Box Art Brawl – Duel: Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (Switch)

North America Image: Konami The North American approach features new protagonist Rose Belmont looking upon Dracula’s Castle. It’s actually a really cool image, and we love the use of colour here – the reds and oranges work really well, while the start contrast of the yellow logo at the top is great. Europe / Japan…

Ghost Of Yōtei Roguelike DLC Makes Jin From Ghost Of Tsushima Playable

Ghost of Yōtei, one of our favorite games from last year, is getting new content in October. We already knew it would include new story content and a roguelike mode, but today’s State of Play revealed our first look at gameplay. It also included a surprise – Jin Sakai, protagonist of Ghost of Tsushima, will…

Steam Week in Review: 54 idle games released on Steam last week, and many look eerily similar

When Cookie Clicker and Candy Box both released in quick succession in 2013, I remember them being received mostly as a joke, or else as an amusing parody of “watch numbers go up” RPG gameplay. Then something weird happened: all my colleagues became fixated on Cookie Clicker. So did I. Lots of people on the…

Buddy The Unicorn Kicked Out Of Halloween Horror Nights

It’s September, and you know what that means: Watching GoPro videos of Halloween Horror Nights because you live on the opposite end of the continent. The shadow of Halloween has consumed the Universal Studios parks over the years. While Disney adults seek to remain in Neverland, the studio built on classic monsters has found demons,…

Civilization 7 will finally enter the Atomic Age with a free update, followed by a space race DLC

Civilization 7 looks quite different from when it first released, thanks in large part to the vast ‘Test of Time’ rework that developer Firaxis deployed in May. Despite this, there’s always been one particular aspect that felt missing: history’s latest act. For all its age-spanning recreations, the 4X game stops short of stepping into anything…

The Weirdest Worlds That Could Technically Be In Kingdom Hearts 4

Over the past couple weeks, we’ve finally learned a bit more about the next entry in Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts series. In an extended Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer revealed during D23, Disney’s annual fan event, we were given a first look at Coco’s Land of The Dead, and its narrative implications already have us speculating…

Final Fantasy Resonance Is Getting A Demo And A Sephiroth

If you want to give Final Fantasy Resonance a shot before release, you’re in luck. Sony and Square Enix announced during a State of Play that a demo for the game is available today ahead of its October 22 release. The game will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, Switch, and…

Kalshi Prematurely Pays Out Bets For Losing Football Team

Hell, it’s the long weekend. There’s enough room for multiple Wolverine controversies. To call Saturday’s NCAA football game contentious is an understatement. Just as it seemed Western Michigan had done in regular Michigan, a bewildering buzzer beater pass to J.J. Buchanan flipped the score. With the game called, a widespread and finicky debate has emerged…

Baldur’s Gate 3’s Astarion teams up with The Blood of Dawnwalker’s Coen to ponder “the ennui of immortality”

The Blood of Dawnwalker revolves around its semi-vampiric lead Coen, and while he takes a little while to establish some character, I really grew to care about his journey by the end. It leans heavily into the themes of what makes us human, along with the ‘curse’ that eternal life can become – something I…

Round Up: The Reviews For Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Are In

And here’s what other sites had to say about this new open-world take on the series: Vooks – 3.5/5: “Hot Wheels Infinite Rush is a fast-paced arcade-style racer that makes the most of the Hot Wheels brand. It looks good and runs well, and its racing is easy for both younger and older players to…