Fortnite has become a global phenomenon and is growing quickly within the realm of esports. Its revenue stream for 2019 is expected to reach $3.5 billion, and it shows no signs of losing its grip over the Battle Royale genre. However, few fans know how Fortnite became the phenomenon it is today. The history of Fortnite begins with Epic Games, but it was originally far from the game we know and love today....
Two magpies are fighting to the death outside Damon Beesley’s window. The violence is distracting him from the task in hand. “It’s just too much to ignore,” he tells Den of Geek, breaking off from an anecdote about the filming of new BBC football sitcom The First Team. “Very Partridge that, by the way,” says his writing partner Iain Morris. “Super Partridge.” Joining us on the call from LA, Morris doesn’t have to contend with magpies; he’s dealing with a more existential struggle....
In the UK Sony’s marketing team promoted The Last Guardian with a parody video about living with a real life Trico, and did a pretty good job. Over at PlayStation Nordic they commissioned Swedish artist TjÃ¥sa Gusfors in partnership with Webhallen to create a snow sculpture of Trico in the middle of Stockholm. Check the video below to see Trico come to life in the ice. The Last Guardian launched for PS4 last week, charting at No....
Nintendo has announced that The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is the next title coming to Nintendo Switch Online’s Expansion Pack subscription in February. The news comes via a tweet from the official Nintendo of America Twitter account, where it was revealed the iconic 2000 N64 classic would be coming to the ever-growing library of games available to download on the service from the big N’s back catalogue. No set date of when the game will go live on the service has been revealed by Nintendo as of yet, outside of the broader February release window....
The Legend Of Zelda Wii U was supposed to come out in 2015. And then it didn’t! While we’re sure Nintendo delayed it for the right reasons, isn’t this, in essence, a lie? We think so, so here’s 7 reasons why The Legend Of Zelda series is full of lies!
The Mortal Kombat series first broke ground in the 1990s. The cabinet was almost a staple game for every pizza joint and anywhere you might expect to see a quarter-eating machine. The game then made its way to home consoles in many different forms. But, the live-action movie in 1995 was really when the sounds of kombat became a recognizable phenomenon. The music that many have grown to recognize as the Mortal Kombat (Dimitri Vegas and 2WEI -Techno Syndrome) song is front and center with the official launch trailer for Mortal Kombat 11....
That game about pirates that’s kind of cool but also a disappointment has been around for a year. Over a year, technically, but that won’t stop Rare from celebrating Sea of Thieves’ birthday with an Anniversary Update. Like any big update, it promises new story content, an exclusive mode for PvP enthusiasts, and the introduction of exciting mundane activities like fishing. Forget all of that, though. The real winner here is the enhanced ship combat, including harpoons!...
What day is this? December 14th. Thank God! There’s still four more days ’til Christmas. If the Ghost of Christmas Present actually brought Christmas presents, The Simpsons would hold a family séance and trim the tree with ectoplasmic residue. Christmas is the time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ, but the Simpsons are perennial irreverents. While the series follows the tradition of the anti-commercialization of Christmas set forth by Peanuts, even Millhouse van Houten knows that Christmas didn’t get to be the No....
It has been eight years since the last game in Ubisoft’s popular Splinter Cell franchise. Since then, fans have often wondered if we’ll ever be able to sneak back into the shoes of Sam Fisher. Ubisoft has heard the cries, sort of, blending the franchise into its other Tom Clancy properties. Honestly, that’s not exactly what fans have clamored for. However, Netflix may be able to scratch that stealthy itch, as a Splinter Cell animated show is heading to the service with the John Wick creator as the writer....
This article contains Umbrella Academy spoilers. Gerard Way is a bit tired on the third day of New York Comic Con. He’d stayed up late for a Netflix cast dinner the night before (he’s in bed by 9:45 most nights) and had overslept this morning. Worst of all, he’d been forced to skip his morning meditation. “It’s kind of throwing my whole day off,” Way tells me as we sit together in a corner of the Dark Horse booth at the Javits Center, hidden from the masses....
