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Fly like the wind! InHogwarts Legacy, the teachers handing out extra assignments is actually a good thing. At the end of these little adventures, you get to learn a new spell, which comes in handy as you progress. From Herbology to Potions, each professor will eventually pop up in your Owl Post and ask you to do something. Madam Kogawa, the professor who will teach you how to fly your broom, will ask you to pop some pesky balloons over Hogsmeade Station....

Discount on Darth Vader’s laptop Update: Now $200 off thanks to Black Friday! Deals end 11/26. Gaming laptop shopping under $1,000 this holiday season? Today the base configuration of the HP Omen, while normally a $900 machine, is getting a big cut to $750 at HP. That’s a new historic low price forHP’s made-for-gamingOmen laptops before Black Friday arrives. HP Omen Gaming Laptop Deals To be frank, for a high-end gaming laptop you’ll want slightly better specs (particularly in the GPU department)....

FirstIndie Game: The Moviewas a hit at Sundance, then it started making its way towards thesmall screen via a HBO re-imagining, and now it’s hitting the road… to Santa Cruz. Hopefully it will be hitting more roads soon after that, but for now we’ll all just have to head to theRio Theater in Santa Cruz California on March 2nd(tickets sold here) if we want to watch the movie, hang out with the directors and some of the film’s subjects members (seen above) and have an experience like none other in cinema today....

Last week’s 4.4.0-10U 3DS firmware updatelooks like a small maintenance thing, but it seems Nintendo has quietly pulled something pretty big in the background by making it to where most DS flashcards are blocked. TinyCartridgepoints us to the forums of acard manufacturerand ascene site, and both confirm that this latest update renders most flashcards useless. The latest update makes it so that flashcard makers cannot work around this change with their own update....

July saw record-setting App Store revenue Apple is set to host its next iPhone unveiling on September 9. It’s expected that the iPhone 6 will feature larger displays (4.7″ and 5.5″) and run the new A8 processors. And if this video is true, than the screens will be virtually indestructible by human hands. In related news, Apple has stated that July was a huge month for App Store revenue. No specific number was given, but Apple stated that they saw a record number of customers....

Even though Lovecraft might’ve beenan indubitably racist author, others have built upon his legacy to create agenuinely compelling library of cosmic horror media. Very few games truly drive home how horrific it is to live alongside Lovecraft’s monstrosities, however, andCyclopean: The Great Abyssmay correct that. Frankly, I can’t help but be surprised that we haven’t yet had an honest-to-goodness cosmic horror dungeon crawler. That’s whatCyclopean: The Great Abyssis, of course, but just look at it!...

Following its initial reveal three years ago,Metal Slug Tacticshad been hit with somedelays. Now it has its eyes on the prize, with publisher Dotemu and developer Leikir Studioannouncinga fall 2024 release window. That release includes some additional platforms. PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series consoles are now in the mix along with the previously planned launch on Nintendo Switch and PC. The news served up the perfect opportunity to share a new trailer, which shows more of the lovingly crafted pixel art tactics and trademarkMetal Slugshenanigans....

While I continue on my never-ending quest to retain as much useless videogame trivia as possible, I find myself once again aided byGameInformer’s Tidbits seriesof articles. This time, Gearbox steps up to the plate to talk weirdBorderlands-related facts. More than anything else, I was looking for an excuse to highlight this specific bullet point: “Mikey Neumann (creative director) did the motion capture acting for the intro featuring Lilith strutting and blowing a kiss....

Sweet, sweet cross-region and off-TV play Monster Hunter 3 Ultimateis great and all, but it could be better. Like, why can’t we play against folks outside our region? Or why can’t we play using the Wii U’s off-TV function? Last month, Capcompromisedto address those issues, and on April 16, it will hold true to its word. The free update will introduce cross-region compatibility with American and European players — tough luck, Japan — as well as the much anticipated “toilet play,” which is what all the cool kids are calling it....

Midway has announced that it is “expecting”Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universeto be on store shelves on November 16 in North America (November 21 in Europe). While I do wish they had a bit more confidence — “expecting” seems a bit non-committal — this is good news indeed. While there are many games hitting this holiday season, many of them focus on single-player or online multiplayer experiences. Based on what we played at E3 and Penny Arcade Expo,MK vs....

Electronic Arts have issued some new screenshots from the forthcomingThe Sims 3, and in case there was any question about it, these images confirm that you’ll still be able to do “stuff” in this sequel. There’s painting on your deck for instance. Or sitting in a camouflage-themed room wearing your matching camo outfit, taking about love with your camo-wearing girlfriend. Or pulling a gigantic trout out of a small puddle of water outside of City Hall....

Now is the time to start playing Earlier this month we heard that the highly anticipatedStarboundpatch that wouldeliminate any future character wipeswould be coming within about a week. Though it took a bit longer than that, we can all rejoice, because Chucklefish let us know in apost on theStarbounddevelopment blogtoday that it is finally out. Players who have been at it since the beta opened in December can now start a character that won’t be lost to the ether with future updates....

Aka, when Young Justice will air One thing that I do know is that DC just revealed the schedule for their first year of original programming on DC Universe, so now I know when I could hypothetically watch their shows. The general time frame is that most of the shows are going to air one episode a week, then when each series concludes, another series will take the weekly spot so that they’ll always be a new episode of some show on DC Universe every week....