A new report by Australia’s Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) has found a decrease in yearly revenue in 2019 versus 2018. However, the IGEA maintains a promising outlook for growth in 2020, citing new hardware and highly anticipated games as a driving factor for growth, combined with more people remaining at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time since 2012, the Australian games market report states that the market was softened by “10% across the board” due to factors likeFortnite’srecord-high revenue in 2018, which 2019 simply wasn’t able to match....

Squid Gameis one of Netflix’s most popular shows of all time and boasts several interesting characters. The first season centers closely around Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) as the main lead. While the protagonist has miraculously survived the events of the first games, most of the previous main characters are dead by the timeSquid Gameseason 2rolls around. One of the villains, however, is not dead and plays a key role in season 2....

Those who have playedDestiny 2know how long of a process it is to delete shaders out of their inventory. Without any method to delete multiple shaders, players are forced to sit and hit the delete button again and again, which can take a good amount of time, especially if they have a large number of them. Developer Bungie revealed a number of interesting stats about the game’sthird season in an infographic, and among them was that all players combined have deleted 807,635,124 shaders just since the launch of Warmind....

The Central to Sensational Evolution is now live in EA FC 25, and it’s a new upgrade to use on one of your lower-rated items. While the evolution costs 40,000 coins to unlock, the boosts are pretty great. Let’s take a look at the requirements, followed by the best cards to use. EA FC 25 Central to Sensational Evolution requirements Here are the requirements for the Central to Sensational Evolution inEA FC 25....

While earlier episodes ofFamily Guyseason 23 made some strides when it came to retiring one tired gag, episode 15 brought this lame joke back with a vengeance.The Simpsonsis still the longest-running scripted primetime American TV show in history, but Seth MacFarlane’s darker, edgier animated sitcomFamily Guyis starting to catch up.Family Guy’s season 24 renewalproves that the show is still going strong, despite some fans and critics complaining of repetitive plots and over-familiar character dynamics online....

Paramount Plus’Haloseries won’t drop until late March, but that won’t stop the company from putting its faith in it as it’s been revealed Master Chief’s television debut has been renewed for a second season, even before the first one’s premiere. TheHaloseries underwent a rocky production process as filming suffered several delays due to the effect of the pandemic, however, during 2021’s Game Awards the live-action Master Chief was finally revealed. This was followed by the show’s first full trailer being dropped in January, leaving fans intrigued and in some cases divided, due to creative decisions like Cortana’s design....

One of the biggest draws of the Xbox Series X is the console’s backward compatibility with original Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One games, giving players instant access to a massive library of titles. However, there are certain older games that will be getting updates to better take advantage of theXbox Series X’s next-generation capabilities. It’s now been confirmed thatHalo: The Master Chief Collectionis one such game, with the upgraded version launching just one week after the Series X itself, on November 17....

While on a recent trip to Japan, famed talk show host Conan O’Brien took some time out to visit Hideo Kojima’s development studio –Kojima Productions. While a lot has already been posted online about O’Brien’s visit, a recent image uploaded by the talk show host has a lot of Kojima fans pondering. Posted on his personal Twitter account, the image shows O’Brien and Kojima standing together in front of a statue of the studio’s mascot, with the caption suggesting that the two may be working on something together....

Horizon: Zero Dawnhas certainly been recognized for its excellence in the past, as the open world action-adventure title from Guerrilla Games already wonBest Original Game at E3 2016’s Game Critics Awards, but it looks like the accolades aren’t over yet. As it so happens, the PlayStation 4 exclusive has now been named as having the Best Original Score for a Video Game at the 12th Annual Jerry Goldsmith Awards. As seen below in the tweet from Guerrilla Games, the developer’s senior sound designer and the music supervisor forHorizon: Zero Dawn, Lucas van Tol, holds the award while standing next to soundtrack and film score vocalist, Julie Elven, who contributed work to the game’s score....

As an independent organization,the Demon Slayer Corpshas a clear organizational structure to help them work as effectively and efficiently as possible. At the top of the organization is the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, a man by the name of Kagaya Ubuyashiki. Right below Ubuyashiki are the Hashira. They are a group of elite fighters that have become the pillars of the organization. A level below the Hashira are the Tsuguko....

The Hellbrute is a colossal boss you must defeat inWarhammer 40K: Space Marine 2. It’s the Chaos version of a Space Marine Dreadnought. All twisted Warp Metal on the outside with a corrupted Space Marine trapped and forever enraged on the inside. You’ll face the Hellbrute after working your way beneath the Forge World to which the Tyranids have been laying waste. There are secrets down there that I won’t spoil here, but as you reach the point when you believe you’re about to save everyone, you quickly realize something has gone horribly wrong....

While exploring the Mines inStardew Valley, you might come across something called a Trinket. There are a number of new Trinkets that have been added with the 1.6 update, including some very useful ones to aid you during combat. One of them is the Fairy Box. Trinkets are akin to having Summoning powers, calling useful beings to your side who will aid you during battle within the Mines. This particular Trinket, the Fairy Box, will heal you if your health begins to drop and that can be incredibly useful, particularly at deeper levels of the Mines....

Make baseball great again With an outstanding score on Metacritic and a 9/10 from our own Chris Carter,NieR: Automatahas proven once again that Platinum Games is one of the best developers in the game today. So much so that seemingly every time people talk about Platinum Games, they talk about what properties they want it to tackle next. I’m sure we all have a game we’d love to see it make, like a goodTMNTtitle, but for me, I can’t help but wonder what a Platinum Games developedBase Warsgame would be like....