Riot Games has released details for the next patch coming to League Of Legends: Wild Rift as 2.5a is making its way into the game. The crux of the update for hardcore fans is that they’ve essentially put a pause on balance updates as they are now prepping for the upcoming Horizon Cup. On top
With Hill House Comics’ Refrigerator Full of Heads, we’re back in Brody Island, Maine, that seemingly idyllic island cut off from the rest of the state by a long bridge. It’s late summer in 1984, one year after the events of Basketful of Heads. If you need a refresher, that’s the Joe Hill-penned graphic novel
Every now and then, people that used to work on the Metroid Prime games more than a decade ago offer a little bit more insight into how the games had been developed. Most of the insight is usually small in nature, and it tends to focus on a specific aspect of the development process of
Publisher KOEI Tecmo and developer Gust Studios have released a demo for their upcoming JRPG Blue Reflection: Second Light. The demo can be downloaded from the PlayStation Store and Nintendo eShop from today, October 25. The publisher also detailed a series of free updates due to release after the game has launched. The demo includes
A year ago, multiplayer was added to Beat Saber on Oculus Quest and other PC VR headsets. However, the update was delayed for PlayStation VR. Today, PSVR players can finally join up to four others in competitive gameplay in Beat Saber with the multiplayer update now available on PlayStation. Over a year since the update
The new refer a friend feature in Fortnite (say that five times fast) has launched, meaning you can get new rewards for convincing your friends to open up Fortnite for the first time—or at least the first time in a long, long while. Of course, being a battle royale, Fortnite is almost always a better
Sofia Warren is a cartoonist whose work has been featured regularly over the past four years in The New Yorker. Now Warren is getting ready to debut her first full-length graphic novel, as IDW’s Top Shelf Comics imprint has announced Radical: My Year With a Socialist Senator, a graphic memoir about Warren’s time embedded in the
I have literally got out of seeing the movie Dune in IMAX at the London BFI IMAX cinema – and can’t imagine it having as much of an impact on a smaller screen. But what about on the printed page, held close to my face? Because as I get on the train home, I learn
It wasn’t too long ago that I was getting ready to dive into a Doctor Who game with some trepidation and excitement. This was because the patchy history of our favourite Time Lord in this space has not nearly echoed the success of the TV series. Thankfully The Lonely Assassins was a blast and like
Five years have passed since console players got to enjoy a game based on the exploits of Agatha Christie‘s famous Belgian detective. Blazing Griffin’s Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases breaks that deadlock with a new adventure game that follows just a few weeks after their console debut title. This game takes a
It’s the 25th anniversary of Superman: The Animated Series and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is celebrating with the previously announced release of Superman: The Complete Animated Series on Blu-ray for the first time. Despite a slight delay, the Blu-ray will be available tomorrow! In anticipation for the Blu-ray release of Superman: The Complete Animated Series,
No new launches from Red 5 Comics in January 2022 – indeed that seems to be a thing amongst a number of publishers for this month. Maybe no one likes to launch a comic book in January? Even so, there are plenty of ongoing series and collections to keep a publisher going through the winter
Hi everyone! I’m Stephen Rhodes, narrative lead on Call of Duty: Vanguard. With me is Robert Lo, senior narrative designer at Sledgehammer Games. We’re excited to be able to give PlayStation players an even deeper look at the human element that makes up the heart of Call of Duty: Vanguard, especially as the game’s release
After nearly a year-long delay, Beat Saber’s multiplayer mode is now live on PSVR. Live today, this mode brings five-player multiplayer to the critically acclaimed rhythm game, which has players slice through colored blocks to the beat of a given song. Players can hop into public matches with players from all over the world, or
Image: Nintendo / The LEGO Group The Lego Super Mario 64 ? Block got Nintendo fans all hot under the collar when it was announced on social media. Its clever folding design in particular provides a real wow moment, as the innocuous block unfolds to reveal intricate, microscale recreations of iconic levels from Super Mario
