Half-Life 2 Getting Remastered With Major New Feature

Summary Valve’sHalf-Life 2is getting remastered with new ray tracing features from Nvidia and updated graphics developed by a talented modding team.Half-Life 2will reach its 20th anniversary in 2024, and the new remaster appears to celebrate the occasion with major improvements and features supported by modern gaming PCs. Half-Life 2originally released in November 2004 on PC and quickly became one of the most critically acclaimed titles on the platform. One year later,Half-Life 2would release on the original Xbox, introducing many console players to the iconic first-person shooter franchise....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 447 words · Stephen Gordon

Helldivers 2 Frustrated by 'Broken' Bullet Ricochet Changes

Summary SomeHelldivers 2players are unhappy with the bullet ricochet changes implemented with Update 01.000.300. Patch days have always been somewhat contentious within theHelldivers 2community, often because of the introduced balance changes included with the patch along with the wave of bug reports that follow in the wake of every update. Its latest patch was, unfortunately, no exception to the established pattern, and many players have since flocked to social media to call for a quick fix to what appears to be a problem with the game’s ricochet mechanic....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 621 words · Jessica Smith

Hideo Kojima Rewrote Death Stranding 2 to Reflect the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hideo Kojima has said that he rewroteDeath Stranding 2to make it thematically tie in with what billions around the world experienced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and reflected on how entertainment itself has changed because of it. Considered to be one of themost influential figures in Japanese gaming, Kojima’s career stretches more than three and a half decades and his work has been celebrated for generations. Recently,Death Stranding 2was revealed, which is the follow-up to the 2019 release developed by the Japanese director’s own studio Kojima Productions....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 399 words · Kristen Miles

Hogwarts Legacy Player Creates Stunning Forest Vivarium

AHogwarts Legacyplayer has created an amazing Forest Vivarium by using the title’s assets to their fullest potential. This cozy little area is just the latest of many incredible vivariums that gamers are making inHogwarts Legacyas more of them explore the game’s options for self-expression and creativity. It’s undeniable that vivariums are one of the most popular features inHogwarts Legacy. In these areas, which are accessed via the Room of Requirement, it’s possible to take a small break from the action while crafting beautiful vistas and places for magical pets to play....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · William Richardson

Hollow Knight: Silksong Could Explore an Official Multiplayer Mode

Coming into 2022, the wait forHollow Knight: Silksongcontinues. Rumor has it that the game could come out as early as February 2022, but there has been no word on that actually happening. It could appear in theNintendo Direct rumored to be within a month, but once again, this is idle speculation.Hollow Knightfans are still left to their own devices, playing, discussing, and making content for their favored title.Hollow Knightis a very flexible and content-rich game, but even so, players are running out of things to do within its confines....

June 4, 2025 · 4 min · 681 words · Richard Gutierrez

Incredible Video Shows What a 3D Pokemon Yellow Would Look Like

An avid fan ofPokemon Yellowhas recently developed their own playable version of the Game Boy title. The game was originally released for the handheld console back in 1998 and had retro-style 2D pixel visuals. However, thePokemonfan took the development of their own version to the next level, turning the2D sprites of the Pokemon Trainer, iconic Electric Pokemon Pikachu, and the game’s popular areas into amazing 3D graphics. ThePokemoncommunity seems to always have a lot of dedicated fans that love to create intricate projects such as this 3D version ofPokemon Yellow....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Eric Hancock

Jujutsu Kaisen: The Tragic Life of the Strongest Assassin Who Almost Killed Satoru Gojo

Warning: This contains spoilers for the Jujutsu Kaisen manga not yet covered in the anime. In the world ofJujutsu Kaisen,Satoru Gojo reigns supreme as one of the strongest, if not the strongest, Jujutsu sorcerer in the world. His Six Eyes and Limitless technique are some of the most deadly techniques known in the Jujutsu World. He can easily take over the world if he wants to. That being said, what most people don’t know is that there was a time when Satoru Gojo was almost killed in a duel....

June 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1067 words · Diane Fisher

Kingdom Hearts: Sora’s 10 Best Friends, Ranked

A story filled with unbreakable bonds andmemorable team-ups,Kingdom Heartsis a series often described as one of the most ambitious and ludicrous crossovers in gaming history. Combining belovedDisneycharacters and environments with the likes ofFinal Fantasy, as well as theSquare Enixuniverse as a whole, the series also introduced its own original characters exclusively created for the franchise. RELATED:Kingdom Hearts: Ranking The 10 Best Characters Across The Series Sora, the ever-positive protagonist of the series, hero, and chosenwielder of the Keybladehas befriended many characters throughout his adventures....

June 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1197 words · Robert Snyder

Marvel's Avengers Fans Aren't Happy About MCU Hawkeye Skin

Marvel’s Avengersfrom Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics offers a lot of content similar to the comics, as well as the recent MCU movies. Withnotable Avengers such as Hawkeye, gamers are able to create their dream teams to complete missions online. While the game does offer avariety of skins from the MCU movies, many fans have been upset with the fact that they aren’t as identical to the movie counterparts as they hoped....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Jessica Chandler

Mission: Impossible 7 And 8 Will No Longer Shoot Back-To-Back

The upcoming 7th and 8thMission: Impossiblefilms will no longer be shooting back to back as previously planned. According toDeadline, Paramount’s decision merely comes down to the shifting release calendar and the promotional requirements for leading actor Tom Cruise’s other summer blockbuster,Top Gun: Maverick. Cruise will now be unavailable to continue shootingMission: Impossible 8as he will be busy with promotional duties for the studio’s high-profileTop Gunsequel ahead of that film’s planned summer release on July 2nd....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 357 words · Joseph Smith

Most Impractical Armor In The Fallout Franchise

When the whole world inFalloutis literally on fire from the leftover radiation of thousands of nuclear bombs, it’s understandable for people’sliving standardsto become a bit lower. Post-apocalypse worlds and giant roaches do impact quality of life a little. Worrying about the quality of one’s armor often gets in the way of day-to-day survival. InFallout’s world, everything is available but nothing is accessible. The players and the NPCs have to scrounge up what little they can scavenge inthe wastelands....

June 4, 2025 · 5 min · 992 words · Tammy Knapp

New Godzilla Film Being Released In Theaters By Toho Next Year

Godzillais making a triumphant return to cinemas. This time around, however, it won’t be under the Legendary Entertainment banner, but Toho’s, meaning the King of the Monsters is returning to his original studio. Godzillahas had a successful turn under Legendary Entertainment’s stewardship of the franchise. The studio has been releasingGodzillafilms for an American audience since 2014’sGodzilla. That film kicked off a cinematic universe known as the MonsterVerse, which most recently culminated in 2021’sGodzilla vs....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 396 words · Katrina Bowman

Obi-Wan Kenobi Has One Big Advantage Over The Book Of Boba Fett

The Book of Boba Fettreleased at the tail end of 2021 and the beginning of this year to mixed reception, as the latestStar WarsDisney+ series focused heavily on characters like Din Djarin and Grogu while, at times, sidelining the title character, played by Temuera Morrison. While the reception from fans and critics has been far from outright negative,it certainly doesn’t appear to be quite as belovedas the first two seasons ofThe Mandalorian, which featured the same writers and showrunners in the form of Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni....

June 4, 2025 · 4 min · 845 words · Ryan Adams