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The Last of Usis a game that is far more than the sum of its parts. Fundamentally, it’s a simple story about two people who travel through the post-apocalyptic United States, becoming firm friends along the way, but the immense quality of the writing and the wonderful character development have made experiencing it something that gamers love to do at least once. Its sequel goes in an altogether different direction and is equally praised and criticized for its boldness, primarily because it makes no apologies when it comes toJoel’s untimely fate inTLoU Part 2....

Sony Japan Studio has seen an exodus of sorts lately, as several high profile employees have left the company. Now, twoBloodbornedevelopers have also left, as they announced their departure on Twitter. Although the situation certainly seems odd, it doesn’t seem as though any of theformer employees have a grudge against Sony Japan Studio, and if they do, they certainly aren’t letting on about it. This time, Sony Japan Studio is saying goodbye to Masaaki Yamagiwa and Ryo Sogabe, both of whom played very important roles in the development of FromSoftware’sBloodborne....

Summary Warning: This may contain spoilers for Undead Murder Farce, Episode 9, “Werewolves”, now streaming onCrunchyroll. The way a mystery begins can be very telling of how it might progress, because the audience may be privileged with information or context that the detective does not have. Whether it is misdirection or an answer hiding in plain sight, it influences how the viewer will take in all the clues, and it’s howUndead Murder Farce’s latest case gets off to an engrossing start....

World of Warcraft: Dragonflightbrings with it a new, clean, and sleek user interface that an essential addon elevates even further. Having launchedWorld of Warcraftin November 2004, Blizzard Entertainment was content to let players update their user interface through unofficial addons for the past eighteen years. WithDragonflightheralding anew era for theWarcraftsaga, the developers saw a perfect opportunity to modernize this neglected aspect of the game and bring it into the present....

Soon,World of Warcraftplayers will have some new stats to calculate, as the upcoming Fractures in Time update will bring a slate of weapons that will introduce new effects to the game. The news arrived just before the impending launch of Fractures in Time, andWorld of Warcraftplayers shared their thoughts on how handy these weapons could be in a fight. In Fractures in Time,World of Warcraftplayers have plenty of new activitiesto take part in when the update launches in July....

Horror is an insanely beloved genre when it comes to video games. From classic, well-known horror games likeSlendermanandFive Nights at Freddy’s,to hidden gems likeStories UntoldandVisage,there is undoubtedly a horror game for everyone. Despite the genre’s never-ending popularity, many players underestimate how difficult it is to make and release a horror game, as over the yearsseveral highly anticipated projects have fallen underand never been released due to funding and other unseen issues....

Summary Season 7 ofOverwatch 2is set to launch on October 10, with many believing that the update will bring with it a brand-new map for the title as well as a wide range of hero balancing adjustments. An unusually high amount of heroes have been added to the release in recent months, only increasing the likelihood of Season 7 introducing many character changes to fit the new metas of the game....

What has the response been toRainbow Six Extraction? It’s received so many mixed reviews that it might as well be the poster child for that category. Some mixed reviews are games that do everything at a mediocre level. But that’s perhaps not the case with this one. RELATED:How to Download Rainbow Six Extraction on PC Game Pass There are so many things thatRainbow Six Extractiondoes well. The times when it’s clicking, players feel the intensity and the satisfaction of victory....

With Marvel growing more ambitious every year, fans have started digging deeper into each film, television series and trailers to try and piece together the events of new projects before they’ve even been released. Some theories completely miss the mark, while others are much closer to what Marvel Studios has intended for the characters, making it increasingly more difficult for viewers to be surprised. In order to preserve the shock value for their movies, the MCU has started alteringtheir project trailersto steer fans in the wrong direction....

Heroism is overrated. Some gamers simply want to murder, steal, and condemn themselves. Thankfully, not all games force players into morally good actions, someRPGsoffer a glimpse of the bad side— usually through rude dialog, which is still mild. Other more extreme examples are set by more memorable titles that weren’t afraid to portray the negatives. RELATED:Crime Mini-Series To Watch If You Like Hulu’s Under The Banner Of Heaven Certain games allow for unmatched levels of moral ambiguity, letting them commit all manners of banditry, thus providing a definitive RPG experience....

Among the many radical elements ofAndor, the most inherently shocking is the way it handles the villains of the Star Wars franchise. The story has always been ostensibly about the battle against tyrannical dictatorship, but only as far as “tyranny is bad” works as a baseline pass/fail check for human morality.Andoris unique in its ability to show the oppressive fascist state that rules its galaxy for what it is. Lookingback at the stormtroopersof the original trilogy, or even those ofThe Mandalorian3 years ago, it’s hard to believe that they’re the same military force as the ISB ofAndor....

WhileAnimal Crossing: New Horizons’Summer Update - Wave 1primarily focuses on adding diving and sea creatures to the game, it also makes a number of unannounced changes in the back-end. Perhaps the most exciting of these changes is an alteration to the way that visitor spawns work, and indeed players should now encounter all ofACNH’s special NPC, including Redd, with more consistency. Before going into the changes that have been made to special visitor spawn rates inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, it may be worthwhile to briefly establish how things worked prior to the 1....

As part of the Sigrblot Festival inAssassin’s Creed Valhalla, players will eventually find themselves making an offering to the gods. This happens towards the end of the quest called Feeding the Wolf, and Eivor is left with a choice. NearValka the Seer’s Hut, there are three offerings, each with three notes in front of them. Players have to pick an offering to throw into the bonfire, and then light a torch to indicate which god that offering is for....