Characters

I like video games because they give me choices that I don’t have in real life. When I want to feel like a princess, I choose Peach in Mario Kart. If I want to fight like Bruce Lee, I can choose Marshall Law in Tekken. When picking out which character to play in a game, players factor in an avatar’s strengths and weaknesses, and even their appearance. But players also make their choices based on attributes that aren’t apparent during gameplay and have no influence on the game, such as a character’s sexuality. And my…

via Indie Rights “There is no such thing as monsters.” These are the words parents often use to reassure their children that there is nothing to be afraid of when the lights go out. Of course, that is not necessarily true, with all matter of human monsters wandering the streets at any given time. For single mother Natalie (Kestie Morassi), that danger has penetrated her walls. It is a macabre spirit: dangerous, unseeing, and one with its eyes on her daughter Taysha (Rose Paxton). Natalie also feels the wrath of…

via Marvel Studios During the 14-year existence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’ve been introduced to literally hundreds upon hundreds of characters, with Kevin Feige and his team having shown a great knack so far when it comes to deciding who to keep around for the long haul. Of course, the franchise’s biggest names and most integral supporting players are so deeply baked into the DNA of the mythology that even widespread backlash from the fandom wouldn’t see them phased out, but the track record hasn’t…

Can you hear that diabolical cackle? Chucky returns soon! The hit horror series continues the killer doll’s reign of terror that began with Child’s Play back in 1988 with a sly, campy sense of humor and a remarkable ability to evolve with the times. At a recent Chucky press day, io9 got a chance to learn more about what’s in store for season two from creator Don Mancini.01:38Andor Episode 4 ReviewToday 2:49PMThis season, we’ll meet Glen and Glenda—twin children of Chucky and Tiffany (yes, the dolls... yes, it’s…

Apex Legends Mobile's next battle pass, Aftershow, goes live next week, and the game's developers have a special surprise for players this weekend. Normally, the last week of a season sees events winding down as devs prepare to deploy the new update, but this is not the case with Apex Mobile, which currently has two active in-game events for players to participate in as they wait for the new season to arrive.One of these events requires players to complete challenges as Loba or Rhapsody--two characters…

After the rousing success of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, it's exciting to hear that yet another Fire Emblem game is coming to Nintendo Switch. This time, the game looks a whole lot different with a far more vibrant color palette. There is a completely new cast of characters as well as the return of classic warriors from the franchise. The strategic combat style the series is known for also makes a return, but with some interesting new mechanics. Fire Emblem Engage: PlotEngage takes place on the land of Elyos, which was…

Smile. Yesterday saw Player First Games’ brawler MultiVersus receive a brand new update, bringing with it bug fixes, balance changes, the arrival of new fighter Rick Sanchez and, of course, a fresh new batch of character rumors, brought about by those crafty, crafty PC dataminers. Much like with the previous update, tinkerers have been playing around with the source code of Version 1.03 of MultiVersus and have found secrets buried within. These secrets come in the form of a new “Announcers Pack”, that contains narrator…

Mihoyo has announced two new Genshin Impact characters that will join the game in the form of Nahida and Layla. In a duo of tweets posted to the Genshin Impact Twitter account, Mihoyo provided details on the Lesser Lord Kusanali, Nahida and the Rtawahist student, Layla. Nahida is noted as a “physic of purity” and is a lesser lord Kusanali, meaning she is one of the seven archons – gods who preside over the regions of Teyvat. ◆ Nahida◆ Physic of Purity◆ Lesser Lord Kusanali◆ Dendro◆ Sapientia Oromasdis#GenshinImpact…

is looking to take the sting out of creating virtual 3D worlds with a new model. GET3D can generate characters, buildings, vehicles and other types of 3D objects, NVIDIA says. The model should be able to whip up shapes quickly too. The company notes that GET3D can generate around 20 objects per second using a single GPU. Researchers trained the model using synthetic 2D images of 3D shapes taken from multiple angles. NVIDIA says it took just two days to feed around 1 million images into GET3D using A100 Tensor Core GPUs.…

Image: 20th Century Studios The Avatar sequel which has been over a decade in the making wasn’t anywhere near simple, with director James Cameron teasing the creative process and a curious theory as to why people liked the first. Cameron’s penchant for producing ridiculously expensive and high-grossing films isn’t looking to end anytime soon, with him recently tasked with explaining what is what in particular about Avatar that caused so many to go and re-watch it several times to become the highest-grossing film…