Rub that pipe! There’s something especially insidious about Lakitu, a very cute and classic Nintendo character, telling you to gamble and rub a pipe to shoot out premium rewards. Mario Kart Touris one of the most predatory mainstream mobile games in some time,adding an obscene $4.99 subscription fee(that locks 200cc behind it) on top of gacha gambling elements, on top of time-locked content and a Nintendo Account login requirement. Now gacha games aren’t known for their generous drop rates, but Nintendo’s newly revealed numbers (by law, in most regions) show that yes, it’s about inline with the competition....

News How far will the AWP Sun in Leo go? Following the Counter-Strike 2 announcement, one of the most asked questions was whether CS:GO skins would transfer over. Valve has confirmed players will retain all their existing skins as well as loadouts. And CS:GO players are busy buying the AWP Sun in Leo driving up its price in the matter of a few hours. The Counter-Strike 2 announcement mentioned some existing weapons will be upgraded to high-resolution versions of themselves....

Call of Duty Guides The X13 Auto is a reliable sidearm in MW2, and its best loadout will provide you the accuracy and control to finish off your enemies. Each weapon in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s handgun category is extremely useful. These sidearms can act as your main source of damage or ensure your kill if your primary runs out of ammo. The X13 Auto, with its best loadout attached in MW2, does wonderfully in either role....

First Capcom, now Square Enix. This generation is seeing some big westard steps taken by Japanese publishers eager to lap up some of the creamy monetary goodness waiting on the other side of the globe. Its not a surprising situation, all things considered. With the Xbox 360 devouring wallets everywhereexceptJapan, there’s a veritable dairy farm over in the west just waiting for the plundering, and by staying focussed on home, Nippon companies are only ever going to miss out....

Before diving into just how retarded awesomeFurious 4is, know that Gearbox isn’t done with the mainBrothers in Armsstoryline. They’ll be getting back to that series when the time is right, but in the mean time they’re going to be telling us a new, over-the-top story withFurious 4. Four specialized soldiers are sent directly into the heart of Germany with one mission: Kill Hitler. Brothers in Arms:Furious 4(Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC)Developer: GearboxPublisher: UbisoftTo be released: 2012...

Counter Strike 2 News There’s no donk to challenge Zywoo, but can the collective might of the MOUZ roster stop Vitality’s run? ESL Pro League Season 21 has been a long-running tournament and is now down to the final match - the Grand Final. Team Vitality takes on MOUZ in the tournament’s Grand Final to claim the title of the best Counter-Strike 2 team. The two teams have had different routes through to the Grand Finals....

Gaming News A few release dates, some new game announcements and a lot of excitement. The Xbox Partner Preview showcased several new game titles and releases for fans. There were a total of 14 games announced with two of them coming to Game Pass on Day 1. If you missed out on the event, here’s everything that was announced at the Xbox event. All New Games announced at Xbox Partner Preview 2024 There were fourteen title announcements at the Xbox Partner Preview 2024....

Destination Nowhere This week, the Gamescom Opening Night Live presentation opened in a confusing fashion, debuting the brand new… platform(?)Everywhere. An abstract, muddled trailer was followed by a frustratingly obscure conversation with developer Build a Rocket Boy, which left viewers oblivious as to what the ambitious title actuallyis. However, given its clear status as “more than just a video game,” it didn’t take long for critics to speculate that theEverywhereplatform might be tightly embedded with controversial NFT and/or blockchain technology....

Two of the biggest rumored announcements for Microsoft’s upcoming first-party Xbox Series X game showcase are newFableandPerfect Darkgames, yet the team atXbox Game Studioshas done a great job of clamping down on leaks. That may have changed, however, as at least some fans believe they’ve discovered evidence of both games thanks to Twitter. Two Twitter accounts have drawn the eyes ofXbox fansrecently, the @fable account and then the @perfectdarkgame account. They joined Twitter in March and June respectively, are both locked, and both have “Placeholder” as their official names....

Fortnite Guides Wondering where you can find the Mythic Ex-Caliber Rifle and how to get it? We have you covered with this guide. Mythic weapons are back in Fortnite Chapter 4. This concept dates back to the early days; players must defeat a boss to acquire a powerful weapon. With the introduction of the new Ex-Caliber Rifle, Epic Games included a Mythic version in Chapter 4 Season 1. The Ageless Champion boss character wields this weapon, and it’s one worth grabbing....

Fortnite News Fortnite Festival plans to add new songs weekly for players to rock out to. Fortnite Festival, which was released back in December of 2023, has pulled in a whole new set of gamers. The popular new game mode allows gamers to rock out to some of the biggest hits as their favorite skins, in a Guitar Hero style game mode. Now, Fortnite Festival will officially be releasing new songs from various artistseveryThursday moving forward....

FragPunk News We’ve gotten our first bit of information when it comes to FragPunk Chapter 1 Season 2, known as Wild Dawn. It looks FragPunk may be following the Fortnite-style of content scheduling. It will go by Chapters, with FragPunk Chapter 1 Season 2 on the horizon. Season 1 was just the start with plenty to enjoy at launch, and now have some incite into what Season 2 will deliver....

League of Legends News Winning Best Adapation at The Game Awards 2022, Arcane’ sucess might be boosting champions’ reworks in League of Legends. Viktor can be next. In July, the leakerBig Bad Bearrevealed that Riot Games was planning to rework an Arcane character in League of Legends and the chosen one will be Viktor. He will receive a Visual and Gameplay Update (VGU) making his design more accurate with the transformations he went through in Arcane’s first season....