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Comrade, Secrets Escape!
14 Vampire Movies You Should Watch This Halloween From Bram Stoker’s Dracula to What We Do In The Shadows , here’s a quintessential list of movies about spooky and sexy bloodsuckers
UCLA Women's Basketball Recruiting Weekend and Overall Reset
Bruin Report Online Basketball UCLA Women's Basketball Recruiting Weekend and Overall Reset UCLA head coach Cori Close watches the action from the sideline during a Sweet Sixteen game against Minnesota in the Sacramento 2 Regional of the women's NCAA Tournament at Golden 1 Center on March 27, 2026. (Credit: Ed Szczepanski | Imagn Images) We reset the recruiting board for the UCLA women's basketball team now that the Bruins have three commitments in the 2027 class.
Citadels: Shadow City
Citadels: Shadow City is a dark-fantasy turn-based card game of bluffing, diplomacy, and city-building. Pick secret roles, gather gold, and outsmart your opponents to construct the ultimate city. Play solo against AI or compete with friends in online and local multiplayer!
Lewis Hamilton's shock 2025 Ferrari move confirmed
Well, it’s official – seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will be donning red in 2025 in a sensational move from Mercedes-AMG Petronas to Scuderia Ferrari, one that he says was “one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make.” All the key players have confirmed the news, bringing to rest a whirlwind of speculation that kicked off yesterday evening.
Perodua Alza 2022: 10 things you need to know
Nearly 13 years since it was introduced, the Perodua Alza finally receives a second generation. The seven-seater MPV has been redesigned from the ground up with a whole new platform, a radically different design, a more advanced engine and transmission and a slate of new technologies. Here are ten things you need to know about it.
Own a Proton X70? You might get the ATLAS OS and be able to stream your Spotify playlists soon
When it was launched back in 2018, the Proton X70 was touted as having a modern infotainment operating system, coming with the then-new Geely Key User Interface (GKUI). Fast forward four years, however, and it’s safe to say that it’s already becoming outdated. The GKUI system has been superseded twice, first by the more advanced GKUI 19 in the smaller X50, then the ATLAS OS that made its debut in the facelifted Iriz and Persona.
PSA: Control Is Free On The Epic Store
Screenshot: Remedy Games Control is the latest free game on the Epic Games Store. You can grab it for no charge from now until June 17. If you’ve never played Control before, you’re in for a treat. In a year filled with great titles, Control was one of the dark horse hits of 2019. Players take on the role of Jesse Faden, who enters a towering yet unmarked skyscraper in New York City called the Oldest House to find her missing brother, Dylan.
PSA: Control Is Free On The Epic Store
Control is the latest free game on the Epic Games Store. You can grab it for no charge from now until June 17. If you’ve never played Control before, you’re in for a treat. In a year filled with great titles, Control was one of the dark horse hits of 2019. Players take on the role of Jesse Faden, who enters a towering yet unmarked skyscraper in New York City called the Oldest House to find her missing brother, Dylan.
Backbone: The Kotaku Review
I’m pretty tired of fantasy racism. At this point, portraying racism in video games through the proxies of elves forced into squalid ghettos, stateless space alien nomads, and disenfranchised robots feels a cop out. So I was surprised that I enjoyed Backbone so much, a noir adventure set in Vancouver, populated by anthropomorphic animals who live in a strict racial hierarchy.
Backbone: The Kotaku Review
I’m pretty tired of fantasy racism. At this point, portraying racism in video games through the proxies of elves forced into squalid ghettos, stateless space alien nomads, and disenfranchised robots feels a cop out. So I was surprised that I enjoyed Backbone so much, a noir adventure set in Vancouver, populated by anthropomorphic animals who live in a strict racial hierarchy.
You Can Win $5,000 For Being Really Good At Microsoft Excel
Been practicing your Excel macros? What’s your APM in Microsoft Office? If you’re the best of the best, you might just have what it takes to dominate in the world of competitive financial modeling. In fact, another international exhibition match is about to start. Microsoft just announced a “financial modeling battle” which will go down live on YouTube.
