Gaming in county King. Reviews, Walkthroughs, News

Movie stars at the top of their game can often feel invincible, but there was something about Dwayne Johnson’s 2000s climb from wrestler to bankable Hollywood star that seemed uniquely bulletproof. Possessing an endless supply of charm and an aggressive careerist streak, “The Rock” seemed to will his way to the top of the wrestling world and then the box office, managing the tricky maneuver of being ever-present — on the big screen, in random TV appearances, on Instagram — yet not suffocating.

Nvidia will launch the RTX 5080 before releasing its next-generation flagship GPU, the RTX 5090, a known hardware industry leaker claimed as they addressed rumors regarding the unannounced cards. The tech giant unveiled its upcoming graphics microarchitecture earlier this year.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: War of the Visions will soon drop a new update and it looks kind of grim for global players. It’s not a biggie (or is it?) but the devs are taking a new turn with the Final Fantasy BE: WOTV English voice-over. They’re ending all English VOs for the global version of Final Fantasy BE: WOTV.

On May 7, author Chelsea Monroe-Cassel’s The Official Game of Thrones Cookbook arrives to bookstores, offering 80 recipes culled from across the Seven Kingdoms. In his foreword for the book, A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin heartily endorses Monroe-Cassel’s documentation of the delicacies that range from Dothraki to Dornishmen, and goes a step further, making the case for why he’s a fan of indulging in the “gratuitous.” Read on for Martin’s words, debuting exclusively on Polygon, and a recipe for a roast worthy of the writer’s filling tomes.

As the premiere of Deadpool & Wolverine draws near, anticipation for the upcoming film is mounting. And now, with rumors of a cameo swirling, excitement for the movie has reached new heights.

An Apex Legends player has found yet another Easter Egg featuring everyone’s favorite adorable plushie, Nessie. The mysterious monster could hint at new content coming in Season 21 of Apex Legends.

At the start of April, I spilled the beans that Thomas Young is cooking up the 3D version of his hit title Dadish. And today is the day when the game officially launches for everyone to play on Android! For those of you who’ve been around the block with the other games in the series, Dadish 3D is a whole new world to explore.

Zynga Inc. just dropped some big news! They’re teaming up their Socialpoint studio with none other than the YouTube sensation MrBeast.  It’s for a special event in their game Top Troops: Adventure RPG. So, keep reading to learn more about Top Troops x MrBeast!

Henry Cavill has seemingly addressed his Superman exit with a tongue-in-cheek comment about post-credits scenes.  While introducing a screening of Guy Ritchie's latest movie, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Cavill mentioned his previous roles in the director's films, including 2015's The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and an appearance in the post-credits scene of 2017's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. 

Capes is a turn-based superhero tactics game set in a world where the villains have already won. We've had our eye on this one for a little while now, as it looks like it could be quite special. Here's hoping it won't be received as tragically as Firaxis' excellent Marvel's Midnight Suns when it hits on 29th May on PS5 and PS4.

On the first alpha build of The War Within, we were able to take a look at the pre-patch event for the first expansion of the Worldsoul Saga, Radiant Echos! This event will have you revisit old zones in Azeroth and face memories and enemies of the past. Check out all currently known details in this post!

The turn based superhero game Capes, developed by Spitfire Interactive and published by Daedalic Entertainment, will be released on May 29th. Capes was originally slated to be released in 2023, but was delayed. To confirm the release date, a new trailer has been released showing gameplay that echoes the likes of Marvel’s Midnight Suns and XCOM.

Tauren Paladins are an established feature in retail, but in Classic, paladins can only be played by Alliance races: Humans and Dwarves. Could this change in the future? Recent lore hints suggest that at least one Tauren Paladin already exists in Season of Discovery.

's recent 1.6 update has added some significant content, including the"" reward that you can obtain. Players who want to focus on a specific farming task will want to focus on skills that correspond to that profession;in this case, farmers should explore the mines. By maxing out your mining mastery, you will be rewarded with the recipe for the "

The Prime Video adaptation of has been a massive hit among fans, and its two creators are already teasing the possibility of a second season.

World of Warcraft just announced a new limited-time PvE event called WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria. This brand-new activity takes players back to Mists of Pandaria in a big way, giving them a chance to relive the expansion, all while earning new rewards for regular World of Warcraft.

Thursday is here and the word selection for today has a few mismatched choices that could throw you off the real category scents. The overall game shouldn't be too difficult to solve for most as the choices cover a broad selection of topics.

