A Tale of Two Trainers, Chapter One: Galarian Psycho

Welcome to A Tale of Two Trainers, a series where Features & Trending Editor merritt k and Fanbyte Contributor Eric Thurm play through Pokemon Sword and Shield as very different trainers with very different priorities. In this installment, our two trainers — Hunter and Eric — kick off their adventures…

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FEATURES

1999’s Age of Empires 2 is About to Have Its Biggest Tournament Ever

From March 18th to 21st, 16 Age of Empires 2 players will compete for Hidden Cup 4’s nearly $68,000 prize pool. It’s the largest AoE2 tournament since last year’s Hidden Cup 3, which peaked at 57,922 viewers, but the biggest prize pool before that dates back to 2002. How is…

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FEATURES

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 4 “The Whole World is Watching” Review

Each week, the creators behind The Falcon and the Winter Soldier — showrunner Malcolm Spellman, director Kari Skogland, and company — seem to slice themselves a thick cut of meat to chew on, like issues of racism or nationalism, then spit it out and cut another without fully digesting anything.…

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In MHW, Kulve Taroth Is Monster Hunting at Its Finest & Most Frustrating

Monster Hunter usually follows a familiar formula. One to four players eat up, head out, and cut down a beast or two to fashion into magical pants. In MHW, Kulve Taroth changed all that. The game’s first “siege monster” introduced a new style of play — where up to 16…

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5 More Sonic-Era Games We Should Adapt Now That We’re Drunk With Power

The blue hedgehog is on his unsteady way to the silver screen, and many fans are still worried. But there’s no reason to despair. The Chronicles of Narnia, His Dark Materials and other fantasy stories were quickly, though often poorly, optioned after the world caught Hobbit Fever back in the early…

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Ghostwire Tokyo’s Deserted Metropolis Looks to Unsettle Shinji Mikami Fans

Tango Gameworks’ Ghostwire Tokyo made its first appearance back at E3 2019, but in the last couple years, news has been relatively quiet aside from a short gameplay trailer in 2020. Now, as we inch closer to its release (it’s slated for March and is currently in the “final polishing…

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FEATURES

League of Legends Ignores Canon to Tell a Better Story

There’s a shot in the League of Legends “Awaken“ cinematic that does more than you’d expect. A door is kicked in to reveal a smoky hallway cramped with armored soldiers passing by the frame. It’s dark, it’s metallic, and it’s cold. The shield-bearing men pour past the camera and their leader — at half their…

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Digimon Seems to Be In a Self-Imposed ‘Genwunner’ Stage Right Now

A new Digimon animated series is set to begin airing next month in Japan, and it’s a retelling of the original Digimon Adventure show that aired from 1999-2000. The first trailer isn’t a ton to go on, but it mostly focuses on main protagonist Tai and his partner Agumon, with a few…

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MHW Old Dog, New Trick Event Quest – Silver and Gold Melding Ticket

As Capcom brings back old seasonal fests in MHW, “Old Dog, New Trick” is one of two brand-new event quests you need to play. It’s an ultra time-limited mission with one hefty reward: Silver and Gold Melding Tickets. These useful items allow one to farm high-level decorations at the Elder…

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GUIDES

6 Games Like Spy x Family

A lot of anime fans have come around to Spy x Family, the anime adaptation of Tatsuya Endo’s Shonen Jump manga. The anime follows the mission of international superspy Twilight, assuming the pseudonym Loid Forger, who has been assigned an assassination target to prevent a massive world war. The target, however,…

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FEATURES

Rune Factory 5 is a Cozy but Janky Farm Sim

It didn’t take long for Rune Factory 5 to sink its hooks into me. I settled back into the familiar gameplay loop of farming, dungeon crawling, and crafting almost instantly. I woke up in the morning to water and sell my crops, checked on my monsters as they tilled their own…

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Rune Factory 5 Review

REVIEWS

Everything You Missed From the February 2022 Nintendo Direct

Nintendo Directs are neither consistently scheduled nor consistently packed, but that doesn’t stop them from — and maybe even contributes to — being exciting, hype-filled affairs for an utterly gigantic audience. With the February 2022 Direct announced only one day before, the world had less time than usual to get…

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