Half-Life: Alyx Almost Had Enemies that Would React to Being Flipped Off
The programmer responsible for the player-character's hands in Half-Life: Alyx details a cut system involving NPCs reacting to rude gestures. Email Half-Life Alyx was released to near-universal critical acclaim and is seen by many as one of the best VR games that launched in 2020, if not all-time. The game was praised for achieving unprecedented levels of player-environment interactivity, but there were a few aspects that didn’t make the final cut.
Stardew Valley Prescription for Sleep Album Drops
Only one month after it was announced, the new album featuring 12 relaxing arrangements of songs from Stardew Valley arrives on streaming services. Email Scarlet Moon Records has released its latest album in the Prescription for Sleep series, taking inspiration from Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone’s Stardew Valley.
EA Opening New Studio With Ex-Monolith Dev to Create Open World Game
A former director on the Middle-Earth series has been hired by EA to start a new studio focusing on 'open world action adventure games.' Email The video game industry is constantly shifting as development and publishing teams are established, new partnerships are struck, and companies are bought out. Electronic Arts is no stranger to this kind of flux that moves talent all over the place, even developing a reputation for shutting down studios after acquiring them.
Ubisoft's Skull And Bones Delayed To Late 2022
Skull and Bones is sailing into rough waters once again. In an earnings report today, Ubisoft revealed that the game has been delayed to next year. “Skull and Bones will now be released in 2022-23,” Ubisoft wrote in its report. This is the fourth delay for the swashbuckling pirate game, which was originally announced at E3 2017 with a 2018 release. As that date crept closer, Ubisoft delayed it to 2019, 2020, and 2021 to 2022.
Return of G4: Adam Sessler and Kevin Pereira on the future of gaming
g4 The return of G4 is something that’s ignited a lot of excitement — and memories. In the early 2000s, G4 offered a plethora of video game programming that couldn’t be found anywhere else on television. Some of the most recognizable icons from those glory days were X-Play hosts Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb and Attack of the Show hosts Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn. Since G4’s original closure in 2014, the crew went their separate ways until their fateful Thanksgiving reunion show in 2020.
Cyberpunk 2077 Mod Makes Great Change to Lighting
Cyberpunk 2077 continues to be improved by both CD Projekt Red and a dedicated modding community that just released a new mod improving the lighting. Email Gamers everywhere are familiar with the tragedy Cyberpunk 2077. Despite patches and hotfixes from developer CD Projekt Red, the highly-anticipated RPG is still a mess for most players. Modders are now taking things into their own hands with mods that fix many of the underlying issues with CDPR’s vision of the dark future.
Ambitious Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Mod Turns It Into A Spider-Man Game
While Rockstar has been silent regarding a remaster of GTA: San Andreas, fans can enjoy fighting crime as the web-slinger in the meantime. Email The Grand Theft Auto series has long been known for its free-roaming, sandbox cities that let players freely run or drive about, causing chaos as they please. Numerous mods have taken advantage of these maps, turning the crime games into a racing game and even a fully functional GTA Iron Man sim.
Grant Theft Auto 5 Topped Twitch Viewership in March 2021
For the first time ever, Grand Theft Auto 5 becomes the number-one game on Twitch in hours watched, beating games like League of Legends and Fortnite. Email Only a few days after news suggesting that Grand Theft Auto 5 has topped the 2021 streaming chart, another stream-tracking toolkit has submitted a new report confirming the previous. Eight years after its original release, Rockstar Games' premiere open-world crime sandbox is as strong as ever.
Nintendo President Doug Bowser is Looking Forward to E3 2021
With E3 2021 confirmed, the arguments about its relevancy are resurfacing, but the President of Nintendo of America, however, is happy the show is on. Email Earlier this year, the ESA canceled the in-person events for the 2021 Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3. The show must go on, so the event will be held digitally.
Lovecraftian Adventure Game Call of the Sea Teases PlayStation Ports
Developer Out of the Blue has hinted that the Xbox adventure darling Call of the Sea might not be exclusive to Microsoft's consoles much longer. Email When Call of the Sea was first announced back in the summer of 2020, the relatively smaller-scale game drew large-scale attention for being one of the first Xbox exclusives confirmed to be coming to the Series X.
