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- April 24
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- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning runtime makes it the longest movie in the franchise
- Final Fantasy 16 actor Ben Starr doesn't just voice a character in new RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, he sings in it, "because there is nothing this man can't do apparently"
- Tron: Catalyst feels like Deathloop and Hades had a baby in the Matrix and I'm hooked on it after just three hours
- Somehow, Madame Web beat Deadpool and Wolverine on streaming
- Oblivion Remastered added a spell from Skyrim that's basically "a magical trail of breadcrumbs" pointing to quests and objectives
- Hardened Bethesda fans discover Oblivion Remastered Expert difficulty is so brutal it feels "broken," and say it "needs to be patched ASAP"
- FC 25 Season 7 Ladder Players list and how to unlock them all
- Ubisoft takes another shot at the blockchain with a new Might and Magic trading card game, says "it's entirely optional and offers no competitive advantage"
- How to watch FGS Live at Gamescom LATAM on May 2
- Death Stranding movie director has done his research and played the game and Metal Gear Solid, but Hideo Kojima won't let him play the other entries in the series
- Can you dual-wield in Oblivion Remastered?
- Where to pre-order the new Legend of Zelda Amiibo
- Razer's Wolverine V3 Pro controller just received its first big price drop
- More than a month before the Switch 2 launch, one dedicated fan is already camping outside Nintendo's store and vlogging the entire wait on a 3DS
- David Harbour once thought his fan favorite Stranger Things character Hopper should've died in season 1
- As pre-orders for the Switch 2 go live in the US, fans wrestle with errors, order cancelations, and general mayhem: "F*****g hell"
- If the price of Mario Kart World is giving you the ick, this merch may be more fun and has never been cheaper
- Oblivion Remastered is so true to the original RPG, it even keeps in a voice acting error that's been there for 19 years
- The best Races in The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered
- Best Birthsigns in Oblivion Remastered
- After 7 years and a sequel, the original Frostpunk is getting a remake titled Frostpunk 1886 – a reimagining of the city builder that's "no mere visual overhaul"
- Voice recording for Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is seemingly underway just months after the JRPG's director completed its script
- Jennifer Aniston has addressed her surprise The Last of Us season 2 appearance: "Of all the things to survive the apocalypse"
- Thunderbolts director says earlier version of the Marvel movie's script was "kind of like a Die Hard thing"
- Black Panther director Ryan Coogler reflects on the runaway success of his new vampire movie Sinners: "When I take my feelings out of it, I’m not surprised"
- "Everything more or less gets buried" by "massive shadow drops" like Oblivion Remastered, says indie publisher behind new PS2 horror homage: "Love the game that dropped but feel the pain for our team"
- April 23
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- As ex-Blizzard boss says Oblivion Remastered "will never hold up" despite acclaim, Baldur's Gate 3 dev reckons "AAA is feeling more and more disconnected from the audience zeitgeist"
- Oblivion Remastered has been in the works for 4 years, and despite big changes Bethesda says it's definitely not a remake: "We never wanted to remake it"
- Hit Metroidvania Nine Sols just got a surprise prequel manga that you can read right now
- Ghost of Yotei leads say "the katana is still the most valuable weapon" even 300 years after Ghost of Tsushima, but "more opportunities to blow things up is never a bad addition for a video game"
- Subnautica 2 charts early access launch "later in 2025" in dev diary promising "our biggest and most ambitious" survival game yet
- Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake enters production with a fun callback to the classic Jason Voorhees movies
- The Predator: Badlands trailer actually makes the eponymous alien the protagonist
- Star Wars Outlaws is the Switch 2's first impossible port, but Nintendo wants to succeed where the Steam Deck couldn't
- Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director throws support behind JRPG Clair Obscur as Oblivion Remastered threatens to bury it: "This game was made by a team that has fewer people than I have years"
- How to start The Thieves Guild Questline in Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered
- Diablo 4 could come to Nintendo Switch 2, but series head says "live services on Switch have been a little bit challenging in the past"
- Final Fantasy 14 players can't help themselves: MMO diehards dogpiled the "casual" Cosmic Exploration content so hard it's caused community debate on FOMO and time-gating
- After 9 years in Wii U prison, sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X debuts as March's best-selling Switch game in the US, kicking Mario Kart 8 into second place
- How to start the Dark Brotherhood Questline in Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered
- With Ubisoft's hopes on its back, Assassin's Creed Shadows claws to the top of the March sales charts and follows Monster Hunter Wilds as 2025's second-best-selling game
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 publisher says "omg it's like Barbenheimer" as the RPG clashes with Oblivion Remastered, and also "teehee" as it ties for the best-rated game of 2025
- Mysterious new movie from M. Night Shyamalan gets supernatural first plot details
- 9 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 tips to take on the Paintress
- My first 3 hours in Oblivion Remastered were crammed with 2006 weirdness, making it the perfect reimagining of my favorite RPG
- The Beginning After the End author speaks directly to fans after the anime went viral for low-quality animation: "I want nothing but the best for this story"
- Nintendo corrects itself, says the Switch 2 GameCube controller will work with games outside the Online Classics library but "there may be some issues"
- Designer of Disco Elysium spiritual successor TTRPG reveals "key design tenet" mirrored in jazz and progressive metal: "Every misstep, every dead end [makes] the eventual release more beautiful"
- "Let's just fail quickly": REPO devs pivoted to co-op horror after running out of money since their last game "hadn't been successful enough"
- The Last of Us showrunner teases horrifying unseen moment from Bella Ramsey's Ellie: "I was scared of her, and I didn't like her, and I didn't want her to do what she's doing"
- First trailer for Wednesday season 2 confirms it'll follow in Stranger Things and You's footsteps with two-part release
- Oblivion Remastered is just as janky as Bethesda's original 2006 RPG it seems, with Elder Scrolls stans lovingly welcoming the random crashes: "It's just like I remember it"
- Until Dawn director on balancing laughs and scares in the horror game adaptation, as he recalls scaling back some of its Evil Dead-style humor during filming: "It was like, 'Maybe it needs to be a bit more serious'"
- Sony confirms Ghost of Yotei release date for October alongside a new trailer, with pre-orders for the open-world PS5 game starting next week
- Nintendo wasn't ready for how in-demand the Switch 2 would be in Japan, as boss warns there isn't enough stock from its official store to fulfill the 2.2 million lottery sale applications
- Best Classes in The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered
- How to farm XP in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Hideo Kojima teases what to expect from A24's Death Stranding movie, says it'll be strange and unbelievable
- Andor season 2 becomes the most critically acclaimed live-action Star Wars project on Rotten Tomatoes ever
- Over 182,000 people were playing Oblivion Remastered on Steam within hours of its sudden launch on a random Tuesday
- As fans recreate their ugliest Oblivion characters in the RPG's new remaster, Baldur's Gate 3 dev says "there is literally no better marketing campaign than viral funny faces from a Bethesda game"
- Star Wars fans are in mourning after that major Andor season 2 death, and it's made even worse by one tragic detail
- Oblivion Remastered mods are here despite Bethesda saying they're "not supported," with the OG 2006 RPG's own modding tools working: "It is literally just Oblivion under the hood"
- That jungle planet in Andor season 2 might actually be a major Star Wars location hiding in plain sight
- The 32 greatest New York City movies ever made
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review: "An old-school feeling JRPG as dynamic as Persona but with parry-filled battles as hard-won as Sekiro"
- Take a trip to The Walking Dead: Dead City with the latest issue of SFX
- Andor season 2, episode 2 features a major reference to a key prequels character
- Andor season 2 is setting up a significant moment in Star Wars history: the Ghorman Massacre
- On Oblivion Remastered day, former Blizzard boss says he's "skeptical about 20 year old remasters" because "the bar has simply moved from safe open world RPGs to what Elden Ring brought us all"
- April 22
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- Director of Until Dawn movie teases "very bloody bathroom scene" as he opens up on the challenges of filming a time loop horror: "It was everywhere, you couldn't clean it up"
- Rick and Morty gets a psychedelic season 8 trailer that declares it "the best high concept sci-fi rigamarole in the universe"
- Bethesda was right – Elder Scrolls fans wanted Oblivion Remastered, but I'm less sure about the 2,006 units of its $155 lamp: "Beware its inviting flame"
- First reactions to Thunderbolts call the new Marvel movie "raw" and "deeply human," praise Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan
- Thanks, Todd: Bethesda gave the whole Skyblivion mod team keys to Oblivion Remastered, and "made it clear that they have no intention of shutting down our project"
- Bella Ramsey went through stunt training that made her a "tougher, more assured Ellie" for The Last of Us season 2: "It was cool to feel really capable"
- Beloved fantasy novel series The Wheel of Time is getting a AAA open-world RPG from the original Lord of the Rings Online lead
- Bella Ramsey's special bond with Pedro Pascal was the key to getting through The Last of Us season 2's heartbreaking violence: "We'll be in each other's lives forever, and we'll be in each other's hearts forever"
- Bethesda says "mods are not supported" for The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered despite its pro-mod history
- Slaps roof of RPG: at 125GB on PC, Oblivion Remastered can fit 27 of 2009's Oblivion GOTY edition
- "For people who've only ever played Skyrim, this is gonna be kind of a revelation": Elder Scrolls VA legend is back after fans helped fund his healthcare, and ready for Oblivion Remastered
- 2 years since my most chaotic Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough, Patch 8 turned my Dark Urge into a Drunken Master and she's never been more lethal
- Michael Bay and Sydney Sweeney are making a movie based on classic Sega arcade game Out Run
- The best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus and more
- Netflix finally confirms My Happy Marriage season 2 finale release date after long delay that angered fans
- Everyone can relax, Oblivion Remastered kept the most important part: all the RPG's quirky voice lines
- PC gamers seem happy to pay $50 for Oblivion Remastered: it's already the global top-selling game on Steam, and it came out literally 40 minutes ago
- Xbox embraces the publisher life once again as Oblivion Remastered comes to PS5 on day one
- In a wild twist, MTG Spider-Man will get a clone for Arena with "different art, and different names"
- When does Fortnite Season 3 start in Chapter 6?
- Actor who was previously attached to Marvel's Blade reboot says the movie "went off the rails"
- I've just finished testing the 2025 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16, and it just makes this $500 discount on the previous generation even sweeter
- Netflix confirms Agatha All Along star's hit series won't be getting a season 4, but surprises fans with a welcome twist
- As Mario Kart World approaches, fans remember bizarre Mario Kart 8 frame rate issue which has lasted 11 years, but only on the Wii U with CPU racers and on every 64th frame
- The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed: it's $50, out today, on PC and Xbox Series X plus PS5, and already in Game Pass
- Todd Howard points to The Elder Scrolls 6 as Bethesda reveals Oblivion remaster: "Obviously we're working on the sixth chapter here"
- In latest piracy and emulation battle, Nintendo seeks $17,500 in damages from streamer accused of broadcasting "at least 10" unreleased Nintendo games
- Baldur's Gate 3 boss says Patch 8 was worth it: with 169k Steam players nearly 2 years later and "mod support thriving," Larian can "focus on making our next big thing as good as we can"
- For the same price as a Switch 2 game, you can now grab my favorite mini console for playing crusty old Atari adventures
- I Know What You Did Last Summer original stars and The Fisherman return in the first trailer for new sequel
- Russell T. Davies pitched Doctor Who's upcoming musical episode as "Die Hard meets Eurovision," says writer Juno Dawson
- Lost Records: Bloom and Rage – Tape 2 review: "Don't Nod's new coming-of-age series ends with teen defiance and queer rage"
- The Walking Dead boss is confident that the zombie franchise could run for another 15 years: "As long as we have terrific characters, it can go on and on"
- Cherry's new limited edition MX Northern Lights Switch Kit sounds like the perfect fit for cozy gamers
- Everything announced for the Oblivion remaster - all changes and improvements confirmed so far
- Nintendo is reportedly taking legal action after last year's massive Pokemon "Teraleak," which supposedly unveiled Legends: Z-A source code and unannounced Gen 10 games
- Star Wars Celebration 2025 was packed with reveals, but there's one announcement that has me more excited than the rest
- Daredevil: Born Again sent me straight to this new fan-made demo and now I can't believe we haven't had an official game in 22 years
- Punisher star Jon Bernthal says he encouraged Tom Holland to include a stunt in his Spider-Man audition tape: "I don't think any of these other fools are able to do that"
- I'm obsessed with Disney pins, so these new Star Wars May 4 ones are going straight into my basket
- Shazam director swore he'd never do another IP-based movie again after "crazy" backlash from DC fans, but Until Dawn's script was just too good to pass up: "I had to do it"
- The Last of Us season 2 director says he toned down some of the "extraordinary violence and cruelty" in shocking episode 2 moment to "avoid overt torture"
- One of the best Fire Emblem games has been added to the pricey version of Nintendo Switch Online, bringing back an official way to play if you missed out on the Wii U release
- Publisher behind beloved board game Spirit Island shuts, but the designer is "certainly not done with the game"
- Monster Hunter Wilds players have found a new way to dodge certain attacks flawlessly – using paid emotes to strike their best pose
- The Mandalorian and Grogu looks like it's going back to its Disney Plus roots, and that's a very good thing
- "These kind of games don't come around very often": Being "careful" about their next roles, Final Fantasy 16 and Baldur's Gate 3 stars say 2025's most unique JRPG was perfect
- I've been testing high refresh rate monitors ahead of Overwatch 2 Season 16, and there's one that'll be sick for Stadium
- Thunderbolts isn't a Black Widow sequel, but it's a part of the story: "It's important to everyone to preserve that legacy of something that emotionally meant so much to people"
- Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders live: GameStop stock drop imminent
- The Last of Us season 2, episode 2: The biggest changes between the HBO show and the PlayStation game
- April 21
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- Netflix's Castlevania director asks fans what his next video game anime should be, and Bloodborne, Metroid, and a fresh take on Berserk are leading the pack
- Danganronpa and Zero Escape creators' new tactical RPG was "extremely difficult" to fund: "We […] ended up with a lot of debt"
- The new roguelike from the Dead Cells team was already great, and it's bringing me right back with a big update adding new bosses, weapons, and a lot more
- The 2025 Oscars will include new rules that require judges to watch all official nominees before voting
- Doom: The Dark Ages has a new official trailer, and at this point id Software and Bethesda are just holding me down and pouring Doom lore over my head
- REPO devs tease its first big update and make a plea to modders: We don't need "skyrocketing server costs," so please optimize your mods
- David Harbour's Red Guardian offers to defend against "boring evening" in wacky new Thunderbolts teaser where he promotes his limo service
- Blizzard says Diablo 4 season 8 kicks off a new focus on "permanent upgrades" for the base game instead of just "throwaway changes"
- Pedro Pascal has a remarkably cheerful response to his brutally heartbreaking scene in the latest episode of The Last of Us season 2
- Blizzard reverses course, says Diablo 4 season 8 will nerf "wildly overpowered" builds "in the first week or so" because waiting until midseason "was a really big disrespect to players' time"
- "We fell short": Wuthering Waves devs apologize and hand out 30 free Tides as players riot over update 2.3 anniversary awards
- Inspired by Elden Ring hero Let Me Solo Her, champion Let Me Solo Them reaches 10,000 final boss kills: "I put on the jar helm, took off my armour and haven’t stopped helping others"
- Barbarian director's new horror movie Weapons gets creepy first trailer
- Andrew Garfield is still open to doing another Spider-Man movie, but he has one condition for returning to the role
- Andor season 2 review: "Every bit as stellar as its predecessor – at times, it even surpasses it"
- Nintendo made sickos like me wait 26 years, but Donkey Kong Bananza's 3D platforming exceeds my wildest dreams
- Thunderbolts director reveals he "really wanted" Man-Thing on the team, but another Marvel project got there first: "It all worked out for the best"
- After days of Oblivion remaster leaks, Bethesda suggests it will finally be announced and possibly released tomorrow: "All will be revealed"
- 5 months from launch, Marathon devs keep evading pricing questions, but Bungie promises that "it's definitely going to be a conversation"
- Team behind Until Dawn movie want to make a sequel, but not before we get a follow-up to the source material: "F***! I want another game!"
