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Certain Affinity has announced it’s “deepening its relationship” with 343 Industries on ongoing development of Halo Infinite. The company made the statement yesterday evening on their social channels & website. The studio has already been working on the Halo series for more than 15 years in a support role. However, that work seems to be developing further with the studio “entrusted with further evolving Halo Infinite in some new and exciting ways....

After Alexander Hamilton, no character has a bigger entrance in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical than Thomas Jefferson. For if Hamilton’s intro begins Act One, then Jefferson opens Act Two. And for those who are discovering Hamilton for the first time on Disney+, it’s a hell of an arrival as Daveed Diggs leaps across the stage with boundless confidence and swagger. Clearly intended to be an antagonistic force, Jefferson enters stage right with an announcement that “someone must keep the American promise, you simply must meet Thomas, Thomas!...

Heavy Rain is scheduled for a February 23rd release date but one retailer is reportedly offering players an early chance to get their hands on the game - so long as those players eventually give it back. Certain Blockbuster locations have begun to rent copies of Quantic Dreams’ upcoming mystery-thriller; though, reports make it clear that not all locations are participating and copies are not available for outright purchase. The news puts other sellers in a unique position: early Blockbuster rentals could definitely jeopardize pre-orders for the title at video-game retailers - though Blockbuster has not outright broken the street date because they haven’t offered copies of Heavy Rain for purchase....

It’s no mystery that Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi loves Final Fantasy XIV, and recently he took advantage of the creative features afforded by Square Enix’s super popular MMORPG to bring back one of his most beloved works, in a way. After basically speedrunning through the game’s content and completing Endwalker, Sakaguchi-san has found a new endeavor that seems to have sparked his creative instincts. Specifically, he has started creating outfits via the game’s glamour feature, on top of taking pictures of himself and many other players’ characters wearing those costumes via the /gpose photography feature....

Apsaravis is a secret boss in Forspoken. This cross between a dragon and a bird can be found in Nowhere, a distant zone in the far north of the world map, which happens to have multiple jumping puzzles. Here’s our Forspoken Apsaravis secret boss guide to help you defeat this opponent in Nowhere so you can acquire a Nail Pattern. Note: For more information, check out our Forspoken guides and features hub....

The Fortnite 20.30 hotfix released yesterday and reintroduced players to the Air Strike, Flint-Knock Pistol, Hunting Rifle and also added in some new Funding Stations after the Choppas were fully funded last week. The Air Strike has finally been unvaulted, which ties in with the fact that using it is part of the week 8 challenges due to drop tomorrow, Thursday May 12. Throwing an Air Strike canister will send missiles raining down on the area the canister lands....

Fortnite’s Season 10 “The End” event certainly lived up to the hype. During the event, Fortnite battle royale players were left to watch helplessly as the battle royale map was completely destroyed and sucked into a black hole. Fortnite is still just a black hole at the time of this writing, with the general consensus being that Fortnite Chapter 2 and a brand new map will be introduced to the game tomorrow morning....

Battle royale shooter Fortnite got its biggest overhaul yet over the weekend with the launch of Chapter 3 Season 1. Following the recent The End event on Saturday, the entire island has been ‘flipped’ to reveal a whole new arena. More than just a cosmetic change, this has seem the shooter move to Unreal Engine 5. As a result, there’s now new gameplay mechanics such as weather effects, trees as physical objects when cut down and more....

Last week, Fortnite’s black hole event racked up more viewers than your average network television show, as it was reportedly watched by over seven million people at the same time. The event, which came at the close of Fortnite’s Season X and led into the game’s brand new Chapter 2, had the popular battle royale game completely offline for two whole days as gamers looked on wondering what would happen next....

The Driftwood and The Flairship are the names of two flying ships - well sort of flying - in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4. You can complete a variety of Fortnite Weekly Challenges on both ships, so it’s a good idea to know where The Driftwood and The Flairship locations are. Completely a Weekly Challenge in Fortnite will reward you with 20k XP, which will help you unlock new skins from the battle pass....

