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Fans of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim treasure the game for the near-unlimited freedom it offers to players. Players can build their characters in any way they like, such as a sneaky and stealthy character. Stealth Builds have always been a favorite ever since the game’s release. While the build is naturally fun to play with, there are many ways players can make their stealth builds even better. From picking the right race to investing in some unusual perks, players can diversify their characters and make them even more enjoyable....

Bethesda announces that the upcoming Skyrim: Special Edition has gone gold, which also means concrete details on the game’s PC system requirements and console file size. It’s strange to consider the possibility that a game first released in 2011 could end up on the ballot for the best RPGs of 2016, but that is exactly what could happen with Bethesda’s Skyrim: Special Edition. The game that many believe to be the best entry in the storied history of The Elder Scrolls series is getting a major graphical overhaul, and in its half-decade away from the spotlight the industry has seen a steady influx of newly-converted gamers, ready to experience Skyrim for the first time....

While Half-Life: Alyx may not have made many 2020 Game of the Year lists due to its niche availability, it was still a major step forward in the VR space. Valve’s history of moving technology forward in its games was repeated. Now it’s just a matter of time before Half-Life: Alyx’s VR tech and the ideas behind it propagate. One of the first examples, it seems, has just been revealed. A modder has added Half-Life: Alyx’s “hand interaction” and “gravity gloves” tech to Skyrim VR....

It may be almost six years old at this point, but the legacy of open world action-adventure Sleeping Dogs continues to grow. This morning famed actor, director, and martial artist Donnie Yen announced that development of a Sleeping Dogs film continues to move forward. No release window or further details were provided. Yen, whose celebrity has skyrocketed in the USA after starring in Star Wars: Rogue One, made the announcement by posting to Instagram several images of himself cut next to key art of Sleeping Dogs game protagonist Wei Shen....

When it comes to MOBAs, Smite stood out from the crowd on arrival. Played in third person, rather than top down, it pits various gods and mythical beings against each other. Smite is still going strong, and still adding characters from many sources. Cthullu himself will join Smite later this month. Smite came out during a time when MOBAs were seeing a big revitalization, led by League of Legends. Besides the change in perspective, it follows the standard MOBA formula pretty closely....

Rappers and football go very well together at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, but rappers and Madden NFL games don’t seem to mix very well, even on a regular Sunday. Legendary rapper and producer Snoop Dogg ragequit Madden NFL 21 about 15 minutes into his Twitch stream and let it run for over seven hours. According to PC Gamer, the first 15 minutes of Snoop’s stream, titled “Sit Back, Relax, and Chill its a vibe in here,” were anything but chill....

“Sock it to me,” Tina Turner sings. All across America, women are getting it socked to them. Hit me baby one more time is the teenage girl’s soundtrack’s perpetual refrain. There’s nothing more our country loves than a slut in sheep’s clothing. Post-Halloween, post-election, and post-New Year, the slut deserves another look in the horror genre. She’s the woman on whom the audience lingers in the film’s opening moments, like Michael Myers’ older sister, who we see from outside the Myers house, necking on the couch with her boyfriend in Halloween (1978)....

A new generation of consoles is coming this year, and while that means plenty of brand new next-gen games, a fair number of current-gen games will also be available on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Normally this leaves gamers facing the choice of which version of these games to go with, but it looks like EA will make the decision much easier by offering free cross-gen upgrades for its titles....

According to Steamdb.info, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 will cost zero dollars starting October 9 and be completely free until October 19. That means anyone can just download the game and keep it forever during that ten-day period. Steamdb.info reports that the pricing update was uploaded to Steam just yesterday and it will definitely take effect on Friday unless there was some kind of mistake. Normally, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is priced at $4....

Sony confirms today that developer Guerrilla Games’ Cambridge branch will be closing and all employees will be laid off following changes to the European studios structure. The video game industry can be as harsh as any other business, despite the fact that many of those working within it are the kinds of purveyors of dreams and oddities that fantasy novels have taught us to treasure. Many popular development studios have closed simply because their games, despite being well-loved by a select group of fans, didn’t make enough money to be able to continue production of further titles....