- One of my favorite retro controllers of all time is now both wireless and will work with the Switch 2
- People said it wasn't hard enough, so one Phantom Blade Zero dev cooked up a hardcore difficulty mode that changes enemy AI so much it feels more like PvP
- Mario Kart World's free roam needs to take the lead from Forza Horizon if it wants to win me over
- Pedro Pascal recalls "shock and heartbreak" making pivotal The Last of Us season 2 scene: "I've never experienced anything like I did that day"
- Once "a massive MMO with millions of stars to explore," this 'Minecraft x No Man's Sky' survival game is still hugely ambitious: "What we felt was immense pressure to rise up to the comparison"
- Surprise Star Wars anime show revealed at Celebration 2025, along with the release date for Visions season 3
- 1920s showbiz sim Hollywood Animal is my long-awaited replacement for The Movies, now with added blackmail
- Razer's latest keyboard has me falling in love with its analog switches all over again
- Bethesda won't grow much for The Elder Scrolls 6, according to Starfield dev who thinks Rockstar's consistency is amazing given GTA 6's massive headcount
- Thunderbolts features some stepping stones for Avengers: Doomsday as director teases Sentry's impact in the MCU
- The Last of Us season 2 episode 2 just made a major change to its most heartbreaking moment
- Who are the WLF? The Last of Us season 2's new characters explained
- April 20
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- Former Helldivers, WoW devs had to employ horse actors for new game, and getting them into motion capture suits was predictably wild: "But the results have been worth it"
- Pocketpair uses examples from Final Fantasy 14, Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter, and more to defend Palworld against Nintendo's lawsuit
- Naruto: All the Akatsuki members ranked from weakest to strongest
- Vampire Survivors kicked off a game development gold rush, but has a legitimately new genre emerged between the cash-ins?
- "One wrong move and everything's lost": Metaphor: ReFantazio battle lead explains why turn-based JRPGs rule and why they absolutely have to be hard
- 34 years later, MCU star Paul Rudd reprises the SNES role that got him into acting with an adorable Nintendo Switch 2 trailer
- It's been 20 years since Nintendogs released, and I need it on the Switch 2 like my e-pups have needed food since 2007
- Along with Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft seems to be bringing Assassin's Creed Shadows to Nintendo Switch 2 according to PEGI
- April 19
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- The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey is sick of being asked this question about Ellie: "I've grown up!"
- Director of the highest-rated MCU movie teases his The X-Files reboot: "Some of the episodes will be really f***ing scary"
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis was almost "based on an unproduced Indy script," says project lead: "But after reading it, I decided it was unproduced for a reason"
- Star Wars Zero Company is inspired by the best parts of every era: Andor's "political intrigue," Rogue One's grit, and the OG trilogy's "mythic pulp adventure"
- One clash in Ahsoka season 2 has Star Wars fans hyped for a "galactic chess match" between two franchise icons
- Clearing castles stealthily as Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows is one of the most satisfying challenges in the RPG
- Andor season 2 first reactions call the Star Wars show "a miracle" that makes Rogue One even better
- The 10 best shows on Paramount Plus to watch right now
- Respawn and XCOM veterans' new strategy game Star Wars Zero Company looks like Fire Emblem: Clone Wars Edition, and it's coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox in 2026
- Nearly 4 years later, Hollow Knight: The Sanctuary, an expansion-sized mod resurfaces right on the heels of long-awaited Silksong news
- Andor's Krennic star teases a "different" version of his Star Wars villain compared to Rogue One: "He's getting ready to rock and roll"
- We asked Metaphor: ReFantazio's lead UI designer about RPGs that inspire him, and he name dropped a surprise PS2 sleeper hit from 25 years ago
- Ahsoka season 2 will bring back a Star Wars legend who goes "head to head with Thrawn"
- Anakin Skywalker will return for Ahsoka season 2, Hayden Christensen confirms
- Ahsoka season 2 first look shown behind closed doors is a seriously retro throwback that features Ahsoka fighting giant evil droids, a showdown with Baylan Skoll, and more
- Game of Thrones star Rory McCann is confirmed to take over as Baylan Skoll in Ahsoka season 2
- Andor season 2 star Diego Luna was overjoyed to reunite with Alan Tudyk after "seven very tough years" without him: "He brought a soul to this character and made it unforgettable"
- There are dozens of us: Paradise Killer's new open-world management sim aimed straight at Yakuza sickos is off to a great start on Steam with 98% positive reviews
- April 18
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- After more than 10 years, Grant Morrison is returning to Batman
- Monster Hunter Wilds cheaters have gotten so bad, Capcom's warning players hacked quests could make the game "unplayable": "We plan to implement additional countermeasures"
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 doesn't have kids because Warhorse Studios was worried players would kill them, and Skyrim's children proved them right years ago
- Doctor Doom's personal Avengers unite to take on a classic Fantastic Four villain in Superior Avengers #2
- It took 18 months and over 50 updates, but Lords of the Fallen finally added the one feature I wanted from this Soulslike RPG at launch: "full shared progression co-op"
- No Animal Crossing announced for Nintendo Switch 2 yet, but the life sim RPG I've waited 11 years for is coming to Switch next month
- Daredevil: Born Again director addresses whether Foggy Nelson's death was faked: "Dying very often does mean that you're actually dead"
- Undaunted by Oblivion remaster leaks, Skyblivion team behind the RPG's unofficial Skyrim engine remake says "both projects can exist" and "players are the true winners"
- Daredevil: Born Again director says season 2 is a "resistance tale" against Mayor Fisk: "We're going to unfold all of that very, very quickly"
- The One Piece anime has only been back for 3 episodes, but it's already throwing us into Luffy's most anticipated fight in 25 years
- Superman and Lex Luthor appear together for the first time in new behind-the-scenes look at James Gunn's DC movie
- My favorite Pokemon game has been trapped on one console for 15 years, and I desperately need Nintendo to let more people play it
- Ex Machina director's new movie with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is a gory, brutal portrayal of war
- Farming RPG Rune Factory takes the mic from Nintendo, says its Switch 2 game card is cross-gen: "Insert the card into either a Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2"
- Whiplash meets the NFL in terrifying new horror movie from Nope and Us director Jordan Peele
- "I've had this idea for 25 years": Solo dev behind single-player MMO with fake simulated players insists "I do not plan to add multiplayer" as it soars on Steam
- Nintendo fans believe Mario Kart World has finally cleared up decades-long confusion about the Donkey Kong family tree
- Palworld dev explains what's going on with its slick Dead Cells-style "Metroidvania x Roguelite," which has its own team who "used to be at Pocketpair"
- Nintendo raises the price of Switch 2 accessories in the US, putting a new pair of Joy-Cons at an eye-watering $94.99
- The Scuf Valor Pro is getting a bunch of new "Creator Design" controller flavors that pay homage to NoisyButters, A-Ali, Scump, and more
- Nintendo Switch 2 price remains $450 in US despite tariffs but "accessories will experience price adjustments," and US pre-orders open April 24
- I kissed a creepy neighbor in a survival horror RPG and all I got was this lousy photo paper
- Darth Maul's new Star Wars show could see the return of a villain from George Lucas's unused sequel trilogy plans
- The new Star Wars Lego sets for May 4 are cool, but none beats this glorious little war criminal
- Why wait? Oblivion fans have already made their own remaster in Doom, and it features one too many adoring fans for my liking
- As the Oblivion remaster looms, fans hope the original RPG's viral goofiness makes it through unscathed
- The Bear star's role in The Mandalorian and Grogu gets absurd new details at Star Wars Celebration 2025, and fans aren't sure what to make of it
- Super Mario Maker 2 is 2D Mario’s ultimate form, and it’s all thanks to Nintendo’s community
- Is it weird that these mugs might be my favorite new Star Wars merch?
- Even if it isn't a Soulslike, Phantom Blade Zero still wants to channel that "pre-Elden Ring" FromSoftware level design with secrets and layers
- Palworld developer says reaching 32 million players is "unexplainable" and "a lot of people don't realize how much of an anomaly that is"
- 20 years after her cut Revenge of the Sith scenes, Mon Mothma star says Andor season 2 was the story she'd "always hoped for"
- The 32 greatest movies based on historical events
- A brand new Darth Maul animated series is coming in 2026, and it looks seriously intense
- The Mandalorian & Grogu footage teases Rotta the Hutt, Baby Yoda using the Force, and classic Star Wars action, while a new photo shows a maskless Pedro Pascal
- Shawn Levy's Star Wars movie will start shooting this year and release in 2027 – and Ryan Gosling is confirmed to star
- April 17
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- Nintendo is back with more Switch 2 confusion: Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won't support cloud saves on Switch 2, nobody knows why, and even Nintendo's own store pages can't agree
- "What's happened to Sebulba, what has he been through?": At Star Wars Celebration, I exploded a podracer and talked to Star Wars: Beyond Victory's director about bringing back the prequels legend
- After 30 years, Marvel is reviving its '90s style swimsuit special, showing off superhero beach-bods and some hot new Marvel Rivals skins
- Before ever joining the MCU, Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal helped each other rehearse for their Spider-Man and Punisher auditions
- Ex Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida says "of course" The Duskbloods will "be great," but it and Elden Ring Nightreign present a "new challenge" for FromSoftware and boss Hidetaka Miyazaki
- In a custom "nightmare mode" where any damage permanently deletes his character, MMO daredevil ends 15-month Old School RuneScape challenge with a 68-minute finale
- Twisted Metal season 2 takes aim at drawn-out reveals with release date trailer, shares first look at Mayhem, Vermin, and Dollface
- Spider-Man faces down overwhelming odds as he goes up against a nightmare gallery of his fiercest foes in Amazing Spider-Man #2
- In a brutal 60-hour YouTube video, one devoted fan preserves notorious Genshin Impact streamer's legendarily bad luck for all eternity: "What am I doing with my life"
- Grossest game of the year doubles as the most kitty friendly, as you can pet real-life cats amid alien gore: "There was like a casting for cats"
- Diablo 4 teases its first-ever collab: Berserk, the legendary dark fantasy manga that's inspired countless games from Dark Souls to Final Fantasy
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (April 18 - 20)
- Image's new "fever-dream Cajun crime" comic The Voice Said Kill gets psychedelic in the swamp with shrooms, moonshine, and a "Human Hunt"
- Tekken 8 game director owns up to Season 2 screwups: "We will continue to make steady, meaningful improvements one by one, and do our utmost to regain your trust"
- The SteelSeries Arctis Game Buds have made me a gaming earbud convert, and now they go wherever I go
- Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) review: “slicked back and grown up”
- Amazon cancels the two Prime spin-offs of the Russo brothers' $300 million action series Citadel
- "Not everybody needs to get banged": As Patch 8 reinvigorates Baldur's Gate 3, Halsin actor reminds ship-happy fans that some pairs "CAN remain simply platonic you horny little f***ers"
- Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 is here as the D&D RPG's final update, but it looks like the infamous portrait bug still isn't going anywhere
- Corsair just dropped a new budget gaming headset that's low on price, but high on quality
- To get through the Kingdom Hearts 4 news drought, Square Enix is re-releasing a 10-game collection full of other already re-released collections
- Everything revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2025: Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling's Starfighter movie, Mandalorian and Grogu footage, Ahsoka season 2 news, and more
- 30 years later, a lost Mario game has been found – in blood-red screenshots extracted from an old AOL file library
- Crunchyroll president says the anime streaming site is “not considering” using AI in any way when making content
- New Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer shows off Silver Surfer, Reed Richards stretching, and even more of Galactus
- Mario Kart World's Free Roam feature is hiding "hundreds" of missions, but I'm not yet convinced that they're going to be better than the DS version's
- Cronos: The New Dawn co-directors talk merging abominations, Resident Evil, Dark Souls, and Netflix's Dark of all things: "We've got a deep psychological story to tell"
- Heroes of Might and Magic TTRPG designers describe it as "the story you always imagined in your head as a kid" with epic battles that set it apart from D&D
- Edge 410 goes hands-on with Cronos: The New Dawn, the new survival horror from Silent Hill 2 studio Bloober Team
- The Sandman season 2 trailer teases a terrible family reunion, reveals long-awaited two-part release date
- Mario Kart World's new outfits include pirate Wario and Pauline in a latex suit, which people are predictably being normal about
- First rules errata for new D&D books saves grappled Goliaths and fixes Poisoner Feat, but nerfs Treasure Hoards and Conjure Fey's biggest redeeming feature
- Mario Kart World adds 6 new items to Nintendo's beloved racing game series, including one that hasn't made an appearance in actual races for 33 years
- After 9 years on Rogue One and Andor, creator Tony Gilroy and Diego Luna say they still want to work together again
- Mario Kart World's retro courses have been "reimagined," so don't expect your muscle memory to carry you through the Switch 2 racing game
- Mario Kart World borrows some tips from the other open-world racing epic Forza Horizon with a handy rewind feature
- Sinners' Michael B Jordan says he would be "up for" doing a prequel about his characters' adventures in Chicago – but Ryan Coogler prefers a little mystery
- How to get Unstable Molecules in Marvel Rivals for costume color customization
- The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered – Everything you need to know about the open-world RPG
- Corsair Void Wireless V2 review - a no nonsense budget headset that sounds as good as it looks
- They let me play Monster Train 2 early, and now I need to apologize to my family
- Loki star explains why she keeps starring in scary movies and TV shows, despite not liking them herself: "Sinners is a horror that makes you think"
- It took 5 months but Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is finally on PS5, and I'm begging you to play the best Raiders of the Lost Ark sequel that never was
- Win a Blu-ray of Wolf Man
- Win a Rogue Trooper book
- Hideo Kojima confirms Death Stranding 2 features the traditional Japanese couriers that inspired the original's fiddly movement
- The Oblivion remaster feels closer than ever, with RPG fans potentially digging up a link to the rumored remake on Bethesda's official site
- Fortnite's Arcane skins won't be back "in the foreseeable future," Riot co-founder confirms, despite the "love" and "effort you've put into advocating for their return"
- 10 years after it first debuted, Netflix's Daredevil is still the best superhero show around
- New Marvel Rivals skin colors will cost extra on top of their initial price, and fans of the hero shooter aren't happy: "Too much for skins we already paid a premium on"
- Sinners stars praise Black Panther director for "beautiful, beautiful environment" on set of his new genre-bending vampire horror: "He's such an inspiration"
- Nerf Elite Jr. Starter Set review: "Perfect for siblings"
- Vincent D'Onofrio provides a spoilery first look at Dardevil: Born Again season 2 that teases the return of a location from the Netflix series, as the showrunner confirms the release window
- More Attack on Titan projects could be on the way as one producer admits they "plan to continue" making films and "various game collaborations"
- Nintendo edits out VRR mentions for Switch 2's docked mode in some regions, sparking confusion about whether the console actually has the feature or not
- Former PlayStation boss predicted the Switch 2 would be $100 cheaper than it is, but isn't irked by $80 for games like Mario Kart World as publishers shouldn't be "limited to a fixed price"
- New video game adaptation Until Dawn lands positive first reactions, calling the horror movie "a meta horror blast"
- Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden agrees some games are just too long: "I don't need you to spend 100 hours on my game"
- Everything announced at the Mario Kart World Direct - all of the new courses, items, and characters revealed by Nintendo
- New 28 Years Later trailer is one of the year's best to date – and is a nerve-jangling tease of a decades-in-the-making horror
- As Oblivion remaster rumors persist, Witcher 4 narrative director calls the OG RPG's infamous horse armor DLC, which kicked off the microtransaction era, an "integral part of gaming history"
- As the official Oblivion remaster is all but confirmed, the modder who's been unofficially remaking the RPG in Skyrim for 13 years says "this changes nothing for me"
- April 16
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- New Blood Interactive co-founder says Escape from Tarkov "caused irreparable f***ing damage to the game industry" after finding out The Duskbloods is multiplayer and not "Bloodborne 2"
- Hawkeye's Hailee Steinfeld says questions about her return to the MCU will get her "in trouble," but she'd love to work with Yelena Belova actor Florence Pugh again: "I think we'd have a lot of fun"
- Yelena gives herself up to the Void in the final Thunderbolts trailer
- CD Projekt won't say whether Witcher 3 is coming to Switch 2 because the RPG studio is "all in on Cyberpunk 2077" for Nintendo's new console
- I was a Drag x Drive skeptic, but playing the Nintendo Switch 2's wheelchair basketball game using two Joy-Con as mice made me a believer
- "We're in a post Baldur's Gate 3 world": Indie publisher says Larian proved players "are not stupid" and want "50 million copies" of intense CRPGs
- The Witcher 4 beta test invites are bogus, says CDPR: "Professional monster slayers don't fall for scams; they see right through them and slay them!"
