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Nier: Automata tells a tale of humanity and emotion through robots and androids who, theoretically, wouldn’t feel either of those things. Much like the game’s story, this Nier: Automata statue’s price will make you cry. Nier: Automata tells the story of humanity’s future failure—and success. The game is set over 9,000 years in the future and follows the stories of three androids. Each playthrough has you repeating the campaign’s story but from the perspective of a different android....

A post from the Natsume official twitter account has revealed the first look of Harvest Moon: One World’s male protagonist. The as of yet unnamed character is set to appear later this year when Harvest Moon: One World is released for the Switch sometime in 2020. The character description says that he is obsessed with a book about crops and animals after he received as a child who desires to eat something other than potatoes....

The NBA has changed over the last decade and the center position has seen the largest need for evolution. No longer are the big guys expected to spend their time in the paint on both sides of the court. A modern NBA center must be able to score from behind the 3-point line as well as defend all the way out to the perimeter. With all of these changes, who are the best centers in the NBA?...

The arrival of Netflix as the world’s prominent film and television streaming service has been 20 years in the making. Founded in 1997 by marketing director Marc Randolph and computer scientist and mathematician Reed Hastings, Netflix began life as an online video-on-demand business similar to bricks-and-mortar video retailers such as Blockbuster. Over the next decade, the Californian based company built a dedicated following of film and television lovers by offering a cheap and fast way for people to view content....

Announced in 2018, Animal Crossing: New Horizons was revealed for the first time at E3 2019 during Nintendo’s Direct presentation. Fans and series newcomers got a glimpse at some of the new features and gameplay elements that will be coming to the Nintendo Switch debut of the franchise. A Nintendo Treehouse stream that followed the Direct gave additional looks at the game as well as developer insight from the team. Though the game won’t release until 2020, let’s look at 10 exciting gameplay details about Animal Crossing: New Horizons....

Ubisoft releases a new story trailer for South Park: The Fractured But Whole that teases a mysterious ‘Coon Conspiracy’ involving a missing cat named Scrambles. Tonight marks the season finale of South Park’s historic 20th season, but that’s not the only thing for South Park fans to enjoy today. Perhaps to take advantage of the hype for the show’s season finale, Ubisoft has released a brand new trailer for the recently delayed South Park: The Fractured But Whole that teases a “Coon Conspiracy” and other story elements....

A unique study is responsible for producing some new information where it pertains to the link between the time spent playing video games and well-being. Oxford University’s research, published in the Royal Society Open Science journal, yielded some surprising findings on the above and, having begun in 2019 with input from some of the biggest companies in the gaming industry. The university’s goal was to fashion a correlational study using objective play-time data instead of the typical self-reported data used in previous research....

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch originally launched in 2013 for PlayStation 3 to critical acclaim. It went on to have a sequel with Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom for PlayStation 4 in 2018. Fortunately for fans who missed out on the first title, the game was re-released for PlayStation 4, PC, and Nintendo Switch in 2019. Ni No Kuni follows the story of Oliver, a young boy who discovers that he belongs in another world and is actually a wizard....

Recently, Epic Games’ Fortnite received a new update, introducing new features that some players quickly noticed were similar to those in games such as Apex Legends and Sea of Thieves. Now, a Fortnite streamer has noticed the similarities as well and shared his insights via a stream on Twitch. It is no secret that Tyler “Ninja” Blevins gained popularity by streaming Fortnite. However, after Fortnite introduced a ping system and added pirates similar to Apex Legends and Sea of Thieves respectively, the streamer poked fun at Epic Games’ decision to emulate its competitors....

Nintendo’s creepy atmospheric science fiction series, Metroid, has been enthralling gamers for more than three decades. Like most older franchises, it eventually had to make the jump into the third dimension. Fortunately, 2002’s Metroid Prime really stuck the landing, often heralded as one of the best games to ever release on the GameCube. Because of the high esteem of both the 2D and 3D entries, it is difficult to determine which one is ultimately better....

