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You could say the Marvel Cinematic Universe hasn’t had the best last few years. Now, in 2025, we’ve had two new MCU films — Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts* — that were either critically panned and commercially disappointing, or critically loved yet struggling to make MCU-sized returns. Marvel is in…
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It’s real tough to be proud of one’s American heritage at this moment. But that’s not what we’re here for. Independence is ours to define and right now, as you may have heard, this very site is celebrating a kind of independence day of its own. More on that later, I’m sure.
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Grand Theft Auto V was released worldwide in 2013. However, Rockstar’s massively popular open-world crime sim never officially launched in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. That is finally changing later this month, and could be good news for gamers in those countries excited to play Grand Theft Auto 6 next…
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There was a lot of carnage this week at Xbox after Microsoft laid off over 9000 employees across its many divisions. People lost their jobs and some of Xbox Game Studios’ upcoming projects have been canned. This included high-profile games like the Perfect Dark reboot and Rare’s new action-adventure game Everwild, but…
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Choosing who to race with isn’t just an aesthetic choice in Mario Kart World. Every character belongs to a particular weight class and their set stats change when paired with the various vehicles.
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The launch of semi-open-world action game MindsEye has been a bit of a disaster, attracting a low player count and bad reviews as studio Build A Rocket Boy has implemented layoffs while some buyers demand refunds. Now former Grand Theft Auto producer and Build A Rocket Boy CEO Leslie Benzies is reportedly blaming the…
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BioWare’s doomed looter shooter may have had some neat aesthetics and was a competent-enough action RPG when it wanted to be, but as we all know well by now, it was a complete disaster for the devs and publisher EA. While a planned reboot of the game was canned and everyone who’s played the game has known that the…
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Yesterday was awful for people who work at Microsoft and the gaming industry in general. Thousands at the company either saw colleagues laid off or were laid off themselves, while outside observers watched as more game developers and projects were put on the chopping block. Microsoft’s $80 billion bet on AI was reporte…
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One of the biggest additions to Mario Kart World is the addition of loads of enemies and NPCs as kart drivers to help expand the game’s already massive roster. From Sunshine’s Piantas to the football gear-clad Chargin’ Chuck, there’s loads of new drivers to unlock that have never been playable before. But how do you…
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Privacy is a big thing these days, and it’s perfectly reasonable to be choosy with who you share information with online. That includes even simple things like which games you play, which is why you can hide your play activity on Nintendo Switch 2. But whether you hide your play activity or not is up to you and what…
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Marvel’s multiverse shenanigans can be hard to keep track of, especially across its many, many different media franchises. The MCU has been following a multiverse arc since Endgame premiered in 2019, and there’s reason to believe Insomniac’s Spider-Man games might be dabbling in the Spider-Verse in the future.…
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My eyes! What is this monstrosity?! Fetch me wooden stakes, holy water, silver bullets, shotguns, anything! Or has the Pokémon Company (TPCi) hired David Cronenberg to design its latest batch of plushies?
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The next Battlefield game, often referred to online as Battlefield 6, looks to be a return to the franchise’s modern warfare roots, and that has many fans, myself included, excited to play it. However, behind the scenes, EA reportedly has wild expectations for the game, which might cost as much as $400 million or…
KotakuElden Ring Nightreign’s third enhanced boss dropped last night and it comes with a secret ability: going limp and becoming immune to damage. The Everdark Sovereign version of Sentient Pest was not so sentient for lots of players who faced an issue late in the battle where its transformation bugged out and made the…
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In Mario Kart 8, the only racer that ever had a wardrobe change was Princess Peach. She wears her pink dress when driving a regular cart; but give her a motorcycle and she changes into a white jumpsuit with pink boots and a scarf, making her one of the most badass racers in the roster. Now in Mario Kart World, she…
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Back in 2022, John Romero of Doom fame announced he was working on a new first-person shooter IP in Unreal Engine 5 for a “major publisher.” Three years later the studio says it’s canceled and employees claim the latest wave of massive cuts at Xbox are to blame, with one designer calling news, “[a] massive, sudden &…
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I have a long-term love of logic puzzle games. I consider Hexcells, Tametsi and the DS’s Slitherlink to be among the greatest video games of all time. Mario’s Picross is surely the all-time best Game Boy game? My phone is very rarely not running at least one of Conceptis Puzzles’ Android apps. So it is with enormous…
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Helldivers 2 is breaking its PlayStation 5 console exclusivity and coming to Xbox Series X/S in August. Fans have long called for the hit extraction shooter to be available on every platform, and in a shocking twist the Sony published blockbuster is obliging. It’s another major crack in the vestiges of console…
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Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has been in charge of Xbox for over a decade and the company says he’s not leaving anytime soon, calling rumors that the longtime exec might be resigning when the next generation of Xbox hardware launches “completely made up.”
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If you thought your babies have cute clothes, the outfits worn by the infant versions of our heroes and princesses in Mario Kart World are even cuter.
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Buy now, pay later payment provider Affirm has partnered with video game commerce company Xsolla and will soon allow people to pay off in-game purchases of $50 or more via payment plans. Yes, you will soon be able to finance your next pricey Fortnite skin.
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As you begin playing Mario Kart World, you already have Princess Peach in your racer roster from the get-go. Princess Daisy, on the other hand, is not readily available, so you need to unlock her to switch between playing as her and Peach when the occasion suits you. Or you can play as Peach while someone else plays…
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There’s no “I” in “team”, but there is in Blitzball! Since Magic: The Gathering’s Commander structure is focused on you fighting off against multiple opponents at once, you will most likely be playing Tidus and the Final Fantasy X Commander Deck solo. However, you will still need to be cognizant of the fact that this…
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A big summer sale is currently happening on the PlayStation Store, with a ton of PS5 games discounted to $25 or less.
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After two seasons, The Last of Us series director Neil Druckmann is stepping down from his role as a showrunner on the HBO adaptation.
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Xbox’s Perfect Dark reboot, announced back in 2020, has reportedly been canceled as part of the ongoing layoffs at Microsoft. The studio developing the game has reportedly been shut down, too.
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Not to be a prisoner of the moment, but Ironheart’s exceptional series finale did what it needed to do at a high level. The six-episode miniseries concluded last night by introducing one of the scariest entities in the history of Marvel Comics and avoided one of the MCU’s biggest pitfalls.
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Marvel Rivals’ next season has it all: Phoenix and Blade as playable characters, a brand new map, changes to the customization options, and an itsy bitsy crash-out by Spider-Man fans. The latest furore is likely a momentary blip until developer NetEase fully unveils all the cosmetics releasing in Marvel Rivals’ third…
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As with many free-to-play games, Splitgate 2 offers multiple in-game currencies. Unfortunately, also like other free-to-play games, it’s a little unclear what each currency does. In particular, the purple Proelium is a little vague on its use.
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Final Fantasy XIV is not only one of the most popular entries in the JRPG franchise, but also one of the most successful MMO’s created. So it’s no surprise that it got its very own Magic: The Gathering Preconstructed Commander Deck. The deck does a fantastic job of bringing a large number of different heroes to the…