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Team Sonic Racing arrived on a variety of platforms last week and we have played the game pretty extensively. To put it mildly, we haven’t been that impressed. The saddest thing about that feeling is we weren’t expecting to feel any differently. We thought TSR would be a distinctly average game that is nowhere near the level of Mario Kart, and that’s what we got. Plus, some elements of the game feel as if they were rushed in order to get TSR out before Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled takes over our lives next month....

A couple of days ago, Crystal Dynamics announced that Spider-Man will be added as a post-launch DLC in its upcoming action-adventure game, Marvel’s Avengers. However, much to the disappointment of some, it was also confirmed that Spider-Man will be a PlayStation exclusive. Defending the decision to make Spider-Man a PlayStation exclusive, Crystal Dynamics Studio Head Scott Amos said that having the character exclusive to PlayStation consoles is the only way to include him in the game because of the special relationship between PlayStation and Marvel....

Not only did the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special delight MCU fans but it brought back the slightly foggy memory of the original inspiration: the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, a controversial TV oddity most fans of the galaxy far, far away would sooner like to forget. Yet, curiously, while The Star Wars Holiday Special is rarely anyone’s favorite, modern creators have spent years reincorporating many of its ideas and lore into Star Wars canon in ways that are beloved by fans today....

Like any other year, 2020 was full of new video game releases. However, one of the most bizarre video games released in 2020 was undoubtedly Bugsnax, a strange game from Young Horses that was about muppet-like creatures called Grumpuses eating sentient food items. After eating these creatures, the titular Bugsnax, the Grumpuses would transform part of their body to resemble the food they just ate. A goofy concept on the surface, the plot of Bugsnax is much more sinister than it first seems....

UK Saturday night television in the 1990s cannibalised its own audience, relying on them not merely to watch its entertainment, but also to be the entertainment. It was all good, harmless fun, and none of it placed particularly great demands on the contestants or the audiences from which they were plucked. Blind Date invited us to trade cheesy chat-up lines with strangers, and sometimes go on holiday with people we didn’t like....

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For the last couple of years, I’ve worked extremely hard in order to allocate a few weeks in September or October to travelling. I’ve put in extra hours on the weekends, and chased deadweight opportunities when I could have been playing guitar or having a beer with my friends. It’s October 2 now and I’m beginning to feel as if this year’s hard work is finally about to pay off — it isn’t....

In Sound Mind is an upcoming first-person psychological horror game whose inspirations are spread far across the survival horror genre. It resembles iconic video game titles such as Resident Evil and Alan Wake in many ways, but In Sound Mind has a gimmick of its own that could self itself apart in the years to come. In Sound Mind is a puzzle-driven horror adventure where players’ most reliable companion is a good-old torch....

With Netflix’s The Witcher series set to potentially break viewership records when the show’s second season debuts later this year, it’s only natural to wonder what the state of The Witcher game series is and whether or not we’ll ever actually get to play The Witcher 4. The answer to that question is…complicated. While it seems likely that developer CD Projekt Red is working on a new Witcher game (or hopes to at some point), it’s not exactly clear whether or not it’s realistic to expect to play The Witcher 4 anytime soon (or even at all)....

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is an eight-episode anthology series created, produced, and hosted by Academy Award winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. According to Netflix, the legendary filmmaker has “curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror” by handpicking a variety of writers and directors to bring these terrifying tales to life. Here is everything we know about Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities....

Hades is a repetitive game by design. That might sound odd considering how popular it is now (it’s even up for some awards), but grinding is a key aspect to this tale told in the Underworld. Zagreus keeps trying to escape until he reaches the top, that’s the core of the game. And, along the way, he unlocks new bonds, skills, weapons, and even new furniture to decorate his room with....

343 Industries explains the reasons behind the recasting of important characters, stating that changes have been made for ‘both casting and technical reasons.’ All at once, it seems as though the build-up for Halo Wars 2 is hotting up. After the game spent some time in the wilderness, with the collaboration between Creative Assembly and 343 Industries clearly busy behind the scenes, E3 2016 saw the release of a brand new trailer for the game - as well as confirmation that the title was going into an open multiplayer beta....

Halo Wars 2 is an accessible RTS with an engrossing campaign and exciting multiplayer matches, but suffers from technical issues and a lack of content for Blitz mode. With Halo: Combat Evolved, the goal was to revolutionize the way first-person shooters controlled on home video game consoles. The Halo Wars series has attempted to do the same thing when it comes to the real-time strategy genre, with the original game introducing a smart control scheme that resulted in arguably the best RTS on consoles....

A new Harry Potter: Wizards Unite trailer calls “all wizards” to sign up and help the Ministry of Magic stop muggles from seeing magical creatures and events. The trailer also teases the release date of the hotly anticipated mobile game which is being developed by Pokemon GO developer Niantic. In the “Calling All Wizards” trailer for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, live action with some CGI shows players what sort of gameplay they can expect from the mobile game....

Hearthstone has, to date, 10 playable classes in the game. Each and every class in Hearthstone has its own set of cards unique to that class, and most classes have entire mechanics unavailable to any other class, as well. Each class has its own strengths and weaknesses, and it’s up to each player to build a deck either accentuating a class’s strength or reinforcing its weaknesses. For this list, we’ll be taking a look at the Priest class; going over some of the strongest aspects of it, and some of the cards that are going to help flesh out your decks:...

The video game mastermind Hideo Kojima has spoken out about his passion for space and how he wants to visit SpaceX, the aerospace manufacturer based in California. The 56-year-old also spoke about his friendship with Gabe Newell from Valve and their plans to visit the the corporation. We know Hideo Kojima as the mastermind behind Death Stranding and the Metal Gear Solid series, however the director of Kojima Productions also has an acute interest in space....

When it was originally released in 2017, Horizon: Zero Dawn was immediately praised for its stunning visuals and gorgeous art direction. Simultaneously primeval and futuristic, the game’s 31st-century landscape was truly a sight to behold. To this day, fan artists continue to pay tribute to protagonist Aloy and the spectacular world in which she navigates. Whether their medium be pencil, watercolor, or 3D modeling, artists have showcased their talents on sites like DeviantArt, ArtStation, and more....

The gaming community has yet to see a release date for the widely awaited PC port of the popular PlayStation 4 exclusive, Horizon Zero Dawn. While the port itself has been in development for quite some time, very few details regarding its release have been made public. However, the developers have recently shown off a new technical detail that will be included in the PC release of Horizon Zero Dawn....

Although Dungeons and Dragon’s seems more popular than ever and is having a very good year (despite player’s relying on remote gaming tools), the game hasn’t escaped some criticism this year as some TTPRG fans take a closer look at the game’s race system and debate whether or not the 5e system should be adjusted so that things like intelligence, alignment suggestions, and other key stats aren’t tied to a character’s race (or species)....

Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Tsushima was one of the last exclusives for the fan-beloved PS4 before the PS5 released. The game continued Sony’s first-party theme of delivering narrative-driven, single-player focused experiences that mostly became critical darlings. Ghost of Tsushima is a unique open-world experience aimed at absorbing the minute details rather than checking a list of boxes. The game looks fantastic on even the base PlayStation 4, before the PS5 was ushered in a few months later....