Gameloft has today revealed a batch of art and details for upcoming handheld shooter sequelN.O.V.A 2.The game revolves around a civil war between the Terran Orbitals and the Human-Alien Alliance. Protagonist Kal Wardin has moved to the dustry planet of Scorpius to retire, but he soon finds himself dragged back into the battle. There are four groups that will be central to the plot, and Gameloft dropped details on them so everybody knows who everybody is:...

Here ’s a intellect - blowing geographics fact : The northernmost part of Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the southernmost part of Brazil . Facts like this partly speak to in truth unusual geographic features of Earth ( like Brazil ’s monolithic state country ) but also to how warped our perception can be of our own home . We ’ve develop so wonted to seeing 2D rectangular maps in classrooms , on Risk plank , and on Sporcle quiz , that we sometimes block how disfigured they are ....

Delicious lookin’ deals Costume parties and trick-or-treating may be all the rave, but it’s also prime time for zombies and scary story gaming. In celebration of spooky time, Green Man Gaming is running a “Face Your Fears” PC gaming sale with titles up to 90% off instantly and a stacking 22% off coupon for additional savings. There are about 200 Halloween-themed PC games and DLC packs in the sale. Price points are what you’d expect during a Steam Summer/Winter sale, with the coupon making 54 titles at all new historic lows (in USD)....

No one , not even these fighter aircraft pilots , ca n’t protest a drinking chocolate bar when the munchies strike . This video exhibit howthe pilot light in the front choke a Snickers Browning automatic rifle to his colleaguejust by opening his hand and letting it float to the back of the cockpit dragged by the quickening forces . So coolheaded . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTyfBVjuejE ChocolatePilot Daily Newsletter Get the best tech , scientific discipline , and polish news program in your inbox day by day ....

Thanks to his self-determination and profane genius, singer Rudy Ray Moore reinvented himself as Dolemite and changed the face of black culture. Comedian International EnterprisesRudy Ray Moore financed his 1975 blaxploitation filmDolemitewith the profits from his remain firm - up phonograph record , risking it all for a chance at glory . If not for Eddie Murphy ’s latest project , Rudy Ray Moore may have remained just as underground today as he was in the other 1970s ....

Fo Free Every year in the lead up to the Game Developers Conference, a game jam is held on a 52-hour train ride that goes from Chicago to San Francisco. The jam, affectionately calledTrain Jam, is something I look forward to following along with on Twitter as the cross-country train ride is something I’ve always wanted to do and some really neat game ideas come out of the entries. As with most game jams, Train Jam usually has a theme that they relate to the long journey across the country, and this year’s theme was “Odyssey....

Staaaay wiiiiiiith meeeeeeee More news about men with money? More news about men with money. In its latest financial earnings report, Sony has announced that around a third of the hefty $3.6 billion USD spentto acquire Bungieis being set aside for employee retention efforts. Often, when major mergers and acquisitions take place, employees can find themselves with itchy feet, considering their options elsewhere whether out of a lack of faith in new management or just simply feeling that it’s “time to move on....

It surpassed Breath of the Wild on YouTube Have you watched the Super Mario Odyssey trailer yet? It’s weird, right? It starts off withMariojumping around what looks to be a New York City inspired environment right out ofSonic, until it starts giving us some standard 3D platformer scenes. The thing is, they look at lot more detailed than pretty much every 3D platformer before it, especially that forest! I’m gettingBanjo Kazooievibes from that place in particular....

Should auld acquaintance be forgot! Metroid Prime: Blast Ball, otherwise known as the only part ofFederation Forceworth a damn, had a demo that included online support. It was basically the entirety of that extra mode which had amiibo support along with allowing you to transfer your save data to the full version. Anyone hoping Nintendo would at least give the demo a full year of service will be saddened to learn that the demo is to be pulled offline on July 17, 2025....

Today , watermelons rank near the bottom of suitable fruit salad components . But there once existed a striving so scrumptious that hoi polloi risked their life story to get their hands on one . The beginning of the legendary Bradford Citrullus vulgaris can be traced back to the American Revolutionary War . A military officer call John Franklin Lawson was becharm by the British army in1783and ship off to the West Indies by gravy boat ....

Overwatch 2? A new WoW expansion? An apology? Short of Mike Morhaime coming out of retirement to apologize on behalf of Blizzard and take backeverything they did a few weeks ago, I’m not sure what the company can do to make this BlizzCon a smashing success. Maybe give awayWarcraft III: Reforgedfor free to everyone, and issue refunds for existing purchases? If Blizzard was smart, it would also completely removeDiablo Immortalfrom the opener (save it for a side panel) and give us the old Reggie Fils-Aimé “we’re all about the core audience” spiel with confidence....

In late November , Merriam - Webster announced that its 2022 word of the year wasgaslighting — adata - drivendecision based on the number of ( and yr - to - twelvemonth increment in ) smell - ups . Oxford Languages — the entity behind the Oxford English Dictionary and other language resources — has a somewhat more complexselection process . With the help of oral communication software ( and suggestion from dictionary editors and social medium users ) , lexicographers prefer a Book or phrasal idiom that “ reflect[s ] the ethos , mood , or preoccupations of that particular year and [ has ] lasting potential as a word of cultural import ....

Yes, another article about theMass Effect 3ending. And buckle in, because it’s gonna be a long ride. Trust me, I plan to make it worth your while. To say that the ending toMass Effect 3has caused an outcry on the Internet would be to grossly misrepresent the meaning of the word “outcry.” But amidst all these arguments of why it was or wasn’t terrible, if it should or shouldn’t be changed, if gamers are entitled or whiny, there are only a distinct few arguments that deconstruct the big picture: what does this mean for gaming?...