After a troubled period in the early-mid 2000s, theMortal Kombatfranchise took a brief hiatus, and returned bigger than ever in 2011 with a critically-acclaimed reboot. Since then, NetherRealm Studios has been knocking it out of the park time after time, withMortal Kombat XandMortal Kombat 11both being monumental hits for the long-running fighting game franchise. Now, NetherRealm is poised to go four for four, withMortal Kombat 1being just a few months away from release....

The Sims 4’s newest expansion pack, Horse Ranch, is launching July 20, bringing players a plethora of new gameplay content to experience. Game Rant recently attended EA’s Horse Ranch virtual preview event to get a sneak peek at everything new the expansion pack is bringing toThe Sims 4. The newSims 4worldcoming with the pack is called Chestnut Ridge. The world features huge canyons, winding rivers, and large vistas, with three neighborhoods for players to travel between: Rider’s Glen, New Appaloosa, and Galloping Gulch (alongside a few secret locations for players to discover)....

Assassin’s Creed Valhallahas finally been officially revealed, asUbisoft unveiled the Viking-themed Assassin’s gamewith a gorgeous new cinematic trailer. Fans are eye-balling every detail in hopes to figure out clues for the game, but the creative director also sat down recently in an interview and answered a few important questions. Ashraf Ismail is the creative director forAssassin’s Creed Valhalla. One of the through-lines for theAssassin’s Creed’s games is the idea that there is a modern-day protagonist that is living out these historic tales of their ancestors....

Baldur’s Gate 3, as any good CRPG, is filled with fantastic loot to kit out every possible race and class combination possible.BG3’s Everburn Bladebuilt a reputation early on, as players can only get it by defeating a hard boss in the opening sequence, and that weapon will carry gamers through the early game and beyond. Of course, legendary weapons are also a thing, and there’s one 2H Sword available in Act 3 that everyone should pursue for their two-handed melee characters....

The very definition of the grimdark genre, it doesn’t get much more hardcore thanWarhammer 40kwhen it comes to gritty science fiction.Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunterscontinues this trend by offering players rewarding but punishing gameplay that demands the best of them. RELATED:Warhammer 40k: The Most Expensive Miniatures You Can Buy InWarhammer 40k,the player takes command of powerful space marines, traveling the galaxy to rid planets of demons and drive back the corruption that threatens to overtake humanity....

Being a legendary development studio responsible for creating blockbuster hits such as theHaloorDestinyfranchises, Bungie Studios needs no introduction. Towards the end of January 2022, news broke of thecompany merging with Sony, and all the possible consequences this move may have for the future of gaming has been discussed thoroughly since then. RELATED:Every Studio Owned By Sony (& What They Are Working On) Some may be quick to brush off the purchase as Sony’s rushedresponse to Microsoft acquiring Blizzard/Activision, but this judgment might prove to be a little unfair....

Here’s an interesting formula: take one hardcore, dieselpunk game, build it around a dark, dystopian alternate universe, and add in space pirates. If the recipe has been mixed correctly, what’s created isMarauders, an innovative and challenging PvPvE title from Small Impact Games. InMarauders, players raid into a space-based battleground in their ship, loot whatever they can find on various spacecrafts, and leave - before or after tussling with an array of enemy players and AI opponents....

Quick Links The worlds of MMORPGs have to be big to contain their many players, and a big world can take a lot of time to travel across. Fast travel, teleportation, and similar techniques are common solutions, but the preferred method of travel for many gamers will always be mounts. It’s always exciting to find and ride a new creature, and good MMOs have a variety. From unicorns and hellbulls to pumas and spectral goats,Bless Unleashedhas plenty of cool mounts to choose from....

The Choir was made up of the highest-ranking members of the Healing Church inBloodborne. It was a group of intellectuals who were also researchers, doctors, clerics, explorers of ancient labyrinths, and hunters. Its headquarters were located on the upper floor of the Grand Cathedral. As for the Byrgenwerth scholars and for the followers of the School of Mensis, other two institutions inBloodborne, the Choir’s goal was the ascension of mankind, through the understanding of the Extraordinary Truth of the Cosmos, proper to the Great Ones....

Though it may not have lasted as long as its predecessor,Borderlands 3received some strong post-launch support, with fans of the franchise able to enjoy two Season Passes worth of content. Many adored the expansions, finding their storytelling better than the main game’s, while new modes likeArms Raceand extra skill trees for the Vault Hunters added depth. However, it would have been better if a few pieces of post-launch content could have been enjoyed from day one instead of coming several months later....

As is usually the case, Bungie is keeping a tight lid on any and all major reveals and information drops aboutDestiny 2’s next big content drop, Season 17. Over the past couple of years, Bungie has pivoted to keeping new seasonal releases under wraps until a week before launch, revealing just technical details and feature-level revamps, if necessary.Destiny 2’s Season 17 is no different in this respect, but it seems that Bungie may have slipped up this time around....

Over the years thatPokemonhas endured as a worldwide trend, its become clear that a lot of rival video games want to capitalize on the franchise’s addictive gameplay, colorful design, and, perhaps most of all, its multimedia appeal. From the recent release ofTemtem,an indie game heavily influenced by Nintendo’s popular creation, to the likes ofDigimonandYu-Gi-Oh,a lot of now-popular properties clearly learned a thing or two fromPokemon’sdesign. However, it seems one new property clearly owes a little bit too much to Nintendo’s incredibly popular franchise, with ANIME GAMES’Capsmon Adventureutilizing the same character designs, artwork, and literal creatures fromthePokemonworld....

Chrono Triggerwas a dream project. It’s a miracle it came out and continues to amaze two decades later. Square was ahead of its time with this one, so the question then was what was to come next. Related:Canceled PlayStation Games You Never Knew Existed Should there be a sequel? If so, what should it be about? The answer wasChrono Cross,and the name alone made it sell. However, it’s also nothing like its predecessor....