Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed Wii U patch planned

Fixes boost mode and ninja tag glitches I recently picked upSonic & All Stars Racing Transformedon the Wii U, and I’m really enjoying it. The levels look beautiful, the racers make me nostalgic, and remote play is totally awesome because my wife gets her own screen on the TV without having to split it. Yep, everything was going pretty well for us, until we got to the boost mode challenge, and found it nigh impossible to beat....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Sean Marshall

Super Mario Maker has hit peak cross-branding: Shaun The Sheep costume incoming

Haha what So uh, yeah. Nintendo has announced that by way of an event course called “Shaun’s Mossy Mole Mischief,” Shaun the Sheep, of television, movie, andWallace & Gromitfame, will be hittingSuper Mario Makertomorrow. He comes complete with adorable sounds and a simplistic 8-bit costume that does indeed look like a sheep. At one point I thought that Nintendo might run out of ideas, and that they had jumped the shark with the literal real-life car, but here we are....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Mario Wilson

Switch 2 launches this week. Are you getting it?

It’s finally time for a brand new console release with the Nintendo Switch 2 launching on June 5 worldwide (for those who were able to get a pre-order) alongside severalgames, includingMario Kart World,DeltaruneChapters 3 and 4. I am excited. Not only to play all these new games on a brand new system, but also to see how old Switch 1 games fare when they get a Switch 2 patch, such asPokémon Scarlet and Violet....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Samantha Hood

Take a peek at Persona 4 Arena: Official Design Works

UDON plans premiere at Comic-Con I bought a coffee table earlier this year. I big, shiny, attractive one. Never had one before, but I knew I needed one for all of these beautiful videogame art books I’ve been collecting. I’ve got lots of Japanese imports, a few rare finds (like my beloved Culdcept card art book), and plenty from UDON Entertainment. They have a new one I’d be happy to add to my table, and we have a sample of it for you today....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Rose Patterson

Tekken 7 team continues to push for online fight fluidity

Internet fisticuffs have never been more important Perhaps no genre of gaming has been scuppered worse by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic than fighting games. 2020 saw practically an entire year of tournaments and events canceled on local, national, and international levels. Once the honeymoon period is over, fighting games essentially live or die by their competitive scenes, and the FGC thrives on the myriad of meet-ups that take place, whether for specific titles or the genre as a whole....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Maria Leon

The Destiny alpha has been extended a bit today

It was supposed to end last night Last week, I had a chance to check outtheDestinyalpha ahead of time, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Live during their E3 press conference, Sony announced that everyone who signed up in time, would be able to play the same alpha from Thursday until Sunday — which was yesterday. The thing is, you may still boot up the alpha and play it. Confirming our suspicions, Bungie tweeted out the following message, “There’s a rumor that the Destiny Alpha might be extended to allow dangerous experiments....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 120 words · David Ryan

The Warcraft movie is better than I was led to believe

The home release is out now There were a lot of great discussions abouttheWarcraftmoviewhen it was released back in June from both sides of the equation. People have been clamoring for Blizzard to make a film for over two decades, and now, it had finally secured Duncan Jones (ofMoonandSource Codefame) to do it after a tumultuous production cycle. And fans did come out to see it, it seems, as it made a hefty $433....

July 18, 2025 · 3 min · 589 words · Laura Clark

This Astro Bot Nendoroid is such a cutie

The little PlayStation mascot that could The next PlayStation character to get a Nendoroid is none other than Astro fromAstro Bot Rescue MissionandAstro’s Playroom, and that goes to show how far this mascot has come. I mean it! We were talking about Good Smile Company’s figure for Aloy (ofHorizonZero DawnandForbidden Westfame)just a few days ago. And now here’s the humble little bot, looking like a champ. When’s the next game? There’s got to be another one....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Allison Wright

This Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty trailer is a little too overdramatic

Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tastyis close to finishing up development. I’m so excited! The game will be playable at E3, so here’s a slightly overdramatic trailer. Overdramatic in the musical choice I mean. The song is “Born to Love You” by Elodie Adams, an Australian musician who happens to be a massiveOddworldfan. The trailer features a lot of the story elements, and okay maybe the music is fitting. It’s easy to forget how dark theOddworldstoryline is....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Danielle Davis

Titanfall 2 has plans for more maps and a new Titan

A look at what’s coming up now through June With each new free content update forTitanfall 2, it’s as if I can hear the game itself cry out to put down everything else I’m playing and come blow up mechs instead. The next few months will see even more updates, as you’d imagine, and Respawn Entertainment hasoutlinedwhat we can expect. From now through June,Titanfall 2will get: That’s a lot to go on, but they’re also leaving some of the update plans to our imaginations for the time being....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Laura Solomon

Top 5 Best Games for Oculus Quest 2, Ranked

It’s like I’m really there. The Oculus Quest line of standalone virtual reality head-mounted displays has been around for three years now. As one of the only people in my friend group who has aQuest 2, I still get the same exact question every time I bring it up: “Are there any good games on there?” The answer, of course, is yes. There are plenty of great games on the Quest 2....

July 18, 2025 · 5 min · 933 words · Nicole Church

What’s the one thing from Final Fantasy VII Remake that you want to see carried over to Part 2?

Well, you can tell us more than one! There are a lot of lingering questions when it comes toFinal Fantasy VII Remake – Part 2. Like…what does it entail? How far off the beaten path will the new story go? Is it going to be a true open world adventure, or another linear, narrative-driven action romp? Right now, as of the end of January 2021,all Square Enix is saying is that it will introduce people to the world at large....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Jennifer Hays

Where to get Amethyst Components in Arknights: Endfield beta

One of the earliest roadblocks to progress inArknights: Endfieldis the need for Amethyst Components, a resource that is exactly obvious to find, like some others. If you’re having issues getting this resource, here’s where you’re able to locate it. How to get Amethyst Components in the Arknights: EndField beta Amethyst Components are essential for crafting gear in Arknights: Endfield. Without them, your characters will be left defenseless and unprepared for battle....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Rachel Mendez