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Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the end of the March 19 episode of Raw, WWE debuted one of the best and weirdest things the company has ever produced: The Ultimate Deletion. For those who watch Raw on a DVR, you may have missed the entire event, as Ultimate Deletion ran almost 15 minutes after the Monday…

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile not as meaty as a new trailer, Marvel has released some new promotional materials for the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War. A series of posters have been published online, each featuring a handful of the many characters set to star in the upcoming film. Each poster prominently features one character in addition…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe third season of the Netflix hit Stranger Things was greenlit shortly after Season 2 hit the streaming service last October, and the show is set to resume production next month. Although it is currently unclear when Season 3 will arrive, some new details have emerged. The updates come via a Stranger…

Reading Time: 2 minutesFinal Fantasy XV’s extended universe is getting a little smaller. Square Enix announced it will shut down King’s Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon, a mobile sequel to the company’s first-ever NES game, this June, less than a year after the title released for iOS and Android devices. „We regret to inform…

Reading Time: 2 minutesWrestlemania 34 is right around the corner, and aside from the PPV itself, the entire weekend is filled with events like NXT Takeover on Saturday and the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday evening. Each year, the WWE honors wrestlers who have worked with the company in the past who made…

Reading Time: 6 minutesIn the season finale for The Enemy Within, an exhausted, bloody, and beaten Joker asks Batman a question: „Did you ever think of me as your friend?“ It’s a spark of vulnerability in a character that is typically sowing discontent and wreaking havoc. Unlike many of the other decision-making points, there’s no…

Reading Time: 13 minutesIf you’re familiar with the premise of Far Cry–the idea of a one-person army taking on overwhelming hostile forces in large, unpredictable surroundings–then you know exactly what Far Cry 5 feels like. You’ll engage in different styles of offensive conflict; attempt to tame the wild, natural environment to your advantage; and slowly…

Reading Time: 6 minutesBattle royale games have evolved rapidly in the past year with the likes of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite, but H1Z1’s early access version captured the magic of the last-person-standing shooter well before the genre’s current front-runners. With the official full release of H1Z1, however, it’s apparent that not enough has been done…

Reading Time: 10 minutesNi No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom is ambitious. It’s a character-driven RPG that doubles as a kingdom simulator and even occasionally becomes a real-time strategy game. Though these components don’t always feel like parts of the same whole, Ni No Kuni 2 compels you to care and put your best foot forward.…

Reading Time: 6 minutesA Way Out is not really the hard-hitting, serious, emotional tale of two convicts escaping prison it appears to be. At times, it successfully strikes those notes, but extreme tonal shifts, gimmicky QTEs, and a terrible finale kill almost any emotion or tension contained in the game. In the end, entertaining environments…

Reading Time: 5 minutesPikachu is normally very cute and a little bit sassy, but its Detective variety is unlike any Pikachu you’ve ever seen. Detective Pikachu plays with your expectations of what Pikachu should be, and the game has a lot of fun reveling in the weirdness of a small, adorable creature talking and acting…

Reading Time: 2 minutesGod of War on PlayStation 4 looks to explore more emotional depth from Kratos, after years of the character being criticized as one-note. Game director Cory Barlog opened up in the video above about where he’s failed to make the character seem relatable and human, and how he’s attempting to explore more…

Reading Time: 2 minutesStar Wars Battlefront II is a gorgeous game that addresses many of the fan requests after the previous Battlefront, such as bringing together characters from multiple Star Wars eras. But its progression system was deeply flawed, even with the last-minute removal of microtransactions just before its launch. A newly released update completely…

Reading Time: 5 minutesNintendo today hosted a video livestream event to reveal new games for Nintendo Switch. Whereas it highlighted many of its own games during the big Nintendo Direct recently, this event–the Nindies Showcase Spring 2018–focused exclusively on indie games coming to the system in 2018. Although it ran for only about 10 minutes,…

Reading Time: 2 minutesPUBG Corp. and Tencent surprised everyone when they decided to suddenly release PUBG Mobile in the US and other regions this week. After being beaten to consoles by the free-to-play Fortnite: Battle Royale, it looked as if Fortnite would again be the first of the two big-name games to hit mobile in…

Reading Time: 10 minutesNi No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom is ambitious. It’s a character-driven RPG that doubles as a kingdom simulator and even occasionally becomes a real-time strategy game. Though these components don’t always feel like parts of the same whole, Ni No Kuni 2 compels you to care and put your best foot forward.…

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection does a lot to celebrate 30 years of the series‘ focus on one-on-one fighting action. While Capcom has released other fighting game collections in the past, such as Street Fighter Anniversary Collection and Street Fighter Alpha Anthology, the 30th Anniversary Collection is by far the most…

Reading Time: 2 minutesOverwatch’s 27th character, Brigitte, is coming to the game for everyone across PS4, Xbox One, and PC on March 20, developer Blizzard announced today. Brigitte, who is Torbjorn’s daughter, is already available on Overwatch’s Public Test Realm. Brigitte is an „an engineer with peerless armor-constructing abilities,“ and those characteristics shine through in…

Reading Time: 13 minutesThe Yakuza franchise is over a decade old, and in that time, its feature set has predictably grown. Over six mainline entries, free-roam areas became more substantial, additional playable protagonists were introduced, combat mechanics were expanded to incorporate multiple fighting styles, and more and more minigames were steadily piled on. Surprisingly, the…

Reading Time: 6 minutesFar from being a mere video game adaptation of the anime, Attack on Titan 2 stands strongly as a character-driven action-RPG in its own right, with rewarding combat that feels fluid and fast and a story that’s equal parts charming and shocking. While it shares many similarities with the first game in…