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Nintendo has officially revealed Mario Kart 9 and it’s actually called Mario Kart World. Players will race across new courses staged all over the world and in a series first be able to drive all around the map in-between races. The game will feature 24 players per match and include new racers like Paulina and new…
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A Nintendo Switch 2 will set you back $450. Mario Kart World will be $80. There’s a tutorial for the new hardware and its features complete with demos and minigames called Switch 2 Welcome Tour. It will also cost money. Nintendo is preparing to launch its most anticipated console ever and seems ready to squeeze fans…
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Between the numerous mechanics and awkward co-op system, Monster Hunter Wilds can be quite a confusing game. This is most evident when you’re looking at the stat page for a weapon and come across the term “Affinity.” What exactly is that supposed to do? While the term sounds strange and there isn’t much explanation…
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Monster Hunter Wilds introduces a lot of new mechanics to help you halt the momentum of the beasts you’re hunting. While the easiest way to topple them over is attacking their flashing red wounds, another option is parrying them with Offset Attacks. Mastering these can be a tough challenge, but it looks awesome, and…
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The Wounds System in Monster Hunter Wilds is certainly a standout among the new mechanics introduced. The most flashy one, however, has to be Power Clash. Going toe-to-toe and counterattacking a giant beast is sure to inject some hype into any hunt. However, this is yet another feature that isn’t entirely spelled out…
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The Switch 2 should be a slam dunk. Bigger device. Better build quality. More power. New games. But Nintendo can’t seem to get out of its own way when it comes to rolling out the successor to what might eventually end up being the best-selling console of all-time. And charging $90 for the complete version of The…
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Emma Frost is known as the White Queen and the moment you take to the field in her Diamond Form, you’ll know exactly why. A dominant, monarch-like force on the battlefield, Emma has everything you need to succeed as a Vanguard. She has tools for every situation and can go up against any hero and come out on top, so…
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Staring in 2028, the Academy Awards will feature a new category dedicated to celebrating stunt performers and coordinators working on countless Hollywood movies.
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The studio behind No Mercy, a recently released 3D visual novel featuring non-consensual sex and incest, has announced that it plans to remove the game entirely from Steam after the game attracted controversy online. Valve pulled the game from the United Kingdom version of Steam after a government official slammed…
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In some fictional world probably created by AI, John Connor is rolling over in his grave. On the the Boz to the Future podcast, Terminator director and former staunch AI detractor James Cameron not only explains his new support of AI but says it could be an essential tool if filmmakers want to keep making visually…
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A lot of the armor in The First Berserker: Khazan looks pretty damn cool, but the Crimson Fiend Set has one of the most barbaric styles. And if you’re a Greatsword user who has spec’d into Mortal Blow, this is a set you do not want to overlook. Here’s what to know about the Crimson Fiend Set and where to find the…
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Big gaming showcases shouldn’t just be for major console makers and Geoff Keighley, which is why the team behind Dead Cells’ ongoing support, Evil Empire, launched the Triple-i Initiative last year. The event puts the spotlight on smaller projects ahead of Summer Game Fest season and returned this year with updates on…
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“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and Sony figuring out new ways to rerelease the Last Of Us games.”
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According to the Daily Mail’s sources, the idea of Lara Croft bringing her gun-toting capoeira to Prime Video is “dead,” and we honestly should’ve seen this coming.
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Fortnite dataminers have pulled out our first look at the recently teased Adventure Time skins and cosmetic items coming to the battle royale game later this week. And folks, they look pretty dang cool, and very accurate to the original cartoon versions of these popular characters, like Jake the Dog and Finn the Human.
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Xbox has released a new commercial directed by David Fincher that features a bunch of CGI rat-human hybrids in a dirty, crowded city. It’s the kind of ad we don’t often see anymore, and it reminds me of some of the weirdest live-action ads Sony used to make for the PS2 and PS3.
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Fans were left scratching their heads when Marvel recently revealed that a bunch of the cast from the early aughts X-Men movies would seemingly be reprising their roles in Avengers: Doomsday. What would put them on a collision course with Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark turned Victor von Doom? Well, after seeing an…
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As a Soulslike, The First Berserker: Khazan demands you make the most of every input during battle, including landing perfect counterattacks so that you can punish your foes. If your playstyle revolves around ripostes, you may want to seek out the Great General Set. But before you can get the blacksmith to make it for…
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While he didn’t do anything truly huge like, say, murder your father and leave the two of you for dead, Ise Sadaoki is an industrial grade dickhead from the second you lay eyes on him—and he earns extra dickpoints when you find out how dirty he did his brother Sadatame.
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The Switch 2 is shaping up to be one of the messiest console launches ever in the U.S., at least from Nintendo’s point of view. The company’s new $450 console is set to come out on June 5, but it’s also being forced to navigate a chaotic circus around tariffs that could torpedo the rollout at any moment. Bloomberg now…
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Blumhouse is teaming up with Facebook parent company Meta to “augment and uplevel” the movie going experience. How? By encouraging people to interact with an AI chatbot while in a theater watching a movie on the big screen. Does this sound like a good idea? Nope! But that hasn’t stopped Hollywood or big tech before.
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Apple TV+’s newest sci-fi series just released a trailer that surely was once an Elon Musk wet dream. Based on Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series of books, the show’s trailer features Succession’s Alexander Skarsgård as a humanoid robot programmed to kill before gaining free will by hacking its own system.…
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Here’s something odd. Over on eBay someone seems to have spent $2,000 on a Steam Deck prototype which was being sold on the auction site for $3,000.
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Path Of Exile 2 had an incredible Early Access launch last December, but the honeymoon period is clearly over. Its first major update, Dawn of the Hunt, arrived last week and quickly led to review-bombing on Steam over difficulty spikes that made the game feel, according to some players at least, “like a massive…
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I love achievements in video games. I remember playing Call of Duty 2 on Xbox 360 and getting my first one and thinking “Oh this is neat!” And over the last 20 years, I’ve grown to enjoy them more and more as they have become a digital scrapbook documenting my gaming accomplishments across different platforms. Which…
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Calling all FPS fans! Humble Bundle is currently selling seven PC boomer shooters for less than $20. And these are some damn fine retro-themed shooters, too.
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To the surprise of no one living above ground, HBO won’t be done telling the story of The Last of Us Part II by the end of the TV adaptation’s upcoming second season. Today, HBO announced the Emmy-winning, nightmare-inducing, tear-ripping drama has been renewed for a third, and it needed to be unless HBO wanted to…
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Switch 2 preorders were originally supposed to go live today but were halted by Nintendo in the U.S. and Canada after President Trump’s latest round of tariffs threatened to torpedo its original $450 price. The White House is now suddenly backing off the most extreme import taxes less than a day after they went into…
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On April 2, Nintendo revealed a lot about the Switch 2 via a big Direct. And in the days since that event we’ve learned more about the Switch 2 via statements from Nintendo, interviews, and more. For example, did you know that Nintendo confirmed Friend Codes are back, or that the Switch 2 carts will taste disgusting?
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There’s no shortage of excellent armor to find and wear in The First Berserker: Khazan. But if you’ve chosen to go with the Dual Wield weapon option, you may be drawn to the Fallen Guardian Set and its attractive bonuses. Before you can get the blacksmith to make this armor for you, however, you’ll have to get your…