Summary Balatrohas a powerful popularity that doesn’t seem to be slowing down, and modders are working hard to add more to the chaos surrounding deck-building poker. If you’ve already sunk dozens, if not hundreds of hours into optimizing your deck of jokers and want to crank things up a bit, you should consider nabbing a couple of these great Balatro mods. These mods combine quality-of-life changes, visual updates, and gameplay mechanic overhauls....
Summary Roguelikegames have had multiple golden ages and produced some of the best games in the genre. While they aren’t exclusively indie games, roguelikes have pushed the indie gaming industry a bit more into the spotlight than it might have otherwise. Relying on randomized gameplay elements, permadeath (or something very much like it), and player-controlled character upgrading, roguelikes are easy to pick up and less easy to put down. For most roguelikes, no one run is a significant time investment, meaning it’s very easy to see the fruits of your labor quickly and ensure you want to do just one more run....
It’s 2024, and you’re still looking for the perfect statue to add to your collection, but nothing you find is working out as well as you want. With so many options, how’s it possible that we can struggle to find the one that calls out to us the most? In my experience, it’s the options that are the problem - with so many to choose from, choice paralysis stops me from grabbing the statue of my dreams....
Summary Over the past few years, it’s become clear that we don’t need to rely solely onFromSoftwarefor competent and entertaining soulslikes.Lies of P,Stellar Blade,Rise of the Ronin, andAnother Crab’s Treasureall launched in the past 12 months and managed to impress, butBlack Myth: Wukonggoes one step further. It’s the most polished, intricate, and entertaining soulslike I’ve ever played outside FromSoftware’s masterpieces. You are The Destined One, a monkey man with enormous importance as you’re tasked with retrieving various ancient relics....
Summary Black Myth: Wukongis hardly a walk in the park. While it is by no means the trickiest action game out there, you’ll find yourself stumped on some bosses and likely need to backtrack to power up or grind, and some hidden secrets can be almost impossible to find without any guidance. With the game itself being so difficult at points, you’re able to imagine what it’s like trying to get every achievement....
Summary During its Summer Showcase at Anime Expo,Bandai Namcoannounced Bleach: Rebirth of Souls, the first Bleach console game in a little over 13 years. As is the case every Summer, the past few weeks have beenabsolutelystackedwith gaming news thanks to Summer Game Festanddedicated showcases from PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo. Considering how many reveals and announcements we’ve had recently, you might think that things would finally start slowing down, but Bandai Namco has just proven that’s not the case....
Summary To this point,Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zerohas received the bulk of the hype among anime fans. And for good reason, as the spiritual successor to the Budokai Tenkaichi series, it looks absolutely fantastic. That said, it’s easy to forget thatBleach will be getting its first fully-fledged console title in over a decade. Indeed,Bleach: Rebirth of Soulswas announced at this year’s Anime Expo, marking the first Bleach title since Bleach: Soul Resurrección for the PS3 back in 2011....
Summary 2024 has been a huge year for any of you who like what you wear on your feet to be officially connected to IP.PlayStation sneakers are real,the Nike crossover coming to Tekkenin September will be both in the game and out of it, and evenSquishmallows sneakers are a thingthanks to Puma. The officially licensed sneaker train just keeps on chugging as you’re able to now buy Bluey and Beetlejuice footwear of various descriptions at Target and Walmart....
Summary TheBorderlandsmovie is a train wreck. Itstruggled to sell tickets for its advanced screenings, early reviewscalled it “unfunny” and “visually repulsive”, which only got worse as more reviews came out, and its Rotten Tomatoes scorestayed at zero percentfor far longer than Eli Roth would have hoped. It has now climbed to six percent on thereview aggregator, but another, Metacritic, has it at alowly 29. Surprisingly, however, while a 29 on Metacritic is abysmal, it doesn’t even put Borderlands in the ten worst video game adaptations of all time....
Bully Is Rockstar’s Take On The ‘One City Block’ Game Deus Exdirector Warren Spector has often talked about his dream of making a game set inone city block. Instead of building a huge open world that is a mile wide and an inch deep, Spector has expressed interest in focusing in on one small area, freeing the developers to go as deep as they possibly can. Bully is nearly 18 years old at this point, so it doesn’t live up to the standards of depth we would want from a new game, but it’s the closestRockstar Gameshas come to making a one city block game....
Summary Dragon Agefans think that Taash, a new character introduced inThe Veilguard, might be non-binary. This comes after promotional material for the game has repeatedly referred to them using they/them pronouns, including yesterday’s breakdown of all ofThe Veilguard’s companions. This would make Taash the first non-binary character in the series, as well as the first known trans companion. This could also tie into Taash’s story arc, as we’ve been told that this will centre around them trying to find where they belong in the world, focussing heavily on introspection and becoming “at peace” with who they are....
Summary A talentedDragon Ball GTfan has created a mod forDragon Ball FighterZthat finally gives Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta some proper representation in the game. Although most Dragon Ball games (especially Sparking Zero) get a bit of a bad rap forhaving every version of Goku and Vegeta under the sun as playable characters, the same can’t quite be said of FighterZ. Sure, we’ve gotmostvariants covered in one way or another, but it’s nowhere near the level ofXenoverseor Budokai Tenkaichi, which makes sense considering how complex each fighter needs to be....
Summary Last month,Bandai Namco revealed Dragon Ball: Project Multi, an upcoming four-versus-four MOBA starring the iconic Z Warriors. And now with the regional β test at a close, the team has announced that it plans to launch the game proper next year in 2025. “We sincerely thank everyone for taking part,“the game’s official Twitter account postedthis morning. “All the valuable input we have received from our players will help our development team strive to make the game even more entertaining....
