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Twitch streamer Dr. Disrespect is known for being brutally honest when it comes to critiquing video games. As a veteran game developer (whose real name is Guy Beahm) Dr. Disrespect typically looks at games in terms of the success of their mechanics and design, but sometimes he likes to poke fun simply for entertainment purposes. And so when Dr. Disrespect fired up Destiny 2 this weekend, many figured that there were going to be a few roasts coming Bungie’s way....

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot fans waited three months for the first DLC to release, and when it finally did, many found themselves disappointed. The DLC didn’t do much to fix Kakarot’s biggest problems and offered only a couple hours of extra content at best. While this was let down for many fans, it is possible that DLC 2 could end up being even shorter if Bandai Namco doesn’t handle it well....

Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance is the upcoming spiritual successor to the Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance from back in the very early 2000s. The action RPG title is an adaptation of some of the core lore of the Dungeons and Dragons multiverse and is highly anticipated by many fans. Continuing to emphasize action over the more strategic gameplay of other games based on DnD doesn’t mean that the game isn’t still deeply tied to the tabletop games from which it was born, though....

Dungeons and Dragons players celebrated DnD Live earlier this summer with a weekend full of star-studded live play events. Stars from Daredevil, Game of Thrones, professional wrestling, and even the Marvel Cinematic Universe showed up to roll some dice and explore Icewind Dale throughout the event. In September DnD is bringing another massive event to life, this time with more of the focus on the average player and the DnD community....

Mods are an excellent way to breathe life into an old game. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was released back in 2006, but that isn’t stopping its fans from continuing to create content for the game via modifications. Modder “Kuzja80” has just released a 19.5GB HD texture pack for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The results are gorgeous, and something that any Oblivion fan should be interested in giving a try. Kuzja80 used Cuda, Pytorch, and his own custom work to create the HD texture mod, as opposed to AI techniques....

A rummage. A rootle. A grub about. A fillet. The hors d’oeuvres. Getting him unzipped… Coming from anybody else, the irreverence with which Endeavour’s Dr Max DeBryn describes performing post-mortems would suggest callousness. From DeBryn though, it’s just DeBryn – playful, teasingly provocative and clever. The man’s a master of words as well as the scalpel. He may delight in making his squeamish colleague Morse green around the gills with descriptions of corpses being “as ripe and runny as a rancid Roquefort”, but underneath the mischief sits unarguable decency....

The day has finally come for Rockfish Games’ new space looter shooter. Everspace 2 has arrived on Steam Early Access with an introductory price of $39.99 USD. And to celebrate the occasion, we even have a brand new trailer to show off. Everspace 2 will pick up where Everspace 1 left off. A reborn conflict between the Colonial humans and the Okkar reptile aliens has been averted, but the ending of Everspace 1 still had factories pumping out human clones at an alarming pace, and it’s up to the hero of the first game to stop it....

Cyberpunk 2077 released globally on December 10th, 2020 after several delays and, in truth, it probably could have used another year or two worth of postponements. It turns out that an entire year of aggressive crunch still couldn’t deliver a consistent experience, even with the latest and greatest consoles on the market. That being said, some gamers have still managed to enjoy the game and that’s great! The conversations have largely been focused on if the game runs at all, but those who are fortunate enough to play on the latest consoles have had the opportunity to talk about how the game runs....

Destiny 2’s Trials of Osiris is now live, giving PvP fans a new taste of what endgame Crucible can look like. The goal of Trials of Osiris is to deliver a challenging, competitive PvP experience as players pursue a trip to the Lighthouse. New Trials of Osiris Passages By and large, Trials of Osiris is very similar to the version available in Destiny 1, albeit with some key changes. First and foremost, players cannot purchase boons for their Trials passage....

Undead Labs’ State of Decay 2 mostly sticks to the same formula as its predecessor, delivering an open-world survival game with a heavy focus on scavenging and resource management. While there are some quests to play through, the story takes a back seat to exploration, base building, and crafting a safe haven to stave off the wandering zombies. This makes State of Decay 2 maps very important. Players take charge of randomly generated characters with their own traits, strengths, and weaknesses; in fact, while the zombies are nothing to scoff at, fostering a sustainable community of survivors is often the game’s greatest challenge....