- Ben Affleck admits his Daredevil wouldn't have what it takes to fight Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle: "I wouldn't tangle with his Punisher"
- Elden Ring Nightreign's latest character reveal is a big man who loves getting drunk and punching dragons, and he looks like FromSoftware's ultimate tribute to the unga bunga playstyle
- Pokemon Go and Pikmin Bloom developer Niantic lays off over 60 staff weeks after being bought for $3.5 billion
- James Gunn celebrates Jimmy Olsen's 85th anniversary with a Daily Planet set photo that may be hiding one of the weirdest Superman Easter eggs yet
- Minecraft's upcoming boat-leashing tech has fans in a frenzy for proper minecart trains: "Trust us Mojang, we NEED this"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's new Hardcore mode is already wrecking action RPG fans with negative traits that even make having a nap dangerous: "I'm honestly scared to go to sleep"
- The new Assassin's Creed Shadows patch is out now and has made selling items way more tedious
- New Cronos: The New Dawn trailer shows Bloober learned its lesson from Silent Hill 2 remake with nasty sci-fi combat that would make James Sunderland cry
- New D&D rules given to creators for free, reflecting "the lessons we’ve learned and the steps we’re taking to rebuild and strengthen our relationship with our players"
- Baldur's Gate 3 dev praises engineers for cross-play after Patch 8: "You should be able to play the same game with your bros no matter which major platform they pick"
- New RuneScape co-op survival game debuts to 79% positive Steam reviews in Early Access, but it can't escape Valheim's shadow
- Cougar Revenger Pro 4K review: "has so much going for it, but falls at the final hurdle"
- Here, have an exclusive reveal of a new Star Wars Lightsaber replica for the most underrated Jedi
- 37 years later, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound finally makes me appreciate the series' 2D era – this is a must-play for modern fans
- Andor creator is glad the Star Wars show veered from its original five-season plan: "We had had no idea what we were getting into"
- Nintendo needs to be "super transparent" with potential paid Mario Kart World DLC for Switch 2, former marketing leads say, as "people are already questioning the $80 price tag"
- Mario Kart World Direct time – here's when and where to watch the big Nintendo Switch 2 racing game in action
- The 32 greatest movies that take place over a single day
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti review: “a decent GPU that has arrived at a bad time”
- Phil Spencer says Fallout season 2 and the Minecraft movie give Xbox "more confidence that we should do more" adaptations, as long as it doesn't become "more like licensing"
- Andor season 2 makes "every step of Rogue One" feel different says Diego Luna: "Everything becomes way more heavy"
- 35 years on, Christopher Nolan's first ever (lost) horror short film has been rediscovered and is now on YouTube
- Xbox boss wants to continue supporting Nintendo through the Switch 2 generation: "I’m really a big believer in what Nintendo means for this industry"
- The MCU just got its most violent moment yet in the Daredevil: Born Again finale: "Even Game of Thrones cut away"
- Nerf Elite Jr. Flyer review: "A great fit for the youngest Nerf warriors"
- Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin calls The Winds of Winter the "curse of my life" after admitting it's "13 years late", but offers a tiny glimmer of hope: "I have periods where I make progress"
- Daredevil: Born Again season 2 is packed with "crazy sequences" and "wild scenes" involving Fisk, says Vincent D'Onofrio
- Daredevil: Born Again directors reveal Vincent D'Onofrio's unexpected reaction to finale's shocking death: "He was obsessed"
- Oblivion Remastered hasn't been officially announced, but Xbox Support seemingly has no qualms about sharing the unconfirmed RPG's apparent release date if you ask nicely
- The finale of Daredevil: Born Again just featured a Netflix series namedrop 7 years in the making
- As Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 arrives and resolves some of the D&D RPG's more NSFW bugs, fans are declaring the game "literally unplayable"
- Daredevil: Born Again's finale proves divisive, mostly because of the Defenders-shaped elephant in the room
- Best Doom merch ahead of The Dark Ages
- The Daredevil: Born Again finale is missing something major – and I hope it's rectified for season 2
- Daredevil: Born Again season 2 release date speculation, cast, and everything else we know about the Marvel series
- Daredevil: Born Again season 1 ending explained: Who dies? What does it mean for season 2?
- Daredevil: Born Again post-credits scenes: how many are there and what does it mean for the future of the MCU?
- Phil Spencer says Xbox is "really happy" with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and thinks "there's life in that franchise," but he also wants more original Xbox IP: "We have a lot of room to tell new stories"
- April 15
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- Helldivers 2 devs "are 100% aware performance ain't great now" but they're working on improvements: "Hopefully in the future we'll be able to add content that has less impact"
- BioWare veteran says the impact of Baldur's Gate 3 will be "more muted" than most realize because it was a "perfect storm" of development most other RPGs won't be "allowed" to replicate
- Unofficial Ghost of Yotei playtester and former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida says "in development" build of the open-world PS5 game "always felt great"
- Mike Flanagan’s latest Stephen King adaptation gets new trailer that stylishly offers more hope than horror
- Marvel Rivals players are down so bad they're literally lining up to be chokeslammed by Emma Frost
- Elder Scrolls Online celebrates 10 years by letting you buy a genuine chunk of MMO server for the low price of $110
- New Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 patch adds bald representation and the long-awaited hardcore mode: "No handholding. No shortcuts"
- Prolific hardware leaker says pre-orders for Switch 2 "should start" next week in Canada, but "can't confirm if it's the same for US"
- After 1 hour of trying the Switch 2's motion controls, I'm convinced Nintendo is finally ready to give us more Wii remasters
- John Boyega says he will "never forget the day" he spent almost all his money to meet JJ Abrams and get his Star Wars role
- As Tekken 8 emergency patch runs back controversial Season 2 changes, series producer Katsuhiro Harada says "I personally do not think this backlash is at all unjustified"
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 cut content is a pile of gold that contains what could have been my favorite combat mechanic ever
- As Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 arrives, Larian Studios releases a new animated short to celebrate the D&D RPG's final update – and it pretty much canonizes my favorite ship
- Netflix keeps delaying the final episodes of a fan-favorite anime and the wait is killing me
- How to play Baldur's Gate 3 cross-play with friends
- Hot off the Marathon reveal, Bungie's already back to Destiny 2 and its Metroidvania expansion, promising to "reveal The Edge of Fate and the upcoming year" for the MMO FPS
- Razer Wolverine V3 Tournament Edition review: “Designed around speedy actuation, and it achieves that in spades”
- Death Stranding 2's title screen has been updated since Hideo Kojima showed off his "very much temporary" version, but there's still an option to catch up on the first game's story
- How to use Baldur's Gate 3 photo mode
- One of the most infamous Star Wars ships returns with a Lego makeover for the first time in years
- Razer Huntsman V3 Pro Mini review: "the best 60% deck I've used so far, but not without its setbacks"
- Ex PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida doesn't understand why Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is $10 either
- Black Panther director reflects on Sinners' strong female characters, as he says "women ran the set" of the new vampire horror movie: "I just wanted it to feel like life"
- DC fans are worried about small Lobo role in the upcoming Supergirl movie as Jason Momoa announces he's already wrapped filming
- This Sonic Frontiers-style free-running simulator is already my favorite roguelike of 2025, but it was almost a very different game: "We were like, 'maybe we'll make it into a battle royale'"
- Survival MMO Dune: Awakening suffers a last-minute, 3-week delay because it's "a beast of a game," and now it's landing right alongside Switch 2 and Summer Game Fest
- Monster Hunter Wilds has a new hotfix incoming, and it might be good news for anyone whose hunter happens to be bald and have no eyebrows
- Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 is finally here, and devs say they could keep "making changes until the end of time" to the D&D RPG – but "we'd never be able to create something new"
- Ex Helldivers, WoW devs' studio CEO says AI "was supposed to vacuum my house" but "some ridiculous Silicon Valley tech bros" decided to have it make art instead
- After his Thunderbolts role fell through, Marvel fans are hoping Steven Yeun could be cast in Spider-Man 4
- The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered looks more real than ever as screenshots from Virtuos 'leak' and reports point to a shadow drop next week
- Nvidia just made its RTX 5060 graphics cards starting at $299 official, but I'm pretty nervous about actual pricing
- Everything we know about the Indiana Jones and the Great Cricle Order of Giants DLC
- Razer Laptop Cooling Pad review: "pricey but worth it for the right setup"
- One Minecraft viewer said a police officer came in during the Chicken Jockey scene as the community shares their wildest watching experiences
- After 8 months, Final Fantasy 14 expansion Dawntrail finally goes back to "Mixed" Steam reviews as MMO fans praise patch 7.2: "A massive improvement in all regards"
- Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 puts Larian's darling RPG in the same leagues as Stardew Valley and Terraria: games that are too good to ever be finished
- The Witcher 3 performance director can't see AI fully replacing actors, especially not for games wanting to focus on a "strong story" as "It can’t replace that human spark"
- Fortnite probably isn't getting Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 skins anytime soon, despite rumors, as Warhorse asks Epic if there's "anything you know that we don't"
- Kaitlyn Dever says she didn't have to audition to play Abby in The Last of Us season 2: "They know who is right for their story"
- Captain America star Anthony Mackie talks up Avengers: Doomsday's big mission statement: "It's going to give the audience that old Marvel feeling"
- Black Mirror is gaslighting its own viewers – by releasing different versions of the same episode on Netflix
- Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai only has a "vague idea" what Danganronpa creator's new tactical RPG is all about as he has such "high expectations" he's been avoiding all information
- Mario Kart World might feature one of the series' most iconic moves, letting you dodge the infamous blue shell with a well-timed mushroom boost
- Former PlayStation boss wishes that Nintendo Switch 2 wasn't just a better Switch: "Nintendo is losing their identity"
- Florence Pugh confirms she's coming back for Dune 3: "I want more cool outfits!"
- Walton Goggins knows second seasons of great shows always "cook" and expects Fallout to do the same: "That's where some real magic can happen"
- Cate Blanchett says she’s seriously considering giving up acting: "I mean it"
- Guy Ritchie is tackling new genres because "it's more fun than not working," and the result is an Indiana Jones-like action adventure with John Krasinski
- PS5's price is going up to AU$829.95 in Australia – pick up this Astro Bot bundle now for just AU$724
- April 14
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- Any live service game is a risk, but Sony and Bungie are betting Marathon can make extraction shooters bigger: "I do think that the ceiling could rise"
- Steam's Lovecraftian Days event is a week-long cosmic horror blowout, and you can get my favorite cozy spooky game of the decade for just $12
- "The entire industry is totally and completely clogged": Ex Helldivers, WoW devs' studio CEO says new MMO won't be another live service shooter for "dudes in black T-shirts and jeans," which makes it perfect
- American Truck Simulator makes good on 26 days of rampant community speculation by revealing the Road Trip update, which is going to let you just cruise the US in regular cars
- James Gunn quietly revealed a huge Superman spoiler that has me more excited for the movie than ever
- Doctor Who season 2, episode 2 spoiler-free review: 'Lux' is a "bold, bonkers" second episode with an amazing villain
- The best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Prime, Max, and Disney Plus
- Assassin's Creed: Shadows has been the best-selling game in the US for each of its first 3 weeks on market
- "Marathon will not be a 'full-priced' title": Bungie calms fans' fears around the new extraction shooter's price in a world of $70 and $80 games
- I thought Nintendo had forgotten the incredible N64-era water tech that powered Wave Race, but Mario Kart World is bringing it back on Switch 2
- As Baldur's Gate 3 fans uncover more of the D&D RPG's cut content, one especially dark scene has fans saying "75% of the playerbase would be killing Astarion" over it
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run release date speculation, story, trailer, and more
- XCOM veterans' Star Wars: Zero Company revealed 5 days early as "a single-player turn-based tactics game" with clone troopers and Mandalorians
- Andor season 2 release schedule: When is episode 4 on Disney Plus?
