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Compared to other PC components, it almost seems like a lost cause trying to find a legitimate discount on a graphics card. Thankfully, Amazon Prime Day once again brought gamers hope of finding a relatively affordable way to upgrade their rig’s performance. Many of still running GPU deals won’t match thesteep discounts on gaming mice, keyboards, and headsets. Even so, some of thebest graphics cardsfrom NVIDIA and AMD will be up for grabs at prices well below their previous record lows....

Gamers have become familiar with microtransactions since the seventh generation of consoles, but now theme park goers will get their first taste of these small purchases when Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure opens. Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure will be opening up on June 4 inside Avengers Campus at Disney’s California Adventure theme park.Disneyhas revealed that this Spider-Man ride will feature microtransactions in the form of a “WEB Power Band” and WEB Tech that unlocks “multi-fire webs....

Summary An observantStarfieldfan found a planet with four different environmental biomes in the game. As players around the world exploreStarfield’s vast solar system, this discovered planet proves that some planets have a ton of variety to them. Before Bethesda’s epic space adventure hit the shelves, promotional materials for the game stated thatStarfieldwould have over a thousand planetsthat players could explore. Naturally, this led to some skepticism from Bethesda fans, with many wondering how different each planet could truly be in the game....

Soulslike titles have to work harder than ever to differentiate themselves from a crowded genre. They share many characteristics such as stamina management, battling large-scale bosses, and checkpoint systems that respawn enemies when activated. This means their best chance of maintaining an individual identity comes from thesettings and stories in which these Soulslikes take place, so fans are seeing increasingly varied worlds with unique aesthetics in the genre.SteelRising, the upcoming game from French developer Spiders, is looking to present its own weird and wonderful-looking world as the backdrop for some high-octane combat and traversal....

Satire is an important and powerful tool for any society, but it comes in endless shapes, tones, and levels of maturity. Sometimes a brutal parody of one aspect of society can be shifted and realigned, allowing that critical eye to be pointed at a much more deserving target. The Boys, written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Darick Robertson was the logical apex of Ennis’s long disdain for and mockery of the concept of superheroes....

Anticipation for this year’sThe Game Awardsis as high as ever, with the excitement for next-gen consoles at a peak and the potential for new game announcements highly likely. YetThe Game Awards 2020won’t be the same as previous years, as the COVID-19 pandemic has led the event to drop a live audience. A great example of how The Game Awards 2020 will be different is a recently announced panel confirmed for the pre-show....

The code forThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Pasthas been reverse-engineered, potentially opening the doors for many possibilities. Selling millions of units over the span of two decades and multiple systems,The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Pastis considered by many to be a masterpiece in the franchise. Originally released in 1991 for the Super Nintendo,A Link to the Pastcaught the attention of many fans for its vast improvement over the previous NES titles....

Growing Together is the newestSims 4pack, and its main objective is to add depth and realism to all types of relationships between Sims. Although it is mostly focused on family dynamics, there is certainly more to it. One of the many gameplay features that the pack added was workplace rivalries. Sims can now have workplace rivals. These rivals they will stand between the player’s Sim and the opportunity to get a promotion, so it’s best to deal with this problem as soon as possible....

Quick Links Total War: Warhammer 3features six factions, each of whom has legendary lords that can be used in combat and to lead armies on the campaign map. The Tzardom of Kislev features three such lords, but only two are available when beginning a new game ofTotal War: Warhammer 3. The third Lord, Boris Ursus, must first be unlocked while playing as the Tzardom of Kizlev in campaign mode, and once unlocked, can be recruited in ongoing playthroughs and/or used as the starting lord in future playthroughs....

Recently, a hacker released what is arguably one of the biggest data leaks fromTwitch, revealing everything from its base source code to details aboutrumored Amazon Steam competitor Vapor.Included in this huge information dump was also the income of nearly every streamer that uses Twitch as a content platform. Of course, while what content creators make should not be the most notable aspect ofTwitch’s data leak for its over 41 million users, a list of the top 100 earners on Twitch has begun to gain huge traction on Twitter....

Debuting all the way back in 1984, theTransformersfranchise has managed to transcend multiple generations, with its vast line of transforming toys, big-budget movies, and family-friendly animated shows keeping it relevant for almost four decades. Over the last 20 years or so, theTransformersfranchise has also found its way into the gaming space, and though it’s been a while sincea big-budgetTransformersgamereleased, the newly announcedTransformers: Reactivatecould finally fill that niche. Announced duringthe Game Awards,Transformers: Reactivatewill apparently be an online action game, developed by Splash Damage....

Early in 2024,Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthwill be released as the next chapter in theFF7 Remaketrilogy. While it’s unknown how much of the originalFinal Fantasy 7this entry will cover, it promises to bring Cloud and the party intoFinal Fantasy 7’s expansive world map for a true globetrotting adventure. Picking up where the first game left off,Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthwill show players the wide world outside of Midgar’s walls, and many are keen to see the form and amount of content this title plans to adapt....

There once was a time when the official WWE-licensed games were not only warmly-received by wrestling fans, but the video game industry in general. That’s changed in recent years, withWWE 2K20earning scathing reviews from criticsand being labeled as one of the worst wrestling video games ever made. Considering how poorly-receivedWWE 2K20was, it makes sense that WWE would want to leave 2K Sports behind and find a new partner to work with, but the recently-releasedWWE 2K22is proof that WWE should give 2K Sports another chance....