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Just because a developer can create an open-world, does not mean they should. For better or worse, it is safe to say that the last decade has seen the rise of the open-world craze. Games such as Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Fallout 76 dedicated a substantial section of their pre-release marketing to highlighting the massive size of their maps, even if bigger is seldom better. While explorable maps that give players the freedom to roam and wander are highly coveted, open-world titles are still relatively rare....

Sometimes it’s the villains that are the show-stoppers in video games. The villains can be more remembered than the heroes for their powers, backstory, and/or personality. But does that mean a memorable villain has to be good at being evil? Actually, no. There are useless villains that are loved because it’s their uselessness that makes them memorable and even lovable. So we are listing the best of the best and the best of the useless villains in video games....

Making money in Stardew Valley is vital. Without it, you won’t be able to do most things or expand your operation at all. There are countless ways to go about turning a profit on your work or items, but some are definitely better than others. The main source of income, at least in the first year or two, will be your crops. Each crop’s seeds cost a different amount, as do the crops when you sell them....

Cyber Monday is officially in full swing, and several retailers are already offering those sweet deals for players who may have missed the massive sale that happened during Black Friday. As usual, electronics and video game software are currently discounted for a much cheaper price. Now, giant retailer Best Buy is among those who are offering good deals on everything gaming from console bundles, video games, controllers, and more. Best Buy’s Cyber Monday Deals are more or less the same with its offerings during Black Friday, which is perfect for shoppers who are looking to score some amazing video game deals....

Many shows have seen delays due to the coronavirus outbreak, with series like The Walking Dead, Supernatural, and several others unable to complete work on their respective finales. The folks over at NBC’s The Blacklist, however, have come up with a rather ingenious solution to finish off their season. As first reported by the Associated Press, The Blacklist season 7 finale will feature a combination of live-action and graphic novel-style animation....

Childhood is the best time to discover horror, before cynicism sets in, when everything is just a bit more possible and plausible and you haven’t seen it all before. So it’s not surprising many of us remember our first taste of fictional fear vividly. The Den Of Geek team has unearthed childhood trauma to dredge up memories of the first books that ever properly messed us up, and invited our writers to share theirs....

Let’s get it out of the way right off the bat, shall we? The answer is: yes. Yes, The Callisto Protocol is Dead Space in fancy threads. Yes, The Callisto Protocol - just like Dead Space - takes place in deepest, darkest space hundreds of years from now. Yes, The Callisto Protocol - just like Dead Space - features horrifying zombies that don’t shuffle and moan as much as they screech and barrel towards you....

This article contains spoilers for The Flash if you aren’t all caught up. Just when it seemed Orlin Dwyer was about to lay down his dark matter dagger, a new Cicada buzzed their way into Central City last week to plague Team Flash. In a reveal at the end of the episode, fans learned the new version of the villain was none other than Grace Gibbons, Orlin’s niece from the future....

This year, delays have been hitting a lot of games that were in the middle of development in 2020. It has been a common — and completely understandable — occurrence. One of the most recent delays was for The King of Fighters XV, the next entry in SNK’s flagship fighting franchise. Not only was the game delayed, but a PC version had yet to be officially revealed. That changed today as SNK officially announced that The King of Fighters XV is heading to PC next year....

NIS America recently dropped a demo for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, which is finally heading to PC on March 23. So, I decided to sit down with it and get a taste for myself. After playing the demo, it’s clear that, even though this is the third iteration, the game will offer new combat elements to keep the familiar saga from growing stale. As for the story, Trails of Cold Steel III (ToCS III) features a summary of the last two games....

New York Comic Con is one of the biggest comic conventions in the world, with fans, creators, stars, artists, writers, and cosplayers converging on the Javits Center every October. With all the announcements and incredible reveals at the show, it can be easy to get swept up and forget what that first C in NYCC stands for: Comics. To make sure you make the most of the con floor this year, we’ve selected 10 artists who will make venturing into the impressive (and sometimes intimidating) Artist Alley a highlight of your 2019 convention schedule!...

