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- Star Wars Outlaws doesn't let you kill or steal from friendly civilians, and just like that my hopes of GTA in space have been dashed
- Another one of Marvel's non-canonical sidekicks from the New Champions is coming to the Marvel Universe in Scarlet Witch's new student Amaranth
- Bandai Namco says some obscure action-RPG called Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree "was a hit" that made a ton of money
- Amazing Spider-Man #55 pits Peter Parker against his greatest enemy - an awkward date
- One of the best indie action-RPGs of the past decade is getting a Kingdom Hearts-inspired follow-up that builds "on top of the best aspects," and it sure is pretty
- Risk of Rain 2 lead says new owner Gearbox has done right by the roguelike icon: "What Gearbox has allowed us to do and create has been incredibly exciting and fun"
- Risk of Rain 2, one of our favorite roguelikes, is getting a game-changing character: the Seeker, a team-reviving beast inspired by classic RPG monks and Tai Chi
- How to get Diablo 4 Mother's Gifts fast
- Director of new R-rated Hellboy movie says he approached it like a Stephen King adaptation: "It’s a horror story"
- Black Myth: Wukong's final trailer showcases "never-seen-before combat gameplay" and cutscenes from its "actual PC version"
- Palworld community lead defends the player count of their survival hit and fellow "meme game" Helldivers 2: "As long as someone is enjoying them then surely it's a win?"
- Hit erotic comic Sweet Paprika gets a "spicy" new spin-off from Scarlet Witch writer Steve Orlando
- Hear me out, the Switch 2 should be more like the Nintendo 3DS
- Netflix confirms The Diplomat season 2 release date, as it shares first look at a windswept Keri Russell
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime's manga author has composed two original stories for its action RPG adaptation, and they both feature a "powerful new enemy"
- After burning down an iconic MMO casino, Old School RuneScape spends 2 years crafting a new anti-gambling bomb because 'Deathmatching' was a huge source of real-world trading
- In Starfield, I've resorted to crime in my quest to collect every novelty mug in the RPG
- Somehow, the video game movie curse returned, as Borderlands debuts to a 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes
- Ex Dishonored devs' new action RPG is "like Fallout meets Dishonored," and its creative director says it hits something that "games from Obsidian are pretty good at"
- The Genki Savepoint looks like a PS2 memory card for your Steam Deck, and it could solve one of my biggest handheld issues
- Helldivers 2's official feedback form is finally here, letting players impart impressions on armor, weapons, Stratagems, planets, hazards, and more
- Captain Underpants creator Dav Pilkey's bestselling Dog Man graphic novel series gets its first video game adaptation
- Helldivers 2 CEO says devs get "tons of feedback" but have "no good tools" for dealing with it, as yet another update has some players up in arms over nerfs
- Amazon's Like a Dragon TV show cast explain how it's totally different to other yakuza stories we have seen before
- The world's weirdest film festival returns: Welcome to Cat Fest, as curator who watches 15,000 videos a year insists "it's my full time job"
- New horror movie from Ocean Eleven's director gets a chilling first teaser – and it's giving us big In A Violent Nature vibes
- Like a Dragon: Yakuza TV show will include appearances from game actors and we're secretly hoping for Nugget
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't let you control your companions because you can't handle it: "This is a much higher actions-per-minute game"
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard director says the RPG won't repeat Inquisition's most infamous mistake: "You spent ten hours in the Hinterlands"
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard's "expansive" major city is bigger than anything else in the RPG series, but it only got that way because of a single line from Inquisition
- Fortnite's changes to Battle Pass exclusivity are a hit, but fans want Epic to take it further: "A good first step, but not what people were asking for"
- MSI Titan 18 HX review: “truly lives up to its name”
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 isn't even out yet, but modders are already taking advantage of a leaked build to give players Max Payne-like super dive abilities
- After announcing price hikes, Disney Plus confirms password-sharing crackdown to begin next month
- Amazon's Like a Dragon: Yakuza TV show cast reveal that they have never played the games: "we wanted to do our own version"
- 39 of the biggest Borderlands movie Easter eggs and game references
- Will there be a Borderlands 2?
- Does Borderlands have a post-credits scene?
