An old tweet from Ed Boon has fans excited over the prospect thatMortal Kombat 1will have a longer shelf life than any other game in the franchise’s history. Asked about the length ofMortal Kombat 11’s post-launch support, Boon countered that the game had the longest life cycle in NetherRealm’s history, butMortal Kombat 1could go for even longer. The release date announcementtrailer forMortal Kombat 1confirmed that the game would be a soft reboot for the franchise....

Mortal Kombat 11’s next DLC character is the notorious DC Comics villain The Joker, and while his initial reveal was met with some backlash, fans seem mostly satisfied with the redesigned look. The newMortal Kombat 11Joker look clearly takes inspiration from Heath Ledger’s Joker, but one fan decided to take things in a different direction, creating a mock-up of what the character would look like if he was based on Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker....

ManyMortal Kombatcharacters have become iconic figures in the franchise, and those faces have yet to disappear fromMortal Kombat’srosters. InMortal Kombat 1, fans can play as many oftheir favorite charactersfrom previous titles. Among them, Mileena is one of the most popular. Like in her previous adaptations, Mileena is a ferocious rush-down fighter with the potential to consistently punish her foes for the slightest mistakes.Mortal Kombat 1proves that Mileena has remained a fan favorite Kombatant, and retains the skill ceiling that she has always had before....

While some minor review bombing shows that not everyone is happy with the direction theFinal Fantasyfranchise is taking, most players seem to adoreFinal Fantasy 16. Its Eikon boss battles have been praised for their unparalleled spectacle, the dark narrative has been celebrated for its many impactful moments, and many have grown attached to the game’s cast of characters. While that cast is elevated by the charismatic Cid andthe well-written Dion, it is protagonist Clive Rosfield that deserves the most praise, and there is one thing in particular that makes him special....

Blizzard’sOverwatchis a massive online multiplayer game that has transcended into pop culture status outside of the game’s core audience. With its ensemble roster of characters representing countries all over the world,Overwatchhas achieved global recognition even among players who don’t play video games. Another reasoning behindOverwatch’s popularity is how inclusive the characters are,be it with their sexualityor with the motivation behind their actions within the game. It is due toOverwatch’s popularity both among gamers and outside of video games that makes it an unexpected reference point in places one wouldn’t expect to see....

The most brutal boss ofPersona 4 Goldenisn’t Death; it’s actually the player’s longtime ally Margaret. This Velvet Room receptionist is arguably the coolest, calmest, and most collected character in the franchise, but that doesn’t mean she can’t throw down if needed. Persona 4 Golden, and thePersonaseries as a whole, heavily emphasizes its missable content. Players only have a certain amount of time to max out every social link, finish every side mission, and optimize every party member....

APokemonfan has shared an amusing video showing the strange way the Nintendo company name was falsely printed inside a game cartridge. There’s a good reason that this Game Boy Advance game has these errors though, and it’s not the onlyPokemongame out there with a false company name hidden inside. ThePokemonseries debuted to the world in the mid 90s as a pair of games for the original Nintendo Game Boy. Since then, it has grown into the wildly popular franchisePokemonfans know and love today, complete with thePokemonanime seriesand a collection of belovedPokemongames for Game Boy, Nintendo DS, and Switch, among other platforms....

Summary InPokemon, Rock-types are one of the best defensive types. Even opponents with a type advantage aren’t likely to get OHKOs against a Rock-type. In competitive battles, using them can go either way for players because they have so many weaknesses, buton the right team, they are the defensive foundation. RELATED:Pokemon VGC: How To Build The Best Sandstorm Team ThePokemonVideo Game Championships (VGC) are constantly changing the competitive world, and competitors are always looking for ways to take their teams to the next level....

ThePokemonfranchise has been in the business of creating pocket monsters for over 25 years. Each generation has featured Pokemon with incredibly unique designs and others that are noticeably inspired by real life. While the different designs thatPokemonhas used across the series have garnered both criticism and praise, many of their creations appear related to each other. For some of these Pokemon, The Pokemon Company has placed them into categories that match one another, but others people would assume fit a type have been categorized differently....

One thing that many players tend to come back to in terms ofRed Dead Redemption 2is the open world encounters. A cacophony of memorable NPCs exist within the world ofRed Dead Redemption 2,many of which tend to leave a more lasting impact that others. Though one such distinctive character interaction now somewhat applies to a real life scenario. Of the many reoccuring NPCs that players will encounter during active gameplay, there’s oneRed Dead Redemption 2NPC named Nigel who is looking for his missing friend Gavin....

Summary Set in 1899,Red Dead Redemption 2follows the Van der Linde gang as they grasp a dying era of American life. It strives for realism within the Western genre, so there is a huge emphasis placed on cowboy hats, duels, and quite importantly, horses. The horses aren’t just for show, and they have been rendered pretty realistically. If players want to get the most out of their horses, they need to be invested in treating their horses realistically and forming a bond with them....

One of the most confusing discrepancies betweenThe Hobbit and theLord of the Rings, is why the trolls in the respective stories behave so differently in daylight. As is written in Tolkiens original book, and depicted in Peter Jackson’s movie adaptation ofThe Hobbit, Bilbo, Thorin and his band of dwarves arerescued from captivityat the last moment by the sun turning Burt, Tom and William, the three mountain trolls who are trying to cook the dwarves for dinner,into stone when it touches them....

Rocket Leagueis perhaps one of the most successful modern indie games, with developer Psyonix seeing massive success on the various platforms the title has come to. In September of 2020,Rocket Leaguemanaged to hit one millionconcurrent players shortly after the game made the switch to go free-to-play. Now, it seems that Psyonix and Epic Games may have plans to expand the game even further. Thanks to leaked documents that surfaced during the Apple v....