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March 30
- Dragon's Dogma 2 goes all-in on the open-world RPG design trick that made me fall in love with Skyrim and Fallout: New Vegas
March 29
- X-Men '97 proves Marvel Studios should totally embrace the '90s X-Men aesthetic in the MCU
- 32 must-see samurai movies for Ghost of Tsushima fans
- Elden Ring's DLC can only be reached from a very specific late game location – 13 years later, is this signature FromSoftware access method still practical?
- This pixel pirate platformer has some of the coolest movement I've seen this year, and a dash of Dig Dug
- One of this year's weirdest movies featuring The Bear and Saltburn stars is actually an unconventional but evocative coming-of-age story
- Godzilla x Kong: Every kaiju, titan, and creature in the MonsterVerse sequel
March 28
- Strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord is my GOTY so far, and I knew it would be from the moment I was up until 1am in a 3-hour battle hopelessly under-leveled
- Adapt to an ever-changing biopunk world in squad-based tactical FPS Ascendant, with a closed beta kicking off this week
- After 25 years, God of War and Star Wars Jedi veteran says his new studio is a chance to make "something original to us"
March 27
- 32 must-see Western movies for Red Dead Redemption fans
- New on Netflix: 7 movies and shows you have to watch this April
- It's about time we recognized that Ernie Hudson's Zeddemore is the beating heart of the Ghostbusters films
- Lego Fortnite is my new obsession, but I remain unconvinced it (or anything else) can ever match Minecraft's sense of wonder
- Sand Land has an endearing set up for an RPG that's let down by middling combat and limited exploration
- I beat the Stellar Blade demo boss over 20 times so this action RPG is doing something right
March 26
- Is Madelyne Pryor really a villain, or just rightfully pissed off at Cyclops?
- Larian confirming the end of Baldur's Gate 3 is actually more exciting than any DLC could have been
- NVIDIA’s DLSS 3.5 arms MSI’s latest gaming laptops with advantages for players and developers
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire director talks drawing influences from the Showa era and '80s toys for the new sequel
- I'm so obsessed with Elden Ring's twisted sickness cult that my family has banned me from talking about it at home
- After playing Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity Original Sin 2, I'm more convinced than ever that I've found the best power in any RPG
- Prepare for weaponised farts with Cartman and the gang in SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY!
- The Beetlejuice 2 trailer left me wishing Adam and Barbara were a part of the sequel
- 10 years ago, the cast and crew of Captain America: The Winter Soldier told us they wanted to change the MCU forever with the sequel
March 25
- Here's how a secluded Polish studio was called upon for The Witcher Remake, Baldur's Gate 3, and Divinity 2
- Is it just me, or was the silent era the best for comedy?
- 20 years later, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch still my favorite online multiplayer FPS of all time
March 24
- Crash Bandicoot's arch nemesis proves that sometimes, mad scientists can be the good guys
March 23
- RuneScape creator answers our biggest questions about his new MMO Brighter Shores: classes, professions, monetization, and a TTRPG open world
March 22
- D&D dev says there isn't a new edition of the game because players can't get enough of this one
- Jake Gyllenhaal and the Road House cast talk unbelievable fights and reimagining a cult classic movie
- Creators of epic new Netflix sci-fi series 3 Body Problem talk cut scenes and following up Game of Thrones
- A comic book adaptation with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score offers a surprisingly tender depiction of loneliness
- The Acolyte news, reviews, cast, and everything else you need to know about the Star Wars show
- My love of Rise of the Ronin is weird, because I can't stop playing or stop thinking about Ghost of Tsushima 2 and Assassin's Creed Red
- I built the most peaceful tiny homes in a cozy building sim that prioritizes creativity, and now I want to move in
- Preview: The new Riffmaster Guitar controller is great, but lacks a classic Guitar Hero feel
