With fan uproar over the total lack of effort given to Madden NFL 21, there was a renewed pressure onMadden NFL 22to make big changes. Though nearly every element of the gameplay remains identical, several core systems have been overhauled, much to the delight of gaming football fans everywhere. RELATED:Madden NFL 22: Top Offensive Linemen, RankedBut nothing is perfect and making changes also means making mistakes. There are still flaws within the game that can ruin the experience for somebody coming back to the series with higher expectations....

Mariois Nintendo’s mascot, though he may as well be the mascot of video games in general. He made his name jumping from platform to platform. Then he leaped into other genres. There areMariosports games, dancing games, fighting games, racing games, role-playing games, strategy games, educational games, mobile games, and more. Related:Video Game Mascots Inspired by Nintendo’s Mario Those are just the officially approved and licensed entries too. Fans have been into the portly Italian plumber for so long that, with a little wizardry and a PC, they’ve brought him into other games through mods....

Ron Gilbert is a legend for adventure game fans. He’s the game director for iconic classics includingManiac Mansion, the first twoMonkey Islandgames, and more recentlyThe CaveandThimbleweed Park. Gilbert’s next project is unknown, but he may have just told fans exactly what he’s working on. In a recent post to Gilbert’s blog, he told readers that he’s working on a newMonkey Islandgame. There’s just one big catch, which is that Gilbert posted it on April Fool’s Day - but the story doesn’t end there....

The Last of Us 2can’t seem to catch a break as Naughty Dog continues to be called out for mistakes both perceived and real. The latest in this series of unfortunate events is thestudio’s use of a cover of New Order’s “True Faith,“which it used without giving credit to the original cover artist. If the situation sounds confusing, that’s because it is to an extent. Lotte Kestner covered New Order’s “True Faith” for her album titled Stolen which released in 2011....

Quick Links The difference between utilizing a proper plug-in chip setup inNier Automataand completely ignoring it is night and day. This mechanic is something allNier Automataplayers should take the time to explore. If they’ve collectedthe game’s best chips, they can make 2B or 9S as powerful as they can be. RELATED:Bad Decisions In Nier Automata That Can Cost You The Best Ending WhileNier Automatais not a hard game by any means, there are still a couple of bosses that can give players a difficult challenge....

Xbox made headlines yesterday due to several new announcements, revealing thatOutriderswould be coming to Game Pass at release,Undertalewould be debuting on its consoles, and several iconic Bethesda games had been enhanced with FPS Boost. Today, the team has unveiled another huge surprise for players, announcing that Square Enix’sOctopath Travelerwill be coming to Xbox platforms via Game Pass later this month. The port was made official via Xbox Wire, with the Microsoft-owned outlet revealing thatOctopath Travelerwill debut on both the console and PC versions ofGame Passon March 25....

The secondOutridersbroadcast provides a ton of knowledge for eager fans. As aclass-based RPG style shooter, many may be wondering how its classes tie together, how playthroughs work, and other factors like that, and community manager Robbie Palmer delivered upon some of those questions at the end. In a vein similar toBorderlands 3’s Gunner, Operative, Beastmaster, and Siren,Outridersfeatures 4 classes for players: Trickster, Pyromancer, Devastator, and a mysterious unrevealed class. Players will be able to team up and use their favorite class, but several may want to play as all classes or have multiples of their favorite (all classes can work with a variety of playstyles)....

While recent entries to the world-renownedPokemonseries of games have introduced the concept of regional form Pokemon, one fan has suggested a way that future titles in the series could make it easier for players to evolve their Pokemon into these rare, region-specific forms. While there are heaps of Pokemon in thePokemonworld now with their own unique regional forms, many fans have pointed out that obtaining them can be a bit too challenging....

Quick Links InPokemon GO, plenty of the newer Pokemon specimens are added gradually to the game through new seasons or limited-time in-game events. OnMay 23, 2024,Pokemon GOis hosting an event titledUltra Space Wonders. During this event, Naganadel will be making itsPokemon GO debut, meaning Trainers will finally be able to evolve any of their newly or previously captured Poipole. For this reason, knowing how to evolve these Pokemon will come in handy, as well as information regarding shiny possibilities, as special Pokemon such asLegendaries or Ultra Beastsare often among the most popular choices for players to seek out....

Robust support forRainbow Six Siegecontinues from Ubisoft, with the competitive multiplayer shooter’s Year 6 continuing to deliver season by season. Season 01 of Year 6 has already delivered the newRainbow Six Siegeoperator Flores, as well as other exciting content. YetRainbow Six Siegeplayers are always looking forward to what comes next. Luckily, it seems that a new leak may have revealed some of what’s coming in Season 02. To start,Rainbow Six Siegedataminer @benjaminstrike is back with a leak regarding the name of next season’s operation....

Discord has become a dominant application for communication on PC, with game players using both text and audio text functionality to talk with friends. It’s become such a necessity that even consoles have begun allowing Discord implementation for cross-platform communication.PlayStationplatforms, much like with cross-play in general, have been slow to take this step forward. That may be changing soon, however, as reports indicate Discord could be closer than ever to launching forPS4 and PS5....

After a gap of about nine years,Serious Sam 4releases today, telling the story of the events that led up to its predecessor game,Serious Sam 3: BFE. This first-person shooter is developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital, and is the tale of Sam “Serious” Stone and his quest to defeat a conquesting horde attempting to take over Earth. Fans of the series had to wait a long time to get a chance to playSerious Sam 4, and many people were hoping that the prequel would deliver on what people have come to expect from 2020’s level of quality games....

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrimwas a landmark release when it first launched in 2011, and the game’s popularity has persisted to this day. In fact,Skyrimreturned to the sales chartsjust recently, proving players are still eager to explore the game’s massive open world even a decade after its release. NewSkyrimplayers are still discovering the game, like the girlfriend of Reddit user SuspiciousPop1066. In a Reddit post that has 6,000 upvotes at the time of this writing, SuspiciousPop1066 explained how they gave their girlfriend their copy ofSkyrim....