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Favorites from Spy X Family, Kaiju No. 8, and more guest in this tactics game There were a bunch of third-party games shown in today’s Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase, but one in particular threw me at first glance. Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions is an upcoming tactical RPG that leans into guests from the Shonen Jump+ catalog. The new tactics game from Momo-Pi Game Studio and Shueisha Games follows Damien, a boy who’s just moved to Japan. Feeling lonely in his new home, he dives into his imagination as…

via Marvel Studios Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and the titular organization, feel like an all but forgotten chapter the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s nervy early years on television and setting the foundation for Avengers, but it turns out they were part of the climactic Avengers: Endgame battle after all. In the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe which boasts a myriad of characters, arcs, and forgotten plot lines, you’d be forgiven for thinking everyone showed up during the Endgame battle. Hell, even Howard the…

Sometimes you just need a game to be a little comforting refuge from the stress of, you know, everything. Enter the cozy games genre, sometimes called wholesome games. These low-stress experiences are meant to be relaxing, friendly escapes. And that's what the Wholesome Direct showcase celebrates. It's like if herbal tea were a video game. This year's Wholesome Direct introduced dozens of new games, including four that you can play or try right now:LumberbearJackFreshly FrostedMelodyssey (Demo)Spirit Swap…

Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images The short and long-term future of Superman in live-action remains shrouded in mystery, even more so after the Discovery merger, which has already led to widespread reports that new CEO David Zaslav isn’t best pleased with DC Films continuing to do very little with a potentially lucrative ream of comic book properties. As things stand, Henry Cavill remains the DCEU’s canonical Superman, even though he’s only made three appearances as the Big Blue Boy Scout since first being…

As Apple adds more emoji with each subsequent iOS update, it’s getting harder and harder to sift through all them just to find the emoji you want to use. The “frequently used” emoji panel helps with this to some extent, but it is dynamic and only “remembers” so many. Typing descriptors to search for emoji can be tedious, and what if you don’t know the proper search terms to bring up the emoji you want? Or, if you are like me, you tend to frequently use just a select few emoji? The solution is the implementation of…