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At CES 2019, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan unveiled the official PlayStation 5 logo. It’s almost exactly like the PlayStation 4 logo, except now there’s a “5” on the end instead (via Venture Beat). Arriving in holiday 2020, the next-generation console will possess a custom-built eight core AMD Ryzen chipset and seriously significant SSD storage system. This will let PlayStation 5 games attain beautiful incredible 8K resolutions and buttery smooth 120Hz refresh rates—Sony showed off Spider-Man swinging through the streets of Manhattan with next to no buffering whatsoever....

Humble Bundle unveiled its latest game bundle today, the Paradox Interactive Management bundle. This is the first game bundle from Humble Bundle in awhile. The most recent one was the somewhat disappointing Sonic the Hedgehog bundle. Perhaps the lapse was from Humble launching its Humble Choice subscription. As with all bundles, $1 is all you need to buy in. There are three tiers, and you can get everything by donating $18....

Emma has three close-to-death moments in the game. All three could lead to certain death for her in the game. The three times that she can die are in Chapter Four, Chapter Eight, and the last in Chapter Ten. She is also one of the few in the gang that can be infected by the werewolf curse. If you’re looking to save her in all three chapters then this is the guide for you....

Key Points A year before Google was birthed, the internet had Ask Jeeves.It made the search process more personal by introducing a friendly face.Ask Jeeves was perceived as a friendly, easy-to-use alternative to some of the more intimidating search engines on the internet at the time. Before Ask Jeeves failed, they were in the running to be as big as Google. Ask Jeeves even pre-dates Google by nearly two years. However, it failed less than a decade after it got off the ground....

This article was sponsored by Tor. The opinions expressed are our own. Debut novels are rarely as fun and well-realized as Drew Williams’ The Stars Now Unclaimed, an action-oriented science fiction novel that follows a ragtag crew-of-circumstance as they fight to keep the galaxy safe from the Pax, a conquering force that believes the strong are deserving and the weak deserve only to be ruled. The novel is told from the perspective of Jane, a member of The Justified and The Repentant, one of 17 species in the galaxy....

The Walking Dead heads into its tenth season as a series that, once defined by a sense of order – afforded by its close following of creator Robert Kirkman’s popular comic book series of the same name – now embarks on a zombie apocalypse trek into the unknown, both story-wise and personnel-wise. It’s something with which star Norman Reedus is acutely aware, especially as the series says goodbye to longtime cast member Danai Gurira this season....

Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season is wrapping up next week, and developer Skybound Games – who took over the reins to the series after Telltale folded late last year – has released a new trailer for Episode 4: Take Us Back to whet your appetite for Clementine’s last stand. Clem has been with The Walking Dead since the beginning, back when she was just a young girl under the watch of Lee, another survivor of the zombie apocalypse....

Whether you’re playing The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt for the story or the combat, you’re going to need excellent armor to hold your own against the many monsters you’ll face throughout your journey. As a witcher, Geralt is known for his monster-hunting techniques and the wrong armor can get you killed fast. Get armor that’s too cumbersome and you won’t be able to dodge fast enough, but get armor that’s too light and you’ll take more damage and much faster....

CD Projekt RED revealed how much money The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has made on Steam. The company also sells the game through its own store, GOG, but it seems that CD Projekt RED would have made much less if it chose not to offer its game on Steam. In a tweet, CD Projekt RED confirmed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has made $50 million on Steam. This is only the money made between October 2018 and today, however, and the game likely made much more than that between its launch in 2015 to September 2018....

Capcom has confirmed that lean, green fighting machine Blanka will make his long-awaited Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition debut on February 20. The muscle-bound warrior will be the second character in the game’s Season Three lineup, arriving some two years after SFV’s initial launch. Blanka is wooed back into this latest game of fisticuffs by a mysterious salesman, who approaches him with the prospect of making him famous by mass producing a Blanka doll....

Capcom wrapped up the 2019 edition of its regular Capcom Cup competition by announcing another new fighter who’ll be added to Street Fighter V Champion Edition when it launches in March next year. Seth, previously the final boss from Street Fighter IV, has a new look – given their brain is now inhabiting a new body following the events of that game – and has a bunch of moves at their disposal including Tanden Engine, which lets them steal a selected special move from their opponent, and Tanden Extreme which throws their opponent at the screen with quite the impact....

Even those who have never played the Pokemon games know the basics. The protagonist sets off on a journey around the region, with their friendly new starter Pokemon in tow. They catch other critters and train them up to make them stronger, with the goal of beating the Gym Leaders and becoming the region’s champion. A key component of making Pokemon stronger is evolution, the process through which said creature will take on a more powerful form....

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold over five million copies worldwide during its first week alone, Nintendo big cheese Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed during a chinwag with a Japanese newspaper (via Dr. Serkan Toto). We already knew Mazza’s latest punch-up was a huge success, but five million in one week? That’s pretty incredible. For comparison’s sake, God of War hit the five million milestone after one month, and that was one of last year’s biggest games on PlayStation 4....

The Game Awards 2019 goes live very soon, but there’s still time for one more major leak. In the hours leading up to the show, two major Telltale Games-related rumors grew out of nothing. First, Hong Kong-based studio Athlon Games leaked a press release announcing The Telltale Batman Shadows Edition, a collection of Telltale’s Batman adventure game seasons and some new DLC. Second, several off-camera leaks teased that The Wolf Among Us 2 would be reannounced....

Welcome to Evolution 101 for Temtem, the new Pokémon-like MMO. If you’ve played Pokémon (and odds are, you’ve played at least one Pokémon game in your life), then you already know 90% of what’s going on in Temtem. The game takes its “inspiration” from Pokémon to the ragged edge of intellectual property theft, which means Pokémon fans can jump right into Temtem without much of an explanation. However, there are a few differences between Temtem and Pokémon that might require a bit of an explanation....

Handsome Jack is a divisive figure in the Borderlands series. Some love him, and some hate him. Either way, he is often referred to as one of the greatest video game villains of all time. There is a case to be made that he is misunderstood, or that he is actually the good guy, protecting Pandora from the bandit scourge. Even then, he leads through oppressive rule, and entrapped his daughter for what he believes to be her own good....

It’s one of the biggest Manga series in the world. Its success has spawned an equally successful Anime series and many games in turn. The Dragon Ball series has been around for decades, first gaining fame in Japan and eventually making its way across to North America and Europe. Even if you’re not a fan of Anime, you’ve probably seen some Dragon Ball episodes or played at least one of the many games with your friends....

Key Points Only motherboards which come with AM4 sockets will do; those with AM3 or any other variety will be unacceptable since the Ryzen 5 5600X uses an AM4 socket itself.The brand counts too: pay close attention to motherboards produced by ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI as they are some of the best.Care should be taken when purchasing a really cheap motherboard since your PC may pay for it the price in the long run....

WARNING: This article assumes you’re familiar with BioShock Infinite, the first BioShock and both of their respective endings. That means spoilers and plenty of ‘em! Since its release on 26 March, BioShock Infinite has generated much discussion about its themes, ending and groundbreaking use of an ethereal parent as a boss fight. One of those themes is the ever-present tension between choice and fatalism; both in the way it impacts the characters within the game and the player themselves....

Key Points The invariant theory is a vital component of mathematics.Some scholars believe invariant theory as the study of a group’s actions and orbits.Some argue that the disappearance of invariants expresses all geometric realities, but some aren’t so sure. What comes to your mind when someone mentions invariant theory? Is this concept as complex as it sounds? What does the concept imply, and is it in any way applicable to real-life scenarios?...