Last year, NetEase skyrocketed into the mainstream (at least in the West) with free-to-play hero shooterMarvel Rivals. Ever since then, I’ve been associating the mobile game giant with the pile of Marvel slop clogging up the app store. It turns out I’ve been blaming the wrong studio all along. While NetEase has developed a couple of Marvel games before (Marvel Super War, Marvel Duel), they were never been released globally. Don’t mistake the Netmarbles for NetEase: there’s a scourge of low-quality Marvel mobile games out there, but NetEase has nothing to do with it....

Summary Believe it or not, there’s lore toMarvel Rivals. Canon explanations as to why heroes and villains are working together to fight other teams of heroes and villains in an endless loop. All of that lore is available to read in-game if you want to know more, and a new entry explains why Ultron, an artificial being who is usually hellbent on wiping out everything and everyone, will be willing to lend a hand when he arrives on the Rivals roster this Friday....

Summary It’s been a while since we heard anything about the nextMass Effectgame. There have even been fears that the project might be in danger following the lukewarm performance ofDragon Age: The Veilguard. That’s why something as simple as an emoji from the director working on the project has left a lot of Mass Effect fans feeling equal parts excited and relieved. Other than the next Mass Effect ever seeing the light of day, the biggest concern fans have is that it remains faithful to the original trilogy....

Summary NetherRealm just announcedMortal Kombat 1: Definitive Edition with a new trailer, seemingly confirming that there will be no future DLC, and that the rumoured Kombat Pack 3 has been cancelled. It includes all the post-launch content, including the Khaos Reigns story expansion, and is being billed as the “ultimate collection at the best value”. NetherRealm also stated in the reveal that the Definitive Edition comes with “all 35 fighters” and “all 21 kameos”, further hinting that no more characters will be added to the game....

Summary Mount & Bladehas always been a series ripe for modding — Mount & Blade: Warband has several widely-played mods, such as the famous Prophesy of Pendor, the dozens of Game of Thrones conversion mods and the Sengoku Japan conversion mod, Gekojujo. Gekojujo is especially relevant given that a spiritual successor has emerged, a wonderful-looking conversion mod for Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord called Shokuho. The team behind the mod published arelease date trailer, featuring a full voice-over from a Japanese voice actor....

Over a year ago, people who had pre-orders for upcoming first-partyNintendo Switchgames throughAmazonhad their orders canceled and refunded without explanation. Amazon hasn’t sold first-party Switch games that released since then; however, 14 months later, it looks like whatever the problem was between the two parties has been resolved. For the first time since Amazon started canceling pre-orders for games likePaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door- that’s how long this has been going on, that remake hadn’t even launched yet - first-partyNintendogames, including pre-orders, are available directly through Amazon....

Summary TheNintendo Switch 2is now just a day away from release. If you were planning to get one at launch, you’ve either secured a pre-order or have been left hanging by retailers. However, most fans are probably waiting for a price drop to grab the next-gen Switch. Unfortunately, with the world economy being in flux thanks to the Trump administration’s tariff policies, prices may go higher before they get lower....

Whether you’re into soulslike games or not, you’ve likely heard of both theNiohseries andElden Ring. Although these two share the same genre and many of the same tags, they are vastly different entities. Nioh, with its first game released in 2017, focuses primarily on Japanese mythology and folklore, with a strong character focus that has evolved into customization options. Elden Ring, released in 2022, is a Western-style medieval fantasy with a more open-ended narrative and world....

One of the many,manymemes surroundingBethesda’sown Todd Howard is the whole ‘See that mountain? you’re able to climb it.’ concept. You’ve probably heard that before, or something along those lines, and it’s been around since the days ofSkyrimback in 2011. It’ll often resurface in conversation, as it has with bothFalloutandStarfieldover the years. Here’s the thing:The Elder Scrolls 6needs to let usactuallyclimb that mountain. I don’t mean walk up a path. I don’t mean to use a horse on impossible slopes....

Quick Links Ota is trapped inside the elevator in this chapter ofNo Sleep for Kaname Date, and it’ll be up to Iris and Moma on the outside (each on their own floor of a building) to try and help this mega-fan out of his creepy elevator predicament. Early in the puzzlewhen you’re controlling Ota, you’ll need to provide a code to Iris in order to help her open a locked safety latch on the wall in the hopes of finding a way out....

Earlier today, we lost one of the truly great pioneers of heavy metal,as it was announced that Ozzy Osbourne has passed away aged 76. At the time of writing, the cause of Ozzy’s death has not yet been confirmed, though the singer had been battling with Parkinson’s disease and a spinal injury that occurred in 2019. On Twitter, it was explained that Ozzy was “with his family and surrounded by love” when he passed....

A little more than a day ago,SonysentPlayStationfans into a frenzyafter a job listing was discovered that explicitly stated it was looking for someone to help with its multi-platform strategy. Specifically, for executing strategy across “Steam,Epic Games Store,Xbox,Nintendo, and mobile.” Naturally, many took that to mean that past, present and futurePlayStationexclusives could jump ship from thePlayStation 4andPlayStation 5in the same way thatMicrosofthas begunbringing many of its previous Xbox exclusives to other platforms, namely PlayStation....

Summary A long time ago,SonyandNintendowere set to collaborate on an actual console. However,things weren’t meant to be, and we gotthe PlayStation instead, and Nintendocontinued on its own path. That said, via some nifty tinkering, you can stop letting dreams be dreams, and instead make your own Nintendo PlayStation by connecting aPlayStation 5 DualSenseto the recently releasedNintendo Switch 2. Playing Mario Kart With A DualSense Feels So Wrong, And Also Right As detailed by GamesRadar, a DualSense can be connected to the Switch 2 via a MayFlash Wii U GameCube Controller Adapter, which also works with a Switch 2 for OG GameCube controller purposes....