The Mandalorian Season 3 Got Help From Blockbuster Master Phil Tippett

WhileThe Mandalorianseason 3 on Disney Plus earned a bit of a divided response from some fans, two things largely agreed upon regarding the most recent episodes of thisStar Warsseries are the high quality of its effects and visuals. This was partially due to the consultation of a legend in the sci-fi visual effects field. But not just that, he also helped create some of the most iconic aspects of classicStar Warsfilms....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 546 words · Natalie Rowland

The Sims 5 Could Expand on the Broke Family's 'Pool Ladder Incident'

Summary The Sims 5is a brand-new game in the franchise that is currently in development as “Project Rene,” and that means it has unlimited potential when it comes to what ground it could cover. Of course, many of the things players continue to playSimsgames for will definitely make a return, but there’s also a chance thatThe Sims 5will delve into unanswered mysteriesabout many pre-made families and story routes. Some of these haven’t been addressed since the families in question first appeared....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 611 words · Susan Rivera

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger HD Remaster Release Date Announced

It’s been quite some time sinceTy the Tasmanian Tigergot any love. The franchise hasn’t seen the light of day in quite some time, with the latest entry coming in the form of a 2D platformer back in 2013. However the first game, simply dubbedTy the Tasmanian Tiger,is set to get an HD remaster, and fans finally know when they can get their hands on it. Ty the Tasmanian Tigerwill be coming to the Nintendo Switch on March 31st, with a PlayStation 4 release planned for soon after that....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · David Davis

Watch Dogs Legion Has Stormzy Mission

Many of the announcements that made up the biggest reveals fromtoday’s Ubisoft Forwardmay have been teased or leaked beforehand, but the publisher still had quite a few surprises to share. Perhaps the most surprising of these was the announcement that popular British rapper Stormzy will be appearing inWatch Dogs Legion. For the uninitiated, Stormzy is a multi-award-winning artist with multiple chart-topping albums under his belt, who first gained fame on the UK underground music scene for his series of freestyle raps over classic grime beats....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · Kevin Lawrence

Wild Hearts: How To Access The Early Version

Wild Hearts, the monster-hunting (but notMonster Hunter) game by Koei Tecmo and published by EA, is available to play as of February 13th, 2023. Now, that might seem confusing, given that the game’s official release date is February 16th, 2023. RELATED:Monster Hunter Rise: Overpowered Builds Well, there’s actually a way for players to try outWild Heartsearlyif that amazing CG traileris making the wait until release a bit difficult, but it’s a bit convoluted....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Jared Everett

World of Warcraft Player Realizes Why Dracthyr Evokers Don't Have a Tanking Spec

World of Warcraftplayers may have just discovered whyDragonflight’snew Dracthyr Evoker race class combo doesn’t have a tanking specialization. This new revelation came due to some journal entries discovered in theWorld of WarcraftPublic Test Realm forDragonflightPatch 10.0.7. Dracthyr Evokers introduced inDragonflightare elite soldiers created by Neltharion to wield the powers of all five dragonflights in tandem. However, players couldn’t help but notice the absence of black dragonflight abilities in their specializations–the Devastation DPS spec focused on the red and blue dragon magic, while the Restoration healing spec uses green and bronze dragon magic....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Courtney Smith

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' Bastion Has Frightening Implications

There’s a feeling of electricity in the air that means only one thing: a newWorld of Warcraftexpansion has launched.World of Warcraft: Shadowlandsis finally out and seemingly packs a punch, to the point whereother MMORPG developers are taking notice. There’s a lot for players to sink their teeth into when it comes toWorld of Warcraft: Shadowlands. The expansion’s setting is the never before seen afterlife ofWarcraft, giving souls an eternal resting place instead of using them as a power source....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · Vernon Wood

Age of Empires 4 Making 'Great Progress'

Well before the original Xbox console was released, Microsoft was releasing hugely popular games on PC. And among those games,Age of Empireswas among Microsoft’s most popular. What followed was a decade of popularAge of Empiresreleases, from the original throughAge of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties. Now the franchise has spent a decade rebuilding, with threeDefinitive Editionreleases over the past three years. All that’s left isAge of Empires 4. Age of Empires 4was announced all the way back in August 2017....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Mike Medina

All Features Confirmed for Alone in the Dark (2024) So Far

Summary TheResident Evilfranchise is often very closely linked with the early days of the survival horror genre, but while 1996’sResident Evildefinitely helped to popularize the genre, it didn’t invent it. The survival horror genre is believed to have officially been born with the release of 1989’sSweet Home, aJapanese horror movietie-in game that saw players try to make their way through a haunted house with very limited ammunition and health.Sweet Homewas a major inspiration for the firstResident Evil, but it wasn’t the only one, withAlone in the Darkalso being at the forefront of Shinji Mikami’s mind....

July 2, 2025 · 4 min · 732 words · Mark Mcdaniel

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fan Finds Use for $1.5 Million Worth of Turnips

Summary OneAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayer has recently amassed quite a collection of turnips from Daisy Mae, only to forget to sell them on time. This forced them to get creative to salvage some shred of value from their failedAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsturnip venture. As was the case with the past entries in the franchise, the main reason tobuy turnips inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsis to engage in price speculation. But these stock equivalents also have some auxiliary uses in a variety of crafting recipes, some of which were only added to the game post-release....

July 2, 2025 · 3 min · 616 words · Nathan Anthony

Anime Worlds You Wouldn’t Want to Live in

Summary Unlike television shows and movies, which must adhere to special effects budgets and the laws of physics, manga and anime creators are free to let their imaginations run wild. This has led to the inception of some truly fantastic anime settings over the years, though not all of them arethe kind of places that the average anime fan would want to live. RELATED:The Strongest Anime Characters of All Time, Ranked Some anime worlds are filled with famine and abject poverty, while others are home toterrifying creatures that enjoy snacking on innocent humans....

July 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1109 words · Thomas Ashley

Apex Legends' New Classes and Gameplay Perks Explained

For the first time in the game’s history,Apex Legendsseason 16 is skipping the addition of a new character, and instead, Respawn has put its focus on reworking the class system, bringing a plenitude of character changes with the new season. One of the biggest changes is the introduction of anew class system inApex Legends, which expands and better defines each role into Assault, Skirmisher, Recon, Controller, and Support. According to lead legend designer Devan McGuire, the goals of this class change is to better define the new gameplay perks for each class, to clearly reflect the playstyles of each character (as some had been dumped into the offense class before, despite not really feeling like an offensive class in nature), and to encouragenew team compositions inApex Legends....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Chelsea Carter

Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point Comic Reignites Rumors about Metroid’s Samus in Fortnite

Epic Games' hit battle royaleFortnitehas made somewhat of a reputation in the amount of crossovers it has managed to pull off. While things started with a special limited-time mode promotingAvengers: Infinity War,Fortnitehas gone on to cross with some of the biggest celebrities, TV shows, films, and even video games of all time, including a huge collaboration with DC Comics superheroBatman. While Batman and related DC characters have made numerous appearances inFortnite, the battle royale game recently made some unexpected waves in the comics industry with theFortnitexBatmancomic miniseries,Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Andrea Khan