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- May 31
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- Most iconic LGBTQIA+ superheroes in comic books
- The 32 greatest Brad Pitt movies
- This paper-folding puzzler about leaving home is beautifully, maddeningly satisfying
- Concord and Astro Bot look great, but are a symptom of the weird year PlayStation and the PS5 is having
- I'm replacing my therapist with this chaotic FPS game where gunplay is secondary to the act of kicking enemies in the face
- Astro Bot: Everything we know so far about the new space adventure from Team Asobi
- I was a PlayStation fanboy, but Sony has lost me to PC this generation
- Star Wars' Daisy Ridley talks her new, inspirational sports movie: "It's been 100 years – many of us did not know of Trudy Ederle before"
- It really feels like Nintendo might just coast directly into the Switch 2, doesn't it?
- Build your tribe in Soulmask while possessing NPCs to learn new skills and survive in an ancient land
- 20 years on, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuarón and producer David Heyman reflect on taking the series in a darker direction
- May 30
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- The best X-Men comics to read after X-Men '97
- Excalibur is the codename for Baldur's Gate 3 studio's next RPG - join us as we speculate wildly on what it could be
- I played Still Wakes the Deep and it feels like Outlast with a Lovecraftian twist, all set on an oil rig that's trying to kill me
- This magical action RPG blends monster slaying with Persona-like social stats for a beautiful relaxation escape
- May 29
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- The 32 greatest Tom Cruise movies
- Strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord supposedly takes 60 hours to beat – it took me 240 and is now one of my favorite games of all time
- From the Xbox Games Showcase I'm hoping for a little less conversation and a little more action, please
- The Ultimates #1 review: Earth's mightiest heroes must assemble once more in Marvel's new flagship super-team book
- Predicting the games of Summer Game Fest 2024: What we expect to see from each of the major publishers
- 20 years on, there's been no better adaptation of DC's Justice League than Bruce Timm's TV show
- How to hide and seek with Sneak Out's free to play stealthy fun
- May 28
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- New York City is full of mutants in need of a protector in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles superhero spin-off Nightwatcher
- Hands-on with Destiny 2: The Final Shape: The campaign is way better, and Prismatic feels broken even if Bungie says it isn't
- Destiny 2's lead gun guy answers our biggest questions about The Final Shape: new weapon mods, the next raid DPS meta, and just "a small amount of power creep"
- XDefiant is a throwback to a golden generation of Call of Duty
- May 27
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- This Hellblade 2 moment will be living in my head and heart rent-free forever, and it proves the game a metaphorical masterpiece
- Following a year-long hiatus "to deliver the absolute best experience possible," MultiVersus is coming back better than ever
- I spent two hours in Frostpunk 2 and the children only went feral once, so I'm taking that as a win
- May 24
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- The 32 greatest movies that audiences hated (and critics loved)
- Nearly 10 years later, one of my absolute favorite sandbox games is back, and more complex than ever
- I can't stop thinking about this beautiful, haunting twin-stick shooter that follows a ghost searching for answers
- Why Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula is and always will be the best adaptation of the legendary Bram Stoker novel
- The Alters feels like a perfect mix of sci-fi survival with the multiversal chaos of Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Chris Hemsworth's brilliant turn in Mad Max prequel Furiosa proves he's the most impressive actor to emerge from the MCU
- As Furiosa hits cinemas, we reflect on 9 years of Mad Max: Fury Road
- Sting director talks Xenomorphs and Alien's influence, finding laughs in scares, and the spider horror movie’s killer opening sequence
- What kind of games benefit the most from Reflex and lower latency?
