November is here, so Aqara’s Black Friday deals are almost upon us! This year, the company offers some of the best discounts on its wide range of smart home security products. Aqara’s products are designed to make your life easier and more secure, and with up to 29% off selected items, there’s never been a better time to invest in a smart home security system, including smart cameras, window and door sensors, and motion sensors....
The next generation of console gaming is almost upon gamers everywhere, with both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 scheduled to hit store shelves this month. Along with these new systems comes a myriad of next-generation software and exclusives, many of which are highly anticipated by consumers, but there’s still a desire amongst fans — especially in the beginning of every console transition — to play software for current generation platforms (i....
By now, players that have managed to get their hands on a PS5 have likely come to know the delicious world of Bugsnax. The game is the latest from developer Young Horses (creators of Octodad) and is currently available for free on PS5 with a PS Plus membership. And while the game seems to have been a hit with families, there hasn’t been a real opportunity to find out what the Bugsnax actually taste like....
With the world media’s focus on the current COVID-19 pandemic, the mainstream global discussion of the ongoing and future devastating effects of climate change has been put on the back burner. (If it was ever on the front burner to begin with.) But some of the best and most important speculative fiction releases are engaging with the vital issue in creative and fascinating ways. Marian Womack’s The Swimmers, a literary dystopia set in Andalusia, Spain, is one such upcoming novel, on our radar for this very reason (among others)....
On rare occasions a video game trailer comes along to showcase what the next generation of video games can truly be; for this new-gen that game may be Crimson Desert. With stunning visuals, awe-inspiring music, and breathtaking gameplay, Crimson Desert’s gameplay reveal trailer at The Game Awards may have just stolen the show. There are some huge announcements and reveals at this year’s The Game Awards. As far as a brand new game reveal, Perfect Dark returning from developer The Initiative is a good example of a shocking and exciting announcement....
The newest DLC pack for Pokemon Sword and Shield, the Crown Tundra, has only been out for a couple days, but trainers have already started digging into the endgame. Whether you’re still working your way through the quests, focusing on filling out your Pokedex, or just enjoying the new region, knowing what kind of content awaits you once you’ve finished the core story can give you even more to look forward to....
As eSports continue continue to grow in popularity, it’s perhaps not too surprising to see virtual competition mimic conventional sports. However, there’s a dark side to the highest echelons of any sport — and it seems that it’s spilling over into the world of eSports. Pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Semphis was very frank about drug use in a new interview recorded by Launders CStrike. The player stated “We were all on Adderall,” when talking about his team’s performance at a recent tournament, an event that he describes as ‘fun’....
Love it for what it tried to do or hate it for its controversies, no one can deny that Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the largest releases in 2020. Players have been digging deep into the large number of gigs available in the game to see what kinds of stories they have to offer. The decisions players make during quests can affect the end of the game and even gigs can have effects that ripple outward depending on what players decide to do....
Today’s delay-related Cyberpunk 2077 news thankfully doesn’t involve the main game. Instead, it concerns the DLC and season passes. The original plan was to outline the much-anticipated roadmap of expansion content around now but during the third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, CD Projekt revealed that this is no longer the case. Cyberpunk 2077 itself has been subject to several delays at this point, so news of another delay wasn’t a huge surprise....
Cyberpunk 2077’s 1.11 Hotfix is live now on all platforms and corrects a problem that was inadvertently introduced via the 1.1 update. Cyberpunk 2077 got its first major update a few days ago. The 1.1 patch aimed to improve and fix a number of things about the game, and it very much managed to do that. However, the headline coming off the back of it was the discovery of a new, potentially game-breaking bug....
Cyberpunk 2077 is just around the corner, and the hype for the upcoming game is only getting bigger, especially after the game suffered multiple delays that have since pushed its launch date to November. However, despite the multiple postponements of Cyberpunk 2077’s release, fans have received a semi-consistent dripfeed about content coming to CD Projekt Red’s upcoming RPG outing. Throughout all the gameplay trailers that CD Projekt Red has released, one thing that players will notice is the insane amount of details that make Cyberpunk 2077 a game worth waiting for....
