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June 30
- Blizzard's advice for WoW Classic players getting disconnected while jumping is to just stop jumping
- As Nintendo finally revives Pikmin, fans remember the native PC port that's quietly existed for 22 years
- Tron 3 adds Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith to cast
- At $5 each, you can get these 12 great games for the price of one new game in the 2023 Steam Summer Sale
- Yelena Belova returns to Marvel Comics as the White Widow
- One of our favorite Assassin's Creed games is reportedly getting a remake
- This Darkest Dungeon-inspired roguelike has Ghost of Tsushima vibes and a 94% Steam rating
- Beloved adventure game studio ceases development after betting and losing on Lord of the Rings: Gollum
- One of 2023's best-rated JRPGs is nearly here, but you need to play around 658 hours of other games first
- "Not sustainable": Developers across the industry react to The Last of Us Part 2's $220 million budget
- The Decepticons attack in a new teaser for Transformers #1
- The One Ring card worth $2m has been found
- Dave the Diver, a chill RPG about fishing and sushi, is one of 2023's biggest Steam success stories
- The funniest Zelda-like in years is back, now with even more crime
- Emilia Clarke is very cryptic about a potential Star Wars return
- Prime day could be the perfect time to pick up an RTX 3060
- All the major D&D class changes, explained
- Diablo 4 players manage to slay a World Boss in only 3 seconds
- Final Fantasy 16 is reportedly overheating PS5s
- Trucking company hiring drivers through American Truck Simulator says the game is making better truckers
- You're as likely to finish Baldur's Gate 3 as that D&D campaign your friends keep talking about
- Potential proof of a Red Dead Redemption remaster has unfortunately been debunked
- Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin dies at 89
- Will Poulter begged to join The Bear season 2
- After a week-long thrashing by the FTC, the Nintendo Switch has been vindicated by a federal judge
- Turn any occasion into a party with Everybody 1-2-Switch!
- Baldur's Gate 3 has triple the word count of Lord of the Rings and its cutscenes are twice as long as Game of Thrones
- BlizzCon 2023's priciest tickets will set you back $800
- Secret Invasion includes a reference to Netflix's Daredevil
- CS:GO ban wave leaves over $2m in skins in permanent limbo
- The internet is exploding with Barbenheimer memes
- Mobile survival strategy game Doomsday: Last Survivors is available on PC
- Horror heads, a new movie compared to Hereditary and The Babadook has hit Netflix
- Call of Duty's new anti-cheat efforts make cheaters hallucinate
- Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie have accepted Tom Cruise's movie marathon mission
- I've been waiting ages for this badass Darth Vader scene to get a Star Wars action figure
- Detective Pikachu Returns: Everything we know so far
- If everyone in the world played Elden Ring, we'd have defeated 24 enemies each
- All of the ultra-rare Diablo 4 items have now been found
- Dial of Destiny director James Mangold breaks down the wild Indiana Jones 5 final act
- This level 85 Diablo 4 Hardcore player died to the game's most pitiful enemy
- Beyond The Spider-Verse producers finally address release date delay rumors
- Sega isn't looking for a buyout, from Microsoft or anyone else
June 29
- Jude Law says Star Wars made him want to be an actor
- Everyone's a brutal murderer in new IDW title Kill More
- Bungie explains why Destiny 2 servers have been on fire for months and why it can't be put out anytime soon
- Jude Law and Christopher Ford tease upcoming Star Wars series Skeleton Crew
- Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth is the first new Blade Runner game in 25 years
- The 2023 Steam Summer Sale kicks off with a 20% Steam Deck discount
- Diablo 4 Necromancer corpse explosions have finally been fixed so you can actually see the game
- Pokemon Go developer cancels Marvel game amid layoffs
- Why is Henry Cavill leaving The Witcher?
- Squid Game season 2 adds eight new cast members
- Baldur's Gate 3 is getting out of the way of Starfield on PC, but directly competing with it on PS5
- Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler go head-to-head in new Dune trailer
- Final Fantasy 16's localization has some really dirty jokes
- Final Fantasy 16 is now Japan's fastest-selling PS5 game, overtaking Gran Turismo 7 and Hogwarts Legacy
- Dying Light 2 finally adds an ability first promised in a 2018 trailer
- Final Fantasy 14 crafters despair at in-game calculator discovery after doing manual math for way too long
- Indie game devs confirm that loading bars are totally fake, and my worldview has shattered
- New Spawn movie will hopefully release in 2025, says Jason Blum
- Barbie and Oppenheimer double bill is officially Tom Cruise-approved
- The Boys season 4 release is delayed due to the writers' strike
- The iconic Gulf War Nintendo Game Boy is heading into retirement
- Invincible and Walking Dead get new board games inspired by Hellboy (well, sort of)
- Final Fantasy 6 in the style of FF Tactics is the one JRPG mod I didn't know I needed
- Liam Neeson's car – and family – will explode if he stops driving in new Retribution trailer
- Microsoft exec says the topic of Call of Duty exclusivity was "never discussed"
- This Diablo 4 World Boss got obliterated in 15 seconds
- Final Fantasy 16 is the fastest-selling true PS5 exclusive
- New Bridgerton board game has you wooing suitors and screwing rivals with scandal
- Legendary sci-fi comic 2000 AD is temporarily merging with one of its predecessors
- New Superman actor David Corenswet actually manifested the role years ago
- The Pikmin 4 demo will transfer your progress over to the full game
- WoW Classic's Hardcore servers will make MMO fans hang out as ghosts if they die
- In 2021, more than a million PlayStation players only played Call of Duty
- Microsoft's CEO would get rid of console exclusives if he could
- Anthony Mackie joined the MCU thinking he was playing Black Panther
- The next ultra-rare Diablo 4 item has been uncovered
- The Witcher season 3 release schedule: when is volume 2 on Netflix?
June 28
- Doctor Octopus just got a weirdly cool power upgrade for his tentacles
- Looks like The Sims 5 is free-to-play
- Prey's Dan Trachtenberg to direct Stranger Things season 5 episode
- New hero brawler is basically the Avengers of PvP with devs from League of Legends, Overwatch, Apex Legends, and Valorant
- Evan Peters to star in Tron 3
- Former PlayStation exec told Jim Ryan the Activision deal is bad business: "Microsoft can p*ss away that kind of [money]"
- 22,000 hours in, MMO player becomes the first person to get every single boss drop in one of the longest grinds ever
- PlayStation accidentally reveals $200m+ development costs for Horizon Forbidden West and The Last of Us Part 2
- This Stardew Valley and Terraria mashup wants me to live the goblin lifestyle I was destined for, and I think that's beautiful
- Pokemon fans who preordered the life-size Altaria plush are now dealing with the consequences of their actions
- Xbox memo shows plans to acquire Square Enix in 2019
- The Witcher star Anya Chalotra wasn't involved in Liam Hemsworth's casting process
- Cities: Skylines 2 removes the agent limit, finally letting city builder fans utterly melt their machines
- Secret Invasion viewers react to the unexpected twist at the end of episode 2
- Bird Box Barcelona trailer teases a new nightmare
- This adorable indie feels like Animal Crossing meets Paper Mario, so no wonder it's 600% funded on Kickstarter
- Josh Gad gives disappointing update on Honey I Shrunk the Kids sequel
- Final Fantasy 16's Clive actor has been reading your thirsty fan fiction
- Secret Invasion has Marvel's second-lowest premiere viewing figures
- Henry Cavill helped choreograph The Witcher's best fight scene
- Warrior Nun creator confirms axed Netflix show is coming back
- I know it's early, but the Sims 5 environment prototypes look really good
- Diablo 4 fan discovers best way to grind Nightmare Dungeons following buffs, shaping my endgame grind
- Idris Elba reveals why he removed himself from the Bond conversation
- All of Diablo 4's two-handed swords feature a glaring historical inaccuracy
- Bloodborne at 60fps on PS5 makes me once again wonder why we've never seen a re-release
- Red Dead Redemption gets new rating in Korea, sparking remaster speculation
- The Callisto Protocol fans are calling the Final Transmission DLC ending "IP abandonment"
- Harrison Ford and James Mangold talk their favorite Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny moment
- It wasn't "cool" to hate on Cyberpunk 2077 at launch - it was broken
June 27
- Here's our first look at how Sims look and behave in The Sims 5
- Extraction 2 director teases possible spin-off movie
- Futurama revival season gets a wacky first trailer
- Superman: Legacy has officially found its Clark Kent and Lois Lane
- Among Us animated TV series in the works
- PlayStation boss claims publishers "unanimously do not like Game Pass"
- Diablo 4 patch 1.0.3 brings the heavily anticipated Nightmare Dungeon XP buffs
- The history of DC will be told in a three-part streaming documentary
