The Nemesis System used in the games Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Middle-earth: Shadow of War is one of the coolest open-world gameplay hooks we’ve ever seen, letting you form rivalries against non-player characters based on your previous actions. If you were hoping other games would implement it, however, that …
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One of the best times to jump back into Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is when the game is holding a Double XP weekend. During this time, you can quickly level up to unlock new gear and weapons for just doing what you were already doing: playing the …
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One of the hardest challenges in gaming is going up against a professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player. What’s even harder? How about hitting every single name in the credits after beating the single-player portion? It was so difficult that someone has only managed to do it after two decades. …
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It’s never too late to learn how to play video games–or connect with family you’ve never truly gotten to know. That was the case for Mary, a woman from Bolton, England who finally began to learn about her grandson Jason via Xbox Live. In the past, they had barely interacted, …
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The Call of Duty franchise had its best-ever year in 2020, helping parent company Activision Blizzard post its biggest year in the company’s three decades of existence. The success of Call of Duty has encouraged Activision Blizzard to look to replicate its model across the company’s other franchises to fuel …
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The latest update for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is available now, introducing the Firebase Z Zombies map, a new multiplayer map, and lots more. Developers Treyarch and Beenox have now published the complete patch notes. The key additions in the update are the Firebase Z map for …
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Hitman 3 stands as the culmination of IO Interactive’s reboot of the series, which took stealth and assassinations into a bunch of intricate, elaborate sandboxes. Though the Hitman series is done (for now), we know IOI’s next move: a James Bond game, tentatively titled Project 007. The details on what …
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During the Final Fantasy XIV announcement showcase, the next expansion for the MMORPG was revealed through a teaser trailer–it’s called Endwalker and it’s set to launch in Fall 2021. You can watch the trailer from the livestream below (be aware that there may be spoilers in the trailer). The trailer …
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Michael Burry, the hedge fund manager portrayed by Christian Bale in The Big Short, has made a fortune on GameStop’s stock after holding it for years. Instead of shorting a stock this time, he played the long game and managed to make an incredible amount of money. In fact, it’s …
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Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker was revealed during the FFXIV announcement showcase–it’s the next expansion for the MMORPG, and it came with a teaser trailer and several details outlined by director and producer Naoki Yoshida. While there are wild implications for where the story is going next, that wasn’t all that …
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