Rockstar Games will be releasingGrand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Editionon Thursday, November 11, givingGTAfans the chance to relive the classic PS2-era games on modern consoles with revamped graphics and aGTA 5-style control scheme. Most new video game releases are made available at midnight EST the day of launch and are available earlier in some places due to time zones, but Rockstar Games is doing something a little different withGrand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition....

After a few weeks of teasers,Adversaries have arrived inHarry Potter: Wizards Unite! That means that there are some powerful forces of evil roaming the maps and witches and wizards need to prepare some spells and head out to do battle and restore good to the wizarding (and muggle) worlds. This is a major feature addition forHarry Potter: Wizards Uniteand to help celebrate the big milestone, there is a companion event to help get players into the spirit of wizard battles....

Summary Helldivers 2’s compelling introduction quickly introduces players to Super Earth, which has sustained “managed democracy” throughout the cosmos. This democracy is now under threat from numerous enemies, including thebug-like, squishy Terminidsand the robotic Automatons. For the sake of liberty, freedom, and democracy, an intergalactic war must take place for Super Earth to regain its control. This project is led by The Helldivers Division of the Super Earth Armed Forces, and it wants only the bravest and most heroic members on its team....

Fallouthas always been a post-apocalyptic sci-fi series, but the genre of each game is also deeply affected by its setting.Fallout: New Vegas, for example, took the game to the Mojave Wasteland, giving the game a distinct western influence as players became noble rangers exploring the west or cruel outlaws exploiting its people at every turn. Fallout 5’s location should have a big impact on its genre as well. WhileFallout: New Vegasleaned in to its backdrop of a revived Wild West,Fallout 3andFallout 4didn’t take as much advantage of the opportunity to explore how their settings could influence the game’s genre as well....

Summary Starfieldis finally here. After years of development, Bethesda’s latest sprawling RPG has arrived and is proving to be the developer’s most ambitious project to date. With the cosmos as its backdrop,Starfieldinvites players to explore space at their own leisure, offering a huge amount of content made up of quests, side quests, and activities. Players can build settlements, create and customize their own ships, or just focus on the game’s narrative....

One of the lesser know anime to come out this season,The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleagueis a fun romantic comedy about a young man entering the workforce for the first time. But he’s a bit different from the others,as he is descended from the legendary yokai, The Snow Woman. In old Japanese legend, it’s believed that The Snow Woman was responsible for snowfall in Japan. Himuro, the young man finds himself smitten with his new cool-headed co-worker, Fuyutsuki, when she offers him some hot tea, when he quite literally froze from anxiousness the day of their new job....

Quick Links A number of new weapons were added toElden Ringin theShadow of the Erdtreeexpansion, and players can expect to find one that can fit perfectly in their build. One such weapon is the Falx, a paired curved sword with good base damage, fast hits, a unique Ash of War, and a decent Bleed build-up rating. Fans of Bleed builds with weapons likeRivers of Blood inElden Ringwill want to have this weapon in their inventory, especially if they want to trigger as many Hemorrhage procs as possible against NPCs and players alike....

Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) plays the character Arthur Curry in the Warner Bros. movieAquamanand will reprise his role forAquaman 2, set to release on December 16 of 2022.In an Instagram video, the actor announced his plans to go blonde for the sequel because apparently, “blondes have more fun.” Jason isn’t so sure about that though, and neither are some fans. Although the actor had dyed the tips of his hair blonde for the firstAquamanmovie, going full blonde seems more like empty fan service rather than a necessity to the character and his story....

The development ofLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagahas not gone to plan, a fact any fan of the LEGO franchise recognizes due to the game’s multiple lengthy delays. Once planned for release in 2020,LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagahas only just received a new release date as of mid-January 2022. Alongside the announcement comes the release of a new report confirming many’s worst fears, alleging that developer TT Games has fostered an unhealthy work environment due in part to crunch culture and discrimination toward women....

Summary Loki’sseason two, and potentially series, finale has come and gone, giving the character a complete story and heartfelt ending. The season two finale culminated Tom Hiddleston’s work as Loki for the past 14 years. All signs point to Hiddleston being done with the MCU until possiblyAvengers: Secret Wars, but even his inclusion there is uncertain. As much as fans loved the end ofLoki, they never got the one interaction they’ve been hoping for since the announcement of aLokiTV series: A reunion with his brother Thor....

For all its seriousness,Hitman 3isn’t afraid of having a cheeky joke or two included every so often if it makes sense in a given context. Agent 47 is, after all, a surprisingly witty character with stellar comedic timing when the opportunity shows, and developer IO Interactive peppers such moments across most of the game’s levels. The latest addition toHitman 3’s list of fun dialogue tidbits and level interactions is a veritableMonkey IslandEaster egg, in fact, and fans of both franchises are bound to have some fun with it....

EagerPokemon SwordandPokemon Shieldgamers will soon be able to get their hands on some mythical Pokemon through distribution events this month. As players await the release ofPokemon ScarletandViolet, it’s a chance to add some powerfulPokemonto a player’s team, for those who are active in the competitive scene and for gamers who prefer to simply catch them all. Before the newest entries are even released, a recent leak revealed that27 Pokemon could still be missingfrom Switch-basedPokemongames....

Summary ThePlayStation VR2port of the critically acclaimed flight simulatorUltrawings 2has been prematurely released, and developer Bit Planet Games has no idea how it happened. Despite being blindsided by the surprise launch, Bit Planet Games is already trying to deliver updates for its title. Initially released for the PC and Meta Quest VR headsets in 2022,Ultrawings 2won the hearts of many with its colorful visuals, easy-to-grasp mechanics, and fun gameplay loop. On Steam, where the title has a mostly positive overall rating, players praisedUltrawings 2for being a better version of its predecessor, the originalUltrawings....