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I am one of those people who didn’t really ‘get’ Monster Hunter. After many attempts to breach the enigmatic series over the years, Monster Hunter: World was the one that finally clicked for me. Well, me and nearly 30 million others, considering World was the most successful Monster Hunter game by a factor of five. With World, Capcom pushed Monster Hunter in a more approachable direction, aiming to reduce the friction the series was known for and appeal to a global audience....

Summary Legohas had plenty of crossovers with popular franchises in the past, includingStar Wars,Indiana Jones,Marvel, Pirates of the Caribbean (the best one),DC, and lots more. If it’s a massively famous, popular IP, then chances are there’s a Lego game about it, though one franchise that Lego has never gone near in video game form isJames Bond. Lego hasa physical set for James Bond in the Aston Martin DB5, but it’s never been tempted to turn the franchise into a video game....

I don’t know that much aboutSuperman. During my life I’ve seen the 1978 classic film and its first sequel, a few of the animated efforts, and played a handful of pretty bad video games. The Man of Steel has plenty of depth in his comic book origins, but very little of his modern-day adaptations have made me care. That is, until now. This week sawDCrelease the long-awaited first trailer for James Gunn’s Superman....

Summary Metaphor: ReFantaziohas one of the best casts of playable characters in a JRPG for a long while,possibly the best depending on who you ask. There’s a wide range of personalities and almost every one of them is likable in their own way, and Metaphor flexes even harder by having even more great characters that you can only interact with via social bonds. One such character is Catherina, a spunky bounty hunter who is also vying for a place on the throne in order to help her people, the Paripus....

I putMetaphor Re:Fantazioaside whenDragon Age: The Veilguardarrived, but to be brutally honest, I’ve not been enjoying BioWare’s latest. So, when I sawMetaphor’s nominationfor Game of the Year atThe Game Awards(to nobody’s surprise, really), I decided it was time for me to ditch The Veilguard and get truly stuck into some anime melodrama. Time is precious, and life is short. Except I’d forgotten why I’d put it aside at all, apart from a shiny new game entering the bottomless pit of internet discourse – I’d actually been burning out, and hard....

Summary It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about theBattlefieldfranchise. After all,Battlefield 2042 launched all the way back in 2021, and would rather be forgotten by hardcore fans. However, things should change relatively soon, as reportedlyEAand DICE are gearing up to share some information. To this point, information about the next Battlefield game has been limited at best.There was a piece of concept art revealed in September,one that has sincecome under fire for allegedly lifting a real-life photo from the ongoing war in Gaza....

Summary TheNintendo Switch 2 is one of gaming’s worst-kept secrets.Nintendohas alluded to it multiple times, confirmingit will be revealed this fiscal year. The company has also begun to wind down itsSwitch release schedule, and there have been countless rumors aboutspecs, price,release date, andform factor. While many of the previous rumors are likely to be debunked, especially given how well Nintendo keeps its secrets, we may have just seen our first piece of majorly plausible evidence, as a Chinese case manufacturer has reportedly sent a mock-up version of the Switch 2 to a YouTuber....

Summary Capcom just announced at The Game Awards 2024 that, after 18 years, anOkamisequel is finally happening. Not much else was shared about the game other than the fact it exists, but it was revealed that original director Hideki Kamiya, who also directed classics such asResident Evil 2,Bayonetta, andDevil May Cry, is returning for the sequel. The original Okami followed Amaterasu, a protector deity inhabiting the body of a white wolf, using the Celestial Brush to push back the darkness and bring life to the world....

Summary Since its release,Pokemon Trading Card Game Pockethas undergone extensive analysis by its community. One player observed over 30,000 match results,determining the game’s most meta deck, and that same player used their findings to figure outthe ultimate Mewtwo ex deck. Research has also been completed to determine justhow busted Misty decks are during battles. Now, another player,jteede, has been looking at how often players are likely to thank you during battles, finding that the averagePokemon TCGPocket player is a sore loser....

Trading is coming toPokemon TCG Pocket. We’ve known it’s been planned for a while now, thanks to the greyed-out button on the social tab, and players are eagerly anticipating completing their collections by swapping with other players. I’ve got just three regular cards to go before I’vecompleted Genetic Apexand I’m loathe to spend pack points on anything other than alt arts, so trading could be a gamechanger. Anyone got a Gloom, Exeggcutor ex, or Gyarados?...

Summary BothPlayStationandXboxcurrently have digital-only consoles on the market, further suggesting that within the next generation or two, physical games might have largely become a thing of the past. Something that might make PlayStation delay that inevitability is how well its detachable disc drive has been selling. It’s back in stock yet again on Amazon, but this time, it appears to be staying that way. ThePS5’s detachable disc drive was originally released as an added extra for the digital-only slimmer version of the console released in 2023....

IfOvercookedhas irreparably damaged your relationship with a loved one, you may be eligible for compensation. I’ve only ever played it with friends that I’ve got infallible communication with, and I make it a point to never raise my voice over a normal speaking volume so I don’t end up screaming at my co-op partner, but I know many people who’ve started huge fights with their family and friends because the indie cooking game got too intense....

Summary Silent Hill 2’s art director, Masahiro Ito, has confirmed that every monster and creature in the game (aside from Pyramid Head) is female due to them being James' projections of Mary. There are alotof reasons whySilent Hill 2 is considered one of the best and scariest survival horror games ever made, but one of the biggest is its spine-tinglingly creepy enemy designs. All of the monsters in the game,from the nurses and mannequins to Abstract Daddy and Flesh Lip, are straight-up terrifying and have become horror icons in the two decades since Silent Hill 2 originally released....