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It’s not that often that the gaming community gets a bona fide story about a mysterious stranger who wanders in off the street, blows everyone away and then disappears into the night before anyone can so much as catch their name. But that’s precisely what happened at Wednesday Night Fights, a weeklyStreet Fighter 5tournament broadcast on Twitchby Level Up Live. Wednesday Night Fights has been running for over a decade, originating in South California before transitioning to an online model once the pandemic hit last year....

Last year,The Book of Boba FettgaveStar Warsfans a deeper look at just what happened after Han Solo tossed the bounty hunter towards the Sarlacc’s belly. The show ultimately proved to be a must-watch for those tuning in to seeThe Mandalorian, and there are many rumors suggesting the former could get a second season. Considering its relatively smaller viewership compared toThe Mandalorian,Book of Boba Fettseason 2 is not a guarantee. Yet, the possibility of continuing to use that spinoff to flesh out more of Din Djarin and Grogu’s story is tempting....

Though manyWorld of Warcraftfans are looking forward to the upcomingDragonflightexpansion, the MMO still has one last content patch to go before then. A new Easter egg has been discovered in the Public Test Realm for Patch 9.2.5–one that pays homage to the Windrunner Sisters and their late brother Lirath, who all play major roles in the recentSylvanasnovel. World of Warcraftis releasing Patch 9.2.5 on May 31st. In addition to adding cross-faction dungeons, raids, and PvP, the patch is also adding new story content, including at least two Heritage Armor questlines and another involving the Forsaken and Calia Menethil....

While multiple games are leaving, a others are beingadded to Game Pass includingFinal Fantasy 10/10-2 HD Remaster,Dragon Quest Builders 2, andRed Dead Online. The platform looks to add nine more games in total to its current offerings. RELATED:Best Souls Like Games On Xbox Game Pass All the games slated to leave the Game Pass in May 2021are available on the PC, with three being available for the console and one available via the cloud....

To celebrate the release of theDead Spaceremake, Xbox has released a dynamic dashboard background for the Series X/S based on the new title. The dashboard is available to download now for everyone, rather than just players who have purchasedDead Space.The recent release ofDead Spacehas been a huge critical success, with fans and critics praising the game’s improved graphics and revised pacing as key reasons to pick up the game again 15 years later....

The PlayStation family of consoles has featured a wide variety of Halloween-based DLC throughout the years. One of the more unique first-party examples was frominFamous 2’sDLC calledFestival of Blood. It was a standalone game, not part of the canon, wherein the electrified hero of Cole MacGrath had to fight through a wave of vampires that was infecting the New Orleans-based city of New Marais. RELATED:Scary Games To Play During The Spooky Season Besides a new type of enemy, Cole got vampiric powers too like drinking blood to get super strong....

Marvel’sAgents of SHIELDconcluded its seven-season run with a two-part finale that involved plenty of complicated time travel. Now, showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen have explained how they were able to map out the complicated storyline of the final season and the intent behind the time jump at the end of the series finale. The seventh and final season ofAgents of SHIELDcentered on the team as they traveled through time in an effort to prevent the semi-robotic beings known as Chronicoms from establishing Earth as their new home and erasing S....

After three and a half years of development,Atrio: The Dark Wildreleased in early access on August 10. The game is an ambitious blend of cyberpunk, horror, automation, survival, and some really cute piston-dogs. It takes mechanical cues fromDon’t StarveandFactorioin some ways, but its visual components really make it stand out among other survival and automation games. While the story is still in production, like much of the game, there is still a lot of content available for players to enjoy in its early access incarnation....

A new LinkedIn update reveals that Obsidian developer Zoe Franznick, who worked as a narrative designer onPentiment, has joined theAvowedteam. This reportedly means that the open-world RPG, set in thePillars of Eternitysetting Eora, has 10+ narrative designers working on it.In game development, narrative designers are an absolutely vital role and one that is sometimes overlooked. What a narrative designer does is verify the narrative weaves in and out of every other element of the game, often working across departments to make sure that, for example, a certain gameplay beat doesn’t undermine the story....

In light of recent reports of issues during the filming ofSeveranceseason 2, director Ben Stiller refuted the report, saying that everyone is working together to make a healthy work environment and everything is going slowly but smoothly.Following a report thatSeverance’s two showrunners have been having issueswith one another on theApple TV Plusshow’s set, which has led to Stiller scrambling to find a replacement, Stiller gave his take on what’s been going on in response to another report that refuted the initial one....

4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) games have seen a meteoric rise in both popularity and playtime over the years as players are growing more accustomed to the genre. With the expanding player base, there are also bound to be more multiplayer games that enable the players to work with each other to either beat the game or their difficult AI opponents. Some of these games require strict cooperation to face difficult in-game events that can end the game prematurely, while some only have threadbare cooperation gameplay in the form of teams with shared victory conditions....

Summary It’s not a secret that building inThe Sims 4is a lot easier than the otherSimsgames. There’s a Build Mode that has everything for building the exterior of a house, like walls, fences, and landscaping items, anda Buy Modethat includes important objects for the interior, like the furniture. Unfortunately, after playing the game for a while, players may start to lose interest in building areas because it’s not that much of a challenge....

Summary Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel,Dune, was a game-changer for science fiction. Due to its immense popularity and sustained place in the mainstream of science fiction, it’s seen many adaptations. FromDavid Lynch’sDuneto the original 1992 video game, Herbert’s world has long been a playground for creatives. With the recent release ofDenis Villeneuve’sDune: Part 2and the popularity surrounding it, there’s never been a better time to delve into theDuneuniverse. Over the years, there have been a plethora ofDunevideo games, though some have been more successful than others....