A new bar has been set when it comes to video game adaptations. HBO’sThe Last of Usis not just an exciting and engaging story set decades after a viral outbreak, it’s also a faithful adaptation of Naughty Dog’s seminal classic that captures the emotion and the despair in a new medium. Yes, there are changes made to the source material, but most of them are in service of enriching the world occupied by Ellie and Joel....

At the end of 2013’sLast of Us, Joel, who’d spent over 20 years mourning after losing his daughter, finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. After spending months traveling the country and fighting offinfected hordesto deliver Ellie to St. Mary Hospital, Joel saved her, killing almost everyone in the hospital and subsequently erasingthe Firefliesfrom the map forever. Related:10 Must-Play Games If You Love The Last of Us 2...

Expectations are high for the nextCall of Dutygame, especially with fans souring onModern Warfare 2. Treyarch expanding its lineup of developers and getting an extra year to develop its game has gotten fans talking, but with 2023 set to be the first year without a newpremiumCoDgame, it could be some time before more official information is revealed about it. However, Treyarch may have left a pretty obvious teaser behind forBlack Ops Cold Warfans to discover....

Warner Bros. will continueThe Matrixfranchise with the fourth installment from director Lana Wachowski. However,The Matrix 4will be the first entry in the film series not to feature Hugo Weaving’s Agent Smith and the actor opened up about the reason why Wachowski decided to cut him from the script. Filming onThe Matrix 4resumed in August following a five-month hiatus prompted byWarner Bros.' decision to shut down productionas part of the global effort to contain COVID-19....

In less than two weeks, theXbox Series Xwill commercially launch throughout the world. Although, for how much the gaming community has been informed of theXbox Series Xand its many features, there is still quite a number of qualities about the console that are still being revealed. The most recent of which being a permanent change to the Xbox party chat system. Xbox party chathas conceptually existed since the 360 era, but it didn’t start to become a streamlined part of the Xbox experience until the Xbox One released....

One of the most important aspects of a video game is the characters that both the player controls, as well as the others that inhabit their worlds. A boring character can easily sink even the most interesting narratives available in video games, so when a character stands out and makes an impression on the community, it really means something special. In 2019, with so many great games breaking out and reshaping the landscape of modern gaming, the characters that appeared on screens across the world have certainly left their impressions....

Back whenThe Emoji Moviecame out, or even when it was first announced, there was a sentiment that found a home amongst the murmurs of disgruntled moviegoers. The thought was, in so many words, “looks like they’ll make a movie about anything nowadays.” At that point, it was simply a less-than-optimistic jab at some of the more low-brow offerings from Hollywood. But maybe somebody misheard and took it as a challenge. On that note, somebody’s making aPlay-Dohmovie....

While Return 1: Invitation is technically the second chapter ofAlan Wake 2,the first chapter is so briefthat it may as well be considered an interactive cutscene. As players beginReturn 1: Invitation, they will learn more about the mechanics ofAlan Wake 2along with what they will be doing as Saga. During this chapter, players are introduced to Cauldron Lake and the nearby town known as Brightfalls. While it is a fairly straight forward chapter, there is a lot of investigation and searching that players will need to do in order to progress the story....

Debuting all the way back in 1996, theResident Evilfranchise has been around for almost three decades now, and it shows absolutely no signs of stopping. After the success ofResident Evil 7back in 2017,theResident Evilfranchisesaw a major resurgence, and whenResident Evil 2 Remakedropped in 2019, that resurgence only continued to grow. NowResident Evilis even bigger and better than ever before, with its latest entries acting as the perfect jumping on point for new fans....

Anvil: Vault Breakers, recently released onSteamandXbox One.It is atop-down shooter/action game that mixes roguelike elementsand multiplayer capabilities. Players take on the game’s content which is to set out on distant worlds in search of ancient alien technology and make it to the furthest reaches of the universe where a gargantuan bounty awaits, or make it as far as possible and reap the rewards.Players looking for more information about the game can check GameRant’s deep dive into the game....

Assassin’s Creed Valhallais the latest installment of theAssassin’s Creedfranchise. After exploring Egypt and Ancient Greece with the previousAssassin’s Creedgames, the players must nowexplore old Norway and England inAssassin’s Creed Valhallaand face its various challenges and enjoy its wonderful sceneries. RELATED:Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: 10 Things You Didn’t Notice About The Isu Reincarnations One of the manythings players loved about this gameis its incredible visuals. TheAssassin’s Creedgames have always prevailed when it comes to making their worlds as gorgeous and alive as possible....

Margot Robbie’sBarbiemovie raises questions among international audiences due to a specific scene recognizing an Asian political conflict. This controversy has sparked conversations about whether some countries should allow the commercial release of the feature in their region. Recently, another nation has joined the debate and could banBarbiefrom its national release schedule. This past July 3, authorities in Vietnam prohibitedBarbiemovie screenings in their country. The policy came after it was revealed that the film depicted a map with the “nine-dash line,” a set of line segments in a map that asserts China’s territorial claims of the South China Sea, which Vietnam claims violates their sovereignty....

Minecraftis a game made up of blocks, in which the player’s imagination is the only limit. However, beforeMinecraft, Legos were the blocks with which people played. Just like withMinecraft,creativity is the only thing that limits what a person can do with Lego. RELATED:Best Minecraft Shaders (2021) Now, these two block-related brands have come together in the form ofMinecraftLego sets. Admittedly, these sets are not as big as other brands that received the Lego treatment as far as size or piece count, butMinecraftLego setsstill provide snapshots into the world of the block-building video game....