Five years ago, Strixhaven: School of Mages showed us Magic: The Gathering’s original take on the wizard school genre, which covers everything from Discworld’s Unseen University to A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin—though obviously Harry Potter is the elephant in the room. Back then, Wizards of the Coast hadn’t gone all-in on the…
Crimson Desert has gotten frequent and hefty updates since its blockbuster release, and today has brought yet another payload of changes. You can read all about it on developer Pearl Abyss’s website, but let me skip to the good stuff: you can hide your helmet now. The highly requested feature is delightfully granular, too. In…
It’s the thirty-year anniversary of the very first Pokémon games which were released back in 1996. Nintendo is pulling out all the stops reminding us. But unofficial historians are getting in on the act too, with The History of the Pokémon Games by James Batchelor coming out on March 30th courtesy of Pen &…
Our first glimpse of Alex Garland’s upcoming Elden Ring movie might be in a TikTok video shot by a lucky fan in the UK. Not only is it unmistakably a near-exact recreation of the ruined churches from the game, there’s evidence that it’s being built in a popular filming location. Throxtv, an Elden Ring fan…
Longtime FromSoftware dataminer Lance McDonald has unveiled his latest discovery from deep in the bowels of Elden Ring, a WIP base game cutscene featuring DLC antagonist Miquella the Kind, who remains one of the most enigmatic characters in any FromSoft game. The cut scene (cut cutscene?) shows Miquella planting a sapling Haligtree—the endgame dungeon where…
Generative AI has wormed its way into all sorts of high-profile games, but plenty of developers have taken a hard stance against the tech. Digital Extremes has just joined the chorus of anti-AI game developers, with community director Megan Everett telling GameSpot she’s “very passionate about not having any of that shit.” “We are a…
I don’t envy any showrunners currently working on a videogame adaptation, which have been the new hotness since Fallout and The Last of Us hit the big time. On one side, you’ve got the general TV audience who may be skeptical of what videogames can bring to the table, and on the other, you’ve got…
But not before releasing a bunch of documents from Nintendo’s most famous legal case. One of retro gaming’s most famous YouTubers is calling it a day after 18 years. Gaming Historian – real name Norman Caruso – has racked up more than a million subscribers thanks to his in-depth videos on classic video games, but…
Some mods are utterly transformative: Tweaks to the baseline experience that feel like they were always there, or standalone campaigns worthy of their own retail release. I’m not talking about either of those today. I’m talking about Fallout: New Vegas for the PS3. Last October, Nexus user Pope74220—presumably not the actual Bishop of Rome and…
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