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Given its name, you’d be forgiven for thinking Monster Hunter Wilds is solely about hunting down monsters. Sure, that’s a big part of the game, but there’s more to a hunt than slinging swords and shooting rocket arrows at beasts in the field. There’s the preparation, the anticipation…the crafting. Oh, the crafting!…
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An unfinished digital version of The Minecraft Movie starring Jack Black recently leaked online via digital pirates, and clips of it have started going viral due to some very silly-looking moments.
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The First Berserker: Khazan is filled with various cool armor sets from which to choose, with excellent options for each type of build. But if you’re an especially big fan of parrying, you may be drawn to the Dragonscale Set.
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On Friday, Nintendo announced that players won’t be able to pre-order a Switch 2 on April 9. The company directly blamed President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs against basically every country on the planet (except Russia and North Korea, weirdly) for the delay. This has led to some people and analysts online to…
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Marvel Rivals is a constantly evolving game. And with the new season arriving on April 11, 2025, we can expect even more changes. But if you’ve been a little checked out and are planning to return for Season Two and want to know where the meta currently is on this wildly successful hero shooter, especially if you…
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Yesterday, Marvel Rivals unveiled two new heroes coming to the shooter in season 2: the telepathic mutant Emma Frost and the unshackled AI Ultron. We haven’t seen much of Ultron yet, as he’ll be added later in the season. Emma Frost will join the roster when season 2 begins on April 11. Fans are excited to have…
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Disney first started making live-action movies in the 1950s to compete with the rise of television and expand its Hollywood presence beyond animation. The studio began with literary adaptations and family-friendly films like Old Yeller and The Parent Trap before moving on to more experimental fantasy with Tron and Esca…
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Switch 2 pre-orders were supposed to begin on April 9. No longer. In an unprecedented move, Nintendo announced on Friday that it’s halting pre-orders for its upcoming $450 hardware launch because of new tariffs in the U.S. set to go into effect on April 5.
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In 2012, renowned developers Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe launched a Kickstarter to spiritually revive their classic Space Quest series, a game to be called SpaceVenture. Some 13 years later, following numerous delays and botched half-launches, the game has finally arrived on Steam. And oh no, it’s so bad. But before…
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The Duskbloods was far and away the most surprising thing revealed during the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct this week. First, there was the fact that FromSoftware was making a new game that certainly had the vibe of a Bloodborne spiritual successor. Second, it was revealed to be a Switch 2 exclusive. And a multiplayer one…
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While players on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S ditched physical games in favor of digital downloads in droves, Switch fans had been holding the line. But that might change with the Switch 2, thanks to physical edition price hikes and controversial game-key cards that don’t include the full game out of the box.…
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The era of Disney trying to turn every animated movie into a live-action blockbuster might be coming to an end, as it’s been reported that the planned Tangled live-action remake has been “paused.” And even if more live-action remakes eventually happen, it seems that the Mickey Mouse company might be getting more…
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I like choosing the strangest weapons in almost every game I play. I can’t help it. And much to my enjoyment, Monster Hunter Wilds gives me some good options. Although the Charge Blade earns some major cool points for its transforming gimmick, there is nothing quite like fighting alongside a bug with the Insect…
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Let me get this out of the way first: I’m not a Nintendo girlie. A couple of decades ago, my parents gave me a choice between N64 or PlayStation for my birthday, and I chose the team with the badass bandicoot and didn’t regret it. It wouldn’t be until 2019 that I’d pick up a Switch and still, it wasn’t until the…
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Nintendo claims that it has built better, nicer controllers to help avoid stick drift on the Switch 2, and that it’s made the new console’s eShop snappier and easier to use. But the company’s answers haven’t fully convinced me that we shouldn’t be worried as we approach the Switch 2's launch on June 5.
