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NES Classic and SNES Classic in Stock
Both the NES Classic and SNES Classic won’t be around for too much longer. According to Nintendo, once the current systems are sold out, that’s it. Grab one now as both systems are currently out of production!
The night is dark and full of terrors, and so is the wait until Game of Thrones’ eighth and final season premieres in April. To help tide you over, we decided to look back over the years and see just how much the main characters on the show have evolved, both physically (some of them have had pretty dramatic transformations!) and as people.
As the title suggests, spoilers lie ahead in the summaries of these characters’ journeys over the years, so if you want to avoid them, you can just click through the photo galleries to see how the characters’ looks have changed.
The photo galleries don’t include spoilers beyond showing you what the characters look like in a given season.
It hardly needs reiterating that major studio feature films based on popular video games have been roundly rejected by audiences and critics pretty much since the mid-1990s. For the longest time, 1995’s Mortal Kombat and 2002’s Resident Evil were often held up as the exemplars of what the genre could provide, and any world wherein Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil are the best of anything is a sad one indeed.
Throughout the decades, video game fans have been disappointed again and again by flicks like Super Mario Bros. (a cult hit at best), Silent Hill, Silent Hill: Revelation, Street Fighter, Double Dragon, Doom, Max Payne, Prince of Persia, Warcraft, Assassin’s Creed, and a slew of features directed by notorious schlock auteur Uwe Boll. The best that can be said of any of these is that they’re “kinda good if they’re on cable and nothing else is on.” Not exactly a high standard.
One of the most exciting aspects of PC gaming is how quickly it can evolve. Trends come and go, new technologies inspire developers to push the boundaries of their creativity, and because it’s an open platform, ambitious upstarts have great freedom when it comes to creating and releasing their games. Now that there’s healthy competition for Valve from Discord and Epic, two companies that have recently launched their own digital game stores, there are even more opportunities for developers and consumers alike at the start of 2019.
But before we jump into the new year, now is a great chance to revisit the best of PC gaming in 2018. We’ve rounded up every PC game that scored at least an 8 on GameSpot in 2018, and organized them by score below. Scroll down to see where your favorite of the year landed. You might find also find something new to consider playing before games start rolling in.
If you’re interested in other 2018 review roundups, or our bounty of features discussing and showcasing the year’s best games overall, jump over to GameSpot’s Best Games of 2018 hub. And while you’re there, keep your eyes peeled for our most anticipated games coming in 2019.
Xur is back for the final week of The Dawning, Destiny 2‘s holiday event. As usual, he’s selling Year One Exotics, helping you to complete your collections of weapons and armor from before the release of the Forsaken expansion. Check out the video above for everything you need to know about where to find Xur and what he’s selling.
The arrival of Xur this week is also your last chance to complete one of the Triumphs that are part of The Dawning. The event has you delivering holiday gifts to most of the game’s characters, and this year, those gifts are baked goods you can create from items you get from enemies you kill throughout the game. You’ll need to bring Strange Cookies to Xur to complete the Triumph, so check out our Dawning recipe guide to see what you need and how to bake them.
Even though The Dawning is almost over, there’s still a lot going on in Destiny 2. We recently saw the opening of the third Forge in the Black Armory expansion, and this week marks the return of the Iron Banner player-versus-player event–so there are plenty of opportunities to gather up cool new gear and push toward the new 650 Power level cap.