Halo Infinite's First Big Esports Event Expected to Take Place This Year, Details Coming in the Summer
In contrast to circulating rumors of another Halo Infinite delay, Microsoft is confident enough in a 2021 release to book an Esports event. Email While fans of the Halo universe eagerly await the release of Halo Infinite, the esports scene has also been preparing for the return of the Master Chief. A Twitter announcement from a Microsoft representative suggests that players will be playing the long-awaited next entry of the Halo saga.
First PSVR2 Game Confirmed
After the revelation of the new VR controllers, virtual reality fans are excited to learn that a PC-exclusive title is coming to PSVR2. Email With the recent announcement of Sony’s new virtual reality controllers, fans have been eager to see what the massive power of the PS5 can handle with the next iteration of PSVR. Developer Vankrupt games has begun to provide an answer by confirming its popular shooter will be coming to the next VR set from PlayStation.
Google Stadia Adding Four Popular JRPGs
Though often criticized for its lack of must-have titles, Google Stadia answers by bolstering its lineup with four critically-acclaimed JRPGs. Email Google has seen its fair share of problems recently with its premiere streaming service, Stadia. Between studios shutting down and lawsuits over “greatly exaggerated claims”, a small bright spot in the clouds has appeared in the form of a handful of games coming to the platform.
Rumor: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Looking to Add All of Ubisoft+ Services
Rumors are circulating that Xbox will be adding the library of another subscription service to its own popular Game Pass Ultimate. Email The Xbox Game Pass rumors keep on rolling, with the latest rumor suggesting that Xbox is looking to add another subscription package to the service. Doing so would add another 100+ games to the value-friendly service, but raises questions of pricing among many gamers.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla Players Report Crashing Issues After Latest Update
After releasing a update for Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, players report a recurring crash in connection with the new content, Ubisoft responds. Email Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla has enjoyed immense sales success, even topping Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War in the UK last year. Whether a sign of quality or a savvy release time with the next-gen console, lots of people are playing the Viking RPG, but some have been reporting problems with the latest update.
Microsoft Responds to Xbox Series X VR Rumors
After an error message started a rumor that Xbox will soon support console virtual reality, Microsoft responds to eager VR enthusiasts. Email It has been nearly five years since Sony dipped its toes into the Virtual Reality scene with the release of PSVR, while Microsoft has claimed that “nobody is asking for VR” and has not added support for any VR systems. The tech giant has updated its position on the subject in response to a bug that suggested VR support was on the way for Xbox consoles.
Bethesda Releases 'Here's to the Journey' Video to Celebrate Xbox Acquisition
Following the recent approval from officials in the U.S. and E.U, Bethesda Softworks releases a video celebrating franchises past and future. Email In September 2020, Microsoft announced that Xbox would be acquiring ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Game studios and others. With the $7.5 billion deal finally about to go through, Bethesda Softworks has released a video celebrating a new chapter in the storied developer’s history.
FIFA 21 Dominates PlayStation Store's February 2021 PS5 Downloads
EA's premiere soccer simulator, FIFA 21, leads the charts for the PlayStation Store's most downloaded game on the PS4 and PS5 in February 2021. Email The PlayStation blog has revealed the most downloaded games for February 2021 in the US/Canada and the EU across all of Sony’s platforms, including PS4, PS5, and PSVR. The lists contain a few games followers of the industry would expect, and riding on the top of the PS5 charts is Electronic Art’s premiere football game FIFA 21.
Custom Ghost of Tsushima DualSense Controller is Stunning
Ghost of Tsushima, arguably a work of art itself, inspires the creation of an incredible custom DualSense controller for the PS5. Email A Reddit user has shared an incredible DualSense controller with custom art inspired by the 2020 hit Ghost of Tsushima. The custom design pays homage to the beautiful art of the game itself and demonstrates the incredible talent of the artist, TheCaliWorkshop.
The Last of Us 2 Breaks Record for Most BAFTA Award Nominations
Naughty Dog's most divisive work, The Last of Us Part 2, continues to shake the industry with record-high nominations at the BAFTA Game Awards. Email The Last of Us 2,from developer Naughty Dog, continues to break award records with the announcement of the 2021 BAFTA award nominees. The divisive game already has the most “Game of the Year” awards in industry history, and the accolades do not appear to be slowing down.
