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The biggest multiplayer shooters of the moment share a lot in common. In Arc Raiders and Marathon, you and up to two other players venture from a safe...
It’s been nine years since Mass Effect fans got a new entry in the series with the divisive Mass Effect: Andromeda. 2021’s Mass Effect Legendary...
I wasn’t expecting much when I started playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s new Meetup in Bellabel Park DLC. Considering my pre-launch preview...
As a child of the 90s, it’s probably no surprise to hear that I have a fondness for a specific era of 2D platformers. Even today, I love opening up...
Last week, Variety reported that Amazon MGM Studios is developing an animated show based on Monstress, the Eisner Award-winning Image Comics series...
After weaving through the intricacies of Lorwyn Eclipsed Limited and enduring a month of pizza and nunchaku diet thanks to Teenage Mutant Ninja...
Ryan Coogler’s upcoming X-Files reboot has cast Himesh Patel as one of its leads, in addition to the previously announced Danielle Deadwyler. Both...
Jack Black has made it clear he's got video-game aspirations far beyond Bowser. In the lead-up to the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,...
There are many staples that make up a BioWare game. You have your legendary hero, one that you can shape to your liking with different background...
Jujutsu Kaisen is a deceptively complex series. On the surface, it’s all about super-powered exorcists battling evil monsters and, more often, each...
Nintendo reportedly has a new remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time coming in 2026, a major release that will be closely timed to the...
Ten years, one remake, multiple ports, a pseudo-sequel, and several spin-offs have happened since Persona 5 launched, so it feels reasonable to ask...
"I think the sequels are no more polarizing than the prequels were when they came out," Brian Herring, actor and operator behind the Star...
Disney recently dropped a new trailer for its upcoming live-action Moana re-imagining. Predictably, it was met with comments about how unnecessary...
By now, the term “cinematic universe” is as ubiquitous as “blockbuster movie.” We can thank Marvel Studios for that; Nick Fury showing up to...
Reaching Crimson Desert's third chapter was a turning point in my relationship with the game. That's when you unlock Damiane, the...
Some cards are still better than others when it comes to Slay the Spire 2, but those preferences vary depending on the characters you like to play....
Candy Land’s creator is the kindest one-hit wonder of all time The story of Minecraft is one of the saddest in gaming history Look, we get the urge...
Push is a one-and-done underseen gem Guy Ritchie has become the master of the franchise non-starter Evolution has been a staple of Pokémon since the...
It’s been a complicated week for fans of the works of Joss Whedon. Last Saturday, Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar broke the news...
It's difficult to play Crimson Desert and not compare it to other games. Its map design smacks of Red Dead Redemption 2. The combat design and...
The same way my barely legible high school handwriting has devolved over 25 years of PC word processing, so too have my instincts to pause and save a...
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the experience of playing Fez for the first time. It was 2012 and I was still fairly fresh out of college, having...
“It’s just not for me!” How many times have you said something to that effect to write off an entire genre of games? I know I have. I’m still...
Critical Role Campaign 4 has rolled into another arc, swapping the perilous, war-torn lands of the Obridimian Empire for the shadowy, political...
It was a quiet Saturday morning. Despite my plans to sleep in late, I woke up at 9 a.m. and decided to get up and take a morning shower. I rolled out...
If you love Life is Strange, you probably have mixed feelings about the TV adaptation coming to Prime Video. (I certainly do.) On the one hand, it’s...
The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally kicking into high gear. A combination of smart updates, the release of a bona fide system-seller, and a critical port...
Ever since the launch of Resident Evil Requiem on Feb. 27, Leon-crazed fans have been wondering about the significance of the simple gold band...
Zack Snyder’s Justice League is 242 minutes long, but the story behind this contentious director’s cut is far longer. One other thing they have in...
After a week away, Critical Role returns with a brand-new arc. It was revealed during Cooldown episode 17 (available only to Beacon members) that the...
When Nathan Fillion and the cast of the 2002 space Western Firefly started teasing some kind of Firefly revival series, I immediately hoped it would...
I've been having a grand time carefully picking my cards in Slay the Spire 2, but there's one aspect about the early access roguelike that...
The RAM crisis could completely change the way your games are made Growing up in the aughts in San Francisco, I always had the distinct sense that the...
The fate of the world is at stake in the premiere of Invincible season 4 — so Mark Grayson kills an innocent man. The reasons why are complicated...
Everyone who’s played or even looked at Marathon can agree its vibes are off the charts. But it’s also an extraction shooter, meaning anyone who...
Caleb Mir (Sandro Rosta) Series Acclimation Mil aka SAM (Kerrice Brooks) Jay-Den Kraag (Karim Diané) Genesis Lythe (Bella Shepard) Darem Reymi...
If you’re a Magic: The Gathering fan who loves playing commander, then you know that the most annoying part of building a new deck is the lands....
War Machine is a perfect movie — if what you’re looking for in a movie is buff guys fighting an unstoppable killer alien across some far-flung,...
As a retired Destiny player, Marathon feels like coming home. Bungie’s extraction shooter borrows plenty of ideas from Destiny despite being a...
When a friend gifted me the Cloud Strife Magic: The Gathering card, I was pretty intimidated. It’s a reprint of the wickedly powerful Najeela, the...
On Feb. 27, during the 30th-anniversary Pokémon Presents stream, Game Freak revealed a new Mega Evolution for Pokémon Legends: Z-A: Mega Garchomp Z....
I’ve spent 50 hours building a life for myself in Pokémon Pokopia already. During that time, I’ve met over 200 monsters who all have their own...
In 2009, Capcom entered its hubris era. The publisher was riding high off the success of Resident Evil 4 and was ready to capitalize by continuing to...
The Seekers arc of Critical Role Campaign 4 has come to an explosive end, but not before Dungeon Master Brennan Lee Mulligan revealed an...
An electric-type Pokémon has no business learning Surf, the water-type HM that allows your Pokémon to carry you across the water. Let alone a tiny...
As Warner Bros. relentlessly expands the Game of Thrones franchise into new territories, from an epic-scale stage play to as many as three animated...
Look at this amazing giant Snorlax rug you’ll never have February closed out with a Pokémon Presents stream celebrating 30 years of the franchise...
How Pikachu defeated Michael Jordan in the trading card grading boom Look at this amazing giant Snorlax rug you’ll never have The only monster who...
I have a high bullshit tolerance threshold when it comes to video games, which is pretty much a necessity if you want to enjoy them. Oh, you ate a...