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Electronic Arts, a company that has won the “honor” of being named Worst Company in America more than once, has now ranked fifth on a list of most hated companies in the US. The list was put together by 24/7 Wall St., which compiled the list based on a variety of factors, including major events, customer satisfaction surveys, employee reviews, and more. Since Electronic Arts has repeatedly been named the Worst Company in America, it’s really no surprise to see the video game publishing giant on a list of most hated companies....

Easily one of the most-talked about titles of 2013, The Last of Us continues to rack up industry praise (read our review) as well as spoiler-filled debate over the game’s controversial ending. However, long before any players embarked on the suspense-filled cross-country journey with Joel and Ellie, we were all taken-aback by the surprising inclusion of what appeared actress Ellen Page’s likeness in the game. According to Naughty Dog, the similarities were nothing more than a coincidence, and the studio made subtle changes to Ellie’s in-game model to further differentiate their character after the initial announcement - especially considering fellow PS3 exclusive, Beyond: Two Souls had actually cast Page as its lead....

While reviews of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis are a little mixed as to how successful the director’s signature frenetic style was for a biopic about the King of Rock’n Roll, critics and audiences seem to unanimously agree that star Austin Butler has captured the spirit of Elvis Presley. In fact, Butler has so taken on the King’s mantle—the hair, the eyes, the hips—that even Presely’s surviving family, including wife Prisicilla, daughter Lisa Marie, and granddaughter Riley Keough have enthusiastically endorsed the film....

Epic Games has announced the acquisition of SuperAwesome, an organization that powers digital media ecosystems for younger users through safe online engagement. In combination with similar efforts made by Epic Games, the purchase looks to expand on the current range of online kid-safe services. SuperAwesome is well-known for its Kids Web Services (KWS) platform, which serves as an easy to use parental consent management toolkit. KWS lets developers create the best possible experience for users regardless of age, which is one of the most important considerations children access the online world at a young age....

Epic’s trial against Apple is getting underway today, although it got off to a rocky start as screaming Fortnite fans interrupted proceedings. According to The Verge, Epic’s trial was scheduled to begin at 11:15 AM ET, but eventually started at 11:30 AM ET due to technical difficulties. The public call line is a system that allows anyone to listen to the trial, but the court, unfortunately, couldn’t mute all the incoming calls in time....

EVE Online is one of the more complicated MMOs out there. With many facets of the game being run by the EVE Online community, players can form huge factions, control solar systems, and wage war against others all from the comfort of their chosen spaceship. Recently, the largest factions in EVE Online have called a holiday truce in their ongoing war to let players focus on their families for a while....

Pokemon Go is continuing its rollout of rare creatures for you to capture, and if you’re fully dedicated to filling out your Pokedex, then you need to get those elusive Mega Evolved creatures and add them to your team. Niantic has been slow and cautious with their releases thus far, but it looks like Mega Ampharos is the next big creature to make a splash in the game. We already reported that a mystery Mega Evolved Pokemon would appear in raids starting January 19, but it looks like Mega Ampharos is the creature you should watch out for....

A new trailer for Evil Dead: The Game dropped during the Summer Game Fest which shows off some interesting gameplay features. You may recall that an Evil Dead game aptly titled Evil Dead: The Game was announced during the Game Awards last year. We haven’t heard much since, but a new gameplay trailer was finally released during Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest. You and a group of friends will be able to team up as iconic Evil Dead characters as you take on hordes of demons and “live out the nightmare....

The Dungeons & Dragons campaign sourcebook Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount gives players a new land to explore. It also gives Dungeon Masters new dangers to throw at the players and new resources to help the players. One of these exciting new tools in the DM’s playbook is a set of spells that mess with the concepts of time and space. This new branch of magic is called Dunamancy, and it stems from a study of magic that can alter possibility itself....

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout might be the unexpected hit of the year becoming one of the most popular indie titles to get loads of attention. The popularity is so intense that the Fall Guys’ servers have been hit hard. With developer Mediatonic finally getting some stability it is offering players some apology items. Yesterday, Mediatonic announced that players would receive an apology item for Fall Guys’ server problems but did not say what it would be....

