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- June 30
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- Steam Summer Sale discounts almost all of the platform's 50 best-reviewed JRPGs with Final Fantasy, Persona, and Like A Dragon going for up to 80% off
- Bounty Star feels like Armored Core in the Wild West, and while the combat's great it's the Monster Hunter and Stardew Valley vibes that really grabbed me
- New Starfield mod will let you become a fiendish Fable-style landlord again and completely overhauls the RPG's financial systems
- Bungie heard the feedback on your favorite activities, so Destiny 2 will be "building on the Coils and the Onslaughts" going forward
- PSA: Eating pizza as a certain race in Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail can lead to horrible (and hilarious) spaghettification
- Silent Hill creator says he wouldn't be "unsatisfied" if Slitterhead was his last game because his "last mission" is to "leave a path for these younger creators"
- June 29
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- After 25 years, one of the OG anime visual novels has finally hit Steam with its first official English translation
- As it teases Destiny 2 Year 11 with the codename Frontiers, Bungie talks what's next for its MMO: "We want to get back to expanding our worlds and world-building"
- Elden Ring legend Let Me Solo Her is also getting their butt whooped by Shadow of the Erdtree's Rellana, Dancing Lion, and final boss, so they "got some help from summons"
- Metal Gear Solid 3's remake retains the original cast, but reconstructs some old 2004 clips for new voice lines
- A legendary twinblade might be Shadow of the Erdtree's "most-hidden weapon," but Dark Souls 2 Pickaxe fans would like to have a word about that
- "Metal Gear is dead, and you killed it" - MGS3 remake producer shares the "honest opinions" fans have sent Konami about the revival
- After just two weeks, Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance enters Steam's highest-rated JRPG chart
- 10 years later, The Sims 4 is finally getting its long-requested polyamory feature in a free update alongside the new Lovestruck expansion
- Metal Gear Solid Delta's visual filters let you replicate the original MGS 3's PS2 look
- Starfield's Premium Edition gets discounted to $70, which basically makes the Shattered Space DLC free before it even launches
- June 28
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- Infinity Ward animator casually shares the coolest gun Call of Duty never made: the Whizzbanger, a meme of a pistol that fires 50 cal rounds with a sledgehammer
- 5 ways the new Superman movie costume blends details from over 80 years of comic book history, all the way back to 1938's Action Comics #1
- Concord devs defend PSN requirement after Helldivers 2 backlash: "The goal is for players to come together"
- Well scit, we've been pronouncing Elden Ring's Scadutree wrong this whole time
- This genius Elden Ring build is powerful enough to one-shot most Shadow of the Erdtree bosses: "DLC too hard btw"
- Mystique is the star of her own X-Men solo comic where she'll face off against MCU fan-favorite Nick Fury
- Destiny 2 is getting a new Exotic mission in a few months, and Bungie says "it is one of the biggest we've ever built"
- Episodes, the Dreadnaught, and Year 11: Bungie won't let Destiny 2 slow down after The Final Shape, even if it has to break the universe
- Silent Hill creator's new action horror game Slitterhead is a rare breed that's exciting to see: mission-based, manga-inspired, and weird as it is bloody
- Marc Spector's resurrection and return as Moon Knight explained
- Fantastic Four star Joseph Quinn hasn't reached out to Chris Evans or Michael B. Jordan: "It’s important to claim these opportunities as your own"
- Hate superhero movies? 35 movies to change your mind
- Poor Things director thinks his new movie can mean whatever you want it to
- How to get the Destiny 2 Ergo Sum sword and its Exotic Catalyst
- Days Gone studio's dev reiterates new IP plans, says "it's not fair to fans" to be "continuously getting fed false hope and poor information" about sequels
- How to complete Destiny 2 Excision, even on Grandmaster
- Indie platformer dev accidentally sends Valve hamster-themed system requirements, including a graphics card powered by 2000 hamster brains: "I hope it works"
- As the My Hero Academia manga comes to a close after 10 years, Kohei Horikoshi shows what it means to write a superhero story with a definitive ending
- Inappropriate Activity Detected fix for Shadow of the Erdtree
- Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn says Gladiator 2 will pay homage to the original movie
- Lego Bunnie's Outdoor Activities (77047) review: "The perfect starting point"
- Shadow Of The Erdtree isn't "too hard" – Elden Ring just made us too comfortable
- Lego Nook's Cranny & Rosie's House (77050) review: "A lovely, albeit relatively straightforward, set"
- All Zenless Zone Zero codes and how to redeem them
- Balatro's creator nearly didn't bother optimizing the roguelike for Steam Deck - but it's now one of the handheld's most-played games alongside Elden Ring and Stardew Valley
- Metal Gear Solid 3 remake will credit Hideo Kojima and the original developers since "they're a part of these games too," and one current dev says he'd "like nothing better" than to have the OG director back
- How to beat the Shadow of the Erdtree Scadutree Avatar boss
- Baldur's Gate 3 hits its lowest-ever price in the Steam Summer Sale, in case you needed another reason to play this all-timer RPG
- The entire Witcher and Dragon Age trilogies are super cheap in the Steam Summer Sale, offering 200+ hours of RPGs for under $20, just in time for The Veilguard and The Witcher 4
- You don't need to git gud, you just need a mice cleanup - FromSoft blames possible Elden Ring performance issues on mouse-related apps
- Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine gets ready to sink his claws into an X-Men villain in new Deadpool and Wolverine teaser
- Fallout creator Tim Cain says no amount of money or authority would get him to return to the RPG series, but he'd consider it under one condition
- Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America, and more are here to prove that disco isn't dead on Marvel's eye-popping Dazzler variant covers
- Dune 2 star reveals which main Hunger Games role he missed out on
- This weird indie turns questioning your faith into a weirdly wonderful playable experience
- All Warhammer Age of Sigmar 4th edition rules changes, compared
- Netflix's Supacell ending explained and post-credits scene breakdown: how does it set up a potential season 2?
