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“Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir, so that every mouth can be fed,” sang Desmond Dekker backed by The Aces, and the world sang along to the rock steady sounds of the Rude Boys of Jamaica. Nobody knew the words but we sang along. I was six when my parents bought this single and I thought the words were about some guy craving breakfast only to have a clever mountain cat beat him to it, not one word of it even in the lyric sheet....

Nintendo is bringing back the Brain Training franchise, which is also known as Brain Age in certain territories, with a new entry in the series that will launch on Switch early next year. Den Of Geek went along to a rather unlikely location – an ice bar in the centre of London – to pick up a copy of the game and get some early hands-on time with it. It’s immediately clear that Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training For Nintendo Switch, to give the game its full title, is working on two levels: on one hand, it’s a faithful tribute to the unexpected franchise that kicked off in 2005 on DS; but on the other, it’s a massive expansion for the brand that makes the most of the Switch console’s many neat features....

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is not a particularly difficult game by any means. For the most part, players can get through the entire game with absolutely no grinding. This is an RPG perfectly content in jamming its side-game with a host of content while generally just allowing the main game to exist. That said, it’s not like Kakarot is completely devoid of challenge. If anything, hard bosses in an easy game just make them all the more memorable....

The Dragon Quest series has always had an obsession with keys. It seems as if every town in the Dragon Quest franchise has a few treasure chests hidden behind doors that the player cannot access until later in the game, prompting a lot of backtracking when a Thief Key, Magic Key, or Ultimate Key is finally discovered. Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line used an early version of the key system by introducing the Silver Key and the Golden Key....

I’ve never been one to pass up an opportunity to partake in the consumption of an adult beverage. Granted, my tastes have matured over the years (so I’d like to think). The rules in Afterparty, however, paint a much more dire need to consume those carbonated carbohydrates. And, if the game’s deadly circumstances have piqued your interest, you’ll be glad to know that preorders have now opened up on the Epic Games Store....

Dungeons and Dragons is an incredible franchise. More so than almost any other piece of nerd culture currently out there, Dungeons and Dragons puts a distinct emphasis on bringing people together. And, with an incredible level of success, it has managed to do so for 45 years now. Perhaps that’s why fans were so excited upon learning that Dungeons and Dragons has eight games currently in the works, but with so much in the pipeline, it’s important to ask if that may be too many....

The upcoming Dying Light 2 will feature tons of zombie slaying and first-person parkour action, but the living dead take a back seat in the newly revealed gameplay footage. Developer Techland has now shown off this before-promised gameplay in beautiful 4K, which focuses an extensive section of the game’s open world and some of the story components. Despite the first-person action and the horror elements, Dying Light 2 seems to take more of an RPG-immersive sim approach....

E3 has officially ditched its digital-only event this year, which, following the cancellation of its in-person show back in January, means there’ll be no E3 at all in 2022. E3’s 2022 started to look shaky in January, when show organiser the ESA confirmed it wouldn’t be holding a physical event this year due to potential risks from covid - though several journalists subsequently suggested it had actually been scrapped before Christmas - marking the third year in a row E3’s in-person component has been cancelled....

Electronic Arts recently posted some impressive sales numbers for its quarterly report. But one thing stands out in particular — traffic with its online related games. According to the company, its sports titles “are thrilling core fans and bringing in new players” and the Star Wars games are doing quite well. However, it pointed out that games like The Sims 4 and FIFA Online were also performing admirably. Where does EA’s future lie?...

Part of Elden Ring’s charm is that it doesn’t give you a great deal of direction, and you’re very much encouraged to simply go and explore to find valuable loot. But given The Lands Between is so vast, you’re very likely to miss weapons that can give you a huge boost early on in your adventure if you’re not clued in as to where to look. Fear not, Twinfinite is here to offer an overview of the best early game weapons and how to get them in Elden Ring....

