Cities: Skylinesis back with its 11th expansion, Plazas and Promenades, this time centered around more pedestrian-friendly and eco-friendly city building features. AllCities: Skylinesplayers are also receiving plenty of new content thanks to the free update coinciding with the release of the expansion, including new roads, menu features, and bug fixes. Cities: Skylineshas come a long waysince its release back in 2015 thanks to a multitude of major updates and expansions that build upon the strong foundation laid out by developer Colossal Order....

Cosplays are always enhanced when being done in groups to express an even wider range of characters from the IP that everyone is dressed up as. One couple decided to capture the essence ofThe Witcherseries when visiting their local Renaissance Faire. Posted to the sub-Reddit r/TheWitcher by u/Semipreciousmetal, this cosplay/crossplay captures the essence of Geralt and Dandelion (or Jaskier for those familiar with the Netflix show) perfectly. ThroughoutThe Witchergames, show, and books, the pair have something of a complicated love-hate relationship with one another as Dandelion’s whimsicality is sometimes too much for Geralt’s down-to-earth, serious demeanor....

The Root of Nightmares raid forDestiny 2’s newest expansion, Lightfall, will soon receive a buff to one of its boss fights. Following a This Week at Bungie blogpost, the studio revealed that it will be making some crucial changes to one ofDestiny 2’s end-game encounters. The February 28release of the Lightfall expansion forDestiny 2brought a ton of new and updated features to Bungie’s powerhouse shooter franchise. While elements of Lightfall left some fans underwhelmed, the majority of the content additions and changes were warmly received by theDestinycommunity, including the redesigned armor mod system and the new Strand subclass....

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Graphics Card The MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is a lower mid-tier graphics card from Nvidia’s GeForce 30 Series. It comes with modern features like ray tracing, the flagship lighting technology in the RTX cards, and good connectivity via both DisplayPort 1.4a and HDMI 2.1. However, with a little less processing power comes a much more attractive price tag. This specific MSI model comes with a three-fan setup, a reinforced backplate, and a heat sink design that offers improved heat dissipation and decreased fan noise....

Genshin Impactrecently released its 2.0 update, bringing the new region of Inazuma to the game alongside new characters, quests, enemies, and locations to explore. Developer miHoYo also revealed a long list of upcoming characters in the region. With Ayaka’s banner coming to a close, fans are looking forward to Yoimiya, the next confirmed 5-star character. Genshin Impactplayers who have explored Inazuma’s storyline will have already come across Yoimiya during their adventure as she’s the owner of Naganohara Fireworks....

The State of Play presentation ended on a high note with the official reveal for the PS5 version ofFinal Fantasy 7 RemakecalledIntergrade.The next-gen update for one of 2020’s biggest releases features a slew of expected upgrades like higher fidelity, graphical and performance modes, and a new photo mode. But, a big surprise for fans ofFinal Fantasy 7 Remakewas the surprise reveal of a new episode coming exclusively to the PS5 version of the game featuring Yuffie, the materia-hunting ninja who was an optional character in the original game....

It goes without saying thatFortniteis not just a popular game but one of the biggest media franchises around. What other game has the pop culture clout tobase an entire in-game season around a major brand like Marvel? Aside from its continuous updates and stream of content, one of the keys to its success has been its Creative mode, which has let its community engage with the game in countless different ways outside of its battle royale mode....

Quick Links TheFallout 4next-gen update formally added several of the most popular Creation Club quests to the game itself. Several of these quests, including “All Hallows' Eve,” now become active when players exit Vault 111 and are set free in the open-world of the Commonwealth. “All Hallows' Eve” was originally created throughBethesda’s Creation Club, which focuses on showcasing fan-made content. It centers around a simple, Halloween-themed escape room puzzle, with special mask-wearing Feral Ghouls leaning more towards trick than treat....

In Bethesda’sFalloutfranchise, super mutants are usually big, violent, and brutish enemy types which can cause a whole lot of problems for the player. Mutated - or by some accounts enhanced - by the Forced Evolutionary Virus, super mutants are big, strong, and kind of dumb. Except some rare super mutants have a little bit more depth to them, and these encounters offer the player something more interesting than the usual shoot-and-loot....

Koei Tecmo has teased some bonus content taking the form of an alternate costume for the upcomingFatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse.The title initially released exclusively on the Japanese market for the Nintendo Wii in 2008 to a generally favorable reception among fans and critics.Alternate costumes are something of a series staple inFatal Frame, sometimes drawing inspiration from Koei Tecmo’s other franchises, as well as other games in the series proper....

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthhas a little something for everyone. From its elaborateQueen’s Bloodcard game that will appeal toGwentfans, to its one-versus-one 3D Brawler mini-game that evokes the retro fighting game experience, the inspiration and homage to classic video games is apparent. One such inspiration forRebirthtakes the form of a fun and frenzied Chocobo Racing minigame, which is a welcome twist onMario Kartracing. Although the movement controls are fairly straightforward, some of the harder Chocobo races will require players to get acquainted with some advanced load-outs....

Guillermo del Toro is one of the few genre filmmakers to be embraced by the Academy. Oscar voters usually dismiss the kind of pulpy, fantastical movies that del Toro makes, but his command of themes and visuals has made him an Academy favorite. Del Toro is a master of pushing poignant social commentary through horror stories. InThe Devil’s BackboneandPan’s Labyrinth, he used a ghost story and a fairy tale, respectively, to convey powerful political allegories surrounding the Spanish Civil War....

Ari Aster made one of the most terrifying horror movies of the last decade that was full of hidden meanings and blink-and-you’ll-miss-it details.Hereditarywas the director’s first feature-length film that was in the making for several years before being released in mid-2018. It took years to write not because Ari Aster had been actually writing it for years, but rather because the director had been pulling from memories and emotional wounds of his past personal life to help create the story of a dysfunctional family being torn apart by literal and metaphorical demons....