- MCU star teases her future as Shuri in a potential Black Panther 3: "There's a lot coming up"
- All Shadow of the Erdtree NPC questlines
- Elden Ring tank one-ups other Shadow of the Erdtree challenge runs with an "All Hits" playthrough that bans dodging, blocking, and flasks
- Mika and The Witch's Mountain looks like the video game version of Kiki's Delivery Service, and the whimsical Studio Ghibli-esque indie gem is coming soon
- Elden Ring's Hidetaka Miyazaki can get behind a movie adaptation, but only if he's not heavily involved
- Following his MCU casting, Giancarlo Esposito has his say on the one character fans kept linking him with
- OG Life is Strange developer delays its new Life is Strange-style adventure to dodge the actual new Life is Strange game
- The Bear season 3 review: "Equal parts delicious and depressing"
- News on the next Tomb Raider game and The Lord of the Rings MMO isn't "too far away," but Amazon Games doesn't want them to "be rushed out"
- The Acolyte showrunner teases the potential future of the Star Wars show, with "four to five major mysteries" for season 2
- After the vitriol aimed at Assassin's Creed Shadow's Yasuke, Ubisoft's CEO denounces "hateful acts" toward devs
- Netflix cancels a show from Dark producers, despite filming already being finished
- The Sims 4 Lovestruck is EA's spiciest expansion pack yet, bringing back the iconic sex bed that introduced WooHoo to the life sim series 24 years ago
- Originally planned in partnership with a tournament in 2023, Rugby 24 has been delayed so long that it's now Rugby 25
- A starter guide to Scribing in The Elder Scrolls Online
- Anycubic Photon Mono M7 Pro review: "Of everything I've tested so far in 2024, it's the standout"
- Mario and Zelda legend Shigeru Miyamoto says Nintendo's "generational handover" is "progressing smoothly," with "developers that are young and brilliant"
- June 27
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- 60 years of Jonny Quest history will all come into play in this summer's comic reboot of the classic cartoon
- Steam Summer Sale is here with a special set of 90% "deep discounts" on 22 "all-time greats," including the true GOAT: American Truck Simulator
- The first "major new enemy" of the relaunched X-Men line will debut in Sentinels, starring a new incarnation of the mutant hunting robots
- Elden Ring hero Let Me Solo Her says Shadow of the Erdtree isn't too hard, "many people are just too harsh" and should "use everything at their disposal"
- Ubisoft says remakes of "older Assassin's Creed games" are coming, and I demand that one of them be Black Flag
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is back up to 'Mostly Positive' Steam reviews after difficulty and performance issues gave it a 'Mixed' reception
- Andy Serkis teases his Lord of the Rings spin-off movie, says that "characters we recognize" may return
- GI Joe and Cobra are reborn in a new comic with its own continuity and an all-new character this winter
- Vampire T'Challa takes on the forces of Atlantis as Black Panther: Blood Hunt comes to its end
- Obsidian made Fallout: New Vegas in 18 months, but Avowed has taken the studio five years: "It's been a long development cycle"
- Hidetaka Miyazaki says FromSoftware games "before and after Elden Ring" will show a "clear difference," and hopes to see the studio work on "multiple projects" at once
- Xbox proudly claims "no console needed" in new partnership with Amazon, which brings Xbox Game Pass to Fire TV as a "low-cost, convenient, and portable option"
- Geralt's voice actor had no idea The Witcher 3 would be such a behemoth because "nobody knew or cared" about the first two RPGs
- What's the virus in The Boys season 4? Neuman's Supe-killing substance, explained
- The Boys season 4 episode 5 recap and Easter eggs: Marvel parodies, killer chickens, and Homelander: Super Dad
- DIE creator Kieron Gillen is "envious" of Gamemasters, which he calls "the most accessible and certainly the funniest" history of RPGs available
- The Acolyte episode 5 reveals the secret ingredient to great Star Wars lightsaber battles: it's all about personality
- FromSoftware's next game should be full-on horror - and one sequence in Shadow of the Erdtree proves it
- 20 years on, Hugh Jackman's panned vampire horror movie is getting resurrected as a TV series
- Creator behind one of Netflix's most-watched shows is making an "ambitious" new series set over 40 years
- MMO Pokemon competitor dev in shambles as it realizes its new roguelike spinoff shares both name and genre with the new League of Legends game
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Sarah Michelle Gellar star joins the cast of Dexter prequel
- With 5 million sales in 3 days, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is rivaling the outstanding success of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 DLC
- The world's most patient Dark Souls 2 player has managed to complete the entire action RPG without walking anywhere, and it's just as tedious as you'd imagine
- Razer just dropped a whole line of Fortnite gadgets - and it’s… a lot
- Future Games Show at Gamescom to broadcast on August 21
- Hello Kitty Island Adventure's open-world twist on Animal Crossing: New Horizons was "really risky," but now its devs are preparing to fix its only negative feedback
- Tears of the Kingdom community helps Zelda superfan cook up an "ultimate no death run" where dying in either game puts you back at the start of Breath of the Wild
- GTA and Red Dead Redemption adaptations never happened because "games made poor-quality movies," Rockstar Games co-founder says, but "it's a different time now"
- "Elden Ring is really the limit": Hidetaka Miyazaki says he'd be concerned about pushing FromSoftware to make something bigger than its open-world RPG masterwork
- Hunt: Showdown's design directors share their formula for live service success: "You have to be part of that experience"
- Street Fighter movie gets a release date just days after losing its directors
- How to complete Destiny 2 Cooperative Focus mode missions
- Netflix’s Terminator anime adds four to its cast, including Ahsoka’s Rosario Dawson
- A Quiet Place timeline: When does A Quiet Place Day One take place?
- A Quiet Place: Day One post-credits scene explained – does the prequel have a post-credits scene?
- A Quiet Place Day One ending explained: What happens? How does it link to A Quiet Place 2?
- A Quiet Place: Day One director talks *that* ending: "I wanted it to feel triumphant"
- Does the cat die in A Quiet Place: Day One?
- An Apple TV Plus show with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score gets season 4 release date and first look
- A Quiet Place: Day One review – "Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn are excellent in this gripping spin-off"
- You may call him 'Darth Teeth,' but you can't deny that this Acolyte Sith helmet replica is awesome
- All the best Shadow of the Erdtree armor sets
- The Boys star opens up on Homelander's lab massacre, says it's "one of the most enjoyable" moments he's had on the show
- When is A Quiet Place: Day One on streaming?
- Survival city builder Frostpunk 2 delayed two months because devs want to improve on beta player's average "8 out of 10" rating
- "I've had my descents into hell" - Heavy Metal artist Caza talks Arkadi and the Lost Titan, the visionary sci-fi masterpiece that took him 20 years to complete
- One of The Acolyte's big casualties praises the Star Wars show for killing them off: "There are so many directors that are scared to kill off their characters"
- Baldur's Gate 3 devs made the RPG "too horny" right before release because last-minute playtesters were "probably just very bad at seducing people"
- Hidetaka Miyazaki says "I absolutely suck at video games," but still got through Elden Ring by using "every scrap of aid that the game offers"
- Forza Horizon 4 tops Elden Ring on sales charts and reaches new concurrent player peak as fans flock to the open-world banger before it's delisted forever
- The Acolyte showrunner breaks down the big Sith twist in the Star Wars show's latest episode
- How to get the Destiny 2 Microcosm Exotic weapon
- Nerf N-Series Pinpoint review: "Wipes the floor with old blasters"
- Netflix's brilliant new superhero show Supacell helps bring Black British culture to a global arena
- Let Me Solo Her is now Let Me Solo Him in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, and he's ready to kill Messmer for you
- Persona and Shin Megami Tensei lead reveals you won't be able to see every dungeon in Metaphor: ReFantazio in just one playthrough as the new JRPG offers "a lot more freedom"
- Manor Lords is still "moving forward," even as the city builder's creator takes a well-deserved minibreak amid its Unreal Engine 5 move
- June 26
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- Hideo Kojima pitched Death Stranding to Norman Reedus at a sushi restaurant before there was even a script, and "he instantly said yes"
- Not even Black Adam, Shazam, and the Marvel Family are safe from Amanda Waller's power-stealing androids in Absolute Power: Task Force VII #1
- After finishing its 10-year journey, Destiny 2 comes full circle as the first gun in the series destroys PvP after it's reborn as the new Exotic Khvostov 7G-0X
- The best retro collection ever made is getting a massive expansion all about the game industry's first console war
- Steam adds a feature console players have loved for years: a built-in recording tool to capture and share your gameplay, which you can try in beta today
- Superman down: Mark Waid aims to "take big swings" in DC's Absolute Power event, which will have major consequences "in 2024, 2025," and beyond
- Valve says "more players than ever are choosing to play Steam games with a controller," and nearly 60% of them are on team Xbox
- The 35 greatest movies based on TV shows
- Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure had me curious at its reveal, but its clever puzzles and gorgeous art sold me so hard I've been thinking about it for months
