Double double, toil and trouble! It's time for another October installment of the Weekly Official Wiki Roundup! This time, we've got some chillingly good games on offer for you this time. But that's just the thing — don't we always? Time to don your best Halloween costume, grab your trick or treating bag, and get ready for another scary awesome installment of Official Wikis!
We are approaching the final days before the launch of easily one of the most anticipated games of the year in Red Dead Redemption 2. As a sequel to one of the most well-regarded games ever, it has a lot to live up to. But it seems like developer Rockstar is up for the challenge, and in the process may just raise the quality bar for the entire game industry.
There had been almost no talk about the game before two months ago. Then, suddenly a tidal wave of info flooded the internet, hoping to fill in some (but not all) of the blanks regarding the next entry. We’ve rounded up some of the need-to-know items to help get you prepared for it.
If you grew up enjoying the fantastical and silly 2D MMORPG MapleStory, you'll be thrilled to know that it's got its own, full-fledged sequel these days with MapleStory 2!
Deep Sky Derelicts, Snowhound Games' grim sci-fi RPG, is a dense beast. To find an alien mothership you can cash in for a reward you can't refuse, you must delve deep into hostile environments in search of clues — hey, if it was easy, everyone would do it. In a situation like this, help is always appreciated. This beginner's guide will put you in a position to get the most out of everything you'll encounter in your journey.
Sloclap's kung fu simulator, Absolver, brought a fresh approach to hand-to-hand combat in video games when it launched last year. A new expansion, Downfall, is now available for free, so now is as good a time as any to get back into fighting shape or to jump in for the first time. That said, there's a lot to learn about Downfall and how it turns the Absolver experience on its head.
Usually, our Editor of the Month is somebody who has made a significant contribution to a specific wiki over the month. This month, we recognize an editor who has made significant contributions to multiple wikis, as well as the overall Gamepedia community. MarkusRost is a dedicated admin of the German Official Minecraft Wiki as well as the Official Wynncraft Wiki. He is a member of our Gamepedia Rapid Anti-Spam Patrol (GRASP). He is the most active moderator of the Gamepedia Twitch channel. And, as if that wasn't enough, he also created Wiki-Bot, an automated search-by-chat bot for Discord, Slack, and Twitch. We caught up with our August 2018 Editor of the Month to discuss all things wiki.
Despite some controversy, survival shooter SCUM is lighting the Steam charts on fire in the few weeks since its Early Access launch. It's already publisher Devolver Digital's biggest launch ever, selling 250,000 copies in its first day. Tens of thousands of players are blasting each other concurrently, but the game and its popularity seem to all have come out of nowhere. So what exactly is SCUM, and what do players find so compelling about it? That's what this article is for.
Battlefield V, the upcoming World War 2 epic from DICE and EA, just held an open beta this past weekend, allowing eager fans to finally wrap their mitts around some digital weapons of yesteryear and play out the epic battles from history that are destined to eternally be retold. We took part in the battle and sunk our teeth into modes like Grand Operations and Conquest to see if this sequel could be the best yet.
Fortnite remains one of the largest games on the planet because it knows how to iterate on its own formula to switch things up — without changing things too drastically. Their Limited Time Modes are always eye-opening, and the new Getaway mode and High Stakes event are no exception.
It's that time again, Gamepedia readers! Same bat time, same bat channel! It's the weekly Official Wiki roundup, and we've got such sights to show you! No, we're not bringing a bunch of Cenobites on board to transport you to fiendish places.