- Borderlands movie ending explained: Lilith's powers, the Vault, and your biggest questions answered
- Sequel to new George Clooney and Brad Pitt action movie Wolfs already in the works one month before release
- Nintendo never made the Wii game I always wanted, but it's now a reality thanks to the fan game of my dreams
- Influential visual novel finally gets official English release after 20 years, and fans can only post through it as characters and backgrounds straight up appear in the wrong scenes
- Deadpool and Wolverine director reveals which X-Men cameo was never on the table
- Netflix suffers "the biggest leaking disaster in anime history" as significant chunk of its 2024 slate appears online
- The Steam Deck dock I’d use in my living room just dropped to under $30
- Elden Ring patch 1.13.2 buffs some Spirit Ash Summons for the second time in as many weeks
- Marvel Rivals: Everything we know so far
- The Umbrella Academy season 4 review: "Like any good family reunion, most frustrations can be waved away, at least in the moment"
- The Umbrella Academy season 4 post-credits scene explained: does the final season of the Netflix show have a post-credits scene?
- The Umbrella Academy season 4 ending explained: how does the Netflix show end?
- Borderlands review: "A frenetic and disorderly shambles gamers are likely to loathe"
- Terraria creator once again proves he's his own game's biggest fan by getting Zelda-inspired fan art of an iconic sword tattooed on his shoulder
- August 7
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- Arrowhead CEO says a Helldivers 2 test server is "on the wishlist"
- The new Uncanny X-Men #1 explained - Everything you need to know about the new team and their mission
- Inspired by Pokemon Snap, MMO fan builds their own RuneScape Pokedex by spending 4 years tracking down over 500 players with Pokemon usernames worth billions of gold
- Blizzard confirms a Diablo 4 Season 5 bug was dishing out millions of free XP, but says it wasn't caused by Rogues – it was the new Unique Umbracrux gone haywire
- This new rom-com manga seems normal until Deadpool shows up – you can read the first chapter for free, and you really, really should
- Hate romantic comedies? 32 movies to change your mind
- Should you buy the MTG Bloomburrow Starter Kit?
- Superman's Fortress of Solitude has been the Man of Steel's HQ and home-away-from-home for decades – until now
- Glen Schofield says The Callisto Protocol cost 4x more than Dead Space, needed 3 more months of work, and wasn't meant to be one-and-done: "The discussion we had was ... look at The Witcher"
- Bungie owner Sony responds to the Destiny 2 studio's massive layoffs in the most corporate owner way possible: "We have to enhance the efficiency of the business"
- "It took 5 years, but our cave generation finally delivered": At last, the Deep Rock Galactic devs have found their holy grail - a big stone penis perfectly crafted by the game engine
- 2 years and 800 hours later, solo Final Fantasy 14 grinder finally completes one of the MMO's most punishing challenges, immediately starts another run that's just as bad
- Spider-Man and Geralt might be lost to Fortnite's exclusivity void, but future Battle Pass collabs will now have the chance to return to the shop after 18 months in exclusivity prison
- How to dive in Fortnite Fall Guys
- Baldur's Gate 3's least-popular Origin character has an ending so rare that Larian says only 34 players have ever even seen it
- Baldur's Gate 3 on Honor Mode is apparently one of the hardest RPGs of all time, with over 1.2 million deaths and barely a 10% success rate
- The 10 best alien movies of all time
- Balatro is getting a "major gameplay update" next year with "new ideas and strategies" as the roguelike poker sensation sells 2 million copies
- Larian unveils a full year of Baldur's Gate 3 player stats: Astarion is the favorite, Paladin is best class, and "a surprising amount of you enjoy bear sex and tentacles"
- 22 years after The Bourne Identity, Matt Damon reflects on a "radically different" experience working with director Doug Liman on new movie The Instigators
- Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman must answer to a new boss in a game-changing issue of Absolute Power
- First look at Saturday Night Live movie from Ghostbusters director sees Succession and Bodies Bodies Bodies stars play comedy icons
- MMO fashionistas rejoice as Blizzard finally allows World of Warcraft players to assess their collections properly after an almost 13-year wait
- After working with M. Night Shyamalan and Christopher Nolan, Trap’s Josh Hartnett knows what they have in common: "They don’t feel the need to guard their creation"
- Elden Ring sicko takes the limiters off NG+ scaling, cranks Shadow of the Erdtree to NG+ 1,000 and still no-hits a 500,000-HP Messmer
- It Ends With Us review: "A serious subject is sensitively handled with this Blake Lively drama"
- Stardew Valley and Sailor Moon mashup launches to 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam reviews, teases that this is just the start with an Early Access roadmap promising pets, marriage, and more
