Summary Last week saw Twitch streamerKai Cenat finally beat Elden Ring after 166 hours and 1,701 deaths. In that moment of triumph against the Elden Beast, the relief is palpable. He screams with joy as the final boss fades into the aether, arms spread out as the adrenaline surges into serotonin, before slinking back into his chair to quietly take in the moment. We’ve all been there. We each have a story about spending hours on a boss, determined not to give up....

Summary Life by You, an upcoming simulation game, has been hit with a third delay. This time, it has no new release date, despite its early access launch initially being scheduled for just two weeks from now. As reported byGamesRadar+, theSims 4rival was just hit with an indefinite delay by publisher Paradox Interactive. In astatement, Paradox says that Life by You needs “additional development time”, although it isn’t able to say how much time this will be....

Summary Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2has a much different story in store for Senua that introduces new elements not seen in the first game. There are giants, Hiddenfolk, and companions, yet not all is as it seems, given Senua’s psychosis and psychological trauma coming back to haunt her. Thus, the lines between reality and Senua’s mind get blurred, leaving you with plot points that raise more questions than they give answers to....

Summary According to Cosmic Circus leaker Alex P., anMCU-adjacent video game is in the works. There have been adaptations in the past, such as Lego Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man, but none within the same universe telling their own standalone stories. It’s unclear who is developing this game, what characters it will follow, or even when it’s set. Details are incredibly slim. What we do know is that it joins a long list of upcoming Marvel games, fromBladeto Iron Man to Wolverine to two Black Panthers....

Summary Sure, the weather is getting better and summer has officially begun, but that also means Asmodee has restocked some of its biggest and best board games. That’s right, just because it’s warming up outside doesn’t mean board game season is over. Board game season is never over, and right now you can grab some great ones at Asmodee that may have previously been out of stock the last time you checked in....

Yesterday,Microsoftannounced that it is closing Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. Most recently, those studios created 2023’sRedfallandHi-Fi Rush, respectively. But long-term fans of their work under theBethesdaumbrella will rememberArkane Austinfor the beloved 2017 sci-fi immersive sim,Prey, and Tango for The Evil Within,The Evil Within 2, andGhostwire: Tokyo. At the same time, Microsoft also closed the developer of the original Prey (the unrelated 2006 shooter), folding its creator Roundhouse Studios (formerly known as Human Head) into Zenimax Online Studios, the team behindThe Elder Scrolls Online....

Summary Naughty Doghas a few projects in development that willbe released before The Last of Us Part 3, with reports thatone is a fantasy game. Whatever launches next, studio head Neil Druckmann says that it “could redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming”. “I’ve been lucky to work on several dream projects and am currently excited about a new one, which is perhaps the most thrilling yet,” Druckmann said in an interview withSony....

Summary Who came up with the concept ofPaper Mario? Who decided that what the Italian plumber really needed, in the year 2000, was to be squashed even flatter than he already was? Someone let me know, because I wish to shake their hand. As I mentioned in myPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door preview, I’ve never played Paper Mario before. I own a GameCube, but prices of the cult classic are sky high....

Summary There are plenty of malleablePokemonthat have dual types and can learn moves you wouldn’t assume they could ever use. However, no Pokemon is more malleable than Ditto. The little blob of jelly that was introduced in Gen One can transform into any other Pokemon and mimic its moves. Turns out it can transform into more than just other Pokemon. Ditto can become items of clothing too, and those items of clothing are now available for you to buy through the Pokemon Center....

Summary It appears as thoughMicrosoftis finally making good on its promise to compensateRedfallfans, as it has started dishing out refunds to those who bought the game’s premium Bite Back Edition. Redfall has been completely abandoned at the moment,with developer Arkane Austin having been shut down by Microsoft, and while the company claimedthe game’s negative receptionwasn’t the cause, it most likely played a hand in it. There were big plans for Redfall before Arkane Austin was shut down, as proven by the game’s premium Bite Back Edition, which promised access to future updates and heroes....

Summary Sonic 3’s producer, Toby Ascher, has confirmed that the movie will “take a lot” fromSonic Adventure 2, something that has been hinted at several times since it was announced. Ever since the ending of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (the movie that is, not the game) confirmed that Shadow would be a key part of the third film in the trilogy,it’s widely been assumed that a lot of inspiration was going to be taken from Sonic Adventure 2,which is the game that Shadow originally debuted in....

Summary Stellar Bladeis a fantastic game, particularly when it comes to its combat gameplay and action sequences in general. It offers a flashy combat style with heavy anime influences, crowning it with responsive controls that are easy enough to get used to, and rewarding to master. On the story side of things, however, the game has a lot of areas that are hard to follow. The motivations of many characters are left up to guesswork, and while the main plot ends up making sense at the end, the same can’t be said for the finer details of the plot....

Summary In Solo Leveling, the protagonist, Sung Jin Woo, starts as an E-rank hunter and undergoes numerous hardships and near-death experiences to become one of the strongest characters in the manhwa. Throughout his journey to level up in the System, he is accompanied by many mighty hunters with unique and astonishing abilities that help him fight terrifying monsters. Only a few S-class hunters managed to survive the brutal arcs of Solo Leveling....