7 Best Zelda Games Where You Don’t Fight Ganon

First appearing in the originalThe Legend of Zelda, Ganon has become synonymous with the series and has gained notoriety as one of the most infamous video game villains. Despite being a part of the trio with Link and Zelda, Ganon doesn’t appear in every entry, and the series has had plenty of other great villains over the years. Related:The Legend Of Zelda: Best Bosses Who Only Appeared Once Having original villains helps differentiate each game from others in the series....

June 26, 2025 · 5 min · 928 words · Kristie Ayala

7 Things Everyone Completely Missed In Atomic Heart

What if Bioshock and your middle-school U.S. History teacher had a baby? That would beAtomic Heart, an interesting peek into a world ruled by machines and communism. Atomic Heart quite literally throws you face-first into the retro-futuristic aesthetic of an alternate-history Soviet Union. The deep reds, rusted copper, and grizzly metal gears all around can keep anyone’s Thought neuro-connector fixated on Atomic Heart’s story and environment, so missing a few things during a playthrough is naturally biological....

June 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1141 words · Ian Williams

A Fan-Made Pokemon HD-2D Remake Has The Community Split

Now that remakes are proving to be an easy and reliable way to make mountains of cash from already established titles, every publisher out there is diving into their vaults to see if they have a fan favorite classic they can spruce up. Obviously, some titles have a lot more promise as a 3D remake than others, but the increasing popularity of the ‘HD-2D remake’ has opened up a few new doors....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Chloe Brooks

Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Screenshots Leaked

Ubisoft has been awfully quiet about Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. We can assume that you don’t play as Jake Sully, rather a random Na’vi located on a part of Pandora that hasn’t been shown in either of the two movies. However, this is only based on the title of the game. As with almost any anticipated game over the last few years, information about Frontiers of Pandora has leaked in the form of screenshots, and gameplay may be coming soon....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Ricky Schultz

Best Female Protagonists in Open-World Games

Open-world games are a liberating experience from the real world, but there are few games that let you play as a woman. That can prove to be frustrating if you’re looking for a well-written female protagonist ina game genre that’s full of adventure. You’ll find that these games do exist, but many make being a female character optional. Related:Best Video Games With Female Protagonists Women in open-world games do exist as main characters, and some of them are even genre-defining in a male-character-dominated segment....

June 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1125 words · Jerome Oneill

Best Wepaons In Roblox Arcane Odyssey

If you’re looking to get your hands on the most powerful weapons inRoblox’smuch anticipated Arcane Odyssey, look no further. This list has all the information you need to obtain the most coveted and rare weapons in the game. From epic boss battles to fishing and hunting, there are several ways to unlock these formidable weapons. We’ve compiled the best weapons in Arcane Odyssey and included some tips and tricks on how to acquire them....

June 26, 2025 · 4 min · 845 words · Christian Miller

Blizzard Will Use AI To Create Concept Art For Characters

AI is all the rage these days as corporations constantly pull from controversial tools that try to cut the artist out of the equation. From conversations with an extremely lifelike ChatGPT to art-generating AI that pulls from people’s work without consent, there’s no escaping AI, and that’s especially true in the world of video games. The New York Times(viaEurogamer) recently revealed Blizzard will soon have an AI art-generating tool that it will use in video game production....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · John Rodriguez

Bloodborne Fans Are Going To Dig Mina The Hollower

Building a follow-up to Shovel Knight must be a daunting task for Yacht Club Games. Over the last ten years the Blue Burrower has ascended from a classic side-scrolling send-up to an iconic video game character in his own right, and now the studio is embarking on a new journey to canonize a retro-inspired hero in Mina the Hollower. Director Alec Faulkner has proffered that if Shovel Knight is the studio’s Mario, then Mina the Hollower is its Zelda....

June 26, 2025 · 5 min · 898 words · Vincent Young

Changes We Want To See In Pokemon TCG Live

ThePokemonCompany is well on its way to makingPokemon TCGLive the flagship digital Pokemon TCG game. The intent to do so was made clear after the final Expansion for Pokemon TCG Online was announced, indicating a complete overhaul into Pokemon TCG Live moving forward. Related:Best Cards By Mitsuhiro Arita, Ranked By Artwork Now, let’s be honest; every new game has its fair share of hiccups. The same goes for TCG Live. While it’s showcased incredible potential as the successor to TCG Online, certain elements have been lacking....

June 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1197 words · Zachary Green

Crash Team Rumble Won't Include A Story Mode

Toys for Bobhas confirmed thatCrash Team Rumblewon’t include a story mode of any kind, with the game instead focusing solely on multiplayer modes. Yesterday,Activision revealed a first look at gameplay for Crash Team Rumble, giving us an idea at how the game’s unique competitive platforming action looks in motion.Although we’ve known for some time that Team Rumble will focus on multiplayer, Crash fans have wondered if there would be any single-player options at all - it seems that won’t be the case at launch, however....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Nicholas Frazier

Dead Space Remake Speedrunner Sets New Sub-Two-Hour World Record

ADead Spaceplayer tried to achieve the fastest playtime of the recent remake, clocking in at just under two hours for the whole adventure. It’s the world record now, but it is likely that this impressive time can be further improved. YouTuber sharkhat87 shared their successful attempt at speedrunning Dead Space Remake on PC, completing the task in just one hour, 58 minutes, and 31 seconds. An impressive achievement given that the usual playthrough willtake you anywhere between 12 to 15 hours....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Matthew Burns

Diablo 4's Repetitive Dungeons Are Apparently Intentional

Earlier this week,Diablo 4players were giving their opinions on the recent beta that took place over the weekend, with a large number of themcomplaining about repetitive and predictable dungeon layouts. Many felt the dungeon boss would usually be in the same place, the starting location would be exactly the same each time, and that each layout followed a basic ring structure with differing dead ends. Well, it turns out that this was apparently an intentional design decision from Blizzard, as the developer stresses that this is purely a beta issue and that we’ll see more differing layouts across the whole game....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Cynthia Weaver

Doom 4 Concept Video From 2012 Leaks, Shows A Greater Focus On Horror

A concept video for the 2012 version ofDoom4 (before it turned into the 2016’s Doom we all know and love) has leaked and shows a much greater focus on horror, akin toDoom 3.Following the release of Doom 3 in 2004,Bethesdaconfirmed a few years later in 2007 that it was making a fourth game in the series, aptly titled Doom 4. From 2007 until 2013,Doom 4 went through several delays and design changes, initially starting out as a more cinematic and linear horror shooter, and eventually getting the big shakeup to turn it into the beloved 2016 reboot....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Andrea Gay