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As theMario Kartseries has progressed, you may have noticed the games slowly starting to feature more and more tracks based on real-world locations. Cities, malls, a bougie ocean cruise, it can all start to hit a little too close to home for a series built on the backs of turtle shell projectiles. So with this push into the mundane world, it stands to reason that the various denizens of the Mushroom Kingdom (and also Link) would have to learn the rules of the road....

Summary Last week, EA announced thatThe Sims 5 isn’t happening. Instead, it will continue to support the decade-oldSims 4with even more expansions and updates, something the community isn’t taking well whatsoever. “Rest in peace, Sims franchise,” the top post on the subreddit reads, declaring the series dead after 24 years. Many in the comments were quick to agree, with one fan suggesting that they might look elsewhere to get their life simulator fix....

Part of the reason why the dungeon crawling inMetaphor: ReFantaziois so enjoyable is just how much you can customize the experience to your play style. That includes tailoring your party members' buildswith the archetype system, choosing unique pieces of armor to optimize these builds, and even the items and consumables you choose to take with you. One underrated aspect of this customizability are the dishes you can cook to take with you into dungeons....

Summary Helluva Boss is the internet, more specifically YouTube, animated series that doesn’t just show an expanded view of the Hazbin Hotel version of hell, but follows an eclectic and funny cast of characters that turns murder into profit. Following the boss himself, Blitzo, absurdity and hilariousness ensue as the rest of the team and their fellow Hellians navigate life down below. But where have you heard those characters' voices before?...

Quick Links Frostpunk 2plays very differently from the original climate-apocalypse city builder, but it remains an engrossing challenge where a single mistake can spiral out of control and cost your colony everything. Even if you’re a veteran strategy gamer, there’s a good chance that your first playthrough will end in defeat. Even though disaster is at the core of Frostpunk 2’s gameplay, there are some tricks and strategies that you can use to help keep your proverbial head above water (or, in this case, snow)....

Summary Lifetime sales in theTomb Raiderseries have surpassed 100 million. This is across the entire series, so every game in every era, and comes right asCrystal Dynamicsreveals what’s next for Lara. This announcement comes off the back of the release of the Netflix series, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, andthe announcement of Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered. After announcing the remaster collection, Crystal Dynamics revealed that the series recently reached this huge milestone, 28 years after the first game’s launch....

Summary Ubisofthas had a rough couple of months and it seems unlikely what will almost certainly be its last release of the year will win over anyone doubting the stability of the studio’s future. Released today, and free-to-start right now, is Ubisoft’s Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, a Blockchain game featuring NFTs that cost up to $64,000. Reported by Eurogamer, even though the arrival of Champions Tactics will have come as a surprise to almost everyone, the NFT game was revealed by Ubisoft earlier this year....

Quick Links Palworldhas a variety of flying Pals that can help you travel across the map. However, many of the faster ones are introduced quite late into the game and require more resources to catch them. Faleris is also an end-game Pal you will usually encounter for the first time during your battle against Marcus at the PIDF Tower near Duneshelter. But catching it is impossible during the boss battle, so you’ll have to explore the map to find a Faleris of your own later....

Quick Links Dragon Age is known for havingincredibly grand, choice-heavy quests,which there is no shortage of inDragon Age: The Veilguard.Among the countless number of dragon-hunting and monster-mashing moments arefantastically lighthearted quests that cover everything from treasure huntingto Griffon training. Out Of Tune offers a relaxing reprieve from all the murderous rampages and dangerous feats Rook is required to pull off when the pressure is on. If you just want to escape for a little while, Out Of Tune oozes a more slice-of-life feeling, while maintaining important stakes for the quest’s completion....

Wordleis arguably one of the most popular daily digital puzzle games you can play right now. It became so popular when it launched a few years ago that itspawned numerous clonesand blatant ripoffs. Eventually, its popularity saw it getacquired by the New York Times, whichadded its own touch to it. The game has been going strong with the New York Times over the past couple of years, putting out new puzzles daily....

Quick Links The mystery being woven through Chapter 1 ofThe Rise of the Golden Idolis certainly deserving of the epithet. While you’d expect the cases to be related in some esoteric way, that way doesn’t make itself readily clear to begin with, requiring some leaps of logic to be made before things are made obvious. The second full case has you figuring out what happened at a construction site to cause the death of a very unlucky soul....

Soon after you start playingYs X: Nordics, you’ll embark on the open waters with your trusty ship called the Sandras. You’ll visit various story-specific islands as you go around these waters, but there will also be many optional islands that you can skip, though it’s not recommended to do that. Dieback Isle is one such optional piece of land, and it can be found on the northern edge of the Carnac Waters area....

Janthir Wilds is an expansion forGuild Wars 2that brings many features requested by fans throughout the years. Player housing and new raids are among the hottest ticket items, but the biggest surprise is the addition of a new weapon, the Spear, which was previously used exclusively for underwater combat. Now, every class gets access to this Spear once the Mastery has been unlocked, letting you use spears with all your characters, even if they aren’t level 80....