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Take-Two Interactiveannounced in July of last year that its next big sports title in theNBA 2Kseries,NBA 2K21, would be selling at a $70 price point. This was notable at the time because Take-Two was the first company to announce a price increase for games on next-gen consoles from the apparent industry standard cap of $60. Since then,Take-Two has stated it doesn’t regret raisingNBA 2K21’s priceand the game’s financial success backed up the statement....

Fans ofHollow Knighthave been stuck in a waiting purgatory for the past few years, testing their patience with the much-anticipated release ofSilksong. After its announcement in 2019, complete with Team Cherry presenting a demo at E3 2019, a new trailer for the game revealed at the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022, and a soft promise of a 2023 release date, will 2023 beSilksong’s year? RELATED:Hollow Knight: How To Unlock All Endings Thankfully,Hollow Knighthas plenty of replay value tokeep players entertained and challenged....

Similar to the previous Project Eevee, The Pokemon Company has launched Project Piplup to celebrate Sinnoh’s popular starter Pokemon, possibly to get Pokefans geared up forPokemon Brilliant DiamondandPokemon Shining Pearlcoming later this year. Not only is 2021Pokemon’s 25th birthday, but it’s also the 15th anniversary of the fan-favorite 4th generation of games,Pokemon DiamondandPokemon Pearl, which makes the announcement for their remakes all the more exciting. Later this year, players will get to return to the Sinnoh region inBrilliant DiamondandShining Pearlon the Switch, where they’ll get to choose from three starter Pokemon: Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup....

CD Projekt Red’sThe WitcherRemakehas been revealed to be an open-world role-playing game, a significant deviation from the original title. Speculation has been rife regarding the intricacies of the upcoming remake, but a recent earnings presentation offered some more detail about what players can expect in the modern reimagining ofThe Witcher. In early October, the Polish publisher and developer announced several projects at various stages of development, one of which was codenamed Canis Majoris....

True Detective’s fourth season, entitledTrue Detective: Night Country, is the first one after the departure of Nic Pizzolatto, creator of the series, from production. Set to release in 2023, the fourth season, starring Jodie Foster, waswritten and directed by Issa López. What can the upcoming entry in this anthology bring to the table? Well, perhaps, a lot. Being an anthology series, every season ofTrue Detectivetells a different story, following different characters who live and operate in different places....

Two of the greatest video game franchises of all time are under Naughty Dog’s belt—UnchartedandThe Last Of Us. Both these series are absolute must-buys for anyone who owns a PlayStation console, and for good reason. Both games have the classic Naughty Dog quirks but play quite differently and elicit a different range of feelings and emotions. RELATED:5 Things Uncharted Did Better Than The Last Of Us (& 5 The Last Of Us Did Better)...

Valley of Shadowhas had different looks throughout its six years of development, but one of its most vital changes is its message to players. What once started out as a platform for co-creator Anthony Vacarro to express his trauma and grief has turned into a safe space for others who might be going through tough times. Players will play as Anthony and go through his healing journey, but with a magical twist....

After a long period of silence, Techland’s highly anticipatedDying Light 2is back in the spotlight.Techland’s “Dying 2 Know” presentationoffered a vertical slice that showed off the upcoming sequel’s gameplay, world, and story elements, but also had one more interesting reveal: The game now has a new subtitle. From this point forward, the long-awaited sequel to 2015’s open-world survival game is now known asDying Light 2: Stay Human.It may look like a seemingly insignificant update, but coupled with what was also revealed recently, andDying Light 2’snew subtitle seems to communicate some rather important and subtle ideas about the game’s story and setting....

One of the most peculiar sets ofPokemongames is Gen 7, asPokemon SunandMoonintroduced unique concepts that influenced the series in the long term, starting with regional forms. While Gen 7 had interesting features in the form of Totem Pokemon, no actual Gym battles, Z-Moves, and evenUltra Beasts, regional forms were peakPokemoncontent because they allowed Game Freak to make new pocket monsters that were also familiar.Pokemon ScarletandVioletare rumored to have a very small amount of regional forms, and also two concepts that act similarly – the so-called “regional fakes” or “convergent species,” and the Ancient and Future Pokemon....

The popular survival horror franchise,Resident Evil, returned in a big way this year with its eighth mainline game,Resident Evil Village. Upon release,Resident Evil Villagereceived praise for retaining the look and feel ofResident Evil 7, while carrying the DNA of the highly successfulResident Evil 4.Resident Evil Village’s impressive salesnumbers and positive reviews are a firm indication that fans enjoyed this brand new entry into theResident Evilfranchise. Capcom has indeed acknowledgedResident Evil Village’s success and announced that it’s working on a DLC after “popular demand....

World of Warcraft: Dragonflightis launching in just a few hours from now, and amidst all that inevitable chaos of release day, there is one important thing that players should keep an eye out for: dragonriding glyphs. Dragonriding inDragonflightrepresents an evolution of the flying mounts that originally graced the skies of Outland inThe Burning Crusade. It borrows a few concepts from themount system inGuild Wars 2, and introduces a truly modern feel to soaring across the Dragon Isles in a way that hasn’t yet been done inWorld of Warcraft....

The massive world of Azeroth is at players' fingertips as they journey throughWorld of Warcraft. Currently, there are around eight major continents that players can level through, and there are three other worlds filled with even more content. This adds up to a vast game world for players to play in, and every expansion adds to this number. However,World of Warcraftgives players little reason to venture back out into this world after an initial visit, and that needs to be changed....

With the Xbox 360, Microsoft innovated the popular achievement system in video games, something that has since been copied by its competitors with features like PlayStation trophies.Xboxachievements have been an important feature since their introduction, with achievements returning on Xbox One and now Xbox Series X. But whileXboxmay have popularized achievements, there are some areas where it’s been surpassed. PlayStation trophiesinclude a special Platinum trophy that players unlock after getting all the other trophies in the game, which helps them keep their 100% status even after new trophies are added through DLC and the like....