Lore

Hot Drop is GameSpot's Apex Legends column, in which Jordan Ramée takes a closer look at Respawn's battle royale to provide additional insight into the game's evolution, as well as dive deeper into its episodic storytelling and characters.Man, I haven't written a Hot Drop in a hot minute. And for that, I apologize. Y'all deserve regular opportunities to get in the comments and tell me how absurd my many Apex Legends' theories are, or how I'm 100% correct in my prediction that the Apex Games are moving to…

“For people in the United States, it may be like driving to Las Vegas from Los Angeles” If you’re remotely interested in the somewhat cryptic nature of Splatoon lore, you’ll love this new Nintendo developer interview. In a chat between Hisashi Nogami (producer), Seita Inoue (co-director), Shintaro Sato (co-director), and Toru Minegishi (composer), we get some insight into what plays out offscreen in the Splatoon universe. After a brief overview of what the franchise entails, they’re off to the races. A map of the…

Nintendo, with a few exceptions, doesn’t tend to put the plot or story of their games front and center. Aside from series like Zelda, most of its major franchises keep the lore somewhat in the background, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a ton of it to uncover if you’re willing to do a little digging. Even their primarily multiplayer-focused series Splatoon, in which you play as a cute squid-kid hybrid, has a massive amount of story and lore details that many players could easily miss. The story content in the…

Image: Wizards of the CoastDungeons & Dragons recently released its new boxed set, Spelljammmer: Adventures in Space, a revamp of the original 1989 setting which allowed players to have campaigns in the stars rather than on the ground. Like previous playbooks, Spelljammer’s Astral Adventurer’s Guide has introduced six new playable races, and it’s the lore behind one of them that’s recently landed the TTRPG giant in controversy.Previously revealed in the lead up to Spelljammer’s release, the Hazodee are a race of…

Bungie lays the groundwork for those who want to jump right in A bunch of Destiny 2 news dropped yesterday, as part of the Destiny 2 showcase that revealed its new season and the coming Lightfall expansion. If you were interested by what you saw, Bungie has a new Destiny 2 lore video to help fill you in on the basics. This video, dubbed “Destiny 2: The Light and Darkness Saga – Destiny Calls,” is short and sweet. It essentially covers all the bases, from the origins of the Traveler to different enemy factions that…

Inside what's called the amplifier bay of the Texas Petawatt Laser, where the energy of a laser pulse is boosted. The green light are the pump lasers that amplify or boost the energy of the main laser.Photo courtesy Todd DitmireAs the effects of climate change become more obvious, the promise of nuclear fusion — a virtually unlimited source of carbon-free energy — is getting a new wave of attention. The field has drawn almost $5 billion in funding, with recent interest off the charts.One of the newest efforts to…

Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe gives readers a chance to experience the tale of Persephone and Hades through a spellbinding depiction that brings the retelling of the Classic story to vivid life. While the second season of the WEBTOON series wrapped up earlier this month, the third season of the Eisner Award-winning comic will begin on August 27th, 2022. In the meantime, The Beat caught up with Smythe over email to ask about how her creative approach to the comic has changed, to learn more about her approach to color in …

Stardew Valley creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe‘ Barone has been sharing small updates on how his new project, Haunted Chocolatier, has been going. Barrone shared a rare screenshot of Haunted Chocolatier on Twitter. The screenshot shows the player character standing in a corridor within the titular haunted castle. After posting the screenshot, Barone fielded several questions from fans in the replies. Firstly, Haunted Chocolatier will be available on Steam right from release. Next, Barone believes the game should be less than…

“I haven’t nailed down exactly to what degree the two will be connected” says creator Stardew Valley creator Eric ConcernedApe Barone is at it again, blowing up the internet with a single screenshot of Haunted Chocolatier. And some tweets! This week, they mused on how Haunted Chocolatier lore could be connected to their prior project. After sharing a single screenshot from Haunted Chocolatier, Barone noted some hours later that “someone pointed out the perspective looks kinda weird around the passageway, and on the…

Screenshot: HBO MaxIn a recently released featurette for HBO Max’s Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon, showrunners Ryan J. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik along with book series creator George R.R. Martin dove behind the scenes into what some of the prequel series is all about. Based on Martin’s Fire & Blood series, which tells the story of House Targaryen 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the new show has a trove of lore to dig into under the writer’s guidance. “I’m excited, its always a little…