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Sorry, but the ‘best’ Mario Kart World kart is ugly

Sorry, but the ‘best’ Mario Kart World kart is ugly

For some people, Mario Kart World is a nonstop cow party. For others, it’s a slow stroll that’s periodically interrupted by lightning strikes. But based on the emerging “meta”…
Finally, you can play Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes inside Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain thanks to this mod

Finally, you can play Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes inside…

Metal Gear Solid 5 famously released in two highly disproportionate parts, with its short (but highly replayable) prologue Ground Zeroes releasing roughly a year before the full-fat Phantom Pain.…
‘Are we going too far with this?’: One of the worst scenes in Outlast had its devs debating whether to add it to the game or not

‘Are we going too far with this?’: One of the worst…

There are many scenes from Outlast that are burned into my memory, The Groom’s sequence in Outlast’s Whistleblower DLC, the finger amputation from the first game, or perhaps it…
Today’s Dune: Awakening patch takes another sidestep away from the PvP-heavy endgame

Today’s Dune: Awakening patch takes another sidestep away from the PvP-heavy…

Dune: Awakening’s endgame continues to evolve. The massive Deep Desert, the only place where huge spice deposits and top-tier level materials can be found, was nearly entirely PvP at…
This is the ultimate rebuke of studios killing their online games

This is the ultimate rebuke of studios killing their online games

All too often, publishers pull the plug on video games, whether that means delisting them from digital storefronts or shutting multiplayer servers off. The Stop Killing Games movement, spearheaded…
Romero Games Says It’s Not Dead, But Looking For A New Publisher After Xbox Layoffs

Romero Games Says It’s Not Dead, But Looking For A New…

Romero Games, the studio led by Doom designer John Romero, had been reported as one of the casualties of Xbox’s devastating layoffs last week. This was based on a…
Occult deckbuilder The Killing Stone is introducing a ‘dynamic’ scare system originally considered for BioShock 2: ‘It’s very fun as a gamedev to be surprised by something in your own game’

Occult deckbuilder The Killing Stone is introducing a ‘dynamic’ scare system…

BioShock 2 was a bold follow-up to Irrational Games’ 2007 FPS, putting you in the lead-weighted shoes of a Big Daddy and flipping its objectivist critique on its head.…
The Jurassic Park franchise could have been a lot worse — and there’s proof

The Jurassic Park franchise could have been a lot worse —…

By now, it’s a familiar pattern: A new Jurassic Park franchise movie movie comes out during the summer, garnering middling and sometimes exhausted-sounding reviews. Yes, it has some decent…
Dune: Awakening is getting a free DLC that adds a whole new map and swaps out sand for snow

Dune: Awakening is getting a free DLC that adds a whole…

Thus far, Funcom has focussed mainly on changes to its survival MMO Dune: Awakening, with the Norwegian studio reworking the entire game to function as both a solo experience…
Capcom cancels a presentation on Monster Hunter Wilds performance at CEDEC 2025 amid ongoing developer harassment

Capcom cancels a presentation on Monster Hunter Wilds performance at CEDEC…

Capcom has cancelled a developer presentation on performance and optimization in Monster Hunter Wilds that was planned to take place later this month at the 2025 Computer Entertainment Developers…