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The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster’s godly alter ego, swoops into Marvel’s Avengers today. Crystal Dynamics released a pair of videos showcasing her thunder-based abilities, giving fans a look at how she compares to her original male counterpart. Jane arrives as a free character in all versions of Marvel’s Avengers. The narrative explains that Jane was torn from an alternate reality in which she is the one and only Thor. Odinson renounced Mjolnir following A-Day, and though Jane developed cancer, her transformation into the Goddess of Thunder halted the disease as she battled to protect Inhumans from persecution. One day, a Tachyon Strom caused by AIM opened a portal that dropped Jane into the game’s universe. She joins up with the Avengers to uncover the cause of the rifts and figure out how to return home.  The Mighty Thor wields Mjolnir with more precision than Odinson and sports new abilities that highlight her increased finesse. You can watch the War Table video below f...

It's been another extraordinary start to a console generation for Sony, with PS5 selling over 20 million units to date despite significant hardware shortages . Sony has once again found success with solid hardware and a steady stream of excellent exclusives, which the company is now looking to complement with the introduction of an "all- new PlayStation Plus ". To help you sort through the current next-gen catalog, we've compiled this list of the 15 best PS5 games you can play right now. Our list is updated to feature all PS5 games — no more PS4 backward-compatible games. Our main qualifier now is that, given how many cross-gen games there are, games on this list have to have a dedicated next-gen version available. Some games make excellent use of the DualSense controller ’s innovative haptic feedback, others will make your gaming TV shine with 4K gameplay, and some are just plain great games. Without further ado, here are our updated picks for the 15 best PS5 ...

The best gaming PC is about giving yourself the best bang for your gaming buck. The right prebuilt gaming PC gets you right into the action without worry. Yeah, I know what you're going to say, "Building your own PC is cheaper!" While that could be technically true, you have to consider that some people don't have the time or the patience to go the DIY route.  With the supply chain being what it is, The more prominent system builders—such as Alienware and HP—have better odds of securing hard-to-find GPUs and CPUs than the average consumer during these lean times. Another benefit of going the prebuilt route is that most system builders offer generous warranties that cover parts and labor in case something goes wrong with your PC for at least (though others provide extended warranties for a price). You're paying extra for labor, but this gives you peace of mind knowing you've got coverage in case the power supply suddenly craps out.   When ordering a prebuilt...

Hearthstone is taking a trip to the Shadowlands for a fancy dinner party hosted by the definitely-not-nefarious Sire Denathrius. "Hosted" is appropriate in the past tense because someone has murdered the now-former leader of Revendreath and the Venthyr. Now there's a soiree full of suspects and locations to investigate to find out who did the dirty deed in Murder at Castle Nathria. Murder at Castle Nathria has three key aspects to the set, including a couple of new mechanics to the digital card game. First are ten Legendary Suspects , new legendary minions with one representing each Hearthstone class. These legends include fishy detective Murloc Holmes which allows you to copy cards from your opponent's deck by guessing three questions about cards in their hand or deck correctly and Decimator Olgra who can be buffed by counting the number of damaged minions and then attacks all enemies on the board. As a log-in bonus right now, you can get a copy of Prince R...

Persona 5 Royal on PlayStation 5, Xbox, and PC will come with all 45 DLC packs at launch that have been released for the PS4 version. As reported by Persona Channel , players will have instant access to a ton of different costume packs and other, smaller pieces of DLC when the game is released again on October 21. The costumes are mostly tied to other Persona games (or games from the Shin Megami series , from which Persona is a spin-off), with players able to don the clothes of previous protagonists and so on. Some of the DLC is a little heftier though, such as the Royal Challenge Battle Extra Set, which provides some additional items and another which includes a fully-fledged additional Persona called Raoul. A full list of the DLC packs is available below. Otherwise, players can dress up with costume packs including the Persona 4 Costume Set, the Royal Maid & Butler Costume Set, Dancing Star Night Featherman Costume, and more. Persona 5 Royal - which is an expanded version ...

The best 4K gaming monitors give you incredibly detailed images that make it hard to go back to anything less. Games look stunning at high resolution and, if you have the graphics card to run it, a 4K monitor will make everything look fantastic. A 4K monitor is how you can show off how powerful your gaming rig is and make use of the components you spent a lot on. Grab a good 4K monitor and make the ultimate PC gamer dream a reality. While you'll want a top-end GPU to get the most from a 4K monitor, even the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT can be surprisingly capable when it comes to 4K. Especially if you don't feel the need to run at max settings. And as GPU supply returns to normality—something that is starting to happen—we might actually have some next-gen cards on the way, too. And those should pretty much all be 4K-capable. In most cases, you're going to want a VA or IPS panel, with a refresh rate above 60Hz, and some form of frame-syncing cap...