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When it comes to party games, the Mario Party series has long been the go-to since its N64 days of the 90s. This charming and endlessly enjoyable franchise is the perfect ice-breaker at parties, the source of countless yucks among friends, and a score-settler among siblings. With its fantastic implementation of 4 player support, it’s always a great time Mario Party’ing it up. Over the years, the series has had its ups and downs, with a track record of quality that’s been as turbulent as a 4 player game of Handcar Havoc....

While Marvel’s Avengers does not allow customization through the gear system, there are skins to choose from with more to come in the future. It’s not the best selection of skins, but they are nicely detailed for each hero. One of the best characters to receive skins is none other than Iron Man. Was there ever any doubt that Iron Man’s suits would deliver? Marvel’s Avengers’ current character roster is mixed when it comes to skin variation but much to nobody’s surprise, the most effort went towards Iron Man....

Marvel’s Avengers’ player count has dropped to zero on Steam three times in the last month, suggesting the efforts to fix the game are not landing with its fanbase. After years of build, during which Avengers: Endgame was briefly the highest-grossing movie at the box office ever, Marvel’s Avengers was supposed to be a blockbuster game unlike any other. The end result has been something well short of its movie equivalents....

If you’re just loading up the beta for Marvel’s Avengers, you might be a little confused and overwhelmed when faced with all the different ratings. The game has four distinct combat related ratings, melee, ranged, defense, and heroic, along with your level and power. However, the game isn’t the best at explain exactly how each of these ratings work. This guide will help you understand exactly what you’re looking at to help you build the best hero possible....

Marvel video games have a massive library’s worth of characters to draw from, thanks to the publication’s long history and Marvel’s love of the multiverse shenanigans and old-fashioned team-ups. Firaxis Games’ upcoming Marvel strategy title, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, already featured a huge cast of characters when it was announced, and the game’s cast of heroes and villains has only grown since then. During Summer Game Fest 2022, Firaxis revealed a new trailer for Midnight Suns (which was even backed by Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”)....

Insomniac has revealed new details about Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, and the biggest news may just be that the extent of the remaster’s visual upgrades required the studio to recast Peter Parker’s actor. “In order to bring the best performances to players with our next-generation Marvel’s Spider-Man games, we have recast the face of Peter Parker,” reads a blog post from Insomniac Games community director, James Stevenson. “We loved working with John Bubniak on the original game; however, to get a better match to Peter Parker/Spider-Man actor Yuri Lowenthal’s facial capture, we have cast Ben Jordan to be the face model for Peter Parker on the PS5 console....

BioWare’s popular science-fiction series, Mass Effect, has undoubtedly shaped the gaming world ever since it first released in 2007. It doesn’t always take the traditional approach to gaming, with a boss at the end of every major mission, so the boss fights that do appear are expertly crafted. The fights are also incredibly diverse — one is never like another, and the player could be fighting an alien with a huge physical advantage, a creature a hundred times their size, a biotic with special long-range abilities, or even themselves....

The prices of Mass Effect: Andromeda’s microtransactions have leaked ahead of the game’s release. UK retailer ShopTo.net appears to have prematurely posted about the game’s multiplayer micropayments, revealing the price points for the premium currency. In several retail listings, the retailer confirms that the microtransactions will be called “Andromeda Points.” According to the description provided by the retailer, these points can then be used “instead of the earned in-game currency to obtain new Multiplayer packs, which contain items used in the Multiplayer mode....

Samsung will hold a Galaxy Unpacked event at the start of February to announce its new line-up of flagship phones, but that hasn’t stopped the rumour mills from turning at ever-increasing pace. The latest major leak is a huge picture dump of what look to be official press renders for the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and S23 Plus models. We already saw the standard Galaxy S23 revealed in alleged images last week, now we have a even greater selection of pics of its forthcoming stablemates....

Metal Gear has always done a good job when it comes to boss fights. Even as early as the first game on the MSX, the franchise has thrived off of creative, well designed boss fights. Honestly, it’s easier to pick out which bosses are bad considering the series’ extremely good track record with bosses. Of course, some entries in the series are understandably better than others, with better boss fights to boot....

It didn’t take long for us to catch a glimpse of the new Metal Slug. About a month and a half ago, SNK revealed that two new Metal Slug games were currently in development. One would be a mobile spin-off of sorts while a proper console/PC entry would also see the light of day. Yesterday at the annual Tencent Games conference, developer TiMi Studios showed off a trailer for Metal Slug Code: J, the mobile iteration of this classic run-n-gun series....

Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella Metamorphosis is one of the most confounding works of modern fiction. It has been endlessly analyzed and explored through every critical lens imaginable, yet it has remained a literary black box: its meaning is completely open to interpretation, and its themes are as relevant today as they have ever been. Metamorphosis’ mystifying surrealism is what makes it such a profound short story, but I never imagined Kafka’s best-known work could ever be remade as a video game....

Today marks the day that PC players get to experience Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition. Not just an upgrade, Enhanced Edition completely rebuilds the game’s engine to take full advantage of the latest advances in ray tracing technology. All lighting in the game is ray traced, meaning that you can’t even play Enhanced Edition without a ray tracing-capable GPU. 4A Games promised that Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition would be coming to both PC and next-gen consoles, and now they’re following through with a release date on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S....

Things for Microsoft and its Xbox brand have been holding steady in the console market and there is even recent speculation that we could see the next Xbox within 3 years. It seems that Microsoft may be in some hot water, though, which could affect the company moving forward. A lawsuit has been filed against Microsoft by Infernal Technologies and Terminal Reality, accusing the company of patent infringement. Terminal Reality is the studio behind games such as Nocturne, BloodRayne, and The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct....

It’s fair to say that the relationship between Microsoft and indie developers has been a contentious one. The new console generation, spearheaded by the Xbox One and PS4, has brought with it more problems. Initially, Microsoft announced that indie developers would not be able to self-publish on the Xbox One, and that the tech giant would be closing down Xbox Live Arcade and Xbox Live Indie Games. The criticism raised over these plans led to backtracking over self-publishing - a reversal that led to a mixed reaction from developers....

Less than a month ago, Microsoft confirmed that it will continue to support the Xbox 360 through 2016. It may seem a little early to start thinking about the projected lifespan of the 360’s successor, but Microsoft already has a length of time in mind for the Xbox One’s journey. During the Eurogamer Expo keynote address, Microsoft corporate vice president Phil Harrison explained that the Xbox One’s launch on November 22 will kick off the platform’s “more than 10-year journey....

Minecraft Dungeons’ Creeping Winter DLC adds a ton of new content for players to enjoy. Aside from the three new levels, there is also new daily missions, merchants to rescue in order to grow the player’s home base, and more. Like the last DLC, there is also a secret level for players to unlock, though this one is a bit more challenging to get. Minecraft Dungeons Jungle Awakens also added a secret level, but it was a bit easier to obtain....

The reboot of Call of Duty Modern Warfare has been received positively and has managed to cultivate a large and loyal fanbase. The commercial success of Call of Duty Modern Warfare is partly due to its frequent updates which fix issues and adds new content. The most recent update to the title marked the beginning of Season 4 in the game and alongside a host of updates, it also delivered a road map for what the future holds for the first-person shooter....

Japan’s real-live Pokémon Café has just announced a special new menu featuring dishes inspired by the recently released Pokémon Café Mix puzzle game. The new menu items will be available from Saturday, August 8-Monday, November 23, 2020, at the Pokémon Café Tokyo (Nihonbashi) and the Pokémon Café Osaka (Shinsaibashi). The menu items are listed below: First up is the “Burnt-Caramel Vulpix Sundae”. This ice cream sundae features vanilla ice cream and is topped with chocolate, caramel, and lots of fruit....

June has had many different events planned throughout the month, though the current state of the world has led to a fair amount of uncertainty and delays. This includes Xbox’s event scheduled for June, which has reportedly been pushed back to August, according to VentureBeat reporter Jeff Grubb, who compiled a list of events taking place this month and beyond. On a phone call with Kinda Funny Games Daily’s Greg Miller and Tim Gettys, Grubb expanded on the reason for the delay, stating that the Xbox event, dubbed “Xboxing Day,” was moved because Microsoft “didn’t want to go before Sony....