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July 2023

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July 31
- Talk to Me director opens up about its shock twist ending: "We wanted it to be open to interpretation"
- I almost never create myself in RPGs – is that weird?
- Why your first Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough should be a bard, D&D's best-worst class
July 30
- One of Judgment's biggest antagonists is also one of its most interesting characters in the game
July 29
- Fort Solis: How an indie studio fulfilled its plan to deliver a TV-quality sci-fi thriller
July 28
- Wolf stars on why BBC's new enigmatic crime thriller is unlike anything you've ever seen
- There's already a perfect Haunted Mansion sequel story waiting to be adapted
- DICE reflects on Battlefield 2042's long road to redemption
- Taz Skylar talks Netflix's One Piece: "I did absolutely every single one of my own kicks"
- Hello Kitty Island Adventure actually filled the Animal Crossing: New Horizons hole in my heart
- Robotech: Rick Hunter takes the mecha saga into uncharted territory
- This supremely chill puzzle game with lo-fi vibes is my new go-to for relaxation
- The Witcher season 4 could be the show’s best yet – even without Henry Cavill
- Talk to Me directors on YouTube beginnings, follow-up fears, and why they didn't want to make the film TOO gory
- Ayo Edebiri talks breathing new life into TMNT for Mutant Mayhem
- Haunted Mansion Easter eggs: the 38 biggest ride references you might have missed
July 27
- Jacob Romero Gibson on Netflix's One Piece: "There's so much heart involved"
- While I wait for Phantom Liberty, I'm replaying Cyberpunk 2077 as a hardboiled detective
- Here's what happened to everyone after Oppenheimer – to save you going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole
- Nobody is talking about this clever thing from the Barbie soundtrack
- This Bloodborne boss no longer haunts my dreams after reading one single item description
- Hasbro Gaming SVP explains what "AI-driven mechanics" mean for upcoming board games
- Is it just me, or is Riverdale a bold, experimental masterpiece?
- The Witcher season 4: release date speculation, cast, news and more
- Goodbye Henry Cavill: An ode to the perfect Geralt of Rivia
July 26
- X-Men: The Hellfire Gala 2023 delivers a bad idea in a terrible way
- Which of the Disney Lorcana starter decks should you get?
- Emily Rudd talks Netflix's One Piece: "I was born to be Nami"
- In Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the bad ending is actually the better one
- Pokemon Sleep is the Tamagotchi I never had
- Doppelgangers in games are almost always horrifying – we asked an expert why
- Jim Zub is leading Conan the Barbarian on an epic new quest
- Move over, Oppenheimer – you should be watching Asteroid City with Barbie instead
July 25
- If there's any Kenergy left in this world we will get The Nice Guys 2
- Mackenyu on Netflix's One Piece: "It’s going to be very exciting for people to see"
- I can't wait to not be a Jedi in Star Wars Outlaws
- Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon preview: Moments of impact in a wider, blander story
- My favorite Barbie joke is even better on the soundtrack
- Disney Lorcana first impressions: it's worth being part of your world
- Blue Protocol might actually be the MMO I was hoping for: a JRPG in disguise
July 24
- Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and all of DC's October 2023 comics revealed
- Iñaki Godoy talks Netflix's One Piece: "I want everybody to know what One Piece is"
- Final Fantasy 16 won me over by being a JRPG that lets me take combat on my own terms
- Robert Downey Jr. is at his best in Oppenheimer, which could spark a new chapter for the actor
- The Mortuary Assistant's shocking final ending makes embalming possessed corpses look chill by comparison
- Meet the Minecraft modder rebuilding Bloodborne block-by-block
- Justice for Ken: why Ryan Gosling deserves an Oscar for Barbie
July 23
- Revisiting X-Com UFO Defense, the classic strategy game that helped to kickstart a genre
July 22
- The 10 weirdest product placements in games, from Final Fantasy 15 to Death Stranding
July 21
- Pikmin 4 has a quality-of-life feature that's so good every game should steal it
- Barbenheimer: the day that cinema stood still
- Life, death, and existential dread: why Barbenheimer is the perfect double bill
- I'm eating my way through Baldur's Gate 3, and there's nothing you can do to stop me
- How a tabletop RPG fan turned their podcast into an official campaign book
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom made me feel helpless in its first few hours – and I'm still chasing that buzz
- This "kid-friendly" survival horror game is Resident Evil with possessed Muppets
- Barbie Easter eggs: 22 references you might have missed
July 20
- The Witcher really should just embrace being a soap opera
- Your grandma was the biggest challenge for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- Gamescom 2023 schedule: Dates, times, and what to expect
- Aidan Turner and the cast of Fifteen-Love on challenging your perception of MeToo dramas
- Cillian Murphy talks Oppenheimer: “Nolan is incomparable… a totally unique filmmaker”
- Blimey, Sea of Thieves' Monkey Island expansion is off to a staggeringly boring start
- Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Man and all of Marvel's October 2023 comics revealed
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's building is a game-changer, but Nintendo might have set its bar too high
- The One Ring and Lord of the Rings Roleplaying are the RPGs Tolkien fans have always wanted
July 19
- Accidentally finding Tears of the Kingdom's best ending after beating it was the coolest gaming experience I've had in years
- The best Conjuring Universe movies, ranked
- Matt Damon talks his "fascinating" Oppenheimer general: "He didn't reflect on it at all"
- How Gloomhaven was transformed from one of the biggest board games into one of the smallest
- After 200 hours in Hogwarts Legacy, I finally tried the most broken trick in the game
- Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer on the "spiderweb" formation of the game's 17,000 endings
- The games people play
- Call me a masochist, but I'd love longer boss runs in the Elden Ring DLC
- Emily Blunt talks Oppenheimer and responds to criticisms of Nolan's female characters
July 18
- Tom Cruise may be the face of Mission: Impossible, but Ving Rhames is its beating heart
- After Assassin's Creed Valhalla, I'm glad Assassin's Creed Mirage won't likely be getting DLC
- Christopher Nolan talks crafting Oppenheimer: "I wanted the audience to not judge him, but to understand him"
- EA Sports FC 24 preview: Hands-on with the game that's replacing FIFA 24
- Xbox Game Pass Core: Everything you need to know
July 17
- Meet the creator behind this Starfield ship “passion project” that was more than 4000 hours in the making
- We've hailed the AAA horror renaissance, but it owes itself to the indie horror boom
- The Bear star Lionel Boyce on why season 2 is a “completely different show”
- Warhammer 40K Leviathan impressions: incredible value for money, but who exactly is it for?
