Author: Bhromor Rahman
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miHoYo Opening A New Studio in Montreal, Expanding in North America
Chinese video game developer, miHoYo, has announced that it will expand operations in North America by opening a Montreal studio. Over the next two years, over 100 new jobs are expected to be created from this project. This will be miHoYo’s first studio for video game development on the continent. The company does have a…
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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Debuts on Netflix Next Month
This Tuesday, Netflix revealed the next instalment of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure during the Netflix Festival Japan 2021. The 12 episode series features the Stone Ocean arc from Hirohiko Araki’s popular manga and begins airing on December 1st. This marks the fifth season of the anime adaptation and the sixth part of the manga’s story. Warner…
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Are NFT And Blockchain Games The Future Of The Industry?
Recently, the words NFT and Blockchain games have been thrown around a lot when it comes to the supposed next step in video game evolution. The CEO of EA, Andrew Wilson, declared during the company’s earnings call this week that NFT and Blockchain games will be the future of the video game industry. Additionally, earlier…
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Christopher Sabat: “I Don’t Like Goku”
My Hero Academia, an anime-inspired by American superhero comics, took the world by storm in 2016, with unique characters, great worldbuilding and enthralling arcs. After five seasons and three movies, the quality of the show and its popularity seemed to only increase with each iteration. After voicing Vegeta from Dragon Ball and Kuwabara from YuYu…
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Veronica Taylor: “It’s humbling and honouring to see Pokémon thriving.”
Since it stormed onto the scene in the 90s, Pokémon has taken over the world. Nowadays, you’d struggle to find someone who hasn’t at least heard ofPokémon, and it has transcended beyond just a video game series. Now, you can find watch the anime, read manga, trade cards, buy merchandise, and more. Few might be able…
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Steve Downes: “They’re going to have to take the mic out of my cold dead fingers!”
The Halo games are some of the most notable pieces of pop culture in the world and have since become synonymous with Microsoft’s Xbox consoles. Today, with Halo Infinite featured in every game show and convention, we take the franchise’s success for granted. In the middle of it all stands Steve Downes, the voice of…
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Larry Hancock: “Is It Time to Sell Your Collection?”
Over the weekend, Larry Hancock was one of the featured guests at FAN EXPO Canada: Limited Edition, and he spoke about “selling your collection”. Many of us spent our childhood begging our parents to buy us stuff. Of course, for us, it wasn’t just stuff. It could have been a holographic Charizard Pokemon card, a…
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Charles Martinet: ‘‘I want to voice Mario until I drop dead.’’
For FAN EXPO Canada: Limited Edition, Charles Martinet held a Q&A session hosted by John K. Kirk from Den of Geek. Martinet spent the last 30 years voice acting for Nintendo. He has voiced many characters in the Mario Universe, namely Luigi, Waluigi, Wario and of course, Mario. During the Q&A he spoke about his…
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HololiveEN At FAN EXPO Canada Limited Edition: Q&A Recap
Gawr Gura, Amelia Watson and Ninomae Ina’nis make their last stop in HololiveEN’s tour of North American conventions in FAN EXPO Canada. After Orlando, Boston, Calgary and Dallas, Toronto is the last city on their map. After some Zoom-related technical difficulties, introductions got underway. Amelia Watson presented herself as the “number one detective in HololiveEN. Then,…
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FAN EXPO Canada: Limited Edition Begins This Friday in Toronto
FAN EXPO Canada: Limited Edition will take place at Metro Toronto Convention Centre from October 22 to October 24. FAN EXPO Canada is the largest comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming event in Canada. The show began as a humble comic book convention before transforming into a large-scale multi-day event that draws in thousands of…
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Inscryption: A Horror Paragon of Our Time – PC Review
The duality of games makes it so that we often desire novelty, but find ourselves disappointed once we have it. As such, it’s always a risk for video game developers to approach an established genre with a fresh take. Fortunately, that’s exactly what Inscryption does for the horror genre. First and foremost, Inscryption is a…
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Everything You Need to Know About The Genshin Impact 2.2 Update
On October 13th, Genshin Impact, by Chinese developer miHoYo, receives its first post-anniversary update in the form of version 2.2. The version 2.2 special program announced that characters are getting reruns along with quests and new events. The latest version’s name, “Into the Perilous Labyrinth of Fog”, gives away the setting for 2.2. Indeed, it…