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The Witcher 3: Wild Huntwas a landmark RPG, boasting some of the most thought-out, rich questlines video games had ever seen at the time. To this day, navigatingthe Bloody Baron’s bloody history as we search for Ciriremains one of the most intricate, heartbreaking stories in the medium. The sequel has a lot to live up to, not only following on from a modern classic, but RPGs that have since redefined the genre further likeBaldur’s Gate 3....

This article contains spoilers for The Curse episode one, Land of Enchantment. Showtime and A24’s The Curse is an anomaly among prestige television: neither of its male leads are primarily known as actors. The comedy-drama-horror series follows Asher and Whitney Siegel (Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone), a newlywed couple filming an HGTV show in Espanola, New Mexico, with the help of an unpredictable producer, Dougie Schecter (Benny Safdie). The show was created by Fielder and Safdie, and if you know their names, it’s likely that you don’t know them, first and foremost, as actors....

2023 marked a first forThe Game Awards- it was the first time Player’s Voice and Game of the Year werewon by the same game. There aresome qualifiers for this- in 2020, the former award’s inception,Ghost of Tsushimawon in a culture war vote against the critic’s pick ofThe Last of Us Part 2. In 2021,Halo Infinitewon despite its late release date making it ineligible for any other category. And in 2022,Genshin ImpactbeatSonic Frontiersin a battle of the bots....

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthis set to be a real chunky RPG. Instead of taking place entirely within the confines of Midgar as you explore a number of reimagined towns and dungeons, we’ll be set loose in a sprawling open world filled with new characters, quests, and distractions. I wrote recently about how I was relieved thatRebirth would boast a curated open worldover aprocedurally generated nightmare akin to Starfield.The majority of places and people we’ll interact with will have been implemented with deliberacy, meaning there is hopefully far less chance of throwing hours away on side quests that ultimately mean nothing....

Lawrence Sullivan, also known as the Florida Joker, has demanded thatRockstar Gamesgive him up to $2 million for using his likeness for a character in theGTA 6reveal trailer. As I’m sure you’re all aware of by now,the reveal trailer for GTA 6 was finally released last week after months of speculation and hype. Although the trailer itself was brief, it did hint at some of the content that will be found in the game, while also making it very clear that it’s going to be as authentic to Florida (now named Leonida in-universe) as possible....

After tons of backlash from angry fans asking for refunds,Epic Gameshas admitted that its latest age-restrictingFortniteupdate “didn’t hit the mark” and revealed some of its plans to make things better. It’s not a rare sight to see Fortnite fans upset with whatever update has most recently hit the game, but the one that took place last week had them absolutelylivid. For unexplained reasons, Epic decided to start age-restricting content that players had spent V-Bucks on, meaning that skins and even loading screens that depicted guns or horror elements couldn’t be used on certain islands that were intended for younger players....

God of War Ragnarok’s Valhalla DLC reunites Kratos with one of the most iconic and fan-requested weapons from the Greek Saga, putting him one step closer to having his full arsenal back. One of the biggest surprises of The Game Awards 2023 was the announcement of a free expansion for God of War Ragnarok that takes Kratos on a roguelite journey through Valhalla. Although the free DLC initially seemed like it was going to be nothing more than a combat arena, it turns out that it has a lot of surprises for fans, including a highly-requested boss battle and the return of a classic weapon for Kratos....

Granblue Fantasy Versuswas a game out of time. It launched without rollback netcode just as it had become the industry standard. It featured an intuitive easy-input system, that feels like a precursor to Street Fighter 6’s celebrated Modern Controls, but at the time was viewed with suspicion and doubt. It was a game with one foot in the past and one foot in the future, which left it no place in the present....

Many of you will have kicked off your year of new video games withPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown,The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered, or maybe some of you are even waiting forSuicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. However, one new title hitting in early 2024 that should not be overlooked isGranblue Fantasy: Relink, and not just because some of its fans have been waiting seven years for this game....

Grand Theft Auto 6’sfirst trailer has gone down as one of the best in recent memory, racking up millions of views in the first week, becoming one of the fastest-viewed YouTube videos of all time. With a trailer that iconic, you know full well that it’s going to be recreated in some capacity, and GTA fans are passing the time until GTA 6’s release by trying to recreate the trailer in as many other Rockstar games as physically possible....

God of War creator David Jaffe apparently doesn’t like character development. In a video on his official YouTube channel titled “GOD OF WAR- Does it need to be so…PERSONAL?”, Jaffe shares his thoughts on how Sony Santa Monica has treated main character Kratos in recent years. While insisting that he enjoyed the newer God of War games and that they were extremely well made, he objected to the idea that characters should change along with their developers and audience, especially if they’re part of an existing franchise....

Quick Links There are all sorts of enemies to deal with inLethal Company, from the small but deadly Snare Flea, to the tree-like Forest Keepers, but the largest of them all is the Earth Leviathan. These giant worms are titans in every sense of the word, and there isn’t any way to kill them due to their size. These worms can appear on any planet, whether it’s Experimentation or Rime, and they’ll always be a potential threat....

Quick Links If you have been playingLego: Fortnitefor some time, you may have noticed how traveling across the world to collect different materials is quite cumbersome. To remedy this issue, many talented players have used the dynamic foundation to create various vehicles that can move much faster than running. One of these many inventions is a Monorail, which consists of an incredibly long, thin railway that the dynamic foundation can glide across....