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SPOILER ALERT: The following review contains details and spoilers from Netflix’s Castlevania: Season 3. The first two seasons of Castlevania were better than anyone possibly could have expected. There’s been an overwhelming amount of underwhelming video game adaptations. Yet this Netflix animated series has managed to become one of the absolute best translations of a gaming franchise into any other form of media. Season 3 of Castlevania continues to tell another fantastic, compelling story set in Konami’s vampire-ridden world....

Described as “A high-action, totally customizable, superhero massively multiplayer online role playing game based on the Champions RPG,” Champions Online is the brand new superhero MMORPG by Cryptic Studios. The game has been out for just over a full month now, having been released September 1st. If you’re a current subscriber, you have a lot more coming your way. Read on after the jump to find out what Cryptic has planned for new updates and content....

When a DLC pack for a popular title adds pets and laser trap, and all of the proceeds go to a worthy cause, that’s a win-win for everybody. Stellar stuff, Children of Morta. The gaming industry seems to have come to a point where every title can be divided into one of two categories: games where you can pet the dog/cat/other lovable creature and games where you cannot pet the dog/cat/other lovable creature....

The massive battle-royale shooter, PlayerUnkown’s Battlegrounds, is no stranger to controversies and bad publicity due to its violent nature. Most recently, PUBG was shut down in China by tech giant Tencent after the government refused to issue a license that would allow the company to collect revenue from PUBG’s in-game transactions. Given that there are over 70 million PUBG players in China alone, it has been estimated that it would have been able to generate $1....

Nearly two years after Chris Evans retired from the role of Captain America with the release of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame, a report suggesting he may reprise the role in a future MCU project caught the attention of intrigued fans. However, Evans has seemingly debunked the rumor of Captain America’s return in a post on his official social media account. Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame concluded with Steve Rogers passing the Captain America mantle to Sam Wilson, a decision he made after traveling to the past on a mission to return the Infinity Stones to the point in time when they were taken and opting to remain in the ’40s with Peggy Carter....

The first critical decision that players must make in Civilization 6 needs to be resolved within the first few turns of a game, and it is picking a position for founding a capital. Not only does this decision have an immediate impact, but it also has long-term effects, and fans should thus pick their start location very carefully. A bad start can tank an entire game and, as players know all too well, these games can go on for days....

Bethesda is expecting Fallout 4 to be their biggest release ever, and they aren’t kidding. The studio is going all out with Fallout fever this year, with Fallout Shelter on mobile devices, revisiting the classic games in the series, and of course, with the release of Fallout 4 on November 10th. However, Bethesda’s Fallout push doesn’t end there. Fans that are looking to completely and utterly engross themselves in the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout will have yet another means to do so on November 10th....

Director Corin Hardy is in a pretty good place right now. His Irish monster movie, The Hallow, is hitting cinemas across the UK this week, and it’s also just been announced that his reboot of The Crow, which looked like it might be cancelled after the studio filed for bankruptcy a couple of months ago, is back on track again. No better time, then, to sit down for a long chat about films and fairytales…...

The Fallout franchise has been around for a long time – long enough for every title in the series to generate many, many rumors. A new one is that Fallout 5 will be an Xbox Series X exclusive now that Microsoft owns Bethesda. Another famous rumor surrounding Fallout 3, New Vegas, and Fallout 4 is that hidden within these games were vehicles the player could use to travel the wasteland faster....

It has been a long-standing tradition for graphically-pleasing video games to be compared to those that came before it. Because that’s how you know it’s worth splurging on the latest and greatest in gaming hardware— if the visual improvements are proportional to the demands of the game. Now, was that the case in Cyberpunk 2077? Many people think so, and many also don’t. In fact, it’s being compared to one of the heaviest games at the moment, Red Dead Redemption 2....

