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It is easy to argue that the criticism of the latest mainline Pokemon titles, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, is warranted. After all, these games were some of the most expensive mainline Pokemon games available for purchase with many players finding their adventures filled with glitches, bugs, and some questionable game design choices. Many also found the story to be lackluster compared to previous titles, and this is all despite in being a generally well-received generation....

These games wouldn’t be where they are without plenty of past titles to build on. Chief among these are their immediate predecessors, Pokemon Sword and Shield and Pokemon Legends: Arceus. The through line of mainline Pokemon’s jump to Switch for the first time is the Wild Area. There are several other details that Scarlet and Violet owe to these past games, especially Pokemon Legends. Even as Scarlet and Violet iterates on things like Sword and Shield’s Max Raid Battles, Pokemon Legends appears to be the necessary step for Generation 9 to reach its potential....

If your answer borders around the latter, that’s exactly the way Rockstar Games North (then known as DMA Design) had it fixed from the start. According to a new in-depth report published in The Sunday Times, David Jones and Mike Dailly, creators of the original Grand Theft Auto, attribute the initial success of the series to its widespread notoriety - brought on by their hiring of PR superstar Max Clifford and his ability to manufacture controversy....

Just attributing Sonic Frontiers’ feelings of freshness to its gameplay would be selling the whole package short. The game’s presentation is also pulling its weight when unpolished moments aren’t showing through, and the narrative is also driving a lot of interest. Sonic Frontiers revisited story elements from many past Sonic titles, while simultaneously developing a strong core cast. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Dr. Eggman, and Sage are all a joy to listen to, but players may find themselves growing more curious about the strange little creatures interacting with them along the way....

As No Way Home hits the home media market, many Marvel fans are revisiting the movie and re-evaluating its strengths and weaknesses. When it first arrived in theaters, many audiences were sedated with a healthy dose of nostalgia and overlooked some of the movie’s shakier spots. On rewatches, the plot holes stand out a little more. For starters, the rules of Doctor Strange’s brainwashing spell are as inconsistent as the rules for acquiring the Soul Stone....

To date in the MCU, Hawkeye has tagged along with the Avengers to halt world-ending threats on several occasions. The Avengers faced down a god and his army in New York City in the first Avengers film. Hawkeye took out a few enemy soldiers with his bow and arrow in the final battle, good for him. Iron Man physically rerouted a nuclear warhead into space, literally on his back (in case readers were wondering who played the more pivotal role in the fight)....

The public pursuit of Alexis by Manchester City culminated in a deadline day flap from the Gunners which saw the Chilean stay put and Thomas Lemar reject both Arsenal and Liverpool. Ozil, meanwhile, has not sought a move away and only recently re-entered previously halted contract negotiations due to Arsene Wenger’s uncertainty over his own future. Arsenal 15/8 to finish top-4 Ozil and Sanchez are not the only players at Arsenal with expiring contracts, however....

Quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick combined to become the most successful pairing in NFL history, with 41-year-old superstar Brady becoming the most successful player in the league’s history with his sixth ring in his ninth Super Bowl appearance. Brady broke the tie with former defensive player Charles Haley, who won five rings, two with the San Francisco 49ers and three with the Dallas Cowboys. Wide Receiver Julian Edelman, another historic player in the postseason for New England, won the Super Bowl MVP honours after grabbing 10 passes for 141 receiving yards....

MORE: Warriors win Game 5 behind dominant Wiggins With Curry struggling to find his shot in Game 5, going 0-for-9 from deep, Wiggins stepped in to fill the void, pouring in 26 points, 13 rebounds, two assists and two steals to lead the Dubs to a 104-94 win at Chase Center to give them 3-2 series lead. Curry has one hand on the Finals MVP trophy, but right there with him as his No....

In an age of uncertainty, loss and economic turmoil, young people are increasingly turning to astrology and witchcraft for answers. “Modern technology has made it possible for people around the world to gain access to learning about mediumship and even practice it virtually,” Megan Alisa, an evidential psychic medium with more than 234,000 followers on TikTok, told Newsweek. Evidential psychic mediums share evidence that they are communicating with the dead by claiming to reveal information that could not otherwise be known by the medium....

Yorick has remained underused in League of Legends since his rework between the 6.18 and 6.21 patch cycles, five years ago. Since then, he couldn’t really have an impact as an effective split-push bruiser over stronger champions like Camille, Zed, Tryndamere, Fiora, and others. Now, suddenly after a sturdy buff in the recent patch 11.7, Yorick has silently risen the ranks boasting a fascinating 6.59% increase in his top lane pick rate according to OP....

Back in January 2021, Playdead officially announced that it was working on a new game. However, unlike its first two smash-hits, this third title would be a 3D, third-person Sci-Fi game, ditching the side-scrolling perspective of both LIMBO and Inside. Playdead has always pushed the technical boundaries of its platforms, but according to a recent job listing, this new title may be pushing the boundaries further than ever before....

As of now, there are still 60 Pokemon absent from Gen 8, with Pokemon Legends: Arceus including three that were previously unavailable on modern consoles - the entire Oshawott evolution line. Among the missing pocket monsters, some that may be more painful than others to reintroduce are Deerling and Sawsbuck given their unique seasonal forms. Unlike other missing Pokemon such as Vivillon and Minior, Deerling and Sawsbuck have forms that strictly depend on seasons, and there are more technical reasons why this wouldn’t work as well going forward....

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge still look very much in love in the images, taken at Kensington Palace this week. Kate is wearing a blue wrap dress by Ghost, which according to the Daily Mail cost $270 (£195), while Prince William is wearing his trademark sweater and shirt. The images were taken by photographer Chris Floyd, famous for his celebrity portraits, including during the Brit Pop era in the 1990s....

SARS. Ebola. Avian flu. The parade of frightening new maladies continues, each one confirming that our species, for all its cleverness, still lives at the mercy of the microbe. It didn’t seem that way 30 years ago–not with smallpox largely defeated, AIDS still undreamed of and medical science evolving at an unprecedented clip. But even as optimists proclaimed victory over the germ, our megacities, factory farms, jet planes and blood banks were opening broad new avenues for infection....

Yet In response, many Ukrainians in Russian-speaking regions took up arms to expel Russian tanks and soldiers from their land. For centuries, Russian has dominated Ukrainian culture: movies, music, TV shows, and politics. But recent Ukrainian legislation—criticized by some commentators—and a growing number of influencers increasingly seek change. Ukraine’s 2014 Maidan Revolution—the pro-Western uprising deposing a Moscow-aligned administration—and subsequent Russian invasion gave fresh impetus to those advocating for the primacy of the Ukrainian language....

The first two episodes of Cullen Hoback’s Q: Into the Storm aired on Sunday, focusing on how QAnon started life on the fringes of the internet in late 2017, as well as bringing in some of the main characters that helped the radical movement grow. Rather than concentrate on the more salacious aspects of QAnon’s beliefs—including that there exists a secret cabal of high-profile child-abusing cannibals—the first episode instead looked at who the mysterious figure known as “Q” could be and how people started following Q’s mysterious coded messages on infamous message board sites 4chan and 8chan....

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The twist in Resident Evil Village is that the main character does not escape from the explosion. There isn’t a timer this time either, as the explosives that blow up in Resident Evil Village are remote-detonated. What happens is that protagonist Ethan Winters is mortally wounded in the final fight against Mother Miranda, and so he volunteers to stay behind to push the button, blow up the village, and kill himself in the process....