Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Mario Kart World

Here’s what the critics think. Video game media has now been tearing up the track in Mario Kart World for a week now – so what’s the final verdict? This new entry, including a whole world to explore and Knockout Tour, is currently sitting on a critic score of 87/100 on Metacritic, with “generally favorable…

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An Elden Ring Nightreign dataminer dove into the numbers to prove that reaching max level isn’t as strong as it seems

As if Elden Ring character stats weren’t confusing enough, FromSoftware further obfuscated their purpose in Elden Ring Nightreign. Each Nightfarer has letter ratings instead of numbers to denote their relative proficiency with each stat, but the real values are hidden. You just have to trust they’re going up a meaningful amount each time you level…

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Videogame voice actors strike ‘suspended’ following agreement with game companies: ‘All SAG-AFTRA members are instructed to return to work’

A day after reaching a tentative agreement with major game companies over “critical AI protections” for voice actors, the SAG-AFTRA union has suspended the strike that’s been ongoing since July 2024 and given its members the green light to return to work. That the strike is “suspended” and not ended is meaningful, as the new…

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Steam review bombs can be harmful, says Mecha Break dev, but it had a positive takeaway after Chinese players hammered the beta: ‘We underestimated players’ passion to get into our game’

Mecha Break hit some turbulence when its open beta period started earlier this year. The mecha battler’s online beta dropped in late February and thousands of Chinese players couldn’t access the game due to server issues. Their response was a Steam review bomb. Hundreds of reviews trashed developer Amazing Seasun for not being more prepared…

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‘We encourage you to live with your choices, but if you want to change it, you can:’ Supermassive explains why it’s adding a flowchart to its narrative horror with Directive 8020

Space is the final frontier, and for Supermassive Games, it’s also a new one. With Directive 8020, the latest entry in The Dark Pictures anthology, the studio finally takes to the stars. But even as it grapples with a shape-shifting alien and the constant, imposing doom posed by the void of space, Supermassive is finding…

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