Things We Loved About Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Pilot Episode

For all fans ofStar Trekand the science fiction genre in general, the new seriesStar Trek: Strange New Worldswas one of the most anticipated shows of 2022. Following in the footsteps of multiple previous series, such asStar Trek: The Original SeriesandStar Trek: Discovery, the newStar Trekshow brings well-known characters back, including Captain Christopher Pike, and the beloved science officer Spock. RELATED:Underappreciated Space Western TV Shows While it remains unclear how will the journey of the starship Enterprise evolve, the pilot of the show has already hinted at future development....

June 22, 2025 · 5 min · 886 words · John Underwood

Treyarch Investigating Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Bricking Xbox Series X Consoles

Ever since its launch, it feels as ifCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warhas been plagued with constant issues. On launch day itself, some PlayStation 5 owners wereunknowingly downloading and playing the PlayStation 4 versioninstead and some even reported that a failure to connect to the servers was preventing them from playing the offline campaign. Xbox Series X owners arguably have it worse, as not only were they inadvertently downloading the Xbox One version of the game, doing so would lead to the console itself crashing....

June 22, 2025 · 3 min · 441 words · Mandy Miller

Twitch Streamer Ludwig Says He is Never Doing Another Subathon

Ludwig’s Subathon onTwitchhas become the stuff of legends across streaming platforms. Having started on March 14 and ending today on April 13, Ludwig Subathon makes him the first streamer to ever go for nearly a month straight — not counting the time theSubathon accidentally ended early. Considering the success Ludwig’s Subathon reached, viewers wondered when his next would take place. Ludwig addressed the question, and while some will appreciate the answer, others may find it disappointing....

June 22, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Jennifer Jackson

Unwritten Rules of Honkai: Star Rail's Divergent Universe Mode Explained

Summary A true test of any online RPG’s longevity is its ability to captivate fans even after they’ve finished everything in the main story. Most titles do this through endgame modes that developers continuously update to challenge players.Honkai: Star Railhas one of the best endgame rosters right now, with the latest mode being theDivergent Universe, which was released in Version 2.3. It functions similarly to the original Simulated Universe, but it comes with a whole host of new features, quality-of-life upgrades, and massive rewards....

June 22, 2025 · 3 min · 524 words · Andrew Chan

Weapons That Need to Return in Killing Floor 3

Summary TheKilling Floorseries is full of iconic weapons that players love to use for mowing down the hordes of specimens and other monstrosities that the game dishes out.Killing Floor 3will hopefully haveeven more new weapons for players to use, experiment, and destroy with, but that doesn’t mean every great weapon from the older titles should move to the wayside. There are dozens of different weapons spread across the various perks in both the originalKilling FloorandKilling Floor 2that are available for players to use....

June 22, 2025 · 3 min · 639 words · Kurt Calderon

Xbox Series X Reveals Start Up Sound and Animation

This week is set to be a big one for Xbox fans, as Microsoft is going to show off the firstXbox Series Xgameplay footage on May 7. In anticipation of the big reveal, Microsoft has also released a short video that appears to show the Xbox Series X start up sound and animation, which players will presumably see every time they boot up their next-generation console. Microsoft revealed what is likely the Xbox Series X start up sound and animation in a tweet reminding everyone about theupcoming Inside Xbox presentation on May 7that will reveal the first-ever Xbox Series X gameplay footage....

June 22, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Jennifer Manning

10 Free-To-Play Steam Games To Try Now

Games are pouring into theSteam marketplace,and some games are adopting a free-to-play model that may be supplemented with microtransactions. Whether you decide to buy into microtransactions or not, the majority of free-to-play games provide an abundance of free content to keep players engaged for hours on end. RELATED:Destiny 2: The 5 Best Weapons For Crucible (& 5 Worst) Some of the most popular video games today are free-to-play. Games likeDota 2andPaladinsare exploding in popularity because of their ease of access....

June 21, 2025 · 5 min · 992 words · Laura Cooper

10 Questions We Need Answered In The Next Dragon Age

TheDragon Agefranchise is in a comfortable position at the moment. Inquisition was well received by critics and the way it handled the various world states that could occur based on the choices in both Origins and DA:2 made many hardcore fans delighted. But perhaps the greatest saving grace of Inquisition is how well it sets up the next game. A game that fans have known has been coming forquite a while now....

June 21, 2025 · 8 min · 1574 words · Garrett Collins

7 Movies You Didn't Know Have Direct-To-Video Sequels

These days, sequels and reboots are all the rage. They usually end up making a decent amount of money, and they come out in theaters. Sometimes there are sequels that go directly to streaming, but even these can turn out okay. However, there was once a time when certain sequels went straight to the video store. RELATED:Horror Movies With Gloriously Silly Sequels For those old enough to remember, seeing a sequel one didn’t know existed at a shop or, even worse, in the 99 cent bin, would elicit chuckles....

June 21, 2025 · 5 min · 888 words · Eric Mahoney

An FF7 Rebirth Mount Feature Would Be a Perfect Fit for The Witcher 4

Summary For fans ofFinal Fantasy 7, Square Enix’sFF7 Rebirthgot a lot of things right. The huge world packed full of things to see and do manages to successfully build on the foundations laid byFinal Fantasy 7 Remakein just about every possible way. Stopping just short of being a fully-fledged open-world game,FF7 Rebirthnevertheless gives players a huge degree of freedom to explore the world as they see fit. Chocobos are a huge part of this and will aid the player in traversing the game’s huge maps....

June 21, 2025 · 4 min · 744 words · Matthew Stanley

Apple Confirms iPhone 12 Reveal Date

Apple announced that it will host its “Hi Speed” virtual media event on October 13, where the tech giant is expected to reveal the iPhone 12. The event takes place at 10 am PT and will be streamed directly from Apple Park. This edition of Apple’s year-end event is somewhat different than usual. The tech giant usually reveals its new iPhone models in September, but this year the reveal was pushed back due to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic....

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 486 words · Amy Gomez

Best Villains In The Hobbit Trilogy

Summary The HobbitTrilogy is a series of films that are prequels to theLord of the Ringsmovies. Set sixty years before Frodo is given the One Ring, Bilbo Baggins is set on a task to help thirteen dwarves as they trek across Middle Earth to reclaim their kingdom from the dragon, Smaug. While a dragon is an intimidating villain for the heroes to contend with, there are plenty more obstacles on their journey in this fantasy tale....

June 21, 2025 · 7 min · 1349 words · Kevin Jones

Civilization 6's New Byzantium Leader and Civ is a Force to Be Reckoned With

Civilization 6developer Firaxis Games has pulled back the curtain on its next DLC pack, appropriately named theByzantium and Gaul pack. Not only does it add these two new civilizations, but it also adds the Dramatic Ages game mode, two new wonders (the Statue of Zeus and Biosphere), and the Highlands map. Gaul is more surrounded in mystery now, but several things have been revealed about Byzantium, making it seem like this new civilization will shake up the current meta....

June 21, 2025 · 5 min · 1014 words · Richard Trujillo