In 2023,Lies of Pcame out and crowned itself with the title “The best Soulslike not made by FromSoftware”. While it looked like it was copying Bloodborne’s homework a bit too much at first, this thought vanished when you let yourself get lost in the world of Krat. Its universe, philosophy, and memorable characters left something remarkable in the genre. Thanks to its financial success, Neowiz and Round 8 announced that a sequel was in the works, but that an expansion, Overture, would release before it....

Mario Kart Worldhas been in our hands for a solid week now, giving plenty of people enough time to getstuck into a few Grand Prix tournaments and Knockout Tours, and those that like to take the game online have been optimizing their routes as much as possible for the chance of victory. One of the biggest things that players have had to adapt to this time around is the massively expanded number of characters in every race, going from your standard 12 to a whopping 24 in a single race....

I’ve been annoying everyone around me this week because I can’t stop talking about mechs. No one can get a word in because I’m filling the air with extremely detailed descriptions of all my favorite fighting robots, and spoiler alert, they’re all my favorites. There’s one called Falcon that can transform into a fighter jet and fly around harassing everyone with its missile ooh ooh and another one called Welkin that has a giant ax and can trap people in a laser box filled with razor blades, and oh, did I tell you about Panther?...

Quick Links Marvel Mystic Mayhemis a team-based strategy game where the abilities and types of your characters drastically impact how your team performs. As standard, you want to have a core team of a Defender, Controller, and a Striker character, but different modes - like Memento or Battle Bonanza - will require different team set-ups. The type and quality of characters you pull from your free banners will also impact how you want to build your team....

Over the past few months, it’s widely been rumoured that aNintendo Directis coming after the release ofDonkey Kong Bananza, something that former marketing lead Kit Ellis has now commented on. As ifNintendohasn’t had a busy enough year with the launch of the long-awaitedNintendo Switch 2 and our first new Mario Kart game in more than a decade, things aren’t slowing down any time soon. Not only do we have the upcoming release of Donkey Kong Bananza (which is reviewing very well), but we also know about a few other games on Nintendo’s docket....

Metroid Prime 4: Beyondhas been rated in Korea and has been given a rating of 12 and up. That’s not all that surprising, however, when a game receives a rating somewhere, it’s usually indicative of a release date reveal. The newly filed ratingincludes an overview of what the game is about, although the short description only includes information that has previously been revealed. It also attributes the 12+ rating to the fact that Metroid Prime 4 includes “mild violence” tied to the weapons Samus will use to battle back against alien life forms....

Things have been bad forMindEyefrom the start. When the negative reviews started to pour in,CEO Mark Gerhard said that it was a paid effort to trash the game. Thegame was a broken mess, withPlayStation even beginning to issue refunds. However, it looks like things are about to get much worse for developer Build a Rocket Boy. According toIGN, an anonymous source has revealed that the studio has announced that it will go through a massive round of layoffs that could affect over 100 employees....

Monster Hunter Wildsmay have started out as one of 2025’s best games, but its recent updates have caused so much controversy that it’s now dropped to “Overwhelmingly Negative” recent reviews onSteam. 2025 may not see the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 like we were all hoping, but it’s still been an absolutely massive year for gaming.Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2,Split Fiction,Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and a ton more releases have shot up the charts as some of the best-reviewed games of the year....

Death Stranding 2: On The Beachis a massive game. I’ve spent over 50 hours in the open world epic and, after hitting credits, I’m still stumbling across new and exciting discoveries. I delivered something to a local Pizza Chef last night and, in return, he taught me ancient pizza karate and gave me a rubber pizza dough frisbee I can throw into the air to stun my enemies. Yes, that is something that actually happened....

Summary Despite being almost 20 years old,The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivionis a game rich in secrets. There arehidden pieces of environmental storytelling, uniquehacks to perform otherwise mundane tasks, andmysterious charactersscattered throughout the world. While veterans of the game may be familiar with these, given that it’s been out so long, theOblivion Remasterhas introduced a whole new audience to the world of Cyrodiil and its many quirks. Over the last few days, fans have begun to stumble across another one of the game’s little secrets, finding that you can get a stat boost for standing around doing absolutely nothing....

A reliable insider has shared a final statement on everything they know aboutMetroid Prime 4: Beyond, which includes a surprising claim thatNintendoannounced it early to make up for Federation Force’s reception. Metroid fans are no strangers to having to wait a very long time for information about the series, but the last few months have been a little weird when it comes to Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.Despite having multiple trailers throughout the year and being set for 2025, Nintendo hasn’t said much about it in a while,leaving some to worry about its status....

At the end of this year,EAwill finally deleteAnthemfrom existence.BioWare’s attempt to take over the live-service genre crashed and burned as quickly as one of its exosuit-clad Freelancers took to the sky, mission after tedious mission. It’s true,Anthem isn’t a great game, but itisan important one. Its failure saved BioWare from EA’s attempts to morph its acclaimed RPG studio into something more cravenly commercial — though not quickly enough for it to reshape the GaaS foundations of its deeply flawed follow-upDragon Age: The Veilguard....

Summary SpongeBob SquarePantsfans with good taste who love the original movie might want to keep an eye on Titans of the Tide, as it’s bringing back a fan-favourite character we’ve not seen in years. As if this Summer hasn’t been busy enough for gaming news, THQ Nordic held ashowcase earlier this week that highlighted a bunch of upcoming games, including Reanimal and Darksiders 4. The best announcement of the bunch was, without a doubt,the reveal of a new SpongeBob platformer, Titans of the Tide....