- Fortnite Bean Idols: Where to find them and play Fall Guys
- Within 10 minutes of killing Tyranids, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has become my most-anticipated shooter of 2024
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- The popcorn bucket wars didn't end with Deadpool and Wolverine as Beetlejuice 2 unveils its own ghoulish take on 2024's biggest cinema trend
- Disney Plus is getting its second price increase in 12 months – and even these new features might not soften the blow
- Monster Hunter Wilds' Insect Glaive looks slicker than ever with new moves - including one straight out of The Matrix: Reloaded
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't suffer from Inquisition's weird camera issues, because the guy who made it is creative director now, and he "heard the feedback"
- Ayaneo Flip DS review: “Nintendo should take notes for the Switch 2”
- The Sims 4 is getting some much-needed bug fixes following its messy update and Lovestruck expansion
- Game of Thrones star Kit Harington on why he will never watch House of the Dragon
- The PSVR 2 PC Adapter launches today - here's everything you need to get Steam running on your headset
- Deadpool and Wolverine director addresses those Taylor Swift rumors, as he thanks Marvel fans for "building a smokescreen of half-truths"
- Scrubs creator says he’s "definitely" going to do a reboot: "I’m open to doing a couple more years"
- Helldivers 2 devs might've leaked an Orbital Napalm Barrage Stratagem, and I'm sure a burning planet can only be good
- Silent Hill 2 remake devs are "dreaming that gamers will trust us" after a mixed run, but know that "trust is earned through actions"
- Red Dead Redemption 2's Arthur Morgan actor has to be the one to tell fans that they didn't get the 'good' ending - because there isn't one
- Fortnite devs U-turn after accidentally bringing back an exclusive skin after almost 5 years, quickly removing it, and threatening to take it from those who bought it: "Change of plan!"
- Helldivers 2's new fire weapon nerfs are down to one shotgun being used in "30% of all Terminid sessions," says Arrowhead's CEO: "Is that a problem? Yes"
- Diablo 4 Season 5 has a game-breaking bug that's reportedly awarding players up to 400 million XP for a single kill, and it could be all the Rogue's fault
- Borderlands movie called "uninspired", "unfunny", and "a disaster" in scathing first reactions – though some of its cast are getting praise
- Former Mass Effect devs are "not satisfied" with their new survival game Nightingale, worry it's "almost too open-world," tease "elevated version" coming this Summer
- August 6
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- Robert Downey Jr. could make a perfect Doctor Doom - if he nails these 5 things from comics
- Get on-board Alien: Romulus in the new SFX
- My eyes can barely process this all-new Sega Genesis game, but this 1,100% Kickstarter-funded shoot 'em up proves the 36-year-old console was ahead of its time
- Bungie admits Destiny 2's new Pathfinder system isn't working "as we expected," gives out over 3,000 Bright Dust as "a make good to get folks caught up"
- Genshin Impact 4.8 Emilie release time - Here's when the new 5-star Dendro character comes out and who's on her banner
- "Finally someone noticed": Alan Wake 2 dev thrilled to see people pick up on major story clues hidden in the audio almost a year later
- Oops, Diablo 4 accidentally gave Season 5 characters a bunch of extra tempering recipes, but Blizzard is "letting this one slide" for fun
- As Helldivers 2 players grill Arrowhead over more nerfs, its CEO speaks to the "buff everything" and "it's too easy" crowds: "We are listening and will tweak"
- After 10 years of My Hero Academia and that satisfying final chapter, it's clear the heart of the manga was always the rivalries between heroes like Deku and Bakugo
- Jenna Ortega says "my soul left my body" when she first saw Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice: "I wanted to remember it for the rest of my life"
- Over a year after launch, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is coming to last-gen consoles next month and I think I hear my PS4 begging for mercy
- Jenna Ortega says Wednesday season 2 was inspired by Poe's The Masque of the Red Death, a short story Mike Flanagan fans will be familiar with
- Helldivers 2 players in shambles as flamethrowers get nerfed just in time for the flamethrower-themed Warbond: "Not one single person is happy about this change"
- The writers of the latest Blade Runner comic break down the creation of their retro-futurist Japan
- Baldur's Gate 3 director promises "something shiny, something big" for Larian's next RPG: "It's going to take a little bit of time, but ... I think you're going to like it"
- Fallout New Vegas director Josh Sawyer explains why the RPG's opening is a perfect example of respecting the player's skill choices
- A real-life goldfish just beat Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss, and this one did it without committing credit card fraud
- House of the Dragon's 'new' Daenerys actor addresses stepping into the iconic Game of Thrones role in Daemon's vision: "I had a blast"
