I Hope The Fantastic Four: First Steps Can Resist The MCU Assembly Line

The Fantastic Four: First Steps looks great, as long as you don’t look too closely. The trailer, which gave us our first in-depth look at Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn in blue-and-white bodysuits, is a major departure from theMCUin some important ways. It’s set much further in the past than previous MCU movies, even the ’90s throwback Captain Marvel. The ‘60s setting allows for some cool costuming and production design, and much of the trailer has an exciting retrofuturist gleam....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 629 words · James Pearson

Interviewing Matthew Sussman, The Ideator Behind Meowth's Voice

In the mid-’90s, actor Matthew Sussman auditioned for a variety of roles in a small Japanese anime, where he was eventually cast as a talking cat. That anime would quickly go on to become the highest-grossing media franchise in the world—Pokemon. “I think that if I had any idea that it would be more than just a momentary popular thing with kids, I would have been completely out of my mind....

June 19, 2025 · 7 min · 1417 words · Linda Johnson

Mattel Reveals Clear Plastic John Cena Action Figure You "Can't See"

Summary “You can’t see me” is a catchphrase that has not only followed John Cena around for his entire pro wrestling career but is something he says in the ring that has transcendedWWEto become a part of popular culture. The running joke is that people can’t see Cena in photos or footage, and thanks to Mattel, that will soon quite literally apply to a new John Cena action figure. Okay, not literally....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Jeremy Turner

Monster Hunter Wilds Players Are Immortalising Their Cats In Game

Summary Monster Hunter Wildshas one of thebest character creators in gaming history. Sure, if you mess things up the first time around, Capcomwill make you pay to try again(unless youdownload a mod), but generally, it’s a really great tool. Before the game was even released, players were making the likes ofMalenia, Majima, and Square Enix legendYoshi-Pto help them on their hunting adventures. But, while some have been using Monster Hunter’s vast array of tools to create their favorite characters, both real and fictional, others have been using them to immortalize their dearly departed fluffy friends....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Cory Morgan

Monster Hunter Wilds Players Really Don't Like A Mod That Adds Monster Health Bars

Summary Monster Hunterveterans are almost unanimously in agreement that a health bar mod forWilds' Monsters is totally unnecessary and not something that even newcomers should use. As the continuously staggering Steam numbers have proved time and time againover the last few days, Monster Hunter Wilds isalready one of the biggest launches of 2025. While most of those players are undoubtedly Monster Hunter veterans who were sold on day one, it’s fair to assume that adecent portion of that playerbase is brand-new to the series....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Michael Garcia

Monster Hunter's Multiplayer Systems Have No Business Being This Bad

For better or worse,Monster Hunter Wildsis anincredibly streamlined game. The series’ notoriously cumbersome systems, which saw major refinement in both World and Rise, have essentially been filed down to nothing. Wilds is a fairly straightforward action game compared to what came before it, and while I’d debate whether or not all of those smooth edges make Wilds a better game, there’s still one remaining obtuse system that, ironically, should have been the first to go....

June 19, 2025 · 5 min · 862 words · Alan Sutton

Most Powerful Rails in Hyper Light Breaker

Summary Hyper Light Breakerboasts a wide assortment of Rails, or ranged weapons, to choose from. Like the many melee weapons Breaker’s also wield, these Rails each have their own special perks, status effects, and attack bonuses that need to be kept track of. And, you never know exactly which Rail will be right for the next run. That’s why we’ve curated this list of the best overall Rails to look out for on your cycles....

June 19, 2025 · 6 min · 1079 words · Justin Taylor

Nintendo Switch Online Library's First Game Removal Is Coming Next Month

Summary Update:As first spotted by Video Games Chronicle, Nintendo has confirmed that Super Soccer will be removed from the U.S. and EU eShops on the same date as the Japanese version, Super Formation Soccer, will be removed. Beginning March 28, exactly one month from this writing, theNintendo Switch Onlinesubscription service will loseits first game. As first announced on Twitter byNintendo, Super Formation Soccer,a Super Famicom (SNES) title, will be removed from the NSO Japanese library....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Bryan Perez

Northern Gate Magic Mud Recipe In Mudborne

Quick Links The final step to take you out of the Spawning Pools map inMudborneis to meet up with Dendro and find a way to access the Central Junction, the main hub for the pond that allows access to several new areas you’ll need to explore and restore to progress the game. Dendro asks you to open the North Spawning Pool just to the east of where you find him, which requires you to change a frog’s A....

June 19, 2025 · 4 min · 827 words · Gerald Williams

Palworld: Feybreak

Quick Links Palworldis an open-world survival-crafting game that features countless cute monsters called Pals. The game features many craftable items, but some of the schematics to craft these items are found inside chests. These chests are usually locked and require a key, but always carrying around a key can be a challenge of its own. Luckily, the game offers you lockpicking tools that you can craft to avoid sacrificing inventory slots for different types of keys....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 544 words · Kristin Jones

Pokemon TCG Pocket Needs To Improve Its Translations

Pokemon TCG Pocketsent many players a notification today to say that it had improved the translation on the FrenchPalkia excard. As a player with an English collection, I didn’t even know there was an issue, but it’s nice to know, I guess. However, this has caused more players to take to social media to share the worst translations in their languages, and they range from the silly mistakes to the downright confusing....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 566 words · Michael Huang

Starfield Won't Stay Xbox Exclusive, Hints Phil Spencer

Summary Early last year, it was rumoured thatXbox was porting Starfield to PlayStation 5. This gained a lot of traction, to the point where many were waiting for the announcement. However,one of the leakers then backtracked on this, saying he got it wrong, and that that game was not “destined” forPS5. Now, almost exactly one year later, it seems thatStarfieldcould come to PS5 after all. In an interview with the journalist Destin Legarie, Xbox boss Phil Spencer was asked if Starfield is “staying put” for the time being....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 320 words · Thomas Horton

Steam Takes Down Malware Game After Two Days, Issues Warning To Buyers

Summary On February 6, developer Seaworth Interactive released a game on Steam called PirateFi. While it might look like any other quick and dirty survival sim knockoff at first glance, it quickly became apparent that it housed Malware, so Valve removed the game from its storefront entirely and issued a warning to those who downloaded it. As shared by u/HelloitsWojan on the Steam subreddit, the message reads as follows: “The Steam account of the developer for this game uploads builds to Steam that contained suspected malware....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Alexander Santiago