Odds are if you’re playing a game like Nioh 2 on PC you’re still doing it with a mouse and keyboard even though it really should be played with a controller. PC players just love their mouse for its precise movements, and they love their keyboards for their digital direction inputs. But it looks like Koei Tecmo didn’t get the memo since when they released Nioh 2 on Steam a few weeks ago, they sort of expected everyone to play the game using a controller....

Fans of all-out carnage will have a bit more of a wait on their hands than we’d hoped, since the launch of Grand Theft Auto 5 is seeming like less an less of a reality by the day. Rockstar Games has gone completely dark since launching the announcement trailer, and even the slightest of implications that GTA 5 would be featured at Gamescom in Germany next month has now been shot down....

In Bethesda’s continuing quest to practically turn Fallout 76 into the game that it was initially expected to be, the Nuclear Winter update provides players with an all-new battle royale mode to sink their teeth into. It definitely brings a much-needed change of pace to the beleaguered title, even if the battle royale format is an incredibly awkward fit for the Creation engine. It’s a bizarre and strangely charming venture that, for lack of better terminology, seems to “just work....

With less than two weeks to go until the Nvidia GeForce Special Event, which is expected to include the official RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 announcements, the already intense hype surrounding Nvidia’s next generation Ampere powered graphics cards is only increasing. According to the latest rumor though, the hype is not the only thing getting bigger, with the launch price of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 expected to be a massive jump over the launch price of the current generation RTX 2080 Ti....

The original Oddworld game was something of a gem in classic gaming, being a somewhat darkly comic puzzle platformer with visuals way ahead of its time. Now with Oddworld: Soulstorm being announced last year, old school fans are no doubt looking forward to the return of Abe’s next adventure, especially with the new trailer doing the rounds. The trailer shows that a spring 2021 release is on the cards. The game itself is more than just a new installment of the Oddworld series, as, according to creator Lorne Lanning, Oddworld: Soulstorm is the true sequel to the 1997 classic PlayStation game....

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan reveals that a brand new progression and rewards system is being implemented into the game and will launch with the beta in January. With the popular Overwatch closed beta taking a holiday hiatus until it returns sometime next month, Blizzard has been utilizing the time to continue to update and make tweaks to the experience. The progressions and rewards system is getting overhauled again for the third time, and Blizzard believes it has found the version and plans to let fans try it out once the beta starts back up for PC players....

Activision Blizzard may still be dealing with the PR fallout regarding the massive layoffs that occurred earlier in the year, resulting in nearly 800 jobs lost, but that doesn’t seem to have slowed it down when it comes to creating new content for Overwatch. In fact, Blizzard have recently put up a new teaser that could be showing off the next map to be included in the game. It’s only been a couple of months since a map based off of Paris was added, and it looks as if the next one will be set in Cuba; specifically the capital city of Havana....

Panzer Dragoon is making its way to the PlayStation 4 with the remake of the Sega classic title comes out for the system later this month. Publisher Forever Entertainment and developer MegaPixel Studio announced the news that Panzer Dragoon: Remake will finally be played on the current-gen system. In this newly remastered version of Panzer Dragoon, the remake stays true to the original with some updated graphics and controls. Riding with an ancient dragon, players will fly through seven levels filled with fantastic visuals as they travel through different environments like the tropical blue ocean cities or the complex subterranean ruins....

Warning: contains Peaky Blinders Series 5 spoilers. Since Peaky Blinders broke through on Netflix in the US, its creators have dropped hints about the Hollywood superstars lobbying for roles in the Birmingham-based gangster drama. Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Snoop Dogg, Samuel L. Jackson and more are all fans of the show, and apparently keen to come aboard. Those names don’t appear among the series six cast announced below (though who knows about the planned follow-up feature film), but it’s obvious that Peaky Blinders has no trouble attracting serious talent....

You don’t need to be a scholar to fully maximize the Solomon Shell in Mortal Shell. By following a few simple tricks you can use this shell to trample the game’s bosses. Solomon, the Scholar is one of the more interesting of the four shells you can swap between in your time with Mortal Shell. After Harros, this is likely the next shell you’ll pick up, and his stats will probably pull you to try him out right away....