- MTG Bloomburrow flourishes where other Magic sets have failed
- Ryan Reynolds had a "conversation" about squeezing in another unlikely cameo in Deadpool and Wolverine: Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider
- GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 actors come together to host the next Future Games Show at Gamescom virtual showcase
- Helldivers 2's big Escalation of Freedom update finally fixes broken social menus after months of players asking, adds a new "eerie and foggy" swamp planet to die on
- First trailer for season 2 of one of the year’s best anime shows is here – along with a surprise episode announcement and a 2025 release window
- 25 years on, M. Night Shyamalan recalls the moment The Sixth Sense went from unlikely hit to making box office history
- Roguelike hit Balatro can't be sold to any gambling companies or casinos even after its creator dies, because its solo dev is so against that idea they've written it into their will
- The best movies and shows to watch before Alien: Romulus
- John Wick 4 sequel is in the works – and it's a TV show
- How to find and kill the Helldivers 2 Impalers
- Helldivers 2 players failed their Major Order, so despite saving a children's hospital 2 months ago the schools will now suffer instead
- Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director has RPG fans wrapped around his finger as he teases that Larian "won't be putting Easter eggs in any of our videos, until we do"
- Ryan Reynolds pays tribute to Blade star Wesley Snipes with behind-the-scenes Deadpool and Wolverine pic: "He's Marvel Daddy"
- Not like you need an excuse to pick up the wonderful Dune Imperium - Uprising but it's a dollar off its lowest ever price
- Dafne Keen confirms Deadpool and Wolverine's X-23 is from Logan – and reveals what happened to the character after the 2017 movie
- After using generative AI in a co-op painting game 2 years ago, Palworld studio CEO wants to keep "a healthy distance from technological advancements"
- After being denied his "pretty" reward, League of Legends world champion sneaks his favorite character into his commemorative cosmetic
- Trap review: "M. Night Shyamalan drops the goofy twist for an intense thriller"
- Shadow of the Erdtree speedrunners thrilled to rediscover massive boss-cheese time-skip, only to have it banned from their $10,000 race
- Deadpool and Wolverine proves one thing - it's about time Gambit got his own movie
- Oh god: Helldivers 2 doubles down on horror with an Automaton human processing plant in the Escalation of Freedom update
- Henry Cavill breaks silence on his Deadpool and Wolverine cameo in perfect fashion – with a Justice League reshoot reference
- Helldivers 2 players resign themselves to failure of the ongoing Major Order, which means after months of dodging them, the comically-ignored mines are nearly here
- Red Dead Redemption 2 actor says the hardest part about playing Arthur was the crouch-running: "3 days later my thighs were absolutely killing me"
- August 5
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- Horror gaming giants collide as Dead by Daylight and Five Nights at Freddy's crossover is announced for Summer 2025
- Hideo Kojima had to delay Metal Gear 2 to go help fix an "emergency situation" on an RPG spin-off of one of his own games
- Remember when Humble Games said its mass layoffs won't affect devs? Well, one of those devs has turned to Patreon amid fears of losing "critical post-launch support"
- After 23 years, Animal Crossing's NES emulator still houses a mystery that comes down to 30 Japanese players nobody's been able to find
- Skyrim player begs for help after their Speech apparently drops to -1 mil, making bribes cost 20 million gold: "I think I would fail the Whiterun guard letting me into the city"
- Cobra Kai actor reveals one of the show's best lines was "ripped straight from the dub" of My Hero Academia: "I was just like, I'm gonna be Bakugo"
- Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon to end with season 4, season 3 to start filming in early 2025
- Star Wars Outlaws DLC roadmap revealed, and the best part may be the return of a fan favorite who dominated the beloved Clone Wars and Rebels animated series
- 10 years on, Kojima's PT is still jump-scaring people, now including a prolific hacker who dug up the "insane, wild" truth behind Lisa's unnerving behavior
- Behind the scenes of the Stardew Valley concert, creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone was living his pre-game dev dream: "Music has always been my primary thing"
- Diablo 4 Season 5 release time – countdown to Season of the Infernal Hordes is on
- How to watch the Alien movies in order (chronological and release date)
- As My Hero Academia ends, One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda pays a touching tribute to its creator Kōhei Horikoshi with a gorgeous reworking of his teenage fan art
- Helldivers 2 TR-40 Golden Eagle armor explained
- Game of Thrones creator says seven more TV spin-offs are currently in the works – and four of them are animated
