From its humble origins as little more than a launcher for Half-Life 2 to its titanic domination of the PC gaming market, Valve’s Steam has come a long way over the past sixteen years. Most of the innovation which brought it such fame, however, came over the last decade. Valve has done a lot to ensure Steam remains the go-to platform for PC gamers, and they’ve had a profound impact on the industry....
The show was set to star Sam Strike (Nightflyers) as gunslinger protagonist Roland Deschain, Jasper Pääkkönen (Vikings) was reportedly set to play the villainous Man in Black. Deadline reports that the cast also included Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead), Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones), and Joana Ribeiro (The Man Who Killed Don Quixote). While the series was originally planned to tie into the 2017 film, Stephen King later explained in an interview with Vulture that that was no longer the case: “The TV series they’re developing now … we’ll see what happens with that....
Like a number of shooting game aficionados out there, I gave Tom Clancy’s The Division a try when it originally launched in 2016. However, I also ended up disappointed within the first couple of months. The game had limited customization options and a uninteresting endgame loop. Likewise, PvP in the Dark Zone was a mess, and I ended up repeating the same PvE missions and Incursions, glitches and all. Credit goes to Massive Entertainment who, according to those who’ve stuck with the game, managed to turn things around....
Elden Ring is a game about traveling and exploring the Lands Between, as you defeat demigods along the way to collect shards of the Elden Ring itself to become the new Elden Lord. You might find your journey gets cut abruptly short towards the end, though, if you choose to take on some of the game’s optional bosses. One boss in particular has become notorious for being the most divisive boss encounter among the player base....
Zenimax Online has today announced that MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online has surpassed ten million players, and to celebrate it’s making the game completely free to play for a week from tomorrow. Until December 6 players on PlayStation 4 and PC/Mac will be able to download and explore the main base game (that is, not the recent Morrowind expansion) for free, quest with friends and get a bonus of 500 free Crowns to spend as part of what’s being dubbed the ‘#10MillionStories Celebration’....
This article contains spoilers for The Green Lantern #12. Grant Morrison is a legend. He has been writing comics for 30 years, and shaping the DC universe for almost that entire time. Morrison has reinvented Superman multiple times, redefined Batman, wrote a Justice League that was so huge that it redefined how creative teams approached team books, and reconstructed DC’s entire multiverse out of nothing. Liam Sharp has been a comics pro for as long, and he was one of the architects behind building the post-Rebirth mythological worlds of DC, redefining Wonder Woman’s pantheon and then using her to bring Celtic and Irish myth to the DC Universe for the first time....
Like many who care about racial justice – especially those of us who write about pop culture – one of my inclinations is to recommend movies and television shows as educational tools or emotional salves for a given moment. But while many of the lists I saw from Black folks feature the work of Spike Lee and Ava DuVernay, the 2011 white savior film The Help also started trending on Twitter....
Today SNK released a new trailer of its upcoming fighting game The King of Fighters XV, focusing on the post-launch DLC coming in 2022. The first DLC will come in March, and it’ll be Team Garo, including Rock Howard, Gato, and B. Jenet. The second DLC, which will complete the Team Pass 1, will come in May. Team South Town will bring back a bunch of villains with Geese Howard, Billy Kane, and Ryuji Yamazaki....
Key Points: Fintech is the incorporation of technology in the financial field.There are many options in the financial industry that provide great user experience. Ultimately, the end user wants a seamless, fretless experience, and these companies are all striving to provide the best solution for customers. The fintech industry is growing rapidly, and there are now many large fintech companies around the world. A wide variety of startups have surfaced to provide innovative solutions to traditional banking and financial problems....
The upcoming remake of The Last of Us, which is not yet officially confirmed, may be out in September, on PlayStation 5 and PC. This is according to a leak from Jeff Grubb (via VGC), a journalist working for Giant Bomb. Grubb spoke on his video show, Grubbsnax. A viewer asked Grubb about a potential September 2nd release for the game. Grubb responded: “To me that date sounds right, coming to PC at the same time sounds very right, that sounds exactly in line with what I’ve heard....
