JRPG Astria Ascending Switch Release Date Announced at E3 2021

JRPGs have always had a place on Nintendo’s systems, a tradition carried on even today. One game coming to the Switch isAstria Ascending, a newtitle developed by major game veterans. Astria Ascendingis a traditional JRPG, with turn based battles and a grand story concerning the fate of the world. According to the game’s website, players take on the role of demigods cursed with a singular fate they must struggle against. Along the way they will gain incredible powers and save the world, if they don’t turn out to be the evil all along....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Pedro Lopez

Longest Tabletop Games (& How Long They Take)

Summary A common misconception aboutboard gamesis that they’re all super long and boring. That mostly isn’t true. With there being plenty ofshort and sweetboard games on the market, that reputation has to come from somewhere. It’s mostlyMonopoly’s fault, but that doesn’t even crack the top 20. The truth is that plenty of board games are intentionally designed to last a long time. Some use this to try and create epic experiences nothing can match, while others have designed a way to split a long game into several 2-hour sessions to make them more manageable....

August 7, 2025 · 7 min · 1445 words · Mrs. Michelle Caldwell

Moon Knight: Who Is Khonshu?

From the new miniseries on Disney+, many fans of the MCU have wanted to delve deeper into a number of the new characters introduced in Moon Knight and how they intersect with the larger Marvel Universe. While we may be seeing them for the first time in the MCU, the Moon Knight comics have been going since 1980. RELATED:Moon Knight’s Fifth Episode Journeys Through A Hero’s Trauma While the inner conflict between Marc Spector and Steven Grant is fascinating, fans of the new show have also wanted to know as much as possible about the mysterious Egyptian deity who imbues people with the incredible powers of the Moon Knight....

August 7, 2025 · 5 min · 861 words · Anthony Roth

My Hero Academia: Edgeshot’s Quirk, Explained

Paranormal Liberation War Arc is one of the biggest arcs inMy Hero Academia. Tons of characters will be involved in this arc, both from the heroes’ sideand also from the villains’ camp. New and familiar faces will fill the screen, and countless supporting characters will finally get their chance to shine in this arc. One of those supporting characters is a pro hero called Edgeshot, also known as the Ninja Hero: Edgeshot....

August 7, 2025 · 4 min · 811 words · Caitlin Martinez

New Call of Duty 2020 Cipher Details That May Solve an Additional Puzzle

Yesterday fans discovered a bunch of ciphers that are said to lead intoCall of Duty 2020’sfull launch. These ciphers were scattered around the room before they were carefully harvested and translated onto Twitter.Call of Dutyfans have been chewing on these puzzles for 24 hours, will little solutions so far. As of day 2 of theCall of Dutyhistory videos, fans have discovered another bunker location inside of which contains new pages for the ciphers....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Kevin Smith

New Dying Light 2 Mod Introduces a ‘Hardcore Mode’

WhenDying Light 2: Stay Humanwas released at the beginning of the month, it was received with a mixed response from critics and the community alike, though most agree the Parkour mechanics are something to write home about. Whatever the reviews say, it hasn’t stopped the developers from showing the game some love. WithTechland recently releasing free DLC, it’s evident that the team wants it to have an impact of some kind....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · April Schaefer

New PS5-Compatible Seagate SSDs are Expensive

Sony has rolled out its patch enabling the use of third-party M.2 SSD drives for thePlayStation 5, allowing users to expand their console’s usable storage space beyond thePS5’s base 825 GB. SSD manufacturer Seagate was the first third-party to step forward and confirm its line of FireCuda 530 SSDs are compatible with the PS5. In doing so, however, Seagate also dropped a wake-up message to PS5 users, as their line of PS5-compatible SSDs were revealed to be incredibly expensive....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Johnny Duncan

Nintendo Switch Has a New Pokemon Clone Game to Play

For fans of the monster-catching RPG genre, there’s a new game in town by indie developer TRAGsoft.Coromon—very similar to earlyPokemongames—is now out on the Nintendo Switch.Afterdropping aCoromontrailer and demoback in January 2020, the game finally released on Steam at the end of March earlier this year. Eschewing the aesthetics of modernPokemongames,Coromonis more of a throwback to the Game BoyPokemongames, with retro pixel graphics and the older style of menus and user interface....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 470 words · Margaret Alvarez

One Piece 1069: What To Expect From The Chapter

One Piece1068 dropped earlier last week and it certainly proved to be an emphatic chapter with the majority ofthe focus being on the Cipher Polafter quite a while. In the past few chapters, fans have been getting major revelations one after the other but, in comparison, last week’s chapter was not as intense. Despite that, towards the end of the chapter, fans were treated to an incredible cliffhanger with Luffy and Rob Lucci coming face to face with each other after years....

August 7, 2025 · 4 min · 801 words · Jerry Stewart

One Piece: Characters Who Can Defeat Akainu

Summary Akainu is the Fleet Admiral of the Marines, a position that he gained after winning a gruesome duel against his fellow Admiral, Aokiji. The fight between the two was so intense that it evenly split the climate of Punk Hazard. As the new Fleet Admiral, Akainu has the opportunity to impose draconian laws on the Marines and change the world ofOne Piece. Akainu hasn’t shown his new powers, but it would be preposterous to assume that he must have become more powerful now....

August 7, 2025 · 7 min · 1369 words · Laura Castro

Pokémon Let's Go!: Every Kanto Gym Leader's Main Weakness

Gym Leaders in thePokémonworld are beacons of strength and authority, widely respected in their respective towns and cities. Some of them even act as mayors of their districts. However, everyone knows the most important role they fulfill; the Gym Leaders are meant to be walls for aspiring trainers to surpass and grow stronger after battling them. RELATED:10 Best Mainline Pokémon Games (According To Metacritic) The Kanto Leaders are rather memorable because many experienced tough battles against them in their youths....

August 7, 2025 · 5 min · 1057 words · Brian Allen

PS Now November 2020 Update Adding Major New Games

Sony has announced which games will be joining thePS Nowranks this month, with the selection offering a major shooter, a beloved fighting game, and a hardcore RPG with a cult following. The official lineup will seeRage 2, F1 2020, Injustice 2, My Time at Portia, Warhammer Vermintide 2,andKingdom Come: Deliverancejoin the service. RELATED:PS Plus Collection on PS5 Adds Two More Games The biggest of the bunch is arguablyRage 2,with Bethesda’s high-octane post-apocalyptic shooter landing last year....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Alyssa Mitchell

PS5 Console and Game Reveal Date Teased

A well-known and credible reporter, Jason Schreier, recently shared what he thinks to be the upcomingPS5reveal event date in an interview with Press Start Podcast. Compared to theXbox Series X, which revealed its consolemonths ago, fans have been waiting to get a first look at the upcoming console. Schreier is well known for his insider knowledge and particularly specializes in covering working conditions within the video game industry. Now it seems he may know the tentativePS5reveal date....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Rachel Morgan