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In the gaming community, load times and laggy online sessions have long been the bane of players' existence. Next-generation consoles are already implementing steps toeliminate long loading times. A new patent filed by Take-Two Interactive could change everything players know about the way online sessions work for its games. Online game sessions with many of Rockstar’s games likeGrand The Auto OnlineandRed Dead Redemption 2cause a lot of impatience for players. Long loading times and stalling in the online sessions can become incredibly frustrating....

Summary Since cooking made a return inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomwith a handy in-game cookbook to keep track of hundreds of recipes, Nintendo now has the opportunity to expand the feature even further for futureZeldagames. Though it wasn’t one of the more ambitious changesBreath of the Wildmade to the series' formula,Zelda’s introduction of cooking and useful recipesallowed players to both heal and benefit from secondary effects. As a substitute for the traditional collectible hearts and health potions, it was virtually inevitable that cooking would return inTears of the Kingdom....

Summary Gege Akutami delivered one of the most incredible fights in the entirety ofJJKduring the Culling Game arc, when Gojo finally returned and ended up taking on Sukuna, the King of Curses, in combat. This was an incredible fight for the fans to witness, and one that shook the entire foundation of the story in more ways than one. At the end of this fight, Gojo ended up laying down his life, much to the surprise of every reader....

Showtime has revealed a new trailer for its series adaptation of the horror hit,Let the Right One In. The series, following up on both a 2008 Swedish version and a 2010Americanadaptation, is based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist. The Showtime series, like the films, looks to expand the story of a young girl with the violent, bloody affliction of vampirism and the young boy next door who befriends her....

Summary The lore of Middle-earth extends far past the bounds of what’s explored inThe Lord of the Rings. Tolkien had a whole host of extended stories about the universe he had created, including its origins and a lot of information about the beings and creatures that were there from the very beginning. There are multiple characters encountered during the story that have been in Middle-earth for an incredibly long time, and some that have lived a long life even before Arda and Middle-earth themselves were created....

Even withMarvel’s Avengers' delay into September, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics seem to have plenty left to share about the upcoming online game for the next several months. Case in point, the officialMarvel’s AvengersTwitter account just revealed a new feature from the game named Team Finishers. Funnily enough, it’s a clip from the recent sharedMarvel’s Avengersgameplay event. Viewers just didn’t realize what was happening when they saw it at the first time....

On paper,Marvel’s Midnight Sunsis a fairly straightforward tactical RPG with social features baked into it. This is still true, but each ofMarvel’s Midnight Suns’ gameplay showcases have also depicted how comprehensive each character is thus far, with loads of mechanics and strategies for players to consider that may also be uniquely advantageous to certain characters. For example,Spider-Man makes use of Bind properties and environmental interaction, while Doctor Strange is a support character that can heal, cure, and conceal other members of the player’s party....

Metal Hellsingeris one of those games that makes everything challenging for players, but adding rhythm to the gameplay makes things much more enjoyable. LikeDoom,the fluid combat, and the overwhelming enemy hordes descending on players, give the game an edge over others.Metal Hellsingercan be hard to play, and things can get out of hand, just like the games out there withfast-paced action. Rhythm games make it easier for players in many ways....

Multiple industry analysts said they were confident thatMicrosoftwill complete its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard in spite of recent regulatory roadblocks. Their comments arrive weeks afterXbox head Phil Spencer echoed a similar sentiment, claiming he remains highly optimistic about the tech giant’s chances of wrapping up the $69 billion transaction. The British Competition and Market Authority today released its preliminary findings of an antitrust investigation into the deal, voicing concerns about its likelihood to hurt the overall level of competition across the gaming industry....

Summary When people think about anime protagonists, they think of kind, generous, and helpful characters. It is hardly surprising that most anime and manga creators create heroes while keeping good qualities in mind. However, this can lead to a lack of diversity. There are some authors who are risk-takers and open to experimenting with their heroes and giving them different traits. One of the more popular non-hero traits is arrogance. Many anime characters have been given this particular quality, but they carry themselves in such a spectacular manner that it doesn’t bother fans....

The characters of thePersonaseries all have unique powers and abilities across their independent games and iterations. Some games portray characters that can fight and defeat literal gods and incarnations of desires, while some struggle against henchmen-type enemies. Figuring out who is the most powerful is pretty simple though, since the games give fans an overall context of what is strong and what isn’t. For example,every protagonist has the wild card abilitywhich allows them to wield multiple personas....

Summary TheFalloutseries is unusual by its very nature. The idea of a post-nuclear America filled with mutants, giant insects, and radiation is nothing new, but the fact that humanity manages to survive thanks to the use of 1950s-style bomb shelters called “Vaults,” only to emerge with retro-futuristic tech that puts modern cellphones to shame, is certainly a unique take. Typically, the main narrative in aFalloutgame is pretty straightforward. The player, a nameless wasteland wanderer, is given a task - find their father, deliver a package, etc....

Summary Warning: The following contains spoilers for My Hero Academia Seasons 3 and 6, now streaming onCrunchyroll. WhileMy Hero Academia’s cinematic escapades are dubiously canon at best, they never fail to deliver a good time and often bring to life concepts that don’t make it into the main series.With three increasingly impressive filmsalready under their belt, the standard is high for the fourth, but between the concept and the man directing it, it has the chance to be the best one yet....