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Rec Room, a virtual reality, online video game, and game creation system that can be played on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Oculus Quest, iOS, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X, was first launched in June 2016. Since then, the platform has grown exponentially. A month ago, Rec Room reported it had registered two million annual users. Now, the platform is up to one million monthly active users. This past weekend alone, Rec Room hosted 45,000 concurrent players....

People are stocking up so much toilet paper to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic that it’s even starting to get stuffed into VR games. One of the stranger things to have happened due to the coronavirus pandemic is the sudden shortage of toilet paper. Store shelves have been cleared out of that fluffy white TP thanks to panic buying across the nation as everyone stocks up for an extended supply chain disruption....

Happy birthday, Days Gone! Two years ago on April 26, 2019, Bend Studio released Days Gone. The Days Gone community keeps on growing. It is part of this month’s PlayStation Plus free games and on May 19 it’s making its way to PC so even more gamers get to experience the open road for themselves. To celebrate the game’s second anniversary and its PC release, Bend Studio has prepared some festivities....

Even though Remedy Entertainment’s action-adventure game Control, released in August 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PS4, and Xbox One, has sold over two million copies since its debut, CEO Tero Virtala doesn’t consider the game a major hit. “When a Remedy game comes out, it needs to stand out in some way. For the genre or category we go into, it needs to have all the elements that make it a memorable or category-defining game....

Our quick take Renault Koleos - 3.5 / 5 Renault Koleos review: No seven seat option Renault Koleos review: Pumped-up design Renault Koleos review: Interior Renault Koleos review: Equipment and technology Renault Koleos review: The drive To recap Good looking, spacious and well equipped the Koleos lacks the 7-seat option of many rivals, or the cachet of the premium brands. It’s a little forgettable to be in and drive, although the four-wheel drive system works well and the R-link 2....

The recently released Netflix series Bridgerton has taken viewers by storm, finding popularity with its period drama genre mixed with soap-opera antics and modern influences, resulting in it becoming the fifth most-watched Netflix original series of all time. Bridgerton is based on a series of novels of the same name by Julia Quinn. With many fans having long since finished binge-watching Bridgerton, they are now looking to see where else they can get their period-drama fix....

Persona 5 Strikers, the musou-styled spin-off of Persona 5, is finally coming to the west localized in English. A leaked Persona 5 Strikers trailer initially spoiled the surprise, but now Atlus is revealing that more information is on its way. Persona 5 Strikers follows Persona 5, set about six months after the events of the original game. Switching away from the original RPG format, the gameplay is closer to that of the Warriors series, with massive swaths of enemies to be slashed down on the map by the Phantom Thieves of Hearts....

Every entry in the Persona franchise has had a heroic team, built up by the hero and a charismatic friend. Then as the ambition of the story swells and more friends join the party, the team grows to tackle a growing threat. Persona 3 had the S.E.E.S. Team, Persona 4 had the Investigation Team, and Persona 5 had the Phantom Thieves. Every Persona game’s party is a team of heroes who build and support each other up from their humble high school beginnings, completely independent from any of its sequels....

2020 was, to put it lightly, an interesting year for a lot of reasons. Not the least of which was that 2020 was the year that the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S were released while many of us were in lockdown. As it turns out, Phil Spencer, perhaps like you, spent a lot of time playing games—sometimes even during work meetings. During the Pandemic, Spencer projected a calm and collected demeanor throughout all of the setbacks and changes that were happening....

When Temtem was released in Early Access at the beginning of this year, its sizable player base was largely comprised of fans of the Pokémon game franchise who had long been wanting a Pokémon game freed from the linear constraints of the established series. Whether or not Game Freak should make this game has ballooned into a big, touchy subject on which taking a side feels like an almost political opinion....

Yet another unboxing video for the PlayStation 4 slim surfaces, this one showing off an unannounced feature for the new DualShock 4 controller that lets it run via USB connection. It may be the worst kept secret in the video gaming world right now, but the fact of the matter is we won’t know everything about the PS4 Slim until Sony’s PlayStation Meeting on September 7th. That’s not stopping those who already own the console from continuing to leak details, though, including how the new DualShock 4 controller works and what new features it offers....

The PS5 has been out for roughly four months now and since then, the console has slowly but surely started to become more commonplace within the gaming community. While getting ahold of a PS5 is still a near impossible task, a significant number of units have already sold and users have certainly been putting their consoles to good use. However, for those who have yet to get their hands on a PS5, Sony has put out a new trailer that conveys the capabilities of local multiplayer....

The launch of Cyberpunk 2077 isn’t going smoothly. Even after CD Projekt RED released a formal apology encouraging disappointed fans to request a refund from their place of purchase, Cyberpunk 2077 owners on last-generation consoles are understandably frustrated with the company’s lack of communication following the game’s underwhelming technical performance. To add further insult to injury, Sony has now confirmed that it is removing Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store until further notice....

Team Rocket is among the most iconic villainous groups ever. The classic organization that was founded with the goal of ruling the Pokémon world, is the main antagonist of the original Pokémon video games, Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow as well as the 2nd generation of games, Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal versions. They are commonly known for causing trouble in (nearly) every city and conducting their evil plans under cover....

Venusaur was a part of the legendary trio of fully evolved starters from the first Generation of Pokemon as well as the cover starter for Pokemon Green in Japan and Pokemon Leafgreen worldwide. Now that it is officially in Pokemon Sword and Shield, it remains a great competitive Pokémon with its pleasantly versatile Grass and Poison-type combo. It can obtain some of the strongest grass moves of any grass type as well as some horrible ones that would make using Venusaur hilariously useless....

Every Pokémon gets a Pokédex entry. These entries provide the Pokémon’s stats and move-set. They also give a very brief description of the Pokémon. Most of these descriptions are innocuous, some are a little creepy, and others are just really, really odd. These super odd entries are likely good indicators that the developers were running out of ideas, and in an effort to make an entry stand apart from the hundreds of others they went a little “off the map....

One of the most hands-down adorable Pokémon introduced in recent years is Yamper, an Electric-type dog Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII. As one of the cutest in all of Galar with a pretty decent evolution, many are interested in having one of these little canines on their team. If you’re one of these people, you’ll want to know where to catch a Yamper, how to evolve it, and probably a few other interesting things about it....

Every new generation of Pokemon introduces us to a batch of fun new characters. These might be fun in the gameplay sense, the narrative sense, or, most importantly, the “let’s make a bunch of memes based on this one” sense. And the best part is that it’s never clear which characters the internet will adopt for its crazy purposes. For the latest games, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, everyone’s creative sights were set on the female playable character, who the fans affectionately dubbed the “Scottish Pokemon Trainer....

Fans of the Pokemon franchise are all too familiar with its usual suspects. Despite the game’s featuring their own sets of characters, the anime series’ mainstays, Ash, Pikachu, Jessie, James, and co., are all just about household names nowadays. While many players flock behind characters like Pikachu and Jigglypuff for their cuteness, other characters like Wobbuffet and James have gained popularity for being simply relatable, if not stylish. That being said, one of the characters that has remained a complete Poke-mystery since the franchise’s inception, Ash Ketchum’s father, continues to remain shrouded in secrecy....

Although Pokemon GO players may currently be busy wrapping up the Sinnoh Celebration week and getting ready to embark on a week of Hoenn increased spawns and Battle Raid bosses, there will be a shift in focus for at least a few hours this weekend. The January 2021 Community Day event has arrived, which means that the spotlight is going to be stolen by Machop and its evolutions for a few hours this weekend....