- Indie dev behind acclaimed dungeon crawler corrects Steam users who think their reviews don't matter: "One review certainly can make a difference"
- Xbox 360 classic Dead Rising is back with a "Deluxe Remaster," but nobody's sure how to feel about the new look and sound of iconic protagonist Frank West
- Hades 2 takes another big step forward with Patch 3, and the devs are "now focusing on our first Major Update slated for later this year"
- How to get GTA Online Police Uniforms and dress as a cop
- The new Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree patch buffs are way smaller than you'd think, but they let me instantly defeat a boss I'd been stuck on for hours
- Superman's massive 'House of Brainiac' arc wraps up with big changes for Lex Luthor and Lobo
- This cozy cowboy-themed life sim looks like Red Dead Redemption meets Stardew Valley, with a debut trailer that features Arthur Morgan himself
- OBSBOT Tiny 2 Lite 4K review: "It’s clear that size doesn't matter"
- Terraria creator and Palworld dev both had their eye on this city-builder and automation sim hybrid that's already tearing it up on Steam
- Harry Potter TV show gets a wand-erful creative duo – including a director on The Last of Us and Succession
- Good news, Tarnished: Your Scadutree Fragments carry over in the Elden Ring DLC, so you won't start back at square one as New Game Plus gets harder
- This Sorcery in Shadow of the Erdtree is the most broken thing I've seen since day-one Elden Ring, Intel or Faith builds can use it, and I can't believe it hasn't been nerfed
- BRZRKR writer Matt Kindt has teamed up with a surprising collaborator for new murder mystery comic Gilt Frame: his mom
- A Quiet Place: Day One director explains how the prequel sets up A Quiet Place Part 2
- GTA Online just locked a quality-of-life feature players have wanted for ages behind the GTA+ paywall, and fans worry it sets a dangerous precedent for GTA 6
- How to beat the Shadow of the Erdtree Commander Gaius boss
- Batman: Caped Crusader trailer teases a new take on Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and the rogues gallery in Amazon's new animated show
- How to start GTA Online Dispatch Work for the LSPD
- First trailer for new Tom Hanks movie reveals its bizarre one-of-a-kind premise – a story set over 100 years with a camera that never moves
- As Nintendo moves on from Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom beats both Doom: The Dark Ages and Gears of War as this summer's most wishlisted game
- Punching an enemy so hard that its ribs pop out, and other ways that Slave Zero X is "bringing a little bit of the horror back into character action games"
- As Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail looms, fans gather to wave goodbye to the expansion that ended a 10-year saga
- Apple's AAA push with Assassin's Creed, Resident Evil, and Death Stranding ports to iPhone are reportedly flopping with Mirage only selling about 3,000 copies
- A Quiet Place: Day One director got the job because of a Nicolas Cage movie
- Invaders 1, Hosts 0: Shadow of the Erdtree's annoying Winter Lanterns are a great Rune Arc farm, because they can basically do your job for you in PvP
- SteamWorld Heist 2 plays like a perfect follow-up to a great XCOM-style tactics game, and it's borrowing from Final Fantasy to add even more depth
- Elden Ring streamer shows you can simply bludgeon Shadow of the Erdtree's awful final boss to death - in just 50 seconds and with only 11 hits
- FromSoftware is so desperate for struggling Elden Ring players to level up their Shadow of the Erdtree blessings that it's now just telling them where they are
- One Star Wars theory might have guessed how Sol and the Sith know each other in The Acolyte
- MaXXXine review: "If you've come for carnage, this slasher will satisfy your bloodlust"
- Director of new horror with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score explains why it's important to support "arthouse" and "unusual" scary movies
- Is that Black Noir?! New Superman pics look to reveal another DC villain, but fans can't shake The Boys comparison
- Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter would return to Marvel "in a heartbeat"
- Everything we know about MTG Bloomburrow
- The Shadow of the Erdtree Abyssal Woods explained
- Dragon Age vet says the "fidelity death cult" and a "fear of backlash" over reused assets is making AAA games take way longer, but that creates room for Dark Souls-style surprise hits
- Two years after it was revealed, Kevin Feige finally opens up on Marvel’s "extremely different" Wonder Man series
- Kevin Feige hints at Deadpool 3 crossing over with more MCU projects than just Loki
- Kevin Feige announces Fantastic Four’s filming start date and confirms its period setting
- "A fight is about who’s left standing" - fighting game veteran explains why Tekken is still kicking while Soul Calibur's in limbo
- How to complete the Destiny 2 NES003 quest
- Diablo 4 Season 5 PTR has re-playable bosses and that means the loot is already off the charts
- New Lego Star Wars sets ask 'what if' with evil Millennium Falcon
- As the 10-year wait for Dragon Age: The Veilguard ends, RPG veteran says AAA series like GTA show how a big gap between sequels "can actually improve the impact" of each release
- Bandai Namco says "there are things I can't reveal at the moment" about a new Tales of game, sending RPG hopefuls wild
- After nearly 70 hours, 700 deaths, and a visit from a counselor, Kai Cenat beats Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss
- All Remembrance Bosses in Shadow of the Erdtree
- Star Wars fans are comparing The Acolyte's most brutal episode yet to Andor
- The verdict is in: The Acolyte episode 5 has some of the best lightsaber duels in Star Wars history
- Turtle Beach Atlas Air review: “a rare beast”
- The OG Resident Evil and its surreal live-action intro just hit GOG, with Resident Evil 2 and 3 joining "soon"
- Shadow of the Erdtree just got easier: Elden Ring's first DLC patch makes Scadutree buffs stronger in the early game, and a little stronger later too
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – Everything you need to know
- The Acolyte just revealed a major detail about the Sith, but it’s already divided the Star Wars community
- A new Star Wars theory guesses what Sol's dark secret might be in The Acolyte
- The divisive Ruby Sunday reveal in Doctor Who was actually perfect - and a brilliant response to one of Star Wars' biggest mistakes
- The Acolyte episode 5 just introduced a Star Wars Legends concept to live-action
- A Kylo Ren Easter egg is hiding in the latest episode of The Acolyte, and it's spawning some big Star Wars theories
- The Acolyte has revealed its Sith, but Star Wars fans think there's more to it than that
- Star Wars: The Acolyte episode 5 review: "Mounting tensions come to a head in an explosive confrontation"
- June 25
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- "Probably the best cat killing unicorn game" was called too gruesome by some in Japan, so devs are turning gore into "purple toy juice" and donating real blood to charity
- Final Fantasy 14's MMO account sign-up process is an "endless labyrinth and rube goldberg machine," and one fan's built a tool to save you from all the hassle
- True Detective-style Green Lantern show has been greenlit at HBO with Hal Jordan and John Stewart in the lead
- Helldivers 2 director stands by FromSoftware in the difficulty discourse as Hidetaka Miyazaki doubles down on making hard games: "Always cater to a select audience"
- Dragon Age veteran says sequel announcements like The Elder Scrolls 6 can be "kind of misleading" because most studios don't make multiple games at once
- A Quiet Place: Day One director talks casting Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn as the perfect mid-apocalyptic duo
- Elden Ring sleuth cracks Shadow of the Erdtree to unmask NPCs, finds a new nod to Berserk manga: "This is From's most Guts-like guy in a long list of Guts-like guys"
- Shadow of the Erdtree is somehow easier than Elden Ring for me, but I'm worried that's only because I fixed my awful build that almost made me quit this RPG 2 years ago
- I finally got to play my most-anticipated open-world game, and Hyper Light Breaker is just the roguelike I was hoping for
- Even with Black Panther and Stranger Things stars in its cast, one of A Quiet Place: Day One's biggest characters is a cat, so "you have that element of unpredictability"
- 5 months later, Palword dev has heard "nothing at all" from Nintendo about The Pokemon Company's apparent legal investigation
- One of 2024's biggest new anime series will be shown in cinemas – one month before its Netflix and Crunchyroll release
- Doctor Who season 2: Release date speculation, cast, and everything we know about Ncuti Gatwa’s next season
- A year ago, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's first month outsold all of May 2024's best-selling games combined
- Forget Prime Day, Nacon’s PS5 controller just got a new FPS mode and it’s cheaper than ever
- After dev of cult classic NES platformer reveals nobody talked to him about the follow-up, sequel studio apologizes: "we should've done better"
- Move over Five Nights at Freddy’s, stop motion animation is the next big thing in horror not animatronics, and Stopmotion director Robert Morgan knows exactly why
- Terrifying Shadow of the Erdtree animation glitch turns one of the DLC's cool new swords into a kind of body horror that would fit right into Bloodborne
- Minecraft modder makes "Minecraft 2" by replacing literally everything in Mojang's iconic sandbox game with the number 2
- Baldur's Gate 3 YouTuber offers $500 bounty to anyone who can find the mystical, fourth-wall-breaking Karlach cutscene without mods
- Marvel star Lupita Nyong'o has some unusual advice for Fantastic Four's Joseph Quinn on joining the MCU
- I'm really good at Mario Kart, but this ultraviolent, freerunning alternative kicked my whole ass
- How many episodes are in The Bear season 3 on Disney Plus and Hulu?
