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Hollow Knight: Silksongis the highly anticipated sequel to Hollow Knight, the beloved indie metroidvania known for its haunting world, fluid platforming, and deep lore. This time, you must take control of Hornet, the agile princess-protector of Hallownest, as she navigates a strange new kingdom filled with danger and mystery. With the return of stunning hand-drawn visuals and precise, challenging gameplay, Silksong promises to build on everything that made the original a masterpiece....

Triple-A publishers understandably play it safe. Often, it takes an Indie dev to prove that a risky idea can actually make some money. In many cases, entire genres were ignored by big studios for years until one breakout indie made them impossible to ignore. I’ve lost count of how many mainstream games are now chasing mechanics that small teams did better (and first). These are the genres that only got the Triple-A treatment after indie games took the creative leap (and, sometimes, do it better)....

More than a month on fromMario Kart World’s release, we’re still trying to figure out our preferred character-kart combos while agonizing over which techniques, old and new, are worth mastering and which ones you can forget about if they’re causing you problems. Turns out charged jumps fall into the latter category. Well, for the most part. One of the new mechanics introduced to the series by Mario Kart World is the charged jump....

Back at the series' beginnings, theMario Kartgames, as the name implies, were kart racers purely for Mario characters. However, with the slow introduction of characters like R.O.B. and Mario-adjacent additions like the wider Kong clan, it was clear that the requirements for entry weren’t too strict. It came to a head with 8, including more non-Mario characters than ever, with characters like Link from The Legend of Zelda, Inklings from Splatoon, and Villagers from Animal Crossing....

Quick Links Date Everythingis game all about dating everything that you can find. It’s a genuinely impressive amount of objects you can date here. Yet despite this being your own home, not every door is open to you. That’s not exactly surprising considering how many boxes there are strewn about the place the general unpacked nature of the home. For example, you don’t even know where the key to your own attic is, and Dorian isn’t exactly keen on letting you in....

Summary For the most part, combat inRevenge of the Savage Planetisn’t too tough. Most normal creatures won’t cause too many issues once you know their weakness, and they tend to only be a proper threat unless they’re in large groups. However, the bosses are a clear exception to this. During set moments during the story, you’ll come across particularly tricky boss enemies. These could be Alpha versions of standard creatures you need to capture for research, or massive behemoths that stand in the way of a new tool....

Quick Links College football games have always had a unique situation when it comes to difficulty, andCollege Football 26is no different in this regard. The sport of college football is very much the same; it’s not even close to an even playing field, and that’s part of the charm. If you’re jumping into CFB 26 and trying to figure out which difficulty setting to use, it can be a difficult time figuring out which is going to be the best for you....

Hasbro held itsStar Warspanel at San Diego Comic-Con today, revealing some new additions to The Black Series action figures collection. The reveals include a little something for everyone with figures modeled after characters from the prequels, the animated shows, and even a new two-pack added to the still very new Clones of the Republic line. The Black Series' Clones of the Republic collection pairs up characters for exclusive two-packs, and the pairing revealed today during SDCC is a big one....

AnyFinal Fantasy 14player worth their salt will know Jason Charles Miller, or at least be familiar with his voice, considering he’s belted out vocals across four iconic tracks for the MMORPG, including the unforgettable Close in the Distance. Miller also lent his vocal talents to pro wrestler Kenny Omega’s latest theme song, which was also composed by Soken. Miller was first asked to collaborate with FF14 composer Masayoshi Soken on Shadowbringers, the theme song for the expansion of the same name....

Earlier this month,Microsoft underwent mass layoffs of around 9,100 employees. This directly resulted in the cancellation of several in-development projects, and some studios almost shutting down. This has been going on over the last two years, but according to chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, “Microsoft is thriving”. It seems that the company has been doing well on paper, but that has always been the case with multinational corporations. On two separate occasions, we’ve reportedNadella enjoying a pay rise,while employees have been getting laid off....

Nintendoappears to have achieved the impossible and created enough supply to meet the incredibleSwitch 2demand. However, there will be a lot of Nintendo fans in Texas this week who will have to go without after a delivery truck carrying almost 3,000 Switch 2 consoles was raided and all of the stock inside was stolen. A delivery truck was on its way from Nintendo of America in Washington to Texas with 2,810 Switch 2 consoles that were meant to finish their journey in various GameStop stores, but they never made it....

Quick Links You won’t often be using fancy equipment inAbiotic Factor, not with everything broken, locked down, or both. You’ll have to make things from office supplies and salvaged metal, like turning a floor lamp into a spear or some metal pipes into a club you can defend yourself with. These makeshift items don’t last forever, though. You don’t want to have them break at a bad time, and it’s unwieldy to carry around five of the same items in the event one of them does break, since you have limited inventory space and a weight capacity....

Quick Links You’ll find a lot of different resources at GATE’s facility inAbiotic Factor, a number of which are liquids. You’ve got your standard water for drinking and cooking, different types of acid, radioactive waste, water full of alien fish, and the classic: Oil. Oil can be used to make several helpful items, such as the Chopinator, which is fantastic for defending your base against marauding entities and hostile forces, or a cart to make hauling lots of heavy materials to and from different areas of the facility....