Mobile renditions of massively popular shooters are in vogue, with titles likeCall of Duty: Mobileadding content such asModern Warfare 2’s Highrisemap regularly alongside additions to the mainline games.Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds Mobileis doing the same, with developer Tencent announcing a new Nordic-style battle royale map to play on exclusively through the mobile platform. This new map, called Livik, is smaller in scale. It’s only 2km on all sides and supports 52 players for 15-minute match times, which makes it a “faster and more exciting experience” according to Tencent’s Reddit post announcingPUBG Mobile’s 0....

The Xbox Series X and S are only about a month away from arriving on store shelves, and Microsoft seems intent on making the transition a simple one for Xbox One players. Fellow black-and-green hardware partner Razer announced today that several of its Xbox One accessories, including headsets like the Nari and Thresher, will work without issue with the upcoming systems. The news follows word from Microsoft itself that its own line ofXbox controllerswould be forward compatible with the Xbox Series X and S and backward compatible with the Xbox One, making it so anyone with an Xbox gamepad from 2013 onward can keep their existing gear for the new systems....

Rick and Mortyforces its main characters to wage a war between episodic and serialized storytelling, mirroring the push and pull in the writers' room. Rick, presumably with series creator Dan Harmon, wants the show to remain a series of one-off adventures bound together only by the characters experiencing them. Morty, with several other characters and possibly Dan Harmon again, wants to tell a story across episodes and seasons. The Central Finite Curve is the physical manifestation of the conflict and its most fascinating element....

Card games fans looking for a new title to try might want to giveSmash Upa try. Unlike other deck-building games,Smash Upplaces a massive emphasis on the wackiness of its premise to make fun and unforgettable matches. After all,Smash Upoffers players the chance to have elves, pirates, zombies, and even dinosaurs duke it out in an all-out battle royale. Thanks to the quirkiness of theSmash Upgame setting, fans have access to a ton of expanded material that can add a lot of flavor to their matches....

Capcom has released a new video showcasing the Outfit 2 versions of allStreet Fighter 6characters. Some of these outfits include fresh designs for the newcomers, while others are nostalgic throwbacks togames such asStreet Fighter 2,Street Fighter 3 - 3rd Strike, and more.Street Fighter 6is the highly-anticipated next entry in the Capcom fighting game series, which brings several new mechanics and introduces the customization feature that allows players to create avatars to face off against other fighters....

Among the countless video game characters, some are more popular than others as tattoos and a study has revealed what it claims to be the top ten. ThePokemonfranchise alone has over 1000 characters as of writing and boasts one of the biggest and most active fan bases in the world, so it shouldn’t be surprising that at least one of them ranks among the top ten video game character tattoos. Just recently atattoo artist set out to ink all 151 Gen 1 Pokemonto raise funds for charity....

Tactics Ogre: Rebornis a remake of the PSP game,Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, which in itself is a remake of an even older game. Yes, this series is that popular in the JRPG world. And part of that fame comes from the fact that inTactics Ogre, player choicesdirectly shape the story. The main character Denam leads a cohort of freedom fighters who have to shift allegiances and change their goals to try and get liberation....

It’s not exaggerating to say thatThe Last of Us' Joel Miller is not the most badass but one of the most relatable characters in video game history: a struggling working-class father with grey morality. He wants nothing but the best for his daughter. He’s not your average good guy protagonist; he’s a human capable of loving and dying for people he cares about, with all his flaws. Related:The Last Of Us Part 2: Abby Memes That Will Leave You Cry-Laughing...

Quick Links Lords of the Fallenhas a great variety of choices when it comes to selecting a weapon. Each weapon has its own uniqueness, as most weapons deal with different status effects,making them viable in different builds. As the game is filled with areas that can be tricky to explore completely, theGrinning Axemakes its appearance later in the game and certainly not on the main path. The following guide not only explains how to navigate the hostile areas to reach the weapon but also how to reachBramis Castleitself, where the weapon is located....

TheResident Evilfranchise has stayed relevant by not being afraid of evolution. Over the last 27 years,Resident Evilhas undergone a number of changes, in terms of story, tone, and narrative. While the first fewResident Evilgames were intense survival horror games with a schlocky B-movie tone and awkward tank controls,Resident Evil 4ushered in a new age of action-oriented third-person shooters in the franchise, and then years laterResident Evil 7flipped the script once again, giving the series a more pure horror focus while delivering first-person survival horror gameplay....

The developer of the originalThieftrilogy, Randy Smith, has recently gone on record explaining precisely the sort of game he’d make if he had the chance, and also offered his reasoning as to why he’s not already doing it. Smith’s tenure at Looking Glass Studios led to the creation of theThieffranchise, which is often cited as one of the major inspirations of contemporary immersive sim titles, such asDishonored. Even thoughThiefis now far from the peak of its cultural relevancy, with 2014’s attempt at reviving the series ending up a failure, the legacy of the franchise does indeed live on....

Just about every major media franchise from the past thirty to forty years has gotten some kind of video game revival. Whether it’sStar Wars,Power Rangers, orTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, there’s a game for fans of just about anything.Transformersis one such franchise that has gotten its fair share of games over the years, and there are a select few that stand out among the rest.Transformers: War for CybertronandFall of Cybertronfrom High Moon Studios are two games that serve as some of the best in the whole franchise, and it may be time for them to make a resurgence....

Summary Live-service multiplayer games have been losing their luster for a while now and it’s plain to see that subgenre will likely be shelved for a bit outside of shooters that have already laid claim to perpetual franchise installments. Rather, asymmetrical multiplayer games in particular are incredibly niche but seem to have made a bit more ground on expanding more lately, namely through games likeEvil Dead: The GameandThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre....