Hades 2’s Story Approach Could Come Back to Bite It

Hades 2’s early access launched earlier in 2024. The early access gives players access to dozens of hours of content, giving a glimpse of aHadesgame that is far bigger than its predecessor. While this is an incredible amount of growth,Hades 2’s early access runs the risk of showing too much of its story within its EA itself, rather than leaving the best parts of it to its full release. This article contains story spoilers forHades 2....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 607 words · Tristan Acosta

Helldivers 2's Automatons Could Bolster Their Ranks With Their Predecessors

Helldivers 2Automatons have proven themselves to be the most deadly faction in the game thus far. Their long range weapons, ragdolling rockets, and inclination toward heavily armored elites make them significantly more challenging than the terminids at higher difficulties. The only thing keeping the faction back is an admitted lack of variety of their units. A problem that can be easily fixed ifArrowhead dips back into its well of ideasfrom the first game....

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · 806 words · Christopher Bruce

Hogwarts Legacy 2: A New Protag Would Open the Door to a Missing Feature

It’s not clear what the future holds for theHogwarts Legacyfranchise, but it feels safe to assume that it will continue in some capacity.Hogwarts Legacy’s nearly unprecedented successand widespread appeal makes a follow-up game hard to turn down from a business perspective, but exactly what route the game takes with regard to its premise will have significant consequences, and not necessarily negative ones. The firstHogwarts Legacyfollows a student who arrives at Hogwarts at the start of their fifth year, their magical powers not awakening at the same life stage as most of their peers....

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · 795 words · Amy Murillo

How to Earn Hero Points Quickly in UNDEFEATED

UNDEFEATEDserves as an excellent Free-To-Play Superhero Simulator, in which you control an invincible hero and the only things with health bars are your enemies and the city you protect. Successfully completing challenges, saving people, and defeating enemies will earn you Hero Points and eventually increase your Rank. As you increase your rank inUNDEFEATED, you’ll improve your existing powers and, at certain ranks, gain new powers entirely. Since your rank is dependent on completing challenges and preventing damage to the city, your Rank can go down if you fail a boss fight or cause property damage with some of your more destructive powers, so it takes quite a lot of effort to hit the coveted SSS Rank....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 534 words · Miranda Watson

How To Farm All Purpose Plastic In Once Human

Quick Links There are quite a few types of plastic inOnce Human, but once players reach midgame, All Purpose Plastic is going to be in fairly high demand. It’s used for crafting and repairing weapon and armor pieces, making it a key crafting material for progression. Collecting All Purpose Plastic shouldn’t take long, but since it’s needed for maintenance, players can expect to scrounge for it often. If you’re looking to make your way up the tech tree and get some of thebest weapons inOnce Human, here’s a guide on where to find and how to farm for this crafting material....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Jason Gonzalez

How to Unlock Art the Clown in CoD MW3 and Warzone

Quick Links Call of Dutycontinues to collaborate with the world of TV and movies as theCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3cycle ends.In addition to the arrival of Michael Myersas part of the Season 6 update,Art the Clownfrom theTerrifierfranchise is making their debut in Activision’s shooter series. Season 6 sees the return of The Haunting eventto multiplayer andCall of Duty: Warzoneto celebrate the Halloween festivities, andTerrifier’s main antagonist joins a long list of horror movie icons that have featured in previous games....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Zachary Petersen

Jackbox Reveals New Collection of Party Games

Summary Jackbox Games has given fans their first-ever look atThe Jackbox Survey Scramble.Jackbox Gamestends to have one release every year, though 2024 has been an exception to the rule. Earlier this summer, Jackbox Games releasedThe Jackbox Mega Picker, which is a hugely convenient release that lets players pick-and-choose the games from the variousJackbox Party Packcollections that they already own without having to open each individual collection. Then,it launchedThe Jackbox Naughty Pack, a collection of three party games with more adult language, humor, and themes than the typicalJackbox Party Packgames....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · James Mercado

Jurassic Park: The Irony of 'Spared No Expense,' Explained

Quick Links Summary More than three decades after Steven Spielberg’sJurassic Parkreinvented the idea of a Hollywood blockbuster, each rewatch offers new ways to appreciate the movie. Whether it’s a subtle detail in the background or John Hammond’s now-iconic line “spared no expense,” the movie’s lore is still as good as new. When movies are said to “age poorly”, it’s often because the story or dialogue feels dated orcampy to modern audiences....

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · 846 words · Jeffrey Thompson

Marvel's Spider-Man 3 Doesn't Need to End the Insomniac Series

Summary With Insomniac likely shifting its focus to itsX-Menseries after the release ofMarvel’s Spider-Man 3, it seems as though the beloved series that began in 2018 will be coming to an end. This is made even more evident by Otto Octavius' “final chapter” comment in one ofMarvel’s Spider-Man 2’s post-credits scenes, likely indicating that the next mainline installment in the series will be the last. Even so, the hope is that Insomniac would find a way to keep the series going, especially afterPeter Parker’s voice actor, Yuri Lowenthal, said he would be willing to play the part forever....

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · 735 words · Stacey Martin

Marvel’s Spider-Man 3’s Miles Morales Has a Growing Pain to Learn

Seeing as howMarvel’s Spider-Man 2definitively parts ways with Felicia Hardy’s Black Cat and doesn’t even have Peter Parker be the Spider-Man who sees her off through a magical portal to Paris, France, it is clear that Peter is officially off the market and will not be pulled away romantically or lustfully from Mary Jane Watson. It would be strange now to have Peter suddenly be smitten with another character with all of the headway he and MJ have made in becoming closer, both as lovers and crime-fighting partners, andInsomniac has made its bed with Black Catby suggesting she is loyal to her new girlfriend....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 635 words · Ryan Campbell

Minecraft Mod Adds New Types of Food

Summary A creative player has made a mod that adds a series of Brazilian foods toMinecraft. Food is one of the game elements that has been present inMinecraftsince the game’s inception, adding a layer of difficulty to the gameplay by requiring players to search for or grow food to stay alive in the game. There are more than10 types of food inMinecraft, ranging from more common choices like bread, apples, and steak, to more elaborate ones like cake, cookies, and pumpkin pie....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 574 words · Crystal Rivas

My Hero Academia: The Todoroki Family Plotline, Explained

Summary The webbed dynamics of families are usually a strong device in any work, bringing depth, exploring emotional conflicts, and highlighting the way personal struggles affect the overall course of events at play. WithinMy Hero Academia, family is probably one of the main driving forces behind both individual character development and the overall plot. But one of the more interesting family stories in the series has to go to the Todoroki family, because their backstory and inner conflict establish so many layers of emotional depth and dramatic tension....

June 27, 2025 · 6 min · 1175 words · Todd Riddle

Nintendo's Lawsuit Against Palworld Has Come at the Worst Time

On July 26, 2025, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company filed a lawsuit against thePalworlddeveloper Pocketpair. Filed in the Tokyo District Court, this is a patent infringement lawsuit seeking compensation for damages on the grounds thatPalworldinfringes on multiple patent rights. What these patents are is currently unknown, with even Pocketpair admitting the following day that it isn’t sure yet, but the fact remains that Nintendo is suing one of the most successfulPokemonimitators yet....

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · 742 words · Angel Lopez