- When is Borderlands coming to streaming? A look ahead to a potential digital and streaming release date
- "People have spent 20 hours solving" City of Six Moons, the board game you must learn an alien language to play
- Borderlands movie star says "dealing with Marvel and Star Wars" fans helped her prepare for the video game fandom: "As a fan myself, I get the connection that they have"
- Lenovo confirms Legion Go Lite leak is simply an error, says FAQ page "could have used some better proof-reading"
- Borderlands movie stars talk taking inspiration from Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and making the beloved characters their own: "I wanted to be my own self with this one"
- Dragon Age lead writer gives RPG fans a glimmer of hope with the teaser that "anyone who didn't die onscreen could potentially show up again"
- For the first time in 10 years, I'm enjoying The Sims 4 without any mods - and it's all thanks to Lovestruck
- Death Stranding 2 devs prepare for a "grueling and fun climb" ahead
- Capcom fuels hopes for Monster Hunter Wilds launching in very early 2025 by giving it the same video treatment Monster Hunter World got 6 months before its launch
- All new enemies in Helldivers 2
- For Zelda's debut as a playable main character, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom gives the princess the cutest dang horse the series has ever seen
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's best minigame will make a grand return in Part 3 of the Remake trilogy with a "revamped or even better version"
- 10 years after a World of Warcraft bug robbed them of rare legacy mounts, MMO fans are thrilled to discover that Blizzard has finally fixed it
- M. Night Shyamalan explains why he filmed Trap’s concert for real with thousands of extras: "I want it to feel alive and messy"
- The best Deadpool variant you never spotted in Deadpool and Wolverine is an incredible joke at Hugh Jackman's expense
- Who are Tyland Lannister's new friends in the House of the Dragon season 2 finale? The Triarchy explained
- After 13 years, I finally played the Dragon Age Origins DLC I always avoided and what it made me do is unforgivable
- I’ve been waiting for an RTX 4070 Super deal like this for months
- Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft is hiring for a new RPG - leaving some fans to worry what happened to the action game it announced 7 years ago
- Horror sequel Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is set to start filming this October, says star Matthew Lillard
- It's taken almost a year, but genius Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players have finally figured out how to reclaim an unbreakable Master Sword that you're only supposed to have in the prologue
- Diablo 4 sleuths crack a year-long mystery to find a new ring, leading some to dream of the secret cow level Blizzard won't stop teasing everyone about once more
- Everything added in the Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom update
- Lego Sonic vs. Dr. Eggman's Death Egg Robot (76993) review: "Laser-targeted at kids who want to play and get creative"
- As House of the Dragon season 2 comes to an end, HBO unveils first teaser for a new Game of Thrones spin-off
- Manor Lords' next big patch will finally let you eat your sheep, which is great news for anyone who ended up with way too many
- First teaser for It spin-off series Welcome to Derry promises a bloodsoaked frightfest
- Phantom Blade Zero dev debunks claims it said "nobody needs that platform" over Xbox release reports, says it hopes to be "accessible to everyone"
- Palworld's profits are so massive that its devs' next game could "go beyond AAA," but its CEO doesn't want to wield "such an enormous budget"
- D&D 2024 classes are well balanced – but have they lost their soul?
- Half-Life 3 once again claimed to be in the works, this time from a voice actor's resume, and features "off-world" gameplay with vehicles
- The first teaser for The Last of Us season 2 is here – and it’s given us a glimpse at Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby
- Where is Otto Hightower? House of the Dragon’s Hand of the King’s quick season 2 finale appearance explained
- Daemon has a huge Game of Thrones moment in the House of the Dragon season 2 finale - here's what it means
- House of the Dragon season 2 ending explained: What happened in the lead-up to the war and how it sets up season 3
- House of the Dragon season 2 episode 8 review: "Excellent sequences can’t save a finale that’s all set-up and no conclusion"
- One line in House of the Dragon season 2 finale sets up Aemond’s fate
- House of the Dragon season 3 release date speculation, cast, plot, and more news
- August 4
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- The 35 greatest TV pilots
- Divinity: Original Sin's story was done in "three days or something," but the Baldur's Gate 3 team now "spend years discussing story and trying to develop characters"
- NSYNC star and Sephiroth actor has never beaten his character's secret boss fight in Kingdom Hearts: "I'm kinda badass as Sephiroth"
- Final Fantasy 14 Mobile, apparently a whole separate MMO, is seemingly confirmed by... China?
