Summary What many people see as hard work in real life can easily shift into fun when it’s put into a video game. A great example of this isCar Mechanic Simulatorby Red Dot Games. The game revolves around getting into the thick of how cars are built. From repairs and tuning to stylizing and driving, fans of the game have enjoyed this dive into the realistic simulation game. Of course, those who have played the game to its fullest may be looking for another game that can fill the void....

Summary Upgrades and progression systems play a vital role in thefarming genre, andLightyear Frontieris no different. After all, what good is having a mech suit if it can’t be upgraded? Upgrades inLightyear Frontiermean gaining the ability to explore new areas, harvest new resources, and progress through the story. Each upgrade must be crafted from materials gathered throughout the world, grown in a gardening plot, or processed with the help of a handful of machines....

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood Waris easily one of the most awaited anime released around, which is quite a surprise given how the series ended both its anime and manga run on a bit of a downer. It’s clear for everyone to see whyBleachwas regarded as one of the Big Three, with its allure still quite palpable to this very day. Fans who want to stay up-to-date with all the story beats ofBleachwould certainly check out the anime for the same....

Borderlands 4could bring back one of the series' older mechanics that didn’t manage to make it intoTiny Tina’s Wonderlands. The next game should be expected to build off the strengths of the last few, and that includes the aspects that fans have grown to love. Unless something was completely superfluous or a failure, it can be hard to justify cutting features. That’s why features of the series that failed to make the jump intoTiny Tina’s Wonderlandshave a strong argument to return inBorderlands 4, even if they weren’t major elements in the past....

There are several important gameplay mechanics inCall of Duty: Warzone, though one of the most integral to the formula is the Gulag. However, it seems likeCall of Duty: Warzonefans are displeased with the second chance feature’s current format. Call of Duty: Warzone’s Season 4 Gulagrecreates the central area of Hijacked from theBlack Opsseries. When this new Gulag first released, players seemed to be pleased with its overall design. Considering that Standoff saw players hiding around the corner as opposed to coming out and fighting, the Hijacked setup is a bit more varied....

WithArrowalready over,Supergirlending this year, andThe FlashandLegends of Tomorrowshowing their age, the CW is counting on new shows to carry the Arrowverse forward. It stands to reason thatSuperman & Loisis the oneset to lead the shared universeonce the shows that brought it to life finally end. But is the show ready to handle the weight of these expectations? The answer is, of course, multilayered, and complicated.Superman & Loiscannot really be compared toArrow– the darker, grittier show the CW bet on to get their DC TV universe started....

Summary Pokemon TCGplayers may be interested to know that fakePokemoncards are getting used by a shop in a clever way that also takes them out of circulation. Fake cards are a problem in any card game, so manyPokemon TCGfans feel that the fewer of them that exist, the better. Getting goodPokemoncards is either a matter of luck or spending a lot of money. Fans have a chance of getting good cards in every pack that they open, which are then often resold on the market....

The Karate Kidreboot’s third season is only a few days away now after Johnny Lawrence himself gave directorders to move upCobra Kai’spremierefrom the previous January 8 date to New Year’s Day. For that reason,Cobra Kai’scast has spent the past weeks promoting the show and teasing some of what’s to come. One ofCobra Kai’sbiggest achievements was turning the long-running internet theory andHow I Met Your Motherjoke that Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) was indeed the villain inKarate Kidand Lawrence was the good guy into a reality....

Nostalgia is a powerful thing. Right now, much of the entertainment industry is built on taking old IPs and remaking them, fueling audiences' nostalgia, and bringing in heaps of cash for doing so. The video game industry is no different. The top-selling games every year tend to be sequels or subsequent entries in a beloved, pre-established franchise, andCall of Dutyis one such beneficiary. The upcomingCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2is often judged in direct comparison to its 2009 original, showing that fans' nostalgia is a strong determining factor in their enjoyment of newCoDreleases....

Doctor Whois the longest-running and likely most successful television franchise in history, and its constantly changing team has pushed it infinite new directions. The rebooted series has had three showrunners, and after a decade, the first of three is returning to take over the show once more. It’s hard to imagine a franchisemore controversial thanDoctor Who. There are fans that will argue for a hundred different shark-jumping moments that permanently ruined the show, yet it marches on to no apparent end....

Dragon Age 4will be the next title in BioWare’s popular fantasy RPG series. While the game doesn’t yet have a release window, we have received some hints about what will be in it. The two main certainties are thatDragon Age 4will be at least partially set in Tevinter, and that Solas will be the antagonist. Solas the elven mage started out as a companion inDragon Age: Inquisition,and the reveal of his true nature is probably the biggest twist in the entireDragon Ageseries....

Summary There are not a lot of manga that get anime adaptation and even fewer of such series get developed into full-fledged anime franchises. Hardly any of such anime franchises can acquire the privilege of being one of highest grossing andhit anime franchises of all time, but this is no issue for the franchise in the discussion,Dragon Ball. It is a classic anime franchise and renowned manga author Akira Toriyama’s most celebrated work which is loved by fans worldwide....

The recent success ofDragon Quest 11has skyrocketed the series back into the spotlight among JRPG fans, and for a good reason. The influence of the series on video games can not be understated, and it deserves to be preserved with other memorable classics. The first three games in the series have ports on the Nintendo Switch anda remake ofDragon Quest 3is currently in the works by the team behind Square Enix’s HD-2D series of games....