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The Legend of Zelda is one of a few iconic video games that has managed to withstand the almighty test of time. The franchise is over 30 years old and still going strong. In fact, Breath of the Wild was hailed one of the best releases so far and fans are anxiously awaiting the sequel with bated breath. It’s incredible to think such an expansive and beautifully designed game came from such humble origins, but even the original Legend of Zelda had its own unique charm....

Inspired by Bartertown from the Mad Max series, Junkertown is one of the favorite maps in Overwatch 2’s Escort game mode. This map of the remote inland region of Australia is home to Junkers and the Junker Queen. But players are unable to play on the map as the devs have disabled the map in all queues. So today let’s look at why the Junkertown map is disabled & removed in Overwatch 2 queues, and when is it coming back....

The PS5’s first featured launch title, Godfall, made a lot of promises with the trailer that premiered at The Game Awards last Thursday. It has taken the helm for the PS5 with cutscenes rendered beautifully in-engine (powered by the Next-Gen system’s improved hardware) and a promise to introduce a new genre, Looter-Slasher, to the world of gaming. That descriptor and genre that Godfall seems to be boasting is what has most viewers scratching their heads, curious as to how the loot system will feed into the melee driven combat and character customization....

Nintendo‘s legacy as one of the definitive cultural names in gaming can’t be attributed to any one thing. However, when most people think of Nintendo, they’re almost certainly thinking about Nintendo’s games. When you buy a new Nintendo console or handheld, you’re really buying into the next Mario, Legend of Zelda, and Super Smash Bros. title. More than 35 years after the release of the NES, few game companies have preserved the integrity and quality of their franchises as well as Nintendo has....

Whether you wake up with Wordle or use it to wind down after a long day, we can help with the Wordle answer for today, 3rd August. For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better - and if you fail to guess it at all, you’ll break your streak. The latter is why working out today’s Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going....

Blizzard’s long awaited World of Warcraft: Classic is now out and it’s a very different kind of experience to the one newer players are used to. As a result, there are many people who have questions; lots of questions. The strangest thing so far about the Classic experience is that people are answering these questions, both correctly and helpfully. This isn’t the WoW experience I remember. Toxic Trade Chat Back in the olden days, World of Warcraft was somewhat of a gamble if you ventured into the public chat channels....

Are you thinking about playing WoW Classic because your favorite streamers can’t get enough of the game? Does your D&D/Game of Thrones obsessed friend keep pressuring you to make an account? In any event, you probably shouldn’t blindly run into the world of Azeroth - Leeroy Jenkins style. Instead, you should study longtime WoW players and take note of what they do. In fairness, it’d take way too long to watch all of their 18 hour plus streams....

Team 17’s hit strategy franchise ‘Worms’ has racked up over 70 million sales and downloads since launching in 1995, the publisher has revealed. The figure includes the number of units sold across all games in the series, along with free downloads from its mobile titles, Games with Gold and PlayStation Plus. The milestone was announced in preparation for the company’s 25th birthday next Monday, December 7, which it plans to celebrate with a sale across a range of digital platforms, including the Xbox Games Store, PlayStation Store, the App Store and Steam....

Destruction derby racer Wreckfest is coming to the Nintendo Switch on June 21, publisher THQ Nordic has announced. Promising “spectacular vehicle destruction, demolished car parts and a truck load of fun’ Wreckfest arrives with plenty of content. There’s vehicles of every size from American heavy-hitters to agile European cars and even vehicles like lawnmowers, school buses and crop harvesters. As you do. To make up for the four year wait since the 2018 original launch, this version also bundles in two season packages....

The creator of adorable fox-themed action-adventure game Tunic says the offerings of Xbox Game Pass are the closest thing we have to the old school rental shops of days gone by. Speaking to TrueTrophies (via TrueAchievements), Andrew Shouldice praised Microsoft’s subscription service, on which Tunic released, calling it an “incredible deal” for developers. “I think the thing that I liked most about it, that I didn’t think about at the time, is the experience of going to - in Canada - to rent a game,” Shouldice elaborated....

