Summary TheMario Partygames are famous for simultaneously building and ruining friendships. But in between the moments of stealing stars and planning your opponents' demise, there’s an underappreciated aspect of the series: cooperative minigames. Every once in a while, Mario Party will ask you to call a temporary truce and team up with either one or all of your foes. These co-op minigames come in many forms, ranging from the classic 2-vs-2 category to the chaotic 16-player team minigames....

Summary Fallout 76is built upon the same S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system that every other Fallout game is built upon, though the way you apply perks to your character is a bit different. Fallout 76 introduced perk cards, and how many perk cards you can have equipped for any given stat depends on how many points you’ve put into that trait. The Perception trait in Fallout 76 affects your awareness of nearby enemies, how well you can detect stealthy movement, and your V....

Quick Links It’s not uncommon to start a gacha game likeWuthering Wavesand find yourself playing as a main character who lost all their memories but is one of the most powerful beings in the world. After the initial dialogue in the main story, you’ll permanently unlock this character on your account, and they’re called Rover. Initially, Rover will be able to use the Spectro element, allowing you to deal various types of Spectro DMG to the enemies....

Summary When we set out for Chicago, I didn’t know what to expect from theDisney LorcanaChallenge. As a casual Illumineer,my meta knowledge is foggyat best. My deck was composed of Princesses and Beauty and the Beast characters. That’s really all I’ve ever needed, and my competitive spirit is best kept under wraps. While I’m not meant to play competitive card games, my partner is. His excitement led us to Chicago....

Quick Links Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Gameis a new asymmetrical multiplayer horror game based off the cult classic movie of the same name from the 80s. In this game, you get to play as either a Human trying to escape the Klownpocalypse, or a Klown hunting and harvesting the Humans. Whether you’re new to asymmetrical multiplayer games or are a veteran, it can’t hurt to have a few beginner tips to get you started....

Imagine how cool it would be if you could have a smartphone that’s super compact and (almost) just as powerful. That’s just smartwatches, a brilliant niche that’s slowly, but surely taking thetechworld by storm. It makes perfect sense too, because not only do you get to stay connected, you may also track fitness goals and manage your daily goals as well. Compatibility is pretty versatile too now, with options for both Android and iOS users....

Quick Links Check out theUltra Toilet Fight codeslisted in this guide and how to redeem them to receive extra points. These points will help you unlock more cameraman characters and get additional items, making thisRobloxexperience even more exciting as you fight waves of different enemies. As you dive deeper into this Skibidi Toilet-inspired game, verify to come back here regularly, because we always search for any new codes to include here, making access to them easier and faster for you....

Summary Sometimes, you can see LGBTQIA+ representation coming, but other times, it’s not the blatant marketing technique we’re so used to seeing during Pride Month. Whether the characters are in the game’s spotlight or not, it’s important to spot and support their appearance in popular games. Of course,there is always performative inclusion to look out for, but visibility is vital. Whilelots of games, like Undertale, have a gender-neutral protagonistfor the sake of inclusive player experience, it’s often the characters around the player that we spot this representation in....

The past two years have been terrible for the video game industry, with studios both big and small getting decimated by waves of layoffs as the pandemic boom ends. It feels like there isn’t a safe place for developers to work without the worry of losing their jobs, and that’s because they’re right – there is no safe place. The most recent wave was atXbox, with amass studio closurethat affectedHi-Fi Rushdeveloper Tango Gameworks andRedfalldeveloperArkane Austin, among others....

Summary Uniqlo always causes a stir when it adds some officially licensed video game merch to its storefront, but the excitement forits revived Metal Gear collectionwas even more elevated than usual. The retailer revealed its retired line ofMetal Geart-shirts would return in 2024, and it kept that promise,re-releasing the t-shirts at the end of February. If you missed out on any of the designs, or you chose one over another and it’s been bothering you ever since, not only are they all back, but their prices have been slashed....

Summary Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’s remake has finally addressed Vivian’s gender in the game’s English localisation. Here, much like the Japanese release ofthe original game, Vivian is now explicitly transgender, after this aspect of her character was removed in the first translation in 2004. This was spotted by eagle-eyed fans now that the reviews of the remake are out, giving us more footage of the game. Here, a new line sees Vivian say that it took her a while to realise that she was a girl, and that her sisters have bullied her since she came out to them....

Summary One of the most interesting parts of the originalWatch Dogswas uncovering all of the little easter eggs and references toAssassin’s Creed. As we played, we pieced together a truth hiding in plain sight that we were exploring the modern world of templars and assassins. But Watch Dogs never embraced that side of itself, spending a trilogy trying to uncover an identity it was busy burying. The first game featured Abstergo Entertainment CEO Oliver Garneau as a target for Aiden Pearce, only to discover that he was marked by “the Brotherhood”....

Summary The newest Major Order inHelldivers 2has tasked players with defending a total of ten planets on both the Automaton and Terminid fronts. At the time of writing, there is just under a day and a half left to go before the Order expires, and four planets have been successfully defended so far. It took players several days to get to this point, and successfully defending another six planets in the space of a day seems like an unrealistically tall order....