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Assassin’s Creedhas always had an odd relationship with history. The weaponry in the original game was tweaked to be more historically accurate, but inits sequel(which still lovingly recreated the time period and architecture) you have a fist fight with the Pope. It’s clearly not ‘real’, in the sense that we travel through time and converse with gods, but it is taking the history it depicts seriously. However, the balance has struggled lately, and it all reminds me of Assassin’s Creed 3’s infamous turkey....

Summary Rocksteadyis not working on a remake of Batman: Arkham Asylum, says a former developer. This comes after rumours to the contrary gained traction on social media, and were picked up by some news outlets. Del Walker, who worked at Rocksteady as a senior character artist, has just shot these rumours down. On social media, he responded to one of the articles reporting on the rumour by simply stating that the studio is “not doing this”....

Quick Links Marksman rifles inCall of Duty: Black Ops 6are some of the most specialized primary weapons, behind only sniper rifles and shotguns. Not all marksman rifles have the one-shot capabilities that those weapon classes have, and the ones that do take more skill to pull off. The SWAT 5.56 is one of two burst-fire marksman rifles, along with the AEK-973. Both of these burst-fire weapons can be extremely capable in the right hands, and also cost you easily winnable gunfights if you make one mistake with them....

When I put together my list of which2025 indies to check out based on your 2024 favourites, I paired upMetaphor: ReFantazio(the best JRPG of 2024) withClair Obscur: Expedition 33(the most anticipated JRPG of 2025). That was the first time I had thought about Clair Obscur since it was featured in Xbox’s showcase atSummer Game Festlast year. But since then, I’ve been thinking about it a lot. I hadn’t given Clair Obscur much consideration....

Cyberpunk 2077developerCD Projekt Redsurprised everyone earlier this week byannouncing a brand-new patch for the title, despite claiming that it had moved on. It was a pretty bulky one too, adding more vehicle and character customization options, photo mode improvements, and the chance for Johnny to show up in your car’s passenger seat to mock you for being a bad driver. Those were all the changes listed in the update’s patch notes, but it seems as though CD Projekt Red managed to sneak something in forBalatrofans....

Quick Links Azurite Sea’s Pirates vs. Robots theme comes alive in its two new starter decks.Disney Lorcana’s sixth set is a high-seas adventure featuring swashbuckling heroes, rescuing rangers, and tech enthusiasts from Big Hero Six. Genius Reinvented is Big Hero 6-themed deck that features strong synergies between both Inventors and Robots. Its build-around character, Gadget Hackwrench, requires you to have lots of items in play, so items are another focus of the deck....

Summary Dragon Age: The Veilguardlets you choose from three classes, four races andsix factionsto make up your Rook’s background. However, as is inevitable, some are proving to be much, much more popular than others. According to player stats released byBioWare, those preferences are already emerging. Here, we can see that most Dragon Age: The Veilguard players made their Rook a human, with elf in close second. Qunari and dwarf are miles behind in comparison, with just six percent of Rooks being dwarven....

Summary The Game Awards' 2024 nominations are officially out, and there is certainly a lot to unpack. Yes,Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion is nominated for GOTY, and no, none of Silent Hill 2, Helldivers 2 or Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth made the cut. GOTY aside, there is another shocking development when it comes to this year’s TGAs.EA Sports College Football 25, the long-awaited return ofEA’scollege football series, is not among the five nominees for Best Sports/Racing title in 2024....

Summary A few days ago, we reported that belovedElder ScrollsandFalloutactor Wes Johnson was found “Barely Alive” in his hotel room in Atlanta. He was in critical condition and fighting for his life in intensive care. To help with the expenses, his family opened aGoFundMe page, where they asked fans to “unleash the fury - for the love of Wes Johnson”. Thankfully, Johnson has given a positive update on his health.He gave an update via a video on his YouTube page, where he thanked his family and friends for acting so quickly and also thanked fans for their support....

Summary Just over a week ago, images of what appeared to bea set from Fallout Season 2 were shared online. If legitimate, the pictures showed that the town of Novac will feature in the second season of theFalloutshow, as the story takes us to the Nevada desert. Now, new images give us an even better look at this set, as well as a hint as to what else could appear in the new season....

Summary In the ’90s, fighting games became popular with many great series by companies like Midway, SNK, and the legendary Capcom. Capcom had already been a powerhouse in the fighting game genre through series like Street Fighter, DarkStalkers, Cybots, and Xmen: Children of the Atom, but it was in the mid-90s that it created its magnum opus, the Vs series. The Vs. series began in 1996 with X-Men vs. Street Fighter, in which characters from Children of the Atom and the Street Fighter Alpha series were ripped straight from their games and set against each other, which eventually transformed into the Marvel vs....

Summary I’ve always been an MMO fiend. I played hundreds of hours ofWorld of Warcraftwith my friends when I was a kid, maining a healer (specifically ‘Dancing Jesus’, who did a jig whenever he cast a spell), and I’ve put thousands more intoThe Elder Scrolls Onlinesince it wasreleased ten years ago. I’ve even dabbled inNew World,Runescape, and DC Universe Online. I got my start with Club Penguin from a very young age, which definitely counts....

Summary Work is well underway on the third and final part of theFinal Fantasy 7 Remaketrilogy. And even with the second part,Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, only launching this year, fans are already looking forward to seeing how the story comes to an end - something that’s come as a great relief to the director of the original game. As reported byGamesRadar+, originalFinal Fantasy 7director and Rebirth producer Yoshinori Kitase touched on the third instalment in an interview with Edge Magazine....