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge says her Tomb Raider series will be "dangerous and exciting"
- PlayStation chief on Starfield exclusivity: "I don't like it, but I don't view it as anti-competitive"
- Sony expected Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 on PlayStation before Xbox bought Bethesda
- Mass Effect 5 is still in pre-production, Bioware promises "spectacular new" approach to the series
- BioWare confirms it's moving its Star Wars MMO to a new studio so it can concentrate on Mass Effect and Dragon Age
- This punishing climbing game is Twitch's latest masochist craze
- Kathleen Kennedy explains why the Rey and James Mangold Star Wars movies are linked
- DSTLRY unveils new ongoing comics from Scott Snyder, Jock, Becky Cloonan, Brian Azzarello and more
- Final Fantasy 16 finally debuts the series' most destructive spell - but not before Donald Duck used it in Kingdom Hearts 3
- Josh Hutcherson tries to survive Five Nights at Freddy's in creepy new trailer
- Apple Arcade is getting the Hello Kitty Animal Crossing game of my dreams
- Starfield's "exclusive PC partner" has players worried about performance and ray tracing
- "It would be financially irresponsible not to sell your account": Diablo 4's rarest items are driving players to madness
- It took just two weeks for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to become 2023's second best-selling game
- A dead MCU character is reportedly making a return in The Marvels
- The Diablo 4 community is crafting amazing tools to help with the late-game grind
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' episode 9 is "something that's never been done in Trek before"
- The Witcher cast say Liam Hemsworth is throwing himself into playing Geralt and his training regime is "insane"
- Margot Robbie says there have been conversations about Barbie 2
- Tears of the Kingdom's Purah is now a professional skateboarder thanks to this Tony Hawk mod
- Diablo 4's most popular request is still a party finder, and I can see why
- Final Fantasy 16 voice actor shares heartwarming diary entry from when they booked the role
- New Superman: Legacy report reveals superheroes already exist in James Gunn's DCU
- Tom Holland gets candid about bad reviews of The Crowded Room and his response is empowering
- Ubisoft Connect's revamp might hint at Star Wars Outlaws' PC platform
- The Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2, and CDPR's other games are all "at different stages"
- Cover reveal: Alan Wake 2's devs help crack the case
- Against all odds, this Diablo 4 player has nabbed one of the six ultra-rare Unique items
- Meta Quest+ is basically just PlayStation Plus for VR games
- Chadwick Boseman to receive posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- You can rent Barbie's Malibu DreamHouse on Airbnb... for free
- Microsoft was ready to "spend Sony out of business" back in 2019
- Death Stranding's "hidden theme" has been revealed, and we're just confused
- Todd Howard has been trying to get the Indiana Jones game made "for over a decade"
- Bethesda head was worried Microsoft's "confusing" stance on CoD exclusivity would put Starfield in an awkward situation
- Bill and Alexander Skarsgård reportedly Lex Luthor frontrunners for Superman: Legacy
- Nintendo pledges a "smooth transition" from the Switch to its next console
June 26
- Diablo 4 Battle Pass cosmetics will work for every class, so don't worry about missing out
- Xbox had Sega, Bungie, and seven other studios on its "final watchlist" for acquisition
- Christian Bale's rejected The Flash cameo rumor clarified by further comments
- Ryan Gosling sings an '80s power ballad in Barbie
- Margot Robbie begged Greta Gerwig to include Aqua's 'Barbie Girl' on Barbie soundtrack
- Spider-Man's secret sidekick Spider-Boy is getting his own spin-off title
- Fans fear Ark: Survival Ascended delay after the devs tease a roadmap update
- Perfect Dark reportedly "years" from launch after a development reboot in 2022
- Final Fantasy 16 fans celebrate the series' clearest inclusion of a queer couple yet
- This new FPS has instantly earned a reputation as "the spiritual successor to F.E.A.R. we've always wanted," and it deserves it
- A hit anime directly inspired John Wick's shock finale
- Tears of the Kingdom player creates a working scale to find out exactly how much Link weighs
- Skybound reveals the full line-up of Autobots featured in Transformers #1
- This Diablo 4 cheat sheet makes the gear grind a lot easier
- The Elder Scrolls 6 will take longer to come out than the original five games combined
- Turns out Morbius is hiding in plain sight in Marvel's Spider-Man
- Calls for Diablo 4 single-player intensify following DDoS attack and lengthy downtime
- The Flash earns worst box office drop in DC history
- How to pick a great laptop for gaming on the go
- Zazie Beetz says her dream superhero role is Catwoman
- Logan director James Mangold says he had ideas for a Deadpool and Wolverine team-up
- Aubrey Plaza says Agatha: Coven of Chaos is "most elevated" Marvel project yet
- Final Fantasy 16 hides a macabre easter egg dedicated to a beloved FF9 character
- Red Notice 2 gets promising update from Gal Gadot
- Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is adapting Enid Blyton's Famous Five – and we’re as confused as you are
- Sonic Frontiers fans thrilled as latest update fixes momentum issues and adds the iconic Spin Dash move
- "Undisclosed" Rockstar VR game leaks via actor's resume
- Final Fantasy 14 fans want FF16's best feature
- It's been 11 years, but we're now just 2 years away from playing Skyblivion ourselves
- Logan director wishes Marvel wasn't bringing Wolverine back, but sees it as inevitable
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon promises treks and trouble in two-minute sneak peek
- The Witcher producers talk Henry Cavill's "very strong" final scenes – and tease plan to introduce Liam Hemsworth
- Christopher Nolan compares ending of Oppenheimer to Inception
- Diablo 4 players are still searching for the cow level, and now they have new evidence
- Armored Core 6 rating details fictional drug war
June 25
- Diablo 4 and other Blizzard games are "experiencing a DDoS attack"
- Starfield will have physical discs after all, Bethesda confirms
- Fallout dev taps yet another modder from this ambitious fan project
- One of the oldest still-running MMOs is shutting down for good after 27 years
June 24
- You’ll only get Diablo 4’s rarest items at the game’s highest levels
- Minecraft doesn't have a native PS5 version because Sony was "reluctant" to send Microsoft a dev kit
- Bad news for Diablo 4 Druids that love using Barbarian weapons
- The voice of Diablo 4's Lorath and FF16's Cid didn't realise he was about to become 2023's most iconic voice actor
June 23
- Phil Spencer was afraid PlayStation might buy Starfield exclusivity, so Xbox bought Bethesda instead
- The Elder Scrolls 6 is "so far out" even Phil Spencer doesn't know what console it'll be on
- Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Star Trek: Prodigy, and more canceled at Paramount Plus
- Hideo Kojima says he won't make movies because he's too much of a "perfectionist"
- FTC declares console war winners
- Miles Morales swings in to help the students of Strange Academy in a new trio of one-shots
- Sims 4 Horse Ranch fans are hopeful the pack fixes the game's biggest problem
- Olivia Colman joins the cast of Paddington 3
- Henry Cavill says he got to inject more intellect into Geralt in his final season of The Witcher
- Final Fantasy 16 fans are concerned that its epic boss fights are making their PS5s overheat
- The Nier Automata anime will finally shows its last episodes four months after they were supposed to air
- Margaret Qualley's road trip doesn't go to plan in Drive-Away Dolls trailer
- This Steam Next Fest demo reminds me of Horizon: Call of the Mountain in one crucial way
- There’s no way Beyond the Spider-Verse is coming out in 2024, says animator
- This fan-made Assassin's Creed VR trailer is proof I couldn't stomach being Ezio
- Starfield genius uses space math to determine the actual size of the game's planets
- Horizon Forbidden West update includes a heartfelt tribute to Sylens actor Lance Reddick
- Dragon Age writer says there's nothing wrong with magic in games - as long as you avoid one very specific problem
- The Walking Dead star appears to confirm Carol's return in Daryl Dixon spin-off
- Take a look at major characters in MTG Lord of the Rings that the movies skipped
- Indiana Jones 5 director is "not interested" in Phoebe Waller-Bridge spin-off
- Harrison Ford had the most Harrison Ford response when asked if he’s retiring soon
- Starfield will have a helpful "large font mode" for accessibility and varying screen sizes
- Casino Royale director on why Henry Cavill wasn’t chosen as Bond (and why he probably won't be again)
- Bon appétit! The Bear season 2 serves up perfect Rotten Tomatoes score
- Call of Duty players up in arms after Activision calls time on Warzone
- This Diablo 4 player cheesed its deadliest mini-boss with a door frame
- Netflix reassures fans after Squid Game season 2 casting announcement backlash
- It sounds like Simon Pegg will actually be in The Boys season 4 quite a lot
