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Hades 2 has been in early access for a year now, and while the game was functional and had most of the gameplay elements that will ship in the final game, many of those features initially sported placeholder art. Sometimes, that artwork was a rough draft of the design, but other times, Hades 2 relied […]

As revolutionary as Nintendo’s original Switch was, it came with a big — or, rather, very, very small — problem: Its tiny Joy-Con controllers were pretty terrible. Sure, they were novel, rumbled in neat ways, and lent themselves, in theory, to multiple playstyles, but they were also far too little, uncomfortable to hold, and not

A new update for Elden Ring Nightreign rolled out on Thursday, adding an extra layer of challenge. The first of the game’s Everdark Sovereigns, stronger and more challenging versions of existing Nightlord bosses, is here, letting players test themselves against a familiar foe — but only for a limited time. Players can now face the

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been everywhere lately. From an excellent movie to a renowned graphic novel to a handful of great games, Leo, Raph, Mikey, and Donnie are consistently reaching new peaks in terms of popularity. So, where is left for the quartet to go after 40 years? Developer Strange Scaffold answers that

If you’re just clocking in for your first shifts in FBC: Firebreak, it might seem a trifle overwhelming. Firebreak teaches you little about how cleaning up The Oldest House works, and it’s easy to miss some small, important details, things like activating respawn points or weakening waves of enemies. Below, we’ve put together a list

Microsoft announced Tuesday that it has signed a deal with AMD to “co-engineer silicon” — make the chips, in other words — for its “next-generation Xbox consoles.” President of Xbox Sarah Bond made the announcement in a short video posted to YouTube. In itself, this isn’t that significant. AMD has been the chip supplier for

I knew I was going to be rusty when I sat down with Overture, the Lies of P prequel expansion that shadowdropped on June 6. Over a year had passed since I had beaten and last played Lies of P, and I hadn’t dabbled with many Soulslikes in the interim. However, stepping into the shoes

Nintendo will stream a Donkey Kong Bananza Direct presentation on Wednesday, June 18, starting at 6 a.m. PDT / 9 a.m. EDT / 2 p.m. BST. On the Nintendo Today app, it was confirmed that the newest Nintendo Direct showcase will present “roughly 15 minutes of information about the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 game.” Since

We already suspected that New Donk City mayor Pauline might make an appearance in Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch 2, but Nintendo just confirmed in a new Nintendo Direct the one-time-damsel-in-distress will not only show up in the game, she’ll be Donkey Kong’s co-op partner in their new adventure. Pauline will also appear as Odd

Nintendo Switch 2 owners — including multiple Split Fiction players — are reporting that their consoles are automatically disabling the rumble feature after “prolonged use.” What exactly constitutes prolonged use is up for debate, as some players have reported on Reddit that the feature was disabled after about a minute of nonstop rumbling; others say