A strange AO+ rating and description appeared forMirage Ubisoft officially revealedAssassin’s Creed Mirage, its next installment in the franchise, over the weekend at Ubisoft Forward. But now it’s clearing up the details on a still-pending ESRB rating forMirage. Users spotted thatAssassin’s CreedMirageappeared on theMicrosoft Storewith an Adults Only 18+, or AO, rating. It previously showed an AO rating, for “Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Partial Nudity, Real Gambling.” As of this writing, it has since moved to an RP, or Rating Pending, designation....

Further down the rabbit hole Welcome back! Tonight we’ll continue through the absolute fever dream thatFran Bowis turning out to be. It started off as a severely creepy point-and-click adventure puzzler, and slowly turned into a bizarre Alice in Wonderland-flavored experience. I wonder if they’ll pivot back to unsettling or if we’re headed down this rabbit hole for good? I found the creepier section more coherent than the one we left off in, so hopefully I can follow along a bit better now....

I’m with Rosalina I’ve been spending a lot of time with Rosalina inSmash Bros.I’ve been interested in her before the game was released as I like the character quite a bit, and Luma sweetened the deal. After an extended amount of play, I not only feel confident with her, but I feel confident that she’s a competitive character. Her normals are pretty much all good, she has a great recovery, and Luma is insanely efficient at mixing things up and catching your opponents off guard at range and close-up....

Bummer! It was always assumed by some that the Wii U GameCube adapter released forSuper Smash Bros.would be a limited time type of deal, but it wasn’t outright communicated that it would be this tough to find at launch. After a number of stores were out of stock on the week of release, there was some hope for Amazon customers, with a delayed shipment notification rolling out for December. Well, as luck wouldn’t have it, those shipments are now being canceled in the UK and the US because their “supplier has informed [them] that this item is no longer available....

Oops [Update:Nintendo seems to be breaking from the norm here, at least as far as North America is concerned. Just today,NOA asked users on Twitterto reach out to customer support if they purchased the wrong pass. It’s likely that Nintendo has issued a memo to its customer support staff to allow refunds in these particular cases. If you are impacted,you may contact them here.] WhenthePokemon SwordandShieldseason passwas revealed, everything looked good on paper....

Things are getting wacky inDisney Dreamlight Valley’sAlice in Wonderland Realm. Your first order of business was navigating a maze to find Alice. Fast-forward to the present, and we’re now shrinking to the size of a walnut to locate cage keys and save some animals. These keys are tricky to spot. While some are out in the open, others are tucked away inside items and require careful traversal to reach. Let’s dive into every cage key location inDisney Dreamlight Valley’sAlice in Wonderland Realm....

Prove your strength in the blood-soaked sands of the Imperial Arena. With each victory, you advance through the brutal hierarchy, earning recognition, rewards, and the fear of your enemies. Here’s a breakdown of every Arena rank inOblivion Remastered. Table of contents How to start Arena battles in The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered Before we get into the ranks, it’s a good idea to know where to start. You can begin your Arena journey at the Imperial City Arena, where Hundolin waits outside the entrance....

Anime Last Standis a Roblox game in the Tower Defense genre where you take on the role of an anime character and defend your tower against hordes of enemies. Like many games out there, it features a battle pass that lets you collect items for free or snag better items for a price. Anime Last Stand(Roblox) Season 8 Pass price TheAnime Last Standbattle pass has two tiers: free and premium. If you want to go for the premium Season 8 Pass, it’ll set you back 699 Robux, which is about $10....

Don’t believe everything you read Amid a flurry of speculation and rumors aboutApex Legends, Respawn has asked that you not believe everything you read on the internet. Except for this post. Believe everything in this post. Earlier today, Respawn accidentally set the season one Battle Pass live, inadvertently giving players a sneak peek at what’s in store.Here’s a screenshot of it. The new upcoming Legend is named Octane, and he’s a dead ringer for one of the Psychos inBorderlands....

Yesterday,Sega/Atlus broke the habit of a lifetimeby publishing one of their titles,Catherine Classic, onto PC. There’s also the possibility that the marriage between Atlus and the Steam platform won’t end there, this may be just the beginning. “We wanted to give the PC audience the opportunity to experienceCatherinefor the first time as it was originally released,”Sega said in a statementto PC Gamer. “Catherine Classicis the perfect way to accomplish that goal”....

Whether you want to start life over on a run-down farm or you want a new challenge to absorb all of your spare time, there’s never a shortage of cozy games ready and waiting to distract you from reality. 2025 is set to be a big year for the genre, with a myriad of announced titles set to release. Although games likeStardew ValleyandAnimal Crossingserved to propel the cozy gaming genre to a huge number of new players, the genre has been around for far longer....

Circle strafe or die Last week’steasewas building up toBlackroom, a fast-paced, mod-friendly first-person shooter from id Software co-founders John Romero and Adrian Carmack. It’s seeking $700,000 onKickstarter, with additional funding support coming from unnamed partners if that goal is met. The basic premise has to do with holographic simulations going bad and bleeding into the real world, which means “environments that players might not expect in an FPS,” according to Carmack, as well as the potential for “depraved and terrifying aberrations” to run amok....

Possibly a new expansion While the lasting success ofDiablo IIIcould easily be debated due tothe “Auction House experiment,”Blizzard isn’t done with the franchise yet by a longshot.Diablo IIIis nearly poised to hit the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and now, Blizzard haslaunched aDiablorelated teaser sitetitled “Reaper of Souls,” which could very well be an expansion. While the elimination of the Auction House (just like the console version) would be ideal, obviously new characters would be a huge plus, and more gameplay-based loot would be killer as well....