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Lost Ark, the Korean free-to-play MMO recently published in the west by Amazon, remains incredibly popular nearly two weeks after launch. Part of that success is due to successful Twitch streamers like Shroud consistently featuring the game.Lost Arkis not without its detractors, however. The game’s heavy-handed monetization is often decried as “pay-to-win.” Shroud recently addressed this during one of his Twitch streams, telling his audience of over 10,000 viewers to “get over it....

The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise has had a long and bumpy road with a stunning amount of complete blind missteps. The less-well-liked media in the decades-long canon is hit with a ton of different complaints, but one has stuck around far beyond its usefulness. By the time of his second outing, Sonic was joined by a second anthropomorphic creature, but the friendly animalsdidn’t stop at Tails. Later games introduced a veritable army of talking woodland creatures, but they never escaped the ire of some detractors....

A Sony exec explains whyPlayStation Pluswon’t get too many games on day one like Xbox Game Pass. Sony transitioned PS Plus into a three-tiered service earlier this year. The Essential tier works the same way as the previous PS Plus model, but Extra and Premium offer more benefits.PS Plus Extra and Premiummembers get access to a catalog of hundreds of titles, including some classic games from previous generations. However, not many games come to PS Plus on day one....

Summary AStarfieldplayer has built a massive 6-deck battleship using the customization tools in the game.Starfield’s ship-buildingis one of the features that received significant attention ahead of the game’s launch, and it is being taken to the limits by this player. Starfieldoffers significant ship customization through the Ship Technician NPC. Though players can recruit manyStarfieldNPCs to crew their ship, Ship Technicians are found in major settlements and spaceports. Players have modded theirStarfieldspaceships to look likeFuturama’s Planet Express, the UNSC Pelican fromHalo, and a Borg Cube fromStar Trek....

Activision has been around since the days of the Atari 2600. They are one of the few publishers from that era still around which can be attributed to smart business practices. For example, the merger with Blizzard truly helped out both companies just like the merger between Squaresoft and Enix was a good move. Both of those mergers can, of course, be debated by fans whether they were good or not but that point is a story for another day....

With the holiday season upon us, many are likely trying to wrap up any last minute shopping. Whether shopping for a young kid or a teenaged gamer or just shopping for one’s self, it can be really hard to decide how to splurge during this time of year. There’s so much to choose from that picking theperfect holiday gift for Nintendo Switchfans, PlayStation fans, andXboxfans To help narrow that down and look specificallyXboxgifts, here is a roundup of the best items to gift this year, ranging from solid hardware choices and games to the best accessories....

This article contains spoilers forWandaVision. It’s become a hallmark ofWandaVision’ssitcom world that the action stops to feature a commercial. These commercials often provide links to Wanda Maximoff’s own life. As each new episode launches, there’s a new commercial for the audience to pick apart.From the Strucker watchto Yo-Magic, the commercials prove creative and entertaining. In theseventh episode ofWandaVision, that commercial is for Nexus. Nexus is advertised as an antidepressant. It promises to help control those feelings of helplessness, and there are plenty of lines referencing that Nexus is for when, “the world isn’t all about you - or is it?...

Summary LEGO sets have come a long way since the rudimentary spaceships and castles of decades past. Now store shelves are filled with highly intricate sets, many of them centering around licensed properties such asStar WarsandHarry Potter. These film-based sets have dominated the LEGO aisle for the better part of twenty-five years, but sets based on video games have more recently found a foothold.Super Mario,Minecraft, andSonic the Hedgehogare among the themes that LEGO has releasedso far, and in just a few months fans will be able to build their ownAnimal Crossingsets as well....

BothThe SimsandPlanet Zooare interesting simulation games with unique premises.The Simsfranchise with its most recent series,The Sims 4, is all about playing with life, whether it be creating one resembling the life the player leads or something else entirely.Planet Zoois dedicated to simulating what it’s like to own a zoo, with an important emphasis on wildlife conservation. While these two games may fall into different genres of the same category, they have more in common than meets the eye....

Summary Street Fighter 6’s first season of DLC was announced before the game’s launch, and with the recent release of A.K.I, it is already halfway over.SF6sees the now much older original characters settling into new ways of life following the defeat of Shadaloo inSF5, accompanied by a new generation of fighters. While Ryu has overcome the temptation of the Satsui no Hadou, he is still challenged by one fighter who gave in to it: the murderous Akuma....

Pokemon SwordandShield’sresource-rich Galar regionteems with Pokemon of all shapes and sizes, both old and new alike, such as the Gen V Pokemon Elgyem. SincePokemon SwordandShield’srelease on November 15th, trainers have been scratching their heads trying to figure out just how to catch the elusive, cerebral, extraterrestrial psychic-type Pokemon. Luckily forPokemon SwordandShieldplayers, there is a way. For anyone that just has to catch ‘em all, Elgyem can be caught provided they search the right area, and do so with just the perfect weather....

While the late 1980s and 1990s were a bit of a lull for the horror genre, one film often gets the credit for reviving that. Wes Craven’s 1996 self-aware slasher masterpiece,Scream. It’s a teen scream slasher done in the best way, and is still a favorite for many. Screamspawned three sequels for a total of four films, as well asan MTV television showthat had three seasons. Overall, while the response to the television series was mixed, the entire franchise is seen as very well done....

Plenty of gaming fans are aware of and may have shared the meme of “the PS3 has no games,” but that was always an exaggeration of the state of the console during its lifespan. The PS3 was both plenty successful, and played host to some of the most iconic games from the seventh console generation, ranging fromUnchartedtoJourney. Among multiple other examples, the PS3 was host to several iconic first and third-party games, many of which have seen re-releases and remasters over the years....