- Furiosa ending explained: your biggest questions about the Mad Max movie answered
- May 23
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- Hunt or be hunted in Sneak Out, a spooky six player free to play hide and seek party game
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Everything we know so far
- How Assassin's Creed Shadows can use the history of samurai and shinobi to make a series-best experience
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an amazing throwback to iconic Nintendo storytelling and I'm almost glad I missed it the first time around
- There’s a video-game character in Inside Out 2… and five other things we learned on a visit to Pixar
- May 22
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- After playing Star Wars Jedi Survivor, I'm even more excited about the prospect of dual protagonists in Star Wars Outlaws
- The 32 greatest movies that critics hated (and audiences loved)
- Here's how Nightdive "brought the horror back to System Shock" in its remake of the sci-fi FPS classic
- Yes Anya Taylor-Joy only has 30 lines in Mad Max prequel Furiosa, but that's for the best
- May 21
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- Dev of open-world RPG hiding a whole base builder is "impressed" by games like Factorio and Satisfactory, but says Arknights: Endfield "will be quite different"
- This upcoming "thirst-person shooter" takes inspiration "from a wide range of reality shows" like Terrace House, The Real World, and Love Island
- Welcome to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
- May 20
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- "Superman is my number one": My Adventures with Superman showrunner opens up about her love of the Man of Steel and writing Superman's new comic
- Is the Elite Series 2 controller still worth it in 2024?
- Goodbye over-encumbrance! The best thing about Starfield's May update is greatly increasing my carry capacity
- Playing Hades 2 in Early Access is the best way to experience Supergiant's evolving roguelike
- May 17
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- The 35 greatest Saturday Night Live sketches
- College Football 25 preview: Ultimate Team debuts while past favorites return
- Prime Day Asus ROG Ally deals 2024: all the best offers we've found this year
- What still stands out to me about Hi-Fi Rush isn't the bombastic music, but the quiet anger
- Who is Assassin's Creed Shadows' protagonist Yasuke? The history behind the first Black Samurai explained
- This eldritch horror spin on a Stardew Valley-like farming game is even darker than I expected it to be
- 20 years ago, this controversial X-Men rip-off changed the superhero TV landscape for the better
- Doctor Who stars break down every episode of Ncuti Gatwa's first season, from the Bridgerton episode to a "huge" finale
- May 16
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- My favorite show of 2023 is getting a second chance at alien life on Netflix
- Everything you need to know about MTG Assassin’s Creed
- Lego and Wizards of the Coast tell us how Red Dragon's Tale went from dream to reality
- 25 years after The Phantom Menace, it's time for Jar Jar Binks's redemption
- I can't wear the best armor in RPGs because it makes me feel like an idiot – now I've rejected Fashion Souls and embraced the schlub meta
- Prime Day Steam Deck deals 2024: the best discounts still live
- Is it just me, or do boxing movies hit harder than the sport itself?
- Assassin's Creed Shadows has two major features that made me fall in love with Syndicate, and nothing could excite me more
- Where to pre-order Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Save the world from supervillains in Capes, an XCOM-style superhero tactics game, coming to consoles and PC on May 29
- May 15
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- X-Men '97: All the Easter eggs, cameos, and references
- The 32 greatest summer blockbusters
- Best Meta Quest accessories 2024: upgrade your VR loadout
- Wicked director unpacks his version of Oz in the movie musical's new trailer: "We had to stick our necks out and sometimes be scared of what people would think"
- Whether or not the new Resident Evil 9 rumors are real is beside the point – it's clear what Capcom has to do next
- How the systems in Marvel's Midnight Suns and XCOM 2 influenced Jake Solomon's next-gen life sim
- X-Men '97 finale post-credits scene explained – here's how it sets up season 2
- May 14
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- Replaying Hellblade right before Hellblade 2 makes it feel more like a prequel, and I can't wait for Senua's Sacrifice to become Senua's Saga
- From Annatar to Barad-dûr, here's every Easter egg you missed in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 trailer
- Marvel's Midnight Suns and XCOM dev is looking to reinvent the life sim genre with newly-formed Midsummer Studios: "the whole point is player-storytelling"
- Roger Corman interview: reflecting on his heroes and inspiration
- May 13
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- The secret to a wood-only Manor Lords run is tax avoidance and lying to your villagers
- New T’au Empire models give Kroot the makeover they deserve
- I returned to Dragon's Dogma 2 after taking a break, only to be faced with the toughest RPG challenge ever
- Graphic novel Dying Inside is a new "supernatural emo-fantasy thriller" co-written by Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz
- How to connect your Steam Deck to your TV
