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Splinter Cell Conviction and Blacklist creative director Maxime Beland has returned to Ubisoft to join the new editorial team supervising all games in the works at the French developer and publisher, according to VGC. Beland is a true Ubisoft veteran who has worked at the company for over 20 years, but left in 2019 to join Epic Games for a short stint. During his time at Ubisoft, he co-founded Ubisoft Toronto, the team behind Splinter Cell Blacklist, and served as creative director on both 2010’s Conviction and 2012’s Blacklist, the latest game in the storied stealth franchise....

At the Star Wars San Diego Comic-Con panel, Lucasfilm creative director of publishing, Michael Siglain, had an exciting announcement for fans. Along with a creative team that consisted of Katie Cookie, Rebecca Roanhorse, and Charles Soule, it was revealed that a four-issue miniseries from Marvel Comics would come out this December 2019. It would be titled “The Rise of Kylo Ren”. Soule stated at the panel: They kept any details regarding the series quiet....

Blizzard make the announcement last month that the original Starcraft and its DLC expansion Brood War were getting remastered for PC with a release scheduled for this summer. For those that can’t wait for that and want to play some classic Starcraft, you can now do so completely free. As of the release of patch update 1.18 for Starcraft, both the base game and the expansion Starcraft: Brood of War are now free to download and play on PC....

Ah, Steam Controller, you curious little beast. You weren’t the easiest to use, but you had your innovations, your special features, your haptic feedback. And now, allow us to bid you audiue—or, perhaps, TK—at a closeout price. That’s right, the Steam Controller is selling on the official Steam page for a mere $5, along with a few extra bucks for shipping (about $8 or so). In total, you get a new Steam pad to call your own for around $13....

However, judging by the description of the product, this doesn’t mean owners of the original version will be left out, as the game will still have a unified online multiplayer community. It could be possible that the original version simply receives an update with the new features. For now it is not clear whether this re-release will automatically unlock access to part of the DLC content already available, and can be obtained for free through challenges or purchasing them....

To make the best Mario levels you need to see the whole picture Super Mario Maker 2 allows for tons of new ways to make and share levels within the Mario universe. With all the newly added tools, some of the basic stuff has also been enhanced and changed. Previously a Wii U exclusive title, the jump to the Switch offers a lot of new stuff to play around with, including the capacitive touch screen on the handheld device....

With Super Smash Bros. getting ever closer to releasing on the Nintendo 3DS in less than two months in the US and Europe, and only a month in Japan, excitement for the game is hitting a peak right now. Earlier today, we told you about the pretty much expected reveal of the return of Meta Knight and now we have something almost equally expected, the announcement of a special Nintendo 3DS XL bundle with a specially themed 3DS XL included....

Moving from screens in our hands to screens in front of our eyes, a number of major tech giants are working on augmented reality (AR) glasses. Microsoft already has the HoloLens, Facebook is building one with Ray-Ban, and even Apple is rumored to be working on a powerful $3000 AR headset. And now, as per a recent leak, Samsung is also looking to dip its toes in the market. It has conceptualized its own AR glasses....

DotEmu is a developer and publisher that specializes in modern releases for all of those beloved retro games that you love. They have announce that Sanitarium is now available to purchase on Steam. Sanitarium was originally released in 1998 for the PC and was Adventure Game of the Year. This is a timeless point-and-click horror game that is a must have to those of you that love adventure games. You will take on the role of Max Laughton, an amnesiac who is thrust head first into a morbid universe....

March 10 has been labeled as Mario Day (MAR10 Day) for undoubtedly obvious reasons. Usually, Mario Day comes with sales and specials and this year is no exception. In an announcement on the official website, Nintendo detailed the games going on sale this year. With the purchase of a new Nintendo Switch, you can get one of the below games with the console for $329.98. Super Mario Party – The latest in Nintendo’s Party games series....