- Strategy behemoth Lords Mobile teams up with Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire for 2 months of in-game events and exclusive rewards
- The Finals’ new Power Shift mode is the best way to experience the game, without worrying too much about your tactics
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire ending explained: your biggest questions answered
- This is why we're so obsessed with nuns in horror movies - according to the official source, a nun
March 21
- Everything announced at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2024
- Mary Jane Watson and Felicia Hardy will discover "new layers of friendship" in their Jackpot and Black Cat team up comic
- Harold Halibut's gorgeous handmade stop-motion world feels totally worth the wait
- A Britney Spears rhythm game from 2002 made me better at playing Lies of P – and now I'm finally ready to tackle Elden Ring
- New Netflix sci-fi series 3 Body Problem has a much bigger fourth problem
- Halo season 2 ending explained: the finale, The Flood, and what could be next
- 3 Body Problem ending explained: Your biggest questions about the Netflix sci-fi show answered
- 3 Body Problem season 2: what could happen next in Netflix's sci-fi show according to the books
March 20
- Xbox on bringing its inclusivity resource hub to the public: "We can share learnings both ways"
- Alien: Romulus director Fede Alvarez breaks down the new trailer for his stripped-back, "standalone" survival horror
- Why now is a great time to get into The Finals, one of the biggest shooters on Steam right now
- After playing Breath of the Wild for 14 hours straight on a long haul flight, I now appreciate the thing I found most challenging about Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
- HAWKED is the free-to-play vibrant, extraction shooter that everyone needs to try
March 19
- I spent 70 hours trying to get the perfect date with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's best girl, and it made me sick to my stomach with nerves
- Cult of the Lamb: The First Verse is a delightfully cute and nightmarishly violent comic expansion of the roguelike's world
- This new horror movie with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is today’s answer to cult classic Ghostwatch
- I restarted Dragon's Dogma 7 times in a row trying to make the perfect character, but for Dragon's Dogma 2 I'm making the weirdest RPG build possible
- The 35 greatest TV theme songs
- The 35 greatest sci-fi movie characters
March 18
- Revisiting this 24-year-old JRPG classic from the PS1 era proves there's no smoke without fire
- My Fallout Factions hands-on preview proves that it's a wild ride in Nuka-World
- From PS1 to PS3, here are the best PlayStation lightgun games of all time
March 17
- The 100% official Helldivers 2 Hyper-Handbook and Code of Conduct, honest
March 16
- Mars After Midnight is a brilliantly goofy narrative adventure game from the creator of Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn
March 15
- The 32 greatest Reese Witherspoon movies
- A raunchy road movie with a divisive Rotten Tomatoes score marks a new, queer era in comedy by paying homage to past cult classics
- The Finals' new season is even more explosive than its debut: "We're introducing a way to really leverage the destruction"
- Phantom Liberty didn't change my mind about the best Cyberpunk 2077 ending
- Persona aesthetics meets Hades and Baldur's Gate tactics in this melting pot of an indie RPG
March 14
- Helldivers 2 has been a masterclass in making live service games fun, from handling balance patches to surprising players with unannounced updates
- Summer Game Fest schedule 2024: Times, dates, streams, and where to watch
- Fortnite players are begging Epic to let them spend more money
- I've fallen in love with Elden Ring's absolute worst area – just like I did with Dark Souls and Bloodborne
- Pixel Heroes: Tales of Emond is a new idle RPG with pixel-perfect Final Fantasy and Fire Emblem nostalgia
March 13
- The Crow is a real life tragedy all the way back to its comic book roots
- The Finals Season 2 is a shopping list of community requests combined with a lore dive I don't think anyone really asked for
- Meet the cast of Princess Peach: Showtime!