- Marvel's answer to Overwatch issues apology for leaked contract that would have banned streamers from saying anything bad about the game
- May 10
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- X-Men '97 seems to be setting up the villain that killed the Avengers and Fantastic Four
- The 34 greatest movies from the 2010s you forgot about
- From Doomsday to Doc Ock, the 25 best comic book supervillains of all time
- This Twilight Zone Day, I can’t stop thinking about two of the show’s eeriest episodes
- As Russell T Davies returns for a new season of Doctor Who, here’s what he had to say about his first ever episode
- Challengers star Josh O’Connor swaps tennis for grave-robbing in new indie movie with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score
- "I need Wonder Woman to be a rebel. I need her to be against the systems that are in place now." Tom King on why Diana Prince is a different sort of superhero to Batman and Superman
- It's not even been in Early Access a full week, but Hades 2 is already my GOTY until further notice
- This cat-shaped sandbox adventure offers up the purrfect playground to get lost in
- Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who season ups the stakes with its new villains, and I couldn’t be happier to see it
- May 9
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- Crow Country scratches that PS1 survival horror itch, but it's also the perfect game for a total genre newbie
- A new anime adaptation of a beloved manga feels like a classic Marvel comic in the best way, and it may cure your superhero fatigue
- After seeing the Elden Ring Symphonic Adventure, I've never felt so ready for Shadow of the Erdtree
- The best wireless gaming headsets 2024
- I went to war in Manor Lords all so my city-builder civilians could get a proper drink
- May 8
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- The 32 greatest movie sequels
- One Piece's latest twist is a perfect encapsulation of the series - and something that Eiichiro Oda has been building towards from the start
- I finally started playing as Baldur's Gate 3's most popular Origin character and I was not disappointed
- Stellar Blade is basically a PS2 game, and I mean that as a compliment
- I test Steam Deck docks for a living, but I'd still rather have one of these gaming monitors
- May 7
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- 25 years after its release, The Mummy still has one of the most undeserved Rotten Tomatoes scores of all time
- Skyrim mods have been downloaded over 6 billion times from the biggest modding site – will anything ever come close to the RPG's stunning legacy?
- I lost interest in Dragon's Dogma 2 after 85 hours, so I decided to nuke my playthrough with the infamous RPG mechanic that most players resent
- May 6
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- James Gunn might've just revealed the secret villain of his Superman movie - and there's some notable comic history behind it
- Almost 20 years later, I still want a remake of the PC simulation game that turned me into a Hollywood movie mogul and rocked my world
- Shooting Nazis in the arse while lying flat out in the prone position in the middle of my living room might be the best video game experience I've ever had
- May 3
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- The Nintendo 3DS and Wii U’s real legacy is how they brought players together
- The 33 greatest Dwayne Johnson movies
- I'm obsessed with Magic: The Gathering now, and it's all Arena's fault
- Get Fury #1 is brutal, uncompromising, and not much fun in its gruesome first issue
- Dragon's Dogma 2 may be light on romance, but that hasn't stopped me turning the action RPG into a dating sim
- The Rey movie has the perfect opportunity to right Star Wars’ biggest wrong, and give John Boyega’s Finn the story he deserves
- Children of the Sun is a grimy puzzle shooter about a psychic sniper and one magic bullet
- The best Steam Deck accessories 2024: handy handheld add-ons
- Love Lies Bleeding star Katy O'Brian talks facing her fears and working with Kristen Stewart on gory thriller from Saint Maud's Rose Glass
- May 2
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- Old Man Logan: The Wolverine story that could bring Hugh Jackman into the MCU
- Starfield's May update just convinced me to try this RPG again, and all it took was proper maps and The Sims-like ship decorating
- This graffiti-filled, anime-inspired 3D platformer oozes personality with its mix of Japanese pop culture inspirations
- I keep replaying the Casino Royale-style part of Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty to fulfill my spy RPG fantasy
- This gaming phone has a dedicated display chip, liquid cooling, and a 120Hz refresh rate
- The Fall Guy post-credits scene explained: who are those cameos?
- May 1
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- 10 essential Free Comic Book Day releases to pick up from your local comic shop this Saturday
- Inside the cutesy, cuddly serial killer thriller that has taken the comics world by storm
- 32 must-see low budget movies
- I held out for Fallout 4's next-gen update, but the biggest draw of the RPG coming to PS5 is unexpectedly the trophies
- Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, and The Fall Guy team talk about unusual inspirations and hopes for many sequels
- Stardew Valley modders on the pressures and positives of the 1.6 update: "So many things which once required complex code patches are now simple"