The Sims 4 is a game that obviously targets teens with its PEGI 12 rating. As such, it’s mostly free of any dark themes or horrific events. After all, we must make sure that the youth of the world is not influenced by games that are too close to real life. Maxis even went as far as allowing Sims to climb out of a pool with no ladder — an obvious act of disrespect to a long-standing tradition....

Dark Souls 3 is the last entry in the dark fantasy franchise known for its tough-but-fair gameplay. Considered the spiritual successor of Demon’s Souls, the franchise tells the story of The First Flame and the actions taken to prevent it from fading. Although the first game already had a lot of lore, the second and third games expanded the setting significantly. Since the world of Dark Souls is so dense and convoluted, the environmental storytelling reaches unbelievable levels of subtle explanations without exposure....

Last week, Phoenix Labs’ long in beta game, Dauntless, finally launched across consoles and PC featuring full cross-platform play. Along with over 2 million beta players, the free-to-play Monster Hunter style game managed to pull in even bigger player numbers at launch, which caused plenty of server based login issues. While the team continues to work on the server issues, Phoenix Labs has also turned to improving the content side of the game and revealed what’s coming next....

This article appears in the next issue of Den of Geek magazine. Subscribe here! He sits alone at a bar, downing ale and liquor like they’re milk and cookies. For scenes of a watering hole on Christmas Eve, this isn’t an unusual sight—either for the onscreen proprietor, who’s used to disheveled mall Santas this time of year, or for audiences who know what a naughty St. Nick looks like. Yet the trick about David Harbour’s world-weary Father Christmas in the upcoming movie Violent Night is he’s not a bad Santa....

Deadpool 2 is right around the corner and everyone is hopping back into the first Deadpool movie to gear up and get in the mood before the premiere of the sequel. The rated-R superstar himself, Ryan Reynolds, was born to play Deadpool. The first movie showed fans that Reynolds was in-fact the real deal when it comes to bringing Deadpool to the big screen. All he needed was a mouth that wasn’t sewed shut and a studio willing to give it an R-rating in order to accommodate authenticity with the character....

The main premise of Deep Rock Galactic may seem simple right off the bat, but there are a lot of hidden details and hilarious quirks that will allow you to never get bored. Most dwarves stick to missions and beers without exploring any further. However, there are cosmetic secrets, hidden passages, and helpful tips you should know that will help you mine ore in a more fun and fast way. Deep Rock Galactic only came out one year ago, in 2020, so we can expect more things to be added to the game so that there’s never an end....

Demon’s Souls Remake is brining a host of new features to PS5, but it seems that ray tracing won’t be one of them. The news was confirmed by Sony earlier today on Japanese gaming website, Game Spark. When asked about ray tracing on PS5, here’s what the company had to say: “PS5 version “Demon’s Souls” does not support ray tracing. In this remake, in addition to a significant increase in the number of polygons, object density, and texture size, adopting beautiful real-time lighting technique and tessellation technology, we bring out the details and richness of the world to the maximum....

We have the early scoop on where to find the vendor Xur and what exotic armor and weapons he has available to Destiny players for the weekend of January 15th. Xur is back in the Destiny world for the weekend, and as usual he has brought along his collection of exotic wares. However, this week, more than most weeks, we are happy to report that Xur actually has some decent items on offer....

Today, Bungie took part in the GCX charity stream, and among the donation incentives were weapon reveals for Destiny 2’s upcoming expansion Beyond Light. During the stream, game director Luke Smith joined in to announce the return of fan-favorite hand cannon Hawkmoon. Destiny 2 has borrowed guns from its predecessor ever since launch but to mixed fan reaction at times. It’s fun to relive old memories with favorite guns, but these returning weapons also take the place of something new....

Beyond Light - the upcoming DLC for Destiny 2 as revealed by Bungie yesterday - will among other things be introducing a fourth element type to be used against enemies. The element is called Stasis, and will be joining the likes of the game’s Solar, Void, and Arc damage types later this year. This will be the first new element to be introduced since the launch of the first Destiny game, so this is quite a big deal....