- Larian Studios is finding it hard to make an RPG that feels totally new because "we did a lot of things in Baldur's Gate 3"
- August 3
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- GTA 4 tech lead left Rockstar because he thought the series was getting "too dark, too depressing almost"
- As Baldur's Gate 3 hits its first anniversary, here's why we've poured a cumulative 3,550 hours into Larian's world-beating RPG
- If the RPG ever gets a sequel, the actor behind Baldur's Gate 3's Raphael would "find it hard to say no" to returning: "If he is Larian's creation, he's also mine"
- Exploring the "effortless grace" of theatrical villainy with Baldur's Gate 3's Raphael: "You don't play something that's evil, you play something that's charming"
- Months after Xbot shut down lean teams, Microsoft reportedly forms a "smaller" studio to create AA games based on Blizzard IP
- Life is Strange Double Exposure confirms Max became a major Final Fantasy 7 stan with some adorable crossover outfits locked behind the $80 Ultimate Edition
- Years before Baldur's Gate 3 blew everyone away, Larian's CEO nearly quit the industry over publisher pressure on the Divinity series
- August 2
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- Xbox officially delays Obsidian's Avowed to February "to give players' backlogs some breathing room"
- D&D creative director tells us why the rules are changing: "With 10 years of feedback, we smoothed out some of the wrinkles in the bed"
- A new Darksiders game is coming, and after a Zelda-style adventure, a loot-driven ARPG, a Soulslike, and a Diablo-esque hack-and-slash, nobody knows what to expect
- Nintendo wasn't brave enough to put lesbian fox girls in Super Mario Bros. 3, so this new Japan-inspired platformer has taken matters into its own hands
- Helldivers 2 is now straight-up threatening players with a new Stratagem they've avoided for months: Kill 1.5 billion enemies ASAP or you get the mines
- 25 years later, Hugh Jackman shares his emotional X-Men reunion with Ke Huy Quan
- Larian boss says the Baldur's Gate 3 approach would "scare" shareholders and publishers: "You will try to box it, you will try to control it, which is the exact opposite of what we want"
- The final battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin gives Norman Osborn the perfect ending
- Destiny 2 reportedly moving away from annual expansions after The Final Shape amid declining sales, Bungie apparently planning more Into the Light-style free updates
- Deadpool and Wolverine’s incredible opening song was in an X-Men movie with Hugh Jackman over 20 years ago
- After 12 years, legendary visual novel Katawa Shoujo is coming to Steam in a "modified" SFW version for those who want it
- The Umbrella Academy actor praises the "funny and talented" Last Of Us star Nick Offerman as he joins the final season of the hit Netflix show
- Elliot Page teases how the characters are "trying to rebuild their lives" in The Umbrella Academy season 4
- Umbrella Academy star teases how the threat in the final season is different from what has come before
- After 10 years, Ubisoft's always-online racing game The Crew has snowballed into a massive consumer rights campaign that's now looking for 1 million EU signatures
- One of Deadpool and Wolverine’s most surprising cameo actors calls their appearance a "dream come true" as they share behind-the-scenes pic
- How the creator of Mouse Guard made one of the best MTG Bloomburrow cards
- Baldur's Gate 3 dev shares Larian boss Swen Vincke's response to the RPG's explosive launch: 'You know what this means? It means we get to do it again'
- All Marvel Rivals Team-Ups and the best ones to try
- The scrapped Baldur's Gate 3 add-on was playable when Larian canned it, and director Swen Vincke has some salt for the wound: "It's something you all would have liked"
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus' new A24 dark comedy is a poignant depiction of grief and motherhood
- Reforged and ready - Bleak Faith: Forsaken hits consoles on August 6 2024
- Behold the power of PC gamers: The complete $100 Kingdom Hearts collection jumps 396 ranks in monthly sales chart immediately after coming to Steam
- Valorant lead says CS:GO and Overwatch comparisons are not "fair to other games" or "what Valorant has become"
- As Concord and Marvel Rivals near, Valorant lead isn't worried about launching the tactical FPS on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S as it "scratches a different itch" than hero shooters
- Surprise! Valorant is out now on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 after just 1 week in open beta: "We are so excited to be welcoming this brand new audience"
