Despite the game getting showered in near-perfect reviews and already setting records in terms of sales, it’s no secret thatThe Last of Us 2has been something of a polarizing game with fans. Even though there is a significant audience who hail the game as being one of Naughty Dog’s best, there’s also a great many whoclaim it’s the company’s worst release to date. Over the last week, discussion surrounding the sequel has evolved into the biggest gaming discourse of the year so far, with the fanbase being split down the middle on a number of its more controversial narrative beats....

Summary The Marvelsmight not shake off one negative box office record as previously hoped. The Brie Larson film stays on track for a disappointing start to its impending theatrical run. TheCaptain MarvelsequelThe Marvelstakes on two more protagonists in Iman Vellani’s Ms. Marvel and Teyonah Parris' Monica Rambeau, both introduced inMs. MarvelandWandaVision, respectively. While the firstCaptain Marvelfilm was a commercial success with more than a billion at the box office, the outlook for the sequel was far from optimistic from the onset....

The Sims 4offers dozens of activities, skills, and jobs to master. As such, the players can spend hundreds of hours directing their Sims' life and still not run out of content to try out, things to do. One of the more peaceful activities is gardening. Not only can the Sims use gardening to grow their own food, but it also comes in handy for spell casters who use the ingredients for potions, or even vampires....

It’s thanks to the arrival ofNewcastlein theApex LegendsSeason 13 update that fans of the battle royale got access to quite a new Defensive Legend. Through Newcastle,Apex Legendsplayers have a new approach to defense, especially when Jackson Williams completely changes the combat meta. Thanks to his mobile defensive kit, Newcastle can deploy mobile shields in numerous ways – one that follows his commands and another that creates a barrier in front of him....

Running a 10k race is certainly a challenging task for many people, but oneTwitchstreamer decided that running a 10k normally just wasn’t hard enough. Charity streamer OrcRun recently completed a 10k race all while wearing armor straight out ofThe Lord of the Rings. Charity streams onTwitchare one of the best ways for popular content creators to use their platform for good and OrcRun has been consistently streaming charity runs for several months....

Action is almost always better on the big screen, butstreaming has made it possible for action movies to be easily accessible for wide audiences. The 2000s in particular was an excellent decade in original action movies. Christopher Nolan began his excellentDark Knighttrilogy, and James Bond rebooted with the gritty Daniel Craig era of 007 movies. Peter Jackson completed his acclaimedLord of the Ringstrilogy just a few years before Marvel kicked off its cinematic universe withIron Man....

When meeting anotherBaldur’s Gate 3fan, the question on everyone’s lips is usually ‘Who did you romance’ first and foremost. Romances are sacred to RPG players, and players can bond over shared paramours or can raise some eyebrows if players give the wrong answer in the other fan’s eyes. Baldur’s Gate 3has anumber of romantic optionsavailable to players regardless of their gender among the origin characters and NPCs players meet across the world....

We Happy Fewhas been digging up anticipation since it first debutedgameplay footage at E3 2016showing off a1984-esque dystopian world with the graphical styling of aBioShockgame. After it premiered, the title jumped into an Alpha that let players begin to explore the world and gameplay. While a couple of updates to the Early Access version were planned before the official launch, developer Compulsion Games announced on Steam that there will instead be just one more update before the game receives an official launch....

AWorld of Warcraftplayer recently defeated a powerfulShadowlandsraid boss without any other party members. After over five hours of fighting, the world’s most patientWorld of Warcraftplayer defeated Rygelon in the Sepulcher of the First Ones all on his own. The impressive feat was accomplished by aWorld of Warcraftplayer by the name of Venn. According to him, the encounter took months of preparation and more than 90 wipes across two different classes. The battle was finally won in no small part due to thenew Talent Trees available in theDragonflightPre-Patch....

TheKirbyfranchise entered a new era withKirby and the Forgotten Land, its first true 3D platformer. WhileHAL Laboratory said 3D games might not be the series' future, its success means plenty moreKirbygames are sure to come. The series has a long history of releasing not only mainline platformers, but also spin-offs — many of which are fleshed-out versions of other sub-games. One such spin-off wasKirby’s Blowout Blastin 2017, an expansion of the “Kirby 3D Rumble” puzzler sub-game fromPlanet Robobot....

Microsoft has confirmed that multipleAge of Empiresgames will be coming to Xbox during 2023 withAge of Empires 2: Definitive EditionandAge of Empires 4planned to be added. The real-time strategy franchise from Microsoft subsidiary World’s Edge was one of the earliest successful strategy game franchises with the first game releasing in 1997. The franchise has frequently seen requests from fans to bring the strategy games to Xbox. Now, Microsoft has officially confirmed the franchise will finally be making the jump to Xbox consoles....

Pieces Interactive’sAlone in the Darkis a modern reimagining of the survival horror pioneer that paved the way for games likeResident EvilandDead Space, coming full circle as it draws inspiration from the genre’s subsequent advancements. Explored from the perspective of two protagonists portrayed byStranger Thingsstar David Harbour and acclaimed actress Jodie Comer ofThirteen,Alone in the Darkis a gloomy and atmospheric Lovecraftian horror story shown through a jazzy film noir lens. In an interview with Game Rant, creative director and writer Mikael Hedberg along with composer and sound designer Árni Bergur Zoëga went into detail about their various creative approaches toAlone in the Dark....

One of the most exciting thing for many players ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsis getting to play out the events and seasons of a year in real time. LikeNew Leafbefore it,Animal Crossing: New Horizonscelebrates in-game holidays, competitions, shows, and other events in correspondence to when some of these occur in real life. Of course, some players choose to time travel to speed up decorating, terraforming, and Bell-earning, but that’s not everyone’s playstyle....