Mario Kart World Players Are Already Uncovering Hidden Vehicles

Every time a new shooter launches, I start a countdown until it becomes a clown show of brands and hideous skins

There’s an epidemic of ugliness in multiplayer shooters. Its cause goes by many names—the skin, bundle, drop, outfit, coating, or its most generic moniker, the cosmetic. Unassuming at its onset and quiet by nature, Cosmetic Uglification is a viral affliction infecting the best shooters of our time. When left unchecked, all semblance of aesthetic cohesion…

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Palworld’s Crossplay Update does far more than let you play with console buddies, adding photo mode, a drafting table and ‘dimensional Pal Storage’

Pocketpair’s survival megahit Palworld received a new update earlier today. Titled the Crossplay Update, its main addition is, unsurprisingly, the ability to farm and shoot the game’s Pokémon-like “Pals” with players from all other platforms. But that’s hardly the only feature the Crossplay Update adds, with this headline addition followed by a flock of smaller…

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The 11 big FPS games of 2025

2025 is going to be a hell of a year for first-person shooter fans. It’s not just that we’re getting more new shooters than you can fit in a magazine, but the sheer depth and breadth of what’s coming is already beating a quieter 2024. So, here are the 12 FPS games I’m most excited…

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