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NTE Zankou Build Best Guide
Zankou is a powerful Incantation DPS in NTE, but her best build heavily relies on Ravenous Blade. Here are her best Arc, Module, and F2P options.
Splatoon 3 updating to Version 11.3.0 tomorrow (patch notes)
An update for Splatoon 3 has been scheduled for tomorrow, 19th August, pushing the colourful third-person ink shooter to Version 11.3.0. This latest update applies to both Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, adding the previously announced Plastic-Bottle Shot Replica rewarded to those who have a Splatoon...
Epic Mickey Brought An Icon Back To Disney, And Warren Specter Doesn’t Want You To Forget
After over four decades in video games, developer Warren Specter is retiring from the industry. But as Specter moves towards the door, he wants to make sure that the team behind his 2010 game Epic Mickey gets their due for bringing one of Walt Disney's earliest creations back home to Disney. In...
Nintendo applies for new trademark for Dr. Mario World
Back in October 2021 Nintendo terminated the iOS and Android game Dr. Mario World presumably because there just wasn’t enough active users. Now it has emerged that Nintendo has applied for a new trademark for Dr. Mario World leading to online speculation that the game could be ported to the...
Over Requiemz
The mystical land of Oz has captured the imagination of many and is heralded as one of the earliest portal fantasy series ever penned. Over Requiemz is a decidedly different take on the tale, blending familiar concepts and ideas within a darker fantasy setting to create a choice-heavy VN otome...
Kingdom Hearts pays tribute to Hayden Panettiere, who "brought warmth, heart, and an unforgettable voice" to Kairi
The official Kingdom Hearts social media accounts have paid tribute to American actor Hayden Panettiere, the voice behind Kairi in the earliest games in the RPG series, after her death at age 36. Panettiere held numerous iconic roles throughout her career, both on screen and in video games. From...
2024’s Greatest Roguelike Is a Must-Play on Xbox Game Pass
Balatro may look like a simple riff on poker, but beneath its simple pixel-art surface lies an engine for boundless experimentation.
Co-Op Open-World Survival Game on Steam is Basically Project Zomboid with Aliens
A brand-new co-op open-world survival sandbox game, releasing on Steam on August 21, applies the Project Zomboid formula to aliens.
DeepSeek’s Peak-Hour Pricing Betrays Where Its Users Really Live, Calming US Fears of a China AI Takeover, Even As Alibaba’s Qwen Models Bury Meta On Hugging Face
There has been much consternation in the United States over the past few weeks around the supposed proliferation of open-weight AI models from China. Even so, DeepSeek's newly instituted peak-hour pricing mechanism belies those fears, and suggests that most of its users still reside in Asia. While...
Duskfade Review – Time to Clock In
Duskfade is Weird Beluga's attempt at making a fun, light-hearted adventure families can enjoy together. Here's how well it manages.
After 20 Years, Classic 2D Platformer Comes to Steam, And It's Free
A very popular 2006 indie platformer called Knytt has received a port for modern PCs, coming to Steam and GOG as a free download. Knytt was one of the earliest indie projects to gain fame on the internet and amass its own cult following. Steam already hosted one of Knytt's sequels, though the...
Star Wars’ 5 Best Sequel Era Books & Comics
Since Obi-Wan’s off-hand mention of the Clone Wars in A New Hope or Han alluding to “the bounty hunter we ran into on Ord Mantell [who] changed my mind” in The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars has had a tradition of making fans wonder what happened off screen between movies. And from the earliest...
Simpsons creator Matt Groening implies that a Hit & Run remaster is coming, current showrunner hastily disputes
Stonecutters-level opsec.
New Steam Game is Basically Stellar Blade With Disney Princesses
An upcoming character action game takes the core of Stellar Blade and applies it to the original Brothers Grimm versions of Disney Princesses.
Berry Bury Berry heading to Nintendo Switch
Get Color Games has announced its popular PC title Berry Bury Berry for consoles, including Nintendo Switch. You can grab it on August 20, 2026. Berry Bury Berry is described as a “first-person incremental game about growing berries and tossing them down an ominous hole.” Money flies out, you can...
Disney Dreamlight Valley reveals The Keepsake Sea expansion, Hannah Montana & Lizzie McGuire collection, more
At D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event today, Disney Dreamlight Valley revealed what lies ahead for the game, including The Keepsake Sea expansion, Hannah Montana & Lizzie McGuire collection, and more. Disney & Pixar Games team sat down for a special panel celebrating the game. Courtney...
"Small Fixes, Big Difference" - This Handy Windjammers ROM Hack Solves The Game's "One Big Flaw"
You can now pull off "gorgeous" rallies with ease. Jérémy Lemaire, otherwise known as Boomchil, has just released a new fan-made ROM hack for Data East's 1994 Neo Geo "future sports" game, Windjammers. As Lemaire states on his website, "Windjammers... is without a doubt one of the Neo•Geo's best...
PEAK: All Monsters & How to Beat Them
Struggling to survive PEAK's deadliest creatures? Check out our complete monster guide covering every biome location, weakness, and trick to beat them
☕Tomo’s Teatime(◡‿◡) #17
# Tomo's Teatime - Shall We Talk? Hello, everyone! This is Director Tomo. Thank you for coming to today's teatime. Ereb has finally joined us in the GrandChase universe. It seemed like just yesterday where we were filling up notepads with ideas for Iris and Ereb, it's amazing how fast time flies!...
Precognition Is A New Live-Action Sci-Fi Horror Game By Immortality Developer And Filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg
Half-Mermaid, the studio led by Sam Barlow, the mind behind games such as Immortality, Her Story, and Telling Lies, has announced its next project, Precognition. Described as a sci-fi horror adventure, the game is being made in collaboration with horror filmmaker Branden Cronenberg (Possessor,...
Never Grave took an hour to convince me I shouldn't have judged its action gameplay on aesthetics alone
They say comparison is the thief of joy, and I'm starting to wonder if that applies to games, particularly when I offhandedly dismiss something for more than obviously cribbing from something else. When I first saw Never Grave, I thought it was a cynical attempt at pulling in folks who love Hollow...
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Feels Like Four Games’ Worth Of Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem has always been known for its mechanical density and complexity, but Fortune's Weave applies a force multiplier. With an array of four differentiated but intertwining story campaigns, it feels complex in a way that could prove overwhelming. Having played the first several chapters of...
Steam Users Can Download a 10/10 Masterpiece Completely Free of Charge on August 19
Thanks to a limited-supply deal, some Steam users are going to be able to download, play, and keep a 10/10 gaming masterpiece from 2012 forever. Of course, because supplies are limited, this Steam deal is going to be on a first-come, first-served basis, and the provider will no doubt run out of...
Lies of P: Complete Edition Becomes the Franchise’s Highest-Rated Release
NEOWIZ has shared new comments following the positive critical reception to the Switch 2 port of its souls-like Lies of P: Complete Edition. With a Metacritic score of 86, “Lies of P: Complete Edition for Nintendo Switch 2 has led to the highest ratings in the history of the Soulslike franchise.”...
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