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Razer Unveils Pokemon Gaming Gear - Gotta Buy 'Em All Before They're Gone
Razer BlackWidow V4 X Wired Mechanical Keyboard - Pokemon Edition
See at Amazon See at Best Buy See at RazerRazer Kraken V4 X Wired Gaming Headset - Pokemon Edition
See at Amazon See at Best Buy See at RazerRazer Cobra Wired Gaming Mouse - Pokemon Edition
See at Amazon See at Best BuyRazer Gigantus V2 Mouse Mat (Medium) - Pokemon Edition
See at Amazon See at Best BuyRazer has announced a new lineup of official Pokemon-themed versions of several of its gaming accessories, including the Razer BlackWidow V4 X mechanical keyboard, Kraken V4 X headset, and Cobra gaming mouse, as well as a new Pokemon edition of the Razer Gigantus V2 mouse pad. The entire collection is available now at Amazon, Best Buy, and Razer.
While the new Pokemon x Razer products don't add any new features beyond fun new yellow color schemes and skins featuring fan-favorite Gen 1 Pokemon Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander. Nevertheless, these limited-edition Razer devices are sure to be popular releases, so it's worth grabbing them while they're available.
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Continue Reading at GameSpotNetflix's Assassin's Creed TV Series Moves Ahead With Halo, Sons Of Anarchy Veterans
Almost five years after it was announced, Netflix's Assassin's Creed TV series is now moving ahead.
Netflix has officially greenlit the show and announced that Robert Patino (Westworld, Sons of Anarchy) and David Wiener (Halo, The Killing) are the creators, showrunners, and executive producers. In 2023, the previous showrunner, Jeb Stuart, quit the show over a "difference in vision."
Here is the official description for the TV show (via THR): "Assassin's Creed is a high-octane thriller centered on the secret war between two shadowy factions--one set on determining mankind’s future through control and manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will. The series follows its characters across pivotal historical events as they battle to shape humanity's destiny."
Continue Reading at GameSpotGhost Of Tsushima's Hot-Spring Meditations Are Still Calming Five Years Later
Ghost of Tsushima is celebrating its five-year anniversary today, July 17, 2025. Below, we revisit the juxtaposition between its revenge-soaked narrative and the calm, reflective moments of meditation.
Drenched in thick, burgundy-colored blood after tearing through dozens of enemy Mongol camps, I rode slowly through the Tsushima countryside searching for my next target. There was only one thing that would defer my thirst for revenge: a brief dip in a hot spring.
Ghost of Tsushima tells a complicated and deeply troubling narrative about revenge, possible avunculicide, and a warrior pushed to commit atrocities in order to protect the people he loves. The exploration of those themes gets more difficult with each passing mission as the Mongol invasion of Tsushima takes more and more--in terms of family, friends, and even his own home--from protagonist Jin Sakai.
Continue Reading at GameSpot"Father Of Elder Scrolls" Stepping Away From Industry Due To Ailing Health
Video game industry veteran Julian LeFay, known by many as the "Father of The Elder Scrolls," is stepping away from the industry due to his ailing health.
LeFay co-founded the independent game developer OnceLost Games with other former Bethesda developers in 2019, and the team has been working on a new RPG called The Wayward Realms. LeFay has been fighting a battle with cancer for the past several years, producer Victor Villarreal said in a video. "He has fought bravely and strongly, but it seems he doesn't have very much time left," he said.
Villarreal said LeFay has chosen to leave the game studio to spend time with his family and loved ones. He added that the studio had been preparing for LeFay to eventually leave the company, adding that LeFay made his "visions for the game" very clear to the studio. The team will "work tirelessly to bring that vision to life," Villarreal said.
Continue Reading at GameSpotAlien: Earth Creatively Uses Sex Lube, Just Like The Original Movie
Sigourney Weaver may be the face of the Alien franchise for most of its history, but KY jelly was the unsung hero of the original movie. Such is a slippery tradition Alien: Earth is honoring by continuing to use it in a similar way.
During a visit to Alien: Earth's set, Wētā Workshop's Tim Domett, the show's creatures episodic supervisor, shared how the 1979 original movie inspired the TV series to use lube meant for sex for some of the practical effects.
"We looked to [Alien] for any inspiration around how it should look and the guideline of what we're trying to achieve. [...] They used KY jelly for this," Domett told GameSpot and others during a group visit to the filming set, while pointing to the Xenomorph model's drool-like goo secreting from its mouth. "We [also] use KY jelly. We use other types, but similar. It's just safe for all things, for going to people's faces. [The Xenomorph] is obviously looming over the cast a lot, dripping onto the costume. Obviously, [we] want to be able to clean that off.
Continue Reading at GameSpotHow Alien: Earth Fits Into The Alien Timeline
Alien: Earth will be the second new Alien project in as many years and the first-ever TV show tied to Ridley Scott's landmark sci-fi horror franchise. Like any new addition to the Alien lore, avid fans likely want to know how to think of it in terms of the broader timeline. Alien: Earth has a definitive answer to that question, though it's interesting to note how that's changed over time.
As the series approaches its premiere on FX and Hulu on August 12, it's officially said to be a prequel to the original 1979 movie, with the story of Alien: Earth taking place two years before that first movie in 2120. That nearly puts the show on the same track as the original movie, which can't be said for the prequel movies, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, which are set in 2093 and 2104, respectively.
