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Die all over again, and again, and again. When you love a game as much as some fans love Spelunky a sequel can be a bit worrying. The first game was considered by many to be a perfect roguelike platformer. So can Spelunky 2 recapture the magic? Does it rework the formula too much or does it not offer enough improvements? The answer is somewhere in the middle, with Spelunky 2 bringing some enhancements and improvements while still feeling like the classic platformer so many came to love....

Title: Star Trek: Picard Episode 1: ‘Remembrance’ Review Release Date: January 24, 2020 Network: CBS All Access Genre: Science Fiction It’s hard to believe that the last time Patrick Stewart took on the role of Jean-Luc Picard was 18 years ago. Star Trek: Nemesis was the last Next Generation film in the long-running series. It’s possible one of the reasons that flick was the end of that chapter was because the movie was almost universally hated....

Think Dark Souls. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order takes a lot of inspirations from other game series, with Dark Souls being one of those very games. This can be seen in a few different areas, but one of the biggest is the XP system and what happens with it when you die in the game, and this guide will explain how that system works. How To Get XP Back After Dying While you probably won’t be dying anywhere near as often as you would in Dark Souls, unless you’re playing on the highest difficulty, there’s still a very high probability you will end up dying at least a few times along the way....

The December 27 update has arrived for Stay Out, and here’s the complete list of changes and fixes added with this patch. This is an early-access game and has been around here since 2019. By the way, these kinds of games are incomplete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development....

Apple has been aiming to make its devices portless someday and that is why the Cupertino giant made the most controversial decision of removing the headphone jack from smartphones back in 2016. While current rumors suggest that Apple might soon remove the SIM slot from its iPhone models, offering only eSIM support, it has been revealed that former Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs wanted the first iPhone to arrive without a dedicated SIM slot....

With the successful release of No More Heroes 3 on the Nintendo Switch, game-runner Suda51 is busy celebrating the completion of his No More Heroes trilogy featuring the audacious Travis Touchdown. But Comicbook is reporting that Goichi Suda (Suda51) is now interested in making a Deadpool game. When asked about what the future holds for him and his video game company Grasshopper Manufacture, he said in part: Suda51’s first game in the trilogy was released back in 2007 and the sequel was released in 2010....

Besieged with controversies over illegal content in India and facing an investigation in the US over national security concerns, ByteDance, the parent company of viral video-streaming app, TikTok, has unveiled its first smartphone in China. To be marketed under the Smartisan brand, the device is named Jianguo Pro 3, which curiously translates to ‘Nut Pro 3’ in English. The Smartisan Jianguo Pro features a 6.39-inch FHD+ (2280 x 1080) AMOLED screen with DC Dimming and 100 percent NTSC Color Gamut....

Want to know how to unlock more emotes in Saints Row? In almost all modern games, regardless of genre and year of release, you can find the emotes feature. Some games allow you to express emotions with unique emojis, while others use simple phrases. But perhaps the best way to convey your mood is through small non-verbal movements. Games such as Fortnite or Saints Row actively use this communication type between players, and it’s relatively convenient....

More news has been revealed on Avatar 3 and 4! Avatar: The Way of Water is on the way extremely soon but some people have instead been focusing on the installments even further in the future. New information was revealed about the filming progress for both Avatar 3 and Avatar 4 and fans will no doubt be excited. People were recently even wondering if there would actually be an Avatar 3 which has been confirmed already....

Samsung is already starting to build hype for its upcoming flagship Galaxy S21 series. Earlier last week, we learned that the Korean giant is taking pre-orders for the Galaxy S21 series in India. And now, it has shared a teaser for the upcoming flagship Exynos chipset that will power its upcoming flagship phones. Samsung’s new flagship chipset will be called Exynos 2100, as per the rumors. The company took to Twitter to reveal the launch date earlier last night....

Samsung has introduced a new Galaxy M-series phone — the Galaxy M53 5G — in India, as announced previously. The smartphone, which recently made its debut globally, comes in addition to a slew of Galaxy A devices the company introduced recently. It includes a 120Hz display, 108MP cameras, and more highlighting features. Here’s a look at all of them. The Galaxy M53 is somewhat like the Galaxy A73 but there are a few visible changes....

Contactless payment apps offer a safe, convenient way to pay by smartphone. For non-iPhone users, there are two major players in this space—Samsung Pay and Google Pay. In this article, we’ll list the features of and differences between Samsung Pay and Google Pay and describe which mobile payment app is most worth using. What Is Google Pay? Google Pay, formerly known as Android Pay, is a mobile payment app that you can use to make purchases, as well as send and receive money....

For the longest time, Sea of Thieves has seen monthly updates breathing new content into the game. From new voyages to quests that increase the lore of the game, there’s plenty to expect each month. I’m almost going to miss the monthly updates next year, but I’m hoping those seasonal updates make up for what we’re losing. Today though, the last of those updates is finally upon us. Sea of Thieves’ final (and quite frosty) monthly update is here, merely known as the Festival of Giving....

Sea of Thieves may not have impressed critics, but the game has quickly become one of Microsoft’s best-selling games of the generation. With one million players at launch, apparently that number has doubled since then. Microsoft revealed the achievement in a thank you note on the Xbox blog. “The worldwide excitement for Sea of Thieves has made it the fastest-selling first party IP of this generation,” according to Craig Duncan of Rare....

At Pax West 2018 we met with Daniel Chayer-Bisson, senior game director, and Mario Chabtini, senior producer, on Shadow of the Tomb Raider to talk a little bit about some new features coming to the historic franchise in just over a week. They demonstrated new stealth mechanics, some of which we discussed in our E3 preview of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and touched on a new way to control difficulty settings to your liking....

There are a few choices to be made in Final Fantasy VII Remake that will impact the game, one of which happens in Chapter 9. When Chocobo Sam asks you to pick heads, tails, or no deal, you might be wondering which option you should go with. In this article, we will run through the impact of the three possible choices. Heads – if you pick heads, you lose the coin toss when Sam calls tails and wins....

Knowhere is a pretty scummy place when you think about it. All manner of pirates and thieves minger among the bars, scammers are robbing people of money, and even kids are stealing credits from those who don’t know better. However, is the brain in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy trying to scam you? Let’s find out. During Chapter 6 of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Starlord is freely able to explore Knowhere’s urban landscape....

Before you dive into the meaty content Lost Ark has to offer, you can learn some basic mechanics of the game by playing the prologue. At the end of the prologue, when you reach the treasure with your supposed comrades, the leader Gerka has a change of heart and cuts the deal he made with the priest Morpheus short. But alas, greed gets the better of this man as he orders his minions to loot the nearby tablet, as a mist starts to envelop him....

Back in April, Nintendo announced that the next round of amiibo would be coming across July and September. Later around E3 it was revealed that even more would be coming in September, and now all of the September amiibo have been officially dated. As expected, a large number of the amiibo will be coming on September 11 alongside the release of Mario Maker. One of these will be the Classic Colors 30th Anniversary Mario, along with five Super Smash Bros....

Well, that was quick. It wasn’t even a full 24 hours since we reported that a listing for a GOTY edition of Horizon Zero Dawn momentarily appeared on Play-Asia, but it looks like Sony has already confirmed that the rumors are true (to a degree) announcing that the hit RPG is indeed getting a definitive version. Instead of it being a GOTY edition, however, it will be titled Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition....