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If you think the 21st century seems like it’s on a slow-motion descent into hell, you’re not alone. But you may not be having as much fun with it as Vox Lux, Brady Corbet’s decadent fable that views modern pop culture as the ultimate reflection of our values: vain, corrosive, and also gloriously vapid. During a time when a reality television star disastrously fails to lead, reality itself becomes a fertile stage for satire so acerbic that it will knowingly put Natalie Portman in Black Swan-inspired makeup as the idol of her age....

We got Joker during the Persona 5 collaboration, as well as Little Leela the Bold a few weeks after that. The Dark meta in War of the Visions was already looking pretty scary by that point, but things are about to get a lot more exciting as the global client will finally see the release of Dark Fina this week. Dark Fina is scary for a lot of reasons, with the main one being that she will be the only unit (for now) who’s able to directly counter Celes’s Runic ability....

Warframe’s next expansion will be called Angels of the Zariman. Revealed by way of a recent developer livestream and then via the game’s social media channels, Angels of the Zariman is said to be a “direct follow-up” to The New War, although the Digital Extremes team stopped short of revealing when, exactly, the new content will release, beyond confirming it’ll be “coming soon” as part of the Warframe 31.5 update....

There’s a new mobile tactics game set in the Warhammer universe – Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower. Developed by Perchang Games, the game features a campaign set in the Age of Sigmar - a Warhammer made up of eight interconnected realms spawned from the Winds of Magic. According to the description given in the announcement trailer, the game features a campaign that is designed to test players’ strength, skill and endurance as they battle their way through the Gaunt Summoner’s trials....

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 introduced a brand new battle royale experience, including a new Gulag. There is a big difference between the Gulag from the original Warzone and the revamped version, however. The Gulag in Al Mazrah is a 2v2 fight. You are assigned a random teammate who you have to work with to take down the opposing duo. An alternative is that every person in the Gulag match can work together to take out The Jailer AI to secure redeployment for all four players....

Ubisoft’s Lathieeshe Thillainathan has revealed a few more details on the upcoming Watch Dogs: Legion, including the fact that the game will run at 30fps in 4K with ray-tracing enabled on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Thillainathan—the Live Producer on the game— was answering questions as part of a Reddit AMA over the weekend, in which he took questions from fans that included one on how the upcoming open world adventure ran on the next generation consoles....

Fancy getting yourself a new Xbox One controller but want something other than the bog-standard edition? Then feast your peepers on Microsoft’s latest iteration of its bulky pad: The Xbox One Combat Tech Special Edition. As you’ve probably twigged, this new controller packs a distinct military theme, featuring a dark green design complemented by some pretty snazzy-looking grips plus silver and black trimmings. In addition, you are free to customise the buttons however you wish using the accessories app, and the pad also comes equipped with Bluetooth support....

What Does Facebook Questions Mean? Facebook Questions is a feature that allows Facebook users to conduct polls, get recommendations and ask questions of their friends and other people on Facebook. Questions provides more functionality, better reach and greater interactivity than status updates, helping to improve and widen the social interaction on Facebook. Techopedia Explains Facebook Questions A Facebook user can ask questions by clicking “Ask Question” from the sharing menu. Questions may be compiled as a poll with multiple choice answers - or be open ended....

Mass Outbreaks are back in Pokemon Legends Arceus and are even better this time. In case you don’t know, Mass Outbreaks was originally introduced in the 2nd Generation of the Pokemon games. The trainers registered to your Pokegear would call you if there was a mass outbreak nearby. But with the new mechanics of this game, the way outbreaks work has also changed. So in this guide let us take a look at what Mass Outbreaks are in Pokemon Legends Arceus and how to catch shiny....

A turn-based strategy game is something like chess or checkers. A real-time strategy games allows every player to take turns at the same time.One of the first games credited as the ancestor of RTS was a multiplayer space game that took up one of the most powerful computers in 1981. It ran on an IBM System/370 Model 168.Westwood Studios created Dune II, which was responsible for coining the term real-time strategy....

