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Nintendo might never announce a new Earthbound. It certainly seems intent on never releasing the sequel, Mother 3, in the West. But at least a fan remake of the first game in the trilogy might finally see the light of day. EarthBound Beginnings Remake is a ROM hack that recreates the first game using the 16-bit look…
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Sometimes, you just gotta get on the road and punch it. You just gotta slide behind the wheel of some powerful car and start burning rubber. And if you feel that need for speed, too, well, good news: Steam’s latest video game sales event is all about racing cars, motorcycles, and more.
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Endings can do a lot to color how we remember something. The right song just as the credits roll can help an unwieldy story click into place (Star Ocean: Second Story). Dozens of hours spent pleasantly trekking through a satisfying adventure can be soured in the final moments thanks to a terrible boss fight (Final…
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The gaming world may seem overrun with soulslikes these days. But us genre diehards are just too stoked to get a challenging new experience seemingly every month. I’m happy about it, and you should be, too. And if you’re a genre fan who has had your eyes on Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, you’re probably pretty impressed by…
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If you’re a fan ofDiabloImmortal and Hearthstone, exciting news! There’s a crossover event on the way. But in actuality, you might be too distracted by the likelihood that Blizzard has used AI-generated art (again) to create promotional materials. Fans have taken to social media to point out what look to be telltale…
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Remember Light of Motiram, that Tencent game that was announced in late 2024 that looked a lot like Horizon: Zero Dawn? Well, Sony Interactive is suing the massive video game publisher and developer for copyright and trademark infringement over that very game, seemingly agreeing with many online who called it a…
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A bunch of very famous actors and celebrities were forced by their agents to play Mario Kart World with The Rizzler, a super popular online star, while visiting San Diego Comic Con this weekend. This is just how stuff works now.
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Pokémon Legends: Z-A is just under three months away, and as far as we know, the RPG is a single-player game similar to Pokémon Legends: Arceus. However, Nintendo has added some information to the game’s eShop page that has fans speculating it might secretly have some kind of multiplayer functionality that developer…
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Franklin Richards, the superpowered baby of Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman, is played by a group of real-world babies in Fantastic Four: First Steps. However, in several scenes, the little guy is depicted through CGI. Given the kid’s cosmic powers and the larger-than-life scenes he takes part in, it makes sense…
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Both Steam and Itch.io have become the targets of a new campaign to censor certain adult games online, but the latter has gone well beyond even what anti-porn advocates say they were aiming for with new content guidelines posted over the weekend. Itch.io now bans games containing “themes” around incest, rape, and…
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The first trailer for Avatar: Fire and Ash, the next entry in James Cameron’s epic sci-fi film saga, is here, and folks, things are getting hectic and wild on that ol’ planet of Pandora.
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When it was first revealed in 2022 that Bloober Team was working on a remake of the 2001 survival horror masterpiece Silent Hill 2, people got very nervous. Many, myself included, weren’t sure the team could pull it off. But the Silent Hill 2 remake wound up being one of the best games of 2024, and now the devs behind…
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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers features a massive skill tree filled with nodes to invest in, which can passively increase your stats, improve your special attacks, or even upgrade how many healing charges you get from your Manna Vase. Best of all, every skill you buy can be refunded with a simple press of a button, meaning…
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The Fantastic Four have been in Marvel Rivals for a hot minute, but as Fantastic Four: First Steps enters theaters, the titular heroes have gotten a few new updates. They have skins based on their movie counterparts, and now there’s a new team-up ability for the Human Torch and the Thing. If you’ve seen the movie, you…
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The start of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S generation felt like a surprisingly old-school return to the console war rhetoric of yesteryear. Fans compared the numbers of teraflops, and both console makers shelled out hundreds of millions to lock down exclusive games for their new devices. New Final Fantasy…
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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is designed to test soulslike newbies and veterans alike with its challenging combat and dangerous world. And there’s nothing I can say that’s going to change the fact that you’re probably going to die quite a lot throughout your journey. However, after spending some time with this intriguing…
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The industry’s most elusive game, Hollow Knight: Silksong, is not only going to appear at Microsoft’s booth at this year’s massive Gamescom gaming show, but also be playable for the public. Which is by far the strongest sign this game actually exists we’ve had in years.
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Superhero movies appear to be back. After Superman opened to a storming box office a couple of weeks back, Fantastic Four: First Steps, by a whisker, has done even better. But damn, it was close.
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With the fantastic Star Trek: Strange New Worlds back for season three, the potential for the franchise feels so strong. As opposed to back in January when Section 31 came out, and the potential for the franchise felt desperately weak. That’s Star Trek: as good as its last outing. So where will the forthcoming Starflee…
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We’ve hit peak summer and probably the biggest lull in the release calendar we’re going to get until the holiday. That doesn’t mean a lot of great stuff didn’t still come out this week. What it does mean is that we have time to highlight things that might not otherwise have gotten their due.
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As a fight with credit card companies over adult games leads to renewed concerns about censorship on Steam and even on indie platforms like itch.io, a recent warning by Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro calling censorship a “security hole that endangers democracy itself” has become relevant again.
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An upcoming crossover mission in MindsEye that was set to bring Agent 47 of the Hitman franchise to the game this summer has been delayed until a “later date” as developer Build A Rocket Boy continues to try and salvage what has become the worst-reviewed game of 2025.
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VShojo was a Vtuber talent agency repping big names like Ironmouse that just wanted the best for everyone involved but flew too close the sun while trying desperately to raise more funds from investors. At least that’s how the now-shuttered company’s CEO pitched its downfall this week. Fans aren’t buying it, though,…
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Pedro Pascal is having a big year. He’s starring in his first Marvel movie as Mister Fantastic in Fantastic Four: First Steps, he died a gruesome death in The Last of Us’ second season, and right now, it’s entirely possible you can go to a movie theater and see him in three different films in one day. Public…
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Nazis, watch out. Wolfenstein is coming to the small screen with some help from the same people (and the same production company) behind Amazon’s hit live-action adaptation of Fallout.
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The Hulk Hogan sex tape lawsuit, financed by a guy who flinches at the prospect of humanity enduring, is not really my story to tell. I was merely an observer at the time. While I’m all too familiar with most of the key twists and turns in the very messy, very public trial that followed, I never worked at Gawker Media…
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Fantastic Four: First Steps mostly focuses on its titular group, but Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and the Thing aren’t the only heroes introduced in the film. One major player doesn’t get a superhero name, but is a pretty significant one in Marvel’s comics. Franklin Richards, the son of Reed…
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Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch 2is a very, very good video game all about smashing stuff up and exploring gorgeous cartoon worlds as Nintendo’s favorite ape. But between all the banana eating, punching, jumping, and singing, there are loading screens featuring some wonderful retro-style artwork that I just adore.
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Poor President Trump has had his ickle wickle feelings hurt again, this time by an episode of South Park that reached new heights of government-breaking satire by depicting the current president as a big stupid idiot with a tiny penis. This, implausibly predictably, bothered him so much that the White House released a…
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FromSoftware’s strange but successful multiplayer experiment, Elden Ring Nightreign, is finally getting a duos option nearly two months after launch. The highly requested feature will be added in an update arriving next week.