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Humanity has now officially broken the 1,000 frames-per-second barrier thanks to a pair of Polish overclockers and Doom Eternal. Bethesda’s id Tech 7 engine was built for speed. Doom and Doom Eternal certainly look good, but part of the games’ magic is just how smoothly the animations look, from imps tossing fireballs to the Doom Slayer crushing their heads. High frames are a necessary ingredient for Doom Eternal’s symphony of violence, and the id Tech 7 is an ideal conductor....

During its Overwatch panel at BlizzCon 2016, Blizzard announces that the online multiplayer shooter’s non-competitive Quick Play mode will soon have a single-hero limit. The BlizzCon 2016 event has seen the announcement of a number of big Overwatch related news items, the most notable being the long-awaited reveal of the mysterious Sombra. While a good portion of the attention was focused on Blizzard’s mysterious new character, the developer also announced a number of other changes coming to its popular online multiplayer shooter, including one small but significant change to the game’s non-competitive Quick Play mode....

The last time Paul McCartney was stuck alone in his house, his band of many years had broken up. It was the greatest show on the earth, for what that was worth, and fans and press camped out in front of each member’s places to catch any clues to what was going on. McCartney sequestered himself after the Beatles breakup but didn’t fall into any kind of creative abyss. Instead he immersed himself in the studio....

So you’re finally a High Rank hunter and are tracking down all kinds of rare resources and materials for the final bits of your ultimate build in Monster Hunter Rise, huh? That’s a wonderful place to be, but it is made pretty difficult when you consider how hard to find so many pieces tend to be. One of those rare materials is the Toxic Kumori, and much like the Gothjelly we recently wrote about, you will not find this material by going into the game’s areas and searching every gathering node - not even in High Rank....

Even though Monster Hunter World is arguably the most accessible game in the franchise, it still brings with it plenty of systems and mechanics that players need to get familiar with in order to succeed at higher ranks. Success in any Monster Hunter title also comes down to equipped gear as well, often requiring monster gems or fighting tempered elder dragons to get the best materials as well. One of the core end game mechanics in Monster Hunter World revolves around augmenting weapons and gear to not only give the player more control over their character build or pushing their gear even further....

A Mortal Kombat 11 fan has been editing Dante from Dante’s Inferno into the game as a guest character, and it works really well! A lot of you probably don’t remember Dante’s Inferno, and that’s fine. Not every third-person action game with a Satanic theme need be remembered, even if this one did have some particularly interesting takes on Hell, demons, and the great works of a deceased Venetian poet....

The success of FromSoftware’s Dark Souls paved the way for an entire genre of Souls-like action role-playing games to begin development. FromSoftware continues to develop games of course, with a collaboration between the studio and George R.R. Martin resulting in the long-anticipated Elden Ring, but titles like Cold Symmetry’s Mortal Shell also hold promise. According to the game’s website, Mortal Shell is a title that promises to test players’ sanity and resilience with “strategic, deliberate, and unforgiving” combat and a unique mechanic allowing its main character to possess defeated warriors and master different battle styles....

As NBA fans eagerly await some semblance of “normal” basketball action with the upcoming NBA Disney World bubble, 2K fans can at least rejoice in the fact that NBA 2K21 is still moving forward with its release, as the first cover athlete for this year’s game was announced. Today, it was revealed that Five-time NBA All-Star and Portland Trail Blazers’ point guard, Damian Lillard, will be gracing the cover of NBA 2K21....

How often do you think about dying? For me, it’s every day. The first time I can consciously remember fearing death was at around five years old; the first time I remember wanting death was at around thirteen. I tend to bounce around between, “God, I hope I don’t die,” and, “God, I wish I was dead,” on a pretty routine basis. Every single day of my life, death stalks my mind in some capacity, and it’s only in recent years that I’ve started to make some semblance of peace with that....

Social isolation has become the norm in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, which has led many bored people to binge-watch shows and films on streaming services like Netflix. As a result, Netflix’s number of subscribers and stock price has risen to the point that the company is now worth more than Disney. Disney+, as a singular streaming service, is doing quite well having recently acquired over 50 million subscribers in a short amount of time....