- Nerf Elite Jr. Rookie Pack review: "Best of the bunch by a comfortable distance"
- Schedule 1 is the best life sim I've played in years, partly because it reminds me of the greatest mode in Garry's Mod
- Marathon feels like a good extraction shooter, but it's not free-to-play, and I hope Sony and Bungie don't price it into an early grave
- Nintendo Switch hardware modder hit with a fine and 3-year suspended sentence after allegedly modifying and selling consoles that could run pirated games
- Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter just shared a new photo of Charlie Cox on her Instagram, and Marvel fans are wondering if this means a Daredevil: Born Again cameo is on the way
- New Marvel concept art might be the closest we'll ever get to seeing new Mahershala Ali's Blade in the MCU
- As the Minecraft movie's infamous chicken jockey scene continues going viral, creative fans are basking in the chaos with film-accurate skins and silly mods
- Belinda Chandra is the most surprising Doctor Who companion in decades
- HBO's Harry Potter TV show casts two actors with "extraordinary talent" as two fan-favorite characters, confirms Dumbledore and Snape roles
- First trailer for Hereditary director's next movie is an immersive social media doomscroll featuring Marvel and Dune stars
- Daredevil: Born Again season 2 set photos give us a new look at Bullseye's suit – but fans wish it was more comic-accurate
- Tom Hardy says he was "misquoted" when he talked about a possible Venom and Spider-Man crossover: "It didn’t get killed by anything"
- The best Crunchyroll anime to watch right now
- I spent an hour fighting 4 of Crimson Desert's bosses and learned to embrace the hack-and-slash, but it wasn't enough to kill its giant enemy crab
- Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding 2 has the perfect feature for fans of the action game's lore and not its combat, letting you skip boss fights and read about them instead
- Mario Kart World lets you ditch your regular karts and bikes for massive vehicles like trucks and boats mid-race just by driving into them
- The Last of Us season 2 keeps an adorable game Easter egg, and it's made everyone happy: "It was such a relief they showed it"
- Borderlands director says the movie flopped because you "can't prep a movie on that scale over Zoom": "We all thought we could pull it off and we got our asses handed to us"
- An anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run is finally in the works
- Tariffs be damned, the Meta Quest 3S has never been cheaper
- The Last of Us season 2 episode 1's big game change is proving very divisive with fans: "That was the whole point"
- Death haunts Ellie and Joel in new horror-themed The Last of Us season 2 trailer featuring Seraphites, a new look at Isaac, and another Bloater
- A Minecraft Movie theater carnage has gotten so bad, Jack Black has had to step in
- Kaitlyn Dever's Abby isn't muscular in The Last of Us season 2 because it wasn't "essential" for the show's story: "There is no gameplay, there is merely observation"
- Call of Duty Black Ops Tribute event and rewards explained
- The Last of Us fans all agree that Isabela Merced's "outstanding" performance as Dina was a high point of season 2 episode 1
- Apple TV has canceled a beloved show with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, but the finale will be updated with a new ending
- Thanks to the PS5's second price hike in less than 3 years, the console is now more expensive than a Nintendo Switch 2 in multiple regions
- Former Dragon Age writer claims "EA always preferred Mass Effect" when he was at BioWare, and the RPG series "was always just shy of the axe since DA Origins"
- The Last of Us season 2's opening is an Abby scene because it was "important not to hold back those cards"
- Marvel fans have spotted a blink-and-you-miss-it Human Torch Easter egg in a new Fantastic Four clip
- Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread review - "Manages to give everyone something D&D can't match"
- The Last of Us season 2 episode 1 makes a major change to Abby's backstory
- Who is Eugene? The Last of Us season 2 premiere's off-screen casualty is actually a character you may have missed in the games
- A new kind of Infected was just introduced in The Last of Us season 2 episode 1
- The Last of Us season 2, episode 1: The biggest changes between the HBO show and the PlayStation game
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- April 13
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- "We based our decisions on that selling 100,000 copies over 2 years, it did 200,000 copies in the first month": Indie publisher says planning small is key to its success
- Bungie thinks Marathon can coexist with games like Escape from Tarkov and help players get to "the survival storytelling a little bit faster"
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's divisive weapon durability is getting a workaround, but it's locked to the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition app
- FromSoft master modder brings their seamless co-op mod to Dark Souls Remastered, easing the wait for Elden Ring Nightreign and The Duskbloods
- "I looked it up and said ah, f***": As Balatro took over the world, another publisher was sweating over its own card roguelike – which LocalThunk then promoted himself
- The $10,000 Hello Kitty Xbox Crystal is one of the rarest consoles in the world, and my search to find it 20 years later ended in complete disaster for video game preservation
- Sinners star Michael B. Jordan finds more horror in The House of Last Resort
- The Bodyguard remake hires Taylor Swift: Eras Tour director Sam Wrench
- Stranger Things' star Finn Wolfhard has the "perfect" ending for Mike Wheeler
- Pedro Pascal found it "really intimidating" taking on the Fantastic Four even after Star Wars and The Last of Us
- April 12
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- "We don't expect Marathon to become Destiny 3": Bungie reckons "if you are a Destiny player who's not really interested in any PvP," Marathon is "probably not the game for you"
- After playing Marathon for 8 hours, I don't think Bungie's extraction shooter will be the next Helldivers 2 hit, but I don’t think it will be the next Concord bust either
- Marathon release date set for September, closed alpha coming this month – Bungie's extraction shooter is not free-to-play but we don't have a price yet
- Hollow Knight devs originally wanted to make a "very small" Metroidvania and debated shaving $5,000 off its Kickstarter goal days before it went live
- Marvel Rivals Season 2 quietly made one big cheeky change without telling anyone by buffing all the male hero's assets
- Dethroning Monster Hunter Wilds and Split Fiction, this surprise roguelike has instantly become the best-rated game of the year
- DC's Lanterns director clears up those True Detective comparisons
- Nosferatu director has no regrets on facial hair choice for Bill Skarsgård's Count Orlok: "There’s just no f**king way that this guy wouldn’t have a mustache"
- Black Panther director says Chadwick Boseman "freaked out" Disney execs by never breaking character and only speaking in T'Challa's accent
- Doctor Who season 2: All the Easter eggs, cameos, and references
- Thor actor forgot she was in the MCU and couldn't figure out why people were waving at her at Disneyland's Avengers Campus
- One of the most iconic martial arts movies is getting a TV show at Amazon
- The Last of Us co-creator hasn't started writing season 3 but is "champing at the bit to get back to the keyboard"
- April 11
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- More than 1,000 classic RPGs, strategy games, and horror greats are wildly cheap in GOG's "Classics" PC sale, and are we OK with Skyrim officially being labeled an "old game?"
- "The ultimate Baldur's Gate experience": Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 is "huge" and has "48 pages of patch notes"
- Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a baffling, fascinating toy that still makes no sense to me
- Devil May Cry Netflix anime takes big liberties with Capcom's dark fantasy franchise, but its Dante actor says the half-demon hero will eventually become someone "we're more familiar with"
- As Star Wars Battlefront 2 fans beg for an end to the rampant cheating problems on PC, modders say EA "has deployed a server-side fix to stop key exploits"
- The indie RPG blending Pokemon with Stardew Valley has hit 1500% Kickstarter funding, and to celebrate the dev is adding a uniquely Animal Crossing feature into the mix
- Wolverine #400 brings back one of Logan's most enigmatic villains for an oversized milestone issue
- Final Fantasy 14 and 16 composer says working on the MMO and a action-RPG at the same time was awful: "Every day was a really horrible hell"
- Star Wars Outlaws DLC 2 will officially be revealed at Star Wars Celebration Japan, but in the meantime we've got a teaser image showing the return of a fan favorite from Clone Wars
- 10 Blue Prince tips to start exploring the mansion
- Florence Pugh fearlessly jumped off the second highest skyscraper in the world in a Thunderbolts stunt that would give Tom Cruise pause
- After 15 years making beloved indie games, Tequila Works' in-development games have been split up on a liquidation eBay with rights to multiple new IPs going for less than $400 each
- How to open the Blue Prince garage
- I'm obsessed with this new Star Wars toy, somebody help
- The Helldivers 2 board game leans into "the cooperative chaos of the video game," the designers promise
- Ahead of Pokemon Legends: Z-A, speedrunners have discovered a record-breaking new method to blast through X and Y by completely disregarding the strategy that's been in place for the last 10 years
- 20 years later, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is still as clever and funny as it was in 2005
- After more than 200,000 wishlists, open-world dress-up game Infinity Nikki finally gets a Steam release date and some free gifts to celebrate
- One of Overwatch's most infamous abilities, Mei's freeze, may be coming back as a perk "in a different, less overwhelming way"
- I've spent 60 hours turning Assassin's Creed Shadows into a Pokemon game, and my hideout has never been better
- What the skyrocketing China-US tariffs mean for you, the board game fans
- Baldur's Gate 3's long-awaited Patch 8 finally releases next week as the D&D RPG gets 12 new subclasses, a photo mode, and more in its final update
- Monster Hunter Wilds' new mega-boss is awesome, but waiting "literal hours" for this thing to spawn is such a buzzkill
- The Last of Us showrunner says the key to writing the show is asking Neil Druckmann "a lot of annoying questions" to figure out the "kinds of stories we can tell"
- Schedule 1 dev says phony PlayStation listings "are not affiliated with me in any way," but would "love" to port the open-world crime game to console when it's "at the right stage"
- Astro Bot's director sounds much more open to Final Fantasy bots than before, but it's still a "we'll see" situation
- The direction of Pokemon Go "will not undergo any major changes" despite new ownership, Niantic assures: "We will keep doing what we've been doing"
- Anime studio behind Solo Leveling has announced a new movie adaptation – and it sounds like it's going to give us a fantasy-themed existential crisis
- A Minecraft Movie director defends cinema screening chaos: "No one's going to get hurt from popcorn"
- Tiny wireless microphones are all the rage right now, but should you buy one for streaming?
- Former PlayStation boss thinks AA games are becoming a rare breed because they're simultaneously too big and too small: "No one funds the $8M game"
- I just tried the Nintendo Switch 2, and I can't believe this one upgrade isn't getting the attention it deserves
- Donkey Kong Bananza feels like a sequel to Super Mario Odyssey to me, and it couldn't be in better monkey paws
- Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 (2025) review: "sharpens the Blade"
- Of the Devil takes what I love about Ace Attorney and Danganronpa to create a cyberpunk legal mystery like little else
- Warhammer Deathrattle Army Set is dead easy for beginners, and that makes it my go-to recommendation for Age of Sigmar newcomers
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- Blumhouse's The Mummy reboot from Evil Dead Rise director adds Moon Knight star to cast
- How to get the Blue Prince Boudoir safe code
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' Naoe actor says the RPG previously allowing players to deface shrines "hurts my heart a little bit," and it's "not authentic" to be able to do so
- David Tennant reveals his agent said "don't touch" Doctor Who: "She didn't call that correctly"
- Tomb Raider series starring Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner reportedly canceled by Amazon
- Yellowjackets season 3 ending explained: All your biggest questions answered about the season 3 finale
- Marathon is avoiding Helldivers 2's biggest mistake as Bungie confirms you won't need a PSN account on PC and Xbox
- The Terrifier movies are getting an academic conference that will look at the horror franchise as "an object of scholarly importance"
- Here's the date that the Nintendo Switch 2 gets its first round of pre-order invites in the US and Canada on the My Nintendo Store
- Before Nintendo even confirmed the Switch 2's mouse controls, Shovel Knight spin-off devs started making a co-op game with a cursed "Frankenstein Joy-Con 2 alternative"
- How to solve the Blue Prince billiard room dartboard puzzle
- Jsaux is working on "feature-rich" Switch 2 dock options that include a fan, and hoping they'll boost docked performance
- Daredevil: Born Again Kingpin actor Vincent D'Onofrio has an unexpected DC character he'd like to play
- The full Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild experience on Switch 2 will cost $90 including DLC, as Nintendo confirms the Expansion Pass isn't included in the re-release
- Black Panther director’s new vampire horror movie starring Michael B. Jordan debuts to fang-tastic 100% Rotten Tomatoes score
- It looks like 2K has accidentally revealed the Mafia: The Old Country release date ahead of PAX East
- After working on something "big and ambitious" with Xbox, the Spyro and Crash studio wants to tackle another iconic platformer: Banjo-Kazooie
- A new fantasy anime is going viral for all the wrong reasons after its low-quality animation is slammed: "This was so disappointing"
- Mojang says Minecraft 2 isn't going to happen because it'd be like getting an "Earth 2," but the studio hopes the OG sandbox game stays relevant "at least 15 years more"
- April 10
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- Cozy game nerds can keep their Stardew Valley, I'll take this "nightmarish life sim RPG" with Zelda dungeons from Celeste's pixel artist where you're "the immortal herald of a dead god"
- Psychic ape villain Grodd is back with a new Legion of Doom and a plan to conquer the Earth in new Justice League event We Are Yesterday: "Let's make it not Gorilla City, but Gorilla Planet"
- FromSoftware historians manage to rescue 2004 mobile version of King's Field, the father of the entire Dark Souls series, and everyone's making the same joke
- Naughty Dog really is coming for Skyrim's re-release crown as The Last of Us 1 and 2 get bundled together as the "Complete" edition, with a gorgeous physical launch on the way
- "Get a journal, a pen, and buy the game already": Balatro creator says new puzzle roguelike Blue Prince is "already one of the best games I've ever played"
- For the first time in 10 years, Elder Scrolls Online is adding Subclassing that'll let you kit out your build with skill lines from other classes
- Fantastic Four director says they "built an entire costume" to make the massive villain Galactus work: "How do you film Mount Rushmore?"