Let’s put aside War of the Chosen and the Tactical Legacy Pack and focus on XCOM 2 for just a moment because it did something slightly unusual for any sequel. Specifically, it was based around the idea that you failed horribly in the first game. The alien invasion was a success. XCOM was destroyed. So, in XCOM 2, you fight a guerrilla war against the alien occupiers. The Tactical Legacy Pack takes this concept and runs with it, focusing on exactly what happened between the fall of XCOM and the Commander’s rescue at the beginning of XCOM 2....

Over the past decade or so, Rockstar Games has established itself as one of the most reliable and revolutionary publishers in the world of gaming. When looking back at the company’s catalog, one will run into one classic followed by another. Not only has Rockstar had massive success with more recent titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grant Theft Auto V, but its earlier titles have withstood the test of time and solidified themselves as classics....

Most mobile games cost less than a cup of coffee, yet most people will refuse to play titles on their phones unless they’re free-to-play. When a new, much-anticipated game is released on console or PC, most gamers will have no issue spending their hard-earned money on it. $40, $50, often as much as $60. However, mobile games don’t seem to warrant that same kind of affluence. Not even close. A large chunk of people who play games on their phones won’t even consider downloading a game unless it’s free-to-play....

It’s a new day, and you know what that means - time to work out the Wordle answer for today, 30th September. For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better - and if you fail to guess it at all, you’ll break your streak. The latter is why working out today’s Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going....

WWE 2K20 launched on Tuesday less than one week ago, but criticism of the game has made the days since feel like months. Needless to say, it’s been a rough start for WWE 2K20. The game’s received a Mostly Negative rating on Steam, is averaging a 41/100 on Metacritic, and has had the hashtag #FixWWE2K20 trend on Twitter. But if there’s one positive takeaway, it’s that WWE 2K20’s developers appear to be listening....

The last WWE Raw of the decade is taking place at the XL Center in Hartford, CT, and it may go a long way in shaping Raw’s Royal Rumble 2020 card. We learned on SmackDown this past week that “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt will be defending his Universal Championship against Daniel Bryan at the pay-per-view, but it hasn’t been made clear yet which matches will be representing Raw on next month’s big show....

Xbox 360 games that require the original Kinect sensor will not be backwards compatible on Xbox One due to hardware restrictions, Microsoft has confirmed. The restriction means that multiple first-party games likes Kinect Sports, Kinect Star Wars and Kinectimals will never be supported by the service, and is due to the console offering a software-based solution to backwards compatibility. USB-based Xbox 360 peripherals won’t be supported on Xbox One either, meaning that players likely won’t be able to use Xbox 360 fight sticks or steering wheels even when playing backwards compatible titles....

Bungie is rediscovering itself following its separation from Activision, but the future of Destiny 2 remains undefined. Even the game’s upcoming expansion, Shadowkeep, remains mysterious in many ways. Dedicated Destiny fans are taking the opportunity to speak their mind, whether that involves new features, balance changes, or bigger changes to gameplay. Among those fans is Microsoft corporate vice president Mike Ybarra, who has ever been comfortable speaking his mind. Speaking on Twitter, Ybarra added his preference for Destiny 2’s future direction to the conversation....

We all will experience or possibly have experienced the feeling of waking up and not knowing who or where we are. It usually goes along with ‘who-are-you?’ and things like ‘we did what twice?’ and ‘by the way my name is …’ However, if you find yourself waking up on a beach in New Birmingham with a key in your pocket and the number XIII tattooed on your chest you may just be in a computer game....

Content creator Ali-A has partnered with YouTube to create uTure, a “global talent show to find the next big gaming content creator”. Alongside Ali-A - who himself boasts 25 million subscribers - other judges like LilSimsie and Lachlan will together decide which contestant will secure the $76k / $100k top prize after a series of nine weekly tournaments. “YouTube is home to tens of thousands of brilliant gaming creators that haven’t yet been discovered....