This Upcoming Survival Horror Game Will Have You Seeing Lots Of Red

If you want your horror games to be less drab and more stylistic with its choice of saturation, look no further than Yuoni.
Made by Tricore and published by Chorus Worldwide, this survival horror game will be out in Spring 2021 for Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox One, and PS4. The game will support 4K resolution and 60fps gameplay for the newer consoles. You can check it out in 4K glory at the Digital Games Expo 2020 at Akihabara UDX in Tokyo, Japan later on 29th November. Assuming you’re in Japan, of course.
The premise is part “hide and seek” and part “game of tag” where you have to navigate an old Japanese-style house and a gloomy hospital as a girl. The catch? The aesthetics are in red, yellow, and orange, like as if the world our protagonists are in is a never-ending sunset world.


This Meme Has Everyone Redrawing Sailor Moon In Different Anime & Video Game Styles

Sailor Moon is one of the most famous anime/manga franchises in history, and there will be a new movie from Studio Deen and Toei Animation in 2020 titled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie. It will adapt the first half of the Dream story arc in the manga, but what’s taking the whole Internet by storm is another thing entirely.
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A new meme with the hashtag #sailormoonredraw has spawned on Twitter. It entails artists creating and uploading their own take on Sailor Moon, which was sparked by Japanese artist Ikuko Itoh‘s drawing of the character.
Itoh is a character designer and animation director best known for working on various Sailor Moon anime in the 90s and creating the Princess Tutu anime.
Check out some of our favourite picks from the #sailormoonredraw meme below:
Sailor Moon X Popeye

Popeye the Sailor Moon #sailormoonredraw pic.twitter.com/PbW4LK3xjQ
â€” MikkðŸ£ [COMMISSIONS CLOSED] (@MikkuSushi) May 18, 2020
Sailor Moon X The Legend Of Zelda

Was feeling that Wind Waker itch. #SailorMoonRedraw pic.twitter.com/TglDuqxzsN
â€” Niko Geyer (@nikogeyer) May 18, 2020
Sailor Moon X Donald Duck

One is a beautiful teenager who fights evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight. The other, Sailor Moon.#sailormoonredraw pic.twitter.com/FOHKkFq2CW
â€” Ry-Spirit (@RySpirit) May 18, 2020
Sailor Moon X Fire Emblem Three Heroes

Edelgard von Sailor MoonðŸŒ• #sailormoonredraw x #fe3h pic.twitter.com/mjvCG8TIB8
â€” sieka@EQCðŸ˜·, wash hands, stay safe and take care! (@piiroinardesco) May 18, 2020
Sailor Moon X Devil May Cry

Am I doing this right? Sailor Dante lol #sailormoonredraw #dante #DevilMayCry pic.twitter.com/ZJH70e9UqR
â€” minicoolyå¤§ç²’éœ² (@minicooly) May 18, 2020
Sailor Moon X Gundam

i can draw sailormoon too no problem, see?#sailormoonredraw pic.twitter.com/h1dSu6Ei4d
â€” Alto-kun (@altoraiser) May 17, 2020
Sailor Moon X LEGO

What about the LEGO sailormoon?ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜…ðŸ˜˜ #sailormoonredraw pic.twitter.com/Enh8v2ZxKM
â€” guo (@guo72684268) May 18, 2020
Sailor Moon X Yu-Gi-Oh

I’m really sorry…couldn’t resist… #sailormoonredraw #yugioh pic.twitter.com/QdS2oghe8V
â€” Digitixe (@digitixe) May 18, 2020
Sailor Moon X Final Fantasy VII Remake

no outfit Cloud can’t rock #sailormoonredraw pic.twitter.com/gEyw64KZ8t
â€” MSZ-006 Kyou (@ningiou) May 17, 2020
Sailor Moon X Dragon Ball

#sailormoonredraw I need reasons to tell myself this wasn’t a waste of time oh goodness what have I done #trunks #dragonball pic.twitter.com/rXkhPTprak
â€” ä¸æ»ã®é‡Žæœ› (@f_ushinoyabo) May 17, 2020
Sailor Moon X One Piece

May naiba yata. ??#sailormoonredraw #sailormoonredrawchallenge#sailormoon pic.twitter.com/OY8PM5cAyN
— Ryan Aguinaldo (@TenorTure) May 21, 2020

Sailor Moon X Transformers

Haven’t Posted, here is sailor Megs #Transformers #Megatron #sailormoondraw #SailorMoon #decepticons pic.twitter.com/liY0Icc9YC
— Issiandrofen (@IssiAndrofen) May 21, 2020

Sailor Moon X Furries

I tried the #sailormoonredrawchallenge in my style #sailormoon #sailormoonredraw #furry #furryart pic.twitter.com/Ddm4nGVnaQ
— LozibblesNSFW (@lozibblesnsfw) May 21, 2020

Sailor Moon X Cyberpunk

Here's my Cyberpunk Sailor Moon ?#pixel #pixelart #pixeljeff #pixelartist #8bit #8bitart #8bitartist #sailormoon #sailormoonredraw #illustration #animation #digitalart #cyberpunk #retro #scifi #fanart #anime #photoshop #taiwanartist pic.twitter.com/hBI8jWkifZ
— Pixel Jeff (@pixeljeff1995) May 21, 2020


Good Smile’s Nendoroid D.Va Academy Skin Edition Is Adorable As Sin

What’s better than a Nendoroid DVa from Overwatch? A Nendoroid DVa from Overwatch clad in a blue and pink plaid skirt uniform, courtesy of Good Smile Company.
She’s poseable, she comes with three interchangeable face plates, and also comes equipped with her light gun and a mini version of her MEKA. Check out the pictures below:

If you need more cute Overwatch Nendoroids populating your work/play desk, you can pre-order it for 4,364 yen. It’ll be ready in January 2020; it’s only 6 months worth of waiting. Better book your schoolgirl, since Overwatch toys are most likely to sell out the fastest.


The Expanse A Telltale Series Episode One Launches This Summer

During the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2023, Telltale Games and Deck Nine announced that The Expanse A Telltale Series will launch its first episode sometime in summer 2023 for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC via Epic Games Store.
With six seasons of television and nine books to draw inspiration from, the developers will explore areas of the established canon and introduce new aspects of the franchise in the game. The game aims to make you feel like a character on the show, where you’ll be the one making choices, living with the consequences of your decisions, and seeing how they impact those around you.
Check out the trailer below:


KKP Best Of 2020: Game #17

Check out the rest of the list here.
#17: Animal Crossing – New Horizon

Animal Crossing has always been that niche game that everyone who owns a Nintendo console talks about. However, this year, no thanks to the quarantine imposed due to the pandemic, New Horizons became the game for many to outlive their itch to be elsewhere. Which isn’t their couch.
Nostalgic to returning players yet intriguing to new ones, this is easily the game that provides the best bang for everyone’s buck due to the number of hours you’d end up piling up with just one save. What will you be doing? Building your homestead on an island of your dreams, getting money to pay off your raccoon debtor by selling turnips, and just taking it easy with your friends.
Or just host a Hari Raya celebration when the whole of Malaysia is under a quarantine of sorts. You’re only limited by your ambition and imagination when creating the perfect resort and sharing it with like-minded Animal Crossing folks.
Basically, anyone who never played a video game is going to get attracted by Animal Crossing’s outdoor and socializing aspect. Essentially the perfect game to release in trying times like 2020.


Rogue Company Is Now Free To Play In Open Beta

Rogue Company, a 4v4 team-based multiplayer shooter that originally launched in a closed beta in July 2020, is now free-to-play in open beta.
Developed by First Watch Games and published by Hi-Rez Studios,Â Rogue CompanyÂ follows a mercenary group called the Rogues, with players tackling objective-based missions in 2v2 Wingman or 4v4 Extraction modes.
The game features crossplay across all platforms and that DLC will be purely cosmetic in nature.
Speaking with PCGamer, executive producer Chris Laron said:
“From July’s early access launch, weâ€™ve gathered a huge community of over 2 million cross-platform gunslingers.Their invaluable feedback has ensured the game keeps getting better and better. By making the game free and delivering an ever-growing roster of mercenaries, game modes, weapons and gadgets we’re incredibly excited for many more players to join us in Rogue Company.”
As part of the open beta launch, Rogue Company is introducing a new playable Rogue named Dahlia, who is â€œan uncompromising former military officer and one of the most decorated squad leaders in the world”.

Rogue Company is nowÂ availableÂ on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC viaÂ Epic Games. In the meantime, check out the trailer below:


Warframe Fortuna Guide: How To Space Ninja Well In This Brave New World

Warframe’s latest expansion just came out a few days ago, and it is a doozy of an update. We’re talking about a new open world area filled with Corpus soldiers, wildlife, fishing, mountains, pretty sights and scenery, and ample places to use your hoverboard. It’s awesome but also daunting.
We’re here to help you out. Here’s a quick guide to get you started with the basics and a little-known currency called Solaris United Standing. Oh, and if you’re not sure what Warframe’s deal is, check out our beginner’s guide.
How To Get To Fortuna
In order to gain the necessary access to Fortuna, youâ€™ll need to have checked off each of the following requirements in order to access Venus. Why? Because that’s where Fortuna is.

First, you need to complete the quest “Vorâ€™s Prize”. This is the introduction story quest and is mandatory to complete for newer players. This quest requires you to kill a Grineer officer, though heâ€™s surprisingly easy to defeat as long as you keep moving around and kill enemies he summons.
Next, youâ€™ll need to collect 20 mods. This is done simply by playing the game: killing enemies and completing missions is all you need to do to get basic mods. Youâ€™ll then need to apply four of them to a single Warframe or a weapon.
Finally, to upgrade your mods to rank 2 or higher, youâ€™ll need to collect a resource named “Endo”, which is a large blue/gold orb that is obtained from slain enemies. You can also dissolve unused mods to get them.

Youâ€™ll then need to defeat the Rhino Spectre that stands in your way, residing in a Junction. Just dodge its charge attacks and have a weapon that can strip its shields quickly.
When you have accessed Venus, youâ€™ll additionally need to complete all the missions leading to and including the Unda node, which is required to unlock access to the underground city. It is also worth noting that you need to open Fortuna before you can access Orb Vallis.
Note: even though the enemies start off easy in Fortuna, the difficulty and enemy level will scale up quickly. It’s best you have a decently-modded warframe and appropriate weapons.