- Channing Tatum says 23 Jump Street has the best threequel script he's ever read – and Jonah Hill is on board too
- "It's friggin' Monster Hunter!": Shadow of the Erdtree brought giant katanas to Elden Ring, and Monster Hunter Longsword sickos are loving them
- I bought a PS2 demo disk from 2003 that has Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Silent Hill 3, and Burnout 2 on it, and it's my finest eBay purchase ever
- Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail maintenance - when the MMO's servers go back up for patch 7.0 and Dawntrail early access
- Netflix announces the first new arrivals on-board One Piece season 2 – and it hints at where the story is going next
- Manor Lords publisher shouts out benefit of letting developers cook as its bug-themed RTS and Soviet city-builder launch to rave reviews after up to 8 years in early access
- After AI and cheating allegations, Pokemon disqualifies entrants in its official Trading Card Game art competition who "violated official contest rules"
- Sci-fi horror comedy Zombo crosses over with future sport classic Harlem Heroes in the new 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special
- A Quiet Place writers' new horror movie starring Hugh Grant unveils its first trailer
- How to get Martial Arts in Shadow of the Erdtree
- Teasing terror: Both the Nosferatu and Longlegs trailers obscure their bad guys, and I need more horror marketing to do the same
- Blade star Mia Goth is still optimistic about the Marvel reboot, despite numerous setbacks
- New Jurassic World star Scarlett Johansson teases "incredible" script from original Jurassic Park writer: "He's so passionate about it"
- This is a Shadow of the Erdtree PSA: The DLC has its own version of Dark Souls Crystal Lizards and you do not want to ignore them
- I just discovered a Sims 4 mod that re-enables features EA never should've removed, and I don't think I'll ever play without it again
- The Batman 2 starts filming early next year, according to Andy Serkis
- My most-anticipated Metroidvania embraces the best thing about Shovel Knight and has an incredible demo endorsed by Hollow Knight Silksong devs
- The Bear’s Carmy and Sydney won’t be getting together in season 3: "There was no talk about any romantic implications"
- Elden Ring streamer Kai Cenat has spent over 50 hours and 500 deaths trying to defeat Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss - longer than it took to get there from the DLC's start
- Bob Odenkirk officially back for Nobody 2 as the sequel lands director and release date
- Anchorman director tried to adapt The Boys into a movie trilogy 16 years ago, but pre-MCU Hollywood wasn't into it
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is home to the most annoying mounted boss I've ever fought, but it can be cheesed thanks to the boss you had to defeat to play the DLC
- Helldivers 2's new patch finally fixes the Spear Stratagem, hopefully for good
- Shadow of the Erdtree's "Somewhere a Great Rune has broken" message explained
- New look at Superman set reveals full costume in all of its glory – and a glimpse of a fellow DC hero
- A major Star Wars villain from Rogue One is seemingly returning for Andor season 2
- Palworld devs are "still discussing" bringing the hit survival game to platforms like PlayStation, but a Nintendo Switch release looks unlikely due to "technical reasons"
- Steam Summer Sale hasn't even started yet, but its new "Deep Discounts" category boasts 95% off reductions and has my wallet quaking
- "It's already a 10/10 for me": Elden Ring legend Let Me Solo Her has high praise for Shadow of the Erdtree thanks to its greatest addition – a really big pot helmet
- How to beat the Golden Hippopotamus in Shadow of the Erdtree
- The strongest Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet was also one of the worst Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet - until its dedicated fans found a hyper-specific way to rock the competitive scene
- Star Wars Outlaws hyperspace jumps onto PLAY’s cover
- I'm starting to think people like cozy games a little: Steam Next Fest darling about "doodling castles" whose devs thought was "very niche" hits 1 million Wishlists
- June 24
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- Dishonored, Deus Ex, and Redfall dev Harvey Smith "often" waits 5-10 years to play his games after they release
- The ultra-popular Batman webcomic is back with a new season that's all about the Joker
- I spent an evening stuck in Elden Ring's Fog Rift Catacombs and experienced the purest despair I've ever felt in a FromSoftware game
- I'm convinced this small area in Shadow of the Erdtree is a reference to the Miyazaki-directed FromSoft game that started it all: Demon's Souls
- PSA: You can turn Shadow of the Erdtree into DIY Sekiro with one not-so-secret item that makes Elden Ring feel like a new game
- Beverly Hills Cop 4 star Kevin Bacon reveals that he's thrilled he is finally getting to embrace his villainous side after a 45-year-long career
- "Yes, Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still in development," Ubisoft confirms after 4 years of silence
- Capcom's weirdest game in years won me over in 10 minutes, and it's suddenly the thing I'm most excited to see from the publisher in 2024
- Kevin Bacon shares his "disarming" experience working with Eddie Murphy for the first time: "I had to kind of stay on my toes"
- My Chemical Romance bassist Mikey Way has a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comic with "anime inspired" art and a villain that goes back to the original '90s toys
- My only real concern about Dragon Age: The Veilguard right now is how it will impact my 10-year-old tabletop campaigns
- Terraria creator has a simple question for the team behind one of the game's best mods: "Which of you wants to work for Re-Logic and get paid for your work?"
