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We’ve got plenty going on this weekend inMonopoly Gobetween daily tournaments, the Peg-E event, and all kinds of daily bonus boosts, but the Chef’s Journey event at the center of your screen is a great way to bring in tons of extra prizes as you play the game this weekend. Whether you’re trying to grab more Peg-E tokens, earn some extra cash, or stock up on bonus dice rolls, Monopoly Go’s Chef’s Journey event has 50 milestones offering prizes of all sorts....

Summary Hunt: Showdownis a game that doesn’t get enough recognition. The title has quietly been going about its business for around six years now, drawing in thousands of players every day. Now, a massive update, a rebrand, and a release onPS5andXbox Series X|Shas seen the game climb to its highest-ever concurrent player count onSteamdespite fully launching in 2019. Hunt: Showdown 1896 Hits New Concurrent Peak Record Its 59,968 Players Significantly Beats Its Previous High Hunt: Showdown 1896, as it is now known,launched yesterday....

Summary Killer Beanjust got a new trailer atSummer Game Fest, and it’s absolutely wild. The latest trailer also gives us an early access release window, revealing that it’s coming to PC this summer. We don’t have a more specific date outside of this, but we can expect one very soon, given that we’re already in June. Check Out The Latest Trailer For Killer Bean For those of you who are, like me, painfully out of the loop here, Killer Bean is a series that has existed for a long time....

Quick Links Everybody’s heard about the bird: Nadu, Winged Wisdom is the key to one of the most powerful decks in the history ofMagic: The Gathering’s Modern format. Raking in prizes around the globe, it’s vital that Modern players understand how the deck works, whether to be ready to counterplay it or so that you can build and pilot it themselves. Nadu, Winged Wisdom decks are incredibly strong, but they require some skill, strategy, and careful tracking to pilot effectively....

I’m not a hardcore follower ofThe Legend of Zeldatimeline. While the narrative idea is that Link and Zelda are perpetual reincarnations of two individuals born to save Hyrule again and again throughout history, the specifics as to how and why are something I just don’t need. But some people do, and for decades fans have obsessed over where exactly each entry is found in the series’ timeline, with officially published books like the Hyrule Historia throwing even more fuel on the fire....

Summary If there’s a company out therePokemonbelieves is worthy of a collaboration, odds are that collaboration has already happened. Pokemon has lent its name to everything fromTiffany and Co. jewelrytoKrispy Kreme doughnuts. However, outside of the games and the TCG, the best way to rep your love for Pokemon is by wearing it. Various brands have teamed up with Pokemon over the years, but this week it returned to a familiar one, adding a tonne of new merch toits BlackMilk collection....

Summary During the early 2000s, you could almost guarantee that when a movie was released, a video game tie-in would launch alongside it. The PS2 and PS3 catalogs were filled with these games, most of which failed to impress the critical community. As the years dragged on, publishers began to focus on their own IP. This didn’t stop games based on movies from being made, but it did alter the surrounding strategy significantly....

Summary QuakeCon 2024 came and went over the weekend without anyQuake. The most that the genre-defining FPS series got in the way of a mention was some gameplay of the original during the event, as all the marketing materials scraped away the namesake series in favour ofStarfield,Doom,The Elder Scrolls, and other Bethesda icons. QuakeCon without Quake… confusing. A Crash Course On QuakeCon History I won’t bore you with the lengthy history of QuakeCon, but to briefly summarise, it started when members of the EFnet server #quake voiced a desire to meet and game in person....

Summary Final Fantasyintroduced American audiences to RPGs during the NES era when home consoles were dominated by 8-bit technology. As the gaming world transitioned into the 16-bit era, Final Fantasy played a pivotal role in elevating the genre by weaving compelling stories and utilizing advanced narrative elements. These innovations were previously associated more with movies and books than with video games. Most of the 2D Final Fantasy games were released during the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, each with distinct strengths and weaknesses that make comparisons abstract and challenging....

Summary Wolfeye Studios has teased its unnamed second game, a first-person retro sci-fi immersive sim. Technically speaking, this is Wolfeye’s first real crack at a first-person immersive sim, following the 2022 release of its debut titleWeird West. However, you’d need help finding a member of Wolfeye who hasn’t left their imprint onDishonored,Prey, or another staple of the genre. This is especially true for studio founder Raphael Colantonio. Having foundedArkane Studiosin 1999, Colantonio directed Prey and co-directed Dishonored with Harvey Smith before departing the studio in 2017 due to creative burnout, among other reasons....

Summary WhenBreath of the Wildlaunched in 2017, there was a sense that something was forever changed in gaming. The open map, nonlinear story, and emphasis on discovery felt like gaming had finally reached a new frontier. Less flashy than the change from 2D to 3D, this still marked a monumental influence on the industry. And so it has proven. Many games have borrowed bits and pieces, from the glider to the climbing, while exploring at will has become en vogue, and is a founding principle ofElden Ring, the title most obviously influenced byZelda’sevolution....

Summary Sonic Generations is being delisted onSteamahead ofSonic X Shadow Generationslaunch. This comes after Sega already removed it from theXboxstore, trying to make the original game harder to buy before the remaster’s release in October. However, unlike the Xbox delisting, the Steam release of Sonic Generations will still be available in some capacity. You won’t be able to buy it separately, but the game will still be available in a bundle alongside other Sonic games....

Summary Many have been sceptical about theSilent Hill 2 Remakeever since it was announced, and even more so after we saw footage from the game. This isn’t surprising - the original game is beloved by so many to this day, and now, we have an entirely new dev team taking the reigns on this reimagining of the classic. However, as previews drop today, we get our first impressions from those who have actually played the remake… and it’s surprisingly positive so far....