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Respawn expands its line of gaming nutrition products today with Respawn by 5, a new chewing gum created in partnership with 5 Gum that promises increased mental focus and enhanced reaction time for gaming. Razer sent us all three flavors: Pomegranate Watermelon, Tropical Punch, and Cool Mint for a taste test. Mental Performance Chewing Gum I’m a big fan of Respawn’s “mental performance” drink mixes, especially compared to the other similar products out there....

As Apex Legends passes the halfway point of Season 6, many fans are wondering about the possible changes to the current legends. Season 6 introduced Rampart to the roster, but some are noticing that last season’s legend has been widely forgotten and in need of a buff. Season 5 legend Loba seemed like a character who would be instantly launched into the meta with handy looting and teleportation abilities. However, her abilities have crippling weaknesses that have put her in the bottom tier of the Apex Legends character strength list....

Despite its humble beginning as an arcade game in 1987, Tecmo Bowl has become one of the most successful NES titles. We’ll take a look at the history behind the iconic title and review it as if it were 1989 today. The History Of Tecmo Bowl While some games are very similar to their arcade counterparts, the arcade version of Tecmo Bowl was quite different from the NES version we know and love today....

Rocket League is introducing the Formula 1 Fan Pack on May 20, adding a sleek new vehicle to its roster along with Decals for ten prominent F1 teams. The pack can be found in the Item Shop and is selling for 2,000 Credits. It’s worth pointing out that all items in the Formula 1 Fan Pack are only usable with the new Formula 1 car, and the Formula 1 car isn’t compatible with all existing item types....

When Ruby Rose announced she would be leaving The CW’s Batwoman after leading the show for only a single season, it shook up the show’s story as much as it rattled fans. But now, even after newcomer Javicia Leslie accepted the hero’s mantle as the new character Ryan Wilder, some are wondering if Rose might someday return. In a recent interview promoting her new film SAS: Red Notice, Rose spoke about the idea of returning to Batwoman even just long enough to tie up her character’s story arc, saying she’s open to the idea....

A new report claims Battlefield 6 will be a soft reboot geared around 128-player maps that will be available on both last and new-gen consoles. Much of 2020 was about the build to the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series X. Now those next-gen consoles are current-gen consoles, 2021 is about what’s next. Both Xbox and PlayStation were pulled up for a lack of launch titles. That’s why this year needs to be a big one when it comes to marquee releases....

As expected, this year will see another new Call of Duty game, this time venturing even further into the sci-fi future of warfare. And while there are undoubtedly many millions of gamers excited for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, there seems to be just as many other gamers more excited for Infinite Warfare’s companion game, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered. When Activision first announced that Modern Warfare Remastered would be coming out alongside Infinite Warfare, gamers were ecstatic....

Call of Duty 2020 has yet to be officially announced, but right now the running theory is that the game will be Call of Duty: Vietnam, dropping the Black Ops subtitle but remaining firmly set in the Black Ops universe. Details on what exactly the game will entail remain unavailable at the time of this writing, but a frequent Call of Duty leaker has shed some light on what fans may be able to expect from the game’s rumored Zombies mode....

Grand Theft Auto 5 is one of the best selling games of all time, so it was hardly surprising to learn that Rockstar is bringing it to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Over the last several months, though, numerous other games have been confirmed as cross-gen titles and most of them can be bought for current consoles and then upgraded to their next-gen counterparts for free. Microsoft has pushed this feature heavily for the Xbox Series X....

A lot of information regarding a rumored new Resident Evil game planned for release in 2021 has leaked over the past weeks. Two key points being that a playable demo was played by Resident Evil ambassadors and that Capcom has since decided to make this new game Resident Evil 8. A new leak claims to have further information about Resident Evil 8, revealing some of the horror game’s early plot points....

They say that when something is too good to be true it oftentimes is. Such is the case with Silent Hills, and the rumored revival in the works at Microsoft. Late this week, a rumor surfaced that claimed Microsoft was looking to purchase the Silent Hills IP from Konami. The Xbox One manufacturer was allegedly willing to pay a billion dollars for the rights to Silent Hills, and if they did secure the property would announce the deal at their E3 2015 Press Conference....

Video game rumors are nothing new for the industry, but with so many conventions and conferences being canceled as a result of the recent pandemic’s effect on the gaming industry, many postponed announcements have made way for a whole new wave of hearsay and leaks. One such rumor from Warner Bros. Interactive has sparked quite a bit of attention as fans rally around the idea of getting a new Batman game at some point in the near future....

As video game graphics continue to improve, file sizes have jumped to astronomically large numbers for most mainline games. With many triple-A games sitting at around 50-60GB these days, and PC titles such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare not fitting on 250GB hard drives, the trend seems to be heading in a very definitive direction. When developing Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne HD, however, it seems special care was taken to keep the file size down....

Announced alongside the release window of Shin Megami Tensei 5 last year, the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 will be getting a port of Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne, bringing Atlus’ 2003 cult-classic back for modern audiences. Since the enhanced release’s unveiling, there’s been very little information about when players can expect to get their hands on Nocturne, although it appears the re-release could be closer to launch than many might think....

The relentless crusade to better Silent Hill 2’s PC port has produced another update for the Enhanced Edition mod. In its seventh patch, reflective textures are strengthened, dynamic resolution is supported, and other features continue to improve, making it possibly the best Silent Hill game on PC. Continuing modders’ tireless work since 2017, update seven offers a progressive amount of new features to polish the PC port. The Enhanced Edition mod’s primary goal has always been to raise the PC port to the same standard as the PS2 version by adjusting cutscenes, sound, lighting, and more....

Fans and players of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls would admire the game series for its sheer level of freedom it offers to players. After all, characters “enhance” their Skills through practice - something people already do in real-life. In turn, players slowly help their characters grow based on exactly how they “behave” in the game. Thankfully, games like Skyrim further improved on this experience with more activities and options that make their iteration of Skyrim almost a living and breathing world....

Players aren’t going to run out of things to do anytime soon in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. It’s a medieval fantasy world filled with plenty of mystery, while players themselves possess a startling level of freedom to customize their character to their heart’s content. The Dragonborn can even become a vampire if that’s what a player wants. Vampirism is nothing new in The Elder Scrolls. Contracting it in Skyrim is surprisingly easy (although curing it is another matter entirely)....

The Legend of Zelda has had a colorful cast of characters in its 35 years, but none compare to the majesty and arrogance of Groose. This red pompadoured titan was your initial Skyward Sword antagonist, looking to best Link at every turn in order to win the heart of Princess Zelda for his own. Groose saw unprecedented fame after the events of Skyward Sword. Helped by his beautiful redemption arc alongside his heavily meme-able antics… But how much about this lofty loft-wing riding bully do you actually know?...

Now, see, this is why we can’t have nice things. Because other people want our nice things, and will try and take them from us or piggyback off of them. Smash Bros. pro ZeRo knows this first hand, and he hasn’t taken kindly to people using his Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Twitch footage. Almost a month after the game’s launch, most Switch owners are probably intimately familiar with Smash Ultimate by now....

The Forest has a sequel underway, and its first gameplay trailer shows off the sparkly, beautiful graphics and atmospheric landscapes. Dubbed Sons Of The Forest, Ednight Games’ new title is set for a 2021 release date, and the trailer seems to show an experience similar to the original with plenty more polish. Sons Of The Forest was announced 2 years ago, back in 2019, a year after the original’s release, and whilst not much is known, fans have uncovered that the protagonist of the new game may be Timmy, although this is unconfirmed and purely speculative as of right now....