G4, the TV network that originally launched in 2002 with a focus on programming about video games, has announced its comeback later this year will also include a streaming version of 2021 D&D Live. The two-day streaming event will take place July 16-17 and continue this fall on the network in four limited-run campaign events on G4.According to a release from the network, the streaming event will feature four separate games, each with an "expert DM" and a cast of still-to-be-announced stars campaigning. In between the games, viewers will also be able to tune in for giveaways, a Dungeon Master roundtable, product announcements, interviews, and more."D&D Live 2021 is going to be an innovative event with new forms of interactivity for a live streaming audience and the perfect D&D introduction for new audiences," said Brian Terwilliger, vice president of programming and creative strategy at G4. "We're thrilled to partner with Wizards of the Coast to give fans adventure, comedy, and an incredibly entertaining journey into the theater of the mind."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

After you've discovered the first Illumina Spot in New Pokemon Snap, you'll begin receiving requests from Professor Mirror and the other members of your research team. You can view these requests by pressing Y while on the Research Camp screen, and they typically ask you to snap photos of Pokemon performing rare behaviors. However, if you're just trying to play through the game, you can safely skip them and come back later, as they have no bearing on your story progress.In fact, it's generally a good idea not to get caught up completing requests right away and only focus on them after you've cleared the story and are working on filling out your Photodex. Not only are there a ton of requests to fulfill in the game, but many of them are cryptic or impossible to complete until you've unlocked higher Research Levels.The requests will become much more important once you're focused on filling out your Photodex. Each request essentially serves as a hint on how to photograph a Pokemon performing a special behavior, so they're vital if you're striving to snap up rare three- and four-star photos. If you're just trying to see the credits, however, it's best to return to them later.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As everyone knows by now, Disney produced a surprise The Simpsons short featuring Maggie for Star Wars Day this year. Titled "The Force Awakens from Its Nap," the short hit Disney+ on May 4 and, according to Entertainment Weekly, very nearly had a Mandalorian cameo.In a recent interview, The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean revealed that the animators were toying with a Mandalorian cameo, but ultimately decided it would detract from the story. "There was a scene where we had the parents picking up the kids, and the Mandalorian was one of them," Jean said. "What happened was once we hit on it as a story between Maggie and BB-8, we just eliminated everything that wasn't pertinent to that story."In a daycare far, far away… but still in Springfield. Maggie Simpson in “The Force Awakens from Its Nap” is streaming tomorrow, May the 4th on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/bYp4sb5Szx — Disney+ (@disneyplus) May 3, 2021According to the short's official description, "In a daycare far, far away… but still in Springfield, Maggie is on an epic quest for her stolen pacifier." The short, which celebrates the Star Wars galaxy, takes that seemingly straightforward plot and uses it to bring the baby Simpson "face-to-face with young Padawans, Sith Lords, familiar droids, Rebel scum, and an ultimate battle against the dark side."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pokemon Go's May Community Day is set for Saturday, May 15. Not only will the event give you more chances to catch Swablu, this month's featured Pokemon, but Niantic is also introducing Mega Altaria to the game immediately afterward. There will be various other bonuses to take advantage of during the event as well, so to help you prepare, we've rounded up everything you need to know about Pokemon Go's May 2021 Community Day below.May 2021 Featured Pokemon: SwabluSwabluThis month's featured Pokemon is Swablu, the pre-evolved form of Altaria. All throughout the event, Swablu will appear in the wild much more frequently than normal, making this a good opportunity to stock up on Swablu Candy. You'll want to take this chance while you can; like Magikarp, Swablu requires a whopping 400 Candy to evolve, so you'll need to catch a ton of them if you're hoping to get Altaria.You'll also have a chance to encounter Shiny Swablu during the event. This variant is yellow rather than blue, so you'll be able to immediately tell if you've found one. Like other Shiny Pokemon, however, it will be rare, but you'll have more opportunities to encounter a Shiny Swablu if you use an Incense during the event.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

EA announced today that it has acquired Metalhead Software, the studio behind the Super Mega Baseball series. Metalhead will be part of the EA Sports label alongside mainstays EA Tiburon and EA Vancouver, the developers of the majority of EA's sports franchises.With three games released so far, the Super Mega Baseball series has established itself as a strong complement to--if not competitor with--the simulation series MLB The Show. Although Super Mega Baseball doesn't have the MLB license, it's found an audience with its arcade-y, over-the-top take on the sport.It's more in the tradition of Backyard Baseball than MLB simulation games, and it appears that it'll stay that way for the near future. In a statement to Polygon, EA Sports Vice President Cam Weber said that even though fans might expect an MLB license for the Super Mega Baseball series, "My belief is that Super Mega Baseball is well differentiated from MLB The Show, and I think it has its own spot in the marketplace."