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Enjoy A Short Last Of Us Part 2 Concert To Celebrate It’s Launch

The Last of Us Part II has launched today on PS4, continuing the tale of Joel and Ellie five years after the events of the first game. It's a game with richly detailed environment, gruesome effects, and a fantastic score, some of which you can enjoy live right now.Composer Gustavo Santaolalla has worked on both entries in Naughty Dog's series, and has shared a sample of the soundtrack performed live to commemorate today's release. The short concert consists of five songs from the game, including the somber The Cycle Continues,

‘Grindstone’ and ‘Assemble with Care’ on Apple Arcade Get Big Updates This Week

TouchArcade Rating: This week is another break week for Apple with no new release on Apple Arcade. Thankfully, two of my favourite games on the service get big updates today in the form of Grindstone from Capybara Games and Assemble with Care from Ustwo Games. Assemble with Care gets a brand new chapter featuring Carmen with no help from Maria. Your aim is to help her assemble an espresso machine. This chapter is set after the events of the main game and it is the longest level so far with

AMC Theaters To Reopen During Coronavirus Pandemic, Won’t Enforce Mask Wearing

AMC Theaters has revealed its plans to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, within the plans, AMC CEO and president Adam Aron stated the company will not force guests to wear masks.Seating capacity in theaters will be reduced in order to keep social distancing in place. There will be hand-sanitizing stations in the theaters, new cleaning regiments, and employees will be required to wear masks.Guests will not be forced to wear them, however. "We did not want to be drawn into a political controversy," Aron told Variety. "We thought it

It Takes Two is the Next Groundbreaking Co-Op Adventure From Hazelight, Coming 2021

We’ve ventured through a mythical Nordic landscape. We’ve plotted our escape from prison. Now, it’s time to prepare for another groundbreaking EA Originals co-op adventure from Hazelight, in their next title It Takes Two set for release in 2021! Watch the announcement from EA Play Live now Josef Fares, founder of Hazelight, and his award-winning studio made their debut with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons back in 2013 on Xbox 360. Brothers introduced us to an emotional tale where you played as two young boys journeying through a fantastical

Why the Olympics should add esports

Brandon Byrne Contributor Brandon Byrne is the CEO and co-founder of Opera Event, a technology platform that connects content creators, teams and sponsors to one another programmatically and at scale. He was previously the CFO of Team Liquid and VP of Finance and Administration at Curse. I recently sat on a panel for gaming website Pocket Gamer that was focused on esports and the Olympics. We were debating whether esports were filling the gap in sporting events, including the Olympic games, which have been paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inside Xbox Series X Optimized: The Ascent

When it launches this holiday, Xbox Series X will be the most powerful console the world has ever seen. One of the biggest benefits of all that power is giving developers the ability to make games that are Xbox Series X Optimized. This means that they’ve taken full advantage of the unique capabilities of Xbox Series X, both for new titles built natively using the Xbox Series X development environment as well as previously released titles that have been rebuilt specifically for the console. In our Inside Xbox Series X

Making History In Humankind Makes 4X Approachable

The nature of 4X strategy games can often make them unwieldy and hard to understand for players who aren't immersed in the genre. Part of that is the scope--in most 4X games (the genre name standing for explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), you're growing and managing a whole civilization, often throughout its entire history. That's your mandate in Amplitude Studios' upcoming title Humankind, too, but one of the more remarkable things about the game is how it guides you through the process of creating a civilization that'll make its mark

The Last Of Us Part II Spoiler Review Video

Editor's note: You may have seen our spoiler-free The Last of Us Part II review, originally published on June 12, 2020. Due to a strict embargo, we were limited in what aspects of the game we could touch on in that review. While I critiqued the game in full for that embargo, there may be some parts of the review that could use more explanation. Now that the embargo has lifted, I've expanded on my thoughts here; this review has the same arguments and score as the first one and

The Last Of Us Part 2 Review (Spoilers)

Editor's note: You may have seen our spoiler-free The Last of Us Part II review, originally published on June 12, 2020. Due to a strict embargo, we were limited in what aspects of the game we could touch on in that review. While I critiqued the game in full for that embargo, there may be some parts of the review that could use more explanation. Now that the embargo has lifted, I've expanded on my thoughts here; this review has the same arguments and score as the first one and

Pre-Orders for ‘Death Come True’ from the Creator of ‘Danganronpa’ Are Now Live on the App Store Ahead of Its Release Next Week

Death Come True from Too Kyo Games featuring Kazutaka Kodaka (the creator Danganronpa) and Izanagi Games is a sci-fi mystery FMV game arriving on mobile and Nintendo Switch next week. It was originally revealed last year and was dated for this month. Today, pre-orders for the game have gone live on the App Store alongside pre-registrations for the Android version on Google Play. Watch a new trailer for Death Come True below: The pre-orders also confirm the price for the West. While Death Come True is priced at 1960 Yen