- Out of things to do in a game? Manor Lords dev has a good idea: "Enjoy other games for a while" and come back "when there's new fun stuff"
- Award-winning Transformers writer Daniel Warren Johnson brings guns to a sword fight with his new fantasy series The Moon is Following Us
- World of Warcraft: The War Within's pre-patch wasn't a big hit for the MMO, so Blizzard is changing the 90-minute cooldown event to hit every hour
- Batman: Caped Crusader has an incredible Superman deep-cut from 80 years ago – and quietly introduces an unexpected Justice League hero
- Russell T Davies promises "great answers" to Anita Dobson’s Mrs. Flood mystery in the next season of Doctor Who
- I may be a cozy gamer, but Mass Effect 2 just helped me get over my fear of shooters
- Newly teased D&D x MTG Secret Lair features Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion and Karlach
- Batman: Caped Crusader creators reveal that early on the decision was made not to make it a continuation of Batman: The Animated Series
- The Rings of Power season 2 will see a new side to the Ents that will deepen the lore
- Closer the Distance is an emotional, heartfelt Sims-like adventure about loss and grief that moved me to tears several times
- GameSir X4 Alieron review: “Anything you can do, I can do better”
- Netflix's Terminator anime series was allowed free rein in the franchise on one condition
- Ryan Reynolds knows why Thor was crying in Deadpool and Wolverine and now Chris Hemsworth has cryptically weighed in: "I can keep secrets too"
- The main Pokemon games still aren't available via Nintendo Switch Online, but the next best thing is coming with one of the greatest spin-offs
- I review all the latest gaming handhelds, and I want to see these brands join the fold
- Diablo 4 Season 5 patch notes are here, and even at over 10,000 words, Blizzard still missed stuff out
- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet become the third Pokemon RPGs to hit 25 million sales, surpassed only by Sword and Shield and the classics
- I hope gaming chair brands get over their mesh phase, because it’s making them needlessly expensive
- The First Descendant's first major update turns on the gold and XP boost tap for 3 days as devs delay a new hotfix
- Galadriel will have to overcome "the darkest part of herself" in The Rings of Power season 2
- Thanks to his Deadpool and Wolverine appearance, this Marvel actor has taken a surprising world record from Hugh Jackman
- 20-year-old romhack site that was a treasure trove of Pokemon fan games and JRPG translations winds down after achieving "almost everything it set out to do"
- Paradox woes continue after Life by You cancellation, now with yet another "indefinite" Prison Architect 2 delay
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree players are taking advantage of a new bug that lets you beat down the DLC's final boss without reply
- Alien: Romulus director wanted his movie to look like Ridley Scott’s original so bad that he used the same concept art and even did side by side takes
- Ed Boon continues the tradition of Mortal Kombat 2 movie 'leaks' with this fan-tastic first look at Kitana
- Helldivers 2 player asks if they might one day ride atop mechs "like steeds to battle," studio CEO responds that he's "100% pro metal steeds"
- Alien: Romulus star Cailee Spaeny ran "out of ways to be horrified," so she watched horror movies 24/7 to get more ideas
- Helldivers 2 Game Master Joel seen for the first time on video and now we have 3 unnerving truths: he isn't human, has psychic powers, and his name is an acronym
- August 1
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- I am infinitely more excited for the Until Dawn movie now that I know one of the best characters from the game is being played by the original actor
- Fantasy manga Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is finally coming back from its second hiatus of the year
- Zelda: Ocarina of Time's fastest speedrun just got its first new route in 3 years, but nobody's sure if wrapping a Wii U gamepad in a rubber band is cheating
- The new Visions of Mana demo opened my eyes to a 33-year-old JRPG series I've stupidly ignored my whole life, and now I don't know where to start
- "Help us understand," pleads MMO dev as Old School RuneScape players vote on infamously loud monsters and decide they should be louder, actually
- My favorite Star Wars game gets an HD re-release after 22 years, and thankfully it's miles ahead of the janky Star Wars Battlefront collection
- We're finally getting a Civilization 7 gameplay reveal at Gamescom, and a whole "20+ minute deep dive" at that
- Win a Blu-ray of Sting!
