7 years later, the Elden Ring of Star Wars is still up for major debate
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Nintendo’s new Yoshi game makes a controversial decision for platformers
…Instead of defeating enemies and conquering a level, you’re learning cool facts about the local wildlife and discovering every nook and cranny of an animal’s habitat. In less adept hands…
Diablo 4’s amazing new story Lord of Hatred has a major unexpected downside
…It is baffling to me how parsimonious the campaign's loot tables are compared to almost any other activity in the game, whether you're early or late in the leveling curve…
Returnal's controversial difficulty fixed in new PS5 follow-up because no one could beat the game
…It makes it way more brutal, which I think is super cool.” In Returnal , players don’t get much help when exploring Atropos, a hostile planet filled with energy-spewing aliens. The…
12 Prepared spells that feel barely legal in Magic’s new Strixhaven set
…While it's unthinkable to see powerhouses like Ancestral Recall appear in modern-day competitive formats, the Magic designers found a cool way to give players the experience of slinging these often…
There’s one big theory about Magic’s Star Trek set — and a designer just weighed in
…It’s also noted that the design team actively avoided any allusions to specific sci-fi properties in favor of a more generalized approach. Edge of Eternitie s also avoided tropes related…
TMNT's darkest story resurrected as a AAA video game by legendary creators
…Mutants in Manhattan , which the studio made for publisher Activision. That game received a mixed reception, and was later pulled from digital storefronts. This time, Kittelsen said that Platinum is aiming for…
Forza Horizon 6 makes an already perfect formula somehow even more perfect
…It's cool if you win; it's OK if you don't. At the Horizon festival, the vibes are good, the music's banging, everyone loves cars, everyone's a friend…
Olympic medalist Taylor Fritz kicked my butt at Mario Tennis
…Or maybe I’m just not activating his cutthroat instincts. In our first game, he plays as Bowser while I choose Boo, my longtime main. We switch it up after he reveals…
Crimson Desert's patch offensive improves much, but it can’t fix the game’s real problem
…Spotting Demeniss in the distance was exciting, for a moment, but when I finally got close enough to get decent textures, there were no quests, no events, no remarkable NPCs or activities…