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Since video games were created, the medium and industry have been ever-evolving.Franchises such asHorizon Zero Dawnhave seen incredible improvement in a short amount of time with regards to graphics and gameplay, and many modern titles have benefited from the use of the Internet. Through how developers can easily send new batches of data to their games, day one patches have become an industry norm that almost every game uses to better itself....

Summary The following contains spoilers forFinal Fantasy 16and The Rising Tide. Final Fantasy 16’s highly anticipated Rising Tide DLC expansion honors the base game’s strengths while simultaneously adding on top of it a new story, a fresh set of abilities for Clive, and two thoroughly satisfying boss fights to cap everything off. To start The Rising Tide, players must first reach the final quest ofFinal Fantasy 16’s main story. The only problem is thatFinal Fantasy 16was released almost a year ago, so chances are many players have already completed the main story, and quite possibly a second time as well via a New Game Plus playthrough....

Despite the last three mainline entries in thePersonaseries following more or less similar structures with how players engage with the world,Persona 6could take the series in a different direction. Much of what makes the series popular has to do with the social mechanics as players have to balance everyday life with dungeon-crawling over a series of deadlines, but since that has been what the series focused on for about 15 years, thePersona 6team could potentially want to explore ways to reinvent the games....

Despite receiving mixed reviews for various reasons, it seemsWonder Woman 1984still has a success story to share. After being one of the few films cleared to show in cinemas, the superhero sequel has apparently been a bit of a shot in the arm for the theater industry, boosting stocks for several of the COVID-affected companies. Stocks rose between 3% and 7% for various theater owners following the premiere ofWonder Woman 1984, with companies like Cinemark and IMAX breathing a bit of a sigh of relief at the boost....

It has been a couple of weeks sinceWorld of WarcraftreleasedEternity’s End, the final chapter of theShadowlandsstory, meaning players have been awaiting an announcement of what comes next. Blizzard just announced a roadmap of announcements forWarcrafttitles, including the upcoming ninth expansion pack forWorld of Warcraft.According to the press release, Blizzard will announce the ninthWoWexpansion pack on April 19, giving players time to defeat the Jailer and seethe epilogue chapters ofShadowlandsin the coming weeks....

Customization, a defining feature of theWWE 2Kfranchise, has always offered players a unique experience. This year’sWWE 2K24continues this tradition, empowering players to take complete control of their desired superstar. From attire and pose to statistics and entrances, every aspect can be personalized, allowing players to make the game their own. With the customization feature, players can do more than personalize their favorite superstars. They can transform them into custom creations, living out their dreams as world-class wrestlers with electrifying entrances....

ThePlayStation 5was finally released last month to the general public. Those able to get their hands on the next-generation console have been raving about the improved features. Boasting more powerful hardware, aninnovative new controller, and an SSD that dwarfs loading times, this is Sony’s best system yet. RELATED:5 Things We Loved About Sackboy: A Big Adventure (& 5 Things We Don’t) Whilethe 2021 lineupfor the PlayStation 5 is promising, there areseveral launch titleswell worth investing in....

Watch Dogsmade some big waves when it first launched in 2014, and not for universally good reasons. Ubisoft’s hacking-centric adventure game was labeled misleading, as its early gameplay trailers were not indicative of the visual quality of the final product. This gotWatch Dogsoff to a bad start, and many players eventually wrote the game off as a bland open-world that fell victim to many of the genre’s most common pitfalls....

With social media now becoming a dominant part in most people’s lives, in one form or another, video games now have the opportunity of becoming bigger than their developers had ever hoped, with indie titles skyrocketing to the front pages of online stores, or big AAA games somehow reaching an even wider audience than before. The Warner Bros.free-to-play fighting gameMultiVersusis the latest video game to be propelled by social media, with just one scroll on Tik Tok likely showing some kind ofMultiVersus-related content....

Summary A newly announcedStardew Valleymod seeks to introduce a variety ofBaldur’s Gate 3-inspired content to the game. The ambitious project could hence add to the ever-growing list of community-createdStardew Valleyadd-ons, assuming it manages to realize its avid aspirations. The hit farming sim developed by Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has long enjoyed a lot of attention from the modding community. That’s in part because Barone is a big proponent of modding, who has actively encouraged community content by consistently makingStardew Valleymore modder-friendly since its initial release....

Summary A fan of theAnimal Crossingseries shared a piece that they made for a friend who they met online in 2018. Video games are a great way to bring together people who enjoy the hobby and form friendships.Animal Crossingis one franchise that helps players form bonds with each other as they build up their towns and islands. There have been a number of ways forAnimal Crossingplayersto interact with each other throughout the series' history....

Summary A senior Atlus official has indirectly dismissed the recent speculation that Episode Aigis: The Answer was cut from the day-one version ofPersona 3 Reload. The DLC was announced at the newest Xbox Partner Preview event in early March, with Atlus revealing it as the third and final part of thePersona 3 Reloadexpansion pass. Shortly thereafter, prominent Sega leaker Midori took to Twitter to state that the development work on The Answer, a remake of thePersona 3: FESepilogue chapter of the same name, was already finished by the timeReloadhit the store shelves in early February 2024....

The Early Access forBaldur’s Gate 3is approaching soon, and players will be able to get their hands on the third sequel in the popular fantasy roleplaying series. Severaldelays have pushedBaldur’s Gate 3’s release back, but now it will be arriving as planned with a new service that will allow players to save across different gaming platforms. The developer Larian Studios has been building upBaldur’s Gate 3to be a bigger game than the previous works, and intends to show that with the release of the Early Access....