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Over the last decade,Minecrafthas been one of the most consistently successful IPs in modern gaming history. With theMojang-made sandbox title reaching 600 million active playerslate last year, its enormous success will go down in video game history. Much of this popularity stems from the game’s near-endless creativity, and the community that strives to keep building for it. Now, someone has come along to not only build something impressive, but something which can trick people into thinking it’s something else....

Microsoft just released two additional titles as a part of April’sXbox Free Games with Gold. Any players interested in adding these to their collection now have access to the Xbox One gameTruck Racing Championship, and Xbox 360 gameHard Corps: Uprising. As forthe previous Xbox Free Games with Gold titles, only one of them is going away.Dark Void, which was made available earlier this month, won’t be free to download after today....

Mortal Kombat 1will feature Jean-Claude Van Damme, but only for those that want to pay for the $109.99 Premium Edition. NetherRealm and Warner Bros. have finally givenMortal Kombat 1its official reveal, confirming some of the characters that will be featured on the roster, story details, and more. TheofficialMortal Kombat 1reveal trailerconfirmed the game’s title, eight returning characters (with Johnny Cage later confirmed as the game’s ninth playable character), and that Liu Kang becoming the Fire God is the canon ending forMortal Kombat 11: Aftermath....

Multiple games were announced today at Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase,includingState of Decay 3from developer Undead Labs. But perhaps one of the most exciting announcements is the next single-player RPGAvowedfrom the acclaimed studio Obsidian Entertainment. Obsidian has been around for a very long time. The studio began as a collective of developers who left Black Isle Studios, the creators of the originalFalloutandFallout 2, before its closure. Obsidian then went on to make the sequel to BioWare’s belovedStar Wars Knights of the Republic....

Not every video game gets a second chance once its heyday passes. Usually, if a game franchise fades away and stops releasing entries regularly, it’s accepted that its time is over. Not so forPerfect Dark.At The Game Awards 2020, The Initiative finally revealed that it’s working on a new installment in thePerfect Darkfranchise, which hasn’t seen a game released since 2010.Perfect Darkmay be some 20 years old, but at its prime it was critically acclaimed, and it’s far from lacking in fans today....

Summary Among the most popular brands in the world,Pokemonhas inspired many players to create custom fan art, including one artist who made Halloween-themed depictions of Bulbasaur and Squirtle’s evolution lines. With All Hallows' Eve just around the corner, fans are sharing a variety ofHalloween-themedPokemonevolutions, and these horrifying new depictions of the Gen 1 starters have caught the attention of horror lovers. From video games to trading cards to a plethora of merchandise,Pokemonhas firmly established itself as a pillar of popular culture across the globe....

Between its exciting lineup of games, innovative DualSense controller, and advanced next-gen features, thePlayStation 5looks set to hit the ground running when it launches in November. The general expectation is that thePS5 will sell well throughout the next few years, but one analyst took it a step further by suggesting that Sony’s next console has the potential to effectively break all the sales records in the process. The thought that the PS5 might be a major money-maker for Sony is hardly a radical notion....

Only a few weeks ago,Red Dead Onlinereceivedits Naturalist updatewhich, aside from the usual patches and fixes, brought in a bunch of new features, including an additional role for players - the animal-loving Naturalist. Since then, Rockstar has continued to add on to the update, such as includingnew Legendary animals for players to hunt. This week, however, sees the inclusion of a mode that’s all about skill: the Hardcore Series. RELATED:Red Dead Online: How to Become Naturalist What this does is provide new variations of the Spoils of War, Most Wanted, Hostile Territory, and Overrun modes where there are no Ability Cards of consumables....

Let it never be said that the PC modding community is not quick on the draw. Barely hadResident Evil Villagehit the stores when fans already began tinkering with the game. While some mods, such as the one which turnsLady Dimitrescu into the fictional locomotive Thomas the Tank Engine, there are some which are trying to improve on Capcom’s latest entry in theREfranchise. Seeing as how the game wasn’t developed with a slider that allows players to adjust the field of view, or FOV, a modder has taken it upon themselves to add one toResident Evil Villagethemselves....

With every new piece of gaming hardwareNintendoreleases come unique challenges in terms of both sales and marketing. Given the longstanding history ofNintendoand how much the landscape of the gaming industry has changed since the early days of the NES, the publisher has had to find new ways to draw audiences toward new systems. However, sometimes that can lead to disagreements. In light of new information revealed by Reggie Fils-Aime, the former president of Nintendo of America, one of the most iconic games on the Wii wasn’t intended to be a pack-in title....

If there’s one thing that can be said aboutSkyrim, it’s that it’s certainly stood the test of time. WithThe Elder Scrolls 6allegedly still in pre-production, the fifth installment in Bethesda’s epic RPG franchise is still getting a lot of time in the spotlight. Much of this is due to the modding community, which is consistently pumping out new ideas at a rate of knots. Some of these go so far as to bring the decade-old title into the modern era....

Summary ThePlayStation 4helped component manufacturer AMD avoid bankruptcy, as per a senior employee at the company. With nearly 120 million units sold, thePS4was not only a huge home run for Sony, but also pivotal for AMD to secure its future. Sony joined forces with AMD to design the PS4’scustom APU (accelerated processing unit). The partnership came at a time when AMD wasn’t doing very well, with many analysts predicting that the Taiwanese manufacturer would go bankrupt by 2020....

Star Trekhas been around for over fifty years. In that time, it’s carved out a place for itself among the most thoughtful science fiction properties ever, tackling complex themes regarding the human condition, social relations, and ethical dilemmas. These messages have carried the franchise through numerous TV shows that started withThe Original Series, continued withThe Next Generation, and finally into current shows likeStrange New Worldsand even cartoon spinoffs likeLower Decks....