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The game industry is a lot more fluid behind the scenes than most give it credit for, with a job at one company often providing a bridge directly into the employ of another. A top Sony executive may find work at Microsoft designing the new Xbox, although it appears brand loyalty may not always follow wherever they go. Such appears to be the case with former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra. Up until recently, Ybarra was the Corporate Vice President of Gaming at Microsoft, and it seems he did a good job considering his former colleagues praised his work and thanked him for his effort even as he left the company....

Fortnite’s rocket launch party should have been a peaceful event, where opponents struck a brief truce to enjoy the action without a shot being fired. Elemental_Ray had other ideas, apparently. Instead of taking part in the event and watching the rocket launch with everyone else, he instead took advantage of the cease fire and destroyed a ramp that dozens of players were gathered on, sending them plummeting to their doom. In doing so, he set the record for the number of solo kills; a massive 48, surpassing the previous record of 33....

Amnesia developer Frictional Games recently began teasing an upcoming project via a previously dead website. The mystery of this project grew larger recently with the reveal of what seems to be an ARG campaign tied to the upcoming title. As with most ARG campaigns, this one is a little weird, so you’ll need to bear with us as we break it down. As we said, the whole thing started when Frictional Games seemed to resurrect a dormant website that featured the company logo and a pulsating icon....

Friday the 13th is a series nostalgic for many horror movie buffs. The writing wasn’t always the wittiest, but it used slasher genre tropes almost perfectly, for better or worse. Seemingly, Friday the 13th: The Game was going to be the perfect video game adaptation of the beloved horror series, but it was far from it. The Friday the 13th story, many installments in, is quite well-known at this point. Some teenage camp counselors failed to ensure the safety of Jason Voorhees at Camp Crystal Lake in 1967....

Battleborn has had an rough lifespan, which is made all the more surprising when considering how well other Gearbox properties, such as the Borderlands series, had done by 2016. However, it seems that competition from other games in the genre, like Overwatch and Team Fortress 2, have brought Battleborn’s run to an early end. As a result of the underwhelming life of the game, Battleborn will be going offline as Gearbox begins discontinuing the services provided by the game....

With Gears 5 now less than two weeks away from releasing, the filesize for the upcoming third-person shooter has now been revealed. Gamers diving into The Coalition’s upcoming game on the Xbox One will need to clear at least 50.04GB to face the Locust horde, while those playing on PC will need 80GB of free space to install Gears 5. The sixth installment of the franchise is due to explore the origins of the Locust horde, with The Coalition promising fans an expansive, emotional campaign that hands the reigns of the main protagonist role to a female character....

During Geoff Keighley’s Gamescom Opening Night Live we got a new story trailer for The Coalition’s Gears 5. The trailer showed protagonist Kait and her Gears pals, and some explosions, and some Nine Inch Nails, and Cole (!). I’m very much looking forward to it; Gears of War 4 was a delight. Gears’ Rod Fergusson was on stage with Keighley to chat a little about the campaign, as well as the new Horde mode, which was shown off earlier in the day during the Inside Xbox show....

Beidou has been around since Genshin Impact launched. Now, you’ll have a chance to chill with her and learn more about her past. Here’s our Genshin Impact Beidou Hangout Event guide to help you with all endings, choices, and, yes, even the answers for a particular section called “A Little Test.” Note: For more information about the game, check out our Genshin Impact guides and features hub. Genshin Impact Beidou Hangout Event guide – All endings and choices Beidou’s Hangout Event in Genshin Impact is called “When the Crux Shrines Bright....

Radiant Sparks and Behind the Scenes are two minigames in Genshin Impact. The former has you dashing and gliding to collect coins, while the latter is all about beating up a bunch of foes. Here’s our Genshin Impact Radiant Sparks and Behind the Scenes guide to help you with these two activities that are part of Lantern Rite 2023. Note: For more information about the game, check out our Genshin Impact guides and features hub....

Remember the endless storm that we had to endure on Seirai Island? Now, imagine if the challenge we’re facing is how to avoid getting lost in the mists of Tsurumi Island. Thankfully, there’s a world quest that we can complete. Here’s our Genshin Impact guide to help you with Tsurumi Island’s Through the Mists world quest and how to make an offering at the Great Thunderbird’s perch. Note: For more information about the game, check out our Genshin Impact guides and features hub....

