During the day, all of Super Mario Maker 2's levels work like you expect them to. At night, things get weird. At night, 1-Up mushrooms become poisonous, robbing Mario of a life instead of giving him one.
Read MoreShroud -- otherwise known as Michael Grzesiek -- is a former pro gamer who now makes a living as a Twitch streamer. And by all accounts, Shroud is killing it, and that living is very good. But how much is Shroud worth these days? And how much money is he banking by streaming on Twitch? Tons.
Read MoreSuper Mario Maker 2 includes the Superball Flower as a hidden power-up. If you've played through Super Mario Maker 2's story mode, you've probably unlocked the Superball Flower naturally. If not, here's what you need to do.
Read MoreSuper Mario Maker 2 lets you switch your preferred character to Luigi, Toad, or Toadette. For those of us who've been staring at Mario's red and blue duds for almost 40 years, it's a godsend.
Read MoreThe younger Mario brother largely sat out the first Super Mario Maker, but he's a playable character in the sequel. However, if you're set on making Super Mario Maker 2 an all-Luigi, all-the-time experience, you'll need to pay attention to which mode you're playing.
Read MoreDespite its thorough tutorials, Super Mario Maker 2 doesn't always explain the basics. How do you save a level that you're working on, for example? The Course Maker interface is full of unlabeled icons and buttons, and it's a bummer when you lose your hard work because you clicked the wrong picture.
Read MoreIf you're making your own Super Mario levels with Super Mario Maker 2, then you probably want to include a few secrets of your very own. Thankfully, Nintendo has made that very, very easy.
Read MoreIn the first Super Mario Maker, you had to unlock items, level themes, and other features by creating and uploading levels. In Super Mario Maker 2, that's not necessary. Everything that you need to create almost any level you can imagine is available in Super Mario Maker 2 from the very beginning.
Read MoreInns are a valuable resource in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. If you played Pokemon Go, Inns are essentially Pokestops, allowing you to replenish energy and socialize before heading back into the dangerous world outside. Here are the things you can do at inns.
Read MoreAll you stamp-collecting Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players now have another important date to note in your calendars.
Read MoreGreenhouses are one of the three different buildings you will see on the map in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. They are short, glass buildings with a blue exterior, and there are a few different ways they can be used to help you along in the game. Here's what you can do at greenhouses.
Read MoreYou can tackle pretty much everything in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite on your own, but the game is much more fun (and the rewards are much more lucrative) if you team up with a few friends to take on the many challenges of the wizarding world.
Read MoreFighting is similar to regular spellcasting, but the differences might not be readily apparent. This can cause some frustration early on, but here's what you need to know to succeed and become a world-class fighter.
Read MoreNo matter how you play Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, you're going to have to cast spells. Whether you see the game as something casual to do while you walk your dog, or you're organizing your highest level friends to raid a fortress, you won't get far in the game without the core spellcasting mechanic.
Read MoreIf you really want to become as powerful as you can in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, you're going to need to find a lot of scrolls. Scrolls are a bit easier to come by than spell books, but it certainly helps to know where you can find them if you are short a few.
Read MoreOne of the most valuable resources in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite are spell books. Naturally, that means they are also one of the hardest to come across. You will need to team up with friends in order to maximize the amount of spell books you collect, so convince your friends to join in the action!
Read MoreOne of the limiting factors in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is spell energy. There just isn't much you can do in the game without it. There are a few different ways you can replenish your spell energy as you play, however. Here's what you need to know.
Read MoreA lot of the content in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is locked behind higher levels, meaning you'll want to fly past your low level starting point to get to some of the real fun. It can be slow going, but there are a few tricks you can use to level up quickly and get to the beefy content.
Read MoreInfinity Ward has revealed a surprising addition to Modern Warfare: the bloodthirsty Tamagunchi, a digital pet that thrives on kills. Children of the 90s and 2000s will recognize Tamagunchi as a play on the word "Tamagotchi," a brand of handheld digital pets first introduced by Bandai in 1997.
Read MoreThe official Pokemon Twitter account unleashed a whole bunch of news this morning about Pokemon Sword and Shield. But one part of the update really stuck out. It was the introduction of a new Pokemon; one called Morpeko.
Read MoreContra: Rogue Corps is set to release in September 2019, and unless you work at Konami, you've likely not gotten your hands on it yet. But did you know there's another Contra game you might not have played? A Contra that is lost to all but those who own a really old smartphone or arcade cabinet?
Read MoreWith the release of Borderlands 3 a little over a month away, Gearbox has shared details about the game's graphical options. Speaking with the PlayStation Blog, online & social product owner Scott Velasquez shed some light on Borderlands 3's performance capabilities.
Read MoreLoot boxes have long been under fire from both gamers and governments. Now it appears real action will be taken to rein these microtransactions in.
Read MoreSome have described Genshin Impact, miHoYo Technology's open world action game, as an anime version of Breath of the Wild. The similarities took the spotlight at the China Joy gaming expo this weekend when Sony released the title's first gameplay footage, drawing immediate backlash from Zelda fans.
Read MoreRocket League has been an indie darling and an esports staple since it launched back in 2015, but if there was one thing players didn't like about the game, it was Rocket League's randomized loot crates. Those loot crates are now getting the ax, according to developer Psyonix.
Read MoreNinja has been streaming on Mixer for less than a week, but he's already making huge waves on the platform. He's accumulated over 800,000 followers on Mixer thus far, which puts him in second place behind fellow streamer TheGrefg, according to SocialBlade. Now he's reached another major milestone.
Read MoreOver the past few weeks, multiple Mortal Kombat 11 online competitors have become the targets of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks, some of which have reportedly exposed IP addresses. These attacks have brought to light dangerous vulnerabilities in the game's multiplayer modes.
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