Lego Super Mario Starter Courses Are On Sale For Best Buy Members

Nintendotested theLegowaters in 2020 when it collaborated with the toy brick makers to bringMariofans sets based on the plumber and the Mushroom Kingdom. Suffice to say, they were pretty popular. The Lego Super Mario collection features a number of sets and characters, and Nintendo is confident enough in its success thatAnimal Crossing will follow suit in 2024. If you’re yet to take the plunge on a Lego Super Mario set, a couple of its starter courses are currently on sale at Best Buy....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Susan Calderon

Naughty Dog Will Lose Its Identity With Remakes And Remasters

If you asked any gamer who the best studio in the world is, they’d probably tell you the one behind their favourite games. That’s a legitimate way to look at it, but I’m not sure it’s accurate. It’s certainly not objective. ‘Best’ when categorising artists is never entirely objective, but you have to consider skill, achievement, legacy, and innovation into the mix. When you do,Naughty Dogwould be a major contender to that crown, and that makes looking at the studio now feel a little depressing....

July 19, 2025 · 6 min · 1068 words · Michael Patton

Nintendo 3DS: Best Strategy Games

If you’re looking for some great games for your favorite handheld, you’ll be happy to know that there are tons of great strategy games to choose from. Nintendo handhelds have always been the place to go for some of the most underrated games around, and theNintendo 3DSis no different. RELATED:The Best Co-Op Games On The DS & 3DS You could have gone for any other type of game, but you’re someone who craves a deeper experience in which you have to think through every move you make....

July 19, 2025 · 5 min · 1064 words · Adam King

Persona 6 Reportedly Won't Release Until 2026

According to a reliablePersonainsider,Persona 6won’t be released in 2025 like many fans assumed and is instead more likely to launch in 2026, just in time for the series' 30th anniversary. Persona fans might already have a lot to look forward to in the future with the release of Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica on the horizon, but that doesn’t stop us all wondering about the next mainline title in the series - Persona 6....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 445 words · Cheryl Weaver

PSA: There Are Four New Wes Anderson Films Out This Week

If you’re a fan of Wes Anderson, you know the writer-director likes to work and, increasingly, he likes to workfast. Though Anderson took four years to make his stop-motion film Isle of Dogs, in the time since finishing that project, he’s put out new films at a much steadier clip. The French Dispatch and Asteroid City are among his bestmoviesto date, and for all the intricacy he brings to his scripts and sets, those films were released within two years of each other....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Gloria Thomas

Ranking Every Illusion Monster In Duelist Nexus

Summary When theYu-Gi-Oh!TCG first debuted in 2002, there were only 20 different monster types. The first to be added was the Divine-Beast type in 2004, exclusive to the three Egyptian God cards, with a few other types debuting over the years since then. RELATED:The Best TCGs In 2023 Duelist Nexus, the TCG’s July 2023 booster pack, was the first to bring Illusion-type monsters to the card game, a monster type based on the Illusion Magic alignment from the original Yu-Gi-Oh!...

July 19, 2025 · 4 min · 840 words · Mary Lee

References Only Fans Understand In Baldur's Gate 3

The games that make up theBaldur’s Gateseries have been around for over 20 years, and there were two solid decades between the second and third installments. That doesn’t mean you have to play the first games, and their expansions, to enjoyBaldur’s Gate 3. RELATED:Lingering Questions We Have After The End Of Baldur’s Gate 3 It’s easy to get immersed in the lore of the game if you’ve never experienced the series before, but some Easter eggs are waiting for those who have played the other, older titles....

July 19, 2025 · 6 min · 1066 words · Jennifer Scott

Spider-Man 2 Review Round-Up

Spider-Man 2’s review embargo has just lifted, revealing what critics thought of Insomniac’s hotly sought-after sequel. Spoilers, the reception is glowing. At TheGamer, we gave it a 4.5/5, IGN gave it 8/10, Eurogamer gave it 4/5, Game Informer gave it 9.5/10, GamingBible gave it 9/10, while VG247 and VGC gave it a full five stars. High praise across the board, to put it lightly. At the time of writing, it has an average OpenCritic score of 91, with 100 percent of critics recommending it....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Andrea Lara

Starfield Will Be The "Starting Gun" For More Xbox First-Party Releases

Xboxfans will be well aware that arguably this generation’s biggest first-party exclusive is just around the corner.Starfieldlaunches in just a couple of weeks, hopefully bringing to an end a rather disastrous dry spell for the platform that has been sprinkled with disappointing releases such as Redfall. It’s no secret that Xbox has been struggling with first-party exclusives in comparison to PlayStation and Nintendo, but those at Xbox believe Starfield is the “starting gun” for a long period of regular releases over the next couple of years....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Paula Weiss

The 8 Best Games With Archery

Since the inception of gaming as a medium, if you wanted ranged offensive options, the most common answer would usually be some version of guns. Shooters are some of the most popular games available, with the genre being a dominating force in gaming. However, a lot of gamers prefer the option of archery in games instead. Related:The Legend of Zelda: The Most Powerful Bows In Breath of The Wild, Ranked...

July 19, 2025 · 5 min · 907 words · Stephanie Freeman

The Adaptive Trigger Mechanic Is A Nice PS5-Only Touch For Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Until now, Insomniac’sSpider-Mangames have straddled generations.Marvel’s Spider-Manlaunched a few years before the current consoles hit the market, but quickly came toPS5in remastered form.Miles Moraleswas one of the first big games on PS5, but also launched on PS4. Three years into the life cycle of Sony’s latest tech, you can still nearly count the list of exclusives on one webby hand. This means certain PS5 features have been severely underutilized. While the console’s pack-in game,Astro’s Playroom, gave theDualSensea work out, there are few games that have taken advantage of everything the controller can really do....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 627 words · Peter Woodard

The Best Side Quests In Starfield, Ranked

In any RPG worth its salt, you’ll often find yourself surrounded by a number of quest-giving NPCs andStarfieldis no different. Although these diversions from the main quest are often trivial or simple, these stand out from the crowd. Some will tell intriguing stories, create or reflect a change in the game’s universe, or offer a handsome reward. And of course, others are just plain fun. Related:Best Wrong Ways To Play Starfield With the Starfield’s galaxy being the size it is, many side narratives fill the systems that aren’t key to the game’s main story....

July 19, 2025 · 7 min · 1321 words · Michael Liu

The Best Vocaloid Games

The concept of Vocaloids, virtual vocal synthesizers, has been around since 2000, but the product did not gain wider recognition until the creation of Hatsune Miku in 2007. Miku became a phenomenon and carried other Vocaloid characters like Kaito, Meiko, Luka and the Kagamine twins into the spotlight with her. Related:Hatsune Miku Project Diva Megamix+: Every Character, Ranked With Vocaloids and Vocaloid music gaining so much attention, this has led to a range of products being created surrounding the virtual singers....

July 19, 2025 · 6 min · 1153 words · William Henry