- Nvidia says the RTX 4060 is 20% faster than RTX 3060 without DLSS
- E3's future hangs in the balance as ESA says "no final decisions" have been made for 2024 and 2025
- Across the Spider-Verse has two different versions – and no one realized until now
June 22
- PlayStation boss Jim Ryan wasn't worried about Call of Duty becoming Xbox exclusive after Microsoft Activision deal was announced, email shows
- Microsoft says this week's FTC hearing on the Activision buyout will "decide whether the deal goes forward"
- Starfield will be a "modder's paradise," says Todd Howard
- Microsoft says the next Xbox and PS6 should launch in 2028
- Mads Mikkelsen is desperate to play a zombie
- This JRPG from the creator of Dragon Ball sure sounds a lot like Dune
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 deleted scenes revealed, include more Adam Warlock and Drax
- Bethesda's Indiana Jones game is a confirmed Xbox exclusive but was originally multiplatform
- Samuel L. Jackson says Marvel arranged a fake buy to retrieve stolen Avengers script
- I can't wait to meet fat Baby Yoshi in the Super Mario RPG remake
- Johnny Blaze may be too late to save his brother's life in Ghost Rider #15
- Microsoft admits Xbox "lost the console wars"
- Hasbro resurrects Furby, and yes, you can actually turn this one off
- The massive Lilith statue at the centre of the Diablo 4 Hardcore race has been unveiled
- Mads Mikkelsen met Indiana Jones before he met Harrison Ford
- Capcom's remastered detective game is getting its Japan-exclusive prologues - but only as a string of tweets
- Starfield will only have four main romance options
- Starfield's early game choices are there to set you up for 500 hours of roleplay
- Fall of X scatters mutants to the winds - so Marvel has created a map to help you keep track
- Starfield's procedural planets will feature 'handcrafted' locations, but only 10% will support life
- Harrison Ford doesn’t want to reflect on his old movies
- Hideo Kojima: “Humans should be above” AI
- The Intel Arc A770 isn't dead, but the company's 'Limited Edition' GPU is retiring
- Diablo 4 mount speed is the one community debate that won't go away
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan didn't like one Negan detail in The Walking Dead season 11
- Super Mario Bros Wonder is finally giving Daisy the recognition she deserves
- Mads Mikkelsen reunites with Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller for new horror
- Persona 5 Tactica leak reveals two DLC characters - Kasumi and Akechi
- The team behind the Secret Invasion AI titles respond to backlash
- Steam Summer Sale kicks off next week
- Marvel goes method with Secret Invasion marketing
- Diablo 4 has a post-credit cutscene, but players aren't sure how to get it
- James Mangold says Swamp Thing will be a Gothic horror
- This Dragon's Dogma 2 character is a straight-up Khajiit
- Nintendo fans are concerned that Charles Martinet has been replaced in Super Mario Bros Wonder
- The Last of Us showrunner confirms he spoke to Matthew McConaughey about playing Joel
- Metal Gear Solid 4 remaster hopes sparked by Konami's own website
- Secret Invasion director was told not to read the Secret Invasion comics
- There's no way the Super Mario RPG remake is keeping the original's most infamous joke
June 21
- The creator of horror game Iron Lung says sales spike amid search for Titanic submarine "feels so wrong"
- Super Mario RPG remake fixes a 27-year-old goof that I can't believe anybody noticed
- Pikmin remasters are killing hope for GameCube games on Nintendo Switch Online
- The best Pokemon announcement at Nintendo Direct was Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince
- Let's-a-go, Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon is getting a Switch remaster
- Xbox Series X and Game Pass are both getting price hikes
- Pokemon players are uninspired by the Scarlet and Violet DLC, and I don't blame them
- Sony’s divisive Spider-Man spin-off El Muerto gets its release date scrapped
- Star Ocean 2 remake combines lovely 2D and 3D graphics
- Super Mario Bros Wonder: Everything we know so far
- I'm dying to know more about that Nintendo Direct Princess Peach game
- John Wick director thinks a stunt category could be added to the next Oscars
- Secret Invasion release schedule: when is episode 4 on Disney Plus?
- Christopher Nolan says people "can't speak" after watching Oppenheimer
- Secret Invasion viewers have some *thoughts* on the show's AI-made opening titles
- Tears of the Kingdom Zelda and Ganondorf amiibos coming this holiday
- Super Mario Bros Wonder revives 2D action this October
- Hell yes, another WarioWare game is on the way
- Gal Gadot could be back as Wonder Woman after all
- Indie game phenomenon Vampire Survivors comes to Switch with co-op in August
- The best Batman games are coming to Switch this year
- Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection is out in October, and it's coming to Switch
- Detective Pikachu 2 is real, and it's coming this year
- The Super Mario RPG is back after 27 years
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is getting (partial) blame for the UK's record inflation
- Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla trailer teases a different kind of Elvis biopic
- Sony says it would withhold PS6 information from Activision if the Microsoft deal goes through
- Gloomhaven second edition revealed with "fully rewritten campaign" and new reputation system
- The trailer for Zendaya’s new movie Challengers has turned the internet (and us) feral
- Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct June 2023
- The only fix for a gamebreaking Star Wars Jedi Survivor bug might be something you haven't unlocked yet
- Secret Invasion episode 1 leaves Marvel fans reeling with shock ending
- John Wick 4 director's cut is coming, Chad Stahelski confirms
- Diablo 4 player somehow solos the game's hardest boss in under a minute
- Befuddling Everybody 1-2-Switch trailer drops mere hours before Nintendo Direct
- New Lego Disney Castle may be expensive, but good lord it's pretty
- Your future Steam Deck could have a removable battery, thanks to the EU
- Diablo 4 developer explains one item's surprisingly moving description
- Final Fantasy 16 is already racking up impressive amounts of fan fiction, and it isn't even out yet
- Tom Cruise filmed the most dangerous Mission: Impossible stunt on day one in case he died
- Horizon Forbidden West patch buffs salmon, and players are weirdly happy
- Activision "wants to invest" in new Crash Bandicoot games
- Oppenheimer is being described as a horror movie – and Christopher Nolan agrees
- Hollow Knight Silksong dev indicates we're in for another Nintendo Direct no-show
- This anime MMO could be 2024's biggest hit
June 20
- EA Games separates from EA Sports to become EA Entertainment
- The random gamers suing Microsoft say they have "uncontroverted evidence" that Xbox wants to put PlayStation out of business
- The Sims 4 returns to the Stardew Valley well with the leaked Horse Ranch expansion
- Frank Miller's cover for Daredevil #1 offers a tough new take on Matt Murdock
- Xbox announces yet another not-E3 showcase
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor patch fixes game-breaking bugs for the most tedious, most rewarding quest
- Daryl Dixon is lost at sea in first glimpse at his Walking Dead spin-off
- How to watch the Nintendo Direct June 2023
- These MMO players are going naked to maximise their framerate
- Quentin Tarantino compares his next film to Taxi Driver, but not in the way you might think
- As Chrono Trigger remake rumors swirl, one fan imagines a 2.5D remake of the classic JRPG
- Ahead of Phantom Liberty, a new Cyberpunk 2077 patch finally fixes some of the game's longest-surviving bugs
- Persona dev's Metaphor: ReFantazio will launch in Japan and the West on the same day
- Jensen Ackles fought "pretty hard" to be Soldier Boy in The Boys
- This 'Make Starfield a PS5 exclusive' petition is getting rightfully roasted
- Nintendo Direct confirmed for tomorrow with "40 minutes of information" focused on 2023 Switch games
- Halo Infinite devs will drop seasonal cutscenes to focus on gameplay additions
- James Gunn "blown away" by Superman: Legacy auditions
- Christopher McQuarrie says Edgar Wright’s feedback completely changed Mission Impossible 7
- Final Fantasy 6 remake would be "difficult," but Square Enix staff want it to happen
- Guardians of the Galaxy star Will Poulter joins The Bear season 2
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty will have "no new romance options" but "some new content" for existing characters
- Genshin Impact-like MMO Tower of Fantasy is coming to PS5 in under 2 months
- Star Wars Outlaws might not launch on Steam
- Nvidia's $40K AI GPU fails at gaming, but that’s to be expected
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson bites a man's nose off in first Kraven the Hunter trailer
- Xbox games have to hit 10 million players to be considered a success
- Final Fantasy 16 demo starts exponential spike in pre-orders
- Mission: Impossible 7 first reactions call it another "phenomenal winner" for the series
- You'll need to create a new Diablo 4 character with every Battle Pass to level it up
June 19
