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If you're running low on disk space for your PlayStation 4 and you're planning to get Kingdom Hearts III, be prepared to have 40 GB available. The PlayStation 4's version of the game will take up a little over 4 GB more than the Xbox One's (35.8 GB).
PlayStation has revealed some information about the PlayStation 4's past and upcoming resurrections in a post to its blog. These resurrections include Crash Bandicoot, MediEvil, Resident Evil, and Spyro the Dragon.
PlayFusion, developer and publisher of Lightseekers, announced Wednesday that the game will be coming to Nintendo Switch in mid-January of 2019.
After two delays, Battle Princess Madelyn will finally arrive on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, in the US, on Dec. 20. Europe and Australia will get the Switch release on Jan. 7, with the PS4 version coming at a later date.
The Sonic the Hedgehog news continues into this week as SEGA and Humble Bundle have teamed up to bring us another Sonic-inspired deal.
Alfonso Ribeiro, known by many for playing the role of Carlton Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has filed suit against Epic Games and 2K Games over their use of his "Carlton Dance."
After the conclusion of this year's Capcom Cup, it was announced that Kage, the Embodiment of the Satsui, is the newest Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition character. It's a tradition for Capcom to close out their annual Street Fighter tournament with a big announcement, and this was what they had for us this year.
The wait for Dragon Ball Super: Broly is finally over-if you're in Japan, that is. Those of us living in the US won't be seeing it arrive in theaters until the start of next year. With the film already screening, a Japanese promo dropped recently showing a new fusion character that might surprise you.
Of all Team Sonic Racing tracks that have dropped on Sonic the Hedgehog's official YouTube channel since last month, Sand Road may be the best. This jazz-influenced track is an ode to Sand Hill.
In a blog post appearing on StarWars.com, Lucasfilm has announced that the Mandalorian role the series will be all about is being filled by Pedro Pascal. Pascal is cast in this title role as anticipated by a report from The Hollywood Reporter just last month.
If you thought Epic Games was making big plays with the Epic Games Store, they just upped the ante. In a post made to the Unreal Engine blog, Epic Games outlines a clear roadmap for online services that they'll be providing to developers in 2019.
What's more frustrating than launching Firefox only to see that your homepage has been changed without your authorization? Maybe you've even got a shiny new toolbar. Those things are always useful, right? Wrong.
There are a lot of really great people on Reddit—here's where you can find them.
How Alex Tew made a million dollars, and Internet history, one pixel at a time.
Released just last month on Nintendo Switch, the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection just delivered an early Christmas present to anyone who currently owns or has been considering buying the collection: 11 more free games.
This year's deal between Neon Genesis Evangelion and Netflix has brought Gen Fukunaga, founder and long-time president of the Funimation dubbing and distribution platform, to voice his disapproval during a recent interview with Polygon.
In Battlerite, Blossom is a character based off of Dryad from Bloodline Champions. She's a nimble support champion that is very newbie-friendly in such a way that you can do well with her even while making quite a lot of mistakes.
Final Fantasy VII—the name alone is enough to send nostalgia chills up many 20-something gamer's spines. It's regarded as one of the best games of all time, and has had fans begging for a remake or sequel more than Half-Life 3.
The Flash is one of the most popular DC characters of all time. He's one of the few characters to have a rival, Reverse-Flash, completely modeled after and dedicated to him.
With Quake Champions having been in beta for some time now, a lot of hype is surrounding the game and people are eager to see how successful it'll be compared to its predecessors like Quake Live. Unlike those games, however, Quake Champions is being pushed as the first game in the main series since Quake 4 in 2005.
If it wasn't for Hearthstone, Gwent probably wouldn't be the public beta success that it is right now. Until Hearthstone's release in 2013, card games were not terribly prominent in the mainstream gaming community, and they were mostly shunned as a niche that a lot of gamers didn't really care about or take seriously.
Tekken 7 has been hyped as one of the most game-changing fighters in years, and now that it's out, the reviews seem to be coming in as overwhelmingly positive. It's got the feel of the classic Tekken games that we know and love with next-gen polish on it.
During the recent EA Play and E3, a lot of information was dropped on—and much of that revolved around their new story mode, Longshot. Longshot sounds like the Madden equivalent of the NBA 2K series' MyCareer mode, and it's already getting a lot of mixed feedback from dedicated Madden fans.
Conferences and live events have a lot of pros and cons. For E3, there's the excitement of brand new content being unveiled. There's also the chance that something really ridiculous and stupid is going to be shown, or that hardware will completely fail during a live demonstration. We've all seen it.
Nobody likes a cheater when it comes to online and multiplayer games. Certain game communities have been absolutely destroyed and ripped apart due to this behavior, and it's something that developers constantly struggle with taking care of and patching. However, cheating in single-player games is something a little different.
LawBreakers is a frenetic, fast-paced arena shooter that a lot of people have really been looking forward to. The MOSA genre was really blown wide open with Overwatch, and since then it seems like objective-based shooters have been all the rave.
It seems like so long ago, but before there was PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, we had DayZ. As a game that has been in the early access stage on Steam for years now, it emerged as the first massively popular apocalypse-esque survival shooter.
Continuing in its long trend of remaking and remastering Final Fantasy games of the past, Square Enix recently gave us a remastered version of Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age for the PlayStation 4. While many of the differences chalk up to visual and loading time improvements, there have been a few new things added to the game.
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles is one of the most beautiful and environmental games I've played in the past few years. Being such, it makes total sense that farming would be a big part of the game. As you adventure through Gemea, you're going to quickly realize the benefits owning a farm will provide you along the way.
