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Despite falling out of fashion in recent years, rhythm games played with plastic instruments formed a massive part of 2000s gaming culture due to iconic franchises likeGuitar HeroandRock Band. Now, over fifteen years after the firstRock Bandlaunched, a real-life band plans to pay homage to the series in a music video. Rock Bandis a rhythm game series started in 2007 by developer Harmonix, which had previously created theGuitar Heroseries in collaboration with RedOctane before both companies were acquired by MTV Games....

Nintendo shocked the world at E3 2019 when it announcedThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, a direct follow-up to the critically-acclaimed open worldZeldathat launched with the Switch. Details onBreath of the Wild 2have been hard to come by since its initial reveal, but a new leak may reveal the game’s real title, along with some interesting gameplay details. This leak comes from 4chan, so fans should take it with a heavy grain of salt....

The platforming genre is something of a dying breed, seeing as it has been integrated with other genres like action and adventure. Nowadays, the majority of the latter genres heavily feature platforming elements, which is why we’ll be considering them as such as well. RELATED:10 PlayStation Vs. Xbox Memes That Are Too Funny For Words Within this genre, there have been many franchises likeUncharted, Ratchet & Clank, among others. And while some are rightfully considered to be as awesome as they are, others tend to be either over or underrated....

Star Trekcharacters are often staples of sci-fi television. Every member of the crew has their fans, but the captains get a special spotlight to themselves. The series has gone on for decades, allowing many characters to evolve and ascend through the ranks. William Riker is a unique exception because he spent years turning down every captain position the Starfleet tried to hand him. There have beendozens of Starfleet captainsin the mainline continuity ofStar Trek....

A lot of things happen in the Star Wars films. Those events are even more impressive when one considers that the entire nine-movie franchise takes place in less than 70 years. Plenty of people have probably lived through all three trilogies. Unsurprisingly, there’s a ton of history behind the prequels, andStar Wars: The Acolytewill soon dive into that rich background era. The Acolyteis set to break a lot of new ground for the Star Wars franchise....

Netflix’sStranger Thingsintroduced the big bad of season 4, referred to as Vecna by the Hawkins crew and later revealed as One. What many fans did not see coming, though, is the fact that Vecna was not created using CGI, and the makeup department spent hours every day transforming actor Jamie Campbell Bower into this season’s villain. Netflix released a behind-the-scenes video from the set ofStranger Thingsthat shows the makeup and prosthetics team hard at workto bring Vecna to life....

There are a total of 25 Trophies inStray; one Platinum, seven Gold, nine Silver, and eight Bronze. Some will be achieved automatically while playing the game like Not Alone, Catwalk, and Al-Cat-Raz, while others require extra efforts like Boom Chat Kalaka, Cat’s best friend, and Territory. RELATED:Stray: How to Dunk the Basketball (Boom Chat Kalaka Trophy) Among the many Trophies inStraythat need work, a couple of them can be considered the hardest to obtain....

It’s been nearly six years since legendary game creator Hideo Kojima and his reinstated team at Kojima Productions went independent to work on brand new projects. Kojima’s first post-Konami game,Death Stranding, released to mixed reviews in 2019, and since then, fans have been speculating and anticipating what’s next from the legendary auteur and his team. There have been multiple rumors about Kojima Productions’s next project, with the studio itself confirming that it’s working on a brand new action game courtesy of multiple job listings....

As October 2021 nears Halloween, subscription services all around are gearing up. TheEpic Games Storeis one of those, twisting its free game policy toward darker titles. So far, one relatively spooky experience has been made free on the store this year, and nowAmong the Sleepwill really kickstart that sense of horror into something more terrifying. Europa UniversalisandPC Building Simulator(which were also free on theEpic Games Storein October) can hardly be called horror games, despite how intimidating their complex interfaces may be....

Video games are ruled by human characters. They are predominantly the protagonists throughout most genres which makes sense. We, as humans, can relate more to the plights of characters like Nathan Drake in theUnchartedseries or Lara Croft in theTomb Raiderfranchise. RELATED:Best Combat Systems In RPGs, Ranked The biggest exception is the platformer genre. Those games are filled with anthropomorphic animals as the stars such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Crash Bandicoot....

When the threat of the Vanir ice giants strike fear in the hearts of the Aesir in the afterlife, Lenneth Valkyrie is reawakened to recruit souls worthy of the army of the beyond. Her journey takes place throughoutValkyrie Profile: Lenneth, wherein Lenneth has to recruit and fight alongside various warriors to prove their worth to fight the ice giants. Players eager to get their hands in 2022’sValkyrie Elysiumto see how Valkyrie Nora stops Ragnarok might want to play through Lenneth’s story first....

It’s almost December, and just like last year,Fortnite’s current Chapter is about to come to an end. Beginning on July 12, 2025,FortniteChapter 3has had a total of just four Seasons, which when compared to its previous Chapters, is barely anything. With Chapter 3 coming to an end on December 3,Fortnitefans are wondering just how much the game is going to change, and this Chapter’s shorter length might be a good indication of that....

Practically nothing is known aboutPersona 6, but that has not stopped speculation over what the next game in Atlus' long-running series could be like.Persona 6is in development, but nothing has been shared about the game afterward. While there is a high chance it will follow up on many social elements that madePersona 3toPersona 5successful, it could also be a new benchmark game in the series, only keeping a few things over while providing some significant changes....