Supercell, the mobile game company behind Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, normally likes to keep its game announcements close to its chest. But today, it dropped a trailer revealing a whopping three in-progress mobile games, all set in the Clash universe.The first game, Clash Quest, is a turn-based, tactical, …
Read More »The Best Metroidvanias
The genre of the “Exploration Platformer,” or “Platformer Adventure,” or you know what, let’s just call it like it is, the Metroidvania – or just “Metroid-like” if you’re a purist – is one that has truly blossomed over the last decade or so and spawned some truly incredible 2D games, …
Read More »Avatar: The Last Airbender Universe Being Planned, With Multiple Series and Movies
Nickelodeon has started to lay the groundwork for an "Avatar Airbender universe" that will feature multiple series and movies.In an interview with Deadline, Nickelodeon president Brian Robbins revealed that the network is in the very early stages of planning an expansion of the Avatar: The Last Airbender that will consist …
Read More »Nintendo Reportedly Canceled a Zelda Netflix Series After It Leaked
Nintendo reportedly scrapped a live-action Legend of Zelda series with Netflix after news of the project leaked and circulated online.As reported by Eurogamer, US comedian Adam Conover, who was aware of a secret Star Fox claymation project around the same time, revealed that Nintendo canceled its proposed slate of video …
Read More »How Harry Potter Fans Are Coping With J.K. Rowling
Editor's Note 3/19/2022: With the Hogwarts Legacy video game receiving a fresh round of promotion ahead of release, Harry Potter fans are once again questioning how to grapple with their love of the Wizarding World in the face of J.K. Rowling's transphobic rhetoric, so we're resurfacing this article on the …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 PC Review
Editor's Note: We've replaced the video version of this review with one that uses gameplay footage recorded on the PC build of Cyberpunk 2077, instead of the trailers we had to use previously due to CD Projekt Red's pre-release restrictions. The content of the review itself is identical, but the …
Read More »Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Review
If there’s one thing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild fans want, it’s more Breath of the Wild, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is here to give us… something kinda like that. Like the previous Hyrule Warriors games, this is Zelda as seen through a Dynasty Warriors …
Read More »Sony Reportedly Discussed Increasing Game Prices Above $70 USD [Updated]
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO, Jim Ryan has called reports that the company previously discussed raising prices beyond $70/£70 "categorically false" – but didn't rule out further rises in future.Speaking to The Telegraph, Ryan was asked about Bloomberg's report, replying, “I can say that that report that we were considering higher …
Read More »Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Review
Miles Morales may just be finding his footing as a superhero, but his first solo game proves developer Insomniac has comfortably hit its stride as it converts its stand-alone hit into a series. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a flashy starring debut for Miles, telling as engaging a story as …
Read More »Microsoft to Buy Bethesda and Parent Company ZeniMax Media [Update]
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier and Dina Bass report that Phil Spencer has said Microsoft will honour the PS5 exclusivity agreed for Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo, and future Bethesda games will appear on Xbox, PC, and other consoles on a "case by case basis". To answer the question everyone is asking: Phil …
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