FIFA 19’s Team Of The Year Luka Modric card is officially the most powerful player the game has ever seen. In a world where loot boxes and play-to-win schemes in video games are very much frowned upon, EA Sports continues to make a boatload of money from FIFA Ultimate Team. A mode of FIFA that has now existed for a number of seasons where gamers do their best to put together their very own dream teams....
The Man Who Fell to Earth isn’t like any other science fiction movie, even though it inspired and continues to pour new life into the genre. It is subtle, ethereal and a wholly human story. Indeed, David Bowie’s Thomas Jerome Newton is the most human character in the film. If not more human, certainly one with more humanity. He is an ideal that the people who betray him, and that’s almost everyone in the film, could only aspire to....
As the phenomenon that is deepfake technology becomes more and more widespread, it is finding its way into all corners of culture – and it has now appeared in Mortal Kombat 11. YouTuber user BabyZone recently uploaded a video showing a variety of action and movie stars in the boots of different Mortal Kombat 11 characters. The deepfake combinations are quite fitting. For instance, renowned martial artist Bruce Lee as Liu Kang is a sight to behold given the two’s fighting styles....
This Terminator article contains spoilers. Right up to the series’ widely praised return to form with Terminator: Dark Fate, we’ve seen that the Terminator franchise absolutely will not stop, ever, until we are dead. Through all of the series’ recent experiments with timelines and casting, Arnold Schwarzenegger has remained the constant, in some form or another. Though often underappreciated as an actor, Schwarzenegger wouldn’t have been the biggest movie star in the world at one point if he couldn’t back up his physical presence with at least a bit of charisma, to say nothing of his deadpan comic timing....
This The Twilight Zone review contains spoilers. The Twilight Zone Episode 4 When it comes to science fiction, the devil is in the details. Hell, when it comes to any piece of narrative art, the Morningstar remains in the minutiae. That’s what makes the beginning of The Twilight Zone Episode 4, “A Traveler” so promising. The first quarter of “A Traveler” establishes its tone and world more effectively than any of the other three offerings thus far (save for maybe “The Comedian” and Kumail Nanjiani’s deliberately awful Second Amendment joke)....
CD Projekt Red has announced another delay to the Xbox Series X|S & PlayStation 5 versions of its RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The Polish studio made the announcement to fans via the game’s Twitter account. “We have decided to have our in-house development team conduct the remaining work on the next-gen version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. We are currently evaluating the scope of work to be done and thus have to postpone Q2 release until further notice....
With Japan getting Super Nintendo World in the very near future, the rest of the world is curious about when they’ll be able to take a trip to the land of Mario. According to a new report from Tampa, FL news station WFLA, plans have been finalized for the Orlando park with a tentative opening date of 2023. Construction won’t be starting this year but will begin sometime in 2021 when Universal begins work on its third park (the Epic Universe)....
A new glitch has been discovered in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that can cause the Pikmin to turn on Olimar and lead to his demise whenever he faces a character with a reflecting shield. The regular shield possessed by every character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate blocks damage from oncoming attacks (except for throws), but there are a few characters who possess a special blocking move that can reflect attacks back against their user....
The arrival of PS1’s Syphon Filter 2 on PS Plus brings with it the ability to switch the game’s regions between 50hz/60hz. This mechanic, spotted by VGC, now offers players the opportunity to switch game regions from 50Hz PAL (a notably slower standard) to NTSC 60Hz through Syphon Filter 2’s settings menu. You can see how this process looks in the image below. This comes after many were disappointed to find that this option was missing across the service’s classic selection of games on PS Plus’ release in June....
Spreading around quickly around China and now threatening to expand its reach on a global scale, the sudden growth of the concerning coronavirus has become a major worldwide issue over the last few weeks. Not only have government officials recommended foreign travelers to be wary of the highly infectious virus, but it also appears many big events set to take place in China have had to postpone due to concerns that the infection will be spread quickly in heavily populated environments....
