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PLEASE NOTE: This article contains MASSIVE Spoilers for The Callisto Protocol. Proceed at your own risk. Because there is currently no official information regarding a possible sequel for Striking Distance Studios’The Callisto Protocol, it’s a good time to highlight what it succeeds at and what its main pain points really are. While the gameplay loop is more interesting than average survival horror games, largely due to the many combat options that allow players toforge new weapons inThe Callisto Protocolor upgrade existing ones, its newly constructed universe probably needed a bit more to work with....

Ever since it found great success with the slasher-horror gameUntil Dawn, Supermassive Games has doubled-down on its cinematic games that blur the line between video game and feature film. It has continuedUntil Dawn’s legacy with its anthology seriesThe Dark Pictures, which has so far consisted ofMan of Medan,Little Hope, and soonThe Dark Pictures: House of Ashes, which will offer a new cast of characters, a unique setting, and more. Supermassive Games recently showed offThe Dark Pictures: House of Ashesin more detail, giving fans an idea of what to expect when it launches later this year....

Naughty Dog’sThe Last of Usfranchise has been an immense success for PlayStation since it first hit the scene in 2013. Serving as a swan song for the PS3 era, the series has since blossomed into a colossal multimedia beast, receiving a dedicated sequel, comic books, and even an HBO TV show starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. Although years off, a third installment is sure to be on the studio’s radar at some point in the near future....

For the PlayStation platform, few other franchises have had as grand of an impact asThe Last of Us. Even despite somebacklash towardThe Last of Us 2, the series is considered among the pinnacle of quality for not only PlayStation, but gaming as a whole. Naughty Dog is hard at work on a fully fledged multiplayer offering set in the world ofThe Last of Us, but beyond that, it is unconfirmed what exactly the studio plans to do with this post apocalyptic series....

TheStar Warsexpanded universe is, infamously, a bit of a mixed bag. While the likes of Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn trilogy, theRogue Squadronbook series, and the2003Clone Warsanimated showare some of the best the beloved Sci-Fi/Fantasy franchise has to offer, there are at least three pieces of expandedStar Warsmedia that fail to deliver the same magic as the source material for every good book or show. Thankfully, the video game side of things has always been pretty solid....

Summary In 2015, CD Projekt Red releasedThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntwhich quickly became one of the best video games of its console generation. It became the developer’s best-selling game and served as a great example of what a fantasy video game could be. Of course, many became curious about what CDPR would do with Geralt of Rivia after the events ofThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. In 2020, it was revealed that some kind ofWitcherproject would be put into developmentafter CD Projekt Red wrapped up work onCyberpunk 2077....

Twitteris one of the largest places for people to come together and talk about their favorite games. 2021 was another massive year for video games, and as it has done in the past,Twitterhas revealed what the most discussed game of the year as well as many other interesting categories. While Twitter doesn’t have sectioned off communities in the same way that Reddit or Facebook do with their subreddits and groups respectively, finding likeminded people is still pretty easy to do....

When it comes to the best years in gaming history, people often point to 1998 and 2007, and rightfully so. Both of those years were jam-packed with top tier, genre-defining new video game releases that raised the bar for what people expected from video games. Now that we’re a few years removed from it, it’s clear that 2018 belongs in that same conversation as well, as it stands out as arguably thebest year for the PS4/Xbox One era of consoles, and the events therein helped shape the industry for years to come....

Quick Links “Fall of the Corrupted Eunuch” is the second and final stage in Part 3 ofWo Long: Fallen Dynasty. Players will make their way through the dungeons below Luoyang, fighting through a wide variety ofWo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s enemy soldiers. The mission will culminate with the battle against the quest’s namesake corrupted eunuch, Zhang Rang. This powerful member of the imperial court will create several clones that the player must neutralize before facing the sorcerer himself....

The end ofWorld of Warcraft’s controversial expansionShadowlandsis fast approaching andWorld of Warcraft: Dragonflightis on the horizon. Players will be traveling to the mysterious Dragon Isles to assist the Dragon Aspects in retaking their sacred homeland. They will travel far away from the world of the dead and enter a land rife with old schoolWarcraftlore. It will serve asWorld of Warcraft’s ninth expansion and will bring with it a whole suite of new features to revitalize the aging MMO....

In the world of video game marketing, building intrigue is just as important as making a good game. Major players like Xbox have figured this out, and the official Twitter account forXbox Game Studios Publishingjust made a move that has certainly piqued the interest of fans all over. The tweet is simple but effective, simply claiming it is “excited to kick something special off tomorrow,” but it also gives fans a tiny hint as to what that something might be....

Bethesda’s most popular and famous gameThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimhas become known as a masterpiece of gaming over the years. Although the title isn’t without its inherent flaws, there are few people who haven’t got their hands on the game and tried it at least once. It’s all a testament to how well it was made. RELATED:Skyrim: 10 Things You Never Knew About Draugr Knowing just how bigSkyrimhas become, it’s no wonder its development is full of cool little details and insane stories about how certain aspects of the game came to be....

Summary Baldur’s Gate 3uses the rules and lore ofDungeons & Dragonswhen it comes to gar and describes the quarterstave as a simple, two-handed melee weapon. The humble quarterstaff, which appears in a myriad of forms in all RPGs, has some creative and powerful incarnations inBG3. Baldur’s Gate 3includes a lot of unique gear for players to find and equip, including an impressive variety of staves looted from fallen enemies, found in locked chests, or rewarded for completing quests....