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Although Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is more akin to Origins and Odyssey, several reveals have confirmed that it is bringing back several classic features. This ranges from elements of social stealth to the instakill hidden blade, to post-assassination confessions and even the loading screen. In previous games, Assassin’s Creed players could spend the loading screen time walking around, brandishing weapons, and jumping for no good reason. It may be a bit outdated, especially for the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions of the game which look to eliminate load times, but fans are happy to see more classics return....

The team behind Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has explained that the game needs to be exclusive to next-gen consoles due to the scale and size of the game’s open world. In a recent interview with IGN, creative director Magnus Jansun and technical director of programming Nikolay Stefanov talked a little bit about Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora’s next-gen exclusivity and how the game could only be made for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S....

Ever since the popular cartoon got added to Netflix earlier this year, Avatar: The Last Airbender fanworks have seen a boom as interest in the show is way up again. Canadian cosplayer DiGi Rin just posted some stunning photographs of her bringing the character Katara to life. Although it was popular when it came out, Avatar: The Last Airbender is bigger now than it’s ever been thanks to old fans’ nostalgia and new fans’ excitement....

Telltale Games reveals that their next project is Batman: A Telltale Game Series via an intriguing teaser trailer that debuted during The Game Awards 2015. As is the case with most big gaming events, some of the surprises slated for The Game Awards 2015 leaked ahead of time, like Kombat Pack 2 for Mortal Kombat X. However, one huge surprised stayed under wraps, and that was the newly announced game Batman: A Telltale Game Series....

The next major update for Battlefield 5 will begin rolling out this week, and it introduces new additions that will excite fans new and old. The second chapter of the free content update will be called Lightning Strikes, and it’s poised to introduce two new game modes, new weapons, new skins, and more. Electronic Arts hyped the upcoming Battlefield 5 content drop with an action-packed new trailer which doesn’t shy away from showing gore as it shows off the upcoming game modes....

One of the largest version differences between Pokémon Sword & Shield are their Gym Leaders, something you’ll first encounter in the canyon town of Stow-on-Side. Players in Pokémon Sword meet Bea, a karate expert who trains daily with her Fighting-type Pokémon. With Pokémon Shield, trainers will encounter the mysterious Ghost-type master Allister. Each of these Gym Leaders has their own personality, team, and look, and if you haven’t played through these games yet, it’s important to pick an opponent that you’ll consider both memorable and challenging....

Since the launch of the first Age of Empires in October of 1997, the series has remained highly successful as it paved the way for the modern RTS genre. With the recent release of Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition, fans of the classic civ builder have seen more and more great content added to this classic game as the years went by. Since the definitive edition dropped back in October of 2020, more factions have been added alongside some much-needed quality of life improvements and a lot of substantial bug fixes as the developers slowly squeezed this old-timer into more modern shoes....

Finding the best USB-C charging cable for your devices is essential, given that most of the top smartphones, tablets and laptops now feature this port as their power source. The Type-C standard has rapidly taken over from Micro-USB in recent years, offering a more user-friendly design while also delivering faster data transfer and charging speeds. However, not all of these newfangled cables are the same. You’ll find that some come in packs, allowing you to keep spares at work, in the car or dotted around the house, and there’s often a big variation in cable length....

Although the game has yet to be officially announced by Take-Two Interactive, a Taiwanese regulation board reveals the rating and alleged box art for BioShock: The Collection. When rumors started coming out about an upcoming HD compilation of all three BioShock games, titled BioShock: The Collection, the disappointment of Irrational Games shutting down and moving on from the BioShock franchise quickly turned into excitement. Despite a number of indications about the existence of BioShock: The Collection, the game hasn’t actually been officially revealed by Take-Two Interactive yet....

Details about BioWare’s mysterious upcoming intellectual property have come few and far between, but this week Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen has confirmed one more detail about the game: it’ll be “more Sci-Fi” related, which may indicate that the company’s Mass Effect and Star Wars titles may not be BioWare’s only offerings to integrate futuristic or spacefaring action. It’s objectively known that the upcoming title will be a gigantic action-oriented game, with EA head honcho Andrew Wilson confirming that the game would ‘blend genres’ to deliver an action-adventure experience, building from RPG roots and placing them into this much more action-oriented world....