The success of Fall Guys is undeniable. The last-man-standing game has become an instant success. Fall Guys is now the highest downloaded PlayStation Plus game ever, as it is built for laugh old loud fun. Some of the mini-games inside of Fall Guys aren’t as loved as others, but one fan has mastered what many consider to be Fall Guy’s hardest level. Mediatonic has said that the game is designed to be 50% skill and 50% luck....

One Fallout 4 fan uses the Settlement creation tools in Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic RPG to recreate Columbia, the floating city from BioShock Infinite. YouTuber and talented Fallout 4 player Girl Plays Game thought that the Brotherhood of Steel’s Prydwen airship needed some competition in the skies, so she decided to customize a Settlement as a refashioned version of the floating city Columbia from Irrational Games’ BioShock Infinite. The creation is superbly crafted, as it manages to blend the best of both dystopian worlds with posters nodding to various Vim & Vigor abilities, power armor standees reminiscent of Big Daddy diving suits, and references to the underwater city of Rapture....

While Fallout 4 is already a commercial and financial success, players continue to experience odd gameplay moments when travelling the Commonwealth wasteland. While Bethesda is known for creating games that feature huge content rich open worlds through their Fallout and Elder Scrolls franchises, players have come to expect a number of glitches or bugs upon release such as these visual glitches that were seen in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Even though Fallout 4 represents the latest and greatest from Bethesda, it too has a number of issues that fans have discovered or inadvertently run into....

Just to prove that players really are never quite finished with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, here’s a cut Shrine that a dedicated fan has discovered! Of course, Breath of the Wild needs no introduction. It’s an iconic instalment of one of the most beloved franchises in gaming history. For many fans, in fact, it’s the greatest Zelda title ever (although the sometimes controversial Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past will have something to say about that)....

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is one of the best 3D Zelda games - sorry, I can’t hear you disagreeing from all the way down there, up here on the sky islands everything is wonderful. Skyward Sword is constantly inventive and interesting, and soon more of you can come around to my way of thinking with the upcoming Skyward Sword HD launching on Nintendo Switch. If you’re already making your way through the game, then we have the guide for you....

Destiny’s new raid has a mechanic that many players ignore or may not even know about, but it is likely to play a major part of Wrath of the Machine’s Heroic Mode. When Destiny players first descended on Rise of Iron’s new raid, Wrath of the Machine, they discovered a mechanic in the final boss fight against Aksis. But the mechanic was pretty much completely ignored because it is not necessary to defeat Aksis....

As fans inch closer to May 18 and the first gameplay reveal stream for Destiny 2, things remain relatively low key in the current world of Destiny. For now, only speculation and rumor continue to take priority as Bungie remains tight lipped on anything regarding their upcoming title. The most recent speculation centers around the little ship icon in the beta logo, with some fans theorizing that it could be a brand new ship class in the upcoming sequel, similar to the old ship logo in the Destiny 1 beta logo....

While reception to Call of Duty: WW2 has been mostly positive so far, some fans have complained that the game’s inclusion of female soldiers will make it historically inaccurate. Sledgehammer Games recently addressed these concerns in a Facebook livestream, where the studio explained why it’s possible to include female characters in the game while staying true to history. In terms of the campaign, it looks as though Sledgehammer is adding female characters to Call of Duty: WW2 in the same manner that Treyarch did back when it developed Call of Duty 3, by including French resistance fighters....

It’s been a long time since Blizzard has updated us on the status of Diablo Immortal, but a new trailer reveals some fresh gameplay footage for the controversial mobile title. This trailer features some of the same footage showcased in the Diablo Immortal trailer that Blizzard quietly released as part of the BlizzCon 2019 celebrations, but it focuses much more on the game’s UI and some of the details of its six currently available character classes (Barbarian, Crusader, Demon Hunter, Monk, Necromancer, and Wizard)....

One of the most important steps you can take at the beginning of Disco Elysium is by stepping with two expensive, clean snake-skin shoes on your feet instead of one. When you first enter the gameplay world, your clothes are scattered around your hostel room and you’re wearing nothing but some underpants. You can collect these pieces of clothing and wear them! Clothing items in Disco Elysium give you buffs, so it’s important to start out with something at the very least....