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Hollow Knight’s creators didn’t want to be constrained by the ‘metroidvania’ label, but they accidentally set a standard that every game since—even Silksong—has to reckon with

by admin | Aug 29, 2025 | Video Games

In a 2017 interview about the making of Hollow Knight’s map, designer William Pellen told me that Team Cherry “shied away completely” from describing the game as a metroidvania. Artist Ari Gibson added that they didn’t want to “let a...

All active Anime Eternal codes in August 2025 and how to redeem them

by admin | Aug 28, 2025 | Video Games

While you start out in a Dragon Ball Z-inspired world, Anime Eternal is in no short supply of other popular shounen destinations and that’s easily its biggest draw. Brawling your way through the streets is the key to unlocking even more themed locations from...

Blizzard promises to add ‘speed, power, and fun’ back to WoW Legion Remix after disappointing players with a time-gated grind

by admin | Aug 27, 2025 | Video Games

No one is safe from the ire of players who feel like their toys were ripped away from them. Not even Blizzard when it tried to balance World of Warcraft’s next Remix event after players overwhelmingly loved how unbalanced the last one was.The concept was simple:...

EA’s Skate reboot will finally launch into early access in September

by admin | Aug 26, 2025 | Video Games

PC Gamer’s Lincoln Carpenter said last year that Skate, the reboot of EA’s long-in-the-tooth skateboarding series, would “frontside pop shuvit” into early access in 2025. This annoyed me slightly, as he knew it would, because I didn’t...

Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over ChatGPT exclusivity on iOS devices, accuses them of ‘thwarting competition and innovation in the generative AI chatbot market’

by admin | Aug 25, 2025 | Video Games

Not satisfied with getting OpenAI to say that his dad could beat up Sam Altman’s dad, Elon Musk has now filed a lawsuit against Apple and Open AI, accusing them of “joining forces to ensure their continued dominance in a world rapidly driven by the most...

It’s shaping up to be a crazy month for new games, with Indiana Jones’ beefy-looking story DLC finally arriving on September 4

by admin | Aug 24, 2025 | Video Games

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s story DLC, Order of the Giants, has gotten an official release date of September 4 via a new “launch trailer” on YouTube. Is it really a “launch” trailer if we’re still over a week away from...
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