Familiar Friends: What's Your Familiar?

We all have our happy places: somewhere - real or otherwise - to escape, relax, and replenish away from the stresses of the modern world. Perhaps yours is in nature, lost in the reverie of a spirited hike up a windy hill, or sweatily squatting your cares away amid the pounding Daruda Sandstorms of your local gym. Perhaps your demands are simpler: the call of a good book and an escape into the realm of imagination, or the familiar celluloid embrace of a favourite film, or - as I finally drag this intro into relevance - the soothing rhythms of a beloved video game. And hopefully it's the last on

Star Fox, the remake of the Nintendo 64 classic game, is coming out and you can start playing it soon on Switch 2, just don't forget to preload it!

Voldo. He's been in every Soulcalibur game, wiggling and gyrating his way into our hearts. But what's his deal? Voldo stands out next to the grim, stoic guys of fighting games. He's got grace, he's got slippery, slick moves, and more often than not he's covered in fishnets, leather and spikes. Pat traces Voldo's design through history, to post-World War 2 leather culture and up through the early days of wrestling. So, what's up with Voldo? A lot, but we'll walk you through it.#voldo #soulcalibur

Teamfight Tactics Set 18: "Enchanted Wilds" is coming on Aug. 26. Here's what time it'll be available on your local server.

With Halo: Campaign Evolved's early access period set to kick off on July 23, you may be wondering just how to enable cross-platform play so you and your fellow Spartans can kick grunt butt across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Well, the process is actually super simple, so let us break it down for you right here. As outlined in a July 22 blog on the Halo Waypoint site, playing this Halo remake with your friends is easy. All you have to do is know their Gamertag or Username, search for and add it to your Xbox friends list--either on the Xbox site, from the Xbox Game Bar, or in the Xbo