strides towards improving its public image, but the hardware’s pre-launch marketing thwarted any momentum accumulated by the Xbox 360. Lacking much in the way of exclusives, the Xbox One’s brightest moments stemmed from features rather than projects. While Sony dawdled on introducing a download option to the PS Now service, Microsoft launched the fantastic Xbox Game Pass subscription....

The world of Pokemon has been a pop culture mainstay for the better part of 20 years. With its signature catchphrase and adorable mascot, Pokemon quickly invaded western TV in 1997 and soon won the hearts of gamers everywhere with 1998’s release of Pokemon Red/Blue. It’s seen countless iterations of video games, as well as various animated cartoons. Pokemon has captured the attention and imagination of kids for many countless years....

This game is one of the most popular in the series. We think that has a lot to do with how awesome the game is itself, but also because it happened to be the first game of the series released on the PS2 with all the sweet new graphics. Many other games in the series are just as amazing, but their release may have been outshined by something else on another system or even just another RPG....

Wordle has taken the world by storm ever since the start of this year, and it doesn’t look like the hype is dying down any time soon. If you’re a longtime Wordle player and you’re struggling with today’s puzzle, however, we’re here to help. Here’s a full list of 5-letter words starting with I and ending with Y to help you maintain your streak. 5 Letter Words Starting With I and Ending With Y IcilyImplyInlayIronyIslayItalyItchyIvory The good news is that if you’ve narrowed your possibilities down to words with I and Y, then your choices here are pretty limited....

Xbox and Bethesda fans rejoice! The publishers have announced the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022 will take place on June 12, and with so many developers now part of the Xbox Game Studios family, we’ve been busy salivating over what could possibly show up during the big livestream. Down below, you’ll find our six predictions for things we’d expect from the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, and then 5 games we’d love to see show up in one form or another....

Halo: Reach is right around the corner, and our collective anticipation has just about reached critical mass. It’s a testament to the Halo franchise that, after four extremely similar predecessors and an RTS later, we still find ourselves completely drooling over it. The most recent Halo-branded game, Halo 3: ODST was the most controversial title of the entire series, which is an odd thought when you consider that there was also an RTS in the mix....

A third version of the Switch may launch in early 2021, according to a report from Economic Daily News. The Edge Markets noted that another $3 billion in market value has been added to Nintendo, owing to investors on the Robinhood app. The company has been buoyed from its March low, with shares increasing by more than 70 per cent. Of this impressive statistic, almost five per cent was added today, which is the greatest gain since March 19....

It’s being reported that a new Ghost Recon game is in the works at Ubisoft. Those reports come from Kotaku, who claim the next outing in the Tom Clancy series is codenamed OVER. The game has, it’s alleged, been in development for over a year at the publisher’s Paris studio. While further details are scant, it claims that the new game could launch as early as fiscal year 2023. Under the project OVER moniker, the game existence was reportedly (as per Eurogamer) revealed as a title in a large Nvidia Now leak last September....