- Fantastic Four director says Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom is being saved for Avengers: Doomsday - "Doom's a great character, but he takes up a lot of air"
- 11 years in, Elder Scrolls Online isn't going anywhere, but its studio head says it's "time to shake things up" so that the MMO can stay "fresh and modern for years"
- Fantastic Four star Pedro Pascal recalls the "strange" way he got the Reed Richards role: "It changed the course of my life in a very sudden way"
- Doctor Doom enlists the new Iron Monger to take down Tony Stark in Iron Man #10
- 13 years later, the original devs on "the Mario Kart of 2D platformers" are "providing advice and feedback" to a new team bringing the long-awaited sequel to life
- Xbox channels PS2 era weirdness in a new commercial directed by David Fincher about rats finding their humanity through gaming
- Jay and Silent Bob make their way to Riverdale in new covers for Kevin Smith's unlikely Archie crossover comic
- Fantastic Four star Ebon Moss-Bachrach says it's a "deep honor" to have played two characters in the MCU
- 1 year and 1 million players later, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor goes 1.0 in September, plus the roguelike Rogue Core's alpha is "starting soon" in a massive day for dwarf enthusiasts
- Amiibo are back but Nintendo has the chance to make them more playable than ever
- Nerf N-Series Agility review: "The perfect all-rounder"
- New early access mech extraction shooter and battle royale looks like Transformers Beast Wars, and the child in me is very excited for it
- Analyst says Nintendo could take the hit on Switch 2 tariffs if they stay as they are now, but previously "expected them to raise by $50 to $100" for US customers
- "I hope I get to play him again": Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion would love to play the RPG's beloved vampire in a sequel, joking he'd "have to be dead" before being recast
- Apple TV just released a very brief first look at the new season of hit drama series with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score Slow Horses
- Assassin's Creed Shadows is the closest we've been to Ezio's timeline since Revelations, and that could be huge for Codename Hexe
- Former PlayStation boss says the platform wars are effectively over since "only the dog can hear" the difference between consoles now
- "There were some blatant f**k-ups": Path of Exile 2 devs rush out emergency patches after nerfs lead to review bombing on Steam
- Scuf Valor Pro review: “Feels like a serious step backward for an Xbox controller in 2025”
- Undertale follow-up Deltarune will feature a "special room" that uses controls "only possible on the Nintendo Switch 2"
- After debuting with a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score, Netflix renews smash-hit Devil May Cry anime series for season 2
- The Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2025 will air on June 7, promising "world premieres, exclusive trailers, and brand new game demos"
- And just like that, Monster Hunter Wilds' endgame is way more fun: a big pink bubble fox has saved us from Arkveld and Gore Magala, and there's more help on the way
- Hollow Knight lead playtester's new Kickstarter game is another slick Metroidvania that's also coming to Nintendo Switch 2
- "Catch my goofy a** card game in the new season": LocalThunk celebrates as Balatro appears in Black Mirror season 7, months after its creator proclaimed his love for the roguelike
- Midsommar director’s upcoming comedy western gets its first look at The Last of Us and Joker stars facing off
- The original 1977 cut of Star Wars: A New Hope is getting an extremely rare screening this summer
- Severance star Adam Scott "really, really f****d up" an ER scene with The Pitt's Noah Wyle back in 1995
- In Date Everything, I fell head over heels for the velvety voice of a washing machine, flirted with a vacuum, and met some hanger himbos
- Fallout star Walton Goggins acted out the final 30 minutes of The White Lotus season 3 for his wife because he was so stressed about spoiling it
- Happy Death Day director confirms his Arachnophobia reboot has been scrapped: "A classic case of creative differences"
- The Nintendo Switch 2 Pro controller is available to pre-order, and here's where we recommend you get yours
- "Terrible financial decision on my end": Switch 2 hopeful moves out of new apartment and flies over 800 miles to be first in line for the console at Nintendo's unopened San Francisco store
- Netflix launches a game based on the Black Mirror season 7 episode with Will Poulter's Bandersnatch character
- Nintendo Switch 2 scalpers aren't getting nearly as far as they did with the PS5 launch, as fans are mobilizing to boot them off resale websites
- Nintendo is probably "seriously considering" a Switch 2 price increase in the US, but former marketing leads "very hopeful" that it will ultimately "eat the cost"
- M3GAN is getting a unique rerelease, but people are divided over what it means for theaters
- Mike Flanagan's Carrie TV series adds Resident Evil actor – and we already know who she's playing
- Amid backlash over Switch 2's paid answer to Astro's Playroom, former Nintendo of America president looks back on success of free pack-in games like Wii Sports
- As the Devil May Cry anime soars up Netflix's most-watched list, the DmC games on Steam are getting a boost of up to 20 times the player count
- The writer of Deadpool and Wolverine director Shawn Levy's Star Wars movie gives a very positive update: "I hope it's on the way sooner than you think"
- 10 years after Daredevil first premiered on Netflix, fans are reflecting on the legacy of "one of the greatest comic book series of all time"
- Minecraft screening reactions go to the next level as one fan takes Chicken Jockey too literally and brings a live bird to a movie theater
- Hoping to move away from "casual" game development, former Astro Bot, Bloodborne, and Demon's Souls producer launches new "world-class" studio
- Nintendo clears up online confusion, confirms physical Switch 2 Edition games come with the original game and next-gen upgrade on the same card
- Daredevil: Born Again star says that season 2 will be "amazing" and "even more exciting and crazy than the first"
- Former Sony exec says Nintendo can charge $80 for Switch 2 games because of its exclusives: "If it's the only place you can play Mario, then you get your wallet out"
- April 9
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- Werewolf by Night director Michael Giacchino returns to pit the character against Dracula in a new comic
- Former PlayStation Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida says he shut down 2 games "in deep production" after Sony had spent $25 million on them: "At that time, that was lots of money"
- "I'm not sure where Diablo is going": Former Blizzard boss says Diablo 4 seasons "need to get off the cycle of shipping, spending 2 months to fix issues, then repeating"
- Ubisoft says you "cannot complain" it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren't "deceived" by the lack of an offline version "to access a decade-old, discontinued video game"
- "Nintendo has been really good at supporting us": Hollow Knight dev Team Cherry has been on Nintendo's side for at least 7 years, so it's no wonder Silksong is immediately launching on Switch 2
- The Magic: The Gathering movie may have found its director
- Daredevil: Born Again episode 8 goes right for the jugular with devastating foreshadowing
- Absolute Batman #7 somehow manages to make the Dark Knight's creepiest villain even weirder
- After landing an almost-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, Adolescence season 2 might be on the way
- 4 years later, The Witcher multiplayer devs have been fully absorbed into CD Projekt: "This is a GOOD AND HEALTHY thing for the studio, and it was long-expected," co-founder says
- HBO renews The Last of Us for season 3 ahead of season 2 premiere
- Final Fantasy 14's annual Hatching Tide event is here, but its one limited-time reward has left some fans of the MMO disappointed: "You're serious, a parasol?"
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Hardcore mode details and perks
- Move over Yasuke, Naoe's kick can deflect arrows in Assassin's Creed Shadows
- X-Men star Alan Cumming has already had "game changer" Nightcrawler makeup tests and says Avengers: Doomsday is "going to be nuts"
- Upcoming horror sequel part of Shudder’s Hell House LLC series gets chilling teaser, linking all five movies in the found footage franchise together
- Vampire Survivors dev says the chances of cross-save coming to PlayStation "are now very slim but not impossible" after running into "a legal issue" at the last minute
- I'm testing a comically large "portable" monitor that will be perfect for Switch 2
- Nintendo wasn't sure about Mario Kart: Double Dash's central 2-driver gimmick, so the devs made a single-driver version simultaneously as an "emergency escape hatch"
- The most important Monster Hunter Wilds event quest yet lets you wear the fan-favorite "baby Pukei-Pukei" like a little hat, and I need it right now
- How to watch Naruto in order
- I still swear by the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5 Wireless headset, and it's now dropped under $100
- FGS Live From Gamescom Latam coming Friday, May 2
- Succession star is a robot gone rogue in first trailer for Apple TV Plus' new sci-fi show based on a hugely popular book series
- Metal Eden is Doom and Ghostrunner's cyberpunk lovechild, and I'm not fast enough to win the $1,000 speedrun prize pool
- Everything we know about Ultron in Marvel Rivals
- The Last of Us and Ghost of Tsushima devs always made the best prototypes, says former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida: "From the very beginning, they make games feel great"
- Nintendo quietly clarifies that the Switch 2 GameCube controller will only work with the Online Classics library, potentially dashing my original console plans
- Fighting through high-level regions to get Naoe to date night has been my favorite Assassin's Creed Shadows moment yet
- As Schedule 1 fans rally behind the viral indie game, Drug Dealer Simulator publisher responds to backlash confirming there's "no lawsuit" – but still a "necessary" investigation
- God of War was delayed 6 months because PlayStation boss was "horrified" by "multiple things not working" during his play test
- Three solo adventures revealed for D&D Dragon Delves Adventure Anthology as pre-orders go live
- Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker thinks season 7 isn't as bleak as previous outings of the sci-fi show: "There's not much hope outdoors, so we're trying to give you a bit of indoor hope"
- Minecraft movie director says sequel will “without a doubt” feature fan-favorite character Alex alongside Jack Black’s Steve
- 45 years after The Shining was released, the original photo that provided the Stephen King horror's iconic Overlook Hotel ball shot has been discovered
- The Xbox Games Showcase returns on June 8, followed by a deep-dive into Obsidian's upcoming sci-fi RPG sequel The Outer Worlds 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's hardest bossfight is even more stressful when you're not the one playing it
- How to save in South of Midnight
- Pico 4 Ultra's latest accessory just launched, and it could be a massive step forward for VR gaming
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 star says recording every iteration of the open-world game's voiceover was "quite a lonely experience": "That is incredibly challenging"
- Marvel has released an 8.5-hour video that's just Wolverine breathing (and striking an iconic pose)
- Will Smith reveals how I Am Legend sequel was based on the original zombie horror's alternate ending, as he teases Michael B Jordan's character: "He's not my son"
- Capcom knows Monster Hunter Wilds' hammer needs buffs, but an action RPG legend is already using it to recreate an iconic Monster Hunter World clip that's becoming a meme all over again
- Daredevil: Born Again isn't pulling its punches during the upcoming finale, as its director teases an "extraordinarily shocking" and "very, very, very violent" moment
- Mike Flanagan's next Stephen King adaptation might have found its Carrie
- The Nitro Deck+ is the best retirement gift for your original Nintendo Switch, and it's under $60 right now
- Daredevil's Vanessa star says Vincent D'Onofrio hinted she'd return for Born Again after creative reboot: "He was so sweet"
- Robert Pattinson is in talks to play the villain in Dune 3, but fans are worried about what that means for The Batman 2
- Jack Black’s role as Steve in A Minecraft Movie was actually supposed to go to What We Do in the Shadows star Matt Berry
- Shang-Chi star Simu Liu knew he was going to be in Avengers: Doomsday, but the rest of the cast reveal was a mystery: "Tom Holland and Mark Ruffalo kind of ruined it for all of us"
- Hot on the heels of its open-world Wonder Woman game cancelation, Warner Bros. Games is apparently working on a "new unannounced IP" that's set to launch this year
- All Marvel Rivals Season 2 Battle Pass rewards and skins
- Daredevil: Born Again finally reveals who killed Foggy – and it's one of the best twists Marvel has given us in years
- Analyst expects Nintendo to "stick with the $450 price" for the Switch 2 amid tariff concerns: "We believe that price point was reached with the threat of tariffs already looming"
- Daredevil: Born Again features a neat visual Easter egg whenever Bullseye appears – and it contrasts perfectly with Matt Murdock
- Balatro solo dev Localthunk "is really rich now," says Final Fantasy 16 star while dressed as a clown: "He has shoes made of gold and he thanks you for making him that way"
- The 32 greatest supervillains from movies and TV
- Daredevil: Born Again could be hiding a hint about Wilson Fisk's supervillain son The Rose in plain sight
- April 8
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- "LocalThunk is really rich now": 2 weeks after winning yet another GOTY award, Balatro sends Final Fantasy 16 star to accept award in "suspiciously arousing" Jimbo attire
- "I just want people to be able to enjoy the game": Earthbound legend Shigesato Itoi is "glad" the SNES JRPG got the English localization changes it did
- Despite previously shooting down hopes for a Happy Death Day 3, it looks like director Christopher Landon is now "moving forward" with the horror sequel
- From chicken jockey to "I am Steve," Minecraft director reflects on the viral moments that went mainstream: "People just really zeroed in on funny quotes"
- Mario Kart's infamous Baby Park was inspired by the 2002 Olympic ice skating track, and Nintendo knew it was going to be "a love-it-or-hate-it kind of course" even during development
- How does Pocketpair spend all that Palworld money? Dev says they can take "risks" even if "we don't know what we're doing," trusting the CEO has "squirreled away enough to keep us alive"
- Minecraft movie star Jennifer Coolidge says her on-screen romance with Nitwit the Villager was "like fire"
- Wildly successful Balatro publisher says more indie devs need funding "that isn't based on making a ridiculous amount of money back"
- "This isn't Ubisoft": Former Nintendo PR managers say the company's mantra of "respect the value" is why Switch games "don't go on sale"
- Blizzard details full Diablo 4 roadmap for 2025 with teasers for seasons 9 and 10, reconfirms a new expansion for 2026, and hints at multiple "new IP collabs"
- 22 years ago, the worst game of all time launched to a Metacritic score of just 8, and now it's on Steam with 83% positive reviews from a whole new generation of garbage lovers
- After 4 months without an update, Lethal Company is back in business after its creator was “inspired” by playing Steam competitor Repo
- Palworld developer Pocketpair's publishing arm reveals its next game – a "gorgeous (and somewhat spooky?!)" truck adventure with a "small town mystery"
- My favorite 4K OLED gaming monitor is overkill for Switch 2, but I'm still itching to play Metroid Prime 4 on it
- The White Lotus creator Mike White says a cut scene from season 3’s finale saw sparks fly between two characters who we never saw meet: "It had a little bit of a rom-com vibe"
- Predator: Killer of Killers director breaks down the surprise new animated movie releasing very soon, Arcane inspiration, and bringing back "R, crazy carnage" to the franchise
- Baldur's Gate 3 fans can finally marry Astarion thanks to a new update for Baldur's Village, the Stardew Valley mod approved by Larian Studios lead Swen Vincke himself
- "I created Naoe how I would create a movie character," says Assassin's Creed Shadows star Masumi: "Just very full and honest and a whole human being as much as I can"
- Nintendo Switch 2 MicroSD Express Cards are already up for grabs
- The man who brought Tetris to the world was "p***ed off" when Nintendo made Dr. Mario: "It's not as good"
- Nintendo hopes "having the freedom of mouse control" with the Switch 2 Joy-Con will help more PC developers "bring their games" to the new console
- Bill Skarsgård's "hardcore" Pennywise is heard but not seen in new sneak peek of horror prequel series It: Welcome to Derry
- Hades 2 is coming to Switch 2 before any other console, and devs say "we know we can push some of the graphical features"
- Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker talks bringing back Will Poulter's Bandersnatch character for season 7 and whether he'd revisit other episodes: "There's other characters I'd bring back, and other scenarios I'd re-explore"
- All Marvel Rivals Emma Frost details, abilities, skins, and tips
- After Final Fantasy 9 remake hopes were crushed by the Switch 2 Direct, Square Enix reignites the hype with a cryptic post: "If you know, you know"
- 22 years since Kirby Air Ride dominated my GameCube, I'm ready for the Switch 2 sequel to rekindle that magic
- Nintendo confirms you'll have to pay a monthly or yearly fee to use the Switch 2's C button once the free trial period is up