There used to be a lot of speculation in The Legend of Zelda fan community about how the timeline of all of the games tied together, as some believed that the games existed as separate entities, while others thought that the games shared a timeline that showed glimpses of important moments in the history of Hyrule. Nintendo finally ended the speculation with the release of Hyrule Historia, which outlined the timeline of the series....
We’ve all experienced that sensation of something sounding or looking good in our heads — a note we wanted to write to someone, a story we wanted to pen, perhaps even a film we wanted to make — and then the disappointment of it actually coming to existence on the page or screen and the thing not being exactly how we envisioned it in the seclusion of our minds. In a strange way, Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote — a film that the maverick director of Brazil and 12 Monkeys has been attempting to make for three decades — engenders the same sensation in the viewer....
The Resident Evil franchise has carved itself a unique place in gaming history. It popularized survival horror. It provided one heck of a cash cow for Capcom. It took a controversial turn towards becoming a full-on TPS later in the franchise. If the series is renowned for anything, though, it’s for three main traits: its former clunky tank controls, its inexplicable insignia-based puzzles, and its colorful voice-acting and writing. Ever since the days of hoping it isn’t Chris’s blood, Resident Evil has had a reputation for hammy, B-movie lines delivered in super awkward ways....
The Outer Worlds is the newest RPG offering from Obsidian, the legendary team behind some iconic Fallout stories and cult-classics like Pillars of Eternity. This time it had a larger budget and a more robust development team, so The Outer Worlds is a very solid RPG that can compete on its own with Fallout titles as a great story-driven single-player experience. The Outer Worlds is set in a retro-future space environment, with a myriad of colorful environments, vibrant NPCs, and sinister corporations to discover and interact with....
It’s now been nearly a week since Outriders players first discovered the inventory wipe glitch. Unfortunately, developer People Can Fly still has not successfully resolved the issue, but the team is working hard to figure it out. In a Reddit post yesterday, publisher Square Enix urged players to continue reporting the glitch with as many details as possible. In the meantime, there are ways to (hopefully) prevent the glitch. For those fortunate enough to have missed the Outriders glitch, the issue wipes inventories clean after a game crash....
After three years, the Pokémon Centre pop-up store will be returning to London in August. The last time a pop-up was held in the UK was from 19th October to 15th November back in 2019 at Westfield Shepherd’s Bush location. This year, the pop-up will be held alongside the Pokémon World Championships at ExCeL London from 17th to 21st August. The Pokémon World Championships is an invite-only esports event run by The Pokémon Company, but the store will be open for anyone to attend....
This Righteous Gemstones review contains spoilers. The Righteous Gemstones Episode 8 Though every episode title for The Righteous Gemstones’ first season has foreshadowed the events within using an appropriate biblical verse, perhaps none is more befittingly on the nose than “But the Righteous Will See Their Fall.” The penultimate episode of this stellar first season, “But the Righteous Will See Their Fall” is a dark installment for pretty much every character....
This The Simpsons review contains spoilers. The Simpsons: Season 30 Episode 21 On The Simpsons, season 30, eisode 21, “D’oh Canada,” the Simpsons leave America to visit America junior. The opening couch gag puts the family in a sequence of TV classic comedies which include The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Brady Bunch and Cheers. Thirty seasons in, The Simpsons have been part of legendary television for quite a while....
When details of Jacque Audiard’s film of The Sisters Brothers were announced many felt a mix of surprise and intrigue. Canadian writer Patrick DeWitt’s 2011 source novel is a darkly hilarious tale of greed, murder and sibling rivalry set during the California gold rush. It reads fast, violent and funny – seemingly written with half an eye on a potential Coen Brothers adaptation in mind. Audiard, meanwhile, is best-known for 2015 Palme D’Or-winner Dheepan and tense prison drama A Prophet....
It is hard to make a game that looks good after a couple of years, let alone over a decade. However, there are a number of games that have passed that mark and still play just as well today as they did at release. Most of them have also received remasters and are supported on current-generation consoles. Look at our list of the top 10 games from 2011 to find out what you should start playing....
