WhileNiantichas missed the mark on numerous occasions when it comes to making surePokemon Goremains popular, its gradual rollout ofPokemonand features has remained impressive. It’s why, almost seven years after launch, it’s still so popular. An example of that restraint manifested again today as Niantic confirmed Master Balls are finally coming to the game.That’s right, an item that has existed in the Pokemon universe since its inception is finally coming to Pokemon Go....

Summary Street Fighter 6is one of the most ambitious titles in the series, providing a unique story mode with your created Avatar in World Tour and a robust and eclectic roster of 19 playable characters, almost guaranteeing someone for all play types. Further sweetening the pot, all 20 characters have access to additional Outfits, allowing the veterans of the roster to cash in on nostalgia and the newcomers to wow us with their fashion sense....

More than a week after launch, Arkane’s vampire-hunting co-op shooterRedfallis still a complete mess. If it’s not AI that can’t figure out how to move around a box, it’sfloating chimneys, blurry visuals, and hovering vampiresthat don’t seem to know when they’ve been shot. It’s no surprise that this broken game is bothBethesda’sandArkane’s lowest-rated game everand is nowin the bottom 15 games on Steam. And yet, despite all the bad press, Redfall is actually Xbox’s second-biggest game launch of the year....

I am TheGamer’s Number Two Big-Time Card Boy (official title) afterTCG extraordinaire Joe Parlock, and each of us has very different interests in the hobby. Joe is a crunchy numbers guy that likes to study the meta and build competitive decks, and I like shiny cardboard that changes color when it catches the light just right. Consequently, Joe largely focused on Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh!, while I tend to stick toPokemon,Disney Lorcana, and theseXena: Warrior Princess trading cards I found near a dumpster....

ThroughoutKingdom Hearts, Riku struggles with the darkness inside himself and learns to accept that darkness as part of who he is. While it’s veiled under the guise of darkness versus light, which is core to the series’ themes, it’s a very real journey of self-acceptance and one that can easily be viewed as an allegory for Riku accepting that he is gay. At the beginning of the first Kingdom Hearts game, Riku teases Sora about the romantic legend of sharing the paopu fruit with another person, and says that he knows Sora “wants to try it,” though he doesn’t say who with....

Rogues are a classic tabletop archetype, often giving the most varied approach to combat, the most eccentric characters for roleplay, and the most options for any given player. They don’t have the raw power of some other character builds, but they always keep you guessing - that’s obviously a challenge for the game designers, who need to have wide open choices for Rogues. Barbarians mostly just find the biggest club and hit things with it, but with Rogues, it’s a little more complicated....

Quick Links One of the more perilous armor sets to get inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis undoubtedly the Royal Guard armor set. The armor itself isn’t particularly strong, but itisextremely well-guarded – inside Hyrule Castle, which is floating and covered in gloom. We won’t judge you if you save this armor set for the endgame. RELATED:The Best Armor Sets In The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom, Ranked...

Scalpers are selling codes forTekken 8’s upcoming Closed Network Test for up to £40, which will be more than half the price of the full game when it launches. Starting tomorrow, Tekken 8’s Closed Network Test (yes, the one that sounds likethatbad word) goes live until July 24, giving players lucky enough to receive a code the chance to try out the game’s online modes for a limited amount of time....

After the groundbreaking success of bothStar Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderandSurvivor, we’re getting another single-playerStar Warsgame. Only this time, it’s coming to us courtesy ofUbisoft. Developed by Massive Entertainment,Star Wars: Outlawsis billed as the first open-world game in the series, and wasrevealed to a whole lot of buzzat the Xbox Games Showcase last night. Now, just a day later, the devs have shown off the kind of gameplay we can expect in Outlaws, and it’s pretty unique from the other games in the series....

Tears of the Kingdom has a thousand systems that all interact with each other in myriad different ways. I dread to think what is going on under the hood in order to make it all happen, what horrors we’d see if allowed a peek behind the curtain.Recall alone is magicin action, butgiving Ultrahanded contraptions accurate physicsno matter what creations players make is nothing short of spectacular. When players are buildingphallic mechsandfunctioning engines, you see the power behind thisZeldagame....

Tunics play a special role in theZeldaseries. Every outfit Link has is iconic, and fans are clambering for more games that let you dress Link up.Breath of the Wildscratched that itch with a rake with several new, iconic, and sincerely useful armor sets. Related:The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom - Beginner’s Guide The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomcontinues this trend by returning with most of the previous game’s wardrobe, and more....

When it comes to keeping your creatures safe inMagic: The Gathering, there is no better place than high above your opponents. There are hundreds of creatures with flying in Magic, and building around them can give you a powerful advantage over your opponents. Related:Magic: The Gathering – The Best Selesnya Commanders If you’re looking to build a Commander deck around this popular keyword, picking the right commander will be crucial. Will you choose a commander that gives your flying creatures a bonus, or will you go for a high-power commander that happens to synergize well with flying creatures?...

There are tons of video game locations you’d probably love to visit if you could, and it wouldn’t surprise anyone if some of your top picks were fantasy settings. There’s just so much to love about a beautifully crafted fantasy world and all the rich history and lore that can be found all around only makes things all the better. Related:Final Fantasy: The Best Version Of Every Main Game And How To Play Them...