What Does Category 5 Cable (Cat5 Cable) Mean? A Category 5 cable (Cat5 cable) is a type of cable that is used extensively in Ethernet connections in local networks, as well as telephony and other data transmissions. Category 5 cable employs a twisted pair design, rather than a coaxial cable or a fiber-optic cable design. Techopedia Explains Category 5 Cable (Cat5 Cable) In terms of connecting Category 5 cable for projects, conventional punch-down blocks and modular connections make the installation of Cat5 solutions easy and keep the connections secure....

THQ’s Cory Ledesma had a blunt, bitter message to give to people who buy used games: you’re cheating THQ. In an interview with CVG, the director of wrestling games waged his war of words against consumers who ‘cheat’ THQ out of proper profit for their games: “I don’t think we really care whether used game buyers are upset because new game buyers get everything. So if used game buyers are upset they don’t get the online feature set I don’t really have much sympathy for them....

The unannounced – but totally expected – Titanfall sequel will almost certainly appear on PS4 in addition to Xbox and PC, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen has suggested. Titanfall launched for Xbox One and PC in March 2014, and a month later in April. To date over 7 million people have played across all formats. That number should increase considerably with a wider release for the sequel. “Last year it was on the Xbox only; in the future, we haven’t yet announced, but we’ll probably have another Titanfall game,” Jorgensen said during Monday’s 2015 Technology, Internet & Media Conference....

While it is a massive task to sort through everything on sale, we have combed through to bring you the 10 best deals in games, accessories, and hardware during the Prime Day sale to save you time. These are the products we think are most worth it and you don’t have to hunt through the mountain of deals yourself. SanDisk 1TB Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Memory Card Best Prime Day Gaming Deals Original Price: $199....

There’s an insane amount of things to see and do while you’re exploring the old west in Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2. Even playing through the story will take you a considerable amount of time if you just plough right on through it. Before you really settle into the action, however, you’re going to want to make sure you’ve got yourself properly set up and ready for the adventure ahead. Here are 10 things to do first in Red Dead Redemption 2....

Sega has announced that Total War: Rome II’s Rise of the Republic expansion will launch on August 9. Rise of the Republic acts as a prequel to the main campaign, taking place in the year 399 BC, at a time when Rome was poised for greatness. Things aren’t all hunky-dory for the empire however, as its very existence is teetering precariously on a knife’s edge. The expansion depicts the events that lead up to the Second Founding of Rome and beyond, offering a new campaign for players to tuck into, featuring the landmass of Italy and its surrounding areas....

The Warhammer Fantasy Battles world has been known for some over-the-top and zany characters as well as brutal battles. That’s become more exemplified in Total War: Warhammer II with factions that have become more unique than their counterparts in the previous game. We get to see that uniqueness first-hand with the Curse of the Vampire Coast DLC. It feels as though this is what each Total War: Warhammer faction or Legendary Lord is meant to be....

Unlike most other MMORPGs, there are no potions in Tower of Fantasy. If you want to heal up or buff yourself, you’ll need to instead rely on food. However, the cooking mechanics in Tower of Fantasy are surprisingly complex and require some playing around to master. To help figure it out, we’ve put together this guide on what the best food recipes are to use in Tower of Fantasy. Note: We’ll have a Tower of Fantasy guides and features hub coming soon, so stay tuned....

Toy Soldiers HD is unfortunately suffering another delay, as Accelerate Games has now announced the game’s new release date as October 21. The publisher posted a statement on the game’s latest setback, calling the move a “difficult decision to make but the right one”. They added “The new date is based on an issue of leaderboards displaying incorrectly, amongst some minor items we wanted to address. So instead of staggering our release, we decided it was best to hold all versions until we could release them on the same day....

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 developer Treyarch has unveiled a slew of changes it plans on implementing for the game’s battle royale mode, Blackout. The studio confirmed that it’s making the changes based on feedback from the recent Blackout beta, which kicked off on PlayStation 4 earlier this month before rolling out on PC and Xbox One. Armour is one of the key areas that is getting tweaked for Blackout in time for launch, and is something that will be ’tuned multiple times as the game, and the gameplay content, evolves over time....