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Eager fans who’ve been following the announcements regarding Persona 5 Royal have raised a new theory to explain some of the things they’ve seen. The raised theory is that the mysterious playable third semester that Atlus hasn’t elaborated on will actually be a dream palace in which each of the Phantom Thieves’ wishes have come true. Atlus has included some scenes in their released trailers that range from highly improbable to outright impossible within the established story of Persona 5....

Far Cry 3 innovated on a lot of features and aspects of Ubisoft’s long-running shooter franchise. From its humble Crytek beginnings as an innovative proof of concept, Far Cry 3’s usage of an iconic villain and conquerable, open-ended outposts has permeated throughout every subsequent entry. It’s arguable that even Far Cry 2 was responsible for a lot of the staple features that were established and utilized in future entries. With Far Cry 6 on the eventual horizon, it’s already clear there’s just as many new and existing influences from Far Cry going into this next entry....

With Detroit: Become Human, David Cage and his team at Quantic Dream were able to realize their most ambitious project to date. Following in the footsteps of Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls, the game showcased the studio’s flair for narrative-driven games. Not only was it a technical marvel when it initially debuted on the PS4 in 2018, but its sprawling tale of androids fighting oppression in a dystopian future was also a source of much praise....

Ready for some stylish action? Thanks to folks from Capcom, demon slayer Dante makes his way to modern-generation platforms for another Devil May Cry installment. Released in 2019, Devil May Cry 5 offers a fresh take on the title with upgraded graphics and more stylish approaches to combat. Moreover, with Nero and newcomer V adding to the roster of playable characters, DMC 5 offered a lengthy and enjoyable time for DMC fans....

Devil May Cry made quite the comeback last year with the release of Devil May Cry 5. The game practically revived the Devil May Cry franchise in its entirety and introduced a cacophony of new players to the series. Now, fans of the series will know how to make Dante’s favorite food from scratch. Over the last couple of weeks, the Japanese PlayStation Twitter page has been releasing recipes based on food that’s featured in various games....

Publisher Devolver Digital and Croteam released a new story trailer for Serious Sam 4, which launches on September 24 for Windows PC (via Steam), Google Stadia, and in 2021 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In the new game, a prequel to Serious Sam 3: BFE, Sam “Serious” Stone and the Alien Artifact Acquisition division of Earth Defense Force are searching for the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail, which is actually an alien artifact....

Anime isn’t the easiest to get into. Part of it is accessibility with so many of the newest titles going to streaming services like Crunchyroll and Funimation, which simulcast episodes airing in Japan and out west. Another is culture. Not everyone wants to get so deep into anime that things like Isekai, Shounen, Shoujo are meaningful markers of what to expect from a show. A solution for the cautiously curious is as simple as opening up the Netflix anime section....

Indie video game developer Chaosmonger Studio and publisher Assemble Entertainment have recently published more delightful details on their upcoming point & click adventure game Encodya. In the ENCODYA Featurette #1 Trailer, Chaosmonger Studio CEO Nicola Piovesan describes some behind-the-scenes info on the making of Encodya, and shares their opinion on what the most important feature of the game is. Last month, the studios announced the January 26, 2021 release date for Encodya, along with a Gameplay Trailer and listing on Steam and GOG....

Spooky season is now officially here and Disney+ is celebrating with a very special Marvel horror presentation. Highlighting Disney+’s list of new releases for October 2022 is Werewolf by Night. Inspired by the Marvel comic character of the same name, this one-off special is designed to be a Halloween treat for MCU fans. Composer Michael Giacchino directed this black and white feature that brings Marvel’s resident werewolf to life. Gael García Bernal stars as Jack Russell, the aptly-named schmoe who will howl at the moon....

Alan Dean Foster, the legendary science fiction writer behind the novelizations of the original Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and the godfather of the original Star Wars Expanded Universe with his authoring of the first sequel in the franchise, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, says he hasn’t been paid royalties owed to him by Disney since the megacorporation’s acquisition of those series’ rights. In an open letter posted by (and added to by) the Science Fiction Writers of America, the writer, who is living with an advanced form of cancer, says that Disney has not paid royalties for the Star Wars books, which are still in print, and that they haven’t even issued a royalty statement for the Alien novels....

