The "Predestined Timeline" Sci-fi Trope, Explained

Time travel is a tricky business that can turn reality on its head or leave all life on Earth in a new worst-case scenario. However, a lot of sci-fi stories take place in a world where it doesn’t matter what anyone does at any time. In these predestined timelines, the ending is already decided. Themultiverse concept has taken offin the past few years. Between Marvel’s ongoing antics across multiple universes and indie takes on the concept, the idea of multiple converging timelines has become very popular....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 800 words · Ralph Thompson

The 10 Best Survival Horror Games Of 2020 (So Far)

Games can be stressful at times, but for good reasons. A genre that embodies that stress and turns it into fun gameplay is survival horror games. This type of game puts players into terrifying situations that they’ll need to figure out how to get through alive. Either way, the thrill of succeeding in these scenarios goes unmatched. RELATED:Ranking The 10 Best PC Horror Games Of All Time In 2020, there haven’t been too many games in the genre....

July 29, 2025 · 5 min · 1060 words · Mrs. Jennifer Knight DVM

The Future of People Can Fly: Global Growth, Project Gemini, and Project Dagger

Outridersreleased on April 1, marking the first game from People Can Fly since it split off from Epic Games in 2015. Since then, though, it has taken over a new studio in Chicago and acquired studio Game On. In other words, it’s been a busy couple of months and People Can Fly is aggressively growing is name and brand. On all of this and more, Game Rant recently spoke with People Can Fly CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski....

July 29, 2025 · 11 min · 2179 words · Thomas Hicks

The Unwritten Rules of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Explained

Summary Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealthis developer Ryu Ga Gotoku’s biggest, most ambitious game yet. Blending elements from several entries in theLike a Dragonseries, including engaging combat, and a suite of mini-games covering a wide range of activities, from a crazy taxi-themed delivery game to a Pokemon-style battle game, there’s certainly no shortage of things to do. While the turn-based combat successfully iterates on 2020’sYakuza: Like a Dragonby adding several new mechanics, it’s when players start to wander off the beaten path and discover the game’s huge world, that some of its new rules come to the fore....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 755 words · Jacob Gonzalez

Things The Xbox's Microsoft Store Does Better Than PlayStation & Nintendo

The console wars have been raging for as long as anyone can remember. Only the participants have changed. In the late 80s, Atari was competing with Nintendo and Sega, while nowadays, it’s Microsoft competing with Nintendo and Sony. Except, things are a lot more complicated now. In 2022, gaming is much more than cartridges and consoles. RELATED:The Best Multiplayer Games On Xbox Game Pass The services have evolved, and so has the video game industry....

July 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1071 words · Alison Robinson

Twitch Streamer's Car Set on Fire by Viewer

Twitchstreamer justfoxii has shared that a viewer recently set her car on fire. Being a content creator can carry more dangers than many people might expect, particularly once an audience grows. The larger the community, the higher the chance that at least a few people won’t have the best intentions or judgment. As an example,Twitch streamer xQc has had to move house multiple timesdue to fans finding out where he lives and attempting to break in....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 476 words · Brandon Blanchard

Vampire Survivors Update 1.7 Adding New Stage, Character, and More

Summary To start autumn,Vampire Survivorsrevealed that its next free update, titled the Chilling Update, will be released in the coming weeks on all platforms that the game is available on. In the Chilling Update,Vampire Survivorswill give players a new map called Whiteout, a new character with ice powers to match the stage, and new achievements and items for players to collect along the way. The sudden announcement of the upcoming 1....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 418 words · Michael Fitzpatrick

Viola Davis Shares First Look Photos Of Historical Film The Woman King

Viola Davis unveiled first-look photos ofThe Woman King, an upcoming historical epic that takes place in the historical Kingdom of Dahomey. Davis will play the lead named Nanisca, who is the general of an all-female military, and newcomerUnderground Railroad’s Thuso Mbedu will play an ambitious recruit named Nawi. In theSonyfilm, the pair will embark on a revenge journey to fight off neighbors who violated their honor, enslaved their people, and destroyed their livelihoods....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Mark Schultz

Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader-Handed Melee Weapons

CPRGWarhammer 40k: Rogue Traderoffers players plenty of options when it comes to combat. With numerous classes and abilities to select, players can create various build types to progress through the game. It’s important to create a team that fills different roles in combat. One of the most important roles to include in any engagement is a melee build character. These types of builds are ideal forpushing forward, taking the brunt of attacks, and blocking enemies, so they cannot reach players’ ranged companions....

July 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1068 words · Michael Jimenez

What to Expect From Horror in 2022

If 2021 was full of anything, it was horror. While that unfortunately also extends to the real world, video games had a decent number of high-quality horror experiences for aficionados to enjoy, from smaller experiences likeLittle Nightmares 2up to triple-a games likeResident Evil Village.Luckily, 2022 is going to go beyond what 2021 accomplished, especially for the horror genre. This year, horror fans can expect a broad selection of terrifying new games to hit consoles....

July 29, 2025 · 5 min · 931 words · Travis Turner

Will Elden Ring Have Multiplayer?

There isn’t a lot of known information on From Software’s next gameElden Ring, with the game firstrevealed at Microsoft’s E3 2019 press conferencewhere elements of the story were shown off in a teaser trailer that showed no gameplay. From Software director Hidetaka Miyazaki has been divulging bits of information here and there though, basically hinting thatElden Ringis pretty much the spiritual successor toDark Souls.Still, there are other aspects of the game that fans know nothing about, such as whether or not the game will have multiplayer and to what capacity it will be implemented....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 669 words · Denise Hill

WoW: Classic Confirms Burning Crusade Release Date

World of WarcraftClassicreleased in 2019 after years ofWorld of Warcraftplayers requesting a way to experience the popular MMO how it was before all of its many expansions. Later, it was announced thatWorld of Warcraft Classicwould be receiving the MMO’s first expansion,Burning Crusade. Burning Crusadewas originally released in 2007, and notably brought two new playable races to the title, the Draenei for the Alliance and Blood Elves for the horde. The expansion is also fondly remembered by many fans for raising the game’s level cap to level 70 and introducing flying player mounts for players to traverse the world with....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 454 words · Megan Kirby

X-Men 97 Promo Art Reveals New 16-Bit Episode Character Designs

Summary NewX-Men ‘97photos provide a sneak peek at one of the upcoming revival’s more unique episodes that fans of the original series will find delightful for more than one reason. While the lack of access to theX-Menwould be the driving force behind the Avengers taking center stage in the MCU, the Disney/Fox merger would bring the mutants back within Kevin Feige’s grasp, and plans for the integration of the X-Men would begin, much to the delight of fans....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 649 words · Michelle Mcmillan