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The raids stop for no one

You know, I gotta hand it to Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. These games ensure I’ll never run out of things to do.

I mean, this Friday only has The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and a beta for Diablo 4 coming out, so I was worried that I might fit some sleep in sometime this weekend. Sure enough, Game Freak had decided to throw its hat into the ring and give us another Tera Raid event for trainers to bash their head against too.

Talk about a jetpack joyride

The Entertainment Software Rating Board, or ESRB, has released its rating for Bethesda’s upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield. There’s little surprise that it garnered an M for Mature rating, but it’s the details of this rating that have been fun to read about today.

As part of its rating process, the ESRB lays out both its letter grading and reasoning.

I’ve lost count of how many times I let Ganon return

[Note: This piece was originally published in 2021. We’re bumping it now, as part of our Zelda Week coverage in May 2023, in the lead-up to Tears of the Kingdom. Enjoy!]

Thirty-one years ago, The Legend of Zelda became the first video game I ever beat. A year later, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link became the first video game I ever quit.

To be fair, I didn’t finish too many games in my elementary school days.

Totally Warhammer

If Total War: Warhammer III was somehow not big enough already, Creative Assembly has pulled back the curtain on their plans for the rest of the year and beyond. It’s a lot, but I’ll do my best to give you the rundown.

Cblogs of 4/29 to 5/4/2023

–Queen of Philosophy tries to predict the path to Mortal Kombat 12.

–Spazzzh20 writes a fully uncensored review of Sonic Frontiers.

This is technically patch number four

Jedi Survivor is still trucking along, and now we’re already on patch 4 in just a few scant weeks. Modern game development, ho! This latest patch is due out today on consoles (PS5, Xbox Series X), and “as soon as possible” on PC.

So what does it deal with? Bugs, mainly! This isn’t a content patch, as it’s meant to smooth over some of the rougher edges on all platforms.

Break out your timelines

The newest Legend of Zelda tale is days away, and given the trailers we’ve seen so far, there are still many mysteries to uncover. A new interview with some of the leads behind The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom helps give us an idea of what’s to come, and teases a link to the series’ past too.