New Halo 3 Maps Waterfall and Edge Shown Off by Beta Testers
Fans of Halo 3 are in for a treat as 343 Industries adds new maps to the fourteen-year-old title within the Master Chief Collection. Email Halo developer 343 Industries is adding new maps to Halo 3 with the upcoming season in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Some members of the Halo Insider program have been testing these new maps and haven given players a preview of the new content coming to the fourteen-year-old game.
Horizon Fan Shares Aloy Cosplay
On the four-year anniversary of Horizon: Zero Dawn's release, fans are impressed with this realistic depiction of the series protagonist, Aloy. Email A fan of Horizon: Zero Dawn shared her cosplay in celebration of the game’s release one year ago today. Though many players are disappointed by the absence of the sequel at the PlayStation State of Play earlier this week, this remarkably accurate portrayal of the series' main character is a treat for Horizon: Zero Dawn fans.
Red Dead Paper Nods to Arthur Morgan
Fans of Rockstar's open-world Western series will appreciate this little nod to Arthur Morgan found in the first Red Dead Redemption. Email Eagle-eyed players of the original Red Dead Redemption have spotted an interesting reference to its prequel’s main protagonist, Arthur Morgan. The connection can be found in one of the newspapers available for purchase in game.
Fortnite Vaults the Flint-Knock Pistol
With the latest patch, Epic Games removes the popular knock-back weapon from regular play while also introducing a brand-new limited-time mode. Email Fortnite has announced a new hot fix to the game that went live on Tuesday morning. The patch includes the removal and the return of some popular weapons, and a new limited-time mode called Comeback Squads. Fortnite is an ever-changing beast with an incredible amount of content to keep track of.
Apex Dev Responds to Optic Complaints
A producer from Respawn Entertainment offers a promising response to a request from a professional Apex Legends player on a popular topic. Email A recent tweet hints that Respawn Entertainment will soon deliver on a popular fan-requested feature for EA’s premiere battle royale, Apex Legends. This tweet came in response to another tweet from a professional Apex Legends player.
Marvel Artist Creates Amazing The Last of Us HBO Art
An accomplished entertainment industry artist depicts the actors for HBO's The Last of Us series in their roles as Joel and Ellie. Email The Last of Us was a landmark video game that cemented developer Naughty Dog as one of the most respected creative teams of the decade. Now that The Last of Us is headed for the small screen, a gifted artist has shared her vision of actors Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in their leading roles as Joel and Ellie. The art is brought to us by Alice X.
Codemasters Still 'Independent" After Acquisition
Electronic Arts officially purchases Codemasters, the developer of the Dirt franchise, but it will remain an 'independent group.' Email Electronic Arts (EA) has purchased Codemasters, officially bringing the racing game developer under the publisher’s banner. Those who remember EA’s history of interfering with studios need not worry; Codemasters itself voted for the change and appears to be safe from the publisher’s meddling habits.
Xbox Committed to Accessible Games
The Microsoft Gaming Accessibility team reaffirms that accessibility remains a top priority to Xbox and hopes to help developers improve as well. Email As video games become more popular across the world, Xbox has stepped up as a leader in making gaming possible for people with disabilities. A new article titled “The Future of Game Accessibility on Xbox” outlines adjustments to developer accessibility guidelines and Microsoft’s vision of a future where all gamers can play together.
Rockstar Releases New Red Dead 2 Album
Rockstar releases a special 5 track album called The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2: The Housebuilding EP digitally and as a physical vinyl edition. Email Rockstar Games has released a short compilation of five songs from their 2018 game Red Dead Redemption 2. The EP was released in response to popular demand and is available digitally and as a limited-edition vinyl record.
Ratchet and Clank: Life of Pie Animation Isn't Related to Rift Apart
Many players were hoping that the new animated Ratchet and Clank: Life of Pie short would be a prequel to Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart. Email PS5 exclusive Rachet and Clank: Rift Apart is on the horizon, and Mainframe Studios is treating the fans with a surprise animated short on the duo. Made by the same studio that produced the movie, the 23-minute original story is available on the streaming service Crave.
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