After a long wait, fans have finally gotten their hands onSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, one of the final capstones toSuper Mario Bros.' 35th anniversary. The enhanced Nintendo Switch port of the 2013 Wii U title has been one of the Switch’s most ambitious ports yet, changing gameplay mechanics, adding an online multiplayer mode, and of course, a brand newSuper Mario Odyssey-styledmini-adventure in the form ofBowser’s Fury. Some fans who either got the game delivered to them early or downloaded it on Thursday night were greeted with a day-one patch forSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury,as has become custom with many Nintendo Switch games at this point....

Minecraftplayers everywhere were stunned when it was revealed thatMinecraft’s Steve and Alex would joinSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateas DLC fighters. While the reveal reaction was so intense thatSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate’sMinecraftcrossover crashed Twitter, once theMinecraftcharacters were actually added to the game, players noticed something unusual about Steve’s win screen. When Steve won a round, he’d be holding onto a slab of meat, the same kind that he regularly munches on both inMinecraftandSmash Bros....

As fans eagerly await the second installment of Matt Reeves' more grounded iteration of Batman, the rumor mill turns out rumor after rumor. Fans don’t know much aboutThe Batman-Part 2, but as time creeps closer to the film’s expected release in 2025, more info comes to light. Matt Reeves established a darker, grittier, and more grounded world of Gotham City than fans have seen in live-action. Fans greeted Paul Dano’s portrayal of Riddler with overwhelming praise as he showed an iteration of the character never before seen on the big screen....

Front Missionis a strategy RPG series that is set far in the future where wars are fought with mechs. It’s a standard setup for Japanese games and anime, but there are a few twists that this series puts on the genre.Front Mission 1st: Remake, which is the fourth attempt at re-releasing the series' first game, takes place in the year 2090. RELATED:The Best Strategy Games You Can Play On The Switch (According To Metacritic)...

Quick Links The DioField Chronicleis a tactical RPG with plenty of room for experimentation. The game borrows elements from other titles in the genre, likeFire EmblemandXCOM. As a result, there’s a lot of depth and options, character buffs, and skills for players to learn as they progress through the story. RELATED:The DioField Chronicle - How Long To Beat The Game Ability Points or APinThe DioField Chronicleis the method for players to increase a unit’s stats in battle....

As players journeyed throughout the land of Tamriel inThe Elder Scrolls: Skyrim,or any otherElder Scrollsgame, there’s a chance that they jave heard of the Green Pact, a deal made between the Bosmer, orWood Elves, with Y’ffre, a powerful forest god and important figure for the Bosmer pantheon. At its core, the Green Pact means that Wood Elves can’t harm or eat any vegetation, which has had a far-reaching impact on the race’s culture and relationship with the otherprovinces of Tamriel....

The Mediumis finally out and fans are exploring their way through the creepy, supernatural world Bloober Team has created. Early sales figures for the game have been very impressive, asThe Mediumhas already recouped development costafter less than a week. Unfortunately,The Medium’s release has not been the absolute smoothest experience, especially on PC. According to reports from DSOGaming, the most recent PC patch forThe Mediumhas seemingly made the game run much worse than before, with CPUs and GPUs being under-utilized in the current build....

Summary Overwatch 2has changed quite a bit since the first game launched in 2016. One of the biggest changes was whenBlizzard chose to shift from 6v6 to 5v5in order to reduce queue times and encourage faster team fights. Throughout the years, there have been several reworks to controversial maps and characters. SinceOverwatch 2debuted in early access in October 2022, the hero shooter has seen multiple changes. There are six new characters in the game now, which brings the roster to 38 heroes....

While Valve’s game output isn’t as big as it was in the mid-2000s, the developer has plenty of IPs that are still beloved to this day. This includes the seminal first-person puzzle gamePortal, where players face several tests from Aperture Science’s deadly computer villain GLaDOS and enjoy some witty writing and black comedy that tie the whole thing together. Interest in the franchise has been maintained through a variety of mods and fan made creations, such as ademake ofPortalfor the N64, or in the case of one fan, a remake built within Unreal Engine....

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2is, as the title suggests, a sequel to the originalWarhammer 40K: Space Marinegame. Like the original, it will feature a third-person perspective, plenty of hacking and slashing, andWarhammer 40K’sUltramarine Captain Titusas its protagonist.Space Marine 2was first unveiled at the Game Awards in 2021, surprising many fans who had assumed for a while that the olderSpace Marinewould not be getting a sequel. In the initialSpace Marine 2reveal, fans got a look at Titus once again as he and his Space Marine companions stepped into combat against a Xenos threat....

Microsoft’s blockbuster announcement that it haspurchased ZeniMax Media, which includes Bethesda Game Studios, has rocked the gaming world. It has completely changed the complexion of the next-generation console war, and seemingly solves Xbox’s console exclusivity problem in one fell swoop. However, the acquisition also creates some interesting questions for some of the other studios Microsoft has acquired over the past few years. In particular, Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda may mean some interesting things forObsidian Entertainment....

Summary 2023 hasn’t been the best year forBungieandDestiny 2, its main active title within the live-service spectrum, but there are good things to come from the company in 2024 based on what players and fans know so far. For starters,Destiny 2’s 2024 newsincludes several small releases and updates from January through the beginning of June, with players getting to experience the Guardian Games event as well as a brand-new project in the form of Into The Light, which is yet to be revealed in full detail....

Starring Andrea Martin and Margot Kidder, the 1974 horror movieBlack Christmasis the definition of campy fun. The story of sorority sisters being tormented by a killer has become iconic, and there have been many films that follow the same idea of characters hiding in a house. Like the 1979 movieWhen A Stranger Calls,Black Christmasis an entertaining slasher that is perfect for horror fans who want to catch up on the classics....