James Carr

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Freelance Journalist and Writer at Freelance

Writer/Journalist | bit of everything @GameSpot | Super Mario Sunshine Fan | available for freelance work | 📧 [email protected] (he/him)

Articles

All Heroes And Abilities In Overwatch 2 Stadium Mode

3 days ago | gamespot.com | James Carr

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Overwatch 2 has introduced a new competitive multiplayer mode, Stadium, where you play a best-of-seven series of matches. This mode is drastically different from other Overwatch 2 game modes for a number of reasons. First, there is a limited pool of heroes, with only 18 to start, though more will be added in the future.
Marvel Rivals Recolor Skins: Every One Revealed So Far

1 week ago | gamespot.com | James Carr

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Marvel Rivals has introduced new recolor skins, otherwise known as new color palettes for existing skins, that you can purchase and equip. These new color patterns require you to own the base skin and then purchase the new color pattern for 600 Unstable Molecules, a new currency.
Every Emma Frost Cosmetic In Marvel Rivals

1 week ago | gamespot.com | James Carr

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Marvel Rivals Season 2 has kicked off, bringing new content to the 6v6 hero shooter, including the new Vanguard hero, Emma Frost. A powerful telepath and the leader of the Hellfire Trading Company, Emma Frost uses her powers to further the coexistence of mutants and regular people.
Marvel Rivals Battle Pass Season 2 - All Skins, Emotes, And Other Rewards

1 week ago | gamespot.com | James Carr

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Season 2 of Marvel Rivals has arrived, bringing the new Hellfire Gala season and the new Vanguard, Emma Frost. There are also new maps, team-ups, and cosmetics to earn, as well as a new battle pass. Marvel Rivals battle passes never expire, and include 10 skins, amongst other cosmetic rewards.
Best Open-World Games To Explore In 2025

3 weeks ago | gamespot.com | James Carr

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Open-world games offer players large worlds to explore, often with a massive amount of side and optional content. While these games often overlap with the RPG genre, they can also be in other genres, like racing or stealth games.
Marvel Rivals Shortening Seasons, Releasing A New Hero Every Month

3 weeks ago | gamespot.com | James Carr

Marvel Rivals is shortening its seasons, which that, going forward, a new hero will be added to the roster once a month. This change will start with Season 3, which should start sometime in the July to August timeframe. Announced in the Marvel Rivals Season 2 Dev Vision, starting with Season 3, Marvel Rivals seasons will be two months long instead of three, with heroes arriving at the start and midpoints of each season.
Nintendo Announces Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment, Leads Into Tears Of The Kingdom

3 weeks ago | gamespot.com | James Carr

Announced during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is the next Dynasty Warriors-style game set in The Legend of Zelda universe. The game's story leads into the story of Tears of the Kingdom, following Zelda. Age of Imprisonment is an action game in which you have to fight larges armies of enemies at once. While there will be multiple playable characters, it appears that Zelda is the main character here.
Nintendo Announces Switch 2 Welcome Tour, A Paid Game That Explains The New Console Features

3 weeks ago | gamespot.com | James Carr

Announced during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a digital-only game that takes place on an enlarged Switch 2. The game is launching as a paid game on June 5, the same day the Nintendo Switch 2 launches. The game consists of walking around on the surface of a giant Nintendo Switch 2, reading small information signs about the console and playing small demos that show off features of the console, like a golf minigame using the mouse feature and a maracas-shaking demo.
Monster Hunter Wilds Is Getting Layered Weapons, Eventually

3 weeks ago | gamespot.com | James Carr

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Monster Hunter Wilds developer Capcom has announced that layered weapons, Arch Tempered Monsters, PC improvements, and new monsters are all headed to the hit action-RPG. However, players could be waiting awhile for all these new features to drop.
Marvel Cosmic Invasion, A Retro 2D Beat-'Em-Up, Coming Holiday 2025

4 weeks ago | gamespot.com | James Carr

Dotemu has revealed Marvel Cosmic Invasion, a retro 2D beat-'em-up game featuring Marvel superheroes in a classic art style. Revealed during the Nintendo Direct, Marvel Cosmic Invasion features up to four-player co-op and has several Marvel characters you can play as to smack down alien invaders. For each level, you pick two characters, swapping between the two via team-up attacks, and creating special combo attacks depending on which characters you choose.