The ‘JAPAN STORE’ on Amazon to pop-up at MCM Comic Con at NEC Birmingham in December
The online ‘JAPAN STORE’ will pop up in physical form at MCM Comic Con at NEC Birmingham on 1st – 3rd December.
The online ‘JAPAN STORE’ will pop up in physical form at MCM Comic Con at NEC Birmingham on 1st – 3rd December.
MCM Comic Con, the epic celebration of all things pop culture, is excited to reveal the first wave of out of this world panels that will be taking to the stage this Autumn.
The wait is finally over – MCM Comic Con, the ultimate celebration of pop culture, is making its highly anticipated return to the NEC Birmingham from Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd December!
The wait is finally over – MCM Comic Con, the ultimate celebration of pop culture, is making its highly anticipated return to the NEC Birmingham from Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd December!
Flutter have announced that PokerStars VR, an innovative virtual reality (VR) product created by its PokerStars brand, has rebranded to Vegas Infinite as part of a full-scale overhaul of the free-to-play social casino videogame. After almost five years at the frontier of the category as PokerStars VR, Vegas Infinite represents the next generation in the game's evolution as a virtual entertainment destination.
The launch includes a brand-new and bespoke 3D virtual cityscape for players to enjoy as they explore Vegas Infinite's personal player suites, luxury casinos and exclusive rooftops escapes. Vegas Infinite will also soon be available on a new platform, with PC players able to join others on Steam VR and Meta Quest VR, with no headset required.
Flutter prides itself on driving product innovation across its global portfolio of brands. Through its distinctive Flutter Edge, where product and technology capabilities are shared across the Group, brands like PokerStars can consistently develop their offering by incorporating expertise and insight from other parts of Flutter.
Since PokerStars VR first launched in 2018, giving players the ability to sit down with friends at a virtual poker table, chat in real time, and interact with their surroundings in a selection of environments, the product has experienced continual development, only accelerated since Flutter's acquisition of the brand in 2021. As part of this, the team has added blackjack, roulette, slots, craps, and the proprietary Rocket Rush to an extensive in-game portfolio, while bringing poker fans Spin & Go poker, MTTs and the flagship poker tournament series, the Metaverse Poker Tour (MPT).
The virtual destination has also grown to include personal suites and dressing rooms, a luxury casino floor in Casino One, The Gallery casino exclusive to high-rollers, and The Rooftop, a subscriber-only rooftop escape overlooking the soaring Vegas Infinite cityscape. Player safety has also been a focal point during development, with Vegas Infinite using ToxMod, an AI live chat monitoring tool, to assist its dedicated moderation team.
Players also have access to a range of in-game safety tools including the option to take time out from games, set spending limits, issue player reports, and customise the extent of their interaction with others in-game. James O'Reilly, PokerStars Director of VR & Innovation, said: "As we approach our fifth anniversary, it's incredible to think how far our game has come.
“From a cutting-edge experiment in applying virtual reality to the poker table, we've grown to become a living entertainment destination with a full suite of games and experiences played in otherworldly environments that are home to an avid community of players. Today, we're much more than poker and much more than VR. Vegas Infinite is where we're taking our players next and there's lots more in store."
According to new data released in 2023, there are approximately 3.09 billion active video gamers worldwide.
And while starting a video game is the easiest step, finishing it requires determination, time and sometimes, a good gaming chair. With that in mind, BestCasinoSites.net sought to find out which video games are the hardest and easiest to beat by analysing Steam data.
Key findings:
The most ‘beatable’ video games
Rank |
Name |
Average time to complete (hours) |
Genre |
% of people who beat the game's story |
1 |
Resident Evil 3 - Remake |
5.3 |
Action, Horror |
69 |
2 |
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier |
8.4 |
Adventure |
68.2 |
3 |
The Walking Dead: Season Two |
9.9 |
Adventure |
64.3 |
4 |
Resident Evil 4 - Remake |
16 |
Action, Adventure |
64.2 |
5 |
The Walking Dead: The Final Season |
12.6 |
Adventure |
64.1 |
6 |
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries |
4.5 |
Adventure |
64 |
7 |
Resident Evil Village |
10.3 |
Action |
62.4 |
8 |
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series |
10.8 |
Adventure |
60.6 |
9 |
Yakuza 4 Remastered |
27 |
Action, Adventure |
60 |
10 |
The Wolf Among Us |
9.6 |
Action, Adventure, Casual |
59.5 |
Resident Evil and The Walking Dead are the most ‘beatable’ game franchises!
Resident Evil 3 - Remake is the easiest video game to beat – with 69% of people completing the game story. The Remake of the 1999 original came out in 2020 and it follows the protagonist Jill Valentine in her quest against Nemesis T-Type. The average time to beat the story is 5.3 hours and 25.9% of people have started the game (got the first achievement) but not beaten it.
But Resident Evil 3 is not the only game in this series that makes the top 10! In fact, Resident Evil 4 – Remake is the fourth most completed game (64.2% completion rate), and Resident Evil Village is the seventh most completed game (62.4% completion rate).
The apocalyptic setting seems to be a win amongst players, as the second most completed game is The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, with a main game completion rate of 68.2%. While the first and second games in The Walking Dead franchise follow protagonist Clementine in her fight for survival during the Zombie apocalypse, the spotlight in The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is around an original character named Javier "Javi" Garcia. The average time to beat the story is 8.34 hours and only 23.10% of people got the first achievement in the game but didn’t stick around to beat it.
The fight against the undead continues, with The Walking Dead: Season Two in third place for the most completed video games (64.3%), The Walking Dead: The Final Season in fifth place (64.1%), and The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries in sixth place (64%).
The least ‘beatable’ video games
Rank |
Name |
Average time to complete (hours) |
Genre |
% of people who beat the game's story |
1 |
Baldur's Gate 3 |
39 |
RPG, Adventure, Strategy |
1.5 |
2 |
Mafia II: Definitive Edition |
24.6 |
Action, Adventure |
2.9 |
3 |
DOOM 3 |
18 |
Action |
3.7 |
4 |
Path of Exile |
63.7 |
Action, Adventure, Free to Play, Indie, RPG |
4 |
5 |
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux |
18.5 |
Action |
6 |
6 |
Painkiller Hell & Damnation |
7 |
Action |
6 |
7 |
Gas Guzzlers Extreme |
10.8 |
Action, Racing, Sports |
6 |
8 |
Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut |
27.8 |
Action, Adventure |
6.1 |
9 |
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition |
9 |
Action, Adventure, Indie |
6.2 |
10 |
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record |
18 |
Action, Adventure |
6.7 |
Released on August 3rd of this year (2023), Baldur’s Gate 3 took the gaming world by storm, delivering an immersive Dungeon & Dragon-like gameplay, which earned them a 10/10 rating on Steam, out of a whopping 213,233 current reviews.
That being said, currently only 1.5% of gamers have beat the main game story. This can be due to several factors, from the freshness of the game release to the extensive world that allows the players to get lost in it for hours. Currently, it takes players around 39 hours to complete, and 81.80% of gamers have started the game (got the first achievement) and haven’t yet completed it!
In second place is Mafia II: Definitive Edition, released in 2020, with a main game completion of only 2.9%. This is followed by DOOM 3, with only 3.7% of players beating the game and Path of Exile, with only 4% of people beating the game.
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