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Crunchyroll released a new trailer of the upcoming The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War anime series. Unlike the previous trailer, which was a bit coy, this one doesn’t refrain from revealing the series’ traditional hero Rean Schwarzer, who here covers the role of the antagonist. The anime focuses on Lavian Winslet, a new character from the northern country of North Ambria enlisted in Zemuria’s Northern Jaegers mercenaries....

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask was released in 2000 as a follow-up to the successful Ocarina of Time. The game reused many character designs from Ocarina of Time, allowing Nintendo to release a new game relatively quickly. To explain the similarities between the two games, Majora’s Mask was determined to take place within the world of Termina, an alternate reality to the Kingdom of Hyrule where the games usually take place....

Genius comedy writer and actor Buck Henry died of a heart attack at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Health Center at the age of 89, according to Variety. Henry was a frequent host on Saturday Night Live, wrote the screenplays for such comedy classics as The Graduate and What’s Up, Doc? and co-created Get Smart with Mel Brooks. Buck Henry, who was born Henry Zuckerman on Dec. 9, 1930, was the son of silent film actress Ruth Taylor, who was also the star of the original Gentlemen Prefer Blondes....

In Early Access and the Xbox Preview Program for some time now, The Long Dark finally has a release date, and is also coming to PlayStation 4. Developer Hinterland Studio announced that the game will get a full release on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on August 1, alongside the first two episodes of a brand-new five episode Story Mode called Wintermute. Creative Director Raphael von Lierop said it was inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s The Road on PlayStation Blog, adding that it builds on the core gameplay seen in the Survival Mode....

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, a brand new adventure game that follows the skittery ring-pinching former Stoor Hobbit, is currently in development at Daedric Entertainment and Middle-earth Enterprises. Gollum’s story-driven outing will be powered by the Unreal Engine, and is slated for release in 2021 for ‘all relevant console platforms at that time.’ To me, that sounds like it’ll be out on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and most probably next-gen systems, which will surely be out by that time....

The rights to create films and games based on The Lord of the Rings are going up for auction. As reported by Variety, the Saul Zaentz Co is selling its Tolkien rights, which includes films, games, TV shows over eight episodes, live events, merchandise, and theme parks based on The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and other Tolkien properties. The rights are set to fetch upwards of $2bn. The Saul Zaentz Co was set up by producer Saul Zaentz who died back in 2017....

Mega Man Battle Network, Capcom’s turn-based take on its iconic action series, is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PC next year. Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection will be bundling some 10 games in total, with a physical release offering the full set while the digital release will be split across two volumes. There’ll be extra features such as a music mode featuring some 150 songs and an art gallery containing some 1000 illustrations....

Video games were originally a means of entertaining ourselves and escaping reality. That reality is that once you turn on the telly, you’re likely to see all the chaos and infighting going on in the world around you. Since then, video games have become more self-aware as an art form, and many have provided unique sociopolitical commentaries. The Metal Gear and Deus Ex series come to mind, as well as games like Spec Ops: The Line, Orwell, Papers, Please, and more....

This The Romanoffs review contains spoilers. The Romanoffs Episode 3 Well, that sure was something. After the slight, elongated first two episodes of The Romanoffs, “The House of Special Purpose” at least attempts to be something more ambitious. One part Hollywood satire, one part horrific fever dream, episode three of The Romanoffs is brimming with ideas and had my wheels turning just as hard as Christina Hendricks’ befuddled actress Olivia, but the end result still had me left feeling a bit cold....

This The Simpsons review contains spoilers. The Simpsons: Season 30 Episode 4 The horror of The Simpsons season 30 episode 4, “Treehouse Of Horror XXIX,” is it is neither terrifying nor side-splitting. Even though the creatures in the opening sequence reveal their true selves after splitting themselves open from the sides. Further reading: The Simpsons Season 30 Episode 3 Review: My Way or the Highway to Heaven The first segment, “Intrusion of the Pod-Y Snatchers” begins with a word from Mapple Founder Steve Mobs, whose vision of the future have begun to come to pass since his untimely passing and ultimate replacement by a less interesting version of himself....