- Please, nobody let Hideo Kojima go to space
- Cyberpunk 2077 dev likens romance in Phantom Liberty to The Witcher 3's DLC
- Oppenheimer has got the ideal first review – from the co-author of the Oppenheimer book
- Netflix unveils tense Squid Game season 2 teaser
- Samuel L. Jackson ranks Secret Invasion as his "number one" MCU project
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players aren't fans of these specific NPCs and their time-wasting ways
- This Skyrim-like Metroidvania just got a demo and release date
- Final Fantasy 16 pre-load will go live tomorrow
- Jon Hamm almost had Ben Affleck's role in Gone Girl
- Fear the Walking Dead teases crossover with Rick and Michonne spin-off in midseason finale
- Beyond The Spider-Verse will feature more of Spider-Punk's world
- Final Fantasy 16 has a day one patch after all, and it fixes a progression-blocking bug
- FPS practice tool Aimlabs shoots to the top of Steam's best-sellers list
- Talk to Me directors explain how The Babadook inspired the new horror movie
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has 10 new suit cosmetics - but only with a deluxe pre-order
- The Assassin's Creed Mirage map is roughly the same size as Revelations' Constantinople
- One Diablo 4 player has calculated when and where every World Boss, Helltide, and Legion Event will spawn
- The Flash star Sasha Calle has had a meeting about her Supergirl future
- Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti price is already falling ahead of next GPU launch
- Mutant Mayhem won't follow one particular TMNT canon, says co-director
- Todd Howard has genuinely been thinking about making a Starfield-style space RPG for 25 years
- Mission: Impossible won't end with Dead Reckoning, according to the director
- Persona 3 Reload might be coming to Switch after all
- The Beanie Bubble film had to make thousands of Beanie Babies from scratch
- Avowed is yet to enter what's expected to be Obsidian's longest testing phase ever
- Oblivion's Adoring Fan voice actor confirms he's on board for Starfield
- Got an Asus ROG Ally? You might want to avoid updating its firmware for now
- Hideo Kojima isn't directing the Death Stranding movie, he's just supervising it
- PlayStation was sure it'd get Call of Duty even if Microsoft acquired Activision
June 18
- Christopher McQuarrie on competing with his past movies: "We're going to bury Top Gun"
- Jamie Dornan doesn't give Bond rumors "a huge amount of thought"
June 17
- Gal Gadot takes on death-defying stunts in first Heart of Stone trailer
- Linda Hamilton joins Stranger Things Season 5
- Netflix's live-action One Piece trailer teases an epic pirate adventure
- Phasmophobia "finally" comes to console later this year
- Final Fantasy 16 dev promises to fix demo performance issues
- Ahsoka star Rosario Dawson addresses those Hayden Christensen rumors
- Blue Beetle director confirms movie's place in DCU
- Most of Diablo 4's players "haven't finished the game yet"
- The Callisto Protocol is getting "final chapter" story DLC
- Gal Gadot feels empowered to focus on other stories after scrapped Wonder Woman 3
June 16
- We did it folks, Diablo 4 is moving gems to the materials tab
- Diablo 4 Nightmare Dungeons are getting two massive buffs for faster XP gains
- PlayStation says it still has no intention of competing against Xbox Game Pass with day one PS Plus launches
- Diablo 4 players are exhausted to learn level 85 is somehow only halfway to 100
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player manages to get a game of Beyblade running
- Captain Marvel gets a new title and a new creative team this fall
- Long-standing Switch piracy community shut down after it gained infamy for Tears of the Kingdom mods
- Gal Gadot on Fast X return: "It just felt right this time"
- The best-named game of the year now has a demo
- New Valheim update adds hardcore difficulty to the already unforgiving Viking survival game
- Bollywood superstar Alia Bhatt reveals why she chose Heart of Stone as her debut Hollywood movie
- Assassin's Creed fans are divided on Basim's supposedly "magic" teleportation skills in Mirage
- Steam just got the single most useful feature ever added to a video game platform
- The Final Fantasy 16 demo throws up all sorts of subtle references to the series' past
- Rosario Dawson wants to keep playing Ahsoka – and working with Dave Filoni
- Persona 3 remake might ditch one of the original JRPG's best ideas, and fans want it kept
- Alan Wake 2 devs aren’t concerned about launching so close to Assassin's Creed Mirage or Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan and Alia Bhatt are ready for action in these exclusive Heart of Stone images
- Skyrim Grandma will not be in Starfield and has no plans to play it
- Henry Cavill's new spy movie finally gets release date
- Diablo 4's game director is open to a party finder system
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth fans are pouring one out for Ichiban's love life after a new trailer
- Steam’s latest hit is a low-poly Call of Duty and Lego mashup that supports 254-player servers
- An iconic strategy RPG is coming to Nintendo Switch Online next week
- Final Fantasy 16 actor says playing Clive helped him process the loss of his father
- The Flash director defends DC movie's CGI: "That was intended"
- Diablo 4's new hotfix sorts out sneaky World Tier hacks
- DCU's new Batman movie gets its director – The Flash's Andy Muschietti
- Xbox head on Arkane Austin staying open after Redfall flop: "That is the plan right now"
June 15
- Halo Infinite Infection finally arrives next week
- Final Fantasy comparison has gamers longing for the days of generational graphics leaps
- Bethesda's Todd Howard says Starfield is more like Red Dead Redemption 2 than No Man's Sky
- Final Fantasy 16 fans are going into spoiler lockdown after retail copies seemingly leak early
- Gal Gadot’s Heart of Stone is on the cover of the new issue of Total Film
- Garth Ennis returns to Marvel for Marvel Zombies: Black, White, & Red
- The Last of Us is getting a Universal Studios haunted house with "Joel and Ellie, Clickers, and more"
- Mortal Kombat 2 casts its Shao Kahn, Quan Chi, and more
- Former GTA and Red Dead lead announces studio dedicated to "weird sh*t from desperate people"
- Ke Huy Quan surprises Harrison Ford at Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny premiere
- Microsoft is finally done making Xbox One games
- Zoe Saldana has the perfect response to Avatar delays
- Long-running G.I. Joe comic A Real American Hero returns for a new run at Skybound
- The former co-developer of one of the most popular mobile games ever is closing
- User somehow drops negative Starfield review on Metacritic 85 days before launch
- Chicken Run 2 gets eggs-cellent first look in new Netflix teaser
- Legend of Zelda movie isn't in the works, studio boss confirms
- Persona dev's next wild JRPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio, is coming to PS5 too
- Final Fantasy 16's pause menu didn't need to go this hard
- Green Lantern: War Journal #1 puts John Stewart back on the front line
- I simply do not know how to feel about this yassified Witcher 3 statue
- When is The Flash available to stream?
- This open-world roguelike looks like just what I need after Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Steven Spielberg surprises Indiana Jones audience with live John Williams performance
- PS5 game streaming is in the works, exclusively for PS Plus subscribers
- Hideo Kojima met up with Nic Cage, and now I desperately want him in Death Stranding 2
- It looks like the next season of Rick and Morty is just months away
- Star Ocean 2 might be the next classic JRPG to get a remake
- The Chinese Room returns with a chilling tale of survival at sea: Edge 386 features a world exclusive first look at Still Wakes The Deep
- Yakuza studio has finally settled on Yakuza 8's actual name
- New Knuckles TV show adds to fever dream of a cast – including Christopher Lloyd
- Guillermo del Toro only wants to make animated movies in the future
- Diablo 4 player somehow loses 172-hour Hardcore character despite multiple invincibility protections
- GTA 6 fans think this weird GTA Online shirt is teasing a reveal
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 gets 'T' rating for words like "ass"
- Resident Evil Village meets Inscryption in this gorgeous survival horror roguelite
June 14
- Are Loki and Wanda Maximoff about to be a thing?
- Quick, use this Tears of the Kingdom glitch to fly on a rocket-powered shield before it's patched out
- There's no way for Star Wars Outlaws to avoid Tatooine despite everyone being sick of it
- Cities: Skylines 2 has city builder fans in awe of a super-simple quality-of-life feature
- Carrie Fisher's final film to be released after 7 years
- Call of Duty season 4 will only last 48 days
- Star Wars Outlaws combat isn't just "taking cover and taking headshots"
- Payday 3 has cop negotiations where you can use hostages to buy time and resources
- PlayStation and Xbox fans agree on one thing - it's time to buy a machine that can play Starfield
- A demo for my favorite simulation game's sequel is set for next week, and I can't wait
- Skybound roll out a new shared Transformers and G.I. Joe universe - and it starts today!