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It's been a long time since the last Left 4 Dead release, but that doesn't mean that the series is completely forgotten. Today, Dead by Daylight now has a new Left 4 Dead crossover, thanks to its latest DLCDead By Daylight's latest Tome--which are sets of challenges and lore--is called Forsaken, and it brings with it narratives and challenges for William "Bill" Overbeck from the Left 4 Dead series. The Tome adds a storyline exploring Bill's backstory, specifically in the run-up to the events of Left 4 Dead. New challenges for players to complete will unlock more information about Bill, developer Behaviour Interactive stated in a press release.Bill's story is rolled out in a set of Tome memories, which are short pieces of fiction and cinematics that talk about the character. For a short glimpse, check out the trailer embed above.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo is releasing a new game creation title for Switch called Game Builder Garage. Much like the Toy-Con Garage mode included in the company's Labo kits, Game Builder Garage features interactive lessons and other tools that teach you how to create your own small games.According to the description on Nintendo's website, Game Builder Garage teaches "the basics of game design and visual programming with step-by-step lessons created by the minds at Nintendo." These guided lessons illustrate how to "program" seven different games, including a racer and one in which you roll a ball through a maze using motion controls, by teaching basic logic strings.In addition to the lessons, Game Builder Garage features a Free Programming that provides you with plenty of leeway to create your own games. You can then share your games and download those created by other players. You can watch the first trailer for Game Builder Garage above.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Housemarque has walked back on Patch 1.3.3 for Returnal, reverting the game back to its 1.3.1 build. The studio advises that players do not try to play Returnal until a new patch has been released."All users affected by the 1.3.3 need to re-download the game," Housemarque wrote in a tweet. Since the release of Patch 1.3.3, players have been reporting a game breaking error has continually popped up in Returnal, often causing players to lose progress. Housemarque says that you'll know that you were affected if "CE-100028-1 error" pops up on your screen.Patch 1.3.3 has been pulled and we are reverting back to 1.3.1 until it's fixed.We are fixing the issue now and a new patch will be published in a few hoursAll users affected by the 1.3.3 need to re-download the game.Our sincerest apologies. — Housemarque (@Housemarque) May 5, 2021The studio then followed-up in another tweet that "to be safe, don't start [Returnal] before the upcoming patch is available and downloaded." Housemarque is working on the new Patch 1.3.3 right now, and it is scheduled to go live in a few hours.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Mass Effect Legendary Edition, which includes upgraded remasters of the first three Mass Effect games as well as (almost) all of the DLC, releases on May 14. Today, EA revealed some additional information about what you can expect from the game's performance across consoles and PC.Not surprisingly, the remasters will be able to reach really high performance on PC. According to the developer, the PC version will support 240 frames per second and 240 Hz refresh rates. On the other hand, all console versions will have the option to prioritize graphical fidelity or to prioritize framerate.EA also shared a breakdown of the maximum resolution and framerate across the various consoles. Not surprisingly, PS5 and Xbox Series X enable the highest resolution of the consoles; Xbox Series X alone can output 120fps if you have a compatible TV (PS5 only supports 60fps). Here's the full breakdown:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

You know the drill: there's a worldwide catastrophe, and all our creature comforts are suddenly worthless. Society disintegrates, and one adorable child is our last hope for survival. That's the premise behind Netflix's upcoming thriller, Awake, starring Gina Rodriguez and you can watch the first trailer right now.In Netflix's Awake, "global hysteria ensues after a mysterious catastrophe wipes out all electronics and takes away humanity's ability to sleep," according to the official synopsis. "Scientists race against the clock to find a cure for the unexplained insomnia before its fatal effects eliminate the human race. When Jill, a former soldier, discovers her young daughter may be the key to salvation, she must decide: protect her children at all costs or sacrifice everything to save the world."Along with Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin, Annihilation), Awake stars Arianna Greenblatt (Love and Monsters) as the daughter, as well as Finn Jones (Iron Fist, Game of Thrones) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (Annihilation, Single White Female). Awake is directed by Mark Raso, and written by Mark and Joseph Raso based on a story by Gregory Poirier.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Xbox has announced plans to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a series of initiatives meant to highlight the culture and contributions of AAPI community. Alongside a donation match program, Xbox is including a curated list of AAPI games and movies on the Xbox and Microsoft stores, adding a weekly showcase of games featuring AAPI creators and characters to the Xbox Community Game Club, and promoting AAPI streamers and creators on both Twitch and in the Xbox Ambassadors community.This year marks the first that Xbox has celebrated AAPI Heritage Month, a fact Xbox addressed in its statement. The company said this is due to its deepened efforts to support and celebrate the community during this period of "frightening and reprehensible" attacks and "COVID-19-related hate crimes against members of the AAPI community."One of the key ways it intends to do this is by allowing Microsoft Rewards Members to earn and donate points to two AAPI-focused charities, Asian American Advancing Justice | AAJC and Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON), which will be matched by Microsoft. Minecraft's Mojang studios will be promoting this feature, and has already donated $100,000 USD to AAJC as a part of this initiative.