- Woody Harrelson turned down one of the most talked-about roles in The White Lotus season 3 – because of his own real-life vacation
- A Minecraft Movie says the film was supposed to feature "hilarious" sequences and a "bunch of crazy booby traps" designed by a popular Minecraft YouTuber
- Schedule 1 update releases in beta on Steam, adding everything from golden toilets to a new pawn shop so you can sell anything that's not drugs too
- The team behind Netflix's surprise hit Adolescence is remaking a nuclear war drama that terrified an entire generation
- Hideo Kojima says Solid Snake's "silent 'tough guy'" personality in Metal Gear 1 was the result of technical limitations
- Charlie Brooker says he's deliberately not watched Severance yet because people keep telling him it's like a "much better" Black Mirror
- Nintendo says your old Switch HDMI cable "isn't compatible" with the Switch 2, but I'd argue that's not strictly true or helpful
- The Hollow Knight: Silksong news keeps coming - the long-awaited Metroidvania is coming to the Switch 2 alongside the OG console
- George R.R. Martin says something exciting is coming soon, but it's not The Winds of Winter: "Please don't start any rumors to that effect"
- How to get the Fortnite Sabrina Carpenter skin
- Tony Gilroy says The Mandalorian is to thank for Andor: "No Baby Yoda, no Andor"
- Minecraft movie's director tested some of its most head-scratching creations to check if they worked in-game: "Right, it checks out. It's bulletproof"
- Tom Hiddleston finally addresses his Avengers: Doomsday casting: "It’s been an extraordinary chapter in my life playing Loki, and it's not over yet"
- Nintendo isn't ruling out the use of AI in game development, but knows that "what makes our games special is our developers"
- Invincible's motion comic has been considered lost media for over a decade – but someone has now rediscovered the 2008 hidden gem on their iPod
- Nintendo wants to "future-proof" the Switch 2 like the OG console that lasted 8 years, "and make sure that people can be publishing games on it" years after launch
- Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser says FromSoftware's The Duskbloods is evidence of Hidetaka Miyazaki's faith in the Switch 2 hardware
- April 7
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- Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida gives the Switch 2 Direct a 7/10, and he says it would be even lower if FromSoftware didn't show up with The Duskbloods
- 2003's Kirby Air Ride was "ahead of its time," Nintendo exec says, and the Switch 2 sequel might finally let people appreciate "the genius of Masahiro Sakurai"
- The Last of Us season 2 first reactions call the second installment "uniquely brutal" and "emotionally devastating"
- New Doctor Who companion Varada Sethu says two former stars reached out to her to give advice, but still nothing prepared her for the scale of the show
- "I did lick it once, but never again": Nintendo Switch 2 devs confirm the new game cartridges still taste bad, and they "can't believe" you sickos are taste-testing them
- Nintendo exec says Switch 2 runs Zelda: Breath of the Wild so much better even he was shocked: "All this foliage is finally being able to get rendered"
- Microsoft's AI-powered Quake 2 demo makes me sick, not just because it's wrong on every level, but because I literally felt queasy playing it
- Superman is the hero 2025 needs, and Justice League writer Mark Waid knows why: "There is a sense of dread that is an undercurrent to every moment of our lives," and "Superman is always the symbol of hope"
- Doctor Who season 2, episode 1 spoiler-free review: "'The Robot Revolution' is an impressive first episode for new companion Belinda Chandra"
- Amid Nintendo Switch 2's $80 games controversy, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director reminds devs "you do not have to price anything according to retail norms"
- Schedule 1 fans review bomb Drug Dealer Simulator as its publisher launches an apparent copyright investigation: "Suing a lone indie dev for making a superior game is laughable"
- New Hollow Knight: Silksong screenshots show just how much Team Cherry's Metroidvania has changed in 6 years, making the remaining wait even worse
- Assassin's Creed Shadows patch fixes my 2 biggest annoyances, tedious dismantling and the hideout FPS cap, right as I've nearly finished this open-world RPG
- New Star Wars: Unlimited expansion offers some kick-ass combos for your Jedi and Sith
- Board game legends discuss concerns over extortionate 104% tariff potential on China-US imports
- Amid Switch 2 price backlash, Nintendo exec says Mario Kart World justifies its shock $80 price because it's "probably the richest Mario Kart experience" fans will have ever had
- The best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Max, Disney Plus and more
- I've waited 2 years for this cozy life sim with Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley vibes to leave Early Access on Steam, and it's finally here
- Nintendo apologizes for "any inconvenience" caused by Switch 2 pre-orders in Japan causing the eShop to malfunction for 5 days in a row
- Sicario star leads Wes Anderson's new movie in weird and wonderful new trailer
- NZXT Player Three PC review: “Some of the best and quietest cooling of any prebuilt gaming PC”
- The Last of Us season 2 review: "Brilliant and visceral but fails to capture the magic of season 1"
- "My true love in games is The Legend Of Zelda," says Evanescence's Amy Lee, but making the new track for Devil May Cry was a joy: "I was hooked on it and binging it every night"
- A Quiet Place: Day One director set to helm live-action Death Stranding movie produced by A24
- Danganronpa creator's new tactical RPG features 100 endings dense enough to be considered "true" routes, with no "easy" or quick bad finale
- Jenna Ortega says she left Scream 7 because "it was all falling apart" – "It had nothing to do with pay or scheduling"
- Nintendo confirms Switch 2's new Joy-Con 2 controllers are "not Hall effect sticks," and all our fears about Joy-Con drift are still here
- This puzzle roguelike has become the best game of the year so far, beating Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
- After 67 hours, I've realized that Assassin's Creed Shadows' brilliant open world comes at the cost of narrative continuity
- Marvel star Florence Pugh reacts to Avengers: Doomsday's five-hour cast reveal: "I couldn't believe that it was going on for so long"
- Best Disney deals and gifts for Easter 2025, chosen by a fan for fans
- Monster Hunter Wilds Whiteflame Torrent skill explained
- Nintendo teases that "there is more" to Mario Kart World's new free roam mode than we're aware of, and I'm hoping for the return of my favorite DS feature
- Guardians of the Galaxy 3 star recalls accidentally punching Dave Bautista in the face while filming the Marvel movie
- Nintendo Switch 2 HDR explained: "how High Dynamic Range enhances the handheld's visuals"
- New trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is a giant love letter to the franchise and Tom Cruise's action star career
- Blue Prince review: "This exploration roguelike is like nothing else I've played, and became a puzzle obsession I just couldn't shake"
- Promise Mascot Agency review: "Yakuza management mechanics are messy, but I'm won over by its truly immaculate bizarre vibes"
- I replayed Avowed right away to fix a choice I didn't even know I'd made until it was too late
- After 10 years of waiting for Bloodborne on PC, fans can take comfort in knowing FromSoftware owns The Duskbloods IP and not Nintendo
- Hollow Knight: Silksong's biggest fan account is spiralling with all the news we're getting: "There's a part of me that's not ready for the end"
- Minecraft's creative director "wasn't ready" for how much of "an event" the movie is
- The White Lotus season 4 is unlikely to have a coastal setting, as creator Mike White teases the show's next location
- Amid Minecraft mania at the box office, an unfinished version of the movie has leaked online after a "security breach" – and it's pure nightmare fuel
- Oscar Isaac has canceled a major Star Wars appearance, and it could mean Moon Knight is making an appearance in Avengers: Doomsday
- By rewriting its own history, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 is the latest AAA title to reject modern trends in favor of retro sensibilities
- The most dedicated Switch 2 fan is already waiting in line for Nintendo's new console, 2 months before its launch
- Spider-Man 4 director says he's "nerding out" every day over Spidey's suit as they prepare to start filming the Marvel movie this summer
- Minecraft movie's Herobrine Easter egg was a glitch that stayed in the movie "because the VFX studio ran out of time"
- Sony takes a bigger hit than Nintendo after US tariffs affect Japanese stock market, and an old statement has people worried that "the customer will always end up being [on] the losing end"
- Big Preview: Doom: The Dark Ages – Exclusive access and hands-on impressions with the fiery FPS
- Robert Downey Jr. may have just given us our first look at Avengers: Doomsday's Doctor Doom in an unexpected way
- The Nintendo Switch 2 is already impressing developers who say they're "extremely happy" with the new console's power, comparing it to a "mid-tier PC"
- Fantastic Four is in its "own universe" with "no Easter eggs," confirms director: "There's no running into Iron Man or whatever"
- James Gunn unveils the Peacemaker season 2 release date with a bold declaration for its premiere: "One of my favorite things ever"
- April 6
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- Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies says that the connection between Varada Sethu's Boom character and her new companion doesn't play a large role in the story, but there will still be "surprising revelations" there
- Warhammer's most overlooked strategy game was a "huge touchpoint" for Civilization 7's all-new narratives
- First PEGI, now YouTube - Balatro's LocalThunk seems tired of his roguelike game being age restricted for gambling-related concerns
- 14 years after Dark Souls' infamously clunky movement, FromSoftware has cooked up a "super jump" and "double jump" for The Duskbloods
- I wildly underestimated the Switch 2, and after just getting a Steam Deck, I'm almost regretting it
- Balatro creator can finally enjoy his own roguelike after beating every deck on every difficulty: "All this time playing has killed any negative emotions I had toward it"
- Glen Powell received the full blessing of original Running Man star Arnold Schwarzenegger for the new remake
- Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX release schedule – when is episode 4 on Prime Video?
- Solo Leveling animator reveals how he changed an epic scene from the manhwa: "I wanted to make an impact in a short amount of time"
- Creepy new visuals for One-Punch Man season 3 have been unveiled
- One Piece filler list: All the episodes and movies you can skip
- Marvel fans hope Avengers: Doomsday will correct this X-Men movie mistake
- April 5
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- WWE 2K25 MyRise walkthrough and chapter rewards guide
- Tron: Ares fires up a brand new trailer and brings light cycles into the real world
- Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies is manifesting DC star Viola Davis being the next iteration of the villainous Master, calling her "one of the greatest actors in the world"
- The Duskbloods' winged rat "elderly gentleman" was actually FromSoftware's rare attempt at something "Nintendo-esque" and "cute"
- Nintendo accidentally leaks an unrevealed Donkey Kong Bananza character that might unironically have big lore implications for the Mario universe
- It's been nearly 12 years since GTA 5 launched, but Los Santos still feels livelier than most modern RPG sandboxes
- Forget about Nintendo Switch 2 exclusives - there's a new free Pokemon game on Google, of all places, if you know where to look
- The Duskbloods is less Dark Souls and more Elden Ring Nightreign with "over a dozen characters" who can only "be customized to a certain extent"
- My Hero Academia: Vigilantes release schedule – when is episode 4 on Crunchyroll?
- Marvel's Thunderbolts CinemaCon footage may have just confirmed a long-running Reddit theory
- Nintendo Switch 2's kickflipping cow, 50-ft woman, and steampunk t-rex showed there's still great power in absurdity
- Pierce Brosnan's first day as James Bond was affected by an unfortunate injury, but he had an ingenious fix: "I shouldn't be even telling you this"
- X-Men's Storm actor Halle Berry denies she will be the next chair in the Avengers: Doomsday cast
- Chris Pratt jokingly addresses his absence from Avengers: Doomsday casting announcement
- Switch 2 is getting an even more co-op-focused spinoff of a massively popular survival space sim, but it's not replacing the original: "Astroneer will continue to live on"
- April 4
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- Forget $80 games, this $10 indie RPG is being hailed as "one of the best if not the best" cosmic horror games ever, and thank Cthulhu, it only takes "10-12 hours" to beat
- Where to find Warzone Return to Verdansk safes for rewards
- Nintendo Switch 2 upgrades of Switch 1 games are getting physical releases, but nobody's sure if these are Switch 2 cartridges or old games repackaged with digital upgrade codes
- Dan Da Dan and Solo Leveling lead the list of Anime of the Year nominees in the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards
- Fantastic Four: The First Steps director unveils the movie's retro-futuristic space suits and practical sets: "I really wanted it to feel like it was made in 1965, the way Stanley Kubrick would have made it"
- 31 years after working on the original System Shock, Arkane founder gave up on the 2023 remake because it was "too hard"
- Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies reassures fans that this season's "standalone" Ruby Sunday episode does feature "lots" of the Doctor unlike '73 Yards', as star Ncuti Gatwa calls it his favorite
- Super Mario All-Stars speedrunner sets triumphant world record only to suffer SNES cart tragedy 90 seconds later: "I guess it's not safe to do any more runs until I give it a good clean"
- Liam Neeson is beating up bank robbers while wearing a skirt in first trailer for The Naked Gun reboot from The Lonely Island director
- "That was not going to work for Valve": Canceled Half-Life spinoff game Ravenholm was "great, frankly," says Arkane founder, but it couldn’t survive under Valve's "very clear business plan"
- FC 25 Immortals guide adds OP Icons and Heroes cards
- Wade Wilson absorbs the powers of the Fantastic Four to take on Doctor Doom in Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe One Last Time #4
- Hidetaka Miyazaki can't help himself and now The Duskbloods sounds even more like a Bloodborne successor: "The Bloodsworn are competing for something known as First Blood"
- Disney pauses live-action Tangled movie from The Greatest Showman director after Snow White bombs at the box office
- Monster Hunter Wilds Zoh Shia weaknesses and spawn location
- Lenovo Legion R27qe: a solid 1440p monitor with some cost-cutting caveats
- Legend of Zelda shippers are on serious hopium over Tears of the Kingdom's new voice memories, thinking one might possibly solidify ZeLink as canon
- Everyone's favorite onscreen runner Tom Cruise gave Glen Powell some humbling advice before he started shooting Stephen King adaptation: "You don't look as cool as you think"
- Arkane Studios founder says he could see himself "working on Dishonored 3 right now," though creating a sequel was "the last thing I wanted to do" after making the first game
- Hidetaka Miyazaki shares The Duskbloods worries of some Elden Ring and Dark Souls fans: "I personally am not much of a PvP person, and I wanted to make something that's satisfying even for players like me"
- I'm getting a Switch 2 day one, but I still still be using my original GameCube to play all my favorite oldies
- I played The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on Nintendo Switch 2, but it's a bittersweet reminder that we're not getting the game at its best
- Insomniac is "actively working on Marvel's Wolverine for PS5" but won't share news just because you ask: "Things take time, resources, and the greenlight to share them"
- For a wondrous moment, 2 seconds of Bravely Default's trailer in the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct had the internet convinced the Final Fantasy 9 Remake was real
- Nia DaCosta reflects on directing The Marvels and the moment it turned into a "learning curve": "Okay, this isn’t going to be the movie that I pitched"
- Deltarune's new PlayStation trophies "give rise to a pretty hard-core challenge," and Toby Fox says "it may be one of the worst ideas I've ever had"
- New horror movie The Woman in the Yard is a sad, sophisticated exploration of mental health struggles – and Blumhouse's best film since The Invisible Man
- Monster Hunter Wilds Ayejack location
- UK Nintendo fans keep getting lucky as the official Switch 2 camera is up for pre-order right now at Amazon
- After just 1 week in Early Access, hyper-realistic Sims 4 competitor inZOI has sold over 1 million copies on Steam, with mod support and free DLC underway
- Watching A Minecraft Movie as an adult made me feel like my 13-year-old self playing the game for the first time
- Switch 2 pre-orders have been delayed in the US "in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions," Nintendo says
- Jon Bernthal is assembling "an incredible group" to work on Marvel's Punisher special
- Some Nintendo Amiibo collectors are worried the price is going up alongside the Switch 2, but others reassure them they've "always had flexible pricing"
- How to watch One Piece in order (TV shows and movies)
- New Monster Hunter Wilds update brings a monster so fierce fans have gone from calling the game "too easy" to asking "What the hell was that?"
