When gamers think about the Xbox, they often think aboutHaloandGears of War. At one point, there was a third series that was pretty popular during the Xbox 360 era. This series was known asCrackdown, and it brought players to a sandbox playground where they had the freedom to do what they wanted. The game prided itself on the open-ended nature of its gameplay and was critically acclaimed for it.Crackdownwould go on to sell millions of copies and kickstart a video game franchise that did not live up to the original title....

Summary Generally speaking, in the modern age of superhero pop culture,Marvelis considered a fairly family-friendly brand, while DC is often generally believed to have the more mature content. But that’s not necessarily true. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has remained PG-13 for pretty much its entire 15-year existence,Marvel’s comics have ventured into more adult-oriented grounds many times in the past, with many well-known comic runs and graphic novels leaning into horror and violence....

Fan-made content often impresses other members of a game’s community, given how devoted to detail amateur creators can be. OneAmong Usfan brings therecently-popular social deduction gameoff of people’s screens and into their living rooms, and that has led to some very positive reactions from fellow players. Among Uscame out over two years ago, but it has seen a huge boost in popularity during the months of August and September. The game provides players with aMafia-like social manipulation experience, where they try to complete various minigames around a space ship while rooting out one or more imposters....

Twitchstreamer and content creator Amouranth is one of the Internet’s top stars, rising to the top of the streaming world and coming out of 2021 as themost-viewed female Twitch streamer of the year. Her success can be partly attributed to how much she works, with Amouranth constantly either Twitch streaming, filming YouTube videos, or making other kinds of content. Other content creators have complained about burnout over the years, but it seems that’s not something Amouranth fans need to worry about....

Being based onDungeons and Dragons, it’s only natural that theBaldur’s Gatefranchise has plenty of terrifying magical creatures within. After hitting early access in 2020,Baldur’s Gate 3finally has a full release date, which was announced during the recent Game Awards. Along with the release date reveal,Baldur’s Gate 3also debuted a brand new trailershowing the return of a few iconic magical creatures - one of which is the eerie Drider. Half-man, half-spider,Baldur’s Gate’s Driders come straight fromDungeons and Dragons' monsters codex....

Battlefield 6andCall of Duty2021 will seem the two FPS juggernauts battling it out for the first time since 2018. Intriguingly, while both projects are set to debut at the end of the year, neither has been revealed by EA or Activision. As such, fans know truly little about the projects. ForBattlefield, only a holiday release window andlarger player counthave been mentioned by EA. Information is even more scarce for the nextCall of Duty, with Activision only confirming that Sledgehammer Games would develop the title last week....

When thinking ofAnimal Crossingmusic, the tunes that often pop to mind are the building themes, villager home preferences, and K.K. Slider songs. Something that is background sound and often not given as much attention are the hourly themes that play while fans wander around their island. They even have rainy variations for when the weather changes. RELATED:Wholesome Games To Play After Animal Crossing: New Horizons Those 24 hourly themes inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsoften have riffed on the originalAnimal Crossingtheme....

Summary One of the most beloved and influential franchises in gaming history, theQuakeseries helped to define the FPS genre and gaming as a whole. Known for being at the forefront of gaming in the early to mid-90s,Quakehas become a largely forgotten name in the modern gaming landscape. RELATED:Games To Play If You Miss Quake The series has changed a lot over its lifespan, from its groundbreaking single-player beginnings to becoming a leader in the growing world of Esports....

Summary It would be impossible to talk about the greatest games on the PS4 without mentioning the absolute masterpiece that isBloodborne. FromSoftware took the special formula they’d devised inDark Soulsand applied it to a new IP(one with a surprising amount of meme potential)with excellent success. The Lovecraftian world ofBloodborne, coupled with its brutal yet fair combat, has made this title one of the greatest games of all time. Two stats govern a player’s damage in melee combat — Strength and Skill....

Gloria Victissetsnations against each otherin large pitched PvP battles. Players will naturally want to have every advantage possible when throwing themselves into the fray, and bringing the right weapon can have a major impact on how combat plays out. The game features three main armor classes – light, medium, and heavy – which all have their own strengths and weaknesses. To complement these, there are also tons of weapons that perform differently against different armors....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarZombies has been well received by the survival mode’s loyal community thus far, though its Easter eggs have been a bit divisive due to their short length and relative ease. However, Treyarch has confirmed thatCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarZombies Easter eggs are different for a huge reason. In the past,Call of DutyZombies Easter eggshave been as complex as it gets. Requiring 30-minute videos to watch and including complex puzzles involving things like morse code, players had to do a lot of work to unlock the final cutscene....

Call of Duty: Warzonereleased its anticipated Pacific update on December 8. Alongside anew map in the island of Caldera, and new guns being brought in fromCall of Duty: Vanguard, bugs have also found their way intoCall of Duty: Warzone’smatchmaking, causing frustration among many players as the developers took a vacation, leaving the game in its current state for some time to come. From glitches that causes players to spawn in the same place, to the"demon" glitch that made one player unkillable, bugs have been rife inCall of Duty: Warzonesince the release of the Pacific update....

TikTokis one of the largest social media platforms on the web. The video-sharing app has over 1 billion users worldwide, and last year,it dethroned Google as the internet’s most visited website domain. However, the platform was also a source of controversy when then-US President Donald Trump attempted to ban the app over perceived national security risks. This discourse might resume now that the Chinese government controls a stake inTikTok’sparent company ByteDance....