- Final Fantasy 16 demo has fans falling in love with Torgal all over again
- There's something sinister in the skin cream in "dark and demented" new thriller Rumpus Room
- Apple renews Silo for season 2
- The cult classic FPS studio behind Bulletstorm - and Outriders - is working on an undisclosed AAA Xbox IP
- Star Wars Outlaws lead thinks the Red Dead Redemption 2 comparisons are "great"
- Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty's director will head up the sequel
- Star Wars Outlaws gameplay was shown in a cinematic mode you can pick on release
- The developers of my favorite strategy game trilogy are back - and their new project sounds pleasantly familiar
- Tom Holland admits a part of him wants to walk away from Spider-Man
- Bruce Wayne is dead, long live the Batman, in new DC Black Label series Gargoyle of Gotham
- James Mangold explains why his Star Wars movie is set thousands of years before the Skywalker Saga
- GTA Online removes hundreds of vehicles from the store and puts some behind a paywall
- James Gunn confirms unlikely first DCU character
- Fable 4 lead amused that people can't believe the new trailer is real gameplay
- Persona 5 Royal is finally lifting its spoiler embargo three years later
- Margot Robbie’s one condition for Barbie is, unsurprisingly, the most Barbie thing we’ve ever heard
- Persona 5 director says his new fantasy JRPG "will be a fresh new challenge"
- After several fixes, The Last of Us Part 1 is now Steam Deck verified again
- James Mangold on the similarities between Logan and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
- Diablo 4's first build planner is live and it's incredibly in-depth
- Star Wars Outlaws lead is kinda surprised everyone wants to bang the droid
- The Flash post-credits scene explained
- Final Fantasy 16's QTEs go really easy on you if you fail
June 13
- Starfield is taking heat from accessibility advocates for its "abysmally small" UI text
- Lies of P dev details "P-Organ" upgrades and honestly what more is there to say
- Silver Surfer and Genis-Vell team up for Silver Surfer Rebirth: Legacy
- Women Talking director Sarah Polley to helm live-action Bambi for Disney
- Fans of gorgeous JRPGs rejoice: Sea of Stars is a day one Game Pass drop
- Xbox really wants you to know Clockwork Revolution is led by the devs behind one of the best CRPGs ever
- "X-Men meets Attack on Titan" in West African mythology inspired OGN The Asiri
- Hellblade 2's mocap glow-up is seriously impressive
- Obsidian's Avowed is closer to KOTOR 2 than Fallout: New Vegas
- High on Life DLC trailer turns last year's funniest FPS into a horror game
- Square Enix confirms Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth isn't launching on PS4
- This year's Wholesome Direct gave me so many more games to add to my wishlist
- Nearly 2% of all Diablo 4 player deaths are to a single boss
- New Avatar delays mean the series won't end until 2031, 22 years after the first movie
- A mystery Star Wars movie has just set a release date – and another has been delayed
- Marvel delays: Captain America, Avengers, and more get new release dates
- Badass Clone Wars character revealed for Star Wars Villainous board game expansion
- Star Wars: Outlaws fans think the trailer is hiding a classic hero in plain sight
- Netflix's They Cloned Tyrone trailer sees John Boyega and Jamie Foxx uncover a creepy conspiracy
- Devil Land's sinister creator finally steps out of the shadows in Dark Ride #7
- The Starfield controller unlocks a new Xbox Series X dynamic background
- Resident Evil 4 remake players in mourning after no Separate Ways announcement
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's new location is inspired by South American drug lords
- Overwatch 2's PvE is paywalled, and players aren't happy about it
- Lord of the Rings owners are canning other games to make Middle-earth "into one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world"
- Jury Duty creator gives disappointing update on season 2
- BioWare announces dead Shepard statue for Mass Effect fans and instantly regrets it
- Xbox is looking into the "future of Halo," whatever that might be
- Starfield's 30fps cap is best explained by a big pile of sandwiches
- Silksong was meant to be playable by now, and Hollow Knight fans aren't taking that well
- Extraction 2 director on Idris Elba joining the sequel – and expanding the universe
- Every QA tester at Microsoft is working on Starfield, according to Phil Spencer
- A new Spider-Verse short film sees Miles Morales do horror
- Xbox exec says games are taking longer to make, and we need to get used to that
- New Tomb Raider game is unaffected as Embracer lays off staff and cancels games
June 12
- Capcom's mysterious sci-fi game has been delayed again, this time indefinitely
- Dragon's Dogma 2 is "four times the size" of the original game
- Mortal Kombat boss wants to borrow The Last of Us' naming convention
- Is the Phoenix Force returning to Jean Grey?
- I didn't think I could love the little critter in Star Wars Outlaws more, then I saw its mocap puppet
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown devs say Rayman gave them 2D confidence but "the core experience" is Prince of Persia
- Star Wars: Outlaws has narrative choices and factions you can anger, including a GTA-style wanted system
- Star Wars Outlaws has something Starfield doesn't: surface takeoff
- Star Wars Outlaws will show a "different side to the Empire"
- Star Wars Outlaws gameplay shows our cute lil' guy is integral to stealth
- Assassin's Creed Mirage gameplay showcase is a return to roots indeed
- Assassin's Creed Jade gets gameplay trailer and closed beta announcement
- Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix was engineered to piss me off in every conceivable way
- The Crew Motorfest launches in September with a beta coming next month
- Skull and Bones is getting another closed beta in August
- Free-to-play arena shooter XDefiant is getting another beta later this month
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has time powers and a semi open-world
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora looks more like Far Cry than Assassin's Creed
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora releases in December with two-player online mode
- The FTC has filed to block the Xbox-Activision merger
- Netflix's password sharing crackdown sees spike in new subscribers
- Clockwork Revolution's similarity to BioShock Infinite is "unintentional"
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty currently has free Witcher-themed goodies up for grabs
- Star Wars: Outlaws' adorable animal companion is played by the franchise's most prolific voice actor
- Diablo 4 dataminer uncovers evidence of World Tier 5, pointing to a new difficulty level
- The Sanderson Sisters ride again with this new Hocus Pocus Lego set
- How to watch the Ubisoft Forward later today
- The voice of Oblivion's original Adoring Fan could potentially be returning for Starfield
- The Elder Scrolls 6 could be Todd Howard's last game
- Starfield fans are really happy with everything in the Direct, except maybe the Adoring Fan
- The new Dune MMO pushes players through four phases of survival
- Square Enix's new CEO says he would no-life Final Fantasy games growing up, proving himself worthy of his new job
- Steven Spielberg loved The Last of Us episode 3 so much, he sent a letter to its writer
- Starfield fans think one screenshot proves the year-long delay was worth it
- Michael Shannon preferred playing Zod in Man of Steel to The Flash
- Star Wars Outlaws fans are down bad for the droid with the cool trench coat
- Witcher actor says "things look good for the future" after cancer diagnosis
- Final Fantasy 16 demo is a hit with fans: "This is truly the next generation of Final Fantasy"
- Transformers producer teases what’s next after G.I. Joe crossover
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty offers such sweeping changes it's being hailed as Cyberpunk 2.0
- Everything announced at Ubisoft Forward
- The Crown season 6 will feature all three Queen actors
- Star Wars Outlaws gameplay sounds like a heist game Han Solo would be proud of
- Starfield had a much earlier release date before Xbox told Bethesda to take its time
- Skyrim has sold 60 million copies, making it the seventh best-selling game ever
- Avowed isn't aiming for an open world as big as Skyrim's
- An updated version of Across the Spider-Verse has been released – with better audio
- Final Fantasy 16 was co-developed with Nier Automata's combat genius
- Starfield framerate being locked to 30fps is "a creative decision"
- Diablo 4 hotfix 8 fixes bugs with PvP and standout bosses
June 11
- Stormgate devs aiming for “modern take” on traditional strategy games
- You "can talk to pretty much everybody" in Baldur's Gate 3's "seamless" city
- Breathedge 2 brings humor back to outer space survival
- Clockwork Revolution: Everything we know so far
- New The Invincible trailer teases philosophical story from former CDPR devs
- One of last year's best indie RPGs is getting a sequel
- Phil Spencer is still "confident" that the Xbox Activision merger will go through
- Starfield Premium Edition includes 5 days of early access
- Star Wars: Outlaws is the "first-ever open-world Star Wars game," says Ubisoft
- Starfield's zero-gravity gunfighting is scientifically accurate
- Metaphor: ReFantazio is a new JRPG from Persona veterans
- The first Starfield expansion has already been confirmed
- Starfield Direct appears to confirm cutscenes for takeoff and landing during space flight
- Starfield Premium Edition bonuses offer up DLC and early access
- Starfield has 'more weapons and mods than anything we've done before'
- Starfield takes cues from the best Star Wars games for ship combat
- Starfield's New Atlantis is "the biggest city" Bethesda's ever built
- Starfield's NPCs are made up of scientists, ex-pirates, space cowboys, and more
- Starfield gives Skyrim Grandma a tiny cameo
- You can turn your Starfield ship into Optimus Prime, confirmed
- Starfield controller finally confirmed after deluge of leaks
- Starfield is going full Star Trek with a space folding warp drive, and you can't go everywhere immediately
- Star Wars: Outlaws is set between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi
- Starfield's robot companion Vasco will say the player's name just like Fallout 4
- Starfield's character creator sounds hugely diverse
- Clockwork Revolution is a time-bending steampunk RPG with BioShock Infinite vibes, coming to Steam and Xbox
- A 1TB black Xbox Series S is on the way
- Starfield's lighting will adapt to the planet you're on
- Cities: Skylines 2 finally launches this October, and it's coming to Game Pass
- Overwatch 2 Invasion kicks off Blizzard's PvE resurrection tour in August
- Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty trailer confirms September release date
- Life is Strange developer's next game will see players climbing to new heights
- Spiritfarer dev unveils next game - a Hades-style co-op action roguelike for 33 players
- Persona 3 remake and Persona 5 tactics game confirmed during Xbox showcase
