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Fans of Minecraft rejoice! Not only is the highly popular game about to hit release date, but a select number of dedicated fans will get to enjoy it in the presence of Notch and co. as they see the game become complete, live in Las Vegas, where the inaugural convention is taking place November 18th and 19th. The event is called MineCon and it will celebrate the official launch of Minecraft with chances for players to meet and talk with the staff of Mojang....

Natalie Acquisto from Perth, Australia was a make-up consultant before she discovered her talent in the gaming industry. Now known as NatChats online, the South African born 26-year-old has become one of the most successful female gamers Down Under. She gained 20,000 followers in just three months and is Australia’s only partnered streamer with Facebook Gaming. Now, she has more than 300,000 followers who pay to watch her play Call of Duty and Fortnite....

The current state of things makes this the perfect time for people to catch up on old classics they haven’t seen in a while or just haven’t seen at all. With favorites like Jim Henson’s Dinosaurs sitcom coming to Disney Plus, the time seems right for other streamers to start offering their own little comfy corners of nostalgia. Crunchyroll apparently agrees as it has now officially made the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime available for streaming....

The developers of Outriders, People Can Fly, have revealed why there is a reliance on cutscenes in the game. Those playing the Outriders demo recently will have experienced lengthy cutscenes between transitions. The title is one of the newest coming to the looter-shooter genre in the next month. Outriders brings players together in a cooperative third person format, with RPG customization of skills and weapon choice. A large amount of players are in the Outriders demo, but they may have noticed how there seem to be an abundance of cutscenes when moving between areas....

Outriders, an upcoming third-person shooter developed by Gears of War contributors People Can Fly and published by Square Enix, falls firmly into one of the leading game genres in today’s gaming world. Like Tom Clancy’s The Division and Destiny before it, Outriders applies RPG progression to a cooperative PvE shooter template. This means that whether or not Outriders will succeed depends largely on how it innovates on the formula established by Destiny and other successful games in the looter shooter genre....

The last two heroes added to Overwatch, sniper healer Ana and offensive hacker Sombra, made it out of the game’s Public Test Realm not long after they were announced, but the same may not be said for the next character, the Tank-class robot Orisa. According to game director Jeff Kaplan, Orisa will likely stay in the PTR until later in the month. Responding to fans on the official Overwatch forums, Kaplan explained that Orisa still has issues that need ironing out before she is introduced to the live game....

The crafty folks at Man at Arms are at it again, this time forging the futuristic katana wielded by Overwatch’s Genji and using a variety of techniques to do it. Of all the weapons used by the popular heroes of Overwatch, Genji’s Dragonblade is one to fear. In the hands of a skilled player, this sword can cut down an entire team in a matter of seconds. The infamous weapon recently got the Man at Arms treatment and the results are better than fans could hope for....

Overwatch’s Lunar New Year event is commencing today and, like every year, Blizzard has created some new, thematically appropriate skins to let fans celebrate the occasion. The first, a Tiger Huntress skin for Ashe, was already confirmed yesterday and now Blizzard has revealed another one, this time for Echo. Named Kkachi Echo, it pretty much does what it says on the tin and sees Echo dress up like the bird of the same name, complete with dark blue and gray feathers and her “wings” now resembling a bird’s wings....

The Uprising event is returning to Overwatch, and many early teases suggested it was somewhat more of the same, albeit with a new name, Archives. While it’s true that the original Uprising story mission will return, there will be another, completely new story mission as well, starring select members of the notorious Blackwatch. A couple days ago, Blizzard released a developer update that lightly detailed the Archives event and teased some new content....

Monster Hunter Rise has a variety of quests for you to jump into, and it can be tough to decide which to focus on. At first I’m sure you’ll be hammering away at the primary Village and Hub quests, but if you neglect your list of Side Quests for too long, you will regret it. Side Quests are often fetch quests, requiring you to gather specific items from the various areas in MH Rise, and you will exchange them for precious upgrades, such as new dango, or more submarines for the Argosy....

In regards to acquiring loot, there has been an ongoing debate in Monster Hunter World on whether it is better to to capture a monster or carve it. Now, thanks to the official guide books being released in Japan, we have a clearer understanding of how to best get the loot we desire. Drop Rates The drop rates are really at the heart of this debate. If one method yields better chances at rare items, then it should be the one hunters use when farming....