What To Expect In Fortuna & The Fortuna Update
Fortuna gives you a sizeable open world to explore, full of intrinsic cave systems to go spelunking in, and bounties to collect above ground. They work a little differently; you now don’t have to head back to the city hub to cash them in immediately after completing them, allowing you to finish tasks at your leisure.
Fortuna has a city that allows you to build new kit guns with resources collected, as well as Moa companions that follow you around into battle, spouting quips as they assist in the enemy slaughter. Fishing is also back with new fauna to ensnare on your new EMP-based fishing rod, with 14 species that you can hunt down.
Also included at the same time, but not intrinsically linked with the Fortuna area is the 37th warframe called the “Garuda”. It’s named after a legendary bird-like creature in various mythologies; Southeast Asians should recognize the name as it’s from Indonesia. The warframe is known for draining enemy blood to use as your “mirror” shield, putting enemies on stakes so you and your pals can gain health via “blood drain”, and even use your own blood to pump up your damage.
When Do I Get The Damn Hoverboard?
The hoverboard in Warframe is called a K-Drive. You canÂ channel your inner Tony Hawk/Bam Margera, pulling off some neat tricks as you fly across the map at breakneck speeds. There will also be the chance to race these hoverboards, 20 different courses are available. You can challenge other players to see whoâ€™s the fastest frame in the universe.
This isnâ€™t just one board though as increasing your standing with the new faction: the Vent Kids, will grant you skins for your board, or even new models of K-Drive. Youâ€™ll also be able to alter the vehicleâ€™s stats of your board, which can have an affect on races, and be useful for any daily missions that involve the K-Drive.
One More Thing…
There are giant spider robots that will skulk across the land are perhaps the biggest challenge. Theyâ€™re provoked by killing a large number of their smaller offspring and will be utterly relentless in their pursuit.
What The Heck Is Solaris United Standing? (via Warframe Wiki)
Solaris United represents the oppressed occupants of Fortuna. They work all hours of the day to work off Corpus debt. As a civic-minded Tenno you might be tempted to help them, out of the goodness of your heart, also to earn standing and gain access to their coolest loot. It’s all for a good cause. But mostly for the cool loot.
There are six levels of standing if you include being neutral. The expansion is fresh so we’re still discovering the requirements for the highest tiers.
Neutral
Maximum standing: 5,000
Outworlder
Maximum standing: 22,000
Sacrifice: 13 Training Debt-Bonds
Rapscallion
Maximum standing: 44,000
Sacrifice: 12 Training Debt-Bonds, 15 Shelter Debt-Bonds
Doer
Maximum standing: 70,000
Sacrifice: 10 Training Debt-Bonds, 15 Shelter Debt-Bonds, 13 Medical Debt-Bonds
Cove (TBC)
Maximum standing: 99,000
Old Mate (TBC)
Maximum standing: 132,000

How Mastery Ranks Tie In With Standings
Your Mastery Rank determines how much standing you can earn every 24 hours for each faction in Warframe. To know your limit, multiply your Mastery Rank by 1,000 and then add an additional 1,000. So, if you’re MR 10, you would have a daily cap of 11,000 standing.
As you can see, unlocking higher rankings with Solarus United requiresÂ a lotÂ of standing, so increasing your MR is something you shouldn’t ignore. You do that by leveling up new weapons, warframes, and basically anything else that has individual ranks like sentinels and kubrows.Â Check the wikiÂ for more information.
Here are a few ways to work your way up through the ranks.
Take bounties from Eudico
You’ll find Eudico perched at the end of the entrance hall to Fortuna. Once you’ve completed the introductory quest you can take bounties that will reward you with Solaris United standing.
In addition to Garuda blueprints, relics, mod sets and resources, bounties can also reward you with Debt-Bonds. You can visit Ticker to exchange these for Solaris United standing, or hold onto them to meet the sacrifice requirements you need to rank up.
Buy and exchange Debt-Bonds from Ticker
You’ll find Ticker at the top of a ramp to your left as you enter Fortuna. You can buy the Debt-Bonds of poor Solaris workers facing punishment. You can then trade in these debt tokens for Solaris United standing, or hold on to them to meet the sacrifice requirements for your next rank.
There are five debt types arranged in three tiers of effectiveness.
Common:Â Training Debt-Bond
Uncommon:Â Medical Debt-Bond, Advances Debt-Bond
Rare:Â Familial Debt-Bond
Trade Gems
Smokefinger is ahead and to your left when you enter Fortuna. He’s represented by a little pickaxe symbol. Speak to him to buy the Sunpoint Plasma Drill, and then use it in Orb Vallis to mine ore and gems.
When you return to Smokefinger with your loot, you can trade it in for Solaris United standing. You can also buy gems using Warframe’s real-money Platinum currency to save time.
Tranquilize Animals
You need to spend some standing to make standing using Fortuna’s animal conservation system. To start conserving you need to spend standing on a Tranq Rifle and Echo Lures from The Business. He’s just to your left as you enter Fortuna, beneath Ticker.
With your Tranq Rifle and Echo Lures equipped to your gear wheel, head out into Orb Vallis to track creatures. The minimap will indicate last-known animal sightings. Activate these, follow the trail, set out the correct lure for the beast, then stealthily shoot them with the Tranq Rifle. You get standing immediately for each successful catch.
Go Fishing. No, Really.
The Business will also sell you shockpods and stunnas to catch servofish from Orb Vallis’ coolant rivers. You also need to spend some standing on bait. Check the descriptions and pick bait based on the servofish you’re trying to catch.
You don’t get standing for the act of catching a fish, but you can turn them in to The Business in Fortuna using the ‘provide servofish’ option to earn a bit of standing.
This guide is powered by Dell Alienware because we’ve been using the Alienware 15 gaming laptop to play all of our PC games. Including Warframe.Â


Baldur’s Gate 3 Launches On PS5 & PC This August

During the PlayStation State Of Play February 2023, Larian Studios announced that Baldur’s Gate 3 will launch for PS5 and PC on 31 August 2023.
The land of Faerûn is under siege by a hostile and otherworldly force known as mind flayers. Their army expands with every brain they infect with parasitic tadpoles, a creature that now wriggles deep within your own mind. You are becoming one of them: a monster feared across many worlds. But as their corruption grows within you, so do mysterious new powers.
Check out the trailer below:


Someone Made A Super Mario Bros. Battle Royale Game And It’s Insanely Fun

Someone has actually turned Super Mario Bros into a free-to-play and insanely fun battle royale version of itself. It’s created by a guy named InfernoPlus, who developed the game in only three weeks.
Simply titled Mario Royale, it’s a browser-based battle royale version of the original Super Mario Bros, where a total of 100 players will be dropped into a world. The first three players to reach Bowser’s castle at the end wins.

Players can’t actually interact with each other in Mario Royale. It’s as if they occupy the same space in another dimension, kind of like how the DC Multiverse works (comic book fans will get that reference).
However, players can still damage or halt the progress of other players by using Koopa shells, or break the block they’re standing on. That’s where the battle royale gameplay comes in. Plus, powerups like mushrooms are shared, so the players who manage to grab them will gain the upper hand.
InfernoPlus
Players can even control Mario with either their keyboards or controllers. In his video (in which he announces the game), InfernoPlus voices his worry that Nintendo would sue him. At the time of the writing, that hasn’t happened but seeing as it’s Nintendo, it could very well happen soon.
If you’re interested, head on over to this link to start playing the game now. Mario Royale is chaotic and fun, as most rounds only last for a couple of minutes or even several seconds.
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WB Games To Be Broken Up Following AT&T WarnerMedia Discovery Merger

Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (best known as WB Games) will likely be broken up and split up as a result of a parent-company merger, as owner AT&T has merged WarnerMedia with Discovery to create an all-new company. What this means is that entertainment and media-related companies such as WB Games and even DC Comics will be shifted around.
According toÂ Stephen TotiloÂ andÂ Julia Alexander on Twitter, this new deal will impact WB Games in some way. Apparently, some studios under the publisher will move over to this new company while others will remain under AT&T. The 11 studios under WB Games include Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Games, Batman Arkham franchise developer Rocksteady, LEGO games developer TT Games, and others.

WB Games is getting broken up somehow due to AT&T's WarnerMedia-Discovery sale/merger. "Some of the gaming arm will stay with AT&T and some will go with the new company," rep tells Axios' @sarafischer. No further info. WB Games lists 11 studios, games for all kinds of IP, devices
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) May 17, 2021

https://twitter.com/loudmouthjulia/status/1394339533542539277

This doesn’t bode well for games in development from studios under WB Games, including Gotham Knights, Hogwarts Legacy, Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League and LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga, amongst others. It remains to be seen how this merger will ultimately affect all these games and studios.


The Best Modern Horror Films Of This Generation (2009-2012)

There’s quite a resurgence of horror going on these past few months. From stellar showings like Hereditary to last March’s Us to even this week’s remake of Pet Sematary, we are blessed and thrilled as fans and aficionados of the genre.
I’ve decided to recount the best horror films of the past decade. That means stuff that was made from 2009 onwards. I loved films likeÂ The Thing (Carpenter version), The Fly (again, Carpenter version), Dead Alive, Evil Dead 2, The Blob (80s version), and so forth. However, a lot of people have praised these older films to death.
I’m instead going to celebrate the best horror films in recent memory. You’ve seen some of them, heck, you’ve probably avoided most of them since they can be brutal and unflinching in its presentation and tone. Or just boring due to your really high expectations for scarefests and horror.
But that’s the beauty of them; you want to be frightened, shocked, disgusted, and above all, be entertained by the freshest and innovative films this generation has to offer.
So let’s dive right in; since there’s a lot to cover, I’ll divide this feature into three parts. Here’s the first one:
Drag Me To Hell (2009)

Trust a guy like Sam Raimi to work on a campy horror film and making the most out of the PG-13 rating. Sometimes funny, other times startling, the film gets props for featuring Alison Lohman as a tough-as-nails bank loan officer Christine Brown who is cursed by gypsies after a loaning incident. It’s full of mindf***s, psychological tension, and some laugh-out moments that walk the line between cheesy and gross.
Antichrist (2009)

If you want even more trippy visuals and crazy vague horrorscapes, Lars von Trier’s 2009 horror work Antichrist is just the antidote you need from all the newfangled films from Blumhouse to wipe that jaded expression from your face. It’s about a couple who retreat to a cabin to recoup after the loss of their son. Of course, they experience strange visions and bouts of violent sexual behaviour and sadomasochism.
This is von Trier’s way of expressing his depressive episode back in 2000 or so, which means what he sees and experiences is all on film and on display in the most disturbing manner possible. He sure as heck made use of his “R” rating here to the fullest.
Splice (2009)

Splice is basically Species done right and written well. It’s about two scientists who play God and will go through any lengths to make their science experiment be awesome. Said experiment is an evolving creature named Dren who gets more intelligent, cunning, and more humanoid over time.
It also delves into super-creepy territory since the creature learns how to seduce its target and goes so far as to turn the two geniuses against each other through her alien feminine wiles and child=like demeanour. Though to be fair, the both of them had some animosity with each other.
Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010)