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 has wrapped shooting, coming next year
- Forza Motorsport returns after a six-year absence this October
- Like a Dragon 8 is called Infinite Wealth, and it takes the series abroad
- Sea of Thieves is teaming up with greatest adventure game of all time
- Avowed looks like an ace Skyrim successor
- Star Wars Outlaws continues a rich tradition of lil' guys and I am so here for it
- Payday 3 launches 2,670 days after it was announced, and it's day one on Game Pass
- Star Wars Outlaws is Ubisoft's Star Wars game, an underworld story set in the Rebellion era
- Fable trailer is as bonkers as we hoped it would be
- Starfield hoodie leaks ahead of showcase as more merch is expected to be revealed
- Stalker 2 dev confirms game won't be at the Xbox Games Showcase
- Everything announced at the Starfield Direct showcase
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- You can thank Alan Wake 2 for Quantum Break and Control, says Remedy
June 10
- The Spirit of the Samurai is a stop-motion style Metroidvania you can play next year
- Luto is a psychological horror adventure about being trapped by memories in your own home
- The Precinct is like old-school Grand Theft Auto, but you play as the cops
- Cookie Cutter is bringing punk to the Metroidvania genre by arming you with a guitar and a chainsaw
- Pacific Drive devs are working to ensure you "gain a sense of companionship with the car"
- Psycho-thriller Reveil gets another eerie trailer that's bound to give you chills
- Musical extravaganza Stray Gods shows off more of its romanceable characters
- Company of Heroes 3 bursts from the trenches with an explosive console launch trailer
- Reka's latest gameplay reveal lets you build your own Baba Yaga chicken house and train to be a witch
- Master alchemy and fight the plague in Remedium's post-apocalyptic Renaissance shooter
- The Future Games Show Summer Showcase's 'Ones to Play' montage sets up a whole suite of demos
- Create a hero and defeat dragons to save the kingdom in Hammerwatch 2
- Gorgeous dino life sim Paleo Pines marks long-awaited release date with new trailer
- Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson is all about battling evil record executives with big chiptune riffs
- Ruffy and the Riverside makes a smart game out of copy and paste
- City builder New Cycle is about rebuilding following catastrophe, Steam demo out now
- Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle's new trailer teases the 90s flavored horror ahead
- New SteamWorld Build trailer shows off the cute mining towns you could create later this year
- Try Warhaven's chaotic swordfights for yourself at the upcoming Steam Next Fest
- Cross Blitz is an enthralling card battler with a huge 30-hour campaign and colorful characters
- Fighter management sim Punch Club 2: Fast Forward busts out new gameplay footage
- Norse-themed roguelite and stick shooter Odinfall shows off robo-Viking action in new footage at Future Games Show 2023
- Moving Out 2 reassembles the relocation crew for more physics-based packing chaos
- Roguelike deck builder Shattered Heaven unveils new trailer
- Enchanted Portals is a magic-filled 2D platformer with Cuphead-style visuals
- See how The Writer ties all three Layers of Fear stories together in this new cinematic trailer
- Terraform and conquer Mars with your mech army in the new Space Gears demo
- Laika: Aged Through Blood is what you'd get if Trials were a beautiful hand-painted metroidvania
- Post-apocalyptic city-builder Homeseek gets July 20 release date
- Point and click adventure Deponia turns survival game in its surprise fifth entry
- Madison VR brings the "scariest horror game of all time" to virtual reality and... no thanks actually
- Life-sim Life by You shows off how jobs will work for the first time
- Identify the Infected within your ranks in asymmetric social horror Deceit 2
- Stunning adventure game The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales gets a release date and a demo
- Drive and survive across The Last Frontier in Alaskan Road Truckers
- En Garde! is a witty swashbuckling action-adventure epic launching this summer
- Go Fight Fantastic! is a frenetic new couch co-op action game with a demo coming soon
- Distant Bloom is a cozy plant management sim about breathing life into a planet
- New Steel Seed gameplay shows an Unreal Engine 5 stealth-action game worth your attention
- The Last Faith's new trailer rips open its unholy blend of metroidvania and soulslike gameplay
- Headbangers Rhythm Royale is a musical battle royale featuring funky pigeons
- Upcoming Soulslike Lords of the Fallen reveals three terrifying boss fights
- Star Trucker is a truck simulator set in space and that's all you need to know
- Forget Dino Crisis, Instinction is the only dino shooter I care about now
- Resistor is basically a Burnout RPG and I'm totally into it
- Uber-stylish narrative adventure game Highwater is coming to consoles
- Remedy says there's no "right or wrong way" to play through Alan Wake 2's dual storylines
- It's been five years since Elder Scrolls 6 was announced, and still the sequel is nowhere in sight
- Remedy promises that Alan Wake 2 will have "more variation" in story and combat than its predecessor
- Kelvin Harrison Jr. signed up to Lion King prequel to play Scar, not sing kids' songs
- GTA Online reveals long list of "experience improvements" coming with next week's San Andreas update
June 9
- Watch Megan Fox eulogize Dr. Lupo and other Diablo 4 deaths: "Not even the best doctor can save you now"
- Tekken 8 needs to rename its Closed Network Test ASAP
- The original Wasp Janet Van Dyne leads a new team in Avengers Inc
- Pack it in folks, Diablo 4's first recorded Hardcore Uber Lilith kill is here
- Harley Quinn is the final member of DC's new Birds of Prey
- Assassin's Creed Mirage parkour is "closer to the Ezio games"
- Real-life trucking companies are trying to hire American Truck Simulator players with in-game ads
- The Lord of the Rings Universes Beyond crossover set provides the best time to get back into Magic: The Gathering.
- Starfield Collector's Edition comes with a lore-friendly smartwatch, and it's $300
- Prince of Persia's original creator backs new game amid criticism of the "spin-off"
- Disney Lorcana publisher calls lawsuit alleging its design was stolen "entirely without merit"
- Outlander season 7 will feature some secret returning characters
- Elden Ring fans really thought we'd see Shadow of the Erdtree at Summer Game Fest, now they're heartbroken
- Dragon Ball fans want its creator's 23-year-old JRPG gag included in a new game based on his most obscure manga
- Ubisoft is striking down Assassin's Creed Mirage leaks as fast as they show up
- Like a Dragon Gaiden's trailer has Kiryu seriously acting out
- Here's how to watch the Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2023
- The Witcher’s Ciri actor teases character’s post-season 3 future
- Josh Hartnett and Joel Edgerton are in the running to play Two-Face in The Batman 2
- Persona 3 Reload could ditch its female protagonist, and fans ain't happy
- Strange New Worlds stars share dream crossover with Patrick Stewart and Next Generation cast
- Diablo 4 keeps breaking its concurrency records as dev gets ready for "expected surge" this weekend
- Yennefer actor "shed a tear" over Henry Cavill’s shock exit from The Witcher
- Secret Invasion director says Marvel series is a "six-hour movie"
- New Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth trailer further fuels a wild - but plausible - fan theory
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth trailer comparison shows a faithful recreation of 1997's original scenes
- Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth fans have been on an emotional rollercoaster thanks to Doordash
- Prince of Persia is a Metroidvania now
- Persona 3 Reload fans are loving the glow up - apart from one character
- 25 years later, Sonic the Hedgehog's original designer is returning for the new Sonic game
- I already can't handle Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's romantic angst for Cloud and Tifa
- Legend of Zelda movie may be in the works from Super Mario Bros. Movie production company
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 collector's edition statue really puts the Venom fight into perspective
- The most-played Diablo 4 class has been revealed - and it's not the Necromancer
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny producer teases time travel elements of the movie
- Diablo 4 patch targets server stability following queue times of over an hour
- Toxic Commando looks like John Carpenter's Left 4 Dead
- Start your engines, Vin Diesel has confirmed the Fast X: Part 2 release date
June 8
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's two-disc release is another blow to hard drives in an already gigabyte-hungry year
- Marvel is launching a new Ultimate Universe with a whole new line of Ultimate Comics
- You can't buy this Porsche Xbox Series X, and I don't think I'd want to
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth producer says you don't need to play the Remake to understand this one, and I straight-up don't believe him
- New game Cocoon from former Limbo dev is all about orbs and worlds and world orbs
- We're getting a new Call of Duty game "this Fall," according to Geoff Keighley
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 teases a new type of villain in Kraven the Hunter
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 collector's edition pre-orders start soon for fans of skins, skill points, and so much more
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is opting for a very different take on Venom
- Hyper Light Breaker devs say you can think of their open-world roguelike as Breath of the Wild meets Hades, and I certainly want to
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth trailer has Tifa fans very worried
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth delayed to early 2024 and is coming on two discs
- Fortnite's Season 3 trailer puts dinosaurs next to Optimus Prime
- Fae Farm, an adorable Stardew Valley-style Switch exclusive, gets September release date and PC port
- 'Pokemon with guns' survival game Palworld reveals January 2024 early access in apparent delay
- Return to Moria looks more like Lord of the Rings Valheim than ever before in new gameplay trailer
- Miles Morales swings onto Marvel's Spider-Man 2's newly revealed box art
- Ever Crisis looks like a must-play for Final Fantasy 7 fans
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Venom is not Eddie Brock
- Captain America: Cold War Omega #1 brings a climax to the epic story
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is out in October
- The Dragon Ball creator's most underrated manga is being turned into an open-world game, and I'm in
- How many Transformers: Rise of the Beasts post-credits scenes are there and what do they set up?
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ending explained: will Noah join [SPOILER]?
