Quick Links AlthoughUnknown 9: Awakeningis clearly aiming to invoke games like Uncharted and Tomb Raider with its linear third-person action gameplay, it does have a few tricks up its Am-wielding sleeves to make it stand out. The main thing that separates Unknown 9: Awakening from other similar games is the suite of powers that protagonist Haroona can use over the course of her adventure.She doesn’t start the journey with all of them, though, so here’s when you’ll gain access to each ability and how they work....

Quick Links InRoblox’sSonic Speed Simulator, you’ll be zipping around at the speed of sound with your favorite characters from the Sonic series, leveling up by picking up Chaos Orbs to attain greater speeds, and showing off your style by kitting yourself out with awesome outfits and Chao. A fan favorite, Shadow the Hedgehog also makes an appearance in Sonic Speed Simulator. You can unlock him for free by following this guide, and in no time you’ll be gliding around Green Hill Zone as the Ultimate Lifeform himself!...

BetweenMagic: The Gathering’s Duskmourn, the soft launch ofPokemon TCG Pocket, and theDisney Lorcana Shimmering Skies’ Set Championships, the last thing I need right now is a new trading card game to fall in love with - yet here we are. I’ve had my eye on Altered since the first cards were revealed last year, and every new detail I’ve seen about the game since then has only intrigued me further. Its vibrant and cohesive art style reimagines classic mythology and literary characters like Tinker Bell, Achilles, and Dr....

I don’t know about you, but when I heard Kim Kardashian was collaborating with Beats on some new headphones, I was super intrigued. I mean, she clearly knows a thing or two about style and qualitytech. And let me tell you, these Beats Studio Pro headphones donotdisappoint. In fact, they are now on sale for $190 (down from the original $350) duringAmazon’sBig Deal Days. Now I know some of you might roll your eyes at the whole celebrity headphone thing, but don’t sleep on these babies....

Summary Magic: The Gatheringreleased itshighly anticipated Marvel Secret lair earlier today, but unless you were either quick on the draw or extremely lucky, chances are you were left empty-handed or without the products you wanted. Technical issues were rampant shortly after the Secret Lair dropped, and those that did manage to get through were greeted with hour-long wait times that wouldn’t even guarantee products to buy at the end. In fact, it got so bad that the special Arcane Signet promo cards that customers would get if they spent over $200 were selling out while people were still in queues, with even more stock vanishing while people were stuck waiting to actually buy something....

Think ‘JRPG’ and you probably imagine a row of characters taking their turns as you scroll menus to decide your next move. For many, it can feel like a slow and antiquated system, especially when you’re expected to engage in these battles numerous times over the course of tens of hours. It’sa perception more JRPGs have been trying to modernise, as is the case withMetaphor: ReFantazio. Not that this is strictly just JRPGs - after all,Dragon Age: The Veilguardalsoditches the more tactical options previous entries had- but it’s certainly where the change has become more pronounced....

Summary The team behindMetaphor: ReFantaziois no stranger to historical references. Studio Zero is, after all, a conglomerate of Atlus veterans. These master storytellers have always worn their love for history on their sleeve, but Metaphor puts that passion at the forefront of its character design. Metaphor’s colorful fantasy world overflows with historical parallels, but some of the most obvious examples are — quite literally — gigantic. In Metaphor’s world, humans are the enemy....

Summary AnotherRainbow Sixgame is said to be in development, possibly going by the codename Atom. This comes from well-known Rainbow Six leaker Shiny, who says that Rainbow Six Atom is in development atUbisoftnow. The leaker doesn’t have any further details to share about the new game, including whether it will be a main release or some kind of mobile spin-off. Right now, Ubisoft hasn’t confirmed that Rainbow Six Atom exists, so even if it does, we’ll have to wait for an official announcement....

Summary In case you missed it,Once Humanis officially out in the wild. After previously undergoing a closed beta,the free-to-play multiplayer open-world survival game received a re-debut at Summer Games Fest, and officially launched on July 9. Flash forward to today, and Starry Studio’s, a subsidiary of NetEase, title is in its second season. However, feedback for the game’s Season 2 has been less than positive, with Starry admitting that it has been “demoralising....

Summary Palworldmight have to undergo gameplay changes or face removal from storefronts altogether, according to a lawyer. This comes asNintendo sues Palworld developer Pocketpair, accusing the devs of patent infringement. Speaking toGamesRadar, Haley MacLean from the firm Voyer Law explains that Palworld might undergo big gameplay changes ifNintendois successful in its lawsuit against Pocketpair. This could see features from the game reworked completely, mostly likely including the capture mechanic which issaid to be the reason behind Nintendo’s lawsuit....

I picked up aPlayStation VR2last month, and I’m already feeling buyers' remorse. Even though I purchased it at a reduced price after Sony was clearly trying to lower its stock of the failed hardware, it still feels like it doesn’t have much to offer after a few weeks of fiddling with it. The majority of its launch line-up was ports of games we’d already seen on the last headset, whileHorizon: Call of the Mountainwas a brilliant albeit brief exclusive that had to carry the entire launch on its shoulders....

Summary Wait long enough, and your favoritePokemonwill be turned into a plush. The Sitting Cuties collection is evidence of that as eventually, every single Pokemon will have its own Sitting Cutie plush. It’ll be a while until Galar and Paldea are given the Sitting Cutie treatment, but four Pokemon, two from each of those regions, now have their own plushes for the first time. The four new plushes debuted on the US Pokemon Center last week but their arrivals were somewhat overshadowed bythe rollout of Kalos Sitting Cuties, all 111 of which are now available in the US for the first time....

Summary Like many other platformers, levels inAstro Botare split into different worlds, which house a handful of stages each. Following genre traditions, Astro Bot is pretty linear in how you approach the levels, with only a couple of levels you can do out of order, but otherwise, each world has to be done one by one. While there are fantastic levels in every world of Astro Bot, some worlds have a higher concentration of amazing levels compared to others....