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The Nintendo 64 has largely been considered the party machine when it comes to video game consoles. It’s where four-player multiplayer became the standard. The Mario Party games helped jumpstart that standard. Fast forward to 2021, and we are finally getting a game that appropriately celebrates these original titles and the series in general with Mario Party Superstars. I am delightfully surprised to say this is a damn good game....

One of the awesome things about the upcoming Marvel’s Avengers game is some of the skins and alternative costumes you’ll be able to choose from for some of your favorite heroes! These costumes are sometimes more modern looks, but they also feature throwbacks to some interesting times in Marvel’s past! As far as we’ve seen, it looks like the default and one additional costume has been revealed for each of the characters....

When we talk about Twitter-like social media apps in the market, Mastodon often comes up in the conversation. It has arguably been one of the best alternatives to corporate social networks in the recent past. So, after releasing its very own iOS app last year, the company has now released an official Android app on the Google Play Store. Here’s all you need to know. Mastodon’s iOS app features a Twitter-like UI....

With the Medal of Honor: Warfighter Alpha gameplay testing underway, it was only a matter of time before video leaks began. That happened this weekend when a pair of videos surfaced on YouTube that showcased some unfiltered gameplay from the upcoming shooter. In the video below, you’ll find a run-down of the Spec-Ops class. Like other games, the Spec Ops class appears to be a more nimble fighter. Utilzing a silenced weapon and a handful of unique abilities, the Spec Ops class in Medal of Honor: Warfighter definitely looks to have its advantages....

There is no doubt that Meta is one of the leading forces in the world of virtual reality. And the Meta Quest 2 (formerly Oculus Quest 2) is an ideal choice for most gamers with its seamless sync feature and a massive library of VR games. If you are one of such people, now is the best time to buy the VR headset, thanks to the best Meta Quest 2 Black Friday 2022 deals right now....

Nintendo has released an update that promised to fix the bug that was causing Metroid Dread to crash. The bug was found by multiple players last week, where if you placed a marker on a specific door on the map screen, then destroyed that door, the game would forcefully quit. Nintendo has posted instructions on their site on how you can update the game. Updating the game will bring the game up to V1....

Souls in Minecraft Dungeons are a new mechanic that players coming from the original Minecraft series might need some getting used to. While fighting enemies, players will notice that they occasionally collect small white spirits from the enemies they defeat. As these are collected, they fill up a small blue bar in the bottom of your screen. The purpose of souls are to power artifacts that you find as you complete dungeons....

The team working on MLB 12: The Show has continually striven to enhance the stellar baseball exclusive on the PlayStation 3 on a yearly basis. This year will be no different for the California based developer. As you can see from the trailer above, MLB 12: The Show has a host of new options at your disposal. From features that incorporate the PlayStation Move, to Vita functionality, the game seems to offer something for every type of PlayStation gamer....

Learn how to be dominant on the pitcher’s mound. There are two sides of the sport of baseball for the most part, hitting and pitching. One is always going up against the other to see who can come out on top. We’ve already covered the hitting side with some tips on how to hit, so this guide will now focus on telling you how to pitch in MLB The Show 19....

Limit the damage you take from incoming attacks. Mortal Kombat 11 changes up the combat system a bit by moving towards a more heavy defensive setup than the fast paced offensive nature of the past. As a result, blocking plays an even larger role than in the past as you hold back and wait for the right time to strike. This guide will explain how you can block in battle....

Grind your missing equipment without the hassle of starting over. Gunfire Games has recently added a new way to farm your missing loot: Adventure Mode, which helps take the sting out of completing your collection. Less Pain; More Loot Adventure Mode allows the player to “re-roll” one segment of the game, instead of the entire campaign. Rather than restart their entire game to grind the loot they’re missing, players can instead pick to roll an Earth, Rhom, or Yaesha instance without overwriting their campaign progress (with Corsus and additional content to be added in the future)....

Madden Ultimate Team (MUT) will be undergoing some changes for Madden 22, and one of those changes is the addition of Strategy Items. Traditionally, Madden 22 users needed to add chemistries to each individual player in order to boost the team’s overall chemistry, and in turn, the team’s overall attributes. Things will be a little different this year, and here’s how Strategy Items will affect your experience this year. The Madden development team stated in an August Gridiron Notes article that the addition of Strategy Items will streamline the process of adding and changing chemistries....

Madden NFL 22 has today launched its February 3 update across all platforms, so here’s the full list of changes and fixes with this patch! Like the other updates we’ve covered for Madden NFL 22, these notes will be split between next-gen and current-gen in our patch notes. Keep an eye out for that depending on what platform you use. As for the update itself, a whole heap of players are now considered X-Factor, a group has been upgraded to Superstar, and a few others have changed rankings....

Mario Strikers: Battle League features a variety of classic Mario characters, all with their own attributes and gear. In Mario Strikers: Battle League, each character has a Strength, Speed, Shooting, Passing, and Technique attribute that can be affected by different gear. Atttributes explained Each attribute affects your character’s abilities on the soccer field, so it’s important to keep track of what characters and gear work for how you play. Perhaps you want a team of speedy players, or maybe a team full of strong shooters....

Melty Blood: Type Lumina has new characters! Melty Blood: Type Lumina has recently been thriving with players enjoying everything that the experience has to offer. There have even been new characters added that players can battle with. A new update released on April the 14th saw a host of changes to the game and many additions, there was downloadable content for two new stages and also color customization for characters. This guide will take you through everything you need to know about the new free characters such as Melty Blood: Type Lumina’s Powered Ciel....

Metacritic publishes a game publisher rankings every year, and 2017’s results are in. With 2017 being a year that saw huge “AAA” games draw tons of negative attention to themselves in the year of the loot box, the rankings are not that surprising. So how are these results derived? Metacritic takes a number of factors into consideration. The first thing they take is the average Metascore for all games released in the year....

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is still a couple months away and while coming at the beginning of September, will basically kick off the Fall gaming season in high fashion. This week has been a bad one for PC gamers with the jokingly bad Batman: Arkham Knight, but Konami is looking to make the PC version of the latest Metal Gear Solid game the best option available. When Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes launched last Spring, it was only for consoles at first with the PC version through Steam coming much later....

Backwards compatibility continues to expand for Microsoft and the Xbox One. September brings three new titles added to the mix. Microsoft’s Larry Hyrb announced yesterday that the new titles will be arriving on the console. Fans can expect Arknoid Live, a fun little block breaking game that will likely become addicting to fans.De Blob 2, THQ’s fun little adventure game that had its moments. Of course the title itself is geared towards children, where de blob is a representation of individuality and determination....

A new rumor has surfaced that sheds some light on Microsoft’s immediate plans for their next console, and it’s probably not what you’re hoping for. According to MS Nerd over on Reddit, the next Xbox console won’t be a next generation console at all, but it will be ‘stripped down version of the current Xbox’. According to an anonymous leaker on Reddit, the “Xbox Lite” will arrive a significantly lower price point of $100 and in the late part of 2013....

After seeing the launch successes of their new motion controller, Microsoft recently upped it’s sales figures for 2010. Originally estimating that they would sell a modest 3 million Kinects during the holiday season up to year end, the tech giant has now increased that number to an almost double, 5 million units. If these estimations are anyway near correct we could begin to see a clear winner in the motion control wars before the battle has really started....