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Mortal Kombat is a prolific fighting franchise. Despite the upcoming game’s Mortal Kombat 1 title, it is actually the twelfth mainline game in the series, and that number doesn’t account for the various spinoffs and countless upgrades. Then you have all the comics, movies, TV shows, web shows, techno albums, and other stuff that grew

Early into my Starfield adventure, I looted a mysterious note from an enemy corpse. Though there are many such notes in the game, most of them only offer a small piece of worldbuilding or a quick joke. This one happened to put me on the path of a secret quest. I’ll avoid sharing too many

Starfield‘s FPS-like combat system makes it remarkably easy to survive most fights even if you haven’t been investing in Combat Skills. However, you will eventually want to acquire some better weapons if you want to do more than just survive your various enemy encounters across Starfield‘s massive galaxy. Unfortunately, the best weapons are pretty hard

When you start your Starfield quest, you only have one ship to your name: the Frontier. The vessel might not be falling apart, but it hasn’t been top-of-the-line for quite some time, either. If you want a better shuttle, you’re going to need to buy or build one yourself, both of which require money. Or

Like many modern games, Starfield utilizes a “tiered” loot system that determines the quality of the various items you receive. While some of the best gear in the game can be acquired by visiting certain vendors, completing certain quests, or just taking them from a specific spot, most of the Legendary loot in Starfield will

Starfield is the latest RPG by Bethesda, and while the game lets players explore the vastness of space, Starfield also sticks close to Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls and Fallout roots. No, we don’t just mean that once again you can let the world’s most annoying NPC follow you around. As with other Bethesda RPGs, Starfield is

To the surprise of nobody, your ship is a very important part of the Starfield experience. While you will inevitably cycle through quite a few ships during your time with the game, it helps to know what kind of endgame ships you’re ultimately looking for. That’s obviously what we’re here to look at today. Before

Rockstar is arguably the defining studio of the last 20+ years of gaming. During that time, Rockstar essentially reshaped our collective idea of what a game could be by introducing millions to phrases like “open-world” and “sandbox” while continuously pushing the envelope in terms of mature content. Even after other developers started to make more

Much like prior Bethesda titles such as Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, Starfield is a loot-centric game. You can pick up just about every item that isn’t nailed down, and the game encourages you to mine ore veins and animal corpses for resources. Eventually, you’re going to run out of pocket space. When this happens,

The history of developers turning major movies and TV shows into video games is full of highs and lows. Sometimes, that adaptation process leads to games that are as big (if not bigger) than the properties they are based on. Other times, that adaptation process results in truly terrible experiences. In all those cases, though,

Whether you’re embracing the pirate’s life or you accidentally took the wrong item from the wrong person, you’re likely going to find contraband in Starfield at some point. When that happens, you’ll likely wonder how you’re supposed to get it past the authorities and who will even buy the hottest goods in the galaxy. The

Compared to many other RPGs, Starfield is surprisingly generous when it comes to character builds. With no real level cap in sight, the only real restriction is the amount of time you want to spend playing the game. However, anyone who doesn’t feel like spending dozens and dozens of hours unlocking everything in Starfield may

Picking three Traits is the final part of Starfield‘s character creation process. The truth is that Traits in Starfield can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. Few are obviously helpful, and many of them are more confusing at the outset than they were perhaps intended to be. However, some Traits are ultimately significantly

When Starfield‘s September release date was finally confirmed, many gamers suddenly felt bad for Baldur’s Gate 3. After all, what chance did a CRPG sequel in a largely forgotten franchise have of going head-to-head with one of the biggest blockbuster RPGs we’ve seen in decades? The situation was seemingly resolved (or at least downplayed) when

When Bethesda started work on Starfield, the company was still a high-profile third-party developer. However, that status changed in 2020 when Microsoft purchased ZeniMax Media and all its subsidiaries (including Bethesda). This acquisition changed the course of Starfield and stopped all progress on the PlayStation version of the game. But on the bright side (for

Gamers have been waiting for Bethesda’s Starfield since 2018, and a lot has happened since then. Most notably, Microsoft purchased Bethesda’s parent company, ZeniMax Media, and turned Starfield into an Xbox exclusive along the way. As such, many gamers who have been waiting for Starfield are now using the title as a barometer to judge

The Nintendo 64 is a difficult console to judge. While well-regarded in its time, the system endured plenty of struggles. Sticking with cartridges while the PlayStation embraced CDs drove developers away, and many gamers who grew up on the NES and SNES also flocked to Sony for a new generation of more mature games. But

We aren’t living in a renaissance of new FPS games, but many companies have definitely noticed that gamers love to relive the first-person gun games that they grew up on. Recently, we’ve received the long-awaited System Shock remake, a port of Star Wars: Republic Commando, and even the teams behind the Call of Duty franchise

This article contains spoilers for Gran Turismo. In his new film Gran Turismo, director Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie) steps away from the sci-fi and horror tales he’s been spinning to tell a story—taken from real life—of a video gamer who became so good at simulated race car driving on the titular PlayStation game that

We’ve spoken before about the history of RPGs that let you romance your companions and how those relationships are often found in some of the deepest role-playing experiences. Well, it shouldn’t surprise you to learn that Baldur’s Gate 3 offers quite a few romance options. However, it may surprise you to learn that the very

For nearly 30 years, Bethesda has been pushing the limits of the RPG genre. Though Bethesda has developed and produced a number of great games across numerous genres, their name will always be synonymous with titles like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. As the studio prepares to unleash its latest RPG epic, Starfield, on the

While picking a class is a vital part of most role-playing games, Baldur’s Gate 3 takes that classic genre concept to a new level. Well, to be more accurate, it really just taps into the tabletop depth of the class concept, but by doing so, it makes picking a class as difficult as it has

Though Baldur’s Gate 3 elevates itself above even otherwise all-time great RPGs in many ways, I found the game’s companion system to be one of its most consistently engaging features. Yes, we’ve seen companions in many other RPGs, but we’ve rarely seen this many exceptional companions that are this well-developed over the course of a

Last week, we took a look at some of the worst things about retro gaming and some of the ways we should remind ourselves that not everything was better back when. However, the fact of the matter is that I can’t be too negative about retro gaming for too long. I’m as nostalgic as anyone

At their core, tabletop games are very different beasts from video games. Many try to fill the same niche by giving players tons of customization options to make them feel like they’re stepping into their character’s shoes, but at the end of the day, their respective rulesets form an impassable barrier. No matter how much

2023 has produced quite a few excellent games, but few have wowed quite like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The game was immediately hailed as a masterpiece and was shaping up to be a shoo-in for “Game of the Year.” But then came Baldur’s Gate 3. Not only is this game an

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Video games can break your heart. It is a business built on creativity, scheduling, manpower, collaboration, and customer demand. Not everything works out. A company can have a brilliant concept and all the talent, but due to a few bad decisions or lack of funds, it could come out as a husk of what it

Clerics may just be the best overall support class in Baldur’s Gate 3. They’re tanky, they boast absurdly powerful healing abilities, and the first full-time companion you gain in Baldur’s Gate 3, Shadowheart, is, herself, a Cleric. You’re probably going to have a Cleric in your party for much of the game, but properly building

The NES era was full of franchise experimentation. For instance, before Nintendo’s developers figured out what they wanted to do with the Legend of Zelda, they tried to turn it into a divisive action sidescroller. Final Fantasy underwent a similar rough patch with its second entry, and fans have long wondered why its developers made