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All hired hero locations in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3

Hired heroes are characters in Fortnite that will fight alongside you — as long as you pay them. As part of the Supernova Academy story quest line, you need to damage opponents with a hired hero. You will need to pay them a decent amount of gold bars to hire them, but if you don’t […]

Making space for multiplayer in the Nintendo Switch 2’s world

We used to play Mario Kart. It was 2003 and the Nintendo GameCube was a full-fledged member of my high school clique. It was at every social gathering, no matter how big or small. I went as far as to buy a carrying case for mine that was big enough to carry a few controllers […]

Marvel Rivals’ summer event skins put The Thing in a thong

Rise up, gooners: Marvel Rivals is getting a beach-themed summer event, and everyone is looking hot. You’ve got expected additions, like a breezy Luna Snow skin that turns the popstar’s soundscape into roving waves. Based on the footage, Snow is clearly the biggest draw here — her skin includes a bespoke soundtrack of lo-fi tunes […]

The Last of Us Part 2’s story is just fine the way it is

Five years after its original release, The Last of Us Part 2 received a free update, adding a mode that presents the game’s non-linear narrative in chronological order. Given the game’s track record of controversy, it wasn’t surprising that the announcement was met with mixed reception. Over the years, The Last of Us Part 2 […]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ showrunners say their version of the series would have gone on ‘forever’

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, an episodic look at the crew of the USS Enterprise set before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series, has proved so popular that in April 2024, Paramount Plus renewed it for a fourth season while season 3 was still in production. But after laying off hundreds of employees […]