- This new board game from D&D's biggest rival is "more strategic than HeroQuest, far more accessible than Gloomhaven"
- FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki says "we still intend to develop single-player focused games" even as The Duskbloods follows Elden Ring Nightreign into multiplayer
- Corsair K70 Pro TKL review: "a Hall effect keyboard for competitive players"
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond sold me on the Switch 2 mouse controls in a way that Civilization 7 and Mario Party Jamboree couldn't
- John Wick spin-off star Ana de Armas recalls accidentally telling Keanu Reeves that she hadn't seen The Matrix: "That will never not be embarrassing"
- New Fantastic Four footage confirms what we all suspected – Sue Storm is pregnant, and it means a major Marvel character is on the way
- "The toughest thing is pacing": Assassin's Creed Shadows head weighs in on why the game ends like that, the "difficult" nature of its story, and what's next for the series
- Switch 2 Hands-on AMA: Ask us your questions about the Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo is likely surprised, panicked, and having a full "war room" response to the outrage over Switch 2 pricing, former marketing leads say
- 32 movies that will inspire you to hit the gym
- Mario Kart World might be the Switch 2's big launch game, but The Duskbloods is Nintendo's real system-seller
- Nintendo Switch 2 news live: all the latest Nintendo Treehouse gameplay and reaction
- Marvel Rivals devs work to fulfil fans' "fundamental dream" of playing as anyone by adding new heroes every month starting from Season 3
- Alienware's Area-51 gaming PC needs this conversion kit for its promised third-party motherboard support
- First Avatar 3 footage is being called "pure James Cameron wow" with "jaw-dropping visuals"
- Daredevil: Born Again's Vincent D'Onofrio says it would be "very hard" for Wilson Fisk to appear in Spider-Man 4 or any MCU movie
- One of Switch 2's best Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom upgrades wasn't included in the Direct – new "voice memories" are being added, but they're tied to a mobile app
- Laurence Fishburne wanted to return as Morpheus in The Matrix: Resurrections but the team "didn't respond well"
- "Kneel, peasants": Marvel Rivals fans are thirsting over another hero, this time begging Emma Frost to use her chokehold ability on them
- Doctor Who season 2 release schedule: When is episode 1 on Disney Plus and the BBC?
- Wednesday star Emma Myers says season 2 has the "perfect" cast: "I had a great time working with all of them"
- Over 10 years since launch, Far Cry 4 reportedly censors nudity in a new PC patch, and Ubisoft hasn't explained why
- The Nintendo Switch 2 is made for everyone, not just "those who prefer high-performance hardware"
- Mario Kart World manages to "blur the line" between what is and isn't a course, thanks to its unique open-world layout and off-roading
- A voice clip in the new Superman sneak peek has DC fans speculating it's a major rumored cameo
- The Devil May Cry anime has the action I love from the games, but is able to package it with an unexpected human element that really sells it
- Kevin Feige confirms that the five and a half hour chair stunt for the Avengers: Doomsday cast didn't include everyone
- A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess says he’s interested in making a sequel: "There are so many amazing mods and characters and biomes we haven't explored yet"
- A Minecraft Movie post credits scene: Does the new video game adaptation have a post credits scene?
- The Last of Us season 2 release schedule: When does episode 3 premiere on Max?
- A Minecraft Movie Easter eggs: 75 Minecraft Easter eggs, references, and cameos you may have missed
- A Minecraft Movie ending explained: What happens to the Piglins? Does Malgosha die? Does Steve ever leave the Overworld?
- "I can promise my game will be significantly less than $80": Indie dev stunned by Kirby Air Riders Switch 2 reveal after working on their own Air Ride successor for months
- April 3
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- Mario Kart World quietly fixes one of the series' longest-standing annoyances and I suspect I will get hit with 10% fewer red turtle shells because of it
- Superman goes full sci-fi in DC's epic CinemaCon footage, showcasing a bloodied Man of Steel rising again
- Switch 2 analyst says the $450 price tag is "relatively reasonable" compared to the $700 PS5 Pro and $550 portable PCs
- Devil May Cry Nero actor didn't realize he was auditioning to play Dante in the new Netflix series until the show's producer said he wrote the lead role just for him: "A different weight on my shoulders"
- The Conjuring: Last Rites will mark the end of "phase one" as New Line aims to MCU-ify the horror franchise
- Tom Cruise honors Top Gun co-star and "dear friend" Val Kilmer at CinemaCon: "He gave a lot to all of us"
- Breath of the Wild looks like a completely different game on Nintendo Switch 2 thanks to ridiculously improved graphics and 5 times faster loading speed
- Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #1 is the perfect companion piece for Disney Plus' Daredevil: Born Again streaming series
- Tom Cruise completes yet another slew of death-defying stunts in new Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning trailer shown behind closed doors
- Mario Kart World gameplay showcase proves the rail-grinding mechanic is more than just a slick Tony Hawk-style gimmick: "It opens up so many possibilities"
- For the first time since Super Mario Kart 33 years ago, Mario Kart World brings the feather back to actual races and it seems like it can even stop the dreaded blue shell
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (April 4 - 6)
- Metroid Prime 4's Star Wars-style opening space battle has the 14-year-old Metroid nerd in me absolutely screaming
- Marvel Rivals season 2 adds Emma Frost and Ultron as the Hellfire Gala becomes a battleground
- The Last of Us Part 2's sharp roguelike mode just got better on PC, making it my favorite in the genre this year
- Nintendo Switch 2 officially has the Nvidia DLSS tech that's become essential for PC gaming, promising "10x the graphics performance" of Switch 1
- Analysts attribute Nintendo's eye-watering Switch 2 pricing spread to tariffs, market chaos, rising costs, and more: "Nintendo is charging this price because they feel they can and that people will pay"
- Dan Da Dan is getting a surprise movie – and it's the only way to see season 2 early
- South of Midnight review: "A spellbinding tale that struggles to find its rhythm"
- 8 South of Midnight tips we wish we'd known before playing
- I'm getting the Switch 2 on day one, but I need Hori's new Piranha Plant camera more
- With its Nintendo Switch 2 remaster on the horizon, Bravely Default producer hopes "we can carry on this lineage into the future"
- Lazarus release schedule – when is episode 4 on Adult Swim?
- After fan backlash, Amazon is "committed to honoring the legacy" of James Bond and work is already underway on 007's "fresh, exhilarating new chapter"
- Nintendo heads off the Zelda lore debate that surrounded Age of Calamity by preemptively confirming that Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is "canonical"
- Deltarune has finally been given a price tag, and Toby Fox says that future chapters beyond 4 "will be added as free updates" so "you only have to buy the game once"
- A new Mario Kart World track remakes 1981's OG Donkey Kong with parkour that would make Titanfall 2 blush
- Nintendo, as a stick drift-enraged customer, could you please clarify something for me?
- Sassy bot M3GAN dances, flies, and faces off against Ahsoka star's killing machine in horror sequel's Terminator 2-esque trailer
- As the 10-year-long wait for Bloodborne on PC continues, fans are now counting down until FromSoftware's The Duskbloods leaves the Nintendo Switch 2
- "We're not just making Dark Souls over and over again": For this indie team, making a Smash Bros-infused Metroidvania alongside an open-world roguelike just makes sense
- "Most of the games that are Metroidvanias are just Metroid games": The director of this Smash Bros-infused Metroidvania hates the word because "it's a silly term and Japan did it better"
- "Drop the price": Nintendo's Treehouse stream overshadowed by players noisily protesting the Switch 2's hefty cost
- M3GAN 2 director teases new looks, big action, and a botload of zeitgeist as campy first trailer drops: "[She] didn't wanna be put in a box, and the film's the same way"
- Elegoo Centauri Carbon review: "Make some really cool sh**, no questions asked"
- Kirby Air Riders is being developed by Super Smash Bros. Ultimate studio Bandai Namco Studios, but Masahiro Sakurai hints it'll be a while before we hear more about it
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 and its sequels might too, as Square Enix says to "look forward to the continued development" of the JRPG series
- As Nintendo's new games swell to at least $80, players are starting to get worried that Rockstar's about to take its shot at a $100 GTA 6
- Nier Automata director Yoko Taro says what we're all thinking: let us buy Wind Waker individually on Switch 2, please Nintendo
- Black Butler Emerald Witch Arc release schedule – what time is episode 4 on Crunchyroll?
- Nintendo says Switch 2's Discord-like GameChat is a "defining feature" of the new console that was partially shaped by Zelda: Breath of the Wild and a cult puzzle game
- Switch 2's producer made requests "in great detail and great amounts" to make sure the eShop is as good as the Wii Shop Channel
- Nintendo producer thought up the Switch 2's mouse controls while playing PC games, says you can "control the mouse on your pants" as usually the table is "quite far away" from the sofa
- Nintendo responds to questions of Switch 2 stick drift with assurances the new Joy-Con 2 controllers "have been really designed from the ground up from scratch"
- Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on: Four hours with the console has me convinced this is the refresh Nintendo needs
- Mario Kart World gets my gold medal thanks to the thrilling 24-player Knockout Tour, and I can't wait for another lap
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond feels so at home on the Switch 2, that now I'm a little worried about the last-gen version
- Donkey Kong Bananza is the most fun I've had with Switch 2 yet thanks to its gleeful, chest-thumping destruction
- Nintendo won't compare the Switch 2's battery life to the OG Switch, but admits it's got a way bigger battery to make up for its beefier CPU
- Nintendo's ditching OLED support for Switch 2 screens in favor of a return to LCD, and I'm not sure I'm 100% convinced by its explanation
- Cyberpunk 2077 on Switch 2 impressed me, but it's the statement of intent it means for Nintendo that's stuck with me
- Switch 2 price is a "strategic balancing act," and there's a reason why Japan is getting a separate model that's $110 cheaper than the US' $450 console, analysts suggest
- Horror sequel Black Phone 2 gets a Nightmare on Elm Street twist in chilling first look
- Board game fans voice concerns as Zombicide publisher CMON fails to publish annual returns on time due to understaffing
- I'm willing to give Switch 2 mouse controls a chance, but only if they avoid the sins of the Lenovo Legion Go
- Wind Breaker season 2 release schedule – when is episode 4 on Crunchyroll?
- Japan will have the option of a Japanese-only Switch 2 for $110 less, which looks extra nice thanks to Trump's new 46% tariffs
- Nintendo Switch 2 doesn't have a main gimmick like the Wii or DS because "there's been a shift in how software developers create games"
- How to beat Mizutsune in Monster Hunter Wilds
- Breath of the Wild's Korok Forest might actually hit 60fps on the Switch 2 re-release, and Zelda fans can't wait for "an actual stable frame-rate" in Hyrule's most infamous region
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are finally getting achievements, but it's paywalled behind the Switch 2 editions
- The Boys and Evil Dead Rise stars' "twisted" new horror spin-off of M3GAN gets an off the rails first look behind closed doors
- Netflix's Daredevil showrunner reveals his "quite different" original plans for seasons 4 and 5 of the Marvel series: "I was going to circle back to the Bullseye storyline"
- There are over 10,000 Switch games to make compatible for the Switch 2, and Nintendo is busy checking all of them
- Mario Kart World appears to have at least 50 playable characters, and it has a baffling list of newcomers including the Moo Moo Meadows cow, a crab, and a dead fish: "TRULY PEAK CHARACTER VARIETY"
- The first Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders I've seen just went live
- Avengers actor Carrie Coon didn't return for Endgame after a money dispute, and Marvel allegedly replied she should "feel fortunate" to be part of the MCU
- The Mario Kart World price of $80 could be the "new normal," but sales won't be impacted at first: "The true test will come in year 2"
- Despite still being filmed, the studio behind Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is already declaring it a "masterpiece" that Homer "would quite likely be proud of"
- Superman star Nicholas Hoult reveals the "magic" moment when David Corenswet first flew onto set as the Man of Steel: "I felt like I was witnessing the magic of cinema"
- Jurassic World's Scarlett Johansson says Rebirth will make the franchise scary again – and one behind-closed-doors scene already proves she's not bluffing
- First Five Nights at Freddy's 2 trailer ramps up the horror and unveils new look at Balloon Boy
- Donkey Kong veteran gives Bananza's character redesign his official seal of approval, praising the new Switch 2 game's look: "It's really ace!"
- Former Blizzard boss says it's a "hard pass for me on Switch 2" as he points out its high cost and expresses uncertainty about its performance: "Same low frames, $80 games"
- Fire Force season 3 release schedule – when is episode 4 on Crunchyroll and Netflix?
- Devil May Cry ending explained: Who is King Mundus? What does it mean for season 2?