- After 10 years and 430 chapters, the My Hero Academia manga will end in just six weeks
- Not content with beating Elden Ring with nothing but her brain, the mind-controlling streamer is back and battering Shadow of the Erdtree's tough bosses
- How to beat the Shadow of the Erdtree final boss Radahn
- Cinema is saved: Eddie Murphy confirms Shrek 5 and a Donkey spin-off movie are in the works
- Mr. House will play a part in Fallout season 2 as the show heads to New Vegas
- Guardians of the Galaxy star is in talks to play "one specific character" in James Gunn's DCU
- As Square Enix tries to raise the bar for its own games, president says that doesn't mean only releasing massive AAA behemoths
- First Nosferatu trailer will make you yearn for (and dread) the arrival of Bill Skarsgård's vampire in Robert Eggers' gothic horror
- Cities: Skylines 2 finally unleashes its huge "Economy 2.0" patch with reworked rent and a fix for death waves, but it'll also kill a bunch of your citizens
- 404 deaths into his Shadow of the Erdtree marathon, Twitch streamer Kai Cenat hits back at complaints that the Elden Ring DLC is too hard: "It's a skill issue"
- Dustborn took me on a roadtrip where I fought with words, played Guitar Hero-like rhythm games, and made Telltale-style choices
- Inside Out 2 surpasses Dune 2 as biggest movie of the year
- New Netflix action movie with negative reviews and terrible Rotten Tomatoes score surprisingly tops the streamer's top 10 charts
- Shadow of the Erdtree Unable to Summon Cooperator error explained and how to fix it
- The Boys creator Eric Kripke hopes to "do something" within the Star Wars franchise one day
- Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra review: "Game-changer"
- Corsair’s latest gaming mouse just returned to its lowest price ever
- Stardew Valley player turns "hardcore mode" joke into reality, creating a mod that ruthlessly deletes your saves if you dare to use guides
- Late John Wick star Lance Reddick voicing iconic DC villain in his last TV show
- After Elden Ring's director said he'd be open to working with other authors post-George R.R. Martin, the writer everyone wants FromSoft to team up with next is tearing up Shadow of the Erdtree
- Hidetaka Miyazaki says Shadow of the Erdtree focusing on Miquella is about "completing Elden Ring's circle" and honoring George R.R. Martin's contributions to the open-world RPG
- Best weapons in Shadow of the Erdtree for all builds
- Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn and Marvel's Lupita Nyong’o say Quiet Place prequel "expands what the horror genre can do"
- House of the Dragon showrunner confirms who won that emotional battle in season 2 episode 2
- Doctor Who's Ruby Sunday reveal was inspired by Russell T Davies' biggest Star Wars frustration
- The next Game of Thrones spin-off will release in 2025, George RR Martin confirms
- I hate to be that guy, but I totally called these AMD Ryzen 8000G CPU discounts
- Horror sequel A Quiet Place: Day One called "emotional" and "harrowingly beautiful" in positive first reactions
- Twitch streamer Kai Cenat nears Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss after 51 hours and 536 deaths, challenging his legendary run of the base game
- GTA veteran says other games struggle to be funny as comedy doesn't "make a lot of sense in them," but it works for Rockstar because each entry tries to "satirize a specific location and time"
- Uh oh, Helldivers 2's Automatons have got their sights set on Malevelon Creek again
- Marvel star has perfect, cheeky response to being asked how he's preparing for his Fantastic Four role
- Who is Mrs Flood in Doctor Who? These missable costume details suddenly make her the show’s most interesting mystery in years
- Elden Ring publisher quietly calls out players who think Shadow of the Erdtree is too hard
- House of the Dragon season 2 episode 2 recap and Easter eggs: Double trouble
- House of the Dragon season 2 has introduced Addam of Hull – who is he and why is he so important?
- House of the Dragon season 2 has finally mentioned a missing character from the books: Daeron Targaryen explained
- Elden Ring streamer takes roleplaying to the next level by rolling in real life every time they roll in the RPG
- June 23
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- State of Decay 2 developer immortalizes a player's late dad as an in-game playable survivor: "My heart skipped a beat when I saw his name"
- Future FromSoft games will build on Elden Ring's "combination between freedom and difficulty," director Hidetaka Miyazaki says
- Nintendo keeps team behind Mario & Luigi: Brothership a secret, but confirms "original developers" from the RPG's bankrupt studio are involved
- What are Hidetaka Miyazaki's favorite FromSoftware games now that Elden Ring is finished? "Dark Souls and Bloodborne left a very big impression," the president says
- June 22
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- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree debuts to 'Mixed' Steam reactions: "The base game never felt this ridiculously difficult"
- After 5 years in early access, Manor Lords publisher finally releases its Soviet city builder to 92% positive Steam user reviews
- After George R.R. Martin's influence on Elden Ring, will FromSoftware work with another big writer? Hidetaka Miyazaki says "We would definitely be open to exploring that"
- Anbernic RG35XXSP Review: "A great Game Boy Advance SP handheld homage"
- Elden Ring's Hidetaka Miyazaki jokes he's not great at presidenting because "95% of what I do" is still "directing games"
- Avowed director pushes back on the Skyrim comparisons, says the RPG is "a lot closer" to Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity and The Outer Worlds
- FC 24 Euro Throwbacks solutions and Copa America Throwbacks answers
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar used to scare me, but Skaventide changed all that
- Diablo 4 season 5 PTR patch notes reveal a new endgame roguelite mode and boss, new Uniques, and massive quality-of-life changes like re-playable bosses
- Who is Ruby Sunday’s mother in Doctor Who? We finally have an answer
- Doctor Who Empire of Death ending explained: Sutekh, Mrs. Flood, and the answer to the question everyone was asking
- Doctor Who episode 8 review: "A thrilling climax to a season that has made this 61-year-old TV show feel young again"
- June 21
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- Director of hit JRPG Shin Megami Tensei 5 echoes FromSoftware's stance on hard games: "Our intent was never to make things difficult for difficulty’s sake"
- After Microsoft closed Arkane Austin, Redfall dev says the response to "the cleaned-up, final version" of the doomed FPS gave him "a burst of energy"
- Doc Ock has taken over the bodies of J. Jonah Jameson, Aunt May, and nearly everyone Peter Parker cares about in Superior Spider-Man #8
- As CEOs chase infinite growth, Hidetaka Miyazaki says FromSoftware gets "better games and better decisions" from a "conservative forecast" with "room to fail"
- That mystery Star Wars strategy game is actually a tactics game from a bunch of XCOM veterans, and suddenly I'm a lot more excited for it
- Tasty! Marvel star Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan to star in Beef season 2
- The 32 greatest Jackie Chan movies
- Famed retro remake dev says its remaster of The Thing will "fulfill the original vision" thanks to tech that wasn't available to the 22-year-old cult classic horror shooter
- I can't stop thinking about this Zelda-like dungeon crawler about taking on a wackily animated vampire apocalypse
- "There can be only one": Al Ewing promises that Venom War will settle the rivalry between Eddie Brock and his son Dylan once and for all
- After 32 years, the cult classic NES platformer that goes for thousands on eBay is getting a sequel
- Benedict Cumberbatch seemingly confirms Doctor Strange will be in Avengers 5 – and filming begins next year
- "It's not like we wanted to distance ourselves from Persona": How Metaphor ReFantazio turned years of work on JRPG icons into what's now my most-wanted game of 2024
- Marvel is ending its Star Wars and Darth Vader comics, but they're relaunching in a new era of the Saga later this year
- I review board games and these are the 5 tabletop deals I’m looking out for this Prime Day
- Tom Hardy is right: The Bikeriders isn’t your typical biker movie, and that’s the point
- How to get Rakshasa's Great Katana in Shadow of the Erdtree
- The Boys season 4 has officially got Hideo Kojima’s stamp of approval, and it's all because of the latest and most shocking episode yet
- I've become a proper MMO healer in Destiny 2 thanks to a new gun and Exotic helmet, despite massive Well of Radiance nerfs
- Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki said Shadow of the Erdtree would be hard, and he wasn't kidding: "I'm getting stomped"
- The big monster FromSoftware teased for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is a normal enemy gatekeeping the DLC, and it's kicking peoples' butts
- After 17 years with no official remaster in sight, one Pokemon Battle Revolution fan is taking matters into their own hands and remaking the spin-off in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
- After 20 years, Halo 2 excavators get the stealth missions Bungie scrapped up and running for modders to revive
- Everything in the GTA Online Bottom Dollar Bounties update
