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Seth Rogen's One Mario Movie Sequel Request: Give Donkey Kong Pants
14.6.2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is officially out on DVD and Blu-ray. To promote it, Universal Pictures has released some new behind-the-scenes videos about the blockbuster animated adaptation of Nintendo’s beloved series. The videos provide some interesting insight into how the film was created,...
10 Highlights From Classic Mega Man’s Newly Released Design Doc
14.6.2023
At the recent Summer Game Fest Capcom announced the launch of Capcom Town, its new…website…online community…thing? That will act as a hub of sorts for, er, Capcom stuff of some sort. (Capcom just turned 40, so maybe it’s a midlife crisis sort of thing.)Read more
GTA Online Just Got Its Best New Feature In Years
14.6.2023
Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest update, San Andreas Mercenaries, adds new missions and quality-of-life changes to the aging online game. However, while that content is cool and all, the best thing added in this update is probably (and surprisingly) a new menu. I know, doesn’t sound very exciting....
10 Tips To Survive Diablo IV's Hardcore Mode, For Those Who Want A Real Challenge
14.6.2023
If the inferno of Diablo IV’s normal gameplay isn’t enough for those who are a little more hardened, players can subject themselves to an extra-special level of hell by opting to play in “hardcore” mode. It’s not for the faint of heart, but there are ways to make your time in hardcore mode a little...
Here's What An Armored Core VI Boss Fight Looks Like
14.6.2023
I got to see Armored Core VI in action last week, and while the game appears to be staying true to the mech action series’ roots—featuring quick combat and lots of customization—there are also some things that fans of Dark Souls, Sekiro, and FromSoftware’s other, more recent games will be happy...
2023’s Biggest Mech Game Armored Core VI Goes All In, And It’s Great
14.6.2023
I can’t tell you what it feels like to actually play Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. While FromSoftware’s new mech adventure is out in August, Bandai Namco wouldn’t let media actually get hands-on time with the game last week at Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest. But I did get to watch Armored...
Tears of the Kingdom: 11 Best Armor Sets To Loot ASAP
14.6.2023
Link’s a pretty fashionable guy. But he also has a number of needs from his threads beyond just looking great: increased defenses, the ability to withstand extreme temperatures, and now that he’s taken to jumpin’ off islands in the sky like a madman, having increased aerial maneuvers is pretty...
Some Very Cool Strategy Games Have Been Shown Off This Week
14.6.2023
Strategy games—of all persuasions, I’m not just talking about armies on a map—aren’t usually the stars of big gaming shows, because they tend to be more sedate affairs, not well-suited to blockbuster trailers and breathless announcements. Over the last week, however, I have seen a lot of very...
New Rubik's Cube World Record Gets Set At An Absurd Three Seconds
13.6.2023
Rubik’s Cubes are perplexing puzzles, especially if you don’t know the rotations required to solve them. Doing so has become a speedrun of sorts, as folks the world over compete to finish one as fast as possible. Well, someone recently set a brand-new world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube...
The Katamari Google Game Is Blowing Everyone's Minds
13.6.2023
People are (rightfully) losing their minds over the fact that Google has a built-in Katamari minigame that lets you roll everything on the page into a tidy ball that’d impress the King of the Cosmos. Read more
33 Immortals Is Like 33-Player Hades, Which, Woah
13.6.2023
If you thought 33 Immortals looked like Hades, just wait until you play it. The top-down cooperative action roguelike from developer Thunder Lotus has a lot of similarities to the award-winning game from Supergiant, from its gameplay to its concept, but there’s one key difference: 33 players will...
Don't Forget About These Two Other Assassin's Creed Games We Just Saw
12.6.2023
While Assassin’s Creed Mirage is set to be a smaller, more focused return to form for the long-running stab-everything franchise, that doesn’t mean the rest of the series is doing the same. And today’s Ubisoft Forward event showed off a bit of what the series has in store for mobile and...
Square Enix CEO Calls Out Teachers Who Said He Played Too Many Final Fantasy Games As A Kid
12.6.2023
So you’ve just been appointed the very top job of the gaming company you worshiped as a kid. What do you do? Gush? Gloat? Not Takashi Kiryu, the new CEO of Japanese game publisher Square Enix, who took the moment as a chance to—with immaculate politeness—call out the teachers who condemned him...
Ubisoft's Summer Showcase: All The Games And Reveals
12.6.2023
Today, June 12, Ubisoft became the latest big game publisher to hop on stage and announce new games as part of Geoff Keighley’s big, not-E3 Summer Game Fest 2023 extravaganza. In the last year or so, Ubisoft has struggled to consistently release games and has continued to delay and push back...
This Lesbian Mafia Anime Might Actually Make You Want To Play Golf
12.6.2023
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Analysis: which 'not-E3' games hit it big with gamers?
12.6.2023
Also: why you shouldn't forecast equal console & PC sales for your games
There Are Officially Too Many Video Games Launching In October 2023
12.6.2023
Oh no! I just looked at a calendar after all these video game showcases and realized that later this year has become really, really packed, with Alan Wake II, Spider-Man 2, and more all launching in a 10-day span of time later this fall. Prepare yourselves. And your wallets. Read more
News Of A Whopping 77 'Wholesome Games' Just Dropped, But We Think You'll Love These 26
12.6.2023
The annual Wholesome Direct stream always brings with it the same question: What exactly is a wholesome game? Well, if this year’s batch is any indication, it’s a game with a cartoony font where an animal or witch runs a farm on an island. More generally, it’s about games where the emphasis is...
Chystaná hra o československých legiích chce naučit svět naši historii
12.6.2023
Navštívili jsme kanceláře brněnských Ashborne Games a podívali se blíže na jejich chystanou strategii Last Train Home o československých legionářích. Vypadá to, že po Kingdom Come: Deliverance tu máme další tuzemskou hru, která chce zábavnou formou ukázat celému světu komplikované období našich...
Microsoft Announces New Xbox For Those Giant Games Taking Up Your Storage
11.6.2023
It’s not an all-out hardware refresh, but the Xbox Series X/S family is growing. Microsoft announced a new Carbon Black Xbox Series S with 1TB of SSD storage for $350. It arrives September 1, just in time for Starfield and the beginning of a steady stream of big new Game Pass releases. Read more