The first two Super Mario Bros. games are old enough to have grandkids and a mortgage, which means that the time has finally come for Nintendo to make official websites for the games for the 35th anniversary of the series. The original Super Mario Bros. was released in 1985 and it became one of the most influential video games ever made, to the point where it’s still the sixth best-selling title of all time....
Rivals: they’re the cornerstone of every great duo. Vegeta gave Goku a foil unlike any other, Gary Oak tormented Ash Ketchum to the point we were all cheering when Ash finally got the upper hand, and who could forget Jonathan Joestar and Dio’s generation spanning rivalry? No matter where you look, the best quality will always be right behind the rival. Naruto’s Sasuke is no exception. He challenges, antagonizes, inspires, and changes Naruto throughout the course of the series....
If you were looking to explore new heights in your Oculus and Rift, the VR shooter Swarm from Greensky Games is set to arrive on both platforms this spring, as well as Steam in early summer. This fast-paced single-player experience will have you web-slinging in the air across cel-shaded worlds as you compete in a global leaderboard. After a delay from the initial release in late 2020, players who want to sign up for a chance to take part in the beta can do so using a form on the official site....
Talented chefs are recreating the “Yummy Yamper Pasta” dish from Pokémon Café Mix. Pokémon Café Mix is a free-to-play puzzle game for Switch and mobile devices that gives players a chance to manage and run their own café. The in-game café serves a number of creative and yummy-looking Pokémon-themed dishes - like the “Yummy Yamper Pasta,” a bolognese pasta dish based on the appearance of Electric-type Pokémon Yamper. Some talented fans have decided to recreate the Yamper pasta dish in their own kitchens, and the results are pretty accurate to the in-game renderings!...
This article contains spoilers for Ted Lasso season 2 episode 3. AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) was the closest thing that the otherwise cheerful Ted Lasso had to a villain in the beginning. Following a tough divorce from the awful Rupert Mannion (Anthony Head), Rebecca took it upon herself to hurt her ex in the cruelest way she could imagine: by destroying his beloved football team. As the new sole owner of Richmond, Rebecca brought in American college football coach Ted Lasso to torpedo the team’s chances of success....
Xbox fans were likely shocked when it was announced that they would finally be able to play 2018’s Tetris Effect on their Xbox console of choice back in July. Not only were players getting the opportunity to play the game for the first time on Xbox consoles, but they were being treated to an updated version of the game called Tetris Effect: Connected that features upgraded visual fidelity and multiplayer. And as the release of the Xbox Series X seems to be getting closer by the second, some of the developers for Tetris Effect: Connected revealed details about how the game has been optimized for Xbox Series X....
Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s South Park has been one of the funniest animated shows on the air for over two decades. While the show was initially criticized for its crude humor, it has since proven itself to be a poignant vehicle for social commentary. Since the late ‘90s, whenever a big news story has broken – from the 9/11 attacks to the COVID-19 pandemic – South Park has been there with a sharp satirical take on it....
Marvel’s Avengers is trying to have it’s own version of the Avengers that’s unique in terms of a developed canon. The developers have talked about a story that develops for years to come, and with that in mind are slowly building up their own universe. It’s not like the Marvel comic book canon, and it’s not like the cinematic universe. Every character has their own origin and background and the differences between what’s in the game and what everyone is used to can depend on the character....
Gen 6 of Pokémon GO will hopefully be released at some point this summer, but until then we can examine the Pokémon set to be released. The (predicted) strongest Pokémon in Gen 6 list is available; however, this list will instead focus on those Pokémon that will have only a single use outside of completing the Pokédex. That use is competing in the Great League with its CP cap of 1500, and this only applies to the #10 and #9 entries....
There really is no getting around the sheer level of quality that the Super Mario Bros. franchise brings to the table. More or less modern gaming’s grandfather, the original Super Mario Bros. set a precedent for good controls, good level design, and good music that is still being adhered to today. While many may argue that the franchise’s heights belong to the 3D side of things, 2D Mario has a far more consistent output of game, effectively eclipsing 3D Mario entirely....