There appears to be a new sale on the official Blizzard store, with several statues marked 20-40% off! Follow the yellow store links in each header to use our affiliate codes, which will direct a small portion of proceeds from any purchase to help support Wowhead, at no extra charge.

The Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ending is pretty action-packed, meaning you might leave the theater with more questions than answers about what goes down between the battling kaiju. 

Steve Rogers is finally back in action, with the newly unveiled game Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra seeing the newly-empowered super soldier bashing the fash in occupied Paris. Along the way, he’ll be tangling with that era’s Black Panther Azzuri, T’Challa’s grandfather, with the pair united against the same enemy but with different goals.

The first rule of Rumble Club is to tell all of your friends about Rumble Club, so you can engage them in the physics-based multiplayer mayhem that's just been demonstrated during the Future Games Show Spring Showcase.

The Web3 gaming sector is on the cusp of going mainstream with notable game publishers now shifting their focus towards emerging fresher technologies. In order to attract web3 game developers to put their best foot forward, three parties have formed an alliance. Venture firms Immutable and King River Capital along have tied up with blockchain firm, the Polygon Labs to set up a fund of $100 million (roughly Rs. 83 crores) under the name – the Inevitable Games Fund (IGF).

Top Hat Studios will publish the Slime King Games-developed, March 2021-announced 2D action RPG Under the Island, the companies announced. It will be available for PC via Steam, with other platforms and a release date to be announced in the future. It will also be playable at PAX East 2024, which will run from March 21 to 24 in Boston, Massachusetts.

The latest trailer for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves reveals five playable characters and a time frame for its release in 2025. It has been some time since an official update about the game was released. Development for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves was first announced by SNK at EVO 2022.

The contents of WWE 2K24's Pat McAfee DLC pack have been confirmed, and it includes names such as Pat McAfee and Boston Connor, among several others. Since the WWE 2K24 Season Pass announcement, fans have been looking forward to the arrival of additional playable Superstars such as The Dudley Boyz, Jade Cargill, Carlito, and The Great Muta, among others. However, one announced pack has caused some controversy for being the vaguest of the bunch.

SNK has announced that they will be reviving one of their classic video games. But, there’s a catch.

The gun arm of Barret returns in to aid the planet and your party, but this iconic character has several different weapons you can find that give him his best abilities. Discovered in purple chests across large Chapter regions, you can find tools to help Barret grow stronger. However, some weapons provide better skills to learn than others along your journey.

Combining elements in allows you to create practically everything you can think of, including an element named after Taylor Swift. The star singer-songwriter is just one of many famous elements, as features a long list of big names that players can make, including presidents, film stars, and musicians. With Taylor Swift, players can start crafting new elements referencing her albums and songs.

Tifa is the best close-range fighter of your team in next to Cloud, but she can't take down the biggest enemies without her best weapons. Scattered throughout different Chapters of the story, you can find new gauntlets for Tifa to use in battle. Each of these weapons has a unique ability that Tifa can learn to make her an even stronger fighter for your party.

One of the most appealing elements of an open-world role-playing game is the volume of side quests that you can keep yourself occupied with. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is no different. There are locations to discover, a dog to escort, Chocobos to lasso and a crown to steal from the Tonberry King.

Netflix and tvN K-drama ended on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Starring as King Lee In and as Kang Hee-Soo/Mong-Woo, the series revolves around a misunderstood king who sets things right at the end.

Last week, after two years of leaks, rumours, and speculation, FromSoftware finally unveiled when Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree will release. With the dam finally burst, players flooded back to the Lands Between.

At first, Kingmakers looks like a normal Chivalry-styled sandbox tactics game. However, watch a bit more of its first trailer — around 23 seconds in — and you’ll see so much more.

Minecraft has launched its new Universal Studios Experience DLC.

A brand new and very real paradox has been introduced to by the events of the DLC. The DLC has introduced several new Paradox Pokémon to the franchise, but a more conceptual contradiction is also clear to see. As a result, feature some undeniable impossibilities in their plot. ’s use of time travel and the resulting Paradox Pokémon makes it clear that the games are far from unfamiliar with the concept of Paradoxes.

When the first half of Masters of the Universe: Revelation premiered in July 2021, some fans were not pleased. He-Man, it turns out, was barely in it, while sorceress Teela took over as the series' central character. Now, in the run-up to new outing Revolution, the Netflix show's bosses have promised fans the character will feature much more in the fresh batch of episodes.