- How to get to every Shadow of the Erdtree area, region and map location
- This whimsical new action RPG from the mastermind producer behind Rune Factory and Story of Seasons is finally leaving Japan, and I can't wait
- First MaXXXine reactions call the A24 film an "'80s horror take on Once Upon a Time"
- GTA San Andreas used "real gang members" to record voiceover: "We showed them the scripts and they were like, 'we wouldn't say that'"
- Hidetaka Miyazaki says games like Elden Ring have to be hard: "If we really wanted the whole world to play the game, we could just crank the difficulty down"
- Shadow of the Erdtree Revered Spirit Ashes locations
- Director of Nicolas Cage's terrifying horror to helm 'family-friendly' Stephen King adaptation next
- The Boys season 4 plays heavy on cameos, and I'm worried it's becoming what it set out to mock
- I'm ready for Elden Ring's DLC, but not as ready as this Dark Souls streamer who beat the whole action RPG at level 1 multiple times from NG to NG+7 without ever dying
- CD Projekt releases custom art of Geralt in Elden Ring as Shadow of the Erdtree beats The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine as the highest-rated DLC for any RPG
- These are the 5 Lego sets I'm expecting to get big savings this Prime Day
- Twisted Metal season 2 casts a major video game villain in Superman star
- With Fable and Doom: The Dark Ages coming in 2025, Xbox lead wants to avoid the elephant in the room: "Many are going to plan around GTA 6"
- An "erotic thriller" spin-off to M3GAN announced, and it sounds like Black Mirror meets Ex Machina
- One of the '80s most beloved fantasy films is getting a new comic adaptation
- Former PlayStation head says we need to "get this platform war thing out of the way" and "get down to one standard home console"
- This Corsair OLED monitor deal is great, but there’s an even cheaper dupe for over $200 less
- Elden Ring veterans are celebrating Shadow of the Erdtree's launch by helping others beat Mohg so they can join them in the Lands of Shadow
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard leads reveal that BioWare changed the RPG's name to "what was really the heartbeat of this game" - and it's not Solas
- You can't date your friends in the new JRPG from the Persona 5 devs because it isn't a game about flirty teenagers: "It's part of the realism of the setting"
- Every Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree guide you'll need
- Marvel's Blade reboot was originally set in the '20s with Mia Goth playing a deep-cut comics villain
- Elden Ring DLC launch live coverage - all the Shadow of the Erdtree news as it happens
- Star Wars Outlaws director says Uncharted wasn't a "reference point," but "if you're going to be compared to somebody, it might as well be the best"
- Returning Elden Ring veterans are being humbled by an early Shadow of the Erdtree boss that drops some of the best armor in the game, if you can beat the big brute
- Marvel reveals its full slate of September 2024 comics and covers featuring the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Avengers and more
- June 20
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- Final Fantasy 7 art director says there's an "alternate timeline" where the classic JRPG could've been a pixel art game, and I kind of want to live there
- Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki would like to make a traditional JRPG, and it probably wouldn't be related to the one FromSoftware made in 2006
- How long to beat Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree?
- How to beat the Furnace Golems in Shadow of the Erdtree
- 5 Shadow of the Erdtree tips you should know before playing
- Recommended level for Shadow of the Erdtree
- All Shadow of the Erdtree Map Fragment locations
- All main bosses in Shadow of the Erdtree in order
- All Miquella's Cross locations in Shadow of the Erdtree
- How to beat the Shadow of the Erdtree Blackgaol Knight
- Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero lets you witness Goku's death in first-person: "That's a special experience"
- 16 years since its reveal, Ubisoft insists Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still alive: A remaster of the original arrives next week with a "narrative link" to the now-prequel
- Tributes pour in for The Hunger Games and Ordinary People actor Donald Sutherland, who has died at age 88
- Bungie walks back Destiny 2: The Final Shape raid changes, removing unpopular Surges – and confirming you were taking 32% more damage and dealing 33% less
- Ahead of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, you can get the entire RPG trilogy for just $10 thanks to this Steam sale
- FromSoftware warns Elden Ring patch 1.12 might stunlock your Steam Deck: Going "inactive for more than 5 minutes may stop the game from accepting inputs"
- Final Fantasy Tactics was originally an RTS RPG inspired by the director's cult classic Super Nintendo game, but his boss said "NOT THIS ONE!"
- Edge of Tomorrow director says that Warner Bros are "constantly" bringing up the idea of a sequel
- Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco says what FromSoftware probably should have: Shadow of the Erdtree "rivals the scope of a standalone game"
- New D&D character sheet makes understanding skills easier (and also somehow much harder)
- Netflix subscribers delight in one of the noughties' best shows being added to the platform
- Dune Awakening is a truly massive survival MMO, and it manages to make sandworms the terror they should be
- After 26 years, Brandy returns to horror with new A24 movie from The Lighthouse and The Witch producers
- Will the PS5’s DualSense Edge controller see a price cut this Prime Day?
- Elden Ring nerfs two of its most popular boss cheese strategies just in time for Shadow of the Erdtree
- Should you buy a 4K monitor on Prime Day?
- The Boys season 4 episode 4 recap and Easter eggs: Homelander heads home
- Homelander's lab rampage in The Boys season 4: What does it mean and where does Homelander come from?
- The Boys just re-introduced a major Gen V villain in season 4 - but who is he?
- The Boys’ latest episode is being described as "one of the most unhinged in television history" and, honestly, they’re not wrong
- This RTX 40-Series Razer Blade gaming laptop is finally $1,000 off
- Following Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia, One-Punch Man becomes the latest long-running manga to announce an unexpected break
- Something in the Water review: "Bridesmaids meets Jaws in an unmemorable thriller"
- Hollow Knight: Silksong is "not in dev hell," says tester who finds fan cynicism "disheartening" but agrees developer Team Cherry "should be better" at communicating
- Git gud and buy the DLC, please: Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco says getting people to beat Mohg and Radahn was key to Shadow of the Erdtree marketing
- The Riddler's impact on Gotham looms large in trailer for Batman spin-off The Penguin
- Born out of a pandemic, refined through reflection: Gears of War: E-Day is a chance for The Coalition to recapture the spirit of Gears and "tear a lot of s*** up"
- Natalie Portman says Star Wars prequels backlash was "hard," but she feels "blessed" to have been part of the films
- Olivia Colman returns alongside Tom Hiddleston in the new season of one of our most anticipated shows
- One of the best recent horror movies with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is climbing the charts – as its director sets release for next film
- Helldivers 2's Spear Stratagem is literally crashing the war effort, but Arrowhead is "looking into it"
- Manor Lords creator is sorry about bugs leftover from the city builder's latest patch, but promises the move to Unreal Engine 5 will sort out other "annoying" issues
- Here's how the Life is Strange comics could provide context for Max’s parallel worlds in Double Exposure
- Legend of Zelda player creates a real-life "mech suit" to experience Tears of the Kingdom with an actual bow, shield, and sword
- The director of the show that dethroned Squid Game lands another new comic book movie at Netflix
- 32 greatest movies with famous people (before they were famous)
- The Umbrella Academy season 4 will answer "a lot" of questions, says showrunner
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom pre-order guide: where the buy the next game and limited edition console
- Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D isn't just an Octopath Traveler-style glow-up - the remake reportedly expands the iconic 1988 JRPG's story with famed creator Yuji Horii's oversight
- Shin Megami Tensei 5’s excellent re-release sells 500,000 copies in 3 days, pushing the Atlus JRPG series closer to its more popular spin-off Persona
- How to get the Destiny 2 Khvostov Exotic weapon
- Star Wars has a bizarre new timeline controversy thanks to The Acolyte's prequels cameo
- "It's definitely harder than Persona": Shin Megami Tensei lead explains that his new JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio needed more challenge or else "it won't feel right"
- Demon Slayer will be getting extra-long episodes for the next two weeks
- Fallout's co-creator was "convinced" the cancelled OG Fallout 3 could've shipped and been "a really good game" in 18 months, but money troubles got in Interplay's way
- The HTC Vive Pro 2 is back in the discount aisle, but is it still worth buying in 2024?
