Animal Well and Hollow Knight: Silksong Might Be Two Sides of the Same Coin

Summary The indie Metroidvania genre is in a great place in 2024, with the recently-releasedAnimal Wellalready proving to be one of the year’s best indie experiences, and the highly-anticipatedHollow Knight: Silksongon the horizon. WhileHollow Knight: Silksongis still lacking a release date after a series of delays, the game has the potential to follow in the footsteps ofAnimal Wellas another indie Metroidvania hit. However, the two games share just as many differences as they do similarities, showing just how deep games in the Metroidvania genre can get....

May 25, 2025 · 3 min · 567 words · Kristen Walton

Apex Legends Leak Shows Seer's Potential Heirloom

A recentApex Legendsleak may have hinted at Seer’s potential heirloom. The lastApex Legendscharacter to receive an heirloom was Loba, who wields a fan with blades called Garra de Alanza (Alanza’s Claw).Season 15: Eclipseseems to be setting up an interesting storyline involvingApex Legendsparticipants Seer and new legend Catalyst. In the Eclipse launch trailer, it showed Seer potentially working with Duardo Silva, the organizer of the Apex Games and chose Boreas' broken moon of Cleo as the next map....

May 25, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Jeremy James

Apex Legends' Winter Express Should be the Inspiration for Future Game Modes

Recently,Apex Legendsdeveloper Daniel Klein responded to criticism thatWinter Express was a ‘recycled mode.‘Klein’s response cover the statistics, the work load, and more that went into Winter Express, as well as noting that—unlike most LTMS—this one didn’t have a particularly high drop-off rate. This means that, despite some criticism here and there, many fans are enjoying returning to the Winter Express.Apex Legendsplayers aren’t likely returning to its because of its holiday decorations, though....

May 25, 2025 · 3 min · 559 words · Daniel Webb

Best Cosplay From My Dress-Up Darling

With the amount of detail poured into the various cosplays depicted inMy Dress-Up Darling,it would not be absurd to think Marin Kitagawa’s favorite inspirations actually exist in reality. However, each storyline introduced has been created purely for the show’s benefit, even though many fans would happily binge-watchFlower Princess Blaze!!, play through theSlippery Girlsadventures and pour overSuccIDKfor the fullMy Dress-Up Darlingexperience! RELATED:Best Cosplayers In Anime Marin’s passion for all things Otaku is emphasized whenever the topic ofcosplaycomes up, particularly whenever Wakana Gojo requests more background information about the character she wishes to emulate....

May 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1207 words · Jeremy Collins

Best Games Set in the 2080s

Video gameshave skewed towards the futuristic ever since their inception. Most of the early classics likeSpace Invaders,Galaxian, andAsteroidswere space-based future games, as were most of their subsequent successors in the shoot ‘em up genre. That’s not to mention the wide variety of future-basedRPGs, platformers,first-person shooters, and more. However, while some games play coy with their future settings, others give them an exact date. They could have been the near future, like the strange far-off 2020s, or the far-future like the 3000s....

May 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1286 words · Christina Evans

Best Mini-Series On Netflix

As one of the most popular streaming services,Netflixoffers a lot of content for fans of TV shows. Not only doesNetflixcreate its own shows, but it also contains those made by other production companies. People have the chance to stream long-running TV shows on the service. RELATED:The Best Television Shows to Watch on Netflix Right Now However, not everyone has the time or the wish to watch a series that has multiple seasons....

May 25, 2025 · 4 min · 809 words · Mrs. Melanie Warren

Best Strategy Games That Turned 20 In 2022, Ranked

The early 2000s was somewhat of a golden age forstrategy games, specifically real-time strategy (RTS). Each year during that time period, new and improved strategy games kept innovating in the genre, further reinforcing the advantages of certain gaming platforms that favor the mouse and keyboard setup. Related:Hardest Turn-Based RPGs Ever Made, Ranked RTS games and strategy as a genre, for that matter, arguably peaked in their early-2000s streak in 2002, with the advent of a certain game that placed Blizzard on a pedestal, more on that one later....

May 25, 2025 · 5 min · 1003 words · Kristi Shelton

Binge-watched Cobra Kai? Go Play the Cobra Kai Game

It’s no secret thatCobra Kaihas been a big hit since it released on YouTube Red (now YouTube Premium) back in 2018, as theKarate Kidreboot surprisingly managed to rack up numbers that could rival the big shows from streaming services like Netflix at the time. Another successful season in 2019 prompted Netflix to acquire the series earlier this year in a move that proved itself to be well worth the effort, giventhe show quickly rose up the streaming rankingsin early September, becoming the most watched show in the United States during that period....

May 25, 2025 · 2 min · 385 words · Sally Smith

Borderlands: Every Major Event In The Timeline (In Chronological Order)

Amidst all the shooting and looting many players may overlook the fact that there is a deep and interesting story playing in the background of theBorderlandsseries. Each game in the series continues a grand tale that has galaxy-wide consequences with Pandora being the key to the survival or destruction of all life in the galaxy. The player is at the center of it all. Related:10 Plot Twists That Hurt Borderlands 3 While this is by no means a comprehensive overview of the lore ofBorderlandsit is a summary of the main events in the timeline....

May 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1108 words · Carolyn Booth

Boruto: Sasuke's Role As The Shadow Hokage, Explained

The continuation of theNarutofranchise in the form ofBorutohas birthed several new concepts into the series, adding even more depth to an already profound show. Theconcept of Shadow Hokageis one such example, adding another layer of complexity to an already intricate system of leadership in the Hidden Leaf. While the term itself is simply an honorary title and has no official place in the Leaf’s political landscape, the series has cemented this concept quite thoroughly, with several mentions of this expression throughout its run....

May 25, 2025 · 4 min · 791 words · James Hernandez

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Confirms PS5 and Xbox Series X Exclusive Features

After months of rumors and aweek of official teases, Activision has finally lifted the veil off ofCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The series is once more going back in time to continue the story the originalBlack Opsstarted, while at the same time pushing the series into the future with its first entry on the next generation of consoles. There’s a lot of new information for fans to chew on today, covering everything fromBlack Ops Cold War’s release dateto its gameplay....

May 25, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · Matthew Wang

Call of Duty: Warzone Self-Revive Bugged After Latest Update

Since it’s available as a standalone game, it’s easy to think ofCall of Duty: Warzoneas its own separate addition to the franchise. The fact remains, however, thatWarzoneis still connected toCall of Duty: Modern Warfare, so any changes made to that game could potentially affect the other, and not always to great effect. Modern Warfareis no stranger to technical issues, and it appears the trend has continued with the1.18 updatethat Infinity Ward released this week....

May 25, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Ann Larsen

DC: The Flash Needs An Animated ‘Spider-Verse’ Style Movie

BeforeSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Versecame out, people did not have high hopes for the film. But since its release, the movie has received huge amounts of critical acclaim, a number of awards, and many now consider it to be the best Spider-Man film ever. There are a number of things that the film does extremely well, and if DC were to replicateInto the Spider-Versebut with the Flash, the film could restore a lot of faith in the DCEU....

May 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1183 words · Paula Adams