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7 Games Even Non-Horror Fans Can Enjoy on Resident Evil’s Anniversary

Whether you’re just a casual fan of horror games or a hardcore gore-hound, it’s safe to say that we all enjoy a good ol’ scare every now and again. From reanimated corpses who want to eat our faces off to toothy vampires who want to suck our blood, there’s a plethora of nasties waiting patiently in the shadows to frighten the bejesus out of us.  With Capcom’s iconic horror series Resident Evil commemorating its 25th anniversary today, we thought that now would be the perfect time to assemble a list

FCCG Annual Report Reveals Striking Impacts of COVID-19 on Those…

The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc. 888-ADMIT-IT HelpLine contacts received during the final quarter of the fiscal year were markedly more severe due to compounding financial and mental health impacts, likely worsened by the pandemic. SANFORD, Fla. (PRWEB) October 26, 2020 Today, the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling (FCCG) released its FY 2019-2020 Annual Report of its statewide 24-hour Problem Gambling Confidential and Multilingual HelpLine (888-ADMIT-IT), which revealed important findings, some of which present significant implications. During this past fiscal year (July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020), the

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘PGA Tour 2K21’, ‘Even the Ocean’, ‘Paratopic’, and Today’s Other New Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 21st, 2020. My time is incredibly short today, so I’ll get right to the point with the introduction. There are a bunch of new releases today, a few of them are very good, and there were so many new sales I actually had to trim the fat on the list. No time for news, but that’s okay because this is a seaplane. Let’s check everything out! New Releases PGA Tour 2K21 ($59.99) SwitchArcade Highlight! Oh, do we get some

How Social VR Helped This Esports Player Overcome Social Anxiety

Julian Apellanes was never comfortable going out of his house and although he struggled with issues like anxiety and depression, he didn’t want those things to define him. In a trend noticed by others, Apellanes has discovered a new path to reality through social VR. And unsurprisingly, he has dreamed of immersive gaming since he was a child.“I’ve been gaming all my life and I thought how cool it would be to be inside those worlds,” the 27-year-old explained to me in an interview. Once news about the original Oculus

Popular gamer Byron ‘Reckful’ Bernstein dead at 31, hours after proposing on Twitter

Esports consultant and journalist Rod “Slasher” Breslau said Bernstein’s death was confirmed by his ex-girlfriend and roommate. He was 31. Byron died a couple of hours after he proposed to his girl friend on Twitter. At 8:25 AM EST, Byron said in a tweet, “i know i’ll always be a little too crazy… and this is proof… but at least you’ll never be bored will you marry me, becca?” i know i’ll always be a little too crazy… and this is proof… but at least you’ll never be bored will you

Out Now: ‘Pokemon Cafe Mix’, ‘The Almost Gone’, ‘Death Come True’, ‘The Innsmouth Case’, ‘Romancing SaGa Re;universe’, ‘QuestBall’, ‘The Academy: The First Riddle’, ‘Golf On Mars’ and More

Each and every day new mobile games are hitting the App Store, and so each week we put together a big old list of all the best new releases of the past seven days. Back in the day the App Store would showcase the same games for a week, and then refresh those features each Thursday. Because of that developers got into the habit of releasing their games throughout Wednesday or very early Thursday in order to hopefully get one of those coveted features spots. Nowadays the App Store refreshes

June 2020 PlayStation Plus Games: Two Free PS4 Shooters Available This Month

Breaking from longstanding tradition, the next round of PlayStation Plus freebies began before the new month even arrived. PS4 users can currently claim June's free games, Call of Duty: WWII and Star Wars Battlefront II. This is one of the strongest free games lineups we've seen this year. Developed by Sledgehammer Games, Call of Duty: WWII released in 2017 and brought the series back to its original World War II-era setting for the first time since World at War in 2008. Call of Duty: WWII is particularly known for having

Weekend Discussion – April 12, 2020

It's my pleasure to announce the end of Bunny Day. Check out this article for more Animal Crossing content. Hey Shacknews, it's time for Weekend Discussion. Let's officially close out our day of posting. Please take a look. Bunny Day comes to a merciful end Finally, some quiet time away from all those damn eggs. pic.twitter.com/Nxaa8lU06C — Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) April 12, 2020 So tired of the eggs. iM SOBBING LOOK BOTTOM RIGHT pic.twitter.com/tPYtUUFTy5 — DEPRESSION ISLAND? (@depresetti) April 12, 2020 The dark side of Animal Crossing. pic.twitter.com/7GwBRYnxTk — Tylor

Indie Obscura IOX Virtual Event recap: All 21 games featured

If you missed the Indie Obscura IOX Virtual Event livestream, Shacknews is here with a full recap of all 21 games featured. How have your spent your weekend so far? The team at Indie Obscura spent their Saturday spotlighting some exciting indie games that are set to release in the months ahead. Shacknews was happy to host the Saturday IOX Digital Direct Showcase stream, hosted by our very own Greg Burke. But for anybody who wasn't able to check it out, we have a full recap of everything you might