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Naughty Dog’s released a couple of short comparison clips for the PlayStation 5 remaster of The Last of Us Part I. The pair of clips are short, but sweet and show off two sections of the game. The first gives us a glimpse at the adventure’s famous opening sequence, where Joel and his brother are driving his daughter to safety. The second, taken from a little later in the game, includes Joel and Tommy on their horseback ride, in search of a missing Ellie....

EA Sports has correctly predicted the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, and World Cup champions this year. Will that trend continue with NCAA Football 11 predicting college football’s next national champion? According to a season simulation in NCAA Football 11, an undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes team will defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide 36-24 in the next BCS National Championship game. I, personally, hope this doesn’t come to pass, being a huge SEC Football fan with a couple of big Ohio State fans as friends....

Warning: contains finale plot spoilers. In the White Lines finale, we learn exactly what happened to Manchester DJ Axel Collins, whose mummified corpse was discovered in the deserts of Almería, Spain 20 years after he went missing from the island of Ibiza. His sister Zoe’s investigation into his murder had led her to tie up and interrogate Calafat family head of security (and her lover) Boxer. Before Zoe’s father Clint was killed in a road accident, he had kidnapped Oriol Calafat, believing him to have been Axel’s killer....

There are several signs that a new Destiny expansion is just around the corner, but few get the fan base as excited as a new menu. While Destiny 2 servers are down for 24-hour maintenance, Bungie has released the new Shadowkeep menu and the music that accompanies it. Throughout the years, Bungie has updated the main menu for Destiny and Destiny 2 to match the expansion or DLC add-on that is available....

Trust me when I tell you that I already know what some of you might be thinking. “More Naruto games?” “With all these new Naruto games, it’s like the second coming of DBZ.” Despite how you Ranters may feel about what seems like a constant flow of new Naruto games, Atlus has released new trailers for their upcoming entries in the Naruto series. First up, we have Naruto Shippuden: Naruto vs....

The latest NBA 2K19 trailer shows more of the individual journey you can take in the game. The trailer titled “The Way Back” tells the story of a player trying to succeed overseas in order to make his way back to the United States in order to play in the NBA. Among those helping him are a few celebrities that have assumed roles in the game in order to deliver a more fleshed out experience....

Rare and Obsidian are about to reveal two new and exciting games at the X019 event, suggests an industry analyst. Microsoft has confirmed that its X019 event will have 12 Xbox Game Studios games and it seems that these two developers will be part of that. On Twitter, Niko Partners senior analyst Daniel Ahmad revealed that the X019 event will feature new IPs from Obsidian Entertainment and Rare. Obsidian has just found success with new release The Outer Worlds, which was published by 2K Games label Private Division but it will be bringing new ideas now that it is owned by Microsoft....

NieR: Automata will launch globally on Steam from March 17, Square Enix has announced. The Steam release follows one week after the game’s March 10 launch on PS4. Pre-purchase the Steam Day One edition to receive an exclusive Valve Character Accessory, as well as other Day One Edition DLC bonus content including: Machine Mask Accessory, Grimoire Weiss Pod, Retro Grey Pod Skin, Retro Red Pod Skin, and Cardboard Pod Skin....

Nier Automata is one of the most celebrated last-generation action titles, marrying Platinum Games’ signature stylings with inventive, varied gameplay and a mind-bending narrative. From a technical perspective though, the situation was far from ideal: the game was beset by frame-rate and image quality issues on last-gen machines, with wobbly performance coupled with plenty of aliasing. This is why the Switch port came as a bit of a surprise when it was announced a few months ago: there’s a huge performance gap between the Switch and even the base last gen consoles with precious little room to cut resolution before image quality becomes unacceptably poor....

Just two years into its run, there is already no doubting the impact and success of the Nintendo Switch. At the time of writing, the Switch is closing in on the 40 million mark in terms of lifetime sales. It has sold almost three times as many units as its predecessor, the Wii U, and will soon overtake the Xbox One despite Microsoft’s four-year headstart. All of that being said, the Switch is by no means perfect....