The transformative power of ray tracing has proven itself across many different games but perhaps the most impressive upgrades come from revisiting older, classic PC titles, and a recent mod for the original Quake delivers frankly astonishing results. This is less a mod and more a full-on RT remaster for one of PC’s finest games, arriving courtesy of Sultim Tsyrendashiev, the maker of path-traced renditions of Serious Sam and Doom, and who’s currently working on RT Half-Life....

This review contains spoilers. 1.4 Que Viene El Coco It seems as if every procedural type programme has a scene in which someone does some Internet sleuthing, usually through some ridiculously named program like Searchalot or Doctor Sleuth. These scenes, by and large, are never interesting. Everyone searches online for things a dozen times a day or more, it’s something that’s more fun to do than watch. Making that remotely interesting is one of the most difficult tasks for any director, and yet as Holly sits in the tub, searching El Coco and various other old-world bogeymen, it’s not boring: it’s riveting....

There’s a new No More Heroes game, and it’s as bizarre as you’d expect from Suda51. While Travis Strikes Back is technically a spin-off rather than a proper No More Heroes 3, it does throw some important new characters into the mix, brings back old favorites, and even hints at where the series might go next. So here’s a quick rundown of Travis Strikes Back: No More Heroes. It All Starts With A Bad Man...

The PS4 is now in its sixth year of operation. How many more will it have? Is the PS5 launching in 2020? Will that then be the last major push for Sony on PS4? These questions keep us up at night, but there is one thing we can celebrate right now: The console’s legacy. It took some time, but the library of first-party and third-party exclusives and non-exclusives are huge. A lot of which are multiplayer friendly in the co-op sense....

Triss Merigold is undoubtedly one of the most prominent and fan-favorite characters from the trilogy of The Witcher games. She’s consistently played a major role across the three games, paving her way into the hearts of fans all over the globe with her charm, beauty, and power. Her presence in the games is miles ahead of the manner in which she’s been represented in the books, with her being nothing more than a side character....

CD Projekt Red has revealed that The Witcher 3 will be getting a PlayStation 4 Pro update in a few days. The 4K update was originally announced at E3 2017 back in June, and it’ll also be getting an Xbox One X release later in the year. During the CD Projekt Red financial report for the first half of this year, CD Projekt Red’s president and joint CEO, Adam KiciÅ„ski, confirmed that the PS4 Pro 4K update is very nearly done and good to go, saying that it would be released ‘in just a few days’, and this will be followed by an Xbox One X update due ‘by the end of the year....

Sometimes, a short game that’s solely about exploration is exactly what the doctor ordered. Okay, not a real doctor. This is a purely metaphorical doctor. Submerged: Hidden Depths is a follow up to the game from 2015 built using Unreal 4. And it’s, honestly, extremely lovely and relaxing. The lack of combat, or much of what most would consider gameplay, certainly makes it a game that isn’t for everyone. But for people who want to chill out while riding the waves and exploring the game’s sun-soaked, ruined city will find a worthwhile experience here all the same....

Anime style and classic shoot-’em-up action combine in Sisters Royale: Five Sisters Under Fire, which is now getting a limited physical release. Games are going digital. This is probably no surprise to most of you, considering that the majority of most game libraries are now stored in digital clouds rather than in physical collections. But for some, there’s nothing better than holding an actual game in your hands. For those people, Stuttgart-based Strictly Limited Games is here for you....

Universal Studios Japan has announced that they have sadly had to delay the planned opening of their Super Nintendo World theme park due to the city of Osaka declaring a state of emergency in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The attraction had originally been scheduled to open on February 4, but an announcement on the park’s official website (translated from its native Japanese via Google) reads: “After carefully considering the current situation from various aspects when declaring a state of emergency to Osaka Prefecture on January 13, we will postpone the opening of the new area ‘Super Nintendo World’ scheduled for February 4 after the cancellation of the state of emergency declaration....