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Quick Links Certain types of stories are eternal, even if they might not be inescapable.Sports animeis one of those genres, with nearly every season containing at least a couple of shows that fit the descriptor. Basketball, soccer, football, baseball, figure skating, wrestling, running, tennis, and golf have been spotlighted in anime, and they have all featured in fantastic series. Occasionally, the industry throws out a show revolving around a fake sport like Keijo, so the sky is truly the limit....

Summary Elden Ringtakes players into the Lands Between, a beautiful ethereal realm filled with endless deadly and intimidating foes.FromSoftware’s open-world masterpiecehas proved a commercial and critical success, winning several Game of the Year awards and selling more the 20 million copies. Taking the combat mechanics of theDark Soulsfranchise and bringing it to a layered fantasy open world does come with considerable challenges. Surviving as a Tarnished in the Lands Between demands the player acquire and master numerous weapons and armor sets to equip themselves for consistently demanding foes....

Releases for theXbox Series Xhave been slowly trickling out for launch. While the system has not had much in the way of exclusives this year, other than Bloober Team’sThe Medium, third-party releases such asResident Evil: Village,Mass Effect: Legendary Edition,It Takes Two, andHitman 3have keptXbox Series X/Sfans satisfied leading up to Xbox and Bethesda’s summer games showcase. With that in mind, here’s a quick rundown of games slated to release for Microsoft’s newest platform this summer....

Summary Home security is becoming increasingly important, andAmazon-owned Blink Outdoor cameras are leading the charge with their user-friendly design and innovative technology. Offering a sense of peace and security right at your doorstep, these cameras are a must-have for anyone looking to upgrade their home protection system. Now, there’s even more reason to invest in these high-quality security devices. Amazon has slashed prices on a range of Blink Outdoor cameras and their associated bundles, with discounts ranging from 30% to a massive 50%....

Capcom has announced a newStreet Fightergame,Street Fighter: Duel, which is set to be quite different from the typicalStreet Fighterouting.Street Fighter: Duelis a free to play mobile RPG. Street Fighter: Duelsees a collaboration between Capcom and Crunchyroll. Crunchyroll describes it as “the first ever RPG in the series,” but is also set to feature some of the series’ trademark fighting. Crunchyroll is perhaps the biggest name in anime outside of Japan, and the company has been busy providing agreat lineup of anime....

Civilization 6’sRise and Fallexpansion introduced the concept of Ages to Firaxis' historical turn-based strategy. Based on the successes of a player’s civilization during each Age of the game, they’ll either enter a Dark, Normal, Golden, or Heroic Age in the next. The most beneficial of these is the Heroic Age, which offersCivilization 6players a selection of powerful bonuses for their civilization, but is also the hardest to achieve. RELATED:Civilization 6: Map Seeds You Need To Try How to Enter a Heroic Age In order to enter a Heroic Age, players must already be in a Dark Age and then achieve a high enough Era Score to qualify for a Golden Age next....

AnAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsfan recreated Nook’s Cranny using popsicle sticks. The life sim does a good job of bringing out the creative side of gamers. A lot of players have made amazingislands inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsthat stretched their imaginations and what is possible in the game. Gamers have also madereal-lifeAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsprojectsbased on different aspects of the title. This has led to pieces such as Villager plushies and a piñata modeled after Tom Nook....

Summary TheGrand Theft Autoseries is filled with crime, betrayal, and murder, and yet a lot of the games are surprisingly light-hearted throughout. The general tone of theGrand Theft Autofranchise has almost always been quite comical and fun, blending the crime worlds of more serious gangster-based properties with stylish characters and slick worlds. Related:Best Grand Theft Auto Characters, Ranked The action-comedy style of the games is filled with a tongue-in-cheek styleand with some hilarious charactersthat are admirable and have helped theGrand Theft Autogames become some of the biggest and most infamous video games in history....

Diablo 4’s director revealed that players will see even more Legendary powers when the game is released.Diablo 4was one of the most talked about games of March with the release of the highly anticipated open beta. For players excited by what they saw, new information may add even more hype to the wait forDiablo 4’s release. One clever player revealed that theDiablo 4map available in the betashowed only a portion of what is in the store....

After dabbling into live-service territory with the seasonal model in the previous entry,Diablo 4charts brave new territory for the series as the first live-service game in the franchise’s history. One of the components that Blizzard included to ensure that players would have plenty of reason to keep returning to Sanctuary is the largest map that any game in the series has featured to date.Diablo 4’s Sanctuary is a massive and sprawling world bursting with activities for players to engage in as they attempt to thwart Lilith’s evil plans, but the size of the game’s map comes at a cost....

Summary AnElden Ringplayer has achieved the mind-boggling feat of single-handedly beating Malenia at Rune Level 1, quite literally. While theElden Ringcommunity is quite well acquainted with some outlandish challenges, this seems to have taken it to a different league altogether. The battle against Malenia has been one of the most talked about aspects ofElden Ringever since the game’s launch. Despite being an optional boss, the fight is so difficult that many players end up attempting it hundreds of times before proving to be victorious....

Summary Elden Ringdoes a lot to shake up the formula of the games that came before it, while still feeling like a true successor to From Software’s beloved franchises. However, even with this in mind,Elden Ringleaves behind many features from its predecessors that may yet be worth reviving for future updates toElden Ring. Specifically, onefeature thatElden Ringcould use fromDark Souls 3is the Hollow progression system.Elden Ring’s Dragon Communion feature is fairly similar to the secret Hollow system fromDark Souls 3, but there are a couple of key differences that set these two features apart from each other....

TheFear Streetfilm franchise, based on R.L. Stine’sFear Streetbook series was released on Netflix on three consecutive Fridays in July.Fear Streetcomprised of 17 books and was Stine’s way of creating books targeted towards an older, teenage audience. Director Leigh Janiak took a completely different route from the series as well as the way theGoosebumpsbooks were adapted. Where theGoosebumpsfilms utilized all of R.L. Stine’s stories and monsters into one plot, Janiak invented an entirely new plot with theFear Streetfilms....