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The latest update forMinecraft(being 1.16) is also dubbed the Nether Update. This update to the popular, pixelated survival game breathes new life into the infamous Nether, the game’s equivalent of the underworld. RELATED:Minecraft: Everything You Need To Know About The Dragonfire Mod For the first time since the creation of the game, the Nether has a variety of biomes to explore and traverse through. Along with new biomes, there are many new items, blocks, and mobs that scatter the fiery landscape....

Live-service gamesare a dime a dozen these days. While the major triple-A releases will get tons of hype leading up to their launch, several new indie and mobile games that adhere to the “pay as you go” model are released every month. In fact, it has becomethe most profitable modelfor game development in the modern era. RELATED:Best Free To Play MMOs Of All Time What benefits these types of games is the ability to refine their content dozens of times post-release....

Quick Links The long-awaitedAvatar: The Last Airbenderon Netflix is a live-action retelling of the hit animated series which aired on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008. As favorite moments and beloved characters come to life, this version of the fantasy-adventure show has sparked the imaginations of old and new fans alike. The first season of the Netflix series covers “Book One: Water” from the animated show, as charactersAang, Katara, Sokka, and moreare introduced....

Slated to launch in October,Far Cry 6is just around the corner, with fans of the long-running action franchise getting themselves prepped to go face to face with the ruthlessAntón Castilloas they battle to liberate Yara. However, despite the game having not officially launched, it seems Ubisoft is already thinking about what comes next, releasing a new overview trailer today coveringFar Cry 6’spost-launch content. Although the game’svillain-focused Season Pass add-onswere officially announced earlier this year, the promo is filled with several new surprises, the biggest of which being three crossover missions inspired by some notable movies and TV shows....

Amazon’s MMORPGNew Worldhas been making waves. The PC game’s launch saw a huge influx of players, more so than its servers could handle. While Amazon continues to get a handle on the overpopulation issue by spinning up new servers, as well aspreventing players from creating characters in fullNew Worldservers, the popularity continues to rise thanks in-part to word of mouth and streamers on platforms like Twitch. Set in a time reminiscent of the colonial era, players find themselves on an island known as Aeternum where a sought-after resource called Azoth is being fought over by multiple factions....

TheNintendo Switchhas seen quite its fair share of success since its initial launch. In Japan especially, the console has been very well received, with sales of retail units and games showing no signs of slowing down. Though, it seems that JapaneseNintendo Switchusers will be able to purchase additional Joy-Con controllers at a reduced cost. As previously mentioned, the Nintendo Switch has seen a great deal of success and popularity, but nowhere in the world is that more so the case than in Japan, considering that in just three years,the Switch outsold the Wii in Japanas the highest-selling console of all time....

Summary Palworldis currently on course to incur nearly half a million dollars in server upkeep costs for February. That eye-watering figure provides some additional perspective on what kind of “good problems” having an indie hit likePalworldcan create. The newest title from Japanese studio Pocketpair was released in early access for PC and Xbox consoles on January 19.Palworldwas also a day-one Xbox Game Pass release, but that did not stop it from debuting as the best-selling game on Steam, a title that it still holds more than two weeks later....

Pikmin 4has finally been formally announced. Coming part-way through the September 2022 Nintendo Direct, series creator Shigeru Miyamoto revealed preview footage and screenshots for the upcoming game. Sporting a new camera angle set at the player’s back to emphasize the giant scale of thePikminplanet,Pikmin 4now has a 2023 release window. Not much is known yet, butPikminfans everywhere were overjoyed to see a true continuation of the franchise. This has been a long time coming, withPikmin 3having been released in 2013....

Today’sSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Versetrailer contained many fun Easter Eggs for fans of various Spidey-related media, including a quick cameo from theMarvel’s Spider-Man 2incarnation of Peter Parker.Across the Spider-Versewill continue the story of Miles Morales as he travels to different dimensions across the Marvel multiverse and meets other versions of the famed web-slinging crime fighter fromvarious Marvel-based video gamesand comics. This time, Miles will also have to battle the dimension-warping villain The Spot, and the early trailers forAcross the Spider-Versehint at a conflict between the rookie Spider-Man and the countless other wall-crawlers of the multiverse....

Around midnight on October 18,21 year old Cayla Campos was shot and killedwhile playingPokemon GOat a park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She and her boyfriend were sitting in their car playing the game when they witnessed a robbery. Campos and her boyfriend attempted to leave the area, but the robbery suspects shot at their vehicle. Cayla was tragically shot in the head and then crashed her car into a house. She later died of her injuries at a local hospital....

Summary Some people are obsessed with getting as many trophies as possible. They will even play games they have no interest in just because the particular title has an easy-to-nab platinum trophy. A couple of themonly take a few hours, while some of the more involved ones take more time but are still easy to obtain. While there are some mindless, cheaper games on the PlayStation Store, seemingly designed just to give people aneasy platinum trophy on the PS5, most of the games are also big titles that will give players emotional fulfillment in addition to the trophy....

One of 2021’s biggest surprises has beenPsychonauts 2, the long anticipated sequel to Double Fine Productions' 2005 cult classic 3D platformer. Thanks to a hefty marketing boost by Xbox Game Studios after being purchased by Microsoft in 2019, including the game launching day 1 on Xbox Game Pass, Double Fine’s newest adventure across the minds of a wonderful cast has seen major success across Xbox, PC, and PlayStation platforms. Now, just over two months after launch, Double Fine has released the newest update forPsychonauts 2, which adds new features to help acheivement hunters....

One of the blueprints players ofRaftcan find on the Caravan Town story island is for a metal detector. Specifically, theblueprint is deep underwaterin the same container where players can find the infirmary key. The cost of a metal detector is relatively cheap, andplayers only need 12 plastic, 6 scrap, and a simple battery. Once it’s built, players can use it on any island (including Caravan Town) to discover all kinds of valuable buried treasure....