Xbox Live’s Games With Gold subscription benefit limps to the end of the year with two Xbox One games we’ve never written about: Colt Canyon and Bladed Fury. Colt Canyon, which launched in 2020 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One, is a top-down roguelite shooter with...
Marvel’s Avengers gets its promised endgame content, 2 years later
Good news, Marvel’s Avengers players: Your endgame content has arrived. Technically, the Cloning Lab Omega-Level Threat was expected almost two years ago, shortly after the ensemble action-adventure launched on PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. But in 2020, Crystal Dynamics didn’t say exactly when the game’s don’t-call-it-a-raid was coming,...
New Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer gives us our first look at Peach and Donkey Kong
A new trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie arrived Tuesday, giving Nintendo fans a more robust look at the animated adaptation of Mario and Luigi’s Mushroom Kingdom adventures. After teasing Mario, Bowser, Toad, Luigi, and an army of penguins last month, Nintendo and Illumination’s new trailer reveals a whole...
God of War Ragnarök’s endgame side quest has one last twist
Finishing God of War Ragnarök’s main story opens up an array of new activities to uncover, key of which is “The Broken Prison,” a side quest in Niflheim. If you’re looking to nab all of Ragnarök’s Nornir Chests, you’ll have to head here eventually. But completing the mission also has...
How choosing ‘Girl’ in early RPGs inspired today’s game designers
My parents treated me to a bowl cut and The Lion King after I told them who I was, so it meant a lot to me a few years later when Game Freak’s Pokémon Crystal respected my answer of “Girl” after asking my gender for my playthrough on my atomic...
Does the redesigned Donkey Kong smoke weed?
It’s always important to remember where you came from, which is why I suppose the second trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie emphasizes both Brooklyn (where Italians come from) and Donkey Kong — where Mario made his first video game appearance. Like most of the characters in the film,...
The hideous Starro is coming to Gotham Knights
Gotham Knights’ next update is going in a rather unexpected direction, introducing a colossal, one-eyed starfish to the game, apparently to referee the new Heroic Assault game mode. The extraterrestrial echinoderm in question is Starro, whom fans of 2021’s The Suicide Squad might recognize as a kaiju-like super-baddie, who shoots...
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet EV training guide
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet still has Effort Values, or EVs, a complex stat system that changes depending on which Pokémon you battle. Raising EVs can be complicated, but it’s worth it, as it’ll significantly boost your Pokémon’s stats. What are EVs? EVs or Effort Values are stats your Pokémon gain...
God of War Ragnarök’s Wishing Well has some of the best loot in the game
God of War Ragnarök is full of surprises, and the Wishing Well is one of its most interesting secrets. Found deep within an optional area up north in Vanaheim, this spot allows you to trade some rare crystals for all sorts of rewards — from materials to a brand new...
The Witcher Remake will feature an open world, CD Projekt says
The remake of 2007’s The Witcher will give players a little more freedom than the first time around. The Witcher Remake, which is being developed by CD Projekt Red, will be open-world, unlike the original version of the 2007 game, which was slightly more linear. There’s no word yet on...