In a market filled with great miniatures games,Star Wars: Shatterpointstands out as a slick high-action skirmish game packed with beloved characters from the franchise. Whether you want to pit Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader against each other or see what happens when Moff Gideon goes toe to toe with a bunch of murderous teddy bears,Shatterpointhas you covered. After more than a year of releases, there’s a Death Star’s worth of content out there, so we’re here to help you get started....

NOPE Green Hellis a psychological survival game in which you’ll need to regularly check your body “for parasites, infections, and wounds” while trying to escape the harsh Amazon rainforest. I don’t know what it says about me that I’m into that body-horror bullet point but, let me tell you,I’m into it. The developers at Creepy Jar previously worked on games likeDying Lightat Techland Warsaw. ForGreen Hell, they’re striving for a certain amount of realism in the “world building and gameplay....

Guardians of the table Hot off the heels of the stellarDeadpooltable back in June, Zen Studios is going strong with its line of Marvel pinball tables.Guardians of the Galaxyfinally got the film treatment, and now it has the pinball treatment. The movie is super rad, so you’re probably wondering if the table is as well. It’s probably a surprise to no one that Zen Studios delivered a fantastic table yet again....

The P in Pikachu stands for pain It would be easy, they said. Pikachu is the surprise 7-Star challenge inPokemon Scarlet & Violetthis weekend.Similar to past 7-Star events, completing this fight awards a unique Pikachu with the Mightiest Mark title that can be obtained once per save file. Additionally, Pikachu will always sport the same moveset and Water Tera-Type, so a winning strategy should theoretically work every time. Otherwise, this encounter is a good way to obtain rare materials like Ability Patches and Bottle Caps that drop exclusively in Tera Raids....

Infernal Iron isn’t the rarest item inBaldur’s Gate 3, but it doesn’t exactly grow on trees. You’ll need two pieces to advance Karlach’s companion quest. You can take any spare pieces you collect to Dammon, who will help you forge it into some powerful armor. All three acts provide you with an opportunity to find Infernal Iron. Ideally, you’ll collect at least two pieces by the time you reach Act 2....

If you listen toPodtoid, the thing that used to be a games podcast but is now something nightmarish, you’ll know that Max Scoville and myself loveAliensand are especially impressed withAliens: Infestation. Well, we are going to take that love to the next level with anAlienscontest! On the next episode of Podtoid (released every Wednesday), we’ll have five copies ofAliens: Infestationto give away, and each one will come with a framed lenticular picture of a Xenomorph stalking a marine....

“Shocking, isn’t it?” WithPokémonnow twenty years old (I’m older every day, enjoy your youth kids!), the newest, and 20th, movie celebrates by going back to anime series roots. As this first trailer showcases (in Japanese), this film is a retelling of Ash and Pikachu’s trials during the first couple of episodes in the anime series. There’s plenty of Jerkachu, the Sparrow incident, and even a fancier version of Ash’s Ho-Oh sighting....

Montreal? Nice city. Scenic, some pretty decent food, and the biggest underground shopping mall in the world. It has this veryParis, but cleanthing going on. I always enjoy my time there. It seems like a good place for Square Enix to further expand. Today Square Enix announced plans to further expand in Montreal with the growth of its Eidos Montreal studio as well as the creation of a new second studio, Square Enix Montreal, set to open next year....

Dying in a horror game is usually bad enough, but it gets worse when developers add horrifying death screen animations and Game Over screens solely to add insult to injury. Yeah, they do that. Here’s a list of games you should definitely avoid if you don’t want to give in to cosmic despair. Alan Wake 2’s game over screen is an absolute nightmare ‌The originalAlan Wakealready verged on horror even though it was equal parts a mystery tale....

In what can be described as a heartwarmingDemon’s Soulsmoment (we take them whenever we can get them!), a “first-timeSoulsplayer” namedhelloiamjackshared a video of them toppling one of the early intimidating bosses, Tower Knight, only to realize that the DualSense microphone had picked up their vocal celebration when their PS5 created an automated 15-second “trophy unlocked” clip. First time Souls player. I didn’t realise that the PS5 records your microphone’s audio whenever you get a trophy....

It truly is something to behold Gotta Protectorsis one of those games that you really have to play to see what all the fuss is about. Unfortunately, I don’t nearly enough people have tried it out, neither on the 3DS nor on the Xbox 360 where it originated asProtect Me Knight. It can be a hard sell as screenshots don’t do the game justice. The mash-up of tower defense andMusou-like combat can’t be explained with a picture, which is why Nintendo of Japan released this gameplay video that should clear up any confusion you have about the title....

Valheimis a survival game that requires players to scour the lands for resources. While some are easy to find lying around the world, like wood, copper ore, stone, or evenobsidian inValheim, players will have to dig a little deeper to get silver ore. Smelting Silver Silver is mined in its raw form, silver ore, and must be smelted into Silver bars to be used in recipes. In order to smelt Silver ore into silver, players will need to build a smelter....

Welcome to the Marina show, starring Splatoon 2 Splatoon,to me, was a big hit for Nintendo Wii U. A fresh new idea during a time when the most common complaint leveled against the company was the reusing of old IPs and re-releasing the same sequels over and over. So it’s no surprise on every levelSplatoon 2is one of the more anticipated titles on the Switch. The multiplayer has changed a bit, which makes sense considering Nintendo’s push for its own unique eSports scene....