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Monster Hunter Stories: How This Spin-off Series Translates the Franchise’s Strengths

The Fridge10 months ago021 mins

Category: Games Monster Hunter Stories: How This Spin-off Series Translates the Franchise’s Strengths Jeff Rubenstein Published October 2, 2025 When ‘Capcom Presents’ flashed across the screen during watching last week’s Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2025 Broadcast, my pulse quickened as I prepared for something familiar from one of my favorite publishers – only to be surprised by a world I’ve yet to explore: Monster Hunter…

Unraveling the mysteries of The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon

The Fridge6 years ago07 mins

The Outer Worlds made quite an impression on me last year, with its rich characters, morbidly hilarious dialogue, and the distinct stylish trappings of its capitalist space society Halcyon. The sci-fi RPG offered a funny and engaging adventure in moral ambiguity that made multiple playthroughs a must. Obsidian and Private Division add a new layer…

Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion’s power-suits will let you beat giant monsters to death with their own body parts

1 year ago05 mins

There are few joys in videogames as pure as beating one bad guy to death with another bad guy. Upcoming mech-masher sequel Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion might be replacing its predecessor’s Armored Core-esque mechs with more human-scaled power suits, but its potential for spectacular violence only seems to have increased. In the new gameplay…

Starfield’s ‘biggest’ update now has patch notes, which boil down to bug fixes and visual updates—also, your pet rock’s going to a nice farm upstate

3 years ago03 mins

Last week, PC Gamer’s own Andy Chalk talked about an upcoming patch for Starfield—flagged as the “biggest Starfield update yet”, though he rightfully pointed out that it didn’t seem all that big. Well, patch notes for beta testing are here. We’re getting visual and lighting upgrades to certain areas, as well as bug fixes to…

Team17 Group Is Rebranding, But The Iconic Name Isn’t Disappearing

2 years ago01 mins

Welcome, everplay. Team17 Group has announced that it is rebranding the company to ‘everplay group plc’. The announcement states that the change represents an “evolution” of the group following its addition to the London Stock Exchange in 2018. The name ‘everplay’ is designed to reflect its purpose to “never stop playing”, along with its “creative…

Fan-made Team Fortress 2 remake using the Source 2 engine shuts down for good after receiving a DMCA notice from Valve

3 years ago07 mins

Team Fortress: Source 2, an ambitious fan project aiming to rebuild the venerable Team Fortress 2 in the Source 2 engine, has reached the end of the road. Amper Software, the team behind the project, said on Twitter today that it’s been forced to pull the plug after receiving a DMCA takedown notice from Valve….

The Last of Us Part II: Explore Abby’s story in new trailer

The Fridge6 years ago02 mins

It’s been nearly six months since we launched The Last of Us Part II and, in that time, we’ve been overwhelmed by the support shown by everyone that has played the game and reached out to share their experience with us. This story and its characters mean so much to the entire studio and to…

Officially Licensed ‘The Legend of Zelda Collector’s Edition’ Chess Set Now Available For Pre-Order

1 year ago01 mins

And very reasonably priced! What’s the first thing that springs into your mind when we say “The Legend of Zelda” to you? Is it chess? Let’s pretend it’s chess so we can get on with this. USAopoly, which has been putting new spins on boardgames since all the way back in 1994, has just announced…

Most RPGs are getting character creation wrong

3 years ago016 mins

Despite occasionally indulging in the popular videogame critic pastime of making wild predictions, I am not, I must confess, a soothsayer. As hard as I have tried, I am entirely incapable of peering into the future. This is unfortunate for many reasons, but for the purposes of this article the one I am going to…

Anniversary: The Legend Of Zelda Turns 40 Today – How Did You First Play It?

The Fridge5 months ago02 mins

And we’ve never looked back. We all pulled a ‘Wait, Mario is how old??‘ last year as the prized plumber and the NES celebrated their 40th anniversaries, and what do you know, we’re about to do it all over again for little old Link. Yes, The Legend of Zelda is 40 years old today (in…

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Monster Hunter Stories: How This Spin-off Series Translates the Franchise’s Strengths

Unraveling the mysteries of The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon

Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion’s power-suits will let you beat giant monsters to death with their own body parts

Starfield’s ‘biggest’ update now has patch notes, which boil down to bug fixes and visual updates—also, your pet rock’s going to a nice farm upstate

Team17 Group Is Rebranding, But The Iconic Name Isn’t Disappearing

Fan-made Team Fortress 2 remake using the Source 2 engine shuts down for good after receiving a DMCA notice from Valve

The Last of Us Part II: Explore Abby’s story in new trailer

Officially Licensed ‘The Legend of Zelda Collector’s Edition’ Chess Set Now Available For Pre-Order

Most RPGs are getting character creation wrong

Anniversary: The Legend Of Zelda Turns 40 Today – How Did You First Play It?