The massive success of Hearthstone has led us into a golden age of collectible card games. And like Hearthstone, many of them are taking a mobile-friendly approach. Card Monsters: 3 Minute Duels is a CCG for Android and iOS that simplifies a Hearthstone-like experience and, as the name entails, provides quick matches both against AI and users across the internet.
Once you've figured out the basics of a CCG, building your first homebrewed deck is one of the most satisfying and rewarding experiences. It shows that you have a real grasp for the game's mechanics and strategic side.
In Black Desert Online, more space in your storage means more wealth. In my year or so of playing, I've had to sacrifice and sell a lot of things that I'd love to have kept just to maximize on storage space efficiency. Being a hoarder is not something that's entirely possible in this MMO.
Generating money passively is something you should get into as soon as possible in Black Desert Online, and the best way for you to do that is to get your workers on nodes so that they're harvesting resources. These resources can be used or sold to generate you a fortune in the long run.
NARUTO X BORUTO NINJA VOLTAGE came from Japan to North America recently, and it's already a massive success, with over a million downloads in the Play Store. It's a Naruto game like no other, and it's filled with addicting features like multiplayer and battle rankings.
For me, it's settled: Path of Exile is the most complete and enjoyable ARPG experience on the market right now. Diablo III doesn't come close. One of the reasons I find this to be true is Path of Exile's insanely expansive character progression.
As one of the deepest ARPGs of all time, starting Path of Exile in version 3.0 as a new player may look like a pretty daunting task. Just one glance at the sheer size of that passive skill tree is enough to make some people turn away.
Hand of the Gods: SMITE Tactics is the next CCG jumping in on the latest gaming craze. It puts a "Hearthstone meets XCOM" spin on SMITE—one of the most popular MOBA games on the market right now.
After massive success in Asia, Digimon Links has hit the U.S. App Store and Google Play Store. The game allows you to create your own virtual Digimon farm, take part in 3-on-3 battles, and raise your Digimon into fierce Megas, all while offering constant quests and adventures.
There will come a time while playing Digimon Links that you think you've done it all: you've gotten your favorite Mega, you've run through tons of quests, you've beaten everything there is to beat. But there's more. The Awakening system is one of those things.
If you're like me, the first thing you want to know when you get into a grind-heavy game like Digimon Links is, "What's the best I can get?" There are dozens and dozens of Digimon available to you in the earliest stages of this game, and sifting through all the garbage ones to get to the strongest can be confusing.
Every now and then, special events come to Digimon Links that give players once-in-a-long-time opportunities to try their luck at getting their hands on some of the most powerful Digimon or rarest items in the game.
Digimon Links is filled with many different progression forms for your Digimon. End-game progression will require that you awaken your Digimon. However, to do so, you'll need to have maxed out another stat first: Friendship.
In Digimon Links, there are three types of Digimon skills: Signature, Legacy, and Leader. Of those three, Leader Skills are the most sought after. These skills can buff your Digimon to strength levels incomparable to Digimon without them. Not every Digimon comes equipped with a Leader Skill, though, so understanding its value is important.
Super Mario Odyssey is out and it's the most aesthetically pleasing Mario game to date! We thought the Switch hit it big with the world they gave to us in Breath of the Wild, but Odyssey is getting rave reviews that no one seemed to expect.
Jurassic Survival is a mobile MMORPG that's extremely similar to the popular Last Day on Earth: Survival, often even referred to as "Last Day on Earth with dinosaurs." It's a game where death isn't permanent, but it is punishing in a way where surviving should be your primary objective.
I'm not going to lie to you. When I first looked into Laser League, I wasn't really impressed by what I understood of the game. From the trailer and available information I could find, it struck me as a slow, hyped-up version of laser tag. It's not the late '90s anymore, so I was a bit skeptical.
One of the most hype PlayStation 2 games got an ultra-high definition remake of its art assets, and Shadow of the Colossus has seen quite a lot of success on its re-release to the PlayStation 4.
Since launch day, Monster Hunter: World has been plagued by several reoccurring error codes that have frustrated players who are attempting to play online with friends. 50352-MW1 is one of the more popular error codes, but the root of this issue is also the cause of these codes.
Restless Spirit is one of the lengthiest and most confusing side quests in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, requiring you to complete a series of travel-based tasks that will probably come across as dull and tedious to most. The quest has several different parts where your objective isn't clear or shown on the map, so paying attention to the dialogue is important.
Starting out in 1997, a hack-and-slash franchise that just keeps on kicking has released yet another sequel in its series with Dynasty Warriors 9. Dynasty Warriors 9 is the same story and gameplay that we've come to know and love from Dynasty Warriors, but kicked up in terms of gameplay and graphics for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
One of the biggest misconceptions that new players to Kingdom Come Deliverance fall prey to is that Herbalism is a skill beneficial to only alchemists. It's quite the contrary, and this skill is actually one of the most beneficial and useful that you can pick up in the early game.
The development studio behind Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre showed its new game Hades earlier at Thursday's airing of The Game Awards.
Activision has made several tells, through Twitter and directly to influencers, that Crash Team Racing is coming back at The Game Awards tomorrow. For the past several days, Activision has been sending out packages and notes to well-known figures in the gaming media.
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, the ape-evolution survival game coming from the creator of Assassin's Creed, is set to show new gameplay footage, followed by an extended live stream session, at The Game Awards this week.
It's a question that I have to ask myself every time I'm glazing over an application for a writing gig. What makes me any different from the next person throwing their resume at you? Probably a lot, actually.