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True crime documentaries, particularly those about cold cases and miscarriages of justice are coming at us thick and fast. Few are as anticipated, though, as HBO’s The Case Against Adnan Syed, a four part doc recapping and expanding on the story told by Sarah Koenig in 2014 podcast Serial. While podcasting itself wasn’t exactly new at the time, Serial became a phenomenon and was for many something of a ‘gateway podcast’ converting the uninitiated to the medium as the story unfolded week by week....

Game updates are commonplace today, but back in the retro eras things were quite different. Back then, developers had to do what they can to deliver a full product at launch, as it would sometimes be there one shot to get things right. Nowadays, some companies have become notorious for releasing games in a half-baked state and then building upon them with patches and updates as time goes on. This is an issue....

The free next-gen update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been delayed until next year, CD Projekt Red announced. While the upgrade is more suited for those on newer consoles, it is heading to PC owners as well with some new enhancements. The update gives The Witcher 3 ray tracing, along with some visual enhancements. Well, it will, but in 2022. The Polish developer revealed the news in a Twitter post this morning....

4 Facts about Simon Personal Communicator Simon Personal Communicator was expensive and big.The smartphone had a touchscreen and predictive typing features.It was first announced at a trade show in late 1992.The smartphone was initially codenamed Angler. The History of Simon Personal Communicator: What to Know Touted as the world’s first smartphone, the Simon Personal Communicator was originally announced on November 23, 1992, at the COMDEX trade show in Las Vegas, with the code name, Angler....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone has had its fair share of bugs and glitches. On August 13, Infinity Ward tweeted that it was fast tracking a fix for a corruption bug. In the Call of Duty community, it has been branded as the demon gun glitch. The Warzone gun glitch changed the look of weapon textures, which became a huge problem. On your screen, your weapon turns into a big black spiky blob....

The most significant change with this Switch over the others is the larger, 7-inch OLED screen. This adds greater colour saturation compared to standard LCD screens, with more accurate, vivid colours. That makes it ideal for portable play, particularly in bright surroundings and the outdoors. There’s also 64GB of storage as opposed to 32GB, which means you’ll be able to store more games with you on the go without having to immediately grab a micro SD card....

Launching just 17 years ago, The Sims series has since sold over 200 million copies worldwide, with numbers not slowing any time soon. Since launching, The Sims series has taken the world by storm and has managed to release on almost every modern platform available–ranging from PS3, PS2, PSP, Xbox 360, DS, PC, and even Mac. With over 200 million copies sold–enough to fill an entire country–it is no secret that the series has hit the status of a worldwide phenomenon....

The Sims 4 is a game that lets players do just about anything. They can create their own characters and then control everything about their life. Will they live on an empty lot with nothing more than a sleeping bag or will they have the most luxurious mansion players can download? Will they settle down and have a family or date the entire neighborhood? It’s all up to the player....

The speedrunning community is a dedicated subset of gamers that pull off miraculous feats of game completion. Interest in the concept has steadily grown over time and now fans enjoy a series of prominent events throughout the year. The GDQ organization is one of the better known hosts for speedrunning, and they’ve just kicked off the Summer Games Done Quick 2020 Online marathon. You can catch the stream throughout the week on Twitch....

Geralt of Rivia, the protagonist of The Witcher series, has become one of the most recognizable characters in video games these recent years. This is thanks in large part to the critical and commercial success of the Witcher video games, especially The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Even so, Geralt remains something of an enigma not only to characters within the series, but to some fans as well. There’s a lot people don’t known about the mysterious witcher, so let’s go through a few....

Yes, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is coming to the Switch, and some people are so excited they’re even buying Nintendo’s hybrid console just to play it, but the game isn’t going to look as good as it does on other platforms. As spotted by VG247, The Witcher’s Twitter account has been answering some fan questions on the port. We now know that it’s ‘roughly’ 32GB, and you also won’t be able to import saves from other consoles....

I love Sega’s classic Streets of Rage. Hardly a year goes by without me playing Streets of Rage 2 at least once. But it has been a long time since series brawlers Adam, Axel, and Blaze have hit the dingy pavement. Sure, Sega has tried again and again to reboot the franchise. Developers like Grin and Backbone Entertainment have thrown their hat in, only for Sega to eventually swipe it away....

Nintendo has announced that vegetable-chucking platformer Super Mario Bros. 2 is joining Switch Online on February 13. Most people know the story behind Mario Bros. 2 by now, but for the record, it’s not the Japanese version of the game you’ll be playing. It’s the US and European version, based on Doki Doki Panic. The one released in Japan is what we know over here as Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels, and it’s tough as nails....

Supermassive Games hasn’t ruled out the possibility of releasing DLC for its PS4 horror Until Dawn, the developer has said, even if it hasn’t “found the right context for it” yet. Speaking to PlayStation Lifestyle, executive producer Pete Samuels revealed that fans frequently request DLC to deliver a “happy-ending” for one of the game’s characters, but that the developer wouldn’t be prepared to create it if it meant altering any of the game’s “underlying truths”....

Genshin Impact is again out with its new event for the players to participate in. The developers tend to introduce various quests and events, giving the players chance to bag the rewards. Similarly, the Tales of the Youkai web event is live now, starting from December 21 to December 30, 2022. So make sure you are up to speed and complete all the required quests for rewards & more. In this event, the player will have to write Light Novels on various themes and get replies from the readers....

Dota 2’s DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major has found its first European participants as Team Secret, Team Liquid and Alliance have advanced from the tournament’s closed qualifier. The DreamHack-hosted event is the second Major of the 2019-20 Dota Pro Circuit, and will take place in January of next year in Leipzig, Germany. The European qualifier represents just one of six regions that will participate in tournament. The European closed qualifier saw ten teams compete for three spots in the Leipzig event....

We had an elusive tease at Evo earlier in the year, but now it is time for the real deal. Opening up Sony’s State of Play, Tekken 8 was officially announced for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. No, I am not Tekken the piss. This new teaser shows Kazuya and Jin Kazama facing off against each other on a suitably atmospheric backdrop wearing inappropriate clothing. The mother in me wants to get them both a jacket....

‘Twas the night before Temtem‘s Early Access launch, when out of nowhere Crema and Humble Bundle gifted us an anime-style trailer. The online creature collector has a lot in common with Pokémon, and all aspects of the game are constantly being compared to the more famous franchise. This trailer is only going to fuel the fire of those who think it’s just a Pokémon copy. The music and the optimistic tone smack heavily of a Pokémon theme song....

Across Magic: The Gathering’s history, we’ve seen numerous silver-bordered “Un-Sets,” that feature cards that while not legal in any format, are absolutely hilarious. Back in 2017 following the release of “Unstable,” silver-bordered “un-cards” were temporally legalized in the Commander format. While there are numerous silver-bordered cards that completely break and deconstruct a given game of Magic, there are a few cards of this nature that while funny and out there, could deal less damage to the Commander format than cards like Braids, Cabal Minion and Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary....

Terraria players have strategized different ways over the years on the pre-hard mode boss- The Wall of Flesh and what weapon works best against it. While many have successfully strategized their mode of attack and their weapons of choice, many still haven’t. If you’re among those looking for the best weapons to use against The wall of flesh, we’re here to help you. Follow this guide that lists all the best weapons to use against The Wall of Flesh in Terraria....