Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku Season 1 Review

After the dazzling final episode ofHell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku, a second season was announced to be in development. With news of the anime’s future, andthe Summer season getting into full swing, it is time to take stock of this season’s highs and lows. Hell’s Paradise: Jigokurakuhas been an excellent addition to highly rated anime adaptations brought to life by studio MAPPA, and the way the first season ends is an exciting set-up for the next season....

June 11, 2025 · 5 min · 1043 words · Amy Harris

Hogwarts Legacy 2 Could Draw on Goblet of Fire to Spotlight Some Underserved Lore

Summary Hogwarts Legacydoes very well for what it is, providing players with the chance of a lifetime to experience the most famous school in theHarry Potteruniverse, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The castle is undoubtedly one of the game’s best features, and rightly so, considering it’s the game’s namesake. With its intricate design and decorated hallways, it is highly satisfying to explore, complete with plenty of secrets for players to uncover and countless collectibles for them to find....

June 11, 2025 · 3 min · 581 words · Suzanne Phillips

Hogwarts Legacy Pre-Order Data Suggests Huge Debut for Game

Based on pre-order information from various platforms,Hogwarts Legacyhas already been declared to be a big contender in 2023. Twitter user and YouTuber Benji-Sales, who talks about video game industry news especially focused on data and sales, has reported the projection. WhileHogwarts Legacyhas received some criticismits pull is still undeniable.Hogwarts Legacyhas already been highly anticipated by players, not just fans of theHarry Potterfranchise, but even by people who generally enjoy RPGs. The game has promised a very fun and in-depth experience of going to a magical school and getting caught up in adventures....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · John Murray

How to Unlock Cuphead's Secret Game Mode

About a week ago, theachievements listfor Studio MDHR’s colorful run and gun indie shooterCupheadwas revealed before the title even had time to hit store shelves, and now that it has officially released, fans are certainly delving into the game to tick off each and every one with aplomb. Of course, with it having just been made available forXbox One and PCtoday, there may not be too many folks who have even gotten close to beating it, much less discovered its secret game mode....

June 11, 2025 · 3 min · 535 words · Carol Torres

Longest Story Campaigns In Fighting Games

Fighting games often earn the appeal of gamers who want something fast and loose - just choose a character and duke it out in matches that barely last for a few minutes. Sometimes, fighting games even have stories that share the reasons why said characters are fighting in the first place, resulting in some of the wackiest stories of revenge, pursuits of glory, and saving the world that gaming has ever seen....

June 11, 2025 · 8 min · 1611 words · Crystal Valencia

Mario Golf: Super Rush-omb a Playable Character?

As more tidbits of news and character renders come out,Mario Golf: Super Rushcreeps ever closer towards release. Nintendo may have struck gold with this golf-themed title, as it was considered the strongest showing at the Nintendo Direct that revealed it. Fans have been waiting fora newMario GolftitlesinceMario Golf: World Touron the Nintendo 3DS, and many more would claim to have been waiting since the GameCube’sToadstool Touror the GBA’sAdvance Tourin 2003 and 2004....

June 11, 2025 · 5 min · 993 words · Erica Garcia

Marvel's Avengers: Why The Skins Were The Best Part of the Hawkeye Reveal

After months of waiting,Marvel’s Avengersfans finally got a closer look at the game’s next playable add-on character yesterday.Kate Bishop did a good job of creating some excitement in early 2021, but since then players have been anxiously awaiting the first real look at Clint Barton and this version of Hawkeye’s gameplay reveal. This week’s deep dive war table finally offered up some details about the coming hero and its release date....

June 11, 2025 · 3 min · 552 words · Adam Haynes

Metal Gear Solid: Every Spinoff Ranked From Worst To Best (According To Metacritic)

TheMetal Gearfranchise is beefy enough when just talking about the mainline titles. It gets significantly juicier when bringing spin-offs into the mix. Some of them consist of the classic stealth-action game play everybody loves, while a few go off the deep end, to mixed results. Related:Every Fight With A Metal Gear, Ranked To celebrate both the good and the bad, the following list will rank all the spin-offs based by their Metacritic score....

June 11, 2025 · 5 min · 1011 words · James Kennedy

Metal: Hellsinger, Ranked

Shooters are fun to play in general, but when they have mechanics that make the momentum better, they’re even more enjoyable. Arena shooters are especially good with this. The newest subgenre to use this formula are the rhythm shooters likeBullets Per Minute (BPM).In these titles, the momentum is based on the song that is being played. It can make things much harder, but quite exciting. RELATED:Best Playable Characters In BPM: Bullets Per Minute, Ranked Merging the mechanics ofBPMand the atmosphere ofDoom,a new game has emerged in the form ofMetal: Hellsinger....

June 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1132 words · Kathryn Evans

Monster Hunter Stories 2 Coming to Unexpected Platform

Summary Capcom just made a surprise announcement thatMonster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, a game it had released originally for the Nintendo Switch and PC, is coming to PlayStation—but to PS4, not PS5. It’s certainly not a bad choice asMonster Hunter Stories 2was hailed as one of the best RPGsthe year it was released, but fans were definitely not expecting the game to not come to a current-gen console....

June 11, 2025 · 3 min · 562 words · Richard Rivera

My Happy Marriage: How To Write An Annoying Character

Summary Warning: The following contains spoilers forMy Happy MarriageEpisode 10, “Summer Cherry Blossoms, and the Mistake”, now streaming onNetflix. In this type of analysis/review article, we usually focus on any major theme or interesting event that happened in any particular episode. This time around, however, we want to focus on one particular character; Arata Usuba. He is a new supporting character who was introduced back in episode 6 ofMy Happy Marriage....

June 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1099 words · Henry Good

NBA Star Kyrie Irving Explains Why He Doesn't Stream on Twitch

NBA star Kyrie Irving has commented regarding a potential comeback toTwitch, but fans aren’t going to be happy about it. Irving has built up a massive audience onTwitchthrough a channel he started in early 2022. However, the Dallas Mavericks player hasn’t spent much time streaming in 2023. Now fans are hoping that Irving will return since the NBA season has ended for him and the Mavericks. That unfortunately doesn’t seem likely, though, based on Irving’s comments....

June 11, 2025 · 3 min · 436 words · Brian Clark

Neutral Good Characters In Baldur's Gate 3

Summary Thecritically acclaimed RPGand 2023’s Game of the Year,Baldur’s Gate 3takes its mechanics, lore, and atmosphere from the tabletop roleplaying game,Dungeons and Dragons. One aspect that they don’t seem to use, at least not mechanically, is the concept of alignment. WithinDnD,alignment is usually used to determine a character’s overall personality regarding the axes of order versus chaos and good versus evil, and it works neatly enough that it is often applied to other media....

June 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1124 words · Jeremiah Garcia