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We used to play Mario Kart. It was 2003 and the Nintendo GameCube was a full-fledged member of my high school clique. It was at every social gathering, no matter how big or small. I went as far as to buy a carrying case for mine that was big enough to carry a few controllers and all its cords. It rode in the backseat for countless car rides, strapped in...
Rise up, gooners: Marvel Rivals is getting a beach-themed summer event, and everyone is looking hot. You’ve got expected additions, like a breezy Luna Snow skin that turns the popstar’s soundscape into roving waves. Based on the footage, Snow is clearly the biggest draw here — her skin includes a bespoke soundtrack of lo-fi tunes and small flourishes like fish that swim all around her. 🌴 The Summer Special Event...
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Five years after its original release, The Last of Us Part 2 received a free update, adding a mode that presents the game’s non-linear narrative in chronological order. Given the game’s track record of controversy, it wasn’t surprising that the announcement was met with mixed reception. Over the years, The Last of Us Part 2 has been on the receiving end of a wide range of complaints — about how...
Sometimes all you can do is take a struggling project back to the drawing board. Unfortunately for Dead Island 2 publisher Deep Silver, that's a decision that meant adding eight years and millions of dollars to the sequel's development time (via GamesIndustry.biz).In a talk at British game dev conference Develop:Brighton, former Deep Silver head of comms Martin Wein says the call to delay and overhaul Dead Island 2 was the...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, an episodic look at the crew of the USS Enterprise set before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series, has proved so popular that in April 2024, Paramount Plus renewed it for a fourth season while season 3 was still in production. But after laying off hundreds of employees in June 2025, the streaming service announced that SNW would be ending with an abridged...
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To hardflip the castle and fountain gap in the Waterpark level in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 involves exploring the place and interacting with specific elements on the map. Finishing this mission requires you to restore the power to the arcade, which unlocks a secret entrance to the castle. To do so, you’ll need to find a pair of keys that is hidden around the map, like you’ve already done...
Coming up with ideas is a funny thing: You never know when inspiration might strike, or what might stoke its embers. But more often than not, it’ll be something totally unexpected. Just look at the brains behind the upcoming Switch 2 exclusive, Donkey Kong Bananza. Some of the things that players will get to experience when the game releases on July 17 have origins that nobody would have ever guessed....
The next entry in Netflix’s Rebel Moon series is an action game with Diablo vibes, as detailed in a new trailer for Blood Line: A Rebel Moon Game, a mobile game out now for Netflix subscribers. First announced in September 2024, Blood Line is multiplayer mobile action game developed by Super Evil Megacorp (SEMC) in conjunction with Netflix Games and Rebel Moon director Zack Snyder’s production company, The Stone Quarry....
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I welcomed the announcement of Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition like a text from an old partner who broke my heart: I haven’t forgotten, but I’m ready to forgive. When Neverwinter Nights 2 came out in 2006, I was excited. After getting my introduction to computer role-playing games with Baldur’s Gate 2, which is still the best game I’ve ever played, I eagerly jumped into the “next gen” game, Neverwinter...
Neverwinter Nights 2 is one of my favorite games—if you want to know why you should play it, I've got a separate write-up here. Even though NwN2 released in 2006 after the dawn of the Xbox 360, it's aged more poorly than many of its contemporaries and even predecessors, making it harder and harder to recommend over the years until now.I'm happy to say that Aspyr did a great job...