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Amazon may have canceledThe Wheel of Time, but a newGame of Thronesreplacement show is on the way. SinceGame of Thrones’endingin 2019, streaming services have sought sprawling, epic stories in an effort to fill that cultural space, offering audiences the next addictive TV series. The Wheel of Timewas the perfect candidate, given that Robert Jordan’s book series is one of the few fantasy titles that could rivalGame of Thrones. However,Amazon canceled its high-budgetWheel of Timeadaptationafter just three seasons....

Last year was huge for AMD. The company launched two new architectures, Zen 3+ and Zen 4, with the latter becoming available to users through the Ryzen 7000-series CPUs on both desktops and laptops. The chips themselves represented a huge improvement from their predecessor, with clock speeds going up to a whopping 5.7 GHz. Now, AMD is launching the new Ryzen 8000 CPUs, although they’re probably not as big of a change as you’re expecting....

Among Us, a social deduction game released in 2018 by Innersloth, has seen a sharp increase in popularity in recent months due tovarious YouTubers and streamers. As a result of this, Innersloth has announced that it will be creating a sequel titledAmong Us 2, which will expand on the original game’s scope. RELATED:Card Shark is A Switch Game About Cheating at Cards Released on itch.io and Steam back in 2018,Among Usis a social deduction game in the vein of classics likeWerewolfandTown of Salem....

Animal Crossingas a series isdoing extraordinarily well lately. In addition to the unexpectedly overwhelming success ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsand mobile efforts likePocket Camppositively raking the dough in for Nintendo, the series has become more of a household title than ever before. What was once something of a niche franchise among Nintendo fans isnow the talk of the town, with everyone ranging from the neighbor next door to President-Elect Joe Biden playing the game in some way....

It seems with recentAssassin’s Creedgames that Ubisoft is pushing the size and scope of the franchise’s potential, and recently several fans debated this feature when it was confirmed thatthe nextAssassin’s Creedgame would be bigger. Now, it seems fans know a little more about what that project entails: it is in development at Ubisoft under the codenameAssassin’s Creed Infinity. Assassin’s Creed Infinityis a massive online platform, with an evolving world, multiple settings, and live-service elements....

QuakeCon starts…today? In case you missed it, things are pretty hectic right now and it’s very hard to keep track of every “at home” convention.Comic-Con at Home learned this the hard way. That’s why I was surprised to hear that QuakeCon isn’t just “coming soon,” it starts today! And to celebrate, Bethesda is giving away free stuff forFallout 76. Don’t get too excited: it’s in-game stuff, and there’s plenty of that (either free or premium) to go around inFallout 76, which is very much defined by cosmetics these days thanks tothe new season pass system....

On Saturday, May 14, an 18-year-old white male killed 10 people and wounded three others at the Tops Friendly Market grocery store in Buffalo, New York. According to an alleged manifesto said to be written by the shooter, identified as Payton Gendron of Conklin, New York, the attack was racially-motivated, with Gendron allegedly citing the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as a motivator for the attack. The shooter was specifically targeting black people, with 11 of the 13 victims being black, and two being white....

Lots of fixes/improvements Bungie is updatingDestinynext week, and it looks to be a massive improvement for both existing raids. Now, instead of getting a random Exotic weapon from a chest that can be soloed in Crota’s End, the Ir Yut boss will have actual loot (this previous choice of having zero loot for it was baffling). The Pit chest will still contain materials as normal so there’s a point to it....

The new map inCall of Duty: Modern Warfareincludes an Easter egg that is catching many fans by surprise, mostly because of its inclusion of teddy bears. The series is no stranger to Easter eggs hidden in levels, and evenWarzonehas several scattered around its map. News of the Easter egg quickly spread among the community, with guides onhow to open the Trench bunkerappearing all across the web telling of the unexpected surprise waiting for fans....

If only it were real Deadly Premonition‘s Francis York Morgan andDark Dreams Don’t Die‘s David Young, together under one roof? Now there’s aconversationI want to overhear. Someone’s been reading my mind. Designer Swery65tweeted this imagefor his next game,Dark Dreams Don’t Die with Deadly Premonition, before noting it was just a gosh-darn April Fools’ Day joke. Of course it is. As much as I want this to be a real game (or even just get some closure with another episode ofD4), I can’t be mad — Swery dropped #ThanksObama in his tweet....

Last month, it was announced that the next chapter in the asymmetrical multiplayer horror gameDead by Daylightwould add content based on Konami’s popularSilent Hillhorror game franchise. NowDead by Daylightfans can pick up the newSilent Hillchapter content, which adds Pyramid Head and more. Upon purchasing theDead by DaylightSilent Hillcontent, fans can check out the Midwich Elementary School map, as well as play as both Pyramid Head (also known as The Executioner) and Cheryl Mason....

Behaviour Interactive’sDead by Daylightis an asymmetrical 4v1 horror game that features an imposing Killer attempting to sacrifice every Survivor in a given arena before they are able to escape. That’s been the modus operandi for four years, but when Behaviour introduced itsDead by DaylightandSilent Hillcrossoverthis week it also left open the possibility of new game modes being implemented in the future. Behaviour Interactive creative director Dave Richard said that “who knows what can happen” with new modes “as the game and its community grows” during an interview about the Chapter 16:Silent Hillreveal with the website Rely on Horror....

Warren Spector on his seminal project TheDeus ExYouTube took a break from giving me fodder for Mick Foley jokes to host some of creators of the original game for a “Let’s Play” down memory lane. Project director Warren Spector, writer Sheldon Pacotti, and lead programmer Chris Norden hang out and talk over the first hour of the game as played by Norden. Fun tidbits from the minds behind a landmark release along with the likes ofSystem ShockandThiefthat help inspired the “you can play it any way you want”s of today’sDeus Ex: Mankind Dividedet al....