PSA: Web Grabber is the most useful gadget to upgrade in Spiderman 2

In the world ofThe Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap,the people of Hyrule live side by side with a hidden race of miniature beings called the Minish. Although some Hylians have heard tales of these tiny, gnome-like forest dwellers, few have seen them. When asked about his prior knowledge of the Minish, Link admits he’s never heard of them. “That’s so strange,” one Minish muses. “We Minish are all over the place!” Overlooked and forgotten, these little guys reflect the larger place of The Minish Cap itself in the Legend of Zelda pantheon. It’s an overlooked Zelda game bursting with charm, replete with clever puzzles, and a firm grip on excellent pacing. It’s an underrated gem of the Legend of Zelda series.

The Bikeriders director Jeff Nichols knows star power when he sees it. And when he met Austin Butler for the first time, he definitely saw it. 

The first trailer for Marvel Studios’ Echo is full of surprises. It’s shockingly violent, as we watch Kingpin beat a man half to death, and see his adoptive daughter Maya Lopez (the eponymous Echo) throwing savage blows and snapping the necks of street-level scum. There’s even a very brief Daredevil cameo. (OK, that last part is not really a surprise; we knew that Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio would return as Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk, respectively, for Echo.)

Baldur's Gate 3 finally lets you wash yourself, and your party members, with sponges and soap.

Remedy Entertainment and Epic Games Publishing's survival horror game has an incredibly restricted number of weapons to choose from — though this may sound like a negative, it is thematically appropriate and only furthers the need to carefully select which weapons to carry. Moreover, as the game has two protagonists with unique firearm arsenals, the number of weapons available at any one time is yet further limited — Sage has five guns to choose from, and Alan has only three. While all the guns can be useful in the right circumstances, some are far superior when compared with others.

An enterprising Final Fantasy 14 fan has set out to complete the MMO’s story content using only a party of healers, with additional rules thrown in to make the task more difficult. They were quickly made to regret the decision. 

October 28 marked 20 years of the Call of Duty series, as part of which some of the key designers  have been talking about the greatest moments. The foundation for its overwhelming success, however, will always be original developer Infinity Ward, in particular the leap forward the studio made with the Modern Warfare series. It delivered an unforgettable and oft-controversial singleplayer campaign reflecting one view of contemporary geopolitics, alongside a best-in-class multiplayer experience that the wider series has followed ever since.

Magic: The Gathering's head designer, Mark Rosewater, has responded to complaints that he previously said that the tabletop game wouldn't get involved with crossovers, while also sharing some positive feedback about the upcoming Marvel sets.

Speedrunning is a catch-all term that, as games themselves have grown in audience and scale, now applies to everything from fastest completion times on 2D platformers to slightly unhinged self-imposed challenges with any game going. This Fallout 4 speedrun certainly falls into the latter category, to the extent you may find yourself wondering how the heroic Vrexia ever came up with the idea in the first place.

Starfield contributed to the single most successful day in Xbox Game Pass's history. 

If you've been looking at the current crop of Silent Hill sequels, remakes and remasters and pining for the foggy streets and busted doorknobs of yesteryear, I recommend trying the demo for Heartworm. This is survival horror just the way Mother used to make it - before Mother read all those forbidden books and decided to sacrifice you to Samael, Lord of Serpents and Reeds. You've got your 3D engine with fixed camera perspectives, your thick coating of TV static, your sluggish vehicular control scheme, your enemies that could be either demons or metaphors and will murder you either way.

Baldur's Gate 3 voice actor Scott Joseph's depiction of the Mindflayer Emperor brought to life one of the most disturbing romance scenes in the game. The disturbing descriptor here is really saying something, considering you can make love to a literal bear in Baldur's Gate 3.