It’s always a good time for funny Witcher 3 memes, and in general, to replay Witcher 3. The franchise follows the journey of Geralt of Rivia, one of the finest monster hunters around. His goal in this game is to find his foster daughter, Ciri, as she is being chased by the Wild Hunt for unknown reasons. To find her, Geralt must traverse through a vast terrain where he’ll encounter many unique characters in addition to fighting against monsters of all sorts....
Gathering all of the various trophies and achievements in The Witcher 3 is more tedious than it is difficult. While players may have to finish the game twice (at least once on Death March), the most difficult parts of winning every trophy will realistically only be when gathering those pesky Gwent challenges and maybe some of the more combat-specific ones. Completing the game, whether it be on Death March or Just the Story, is really more laborious than anything else, which is actually a good thing....
Developers Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda and Hidetaka ‘Swery65’ Suehiro are collaborating to create a new horror game that follows the story across different dimensions and different timelines (via Gematsu). Suda created the incredible successful hack and slash series No More Heroes, and founded Grasshopper Manufacture which boasts games such as The Silver Case, Flower, Sun, and Rain, and killer7 in its catalogue. Similarly, Suehiro built his own studio White Owls Inc. after directing Spy Fiction, Deadly Premonition and D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die....
Nintendo has given fans a detailed look at Sephiroth’s upcoming introduction to the Super Smash Bros Ultimate roster in an extensive video with director Masahiro Sakurai. As an added incentive, the game has also launched a ‘Sephiroth Challenge’ mode accessible from the menu, which challenges players who already own the Fighters Pass Vol 2 to attempt to defeat him in a boss battle. If they’re successful, they get to unlock the character and his Northern Cave stage early, ahead of his official release on December 23....
As of January 21, early access has begun for the popular Pokemon-like MMO Temtem. Similar to Pokemon, Temtem takes place in a world that is populated with a wide-array of creatures, and each belongs to its respective “type.” These types are often related to the elements found in nature, and as such they come with their own sets of strengths and weaknesses. The advantages and disadvantages associated with each Temtem are wide ranging....
HEVN, from Miga Games, has finally received a confirmed launch date. The sci-fi immersive sim is now confirmed as launching for Windows PC on 7 September. HEVN follows the misadventures of Sebastian Mar, an employee of Nomoni Incorporated, a company who mine the surface of deep-space planets to recover the ultra-rare elements required to sustain life on Earth. It’s not all pick-axes and roses, however, there are dark secrets left behind from previous efforts....
Publisher Nacon Studios announced that it has delayed Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. The announcement was made via a blog update on the racing game’s Steam page entry. Originally planned for a September 22 release date, it will now release sometime in 2023. The reasons for the delay are just about what you’d expect. If the publisher kept to the original release window the final product would not have the polish it needs....
Games don’t always have to be filled with weapon slots, health bars, and flashy cinematics. Sometimes, players want a calmer, more challenging experience that exercises the mind more than it does their thumbs. The problem is, many gamers have no idea where to start looking for the perfect puzzle game. Aside from the implementation of puzzles in adventure games from Link’s Awakening to even Skyrim, there are many games that are dedicated to presenting players with puzzle after puzzle, each more straining than the next....
Did your parents ever promise you ice cream while you were growing up, then never come through with that frosty sweet goodness? Or worse, did you get all excited and practically fly out to the car, only to find yourself betrayed harder than a Stark at a wedding as you stood in the parking lot of the dentist’s office? Don’t do that to your kid, by the by. Weird parenting. Unless you’re really that dead set on inflicting emotionally crippling trust issues....
The Hitman franchise has always been one I’ve held much love for. At their core, they’re what I like to call “toybox” games. Video games that build a setting and world, then give the players a bunch of toys to experiment with. Essentially IO Interactive realizes that the variability is one of the biggest draws of the franchise. It’s more open-ended than sandbox games that act like they’re open, but guide you by the hand the entire way....