Division 2 players may have noticed a chest in the White House base of operations that requires 8 ivory keys to unlock. Because Ubisoft and developer Massive Entertainment are layering The Division 2 with some secrets, like hidden bosses, the game never explains what this chest is for or how to get ivory keys. In order to get ivory keys in Division 2, players will need to kill the Hunter bosses that are hidden around the open world map....

The remastered hits just keep coming. Capcom announced this week that it will release DmC: Devil May Cry - Definitive Edition, an upgraded version of the 2013 franchise reboot for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 17, 2015. Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition will also release on the same consoles next summer. DmC: Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition, which will retail for $39.99, will contain all of the original’s downloadable content and run at 60 frames per second in 1080p resolution....

Bethesda has confirmed that The Elder Scrolls Online and Doom Eternal are being ported to Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. “Players who own or purchase either title on Xbox One or PlayStation 4 will be able to upgrade for free to the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 versions, respectively, when those versions are available,” Bethesda says via a press release regarding the upcoming ports. “Additionally, our teams are working hard to ensure both titles will support backwards compatibility when the new consoles launch....

Dragon Ball FighterZ’s Super Baby 2’s announcement trailer gave viewers more than just a look at what the character was capable of. At its conclusion, it also revealed that the final character of the FighterZ season 3 pass would be Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta. The little of Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta that the trailer showed revolved around his introduction. Fans got to see Super Saiyan 4 Goku and Vegeta recreate the exact same scene from Dragon Ball GT that first brought him into existence....

Dungeons and Dragons DMs have a lot of planning to do as they sit down to start a new campaign with fresh players and characters. There are villains to develop, locations to create or study up on (like the new Theros map), and lots of character connections to being weaving. D&D players who are new to running tabletop RPGs may accidentally overlook one of the most crucial planning steps in bringing a group together....

This episode of Dynasty containts spoilers. Dynasty Episode 22 Review Dynasty sure knows how to go out with a bang. All the high-end, grass-fed, free-range, Swarovski-emblazoned chickens came home to roost in this season finale. You know it’s a good episode when the mother of all catfights isn’t even close to the most outrageous thing that happened. Everyone learned the truth about almost everything, so of course some new secrets had to be made in the process....

With this year’s E3 conference fast approaching, Xbox has announced it will once again host Xbox FanFest during the event. As part of Xbox FanFest, 500 lucky gamers will have an opportunity to attend the Microsoft press briefing, and gain exclusive access to upcoming Xbox games and hardware. FanFest 2017 participants will be invited to the Microsoft press briefing on June 11th, an event normally reserved only for members of the press....

The Elder Scrolls series started out in 1994 with Elder Scrolls: Arena. There have been five total entries into the main series with a sixth one announced, a handful of spinoff games, a popular MMO, and even a collectible card game. The world of Tamriel is vast, deep, and has a very long history behind it. With that much real-world and in-universe history behind it, it’s no wonder that there are elements of the timeline that can get more than a little confusing....

Embracer Group’s recent Q3 earnings presentation revealed a number of interesting insights into the holdings company’s future endeavors, including that Little Nightmares dev Tarsier Studios will be working on a new IP and that the company has 150 games currently in development. The webcast also detailed an ambitious new project the company is currently pursuing, with Embracer looking to create an archive of “all video games.” Detailed by Embracer Group’s CEO Lars Wingefors, the project is one that he assumes will take decades to complete, assuming it’s ever finished at all....

There are so many great things about Emily in Paris, not least the absolutely incredible fashion highlights in every scene. Couple those mixed prints with the love triangles and great friendships, and you’re onto a real winner. With season 3 now released - and over for you if you’re anything like us and you’ve already binged your way through to the end - we’re turning our full attention to season 4....