The Call of Duty franchise has always been about great gunplay, underlined by the diversity of weapon classes and multiples of attachments creating a vast breadth of options to choose from before heading into battle. But experienced players know it’s more than how much damage a particular weapon does, or how quickly the downsight speed
Moonglow Bay reviewA little frustrating in places, but Moonglow Bay is mostly a chill fishing RPG that digs into its themes of community, resilience and rebuilding in surprising and consistently interesting ways. Developer: Bunnyhug Publisher: Coatsink Release: October 26th 2021 From: Steam, Microsoft Store / Xbox Game Pass, Epic Games Store (Nov 11th) Price: £20/€25/$25
Early next year Dark Horse Comics will release a print collection of Snow Angels Volume 1, the Comixology Originals series from writer Jeff Lemire, artist Jock, and letterer Steve Wands. Now as a way to sweeten the deal for direct market retailers, Dark Horse has announced an incentive in the form of an exclusive bookplate signed by Lemire and
James Tynion IV writes on his Substack newsletter talking about the latest Razorblades anthology self-published horror comics magazine of his, “I am also extremely excited to announce that the whole first volume of RAZORBLADES: THE HORROR MAGAZINE is going to be collected in a Deluxe Hardcover edition, that will be released by Image Comics in
There’s nothing better than a good rhythm match with friends. We’re excited to announce that Multiplayer just landed in Beat Saber! Challenge your friends or random opponents from all around the world and compete together playing your favorite songs in private or public matches with up to 5 people together*. Choose songs from any of
Following the announcement of the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, Rockstar has released system specs for the collection via the game’s official page on the official website. The minimum system requirements are: OS: Windows 10 64-bit. CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K / AMD FX-6300. RAM: 8GB. GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB
Esports technology company ESE Entertainment has reached a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire European esports media firm Frenzy. The deal will see ESE acquire 100 per cent of Frenzy for a price of CAD $1,242,500 (~£726.2k) in cash and 656,606 common shares of the company. Moreover, an extra CAD $1,242,500 will be payable over six
For nearly 25 years, the Age of Empires series has been delighting millions of real-time strategy fans around the world. With a focus on real historical events dating all the way back to the Stone Age, the series tasks players with determining how those events played out, allowing them to experience history as it was
If you, like me, played the Square Enix-published Marvel’s Avengers and said to yourself “I wish this had just focused on the single-player campaign instead of all this game-as-a-service stuff,” then do I have good news for you: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, also published by Square Enix, has flown in to save the day.
This piece first appeared in Edition 9 of The Esports Journal RELATED: Skyler Johnson on CTRL’s inception, place in esports Like so many of today’s North American esports royalty, Skyler Johnson started the grind by finding heads with his crosshairs in Call of Duty 4. Before there was really such a thing, Johnson was a proto-professional
The open world of Horizon Zero Dawn is a true playground for players. Gallop through the wilds on your trusty Charger to take in the lush environments and vibrant settlements. Embrace your inner hunter and sneak through bandit camps, taking down enemies silently and disable any means for them to call for back-up. Or climb
ZOWIE, the esports division of technology and electronics corporation BenQ, has been named as the official monitor partner of the PGL Major Stockholm 2021. As a result, the division will provide monitors to all teams taking part in the CS:GO tournament. Image credit: ZOWIE, PGL RELATED: Fantasyexpo secures PGL Major Stockholm broadcasting rights in eight countries
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A band of endearing galactic miscreants, the Guardians of the Galaxy captured everyone’s neon ’80s-loving hearts with Marvel’s 2014 and 2017 films (as well as the group’s place within the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe). Even with Marvel’s recent forays into video games—and even Telltale’s own crack at taking on Guardians in a game—it was something
Replacing an ageing hard drive with one of the best SSDs is one of the easiest ways to improve your gaming PC, and is generally one of the simplest things to install to boot. They dramatically improve game load times and general system performance, allowing you to spend less time waiting and more time playing.