Summary Building on thrillers such asPsychoandPeeping Tom, theslasher movie genrerose to prominence in the ’70s and ’80s through releases likeBlack Christmas,Halloween,A Nightmare on Elm Street,Friday the 13th, andChild’s Play. These franchises are still revered today, with a few of them even producing solid entries in the last few years. Slasher horror moviesfeel like they belong to another era, but the genre hasn’t really gone anywhere since the ’80s. There just haven’t been all that many modern films with villains who have left an immediate impact on pop culture to match the likes ofFreddy Kruegeror Chucky....

Summary Robes and Cloaks are at the forefront of the player’s fashion inHogwarts Legacy. Despite the game featuring a random generation of loot, including the stats that players can get on the five gear slots, there’s still a bounty of appearances that wizards and witches have access to, making for each fifth-year student a unique character creation inHogwarts Legacy. The centerpiece of the player’s outfit will be their robe or cloak, and because of that, they will want to know thebest robes and cloak gear inHogwarts Legacy....

Summary Assassin’s Creedis a series built on the everlasting struggle between the forces of the Assassins, who wish to free the world from oppression, and the Templars, a group that seeks to tighten their grip on the world and see it made in their image. Players have seen the Templars and the Assassins battle it out in over a dozen games and throughout the years, fans of the series have seen their fair share of epic villains in theAssassin’s Creeduniverse....

Back in 2014, developer MachineWorks and publisher Bethesda Games banded together to releaseWolfenstein: The New Order. A soft narrative reboot of the classic first-person shooter, this game is technically the third entry in the newWolfensteinseries, beginning with 2001’sReturn to Castle Wolfensteinand followed by 2009’sWolfenstein. InWolfenstein: The New Order,players take control of BJ Blazkowicz, a veteran of WWII who awakens from a vegetative state in 1960 to discover that Hitler’s Nazis won the war and now control most of Europe and the United States....

Despite only appearing in a handful of missions, one of the most popular characters from the 2009 version ofCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2was Simon “Ghost” Riley. Ghost’s popularity was enough for Infinity Ward to move forward withCall of Duty: Ghosts, a game that featured characters wearing similar skull masks as the one worn by Riley inModern Warfare 2, piggybacking off the character’s status as a fan favorite. Ghost will be returning in the 2022 version ofCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and now the actor playing him has been revealed....

Summary Community reception toCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3has been all over the place, and understandably so. On one hand, the Carry Forward system seems like a great way to rewardModern Warfare 2fans while filling the next game with content, but some are worried it will mean less new Operators and weapons in the sequel. The campaign’sOpen Combat Missions sound dangerously similar to Spec Ops, while Zombies’ open world map could be an ambitious success or feel like a boring wasteland....

Call of Duty: Modern WarfareSeason One began just two weeks ago, and alongside its launch Infinity Ward added a number of new guns, maps, and modes to its highly-popular first-person shooter. However, that was certainly not the end of what the developer has planned for Season One, and even more new content and playlist updates are available today, December 18, as part ofCall of Duty: Modern WarfarePatch 1.12. While there is a lot to parse in theCoD: MWUpdate 1....

Ever wanted a bit of hardcore anime injected into theDark SoulsGenre? What about with a slight vampiric twist? Well, that’s a really specific and odd request, first of all. But, oddly enough,Code Veinis exactly that.Code Veinis toDark Soulswhat Scarlet Nexusis toPersona 5.Unlike other games of this genre,Code Veindoes a fair amount to separate itself from the pack. Honestly,it feels a bit more likeBloodbornewith a bit of anime mixed in and we’re loving it....

Summary Cyberpunk 2077has 7 important variants of motorcycles that can be found within Night City and Dogtown. Whilst there are plenty of motorcycles accessible in the game, they are all under 3 categories of speed, and the only differences that they have are purely cosmetic, and how to obtain them. Luckily,Cyberpunk 2077’s best motorcycles all provide intense speeds, allowing players to utilize their weaponry as they reach over 100 MPH....

On Friday a story broke delving into ongoing changes within PlayStation, reportedly shifting further toward a focus on blockbuster game releases. As part of that report, several specific projects were mentioned as having been either redirected or even shut down. One of the most prominent examples is related to Sony Bend Studio’sDays Gone. Bend Studio was reported as having pitched a sequel toDays Goneto the powers that be, but the pitch was rejected....

Summary FromSoftware has spent the past decade and a half polishing the gameplay formula established with 2009’sDemon’s Souls, and to great effect. These years of improvement, growth, andexperimentation culminated inElden Ring,a staggeringly large open-world experience that makes the fairly linearDemon’s Soulsappear quaint in comparison. But the opinion thatElden Ringis the ‘best’ FromSoftware game is far from universal. It is certainly the most ambitious, and perhaps the least frustrating as well, with much-needed quality-of-life features like Statues of Marika making for a smoother, less punishing experience....

As if it needed to be said,Destiny 2is one of the mosthighly anticipated releases scheduled to launch this year, and with the science fiction shooter set to drop next month, fans of the franchise are looking to sink their teeth into as much information about the sequel as possible, which certainly includes its ancillary promotional deals. As it so happens, those Guardians who want to learn more about Bungie’s partnership with Pop-Tarts to issue bonus XP through redeemable codes are in luck, as more details involving the marketing campaign have surfaced online....

Xur has returned again toDestiny 2, complete with new exotic and legendary gear for players to check out for a limited time. Season of the Deep has officially arrived and so to is the latest dungeon.Destiny 2 Season 21 has introduced Ghosts of the Deep, a dungeon which takes place under the Methane Ocean on Titan to where Xivu Arath’s forces have been lying in wait. The location also seems to be infested with Lucent Hive lightbearers....