It’s easy to get on the good side of your hunting party when you spring Demon Powder and Hardshell Powder to a challenging hunt inMonster Hunter Wilds. These party-wide buffs are easy to make and add value no matter what monster is on today’s menu. How to make Demon and Hardshell Powder in Monster Hunter Wilds Demon Powder and Hardshell Powder are, essentially, an AoE usage of Might and Adamant Seeds....

Wow! Two games that I’m not ashamed to sing about. I lovedBases Loadedas a kid. Played it a lot. Somehow, miraculously, it has stood the test of time and is still completely playable. Enjoyable, even. In my enthusiasm for the game, I went a bit off the deep end with the song. I recently found myself in possession of a piano, and figured a baseball song would be the ideal place to introduce it into the Mushroom Singdom musical lexicon....

Vic Viper reporting for duty Hamster Corp. continues in its ongoing efforts to deliver a weekly string of classic arcade titles to modern platforms. This week’s release is one of the coolest shmup titles from Konami’s golden era,Gradius II, now available to download on Nintendo Switch. Hitting arcades in 1988,Gradius II(or “Vulcan Vulture“) is the sequel to one of the most iconic and influential space shmups of all-time. Once again, the swift and super-powered fighter, Vic Viper, takes to the skies to battle the remnants of the once-defeated Bacterion Empire....

More than the basics of CQC We stole the instruction manual when we rentedMetal Gear Solidfrom Blockbuster. It’s the one and only time we ever did that. Normally we were fine upstanding rental citizens who held manual-thieves in smug contempt. But in this one case we made the exception and became the very thing we hated. Which is kind of aMetal Gearthing if you think about it. My brother and I managed to rentMetal Gear Solidthe very first weekend our local store got it....

An all-out color assault When Microsoft bombarded us with a barrage of upcoming games at its 2013 E3 press conference, one of the titles that stood out was Insomniac Games’Sunset Overdrive. Maybe it was because of the bright color palette, maybe it was due to the quick parkour movements, butSunset Overdrivejust looked flat-out fun. Hopefully it is fun, because by most accounts, Xbox One’s stable of launch games isn’t necessarily cutting it....

My must own game for this week isLeft 4 Dead. Anything with zombies in it is an instant win in my book. The game is a ton of fun and I can’t wait to play some co-op with you all. I may end up picking upMortal Kombat vs DCandTomb Raider Underworldthis week as well. I really just wantMK vs DCfor the goofy story line and not for much else.Tomb Raider Underworldis also looking might hot and it’s great to see my first videogame crush come back in such excellent form....

Also, Ender Lilies This is the calm before the storm. Nintendo is going to deliver a ton of games by the end of the year. For now, we wait until the June/July stuff likeMario Golfwith a few smaller releases. LikeEnder LiliesandStrange Brigade, for example, which lead the charge on the eShop today. The latter was surprise-announced for the Switch during Nintendo’s recent E3 Direct, and dropped later that day. Other than that, games like theAlex Kiddrevival will probably turn heads....

Hello unexpected cave network No Man’s Skyis shaping up to be one of the most ambitious upcoming games, promising an infinite, procedurally generated universe to explore while being built by a small indie developer best known for theJoe Dangerseries. In aninterview with Edge, Sean Murray of Hello Games discusses some notable experiences with the development ofNo Man’s Sky, including how procedural generation changes the development process, what the studio is doing to combat unnecessary “dickishness” in the community, and why the game is being compared toDark Soulsin some respects....

Updated August 02, 2025 Looking for more codes! I used to beg my mom to buy me a dog, promising I’d cherish him forever, or at least till I got bored. Tamagotchi was the second best thing, depending on how generous your definition of “best” is. Thankfully, we have better virtual animal games, such asPet Malu Simulator. While your fluffy friends won’t die if you avert your gaze for a microsecond, you can still make their lives better if you have some extra Diamonds to spend....

Or, be lazy and watch everything spliced together I remain cautiously optimistic aboutLightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. I actually think it will be alright, despite the heavy-handed appeal to nostalgia and fan service that has lead to the inclusion of costumes from past games in the series.Thecostume stuff is all pretty coolin spite of the shrewd fan service. Square put out this interactive trailer that let’s you click an outfit and check out its trailer....

Playstack, the publisher of popular roguelike deckbuilderBalatroconfirmed on Twitterthat the game has been temporarily removed from some digital storefronts due to a sudden rating change. Apparently, the UK rating board PEGI changed the rating from 3+ to 18+ overnight due to “prominent gambling imagery” which prompted the sudden delistings. The problem here is that there is literally no gambling inBalatro. According to Playstack, they specifically addressed this topic with PEGI back in October after it was originally rated 18+....

All of id is focused on the project now Coming into this year’s QuakeCon, I didn’t expect to hear much of anything aboutDoom 4. Like a child who doesn’t get thatone specific toyfor Christmas year after year, I can only have my heart broken so many times. It’s cool.IGNwas able to get some informative quotes out of id and Bethesda on the long-in-development project, which has undergone a reboot. “Every game has a soul,” explained studio director Tim Willits....

Free for one week only! Hey, have you heard aboutThe Walking Deadgame from Telltale? It’s kind of a big deal. I mean, it did just win ourGame of the Year for 2012. In fact, it’s been winning best of the year awards left and right all this month, and for very good reasons. Now is the perfect chance to find out what all the hype is about if you own an iPhone or iPad as the first episode ofThe Walking Dead: The Gameis available for free....