One of my longest-standing beefs withCall of Dutyis that its single player campaigns rarely allow you to feel like you’re living in them. The series has produced its fair share of great levels — 4’s “All Ghillied Up” and WW2’s “Liberation” are two personal favorites — but it’s rare for a COD campaign to live in my mind after I roll credits. Call Of Duty Is A Series You Play, But Don’t Inhabit That is, in part, because the games' narratives often feel like stones skipping across water, briefly touching down for a mission, before taking off again and landing somewhere completely different....

Quick Links Ah, I can see you’ve got your sights set on creating a killer home theater setup. And who can blame you? You’re over those lame, tinnyTVspeakers, and you want your living room to feel like a personal multiplex. I get it. I felt the same way when I watched Ace Ventura: Pet Detective on my home theater setup. Setting up a quality home theater system is part art, part science....

Summary There are few things that can really rile up PC players these days more than Denuvo DRM. Almost every single time a studio announces its title will include anti-piracy measures by Denuvo, thousands of gamers put their heads in their hands, while thousands morekick up a backlash so fiercethat some developers haveremoved Denuvo from their games. A lot of the reasons behind the hatred of Denuvo DRM is due to performance issues that the service has caused in many games in the past....

Max’s powers inLife Is Strange: Double Exposurecan be used as a great surveillance tool to eavesdrop on people without being noticed by them. You can learn all sorts of things about those around you without them ever knowing you were there, because, of course, you weren’t. Vinh has sent his Abraxas students on what seems to be a wild goose chase looking for his missing phone. If you want to know what the deal is and maybe help the cause, you need to tap into your new sleuthing powers and get to work....

I recently sold my Xbox Series Xand invested in a new PC, re-opening the pearly gates of my dusty Steam backlog. It has completely rejuvenated my love of gaming, and it’s not because of the sparkly new platform, but thanks to a move away from subscription services. I used to love Game Pass. The idea of paying an affordable amount to access an entire library, including brand-new, day one releases, was amazing....

Summary The decade-long wait for more Dragon Age is almost over as the release ofDragon Age: The Veilguardis now only a week away. If you have managed to show a lot more self-restraint than me and have not placed your pre-order yet, you’re about to be rewarded for that.and you’ll get a copy of The Veilguard for free alongside everything else the top tier of the service usually includes. The only real caveat here is that you will need tocommit to GeForce Now Ultimate for six months to qualifyfor your free copy of The Veilguard....

When I sawDragon Age: The VeilguardatSummer Game Fest, it was in a vacuum. It was the first time press had seen anything of the game, and there was no one with me besides my colleague at TheGamer Eric Switzer. I had no idea what anyone else would think of the game. My general reaction was that I still didn’t like the name (it has grown on me since), I didn’t like the companion trailer (it has not grown on me since), and the game… well,Dragon Agewas back, and that was enough....

Summary A dataminer has dug into the files ofDragon Ball: Sparking Zeroand found evidence for a bunch of characters who were either cut from the game or are being saved for post-launch content. With a record-breaking roster of 182 characters that covers every part of Dragon Ball, it feels greedy to expect anything more of Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. While it’s true that the number of fighters is incredibly impressive and shatters Budokai Tenkaichi 3’s record,there are a few characters who are clearly missing....

Summary Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero’s producer, Jun Furutani, has commented on the game’s lack of crossplay and implied that it’s not going to be coming post-launch. After a very long year of waitingand seeing endless “Wishlist Now” messages, we’re finally nearing the finish line asDragon Ball: Sparking Zero releases in just a few weeks on October 11.While we now know most of the game’s roster, modes, and features, there are a few things about the fourth Budokai Tenkaichi game that we don’t know much about....

Summary Dragon’s Dogma 2’s latest patch has added Casual Mode, an easier difficulty that balances some of the more tedious aspects ofCapcom’s critically acclaimed RPG. Firstly, Casual Mode reduces the price of staying at an inn. This makes restoring your health points, saving the game and changing vocations at an inn a less expensive affair. Another one of the adjustments in Casual Mode is that ferrystones are cheaper, allowing players to fast travel without breaking the bank....

There is never a bad time to cuddle up on the couch and have an all-day horror movie marathon. There are endless types of horror movies, such as religious horror, slasher, or ghost movies, and a few famous tropes that people love, like “Final Girl” or “Found Footage.” Horror movies are a guilty pleasure we all love to indulge in. There aregreat horror video gamesout there as well. Some follow tropes and mimic what makes our favorite horror movies great, while others find their own path....

Summary I was hopping off one train and onto another in London, dragging a suitcase behind me with another four hours of travel to go, when the RGG Summit began its broadcast last Friday. Of course, I wasn’t going to miss it. I gripped my phone in my hand and squealed with delight—garnering an odd look from fellow commuters—as it opened with the familiar figure of Majima. It felt too good to be true....

Summary Batmanfirst appeared in a comic in 1939 andDChas been doing a lot to celebrate 85 years of The Dark Knight. That extends to The Bat’s supporting cast too and today, a very unexpected but welcome way to mark the anniversary has been revealed in the former of two new Barbie dolls -one modeled after Harley Quinn, and the other Poison Ivy. The Barbies will be stocked elsewhere depending on how many are left after the initial pre-order period has ended, so if you don’t want to pay the extra $9....