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Jon S. Baird has just closed Twitter. The trailer for Tetris was released an hour ago, and the director’s been watching the online reaction closely ever since. There’s one joke that everyone seems to be making—where are the talking tetriminos? “It’s absolutely not that at all,” the Scottish filmmaker tells Den of Geek with a

The ‘80s were an incredibly innovative and fast-paced time for video games. Arcades were king, with iconic classics like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Dragon’s Lair being released every few months. Atari’s poor business decisions briefly crashed the home console market until Nintendo resurrected it with the NES, starting a new boom that never really slowed

Tech Panel Schedule With everything from artificial intelligence to virtual reality, SXSW has become the place to explore the newest of what the tech industry has to offer. Whether dealing with the future of technology in daily life, the latest in space exploration, or new ways of entertaining the masses, these technology panels will offer

This article is presented by Paramount Pictures. The first step of any Dungeons & Dragons campaign is to pick your character class. The character class decides your aptitudes and your play style and is often a big clue as to what you want to get out of the game. “I’m usually a paladin,” says John

The Super Mario franchise is not considered to be that difficult in the grand scheme of gaming. After all, Mario is Nintendo’s mascot, and you don’t want your mascot scaring away gamers who can’t beat most of the levels. However, if you think that all Super Mario games are easy…well, you just haven’t played enough

If you love survival horror games, odds are you love Resident Evil. The series essentially wrote the book on survival horror mechanics, from tank controls to limited ammo. Even when Resident Evil went third-person with Resident Evil 4, the game did such a good job that it became the blueprint many studios copy to this

Like pretty much every other aspect of life, trends often come and go in gaming. Many ideas only become trends because they achieve a level of popularity that quickly elevates them to the status of “the standard.” Over time, though, it’s natural for people to become tired of those trends to the point that they’re

We live in the age of “publish it now, fix it later” game development. Way too many video games are rushed out the door to meet deadlines, usually at the cost of a title’s performance. This unfortunate practice results in more and more games being released with more and more bugs. Now, PlayStation is insinuating

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty quickly shot up my (admittedly still very short) list of the best games of 2023. It’s a fantastic action experience that lives up to the Soulslike standards Team Ninja previously set for Nioh despite being quite different from Nioh in a lot of ways. Not all of the game’s differences work

Despite being released way back in 2012 (and still suffering from numerous bugs that have yet to be fixed), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive remains Steam’s most popular title. However, recent rumors suggest that Global Offensive could soon be usurped by the release of the long-awaited project simply known as Counter-Strike 2. Rumors of a potential Counter-Strike

This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us episode 8. HBO’s The Last of Us is shuffling toward its season one finale, and for those who’ve played Naughty Dog’s 2013 game of the same name, you knew exactly what was coming in episode 8. Following a flashback to Ellie’s life pre-Joel in episode 7,

This Last of Us review contains spoilers. The Last of Us Episode 8 It’s difficult to assess the value of The Last of Us in a vacuum, divorcing it from its immaculate source material. That’s because the show follows the major story beats of the game so closely that you can’t help but think of

Like many Soulslike titles, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty offers a variety of viable weapons. You can beat the game with any weapon in the game if you’re dedicated to mastering and upgrading it properly. While Wo Long is designed to support a variety of weapons, those looking for the best weapons for the early part

While deflecting incoming attacks is one of Wo Long‘s marquee features, magic is a pretty important part of the game. From buff effects to direct damage abilities, you’re going to use at least some of the game’s Wizardry Spells regardless of what kind of character you build. Which magic you end up relying on most

Like many of the best Soulslike games, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty allows you to create dynamic and exciting character builds. Like many of the best Soulslike games, though, Wo Long doesn’t make the possibilities of its build process very obvious. Creating a truly powerful character in this game requires you to understand its many mechanics

Lately, more and more fans have been testing the power of their online voices. If they think something is wrong with a game, movie, show, or book, they will band together to downvote it into oblivion. This process, known as “review-bombing,” has been used for both good and bad causes. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is

While Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a spiritual successor to Team Ninja’s previous Soulslike series, Nioh, the game sets itself apart from its predecessor with new mechanics and an emphasis on deflecting attacks. Wo Long’s combat hinges on proper deflection to the point where entire stats are devoted to the feature. However, those stats don’t

In 2017, Team Ninja showcased their Soulslike chops with Nioh: a samurai-themed adventure that implemented dungeon crawler loot to the mix. In 2020, Team Ninja released a sequel, Nioh 2, but instead of developing a Nioh 3, the studio started developing a spiritual successor set in the Chinese Three Kingdoms period, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty.

Note: This demo was based on a special version made for media to experience. Its contents may differ from the final version. It’s always exciting to get to play one of the biggest new games of any year, but the chance to play a special demo version of Final Fantasy 16 at a recent preview

Recently, the official Elden Ring Twitter page announced what we’d all been hoping for: DLC for the 2022 Game of the Year. An Elden Ring expansion, titled Shadow of the Erdtree, is currently in development and will be released at an unspecified date. Fans have wasted no time concocting theories, though one of them certainly

This Last of Us article contains spoilers. When Left Behind, a 2014 story DLC for The Last of Us, dropped on PlayStation 3, it was immediately hailed as a heartfelt and crucial addition to the critically acclaimed game. Not only did this new chapter give us a previously unseen moment in Joel and Ellie’s quest

This article is presented to you by: With the release of the expansion set “Crown Zenith”, the Sword & Shield block of the Pokémon Trading Card Game has officially come to a close and just in time to celebrate National Pokémon Day on Feb. 27. This collection of “Generation VIII” Pokémon cards began back in

Hogwarts Legacy is based on the Wizarding World universe created by J.K. Rowling. You can read more about Rowling’s history of transphobic remarks as well as find resources to support LGBTQ organizations here. Hogwarts Legacy‘s initial sales numbers have just been revealed, and they tell a pretty clear story about just how popular the game has been.

The Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise (the name was recently unified across the globe) has been on fire in recent years. 2020’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon revitalized the series with its new battle system and protagonist, and its timed Xbox exclusivity also opened it up to new audiences. Thanks to that game, the series finally surpassed

Developer Rocksteady just revealed the first extended gameplay trailer for their upcoming game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. What was poised to be the obvious highlight of PlayStation’s latest State of Play broadcast soon turned out to be confirmation of some fans’ biggest fears. For those who don’t know, developer Rocksteady previously established itself

Like its predecessor, Sons of the Forest is an intense horror survival game that asks you to use every resource at your disposal in order to stay alive. One of the most valuable resources in the game is actually a basic shovel, which is a shame considering that it is surprisingly difficult to find the

There was a time when Nintendo was a bit too synonymous with video games. You didn’t own an NES. You owned a Nintendo. You weren’t playing your old Atari. You were playing Nintendo. You asked your parents for quarters so you could go to the arcade and play Nintendo. Sega’s adventures in hardware would end

As a pretty classic survival game, much of Sons of the Forest‘s gameplay revolves around gathering resources. As you probably already guessed, water is one of the most valuable resources in the game. While water is also one of the more common resources relatively speaking, it can be surprisingly difficult to find and collect water

Perhaps you’ve heard but there’s about to be a major change in the world of Pokémon. After serving as the Pocket Monster-catching protagonist of the anime series for 25 years, Ash Ketchum will be hanging up his Poké Balls and Gym Badges for good. The young hero from Pallet Town has been a major part

Dungeons & Dragons is a game of choices, but for many D&D players, deciding which class to play may be the toughest choice they make. The best class choice is almost always the class you want to play as most, but D&D players always end up being just a little curious about how popular their