The original Nintendo Switch had such a massive piracy problem, hackers were able to play new first-party games weeks before they were available to the public. Since its release in early June, hackers have wondered if the Switch 2 might have similar vulnerabilities, but early reports suggest that Nintendo has anticipated typical methods of meddling with its portable hardware. Hackers on social media sites are beginning to share photos and...
Doing well in Mario Kart World is the same as putting a target on your back when it comes to blue shells. For some, the combination of a high skill ceiling, tough NPCs, and prevalence of the spiny item has proven irksome, but it doesn’t have to be this way. You have more tools in your arsenal to deal with the blue shell than might be immediately apparent. As detailed...
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake still theoretically on track for 2026, Ubisoft tells skeptics
The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake is still in the works, according to a recent post from the official Prince of Persia X account. “Yep, we’re still deep in the game — exploring, building, and ensuring the sands move with purpose,” the post reads. “This game is being crafted by a team that truly cares, and they’re pouring their hearts (and a lot of coffee) into every...
There are only so many ways to capture the majesty of sharks in reality television programming. In a genre all-but dominated by Discovery Channel’s Shark Week and National Geographic’s SharkFest, how can a contender like Netflix make a splash in the shark space? How about steal the hook of the Pokémon Snap games, but replace every Pokémon with a breed of shark? That’s effectively the premise of All the Sharks,...
Genshin Impact’s 5.7 patch (aka the Skirk patch) is coming soon, with some new heavy Danslief story coming with it. If you’re one of the people who immediately went feral for Skirk when she appeared in Fontaine, this is the patch for you. Below, we explain when Genshin Impact maintenance starts and ends, alongside the release time of version 5.7. We’ve also added some details about what to expect from...
Everyone’s on edge the moment that long HP bar appears and Elden Ring Nightreign’s choir rises into a crescendo. Even with a group of three people, boss fights are meant to be challenging in a Souls game. Yet few enemy encounters fill the community with as much dread as the Bell Bearing Hunter. It’s gotten so bad, the whole thing has become a running joke for fans who have had...
From the beginning of its 2022 launch, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds offered a different approach compared to previous entries in the franchise. Tapping into nostalgia with a prequel to the original ’60s Star Trek, Goldsman and his co-showrunner, Henry Alonso Myers, provided fresh spins on the original show’s most famous characters and minor players alike. Strange New Worlds has alternated between issue-driven stories and silly stuff like body-swapping plots...
Borderlands 4 is now up for pre-order, and the price is $69.99, not the once-declared $79.99. Publisher 2K Games revealed the news on Monday, finally putting to rest the tired conversation surrounding Borderlands 4‘s potential retail price. In a press release, 2K disclosed what players will receive as a pre-order bonus of the game’s standard edition, which comes with one Vault Hunter skin, a weapon skin, and a skin for...
CD Projekt RED is taking a “console-first” approach to The Witcher 4‘s development in the hopes of avoiding another buggy, Cyberpunk-esque launch disaster, according to a recent interview with Digital Foundry. In a tech demo shown earlier this month at the State of Unreal showcase, the studio showed off the game, playing the demo on a standard PlayStation 5 running the game at 60 frames-per-second with ray-tracing enabled. The Witcher...
My Hero Academia season 8 will be the final season of the series, and as such, the latest trailer that has just been released marks the end of an era for the popular anime based on the manga by Kohei Horikoshi. The trailer above teases a few final conflicts, including the end of the battle between Armored All Might and One For All, which began in the previous season. The...