Nintendo Switch Sports originally had players as robots instead of human characters. In a recent Ask The Developer session with the game’s designers, producer Takayuki Shimamura and art director Junji Morii discuss the development of player characters. That included having players inside robots designed to look like burgers, bears, skulls, and more. “I remember we had the most outlandish characters that looked like robots,” recalls Shimamura. “Around the time when we decided to restart the project from scratch and were told that we would be starting over to create the world’s most easy-to-invite to motion-based game, I asked, ‘Are you sure we can’t go this far?...

The Nintendo UK site has added a few new pages that have thrown fuel on the fire of a Nintendo 64 retro console, as Banjo-Kazooie and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 now have pages on the site. Nintendo has had a lot of luck with its line of retro consoles, which has led fans to speculate over what the next one will be. The Virtual Console is now gone, so Nintendo doesn’t have to worry about devaluing their old games by selling them as part of a collection....

I’m not the biggest Suda51 fan. I think most of his games are style over substance with nonsensical stories that lean more on pop culture references than memorable characters or impactful situations. They’re kind of like the video game versions of Robert Rodriguez movies. But I always thought the gameplay and general structure of the No More Heroes series made for a good time, making them Suda’s best games. While the No More Heroes 3 port is miles better than the rushed PC versions of its predecessors, this is probably the worst game in the series, barring Travis Strikes Again....

With Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti cards expected to release in the coming months, multiple sources have leaked their potential specs, including Razer. Razer’s Chinese store briefly listed prebuilt gaming PCs that included the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti for preorder. The listings have since been taken down from the website, however, Twitter user harukaze5719 managed to grab a screenshot just in the nick of time....

Video games are great, but few can really put your brain to the test like a good ol’ fashioned crossword puzzle. Even better, there’s a new one to try your hand at each and every day. Not every crossword clue is made equal, though. Some can be far harder than others and that can lead to you looking for help. Well, you’re in luck, as that’s exactly why we’ve put together the answer for today’s crossword clue to give you a helping hand....

Most Overwatch players are not a fan of “cheese comps,” which are team compositions that require less effort or “cheap” tactics to ensure victory. The comp that seems to change and iterate with each new patch is the Bastion comp, which now includes the titular hero, Orisa and Baptiste. There are some variations and mix-ups among this composition, but those are the three integral members. With Double Barrier being a must-pick in Overwatch competitive, players are scrambling to try and overcome this meta and its variations....

Whether you’re new to Overwatch, or a long-time player, you might be wondering what does MIT mean in Overwatch 2?. It’s not a term that pops up in most other online shooters, so we’ve got an explainer on what the MIT scoreboard stat means in Overwatch 2 for you below. For more help in Blizzard’s hero shooter, be sure to check out our tier list, Competitive Play, battle pass, and how to unlock all heroes pages!...

Not being able to keep inventory when you die in Minecraft is a challenge that not all players are comfortable with. There is a way where you can push the boundaries of the game and do absolutely whatever you want without having the fear of losing out your inventory. If this tickles your curiosity, check it out right here. How To Keep Your Inventory Items When You Die In Minecraft As soon as you lose your life in Minecraft, every inventory item that you have on you will be lost....

EA has revealed Mirror’s Edge Catalyst’s Collector’s Edition, a limited-edition SKU of next year’s free-runner containing a 14″ inch diorama of lead character Faith. Available for $199.99, the special edition also packs in an exclusive lithograph, 10 ‘concept piece’ cards, a collectible SteelBook and temporary tattoos which EA says will let players “join Faith’s fight”. Right… UK pricing and availability has yet to be confirmed. “The Collector’s Edition was made to help foster player’s affinity with our heroine, Faith, as she grows up and makes a stand against oppression, represented by a beautiful adult and young Faith real life diorama that stands 14 inches tall,” says EA....

Mortal Kombat 11 has already seen a number of DLC fighters added to its roster. Shang Tsung, Night Wolf, and The Terminator already making their way to the game and The Joker, Sindel, and Spawn coming at a later date. However, the lineup of new combatants making their way to Mortal Kombat 11 could have seemingly been very different if the title’s director had his say. Speaking to Brazilian publication Meu PS4, Ed Boon cited three guest characters he originally wanted to add to Mortal Kombat 11’s roster....