Mario Kart Worldwent from one of the year’s most exciting gamesto one of its most vilified real quick. Earlier this year, Nintendo updated Mario Kart World in arguably one of the worst ways possible,making it far more difficult to play lap-only tracksin the game’s multiplayer modes and making intermission tracks more frequent. For many, this was a real dealbreaker, as the intermission tracks are considered some of the weakest parts of Mario Kart World as a whole....

Stellar Blade’sjump from thePlayStation 5toSteamhas been a resounding success. While the game was successful on the Sony platform,it took less than 24 hours to break a record set by every other title in the PlayStation to PC pipeline. It took just another 48 hours for developers Shift Up to confirmthe game had sold over a million copies. We already know that a sequel to the game is in the works, witha report stating it’s due for release next yearandStellar Blade’s director confirming he wants to focus on its story....

Quick Links Abiotic Factor, you might encounter a curious entity, the Moving Box, within the Cascade Facility. This moving chest is refreshingly harmless, roaming around the facility collecting dropped items instead of attacking you. To make the most of the Moving Box, you’ll need to know how it appears, how to interact with it, and how to use it to your advantage during base building or multiplayer sessions. This quirky helper may even follow you around or stash items for you later, making it a useful storage companion....

I’ve been stunned time and time again by the sheer cliff faces inDeath Stranding 2, with so much incredible terrain to traverse, and that big ol’ mountain staring at me for the last 50 hours or so. Visually, no other game has rocks that look as good as these rocks. ‘How much could one person talk about video game rocks?’, I hear you asking yourself. Well, we’re about to find out....

Baldur’s Gate 3is, quite possibly, one of the greatest games ever made. It excels at almost everything it sets out to do, while paying tribute to both Dungeons & Dragons as a whole and the two previous games in the series. It even brings some fan favourite characters back from those beloved classics. The original two games are packed with memorable companions, so much so that it was impossible for Larian to include them all....

You can be truly, almost comically evil inBaldur’s Gate 3, from slaughtering a camp full of refugees to transforming a sworn enemy of the Ithilid… into an Ithilid. There’s even an entire Origin character dedicated to such actscalled the Dark Urge, who can rip Gale’s hand off instead of saving him. But if you walk that path, you’ll of course alienate your do-gooder party members. Take Wyll, who will abandon your camp if you choose to side against the Emerald Grove, sauntering off into the night, never to be seen again....

Baldur’s Gate 3gives you a whole lot of freedom, and that includes the freedom to make your own mistakes. That’s what one player discovered the hard way, when they managed to getLae’zelpermanently killed, to the point where the game won’t even let them resurrect her. This is possiblein Act 1, but far enough into the game to be annoying. As discovered by Reddit user benjaminrogers91, it can happen when Lae’zel temporarily leaves your party to rush ahead and speak with other Githyanki that you come across....

The first-person shooter genre has always gone through predictable cycles. WhenMedal of Honorfirst broke onto the gaming scene back in 1999, it established a status quo of World War 2 being the single conflict the genre embraced.Battlefield 1942andCall of Dutyfollowed in its footsteps for a long time, until a society that continued to stew in the aftermath of 9/11 and several wars in the Middle East wanted something modern… Infinity Ward delivered on this vision with 2007’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, offering something fresh to an audience that was growing tired of countless games set in an older conflict that had been mined for all its worth....

Fruits Basket originally aired way back in 2001, with a more lighthearted approach. Thisanimedidn’t cover all of the manga, and made a few changes to the story. Thankfully, 2019 brought a new season of Fruits Basket that retold the story of Tohru is a true-to-manga way, laced with a fitting emotional impact. If you’ve just finished watching Fruits Basket and crave more romance dramas, we’ve got you covered. In this list, we’ll go over some of the best anime like Fruits Basket that you may watch now....

There are manygames from the early 2000sthat have changed the face of video games for the better. Whether through plot dynamics, gameplay, graphics, genre elements, or any other facet, it’s easy to trace back some of the games people love today to just a few games of this previous era. One such game isBioShock. A shooter at heart, but with a healthy mix of stealth, RPG, and horror ideals all wrapped into a game with a stellar plot and some great characters....

Quick Links Deciding on your starting class is an important step in any RPG, andTainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalonis no exception. Spellcasting is a time-honored combat mechanic, and you can build a powerful sorcerer from the ground up if you choose the right stats and skills to focus on. Thankfully, you don’t have to go into the game uninformed. We’ll help you make the right choices from the start so you can start slinging spells the moment you step foot outside your cell at the Island Asylum....

Activisionrecently stamped out rumors suggestingCall of Duty: Black Ops 7will bring back wallrunning to the series alongside the long-awaited return of jetpacks. However, those rumors have now been revived thanks to some leaked images because I don’t know about you, but that looks a lot like a jetpack on that one player’s back to me. This is no dubious leak from someone who might not be telling the whole truth either....

Death Stranding 2players are only just learning that Sam’s backpack can be stolen from him, and that it can also lead to one of the game’s nicest moments. As you’d expect from a Hideo Kojima game,Death Stranding 2: On the Beachis packed full ofsecrets, easter eggs, references, and even hidden mechanics that the game doesn’t tell you about. From thetime loop that can happen at the very start of the gameto being able toshoot enemies with real bullets, there’s a lot to uncover in Death Stranding 2....