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This isn’t Skyrim, so why do so many of us want to play the same build—a one-hit stealth archer—in Avowed? Well, because it’s downright fun! Who doesn’t want to slink through the tall grass, line up the perfect bow shot, and wipe the floor with a Xaurip or Sparrowhawk after letting loose a single arrow? Here’s the…
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Nintendo has remained tight-lipped about the chip powering the Switch 2, but thanks to Nvidia we now have a better idea of what it is and the next-gen features it will support. Those include DLSS, ray tracing, and Variable Refresh Rate in handheld mode for games that choose (or manage) to support them.
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As Sir Elton John once said: The bitch is back. Today, Universal released the first full trailer for Megan 2.0, the follow up to 2023's smash hit horror film Megan. And, folks, things are getting wild in this sequel. I’m not even sure it’s a horror movie anymore.
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Every new season of Diablo IV is a bit of a spectacle. Alongside a handful of quality-of-life improvements, gameplay mechanics, additional armor and weapon sets, cosmetics, and occasionally, we’ll also receive new abilities and powers that enhance our favorite classes tenfold. In each upcoming season, new powers…
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On April 3, NetEase revealed the next season of Marvel Rivals. The popular game’s second season starts April 11 and will add Emma Frost and Ultron to the already large roster of Marvel Rivals.
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After Nintendo held its big Switch 2 Direct showcase on April 2, press and content creators around the world had a chance to put the new console through its paces. Attendees were able to play multiple games, including Nintendo’s first-party offerings like Mario Kart World and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, as well as big…
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Fans had been waiting months for Nintendo’s big Switch 2 Direct. But one thing that’s dominated the conversation following the showcase isn’t the games or the features, it’s the Switch 2's $450 price tag. Now fans are spamming the YouTube chat for the company’s ongoing Nintendo Treehouse livestream with one simple…
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Part of the appeal of many role-playing games is trying a wide variety of weapons and builds to see what suits your playstyle the most. This remains true in The First Berserker: Khazan, which features multiple weapon types, tons of skills to unlock, and different stats that tie everything together. And luckily, you…
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One of the most tedious repeated refrains since the turn of the millennium is the notion that “adventure games are dead.” While it’s very true that the genre’s heyday was in the 1990s, when new LucasArts point-and-click games could top sales charts, the format has never gone away. In fact, in the last 25 years it’s…
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Mouse controls are one of the Switch 2's big new features. Optical sensors allow the upgraded Joy-Con controllers to aim and navigate on the console as if you were playing on a PC. But the Switch 2 is also a portable console. Mostly people aren’t playing it at a desk. Don’t worry, Nintendo says, the mouse controls…
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Netflix’s latest foray into animated video game adaptations is a new spin on Devil May Cry, Capcom’s excellent series of character action games that kicked off in 2001. And even though the show represents a reboot of the continuity that lets the uninitiated pick things up at the beginning, it’s still deeply rooted in…
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Fans faced a bit of sticker shock today when Nintendo revealed the Switch 2 would cost $450, especially with some new physical games set to cost as much as $90. But the price of upgrading to the Mario maker’s next console generation is set to get even worse after President Donald Trump announced a new wave of shockingl…
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Today, during Nintendo’s big Switch 2 Direct, we got a bunch of trailers for upcoming games and finally learned that the new console will be launching June 5. But the real star of the show wasn’t a new Donkey Kong game or voice chat, it was a simple yet badass cow on a scooter built out of a boombox.
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A Minecraft Movie comes out this weekend and early reviews are all over the place. Some are calling the gaming adaptation starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa a nonsensical disaster, while others think it’s not actually that bad. Microsoft’s Hollywood debut might feel like naked IP exploitation but it’s not necessarily…
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On Wednesday, Nintendo held a big Direct dedicated to the upcoming Switch 2. The new console is set to launch on June 5 and will cost $450. And one of the launch games for the console is Mario Kart World, a big, sprawling kart racer that looks like a lot of fun. But uh, what the heck is Mario drinking in that can?