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Summary Every company has its dramatic shifts over time. Nokia went from being one of the biggest names in the cellphone business to selling off that division to Microsoft. Sega began the 1990s as Nintendo’s biggest rival to the decade’s biggest loser after the Saturn and Dreamcast failed to take off. By contrast, Nintendo’s biggest shift took place in the 1980s, when they reached new heights. They went from a Japan-only company that made playing cards and a few arcade machines and Pong consoles, to the international byword for video games by the decade’s end....

Summary Compared to its comrades inWarhammer 40K: Rogue Trader, the Operative excels less in melee combat and more at a distance. However, unlike the more battle-hardened Soldier, the Operative’s capabilities of combining heavy-hitting attacks with bonuses from Exploits and other debuffs allow them to debilitate enemy forces in creative ways. With the right progression, they can be agile Assassins, precision-attacking Bounty Hunters, and more tactical Grand Strategists. However, just because the Operative begins as the middle-ground between the Soldier and the Officer doesn’t mean they lack what it takes to be in an effective fighting unit....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warfans may be happy to see more 6v6 content coming to the game, though there are still a few more things some would like to see added. Specifically,Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warplayers are asking Treyarch to bring back Capture The Flag and Demolition. WhileCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s playlist changeshave seen several game modes entering into rotation, Demolition and Capture The Flag have yet to make an appearance....

Since its launch, one of the most popular new game modes inCall of Duty: Modern Warfarehas been Gunfight and its variations.Call of Duty: Modern Warfarefans will be happy to know that even more Gunfight content is coming in Season 2, including even more variants on the game mode that will switch things up. While we don’t know what form future Gunfight variants will take, Infinity Ward has already released a new way to play Gunfight as part of Season 2....

As promised, Bungie has released a hotfix forDestiny 2today thataddresses the bug for the quest “The Lie"that’s kept players from being able to complete the latest stage of the hunt for the Felwinter’s Lie shotgun. Unfortunately, in an example of “two steps forward, one step back,” the developer has warned players of a slight side-effect of the hotfix that they’ll want to be aware of. To recap, the latest ofDestiny 2’s weapon quests has been on shaky footing from the start with players....

Beyond Lightis the newest full-size expansion to arrive toDestiny 2. Guardians arrive on Europa and learn to wield the Darkness from an old Stranger, Elsie Bray. While Guardians are now in the second half of theDestiny 2: Beyond Lightexpansion, rumors have popped up regarding the next big expansion,The Witch Queen. While some of theseDestiny 2leaks have come to be true, nothing else in these leaks have been confirmed by Bungie and could very well be fake....

A new post on the officialGenshin ImpactsubReddit shows an incredibly realistic video featuring the popular Mondstadt region. Even though there is a lot of hype about new regions like the recently added land of Sumeru, some fans still take inspiration from the oldest parts of the game. Mondstadt is the first region everyGenshin Impactplayer encounters at the start of their journey. After a couple of simple quests, they encounter the only remaining Outrider of the Knights of Favonius named Amber who welcomes them to the city of Mondstadt....

Genshin Impactplayers don’t seem too happy about the game file being increased with each new update. The game’s frequent update schedule keeps introducing new versions of the game every 6-7 weeks. The game’s attention to detail, especially in the recently introduced Sumeru region has probably a large impact on the overall size ofGenshin Impact’s game file. Reddit user demiwaltz has started an interesting debate on the matter on the game’s official subReddit....

Summary A newGenshin Impactrumor has revealed which two characters are next in line to receive new outfits. Even though cosmetics are a huge part of most gacha games, since its release, HoYoverse’s most popular title did not feature too many alternative skins for their playable characters. Genshin Impactapproximately introduces four skins a year, two during the Lantern Rite Festival, and two around the Summer event. The previous update 3.8 introduced two new outfits for popular characters that arrived back in 2020, Kaeya and Klee....

God of Warwas one of the most defining games of 2018, a reawakening of a classic PlayStation series that got everyone talking. Though news around it has not always been good, asthe gameplay engineer behind the Leviathan Axe died recently. Even so, players eagerly await the coming of its sequel. Tentatively known by the subtitleRagnarok,God of War’s sequel is one of the most hotly anticipated games of all the known triple A titles in development at the moment....

Last month, Warner Bros. Interactive announcedHogwarts Legacy, which isa role-playing game set in theHarry Potteruniverse.Although the studio released a debut trailer alongside the announcement, there are still tons of info that players don’t know about the game, apart from the fact that it will be set in the late 1800s. Given the timeline,Hogwarts Legacywill feature a story that hasn’t been extensively covered in theHarry Potterbooks, giving Warner Bros. Interactive the opportunity to provide fans with a fresh and original experience....

Hufflepuff’s unjust reputation is apparent in the very first installment ofHarry Potterwhen Draco Malfoy remarks before the Sorting Ceremony: “Imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I’d leave, wouldn’t you?” Even Rubeus Hagrid goes as far as to say that the house just consists of “a lot o’ duffers”. When Hufflepuff characters like the stubborn Justin Finch-Fletchley, the pompous Ernie Macmillan and the easily flustered Hannah Abbott are considered, it is not surprising why the house is often held in contempt....

Quick Links WhenHollow Knightisn’t delighting players with lovable characters andvast areas to explore, it’s making them battle tooth-and-nail with the aggressive critters of the Hallownest. Most combat encounters are limited to whatever environment enemies are found in or the game’s many boss arenas, but some players may miss the thrill of battling with an audience - something theMantis Lords boss fightoffered a glimpse of. Related:All Hollow Knight Merchants and their locations...