Two rednecks who want to just drink beer and go fishing end up being mistaken as inbred chainsaw killers by a group of preppie college kids. The rednecks are played by Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine, so you can expect a ton of comedy to go along this horror gorefest.
It’s got a few legit jumpscares, but this film stands out because it subverts a number of slasher flick tropes by framing the story in a huge angle of misunderstanding. It never lets up and delivers the most laughs as a result.
Pirahna 3D (2010)

Pirahna 3D gets the spot here because of how schlocky it is with its presentation and delivery. It’s got man-eating pirahnas. It’s got blood and gore. It’s got boobies. It also has a detached penis floating in the water. It also has Doc Brown as an ichtyologist (fish expert) spouting exposition about the pirahnas.
It’s got a likeable cast of would-be heroes and ass-kickers; Ving Rhames is the standout. Pirahna 3D delivers on its expected B-movie thrills and just keeps at it; kind of like a lite-Troma film that knows what it’s doing.
Black Swan (2010)

You can’t beat Darren Aronofsky when it comes to thrillers and psychological horror with messed-up imagery. Natalie Portman is a ballet dancer who wants to make it big in Swan Lake, no matter what it takes. Her sanity and her health fluctuate from time to time, as she’s not sure what she’s going through is real or not.
Whether she actually made out with fellow ballet compatriot Mila Kunis or she’s experiencing injuries is left up in the air until the film’s climax. All in all, a messed-up yet artistically-shot affair.
Insidious (2010)

Back in 2010, queasy-cam gorefests were the order of the day thanks to films like the Saw series. So it’s refreshing in a way to see James Wan returning to classic haunted house-style horror tropes with 2010’s Insidious. Unsuspecting family moves into big old house filled with all manners of haunted oddities halfway through the film.
With a great build-up and a cast you want to root for, alongside a visit from psychics and ghostbusters later on, Insidious is a nod to oldies like Poltergeist but for this generation’s horror buffs who want some slick camera and editing work out of their scarefests.
You’re Next (2011)

Half home invasion flick, half “whodunnit” story, this slasher horror flick will make you guess who the real victims and villains are. The film starts out like your ordinary flick: a family gets assaulted by a group of masked assailants using animal masks during their wedding anniversary getaway.
Then its story spirals unexpectedly where the show’s heroine Erin fights to survive. Fun stuff, if only because the twist and turns are executed well and are plausible given the scenarios.
The Cabin In The Woods (2012)

A bunch of kids party in a cabin set in the woods, while elsewhere a bunch of office and scientist guys are working on stuff within the vicinity. Really, that’s all you need to go with because saying more would mean giving up the entire plot.
Even up to this day, the show’s biggest 180 turn and its subversing of tropes remain its treasured highlight that should be seen to be believed. Not only that, it’s also a laugh riot that blends in its scares and thrills perfectly. Even with Get Out in the picture, no other horror film has surpassed The Cabin In The Woods in concept and execution.
V/H/S (2012)

Anthology horror films like Creepshow have been a VHS/CD/DVD staple for fans who want more than one scary story to deal with, at least ones that tie the overarching plot together. V/H/S is a throwback to that, but uses the found footage style of telling its jumpscare-savvy stories.
And it delivers for the most part. From a story about a threesome session with a foreign country hooker going wrong to sleeper agents using video chats to lure victims for the kill, you’ll find something to love here.
Aftershock (2012)

What started off as a simple vacation flick between bros and the girls they pick up end up in a pretty messed-up disaster horror flick. See, after an aftershock happened in the South American vacation spot they’re in, the nearby prison had its walls crumble. This means the baddest of thugs and rapists are on the loose to wreck havoc.
If it’s not the earthquake and collapsing rubble that kills you, it’s the inmates. And oh boy it’s pretty hard to stomach and watch as the second half devolves into torture porn territory.
That’s it for part 1. Stay tuned next week for part 2.


Evil Dead Rise Gets First Bloody Red Band Trailer

Warner Bros. Pictures has unveiled the first full trailer for the upcoming Evil Dead Rise, the fifth entry in the long-running horror franchise created by Sam Raimi.
The synopsis reads:
In the fifth Evil Dead film, a road-weary Beth pays an overdue visit to her older sister Ellie, who is raising three kids on her own in a cramped L.A apartment. The sisters’ reunion is cut short by the discovery of a mysterious book deep in the bowels of Ellie’s building, giving rise to flesh-possessing demons, and thrusting Beth into a primal battle for survival as she is faced with the most nightmarish version of motherhood imaginable.
The movie is directed by Lee Cronin, with Bruce Campell and Sam Raimi acting as executive producers. The movie stars Lily Sullivan (“I Met a Girl,” “Barkskins”), Alyssa Sutherland (“The Mist,” “Vikings”), Morgan Davies (“Storm Boy,” “The End”), Gabrielle Echols (“Reminiscence”) and introducing Nell Fisher (“Northspur”).
It will premiere in cinemas on 19 April 2023.
Check out the trailer below:


Genting SkyWorlds Will Have Rides Based On Iconic Franchises

In a symbolic gesture leading up to the opening of Southeast Asiaâ€™s most anticipated theme park this year, Resorts World Genting today has officially unveiled the logo of Genting SkyWorlds. The live virtual event was witnessed by specially invited guests and members of the media, who participated in the event via the Zoom video conferencing platform.Â

After all that legal drama with Disney, the Genting SkyWorlds theme park is finally getting ready to launch sometime in Q2 of 2021.
There will be nine movie and adventure inspired â€˜worldsâ€™ â€“ Eagle Mountain, Central Park, Liberty Lane, Robots Rivet Town, Andromeda Base, Ice Age, Studio Plaza, Epic and Rio.

In addition to its own original and exciting IPs, Genting SkyWorlds will also incorporate 20th Century Studios brands and IPs across its world-class rides and attractions, made possible through a strategic collaboration between Genting Malaysia and 20th Century Studios. These IPs include Ice Age, Night At The Museum and Planet Of The Apes, among others.

Each world will feature a host of exciting rides and attractions for the whole family to enjoy, as well as featuring a unique array of themed retail, dining, and entertainment experiences. The theme park is expected to be able to hold up to 20,000 people at one time, and it cost over $US800 million to build.

Resorts World Genting Head Of Business Operations And Strategies Mr. Lee Thiam Kit said:
â€œGenting SkyWorlds is the result of many years of hard work by our dedicated team members and our partners from all over the world.
We are almost ready.
We are putting the finishing touches to this amazing theme park, which we believe to be Southeast Asiaâ€™s most anticipated theme park. We believe we will deliver the very best experience to our guests throughout this journey.”

In the meantime, check out these intro videos to Genting SkyWorlds for sneak peeks to the new theme park:


The Single Most Requested Monster Finally Storms Into Monster Hunter World Iceborne

It’s official, folks. Zinogre will be in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.
We’re less than one week away from Iceborne‘s release and Capcom decided to drop one last announcement, and it’s the one everyone has been waiting for. Check out the Zinogre trailer here:
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Eagle-eyed fans have also noticed that some of the areas shown in the trailer are never before seen locations despite having the same backdrops as locations like the Ancient Forest and the Rotten Vale. This confirms that the expansion doesn’t just add an entire new location, Hoarfrost Reach, but also new areas to the base game.
The trailer also shows other cool details such as the new monster subspecies and new monster attack moves that possibly signifies a new difficulty rank.
Zinogre.
Unless Capcom plans to drop another reveal trailer a day before the game’s release, it’s safe to say we now have a good picture of the full roster of new monsters that will be coming with Iceborne.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne launches 6 September 2019 for PS4 and Xbox One. The PC version will be arriving in January 2020. Don’t forget to try out to the final beta!


Crypt Of The Necrodancer Creators Announce New DLC & Teases Sequel, 5 Years Later!

We’ve got an amazing two-for-one news deal from Brace Yourself Games, the makers of the music rhythm roguelike title Crypt of the Necrodancer.
First up, the game is getting a massive downloadable content called SYNCHRONY, which adds online multiplayer, three new characters, full mod support, and a ton more. The DLC is available right now in Early Access via Steam and is priced at US$6.99. It’s at a discount until 11 August; US$6.29 to be exact.
The full release will be at least in Q1 or Q2 of 2023, so don’t expect the DLC to be complete anytime soon. Still, the additions are noteworthy. To recap, they are:

Online multiplayer support for up to eight players in co-op and versus modes!
New Character: Chaunter – -Possesses enemies and fights using their powers!
New Character: Suzu – Speedy character with an invincible dash attack!
New Character: Klarinetta – Does battle with a huge two-handed sword!
Full mod support allowing most aspects of the game to be modded!
An integrated mod portal, and the ability to load multiple mods at once!
New weapons, spells, items, enemies, shrines, traps, and more!

But Wait, There’s More!
Brace Yourself Games has announced a new standalone rhythm game in the Necrodancer universe called Rift of the Necrodancer. There’s no info out as of yet regarding the platform it’s going to be on, the release window, and what the game is about. Odds are it’s a rhythm game with some fantasy action going on.

In any case, we’re excited for more titles from Brace Yourself Games.


Loopmancer Sidescroll Towards A July Release Date

2D side-scrolling action roguelite title Loopmancer, where you kill enemies with weapons and made-up scifi tools, will be out next month.
Developed by eBrain Studio, the game will be out on 13 July for PC (Steam, Epic Games Store). If you want to test-drive the game, there’s a demo out right now until 20th June via Steam as part of the Steam Next Fest.
“Demo players will come across a variety of gameplay improvements on their return trip to Dragon City, including the ability to start new deathloops from Longxi Town. Protagonist Xiang’s lethal arsenal has been expanded to feature a variety of badass, never-before-seen weapons and superkills. New enemy groups—the Black Tiger Corps and Kouga Industry Ninjas—have joined the fray. Players can also enjoy a number of technical improvements like enhanced graphics, animation optimizations, integration of Nvidia RTX and NIS, and more.”
Check out the launch trailer below.


No Man’s Sky Lands On Nintendo Switch This October

Hello Games and Bandai Namco Europe have announced that the Nintendo Switch version of No Man’s Sky will be released worldwide on 7 October 2022. It will be available digitally through Nintendo’s own e-shop and physically through all retailers.
Originally released in 2016, No Man’s Sky is a science fiction exploration game set in a procedurally generated universe. It boasts an almost infinite number of never-before-seen planets and star systems to explore, each one teeming with life to be discovered. Players can choose to explore, craft, build, trade, fight or just try to survive in this vast intergalactic playground.
Since its initial launch, No Man’s Sky has received six years’ worth of major content updates and 20 major updates to date. Day One players on the Nintendo Switch can expect everything that was possible and applicable to be crammed in from those updates, as well as continuous updates in the future delivering new content.
Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games, a development team based in the United Kingdom, said:
“I think folks are going to be blown away when they finally get to play this game on such a tiny device. It really is an entire universe in the palm of your hand. It has been a huge undertaking, but a very rewarding one for our small team, and I’m really proud of the result.”
Check out the trailer below:


Puss In Boots The Last Wish Is The Best DreamWorks Animated Movie In Years

It’s been 11 years since the last Puss In Boots movie, and 12 years since the last proper instalment of Shrek franchise. With such a long time, it makes sense that this latest entry is growing up with its audience. Puss In Boots The Last Wish is arguably the best Dreamworks Animation movie in years, perhaps since 2019’s How To Your Dragon The Hidden World.
It’s funny, surprisingly dark and mature, as well as features a refreshing new animation style inspired by Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse.
Honour Among Thieves

Puss In Boots The Last Wish features the return of Antonio Banderas as the titular Puss In Boots The Last Wish. In this movie, we find Puss in an existential crisis of sorts, discovering that he only has a single life left out of his nine feline lives. He then retires after almost getting killed by the Big Bad Wolf (Wagner Moura), but later discovers the existence of The Last Wish. He then goes on another adventure to reach The Last Wish, but it’s a race with other fairy tale creatures who want the same thing, including Goldilocks (Florence Pugh) and the Three Bears (Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, and Samson Kayo), Big Jack Horner (John Mulaney), and Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek Pinault).
While the movie is expectedly hilarious with plenty of funny jokes sprinkled around, it is also surprisingly dark and mature at the heart of its tale. The movie covers subject matter that rarely gets featured in animated movies targeted towards children, such as the meditation on one’s mortality, fear of death and failure and commitment, and more. There are also tense moments in the movie, with actual stakes for Puss In Boots, especially every time the Big Bad Wolf appears. All of that is rare for an American animated movie usually targeted towards younger viewers and viewers of all ages. I don’t remember any of the Shrek movies or 2011’s Puss In Boots ever making me so emotional before, so that’s a plus for Puss In Boots The Last Wish.

Another highlight of the movie is its animation. It’s inspired by Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse in a lot of ways. I’m impressed by how refreshingly dynamic the camera perspectives are during the action scenes in this movie, comparable to that of Japanese anime. Also, the animation style has an extremely stylized look that makes the movie lean even more into fairy tale aesthetics, making the movie even more unique when compared to DreamWorks Animation’s previous works. It’s great to see these massive studios start to experiment more with their big-budget animated movies.
The whole cast delivers great performances, especially Antonio Banderas, who slips into his feline coat like the Shrek movies and Puss In Boots were just released yesterday, and Harvey Guillén as Perrito, who provides the comic relief and acts as the emotional glue in this movie. Wagner Moura is menacing as the Big Bad Wolf, John Mulaney is diabolical as Big Jack Horner and Goldilocks (Florence Pugh) and the Three Bears (Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, and Samson Kayo) are funny as heck.
The Shrek Universe Lives On

Puss In Boots The Last Wish is one of the best DreamWorks Animation movies in recent years, and one of the best in 2022 as well. This bodes well for future movies from the studio. Plus, longtime fans of the Shrek franchise will be happy to see another entry in their beloved series, and without spoiling anything, they will want to watch Puss In Boots The Last Wish for its ending.
FINAL SCORE: 90/100
We attended an early screener of Puss In Boots The Last Wish courtesy of United International Pictures Malaysia. Puss In Boots The Last Wish is slated to premiere on 22 December 2022 in Malaysian cinemas.


You Have 6 More Days To Crowdfund This Definitive FPS Documentary

Fandamental, a content creation company that loves making niche factual documentaries and pieces of entertainment, is currently gathering funds via Kickstarter for its upcoming documentary on gaming’s most popular genre.
Fandamental is creating a documentary called First Person Shooter which will explore the creation and legacy of the most influential FPS titles from the last 48 years like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom Quake, Unreal, Goldeneye, Half-Life, Halo, and many more. The three-hour documentary will be packed with tidbits, tech talk, and exclusive interviews with FPS luminaries like Warren Spector, Cliff Bleszinski, Scott Miller, John Romero, and many more.
Once fully funded, the film will be worked on and will be scheduled for a Q4 2022 release window. Right now, its Kickstarter campaign sits at US$89,000, which is well past its US$44,000 goal. There are six more days left before the campaign closes, so do support this if you’re into seeing a possibly definitive history of first-person shooters.
Check out the trailer and poster below.


Kakuchopurei X Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame Giveaway Contest

With Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame coming soon to theatres and everyone all hopped-up on Marvel Cinematic Universe fever, ourselves including, we decide to team up with the folks at Disney to host a swag giveaway, starting right now!
Here’s what you need to do:

Go to our awesome Facebook page and find our Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame contest post.
LIKE the post and our page.
Post about who your favourite Marvel Avenger is and why on the post comments box.
Tag your buddies and significant others (up to three).

The best answers will win a special Marvel Studios’Â Avengers: Endgame swag bundle you can use to celebrate the coming of the last film since you probably bought all the tickets & cinemas a week or two ago. Here is what’s inside:

Limited EditionÂ Marvel Studiosâ€™Â Avengers: Endgame Gadget Decals
Limited EditionÂ Marvel Studiosâ€™Â Avengers: Endgame Epoxy Pin Badge
Limited EditionÂ Marvel Studiosâ€™Â Avengers: Endgame Cap
Limited EditionÂ Marvel Studiosâ€™Â Avengers: Endgame Sunscreen
Avengers: Endgame teaser poster
Avengers: Endgame payoff poster

The contest will end next Monday, April 22, 6pm GMT+8 and is open only to Southeast Asia. So what are you waiting for? The world isn’t going to save itself; prepare for the end with these limited edition goodies!


Vote For Your Favourite PlayStation Game This Year, Win A PS4 Pro & PS VR

Want to win a PS4 Pro and PS VR set just for voicing out your favourite PlayStation game? Of course you do.
Sony PlayStation just opened up the User’s Choice Award voting bit for its upcoming PlayStation Awards 2018 event on 3rd December. If your entry gets picked, you win the aforementioned prizes.

We’ll break down the details for you.

The voting period starts from 1st October and ends on 8th October, 22:59 GMT+8.
All you have to do is go here, select up to 5 titles to vote, write your comments and try to be creative with it, and then submit it.
You can only pick titles that were released or available for download from 1st October 2017 to 30th September 2018.
Yes, you can add in Marvel’s Spider-Man, God of War, and Detroit: Become Human if you can’t figure out 3 out of 5 games to put in your entry. No one’s judging you.
You can only vote once per account. You cannot vote again if you’ve done it once already on the link.

Here are the details of the actual awards show.

Date & Time: 3rd December from 4pm onwards (GMT+8)
Location: New Takanawa Grand Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Livestream: PlayStation’s YouTube Live channel
Official Site:Â https://asia.playstation.com/en-sg/events/playstation-awards/
This sounds like a great substitute for the missing PlayStation Experience event this year. We do hope there will be a couple of new trailers and announcements during the show, but it’ll also be cool to see which titles get top billing.
And Now For Your Reference, Last Year’s PlayStation Awards Winners
Indie Games & Game Developers AwardÂ (3 titles that contributed to PlayStationâ€™s expansion)

Fushigi no Gensokyo TOD Reloaded
3on3 Freestyle
Undertale

PlayStation VR AwardsÂ (3 titles that contributed to PSVR sales)

Resident Evil 7
Farpoint
Summer Lesson

PlayStation Network AwardÂ (top 3 titles in network sales)

Phantasy Star Online 2
Rainbow Six Siege
FIFA 17

Gold PrizeÂ (over 500,000 copies shipped)

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Rainbow Six Siege
FIFA 17
Battlefield 1
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Ryu ga Gotoku 6 [JP release of â€˜Yakuza 6â€™]
Resident Evil 7
Nioh
Nier: Automata
Horizon Zero Dawn
FIFA 18

Platinum PrizeÂ (over 1 million copies shipped)

Grand Theft Auto V
Final Fantasy XV
Dragon Quest XI (it was out in Japan last year)

User’s Choice Awards Category

Battlefield 1
Final Fantasy XV
Resident Evil 7
Nioh
Nier: Automata
Horizon Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
Dragon Quest XI
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy


Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales Gets Prequel Novel & Artbook

Marvel Entertainment and Insomniac Games have announced the official prequel novel for the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales for the PS4 and PS5.
Published by Titan Books and written by SLAY author Brittney Morris, Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales Wings Of Fury is slated to release on 10 November 2020, merely two days before the release date of the game itself.
It will cost US$16 and be 288 pages long.
The official description reads:
With an exclusive adventure leading directly into the game itself, Marvelâ€™s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Wings of Fury features Miles Morales coming to terms with what it means to be Spider-Man. A mix-up with the law leaves Miles questioning everything and when Vulture and his accomplice Starling unleash experimental tech on Marvelâ€™s New York, Miles must decide what kind of hero he wants to be.

Meanwhile, the same publisher will also release The Art of the Game in February 2021.
Written by Matt Ralphs, the book will cover the game’s concept art, in-game renders, and insight from the artists and developers at Insomniac, Marvel, and PlayStation. The 192-page art book will cost US$39.95.

Marvelâ€™s Spider-Man: Miles MoralesÂ is slated to release for the PS4 and PS5 on 12 November 2020. It is now open for pre-orders on the PS4 (check out all the details here).
In the meantime, check out the awesome gameplay trailer below:


Atomicrops Drops As An Epic Games Store Exclusive

The Stardew Valley shoot ’em up game, Atomicrops, is coming soon in 2020, to consoles and PC. It will release on the latter via Epic Games Store as an exclusive as developer Bird Bath puts it: “in the indie dev world, nothing is guaranteed.”
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Bird Bath consists of Stardew Valley enthusiasts, such as Danny Wynne, Toby Dixon, and Joonas Turner, and they have said that ‘this agreement with Epic allows Atomicrops to grow and flourish’ and ‘brings peace of mind for its creators’.
Atomicrops is a wacky twin-stick shooter in which players grow crops, shoot mutant weeds, and woo partners to marry. You can read more about the game here.

Bird Bath’s move for an exclusive deal with Epic is purely understandable, given that they are searching for a platform to thrive, and a stable platform is crucial for indie devs to expand.
In other news, Epic Games Store is extending their giveaway offers. You can check out details about it here.


Gamescom 2019: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 First DLC Coming Next Month

Nintendo has announced the release date for Curse of the Vampire, the first chapter of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3‘s DLC Expansion Pass. It will add four new characters from the Marvel Knights line, including Moon Knight, Blade, Punisher, and Morbius as playable characters.
It will also add a new Gauntlet Mode, where up to four players will take on an intense series of co-op challenges in rapid succession to earn rewards, or find out how long they can last in Endurance Mode and see how high they make it on the online ranking board.
Curse Of The Vampire will only be the first of three DLC packs featured in the Expansion Pass, as there are plans to introduce the Fantastic Four and more X-Men characters in future DLC. It is slated to release on 30 September 2019.
However, the game will also be adding free content updates, like the playable Cyclops and Colossus later this month. I personally liked Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, though it ultimately doesn’t live up to the epic experience that was the first instalment all those years ago.
For the complete KKP review of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, head on over here. The Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 Expansion Pass is currently available for purchase on the Nintendo eShop for US$19.99.


