The Mandalorian Chapter 7 Review: Breaking Dad

There’s a substantial detour in this episode of The Mandalorian during which we see the Ugnaught Kuiil (Nick Nolte) rebuild IG-11 (Taika Waititi) and teach it to stack crates and serve tea. Director Deborah Chow, far and away the best of the season’s otherwise lackluster hands at the helm, shoots the…

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REVIEWS

Subnautica: Below Zero is Another Landmark in Video Game Horror

There are people who, I am told, feel relaxed when they play Subnautica. They find it pleasant to swim through an underwater alien world where distinct and colorful biomes seamlessly melt together, dense with extraterrestrial flora and fauna. For these people, the gradual acquisition of resources to construct bases, vehicles,…

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Subnautica: Below Zero

FEATURES

How Enderal Plays With Player Expectations

Enderal, SureAI’s ambitious, mechanically dense Skyrim overhaul mod is not really a mod at all. At this point, it’s better described as a massive roleplaying game that uses Skyrim’s engine and assets to create a new world populated by its own cast of characters. It also tells a substantially darker,…

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FEATURES

Ghostwire: Tokyo Tips Guide: 9 Things the Game Doesn’t Tell You

It’s time to explore a paranormal open world with Ghostwire: Tokyo, the latest game from Tango Gameworks. The story introduces you to a recreation of Tokyo infested by a strange fog, opening the door to all sorts of spirits into our realm. Alongside the main chapters, you can expect an array…

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GUIDES

‘The Suicide Squad’ Review: A Do-Over Done Right

Five years ago, I was a freshly minted New Yorker on his last dime and every trip to the movies was a serious investment. At the time, I rarely missed a major comic book movie and most of my friends were rallying to go on opening weekend, so despite my…

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REVIEWS

WWE’s War on Terror

It has been twenty years since the Twin Towers collapsed on September 11th, a cataclysmic tragedy that rocked the world to its core. The term “9/11” was stitched into our lexicon, ideologies ending with “-ism” and preceded with words like “radical” or “extreme” were made a nightly obsession of news…

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WRESTLING

Overwatch 2 Tanks Guide – Every Tank Change Coming to Overwatch 2

The Overwatch 2 beta is live, giving players the chance to try the PVP aspect of the upcoming sequel. In case you’re one of the lucky people that got an invite for the closed beta, or if you’re just curious about the changes made to your main, this guide lists the…

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GUIDES

Unions Are Imperative For Professional Women Athletes To Get More Respect (And Bigger Paychecks)

Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. This week, we heard all-too-familiar rhetoric from the commissioner of…

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SPORTS

Battlefield 2042 Rolls the Dice on Franchise’s Direction

Gun shoots good. … I’ve been informed by my editor (say hello, Elise!) that I need to actually elaborate, so let’s try this again. Battlefield 2042 is developer DICE’s attempt at capturing that perfect balance between squad-focused gameplay, mechanized death machines, and the zaniness of how players utilize the many…

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Battlefield 2042 Review

REVIEWS

The Best Hyrule Fields in Zelda Games

As a Nintendo kid of the 90’s, I remember blowing out the imagined dust from my hand-me-down Ocarina of Time cartridge and the awe of walking out into Hyrule Field for the first time. In that moment, the world seemed endless, full of danger and promise. It was unlike anything…

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LISTS

Yakuza 0 review

The latest in Sega's series of open-world mobster games refines a successful formula.

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Apex Legends Tips – 10 Things the Game Doesn’t Tell You

Haven’t tried Apex Legends yet? The new battle royale on the scene has gained a lot of traction since its release. We love it here at Fanbyte, too. So there’s no better time to jump in and give it a try! However, just installing the game and starting a round…

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Apex Legends Review

GUIDES