Emulating video games is also morally gray and possibly illegal — even though manufacturers like Sony have also used emulation on many occasions. Ironically, it turns out that the Xbox Series X has a bigger PlayStation 2 library, thanks to emulation, than the PS5 has through backwards compatibility.
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Prior to Destiny 2: Beyond Light's launch in November 2020, developer Bungie decided to help hand cannons regain some glory. And did they ever. These are the best hand cannons in Destiny 2.
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Indie studio Romero hoped to cash in on the longevity of the gangster genre 90 years later with its release of the strategy based game, Empire of Sin, out Dec 1.
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In mid-November, gamers discovered a sneaky little addition to the PlayStation 5 remake of Demon's Souls: a devious door squirreled away in the labyrinthine alleys of World 1-3. This is the truth about Demon's Souls' mysterious door.
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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion finally arrived, leaving players eager to roam the lands of Azeroth. Here's how to level quickly in the expansion.
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The expected Breath of the Wild comparisons are abundant, but derivativeness and quality are two separate measures. Critics have been mostly positive and enjoyed their time in Fenyx Rising. Given Ubisoft's love of expansive and lengthy games, the matter of time is an important factor.
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Like many open-world video games, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla is crammed full of Easter eggs for eagle-eyed players to spot. Already, secrets relating to the anime One-Punch Man, Harry Potter and even Portal have been discovered.
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In a very cool crossover moment, Fortnite players can actually pay a visit to the 100 Thieves compound as their digitized selves.
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Immortals: Fenyx Rising is the latest action-adventure installment from Ubisoft. Immortals: Fenyx Rising offers open-world gameplay with a solid storyline. The demigod must save the Greek gods from Typhon, the deadliest Titan they've encountered. Here's what the critics think of it.
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The Kirby franchise debuted on the Game Boy. Not only was it a must-have for Nintendo's first handheld system, but it spawned one of the company's most important series. Kirby's Dream Course places the titular protagonist in a game that's essentially a unique interpretation of golf.
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After its announcement in August during the DC FanDome event, Gotham Knights is shaping up to breathe some fresh air into the series. Patrick Redding is ensuring that Gotham Knights can stand on its own feet by including exciting new game mechanics. These events will take place over multiple nights.
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The theory that Destiny 2 fans have been discussing for quite some time was finally confirmed this week. Game developer Bungie revealed that a romantic relationship does in fact exist between characters Osiris and Saint-14. The Guardians are gay and "always have been," according to Robert Brookes.
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Fortnite players are gearing up for tomorrow's Galactus live event, which will end Season 4 with a bang. Now, one player has found a leak that lets players get a sneak peek at world-destroying Marvel villain Galactus ahead of time — by driving the Battle Bus. There's a glitch that lets you do it.
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While gamers have already spent a lot of time exploring characters like Johnny Silverhand, the digital ghost/rockstar insurgent voiced by Keanu Reeves, and fashion icon Evelyn Parker, less time has been dedicated to the game's antagonists, and Adam Smasher has a special relationship with Silverhand.
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The Wolfenstein series has pit players against mad scientists and Nazis since 1981, unless those fans lived in Germany. When Wolfenstein 3D was released in 1992, Germany already had strict laws designed to protect children from violent and offensive imagery. Then Bethesda came up with a workaround.
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After the 2001 release of Grand Theft Auto 3, the floodgates opened for the open-world action game sub-genre, and many GTA-inspired games were excellent in their own right. But there was a GTA clone starring Snoop Dogg that we never got to see.
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The fighting genre has evolved. In most instances, the mechanical difficulty of fighting games has increased. Every new fighting game that is introduced into the market is designed to target players that are already a part of the community. So what are the new-player-friendly fighting games?
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In life — and the entertainment industry — there are two rules to live by: In chess, the pawns go first, and those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Unfortunately, these harsh lessons seemed to have gone over the heads of the team behind the PlayStation 5's DualSense controller.
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A recent collection of data from Digital Foundry has revealed that the PlayStation 5 is actually outperforming the Xbox Series X. While the Series X did take a slight lead in some areas of comparison on paper, the PS5 fared better in practice. The results were surprising given Microsoft's history.
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Video games are cancelled all the time, sometimes well into their development process. Even some games that went on to spawn long-running franchises were at risk of being scrapped at one point. The turn-based sci-fi tactical strategy series XCOM has produced three highly successful games.
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In Chapter 13 of The Mandalorian, Ahsoka Tano tells Din to take Grogu to the planet Tython, and place him on a special stone at a mountaintop. If you were wondering about the significance of this planet, you're not alone. Here's the secret history of Tython.
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The Brotherhood of Steel has been a staple in every Fallout game to date, but what's their deal? This is the untold truth of Fallout's Brotherhood of Steel.
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Industry watchers have expected that Sony was planning to bring out a new version of PlayStation Virtual Reality (PSVR) to go along with the PlayStation 5. Now, a new patent, granted on November 24, may reveal more. Indeed, PSVR 2 may be on the way to PS5.
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Starting on Dec. 3, Captain Natalie Artemis, the protagonist played by Jovovich in the upcoming Monster Hunter film, will appear in Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne during a two-part movie tie-in event quest. Jovovich herself will voice her in-game counterpart.
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Released nearly two weeks ago, Sony has now launched two performance-improving updates to the brand-new PS5 console. The PS5's first update came last week, taking up about 866MB of storage. Now, Sony has released its second update, which comes in at 886MB, according to IGN. The new update is vague.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan recently announced that the company's entire stock of PlayStation 5 consoles were all gone. While that shortage of consoles has caused a headache for fans, the overall demand for Sony's latest next-gen console has a bit of a silver lining.
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The PlayStation 5 touts numerous features that push console graphics to the max. Recently, many PS5 owners have run into a bug where 4K resolution and high dynamic range (HDR) functionalities fight with each other. According to new reports, you can only activate 4K at the cost of HDR, or vice-versa.
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