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Quick Links Donkey Kong Country Returns originally launched on the Nintendo Wii in 2010 and eventually swung onto the 3DS in 2013 with an extra world to master. Now, the game is back and better than ever inDonkey Kong Country Returns HD, which features all the content from both versions of the game and a visual update to help it meet current standards. After a group of enemies known as Tikis hypnotizes the local animals and convinces them to steal Donkey Kong’s bananas, he teams up with Diddy Kong to get them back....

Something was in the water back in 2009. It was a few years into the Xbox 360/PS3 generation, and developers were beginning to fire on all cylinders. That year saw the release of many iconic games that have cast long shadows over the years that followed, like Batman: Arkham Asylum, Left 4 Dead, Dragon Age: Origins, Demon’s Souls and Borderlands. Though many important franchises started in 2009, it was also the year others that would go on to define the gaming industry leveled up....

La Liga has emerged as one of the best football leagues in the world, and there are some interesting players that you can sign from the Spanish clubs inEA Sports FC 25’s Career Mode. The top sides, like Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and Atlético Madrid, possess world-class talents, such as Kylian Mbappé, Robert Lewandowski, and Antoine Griezmann. Players like them can add a lot to your team and make your sides comparatively better....

Quick Links Strinovais an anime-style team-based tactical shooter you’re able to play from a third-person perspective, and features a ton of Agents who are subdivided into five different roles. Lawine is one of those Agents, and plays the role of an Initiator. Mastering Lawine is crucial, as Initiator is one of the most important roles you can play in a multiplayer game, as they engage the enemy and kick off the action....

Marvel Rivalsarrived with one hell of an impact, but as the dust clears, some of its obvious flaws are now plain to see. Thelack of a role queue is one major omission, and is already making effective team play an impossibility when playing with strangers. Unless you want to switch to a Vanguard or Strategist of your own accord to salvage an ailing match, you’ll end up losing. This is a problem inOverwatch 2, but role queue has made it much easier to form teams you know have a decent chance of winning if you work together....

IsDie Harda Christmas film? It’s an age-old debate with only one correct answer, due to the fact that it includes two Christmas songs and the entire plot is based on the fact that it’s Christmas time. But you do you. I was recently thinking about Christmas video games, thanks to a quiz our Editor-in-Chief is sending us every day of December until Christmas Day. She sends a screenshot of a Christmas film, a Christmas game, and a snippet of a Christmas song and we have to guess what they are....

Summary DespiteNintendo’s continued assurance thatit will reveal its next console before the end of the current fiscal year, the Switch has received a lot of attention throughout 2024 in the way of new games. However, some of those games have been slightly harder to come by for some of you as they’ve not been sold on Amazon. Whatever was going on between Nintendo and Amazon appears to have been smoothed over asThe Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdomis now available on the site....

Summary WhenObsidian’supcoming fantasy role-playing game,Avowed, launchesnext year on February 18, it’ll be just one title of several heavy hitters to release that month. That’s because,after a delay,Assassin’s Creed Shadowswill launch four days earlier, on February 14, andMonster Hunter Wildswill launch 10 days later on February 28. That’s three huge Game of the Year contenders within 28 days. And that’s not even counting the likes ofCivilization VIIandKingdom Come: Deliverance II, among other titles....

Summary In an interview celebrating the 30th anniversary ofPlayStation, CEO Herman Hulst confirmed that the studio is looking for more opportunities to leverage its “legacy IP”. From the moment PlayStation first began 30 years ago, the studio made a name for itself with its killer lineup of first-party titles, fromCrash BandicootandApe EscapetoMetal Gear SolidandGran Turismo. That legacy has only gotten stronger with each generation, with heavy-hitters likeRatchet & Clank,Jak and Daxter,Sly Cooper,Uncharted, and a whole lot more....

Summary Different varieties ofPokemonplushes are even harder to keep track of than Pokemon themselves, even though there are now more than 1,000 of them. With everything fromSquishmallowsto Sitting Cuties to choose from, Pokemon has now revealed a new type of plush coming our way. Magnetic plush keychains that come in pairs, each set including a regular Pokemon and its regional variant. Pokmeon’s magnetic plush pairs are so new that they don’t even have a name yet, at least not one that has been officially revealed....

Summary Pokemonis enticing people back to some of its olderSwitchgames, as well asPokemon Homeahead of this year’s Pokemon Day by rewarding them with some very rare shinies for completing certain Pokedexes. If you complete the Sinnoh and Hisui Pokedexes in Pokemon Home, you will now be rewarded witha shiny Manaphyanda shiny Enamorous, respectively. Pokemon shared the news that this first-time shiny and very rare shiny will be given to trainers talented and determined enough to complete each of the Pokedexes mentioned above viaits Japanese Twitter account(thanks,VGC)....

Summary Last week,Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket’sbrand-newpremium card for December leaked, and it’s anothermeta-busting Mewtwo. Now, two weeks ahead of the new month, December’s schedule seems to have leaked, including a Venusaur battle event, a new emblem event, and a Magnemite and BulbasaurWonder Pickevent. December’s Pokemon TCG Pocket Venusaur ex Battle Event This month, players wenthead-to-head with four Lapras ex decksof varying difficulties in order to win a range of prizes, including a special promo pack that could contain the coveted Lapras ex card....

Summary Squid Gamewas an unexpected Netflix phenomenon that took the world by storm in 2021, and it returned for season two to do it again at the end of 2024. All seven episodes of the new season are streaming now, and two of its characters already have their own Funko Pops. Lead characterSeong Gi-Hun, and the show’s mysteriousFront Man. If you want to see, and potentially buy, Squid Game’s new Funko Pops but you’re carefully inching your way down this article through fear of season two spoilers, fear not, you’ll find none here....