Horizon Forbidden West's Release Date Announcement Suggests One Big Thing

When fans first heard the rumor thatHorizon Forbidden Westmight be delayed into 2022, it defined dialogue around the game for a while. Across most of 2020 and all of 2021, the games industry has been suffering from an ongoing deluge of delays for AAA games and indie games alike due to the difficulties of game development during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. At Gamescom 2021,Horizon Zero Dawnfans learned for certain thatHorizon Forbidden Westwas getting delayed out of 2021, putting any uncertainty to rest....

June 27, 2025 · 5 min · 936 words · Sarah Griffin

How Cris Tales Designed Unique Characters Using Their Mechanics

The JRPG genre has a storied history, acclaimed for its epic narratives, character designs, and usually strong sense of progression via level-ups and stat attributes. Franchises likeSquare Enix’sFinal FantasyandDragon Questhave been around for decades and continue to inspire untold numbers of people. Dreams Uncorporated CEO and SYCK co-founder Carlos Andres Rocha Silva considers JRPGs to be his favorite genre, and used it to ground the production ofCris Tales. Silva said he always tries to “explore unique ways of interacting” with games, and forCris Talesthat came in the form of seeing the past, present, and future all at once....

June 27, 2025 · 5 min · 878 words · Heather Rosales

How Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Compares to Halo 5

Halomultiplayer has always been a fickle beast. Whether it was Bungie developing the original trilogy or 343 Industries taking the helm for the past 10 years, the multiplayer has never stayed quite the same.The past two iterations ofHalocame in the form ofHalo 5: GuardiansandHalo Infinite, both of which made their fair share of changes to the multiplayer. TheHalofan base is extremely loyal and has often expressed their opinions on the sometimes drastic changes made to their beloved FPS....

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · 666 words · Bruce Sanchez

Jack Ryan: Why John Krasinski Is The Best Version Of The Character

John Krasinski rose to stardom for his hilarious role as Jim Halpert inThe Office. In 2018, Krasinski took a more dramatic turn when he began his run as CIA analyst Jack Ryan in the popular Amazon Prime TV series of the same name. Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine previously portrayed the Tom Clancy character in full-length feature films. Krasinski’s version of Ryan is the best because he’s able to ease into the role without pushing himself too much....

June 27, 2025 · 5 min · 1043 words · Kayla Brown

Madden NFL 24: 10 Best Teams, Ranked

While a talented player can make any team look decent inMadden NFL 24, there are undoubtedly teams that make it so much easier. When the pros go against each other, there are a few teams that they’ll be choosing because, with equal talent, the ratings of the players make up the difference. RELATED:Forgotten Unusual Sports Games That’s not to say that the highest-rated team always wins. Matchups are critical inMadden NFL 24so players should always be looking at the ratings of individual wide receivers compared to cornerbacks and so on....

June 27, 2025 · 6 min · 1167 words · Amanda Fowler

Marvel's Avengers Leak Shows Intel, Verizon, and Virgin Media Exclusive Skins

As discovered by several fans yesterday, it appears that Spider-Man’s exclusive addition toMarvel’s Avengerson PlayStation 4 won’t be the only exclusivity deal on the cards for the upcoming game.Virgin Media, Intel, and Verizon will seemingly also be getting brand new skinsavailable for customers on their services, although, it seems players now have their first look at the exclusive cosmetics in question. Posted by Reddit user smoove4254, it appears two of the upcoming skin packs coming to the companies' users have been unveiled, with the pair of cosmetic offerings featuring one item for each of the core Avengers....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Mr. Jon Murray III

Marvel's Avengers Needs to Keep the Ball Rolling After the Spider-Man DLC

Marvel’s Avengershas been working towards becoming the game that many fans hoped it would be at launch for the past year now, and it’s made decent progress so far. While the journey hasn’t been entirely painless, MCU cosmetics and the addition of Black Panther in the War for Wakanda DLC have madeMarvel’s Avengersinto a somewhat more satisfying experience. And with the Spider-Man DLC finally coming at the end of November, Crystal Dynamics seems to be delivering on most of the promises it made beforeAvengerscame out, even if it took longer than some may have preferred....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 615 words · Heidi Marquez

Marvel: 5 Strongest Children, Ranked

A majority of the prominentMarvelsuperheroes are either adults (such as Captain America or Iron Man) or beings whose age is much higher than humans could ever dream of (Thor). However, there are alsosuper-powered strong childrenwho have left their mark on theMarveluniverse. Related:Strongest Hulks In The Marvel Comics, Ranked Some of them discovered what they could do relatively soon, others waited a while before they decided to follow in the footsteps of older, more experienced superheroes....

June 27, 2025 · 5 min · 905 words · Dana Ramirez

Monster Hunter Rise: Complete Light Bowgun Guide

Monster Hunter Riseis well-known for having large, fantastical weapons that are used by the hunters to bring down big, scary creatures. Most of these weapons involve the hunter getting up close and personal with the monsters, but there are actually a couple that use the opposite tactic. RELATED:Monster Hunter Rise: Every Class Ranked Worst To Best Available to the player for use are the Heavy Bowgun and the Light Bowgun. Forget about the former though....

June 27, 2025 · 5 min · 893 words · Stephen Kelley

Mortal Kombat 11 Releases Klassic Femme Fatale Skin Pack

Mortal Kombat 11is getting some new cosmetic items that highlight the roots of the series. The most recent skins forMortal Kombat 11focused on festive Summer Heatoutfits for some of the main cast like Kitana and Baraka. NetherRealm is continuing their DLC streak withMortal Kombat 11: Aftermathnow through the Klassic Femme Fatale Skin Pack. The skin pack gives classic outfits to three iconic female fighters: Kitana, Skarlet, and Jade. RELATED:Mortal Kombat 11 Leak Hints at 19 New DLC Characters Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermathmade changes to the franchise’s history, with many character revelations altering much of the series’ history....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Christopher Nash

Multiversus: Jake The Dog Perk Build Guide

Quick Links Multiversushad a long development period, with a large portion ofthat time being spent in open beta. And, in the open beta of the game, Jake the Dog fromthe belovedAdventure Timeserieswas a pretty fearsome character. He was basically Kirby from theSuper Smash Bros.games but with more range. Thankfully, while he has been nerfed a bit (primarily in his Where’s My Halfpipe Attack) overall he’s still the same in the full-release version ofMultiversus....

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · 772 words · Stephanie Bates

One Piece: Ways Gear 5 Is The Best Shonen Transformation

Summary Monkey D. Luffy is the protagonist ofOne Pieceand among the most iconic characters in Shonen history.One Piece, being the most popular shonen manga to have ever existed, has produced phenomenal characters after phenomenal characters, however, at the heart of the series isnone other than Luffy, who is a true representation of everything that Oda wants his readers to see. RELATED:One Piece: Best Luffy Transformations Just like many shonen series, there are countless power-ups and transformations seen inOne Piece, and among the most significant ones is Luffy’s Gear 5 that he tapped into very recently in the Wano arc....

June 27, 2025 · 6 min · 1083 words · Cheryl Simmons

Overwatch: Abilities That Were Removed For Being Too Overpowered

Summary Compared tomost other hero shootersand competitive games in general,Overwatchwas, for the most part, surprisingly well-balanced when it first launched back in 2016, but that isn’t to suggest that a few overpowered abilities didn’t still slip through the cracks. Since everyone was still figuring out the mechanics of the game and how each of the characters worked, it was hard to judge whether these abilities really were a little too strong, butdeveloper Blizzardconfirmed that this was the fact by removing them from the game entirely....

June 27, 2025 · 6 min · 1092 words · Gabriella Barnes