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Chris Pratt Ominously Declares His Mario Voice Is 'Unlike Anything' From The Games
24.6.2022
Since it was announced that Chris Pratt was going to voice Mario in the upcoming animated movie, many have been wondering: What will he sound like in the film? And…we still don’t have an answer to that question, but the Guardians of the Galaxy star recently teased that his Mario voice sounds...
The Best Gear For Scoring Goals In Mario Strikers: Battle League
24.6.2022
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Sonic Origins Dev Goes Off On State Of The Game
24.6.2022
Software developer Simon “Stealth” Thomley of Headcannon—the studio behind Sonic Mania—popped off on the state of the remastered Sonic Origins bundle, on which the team also worked. In a series of tweets, he said Headcannon had to put in “major time crunch” and was barred from implementing “major...
Pokémon Legends: Arceus Should Be The Template For The Series' Future
24.6.2022
It’s clear that throughout its 26 year-long run, the Pokémon games have maintained a level of consistency that plenty others wish they could replicate. Truth is, this steady pace comes at a cost: the low-key quality of life buffs found in every entry often fall by the wayside come next time. As...
FromSoftware’s Next Game Almost Done, Staffing Up For ‘Several’ New Projects
24.6.2022
Elden Ring finally released just a few months ago, topping the charts ever since, but FromSoftware doesn’t appear to be slowing down. The Dark Souls studio is already hiring for “multiple” new games, and director Hidetaka Miyazaki reports in a new interview that one of them is already close...
Let’s Use Dall-E Mini To Conjure Up Half-Life 3 And Other Sequels We’ll Never Get
24.6.2022
One of my favorite activities growing up as a video game nerd was randomly typing the names of fictional game, movie, or book sequels into Google just to see what came up. I didn’t care if it was real or fake. I enjoyed the daydreaming that came from imagining “what if?”Read more
$15,000 Later, Diablo Immortal Player Finally Has His Legendary Gem
24.6.2022
The last time we checked in on streamer Quin and his attempts to buy his way to glory in Diablo Immortal, he had spent $6600 and not attained a single 5-star Legendary Gem. I am happy (?) to report that, after more than doubling his investment, he finally has his loot.Read more
Ubisoft CEO Takes $300,000 Pay Cut After Company’s Poor Performance
24.6.2022
The latest Ubisoft earnings reports shared that longtime chief executive Yves Guillemot will voluntarily take a sizable pay cut totaling €310,607 (around $327,000 USD).Read more
Overwatch 2 Will Replace The Original, Making It Unplayable In October
23.6.2022
If you had a sneaking suspicion that Blizzard’s currently in-beta hero shooter Overwatch 2 would affect the 2016 original in some way, you were absolutely correct. It turns out that when the upcoming sequel drops on October 4, it will straight-up replace Overwatch, rendering that now seven-year-old...
Seven Minutes From American Arcadia: It's Like The Truman Show, But They’re Trying To Kill You
23.6.2022
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Destiny 2 YouTube Takedown Revenge Plot Leads To $7.6 Million Bungie Lawsuit
23.6.2022
A spree of rogue DMCA takedown notices for Destiny 2 content on YouTube earlier this year has now ballooned into a $7.6 million lawsuit, as Bungie goes after the alleged perpetrator in court. In addition, some Destiny 2 content creators now say they feel “betrayed” after the person who...
Sonic Creator Confirms Michael Jackson Composed Music For Sonic 3
23.6.2022
What a way to break some news, huh? On Twitter, Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka said the quiet part out loud: Michael Jackson definitely, totally composed some music for the 1994 Sega Genesis game, Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Unfortunately, Naka followed up the confirmation that this long-running...
Vampire Survivors’ New Character Is, Uh…A Tree That Doesn’t Move At All
23.6.2022
I’ve not played a lot of Vampire Survivors, but I know that moving around, dodging enemies, and running about are key parts of the game. So it’s a bit odd that the surprise hit’s newest secret character, just added in its latest beta update, is a fruit tree that doesn’t move. But don’t be fooled:...
Yakuza Fan Is Fixing The PS2 Original's Mistakes
23.6.2022
It’s easy to forget in 2022, now that it feels like we get a new or remastered Yakuza game every six months, that for a very long time the series was MIA from Western shores, in large part down to the disastrous decisions made by Sega for the original game’s release back in 2006.Read more
No, Amazon, I Didn’t Mean ‘Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Holes’
22.6.2022
If you, like me, were intrigued by the recent smattering of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes reviews and went looking for a copy on Amazon, the online retailer probably responded with a funny question: “Did you mean Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Holes?” Thank you for asking, Bezos-mart, but no,...
PlayStation’s Big Summer Sale Is On, And It’s Actually Not Bad
22.6.2022
At this point, it almost seems silly to pay full price for a PlayStation game. Fresh on the heels of one big sale for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Sony has kicked off another. It’s not as good as last month’s, but it’s not bad, especially for those who’ve been holding off on some of the bigger...
TMNT Illustrator Re-Imagines King of the Hill As Junji Ito Horror Manga
22.6.2022
Horror manga fans already know that Junji Ito is the king of the genre, but what if his art style featured the likes of King of the Hill’s Hank Hill, the king of all things propane and propane accessories? Well, first off, weird question, but if you happen to be a fan of these two disparate media...
In-Depth Look At Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Shows Off A Massive, Messy JRPG
22.6.2022
We finally got a full overview of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 today and the upcoming Switch JRPG looks massive. A 20-minute Nintendo Direct showed off more of the game’s existential story beats, multi-layered combat mechanics, and other activities players will get up to in its giant open world....
Mario Movie Producer Says Chris Pratt Won't Offend Italians, Completely Missing The Point
21.6.2022
Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri is apparently under the assumption that his studio is being criticized for casting Chris Pratt as the eponymous plumber in its upcoming Mario movie due to concerns over Italian representation and not because, you know, Chris Pratt sucks.Read more
Gotham Knights Contains The 'Biggest Version' Of Batman’s City Ever Seen In A Game
21.6.2022
Online co-op superhero action game Gotham Knights is set in an open world. And as with all recent open-world games, people are asking: Just how big is the map? Ignoring that this is a pointless piece of information—both big or small maps can work if what’s in them is good and interesting—WB...