Pikmin 4 Demo Releases On Switch Next Week

During the Nintendo Direct June 2023, Nintendo announced that a Pikmin 4 demo will launch on 28 January 2023. They also unveiled a brand new trailer featuring new gameplay footage from the upcoming game.
Players will traverse a big world from a pint-sized perspective in Pikmin 4 as they collect treasures, rescue fellow explorers, and embark on Night Expeditions with the debuting Glow Pikmin.
Pikmin 4 is slated to launch for the Nintendo Switch on 21 July 2023. It’s the long-awaited sequel to 2013’s Pikmin 3.
Check out the trailer below:


The Knight Witch & Its Bullet Hell Will Not Go Easy On You

Platform(s): PC (version played), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
Genre: Metroidvania bullet hell shmup
If you think the whimsical art style and cheery folksy intro music of Team 17 and Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team’s latest 2D search action shmup hybrid game The Knight Witch equals an easy game, think again.

Wicked

The Knight Witch is about a Knight Witch-in-training named Rayne who has to help quell a golem uprising in the underground world of Dungeonidas. There’s a lot going on with the game’s world and politics that’s beyond surface level, with the Knight Witch group that’s not what they seem and the ever-growing technology that’s improving the underground society, along with a rival faction trying to throw a monkey wrench in the works. It’s pretty engrossing for what seems to be a simple story about a witch protecting her world, with even a story choice you have to make to get to one of its multiple endings.
Rayne’s onboarding job gets really tough after the initial first stage with the mandatory tutorial on flying controls, bullet-firing, and spell cards-switching; more on the latter later. Unless you scour the whole area and hubs for permanent health/mana upgrades, you’ll have to deal with the fact that you can only take 3 hits by default. You’ll go through literal projectile-a-rama once you’re in the water level and onward. The Knight Witch is sure as hell expecting you to evade and dodge; when you get the special quick evade power-up, that’s when the bullet hell ramps up further.

I Put A Spell On You

Fortunately you aren’t defenseless. Rayne can not only shoot out her default pea shooter -either by aiming with the right analog stick or using an auto-targeting mechanic called Instinct Shot- but she also has access to Spell Cards. These are the Knight Witches special powers; three cards show up on the bottom right, and you activate them via the corresponding button input. These powers include, and not limited to, summoning an extra beast or turret to help you on-screen, powering up your shots temporarily with either rapid fire or spreadshots, bringing up a shield to absorb damage, and unleashing a circular arc sword swing that also clears bullets. Once a card is used, the powerup is activated, and another card takes its place. You can activate as many cards as you want as long as you have the mana to spend; cards do not get discarded and are instead reshuffled in your infinite deck.
While powerful and useful, the three cards you start off with are randomized. The random card system can be a blessing and a curse; half the time you need to rely on your default pea shooter while you’re using up mana to get that one specific powerup. At the very least, you can make copies of cards (except Memento boss cards; those are rare and cannot be duplicated) so that they appear frequently from your deck. So if you rather have more machine gun or handgun powerups, just duplicate them with the game’s currency (shards).
Rayne will also not be deprived of mana at any point in the game. By default, Rayne has a 10% chance to generate extra mana when firing at enemies, which you can increase as you level her up via Links. Keep shooting enemies, and mana will keep on flowing. To gather more Link, you’ll have to rescue people in the few worlds you visit as well as help them with simple quests to establish Links. Heck, you may need to host a press conference or two to gain the most Links.
Point is, the overall 2D shooter experience in The Knight Witch is fun, if a bit unforgiving at times if you don’t do your search action exploration homework. It gets really fun when you’re dealing with the game’s many Ambush spots -arena shooter moments- where you have to kill all the spawning enemies while not dying. However, I did bite the literal bullet a heckaton of times just to memorize certain bullet spreads, patterns, and firing sequences from both regular enemies and bosses alike. My personal favourite fights involve another Knight Witch in a number of riveting boss bouts, where each attack sequence they unleash is random. You have to commit to the boss’ bullet hell patterns to heart to avoid getting hit. Having said that, the final boss of the game is a nightmare to deal with just because it has an ungodly amount of phases and can outlast you with its bullet hell patterns and homing attacks. Unfair stuff, really, which does warrant the use of the in-game cheat system if your shmup skills aren’t godlike.
As a bonus, you will get special medallions if you go through boss fights and ambushes unscathed, or even with the fastest times possible. These medallions can be traded for special bonuses that will help you in the endgame. However, there hasn’t been a method to replay certain fights and boss battles to earn these medals again; it seems as though you need to start a new game and replay those segments, which is a bother if you’re revisiting these bouts for completionist’s sake.

Black Magic Woman

The Knight Witch can join the ranks of indie Soulslike & search action titles as one of this year’s more challenging offerings.

You’ll die countless times getting the hang of the game’s bullet hell patterns, but at the same time find joy and satisfaction in defeating the opposition with your correct choice of Spell Cards and playstyle.
If the developers can iron out its difficulty curve and some of its technical kinks like the load times when starting the game and also some weird controller bugs, then we may have another dark horse of 2022’s indie offerings to go alongside Souldiers.
Pros

Great mix of 2D shmup and search action gameplay.
Loads of Spellcards to play around with.
Tough but fair challenges.
Cheery aesthetics.

Cons

Some technical glitches, especially with controller support.
Final boss is a bitch to kill.
No easy way to replay fights for witch medals in the same playthrough.

Final Score: 70/100
Review code provided by Team 17. Also, the console versions of the game have been delayed to 2nd December due to a recent technical issue.


Watch Spawn Wield Machine Guns In New Mortal Kombat 11 Gameplay Trailer

Two weeks ago, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane revealed that the superhero would be heading to Mortal Kombat 11 this month. Now, we’ve got an official gameplay trailer to see what Spawn is capable of.

The answer is quite a bit, as it turns out. This is my first time seeing Spawn in action in any medium, and I like how he doesn’t just have the energy of both the green and fiery kind, but also chains, guns, and a mace. He can even turn invisible and whack opponents with his cape.
There’s also the part where he spawns a bunch of guns from his cape and unloads them all at Scorpion. Poor Scorpion.
Voiced again by the one and only Keith David (who originally voiced Spawn in the classic HBO animated series), Spawn is the last of the Mortal Kombat 11 Kombat Pack characters and the second one with comic book origins. Not too long ago, we had the Clown Prince of Crime himself.
Spawn will join the Mortal Kombat 11 roster in Early Access on 17 March 2020, before getting a full release on 24 March 2020.


Ranking The 5 Best Versions Of Batman’s Arch-Nemesis, The Joker

The Joker will soon be receiving his own movie in the form of Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix, which is slated to release on 3 October 2019. No comic book antagonist can boast of ever having a whole movie to himself/herself, but the Clown Prince Of Crime is definitely deserving of one.
Most people (even comic book fans) seem to have forgotten that the Joker is almost as old as Batman himself, having appeared in Batman #1 by Bill Finger and Bob Kane back in 1940. The Dark Knight might be celebrating his 80th anniversary this year, but next year it will be the legendary villain’s turn.
Almost eight decades of material means that there have been many variations of the Joker in the comics, as well as the number of actors who have portrayed him in both live-action and animated adaptations. In this article, I’ll be listing the five (5) best portrayals of the Joker (across all media) according to the ComicsLord.
1. Mark Hamill (Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: Arkham Trilogy, etc.)

Imagine. Back in 1992, comic book fans must have flipped their lid, discovering that the guy who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars would be playing the Clown Prince Of Crime. In that regard, he’s almost exactly like Heath Ledger after him in 2008’s The Dark Knight, as no one in their right mind would’ve cast them as the Joker before their now-legendary portrayals.
Ultimately, there are many reasons why I (and many others) consider Mark Hamill to be the best Joker of all time. From the debut of Batman: The Animated Series, he is the definitive Joker, managing to be both funny and scary, threatening and cheery, playful and unhinged.
But the thing that Mark Hamill does best as the Joker compared to everyone who came before or after is something simple, yet integral to the character; his laugh. None of them can match the sound of hysterical manic insanity that is Hamill’s iconic Joker laugh.
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Most of the Jokers after Hamill have all been pale imitations of his portrayal, with the select few exceptions of Heath Ledger and perhaps Joaquin Phoenix (whose judgement I’ll have to reserve until after watching his movie).
Besides Batman The Animated Series, Hamill’s exceptional performance in the Batman Arkham trilogy of games only further solidified his status as the definitive Joker. So much so Troy Baker essentially just emulated Hamill’s version when he voiced the Joker in spinoff Batman Arkham Origins.
2. Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight, 2008)

No one expected handsome teenage heartthrob to be capable of turning out what is still very much the most iconic live-action version of the Joker with his performance in 2008’s The Dark Knight (again, reserving judgement for Joaquin Phoenix’s portrayal).
Heath Ledger’s Joker was different than any Joker before him, in that his portrayal was a new Joker for a new modern generation. His Joker was manic and psychotic, gritty and anarchic, and the opposing embodiment of chaos to Batman’s sense of order.
The way he licks his lips before speaking and pathologically lying in every situation shows the disturbed mind of this Joker. However, that doesn’t mean that he’s any less calculative and manipulative, leaving the world burning and broken in his wake just because he can.
His Joker proved to the world that a live-action Joker doesn’t necessarily have to be cartoonish in any way, and can even be a dramatic antagonist without sacrificing any of the character’s familiar traits, paving the way for what seems set to be the most dramatic Joker yet with Joaquin Phoenix’s version.
3. Cameron Monaghan (Gotham TV Series)

Technically, Monaghan only played a sort of proto-Joker for most of his screentime on the Batman prequel TV series Gotham, playing two different characters who are as Joker-ish as can be. He only really played the fully-realised Joker for several minutes in the season finale, but all of that combines to make for one of the best live-action Joker portrayals.
Though both Jack Nicholson and Cesar Romero’s Jokers will always be more iconic, Cameron Monaghan’s performance as Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska (the latter became the Joker) is quite possibly what I personally feel the Joker would be like if he jumped out straight from the comics.
He has a little bit of both Hamill’s and Ledger’s Joker in him, with extra oomph and darker energy never before seen in any live-action incarnation. He embodies everything I want in a live-action Joker, and he has the second-best laugh of any Joker period (or dare I say, even as good as Hamill’s).
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If Monaghan was ever given the opportunity to play a live-action Joker in a movie, I would be the first to support him (Matt Reeves, here’s your chance!). As a comic book fan, I sincerely believe that he has the potential to become the best Joker of all time, and it’s a shame that his efforts were (mostly) wasted in a middling TV series like Gotham.
4. Jack Nicholson (Batman, 1989)

