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Hollow Knight Silksong's bosses look weird, and I'm so here for it

21.08.2025 3

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Josh Broadwell

No, I won’t revive you in Battlefield 6

No, I won’t revive you in Battlefield 6
12.08.2025 3

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Josh Broadwell

Nintendo sidesteps Hyrule Warriors' biggest issue in Age of Imprisonment

When Nintendo called Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment "canonical" to the Zelda timeline during the July Partner Direct, I did whatever the...

03.08.2025 10

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Hades 2 has earned as many ‘final’ patches as it needs

Supergiant pushed another final Hades 2 patch ahead of the roguelike’s eventual 1.0 launch — yes, another final update, after the previous final...

25.07.2025 3

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Nintendo needs to start showing Pokémon Legends: Z-A for the original Switch again

Nintendo ended Tuesday’s Pokémon Presents with new footage for Pokémon Legends: Z-A on Nintendo Switch 2, showing the player wandering the...

23.07.2025 3

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Donkey Kong Bananza’s gold is pointless, but collecting it is still better than Super Mario Bros.’ coins

I owe the data analysts at Nintendo an apology. My first 20 minutes of Donkey Kong Bananza were spent in the tutorial room with the “Press Y to...

20.07.2025 10

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Marvel Rivals’ new hero Phoenix addresses a big nitpick about its characters

Phoenix is in Marvel Rivals , which means I might finally put Overwatch 2 on the shelf for a bit and get back into NetEase’s hero shooter game....

14.07.2025 10

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I’m playing Mario Kart World every day, so I guess it was a good launch game

The Switch 2 launch lineup was weird — or that’s what I thought after watching the April Nintendo Direct, anyway. Sure, Mario Kart World as a...

06.07.2025 8

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Death Stranding 2 desperately needed content warnings

Content warnings have become, if not standard, then at least more common in entertainment media over the past decade. Films and video games dealing...

05.07.2025 10

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Death Stranding 2 is way more enjoyable if you skip all the boss fights

The “pretend you won” option in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a small, but radical little choice. It pops after you fail a boss fight and...

29.06.2025 10

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Overwatch 2’s clunkiest mode finally feels good to play now after crucial fix

In summer 2023, Blizzard debuted Overwatch 2 ’s Flashpoint, a combination of Control and Assault where teams race to occupy a series of territory...

28.06.2025 10

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Josh Broadwell