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Thirty minutes of Bayonetta I’m still surprised that Nintendo is pushingBayonetta 2as hard as it is whenWonderful 101matched their brand effortlessly, and they barely promoted it. As I’ve said in the past, every time I’ve seen this game demoed by a Nintendo representative, it’s extremely awkward as they kind of look away when Bayonetta is being sexual and shrug their shoulders when something really violent happens. Like, am I supposed to enjoy it at that point?...

Angels and Demons The newest patch forHeroes of the Stormhas hit the public test realm (PTR), which includes a number of character changes and reworks, in addition to the big piece of new content set to hit next week — the Battlefield of Eternity map. The Butcher is also set to arrive on June 30, but was not part of this testing session. Fortunately, I had a chance to play the new arena yesterday, and I’m really excited for it to be a part of the normal rotation....

Shut the bullies up Poor Duncan is getting bullied for being perceived as weak, which is where theHogwarts LegacyVenomous Valour side quest slides in. You must find something from the Hidden Herbology Corridor, which will make the poor student look braver to his classmates. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to complete theHogwarts LegacyVenomous Valour (or Venomous Valor for our American friends) side quest and what exactly you need as proof for Duncan....

It might be the winter season all over the globe, butForza Horizon 5players can enjoy new content as part of the Autumn Festival Playlist in the form of the Charmed I’m Sure Treasure Hunt, which is now live inside the game. Incidentally, this treasure hunt will be a trip down memory lane for many veterans who have been playing since 2023, for this is not a new event. It has been released earlier in 2023, but if you’re new, now is your chance....

Crusader Kings IIis a game I can’t quite bring myself to stop playing. Ruling a medieval nation has never been so much fun, and I’ve now rewritten history more times than I can count (so, at least ten times). Paradox has been steadily updating it with patches and DLC, like the Ruler Creator and a whole bunch of extra music, but now the company is almost ready to launch its first major piece of DLC: “Sword of Islam....

It TakesTwoto make a thing go right It Takes Twowas one of the best surprises of last year. I’m a strong believer that we just don’t have enough couch co-op games out there, and gamers’ outpouring of love forIt Takes Twoconfirms that. There are plenty of good reasons why it took homeGame of the Year at the 2021’s Game Awards, and I think it’s great to see such creative titles get the recognition it deserves....

God have mercy [This piece was originally published in 2015. In light ofrecent rumorsabout the next Nintendo Direct and an ensuingeyebrow-raising tweetfrom Nintendo of America today, it just felt right to revive it. -Jordan] Chibi-Robo is a refugee from GameCube country, born from the co-mingling DNA of the industry’s most well-known publisher and one of its least mainstream-friendly developers, he was ready to die from the moment he hit the ground, aiming to please at every turn....

Balloons, dinosaurs, and flamethrowers, oh my As many of you who follow gaming history will be aware, the formative years of our favorite past time were often built upon the concept of throwing a hundred elements at the wall and seeing what sticks. Case in point: Jaleco’sPop Flamer,now available to download on PS4 and Nintendo Switch as the latest addition to Hamster’s Arcade Archives. Frankly, I’m not sure how best to describe this....

I just wanna fly That promising first-person superhero gameMegaton Rainfallhit a last-minute snag. It was supposed to launch yesterday on PC and PlayStation 4, butit’snow targetingan June 14, 2025 release. What happened? Writing on Facebook, Pentadimensional Gamesexplainedthat it “underestimated how long [it would take] to go through all the bureaucracy in this (crowded) time of the year” and offered an apology “to those of you that have been waiting for this game for years....

They’re our new overlords Ever wonder how controllers are made? Valve has put out a fascinating behind-the-scenes video showing the hard-working Aperture robots (yes, really!) that assembleSteam Controllers. It lacks the minutia of something likeHow It’s Made— which I totally get; the Internet is an impatient place — but there is an additional nugget of insight for those of us who would like to know more: “To achieve our goal of a flexible controller, we felt it was important to have a similar amount of flexibility in our manufacturing process, and that meant looking into automated assembly lines,” writes Valve....

I know the Nintendo Wii gets a little hot while playing it for extended sessions, but c’mon! This Wii mod is incredible. It’s delightfully excessive, which makes me love it even more.Angel ODtook a Wii and gave it a serious facelift, adding liquid cooling to its feature set along the way. He made it wall mountable, milled a metal Wii logo plate and side plates, a temperature gauge and so much more....

Arrowhead Studio’s accidental friendly-fire simulatorMagickais a pretty sweet game, but to wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to say that at launch it was….a little rough around the edges. Eventwo hundred thousand and some saleslater, it’s much less so, thanks to Arrowhead’s aggressive post-release patching. But it looks like Arrowhead themselves realized that pain, and now they’ve released some free DLC along with the latest patch. Called the “Mea Culpa” pack, it includes a new wizard outfit, a new sword, a new staff, and new spell for use in the campaign and challenge modes....

All is not lost The team behindTribes: Ascendhaveno more major updates plannedfor the game in the foreseeable future as they focus development on their MOBA,Smite. All is not doomed for the frantic first-person shooter community though as High-Rez Studio is looking to bring in map-making tools to the game. “The one thing we’re going to be working on next is a path for users to basically add their own maps,” CEO Todd Harris toldRock, Paper, Shotgun....