Jack Nicholson’s Joker marked the first time that filmmakers attempted a more comics-accurate depiction of the villain, especially after Cesar Romero’s goofy turn. Nicholson had the unenviable task of convincing everyone (who wasn’t a comic book fan) that the Joker was a credible threat to Batman.
Nicholson channelled the same lunatic and psychotic elements from his iconic portrayal of Jack Torrance in 1980’s The Shining. His face stuck in unending grin looks disturbing and makes him madman antics look even more insane. His Joker remained the best live-action Joker for almost 20 years, d that’s an impressive feat.
I will always appreciate Jack Nicholson’s Joker as the one who reminded everyone just how crazy and evil the Joker can be, as well as erasing the idea of a goofy and funny Clown Prince Of Crime who traipse around like a buffoon.
5. Cesar Romero (Batman, 1966)

Say what you will about Cesar Romero’s Joker. No matter how goofy, campy or cheesy he was, he had fun in the role, and that fun spread to all the viewers of the 1966 classic Batman series. He had an energy that was replicated by other Joker portrayals after him, which is a good thing, because the Clown Prince Of Crime is still that, a clown.
While all succeeding Jokers have been arguably superior (with the sole exception of Jared Leto’s sleazy and disgustingly bad Joker), Romero will always be significant for being the first actor to bring the Joker to life.


PESO Is Now The Official Esports Association In The Philippines

The Philippine Electronic Sports Organization (PESO) has been officially accredited by Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) as the official ‘National Sports Association” for esports in the Philippines.
In a certificate signed by POC Secretary-General Atty. Edwin B. Gastanes on 9 October 2020, PESO was named as an â€œassociate memberâ€.
In a statement to Esports Observer, PESO President Brian Benjamin Lim thanked the POC for the official recognition, much to the chagrin of other esports association in the Southeast Asian country.
He said:
â€œWe are honoured and grateful for the trust that the POC placed in us.We embrace this huge responsibility as we continue to support our athletes and push the growth and development of esports in the country. We also echo POCâ€™s call for unity among esports groups and communities as we all share the same goal to showcase the skills and abilities of Filipino gamers in the world arena and ultimately bring glory to our country.â€
It’s worth pointing out that PESO is also a member of the International Esports Federation (IESF), an international governing body for esports which is also official partners with the Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF).
The very first time that esports became medal events in a major international sporting event was in the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines. During the 2019 SEA Games, six games were competed as part of the esports category, including Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Arena Of Valor, Dota 2, Tekken 7, Starcraft 2, and Hearthstone.
You can check out the official Facebook page for PESO here.


Indon Game Troublemaker Breaks Out This March

Developed by Indonesian Indie developer Gamecom Team, the 3D beat ’em up game Troublemaker: Raise Your Gang is all set to launch for PC on 31 March, and it’s available on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.
The publisher, Freedom Games, and developer, Gamecom Team, have announced the price of the game to be US$19.99, and it will support English and Indonesian languages.
Wondering what the game is all about? Let me give you a quick lowdown from its store pages. Troublemaker: Raise Your Gang is an action-packed adventure game that takes you back to high school. As Budi, a new transfer student, you’ll fight your way to the top of the school’s social food chain through an annual fighting tournament called “Raise Your Gang.” You’ll make new friends, take on old foes, and tackle some of the biggest challenges that high school has to offer, like grades, girlfriends, and avoiding getting grounded by your mom. Sounds like a blast, right? Get ready to dive into this exciting world and experience high school like never before!

Key Features

Go to School

Inspired by beat-’em-up classics, Troublemaker: Raise Your Gang is all about smooth and over-the-top combat in Indonesia’s greatest adolescent combat arena. Punch, kick, break, smash, or gently swing Budi’s way up to the top with more than 30 iconic moves.
Square up with your best friends and mortal enemies, there can only be one winner!

Make Friends

Budi won’t be fighting across the school alone. Parakacuk, his gang, will be there to help him out.
Rani the class boss will lend her smarts, Zaenal his might, and Boby… Well, Boby’s just Boby.
Together, they’ll face the crushing mortal challenges of high school (or, you know, die trying).
Spend time with Budi’s girlfriend, increase his popularity at school, do homework with his friends, and learn what an over the top life could be like in a 21st century Indonesian high school.

Don’t Die

Beating up your peers is all fun and games, but patience is necessary.
Kickflip back into the fray and create personal combos by mixing up Light, Heavy, Advanced, and Sick move styles
Take things slow, let bruises heal, and take a stroll across the school to see the sights while gathering 20 different collectables.


Avengers Endgame Outgrosses Every Hindi Movie In History

Avengers Endgame is an unstoppable force, in the process of breaking every record in every country on Earth. In India, it has now outgrossed every single Hindi movie in history, garnering a whopping total of Rs 310 crore (Indian Rupees), which is equivalent to roughly USD $44 million.
According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh (via Hindustan Times), Avengers Endgame has outgrossed the first week business of ever Hindi movie “by a wide margin”, making it the biggest movie of all time in Indian box office history. This beats previous record holders like Baahubali 2 (Rs 260.40 crore) and Sultan (Rs 247 crore.

#AvengersEndgame vs HINDI biggies… After WEEK 1…
âï¸ #AvengersEndgame â‚¹ 260.40 cr
âï¸ #Baahubali2 [#Hindi] â‚¹ 247 cr
âï¸ #Sultan â‚¹ 229.16 cr [Wed release; 9 days]
âï¸ #TigerZindaHai â‚¹ 206.04
âï¸ #Sanju â‚¹ 202.51
âï¸ #Dangal â‚¹ 197.54 cr
Note: Nett BOC of first 7 days.
â€” taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 3, 2019
Meanwhile, Avengers Endgame has garnered an unthinkable $1.66 billion at the worldwide box office, overtaking the lifetime totals of both 2012’s The Avengers and 2014’s Avengers Age Of Ultron. Overtaking James Cameron’s Avatar‘s all-time record of $2.7 billion now seems like a possible feat.
In the meantime, check out our spoiler-free review ofÂ Avengers: EndgameÂ here, our discussion for whatâ€™s next post-Avengers EndgameÂ here, or the upcoming movies you can look forward to in the MCU Phase Four (4) post-Avengers EndgameÂ here, or what the future holds for the MCU cast we all know and love here.


Our Favourite Racing Game Of 2018 Now Has A 72-Car Battle Royale Mode

Forza Horizon 4, the best racing game of 2018, is now getting a lot more hectic in its British countryside setting.
The racing game will now get a new battle royale mode called Eliminator starting 12th December PST time, later today. The new mode will pit 72 players against one another in a race to the center of an open-air arena as a circle of death slowly closes in on them.
How much do you have to pay for this mode? Nothing, because it’s free!

While you won’t be able to upgrade your car mid-race by winning head-to-head matchups, you can choose your starting vehicle and areas, and work up through nine additional tiers of vehicles by clearing checkpoints. Use your GPS to track them, or just leave it to chance and just mow the countryside; it’s up to you.
Forza Horizon 4’s Eliminator mode is similar to what Nintendo did with Tetris 99; take a competitive concept, add more players and a battle royale mechanic, and roll with it. Last we checked, the latter did great and justified people paying for Nintendo’s online service. Perhaps this is the metaphorical jumpstart cable this polished-as-heck ride needs.


Black Ops Cold War Zombies Adds New Firebase Z Map

Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War Zombies has added a brand new map called Firebase Z, which is free on all platforms. It ontinues the hidden arms race between Requiem and Omega Group following the events of â€œDie Maschine.â€
Although Requiem has fallen far behind their adversaries, their Operators will have new Support items and a new Perk at their disposal to fight through the undead waves and attempt to investigate and escape another of these Dark Aether outbreak sites.
Hereâ€™s what lurks in the shadows of â€œFirebase Z,â€ and the tips we can shed some light on that can help you survive this upcoming mission.

Requiem Intel Briefing
En route to a meeting with a contact deep in Vietnamâ€™s jungles, Samantha Maxis is captured by Omega Group and brought to Outpost 25, an advanced research facility that houses a dimensional gateway to the Dark Aether.
Using this technology, Omega Group has been able to harvest Aetherium Crystals within the Dark Aether and accelerate their discoveries, including a â€œnew limitless power sourceâ€ that their Omega Group informant described. These can be found â€“ and potentially reactivated â€“ in three locations within the Outpost 25 facility.
Your mission, as a member of Requiemâ€™s elite strike team under the direction of Grigori Weaver, is to meet with the informant, save Samantha Maxis, and ultimately uncover the secrets of the Omega Group hidden within this facilityâ€¦ all while surviving against horrifying new undead threats.

Firebase Z Inspection
There are five notable areas to explore:
Village (Starting Area)
Your mission begins somewhere in the A Shau Valley of Vietnam, where a small village acts as the infiltration site for Requiem and a haven for the Omega Group informant. He resides within the Atrium, one of two main buildings within the Courtyard that also contains a Pack-a-Punch Machine that needs power.
You can find the Atrium by walking past the main road and turning left toward a massive tree. Before entering the Atrium, there is a Crafting Table and an Uncommon Magnum available on the wall, in case your starting loadout weapon isnâ€™t cutting it so far.
Turning immediately left from the spawn area will bring you up the stairs to a Radio Room, which offers great sightlines across the Courtyard and an access point to the Atriumâ€™s roof. When the power is turned on, this side of the starting area opens up to include even more rooms to explore, including ones with the Arsenal and Der Wunderfizz machine.
The only other area that can be accessed before power is activated is the Equipment Storage, where youâ€™ll find an Ammo box on the side of the road and the mapâ€™s Quick Revive Perk Machine. Enter the building and climb its stairs past a convenient shotgun Wall Buy to access a rooftop walkway, which leads to the Teleporter Transfer into the main outpost.

Helipad
Step right out of the teleporter, and youâ€™ll be right at the foot of a crashed helicopter at the facilityâ€™s helipad.
This roughly square area contains the new Tombstone Soda Perk Machine, a Crafting Table, a Trials computer, and three gates that lead to different areas of the complex. A downed helicopter, which has an Ammo box sitting right next to it, acts as a major obstacle for zombies to run around, making it a potentially effective spot to let the undead chase you around to more easily manage higher rounds.
Consider this the main â€œhubâ€ of the outpost with the other areas acting as spokes, although itâ€™s more than possible to rotate around the base entirely with enough Essence to buy doors between each area. Making headway into the base is as simple as picking a direction and unlocking one of the following gates:
Going through theÂ NorthÂ Gate is the fastest route to the Planning Offices, Mission Control, and Omega Portal Chamber (OPC), while theÂ EastÂ Gate leads to the Barracks, Field Hospital, and Data Center areas. As for the gate to theÂ South, it is the fastest path toward the Military Command, Motorpool, and Weapons Lab areas.
Note that between the North and East gates is a Wall Buy for an Uncommon AK-74u.