AMC’s The Walking Dead famously ushered an explosive epic exit for its main character, Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes, only to surprisingly tease a return for said character in a planned film trilogy. Yet, well over a year after that event – with the series preparing to premiere the second part of Season 10, with Season 11 already confirmed – we still know next to nothing about Rick’s movie medium crossover. Thankfully, the franchise’s appointed maestro, Scott M....

GOG are looking for more newsletter subscribers so they are giving away some free stuff to encourage new sign-ups. The freebie page comes under the Gwent heading as they are not giving away only a copy of the original Witcher game, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, but also a Gwent free Card Keg. The first Witcher appeared way back in 2007 with the Enhanced Edition appearing a year later, so if you missed it then, now would be a great time to pick this up as it’s rather good...

Netflix’s The Witcher is the latest adaptation of of the franchise, this time premiering on the streaming platform. From original novels, immensely popular video games, and now this, it seems safe to say that fans are being treated with such a diverse portfolio of adaptations. Note: This article contains minor spoilers for Netflix’s The Witcher. The Witcher, as mentioned above, was originally published in Poland in the early 1990s and consisted of two collections of short stories featuring Geralt of Rivia and some of the tales that fans have come to recognize him for....

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a vast game, so Brett’s going to need a little more time to deliver a final verdict, but he did have time to write a few words and chat to Miller about what he thinks so far. It’s safe to say that fans of Geralt’s previous titles will be right at home in Wild Hunt. Sure everything is now bigger and more visually striking, but the core experience feels every bit a The Witcher title....

Ahead of Street Fighter V’s launch next week, Capcom has released a full length CG trailer which takes the game’s free flowing animated look to another level. The video features animated sequences for all 16 characters from the initial roster and for those taking note will provide some insight into the roles they will play in the story. Street Fighter V launches February 16 for PS4 and PC. Source: Capcom

Street Fighter V’s release date and new V-Gauge combat mechanic have been revealed. UK magazine Shortlist included a preview of the game in its latest issue (reported via Eventhubs) stating that the game is expected to launch on PS4 and PC in March 2016. Capcom has previously confirmed that Street Fighter V will launch during this financial year, with 2 million sales expected prior to March 31, 2016. Shortlist’s preview also details the new V-Gauge system, where players can use brand new supers once they have sustained enough damage to fill a new energy meter....

Capcom has announced that Falke will be joining Street Fighter V’s ever-expanding roster on April 24. The fresh-faced brawler, who is also known as the Guardian Hawk, wields a staff called Harmony and was experimented on by M. Bison’s shady Shadaloo corporation and forced to train. In other words, she knows how to crack some heads, as Grant Mitchell would so eloquently put it. Falke is able to harness Psycho Power and fuses them into objects before unleashing it in combat, which she utilises in conjunction with Harmony....

Key Points Stripe and Square are two POS and payment processing services for businesses.While Square has online options, it started as a POS provider for physical businesses and retains most of its market there.Stripe, on the other hand, caters mostly to online businesses and only recently began offering POS solutions. Stripe and Square are some of the biggest players in the world of financial services and payment processing. Although both companies play in the same space and offer competitive products, they do have some distinct differences for business owners in various situations....

Developer Cybernetic Walrus will be releasing their Wipe-out inspired racer Antigraviator on 6 June on Steam. Ahead of the full game arriving they have also released a new demo. The demo of Antigraviator can be picked up on Gamejolt and it gives a quick taste of what to expect. The demo includes the following. A tutorial to get you started The Thunderbolt class grav Up to 4-player split-screen Single Race Mode Three tracks with stunning realistic 3D graphics powered by Unity The final release version comes with more traps, vehicles, tracks, modes, a single p[layer campaign and online multiplayer....

Super Mario Maker 2 was recently released, and players around the globe have been creating millions of levels. They range from speed-run type courses to kaizo inspired difficult trials. The new Super Mario 3D World theme that was added to the sequel has added several new enemies, items, and course additions that players are beginning to uncover as the weeks go by. No course builder is ever satisfied and can always learn new things....