Launch Review: Anthem is a game with an identity crisis

Disclaimer: This is a launch review of a large service game that is likely to receive significant post-launch content. As such the game experience is likely to evolve as the game’s developer adds and changes its systems over the following months and years. This review is accurate as of the launch window. There’s an intriguing game buried somewhere in Anthem, lying broken beneath its loot and structural frustrations like chunks of fossilised dinosaur bone....

June 14, 2025 · 7 min · 1401 words · Jacob Willis

Legacy Piece codes

Legacy Piece codesare coming in fast. The release of this new One Piece-inspired Roblox adventure is seeing it amass a following at record speed. That means more codes are just around the corner. Coming fromRobloxdeveloper UnrioCLegacy Piece, the latest in a long line of Pirate vs Marine MMOs released in mid-April 2024, has quickly climbed the charts. Just follow these steps to use codes in Legacy Piece: Why didn’t my Legacy Piece code work?...

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 246 words · Patrick Young

Lego Animal Crossing sets are coming next year, Lego insiders claim

The next big video game series to get the Lego toy treatment may be Animal Crossing, according to new reports. The claim was originally posted on Instagram by Lego leakerexabrickslegogo_and was then backed up by YouTuberBrick Clicker. It relates to five sets which have been discovered onBrickmerge, a site which runs a bot that discovers new Lego sets as soon as they’re listed. Although Brickmerge simply lists the sets by their product numbers – which run from 77046 to 77050 – and provides no further information, it’s since been claimed by leakers such as exabrickslegogo_ that they’re Animal Crossing sets....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 213 words · Richard Lambert

Lies of P’s expansion will allow players to replay old bosses, and introduces a boss rush mode

Lies of P: Overture will introduce the ability to replay boss fights, and a new boss rush mode, it’s been confirmed. Players will be able to progress through five tiers of difficulty. Initially, the bosses can be played on tiers 1, 2, and 3, with tiers 4 and 5 only being unlocked when a player completes the previous level. Bosses in the Battle Memories mode will also have unique stats that change based on the tier....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Thomas Cummings

Mario Kart Tour to add King Boo and Waluigi characters

Mario Kart Tour will add King Boo, Waluigi and the Waluigi Pinball (DS) track this week, Nintendo has confirmed. Mario Kart Tour’s Halloween tour will start on October 22 at 11:00pm PT (or 7am Oct 23 in the UK) and add Halloween-themed content including the Luigi’s Mansion (DS) course and the Luigi driver. The tour will run for two weeks. UPDATE:Nintendohas confirmed theMario Kart Tour Halloween event will add at least six new characters, three new courses and Time Trials....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 243 words · Jennifer Payne

Microsoft acknowledges that Windows’ latest big update stops some Ubisoft games working

Microsoft has acknowledged that its latest major Windows update has stopped certain Ubisoft games from working. Windows 11 version 24H2, which is the the third major update to Windows 11 since the operating system was released three years ago, has been rolling out throughout the month. Players with access to the update have been noting for some time – particularly those who’ve had Preview access since the summer – that someUbisoftgames no longer work with the new update installed, andMicrosofthas now acknowledged this....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 286 words · James Garrett

Modern Warfare glitch ‘shows battle royale map’

A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare glitch may have provided the first in-game look at the title’s anticipated but still to be confirmed battle royale mode. Details of aModern Warfare battle royale moderecently appeared online via Call of Duty dataminer Sensecallo, suggesting it will be a free addition featuring a large map that supports 200 players. The video below, which was posted on theModern Warfaresubreddit, reportedly shows a glitch which results in the user getting a bird’s eye view of a landscape which closely resembles the previously datamined map....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Todd Jones

MultiVersus Tom & Jerry Guide: Moves and strategies

This MultiVersus Tom & Jerry guide will give you the moves and strategies you need to master the famous cartoon duo. If you want to know how to use Tom & Jerry’s special moves, this guide breaks them all down and gives tips on how to use them. It also gives general strategies on the best way to use Tom & Jerry when fighting against opponents online. And if you don’t even know who Tom & Jerry are, we’ve got you covered there too....

June 14, 2025 · 5 min · 1010 words · Jonathan Klein

Naughty Dog is working on ‘several cool things’ but asks fans for patience

Naughty Dog has said it’s working on “several cool things” but has asked fans to remain patient for news about its current projects. “If you tweet at me, asking about a future project, I can’t say anything… Please stay patient,” studio co-president and The Last of Us Part 2 directorNeil Druckmanntweetedon Tuesday. “We have several cool things we can’t wait to share with you. As soon as we can, we will!...

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Karen Mejia

Nintendo nullifies Splatoon 3 World Championship win following racism reports

Nintendo has said it’s nullifying Jackpot’s recent Splatoon 3 World Championship win after members of the team violated its community guidelines. WhileNintendodidn’t specify the nature of the violations, its decision follows the recentdocumenting ofracist commentsby Jackpot members, who reportedly used racist language and jokes freely on a number of occasions. “It has come to our attention that certain members of team Jackpot, the team that recently won theSplatoon 3World Championship, acted in a manner that is not in line with our Community Guidelines while playing the Splatoon 3 game,” Nintendo of Americasaidin a statement....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Craig Kent

Nintendo of America has detailed its Black Friday deals, which are very similar to 2019’s

Nintendo of America has detailed its Black Friday deals, including a Mario Kart hardware bundle and several software promotions. The headline offer is aNintendo Switchconsole with a download code forMario Kart 8 Deluxeand a three-month Nintendo Switch Online subscription for $299.99. The company ran the same offer forBlack Friday 2019, minus the Switch Online membership, which normally costs $7.99 standalone. The hardware bundle will be available beginning on November 22 atAmazon, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and GameStop, with Black Friday itself taking place on November 27....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Nicholas Chavez

Nintendo will ‘continue 3DS support while there’s demand’

Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser says the company isn’t giving up on 3DS yet, despite failing to announce any new games for the platform at E3. The firmexpects to sell just one million 3DS unitsin the business year ending in March 2020, down from 2.55 million units in the previous year and 6.4 million units the year before that. But in aninterview with Time, Bowser said the 3DS business “continues to do quite well”....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Mark Roth

Octopath Traveler 2 reportedly coming to Xbox, Windows PC and Game Pass this month

Octopath Traveler 2 will reportedly be made available through Game Pass this month. That’s according toeXputer, which claims the originalOctopath Travelercould also be added toMicrosoft’s subscription service. Coinciding with Microsoft’sTokyo Game Showbroadcast last September,Square Enixannounced plans tobring its RPG sequel to Xbox consoles and Windows PCin “early 2024”, but this has yet to happen. Update6th Jun 2024 / 9:15 am Square Enix has released Octopath Traveler forPS4andPS5, and Octopath Traveler 2 forXboxconsoles and WindowsPC....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Shirley Murray