The holiday season is rapidly approaching and, as usual, the holiday season brings a new entry in the longstanding FPS juggernaut known as Call of Duty. Modern Warfare 2 is the latest game to take over the market, and if there’s a CoD fan in your life, you’ve probably heard countless tales of this new entry. Speaking of said CoD fans, with the holiday season coming, you might want to snag them a gift to show appreciation....
With such a huge franchise like Pokemon that has had over 20 years to stock up on its roster of loved games, sometimes the old titles get left behind. When you have such huge hits in the database, it’s only time before the fans begin the remake chant. While we all love the nostalgic feeling of playing with 90’s graphics and basic controls, the new age of consoles opens the door to so many interesting mechanics that haven’t been explored....
The male member of the infamous Team Rocket trio, James largely functions as the comedic relief and at times the moral compass of the group. Many Pokémon fans like him for his goofy antics, gullible nature, and childlike demeanor. Yet there’s a lot to this periwinkle-haired member of the group that many fans were probably never aware of. Here are some interesting facts about James and his younger years that can give fans a new appreciation for this lovable character....
While not a launch title, Metal Gear Solid 2: The Sons of Liberty was one of the first PS2 games to show off the impressive potential of Sony’s second console. On top of its technical prowess, Hideo Kojima weaved an intricate tale discussing themes of identity, free will, and the implications of the then burgeoning internet. Almost twenty years since its initial release, people are still talking about the landmark title and measuring its significance....
Nintendo is pretty well known for making a ton of spin-off games. However, there is always room for more! From The Legend of Zelda to Mario, there are still a ton of characters that are worth getting to know more. What if we want to play as the villains or the princess instead of the typical hero? We have been waiting too long for some of these well-known characters to get their own games....
Steam enjoys large popularity among gamers from all around the world, with the number of concurrent users being over 10 million every single second of the day. This is mainly because of the countless really good games that are listed on the marketplace. Many are popular among huge, wide audiences and are highly appreciated, like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2. However, many are very weird, making even niche users wonder why they paid for them, or why they spend time playing a free game that is so strange they can’t talk about it to their friends....
Give your home Wi-Fi a new name by updating the Service Set Identifier SSID, the formal name of your network.To change the name of your Wi-Fi network, you must: obtain your router’s IP address, open the web interface of your router, update your Wi-Fi network name and password, and connect your devices using the new details.Try to avoid choosing a WiFi name that could be offensive to your neighbors. Finding it hard to spot your Wi-Fi network among the tens of identical networks in your neighborhood?...
Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur. Even those who are clueless about Pokémon probably know this unforgettable trio. Every Pokémon journey begins with your starter, and most players will stick with this Pokémon in their team until the very end. For that reason, it’s important to pick the right one. There’s something to love about each and every starter Pokémon out there, and it’s hard to choose the best of the best. But when it comes down to it, some starters are simply better than others....
Sometimes it’s not complex narratives, layered boss fights or grand multiplayer levels that do it for people. Sometimes, you just need to see waves of enemies getting mowed down time after time. This story was sponsored by PlaySide Studios. While gamers aren’t inundated with quite as many tower defense games as we used to have, back when Flash games were at the height of their popularity, the genre is still well serviced....
This article comes from Den of Geek UK. When Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm was announced in the autumn of 2012, it marked the start of a new phase in the Star Wars franchise. Not just because Lucasfilm, now under the control of its new president Kathleen Kennedy, would put in motion a new series of numbered sequels – beginning with The Force Awakens in 2015 – but because it would also start work on a planned string of spin-off movies....
Key Points Aaron Hatfield was an American inventor and watchmaker who was born in Pennsylvania in 1819.Aaron Hatfield was most famous for his disc-shaped adding machine. He also invented several other devices, including pruning shears and a bag holder.Aaron Hatfield married, had two children, and died in 1898. Aaron Hatfield was a watchmaker and inventor, most famously known for the Hatfield adder. The Hatfield adder was a circular adding device made from three concentric brass discs and a lever set on a wooden paddle....
Sonjay Dutt and Abyss have left Impact Wrestling. Impact talent were informed of the departure yesterday in an email. According to PWInsider, the belief is that Dutt and Abyss are both headed to WWE in some capacity. Dutt was a member of the Impact creative team, working alongside Jimmy Jacobs as well as Don Callis and Scott D’Amore. Tommy Dreamer and Konnan are expected to take on a larger role with the Impact creative team moving forward....
Rob Kostich, the president of Activision, recently teased some upcoming surprises for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare while attending an Activision Blizzard Q4 Investor Call. He also elaborated on some of the recent decisions Activision has made for the game. Activision and Infinity Ward recently removed Modern Warfare’s Season Pass in favor of the new Battle Pass. So, an investor asked Activision what kind of impact that had on the player base....
DOOM’s latest patch brings the version number to 6.66, which is the number of the beast. To signify this version Bethesda has reset all multiplayer progression to zero, announced a free weekend for folks who’ve yet to dive in, and also announced that all multiplayer DLC will be free, forever. Better the devil you know, eh? Bethesda has decided to bin the season pass for Doom, and is now giving away all the multiplayer DLC for free....
Were you fortunate enough to make it down to EGX London this year? It was a weekend ago now, and, if you ask me, there was a nice vibe around the place. It was nice to be back playing games together relatively unimpeded by the pandemic, and the show is feeling much more like its old self again. But what caught our eye there? That’s what I’m talking to my two Weekly guests Martin Robinson and Liv Ngan about today....
When it comes to slick and streamlined interfaces, Apple has used the past few years to establish itself as king. Even when massive amounts of data and applications are combined into an iPhone or iPod, the menu system is built around the idea of being intuitive, responsive, and tactile. It seems that their mastery hasn’t gone unnoticed, as Bethesda has now revealed to Game Informer that when re-designing their menu systems for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, they took their lead from Apple’s interfaces....
Ninja Theory has created a beautiful, but flawed, experience with Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. Aspects of the game that at first seem captivating are either drawn out and left unestablished or underdeveloped entirely. When taking the bad and the good, is Enslaved a game worth putting your efforts into? Read our full review to find out. What Enslaved does right is wondrous though. The initial chapters are awe inducing and beautiful, and the interactions between main characters, Monkey and Trip, draw you in unlike many games ever could....
Developer Pine Studios is calling its latest game a blend of Harry Potter and Professor Layton. That sounds interesting to us. And if it does to you, then the newest game from the developers of the Faraway series might be of interest. The Academy: The First Riddle is a puzzle adventure series that will have you take on the role of Sam, a new student at the titular Academy. Together you and your friends will the explore the school, based heavily on British universities, to unravel a centuries-old mystery surrounding the school and the nearby town of Arbor....
It seems like after the PSN outage, that several other video game outlets have fallen under attack in recent weeks. Late last week saw a hack on Dirt 3 developer Codemasters, and now this week brings an attack on notable RPG developer and publisher Bethesda Softworks. While the nature of this hack is unknown, Bethesda claims that many of the vital information contained on their site (credit card data and personal financial information) was not accessed....
Spoiler warning: This piece contains spoilers for Unsighted. Every once in a while, along comes a game I just can’t stop thinking about. Sometimes it’s just because of a single moment, like the boss fight with Ludwig, The Holy Blade in Bloodborne. Or like how Nier slowly lets you in on its story through multiple playthroughs. More often than not though, it’s because of how the world is realised. And I don’t think 2021 had a more fleshed out world than the metroidvania Unsighted....
