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When I sat down to playBaby Stepswith co-creators Bennet Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and Maxi Boch at GDC last week, I was more anxious than usual. It’s always a bit nerve-wracking to play a game in front of the people who made it. My worst fear is that I’ll be terrible, completely waste their time, and they’ll always remember me as that one guy who couldn’t get past the tutorial and started crying and farting....

Summary Updated On Jun 22, 2025, at6:30 am. Baldur’s Village is back up. It seems the DMCA takedown was issued by WotC mistakenly. “The Baldur’s Village DMCA takedown was issued mistakenly – we are sorry about that. We are in the process of fixing that now so fans and the Stardew community can continue to enjoy this great mod!” said a statement by Wizards of the Coast. Original story follows below: Baldur’s Gate 3has a very passionate fanbase, and that passion often manifests itself in a variety of different ways, whether that be fan art, cosplay, or mod projects....

Summary Baldur’s Gate 3has an epic, sweeping opening cutscene reminiscent of triple-A games of the past where a massive scene-setting cinematic was almost mandatory. During the cinematic, we witness a nautiloid fly through a city, using its tendrils to capture and imprison its inhabitants. The ship is then attacked by dragon-riding githyanki, who forces the illithid pilot to teleport to different locations to try and evade the attackers. Eventually, the nautiloid winds up in Avernus, which is where the game begins....

Quick Links Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist Of Memories & The Envisioned Landbrings a beloved turn-based JRPG franchise to a more action-centric standard. That’snotto say that Gust’s big 2025 entry has eschewed everything tied to turn-based design philosophy, but rather, Atelier Yumia sports something of a hybrid system. Positioning yourself within a battle’s “stage” can be critical. Recognizing why you may feel oddly sluggish in attempts to dodge, and how to resolve that - it’s things of this nature which can cause fresh players in the earliest stages of Yumia’s fateful journey to trip up....

Summary Fatal Fury: City of the Wolvesis here at last, bringing the series back from a deep 26-year slumber,offering its technical systems and mechanics to the modern era,with a few twists and turns along the way. While it still feels like Fatal Fury, it also has a modern sheen, making other games viable if you want to expand your experience further. Whether you love its strong defensive mechanics, excellent character expression, or fast-paced offense, there are many games that are a must-play if you’re hungry for more fighting games to play after you’ve finished your time with City of the Wolves!...

When Snorlax was released in Triumphant Light, it was considered one of the worst cards ever printed, along with Giratina from the same set. Just a couple sets later, and it’s a headliner for one of the most popular decks inPokemon TCG Pocket. Along with, of all things, Giratina. Snorlax never made it into any serious decks, but new support cards in Celestial Guardians have turned it into a card that isn’t only viable: it’s vital to one of the most competitive decks in the meta - but it’s far from simple, so let us give you the skinny on Snorlax....

Every day, new indie games are released. Some of them pick up momentum over time and turn into huge phenomena, like Minecraft or Stardew Valley, but others seem to hit the big time out of nowhere. The causes are different, but the result is the same: a small game that suddenly explodes into a sensation. We take a look at some little indie titles that suddenly became a huge deal, seemingly overnight....

Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaiiis a game very rich in content. Like other games in theYakuza/Like A Dragon series, it offers many hours of story, activities, and minigames. However, Pirate Yakuza takes personalization and customization to a level never before seen in the series. In Pirate Yakuza, you can change the protagonist’s outfit, individual clothing pieces, hairstyles, etc. But if you’re looking for more customization options, visual fixes, or just want to see what the community has created for the game, these mods are for you....

Shonen means young boy and is a type of manga and, by extension, anime, which targets adolescent boys from around 12 to 21. The focus is generally action and adventure, with storylines featuring protagonists fighting monsters or some other obvious source of evil. It’s one of the four main categories of manga and has an audience much wider than its target demographic. Shonen protagonists tend to be outsiders who, through perseverance, succeed against all odds....

After reviewingBlue Princeand giving it anear perfect score, I’m thrilled to see how much attention it’s been getting. It’s not often that indie games receive this kind of recognition, let alone narrative puzzle games that are as complicated and, quite frankly, frustrating as this one. I love that its difficulty and complexity is making it blow up. But the hype machine has been getting a little bit out of control, especially after news started coming out about it beingthe highest scoring game of the year so farandBalatrodeveloper LocalThunkmaking a mildly threatening tweet at Geoff Keighleyabout its GOTY contender status....

It’s official:Death Strandingis being developed into a feature film byA24. It has a confirmed director now too, withA Quiet Place: Day One’s Michael Sarnoski taking up the helm. Hideo Kojima has always been obsessed with cinema, so I have to imagine he is doing backflips right now in response to the news. Many would even argue that his games are essentially films already with the length of their cutscenes and an unhealthy obsession with bulky exposition....

Dimensional Double Shift is going to Hell. Or, more specifically, Hexas: a world filled with demons in ten-gallon hats, blood-basted brisket, and literal monster trucks. I went hands-on with the multiplayer VR phenomenon’s first Dimension Pack (launching today) alongsideOwlchemy Labs’ CEOwl, Andrew Eiche, to get a taste of what kind of trouble players can get into in the Lone (Morning) Star dimension. If you’re one of the 500,000+ who have already played Dimensional Double Shift, you’ll find that Hexas is very different from the game’s original Pacific Northwestern dimension, Treeattle....

Summary Cards with alternate art in theYu-Gi-Oh! TCGdon’t come around very often. In fact, most of the time cards simply get a rarity bump that they might not have had in prior sets. Quarter Century Stampede, on the other hand, includes some alternate art printings that make their debut. It also contains reprintings of older alt arts. There are some classic printings of Duel Monster legends throughout the years, and there are also some cards that give some of the most popular monsters a completely different appearance....