Genshin Impact is now about halfway through its Sumeru era, the latest region of the game that introduced a new element: Dendro. In Genshin Impact version 3.4, HoYoverse is bringing back the annual Lantern Rite event, filled with giveaways and minigames to earn Primogems and other rewards. On top of that, you’ll get the chance to use these rewards in earning two new Dendro characters that are set to release in Genshin Impact version 3....

Grand Theft Auto V was the 11th best selling game of 2018 despite it celebrating the 5th anniversary of its release in September. The results are in when it comes to the best-selling games of 2018 in the United States. Some of the entries and their placements were expected while the presence of certain other titles was a little surprising. Despite a back and forth battle between Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 over which game had sold more copies, its Rockstar who can officially brag about being number one now that the rankings have been released by The NPD Group....

It’s official, Halo Infinite will indeed be launching on December 8, it’s been confirmed during Gamescom. Xbox and 343 Industries confirmed the news from earlier in the week during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live broadcast. At the same time, they also revealed the opening cinematic for Season One of the game’s multiplayer mode. Focusing on one Commander Agryna, we get a glimpse into her journey and how she comes to help lead the next generation of Spartans you’ll play as in the game’s opening season....

Despite some early promises, Halo Infinite will not have campaign co-op at launch — nor will it have Forge mode. In a lengthy development update video, Halo Infinite‘s head of creative, Joseph Staten, mentioned that the highly anticipated game is launching without those major features. This is likely the result of a shift in priorities following its delay. In a report by GamesRadar in July last year, developer 343 Interactive’s prior studio head, Chris Lee, said the game would have co-op at launch....

After streaming exclusively upon release on the Paramount+ streaming service, the first season of Showtime and 343 Industries’ big budget live action television adaptation of the ‘Halo’ series has finally arrived on home video with DVD, Blu Ray, 4K Blu Ray, and 4K Blu Ray Collectors Steel book releases.This review will be exclusively for the regular Blu Ray release of the first season, although, with the obvious exceptions of video and audio quality, there thankfully is not much difference between each home release of this first season....

Niantic Labs and Warner Bros have announced that mobile AR adventure Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is to close down. An announcement on the game’s website broke the news that the game will officially shut down on January 31, 2022. Meanwhile, the relevant parties will remove the game from the App Store, Google Play etc by December 6 2021. In-game purchases will also be disabled at this time. The statement didn’t reveal a specific reason for the closure....

The rumoured Harry Potter action-RPG is apparently progressing well, and will be revealed in late 2020 for a launch in 2021. The news comes from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, who claims to have spoken to two developers at Avalanche Software. The company, which also made the Disney Infinity series of games, is the one beavering away on the project. It’s slated to come to current generation and next generation platforms, and although this is all very enticing, we have to hold our Hippogriffs....

Comparing HDR and 4K is not a perfect one. Still, it’s worth talking about so people can understand why this comparison doesn’t work well. © Antonio Salaverry/Shutterstock.com HDR and 4K are both features of video production that improve image quality, but they don’t work in the same way or on the same metrics. Keep reading to learn everything you need to know about HDR and 4K video including what they are and how they’re used....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare recently added the Tomogunchi watch to the game, allowing players to take care of and evolve their own digital pet. The Modern Warfare Tomogunchi pet can evolve into a variety of different adult creatures, ranging from characters like Ghost to a dragon, and the community is currently trying to figure out the steps to take to get each Tomogunchi evolution in the game. While some of the specific details on how to obtain all of the Modern Warfare Tomogunchi pets are unavailable at this time, six different adult forms have been confirmed at the time of this writing....

Key Points The iPod Mini was meant to be a slightly cheaper, more visually pleasing answer to the immensely successful iPod.First introduced in 2004, it would be newly reincarnated once more in 2005, in four colors, this time, as opposed to the five previously available with the earlier version.The device was also the shortest-lived iPod product as it was shelved to make way for the iPod Nano – a move which proved as fortuitous as it was controversial....