I’m not sure heaven is real. But when I die, if there is a big oasis in the sky waiting for me, I’ll be happy to meet up with old family and friends. And then I’ll ask them where the room is that contains all the (good) Tony Hawk games. If heaven is truly paradise, a place where I’ll be happy forever, I expect Tony…
“This is a piss-poor excuse for a controller.” That’s how repair-focused YouTube channel iFixit starts its negative review of the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller. The repair and tech experts suggest the pricey controller is a “nightmare” to repair and contains hardware that will likely fail one day. And all of this…
Sony’s beloved rhythm strategy series, Patapon, is getting another lease on life with the Patapon 1+2 Replay collection. This bundle includes the first two games with updated features such as three difficulty levels, adjusting the timing of button presses.
The first Ghost of Tsushima had a black-and-white option called Kurosawa Mode. The tribute to the legendary film director was meant to add a vintage aesthetic and heightened gravity to the samurai adventure’s panoramic vistas and cinematic showdowns, to varying levels of success. To be honest, I don’t think it worked…
I still haven’t booted up Deltarune, the follow-up to 2015’s biggest surprise, Undertale, but even though I haven’t played a second of it, I’ve found it hard to escape one part of it specifically: the music. I watch a lot of music reaction videos, and as such, the algorithm tends to feed me professional musicians…
Sometimes you have to remind your diehard fans to be chill around the talent, and that’s just what Umamusume: Pretty Derby is doing after the horse girl gacha game has become a viral sensation. The game depicts real-life race horses as reincarnated high school student racers, and now that those horses are gaining new…
I did a double-take. Red Sonja?! Like, that Red Sonja? The character from the Arnie film I watched far too many times with my friends as a teenager, and then quoted from for the rest of my silly little life? “I’m luuuking fah Reeed Saaaarrrrrnyah!” Yup. It’s that one. Except, in what looks like quite a twist since the…
Bungie has been paving the way for Destiny 2's upcoming The Edge of Fate expansion with a week of free loot for players. Once every day, fans can log in, visit the Emissary vendor, and claim an Infinite Nonary Engram, which drops all sorts of cosmetics players normally have to pay real money for. Not content with just…
One of the better things to have occurred in recent years is the rise of the Itch.io protest bundles. Millions of dollars have been raised for various vital causes through the generosity of developers throwing in games by their hundreds, in deals that have done incredible work to not only make money, but also generate…
Sony’s just-broadcast Ghost of Yōtei State of Play has revealed a huge amount of the sumptuous open-world revenge-em-up. 19 minutes of new footage is accompanied by the most chilled NPR-like narration from Sucker Punch developers Jason Connell and Nate Fox.
Once Superman, always Superman.
Sometimes, all you need to hear is a game’s title to know you want to play it the moment it launches. That was the case for me with Shark Dentist, a new horror game that was just announced for PC.
Subnautica 2 maker Unknown Worlds was set for a massive $250 million payout this year if it hit certain revenue targets, Bloomberg reported yesterday. But a fresh delay of one of the most wish-listed games on Steam makes that almost impossible. Publisher Krafton, which changed the release schedule against the…
The return of the king is almost here. The 14th season of the animated hit show King of the Hill returns next month. And ahead of that, Hulu has released an official trailer, finally giving us an in-depth look at the returning show.
Whether it’s from familiarity with the franchise or through cultural osmosis, launching a Green Shell forward to hit another driver is something everyone knows to do in Mario Kart World. Those with more experience also know that many power-ups can be thrown forward or backward. And now in Mario Kart World, you can…
Last month, Elden Ring Nightreign introduced Everdark Sovereigns, which are beefed up versions of the game’s Day-Three bosses. They are much harder and often have new mechanics, behaviors, and attacks that make them more formidable than their original counterparts. So far, we’ve received three of them, which include…
Twisted Metal fans, our wait is (somewhat) over. After showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith confirmed in April that fan-favorite Axel would make his live-action debut in Season 2, we’ve all been wondering how they’d bring a half-man, half-vehicle to life. The first trailer of the season gives us our best look yet—and he…
On a recent episode of the popular web series Hot Ones, famous streamer Kai Cenat claimed he went through “PTSD” in the aftermath of being in front of a massive audience for 30 days straight on Twitch. He also ate some hot wings covered in very hot sauce and screamed about it, because that’s what you do on that show.
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered has been a huge hit since its release back in April, and fans are still having fun with it. But it’s not just the game’s large world or buffet of endless side quests. No, sometimes screwing with the game and exploiting glitches is all you need to keep coming back. This is the…
James Carter Cathcart, a prolific voice actor known for his work on the Pokémon anime English dub, has passed away at the age of 71. Voice actor Erica Schroeder confirmed Cathcart’s passing on Instagram.