Super Smash Bros. Ultimatehas been out for around two-and-a-half years now, and in that time players have gotten a whopping 11 new characters to play as. Adding that many characters into the game is a monumental task in itself, but when you consider where they all came from, it’s more impressive. Thelist of DLC charactersforSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatecovers a mishmash of games and genres, including Joker fromPersona 5, Banjo & Kazooie,Minecraft‘s Steve and Alex, and Sephiroth fromFinal Fantasy VII....

The market for thebest free games on PChas exploded in the past several years. you’re able to find freeFPS games,co-op games, and basically any other genre your heart desires. However, thebest MMORPGstend to come with a subscription cost, but even that trend has been shifting. More and more MMOs are going the free-to-play route and launching withcross-platformsupport to capture as big an audience as possible. While that sounds great, many end up being duds or including pay-to-win microtransactions....

It may be the little brother to the console and PC versions, butApex Legends Mobileis just as action packed and skill dependent as the best battle royale games out there. It retains all the core features that made the original so special in a genre that was getting flooded with copycats thanks to a smart blending of unique Legends, squad-focused matches, and the fast and fluid gameplay. While your chosen Legend is a key component to playing, the real battles almost always come down to who has the best gun and skill to use it....

E3 2019 was different than past years’ conferences, with several large publishers absent from the show and a larger focus on live service games with ongoing content likeThe Division 2and Destiny. Several companies had secret games they planned to unveil for the first time during their press conferences, but information about them leaked beforehand — arecurring themeleading into the big week. Not every big announcement or revelation was spoiled, and a few managed to make us audibly gasp....

Backpacks are good for carrying your belongings, as they distribute the weight of the pack evenly across the body so it’s supported by the body’s strong back and abdominal muscles. But that’s not to say that they couldn’t be better. A backpack that’s overloaded or contains bulky items will still be heavy, and a long hike carrying an overstuffed pack will take its toll the next day. Researchers in China have found a way to make asmart backpackthat feels 20% lighter, however — and, no, it doesn’t involve taking one-fifth of the contents out of your pack before setting off....

The coronavirus pandemic has brought with it,among other things, a deluge of information and a whirlwind ofconstant breaking news updates. Keeping up with the latest news on COVID-19’s spread can be overwhelming and stressful, but there is a way to aggregate much of that data and help you make sense of it at the same time: Dashboards. Dashboards can vary in format, but many of them feature frequently updated maps, graphs, and/or statistics that can help you keep up with how far the coronavirus has spread, which countries have been affected, and how those countries have fared in dealing with COVID-19 so far....

Striking Distance Studios announced its follow-up to the action horror gameThe Callisto ProtocolatGamescom 2024, and it’s a roguelike dungeon crawler set in the same universe. Redacted, stylized as[REDACTED],which is set to release on October 31 for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC, follows a security guard who’s trying to escape Black Iron Prison, the setting from the first game, by any means necessary. As per the roguelike formula, you’ll die over and over again trying to get out, but along your journey to the last escape pod, you’ll collect weapons, suits, skills, and what are called experiments....

If you’re looking forlaptop deals, Best Buy is an excellent source of huge discounts. Check out this offer for the HP 17.3-inch Laptop: a incredibly low price of $350, for savings of $280 on its original price of $630. That’s a steal any way you look at it, but you’re going to have to hurry if you want to take advantage of this bargain because it’s only available today. There are just a few hours remaining before the laptop’s price returns to normal, so if you don’t want to miss out, you’re going to have to make your purchase right now....

There are already a handful of ways for content creators to make money usingTikTok, but now the app is adding a brand new way for creators to monetize their content with the newly introduced TikTok Series. Announced today in aTikTok blog post, Series are the same types of videos you’d normally find on the app, but they are hidden behind a paywall that individual creators can set. This means that delivering premium content on TikTok is easier than ever before for both creators and their audiences....

Finding love in the 21st century may be harder than it was in the 12th century, especially now that we havetools like dating appsshowing us just how many fish (and in some cases, piranhas) in the sea therereallyare. But if you’re tired of constantly looking for love on your phone, one dating app may be able to take some of the work out of swiping.Tinderhas introduced a new artificially intelligent feature calledSuper Likeable, which is said to “delight and surprise” users by introducing them to “people [Tinder] think will be of special interest to you....

Intel last week releasedan updatefor its Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) that allows users to overclock unlocked processors and monitor performance. The latest release adds support for Intel’s upcomingAlder Lakeplatform, including overclocking support for both core architectures inside Alder Lake processors. Alder Lake’s hybrid architectureuses performance (P) cores and efficient (E) cores, but we weren’t sure if both cores would be unlocked for overclocking. The latest XTU updates suggests that they will, allowing users to push P- and E-cores alike for higher performance....

Twitter has released more information aboutthe major hackit suffered on Wednesday, July 15 that resulted in a large number of high-profile accounts tweeting messages as part of a Bitcoin scam. In several tweets posted on Thursday evening, the company said that around 130 accounts had been targeted in the breach, which is thought to have been enabled after the hackers convinced a number of Twitter employees into giving access to the social media site’s systems....

Staff who worked under Michel Ancel allege that he had an abusive management style while working onBeyond Good & Evil 2, according to a new report fromFrench newspaper Libération.The news comes one week afterAncel announced his retirement from the video game industry. Sources describe theBeyond Good and Evil 2director’s management habits as erratic, saying he would frequently throw work out and disparage employees. They noted that Ancel’s time was split betweenBeyond Good & Evil 2andWild, a project from his own studio, Wild Sheep, which they claim led to a disorganized development process on the Ubisoft title over the years....