APokemonfan and artist has created a stunning concept for a “New Pokemon Stadium” box art, imagining the return of the classic spinoff. ThePokemon Stadiumgames were among the most popular games on the Nintendo 64 combining the franchise’s trademark turn-based combat with tournaments, mini-games, and more. The spinoff franchise recently returned to the spotlight when Nintendo announcedPokemon StadiumandPokemon Stadium 2would appear on the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack next year. Now, a fan has imagined a modern follow-up to the classic games....

Nowadays, gamers are spoiled when it comes to top notch acting in video games. Great performances are not only seen inAAA products likeThe Last of Us 2, but smaller titles likeHadesas well. While there are plenty of iconic actors known for their work in video games, from Troy Baker and Nolan North to Jennifer Hale and Laura Bailey, Ashly Burch will be taking the spotlight in 2022. While Burch has played many great video game characters over the years, she has been heard more and more ever since she played Chloe Price inthe originalLife is Strange....

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorahas drawn attention and curiosity from fans ever since its initial announcement. Coming at a time when theAvatarfranchise is beginning to have a sort of cultural revival, the game already interested an audience that is eager to learn more. WithAvatar: Frontiers of Pandorareceiving a brand-new teaser trailer at Disney’s D23 convention, fans were able to get another glimpse at what the game-world will look like. The title is reportedly going to be set within an unexplored part of Pandora known as the Western Frontier, but given just how mysterious the region is, the game would do well to give fans a more informed look at what to expect before launch....

Out of nowhere, aBaldur’s Gate: Dark Alliancere-release was announced for modern platforms. Those on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X can now play the classic PS2-era action-RPG for $29.99, local co-op intact. TheBaldur’s Gate: Dark Alliancere-releasewas also supposed to be available on Nintendo’s hybrid console the Switch alongside the version of the game on other platforms, but it has now been delayed. Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliancehas been delayed on the Nintendo Switch for an undetermined amount of time....

Summary Real-time tactics gamesgive players a different way to scratch their real-time strategy itch. While RTS games give players lots of resource management and base-building components, RTT games focus more on a different kind of management. This includes limited resources, limited unit numbers, and making choices that there is no coming back from. This experience can reach new levels of enjoyment when players can bring an ally along for the ride....

Summary It’s hard to believe butPalworldwas announced in 2021, and it had one of the most bombastic trailers of all time. It had an anime-like character running around with Pokemon-looking creatures which players now know are called Pals. The twist was that humans and monsters had guns and were shooting at each other. It kind of felt like aRick and Mortysketch from one of their TV channel episodes. It wasn’t just a fever dream, though, and it has now launched its Early Access campaign on Steam and Xbox Series S/X....

Many are hoping that 2K Games properly revealsBioShock 4sometime soon, with many looking to places like Summer Game Fest for a proper trailer. This is because 2K Games has confirmed the game is in development, revealing the developer responsible to be thenewly-established Cloud Chamber back in 2019. It features several devs who worked on the original game, and so reasonably, there is a lot of hype behind it. A lot of hype, but no game showcase yet, is a hard recipe....

Summary The recent Direct presentation forCall of Duty: Black Ops 6revealed huge amounts of information about the title, with fans now having a solid grasp of the single-player story, traditional Zombies experience, and fresh core multiplayer mechanics of the upcoming release. Treyarch has had close to four years to learn from the highs and lows of the lastBlack Opstitle, 2020’sCold War, and it is already clear that some serious lessons have been learned....

Every year plenty of games celebrate Halloween in different spooky ways and this year Infinity Ward is bringing Halloween fun toCall of Duty: Modern Warfare. To celebrate the scariest time of the year,Call of Duty: Modern Warfareis getting two new store bundles that feature famous horror movie icons from theSAWandTexas Chainsaw Massacrefranchises. The Halloween event, called The Haunting of Verdansk, is kicking off inCall of Duty: Modern WarfareandWarzoneon October 20, and on the event’s first day, players can purchase the horrifyingbundles based onSAWandThe Texas Chainsaw Massaremovies....

Now thatCall of Duty: Warzonehas finally launched as both a new mode forCOD: Modern Warfareand its own free-to-play standalone title, players are starting to see what the game has to offer to set itself apart from the other big battle royale shooters out there. And while abigger mapand player count than the norm might be the first thing they notice, it shouldn’t take most long to spot the unique wayWarzonehandles one of the more mundane aspects of battle royale: reviving teammates....

Between the intense combat and the sci-fi story,Stellar Bladealso makes plenty of room for puzzles that are designed to test the player’s skills of observation and recognizing contextual clues. Indeed, some of the areas in the game can be missed if players are not attentive, which could mean they either miss out on worthwhile goodies or find their story progression blocked. One of the earlier puzzles that will require players to rack their brains appears on Eidos 7, with a seemingly locked gate requiring a password that doesn’t come on a memorystick of a fallen human....

Code Veinis known for being a difficult experience. Brutality is part and parcel for games within the so-called “Souls-like” genre. While punishing boss encounters are to be expected,Code Veinis also notorious for not holding the player’s hand in other aspects of gameplay. Exploration itself can be frustrating when the objective isn’t spelled out. Players may hit a roadblock when searching for theGoddess Statue location in Code Vein, but this guide will ease the burden by showing where this landmark can be found....

Destiny 2has started an ambitious journey to tackle it biggest overarching story thread and fulfill longstanding fan expectations. Bungie is committed to its MMO-FPS for the foreseeable future, and even thoughitsDestiny 2’s roadmap looks good on paper, time will tell whether the developer can execute it well on its own. Since the split with Activision,Destiny 2has taken a sharp turn, to say the least. It has become evident that Shadowkeep was a refresher, a smaller intermediary expansion before Bungie went back to making full sized, fully original expansion content....