One of the most baffling technical mysteries of the last console generation is simply this: why is that every From Software title on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One stutters so noticeably? From the studio’s 2014 PS4 debut - Bloodborne - through to this year’s Elden Ring, From Software’s 30fps frame-rate solution just doesn’t look or feel right on any of its games. At Digital Foundry, we call this phenomenon ‘inconsistent frame-pacing’ - where even if you’re getting 30 new frames per second, the staccato, inconsistent delivery of each new frame gives the illusion of much lower performance....

It isn’t often that you can do something you’re truly passionate about and collect a paycheck for it. This is especially the case with video game development, with studios often at the mercy of publisher demands. Rock Pocket Games has recently announced an internal project that the team has long wanted to pursue, with Funcom helping them realize this dream. That project is a trip to outer space and bears the title Moons of Madness....

Nintendo has given us plenty of iconic video game characters over the years. While Mario might be the icon that really made Nintendo what it was, Nintendo has also introduced a plethora of nonhuman characters as well. Whether it be the various creatures from Mario’s rogue gallery, from the goombas to Bowser, or it is one of the hundreds of Pokémon that the big ”N” has created over the past twenty years, Nintendo is no stranger to creating animal characters that range from the cute to the bizarre....

Game of Thrones will come to an end on HBO after its eighth season, but Thrones fans needn’t start getting withdrawal symptoms just yet as the cable network is already making plans for a possible prequel series. “It’s such a big property we would be foolish not to explore it, but it’s a pretty high bar,” HBO programming president Casey Bloys told Entertainment Weekly. “We’ll take some shots at it.”...

Today Activision has made the new iteration of Call of Duty’s popular free-to-play battle royale mode Warzone available to everyone. While the mode was supposed to launch at 10:00 a.m. PST, it went live about 40 minutes earlier. It may not be a massive push forward, but it’s certainly better than nothing, especially considering how many fans have been chomping at the bit. On top of Warzone 2.0’s core Battle Royale playlists, players can enjoy the brand-new DMZ mode, which offers a completely new experience....

Genesis is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) that released on PS4 in August 2019 and is currently free to play on the platform. It has a wide variety of characters that fit into the traditional MOBA roles, as well as fresh innovations that provide an exciting approach to the genre. Porting a MOBA to consoles is no easy feat, but Genesis does a good job bringing the experience into a controller friendly environment with its polish and an easy to learn mechanical system....

5-star character Alhaitham uses the power of Dendro, allowing him to create mirrors that continuously shoot lasers at foes. Coincidentally, his abilities happen to have high elemental mastery (EM) scaling, which makes him ideal for Dendro reaction damage. Still, you need to make sure that you’re farming the right items for him. Here’s our Genshin Impact Alhaitham best artifacts guide to help you with sets like Deepwood Memories and Gilded Dreams....

After finding Ji Tong and taking his faulty Kamera in Genshin Impact update (1.3), you will have to discover items and materials to capture colourful photos. The colours of photos that you have to click through Kurious Kamera are Crimson, Ultramarine, Pale Gold, Ochre, and Purple Aster. Before you embark on a journey to photograph photos of all the said colours, let me tell you that the colour of the object that you are trying to capture through Kurious Kamera might not be the same of the colour you will obtain....

Genshin Impact’s most recent v3.0, Sumeru update features a plethora of new content. Speaking of the new resources, Sumeru Rose seeds are pretty important to obtain. You need these seeds to complete the While the Dream Lingers quest. For that, all you need to do is collect one Sumeru Rose Seed. But how to get this rare material? Check out our guide on how to complete the Collect Sumeru Rose seeds objective and its location in Genshin Impact....

The Xbox Series S is one of the best deals in gaming right now because it delivers the next-gen gaming experience for just £250. It’s taken a while for the Series S to remain in stock, but we’re finally at a point where you can buy it at retail price from multiple retailers whenever you’re ready to. Now that Series S stock is more readily available, you can also find some great bundles from time to time....