- Elden Ring patch 1.12 lets you summon Torrent during the RPG's final boss fight after 2 long years, and fans are losing it: "It's peak already!"
- Elden Ring scholar makes a dictionary for every name in the RPG, somehow already including Shadow of the Erdtree, and it’s worthy of the Raya Lucaria library
- Crunchyroll unveils its summer anime lineup, including the return of a video game adaptation
- Rebecca Ferguson teases that Silo season 2 is "dark," and "bonkers" – and shares how many seasons she's contracted for
- Get Ready for an Island Adventure! My Talking Hank: Islands Arrives July 4th!
- June 19
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- Elden Ring DLC release time – the Shadow of the Erdtree countdown is on
- One of the scariest things Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki's ever said: Shadow of the Erdtree "pushed the envelope in terms of what we think can be withstood by the player"
- FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki admits "I went a little too far" with Elden Ring's poison swamps – so in Shadow of the Erdtree he imagined "different ways I want to die"
- Hidetaka Miyazaki likes to watch videos of fans trying to make sense of Elden Ring lore: "Of course, I can't watch all of them, but I do like to watch them"
- How to get all Destiny 2 Lost Encryption Bits
- Life by You dev says the team "spent a month in purgatory" trying to prove that The Sims competitor was "worth launching"
- Batman #149: It's all change in an emotional issue that sets up a new status quo for the Caped Crusader
- Gladiator 2 will feature some of the "biggest action sequences ever put on film"
- As Bloodborne PC port demands intensify once again, its free unofficial Mario Kart spin-off becomes one of the highest-rated Steam games of the month
- How did Persona 5, Persona 3, and now Metaphor: ReFantazio achieve some of the best UI in JRPG history? Its veteran Atlus director stresses "unity" and support for dev teams
- Here’s why 2024's Prime Day gaming laptop deals could be better than ever
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck set to work on their tenth movie together with new crime thriller from Bad Boys For Life screenwriter
- New D&D Player’s Handbook flips character creation on its head
- Still not fought Mohg and Radahn? Don't worry, Elden Ring speedrunners are proving you can be ready for Shadow of the Erdtree in under 28 minutes, even on a fresh save file
- Danganronpa creator went into debt for The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy after the strategy RPG was canceled at its original publisher
- New Netflix thriller with a hugely divisive Rotten Tomatoes score is now one of the streamer's most-watched movies ever
- The Witcher season 4 set photos reveal first look at character from the games’ best DLC
- Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar is currently $50 off, totally trampling on its previous lowest-ever price
- Dark Horse announces Jupiter's Legacy: Finale – the last act of Mark Millar's 12-year superhero saga
- 22 years after The Bourne Identity, Matt Damon says his reunion with director for new action comedy will be very different
- Tales of the Shire is more than Lord of the Rings-branded Stardew Valley, and it fixes one of the genre's biggest problems
- The Plucky Squire is a charming, dimension-bending picturebook platformer that's going toe-to-toe with Mario's attempts to change up the genre
- Perfect Dark looks way better than I was expecting it to, and I'm excited to see how Crystal Dynamics gives Joanna the Lara Croft treatment
- Larian CEO says Baldur's Gate 3's full-on mod support will mark the moment the studio passes the reigns to the RPG's community: "Now it's yours fully"
- Where to find all Destiny 2 Traveler collectibles
- HBO reveals first look at new Game of Thrones spin-off as filming kicks off and more cast members revealed
- You can now grab the Lenovo Legion Go for a record-low price, but I’d check out the Asus ROG Ally first
- Mike Flanagan's "radical new take" on The Exorcist gets a release date
- Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D studio admits revealing the remake of the iconic JRPG over 3 years ago was "too early"
- My favorite gaming projector of 2024 just took its first major price cut
- Deadpool and Wolverine director says there were "early conversations" about what couldn’t be in the movie – so they wrote a joke about it
- The Boys creator talks the show’s ending and how it will be "more emotionally satisfying" than the comics
- Why Gold Road is the perfect jumping on point for The Elder Scrolls Online
- Is it just me, or is Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome underrated?
- The Exorcism review: "The Russell Crowe horror veers more ridiculous than terrifying"
- The Acolyte episode 4 might reveal how the Jedi never learned of the mystery Sith before the Star Wars prequels
- Elden Ring manga goes on a brief hiatus after its author decides that he would rather be playing Shadow of the Erdtree
- Look away please, PlayStation has seemingly leaked a new Helldivers 2 Stratagem that looks like something straight out of the original game
- Now there are two of them: The Acolyte might have another Sith waiting in the wings – according to this new theory
- Former Dragon Age boss now consulting on The Veilguard says the RPG really is "the best Dragon Age game that I've ever played"
- Madden NFL 25: Everything you need to know
- The Acolyte episode 4 features an intriguing Star Wars prequels cameo
- June 18
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- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is the highest-rated release of 2024 so far, beating JRPG hit Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and roguelike darling Hades 2
- I finally spoke to the director of the 21-year-old JRPG that kicked my teeth in, and I didn't expect an apology: "Shin Megami Tensei 3 is the hardest game I think I've ever made"
- Capcom is finally rereleasing Marvel Vs Capcom 2 along with six other classic games, including the first true arcade port of The Punisher in 31 years
- Nintendo has apparently been teasing the big villain of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for 17 years
- Sekiro was a "turning point" for FromSoftware, says Hidetaka Miyazaki, who thinks the studio's games can still get faster: "There's one more level we can crank it up to"
- My most anticipated horror movie of the year just got a whole lot creepier thanks to Nicolas Cage
- Destiny 2 servers stumble as Bungie releases a Grandmaster version of The Final Shape's 12-man Excision but some players struggle to sign in at all
- Storm stands alone against Marvel's evil Superman in Avengers #18
- The father of Final Fantasy says it's a "blessing" working with Square Enix and Yoshi-P to rebuild the JRPG he made "thinking it could become my final work"
- Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr will end their Amazing Spider-Man run this fall with "Spidey's most brutal battle"
- Here's our first look at Tom Hiddleston in Mike Flanagan’s "heartbreaking" Stephen King movie
- Now this is Shadow of the Erdtree prep: Elden Ring mad lad turns every enemy (and animal) into DLC gatekeepers Mohg and Radahn, still beats the game in 9 hours
- "Make cool s***!" Oni Press president Hunter Gorinson on Biker Mice from Mars, SpectreVision, and comics as a renegade art form
- Post Malone and Backbone are collaborating on a limited-edition mobile controller
- Amazon's next massive Korean MMO promises massive battles with "thousands" of players, all already running cross-platform at 60fps on PC, PS5, and Xbox
- Finally, a farming RPG where you can harvest a wolf like an ear of corn is coming to Nintendo Switch in November
- Bringing Blade into the MCU is proving hard for Marvel, but the signs were there all along
- The first batch of Anbernic RG Cube handhelds is reportedly suffering from screen issues
- How to unlock and complete the Destiny 2 Dual Destiny mission
- Elden Ring player commits to ill-advised playthrough where they drink after every death, reaches the final boss over 50 swigs deep, then gives up to preserve their own health
- After 13 years stuck in Japan, the lost Ace Attorney spin-off is finally launching in English as part of the Investigations Collection this September
- Danganronpa creators return with a strategy RPG set in yet another murderous school, coming early next year
- Joshua Williamson steps down from writing Batman and Robin and Green Arrow