- The Creator trailer breakdown: director Gareth Edwards on nuclear war, AI, religion, fatherhood, and a robot carrying bananas on a moped…
July 15
- Over 10 years later, Bayonetta is still one of the best action games
- The Making of Tunic: How the adventure began life in the pages of a notebook
July 14
- Everything new in The Sims 4 Horse Ranch, from unicorns to ceiling patterns
- Barbie’s marketing has just the right Kenergy – now other movies need to take note
- I turned my Logitech G Cloud into a PS5 handheld - is it time to forget Project Q?
- A complete history of the Barbie movies that could have been
- This breakneck FPS is Doom meets Hotline Miami after dropping acid
July 13
- What's the deal with Hawkgirl?
- Why one adoring Starfield fan has chronicled over 1,000 pages of pre-release history: “Working at Bethesda is my dream job”
- Does Final Fantasy 16 even know why it's copying Game of Thrones?
- The actors' strike is over: Everything you need to know about the SAG-AFTRA deal
July 12
- Making Guy Gardner Superman: Legacy's Green Lantern proves that all bets are off in James Gunn's DCU
- Sniper Elite 5's latest and final mission is the most fun I've ever had in the series
- 26 game developers explain why Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be talked about for years
- The Mission: Impossible movies, ranked from best to worst
July 11
- “We Are Moving With History”: Designing the Art of Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth.
- Sam Richardson and Zoë Chao on crime-solving, family affairs, and The Afterparty season 2
- Wonka director on Gene Wilder's legacy and finding the "emotional truth" in Roald Dahl's book
- Early footage of Silent Hill creator's Slitterhead looks more like Parasite Eve 2 and I'm totally here for that
July 10
- Marvel Snap can’t stop making getting new cards ridiculously convoluted
- It's not that we don't have enough RPGs, we've just been spoiled by the classics
- Lee Pace, Jared Harris, and more tease Foundation’s "emotional" second season
- Mission: Impossible 2 is the series' odd one out but I love it all the same
- Mission: Impossible cast on Dead Reckoning’s "prescient" plot and working with Tom Cruise
July 9
- Modern games can learn from the past, but they're often too bloated to notice
July 8
- Sometimes you just need to applaud video game antagonists for being good at their job
July 7
- My Adventures with Superman is the Superman origin story I didn't know I wanted
- Baldur's Gate 3 preview: the closest we've ever come to a full simulation of D&D
- Insidious 5's ending might not be as "happy" as you think, says star Lin Shaye
- Past Lives director talks immigration, Greta Lee, and lost love
- Insidious 5 stars talk astral projection, being directed by Patrick Wilson, and the movie's scariest ghoulies
- Everything that killed Friday the 13th: The Game could be what resurrects it
- How Mission: Impossible's Hayley Atwell brought her "scrappy" Dead Reckoning newcomer to life
- Dave the Diver, an indie RPG about deep-sea fishing and slinging sushi, is the vibe of the summer
- Slitterhead: Everything you need to know about the Silent Hill creator's new horror game
- Insidious: The Red Door's Patrick Wilson on how his personal life influenced the horror sequel
July 6
- Nicolas Cage is the best thing to happen to Dead by Daylight in years
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Elden Ring comparisons were inevitable, but monster variety is the only useful one
- Arian Moayed talks comedy-drama You Hurt My Feelings and life post-Succession
- Here are six Steam Deck accessories to look out for this Prime Day
- Elemental cast and filmmakers get personal about Pixar's heart-melting rom-com
- Marvel's Barbie comic was a delightful oddity
- Chris McQuarrie opens up on Dead Reckoning: "I’m more frightened now than I was on my first Mission: Impossible"
- You Hurt My Feelings director on creative vulnerability and working with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
July 5
- Meet the Sims 4 player plumbing new depths of depravity in this punishing 700-year challenge
- Playing Zelda Tears of the Kingdom with ADD: "I love it, but it's almost too densely packed with content"
- The Last of Us 2 had the perfect ending, it just didn't know it
- Final Fantasy 16 is the latest venue of the difficulty debate, and players are oh so tired
July 4
- It's been three years, but The Last of Us 2's terrifying Dark Souls-like level still haunts me
- Respawn on creating authentic representation in Apex Legends: "the constant evolution of the game actually helps us create meaningful characters"
- Should you buy an RTX 30-Series gaming laptop on Amazon Prime Day?
July 3
- 20 superheroes who originated outside of comic books
- After 1,000 days and $500, Genshin Impact is more than just my favorite open-world game
- GTA Online's wave of "experiential updates" have changed the game, and pave the way for GTA 6
- Buying a games console this Prime Day? Don't make these 5 mistakes
- Bungie responds to criticism of Lightfall's story: "We aren't done giving answers"
- Here's why you should double check GPU specs this Prime Day
July 1
- After 10 years of splitting opinion, it's time we cut Knack some slack