Yesterday, the annual Summer Game Fest showcase was held in Los Angeles to a live audience for the first time. Several thousand attendees, myself included, flooded the YouTube Theater in hopes of having our gamer minds blown by a torrent of new game reveals and exciting gameplay reveals. While there were plenty of trailers, updates, and first-looks, with more than 30 games featured during the two hour broadcast, in the end only seven of them were true reveals for unannounced games....

Twists at every turn is something you should expect inFinal Fantasy 16. You start your journey with Clive Rosfield, who was born into a noble household. He’s a strong and fierce fighter, but he fell short of expectations, and then his house was shortly cast into rubble. Related:Final Fantasy 16: Things Only Players Of The Previous Games In The Series Noticed But this wild ride wasn’t justabout reclaiming a fallen duchyand vengeance....

Nostalgia makes the world go round. In recent years, the media landscape is all about reboots, remakes, and sequels that can mitigate risk while amassing maximum profit. But with big budget projects likeIndiana Jones and The Dial of DestinyandThe Little Mermaidfloundering at the box office, perhaps these once safe bets are now more risky than initially thought. Even those who crave the safety of familiar worlds and characters are in search of new ideas, or lack the patience to keep up with ever-evolving universes that ask us to keep up with several films and shows a year....

Skyrimis perhaps gaming’s singularity: a game so playable that its players will continue playing it for all their earthly time. It is a game so entertaining and absorbing that to this day forums and pages dedicated to Skyrim remain active and bustling with players still finding novelties, quirks, and wonder from this entry in The Elder Scrolls. One recent discovery was shown off on the popular Skyrim subreddit that involved exploiting a glitch that’ll enable players to keep NPCs around with them, with the OP using the exploit to keep Nazeem around....

Quick Links InHonkai: Star Rail, you will take on the role of the Trailblazer, traveling through the galaxy on the Astral Express to solve mysteries and fight against various factions. Although you play as the Trailblazer, not much is known about this character. They are created at the start of the game using something called a Stellaron as the core of their body. Related:Honkai: Star Rail - Every Path, Explained If you’re wondering what exactly a Stellaron is, you’ve come to the right place....

Super Mario Bros. Wonderhas an aesthetic of something old, something new, bringing the style of the classicMariogame manuals into 3D alongside radical redesigns that see characters more closely resemble their 2D counterparts.It’s a welcome change, but it goes deeper than that, as fans have noticed a couple of references to an old tie-in anime movie called Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (or Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach). Released in 1986, this Super Mario Bros....

Tears of the Kingdomis out now which means many of you will be getting to grips with the sequel and all of Link’s new abilities over the weekend. The poor protagonist appears to have forgotten the skills he learned near the start ofBreath of the Wild. Don’t feel too sorry for him though as he has picked up four new ones to replace them, one of which started life as a debug cheat during development and eventually became a feature in the finished game....

A Jedi doesn’t typically use a blaster, but Cal Kestis is an exception. InStar Wars Jedi: Survivor, he receives a blaster from Bode Akuna and can use it in one of his various stances. This opens up ranged combat alongside the melee capabilities of his lightsaber. It also opens up customization. Related:Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - Every Creature Type On Koboh, Ranked The blaster has a barrel, body, and grip you can customize....

Darkhawk decks inMarvel Snapare some of the most powerful you’re able to build.The Ongoing cardpairs well with disruptive cards that give you a powerful card on your side and a flustered opponent on the other. Between cards that create synergy with Darkhawk and complementary cards, you have plenty of choices for your build. Related:Marvel Snap: Best Cards For The Living Tribunal Climbing the ladder can be difficult, but a Darkhawk deck gives you a good chance at advancing....

There are plenty of free-to-play games on theSteammarket that it can be hard to choose. Anime games have been rising in popularity more for their eye-catching visuals, quality gameplay, and well-written storylines. Games likeGenshin Impacthave shown how well these games can do when everything catches your eye right off the bat. Related:The Best Anime Fighting Games, Ranked Steam has a wide variety of anime games that are both huge breakout hits and well-hidden gems....

Diablo 4is full of surprising locations, from blasts from the past to mysterious and isolated Strongholds. Some might be hidden in plain sight but can be easily overlooked. If you’re adventuring, wandering, or trying to get rewards, you won’t want to miss out on the locations we’ve picked out. RELATED:Diablo 4: Things You Should Do First Having a massive open world comes with many perks, and for those who like to explore every nook and cranny, you’re given a fair amount of foot space in-game....

Ubisoftalready has fourAssassin’s Creedgames in active development, including the upcomingAssassins Creed Mirage,Codename Red, Codename Hexe, andCodename Jade, and we recently found out that there arefour more currently in the prototyping stage. Now we’re finding out that Ubisoft is seemingly all-in on Assassin’s Creed with plans to add hundreds more staff to Assassin’s Creed projects. The news comes courtesy of Axios Gaming’s Stephen Totillo who sat in on Ubisoft’s most recent earnings call....

Ask any gamer about the most time-consuming part of starting a new adventure, and they’ll tell you they spend more time on character creation than almost anything else. The most difficult part of that, in turn, is choosing a character name. Any game with RPG elements gives you a chance to name your character, andDiablo 4is a prominent example. RELATED:Hardest Bosses In Diablo 4 Sometimes it’s fun to spend time naming a character, but we’re wasting precious slaying time here....