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In just 40 or so minutes of a hands-off gameplay demo of Biomutant, I'd watched its protagonist ride a jetski through polluted gooey waters, mount some kind of cat-looking horse thing, operate their own ramshackle mech suit, and hop aboard a flying bat creature. Oh, and there's a flying suitcase, too.Traversing the world in these many ways is indicative of the level of customization at play in Biomutant. In the final hands-off preview before the game's release, developer Experiment 101 showed a fair amount of new footage that gave a sense of your ability to explore the game world, engage in combat, create your character, and build your own weapons. That freedom seems to be a central tenet of the Biomutant's open-world--you can look how you want, fight how you want, wear what you want, and use the weapons that you want.The freedom to determine your character in the world of Biomutant begins with character creation, where you make your own mutant animal critter to travel the wastes of the game's post-human world. You can do a lot to create a creature you like to look at, but character creation goes well beyond just having spiffy fur patterns.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

When Mayans MC first debuted on FX, the idea of a continuation of the world of Sons of Anarchy was exciting. Still, the original series left some massive shoes to fill. While its quality may have fallen off in the last couple of seasons, it was a groundbreaking show that told a compelling story and featured a group of characters you were dying to root for. How could a sequel series with an all-new cast stack up?Yet here we are, nearing the end of Mayans MC's third and best season. Not only has it measured up to the original series, but it's also toppled it. It took some work to get there, though. After all, while all three seasons of Mayans MC are worthwhile, it's not until the current run of episodes that the show did the smartest thing it could: It buried the past and moved forward.Co-created by Elgin James and Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, the first two seasons of Mayans MC introduced a very relevant story. Unlike Sons of Anarchy's predominantly white motorcycle gang in a small Northern California town, Mayans is made up of a primarily Latinx cast of actors in a tale set on the border between the United States and Mexico. It couldn't be a more timely narrative.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Over its 25-year history, the Resident Evil series has continually changed and evolved, like a mad scientist who injects himself with a questionable bio-weapon, mutating into something new every time he shows up. For the most part, those evolutions have been fascinating recombinations of elements as Resident Evil tries different mixes of survival-horror and action gameplay. With Resident Evil 7, Capcom swung for the fences with a first-person perspective, a narrower scope, and more horror-focused gameplay. Resident Evil Village evolves that idea to make something that feels very different from its predecessor, but which is just as engaging.Though the perspective and mechanical underpinnings are the same, Village branches off in its own direction from RE7, capturing some of the things that were great about that game while resisting the impulse to retread the same ground. While it's still frightening at points, it takes a less horror-driven tack on the same underlying first-person formula. Village continues to evolve Resident Evil while maintaining a keen grasp on some of its core tenets, finding new ways (or reviving old ones) of getting under your skin and ratcheting up the tension.As has been pretty clear for a while now, Resident Evil Village is Resident Evil 7 through the lens of Resident Evil 4. When the latter was released way back in 2005, it significantly revamped what the franchise had been up to that point, swapping the earlier games' slower, survival-horror focus for a more fast-paced action approach. RE4 was scary because you were being overwhelmed by enemies, backed into corners, and chased by madmen wielding chainsaws. It traded darkened corridors and jump scares for adrenaline-fueled panic.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A limited-edition R2-D2 Nebula mini-projector from Anker that launched last week has already gotten its first discount--but it's still pretty expensive. The capsule projector usually sells for $700, but with promo code WSMAY4TH at Amazon, it's $80 off just in time for Star Wars Day. That means you only have today, May the 4th, to claim the discount. And while you're at it, check out more of the best Star Wars Day deals. Nebula Capsule II Star Wars R2-D2 Limited Edition Mini Projector $620 (was $700) with promo code WSMAY4TH This Nebula capsule mini-projector has been given a special paint job to look like the classic plucky droid from the Star Wars series, and its startup sound is modeled after R2's sound effects in A New Hope. The portable projector outputs at 720p resolution and weighs just 26 ounces, with an estimated 2.5 hours of battery life. It has Android TV built-in, which means the interface will load up streaming services like YouTube out of the box. The projector can also double as a portable bluetooth speaker. See at Amazon The standard Nebula projector sells for $580, so you're paying a premium for the Star Wars look and special sound effects. The projector has a user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars with more than 600 reviews.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com