In yet another chapter of the controversial saga of former Donkey Kong record holder Billy Mitchell, Twin Galaxies has decided to restore his scores on its history website database. Billy Mitchell is one of the most infamous figures within the pro gamer landscape, having first risen to prominence during the arcade days of the 1980s and 1990s by setting records for such titles as the original Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. He would gain a new level of fame after re-breaking the record score for Donkey Kongmultiple times during the 2000s, with his resulting rivalry with fellow gamer Steve Wiebe being chronicled in the 2007 documentary The King of Kong.

I really hadn’t heard of El Viento before Retro-Bit announced their re-issue of it. It’s really hard to know what to make of it. It seems displaced from time, occupying an era that doesn’t exist.

Laurence Fishburne has joined the cast of The Witcher for the show's fourth season.

Star Trek Online will release its 31st season update, Both Worlds, on PC on January 23rd. The update continues the Multiverse story from last season, confronting the source of the ongoing multiversal threat: the Borg King.

Chris and Jason Kingsley, founders of Rebellion Developments, the Oxford-based studio behind series like Sniper Elite and Zombie Army, have both been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), included in the King's New Year Honours list for their services to the economy.

Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley and CTO Chris Kingsley have been made 'Commanders of the Order of the British Empire' in the King's New Year's Honours List.

Fallout London, the 'DLC-sized mod' for Fallout 4 from Team FOLON, has received a new deep-dive trailer and release date of April 23, 2024 - a bit less than two weeks after the premiere of Prime Video's Fallout show.

Perhaps the most controversial executive in the history of the video game industry is stepping down by the end of the year. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has long been a divisive figure for his aggressive and abrasive style, but his image took an even worse beating when he was personally implicated in the workplace misconduct allegations that roiled Acti-Blizz back in 2021. Despite that, he hung on, negotiating the $69 billion sale of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft. Throughout the process Microsoft and Xbox boss Phil Spencer have remained mum on what Kotick’s fate may be once the sale was completed.

Tencent has closed one of their own studios, and alongside it, a AAA game that didn’t make it to a public announcement.

Blizzard has posted This Week in WoW! In this special Holiday edition, both weeks of December 18 and December 25 are being covered, including two new promotions, the announcement of the January trading post deals at the end of the month, and a reminder to loot your Winter Veil gifts!

Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. Make Merry throughout Azeroth as the Feast of Winter Veil continues and prepare to enter the Ruby Sanctum in Wrath of the Lich King in the New Year.

Activision Blizzard King is looking to settle its lawsuit under the California Civil Rights Department.

2023 was an excellent year for gaming, particuarly for RPGs. Fans of roleplaying games had plenty to choose from this year, and there was a little something for everyone. Open-world titles like were highly anticipated, and the CRPG became the best-reviewed game of the year., an indie game, was a standout in a year full of AAA releases in the genre.

The Sentry has been dead since 2020's King in Black event, but in December 6's new Sentry #1, his powers are alive and well and spreading among several seemingly random people. But with the Sentry comes his villainous dark side, the Void - and that terrible presence is seemingly also rearing its ugly head already.

If you're a fan of intense side-scrolling action and 90s anime-infused visuals, then you'll definitely want to keep an eye on Slave Zero X. Slashing to PS5 next year on the 21st February, this is actually a prequel to the original Slave Zero — remembered as something of a cult hit — which released all the way back in 1999.

In the lead-up to The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered’s launch, Naughty Dog has been revealing new details for its star attraction, No Return, the new roguelite mode. After recently having released a new trailer, the developer has now also revealed several new details in a fresh blog post.

The Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro gives you instant access to 20 classic fighting games, including many games in The King of Fighters series.

The trailer for gave fans a good look at its villain, Scar King. But who is this Kong-like big bad? Is he the King of Hollow Earth? Here’s all you need to know about the villain.  

The first look at pink Godzilla in the latest Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire teaser has excited a lot of fans. How did the King of Monsters gain this new colored aura? Here’s all you need to know about why Godzilla is pink instead of blue or orange like in past movies.

Making an interesting character is all part of the fun of playing, but devising a good concept can sometimes be one of the most challenging aspects. Ideally, a character should feel like a natural part of the world, but creating a stock fantasy trope isn't the most interesting path. It’s far too easy to fall into the trap of using the same clichés when rolling a new character, resulting in a party that feels more like a template than an interesting group of adventurers. Any character can be roleplayed in an interesting way, but having a unique spin up front makes this task a lot easier.

