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[It’s time for anotherMonthly Musing— the monthly community blog theme that provides readers with a chance to get their articles and discussions printed on the frontpage. — CTZ] What a crazy little creature these things are. They live, they explode, they die and then the process begins anew. It’s a process that never ends — it’s continuous. Something that these little guys will never escape. They are one of many soldiers forced to endure the rules that their lord and master gives them....

The spirits originally arrived in October 2021 Weren’t able to get the limited-runSmash UltimateMetroidspirits? Well Nintendo brought them back! Permanently! You can grab them now. Originally a limited-time October 2021 event called “Spirits of Dread,” the three spirits are now inherently part of the base game,as confirmed by theSuper Smash Bros.Twitter account this week. Those spirits included the Samus, E.M.M.I., and Chozo Soldier varieties. As a reminder, support forSmash Ultimateis officially done in terms of content,following the release of the Sora patch....

Two gameplay features are, for all intents and purposes, completely ubiquitous in the modern video game industry. They are, of course, the separate concepts of looting and shooting. Put those features together, and, in theory, you’ve gotthe ultimate video game. However, the formula doesn’t often pan out, and the end result is a grindy mess with gunplay that feels like you’re firing a wet cardboard gun at plywood targets. In other words, notgreat....

The Prometheus Lens?! Twitch Prime has pivoted in the past year from just games to offering up free loot for some big titles, and it seems as if the latter is their main focus in 2020. Borderlands 3 is getting an exclusive Superstreamer Shotgun and three golden keys, Apex Legends is getting a Mirage Lucky Charmer skin, andDoom Eternalis welcoming the Doomicorn Slayer costume on top of “three months of exclusive master collections” that involve extras like skins, animations and podiums (cosmetics)....

Ezio didn’t dive into hay bales for this Ubisoft, undaunted, is continuing to mine its catalog of IPsfor new NFT/blockchainventures, announcing this morning that it intends to release a new line of pretendo pictures based upon its hugely successful time-hopping seriesAssassin’s Creed. This new venture, at the very least, has something of a physical form. TheAssassin’s Creed Smart Collectiblesline consists of images of characters from the long-running stealth series, replicated as “Digital Souls”....

Ah, another retailer-exclusive [Update:Best Buy just confirmed Falco’s exclusivity on thestore’s corporate website.] Legendary wingman Falco Lombardi has an amiibo flying to store shelves soon, but he’s not landing just anywhere. There appears to be only one stop planned from the famedStar Foxpilot, and it’s at Best Buy. Anew pagepopped up on Best Buy’s site this morning that contains an image of the Falco amiibo with an “Only at Best Buy” logo over it....

Who isBill Brown? Billy? Bill-bo? He’s kind of a badass in the multimedia and film composing world. You’re probably heard his work. On the film and television side, he scoredAny Given Sunday, Ali, andCSI: NY. On the games side, he has done so much more, including soundtracks for titles likeTom Clancy’s Ghost Recon and GR 2, Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow, The Sum of All Fears, Lineage IIandtons more. He also did the music forReturn to Castle Wolfenstein, and now he’s back forWolfenstein, the upcoming PS3, Xbox 360 and PC game from Activision and id....

Boom goes the dynamite Publisher and developerWargaminghas announced that their free-to-play titleWorld of Tanksis rumbling onto the Xbox One in 2015. As long as you’re aGold member, the game will be free to download. So, let’s use the termfreepretty loosely here. We haven’t been given a release date, but surely it won’t be too far into the year. Anyway, the big takeaway from this announcement is that players with the new Xbox One version will be able to play against scrubs still on the Xbox 360....

If you were to ask any fan of rhythm games what their favorite titles are, odds are that their first choices will likely be a selection of games that are now relegated to consoles past, lost to ever-progressing technology. It’s easy to believe that the genre itself is lost to history, but that’s not necessarily the case. Yes, games likeDance Dance Revolution,Rock Band, andGuitar Heroare undoubtedly reserved for those old-school gamers who still have their old consoles, or visit Dave & Busters on a regular basis....

[Update:Sizzle reel video added to show off a bunch of the launch games] Nintendo’s Wii U launch window extends from the console’s release on November 18 release through the end of March 2013. In that time, over 50 games are planned to hit store shelves. That includes everything we’ve heard about since E3, including new announcements likeThe Wonderful 101,Black Ops 2, andMonster Hunter 3 Ultimate. As for launchDAYreleases, well, that will get ironed out in the next few weeks....

Finding the elusive Cannibals Hold dungeon Diablo 4′sCannibals Hold is unique compared to other dungeons in the game. you may find most dungeons by looking for the portcullis dungeon icon on the world map, but Cannibals Hold does not appear this way. In fact, the dungeon is technically a mini-dungeon located in a cellar. Make no mistake, Cannibals Hold hides much more value than your typical cellar. Due to its hard to find location, we’ve put together this Cannibals Hold location and dungeon guide forDiablo 4....

-Lord SpencerreviewsClockwork Knight 1 & 2as per community request in his Saturn REVIEWS blogging series. -Voltaic Owlshares his thoughts regardingVasara Collection, a collection of the eponymous Shmup series. –Black Red GamingreviewsIn Other Watersfor the Nintendo Switch. –Xeooutlines the reasons why from his favorite SNES RPGs, he favorsChrono TriggeroverFinal Fantasy VIby a nose. –Lord Spencerwrites a report as part of his Saturn REVIEWS series on the top 20-11 games of the Sega Saturn as per the Top 100 list from Retro Sanctuary....

Which is an interesting thing, I suppose Razer’sEdge gaming tabletthing has been pretty interesting on the whole. Theearly prototypewe saw runningSkyrimlast year was impressive, for sure. Now, Razer has published a video showing yet another demanding game being played on the device,Crysis 3. Of course, it’s not exactly easy to see howwellit’s running from a handheld camera aimed at it, with the player’s white t-shirt reflecting back on to the screen....