Several months ago, the video game publisher Activision and developer Treyarch decided to provide those looking to give Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode a go the chance to do so with a free week-long trial. Now, the companies have opted to give gamers another free trial period of the first-person shooter’s battle royale mode by making it free-to-play throughout the month of April 2019. Starting today, Activision and Treyarch has made it so that the last-man-standing battle royale portion of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be free for everyone to play from April 2, 2019 through April 30, 2019....

Although it is extremely rare, some glitches have been known to shape franchises into the games that their fans have come to love today. Some can be frustrating or annoying, while others lead to amusing situations for those involved. The most recent glitch in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is no exception, as one Blackout match began with the last circle closing in on its players. Although Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 released only a few months ago, the popular first-person shooter has seen its fair share of bugs and glitches....

Iosefka’s Clinic is where Hunters begin their Bloodborne journey, but it’s not long before they’re on their way and leave the safe house behind them. Not too long after defeating Father Gascoigne (the first mandatory boss in Bloodborne,) Hunters can return to the sickroom where they begin their journey to speak with Iosefka. While she’ll only speak to players behind closed doors, Iosefka promises that her clinic is a safe house – one Hunters are encouraged to send survivors to....

Fans of the Looter-Shooter genre will know that the Borderlands franchise reigns supreme among fans and critics as the best way to experience the endless pursuit for loot. Borderlands 3 may not have been as universally praised for its story as its predecessor, but the mechanics and looting are even more refined to supplement its shortcomings. After a substantial amount of DLC, Borderlands 3 has an almost overwhelming amount of content for players....

Legend of the Zelda: Breath of the Wild is currently on sale via the Nintendo eShop, something we’d suggest you take advantage of as it doesn’t happen often. Nintendo saved what was a somewhat lackluster E3 weekend on Tuesday via a blockbuster Direct. The presentation closed with something pretty much every Switch owner has been waiting to see for the past two years. The very first trailer for Breath of the Wild 2....

Big changes are coming to Destiny 2 in the next few years, as far forward as 2022. Destiny 2’s Beyond Light presentation outlined what to expect from the shooter’s next season, next content year, and even teased coming years as well. After teasing prior to the trailer, viewers were surprised with not only Destiny 2’s Season of Arrivals trailer, but also Year 4’s Beyond Light content as well as the next two content years entitled The Witch Queen and Lightfall....

One of the biggest changes in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is the developer’s decision to make Shotguns a secondary weapon. By shifting these guns from a primary to the secondary slot, many players have found shotguns to be a great option as opposed to handguns or launchers. The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War close combat weapon even comes with its own builds and loadouts for every situation....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is quickly approaching its early November release date, and as is the case with other CoD games, that means leak season has kicked into full gear. One of the biggest leaks yet for Black Ops Cold War has to do with scorestreaks, as the full list has supposedly appeared online. While other leaks deal with some interesting changes to Call of Duty Zombies, the scorestreak information is even more credible due to some leaked images online confirming the streaks....

The Call of Duty franchise has a long and storied history with Easter Eggs. Particularly that of the series’ Zombies mode, Easter eggs have become increasingly complex and difficult, with completing the task seen as the true way to “beat” a Zombies map. Fortunately, in the case of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, there’s at least one Easter egg that doesn’t require the usual hours-long investment. Developer Treyarch’s fifth entry in its Black Ops series launched back on November 13, 2020....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) might not have the best Metacritic user score out there at 3.4, but it’s still the best selling game in the franchise, as just announced by Activision. The real question is how many actually have that gargantuan hard-drive-eater still installed? Naturally, the replies to this announcement were flooded with arguments among fans about whether it’s the worst game in the series. Nonetheless, it has its adorers and players all the same, as evident by the game now having sold over 30 million copies....