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On April 4th, 3021, 996 years from now, in post-apocalyptic Colorado, a woman who would come to be known by many names, such as the Savior of Meridian, Champion of the Tenakth, and the Living Ancestor was born. For mostHorizonfans, this woman is known as Aloy. The main protagonist of the landmark PlayStation franchiseHorizon, Aloy has quickly become one of the most popular female video game leads since debuting in 2017’sHorizon Zero Dawn....

Summary RPGs can take a long time to complete, and that has remained true in theFinal Fantasyseries for quite some time. From the main story to side quests, some entries can easily take forty or more hours to complete. That makes getting to the final boss all the more satisfying, in some cases more than others. The bosses that come out of nowhere, like Necron inFinal Fantasy 9, provide no closure at the end of the long journey....

While the Nintendo Switch 2’s launch line-up is focused onMario Kart World, Mario’s not the only Nintendo character getting a new title early in the Switch 2’s life.Donkey Kong Bananzais launching just over a month after the console’s release, giving theSwitch 2 a new 3D platformerfor players to enjoy right out of the gate. However, Donkey Kong isn’t the first character many players had expected to get a new 3D platformer on the Switch 2, leaving Mario without a new 3D entry since 2017....

Summary With just under two weeks to go until release, Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige are going all in onThunderbolts*, betting big on early fan enthusiasm to kick off the film’s momentum. From April 22, fans who can’t hold the urge till May 2 may, on a first-come, first-served basis through Fandango, attend free fan screenings which will be playing in select IMAX theaters across 10 major U.S. cities—Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, Boston, Miami, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Kansas City....

Summary Turtle Beachhas unveiled two new Xbox controllers that it is adding to its lineup: the Rematch Core Wired Controller and the Afterglow Wave Wired Controller. These newTurtle Beachcontrollers are coming soon and will provide budget-friendly options for gamers. As a well-known gaming accessory manufacturer,Turtle Beach has released many productsover the years. The company sells headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and much more for gamers. In addition, the company keeps creating new accessories for players to check out, with a more recent example being the Turtle Beach Stealth Pivot Controller, which features a unique modular switching mechanism....

Summary Netflix’s latest true-crime series,Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer,tells the story of the women who fell victim to alleged murderer, Rex Hauermann. It also focuses on the manhunt for Hauermann, who managed to evade capture for many years.Liz Garbus directed the three-part series, and she also helmed the 2020 drama,Lost Girls,which was based on a book about the case. Robert Kolker, who wrote the book, is also heavily involved in the Netflix true-crime series, and he offers his expert knowledge of the case....

Quick Links Players can get affected by a variety of negative status ailments inMonster Hunter Wilds. These usually harm or hamper players one way or another, but some, like Bubbleblight, can be a good thing to have, as long as hunters know what to do once they get hit by it. Bubbleblight is a status effect that’s unique to theMizutsune inMH Wilds. Normally, players will want to avoid getting struck with Bubbleblight, but much like the Frenzy effect, this one can be used to one’s advantage....

Choice and consequence in an RPGis a large aspect ofFallout: New Vegasthat has cemented its legacy as an all-time great. There are seemingly innumerable effects the Courier can have on the wasteland, but there are none greater than siding with a faction. Without their ability to tip the balance of power, the Mojave could look very different. Lying somewhere on the road to New Vegas is a courier with a fatal head wound, and nobody is coming to save them....

Quick Links Ochkanatlan inGenshin Impactwas once a thriving society of dragons before a calamity wiped them out. They lived in strained coexistence with the people of Natlan and were known for their technology that far preceded Teyvat’s time. The area is now unfortunately agraveyard of broken monuments and lost hopes. However,Genshin Impactplayers may be delighted to uncover the many rewards available to them here through exploration. The area is quite massive, but thehidden chests in Ochkanatlanare pretty easy to find....

Ever since it was released a little under five years ago,The Last of Us Part 2has been ripe with possible avenues for a story-related DLC in the same vein asThe Last of Us Part 1’s Left Behind. Indeed, Left Behind was more than mere DLC. Narratively, it is interwoven seamlessly into the base game and is arguably inseparable from that material due to how much it reveals about Ellie. Left Behind has every right to be an essential piece ofLast of Usmedia given this significance, and yet it seems less likely today thatThe Last of Us Part 2could receive a DLC of its own, despite one idea being a no-brainer....

Blue Princeis a puzzle game that has you unlocking a whole bunch of rooms in order to find the final room: Room 46. In order to get to the end of the game and finally become your great uncle’s true heir, you will need to go through many rooms and unlock items. One of the many items you’re able to collect are Stars, which only come from theBlue Princesecretcalled Observatories. But what you do with the Stars and what you get in return for those Stars might not be intuitive for some players....

Quick Links After you begin theKnights of the NineDLC inOblivion Remastered,the first main quest you need to complete is “Pilgrimage.” This quest tasks you with locating 9 Wayshrines – special shrines found throughout Cyrodiil. As these shrines are not marked on the map, they can be quite tricky to find, even with the Pilgrim’s Way map. With this in mind, we’ll show you herehow to find all nine shrines inOblivion Remastered’s “Pilgrimage” quest....

Quick Links Andoris a fantasticStar Warsseries for a whole litany of reasons: the grounded perspective through which it presents the galaxy, the deeply nuanced way that Tony Gilroy and the writers engage with themes at the heart of the saga, the empathetic and articulate sculpted character work, etc. But one of the greatest strengths thatAndorhas brought toStar Warshas been the embracing of moral complications and grey areas, where once things seemed perhaps a bit too black and white....