The “Damsel in Distress” is one of fiction’s oldest conventions. It’s used so often in storytelling that over the years, it has become a cliché. Of course, like any cliché, it’s ripe for comedy. That’s why more recent tales have taken to poking fun at it. These range from merely subverting to outright spoofing. RELATED:Movies That Parody The Damsel In Distress Trope This pattern extends to games, which makes sense. “Save the princess” has been an easily digestible premise since the days of the earliestSuper Mario Bros....

Genshin Impactusually has a fixed update schedule which includes introducing approximately one new character each month. The upcomingGenshin ImpactVersion 2.7 will bring two popular characters named Kuki Shinobu and Yelan. However, while the new update has not even arrived yet, the game’s official social media accounts have already announced the arrival of a long-awaited character for update 2.8. EachGenshin Impactupdate has its own beta phase, which reveals most of the content that should arrive over the next couple of weeks....

InGenshin ImpactInazuma, there are a lot of Samurai to meet. Some of them are in the Shogun Army, while some others are rogue Samurai that can be defeated for their Handguards. Not only for their drops, but these Samurai also bring color toGenshin Impactwith their hidden quests. For example, the Iwakura Clan,Washizu of Higi Village, and Nameless Samurai. RELATED:Genshin Impact: All Iwakura Clan Locations/Secret Achievement At first, players can interact with Nameless Samurai to trigger theDreams of Sword Art World Quest....

As much as consumers are allowed to complain about recent price hikes in the gaming industry, such asZelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s rise to $70, it is a pretty luxurious era for game prices. Adjusted for inflation, games have always been just as expensive - if not more - than they are now, even includingfirst-party AAA titlesthat wear $70 price tags. With the abundance of seasonal sales on most platforms, games very rarely stay at a premium price anymore....

Players will encounter numerous bosses during their time withGhostrunner, the brand-newaction gamefrom developer One More Level, and Hel may very well be the most difficult of the bunch. However, fans that understand Hel’s basic attack pattern, and know how to properly counter it, should certainly be able to take down this katana-wielding foe, and providing details on exactly how to approach this challenging boss fight is the precise purpose of this guide....

Summary Indie developer Spiders has confirmed thatGreedFall 2: The Dying World, the sequel to its cult classic BioWare-esque RPG, is officially set to enter early access this summer. According to Spiders,GreedFall 2will be in early access indefinitely until the developer can develop a game that the players want. Still, no specific date has been set yet for when the sequel’s early access period will begin. However, a gameplay reveal before early access will confirm its official release date....

Grand Theft Auto Onlineallows players to interact with the setting of Los Santos as their own custom characters in the game. On top of that, theGTA OnlineRP NoPixel serverallows players and streamers to roleplay together and share their online adventures with others. One of the more well-knownGTAroleplaying Twitch streamers, xQc, has his own character called “Jean Paul” or “X” in theGTARP NoPixel server. xQc’s character Jean Paul started at the bottom committing various petty crimes like house robberies, lock-picking, and bank robberies....

Halo 3: ODSTwas released before its time. An interesting departure from franchise norms, it offered a semi-open world structure against a story that could be completed non-linearly. But instead of bringing along its own competitive multiplayer mode,Halo 3: ODSTsimply shipped with a separate disc containing the whole ofHalo 3’s multiplayer component, DLC maps and all. Looking back, it was ahuge miss for Bungie. Part of what makesHalo 3: ODSTspecial is its origin....

There were many questions leading intoHalo Infinite’s campaign regarding how important the previous games' plot points would be, especially whether Spartan Locke would appear. Now thatHalo Infiniteis out, and players know just who is (and who isn’t) in the game, one fan has drawn Spartan Locke in what they imagine he is doing on Zeta Halo. Generally, thestory ofHalo 5: Guardianswas not received too fondly by fans and critics, though it was not without some highlights, such as the game’s co-protagonist, Spartan Locke....

Daemon Targaryen’s Dark Sister, and Viserys I’s Blackfyre are the ancestral Targaryen swords inGame of Throneslore. Fashioned out of Valyrian steel, Blackfyre was in possession of the late King, Viserys I at the beginning ofHouse of the Dragon, and it looked every bit as exquisite as it is described in the lore. While Viserys' younger brother, Daemon (Matt Smith inHouse of the Dragon) used Visenya Targaryen’s slender blade, Dark Sister to slay his enemies, Blackfyre regalia acted as a symbol of authority and dignity for the king....

Summary Pokemon Scarlet and Violetintroduced plenty of new critters that became quite popular within the community for different reasons, but there were also a few Gen 9 pocket monsters that stirred controversies, especially when it comes to competitive VGC. Counting thenew Pokemon from The Indigo Diskand The Teal Mask DLCs, Gen 9 introduced a total of 120 new species, including multiple cross-gen evolutions that range from the long-rumored Farigiraf to the unexpected Dipplin and Hydrapplin....

The King of Fighters 15’sdevelopment has been a long and winding road. First announced in 2019,SNK was forced to delay the game to 2022 due to Covid-19 complications. But the wait is almost over, with the February 17th release date rapidly approaching. In anticipation of the game’s upcoming release,and to testThe King of Fighters 15’s rollback netcode, SNK is hosting a free open beta for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 users....

Meta, the company initially known asFacebook, is laying off 10,000 more employees, describing the move as a restructuring designed to flatten the company’s organizations while improving efficiency and sustainability. The move comes right after having already gone through massive layoffs not long ago, with Mark Zuckerberg, the creator ofFacebookand Meta’s CEO, dubbing 2023 the “Year of Efficiency.” It was only one year ago, in 2022, after a ratherfinancially disastrous year for Facebook’s parent company, that Meta decided to lay off over 13% of its staff....