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Summary Square Enix has surprisingly shadow dropped two of its hit JRPGs onto the PlayStation and Xbox platforms,Octopath TravelerandOctopath Traveler 2. The originalOctopath Travelerfirst launched as a timed Nintendo Switch console exclusive in 2018, before it got ported to the PC later that same year. The game would later get ported to the now-defunct Google Stadia in 2020, and then to the Xbox One in 2021. A sequel,Octopath Traveler 2, was launched in 2023, releasing on the Switch, PlayStation consoles, and PC....

Summary The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has reportedly fired four employees in the aftermath of a major controversy surrounding the museum’sPokemonexhibition from last Fall. The worldwide popularity of Nintendo’s iconic monster-catching franchise has seen the series honored in a variety of different manners since the games' 1996 debut. The series has regularly featured both digital and in-person exhibitions sharing the art and history of the franchise, includinglast year’s “Pokemon Colors” exhibit in Yokohama....

What setsWarhammer 40,000: Darktideapart from other co-op, horde-based shooter games like theLeft 4 Deadseries andDeep Rock Galacticis that it is set in the grim techno-future of theWarhammer 40,000universe. As a Veteran Sharpshooter, Zealot Preacher, Psyker Psykinetic, or Ogryn Skullbreaker, players must rise above their lowly positions and becomesoldiers worthy of serving the Emperor of Mankind. To do this, they must complete multiple missions with various objectives that allow them to acquire currency, experience, materials, and gear to build their characters....

Xbox Game Passhas been dedicated to stacking itself with new titles over the past year. This has lead up to the subscription service getting some massive titles likePsychonauts 2recently, while it still has other great additions in the future. The service also has some massive AAA titles likeForza Horizon 5andHalo Infiniteheading its way this Fall, butXbox Game Passalso has a range of smaller day one titles releasing still this month as well....

Every month, Xbox Game Pass sees a handful of exciting new titles head to the service. But to make way for those experiences, some sacrifices have to be made, and some games have to be removed from Game Pass. This month, a goodfew games are leaving Xbox Game Pass, and there’s one title in particular that action-adventure fans should check out before it’s gone:Raji: An Ancient Epic. Originally released asa console exclusive for the Nintendo Switch,Raji: An Ancient Epichas since launched on all modern consoles, and has earned quite a name for itself over the years....

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildblew fans away with the expansive setting from one of Nintendo’s classic franchises. From the end of the Wii U era to the start Nintendo Switch, this game set up a massive world for players to explore from the heights of the Goron mountain range to the lakes of the Zora kingdom. While many fans would call this an open world game, highly acclaimedNintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamotosaid that he prefers to refer toBreath of the Wildas an open air game....

Summary NewZenless Zone Zeroleaks have revealed alleged features that will be added with version 1.1, and how much Polychrome will be possible to get.Zenless Zone Zerowas released on July 4, and since then, HoYoverse’s Gacha RPG has been well received by the public, reaching the impressive milestone of over 50 million players. Zenless Zone Zerogave players 100 free pulls and 80 free Boopon to celebrate the game’s launch. The game also introduced players to new characters such as Ellen Joe, Anton Ivanov, Soukaku, and Zhu Yuan, the character on the currentZenless Zone Zerobanner....

Video gamesare one of the best forms of escapism, as they take the player to anywhere the developers deem possible.Video game locationsare diverse, ranging from cities to outer space. They can take players to lost lands, up vast mountains, and to the depths of the ocean. The only limits are developers' imaginations and the tech available to them. RELATED:Great Games with Hard Opening Levels With so many locations, it’s also not unusual to see the transportation between these places take center stage from time to time....

Slowly but surely, the gaming world is beginning to look a lot like the streaming world. It’s quite common for many people to have multiple streaming services to their name, including but not limited to, Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Prime Video, Paramount+, and far more. This means it’s sometimes hard to choose which to watch or even get rid of, especially given the price tags that come with each of these....

Among Ushas become the type of viral success that few games will ever achieve. It penetrated pop culture in a way that perhaps only a single other game has in recent memory, that game beingFortnite. The two games are wildly different, however, so they typically occupy different spaces in the video game discourse. At least, they did untilFortniteannounced its new Impostors mode, which is so near-identical toAmong Usthat event Innersloth’s devs aren’t comfortable with what Epic Games has done....

Getting back to school is tough, especially for students and parents in need of a new PC chair. Having a chair sized correctly for each user’s body is imperative to ergonomic health, leading most chair manufacturers to up their game by providing lots of options for gamers, students, and office workers. Luckily, getting an affordable, high quality chair is easy this year, with AndaSeat’s back to school sale. Running from August 10-24, AndaSeat’s ergonomic gaming chairs will be marked down by up to $150!...

A lot ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayers can get extremely creative when it comes to designing their islands. Some fans implement a specific theme on theirAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsisland, while others seem to enjoy collecting villagers from a specific animal type to complete their ideal island set-up. Recently, anACNHfan seemed to be a little too inspired by their thirst for blood and designed the front of a butcher shop, complete with all the gory details that go along with it....

Summary For many players in Tom Clancy’sRainbow Six: Siege, assault rifles will be the go-to weapon of choice for many different operators. These versatile weapons, capable of engaging targets at a variety of different ranges, represent the standard weapon for soldiers worldwide, regardless of what tasks they are carrying out. In a close-quarters situation, as is often the case inRainbow Six: Siege,they can still be extremely effective. RELATED:Multiplayer FPS Games Perfect For Newcomers To The Genre Most operators will have access to both an assault rifle and an alternate weapon....