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First-personFortniteis being expanded like never before with dedicated game modes that turn the third-person battle royale into a more traditional FPS. However, there is more to first-person modes than first meets the eye. There are team-based modes, competitive skirmishes, recreations of fan-favorite maps, and others that bend the genre. With so much to explore from both Epic and the community itself, it’s best to take a look at some of the coolest maps you can find that utilize a first-person camera....

Quick Links If you’re here and you’re reading this, you’re up to no good. And I’m here to tell you how to be good at being up to no good, as pickpocketing can be quite the difficult task inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2, but in many situations, it can be a viable and helpful solution. As with many activities in the game, pickpocketing will feel like an impossible and daunting task at first, but with time, practice, and the right skills, you’ll soon be slighting that hand to grab everything you need without the ex-owner being any wiser....

Summary Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4’s Digital Deluxe edition includes a bunch ofDoomcrossover content, including a Revenant skater that recreates the iconic “Doot” meme. Yesterday marked a massive day for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater fans as our long-held wishes for a new game were finally answered.After months of speculation, teases, and leaks,Xbox finally confirmed the existence of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4, which is launching in Julyand even adds some new content to the game instead of just simply remastering THPS 3 and 4....

Summary Cheating in video games is never a good thing,and typically there are severe consequences if you’re caught doing it. Except, if you happen to be doing it while streaming onTwitch. In fact, the consequences are pretty tame. As first spotted by Insider Gaming, Twitchrecently updated its Terms of Service, specifically how it handles infractionsthat happen on the streaming platform.According to the post, Twitch is allowing certain violations to expire and be dropped off from a user’s account, including cheating....

When it is the season of love, or more accurately, the day of love, inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, there aren’t a whole lot of individual items that celebrate Valentine’s Day itself. However, there are a lot of love and heart-themed pieces of furniture, walls, floors, accessories, and the like. So when you put some of these pieces together, you can create an amazing space that pays tribute to the holiday, love, dating, and even marriage....

Quick Links Monster Hunter Wildsintroduces several new powerful behemoths, but it also finds enough time to bring back some fan-favorite monsters. Not only that, but some features and mechanics from older games also make a return, and one in particular takes the difficulty up a notch. A returning feature from Monster Hunter World is the Tempered Monsters, a more difficult version of the monsters you know, that have become tougher thanks to a hostile environment....

Quick Links So history goes, Nintendo was the dominator of the home console market, and Sony pitched its very own console to the current behemoth. This deal fell through, resulting in Sony going on to make the original PlayStation by itself. A funny twist of fate, that, which set Sony to become one of th leading member’s of not just the home console market, but the video game industry as a whole....

Quick Links Eating food regularly to keep Henry’s nourishment high is vital at all times inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Much like in the real world, eggs are a good way of getting the food you need. They’re cheap and easy to cook. However, eggs aren’t very easy to find in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. They’re not sold by the traders you’d expect to sell them, and you may’t eat them raw....

Quick Links Like its predecessors,Dynasty Warriors: Originstells the story of the wars between the Three Kingdoms of ancient China. This time, though, your lone protagonist gets a chance to meet the movers and shakers of the crumbling Han Empire before finally deciding which leader to support in Chapter Three. Choosing which hero you believe can unify the realm is a permanent decision for the campaign, and the game is sure to highlight each of their merits as you fight alongside them in the years leading up to the conflict....

Summary Warner Bros. Games just announced thatWonder Womanhas been cancelled, while developer Monolith Productions has been shuttered after 31 years. The studio was renowned for iconic games like Fear, Blood, Condemned, and theMiddle-earth duology, even designingthe famous Nemesis system(which WB swiftly patented and then did nothing with for a decade). Wonder Woman was first announced in 2021 during The Game Awards, but details have been scant ever since. With only brief CG teasers, most information was gleaned from leaks and job listings, which led toconflicting reports about the project having live-service elements....

Summary It’s been a rocky start forCivilization 7. The latest installment in the legendary 4X series has amixed review score on Steam, partially because players claim the game feels unfinished and partially because of some of Firaxis' design choices. Civilization 7’s “ages” system has players change their civilization several times throughout a match. Although intended to keep a game interesting from start to finish, this radical change to Civilization’s formula has alienated some long-time fans of the series....

I apologise profusely for how old I’m about to make you feel, but thePlayStation 2celebrates its 25th birthday today. It has been a quarter of a century sinceSony’s second-generation console launched in Japan and changed video games forever. From the very beginning, PS2 dominated the generation, single-handedly bootingSegafrom the console market before leavingXboxin the dust. Throughout its lifetime, the console would sell 160 million units and keep releasing software well into the PlayStation 4 era, showcasing exactly how culturally significant this machine was....

As the world anticipates the arrival ofGTA 6, certain industry pundits are also contemplating the opportunity it might provide to raise the standard price of triple-A video games.Reportedly, developers and publishers are hoping the newGrand Theft Automight cost as much as $100, setting a precedent for other games to follow. Why Games Should Cost $100 I understand the desire. Games cost more to make than ever before, with expectations about map size, content density, and graphical fidelity rising with each new generation of consoles....