PlayStation 5 fans have been continuing to play PS4 titles on their next-gen consoles, and Game Boost is about to improve even more titles. Game Boost itself has received a facelift with a recently unveiled logo which will brand PS5 enhanced backwards compatible titles. PlayStation recently hinted at titles such asShadow of the ColossusgettingPS5Game Boost upgrades soon with the logo reveal trailer.God of War,Ghost of Tsushima, andDays Goneare three titles that have already received next-gen upgrades, but Game Boost will be coming to more titles soon....

Released for the Game Boy Advance back in 2004,Pokemon Emeraldwas an upgraded version ofPokemon RubyandSapphirefrom Gen 3. Among the memorable parts of the game was a cable car that traveled over a forest. This gondola ride part of Route 112 would take Pokemon trainers to the top of Mt. Chimney. Recently, a nostalgic gamer decided to recreate this classicPokemonscene in an unusual, yet stunning, piece of art. In a post on Reddit, a user known as LockedFrank shared a picture of a recent cross-stitch project they worked on....

Season Five ofPokemon GO’s PvP Battle Leagues is on the horizon, starting November 9. This season will be special as there being multiple themed leagues with limits other than CP for Pokemon being entered. One of these leagues coming toPokemon GOis the Little Cup. This cup will only allow Pokemon with 500 CP or under, and they additionally need to be the first in their evolutionary line. Pokemon without an evolutionary line also cannot be entered....

Besides gaining popularity that can last for decades, certain video games can inspire the creativity of fans, and few games have motivated players more than Rockstar’s Wild West-inspired action adventure gameRed Dead Redemption 2.More than three years after its release, the game still has a thriving community and probably will for years to come, thanks in part to itsRed Dead Onlinemultiplayer mode. One frequent way that fans express their creativity inRed Dead Onlineis through the robust character creator, and all manner of celebrities and pop culture personalities have joined the game’s Van der Linde gang to wreak havoc in the United States of 1899....

Popular sports gameRocket Leaguehosts its Haunted Hallows event every year, and this year the event is pairing up with another hit franchise. Now,Rocket League’s Haunted Hallows is going upside down in a crossover with Netflix’sStranger Things, beginning in just a few days on October 14. Rocket League, otherwise known as the soccer game played with rocket-powered cars, has periodically crossed over with other properties–including WWEandFast and Furious. Now it’s been announced that the upcomingStranger Things-themed event will bring some new “top secret wares developed by the Hawkins National Laboratory,” and even a redecorated arena....

Summary Sea of Thieveshas surpassed 40 million lifetime players, Rare has revealed. This remarkable user milestone was achieved around the timeSea of Thievesconcluded its immensely popular PlayStation 5 beta. March 18 marked the sixth anniversary ofSea of Thieves' PC and Xbox debut. The live-service pirate game was met with decent reviews, eventually developing a healthy player community, not least because of its consistent influx of new content. APS5 port ofSea of Thieveswas announcedin February 2024 as part of Microsoft’s pivot to multi-platform publishing....

TheStar Trekmovies often existed to fulfill requests from the studios. They routinely played with story concepts that wouldn’t have made sense in an episode.Star Trek: Generationswas pitched as the connection point betweenThe Next GenerationandThe Original Series. The IP holders wanted Kirk to meet Picard despite the considerable gap in their service timeline. The writers devised the Nexus, an extradimensional gap that let the captains play together. TheStar Trekcanon is complicated. Though it seemsanything could happenin the ongoing shared narrative, the extraneous materials in books, comics, video games, and other mediums expand without limits....

After the recent Nintendo Direct, the Switch’s first-ever game to be priced at $70 will beThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.First being announced in 2019 as a sequel toThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomhas been teased with various trailers before the release date hits later this spring.Tears of the Kingdomis developed by Nintendo EPD, Nintendo’s largest developer division. The game has been in development since 2017 despite its announcement back in E3 2019, and it’s been hyped for its unique features and the depth of its world-building....

Summary The next major upcoming title for Bethesda will beThe Elder Scrolls 6, with attention starting to shift over to the fantasy RPG now thatStarfieldhas had its time in the spotlight. Fans have been waiting for the nextElder Scrollsentry for over a decade now, and while little confirmed information exists about the title, there is only one potential setting that dominates the many rumors surrounding the anticipated game. Many fans agree that Hammerfell is the most likely main setting forThe Elder Scrolls 6, and this can give a great indication of what kinds of factions, events, and locations the title may feature....

Summary The Last of Us Part 2is receiving a remaster in a couple of months and it is thankfully more tenable thanThe Last of Us’ remake, let alone that remake’s abysmal PC port. It’s great that this remaster will be launching so soon after its announcement and while it’d be easy to hop onto a bandwagon of critiquingabundant Naughty Dog remasters, there’s really no reason why thePart 2remaster should be condemned in the same way thatThe Last of Us’ past regurgitations rightfully were....

The Sims 4gives aspiring architects all the tools they need to build houses and mansions from their wildest dreams. While some players prioritizecreating unique and diverse Simsortelling powerful storieswith the game’s content, many spend the majority of their time in Build & Buy Mode. Players in the community have dedicated their time to creating challenges for builders, but none are quite as interesting as theInherited Manor Challenge created by Sahm_And_Bean....

Halloween just finished, and all the photos from everyone’s celebrations are still flooding social media everywhere. Halloween is the perfect time of year for otaku to really let their passions shine as well, giving them a very acceptable and good excuse todress up as their favorite charactersoutside a convention. And sometimes, it gives people who like games or anime, but would not normally go to a convention or cosplay, a chance to show their interest....

Summary Bethesda Executive Producer Todd Howard opened up on the creative process behind the lore ofStarfield. His comments were given from a high-level perspective, thus offering new insights into how the studio approached everything fromStarfield’sbiggest mysteriesto its smallest backstories. WhileStarfieldpromptly became the biggest launch in Bethesda’s history, the project itself was an unprecedented undertaking for the Maryland-based developer. That’s largely because the last time Bethesda made a new IP, even the most ambitious game development cycles were a couple of years long, at most, which is roughly how long the company took to finishThe Elder Scrolls: Arena, originally launched in 1994....