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Dream Match Never Ends, clearly Longtime developer/publisher SNK recently held an IPO press conference in Seoul, South Korea to discuss the state of play for their current and upcoming games. Among the announcements made was the confirmation of a new title in the long-runningKing of Fightersseries. Not that there’s much else to go on. The King of Fighters XVis currently planned for a release in 2020, other than that, no further information was disclosed, as the game is probably still in the pre-dev stages....

Serenity Now, Serenity Now “Show, don’t tell” is one of the most well-tread pieces of writing advice, the idea that characters are better defined by their actions than by some internal monologue. Naughty Dog has so often shown us the unquenchable bloodthirst that lives inside Ellie, it’s afforded the opportunity to simply tell us every now and then. That’s mostly the case inThe Last of Us Part II‘s launch trailer. Across 20-some seconds, Ellie says “I’m gonna find and I’m gonna kill every last one of them....

I dig it The name for 2019’s newCall of Dutygame —Call of Duty: Modern Warfare —is still tripping me up, but I’ll deal. Due on October 25, the game is once again poised to deliver a polarizing campaign, but it also has an extensive multiplayer component that will not feature a season pass and will support cross-platform play (even with PS4). That’s not a bad selling point in the slightest, and we’re less than a week away from the official multiplayer reveal on August 1....

Stand by the entrance and hold down the triggers Cupheadis built upon the fun of replaying and mastering boss fights, and that also goes for the new DLC,The Delicious Last Course. With that said, the three mausoleum levels in the original game — and a secret boss in the DLC — are seemingly set up as one-time hurdles. Is there any way to replay this content? Turns out, yes. With a hidden input....

Magic: The Gatheringhas had quite a few collaborations over the years, and it appears that Lara Croft will be the next to jump worlds. TheMtG x Tomb Raider Secret Lairset launches on November 20, and it will feature the following cards: As seen, there’s plenty there to amuse franchise fans, including the Storm of Yamatai card which features the setting forTomb Raider(2013), and Kitezh which makes an appearance inRise of the Tomb Raider....

Last month, the “100,000 Strong”Mega Man Legends 3movement decided to hold anMMLweapon design conteston Capcom-Unity’s Devroom. Participants would submit ideas in written format along with diagrams or anything else to illustrate their concept; the winner would be sent a Mega Man Volnutt figurine with a custom attachment modeled after the winning design. It was a fun contest meant to revel in Mega Man appreciation and to hopefully spread awareness for the movement....

This is sick. Dude, stop it. You’re making everybody uncomfortable. Have you no shame? This, ladies and gentlemen, is fighting game virtuoso Desk as he plays a few rounds ofStreet Fighter III: 3rd Strikeone-handed against… himself! He’s operating two characters at the same time and making it look like the most natural thing in the world. He’s serving up parries, supers, and counters like grits at a Waffle House. Then at the 1:14 mark, the asshole whips out his cell phone and starts texting while wrecking Remy with the other hand....

Some deals require Xbox Live Gold I never know quite which deals to highlight: do I talk up mostly newer games that haven’t been on sale time and time again, or do I stand my ground by highlighting old favorites that most (but not all!) of us already own? Hmm. Little of column A, little of column B, I suppose. To that end, here’s what caught my attention in Microsoft’s Countdown to 2015 sale on Xbox Live:Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance($6....

Science fiction and romance may not seem like the simplest combo of book genres, but they work surprisingly better than they arguably should. Whether it’s love on Earth with a sci-fi twist or a relationship burgeoning deep in space, the best science fiction romance books should there’s more to romance than meets the eye. Anyone intrigued by this genre combo should check out these 10 best science fiction romance books, with a preference for more recent titles....

Wondering if you should tell the Grain Merchant about the stolen food inAvowed? Elder Offerings is a quest you can pick up in Emerald Stair that involves choosing between giving stolen food back or using it as an offering. Below, we’ll go through all Elder Offerings quest outcomes inAvowed. Elder Offerings quest choices Speak with Governor Ignasi Vidarro Although the quest log asks you to choose between telling the Grain Merchant and fulfilling Rossana’s request, there is actually another option you can choose....

Last night I was asked what my ‘game of TGS’ was. I said that I wanted to sayThe Last Remnant, but I felt that I didn’t get to play enough of it to call it.What I did playwas incredibly solid, and showed a lot of promise for the full game, set to launch in November. I had a chance to toy with the battle system a bit, but by the looks of the new screenshots released today, it looks like Square Enix was holding out on us....

Raiden Shogun isGenshin Impact‘s polearm-wielding Electro Archon, with a playstyle centered on Energy Recharge and heavy Burst damage. Alternatively, you can ignore 90% of her kit and just use her Skill as a Hyperbloom trigger. However you choose to play Raiden, here’s how to build her! Raiden has two distinct playstyles:Electro DPSandHyperbloom. As an Electro DPS, Raiden spends time on-field using Burst and Normal/Charged Attacks to deal Electro damage. As a Hyperbloom trigger in Dendro teams, Raiden uses her Skill to activate Hyperblooms from off-field....

‘That’s a lot to ask somebody to spend’ BioShockcreator Ken Levine has revealed that his upcoming project will feature an open world. Talking to NPR’sOn Point(viaGameSpot), he confirmed that his latest project will depart from the more traditional, linear storytelling of past games likeBioShock, and will instead a more open-world style to encourage multiple playthroughs. “The AAA, single-player narrative game is starting to disappear. Kind of games likeBioShock. There’s fewer of them being made,” said Levine....