The Borderlands franchise has some seriously dedicated followers who have been waiting quite some time for Borderlands 3. However, recently a new controversy has sprung up around the game which caused the #BoycottBorderlands3 movement to start trending online, sparked by a conflict between popular YouTuber SupMatto and their conflict with Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of 2K. Today, Take-Two Interactive issued a statement on the controversy, and why they targeted SupMatto in their investigation....
I’ve recently got into the groove of puzzle games, especially ones that aim to test my admittedly short patience. The livestreaming craze of It Takes Two’s launch prompted a fire in me to grab all my friends and jump into as many cooperative puzzle games as I could, with the intent of making frenemies out of them as they fail to listen to my instructions. Fortunately for them, Tandem: A Tale of Two Shadows is a single-player experience; yet similar to the cooperative puzzle games released as of late, you still control two perspectives....
Right off the bat, we got a brief but explosive look at Tekken 8 during Sony’s State of Play Showcase. No official release date was given, simply a “stay tuned,” but the incredible-looking fighter certainly flexed its graphical muscle. We get to see about a minute of gameplay, which seems interspersed with cinematic cutscenes. The combat is fast and fluid, and the graphics look absolutely stunning. You can check the entire thing out for yourself below:...
Crema, developer of the massively multiplayer monster hunter Temtem, has shared what’s in store for the game in the coming months. In spring 2020, the team will roll out ranked matchmaking, spectator mode, in-game chat, club managements, houses, and achievements. The developer is keen to clarify that these plans are subject to shifts, and that the window for these additions have been kept intentionally vague. “During the game’s development cycle, ideas change constantly and stuff we like today we might not like as much tomorrow....
Staffers for the large-screen theatrical format IMAX were among the lucky first viewers to get a look at Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, his sci-fi action thriller which will arrive in theaters on September 2 in North America (a week earlier internationally), pending coronavirus developments. According to Deadline, IMAX employees were given a chance to see the film in post-production due to Nolan’s longstanding ties with and strong support of the format. The director has filmed major portions of each of his films (starting with 2008’s The Dark Knight) using the massive IMAX cameras, with Tenet shot entirely in the format....
If you’ve kept up with Epic’s hit battle royale this season, you know by now that there are a lot of crossovers. We thought the Marvel season had reached pinnacle levels of collaboration between brands for the game, but this season seems pretty robust too. The Mandalorian, Master Chief, the Predator, and soon, Terminator skins are all going to be running around collecting bounties in Fortnite. Talk about a list of characters you don’t want on your heels....
Tetris 99’s sixth Maximus Cup has been revealed to be a crossover with Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Maximus Cups are special online events held in Tetris 99 where players can unlock a variety of themes or prizes if they earn at least 100 points within a given time period. Previous Maximus Cup prizes included a Game Boy theme in honor of Tetris’s 35th anniversary, 999 My Nintendo Gold Points, and a Splatoon theme....
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’d know that the Nintendo Switch, which has been around since 2017, has a massive library of fantastic games to choose from. How could you not have heard of Pokémon Quest? There are a ton of games to choose from, so how can you know which to pick? Today we’re going to be taking a look at the best of the best when it comes to Switch games, based on their Metacritic scores....
The decade started weird for Nintendo. Their handheld business was as successful as ever, but the aging Wii was showing signs of fatigue. The introduction of the Wii U proved to be a bit of a letdown, but the company surfed on the success of the 3DS and the gigantic pile of money made by the Wii. Things would get better for Nintendo, with the Switch arriving in 2017. Everything has been golden ever since....
There probably isn’t a video game around that gets as much scrutiny for its online and multiplayer modes as Call of Duty does, with each release looking to improve on the previous, the maps that are created are picked over with a fine-tooth comb. With the latest installment, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the same difficult scrutiny has been placed upon it. However, the newest game in the franchise has added some more brilliant maps to the franchise....