As a cultural object, Cyberpunk 2077 might be the strangest video game of all time. It’s so much more complex than a game that didn’t live up to the hype, or a triple-A blockbuster held back by bugs. It broke sales records and tanked share prices, it courted gamers then felt their wrath, and its eight-year hype cycle established it in the minds of many as the greatest game ever to launch before it actually launched, only to implode in the most devastating case of self-sabotage our industry has ever known....
YouTuber Max Dakka has found a brand new technique that adds an edge to the speedrunning of Cyberpunk 2077, combining the maneuvering system and reinforced tendons cyberware to simulate a bunnyhopping-like technique that lets players outrun the cars of Night City. Bunnyhopping is a staple of gaming, whether it was the good ol’ times in Half-Life where you could shoot past the enemies faster than their bullets could leave their guns, or get to the point in Counter-Strike before the enemy had a chance to leave spawn....
Of all the Chaotic alignments in Dungeons & Dragons, Chaotic Neutral gets stereotyped as Chaotic Stupid the most. Chaotic Good characters are often considered Robin Hood-type heroes, Chaotic Evil characters are menaces to society, but Chaotic Neutral characters just cause mayhem for its own sake. It doesn’t have to be like this, though. There are many ways to play Chaotic Neutral characters, and many of them won’t infuriate your party....
For as influential as the original Dark Souls is, the game runs into some serious hiccups during its back half. After completing Anor Londo and obtaining the Lord Vessel, Dark Souls’ level design takes a serious dive. The quest for the Lord Souls lacks the same focus the first half of the Dark Souls, resulting in a lackluster conclusion to what’s arguably FromSoftware’s seminal work. In spite of a weak last act, Dark Souls is remedied by its main piece of DLC: Artorias of the Abyss....
One of the many good trademarks of a Dark Souls game is how it manages to make the players sad with lore exposition as soon as they killed a specific enemy. There’s a certain existential agony attached to learning about someone after the players have beaten them to death– Dark Souls 3 is no exception and it has a plethora of melancholic bosses. One good example of this is the tragedy of Vordt of the Boreal Valley....
This probably comes as little surprise, but Nvidia is raking it in after the release of their new line of RTX 30-series video cards. The company just released their Q4 2021 earnings report and apparently they may $5 billion in revenue last quarter, up 61% from the same period the year before. Full-year revenue was up to $16.68 billion, an increase of 53% compared to the year prior. “Q4 was another record quarter, capping a breakout year for NVIDIA’s computing platforms,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang....
Destiny: The Taken King is without a doubt one of 2015’s most highly anticipated titles. In order to meet expectations, Bungie has recently been teasing tons of information regarding the considerably large expansion, such as the introduction of two new multiplayer modes called Rift and Mayhem, in addition to the eight new maps being incorporated into the Crucible. During Bungie’s Weekly Update several days ago, the studio announced three walkthrough streams hosted by the game’s developers and community members to take place before the DLC’s release, which will continue until the game is officially available....
Despite a bit of prior controversy, the Faction Rally is back in full swing in Destiny 2, and Bungie has added in several scannable items that players can find to get some extra tokens. The four scannable items are currently in the game, and players can go to the following locations to scan them. European Dead Zone: Trostland (In the Widow’s Walk lost sector) Titan: Siren’s Watch (In the Methane Flush lost sector)...
It’s the last week of Destiny 2’s Season of the Hunt, which means Bungie is fully revealing the game’s next season, Season of the Chosen. Starting February 9, players will meet a new enemy, the daughter of Emperor Calus, Caiatl. Guardians will fend off Cabal incursions across the system as Caiatl tries to push the Vanguard into submission, and a forceful alliance. But the season will offer much more, so here are all the activities fans can engage in during Season of the Chosen....