- The National Videogame Museum's CEO says a digital-only future represents "a fundamental loss of important cultural material from our time"
- Baldur's Gate 3 convinced me to finally try out Larian's last critically-acclaimed RPG, and it's fast becoming my new obsession
- The 33 greatest Sandra Bullock movies
March 12
- Japanese solo dev behind surprise Steam mega-hit weighs in on the term JRPG: "This is a term I heard for the first time since it's not used in Japan"
- Meet the Japanese solo dev who spent 15 years making the bizarre game that's secretly one of the highest-rated JRPGs on Steam and a personal favorite of mine
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's best cameo isn't a character or a boss fight - it's Remake's best minigame
- 8 years later, here's how Dead by Daylight keeps pushing the limits of horror: "You're extremely grossed out but then you're extremely proud"
March 11
- Rise of the Ronin sits somewhere between Assassin's Creed and Nioh, but the action RPG's rhythm combat took me back to a 27-year-old PS1 classic
- Everything you need to know about MTG Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Behind the battles of the anime and manga, Dragon Ball proves that glory is worthless if you're not using it to make the world a better place
- One month into the Galactic War, the Helldivers 2 community learned that spreading democracy isn't as easy as it looks
March 9
- Call of Duty Black Ops legend says his new studio is an attempt to get back to "old-school" game development
- As Final Fantasy 14 heads to Dawntrail, Yoshi-P promises the MMO won't forget the unanswered mysteries of the past 10 years
March 8
- The 32 greatest '80s movies characters
- A new Japanese thriller with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is a quietly searing depiction of childhood
- Pokemon TCG Pocket looks ace, but it can learn a few things from Marvel Snap
- Trust me, you should totally play the latest GTA Online update like it's Metal Gear Solid
- Masters of the Air true story: here's what happened to the 100th Bomb Group after the show
- 11 years later, nothing has rivaled the swansong expansion for my favorite sci-fi RPG series
- Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley blends the Moomins with Sigur Ros for a musical adventure through nature I won't soon forget
- One-Punch Man season 3: release date speculation, trailer, and everything we know so far
March 7
- This sci-fantasy RPG came out of nowhere and had pretty much everything stacked against it, but somehow I ended up loving it anyway
- Judge Dredd just tackled "defund the police" in an instant classic story
- Last Epoch proves Diablo's action RPG foundations are a sure-fire winning formula
- From Skyrim to Elden Ring and even Final Fantasy 7 – my favorite RPG magic spell has never once let me down
- The new Splatoon 3 Side Order DLC is a fresh and exciting new single-player adventure that all Inklings and Octolings need to try
March 6
- The 32 greatest '70s movie characters
- As One Piece nears its end after almost 30 years, creator Eiichiro Oda is throwing out the rulebook on how to end a long-running manga
- It took 86 hours for me to realize that I love Persona 3 Reload (and probably JRPGs in general)
- Nightingale's most requested feature is closer to home than you might think
- The making of Cyberpunk 2077's metro system: "From day one, we considered the NCART to be a roleplaying feature first and foremost"
March 5
- "Like a sulfur-scented mix of Goodfellas and The Long Halloween." Benjamin Percy teases Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance
- The retro RPG vibes of Dragon's Dogma 2 remind me of Dark Souls and Forspoken, and I absolutely promise that's a compliment
- It took 12 years, but Dragon's Dogma 2 is the truly open-world RPG that its director always wanted to make
- The Queen's Blood card game is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's best addition and the RPG's greatest distraction
- Here's how to clone your PC's SSD for free in 2024
March 4
- Dune Awakening aims to be a true survival MMO - first by making you survive Arrakis, then by making you survive politics
- In the wake of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's success, what can we expect from the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy part 3?
- Dune 2 does the impossible in a post-Star Wars and Star Trek world, forging a new path for sci-fi movies
March 3
- Helldivers 2 recaptures the co-op chaos of classic Halo games better than Halo itself
March 2
- Nearly 7 years later, the Monster Hunter Stories remaster fulfills a forgotten promise
- LG's OLED tech is amazing, but it won't make me want a Quest Pro 2
March 1
- Dune 2's divergence from the novel shifts the focus to women – and motherhood
- I never once thought of Dark Souls or Diablo when playing Moon Studios' previous games, but the dev's new action RPG feels like the perfect evolution of ideas and talent
- I love Acer's Intel Arc A770, but its driver updates are killing me
- The Haunting of Hill House star's hilarious performance in horror-comedy Lisa Frankenstein proves she's so much more than a scream queen
- You didn't even notice Pokemon TCG Pocket's most revolutionary gameplay feature
- 34 greatest video game references in movies and TV
- Perfect scoring the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth piano mini-game is giving me a greater rush than any RPG boss battle
- Helldivers 2 lights the way for AAA – by rejecting its norms
- This hack and slasher mixes Hades and an Assassin's Creed Odyssey-like story with its own unique twist
- New on Netflix: 7 movies and shows you have to watch this March
- Who is Anya Taylor-Joy playing in Dune 2? The mysterious cameo explained
- Dune 2 post-credits scenes: Does the sequel have a post-credits scene?
- Dune 3: what could happen in a potential third film according to the books
- Dune 2 ending explained: holy war, Chani's future, and how it sets up Part 3
- Dune 2: How does the movie sequel differ from the book?