Strongest Hunter x Hunter Characters On The Black Whale
A lot of intimidating individuals set sail on Hunter x Hunter's Black Whale. Here's how they stack up.
One Piece: The Previous Sinking Of The World, Explained
The One Piece world has been sunk before by the World Government.
One Piece 1114: What To Expect From The Chapter
Vegapunk will reveal the truth about Imu in One Piece 1114.
My Hero Academia 422: What To Expect From The Chapter
Deku makes his last stand in MHA 422.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Yuji Itadoris Greatest Power
Here's a closer look at Yuji Itadoris hidden power that shocked the King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna.
Best Magical Girl Anime
While magical girl anime are sometimes defined by clichs, these shows stand out as proof the genre has more to offer.
Best Junji Ito Horror Manga
Junji Ito has crafted some of the most terrifying horror manga ever, and these are his scariest stories.
My Hero Academia: Koji Koda's Anivoice Quirk, Explained
Koji Koda's Anivoice quirk may not devastate villains with sheer power, but the utility of his quirk may turn the tables on them i...
Best HIDIVE Anime
From battle shonen shows to philosophical adventure series, these are the best HIDIVE anime across multiple genres.
Sanrio's Hello Kitty Gets Official Kimono Plush Toy Rel...
Sanrio's Hello Kitty gets a new kimono plushie doll for spring, swapping her trademark red ribbon with one inspired by Japan's che...
Solo Leveling Beats Out Attack on Titan to Become Crunc...
Break-out hit Solo Leveling once again makes its mark by surpassing Attack on Titan as Crunchyroll's sixth most popular anime seri...
Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle Calcifer Candle Fi...
Calcifer, the lovable fire demon from Studio Ghibli's 2004 film Howl's Moving Castle, returns to the official store as an adorable...
Dragon Ball Releases Nearly 40-Year-Old Akira Toriyama ...
Dragon Ball unearths a stunning volume cover from nearly 40 years ago, featuring Goku, Oolong and a nod to Akira Toriyama's epic v...
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Reebok Release Exclusive S...
The radical spirit of Jotaro Kujo from Stardust Crusaders is all over these classic '90s kicks with new JoJo's Bizarre Adventure x...
Crunchyroll Celebrates Ani-May 2024 With Worldwide Rele...
Crunchyroll's upcoming "Ani-May" event rolls out special merchandise and streaming deals for worldwide hits like Solo Leveling, Ch...
Studio Ghibli Gets First-Ever 4K UHD Blu-ray Release Da...
Studio Ghibli'sThe Boy and the Heronreceives its home entertainment release dates, featuring new interviews and more from GKIDS an...
711,700 Titles From Japan's Biggest Light Novel Publish...
711,700 titles from Japan's biggest novel publishing site, Shosetsuka ni Narou, have been scraped by an AI developer, sparking con...
Sanrio's Hello Kitty Releases Special Anniversary Crocs...
Hello Kitty's 50th-anniversary Crocs collection represents the ultimate blend of comfort and cute, designed for both children and ...
Chainsaw Man's Denji, Power, Makima & Aki Released as S...
Denji, Makima, Power and Aki all need a shoulder to rest their sleepy heads on in these adorable Chainsaw Man anime miniature figu...
Bootleg Steamer Can Be Cozy Or Competitive, You Decide
I might not be the best at smuggling alcohol, but at least I had fun trying in Bootleg Steamer.
Vehicles That Should Be Added To Helldivers 2
We all know that vehicles would enhance Helldivers 2, but what about ATVs instead of clunky APCs?
Elden Ring's Symphonic Adventure Is An Ode To All Thing...
We popped down to the Royal Albert Hall to lose ourselves in the Lands Between.
Every Game Would Benefit From Early Access, Even Dark S...
I may not want to play a game like Baldur's Gate 3 or Hades 2 during early access, but it makes for a better final release.
This Year's Free Comic Book Day Is For The Gamers
Free books about video games, what could be better?
Rotten Tomatoes Has Too Much Power Over Movies
Aggregators like Rotten Tomatoes can't properly assess divisive, interesting movies.
No Matter What Blizzard Does, Overwatch Will Always Be ...
After a few dozen games of competitive, the hero shooter has me wanting to walk away.
Top Spin 2K25 And Challengers Are Perfect Doubles Partn...
The world's best tennis game is back in the spotlight just in time for the best tennis movie ever to hit theatres.
Metaphor: ReFantazio Is Learning From Persona
Metaphor is doing the opposite of many standard Persona tropes to make a game that still feels remarkably SMT and Atlus underneath...
How Can Fallout 76's Multiplayer Still Be This Bad?
After six years you'd think you could actually play this multiplayer game with your friends.
What we've been playing - Good manors and finger patter...
Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing over the past f...
Persona 3 Still Doesn't Have A Definitive Release
After the release of Persona 3 Reload it's clear there is still much left for it to be the definitive way to experience the game's...
Everything Players Can Do With Mayor Lewis' Lucky Purpl...
There are a ton of hilarious uses for Mayor Lewis' lost lucky shorts in Stardew Valley for players looking to play pranks at commu...
