How Monster Hunter Wilds Can Improve On Monster Hunter World

Summary Monster Hunter Wildswas recently announced at The Game Awards. The teaser trailer revealed that the game will be released in 2025, launching the long-running franchise into its sixth generation of games. This generational leap accompanies a move to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series systems;Wilds' trailer makes it evident that the developers at Capcom intend to take full advantage of the increase in power. 2018’sMonster Hunter Worldbrought the franchise into even greater popularity because of its massive leaps forward in presentation and its environments, and its portable Switch follow-up,Rise, continued to build onWorld’s focus on exploration....

June 13, 2025 · 3 min · 625 words · Susan Wells

How The Elder Scrolls Online Necrom's Hermaeus Mora Stacks Up Against Skyrim's

Zenimax Online Studios is continuing to deliver new adventures toThe Elder Scrolls Onlinewith its latest expansionNecrom. As is tradition in the long-running MMORPG, this future chapter invites players to another portion of Tamriel including an adventure that delves deeper into the lore of Bethesda’s influential franchise.The Elder Scrolls Onlinealready offers a variety of regions across the fictional continent, butNecromis expanding the province of Morrowind by adding the Telvanni Peninsula. This looming content wave also sets its eyes on the Daedric Realm of Apocrypha, the domain of Hermaeus Mora....

June 13, 2025 · 4 min · 647 words · Gina Fletcher

How The Next Animal Crossing Can Take Island Customization To The Next Level

Summary Currently, very little is known about what is next for theAnimal Crossingfranchise. The beloved and hugely successfulAnimal Crossing: New Horizonshas received its final update, meaning that those who have burnt themselves out within the game have nothing to do but wait for the next entry in the series. At this rate, that new game will likely come alongside theNintendo Switch 2, or whatever else the company ends up naming its next console....

June 13, 2025 · 4 min · 695 words · Teresa Simmons

How The Supernatural Spin-Off Trailer Messes With The Original Story

The Winchester story began long ago in 2005, when the CW released the first season of their hit TV show,Supernatural.After a successful 15-year run, Sam and Dean fans were sad to say goodbye to their favorite monster-hunting duo during an arguably underwhelming series finale. Rumors of a spin-off started circulating shortly after the show’s conclusion and the CW has finally dropped the official trailer for theirSupernaturalprequel series,The Winchesters. The Winchestersfollows the story of how John and Mary first met, narrated by their firstborn son,Dean Winchester, as he uncovers the mystery behind how his parents fell in love....

June 13, 2025 · 4 min · 842 words · Christine Baker

How Wolf Children Portrays Mixed Race Experiences

Being biracial and multiracial comes withunique experiences and challengesnot posed to those of monoracial backgrounds.Wolf Childrenis a beautifully written movie that gives representation to those of biracial/ multiracial backgrounds and the daily struggles they face living in a predominantly monoracial society. Growing up half-human and half-animal in today’s world would obviously come with a lot of issues and obstacles. These challenges are portrayed inWolf Childrenas the two protagonists, Ame and Yuki, struggle with accepting both their human and wolf sides....

June 13, 2025 · 5 min · 997 words · Paul Greene

Is The Super Mario Bros. Movie An Isekai?

The backstory of the most iconic video game hero only has a couple of typical paths to follow, so every new entry has a key choice to make.The Super Mario Bros. Movieseems to be depicting the titular plumber coming to the Mushroom Kingdom from the real world, unaware of the questions that this choice raises. Depending on the iteration of the character, Mario is either an English-speaking Italian man who was born and raised in the Mushroom Kingdom or a man from Earth who appeared there by chance....

June 13, 2025 · 4 min · 817 words · Robert Ramos

Kaiju No. 8 Episode 2: Good Gory Fun

2 Air Date August 02, 2025 Warning: The following contains spoilers for Kaiju No. 8, Episode 2, “The Kaiju Who Defeats Kaiju,” now streaming onCrunchyroll. Anime fans around the world were excited about the premier of the anime version ofKaiju No. 8, which just began airing last weekend. And withsuch a strong first episodethat got right into the plot without wasting any time, introducing great leading characters and a healthy dose of violence, they were not disappointed....

June 13, 2025 · 5 min · 913 words · Brooke Gardner

Kingdom Hearts Fans Celebrate Franchise's 19th Anniversary

T, today isKingdom Hearts'19th birthday. The game has been around since July 20, 2025, and is one of the few times Disney has allowed another company to use their iconic characters. TheKingdom Heartsseries was created by Shinji Hashimoto and Tetsuya Nomura and has become one of the most beloved video games in existence. The most recent main game to release wasKingdom Hearts 3, which dropped in 2019. While Square Enix has told fans not to expect aKingdom Hearts 4anytime soon, fans are expecting big things next year....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Brenda Colon

Many Redfall Devs Wanted Microsoft to Cancel the Game

A new report reveals that many developers working onRedfallwanted Microsoft to cancel the game before its release.Redfallreceived poor to mixed reviewsupon its launch in May 2023, and it’s currently one of the lowest-rated AAA games of 2023.The Xbox Series X version ofRedfallhas a score of 56 on Metacritic, with its PC version sitting at 54. The user score is far lower, as the Xbox Series X and PC versions ofRedfallhave a player rating of 3....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 399 words · Adam Johnson

Most Evil Corporate Villains In Games

Video game villains come in all shapes, sizes, and attitudes. There are those who get their hands dirty and deal out damage with their own bare hands, then there are those who let others do their bidding. Above all of these is the corporate villain. They fall into the latter category, but they go above and beyond by making money and personal greed their sole ambition and motivation. Many of the characters below may not have ever killed a character with their own actions, but they gave the go-ahead and have no remorse....

June 13, 2025 · 5 min · 915 words · Joshua Duncan

Netflix Wants to Release a Bucketload of Animated Films Every Year

Netflix has never been a company toshy away from putting out as much content as possible, but even for them, their latest target seems fairly ridiculous. Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos has teased that his company wants to set their sights for 6 brand new animated films every year in the near future. While the service isn’t exactly new to animation as a genre, creating six whole movies every year is an incredibly ambitious goal, even for a company with the resources Netflix has....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Angela Potter

New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for Jul 09, 2025

Quick Links Strandsis a short daily word game that has you trying to find related words in a letter scramble. Therules of how to playStrandsare pretty simple, but winning this game can be very challenging. If you are stuck on today’s puzzle, you might be looking for some clues that aren’t the in-game hint system. In this article, you can find general clues to the whole puzzle, individual spoilers for words, the full answer to today’s puzzle, and even an explanation of how the words and the puzzle’s clue go together....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Crystal Conner

Overwatch League 2022 Season Starting in May Using Pre-Release Version of Overwatch 2

It is hard to deny the popularity of professionalesportsin the games industry, as numerous titles have professional leagues. While millions of gamers play video games every day, pro players take gaming to a whole different level. Among theesports that have a large followingisOverwatch. Announced in 2016, the Overwatch League had its inaugural season back in 2018. Since then, the league has become popular, boasting a large array of fans. In addition, its wide-reaching appeal is aided by the fact that it is an international league withteams from several countries around the globe....

June 13, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Brian Evans