23 years ago, a young kid adventurer set out to sea, only to lose his rowboat and travel the sea’s rocky waters in a dingy barrel, setting the events ofOne Piecein motion. Today, that kid now sails on a ship of his own, leads and inspires thousands of crewmates, and is battling against a dragon to save a mystical country. Like how it does for diamonds from coal, time has a funny way of turning humble beginnings into some of the largest and most profound movements....

Summary One Piecehas entered the Final Saga, which means that the stakes are at an all-time high. Everyone who has been left out of the story so far will get an opportunity to make their mark on the series. Obviously, not all of them will achieve what they want to. Some of them are going to fail and will never appear in the series again. Others will have their lives forfeited by their enemies....

Tony Tony Chopper is an invaluable member of the Straw Hat Pirates and the first to be recruited from the Grand Line. As the crew felt the harsh realities of the Grand Line when Nami fell to an illness called Kestia, in stepped Chopper during the Drum Island arc to save the day and give fans a glimpse at what he had to offer the crew. Chopper has, on countless occasions, been the hero of the story just as much as any other supporting member of the Straw Hat Pirates, and one would expect him to be one of the most popular members of the crew....

WithPlayStation 5consoles still incredibly hard to find nearly a year after its release and most games being cross-generational titles, many publishers have been offering free upgrades for their games. This way, PS4 owners who can’t get aPS5yet don’t feel discouraged about buying a cross-gen game, as they can then upgrade to the PlayStation 5 version once they manage to get their hands on Sony’s next-generation console. Sony itself has been involved in this, offering a free upgrade path for many of its PS4 and PS5 cross-gen games, but it seems those days are over....

Summary Of all the films headed to theaters this upcoming awards season, few have received more pre-release acclaim than Yorgos Lanthimos' dark sci-fi comedyPoor Things,based on a 1992 novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray. It premiered in early September at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, the highest prize that can be awarded by the festival jury. The hype transferred into the press with almost entirely positive reviews, resulting in scores of 94 on Metacritic and 97% on Rotten Tomatoes....

Summary If any region in thePokemonuniverse deserves to be the setting ofPokemon Legends: Arceussequel, it’s the Kalos Region.Pokemon X and Yare infamous among the community for lacking a definitive third version to follow-up on hanging plot threads, and aPokemon LegendsKalos game would be the perfect opportunity to right this wrong. Not only would this game be the perfect way to give Gen 6 the love it deserves, but the sequel toPokemon Legends: Arceuswould have the perfect Arceus stand-in if it was set in the Kalos Region....

Square Enix stepped into the PS5 reveal strong with a preview of a beautiful looking title that is currently working under the nameProjectAthia. This upcoming game is the latest from Luminous Productions, a subsidiary that houses the game engine used to createFinal Fantasy 15’s open-world. The engine has proven to be especially successful for HD graphics and particle physics. The project itself looks like it could be the start of a whole new franchise that might eventually run with similar strengths as other Square Enix properties likeFinal FantasyandDragon Quest....

Summary Content Warningwas released as this year’sApril Fools gameby Landfall Publishing. It seems to be lovingly based on 2023’s indie craze,Lethal Company, involving similar goofy antics with friends while avoiding encounters with the game’s terrifying inhabitants (or, perhaps more accurately, provoking them for good camera footage). As silly as the game can be, with the task of recording various monsters and the player’s teammates encouraging these shenanigans, the game is ultimately a horror experience and can have some terrifying encounters....

With theCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warbeta kicking off on PC yesterday, Twitch streamer Shroud decided to load up the game and give it a chance in front of thousands of viewers. It did not take long for Shroud to voice his concerns aboutCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and with those concerns came a very bold statement about both killstreaks and scorestreaks. Before the discussion aroundBlack Ops Cold War’s skill-based matchmakingkicked off, much of the concern was about the game’s use of scorestreaks....

The playable teaser forSilent Hillstook the world by storm when it hit PS4 consoles and footage reached the internet. All these years later, fans still aren’t overPTand its horrifying hallway, and now players can see if they’re brave enough to face its frightening world in VR. There have been a few projects aiming atrecreatingPTin virtual reality, but most are in development and inaccessible to players. Now, one gamer has takenPT’s infamous looping hallway and set it up so that players can explore it in VR on any Oculus Quest headset....

A preview video forSonic Frontiersshows off a new Cyber Space level that some fans had noticed shared a similar layout to a previous title,Sonic Adventure 2. The debut ofSonic Frontiersis on the horizon, as there is only a little over a week before the game’s launch. During the month of October, fans received plenty of last-minute information about the game and its premise. This includes aprequel comic forSonic Frontiers, a short showcase of the game’s music, along with plenty of gameplay preview videos....

Not too long ago, Square Enix announced that a PS5 version ofFinal Fantasy 7 Remakewould be coming later this year, in June to be specific, and with that would come along some brand-new story content.Episode Yuffie is paid DLCthat allowsFinal Fantasyfans the chance to control Yuffie to see what she was up to during the events of the first part ofFinal Fantasy 7 Remake. The DLC is only available for PS5 owners, as it takes full advantage of the console’s power, offering shorter loading times, improved visuals, and some other neat enhancements....

Summary Star Trek’s future,as envisaged by creator Gene Roddenberry, celebrates the best that humanity has to offer. Poverty is a thing of the past; peace reigns across the Earth. The bigotry of previous eras is nowhere to be seen. And, yet, there is a seedy underbelly to this supposed utopia. Even in a moneyless future, crime still pays. From Mafia planets to human trafficking, the criminal villains of theStar Trekuniverse show that, while the future is bright, it is not without its amoral side....