Ever since Elden Ring was first announced, fans have clamored around the few things they know about the title, from it being developed by FromSoftware to the collaboration with George R. R. Martin and the influence of Game of Thrones on the title. However, it’s the Norse mythology that is supposed to form the base of Elden Ring’s lore that quickly gathered attention when the game was first announced. One thing that has been a staple of FromSoftware games from Dark Souls to Bloodborne has been the large selection of weapons that these titles offer for players to experiment with....

Game of Thrones Writer George R.R.Martin and Hidetaka Miyazaki the president of From Software teamed upto bring a new IP Elden Ring that takes us in a world of dark fantasy. The game has just been announced at E3 2019, a small teaser gives us a glimpse of what the world or character might look like. More details on this still pending. During an interview with IGN, Hidetaka Miyazaki spoke on Elden Ring....

Frontier Developments announced today that Elite Dangerous: Odyssey‘s PC Alpha will finally begin on March 29. To celebrate the upcoming game expansion, the studio unveiled a brand new gameplay trailer, which showcased one of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey‘s many missions. The full Elite Dangerous: Odyssey expansion is expected to be released later in spring 2021. The lengthy gameplay trailer features a team of Commanders embarking on a raid at a military outpost....

The company formerly known as THQ Nordic, Embracer Group, has announced new plans to preserve video games to “archive and save as much of the video games industry as possible”. “For us, games are more than just games. Its culture!” the company announced on the shiny new web page for the Embracer Games Archive (thanks, PC Gamer). “It is something created by great people with creative ideas. By building a large archive of physical games, we want to preserve and tribute the games culture for a long period of time....

The Entertainment Software Association has cancelled E3 2020, resulting from the exacerbating global situation surrounding the coronavirus outbreak (via Variety). “After careful consultation with our member companies regarding the health and safety of everyone in our industry—our fans, our employees, our exhibitors and our longtime E3 partners—we have made the difficult decision to cancel E3 2020,” said the ESA in a statement. The organisation was “monitoring and evaluating” the viability of the summer trade show, all the while other industry events aborted their plans, such as the Game Developer Conference and the Taipei Game Show....

For those concerned that Everspace 2 wouldn’t reach its lofty Kickstarter goal, you apparently don’t know how far into the sky it can fly. Rockfish Games confirmed today that the game has been fully funded on the crowdfunding site. It managed to get €503,478 during its fundraising period, which means the game is on par for its 2021 release. A Steam Early Access version will arrive beforehand, sometime in September 2020....

A franchise that has now spanned more than two decades, Halo has seen plenty of first-person shooter campaigns, along with a couple of real-time-strategy and twin-stick shooters. The length of first-person shooter campaigns has been relatively consistent since the release of the first Halo title but there is still some variation in length. Every Halo game is included in this list except for the remaster of Halo: Combat Evolved because it’s the same length as the original and Halo: The Master Chief Collection because putting six campaigns into a single game makes it unsurprisingly long....

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has acknowledged the “controversy” around Evolve’s DLC plans – even going so far as to say that “controversy, generally speaking, is a good thing”. “There was some controversy stirred up by an online post. And I guess, you know, controversy, generally speaking, is a good thing,” Zelnick said during the firm’s Q3 earnings call last night. “People can argue about the business model. I think we’re delivering a fantastic title that’s well worth what consumers will pay for it and all signs are extraordinarily positive....

Jason Susanto aka f0rsakeN is an Indonesian player born on March 25, 2004, who currently plays for Paper Rex. He is also a former CS:GO player who played mostly in Tier 3 events. Moreover, this year, he helped his team win multiple championships in the VCT 2022: APAC Challengers as a Duelist. His insane reflexes and skills influence other players to adjust their setup as he does. Check out this guide to know what Settings f0rsakeN uses in Valorant....

Codemasters’ newest title F1 2018 will be launching in a few weeks. As we approach release, the team is showing off more and more of the game. A brand new gameplay trailer has recently been released which shows real life F1 driver Nico Hülkenberg going for a hot lap around the Hockenheimring track in F1 2018. Check it out: While the ‘Work in Progress’ banner is visible during the gameplay sections of the trailer, it does look like the game is shaping up well even in this pre-release state....