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Destiny 2’sWitch Queenexpansion is receiving high marks for its brilliant addition to the unwinding mysteries ofDestiny 2’s lore. Guardians gear up to take on Savathun, the Hive Queen, who has been pulling the strings of the Vanguard for quite some time. A new storyline walks players toward revelations with an extensive campaign, and an impending new raid becomes available. Related:Destiny 2: Hunter’s Mebius Quiver Is Now One Of The Best DPS Options In The Game...

The Japanese role-playing games genre has brought the medium some of the finest experiences to date, and while some franchises are more critically praised than others,Final Fantasyforged a legacy that is hard to match. Several titles in the 35-year-old property are defining experiences for their respective console, be it the revolutionaryFinal Fantasy 7or the huge strides thatFinal Fantasy 14made in the MMO space. The origins are far humbler than the 3D spectacles that make up the series today, though, with the first six games looking, and feeling more simplistic....

Summary The Day Beforepublisher announced the closure of the game’s servers. The game, launched in early access on December 7, faced an extremely controversial release, and after a short yet tumultuous journey,The Day Beforemet an untimely demise. The Day Beforewas surrounded by a plethora of controversies. One of the primary allegations was that the game initially claimed to be an MMO, but upon its release, players realized it did not live up to that promise....

There are sequels that can be expected every year, for returning series or long-running shonen, just as there can be one or two hits each season that take the community by surprise. However, the Fall 2022 schedule proves once again that some seasons are forces to be reckoned with. Many of the shows featured were announced ages ago, but to see the culmination of upcoming releases one after the other is truly something to behold....

Rogue Legacy 2is the ‘spiritual successor’ to the originalRogue Legacy, releasing nine years after the original. This metroidvania, roguelite 2.5D adventure game has players taking control over a family lineage where stages and successors are randomly generated. Each Heir then goes through dungeons to meet their doom, with the home, Heirlooms, and gold of their forebears. Cellar Door Games created a transformative sequel that not only takes a modern spin on its popular game, but brings back some of the elements from the first game that made it such a hit....

When it comes to subgenre and media aesthetics, it can be hard to write any sort of guidelines that defines the general look and feel of a given genre. Like horror, screwball comedy, and many other oddly specific types of media, the only real way to identify most examples is to “know it when we see it.” The term “neo-noir” is thrown around pretty frequently when describing anything with a grim tone, a mystery subplot, and/or a limited color palette....

Ever since Ubisoft rebranded Uplay intoUbisoft Connectlast year, players have commented on the new client’s lack of basic features from Uplay, as well as some design changes.Ubisoftis making an effort to bring back features left behind with a recent announcement specifically letting people know the ability to send messages to friends will come back on May 31. The Ubisoft Connect rebranding brought with it a complete design overhaul, and as a result removed or obfuscated some important features....

At the end of season 2 of Netflix’sThe Umbrella Academy, the Hargreeves family, and viewers, are given a shadowy glimpse at a group called the Sparrow Academy. The third season will be introducing Justin Cornwell, Britne Oldford, Jake Epstein, Genesis Rodriguez, and Cazzie David as the members of the academy, with Justin H. Min returning as Ben. Season 2 ofThe Umbrella Academyended on a surprise note, when the members of the original Umbrella Academy arrived back from the 1960s to discover this was no longer the future they knew....

The successful contemporary development studiomiHoYohas shocked many of its fans this week by announcing that it is rebranding itself to HoYoverse. The studio, best known for being the developers of critically-acclaimed action role-playing gameGenshin Impact, claim that the name change is a byproduct of wanting to expand its business into more avenues than just gaming. Coming at a time when many game studios are attempting to broaden market presence tovarying degrees of success, fans will wonder how this change will impact the studio and the games currently in development....

Halo Infinitecan best be described asXbox’sLegend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Expectations were high forBreath of the Wildto be amazing. While fans had criticized recentZeldagames for being too linear, from the get-go Nintendo promised the nextZeldatitle would return to the series’s roots and allow players to explore the world without the constraints of an overbearing narrative that shuttled them down a single path. The stakes weren’t high just because the game was hotly anticipated....

BioShock Infiniteis a divisive video game. While some people declare it the masterpiece of theBioShockseries, others proclaim that it wasn’t nearly as good as the original. Regardless of your stance on the overall matter, we can safely say that it does some things better and some things worse. Yeah, that’s a bit of a cop-out, but hey, not everything is in black and white!BioShock Infiniteis not necessarilyworsethanBioShock. It’s just… different....

Take a trip back in time, to a world where Nintendo was far less protective of its intellectual properties and theSuper Mario Bros.were bursting with personality.Super Mario Bros.: The Great Rescue of Princess Peachis a Japanese anime film from 1986 that is currently in the process of being restored in 4K by a small team, and you may watch one of their work in progress builds right now. As part of an ongoing project, a YouTuber named Carnivol has spent at least three years and roughly $20,000 restoring the film that chronicles theSuper Mario Bros....

With every new season ofApex Legendscomes another Legend to add to the game. Over the previous seasons, it has been a mixed bag of underpowered Legends like Fuse and Rampart tooverpowered Legends such as Horizonand now Seer. While powerful characters like Seer change up the current meta and keep the game interesting, sometimes they need a nerf to balance their abilities. After Respawn recently added a patch that focused on nerfing Seer, some fans believe that the developers didn’t go far enough....