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As the games industrystruggles with issues of representation in gaming, Ubisoft is taking a novel approach to player character gender in the upcomingAssassin’s Creed Valhalla. Players will be able to toggle between the male and female version of the protagonist at any point in the game. While there were earlier reports that it might be possible to switch between genders in theAssassin’s Creed Valhallastory mode. This new feature was officially confirmed today by the game’s director Eric Baptizat in an interview with GamesRadar....

With hype forAssassin’s Creed Valhallagrowing, fans are beginning to wonder which of the many remaining mysteries surrounding the Assassins might be answered. As it turns out,Valhalla’s time periodand setting has interesting implications, not only for the game’s Viking aesthetic, but for the aspects of the Assassin Brotherhood that it might reveal. Assassin’s Creed Valhallatakes place several hundred years afterOrigins, and a couple hundred years before the originalAssassin’s Creed. That means players might just gain a better understanding of how the Hidden Ones ofOriginsbecame the Assassin Brotherhood - something that we’ve never seen before....

Summary When fans think of strategy games, they will likely imagine themselves as generals or rulers leading nations to war and victory. In more in-depth grand strategy and 4X titles, part of the ruling involves forming diplomatic ties and even navigating levels of intrigue to reinforce their influence over others. While these games often end once players manage to subjugate or control the entire world, players of strategy games may want extra depth in their playthroughs....

Summary Black Myth: Wukong, an upcoming Soulslike based on the 16th-century Chinese novelJourney to the West, got a big trailer at The Game Awards. Not only did this new teaser show off titanic foes and dazzling fidelity, but it also demonstrated howBlack Myth: Wukong’s mythological creatures will be unlike anything players have seen in the genre thus far. A good while in the making,Black Myth: Wukongwas revealed back in 2020. The game will follow the journey of the ‘Destined One’, a character modeled after monkey king Sun Wukong....

Podcaster, comedian, and UFC personality Joe Rogan recently got an unexpected piece of fan art fromThe Fairly OddParentscreator Butch Hartman, who fulfilled this strange request on his personal TikTok account. Before creating TikTok content, Hartman became a well-known name in animation as the mastermind behind severalNickelodeonshows such asDanny Phantom,T.U.F.F. Puppy, andBunsen Is a Beast, although currentlyThe Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odderfinds its home on Paramount Plus. During that time, Rogan’s been busy becoming the world’s most famous podcaster, thanks to hosting some coveted guests from several fields, despite his penchant for sparking controversy....

Summary ThoughCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Zombies is being developed by Treyarch, it seems like gamers will be waiting until 2024 for the return of round-based gameplay.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s Zombies mode is open-world like Outbreak, and it can be assumed that it will have a similar gameplay style to thatBlack Ops Cold Warmode. While this makes sense given Outbreak’s popularity, Outbreak was not perfect, and Treyarch should address some of the criticisms it received with this new mode....

It can be difficult to recognize what is and isn’t popular in other countries. A franchise, genre, or performer can look niche in the United States even as it becomes the most important thing in the rest of the world. Everyone knows Ultraman is a big deal in Asia, but most people don’t recognize it as the $7.4 billion-dollar industry that it is. It’s more profitable thanGodzilla, Superman, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Middle-earth, so why doesn’t it have a bigger worldwide presence?...

Back in 2015,Undertalewas an indie game that blew up within the gaming community. Plenty of gamers were immediately charmed by its pixel style reminiscent of theMothergames, its characters, and interesting story paths. The developer behindUndertale, Toby Fox, received widespread praise for his work, with fans eagerly awaiting what the creator would come up with next. A few years later, the first chapter forDeltarunewas released.Deltarune had a similar aesthetic toUndertale,and fans believed the universes were connected in an ambiguous sense....

AmazonStudios is in the process of acquiringComing 2 Americafrom Paramount Pictures. The sequel to the Eddie Murphy comedy classic was originally slated to hit theaters on Christmas Day 2020. Coming 2 Americawill see Murphy’s Prince Akeem returning to the United States after discovering he has a son he never knew about living in Queens. Murphywill be joined by returning starsShari Headley, Arsenio Hall, and James Earl Jones alongside new cast members Jermaine Fowler and Leslie Jones....

In recent years, there’s one particular gaming genre that saw a massive rise in popularity, which is a little something called Battle Royale. The premise is simple, a bunch of people are thrown into the same area, freely fight against one another, and the last one standing is the winner. What most people may not realize, however, is the fact that before this genre becomes famous in gaming, anime has actually explored this genre before....

GameStopwas, in previous years, receiving a lot of press due to rising stock prises and a seeming increase in affluence. Many people were choosing to shop with the company in light of internet memes that had been circulating on social media as well. But now, formerGameStopemployees have come forward and claimed that, while they were working during this turbulent time, they were told to lie and deceive customers in order to increase sales....

AGenshin Impactfan has shared a map concept for one of the game’s major regions named Fontaine. The world of Teyvat consists of seven different continents, each of which has its divine ideals and an Archon who serves as its main protector. At the moment, only four of these regions are explorable: Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, and the recently added Sumeru nation. Over the last couple of weeks, multiple leaks have revealed more information about Fontaine which is expected to be the next major region to arrive toGenshin Impact....

AGenshin Impactleak from a recent beta test shows a player controlling Alhaitham with different gliders currently available in the game. Alhaitham is a prominent Sumeru character introduced inGenshin Impactversion 3.0, and players may soon summon him as a member of the playable roster. Alhaitham is a dedicated Sumeru Akademiya scribe with his own motives and ambitions for the nation’s scholarly network. The Traveler and Paimon first encounter Alhaitham duringGenshin Impact’s first series of Sumeru Archon Quests in version 3....