MultiVersus really puts the “multi” in “multiplayer.” After all, most of the platform fighter’s chaotic matches consist of two players using every power, strategy, and combo available to them to take down another team of two trying to do the same. Since teamwork is at the forefront of the MultiVersus experience, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that it wants everyone to play (relatively) nice. As such, the game offers a novel, if strange, way of letting players say “GG....

When Uncharted: The Lost Legacy was announced to fans last year, there was a fair amount of confusion as to how the expansion was going to be handled. Naughty Dog soon revealed that the upcoming content would be sold as a standalone title, rather than DLC, and the idea first came to the developer when it was considering making Uncharted 5. With Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End bringing long-time adventurer Nathan Drake’s story to its epic conclusion, a possible sequel was going to feature some of the series’ side characters....

Best outdoor smart home cameras: See outside your home anytime Best indoor security cameras: See inside your home anytime Our quick take Netatmo Smart Outdoor Camera with Siren - 4.5 / 5 Design and setup Durable aluminium shell with HZO protection standard weatherproofing Functions at -20° to 50°C (-4° to 122° F) Built-in 12W LED floodlight panel 105dB siren Settings and modes Daylight and infrared (IR) motion detection Car, people and animal detection Custom Alert Zones Geofencing via GPS Video capture and storage options 4MP video sensor with 100-degree field of video Up to 1080p (Full HD) capture resolution 15m/50ft Night Vision detection mode Encrypted local storage options 8x digital zoom Smart home compatibility To recap On the face of it, the Netatmo Smart Outdoor Camera is brilliant....

Update 3/25: It appears Netflix services have been restored. Original story follows. Netflix appears to be having widespread server issues in the United States. According to Downdetector, the Netflix issues started earlier this morning, with a spike in outage reports occurring within the past hour. At the time of this writing, it’s unclear just how many Netflix users are impacted by the outage. It doesn’t appear to be literally every Netflix user, but the issues are still widespread....

Despite an ugly track record of franchise releases, the next video game to bear the South Park name had the Game Rant staff so excited that it easily made our list of most anticipated games of 2012. Like several other titles on that list however, South Park: The Stick of Truth was delayed by THQ and Obsidian to next spring. We still don’t know if the delay was due to THQ’s financial woes and layoffs at Obsidian Entertainment, or if it was to avoid a busy fall release season and allocate more time to polishing the game and it’s 2D art style which perfectly replicates the South Park television series....

Those looking for new Cuphead merchandise will be pleased to learn that new Cuphead-themed toys will be available from Arby’s. These toys will be available with the purchase of a kids meal at participating Arby’s locations. There are a total of eight toys that Cuphead fans can collect from Arby’s during this limited time offer. However, fans can only get one toy per meal, so they might need to rely on luck in order to collect them all....

Fans of the Netflix hit Peaky Blinders can rejoice as studio Futurlab and publisher Curve Digital have updated us on the puzzle-adventure game based on the show. As revealed by IGN, Peaky Blinders: Mastermind will follow the escapades of the Shelby family, and will be available on Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC this summer. For the uninitiated, Peaky Blinders is set in gangland Birmingham, England in 1919 - a turbulent time following the first World War....

“I made macaroni.” That line, from Hawkeye episode 5 “Ronin,” launched one of the most exciting developments in the MCU’s phase four: the friendship between Kate Bishop and Yelena Belova. Played with irreverent pluck by Florence Pugh, Belova was not only the breakout character in Black Widow, but also a key part of Marvel’s future plans, joining Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine’s team of misfits. If early reaction to Yelena is any indication, then the Marvel Cinematic Universe can continue its popularity, even as it loses original heroes like Tony Stark and Steve Rogers....

Today is September 8, the 54th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: The Original Series on NBC-TV back in 1966. To celebrate that milestone, CBS All Access has launched Star Trek Day, featuring marathons of episodes from all the Trek shows as well as online panels featuring cast and crew members from all nine shows in the Trek universe. With Star Trek: Discovery being the franchise’s current flagship series, it only makes sense that today would also feature the launch of another full trailer for the show’s third season....