Big thumbs up here.

Remnant II has had a solid run since launching earlier this year, attracting over 2 million players with its unique combination of looter-shooter action, Dark Souls vibes, and Unreal Engine 5 visuals. I had some reservations about Remnant II, criticizing its gunplay and underwhelming approach to loot in my review, but I’ll admit the game’s sprawling procedurally generated world offered plenty of innovation and promise. Remnant II had a lot of the right pieces, it just couldn’t quite fit them together.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia has released a new commercial for PlayStation 5 in collaboration with Japanese rock band King Gnu. It features the group’s new song “):Asura:(.”

After almost five days, he's back: Sam Altman returns to OpenAI as its chief executive officer, the very same position he had held just 110 or so hours prior, in what will come to be known in Silicon Valley as “the time before OpenAI imploded.” But this saga has only reached the end of the beginning. We go into the Thanksgiving break wondering what happens next, and what it will mean for the future — not just for OpenAI, but AI more broadly.

In Kill Code: A Life For A Life, Loba is presented with a choice that will have far-reaching consequences.

While the Spider-Man movies might just now be dipping their toes into the multiverse, it’s a concept that’s been long established in the comics and shows for over 30 years now. As such, you can imagine all the pure weirdness the webhead has been involved in.

Bring down the mad lord and acquire powerful armaments in Remnant 2: The Awakened King.

The first major DLC release for Remnant 2, The Awakened King, is out now on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. The DLC is priced at $9.99, and is also available as part of a bundle with future DLC priced at $24.99. Two more DLC releases are planned for Remnant 2, slated for release in 2024.

Leywise is one of the handful of NPCs you can meet in Remnant 2’s The Awakened King DLC, and he previously worked as the One True King’s scribe. You can get multiple rewards from Leywise, but you need to track down items to offer him in return.

The Awakened King expansion has arrived in Remnant 2, and you’ll have a chance to pit yourself against the resurrected One True King. Before you can challenge him and the madness surrounding him, you’ll need to ensure you’ve properly started The Awakened King DLC.

Call of Duty’s latest operator is a decorated Navy SEAL veteran and the cousin of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.

Comic books — that great gutter medium — have always been worlds of fads and crazes. Cowboys, cops, romances, and, starting in the late 1940s, horror. Publishers like EC, Avon, and Atlas churned out lurid tales of murder, betrayal, and inky gore for the next few years.

Gunfire Games reveals the Ritualist as a new playable archetype included with Remnant 2's 'The Awakened King' DLC releasing later this month. 

It looks like Ubisoft’s love for blockchain games is immutable. Immutable said it has partnered with Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovation Lab to create frictionless Web3 gaming experiences.

The search for the Diablo 4 cow level is much more than a cowspiracy (apologies) at this point. IGN spoke to the game's production developer Tiffany Wat, and associate game director Joe Piepiora at BlizzCon 2023 where hints were dropped, adding more fuel to the fire. It's not much to go on, but Wat may have hinted that players are heading in the right direction: «I will say, however, if people have picked up any items from their cow campaigns… cow slay-age campaign… they should hang on to them.»

Activision has partnered with Burger King once again to celebrate the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

During the World of Warcraft Classic Classic: What's Next panel at BlizzCon 2023, Lead Software Engineer Ana Resendez, Senior Game Producer Josh Greenfield, Lead Software Engineer Nora Valletta, and Assistant Lead Designer Tim Jones opened the door to take a closer look at some of what's coming next to Classic Azeroth.

The Wrath of the Lich King expansion was arguably the peak of World of Warcraft. The team was firing on all cylinders, coming off of the already impressive Burning Crusade, and growing its player base steadily. Then Cataclysm hit, and some folks were torn on its efficacy as a follow-up.

Two additional DLC packs will be launched next year.

There are almost no excuses left to skip Signalis, our favorite horror game of 2022. It's 20% off for the Steam horror sale and it just received a patch that lets you bypass our biggest problem with it.

We’ve played more games set in the Wild West than we can count, but we’ve never played one quite like King of the West. 

Microsoft has announced they are doing a major shakeup to management in their gaming divisions.

It’s been almost a decade since the latest entry in the King’s Bounty series, Dark Side, graced our shores. As a result, fans of the RPG strategy series are likely quite desperate for a new entry.

The Oxen Gods are finally pleased. After four months with no news, a Diablo 4 player has made a major discovery in the hunt for its supposedly non-existent secret cow level.