Summary The FromSoftware community has thrived over the past couple years, with bothElden RingandArmored Core 6: Fires of Rubiconreleasing to high acclaim. Both are some of the most ambitious projects FromSoftware has put out –Elden Ringbecause it merges the Soulslike formula with an open world, andArmored Coreby virtue of being a series revival one decade in the making. With support for both titles continuing, things are looking good for FromSoftware fans....

Monday, November 15 marks the 20th anniversary of theXboxconsole. In celebration of twenty years of video games onXboxconsoles, the team at Xbox held a special digital event online. The Xbox 20th Anniversary Celebration mixed nostalgic looks back on moments in Xbox’s history with several exciting announcements. One of those announcements is that Xbox is bringing back 76 classic Xbox games through backward compatibility, which are now available to purchase and play on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S platforms....

Blessed with expert direction, an unforgettable villain in the Shape, and the most haunting piano score in horror cinema, John Carpenter’sHalloweenis a masterpiece. Generations of horror films emulated, parodied, and aspired to surpass it, and its fingerprints are inextricable from the modern slasher genre.RELATED:The Best Psychological Horror Movies That Will Leave You ThinkingYet many of the tropes that define the slasher genre predate Carpenter’s quintessential film. Final girls, killers stalking with knives in the darkness, and hapless teenage victims appeared in many excellent films beforeHalloween....

More commonly discovered and easily foundPokémontend to have rather high flee rates. This means that these more common Pokémon are more likely to take off in the middle of a player’s attempts to catch them if things do not go according to plan. This combined with their abundant nature makes thesePokémonrather annoying to deal with. Related:10 Games To Revisit While You Wait For Pokémon Sword & Shield But the more rarePokémonare a different story entirely....

Animeis filled with exciting and interesting female characters that fans grow to love and cherish for their quirky eccentricities. More often, these lovable heroines are strong-willed, wear their hearts on their sleeve, and are the clumsiest of characters in the entire series. Falling on their face, burning a meal, and even wardrobe malfunctions are just a few of the mishaps that plague these characters and make them memorable to fans throughout the series....

TheAnimal Crossing: New Horizonscommunity can be a creative bunch. Recently afan created Bower’s castle withinNew Horizons, for example. The game itself allows for so much artistry, so players often use the game, its villagers, and more as a backdrop for creativity. The most recent example involves Celeste, the stargazing owl. Recently, Redditor u/Mr_Pioupiou uploaded a post to r/AnimalCrossing of a quite remarkable creation. The artists made a candle jar based on Celeste fromAnimal Crossing:New Horizons....

Hip firing inApex Legendsis an important skill to master for high-level play. When in close quarters, hip firing can make the difference between life and death when compared to trying to aim down the sights of a weapon. But most weapons have a pretty wide spread when firing from the hip, so learning how to wrangle the spread of each weapon is key, unless players utilize this new trick discovered by anApex Legendsfan....

Summary The Federal Government of Australia has recently approved new laws relating to loot boxes and other gambling elements in video games. These new laws are part of the country’sgreater push against in-game purchases. Loot boxes and small in-game purchases, often referred to as microtransactions, have been central topics of discussion in gaming communities for the past decade. Popularized by games likeOverwatchand sports franchises likeNBA 2KandFIFA, microtransactions are heavily maligned by most video game players, as they are generally considered consumer-unfriendly and predatory....

Final Fantasyis a series wherein characters fall into typical RPG classes. This series put a spin on establishedDungeons & Dragonsbuilds with their Job systems. Each new iteration of the franchise brought more and more to the table withFinal Fantasy Tacticstruly reaching new ridiculous heights with Jobs like Calculator being implemented. RELATED:Final Fantasy: The Biggest Gameplay Change In Every Main Game Besides Jobs, characters also fall into transitional titles such as teachers....

It’s hardly secret by now thatBungie, the studio behind the originalHalogames and theDestinyfranchise, is working on several concurrent projects alongsideDestiny 2itself, and a new job listing suggests thatDestiny 2’s own Tiger engine will run one of these new projects. The specifics of this unannounced third-person game are still unknown, however, with not much information to go on at all. Destiny 2veterans will know thatBungiehasn’t been shy when it comes to admitting that the game’s aging Tiger engine bottlenecked its development....

Call of Duty: Vanguardhas been available for just over a day and players have already found a focus for online discourse. It is, as ever in theCall of Dutycommunity, SBMM. Skill-based matchmaking has been a frequent topic of conversation and argument amongCall of Dutyplayers over the past several years. That it’s already a focus forCall of Duty: Vanguardplayers, who’ve managed to get the term “SBMM” trending on Twitter, is as hilarious as it unsurprising....

For nearly a decade, Ryan Murphy has petrified people with a range of horror stories. Freaky properties, wacky characters, and life-questioning scenarios have wormed their way into the hearts of many. Murphy’s newest project,American Horror Stories, looks to expand on the workAmerican Horror Storyhas done, but how will it stack up? With three episodes under its belt,American Horror Storiesproves that it isn’t theAmerican Horror Storypeople have come to love. While the first two episodes “Rubber (Wo)man: Part One” and “Two,” borrowed Murder House and the rubber suit fromAmerican Horror Story’sfirst season, the spin-off fell flat....

2K has officially announced thatCivilization 7, the next game in its popular turn-based strategy 4X franchise, is in development. Popularity for the series has grown significantly since Sid Meier led the development of the originalCivilizationfor release in 1991. Over 30 years later and Firaxis Games remains true to Meier’s vision for the series. WhileCivilization 7will undoubtedly be a step forward fromCivilization 6, fans know exactly what to expect from the sequel and that’s what keeps them loyal to the franchise....