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This Warrior review contains spoilers. Warrior Episode 2 Okay, so maybe I sounded a bit displeased in my review for the pilot episode of Warrior last week. That doesn’t mean I don’t like the show; quite the contrary, actually. I just wasn’t too impressed with “The Itchy Onion”, especially as an introduction to the antiquated yet surprisingly edgy world of San Francisco during the Tong Wars. After watching through some of the episodes provided by the nice folks at Cinemax, I can safely say that, yes, Warrior is a pretty damn good show....

For a long time, Ubisoft had given PC players only a few avenues through which to buy many of its games. Specifically, if players did not want to experience these games on console, then they would have to get them either through the Epic Games Store or through Ubisoft Connect. Recently, however, Ubisoft has begun carrying over its PC games to Steam, starting with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla earlier this month. And now, thanks to the sudden appearance of a Steam page for Watch Dogs: Legion, we know the same will happen for Ubisoft’s most recent open-world hacking game....

Nintendo has announced its next Indie World showcase, which will be broadcast today, Wednesday 11th May, at 3pm UK time. Tune in for around 20 minutes of details on Nintendo Switch indie games. You’ll be able to watch the livestream via YouTube, or right here in the video below. What are you looking forward to seeing? Could we finally get a look at Silksong? Nintendo’s last Indie World showcase back in December 2021 revealed details of Messenger developer’s gorgeous retro-inspired RPG Sea of Stars, a first glimpse of WayForward’s beat-’em-up sequel River City Girls 2, the tearjerking fox adventure in Endling: Extinction is Forever, and a release date for OlliOlli World, among other things....

This Westworld review contains spoilers. Westworld Season 3 Episode 2 When Westworld works, it’s a head-twisting mystery, with layers upon layers of questions building and feeding off of one another. When Westworld doesn’t work, it’s still all of that, except the payoff isn’t worth the build-up, or the actual implementation of the confusion just leaves viewers irritated. “The Winter Line” has many layers of confusion and conflict, peeling slowly back like an onion, told almost exclusively through the viewpoint of one of the show’s strongest characters, and on that front, it’s an absolute joy to watch....

What Does Desktop Database Mean? A desktop database is a database system that is made to run on a single computer or PC. These simpler solutions for data storage are much more limited and constrained than larger data center or data warehouse systems, where primitive database software is replaced by sophisticated hardware and networking setups. Techopedia Explains Desktop Database Common desktop database systems like Microsoft Access enable easy installation on a computer and a relatively user-friendly database environment....

What Does Hardware Monitor Mean? A hardware monitor is a software application that reads data from all available hardware sensors in a system. Hardware monitors are typically smart electronically distributed sensor trackers that can be downloaded for use on a system. Techopedia Explains Hardware Monitor Originally released in 2002 for the Mac Operating System, the hardware monitor was designed to keep track of various functionalities and states of all the hardware sensors available in the computer....

The popular Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt is getting an update on the Switch very soon. Game developer Saber Interactive - which is responsible for the Switch port - took to a social media platform called VK commenting that the team was working on the updates and it will be releasing them very soon. The original post was about Saber Interactive working on Killing Floor 2, but most of the comments were begging for updates on The Witcher 3 game....

Nintendo has revealed a new range of knitted Yoshi Amiibos due to go on sale alongside Wii U platformer Yoshi’s Woolly World this summer. Arriving on June 26, the new set of Amiibos is the first to be crafted with a soft woolen material rather than the hard plastic used to create existing figures, and will be available in three different colours: green, pink and blue. Tapping one of the three Amiibos onto the Wii U GamePad will also unlock the ‘Double Yoshi’ ability in Woolly World, unlocking a second playable Yoshi and allowing players to reach new areas and collect additional items....

Wasteland 2 Director’s Cut comes to PS4 and Xbox One this summer, complete with updated visuals thanks to the transition to the newer Unity 5 engine. You can see just how much better the game is shaping up by checking out the Wasteland 2 E3 2015 trailer below. Director’s Cut also adds Perks & Quirks for enhanced character depth, Precision Strikes for additional combat tactics, redesigned combat encounters, expanded voice-over with more than 8,000 new recorded dialogue lines, a redesigned user interface, controller support, and more....

SoulCalibur VI is out this Friday, but if you’re not up to speed on Project Soul’s latest scrapper you might want to brush up on the basics of combat, courtesy of a new video from publisher Bandai Namco Games. Narrated by Mark Julio, the video is ideal for SoulCalibur beginners, taking you through some basic movements as well as highlighting the brand new Reversal Edge mechanic, as well as the powerful Soul Charge abilities....