Years of PlayStation: The consoles and accessories that changed gaming forever It’s been 20 years since the PlayStation 2 hit the streets Crash Bandicoot Crash Bandicoot had his first appearance in 1996 in the game of the same name on the original PlayStation. Sackboy Sackboy made his first appearance in 2008 on Little Big Planet, on PS3. The loveable little dude went on to be an icon. Solid Snake Solid Snake has grown and aged with PlayStation over the years and is a gaming icon as a result....
Despite a few quiet periods, 2014 has done a good job of providing enough AAA fodder to keep gamers busy all year round - from sprawling fantasy RPGs like Dragon Age: Inquisition and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor to big action titles like Far Cry 4 and Titanfall. With so many games crowding around for attention however, there were a few very interesting games this year that largely flew under the radar - whether because of misjudged releases, lack of coverage, or simply because they were produced by small indie studios with equally small marketing budgets....
The Star Wars franchise is known for having a deep catalogue of games that combine the whimsy of a galaxy far, far away with solid gameplay and fresh stories. Everyone has their own fantasy of what role they want to play in the Star Wars universe, and the many games that have been made under the license have fulfilled most of those dreams. Whether players want to be an ace pilot for the Rebel Alliance, feel the power of the Force as a Jedi, or storm battlefields as the menacing Empire, Star Wars video games have historically offered a little bit of something for everyone....
This article contains spoilers for The Boys season 3 episode 7. In the Western pop culture canon, stories about fathers and sons will usually find an apt audience. Dating back to before even The Empire Strikes Back, (usually male) writers in genre storytelling have often used their art to unpack their history with their own respective fathers. What was the deal with that old man? Why was he so ornery all the time?...
So the Cats official trailer works a lot better with a horror movie soundtrack than it does with its original music. Cats is becoming a movie. The official trailer dropped yesterday showcasing what seems to be a relatively faithful recreation of the Tony Award-winning musical filled with top stars. Cast includes James Corden, Dame Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Sir Ian McKellan, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, and Francesca Hayward....
Capcom is dusting off two great Ace Attorney games that never made it out of Japan for fear of being a little too Japan. But as the Yakuza franchise has proven time and time again, there’s no such thing as a game that’s too Japanese, so it’s time for The Great Ace Attorney to finally make its way to the West. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles combines two 3DS games–The Great Ace Attorney: The Adventure of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō (2015) and The Great Ace Attorney 2: The Resolve of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō (2017)–into one singular remake....
When it comes to zombies, video games tend to lean in a decidedly non-kid-friendly direction, with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s Zombies mode being the most recent example. Luckily, anyone interested in a more lighthearted zombie apocalypse will soon be able to get their hands on one, as an action-adventure game based on the TV show The Last Kids on Earth is coming out next year. The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom is a collaboration between publisher Outright Games, developer Stage Clear Studios, and Atomic Cartoons, the studio behind the animated Netflix series....
Naughty Dog’s controversial sequel to its critically-acclaimed The Last of Us divided fans with its narrative and supplied more humans than Clickers to worry about. When faced with the blood-hungry infected, the natural reaction is to become trigger-happy, but one fan has presented an alternative technique to save that all-important ammo. Posting on The Last of Us subreddit, user oTrutaPS5 shared a helpful tip with the community on how to save ammo in Grounded mode....
Google Stadia is still a few months away and there are a lot of details that consumers will hopefully learn before the cloud-based streaming service is officially live. Shoppers who purchased the Founder’s Edition on good faith will get access to the service in November and the Stadia Support page was just updated with some new details about how that experience will work. One of the big questions about Google Stadia at launch, aside from a full list of available games, is which devices the service will support....
Star Citizen is a famously ambitious crowdfunded space sim that’s been in development for nearly a decade, and developer Cloud Imperium Games has studios all over the world working on the game, including one in Austin, Texas. Last month, several massive snowstorms struck North America, affecting huge parts of the United States, and even affecting parts of Mexico and Canada. But no state was hit harder than Texas, which was stuck by massive power outages caused by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas not winterizing the state’s power grid, as well as its grid being independent from the US’s other national power grids....