Factorio, the construction management simulator developed by Czech studio Wube Software, releases its stable Version 1.1 update with a new patch. After being in early development for over eight years, the game initially launched with a total of 150 known bugs, but the new patch reportedly brings that number down to zero. For the uninitiated, Factorio finds the player in the shoes of an engineer who crashes on a foreign planet and must harvest resources to build more complicated machines and factories in order to survive....

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has been massively successful, becoming the most downloaded PlayStation Plus game of all time. It also has a strong social media presence, particularly on Twitter where it shares fan projects like an a cappella beatbox cover of Fall Guys’ main theme or outfit concept art, as well as memes and sometimes disturbing theories about how its jelly bean characters would translate into real life. Mediatonic Community Manager Oliver Hindle shared a post on his personal Twitter account that depicts the game’s characters broken into different anatomical models for their skeletons, muscular systems, internal organs, and more....

Shh! It’s a secret. Hidden clues and messages are a vital part of modern gaming. There are so many easter eggs and references left in the games we play that it becomes a separate game all it’s own to find and place these easter eggs. One game world that is filled to the brim with these hidden messages is Fallout 4. The developers behind the game, Bethesda, have made it a point to integrate popular culture and history into the post-apocalyptic wasteland that is the Commonwealth....

Bethesda partners up with the eccentric Jones Soda Co. to produce real-life, Fallout-inspired Nuka Cola Quantum, set to go on sale at the same time as Fallout 4. Bethesda, Jones Soda Company and Target stores have joined forces, announcing a cross-brand effort to promote the upcoming Fallout 4. For the very first time, Fallout fans will be able to buy an official, real-life version of the mildly-irradiated in-game thirst quencher Nuka Cola Quantum....

There’s about two months to go before Fallout 4 officially releases, and fans of Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic franchise are beside themselves with elation. With the knowledge that the forthcoming sequel’s dialogue is more than Skyrim and Fallout 3 combined, anticipation is certainly warranted. Plus, the fact that players will be privy to the experience of fresh gameplay components such as the ability to craft and customize weapons, armor, and settlements should be enough for gamers to hole up in their respective Vaults to wait it out until the title ultimately drops....

The reputation system in Fallout 76 is a straightforward mechanic, but if you are having issues building reputation with your desired faction, here’s everything you need to know. Ranking System Two factions are affected by this social standing ranking system; Raiders and Settlers. Below are the tiers of possible reputation ranks from worst to best, along with each rank’s reputation point (RP) requirements and min-max time it takes to advance between tiers....

Bobbleheads can be hard to track down in Fallout 76 due to their random generation and multiplayer gameplay. However, these elusive collectibles also have a new function in this Fallout title that’s important to note before trying to put them all to use. Bobblehead Effects Bobbleheads work differently in Fallout 76 than they have in other games in the series. They are now consumable items that trigger a temporary 1hr bonus to an array of stats....

Veronica is one of the potential companions found in Fallout: New Vegas. Veronica is a member of the Brotherhood of Steel who can be found at the 188 Trading Post. By speaking to her, players are able to recruit her and travel the Mojave Wasteland with her. During these travels, players are able to learn about Veronica and her past. Players are able to learn about her family, some personal information, and her past with the Brotherhood of Steel....

As an FPS open-world game with survival elements, Far Cry’s presence of animals is a staple in the challenging franchise. There are various animals across the games; some are prey animals and could be hunted for pelts and upgrade materials, while others are much harder to take down due to their predatory nature. Far Cry’s survival formula doesn’t make animals a breeze to deal with. They aren’t just world props, they are actual hazards in the game that will fight back when provoked....

Dirt 5 was announced recently at the May Xbox 20/20 event. While the Xbox event drew a mixed reception, players were generally impressed by the look of the latest racing game which will be optimized for the Xbox Series X but coming to other platforms. While many were impressed with its 120 FPS visuals and the resulting aesthetic, there was also good news for fans of career mode racing, particularly in the acting department....