Nintendo has just released a new commercial for the upcoming Splatoon 3, and it involves some actors playing the game while avoiding real-life ink splatters. It’s a pretty creative demonstration of the “biggest mess wins” concept of the game. In Splatoon 3, Turf Wars involve a third-person shooting battle between two teams that both try to cover the field with the most amount of ink before time runs out. As you can imagine, it gets pretty messy, and that’s exactly what happens in this commercial....

Developed by THQ Digital Studios UK and executive produced by Volition, Battlegrounds will pit four players locally or online in a variety of game modes, which include Survival, Annihilate and Flag Frenzy. The game will also unlock content in the upcoming Red Faction: Armageddon, which is the main entry in the series set for release next year. “Red Faction: Battlegrounds is a fast-paced multiplayer-focused vehicular combat game in which fast-attack vehicles, heavy tanks and combat walkers wreak havoc above ground and beneath the surface of Mars....

I do love games with word-salad names, although Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs actually makes a pretty good amount of sense. It’s set in Tokyo. You hunt ghosts (probably at twilight, or something; I’m not sure about that bit). And it’s the special edition – hence Daybreak: Special Gigs – which offers up improved combat, an expanded story, and an extra episode. It’s also the sort of thing that should be right at home on the PC....

Star Wars has created some awesome female characters and will certainly introduce more in the future. Many of them have found a great balance between peace and war. A mix of Expanded Universe and Canon, human and alien, force sensitive and not, here are the best female Star Wars characters, ranked. 10. Mirax Terrik-Horn There’s no one else like Mirax in a galaxy far far away, and her story livens up the X-Wing novels by adding action and romance....

In Magic: The Gathering’s Commander format, players select any legendary creature from across the game’s history to be used as their deck’s commander. However, a common complaint from many newcomers to the format is that players are not able to use planeswalkers as the commanders of various decks. While this is often true, in the format’s lifespan, there have been numerous planeswalkers printed that possess a clause stating that they can be legally used as a player’s commander!...

Total War: Three Kingdoms has had an excellent launch day so far. Steamdb showed that the game held over 100,000 players just a few hours post-launch. As for the game itself, Three Kingdoms succeeded in breaking the series pre-order record. This is the first time that the Total War series features China for its setting, and the first time in six years that the series features a new historical period....

Total War: Warhammer has sold more than half a million units since its release at 8am on Tuesday, setting a franchise record for the fastest selling Total War title on Steam, SEGA has announced. “Total War: Warhammer has already proven itself as a runaway commercial success and more importantly we know our players are really enjoying the game,” said Studio Director, Tim Heaton. “We have been regularly topping 100k concurrent players....

DMM and Koei Tecmo released another trailer of their upcoming Musou game Touken Ranbu Warriors. The trailer introduces another of the playable characters that we’ll find in the game, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, including both gameplay and cutscenes. It’s the latest of a series of trailers introducing several characters, on top of Ichigo Hitofuri, Namazuo Toushirou, Hyuuga Masamune, Heshikiri Hasebe, Yagen Toushirou, and Tomoegata Naginata. He’s voiced by Soma Saito, whom you may know for his roles as Chongyun in Genshin Impact, Ike-P in The Caligula Effect, and Lann in World of Final Fantasy....

Today Koei Tecmo & DMM released a new trailer and TV commercials of their upcoming Musou game Touken Ranbu Warriors. The trailer focuses on introducing the boys of the second team with English subtitles, Kasen Kanesada, Ichigo Hitofuri, Namazuo Toshiro, and Hyuga Masamune. If you want to see more of the boys, you can also check out Heshikiri Hasebe, Yagen Toushirou, Tomoegata Naginata, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, Shokudaikiri Mitsutada, Ookurikara, Yamanbagiri Chougi, and the mysterious Omogake....

2K Games has announced the fourth and final installment of the WWE 2K18 roster reveal, finally. The roster introduces 47 additional WWE Superstars announced for inclusion in the game’s upcoming release. WWE’s current crop of stars, Renee Young, Corey Graves and Breezango, join the likes of WWE legends Shaun Michaels, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and Ultimate Warrior in the grappler on its release. WWE’s current crop of stars, Renee Young, Corey Graves and Breezango, join the likes of WWE legends Shaun Michaels, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and Ultimate Warrior in the grappler on its release....