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The success of a fighting game lies not just in its sales figures, but in its continued support.Fatal Fury: City of the Wolveshad an ace in the hole with its guest characters on launch, with the inclusion ofCristiano Ronaldogenerating much word-of-mouth. But if the game is to truly earn its place in the esports sphere, it has to keep the hits coming. One good thing about guest characters like Ronaldo and real-life DJ Salvator Ganacci is that it affirms that no guest characters are off the table....

Quick Links As you start your budding mascot business inPromise Mascot Agency, you’ll need to recruit lots of different mascots to your team so that you’re able to take on as many jobs as possible. Though you’ll meet Pinky straight away in Kaso-Machi, she won’t be one of the mascots you can assign. Not all mascots will be available right away, and some require you to progress further through the storyline before they’ll appear....

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is one of the bestselling books in modern history, with over 1.5 million sales to its name. The novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid became a huge sensation, and much like Reid’s other novel, Daisy Jones & The Six, is in line for an adaptation -Netflixrevealed it was making a Seven Husbands movie in 2022, but we’ve heard little since then. However, the casting of the titular Evelyn Hugo has been a major talking point in pop culture, with a variety of names being put foward....

Considering that the very firstThe Elder Scrollsvideo game, called Arena, was launched all the way back in 1994, it can definitely be overwhelming to choose a title as the gateway to the franchise. With five mainline games, numerous expansions, and various spin-offs launched in a period spanning decades, questions regarding their overall connection with one another naturally arise. Is it necessary to play Arena to understand what is happening in Daggerfall?...

Summary Clair Obscur: Expedition 33has a strange and surprising reference toShrekin the opening minutes of its prologue - and it seems there are even more nods to the series later in the game. We’re only a few months into 2025, but it’s already proven to be a stellar year for gaming thanks toMonster Hunter Wilds,Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2,Blue Prince, and a ton more. Even with all those great games, though,there’s one that seems to have taken a surprising lead in the early GOTY talks - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33....

For many people, when they think ofDoctor Who, they think of David Tennant. Likewise, when they think of David Tennant, they think of Doctor Who. It makes a lot of sense - Tennant has by far the most appearances of the modern era, even if he’s only fourth in the list overall. However, that number could have been drastically lower. In fact, it could have been zero. Tennant took over the role in 2005, when he appeared in the Christmas special and regenerated from Christopher Eccleston, who played The Doctor for just one season....

Summary Assassin’s Creed has had many references throughout its long series, andAssassin’s Creed Shadowsis no different. Ubisoft enjoys putting some cheeky references here and there, and it’s always funny to see these things in the final product. While the game itself doesn’t reference past entries a lot (though it has a nice throwback in this regard), it has references based on Japanese culture, pop culture, other games, and, of course, anime, which makes sense for the one Japanese entry of the series....

The Last of Uson HBO is generally a pretty close adaptation of the video game. While the show does get the chance to explore some scenes in more depth (likeBill & Frank’s story in season one), most plot beats are a like for like recreation, sometimes right down to shot choice. Butseason two seems to be taking more liberties. It started with thecasting of Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, who lacks the typical physique....

Summary Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero’s second DLC pack’s release date of April 24 and its playable characters have been leaked thanks to a store listing on Humble Bundle, of all places. It hasn’t been that long since we got the first DLC pack forDragon Ball: Sparking Zero, Hero of Justice, but the reception to it was rather mixedthanks to how many of its characters were just reskins or new forms for those already included in the base roster....

Summary Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is the long-awaited sequel to Fantasy Life, a beloved life simulation/RPG blend developed by Level-5 that released on the Nintendo 3DS in 2012. The Girl Who Steals Time was delayed twice before finally releasing on May 21, and the sequel seems to have gone over well with PC players. As it stands, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Timehas peaked at over 34,000 players on Steam....

Summary Guest characters are pretty much expected in fighting games these days.Mortal Kombat 1has addedthe likes of Conan the Barbarian and the T-1000, while Tekken 8 recently added Clive from Final Fantasy 16. Even fighting games that don’t normally do guest characters have been jumping on the bandwagon,with Street Fighter 6’s inclusion of Terry and Maifrom Fatal Fury, andGuilty Gear Strive’s addition of Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Whether you like them or not, they’re all thematically relevant at the very least, easily fitting into the aesthetic of their games....

Summary Iron Fist gets a bad rap. Helmed by the infamous Scott Buck, known for such hits as the Dexter finale and the ill-fated Inhumans series, it was criticised for its sloppy action scenes, tedious dialogue, and poor VFX, leaving Finn Jones at the center of unending controversy. Jump ahead seven years, after the underappreciated second season, and his brilliant appearance in Luke Cage, and The Defenders are finally making the leap to the MCU proper....

Do you have a best friend who is nothing like you? Under most circumstances, you should not be in one another’s company at all, but here you are rawdogging life to the fullest without fear. One of you is into sunshine and rainbows and fruity sleepytime teas while the other loves to pile on loads of goth make-up and rock out to My Chemical Romance. Polar opposites, and despite all that, destiny has brought you together....