- Alan Wake 2 is doing one hell of a Resident Evil impression in first gameplay reveal
- Honkai Star Rail is finally coming to PS5 at the end of this year
- Throne and Liberty is a new Korean MMO coming West, and it puts WoW Dragonlands to shame
- One of the most-wishlisted games on Steam just got a release date after three years in the dark
- Sonic Superstars looks great and it's not just because of the playable Amy, Knuckles, and Tails
- Zealot from WildCATS joins DC's new Birds of Prey title
- Horror Soulslike Lies of P just dropped a demo and release date at Summer Game Fest
- Dark fantasy FPS Witchfire gets September release date
- The Witcher season 3 trailer teases monsters and mayhem
- Path of Exile 2 eyes Diablo 4's crown with a killer gameplay teaser
- First Mortal Kombat 1 gameplay is predictably brutal and reveals the Kameo Fighter system
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a side-scrolling hack-and-slasher
- Win The Usborne Book of the Future
- Blasphemous 2 release date leaks on PlayStation Store
- Win 65 on Blu-ray
- The Flash director confirms he spoke to Zack Snyder about the DC movie
- Tears of the Kingdom player builds Sims-style home for Link and proves we are not playing the same game
- Baldur's Gate 3 introduces Gortash, voiced by veteran actor Jason Isaacs
- If it bleeds, can he kill it? Wolverine tackles the Predator in a new Marvel crossover
- Several hints suggest a Nintendo Direct could be on the way soon
- Prime Video is set to follow in Netflix's footsteps with ad-supported subscription plan
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty pre-orders are live, and it costs as much as the Witcher 3 DLC combined
- Emma Stone is Frankenstein's monster in first full-length Poor Things trailer
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth lead says more info will be revealed "soon"
- Mysterious job ad for a Japanese studio mentions developing next-generation consoles
- Diablo 4 hotfixes eliminate infinite XP exploit and buff the Level 100 Pinnacle Boss
- An Elden Ring tabletop RPG is coming soon… but only in Japan
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has "thousands" of Easter eggs, according to director
- This Titanic superfan has 1560 copies of the film on VHS
- A single Tears of the Kingdom side quest features the only mention of an absent Breath of the Wild fan favourite
- Award-winning Black creators unite for Shook! A Black Horror Anthology
- Disney Lorcana publisher being sued for allegedly "stealing" another card game
- Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name gets November release date
- Diablo 4 fans want Blizzard to warn them when servers are going offline
- Star Wars: The Old Republic dev calls studio move "a new beginning, not the end" for the MMO
- Beyond the Spider-Verse writers confirm it will conclude Miles' story
- The Flash director is "top choice" to helm DCU Chapter One’s Batman movie
- New Ahsoka footage shows Sabine using Ezra's lightsaber – and Star Wars fans can't handle it
- Persona 3 remake rumours have fans already writing their wishlists
- Summer Game fest announcements: All games announced at Summer Game Fest
- Don’t miss Retro Gamer’s Sega special
- How to watch Summer Game Fest 2023 showcase
- How to watch the Transformers movies in order (release date and chronological)
June 7
- Whoopi Goldberg is "pissed off" that Diablo 4 isn't playable on Mac
- Twitch reverses course on sponsorship changes: "These guidelines are bad for you and bad for Twitch"
- This heart-tugging Zelda-like was the highlight of Guerrilla Collective 2023
- Wednesday season 2 is ditching the romance and leaning into the horror
- The laziest Diablo 4 Barbarian build lets you slay demons while AFK
- Bonnie Langford returns to Doctor Who
- PSA: Diablo 4 lets you disable your character's annoying 'out of mana' bark
- Warzone 2 Season 4 roadmap confirms Vondel and suggests that the game's just called 'Warzone' now
- Expendables 4 trailer teases a high-octane adventure with Megan Fox in tow
- Madden 24 threatens us with "anatomically correct" players
- Diablo 4's early access players are trying to stoke a class war with standard edition players
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge adds Miyamoto Usagi in new DLC
- This Hideo Kojima documentary seems a bit much even for me, a Kojima fan
- Hell never looked so hot in Diablo 4 with NVIDIA's DLSS 3
- Hardcore Diablo 4 player gets themselves killed just 8 levels from the cap
- Cozy RPG My Time at Sandrock gets September release date
- HBO cancels one of its highest-rated shows after just two seasons
- Survival MMO The Day Before promises jobs, houses, and saunas in the apocalypse
- The first level 100 Hardcore Diablo 4 character is dead
- Bloodlines 2 rises from the dead with dev update and new screenshots
- Good Omens season 2 trailer sees David Tennant and Michael Sheen return as the unholy duo
- Ted Lasso's Nick Mohammed may have teased a potential spin-off
- State of Decay 3: Everything we know so far
- Win a massive Diablo 4 bundle complete with an MSI RTX 4080 Suprim
- Heroes unite in mourning on the cover of Fallen Friend: The Death of Ms. Marvel
- After being pulled over trademark issues, The Day Before will be back on Steam "soon"
- Netflix reveals Lincoln Lawyer season 2 first look and release date
- No Man's Sky's Singularity Expedition kicks off a five-week story arc
- If I had to see this mutated Winnie-the-Pooh game then so do you
- One of 2022's best JRPGs just passed one million sales
- A new Netflix movie is being called an "under-the-radar" secret gem
- Latest PS5 update finally does more than just improve system stability
- Chris Hemsworth reflects on Thor 4: "It just became too silly"
- Witcher community rallies around Geralt actor after cancer diagnosis
- Marvel fans think Captain America 4's new title gives away its plot
- Turns out Diablo 4 brings back a few Diablo 3 locations, if you squint hard enough
- Western Digital launches a new PS5 SSD: The WD Black SN850P
- Our Spidey-Sense is tingling! Spider-Man fans predict a Beyond the Spider-Verse delay
- Veteran fans of the Star Wars MMO are trying not to panic over reported studio change
- A "major" Hollywood actor is reportedly being eyed for this Witcher season 4 role
- Counter-Strike is finally getting a feature it should have had years ago
- Twitch streamers are already devising wild ways to get around new sponsorship rules
- "Cozy survival game" inspired by Stardew Valley and Minecraft smashes its Kickstarter goal in 5 hours
June 6
- From Kratos to Walter White, these Diablo 4 transmogs are impressive as hell
- Diablo 4 fans help voice actor find his own character: "I literally killed you last night"
- BioWare is reportedly so focused on single-player RPGs like Mass Effect that it's punting Star Wars: The Old Republic to another studio
- Honkai Star Rail is just getting its first big update and leakers already claim to have found over 20 unannounced characters
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse cut a post-credits scene
- Twitch streamers up in arms as new advertising rules limit sponsors and threaten to kill charity and esports events
- Maybe the most obscure GBA game ever made has been preserved - an Australia-only blood sugar tester
- The Zelda remake studio is working on a dragon racing game for Apple Arcade
- New Insidious: The Red Door trailer sees return of the Lipstick-Face Demon
- Adorable Tulin detail has Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players in tears
- Tears of the Kingdom datamine hints at new Zelda and Ganondorf amiibos
- Honkai Star Rail 1.1 update time - Here's when the Silver Wolf banner starts
- Battlefield 2042 refuses to die: EA confirms Season 6 before Season 5 is even out
- Japan-only NES classic comes to Nintendo Switch with a brand-new name
- New Pikmin 4 trailer reminds you who Olimar is, just in case you forgot
- Diablo 4 is Blizzard's fastest-selling game ever
- Microsoft fined $20 million over illegal gathering of child data, Xbox calls it a "technical glitch"
- Big Diablo 4 streamer wins solo race to a max-level Hardcore, but fans question the whole thing after pre-release access
- Fury Road prequel Furiosa was the "best experience" of Chris Hemsworth's career
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth devs tease new characters joining Cloud in battle
- One of the best Disney movies finally comes to the Villainous board game
- Chris Hemsworth is devastated he might not work with Tarantino or Scorsese after Marvel comments
- Diablo 4 players reckon the premium shopkeeper is more evil than Lilith
- Captain America 4 gets new title and behind the scenes look
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom fan makes a deadly flashbang out of an unassuming fruit
- Captain Marvel's Kelly Thompson is writing Birds of Prey for DC, hints at a new line-up for the superteam
- DC's Blue Beetle casts Power Rangers' Becky G in major voice role
- New Xbox Series X expansion card finally arrives to challenge Seagate
- Community movie script was "pretty darn close" to finished before the writers' strike
- Final Fantasy 9 remake rumors are doing the rounds again, over a year after they first started
- White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge wants Tanya's husband to die in a meat grinder – and we hope Mike White is listening
- Diablo 4 will get new and upgraded graphics features after launch
- Diablo 4's first "Rune Word" has been uncovered - and it's a Diablo 2 reference
- Hideo Kojima says Apple is entering a "new era of gaming," but players aren't convinced
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse overtakes Everything Everywhere All at Once as Letterboxd's highest-rated movie
- Diablo 4's level 100 pinnacle challenge encounter has been temporarily disabled
- The Boogeyman director already has a "really f***ing great idea" for a sequel
- The OG farm sim that inspired Stardew Valley is now on Nintendo Switch
- Major live-action sequences from Across the Spider-Verse were cut from script
- Diablo 4 designer confirms Sanctuary is a planet, and my entire worldview has shifted
- Capcom's showcase has Resident Evil 4 fans begging yet again for Separate Ways DLC
June 5
- Veteran developer of infamous cancelled Star Wars game leaves PlayStation to return to the franchise