Streaming service Netflix is getting ready to roll out its paid account sharing feature to more countries soon, the company has confirmed. Netflix shared its Q4 earnings this week, with the company saying that it intended to begin rolling out the feature more broadly in the first quarter of this year. That means that more countries could have the feature by March. “Later in Q1, we expect to start rolling out paid sharing more broadly....

Over the past few days, Zack Snyder has been revealing teasers to promote his much-awaited Zack Snyder’s Justice League. After shining the spotlight on Batman, Superman, Aquaman, and The Flash, it was obvious that the remaining two characters of the Justice League would soon receive a mention. But, Snyder offered a special honor to Wonder Woman, revealing a 40-second teaser and the character’s poster on International Women’s Day, marked on March 8....

Destiny’s next patch, which will rebalance weapons and subclasses for PvP, is set to deploy in a few weeks with a livestream previewing the changes coming before. Destiny’s developer, Bungie, has been talking for some weeks now about a sandbox update to Destiny, which will rebalance the game’s weapons, subclasses, and Special Ammo in the Crucible. Bungie last gave a window of deployment for the so-called HotFix 2.5.0.2 was sometime in mid-February, given that everything goes according to plan....

Niantic has revealed this year’s Go Fest will continue the musical theme that has accompanied Pokemon’s 25th anniversary celebrations. Pokemon Go Fest is right around the corner and Niantic has two reasons to make sure it’s the biggest one yet. Not only will it mark five years of Pokemon Go - how times have changed since that glorious summer - but the celebrations for Pokemon’s 25th anniversary are also ongoing. Niantic has now revealed a boatload of details about the event, including that it will have a musical theme....

Nintendo is finally selling a version of Ring Fit Adventure that comes with a code instead of a cartridge, which is something it should have been doing for months now. Ring Fit requires the use of the Ring-Con and Leg Strap accessories in order to function. As such, it’s one of the only games that Nintendo refuses to put on the eShop. The only way to play Ring Fit is by purchasing a physical version of the game....

Nintendo President, Shuntaro Furukawa, has said that any future acquisitions by the company will only be made with technological advancement in mind. He clarified Nintendo’s plans for potential future acquisitions during a press conference held after the company’s financial result publication. It seems that acquisitions will be made only for the purpose of technological innovation which the company could apply to its offerings. “We need to secure cash reserves to ensure financial stability, but if we need to respond to rapidly advancing technological innovation, we may acquire companies that possess the technology,” said Furukawa to Nikkei (via VGC)....

Hello Games’ Sean Murray offers a positive update on the development of No Man’s Sky, saying that although the project is challenging things are ‘going well’. To say that No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has had a rough couple of months would be to put things mildly. After delaying their highly anticipated space exploration title yet again, the developer was met not with positivity and praise but instead the team received death threats....

One True King, or OTK, is a new organization aimed at building a network of like-minded content creators. Based out of Austin, Texas – prominent Twitch streamers Asmongold, Mizkif, and Esfand are helming the organization; joining them are Rich Campbell and TipsOut. “We came up with this idea of making an org, and building the org around our friends – building the org around friendship in general.” Asmongold stated in the announcement....

Smartphone season 2023 is well and truly upon us, and that means plenty of Android phone makers launching their next-gen flagships. Among them, tussling for a position at the front of the queue, Oppo is going to release its next premium Find X-series smartphone. So exactly what can we expect? We’ve been gathering all the information from rumours and leaks - and some official word from Oppo itself - to bring you the full story so far....

Update: Ori and the Blind Forest’s sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, has been officially announced. More E3 2017 leaks have apparently revealed assets from Ori and the Blind Forest’s as-yet unannounced sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps. The title of Ori and the Will of the Wisps was leaked several months ago, though at the time the rumor could not be confirmed. However, this new leak goes a step further and provides actual in-game screenshots....