The Pokémon Company has dramatically pulled the design of a new Pokémon TCG Pocket trading card, amid a firestorm of controversy over its apparent origins. Fans had said the card, Ho-Oh EX from the game’s Wisdom of Sea and Sky expansion, was based on plagiarised fan art — and in […]
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Nintendo U-Turns on Mario Kart World Change That Forced More Open-World Driving, as It Increases Chance of Lap-Type Races
Nintendo has updated Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World with a fresh patch that pulls a notable U-turn on a recent, controversial change. Last month, Nintendo upset Mario Kart fans by nerfing the game’s Random course selection option when playing in VS mode — something many players were deliberately […]
Nintendo U-Turns on Mario Kart World Change That Forced More Open-World Driving, as It Increases Chance of Lap-Type Races
Nintendo has updated Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World with a fresh patch that pulls a notable U-turn on a recent, controversial change. Last month, Nintendo upset Mario Kart fans by nerfing the game’s Random course selection option when playing in VS mode — something many players were deliberately […]
FromSoftware Delays Elden Ring Nightreign Patch 1.02 Due to Tsunami Warning in Japan as Massive Earthquake Off Russia Triggers Evacuations Across Pacific
FromSoftware has delayed Elden Ring Nightreign patch 1.02 due to the ongoing tsunami warning in Japan after a massive earthquake off Russia triggered evacuations across the Pacific. The first waves triggered by the massive 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s coast have reached Hawaii, with a 1.2 meter (4 feet) wave recorded […]
FromSoftware Delays Elden Ring Nightreign Patch 1.02 Due to Tsunami Warning in Japan as Massive Earthquake Off Russia Triggers Evacuations Across Pacific
FromSoftware has delayed Elden Ring Nightreign patch 1.02 due to the ongoing tsunami warning in Japan after a massive earthquake off Russia triggered evacuations across the Pacific. The first waves triggered by the massive 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s coast have reached Hawaii, with a 1.2 meter (4 feet) wave recorded […]
Wildgate Review
It only took one match of Wildgate to see the potential in its spacefaring PvPvE mayhem. The intensely cooperative chaos of managing a spacecraft, delving into PvE dungeons for loot, and fending off rival crews makes for complex and exciting contests of teamwork and communication. After dozens of matches and […]
Where Winds Meet: Our Thoughts After 3 Hours in its Wuxia World
Last weekend, a global beta test began for Where Winds Meet, the open-world game published by NetEase that is already available in China. This free-to-play game takes place around the year 1000 between the great Tang and Song dynasties during what's known as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. […]
The Best Laptops for Students in 2025
These days, laptops are all but required for college, whether you’re an engineering student that needs GPU horsepower for complex models, or an English major that just needs a decent keyboard and a screen. With how far they’ve come in the last few years, the best laptops for school can […]
EA CEO Teases College Basketball Return: 'We'd Have a Great Ability to Do College Basketball'
The CEO of Electronic Arts is teasing the return of EA College Basketball, just one month after a cryptic EA Sports tweet put the idea back into the heads of video game basketball fans. Bring the Madness. Let’s run it back. #CBB #ItsInTheGame pic.twitter.com/iBNhGxn2yj — EA SPORTS (@EASPORTS) June 30, […]
EA CEO Says No $80 Games for Now: 'We're Not Looking to Make Any Changes at This Stage'
As Nintendo takes the first step toward selling full-priced, AAA games at $80 and Xbox starts to follow suit but backs off, EA has now also made its position clear: no $80 games…for now. "We're not looking to make any changes on pricing at this stage," said CEO Andrew Wilson […]