Stardew Valley: Every Season, Explained
Stardew Valley's four seasons give players many different activities to do, crops to grow, and fish to catch. Here's everything yo...
Pokmon Scarlet & Violet Absolutely Nailed This One Feat...
Pokmon Scarlet & Violet brought a new level of nuance to storytelling in a world that's had a pretty static plotline for decades.
How To Run Combat In DnD
Combat is crucial to Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. Sometimes a combat encounter is the entire session, sometimes it's a necessary ...
Tales Of The Shire: Everything You Need To Know
Tales of the Shire is an exciting new title set in Middle-earth which is set to allow players to be all-encompassed by the life of...
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League's King Shark Was...
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League initially positions its childlike King Shark for greatness, only to then make him as bland ...
How The Collage Atlas' creator drew a pen-and-ink world...
Few games have left such an immediate impression on me as The Collage Atlas. Here are anchors dropping from a white sky, razor-th...
Sparking! ZERO Needs to Take Inspiration From the Drago...
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO is set to redefine the Dragon Ball gaming community, but it's vital for it to pull from Dragon Ball Su...
A Dragon Ball Prequel Makes The Most Sense For Dragon B...
An original Dragon Ball prequel game is the best path for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot to take for its future!
Dragon's Dogma 2 has a hidden path-traced renderer - an...
Path tracing? In Dragon's Dogma 2? The game shipped with ray-traced global illumination but a path tracer sits within Capcom's co...
FFXVI's Rising Tide DLC: Everything We Know
The Rising Tide is the final DLC for Final Fantasy XVI and by far its biggest one yet. What do players need to know about this new...
Manor Lords and a hidden risk of early access we don't ...
This week, everyone's been talking about early access releases again. Why? The headline moment was No Rest for the Wicked develop...
Game of the Week: exploring the other things that make ...
Some weeks picking a favourite game is pretty easy, but there's been a lot of lovely stuff in the mix of late. Stellar Blade brin...
The best 18 Switch games you can play right now
With more than seven years' worth of games to pick from, there's never been a better time to delve into the best Nintendo Switch ...
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It's time to take another look at a range of Windows-based handhelds and this time, we're testing the most advanced, most power...
Another Crab's Treasure feels a natural evolution for a...
I read a horrible theory recently that nature wants to turn lots of things into crabs. I think the theory was basically talking a...
Stellar Blade brings old-school console sensibilities t...
First shown nearly three years ago under the name Project Eve, the Korean developed Stellar Blade has finally arrived and for m...
Where in the world is Josemonkey?
I both hate and love geolocation games. Take GeoGuessr. I hate to play it myself because I'm clueless at it. But I love to watch ...
Blizzard on how ‘The War Within’ kickstarts the next 20...
World of Warcraft's EP sits down with VGC to chat about the future, a console version and how to keep players happy
After 5 years of selling out its London pop-ups, Pokémo...
It's time for London to get a permanent Pokémon Center
Bethesda, it’s time to let someone else make Fallout 5...
Xbox has a sleeping giant on its hands, and it can't wait another decade for Bethesda to be ready
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door is a dream-come-true re...
For years, the GameCube classic felt like it might never be revisited
‘Xbox, it’s time you stopped taunting us with custom co...
What's the point in console wraps and Design Lab if the coolest designs go to just a few people?
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake Preview: Ori...
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door's remake for the Nintendo Switch makes a classic RPG accessible for everyone
Manor Lords Isn't Finished Yet, But You Should Buy It A...
Manor Lords isn't finished yet, but you should definitely buy it anyway.
Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide Review - Save The Las...
The Rising Tide brings Final Fantasy 16 to a close with all the highs and lows we've come to expect from the game.
Sand Land Review: Well, So It Goes!
You're better off just watching the anime.
Stellar Blade Review - All About Eve
Stellar Blade is a competent mix of character action and Soulsborne, but with a dull protagonist and uninspired narrative.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Wrath Of The Mutants Revi...
Wrath of the Mutants has some simple arcade enjoyment and represents one of the best TMNT shows, but it's far too short to be wort...
Tales Of Kenzera: Zau Review - The Joy Within Pain
Tales of Kenzera: Zau's loving exploration of grief and death is complimented by satisfying platforming, crunchy combat, and easyg...
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Review - The Stars Of...
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has done the impossible and lived up to the hype.
Razer Kishi Ultra Is A Better Mobile Controller Than Mo...
The Kishi Ultra might be my new favorite controller.
Botany Manor Review: Forgotten Flora, Unforgettable Del...
Sometimes on a dreary day, you just need to zone out into Victorian England and grow the same plant six times on accident.
SaGa Emerald Beyond Review
A semi-decent combat system can't make up for SaGa Emerald Beyond's inability to capture a player's attention or help make explori...
Another Crabs Treasure Review
Balancing brutality and comfort is tough for any game, let alone a Soulslike, but Another Crabs Treasure proves capable of support...
Sand Land Video Game Review
Sand Land is a charming adventure with memorable characters and satisfying progression, but its open world is about as dry as its ...
Stellar Blade Review
Stellar Blade's main character is getting most of the attention, but the game has a lot more to offer beyond its gratuitous fan se...