Sadly, Selma Blair has withdrawn from the DWTS competition early due to some health issues. On Monday, the Hollywood actress revealed that she was not going to continue with Dancing With The Stars. Selma Blair revealed that she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2018. Even after she was diagnosed with this sickness, Blair still pushed on. She continued on the show and put on wonderful performances. She didn’t allow her situation to stop her....

Serious Sam VR is the next chapter in the Serious Sam franchise and looks to be coming to PC later this month as an announcement was made earlier today by Croteam & Devolver Digital. Seriously Sam VR: The Last Hope will be available on Steam Early access on October 17th as announced via Croteam’s blog. The new entry will have two different planets with multiple missions on them with two bosses....

Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Josh O’Connor, and Andrea Riseborough have joined Kate Winslet’s upcoming biopic, Lee. Ellen Kuras will be the director for the picture. The script was written by Liz Hannah (The Post, Mindhunter), which has been adapted from the book The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose. Winslet will produce and star in the biopic based around World War II correspondent Lee Miller. Rocket Science, CAA Media Finance, and UTA Independent Film Group will broker deals at the market....

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is undoubtedly a game on most people’s list of game they are looking forward to. Assassin’s Creed-like gameplay fused with the world of the Lord of the Rings is just, in theory, a fantastic recipe for an awesome game. In order to prove to us that the game isn’t just mindless slashing of orcs, Warner Brothers Interactive is giving us another look at the story of Shadow of Mordor by introducing us to Ratbag....

If you are facing performance issue on your system while playing Shadow Of Tomb Raider you can read the solution below to fix it. The guide is updated on steam first by user SpookyCitrus who talks about high cpu usage of Shadow Of Tomb Raider on old systems. The fix is pretty simple and straightforward to do, but with it, you will see a boost in performance and it also resolves common issues like game stuttering, crashing and freezing....

The long-awaited 16-bit action game is finally coming soon. Vblank Entertainment, the developer of Retro City Rampage, has been working on their next game, Shakedown: Hawaii, for quite some time now. Finally, the game has a release date, at least for most of the consoles it’s coming to. It was recently announced that Shakedown: Hawaii will be released for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita on May 7. A 3DS version of the game has been in development and is still planned, but will take a little more time to finish, so the release date for the 3DS version will be revealed at a later date....

What makes a game good? Is it gameplay, graphics, fun, controls, story? It’s hard to say, but Skyrim developer, Bethesda, says that one thing is a certainty: graphics definitely matter. And if you say that they don’t, you’re a liar. Not my words, those came from Pete Hines at Bethesda in OXM’s latest podcast. “There’s a lot of people who say graphics don’t matter. To them I usually say ‘you’re lying’,” said the developer on the latest OXM Podcast....

If you have not bought a PlayStation 4 console yet, Sony is mentioning that 2016 should be the time you should finally get one. 2015 was still a strong year for the PlayStation 4 in terms of worldwide sales, but many games that pushed the system were from third-party studios. This is about to change in 2016 as a lot of exclusives will be from actual first-party developers. SCE Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida was interviewed by 4Gamer mentioning the outlook of the PlayStation 4 in 2016....

Sony’s PlayStation 5 passed $20 million units sold last month, and back then, Sony’s plans of ramping up production in the following 6 months are finally coming to fruition. Sony said that it is “working to bring forward more supply into the year-end holiday selling season” for the PS5. The company explained in its recent earning results how software sales and gameplay engagement have dropped compared to last year. But that should not come as a surprise, as last year, due to lockdowns, most people were stuck at home....

Sorcerer Fighting Simulator is a game that focus on combat, parkour, and magic. As you play the game, your goal is to rank up your character to become a powerful sorcerer that is capable of taking down any enemy brave enough to challenge you. In the game, you must acquire several different resources to increase your character and your stats. To become a powerful sorcerer, you usually have to put in the time and extensive effort to train your character by completing quests and excersising their body and mind....