So when I was told I’d be meeting withJackboxgame director Brooke Breit at the JackboxStageinstead of at a booth, I was intrigued. I made my way upstairs to an area overlooking the show floor below, where the Jackbox team had set up a stage on which they were playing their games with PAX attendees. Anyone was welcome to join in on the fun, and all weekend long, I found the area packed with people....

Summary Last month, Twitch streamer Kai Cenat decided to give his first FromSoftware game a try withElden Ring. Despite over1,700 deaths throughout his 166-hour playthrough- even beingbrought to tears- he fell in love with the game, so much so thatBandai Namco sent him a Malenia statue. Shadow of the Erdtree has proven incredibly difficult even for diehard fans to the point thatits overall Steam score has dropped to ‘Mixed’, but Cenat doesn’t agree with the consensus....

Winston Churchill is full of notable quotes, and one of his famous witticisms is that “democracy is the worst form of government - except for all the others that have been tried”. The British politician might well have been talking aboutDungeons & Dragonsthough. 5e is the worst combat system in tabletop, apart from all the others. Despite being the combat system of the world’s most popular tabletop game during its most popular era, 5e doesn’t get a lot of love....

Roblox Legends of Speedis a fast-paced racing game where you compete against other players to become the fastest Robloxian around. As you complete races, you’ll be able to unlock new trails and worlds,collect epic pets, beat parkour challenges, and win exclusive rewards. Since Legends of Speed is one of themost popular games on Roblox, the competition is fierce, and only the top speedsters survive. While ramps and power-ups offer temporary speed boosts, you can also push your limits using exclusive codes....

With early access forLife by Youintended to open on June 4, fans of the life simulation genre have been tittering with nervous excitement. The game’s publisher, Paradox, has been distributing codes to content creators in the previous weeks, and they’ve been pumping out content showing off the game before public access was to be unlocked. When I looked up the launch date to cite in the article I was going to write today, I almost didn’t click “An Update on ‘Life by You’ Release Date....

Summary A new video has been released forMinecraft’s15th anniversary starring both Jason Momoa and Jack Black, both of whom are wielding what appear to be props from the upcoming movie. Almost everyone did a double-take when it was revealed that a live-action Minecraft movie was in production, and we were baffled even further by the casting of Jason Momoa and the news thatJack Black will be playing the iconic Steve. Everything about the movie feels cursed,from the strangely blocky settothe actors involved in the production, but despite all of our reservations, it’s still going ahead....

Summary I’ve been playingStardew Valleysince it launched in 2016, and because of the hundreds of hours I have logged between PC and my Switch, I fancy myself something of a master at the game. But while my farmers have all bested the best in terms of combat, what about me? What couldIhandle fighting in Stardew Valley? I’m by no means a tough person, but with the right gear, I think I could handle a handful of these adorably aggressive monsters before I had to call for reinforcements....

If you die in Multiversus, you die in real life. No, wait, that’s a line from my favorite video game horror movie, Stay Live. Oh, here it is: if you die in Multiversus you have to pay $10 to get more lives. The relaunch of Warner Bros. free-to-play Smash-like came with a slew of eyebrow-raising new microtransactions, including the option to buy extra lives in the new single-player game mode called Rifts....

Summary Nintendo has officially unveiled theSwitch 2! Did it announce the new console through a fancy video with cool graphics and millions of people watching live? No? Did it wait forSummer Games Fest, one of the biggest events of the gaming calendar where countless games will be announced by Industry ManGeoff Keighley? Also no? As you probably already know,Nintendoofficially announced the Switch successor in a short tweet by the company president....

Quick Links Circus Tower DefenseinRobloxleans into the fact that clowns are terrifying. That’s why you’ll line thistower defense gamewith killer clowns to defend yourself against waves of enemies who are likewise terrified of clowns. There’s just nothing scarier than their painted faces and squishy red noses. At least, that’s what I tell my therapist. Anyway, if you’d like to harness the power of scary clowns for good, then these codes will help you get a bit of a boost in Circus Tower Defense....

Summary Skull And Boneshasn’t been the mega-hitUbisofthoped it might be. The problem is, unlike some other games, the studio can’t simply move on from it and chalk the game’s underperformance up to experience. Too much time and money was invested into Skull And Bones' development so the game has to be a success. That’s why despite it being described asthe world’s first quad-A gameby Ubisoft’s CEO, you’re able to already pick up Skull And Bones for $20 less than three months after its release....

Reliable insider Canadian Guy Eh has reported that the newly independentToys for Bob is partnering with Microsoft to develop Spyro 4. You might be asking, “Didn’t the fourthSpyrogame come out, like, 20 years ago?” The answer is yes, and it was actually 22 years ago, to be precise. But if the studio’s previous fourquelCrash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Timeis any indication, everything from Enter the Dragonfly on is likely going to be ignored in favor of connecting this new entry back to the trilogy that purple dragon fans actually love....

Summary Star Wars Outlawsjust got another gameplay preview atUbisoft Forward. This time, we got a better look at the game’s open-world exploration, showing the different areas we’ll come across inUbisoft’s take on theStar Warsuniverse. We also get a look at the reputation system, and how that impacts how we travel around the galaxy. Story decisions will change our standing with different factions, although it remains to be seen how much we can influence the overarching narrative....