North Gate (Planning Offices, Mission Control, OPC)
After opening this gate, youâ€™ll be on an Open Lot with an entrance to the Engineering area, the long first floor structure beneath the Planning Offices and OPC. On one side of this open arch is an Ammo box, and on the other is a metal staircase up to a catwalk into the Planning Offices, where an Arsenal can be accessed once the power is turned on, and the OPC, which is normally closed off.
Just outside the Planning Offices on this catwalk is a door to the Sky Bridge, which offers access to the Military Command area and a Rare Hauer 77 Wall Buy.
The other end of the catwalk will see you run past the OPC â€“ and a Rare 1911 Wall Buy â€“ to reach one of two entrances into Mission Control. Alternatively, you can run past a parked armoured vehicle to another staircase with another entrance to Mission Control and an Uncommon M16 Wall Buy. Buying your way in through either entrance unlocks the other one for ease of access.
Once in Mission Control, youâ€™ll find one of the three Aether Reactors, another uncommon Wall Buy, and a Stamin-Up Perk Machine. From here, once power is restored to this area, you can head through two large doors to the Scorched Defenses, an open trench-like area that offers free entry into the Barracks.

East Gate (Barracks, Field Hospital, Data Center)
Two green Barracks buildings and a red Field Hospital are all accessible after opening up the East Gate or by walking through Scorched Defenses.
Barracks 1 houses another Arsenal and an Ammo box outside, while its partially collapsed sister building, Barracks 2, has a pile of rubble that can be used to access a corner of its roof, which offers a great high ground spot against the horde. Continue heading east to reach the Field Hospital, a medium-sized rectangular building with an Uncommon Type 63 Wall Buy outside.
To the south of these buildings is a staircase up to Data Center. Once inside, youâ€™ll find an Ammo box immediately to your left and a spiral staircase down to another Aether Reactor, as well as an Uncommon AK-47 Wall Buy at stairsâ€™ landing. Ignoring this first staircase and wrapping around the second floor will lead you to the Speed Cola Perk Machine.
The Data Centerâ€™s bottom level is a perfect circle. There is a Rare SMG Wall Buy on this floor along with two powered doors to the Rocky Defenses, which ultimately lead into the Weapons Lab and Motorpool at the South Gate.

South Gate (Military Command, Motorpool, Weapons Lab)
From the South Gate, this section of the map contains the Motorpool, a vehicle holding area with an open garage containing an Ammo box to the east and an office to the south. Past the office is the entrance to the Military Command area.
Once inside, walk through two rooms filled with communications equipment, as well as another Ammo box, to reach the final Aether Reactor, located in a small outdoor space with powered entrances to the Jungle Defenses. Past this is a larger operations room that contains the Jugger-Nog Perk Machine, and a staircase leading to the Sky Bridge and the Colonelâ€™s Office.
Technically, you can access the Military Command area and its Aether Reactor through the Sky Bridge from the Planning Offices, although there is no similar connecting path between the Motorpool and Data Center without power active in the latter area. Doing so will open up the Weapons Lab at the back of the Motorpool, a tiny room where youâ€™ll find an Arsenal and access to the Rocky Defenses.

Field Guide to the New Support Items
Although a Pack-a-Punched weapon will get you far in â€œFirebase Z,â€ itâ€™s worth considering the two new Support items that can be crafted or earned to further bolster your chances at survival: the Napalm Strike and Artillery.
Both of these powerful Support tools should be familiar to those who playÂ Black Ops Cold WarÂ Multiplayer, where they are featured there as Scorestreaks. Unlike their Multiplayer versions, however, the Artillery and Napalm Strike are called in via airdrop marker rather than a tablet.
Hereâ€™s what happens after the marker is thrown down:
Artillery
This targeted airstrike sends down numerous explosive shells on and around the specific point designated by the marker over several seconds.
These explosions will easily destroy any normal zombie and deal significant damage to special zombies that are within their blast radius.
Meant for more aggressive play or to deal with clusters of zombies, the Artillery is best used as a last-ditch effort to clear out an undead wave, especially when trying to exfiltrate.
Napalm Strike
This carpet bomb lands in a straight line from where the airdrop marker lands, sending out a strip of deadly flame that immediately burns anything in its path.
After it lands, any zombie that walks through the fire will take significant damage over time.
Out of the two new Support items, the Napalm Strike can be considered the more tactical of the two, as its flames can deny routes to a specific point or soften up zombies for an eventual finishing blow.

Assault Rounds
After turning on the power, Operators will need to occasionally defend it from massive waves of zombies that materialize out of rifts from Dark Aether surges. Enter the all-new Assault Rounds game mechanic, the first of its kind in Zombies.
Luckily for survivors, these rifts will appear in one of three heavily fortified locations: the Scorched Defense (north), Rocky Defense (east), or Jungle Defense (south). Each of these areas has a special fire control terminal with a specific Support â€“ a Napalm Strike, Cruise Missile, or Artillery â€“ that must be defended from the horde. Should you have enough Essence, additional versions of that specific Support item can be bought during an Assault Round.
When an Assault Round begins, Operators must rush to the designated Defense area, either by foot or by using one of several Jump Pads that can land them right at a defence point for a small Essence fee. Once they reach this point, they must quickly prepare to hold the line against the horde, as the automated Sentry Turrets are not enough to keep the terminals from being destroyed. Zombies will pour out of one of several rifts downrange from the fortified defences, rushing out of the portal in a cluster until they reach the first line of plowshares. At that point, they will fan out in order to overwhelm defending Operators.
Of course, eliminating the undead as soon as they exit the portals is one optimal strategy for surviving these Assault Rounds. With this strategy in mind, sniper rifles and launchers, weapons that may not be ideal in the frequent close-quarters situations of a normal Zombies round, become viable options to deal with these threats before they come close to these defences. Otherwise, it may be best to save your loadoutâ€™s most powerful weapon, any Field Upgrades, and as many Support items as possible for these rounds in order to have the best chance at outlasting the undead blitz.
After successfully completing an Assault Round, several power-ups such as Double Points, Max Ammo and Salvage will spawn at the terminalâ€™s location, which will help in following rounds.

Perk Potential: Tombstone Soda
Need a back-up for your Self-Revive? Want to save an Assault Round from going south?
Then Tombstone Soda, the latest Zombies Perk to be added with the release of â€œFirebase Z,â€ is here to perk you up when youâ€™re down for the count.
A single can of Tombstone Soda will bring you into the Dark Aether upon being downed, turning you into a shadowy figure equipped with the weapons you had before going down. Eliminating enough zombies will bring you back to life with everything â€“ your weapons, equipment, and resources â€“ intact while dropping to zero health while in this shadowy form will kill you.
Your living squadmates can help you come back to life by dealing just enough damage to a zombie so that you can finish them off, or by getting the undead off your trail by distracting them with Decoy Grenades, Monkey Bombsâ€¦ or their living flesh. Alternatively, a manual revive from a teammate will bring you out of the downed state and the Dark Aether entirely.
Investing Aetherium Crystals into Tombstone Soda not only upgrades your shadow form but can also help you out after death, should your trip into the Dark Aether end prematurely.

Just one Aetherium Crystal allows your shadow form to regenerate health while dropping another two into the second tier increases the downed duration to 60 seconds. Both of these benefits significantly help your chances of survival while in the shadow form state, as they buy you enough time to eliminate more undead or have a teammate manually revive you.
The final upgrade, which costs three Aetherium Crystals, brings Tombstone Soda into a vintage form, as it spawns a Tombstone stash at your death location with your weapons, equipment, and resources. This makes Tombstone Soda the ultimate fail-safe Perk, as when an Operator comes back to life at the beginning of a new round, they lose these all-important items.
With this upgrade, so long as one squadmate stays alive for the next round, an Operator can run to their stash, regain weapons, Salvage, armour, and equipment, then soldier on at full strength.

Top Five Tips
5. Training Grounds: The Village and Helipad.Â Before the power is activated, players can use the large open space around the Helipadâ€™s crashed helicopter to keep the undead at bay. Alternatively, once the power is activated, the various buildings in the Village can be a great place to circle around and slowly pick off dozens of chasing zombies, especially with a close-quarters weapon like an SMG or shotgun.
4. Rack Up Those Trials.Â Reaching the Trials computer in this map is far easier (and less expensive) than the one in â€œDie Maschine.â€ It may be worth completing a few of these Trials before venturing onward, as they can reward rare weapons, power-ups, or even some Salvage for a small Essence fee.
3. Artillery for Offense Against Clusters, Napalm for Area Denial.Â While both new Support items can be great against the horde, the Artillery is best used when targeting multiple zombies in a group. Meanwhile, the Napalm Strike is better used to lock down specific chokepoints or prevent the undead from advancing, lest they walk through the flames and take significant damage over time.

2. Save Your Resources for Assault Rounds.Â Itâ€™s fairly easy to get overwhelmed during an Assault Round, especially if the whole squad is light on Support and ammo for their most powerful weapons. Ensure the whole squad is well-prepared for these blitzes as soon as they are announced and make use of that free Support at whatever Defense area you have to protect from the horde.
1. Tombstone Soda â€“ Life After the Last Ride.Â Upgrading Tombstone Soda fully can help your squad survive for more rounds, as retrieving everything lost upon death at a Tombstone stash is far better than having to start from scratch.
In the meantime, check out the trailer below:


The LEGO Marvel Nano Gauntlet Is Up For Pre-Order

The LEGO Marvel Nano Gauntlet (76223) is now up for pre-order. It’s basically the LEGO version of the Nano Gauntlet worn by Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark AKA Iron Man in Avengers Endgame.

This vibrantly colored LEGO brick recreation of the Nano Gauntlet includes the 6 Infinity Stones, a sturdy stand and a descriptive tablet. Adult fans of the Marvel Universe can immerse themselves in this creative, 680-piece project and enjoy the rewards long after the construction work has been completed.
Measuring over 12 in. (31 cm) high, 4.5 in. (12 cm) wide and 3.5 in. (9 cm) deep, this enthralling model will draw admiring comments, wherever it is displayed.

It will release on 1 August 2022, but can be pre-ordered now from LEGO.com.

