Just like Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong is getting a minor makeover as Nintendo moves into the next generation. And like the elder DK, Diddy will look a bit more like his The Super Mario Bros. Movie counterpart, with the addition of… teeth. A poster on the Famiboards forums noticed this week that the Nintendo Switch news channel showed off new artwork for Diddy Kong, and while the differences may be...

You can easily kill a few demons in Doom: The Dark Ages with your hands, but as the Doom Slayer, you need all the firepower you can have. That’s where your weapons come in. Doom: The Dark Ages offers a considerable number of weapons to use, from the classic shotgun to a flail that gives this game its characteristic medieval flavor. You will find your favorites among them, but you...

As a fan of Martha Wells’ award-winning, popular Murderbot Diaries book series, I’ve been dubious about Apple TV Plus’ TV adaptation Murderbot from the beginning. In part, those books are so beloved because they ride such a specific, unusual, entertaining line between straight science fiction and wry but aching comedy — a tone that would be difficult to nail on the screen. And every single Murderbot fan I’ve talked to...

Nightmare skins are a type of weapon skin in Doom: The Dark Ages. By equipping them, you can customize your guns to look as cool as the killing sprees you perform with them — but you do have to find these skins first. Skins can be easily equipped in Doom: The Dark Ages by accessing the dossier and selecting the gun in your arsenal. Just press the command to open...

The full reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 was largely focused on all the new games you can play. The hardware specs weren’t the focus, but Nintendo dropped a detailed list of what’s inside the Switch 2 on its website, and later provided even more detailed tech specs. Most of what we knew from the original announcement video and some leaks turned out to be true: It’s a bigger, better...

In the Minecraft universe, saddles were essentially an ancient technology whose recipe was lost to time. Nobody knew how to craft them. However, that’s all about to change with craftable saddles added into Minecraft’s upcoming Summer Drop 2025. They can be experienced now in Minecraft’s test realms (Java snapshot and Bedrock’s beta and preview). Just a simple three leather and one iron ingot recipe is ushering in a new, more...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 might be the most fun I’ve had playing a role-playing game since 2023’s Baldur’s Gate 3. Its turn-based combat is more engaging than at first blush, and defeating powerful enemies provides the same elation that taking down a boss in a FromSoftware game does. It also offers some of the more challenging gameplay I’ve encountered in some time, with dodge and parry timing that’ll leave even...

Fruit Battlegrounds is a One Piece-inspired PVP game in Roblox. Players collect different fruits similar to the devil fruit and equip them to gain incredible abilities in arena combat with other players. Unlocking the best fruit, however, will require a lot of spinning for gems, rebirths, and boss drops. Some fruit can be unlocked through NPCs, but most of the time, you’ll be spinning. If you want to drop in...

Last week, Nintendo predicted it would sell 15 million Switch 2 consoles in its current financial year. This would actually be a fantastic result — equalling Switch, and just about any console you care to mention — but analysts called the figure “conservative” and “on the low side.” That’s just how high the expectations for Switch 2 sales are. The consensus was that Nintendo’s conservative estimate was due to uncertainty...

It’s officially been a year since Marvel Rivals took the PvP hero shooter world by storm with its Closed Alpha Test, and to thank the fans, the devs have announced the return of its Season 0 Battle Pass. NetEase Games, in its recent dev diary entry, said following the May 15 update, they’re dropping a Galacta’s Gift event, where players can earn Nameplates, Sprays, and Chrono Shield Cards as free...