The Last Case of Benedict Fox - Definitive Edition Revi...
In a year flooded with excellent Metroidvanias, The Last Case of Benedict Fox - Definitive Edition stands out for all the wrong re...
Biomorph Review
Biomorph should satisfy any Metroidvania cravings for genre fans, but flat writing and an underdeveloped central hook leave parts ...
Inkbound Review
Inkbound's take on the roguelike tactical-rpg genre doesn't break the mold but it succeeds in making its turn-based combat compell...
Broken Roads Review
Drop Bear Bytes debut game Broken Roads feels like a throwback to post-apocalyptic RPGs of the past, yet it falls short of being p...
No Rest For the Wicked early access review - a shaky st...
No Rest for the Wicked feels like a bit of a missing link. In the same way that Salt and Sanctuary bridged a gap between Metroidv...
Stellar Blade review - no thinking, just slashing
I don't know if there's a universal winning formula for a great action game out there, but Stellar Blade sure has tried its harde...
Manor Lords early access review - beautiful foundations...
Yesterday, in between bouts of Manor Lords, I popped down the road to do some food shopping, and bought bread, milk, vegetables, ...
Tales of Kenzera review: a compassionate Afro-futurist ...
Of all the Metroidvania elements in Tales of Kenzera: Zau, my favourite are the trees. Simply enough, meditating inside a tree ...
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes review - a Suikoden s...
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is exactly what its lofty crowdfunding campaign promised it would be: a Suikoden successor in a...
Life Eater review - an intriguingly uncomfortable game ...
Mechanically, Life Eater uses a diary-based puzzle system in some really interesting ways, but it struggles to say anything meani...
Harold Halibut review - sub-aquatic sci-fi adventure is...
What if a game was intentionally quite boring? This feels like the premise with Harold Halibut, and at first it's kind of brillia...
Inkbound review - another stand out roguelike by the Mo...
This time it's Hades that Shiny Shoe's game feels similar to, but with some delicious differences that make this roguelike stand ...
Broken Roads review - a lonely scavenger hunt for scrap...
My favourite RPGs are the ones that really consider exactly who the character is - or can be - in their world. From Tyranny's pow...
Fallout season 1 review - a wild Wasteland safari where...
Boom time: whether by accident or design, the Fallout TV show - announced in 2020 and arriving in a binge-ready eight-episode pay...
TopSpin 2K25 is a hugely satisfying return for an ace t...
It's been 13 years since the last entry, but 2K has brought it back with a bang
Review: EA’s Tales of Kenzera: ZAU is a challenging, po...
ZAU is a strong debut for Surgent Studios, but some stumbles stop it from being truly great
Sonic’s Knuckles Paramount+ show isn’t the knockout fan...
Egregious product placement and an utterly bizarre bottle episode tarnish what is otherwise good fun.
Beat Slayer
Another month, another rogue-like to come out! I love them when done right, and we’ve had some absolute bangers. Hades is a master...
South Park: Snow Day
South Park has an outstanding legacy as a pop cultural satire phenomenon. Over 25 years, South Park has examined many cultural, po...
Stellar Blade is one of the most mechanically satisfyin...
Shift Up's console debut delivers a refreshing refinement of the well-worn character action formula
TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is a basic but servic...
Game Mill's home port of a 2017 arcade beat 'em up offers solid action and nothing else
The Lord Of The Rings: Most Important Elves In The Lore
Throughout each age of Tolkein's world, the elves have played significant roles in the events of Middle-earth.
Every Anime That Has Been Nominated For An Academy Awar...
It's not often that Japanese animation is honored at the Academy Awards, but these films achieved that prestigious nomination.
Game of Thrones: How Did House Greyjoy Take The Iron Is...
Fans only know the Iron Islands under House Greyjoy, but how did the family that spawned Euron and Theon claim the Seastone Chair?
X-Men '97: Prime Sentinels, Explained
The excellent animated series just introduced the latest update of its killer robots, and the Prime Sentinels may be the most thre...
Knuckles Review
This Sonic spinoff keeps the ups and downs of the successful cinematic adaptations for a fun, if unfocused, road trip adventure co...
South Park Pluto TV Channels To Be Made Available Inter...
South Park takes an impressive step forward in international markets as Paramount pushes the successful IP to the forefront.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 Ending, Explain...
After a challenging first year, Star Trek: The Next Generation ended with a menacing sign of things to come with The Neutral Zone.
Zack Snyder Unveils Conclusion to Superman's Journey in...
Zack Snyder recently unveiled his concept for the epic culmination of the DCEU, drawing comparisons to the finale of the MCU's Inf...
Why Did Alien 3 Kill Off Ellen Ripley?
In Alien 3, Ellen Ripley sacrifices herself in order to kill the Alien, but why did the franchise decide to kill off its leading l...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Best Villains In The Fran...
All superheroes need a villain (or ten) to fight, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are no different. These are the best antago...
Sonic 3 Movie Will "Take A Lot" From Sonic Adventure 2
Hey, as long as it's also taking "LIve and Learn", I'll be happy.