When theSuper Mariomovie was first announced, I was pretty ‘meh’ on the whole thing. The combination of video game movie adaptations still feeling risky and the lack of narrative punch to Mario made me lose interest fairly quickly. ThatAnya Taylor-Joy was in the cast was a start, but it still didn’t grab me. As we’ve seen more footage though, I have become more convinced. I’ma Chris Pratt accent defender, and while the humour is pretty ‘kiddie’ in parts, the movie seems to have captured the warmth of Mario himself while keeping the open charm of Super Mario being narratively light and character dense....

The ongoing legal drama surrounding theMicrosoft-Activisionmerger just took an interesting turn. Regulators at the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have subpoenaed a Nintendo executive to ask for details surrounding Microsoft’s 10-year deal to bringCall of Dutyto Nintendo’s platforms. If you’ll recall, one of the big arguments being made by Sony to dissuade regulators from approving the merger was that Microsoft could make thebillion-dollar Call of Duty franchiseXbox exclusive. To help calm fears that gamers might need to buy an Xbox to keep playing their beloved shooter, Microsoftsigned deals with multiple publisherspromising to keep Call of Duty on those platforms for at least 10 years after the merger goes through....

Back whenOverwatch 2first launched last October, Blizzard had to apologize to fans upset that the promised single-player campaign mode didn’t arrive along with it. Instead, Overwatch 2 launched as a multiplayer-only title similar to Overwatch 1, with fans being told they “may have to wait a bit” for the single-player campaign to arrive.Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller said progress was “going slower” than Blizzard would have liked, buttwo book listingssuggested that the single-player content would finally arrive in November 2023....

There are a couple of one-shot kills inResident Evil 4, but easily the most memorable comes courtesy of Dr. Salvador, also known as the Chainsaw Man. This chainsaw-wielding enemy will charge at Leon and cut his head off if he manages to connect. It’s a gruesome way to go if those blades manage to connect with Leon’s neck, and for the longest time, the only defense was to simply not get caught....

Two weeks on from the launch ofResident Evil 4 Remakeand some weird and wonderful stuff has already been done with and adjacent to the game. The weirdest and most wonderful thing of all might be art that poses the question what if Ashley were a mouse? Of course, just a week after Moushley took overResident Evil’s corner of Twitter, someone has taken the creation and made it a reality via a mod for the remake....

The COVID-19 pandemic had a big impact on video games, hitting the development of some so hard that they still haven’t launched. One way you might not have expected it to affect a game is devs deciding to omit illness from their project entirely having developed throughout the pandemic. That’s what theLife By Youteam has done, revealing your virtual people will never die from illness. Shown off for the first time last month, Life By You will be aSimscompetitor from Rod Humble’s Paradox....

Capcom is looking out for your hard drive. AlthoughStreet Fighter 6is still a relatively compact 60 GB, you won’t have to download all of it when the game arrives in June. According to the Xbox and Microsoft storefronts, you’ll be able to download just the parts of Street Fighter 6 that you want, whether that be a robust suite of multiplayer modes or the new single-player campaign. Head on over to theXbox site, and you’ll see Street Fighter 6’s Fighting Ground and World Tour game modes are listed as separate add-ons....

One of Link’s most consistent weapons is the Bow, andTears of the Kingdomgives you one very early on. Having ranged attacks is a necessity for surviving in the game, so it’s smart to pick up Arrows whenever you’re able to. RELATED:The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom - Best Items To Fuse Even smarter is to pick up as many materials as possible such as plants and minerals, so you have more things to Fuse to your Arrows....

Battle Spirits has been revived in the form ofBattle Spirits Saga, taking the original Japanese card game and building it back from the ground up. With the benefit of hindsight and the renewed interest that reboots always bring, Battle Spirits might finally click with Western audiences in a way it failed to during its first run. Related:Battle Spirits Saga: Best Red Cards Of the three main card types, nexus cards play the most passive role on the field, being played to the area like a spirit while still primarily effect-based, like magic....

Shields have a bad reputation among fans of From Software games. In Dark Souls, the consensus was that using them was worse than simply dodging your enemies’ attacks. As a result, they are mostly used by beginners and in meme builds. However, Shields are more viable inElden Ring, in large part thanks to the introduction ofAshes of War, which grant Weapon Skills that can up the effectiveness of your Shield significantly....

There are fewMagic: The Gatheringartists more widely renowned than Rebecca Guay. Beginning her career in 1996’s Alliances, she went on to lend her distinctive style to nearly 200 cards over the game’s 30-year lifespan. RELATED:Magic: The Gathering - The Best Cards With Art By Magali Villeneuve The secret to Guay’s appeal lay in the ethereal nature of her compositions, and the way in which they centred both female characters and femininity, things that were rare in Magic art, and fantasy art in general, at the time....

If there’s one thing we know aboutThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, it’s that the game is going to be a tough experience unless you explore. The game is challenging, it’s not unfair by any means; it just requires you to invest time and effort into its gameplay loop. Thankfully, one of the things you’ll be investing time into is cooking. RELATED:The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom - Every Temple, Ranked...

The supersoldierwill always be just an idea, or rather, an idea-as-a-platform: they will never exist by virtue of their very super-ness, but they serve as a useful vehicle for all sorts of far-fetched ideas and concepts. Real-world militaries use them to show off far-fetched, sci-fi technologies; authors use them to paint pictures of scary, violent dystopias, and game developers — inspired by those authors and militaries —make it all playable....