The Alien timeline goes backward in time once more with Alien: Earth.During GameSpot's visit to the series' set in April 2024, showrunner Noah Hawley actually had different ideas in mind for the series, saying during a roundtable interview that he didn't have to be precise quite yet, indicating that the idea of the series' timeline has shifted over the last year and a half in production.
Continue Reading at GameSpotAlien: Earth Star Sydney Chandler Says Following In Sigourney Weaver's Footsteps Is "Terrifying"
FX's Alien series, like most of the movies, casts a strong and layered woman at the center of its story. Portraying the character of Wendy in Alien: Earth, Don't Worry Darling's Sydney Chandler has big shoes to fill, following Alien: Romulus' lead, Cailee Spaeny, who had a similar task last year. Like Spaeny, Chandler is following some legendary performances from Sigourney Weaver, who starred in four Alien movies and is often considered one of horror's best Final Girls.
How's that pressure feel when it's on one's shoulders? Not great, Chandler told GameSpot.
"I try not to think about it too much. I am [thinking about it], and it's terrifying," Chandler said. "I kind of have gone into the mindset of, Alien is one of my favorite movies. And it stands alone. And it will, you know, stand the test of time. And I think what Noah [Hawley] is doing here, which he also did on Fargo, is he took the essence of that film and made something completely original that honors the essence of Fargo, and that's my hope for this, as well."
Continue Reading at GameSpotHow COVID Changed FX's Alien: Earth Series
Living through a pandemic isn't entirely unlike being stalked by "a perfect organism" hellbent on tearing you limb from limb. As it turns out, that similarity was not lost on Noah Hawley, showrunner for FX's Alien series, Alien: Earth. During a roundtable chat, Hawley explained how the pandemic affected the Alien series logistically and thematically.
"We went through this COVID period. I was shut down on Fargo [Season 4]. We had six months before we could go back into production," Hawley said. "And I remember, everything's shut down, and no one really knew what to do, and this [Alien] project was already in the works. For about six months, I would just have a weekly call with [FX's] John Landgraf and Gina Balian, and we would just sort of talk around this idea of the show and, you know, it was actually a really great period to be able to workshop it."
Alien: Earth is finally set to debut after a Fox buyout, pandemic, and Hollywood strike each altered its schedule.While those considerations were more practical, Hawley added that the series and the pandemic naturally share some space in his mind.
Continue Reading at GameSpotAlien: Earth Showrunner Says "Every Alien Movie Has Greatness In It"
With FX's Alien series set to premiere on August 12, fans continue to debate the merits of the often starkly different installments in the series. Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Resurrection, and the prequels are each very different flavors of horror, but according to showrunner Noah Hawley, they each have their merits, too.
"I think every Alien movie has greatness in it," Hawley said in a roundtable discussion ahead of the series' premiere. "I think Fincher brought a lot of really great moments and ideas to it, and [Alien Resurrection director Jean-Pierre] Jeunet, the first half of it, I really liked. It was very odd in a way. But I love the sort of clone Sigourney and that whole storyline. Everyone introduced very interesting ideas to it."
Still, Hawley continued, Alien: Earth leans into only the first two movies for its most direct inspirations, especially the 1979 original.
Continue Reading at GameSpotFX's Alien: Earth Series Won't Use Any CG For The Xenomorph
When FX's Alien: Earth premieres on August 12, longtime fans may find themselves holding their breath, waiting to see the Xenomorph for the first time. When they do, they may be delighted to find the iconic creature was brought to life using only practical effects, the show's director of photography, Dana Gonzales, told GameSpot during a roundtable discussion.
"It's 100% real," he said, referring to how the team approached bringing the Xenomorph to life without the use of computer-generated effects. "Even in Aliens, I think there's a lot of CG, and we're not doing any CG Xenomorph."
It's not just the Xenomorph that'll be brought to life with practical tools. As Gonzales told the group, "The Facehuggers we have, they're all real."
Continue Reading at GameSpotVirtuos Enacts Mass Layoffs As Gaming Giant Undergoes "Restructure"
Virtuos, one of the biggest game developers in the world and the team that was behind the positively received The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, is undergoing a "restructure" that will lead to layoffs. A spokesperson for the company told Eurogamer that around 7% of the company's global staff are facing layoffs. The cuts are being made "primarily in teams facing lower occupancy and slower demand due to structural shifts in the industry."
About 200 people in Asia are impacted, along with 70 in Europe. Fewer than 10 people at Virtuos' French office, which worked on Oblivion Remastered, were impacted, the company said.
"We are grateful for the contributions of those impacted. We are providing separation packages, career transition assistance, and opportunities for redeployment across our global network where possible," the company said. "The company's immediate focus is on managing this transition with care, transparency, and respect.
Continue Reading at GameSpotHow To Change Destiny 2 World Tiers For Brave, Legendary, Fabled, And Mythic Difficulty
With Destiny 2's The Edge of Fate expansion came many new features. There's the Portal, which helps you easily find activities to play with far fewer clicks than before. There are new Exotics, including a supremely overpowered Void scout rifle that's proving invaluable through the campaign missions--especially on Legendary difficulty. There's even the new Destiny 2 shooting range, where you can test your loadout. Then there are World Tiers, which allow you to adjust the level of difficulty and customize your experience in patrol zones and hunt for higher-tier weapons and gear.
There are several seasonal and weekly challenges that rely on heading to Kepler on Fabled difficulty or above. However, Fabled and Mythic difficulties are not automatically unlocked. In this guide we'll detail how to unlock them, how to change the patrol zone difficulty, and why you might want to play at higher difficulties.
Here are all of the Destiny 2 World Tiers:
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