The success of South Park: The Stick of Truth was something to behold, with the game earning excellent reviews and a strong following of fans. When a follow-up was therefore announced, South Park; The Fractured but Whole, the gaming world was very excited to see whether the brilliance of the first game could be transposed into a sequel, or whether the game was something of a one-off moment of triumph....

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition has not had the smoothest launch. Between numerous omissions and questionable decisions, Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition launched to a lukewarm response by fans and critics. To further hamper the release, Crystal Chronicles Remastered now suffers from serious multiplayer issues and has even been pulled from certain digital stores, promoting an apology from the developer. Crystal Chronicles Remastered director Araki Ryoma posted an open letter on the Square Enix website acknowledging the issues....

Resident Evil 7 brought back the survival-horror genre that characterizes the Resident Evil franchise, leaving behind the more action-focused gameplay prevalent in RE5 and RE6. Not only that, but fans also encountered new characters and elements in the story that ended up intertwining with the long-standing characters in the series. And while the newest installment in the franchise, Resident Evil: Village, is just around the corner, now is the perfect time to go over things that happened in the last games, so you don’t get lost in the plot when Lady Dimitrescu and her daughters make their debut....

‘Tis the season for many ongoing games-as-a-service titles to release holiday-themed events. For example, Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch launched its Winter Wonderland 2020 event, offering players access to a new game mode and unique character costumes. Some video game fans have been celebrating the holiday season in other ways, such as one turning Resident Evil 3’s Nemesis into a terrifying Santa Claus. The 2020 remake of Capcom’s popular survival-horror game, first released in 1999, did not receive quite as much praise as last year’s Resident Evil 2 remake, especially as many felt the returning Nemesis had less of an impact following RE2’s Mr....

Apex Legends has been a massive success since its debut in February of 2019. Only being released a little more than a year ago, Apex Legends has not slowed down with updates and new content. After amassing over 70 million players in the first year, the game’s developer, Respawn, has been preparing for expansion due to the game’s overwhelming success. Respawn has been gearing up to open a new studio since 2019....

Respawn Entertainment has confirmed to TheGamer in a new interview that despite being set in the Titanfall universe, adding Titans to Apex Legends was never on the cards. There have been multiple hints from dataminers in the past that Titans would be added to the game, and the upcoming Season 9: Legacy has more Titanfall references and characters appear in Apex Legends than ever before, but that still does not mean you’ll be seeing the battle mechs in the Battle Royale....

Los Angeles-based video game company Riot Games and its two co-founders Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck have each donated $500,000 to various cornoavirus relief organizations. Thats’s a whopping $1.5 million in total. All public events relating to Valorant - their next game set for release in Summer 2020 - have been cancelled. There is, however, an online event scheduled for this weekend wherein some proper gameplay is set to be revealed for the first time....

2021 is halfway through, and if you’ve been working from home for more than a year now - longer than many of us expected this to go on for - then you’ve probably got a good setup. A nice keyboard, smooth mouse, plenty of screen real estate for your documents and Twitter, and a headset to pump Spotify into your ears 24/7 in an effort to stave off madness until an ad starts playing....

Activision is developing a replacement to Destiny, a new leak has revealed. Destiny developer Bungie split from Activision in early 2019 and took the rights to the series with it leaving fans wondering what that could mean for the sci-fi RPG series. On Twitter, gaming YouTuber TheGamingRevolution leaked several Activision games such as a rumored Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater remaster and a free to play Call of Duty game that will released in 2021....

A couple of weeks ago, a supposed Overwatch 2 leak claimed to reveal the PvE Talents for Brigitte and Moira. Talents are special new abilities that Overwatch 2 characters will have in the PvE game modes, but won’t necessarily be featured in the PvP. Now it appears Ana’s Talents have leaked online as well, though fans should take this with a grain of salt. Twitter user Stylosa has shared an image that purportedly shows an Overwatch 2 “internal test....