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Although Sid Meier’s Civilization 6 originally launched back in 2016 for PC and Mac users, Firaxis has managed to keep players continually coming back year after year. While it helps that Civilization 6 has been ported to other platforms including consoles and Android devices, the biggest reason is likely due to the consistent release of post-launch content and updates. Over the next couple of years following the Civilization 6 launch, Firaxis focused on launching dedicated expansions introducing new civilizations as well as new gameplay features and mechanics....

When gamers think of iconic franchises from the last console generation, BioShock is one of the series that immediately springs to mind. The first game was one of the best games of its era, and the overall trilogy tied clever storytelling to strong societal themes, brought together with some shocking twists and interesting – if occasionally jarring – gunplay. Culminating in BioShock Infinite, the trilogy is seen by many as being amongst the best sets of games available on old gen hardware....

Fall Guys devs have backtracked on what the inner workings of the game’s beans might look like, offering up a far less terrifying diagram. Fall Guys has been the feelgood hit of the summer in the gaming world. A simple concept in which 60 players compete in a game show type scenario to win crowns. A fresh take on the saturated battle royale genre that doesn’t involve anyone having to shoot, maim, or kill their rivals....

Fall Guys may have been among Steam’s best-sellers for 2020, but its rank among the platform’s most-played games of the year might worry Mediatonic. The end of one year and the start of another is a time for reflection. Chances are you will have seen countless “best of 2020” lists and articles. Truth be told, despite the state of the world, it was a huge year for video games. Titles such as Cyberpunk 2077, The Last of Us Part 2, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons will have dominated many of your years....

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is continuing its dominance on the PC platform, as it has topped the Steam best-seller list for the fifth week in a row. This cursed year, 2020, has seen a number of games from well-established series selling millions of copies worldwide, including Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and The Last of Us Part 2. There are always a few surprises that take the gaming world by storm and that title in 2020 is Fall Guys, which swiftly became the most downloaded PlayStation Plus game of all time in August....

Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda was approved recently and with it came a slew of in-house IPs added to Game Pass, talk of future exclusivity, and questions. Lots and lots of questions. Chief among them is how it would affect the development of existing games, particularly live-service ones such as Fallout 76 and The Elder Scrolls Online. One user posited on a Reddit AMA, “Has the transition to Microsoft been smooth?...

Fallout 76 has had an interesting journey since its launch last year. Many longtime fans have found themselves baffled by the game’s many shortcomings, with the online RPG suffering regular network issues and balance problems. One such balance issue was the weight of bobby pins, which came in at .01 pounds at one point, significantly heavier than what they weigh in real life. And while bobby pins now only weigh 1o% of that in-game, that didn’t stop one player from sassing Bethesda’s Todd Howard over the discrepancy....

The original Game Boy may be iconic, but it’s also a huge, housebrick-sized monstrosity. Thanks to one intrepid industrial designer, it’s been given a new lease of life as the Nintendo Flex. Now, if you’re a gamer of a certain age, you’ll probably have fond memories of the Game Boy. Releasing in Japan and North America way back in 1989 (hitting Europe the following year), this was the system that kicked off Nintendo’s reputation as masters of handheld gaming....

Warning: contains spoilers for Fate: The Winx Saga Season 2. Fate: The Winx Saga brought The Winx Club into the modern television era with its grounded, edgy live-action take on a magical fairy boarding school. Instead of the Magical Realm, Fate gave us Otherworld, a parallel Earth where magic and magical creatures exist. Fairies rule Otherworld, but they’re not alone within it. Burned Ones and Blood Witches are just two of the magical antagonists we’ve been introduced to....

Destiny: Rise of Iron kicks off another new week of content for players with the weekly playlist reset and here is everything that you’ll need to know for December 13. The day many Destiny: Rise of Iron fans have been waiting for has finally arrived. The latest seasonal event known as The Dawning brings about a holiday flair to The Tower, along with more things for players to do. The biggest thing for many is the return of Amanda Holliday’s Sparrow Racing League....

Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. The Diablo franchise has traditionally relied on a fairly simple equipment system. Every player can equip Rings, Pants, Boots, Helmets, and an armory’s worth of weapons, but Diablo Immortal adds yet another item class to that formula. Throughout the game, Diablo Immortal players will occasionally find Charms: rare, endgame-focused pieces of equipment that provide various buffs....

Today, May the 12th marks the first Double XP weekend for Battlefield 3, a game that has been on store shelves since October. While Battlefield 3’s biggest competition Call of Duty tends to announce Double XP weekends at least once a month – although its Mass Effect 3 that seems to be doing that nowadays – this is the first weekend that DICE’s popular shooter has offered double the experience....

Rumours have been circling for months, and now the BBC has confirmed the news: two of the Doctor’s current companions, Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole, are leaving the show. New Year’s Day Special Revolution of the Daleks will mark Graham and Ryan’s final appearances, leaving Mandip Gill’s Yaz as the sole continuing member of Thirteen’s Sheffield crew. Speaking at an online BBC press Q&A for the festive episode held earlier this month, Jodie Whittaker confirmed the news:...

This article contains spoilers for the WandaVision finale. Marvel told us pretty early on that its Scarlet Witch spinoff series WandaVision would set up the events of Doctor Strange 2, but during the final episode some fans were a little disappointed by the lack of a Benedict Cumberbatch appearance that might have explained just how closely these two projects might be connected. However, there was quite a big Doctor Strange 2 connection for movie geeks who were paying close enough attention during WandaVision’s final post credits scene – it was just a little more subtle than most people were expecting....

If you had any doubt that Doom Eternal was one of the top games out there, doubt no longer. Doom Eternal is the sequel to Doom, a first-person shooter game that was rebooted in 2016 and developed by id Software. While Doom takes place in the year 2149 in a research facility on Mars, Doom Eternal takes place eight months after the events on Mars, once earth has been overrun by demonic forces and a good chunk of the population has been wiped out....

Dragon Ball will forever be one of best known piece of classic anime out there. For many, it was one of the first of the genre they’d ever seen, leaving a heavy impact on what would catch their eye in the future. Because so many of us first saw the series when we were children, we were much more forgiving of its mistakes. In fact, there were times when Dragon Ball stopped making sense altogether....

The original Dragon Ball series gave birth to several characters who would go on to become fan favorites in the franchise. From its main character Goku all the way to Piccolo, its sequel series Dragon Ball Z could have probably done just fine with the existing cast, but Akira Toriyama smartly realized that fresh blood was in order. Enter the first new character that DBZ introduces to us: the son of Chi-Chi and Son Goku, Son Gohan....

So, it was Goku Day yesterday? I didn’t even know there was a day to celebrate the anime world’s worst dad, let alone that it coincided with Mother’s Day. There were a few things I thought about writing - Goku being the worst anime dad was one; I also thought about writing about the Goku-Frieza team up from the Dragon Ball Super finale. But I finally settled on something that’s a bit closer to my heart - Dragon Ball FighterZ....

With all the innovation that happened during the series of Dragon Quest, they also created some haunting villains to go along with it. From being overly powerful to the point of taking down deities to the more subtle and sinister of the bunch. Dragon Quest is packed with some of the most wicked villains around. On the other side of things, not every hit can be a home run. For every iconic powerhouse, there’s some wonky bad guy that players are quick to forget....

Dungeons & Dragons is a vast universe with plenty of options and freedom to play interesting and unique characters. But creating a powerful character requires experience and familiarity with a lot of rules and options. One of those options is picking up the best feat for the character in certain levels. This can be an intimidating task, considering how many different feats are available across different sourcebooks. Spellcasters have a lot of options to consider....