The Matrix Resurrections picked up the story of Neo and Trinity and the rebellion against the machines, with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss stepping back into the roles they created over 20 years ago. However, one key role was notably recast with Lawrence Fishburne not returning as Morpheus, Neo’s guide and rebel leader.
In the story, Morpheus is long dead during the events of Resurrec…
Read moreThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can last you hundreds of hours, but the Switch Joy-Cons can’t. What to do? Sure, you could buy an extra set of Joy-Cons or even go outside while your controllers recharge, but Ganondorf isn’t going to slay himself. When you absolutely need to keep playing, you want extra power, and there’s a handy deal for just such an occasion as part of Amazo…
Read moreKingdom Hearts IV’s reveal trailer made a big splash with its more realistic art style, modern-day setting, and focus on new characters. However, in a new interview, director Tetsuya Nomura assured fans the upcoming sequel is still very much the same franchise so many fans have come to obsess over, even as he said it may feel “slightly different” compared to past titles.
In an i…
Read moreGTA Online players can get triple rewards for participating in Deadline, an Adversary Mode. All players ride Shotaros that give off light trails that explode upon contact. The objective of the game then is to avoid bumping into these lethal lights and to get other players to cross into the trails. There’s also different power-ups like speed boosts or hop abilities available for players to take …
Read morePlan on dying a lot in Life Goes On. Not because the side-scrolling puzzle-platformer is particularly difficult–though it has its fair share of punishing late-game levels–but because its minion-like protagonists regularly fall victim to environmental traps of the spinning blade, spiked stick, and fire-spewing variety.
The game’s heroes–tiny brave knights–continually meet their maker, …
Read moreLife Is Strange: True Colors is set to launch September 10. Publisher Square Enix and developer Deck Nine have revealed that the upcoming choice-driven game will abandon the episodic release schedule used for the first three Life Is Strange games.
Musician mxmtoon (who provides the vocal performances for when protagonist Alex Chen sings) said that True Colors will still be divid…
Read moreThe next Lord of the Rings movie, the animated film War of the Rohirrim, releases in theaters this December. There is no trailer yet, but new images have now been released.
The images show off some of the people, creatures, and environments that fans can expect, though whether or not this is concept art or actual stills from the film is not immediately clear. In any event, the art is very…
Read moreThe entire first season of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was shrouded in mystery until days before the series premiere, but no aspect of the show was kept more vague than Daniel Weyman’s character dubbed The Stranger. We learn in the first episode that The Stranger arrives in Middle-earth via comet and for a while, he was suspected to be Sauron in a new form. We soon learned t…
Read moreLost Dimension masquerades as an average, everyday JRPG. Spiky anime hair, teenage angst, and crater-inducing special attacks abound, but this turn-based quest to prevent global genocide manages to successfully pair the expected with the aberrant. The tactical combat and deep pool of weapons, armor, and abilities are robust enough to stand on their own, but there’s a twist. Within your 11-per…
Read moreA young mom trying to provide for her daughter. A Ukrainian immigrant hoping to make a new life. A well-traveled bagel chef who can’t bring himself to walk away from the white-knuckle intensity of the food service industry. The heroes of Cart Life are anything but your typical video game protagonists. They are ordinary people, doing their best to get by in a world that doesn’t make it easy. B…
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