- Apple Vision Pro is real, but even VR enthusiasts are balking at a $3,500 snorkel
- Diablo 4 Necromancers, stop what you're doing and find this absurd minion-buffing Unique item
- Nintendo just revealed how old Bowser and Bowser Jr. are and nothing makes sense anymore
- Netflix reveals Idris Elba is in Extraction 2
- Disney Plus could remove more shows and movies as part of "strategic change"
- Diablo 4 players love the endgame, and also hate it, and want it to be harder, but also easier, and the game's not even truly out
- My Adventures With Superman new trailer draws on comic book influences
- As live service games continue to die young, one niche favorite lives on thanks to the combined efforts of devs and fans
- Blizzard to Diablo 4 early access players: The Ashava mount trophy was exclusive to the beta, stop sending in bug reports
- The Lion King could become a Star Wars-esque saga, according to Disney
- Is this 2023's weirdest scene? Grease prequel tries to ignore actor departure – with hilariously bad results
- Pokemon tournament cancelled after all four finalists stage a protest using a single, zero-damage move
- Tears of the Kingdom's latest discovery is a glitched build that yeets Link into orbit without using any energy
- Tears of the Kingdom players end up with cursed statues after failing to take this side quest seriously
- Xbox exec suggests bringing extra underwear for Starfield Direct and we have no idea why
- Hocus Pocus 3 is officially in the works – and even though we're kind of confused, we're in
- Sleep-deprived speedrunner 100% completes nine 3D Mario games in single 44-hour marathon
- Crackcoon is Rocket Raccoon meets Cocaine Bear
- Diablo 4 gets its first level 100 hardcore character as Path of Exile pro flies past competition
- You don't need to play Final Fantasy 7 Remake before Rebirth
- Diablo 4 player devastated after losing Hardcore character to glitch
- Third time's the charm? Marvel teases Doc Ock's return as Superior Spider-Man
- All hail Diablo 4 patch 1.0.2, the GOAT of day one updates
- Mind-blowing Spider-Man detail hinted at Across the Spider-Verse’s big twist – five years ago
- Two Diablo 4 expansions are already in active development
- Zelda: Breath of the Wild blindfolded speedrun showed the best and worst of SGDQ 2023
- Final Fantasy Tactics dev adds fuel to remaster rumour with a very specific response to a fan
- Brian Cox didn't watch the Succession finale: "I don't cling onto things"
- Teen behind viral Spider-Verse trailer actually animated the LEGO sections of the movie
- More Warhammer 40K Leviathan sets have been made "than any other Warhammer box, ever"
- Lego Hogwarts Castle is getting a much cheaper (but smaller) new set
- Sekiro-style Phantom Blade 0 will have soulslike elements, but it's "not going full throttle on difficulty"
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will feature innovations like "stories" and "characters"
- Tom Holland reveals his favorite Spider-Man movie – and it’s not one of his own
- Bagels are dangerous! Across the Spider-Verse features great Everything Everywhere All At Once Easter egg
- All the first-party trailers in the Xbox Games Showcase will feature in-game footage
- The Flash sequel script has already been written
- Diablo 4 hotfix makes your life in dungeons a lot easier
June 4
- Diablo 4 players discover you can skip the campaign when you start a hardcore run after finishing on normal
- KOTOR 2 modder says Aspyr has done "nothing wrong" cancelling the Restored Content DLC
- Diablo patch 1.0.2d nerfs Barbarian shout again, but gives Necromancers a huge buff
- Diablo 4's Race to World First may get its first winners later today
June 3
- This explosive Horizon Forbidden West strategy just seems unfair
- Diablo 4 player gets unbelievably lucky, defeats notorious boss while severely underlevelled
- Diablo 4 players crash out of hardcore race thanks to glitch
- KOTOR remake in further doubt as porting studio announces more content will not arrive to KOTOR 2 Switch studio
June 2
- Friday the 13th and Texas Chainsaw game publisher on fan requests for movie content: "Demanding we add them is not how Hollywood works"
- Blaseball is dead: "The cost, literally and metaphorically, is too high"
- I am still thinking about the weirdest JRPG of 2022, and it just hit its lowest price ever
- Oscar Isaac wants Pedro Pascal to join the Spider-Verse
- Xbox exec insists food court sign isn't a Fable 4 tease as fans turn rabid
- One of the best-looking new open-world games borrows from one of my 2021 favorites – just what I wanted to hear
- Unobtainable Xbox achievement gets deleted in a seemingly unprecedented move
- Barbie caused a worldwide shortage of pink
- If you aren't using Tears of the Kingdom's icy meat shield surfing technique, you aren't living
- An industry rarity: famously wholesome dwarves and devs overcome cosmetic backlash to somehow become more wholesome
- J. Michael Straczynski returns to Marvel Comics for Captain America
- Louder than ever, Diablo 4 players are begging for a gem pouch
- Wolfenstein and Indiana Jones fans perk up their ears after new job listings at MachineGames
- Like sex mods, Minecraft GTA is now in trouble as devs crack down on "guns and firearms"
- Step inside the mind of a murderer in The Riddler: Year One #5
- Two Diablo 4 classes are dominating the level 100 race as it hits the halfway mark
- Yes, Across the Spider-Verse’s villain *is* in the first movie
- Nintendo officially announces leaked 1-2-Switch sequel that reportedly "tested horribly"
- The Great Fairies' suggestive sounds got one Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player in trouble over "adult content"
- Months later, Hogwarts Legacy fans debate whether its multiple endings were actually cut or just not very good
- All the new Spider-Man comics and collections from Marvel arriving in 2025
- Resident Evil fans have spoken, and they want a Code Veronica remake next
- Accessibility leaders are using Star Wars Jedi: Survivor to highlight the importance of easy modes
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth release date hasn't been decided yet
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 devs were worried that the Venom suit might be OP
- Game of Thrones fans are remembering *this* dramatic Night King moment 8 years on
- Brendan Hunt clarifies if the Ted Lasso finale ending was all a dream or not
- What are Canon Events? Explaining Across the Spider-Verse’s meta story reveal
- Yellowjackets showrunner reveals bonus episode is coming
- Nintendo is releasing pastel Joy-Cons and I can't decide which pair I want more
- Oppenheimer is Christopher Nolan's first R rated film since 2002
- The first Diablo 4 patch adds balance tweaks to almost every class
- Diablo 4 launch proclaimed the "smoothest launch ever for Blizzard on PC"
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s most surprising cameo may have foreshadowed its big twist
- The Notebook director told Ryan Gosling he's not a natural leading man
- Street Fighter 6 beats its biggest fighting game rivals on Steam in just five hours
- Melissa Barrera teases Scream directors' bloody, claustrophobic Universal monster movie
June 1
- Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed Mirage and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora for June showcase
- Diablo 4 is finally out in Early Access and Blizzard is investigating login issues and error codes
- When will be Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse be on streaming?
- Brett Goldstein shares emotional goodbye to Ted Lasso
- Jed MacKay's Moon Knight run may come to a close with Knight's End
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's wimpiest boss has killed 489 players and I need to know how
- Persona dev's other amazing dungeon-crawler JRPG series finally comes to PC and Switch
- Another Disney movie is getting the horror treatment
- Russian hackers have been attacking the Ukrainian Stalker 2 dev "for almost a year and a half" and now they've leaked a test build
- Dwayne Johnson to return as Hobbs in new Fast and Furious spin-off movie
- Rob Liefeld is assembling a rogues' gallery for Deadpool
- News site using CS:GO to bypass Russian media restrictions says its map is being blocked in Russia
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 lets you switch between Miles Morales and Peter Parker with a single button in the open world
- The Bold And The Beautiful star Pierson Fodé now a frontrunner for Superman: Legacy
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 map is about twice the size of the original
- This TikTok account dedicated to replaying Nintendo DS-era life sims is helping me relive my childhood
- M.O.D.O.K. no more… Thor the All-Father comes face-to-enormous-face with the cosmically upgraded MYTHOS
- Jason Sudeikis on Ted Lasso’s future – and why it might not include television
- The Shining fan notices new creepy detail in Jack Nicholson's performance
- Meta Quest 3 launches later this year, costs $500
- Kim Cattrall is set to make a surprise cameo in Sex and the City spin-off despite... everything
- Redfall developers reportedly hoped Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax would kill the project
- Harrison Ford hilariously reveals who would win in a fight between Han Solo and Indiana Jones
- Move over, Peter Parker: why live-action Spider-Man should go all in on Miles Morales
- Harrison Ford told stunt guys to f*** off on Indiana Jones 5 because he wanted character to look his age
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 actor addresses concerns the PlayStation Showcase showed too much: "You’ve seen nothing yet"
- Hideo Kojima has done the voice casting for Death Stranding 2 himself
- Terrifier 3 will be bigger and scarier than ever when it releases next year
- John Carpenter teases that The Thing 2 could happen – but it’s a bad idea
- Zelda Tears of the Kingdom players are building farming tools to live a simpler life
- Spider-Man 4 with Tom Holland is definitely still happening, just delayed
- Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka reportedly facing over two years in prison for Square Enix insider trading
- Diablo 4 is a "re-emergence of the franchise," says series boss