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This article contains spoilers for the final boss of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. WithEchoes of Wisdom, Nintendo brought back a longstanding Zelda tradition conspicuously missing from the two most recent games. Sure, traditional dungeons are back after being fully gone inBreath of the Wild, and not-quite-back inTears of the Kingdom. And, yes, this game is the first new single-player 2D Zelda in over a decade. But those aren’t the traditions I’m talking about....

Quick Links Indiana Jones And The Great Circleis filled with secrets to uncover and mysteries to solve. After visiting the Vatican, Indy and his new companion Gina journey to Gizeh to recover an acient artifact before Voss finds it first. If you’re looking for some good old-fashioned tomb raiding, this area is packed full of Egyptian crypts to explore The Seat of Eternity is one of the final mysteries you’ll uncover while exploring Gizah....

Back atGamescomthis summer, I got to see an early version of Locomoto from Green Tile Digital. It’s a game that asks one simple question: what would Animal Crossing look like if it was on a train? The answer is a cosy and sleepy world full of characters (and cargo) that need moving from A to B. Your train is your domain, and you’re able to decorate it however you want. Cosy games are a competitive market, which runs at a direct contradiction to their chill vibes....

EA Sports FC 25is the ultimate football game, available on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. It features a vast collection of content, including teams from most of the major football leagues worldwide. Given the different varieties that you have available in terms of the teams, you can have a tough time choosing the one to play with. If you are someone looking for a challenge, it could be a solid choice to go ahead by playing with the worst teams that have the lowest star ratings on EA Sports FC 25....

I’m currently playing throughSonic X Shadow Generationsand having a great time. I’m tackling the remasteredSonicsegments before I hop over to the all-new Shadow campaign, and I dig its fusion of old-school and new-school Sonic. It can be easy to forget that 2D and 3D Sonic play so differently, but pairing them up in this way highlights the distinctions. 2D Sonic plays better; 3D Sonic has cooler environments. 3D Sonic can do homing attacks and ground pounds; 2D Sonic can’t....

Quick Links It’s understandable that after the two and a half hours (or so) narrative ofMouthwashingis over, you’ll probably still have some questions. The story is told out of order, with you switching between different time periods before and after the Tulpar freighter spacecraft crashed, and also switching between the perspectives of both Curly and Jimmy. All of this, combined with hallucinations, ambiguous events,and untrustworthy narration, it’s easy to lose track of what is exactly going on throughout Mouthwashing, especially as you get closer to the game’s trippy finale....

There’s a lot going on with Beast Games, MrBeast’s reality show version ofSquid Game, so I want to remove a few things from the equation before we get started. Let’s ignore the fact that doing this as a reality show strips the narrative of its satirical value and thematic messaging - one could argue that byairing on Netflixandreturning for a second seasonafter wrapping up so completely the first time, the show already undercuts itself....

Summary It’s no secret that the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series of video games has been a major success,largely owing to the sheer number of games released, as well asthe ones ported to modern hardware. That said, as revealed on Friday, the series has reached a sales milestone that will likely not be topped by any anime series any time soon. In turn, the Ultimate Ninja series can officially claim the crown of being the single best-selling anime video game franchise....

If you search for video game Christmas music, you mostly get remixes, mash-ups, and music from snow-themed levels.And a lot of this music is actually pretty great! There is a lot of good holiday music from the game themselves and the community, such asRush Coil’s 8-Bit Christmas. Of course, there’s also the rare Christmas video game soundtrack such as withChristmas Nights. But what about Christmas music that’s neither made by fans nor from the game itself?...

Summary A year ago,Pokemon teamed up with Timeto create a very special edition of the latter’s long-running magazine. Although the content in all of them is the same, there were initially four versions of the magazine with a differentPokemonon each.Three more cover variantswere added to the collection a few months later, and a year on, even more Pokemon have received their own versions of Time’s Pokemon magazine. Joining the collection areCharizard, Venasaur, and Blastoise....

Summary The firstMagic: The Gatheringrelease of the year is usually a remastered set. Sets like Dominaria Remastered, Ravnica Remastered, and Innistrad Remastered bringing the best of their settings into one booster pack. Whether they’re bringing back a specific block, like Time Spiral Remastered, or combining the best of years of Magic history, remastered sets are an exciting release for the game. There’s lots of history Wizards could look to for its future remasters, too....

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobylis out now forPCandXbox, and GSC Game World’s sequel has met with a smattering of positive yet occasionally brutal reviews. Most critics heaped praise upon its engrossingly oppressive atmosphere and its dedication to building on the mechanical complexity of the 2007 original, while others are unable to forgive the constant stream of bugs and glitches that seem to permeate the experience. Together, these crystallise into a consensus that marks Stalker 2 as the game plenty of hardcore fans wanted it to be, but one that falls short of mainstream success thanks to pushing the average player away at every turn....

Ah, Godzilla. King of the Monsters. Wrecker of cities. Fighter of kaiju. Nobody in their right mind looks at this behemoth of destructive power and thinks, “Hey, you know what, I bet I could live with that. Sharing the rent price with a city wrecker wouldn’t be so bad.” You’d assume that you simply cannot live with a giant destructive monster in the house, but after thinking about the logistics of kaiju apartment life, a thought occurs....