Quick Links Quest for the Topis a Challenge Course on the thirteenth layer ofDonkey Kong Bananza, theGroove Layer. It’s all about steadily rising up a variety of platforms usingLiftoff Ore, but you’ll need to think tactically to make it to the end. Though this course isn’t on a timer,timing is still crucialto making it through to the end. As ever, you’ll need tothink a little bit outside the boxif you want to getevery Bananadium Gemon offer....

Everyone who knowsanimeknows Fruits Basket. It’s one of the darkest, most convoluted andromantic animeout there. The story follows Tohru, a young girl who has been down on her luck for too long. Her father died a while back, and her mother passed awat recently, leaving her to live with her grandfather. Due to unforeseen circumstances, she ends up homeless. Luckily, she ends up with a great family. However, she discovers their secret: members of this family are connected to the Japanese zodiac....

What happens when hot and catchy bops meet gorgeous animation? You get KPop Demon Hunters, a film where viewers get great music while enjoying flashy fight scenes against soul-sucking demons. The story centers around a trio of demon hunters who come from a long line of hunters who use music to produce the Honmoon that protects the world. With a story about girls that use their voices and their music to literally save the world, it comes as no surprise that the top talents in the industry came together to write the amazing soundtrack for the film....

When The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild launched, its open-world concept changed not just theZeldaseries, but the gaming industry forever. With that level of success, it’s no surprise the development team kept with the open-world format for its sequel, Tears of the Kingdom, and the Zelda-focused entry Echoes of Wisdom. While nothing has been announced yet, we all know Nintendo has to be making a new Zelda game for the Switch 2....

Quick Links Phantoms are a mainstay of FromSoftware’s games. It has been present in every Souls game, allowing you to see the actions of other players around you, as well as examining their bloodstains to see just when and how they died, too. In Elden Ring, this remained much the same, but is this still true forElden Ring Nightreign? By merit of it being a multiplayer roguelike game, certain systems had to undergo some big changes....

Summary For some reason,Xboxhas really leaned into giving away popular, officially licensedSeries X|Scontrollers via contests rather than selling them en masse. It’s at it again as we speak with an officialMetaphor: ReFantaziocontroller revealed to celebratethe 2024 Game of the Year contender’s imminent arrival on Game Pass. Since the controllers have been created to mark that momentous occasion,the Xbox Game Pass Twitter accounthad the honor of sharing the good news. Ahead of Metaphor’s arrival on the serviceon July 29, 2025,Xbox has shown off its official Metaphor: ReFantazio controller....

I generally don’t agree with the common refrain thatMagic: The Gatheringplayers need to run more removal in their Commander decks. Part of the beauty of the format is that you’re able to make decks that do just about anything you want, with little regard for whether that idea is actually good. “Run more removal” is a bit like “reading the card explains the card”, in that it’s a bad-faith comeback to criticisms of certain cards, and serves to hinder the inherent creativity of the format....

Pokemon Go has been hit with big news this week. If you’re into C-list British celebrities, you’ll be very interested to learn that former X Factor contestant Stacey Solomon attended Pokemon Go Fest in Paris this weekend. My wife tells me that Solomon’s son wanted to go, hence her attendance, but I can imagine her throwing a few Poke Balls and catching a few shinies herself to join in the fun....

Modern gaming is a very different beast than it was before the turn of the millennium. A constantly-online world, powered by social media, pervades all of our activities, including games, while advances in technology let our favorite medium go bigger and try new things. Or do they? Ideas don’t just come in a vacuum, and you might be surprised to learn that some of the things that we see as hallmarks of gaming in the 2020s have been around for quite a while… just not with all the flashy media blitzes and livestreams to show them off....

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag’supcoming remake is probably the worst-kept secret in the games industry at the moment, up there with the Final Fantasy 9 remake.It was first claimed to exist all the way back in 2023,and tipped for a release rather soon, possibly even later this year. Most recently,a popular statue maker alluded to its existence during a livestream. It’s almost definitely a real thing at this point, and now we’ve had our biggest hint that something is on the horizon, courtesy of Edward Kenway actor Matt Ryan....

According to Variety, the long-reported live-actionAssassin’s Creedseries is now officially moving forward atNetflix, nearly five years after it was first reported. As you’d expect from one of the biggest gaming franchises out there,Assassin’s Creed has had more than its fair share of adaptations. We’ve seen books, animated shows, and even alive-action film starring Michael Fassbender that didn’t really go anywhere. The one place Assassin’s Creed hasn’t ventured toyetis a streaming service....

Summary I’ve thoroughly rinsedAssassin’s Creed Shadows. I’ve assassinated every target, synchronised every viewpoint, and cleared every castle. Naoe is a well-honed killing machine, ready to strike from the shadows, and Yasuke is there too, doing his best. Having come to the end of my time in feudal Japan, my eternal need for yet more Assassin’s Creed remained unabated,so I revisited 2017’s Origins for a brief spell. After only a couple of hours running around Ptolemaic Egypt, I’m now questioning why I spent so much time on Shadows....

Try as you might, but inBaldur’s Gate 3, you may’t geta perfect ending for Karlach. Either her engine burns up, and she accepts death on her own terms, or she returns to Avernus - this time with company - and embarks on a journey to fix her engine and escape the hells for good. Well, there are other outcomes too (like having her becomea Mind Flayer, or bumping her off in Act 1), but these are the two that most players are confronted with....