76223 Infinity Gauntlet [US] – US$69.99
76223 Infinity Gauntlet [AUS] – AU$99.99
76223 Infinity Gauntlet [UK] – £59.99
76223 Infinity Gauntlet [EU] – €69.99
76223 Infinity Gauntlet [CA] – CAD$89.99


Malaysia & Myanmar Reign Supreme At M4

Day 3 of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang’s M4 World Championship is a proud day for Malaysians indeed as the number one seeded team from the region, TODAK placed first in Group B and solidified their ticket into the Playoffs.
As the longest day in the tournament so far, to say Day 3 wasn’t action-packed would discredit the eventful day of world-class MLBB that was on display.
Malvinas Gaming vs. ONIC Esports

Kicking off the day we had Peru’s Malvinas Gaming go head-to-head with Indonesia’s ONIC Esports in what would be an extremely one-sided affair. With ONIC’s Nicky “Kiboy” Fernando being awarded Match MVP for his playmaking capabilities on Franco. We also have to give credit to the team’s jungler Kairi “Kairi” Rayosdelsol for showing up in the KDA department, with a record of 10/0/4, not dying once and maintaining 70% kill participation. With this loss, Malvinas Gaming would finish their group stage run with a 1–2 record.
Incendio Supremacy vs. Burn x Team Flash

The next match would be between Turkey’s Incendio Supremacy and Cambodia’s Burn x Team Flash which would go on to be an 18-minute neck-and-neck battle with Incendio Supremacy coming out on top.
The match wasn’t a bloodbath per se but the game was definitely close in the build-up. Although both teams acquired 17 kills each, the scoreline doesn’t really convey the 4.7k gold differential that Incendio acquired through focusing objectives. Incendio Supremacy’s Sidar “Tienzy” Mentese managed to find his form once again from his game against Falcon Esports on Day 1 and displayed a masterclass of jungling, awarding him the Match MVP.
MDH Esports vs. ONIC Esports

For ONIC’s last game of the group stage, they were pitted against Vietnam’s MDH Esports where ONIC would once again display their dominance as a powerhouse in their respective region. Ending with an 11.2k gold lead, ONIC absolutely dismantled the Vietnamese team by 17 kills to MDH’s mere 8 and destroyed 7 towers in comparison to MDH’s measly 1. This was all thanks to ONIC’s Kairi showing up once again and getting himself the Match MVP.
Burn x Team Flash vs. Blacklist International

The next game was between Burn x Team Flash and the Philippines’ Blacklist International. Although on paper this looked like an easy win for Blacklist, little did they know that losing this could have completely ruined their seeding going into Playoffs.
Luckily for Filipinos, that wasn’t the case as they showed why they are one of the favourites to take home the crown as they absolutely demolish Burn x Team Flash in every aspect imaginable. Burn x Team Flash was completely out-classed in every category, only getting 1 kill between all five of their players and only managing to take down 1 tower, compared to Blacklist’s 9. Blacklist’s Gold Laner, Kiel “Oheb” Soriano was awarded MVP for his performance on Claude.
TODAK vs. MDH Esports

Group B’s final match of the stage was between Malaysia’s TODAK and MDH Esports. TODAK had already solidified a Top 2 placement in the group but if they wanted to get the best advantage possible, they would have to beat MDH. On the other side of the spectrum, MDH were most likely to place at the bottom of the group so they had nothing to lose and this would be the perfect opportunity for them to make an upset, but unfortunately, they just couldn’t create a lead that they were able to capitalise on.
As one of the favourites to take home the trophy, TODAK demonstrated why that was the case as they completely obliterated MDH Esports in just 13 minutes. With a scoreline of 21–5 kills all while preventing MDH from taking down a single tower, MDH was just out-classed by the Malaysians. TODAK’s Gold Laner, Danial “CikuGais” Fuad was awarded MVP for his 75% teamfight participation on Valentina. This meant the TODAK would finish off the Group Stage with the first-place seed in Group B with a record of 3–0.
Falcon Esports vs. Blacklist International

What was supposed to be the last match of the day would go on to be the catalyst for an extra three games. The said match was between Myanmar’s Falcon Esports and Blacklist International.
Falcon Esports were the underdogs going into this tournament as not much was known about how they would stack up against the other top regions. And boy were we surprised. In what would be a 16-minute match, Falcon would catch Blacklist completely off-guard with their extremely aggressive playstyle, as they spent the majority of the game in Blacklist’s half of the map. Blacklist failed to take even a single tower whereas Falcon managed to destroy all nine of Blacklist’s. In the end, Falcon won with a 13.1k gold lead and Blacklist had finally tasted an overwhelming defeat. Falcon’s Mid Laner, Pyae “JustiN” Khant was awarded MVP for his performance.
But what this also meant was that Group A was tied for the Top 3 spots between, Falcon Esport, Blacklist International and Incendio Supremacy, which meant that the day would continue with three tiebreakers to close out the day.
Falcon Esports vs. Incendio Supremacy (Tiebreaker)

The first tiebreaker was between Falcon Esports and Incendio Supremacy, previously in their first match-up, Incendio Supremacy came out on top. But coming off of such a huge win against Blacklist International, Falcon Esports were on a roll. The 18-minute game between the two would be close but Falcon Esports manage to pull away with a lead in the latter half of the game, as they managed to take three Turtles and three Lords which assisted them in winning the match. Falcon’s Min “Naomi” Ko was awarded MVP as his roaming drastically helped Falcon Esports gain map control.
Blacklist International vs. Falcon Esports (Tiebreaker)

Next would be Blacklist International facing off against Falcon Esports. Falcon had a lot to prove going into this game as they knew that they would have to show that their first win against Blacklist wasn’t just a fluke. Blacklist on the other hand was hungry for revenge as they couldn’t let the underdogs discredit their status as a World Championship-winning roster.
Falcon Esports’ strong performance in the second game showed that they are a serious contender for the trophy and not just a lucky team that won the first game. Blacklist were once again out-classed by Falcon Esports as they excelled in every category from KDA to Objectives all thanks to Naomi once again who was awarded yet another MVP.
Blacklist International vs. Incendio Supremacy (Tiebreaker)

With Playoff seeding on the line, Blacklist International knew they needed to win this next match against Incendio Supremacy, the Turks weren’t going to go down without a fight.
In what was probably the closest game of the day, both teams were neck-and-neck throughout the entire game across the board. It wasn’t until the final teamfight that Blacklist took the initiative and went on the offensive, using what little lead they had to overpower Incendio Supremacy and managed to close out this nail-biting 21-minute game. In light of this victory, Oheb was awarded the MVP once again.
With the tiebreakers complete, Falcon Esports finish first in the group, followed by Blacklist International in second and Incendio Supremacy secure themselves the third place spot.

Group A

1
Falcon Esports
2-1

2
Blacklist International
2-1

3
Incendio Supremacy
2-1

4
Burn x Team Flash
0-3

Tiebreakers

1
Falcon Esports
2-0

2
Blacklist International
1-1

3
Incendio Supremacy
0-2

Group B

1
TODAK
3-0

2
ONIC Esports
2-1

3
 Malvinas Gaming
1-2

4
MDH Esports
0-3

And that marked the end of Day 3 of the MLBB M4 World Championship. As the longest day so far, I’m sure MLBB esports fans were delighted with the tiebreaker games. But I think what people are dying to see is the match-up against Falcon Esports and TODAK. Falcon has shown that they aren’t to be doubted and that they deserve to be on this stage just like the rest of the teams. TODAK on the other hand has a lot to prove as well as for the longest time they have dwelled in the shadow of neighbouring regions. Will Myanmar be able to stand in Malaysia’s way? Or will TODAK manage to overcome them? We will just have to wait and find out.


Evangelion’s Kaworu Spreads His Angelic Wings With New Figure

Fans are gearing up for Hideaki Anno’s Evangelion 3.0+1.0, the concluding installment to his rebooted Neon Genesis Evangelion reimagining series of movies, which is slated to arrive sometime 2020.
Toy manufacturer Precious G.E.M. is celebrating the upcoming movie by releasing a new Kaworu Nagisa figure with angelic wings and wielding the fabled Spear Of Longinus which is purportedly the same one that pierced the side of Jesus Christ during the Crucifixion.
The Kaworu figure stands 300mm tall with a 200mm wingspan. However, the wings are actually detachable so you can remove them to save space on your shelf for display purposes.
The “Precious GEM Series Evangelion Movie New Movie Version” Kaworu is priced at Â¥20,350 (including tax) or roughly RM772.10. It is now available for pre-order at â€œPremium Bandaiâ€ and others.Â Product delivery is scheduled for February 2020.
Check out the Kaworu figure below.


Endless Dungeon Delayed To October

Your new dungeon-crawling days will be pushed back further, if you’re looking forward to Amplitude Studios’ latest.
Sega has announced that Endless Dungeon will be pushed back from its 18 May release date. The new release date is 19 October, with the game slated for PC, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS5, and PS4. This is so that the developers can better incorporate community feedback.

“We’re grateful and honored that players are looking forward to playing Endless Dungeon. The feedback we’ve received across our OpenDev sessions so far has proved to us that we truly have something special on our hands and we want to ensure we have time for the game to reach its full potential.
Players have always been at the heart of our studio’s philosophy and releasing Endless Dungeon in October will allow us the extra time to keep working with the community and polishing the game for an amazing day one experience. We can’t wait for fans of the Universe and newcomers alike to experience Endless Dungeon‘s unique gameplay combination of roguelite, tactical action, and tower defense.”

Important update for ENDLESS™ Dungeon.
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Apex Legends Season 5 Trailer Showcases Loba In Action

Apex LegendsÂ will officially kick offÂ Season 5: Fortuneâ€™s FavorÂ on 12 May 2020, and a new full-length trailer has revealed more about the latest Legend to join the battle royale game;Â Loba Andrade.
The brand new Apex Legends Season 5 trailer puts the spotlight on Loba Andrade, as she sneaks into what seems to be a research lab that manufactures simulacra, the same type of robots that Revenant belongs to.
It turns out that Revenant murdered her parents and she’s now trying to take revenge. However, when she tries to destroy one of them, she sets off an alarm, causing dozens of enemies to come swooping in. She takes down a few of them with her staff, setting off an explosion that annihilates the factory.
The trailer then shows Loba emerging unscathed from the explosion, thanks to some kind of barrier protecting her. She even exhibits teleportation abilities while trying to get to safety, but then meets several of the game’s other legends, including Revenant himself.
Itâ€™s possible that Loba will have some sort of barrier and teleport skills when she arrives in the game, but none of that has been confirmed yet. Loba will officially join the roster of Apex Legends when Season 5: Fortune’s Favor begins on 12 May 2020 at 1pm EDT (or on 13 May 2020 at 1am GMT+8 for Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia).
Besides new Legend Loba Andrade, Apex Legends Season 5 will also introduce Quests, Ranked Mode Series 4, and an all-new Battle Pass with over 100 exclusive items to look forward to.
In the meantime, check out the awesome trailer below.
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