- Marvel's most unlikely super team is back to clean up the mess left after Blood Hunt in Blood Hunters #1
- Bungie reportedly shelving "the next Destiny" indefinitely following another brutal wave of layoffs
- Win a Blu-ray of The First Omen
- Avowed reportedly delayed to early 2025 as Xbox moves the Obsidian RPG out of the way of Stalker 2
- The 36 greatest superhero costumes in movies and TV
- All the D&D announcements from Gen Con 2024 in one place
- I've been waiting over a year for this adorable 3D Stardew Valley-like life sim to launch, and its full release is finally here
- Everything we know about the Starfield Shattered Space DLC
- "Just to shame my garbage friends," Elden Ring player beats Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss without getting hit using 40 different weapons and counting
- "Xbox is mistaken," says indie publisher teasing "what's next" for its mega-hit biking roguelike, because "Descenders 2 does not exist"
- The ultimate hitman comes out of retirement in a new Netflix anime that begs the question: What if John Wick worked in retail?
- Batman: Caped Crusader star talks crafting a Harley Quinn without the Joker and what that season 2 tease could mean for her villain
- 4 years after Ark 2 was announced, Xbox announces a playable demo at Gamescom only to immediately un-announce it
- The Instigators review: "Matt Damon and Doug Liman reunite for a tremendously entertaining crime caper"
- New on Netflix: 7 movies and shows you have to watch this August
- Former GTA leads' new open-world game isn't as mysterious if you pay attention to their audio series: "A lot of the questions could be answered by listening"
- Batman: Caped Crusader star says chasing Kevin Conroy's voice was an early mistake and reveals his pick for who should be James Gunn's live-action Batman
- FromSoftware games come full circle as ingenious Elden Ring players use fire to cheese a tough Shadow of the Erdtree fight without even entering the boss arena
- As mass layoffs ravage the industry, this free Pikmin-inspired indie game is here to let you fling co-workers at management in an effort to unionize
- Helldivers 2 dev was "surprised and delighted" players didn't sacrifice some kids for a new Stratagem, so good on you for not doing that
- Retro Gamer Celebrates 20 Years Of The PSP
- SteamWorld Heist 2 review: "While sillier than XCOM's po-faced sci-fi, its mechanics are no less serious"
- My Manor Lords town was horrifically destroyed, and now I know what it's like to be an AI faction in Civilization
- 2024 D&D Player’s Handbook nerfs one of the best Cleric spells (but that’s actually for the best)
- Florence Pugh reacts to co-star Sebastian Stan praising her performance in Marvel’s Thunderbolts and admits she had no idea about Robert Downey Jr.’s return
- Batman: Caped Crusader captures the lurid horror feel of the Dark Knight's earliest adventures
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard as a title speaks to what I love most about BioWare's RPGs
- "I lost three saves": The Sims 4's latest post-Lovestruck bug is corrupting fans' "favorite" legacy files
- Invincible creator explains why every episode of season 3 will feel like a finale: "The stakes are really high"
- Star Wars Outlaws' lead says "bad faith" discourse discussing protagonist Kay's looks are "not worth engaging with"
- Batman: Caped Crusader star explains why her mother-in-law was the biggest inspiration for her gender-flipped Penguin
- Star Wars Outlaws sidesteps Resident Evil 4 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's yellow paint discourse by making it optional
- Former Rockstar dev says keep those GTA 6 expectations in check as "technology is moving much slower," so we may not see something like the "jump" from San Andreas to GTA 4
- Former GTA dev says Rockstar had so long to make San Andreas that it "went crazy" with the amount of stuff added
- After the House of the Dragon season 2 finale hits the internet early, HBO reveals how it was leaked and what it plans to do next
- Invincible creator Robert Kirkman has a number in mind for how many seasons he wants, but thinks it could even beyond that
- Lenovo's 45-inch ultrawide monitor is down to a price I'd be willing to pay
- Upcoming action sequel Nobody 2 casts another returning actor alongside Bob Odenkirk
- The First Descendant's new support character is a walking Guitar Hero minigame and I can't decide if it rocks
- Unreleased SNES Dragon Quest prototype could be "lost for good" as the only alleged copy of the 1993 JRPG worth $50,000 was sold to a private collector
- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet VGC is about to become wildly different thanks to new rules that ban Legendary and Paradox 'mons, taking many of the strongest team members out of action
- Batman: Caped Crusader has done Batman: The Animated Series proud by landing a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score
- "Please be Fallout New Vegas 2": Obsidian is working on an "unannounced title" other than Avowed, and fans hope it's a new post-apocalyptic RPG
- Squid Game season 3 will be Netflix show’s final season – and it’s coming out next year
- Helldivers 2 studio CEO turns to the power of democracy to crowdsource fresh progression ideas as many grunts "are sitting on mounds of digital gold"
- Palworld dev says "you won't regret" playing more indies instead of "the latest battlepass in your favorite AAA game"