- Devil May Cry review: "Netflix's anime adaptation is dated and clunky, but does capture some of the anarchic spirit of the original games"
- Nintendo says the Switch 2 "isn't simply an improved Nintendo Switch, we redesigned the system from the ground up," and after 8 years, I'd sure hope so
- Japan's "multi-language" Switch 2 costs 20,000 more yen, or $130 more dollars, than the Japanese-only version
- April 2
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- Elden Ring on Switch 2 is officially called Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, and it comes with new weapons, armor, and horse armor (kinda)
- It seems you can pre-order the Switch 2 a week early in at least the UK and Germany, while Nintendo begins sending out invite links to hopeful buyers
- Who is mysterious Doctor Who character Mrs Flood? Even showrunner Russell T Davies wasn't sure at first: "I was in two minds"
- The Switch 2 Direct broke just in time for me to nearly miss a revival of a 26-year-old Konami cult classic I obsessed over in Nintendo Power
- Marvel cancels Deadpool to relaunch it as daddy-daughter team-up title Wolverines and Deadpools
- As Hollow Knight Silksong makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it reemergence for Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox reminds everyone the Metroidvania is still day one on Game Pass
- Superman's David Corenswet wants DC to adapt the animated show storyline where the Man of Steel switches places with Batman: "That would be fun"
- A Minecraft Movie Review: "Jack Black's irrepressible star turn helps elevate this video game adaptation"
- Nintendo admits "there were times when we wished the Switch system's processor was faster" so that "developers could make any kind of game they wanted"
- Switch 2 plays Switch 1 games through something "in between a software emulator and hardware compatibility," so don't expect the same backward compatibility we got on 3DS and Wii U
- The Nintendo Switch 2's new built-in mic and GameChat feature could be a game changer, but not for first party titles
- FromSoftware is in its multiplayer arc: After Elden Ring Nightreign, The Duskbloods brings 8-player PvPvE chaos to Nintendo Switch 2
- Fortnite Scorpion: How to get the First Blood Medallion
- Donkey Kong Bananza: Everything we know so far about the new 3D adventure coming to Switch 2
- This one Nintendo Switch 2 dock feature could make the Steam Deck look silly
- Nintendo has a plan to combat Switch 2 scalpers, and it involves a Nintendo Switch Online membership and "a certain amount of time" spent in-game
- The Nintendo Switch 2's internal storage is eight times bigger than original, sitting at 256GB
- Mario Kart World will cost $80, but not every Nintendo Switch 2 game will be quite so expensive
- Everything we know about The Duskbloods
- Devil May Cry anime star recalls playing the game for the first time, as he explains what makes it so special: "There's definitely a unique thing to it"
- Everything announced at the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct
- Nintendo has a "long-running project" to create "the pinnacle of all controllers" and it's not the Switch 2 – but the Switch 2 Pro comes close
- Barbarian director's mysterious new horror movie described as "batsh*t insane" as first plot details are revealed
- I'm an FPS gamer at heart and the new Switch 2 Joy-Con could finally call me back to Nintendo
- DC originally asked James Gunn to direct Superman 7 years ago, but he didn't know if he could: "It seems hard"
- Nintendo wants the Switch 2 to "stand the test of time," which is something that the original Switch hasn't really managed
- 50 years after the beloved manga was released, Netflix announces a brand new anime adaptation of The Rose of Versailles with a stunning and nostalgic trailer
- Nintendo nearly called the Switch 2 the "Super Nintendo Switch" as a throwback to the NES, but "it didn't feel right"
- Switch 2 launch games – every game coming to Nintendo's new console on its release day in June
- AI upscaling explained: the DLSS sauce set to boost Switch 2 performance
- Mario Kart World: Everything we know about the upcoming Switch 2 game
- Switch 2 bundle will include a digital version of Mario Kart World, Nintendo’s first open-world racer
- Nintendo confirms that Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons will have mouse controls built-in
- Hollow Knight: Silksong will finally launch in 2025, and the long-awaited Metroidvania is also coming to Nintendo Switch 2
- Donkey Kong Bananza launches on Switch 2 this July as just the second 3D platformer in the character's 44-year history
- Devil May Cry anime's Dante actor says the Netflix series and Capcom games aren’t "one to one," but fans should prepare for "so many Easter eggs"
- Borderlands 4 is launching on Switch 2, bringing Gearbox's "most ambitious Borderlands game" to Nintendo's next console
- Forget Mario Kart World, Kirby Air Riders returns after 20 years, with Smash Bros' Masahiro Sakurai back at the helm
- The Duskbloods is Hidetaka Miyazaki's next game, coming exclusively to Switch 2 in 2026, and it looks like it is to Bloodborne as Elden Ring was to Dark Souls
- Nintendo Switch 2 Direct reveals Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, a Legend of Zelda spin-off set before Tears of the Kingdom
- Deltarune is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 at launch, all but confirming the Chapter 3 and 4 release window
- Switch 2 will return to the golden days of the N64 with Nintendo’s first new James Bond game in over a decade
- Nintendo Switch 2 upgrades for Nintendo Switch games are coming, with Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Legends Z-A confirmed for the new console
- Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Hitman, and many more are coming to the Nintendo Switch 2, proving it's a much more powerful console than the original Switch
- GameCube classics finally arrive on Switch 2, including absolute hits like Zelda: The Wind Waker and cult classic collector's items like Pokemon XD and Chibi-Robo
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are getting enhanced Nintendo Switch 2 Edition releases, with improved frame rate, resolution, and more
- The Switch 2 boasts a 1080p 120Hz display that has me more hyped for the handheld than ever
- Nintendo shows off Switch 2 mouse capabilities with a 3-on-3 basketball game that's basically Rocket League with robot wheelchairs
- Nintendo Switch 2 will offer 4k resolution while hooked up to TV, making it Nintendo's most powerful console yet
- Nintendo Switch 2 features a new game sharing system similar to Valve's own Steam Families, and it's compatible with the OG Switch
- Switch 2 doesn't have an OLED screen, but its 1080p 120fps LCD with "approximately double the pixels" of Switch 1 might be worth the trade-off
- Nintendo Switch 2 will launch with Welcome Tour, Nintendo's answer to Astro's Playroom, but you'll have to pay for it
- Switch 2 release date and price confirmed – Nintendo's next console launches in June for $450
- Mario Kart World, the Switch 2-exclusive racing game, is getting its own dedicated Nintendo Direct this month
- The Nintendo Switch 2's mysterious C button is an in-built Nintendo Discord
- Mario Kart World takes the racing series open-world, and it launches day one exclusively on Switch 2
- First trailer for Guy Ritchie's new action adventure featuring Star Wars' Natalie Portman and A Quiet Place's John Krasinski looks like The Mummy meets Indiana Jones
- Doom: The Dark Ages' weighty shield saw and gory melee are vital to its refreshed combat loop: "The guns are more like rhythm guitars this time"
- Xbox is bringing more of its games to rival platforms is "a big benefit that Nintendo didn't really have in the last generation" that the Switch 2 will have, says ex-marketing lead
- Dbrand has opened up reservations for its first ever Nintendo Switch 2 case
- American Psycho reboot is still looking for its Patrick Bateman, despite reports of Dune 2 star's casting
- The 35 greatest movies about space travel
- I'm pushing Assassin's Creed Shadows' hidden morality system to its limits and it's already cost me an ally
- Six weeks in, and Daredevil: Born Again fans are loving how gory the show has become: "I can't believe this is an MCU show"
- Assassin's Creed Shadows director says the game's flashback sequences came about "from watching a lot of anime"
- Super Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai has a friend in Undertale developer Toby Fox - all because of how deeply their posts are read into
- After nearly 23 years, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City follows in GTA 3's footsteps and is finally playable on the Sega Dreamcast
- The Hunger Games director's new horror movie based on a Stephen King novel sets 2025 release date
- A wild Marvel theory teases how Daredevil: Born Again could bring back its big villain in season 2
- Marvel's Deadpool gallops into MTG Secret Lair on the back of a unicorn, wielding a katana
- GameSir Cyclone 2 review: “The checklist this brand has built a reputation on”
- Assassin's Creed Shadows director says the dreaded yellow paint was only added because "players were really struggling in playtests"
- Following "mistaken" DMCA from D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast, Stardew Valley player behind Larian-approved Baldur's Gate 3 mod assures work will "resume as scheduled"
- Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai is surprised the Switch 2 Direct is an hour long, and no, he doesn't know what's coming, even if "people are going to suspect no matter what"
- Nintendo Switch 2 Direct live: all the Switch 2 reveals as they happen
- Batman and Top Gun star Val Kilmer dies age 65
- New footage of James Gunn's Superman shown behind closed doors features Krypto the Superdog and plenty of laughs
- Daredevil: Born Again's Muse is terrifying, but I wish he'd never been unmasked
- Keanu Reeves is returning for John Wick 5, described as a "truly phenomenal and fresh" take on the character
- The Nintendo Switch 2 era could be bittersweet, as former staff point out that 40-year veterans like Shigeru Miyamoto and Zelda and Metroid legends are nearing their retirements
- April 1
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- Helldivers 2 CEO says industry layoffs have seen "very little accountability" from executives who "let go of one third of the company because you made stupid decisions"
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day - How Peter Parker and Mary Jane's break up led to one of the wall-crawler's most transformative comic eras
- "Games that get 19% user score do not generally recover": Helldivers 2 CEO reflects on Arrowhead's "summer of pain" and No Man's Sky-inspired redemption arc
- Despite mixed reviews, the Dexter prequel series has been renewed for season 2
- Not for the first time, workers at Fallout, Doom, and The Elder Scrolls parent ZeniMax threaten strike at Microsoft: "Paying your employees a livable wage as a multi-trillion dollar company is the least they could be doing"
- You can get an early 5-minute preview of James Gunn's Superman, if you go see A Minecraft Movie
- "If it can run on Steam Deck, it can probably run on Switch 2": Ex Nintendo marketing leads say Baldur's Gate 3 and Elden Ring prove there's a market for big AAA games on Switch 2
- Here are my biggest Nintendo Switch 2 Direct predictions as the rumor mill kicks up questions about the console's price, launch lineup, specs, and more
- Welcome to the MCU, Bob - We just got our best look yet at The Sentry thanks to a Thunderbolts* action figure
- Nintendo drops all subtlety and shoves the Switch 2's mysterious C button straight into our mortal eyes, and at this point I think the "C" stands for "Confusion"
- After 24 years, one of Capcom's greatest fighting games finally gets a definitive English patch featuring the 5,100 win quotes the devs never bothered to translate
- New Elden Ring Nightreign trailer is all about the archer class that wasn't in the beta, and this might be the first FromSoftware game where bows don't suck
- Pokemon Platinum's most obscure feature was a reward seemingly given to just 20 players lucky enough to participate in a complicated limited-time event with a lottery prize
- Atomfall officially reaches “extremely British” status as the survival game surpasses 1.5 million players, who’ve collectively sipped 300,000 cups of tea and executed 3.7 million kills with a cricket bat
- Severance star joins Harlan Coben's new Netflix show following the success of Fool Me Once and Missing You
- Nintendo Switch 2 Direct time and where to watch the event
- After just 4 days of inZOI early access, The Sims 4's most notorious NSFW mod has come to the hyper-realistic life sim
- The Switch 2 Pro Controller seemingly adds a headphone jack, and that's such a godsend I'm almost willing to forgive Nintendo for being 12 years behind PlayStation and Xbox
- 14 years after the game was released, the cast of A Minecraft Movie think now is the perfect time for the adaptation to hit screens: "There's so many reasons"
- Riot Games Executive Producer "humbled" by response to League of Legends TCG, taking heed of fans' calls for better UI and original art
- My first Den of Wolves heist, from Payday's creators, has me dropping plasma shields and brain-diving with teammates to steal minds: "We've been refining this formula for over 20 years now"
- Barbarian director says his "wild" Resident Evil movie will be "unlike any of the previous films", says it was "built in the spirit of the games"
- If Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and the Switch 2 release date weren’t enough for you, sicko, prepare for 7 hours of new gameplay with Nintendo Treehouse streams starting tomorrow
- Matthew Lillard explains why he's "very excited and slightly terrified" to return for Scream 7: "I hope I don't F it up"
- Monster Hunter Wilds director reveals upcoming "balance changes" for the action RPG, including weapon improvements and nerfs for the "unintentionally overpowered"
- Gladiator's Paul Mescal and Saltburn's Barry Keoghan finally confirmed for the long-rumored Beatles cast in a first look announcing the wildest release strategy
- Donkey Kong player Billy Mitchell to receive over $218k in damages from YouTube creator Karl Jobst following defamation case
- Homelander star says The Boys season 5 finale will "surprise or shock" fans, "depending on their nervous system"
- Silent Hill f's director wanted to create something that is a "blend of new and nostalgic" for the game's Otherworld
- "Is this going to be Valheim with party hats?": RuneScape: Dragonwilds devs know survival games are competitive and focus on "things that make us unique" in a tree-punching genre
- Doom: The Dark Ages' team found new inspiration from the original Doom: "We play it at the start of every project"
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- Karate Kid: Legends releases new trailer featuring intense fights, a lot of Karate Kid nostalgia, and Peter Parker comparisons
- Terrifying new trailer for Talk to Me directors' horror follow-up stars Paddington's Sally Hawkins as the foster mom from hell
- Switch 2 Direct will be "approximately 60 minutes long," about the same length as the Switch 1 presentation which revealed Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2 and more
- Wherever you go and whatever you do, the ultra-portable, AI-powered MSI Prestige series laptops work for you
- New Lego sets in April 2025, from Lord of the Rings to Beauty and the Beast
- Assassin's Creed Shadows was originally envisioned without Yasuke, but Ubisoft wanted the full feudal fantasy: "We were sort of making a stealth tank, and it didn't quite work"
- Doom: The Dark Ages doesn't have multiplayer because "it would definitely come at the expense of" the campaign
- Venom star Tom Hardy says they "got as close as [he] could possibly imagine" to a Spider-Man crossover, which he would have "loved" to have done
- Assassin's Creed Shadows lead says dual protagonists are "a cool thing" the new action RPG "does better than what we've done in the past"
- Jack Black and Danielle Brooks say starring in A Minecraft Movie made them feel like a kid again: "I let my inner child lead this movie"
- Jason Momoa confirms he's returning for Dune 3, and he doesn't care if that's a spoiler: "If you didn't read the books, it's not my fault"
- Solo Leveling's Jinwoo English dub actor says he wrote part of the anime show's most heartbreaking scene and it made him "start bawling"
- WD Black C50 2TB review: "Imperceptibly similar when compared to the Series X internal drive"
- PlayStation needs to "reconsider" its push for "cutting-edge graphics" and "change our way of thinking" says former Sony boss
- To celebrate 10 million sales, Capcom has released a special pack of Monster Hunter Wilds items, including upgrade materials and eggs
- Danny Boyle confirms Cillian Murphy will be in the 28 Years Later trilogy, as he admits he's still trying to find funding for the third movie
- All Atomfall Pneumatic Dispatch Tubes locations
- Upcoming anime Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc reveals US release date with a gory new poster
- Asus just dropped what smells like an Xbox handheld teaser, but I'm already underwhelmed
- Doom: The Dark Ages is set to include 22 levels, almost doubling the amount offered in Doom Eternal
- How to get the Marvel Rivals Venom twerk emote, Symbiote Boogie
- Hideo Kojima says the fact that people are still playing Death Stranding 5 years later is "what makes me happiest," but I'm sure the 20 million players don't hurt
- All Atomfall gnomes locations in Wyndham Village
- After slamming D&D's Wizards of the Coast, Baldur's Gate 3 devs celebrate "good ending" for Stardew Valley mod as it gets reinstated after a "mistaken" DMCA
- Tom Holland says Spider-Man 4 will be a "fresh start" after its new title links to divisive Marvel comic storyline
- Naughty Dog's streak of The Last of Us re-releases isn't over yet, as leaker claims a $100 special edition is on the way soon
- After being indefinitely delayed for two years, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse reveals first images and footage as it finally sets a release date
- Ex-Bethesda dev turned indie says "good things often happen by accident," like that time Skyrim players convinced themselves the RPG's foxes were leading them to treasure
