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Summary Continuing the story of Jesse Faden and the Oldest House,Control 2is poised to be Remedy Entertainment’s next major single-player title in the Remedy Connected Universe, afterAlan Wake 2. However, to many players' surprise, it was revealed in a recent interview thatControl 2’sdevelopment cost has a budget of €50 million (around $57 million USD), which is much smaller thanAlan Wake 2, which required a whopping €70 million (around $79 million USD) to develop....

Summary World of Warcraftjust announced Turbo Boost, an event that will help players gear up for the remainder ofThe War WithinSeason 2. With a weekly quest that rewards extra raid gear, improvements to Delve rewards and progression, and more, thisWorld of Warcraftprogression boost lasts from May 13 until Patch 11.2 launches several months from now. On April 22,World of Warcraftreleased Patch 11.1.5, introducing the Nightfall scenario, Cooldown Manager, and Winds of Mysterious Fortune leveling event to the game....

Summary 28 Years Later, Danny Boyle’s much-anticipated upcoming zombie movie, recently showed off a brand-new trailer that featured some of the infected in store forhorror-loving fans. With the zombies now looking as brutal and as scary as they ever did before, writer Alex Garland explains what iconic video game franchise was behind the creation of the rage virus. Thefirst trailer for28 Years Latersaw a nail-biting series of creepy snippets from the movie that included savage zombies running down a hill, a mountain of skulls and a scene where a zombie pops up out of a field behind Jodie Comer....

Summary Season 25 ofApex Legendshas begun, adding the new playable character Sparrow to the roster. While Respawn Entertainment brought numerous changes toApex Legendsin Season 25, adding a new Legend has been the most anticipated addition for many fans. Since its surprise launch in 2019,Apex Legendshas expanded its lineup of characters, adding popular names like Revenant, Octane, Loba, and many others in subsequent seasons. However, the release cadence for new characters has slowed over the last couple of years, with the last Legend addition previously being Alter in Season 21....

Summary Despite significant challenges throughout much of 2024,Bandai Namcohas seen its gaming profits surge by almost 1,000% in the last fiscal year. The Japanese gaming giant has kept busy in recent months, with expansions and big announcements forElden Ringand the release ofDragon Ball: Sparking Zero​​​​​​. Those efforts seemed to have paid off, asBandai Namco’s financial results have exceeded its own expectations. The past year was by no means an easy one for the conglomerate....

Set to release on June 02, 2025,Elden Ring Nightreigncould fulfill many wishes, making for an awesome standalone game set in theElden Ringuniverse. In the meantime, gamers can get the onlyElden Ringexpansion for a sweet bargain. As luck would have it,Elden Ring: Shadow of the ErdtreeCollector’sEditionis60% off on the official Bandai Namco site. Many gamers have enjoyed the challenges that await them on their way to beating thenotoriously dangerous optional bosses inElden Ring....

Summary What constitutes a good gamer is hard to define since allgames are different.The skills needed in an FPS aren’t necessarily the same as what’s needed in an arcade fighter. Is the best gamer the person with the highest APM? Or the player who’s able to complete any puzzle? In real life, professional gamers will typically focus on one type of game, but in fiction, that’s not always the case....

Summary Since ancient times, stories have been told that meld together the magical, mythical, or supernatural with the real world, since past events can be much more compelling when things like dragons and wizards are introduced into the narrative. Video game developers have capitalized on this human curiosity with otherworldly phenomena, placing players inhistorical settings and mixing in fantasyelements to put an interesting twist on these familiar situations. Plenty of fantasy open-world games have taken great inspiration from historical events, such asSkyrimandThe Witcher 3, but are set in entirely fictional locations, even if they were inspired by specific places....

Quick Links The Hezen Vengeance returns with a new pool of perks inDestiny 2Season 26 (Episode: Heresy), and it’s easily one of the best rocket launchers in the game in terms of pure damage output and perk synergy. If you already have a god roll Hezen Vengeance from before Episode Heresy, it’s most probably obsolete by now. The new version of this rocket launcher has one of the best perk combs forRocket Launchers inDestiny 2,and players will want to get that roll over everything else....

Summary World of Warcraftis still going strong over 20 years on from its initial launch date, but players were recently growing frustrated by the Great Vault’s duplicate rewards. Thankfully, Blizzard has released a statement to remedy the issue.World of Warcraft’s Great Vault is a weekly reward chest offering players extra gear for thwarting enemies during raids, completing dungeons on a higher difficulty, and participating in overworld activities. Since its 2004 debut, the MMO has dished up ten major expansion packs, the latest being 2024’s The War Within....

Summary Borderlands 4’s Creative Director has revealed that the newest entry in the popular looter-shooter franchise will not be including Mayhem Mode modifiers. Gearbox has given fans plenty of reasons to be excited about the impending launch of the long-awaited fourth numbered entry in the series, showing off some early teasers of its gameplay. A Gameplay Deep Dive trailer introduced fans to the gameplay for two of its Vault Hunters, showing offVex the Siren and Rafa the Exo-Soldier....

Summary Quick Links Boruto: Two Blue Vortexhas introduced fans to a ton of powerful characters, and at the same time, some very powerful techniques as well. The timeskip of the story saw to it that the power levels in the series take a huge jump, and with that, abilities of the highest order get displayed in the story. So far, the author seems to have only scratched the surface with new powers, but that’s not to say that strong abilities haven’t been revealed already....

Summary Call of Duty: Warzonedeveloper Raven Software has released a new update for the free-to-play shooter, which re-enables Ranked Play after its temporary removal earlier in the week. The latest patch forCall of Duty: Warzoneis available to download and install right now on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, with a handful of bug fixes, server updates, gameplay adjustments, and more. On May 7, Raven Software announced it would temporarilydisable Ranked Play inCall of Duty: Warzone....