Marvel's Midnight Sun Could be the AAA Entry in the Tactics Renaissance

Tactics RPGs have long been a popular, if niche, genre. At their best, the genre blends the core elements of a traditional RPG like quality storytelling and character development with a more nuanced and strategic approach to combat. There’s been a slew of high-quality entries in the genre over the past few years, andMarvel’s Midnight Sunsis shaping up to be one of the biggest yet. While the genre itself is fairly niche, the same definitely can not be said aboutMarvel....

July 14, 2025 · 3 min · 535 words · Brianna Smith

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Perfected Its Boss Fight Formula at the Right Time

Summary In many ways,Marvel’s Spider-Man 2is as much a distillation and refinement of the franchise’s initial installment asMarvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Moraleswas. Of course, the sequel was always going to be a big blockbuster bursting at the seams due to having two individual Spider-Men as playable characters. But whatMarvel’s Spider-Man 2achieves is what all sequels should strive for, and that’s making gameplay improvements that are so much better that going back to the original game inevitably and unfairly feels relatively inferior....

July 14, 2025 · 5 min · 1027 words · Shane Baker

Mortal Kombat 11 Next-Gen Features and Free Upgrade Confirmed

Warner Bros. Games and NetherRealm Studios made a major announcement Friday morning regardingMortal Kombat 11. Releasing on November 17 will beMortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, what’s described as the definitiveMortal Kombat 11experience. Not only willMortal Kombat 11 Ultimatefeature a variety of new content, including new fighters, but alongside it will be a freeMortal Kombat 11upgrade for next-generation consoles. And yes, NetherRealm’s confirmed free upgrades for both PS5 and Xbox Series X/S....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Christina Zavala

Netflix Reveals Premiere Date For The Witcher Season 2

After a very long wait, season 2 ofThe Witcheris finally headed to Netflix in the form of an early Christmas present for its fans. As part of the ongoing WitcherCon, a two-day event for all things related toThe Witcherfranchise, it has been revealed that the second season of the popular series premieres on the streaming service on May 19, 2025. Thesecond season ofThe Witcherwill finally show fans Geralt of Rivia and Ciri together after they spent most of the first season looking for each other....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Jennifer Lopez

New World's Ghost Ship Explained

Amazon Game Studios’New Worldhas been one of the most highly anticipated and controversial releases of the year. The amount of hype around this title led it to an all-time peak of 913,027 concurrent players on Steam a few days after launch. With so many players all making their way across Aeternum, it’s no surprise that some players have uncovered some of the island’s many secrets.New World’s Ghost Ship is one of those secrets....

July 14, 2025 · 3 min · 620 words · Ashley Hernandez

Nintendo Wins Case Against Go-Karting Company

As reported by Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, Nintendo has won a case against a go-karting company over the usage ofMario Karttrademarks. A Tokyo-based company known as MARI Mobility Development offered go-kart rides based aroundMario Kart, including costumes of characters such as Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi. The case has been going on since 2017,where Nintendo initially lost, but it appears that the tides are turning in the conglomerate’s favor. MARI had already lost one appeal in January of this year, with another one being dismissed just before Christmas by Judge Katsuyuki Kizawa of the Supreme Court of Japan....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Madison Miller

Obi-Wan Kenobi: 5 Details Only Die-Hard Fans Noticed In The First Two Episodes

After years of waiting, the first two episodes ofObi-Wan Kenobihave been released ontoDisney+and they are filled with so many amazing moments that die-hardStar Warsfans will love. The show is set ten years after the events ofRevenge Of The Sithand the first two episodes largely deal with Obi-Wan surviving while trying to protect Leia and Luke. RELATED:Star Wars: The Most Powerful Force Abilities The Inquisitors are played exceptionally well in these episodes and serve their part portraying a looming threat over Obi-Wan’s journey to rescue Leia after she is kidnaped by bounty hunters....

July 14, 2025 · 4 min · 786 words · Shari Tyler

Overwatch Fan Working on Custom D.Va Dogfight Game Mode

With the sequel still nowhere certain on the horizon,Overwatchremains popular. Possessingfantastic emotesand characters, the meta of the game has since slowed from its earlier days. For many,Overwatchhas changed a great deal from the game that originally captured their love. At this point, some players are stepping outside the rules of the game, and many have turned to its creative mode. One such player is working to make D.Va more dynamic than ever with a mode centered exclusively on her and her mech with one added feature: true flight....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 399 words · Steven Melton

Overwatch: How to Beat the Uprising Challenge Missions

Overwatch’s Archives event returned on March 12th, with the inclusion of brand new challenge missions for the previous PvE campaigns from last years' Archive events. Two challenge missions will be released for each week of the event with the first two available from the start being Challenge Missions forOverwatchUprising. These missions have been added instead of a brand new PvE campaign featuring new lore for the world ofOverwatch, but that doesn’t mean that these new missions don’t provide engaging and challenging content....

July 14, 2025 · 4 min · 774 words · Michael Pugh

PlayStation Gamers Can Claim 10 Free Games Right Now

Sony introduced the PlayStation Play at Home program in 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The idea was simple: give PlayStation gamers some free games to encourage them to stay home and hopefully reduce the spread of the virus. The world is still grappling with COVID-19 in 2021, and so Sony has brought thePlayStation Play at Home programback, but this time it’s much bigger in scope than it was before....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Amanda Lyons

Pokemon Fan Art Imagines What Type of Pokemon Team Batman Would Have

Summary OnePokemonfan has tried to figure out what sort of team Batman would put together if he were thrust into the monster-battling franchise. With more than 1,000 monsters to choose from across nine generations ofPokemongames, The Caped Crusader would have a lot of options, but these picks seem right up his alley. Thehistory of Batmantraces all the way back to 1939, with his original appearance in DC Comics’Detective Comics #27. That’s quite a bit older than thePokemonfranchise, which hit Japan in 1996 and didn’t make its way west until 1998....

July 14, 2025 · 3 min · 441 words · Elizabeth Garrett

Pokemon GO(December 2020)

December has arrived andPokemon GOplayers have a ton of big changes to enjoy.The GO Beyond update is hereand players around the world are able to chase down the new level cap and enjoy the Season of Celebration. In addition to those perks, there are some exciting new Battle Raid bosses to challenge and encounter, as well. Mega Abomasnow raidsare getting the majority of the attention, since they bring a brand new Mega Evolution to the game, but don’t overlook the return of Kyurem to 5-star raids....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Kristin Ramirez

Pokemon: Scyther and Its Evolutions Turn 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' on Its Head

Summary From theTrading Card Gameto the several generations of video games,Pokemonfans all around the world have had to learn and study the defining structure of every Pokemon battle: type matchups. This concrete ruleset of a water type having an advantage over a fire type and so on has often been compared to the gaming structure of ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’. Depending on its type, everyPokemoncan either be the paper for victory, or the rock doomed to fail....

July 14, 2025 · 3 min · 608 words · Tara Clark