- Mad Max star Tom Hardy has high praise for Furiosa despite not even seeing it yet – and gives a disappointing update on Fury Road sequel
- Metroid Prime 4 is finally due to launch in 2025, 8 years after it was first revealed
- Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake is an incredible upgrade of the definitive 8-bit JRPG, and after an hour hands-on I'm ready to grind like it's 1988
- After 24 years, Perfect Dark is making a comeback via Nintendo Switch's priciest subscription service, complete with online multiplayer
- Square Enix is giving the original JRPGs an HD-2D upgrade with Dragon Quest 1 & 2 in 2025
- Nintendo reveals The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, which makes Zelda the hero for the first time in 38 years and looks just like the Link's Awakening remake
- James Gunn teases "magic" between Clark and Lois actors in upcoming Superman movie
- Dave Filoni says an R-rated Star Wars movie is "interesting," but he has a caveat
- Hello Kitty Island Adventure is set to be my new favorite Nintendo Switch game, and it's basically Animal Crossing meets Sanrio
- Fantasian, the lovely JRPG quietly released by Final Fantasy mastermind Hironobu Sakaguchi years ago, is escaping Apple jail and coming to consoles and PC this year
- Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake finally launches over 3 years after it was first revealed, and it's not just on Switch
- Mario & Luigi: Brothership is the first new entry in the series in almost 9 years, and it boasts "evolved bros moves"
- Fable 4 better have real estate mechanics so I can buy giant Richard Ayoade's house once I've defeated him
- New D&D core rulebooks finally give your player character a house (yes, you can decorate it)
- Natalie Portman is up for returning as Jane in the MCU: "That was super fun"
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree review: "It's almost getting boring praising FromSoftware every time"
- It looks like guns are becoming a bigger deal in D&D with the new rulebooks
- Habbo Hotel returns in Origins, a "lovingly restored" version of the iconic MMO as it was 19 years ago - but this time "with a fresh, community-led approach"
- Doctor Who and Game of Thrones stars cast in one of the most highly-anticipated book adaptations
- Bloody Smile 2 trailer finally explains movie’s mysterious marketing – and promises a bigger scale for sequel to the hit horror
- Mother Striga is the Thanos-level new threat facing Sabrina the Teenage Witch in an epic Archie Comics crossover
- One The Boys fan has screenshotted all the potential candidates for the Seven, and there are some deep-cut Supes in here
- Paradox Interactive closes lead Life by You studio, less than 24 hours after abruptly announcing The Sims competitor is canceled
- MaXXXine team discuss blending fact and fiction by including a real-life serial killer in the horror movie sequel
- A wild Doctor Who theory suggests who Ruby’s mother is – and we’ve met them before
- Two classic RPG remasters just launched on Steam out of nowhere, freeing them from Nintendo Switch exclusivity
- Manor Lords isn't getting the much-requested bubonic plague as the medieval city builder's creator thinks "plague and disease are not real game mechanics"
- Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct June 2024
- One of Invincible's stars gives a potential season 3 release window
- A new Super Mario Bros. movie is officially coming in 2026
- Polarizing sci-fi epic from Godfather director lands a release date, and it's just months away
- CRKD Nitro Deck+ review: “One of the best ways to enjoy the Nintendo Switch in 2024”
- Silent Hill 3 designer went to real-life ruins to find inspiration for the horror game - but they found Robbie the Rabbit's inspiration in a literal mascot
- Elden Ring was an "enormous success," but Hidetaka Miyazaki says that doesn't mean the open-world genre will "become the new standard" for future FromSoftware games
- Todd Howard regrets not supporting Fallout 4 and Skyrim for longer, but won't make the mistake with Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield as he hints a "10-year horizon" has already been considered
- House of the Dragon showrunner explains why Blood and Cheese is so different from the book
- Ryan Reynolds says there are parallels between Deadpool and Logan, but thinks the latter might be the best comic book movie ever made
- Helldivers 2 director confirms the 'review bomb' cape is very real and complete, but Arrowhead is waiting for the "right time" to drop it
- Borderlands director acknowledges there’s going to be "similarities" to Guardians of the Galaxy, but audiences will "see that it’s different"
- June 17
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- Is JRPG a good word? Persona 5 director and character designer weigh in ahead of their new game Metaphor ReFantazio: "You can call this a JRPG if you want"
- The Boys creator shares season 4 episode 4 trailer, promises it features Homelander at his scariest yet
- The Sims competitor Life by You abruptly canceled, exec admits it's "a clear failure on Paradox’s part"
- Sony confirms a sequel to Tom Holland-led Uncharted movie is in the works
- Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunners say season 2 is "all about the villains" and everyone might not make it out alive
- FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki addresses recent mass developer layoffs, assuring Dark Souls and Elden Ring fans "that's something I would not let happen"
- Deadpool and Wolverine director would love to make a Spider-Man and Deadpool movie
- Where to find personal effects for Craig in Fallout 76
- Indie horror's "the weirder, the better" approach is effortlessly pulling focus from triple A games this summer – but why?
- Indiana Jones leads spent "countless hours" watching the two movies The Great Circle is the "closest to": Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade
- "I have to clarify that I did not cook": Former Helldivers 2 CEO now focusing on the game itself says its new and fabulous patch came from "the team," not his personal kitchen
- Almost 10 years later, a sequel to cult horror movie Circle is in the works
- When is Inside Out 2 coming to streaming? The Disney Plus date has now been revealed
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth co-director says Part 3 will answer any remaining questions and deliver an even greater ending than the original JRPG
- The Boys season 4 takes full advantage of Prime Video’s most overlooked feature, and the result is hilarious
- Bloody new House of the Dragon season 2 trailer teases Blood and Cheese’s consequences, as fans obsess over mysterious new character
- An army of zombie symbiotes are invading Manhattan and it's up to Daredevil plus Daredevil to stop them in Marvel's new Venom War spin-off
- Making Studio Ghibli buildings in cozy builder Tiny Glade gives me purpose
- Deadpool and Wolverine director hopes Ryan Reynolds' hero will live up to his "Marvel Jesus" nickname and save the MCU
- Todd Howard says Bethesda doesn't need to rush out a new RPG because of the Fallout TV show's success: "I don't think it's bad for people to miss things"
- Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 3 Wireless review: “exactly what it needs to be - a jack of all trades”
- A Blue Beetle animated series is in the works, and it will follow on from 2023's underappreciated superhero movie
- June Nintendo Direct confirmed with 40 minutes of info about 2024 Switch games, but there will be absolutely "no mention" of Switch 2
- Lords of the Fallen gets a sequel in 2026, but likely Epic Game Store exclusivity means the follow-up to one of 2023's biggest Soulslikes might not come to Steam
- The Boys season 4 theory suggests one of the new Supes did something you may have missed
- Nicolas Cage's new horror movie gets even more grim with a creepy viral website documenting his character's kills
- Titan's bizarre and hilarious High on Life comic previews its series finale with a set of wild new covers
- Still Wakes the Deep review: "A moody, ambient piece of short-form horror fiction"
- Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman suit up in these exclusive new images from Deadpool & Wolverine
- Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P "would love" to see the MMO on Nintendo's Switch successor as everyone should have access to the game "regardless of device"
- For under $500, this Hisense model is the QLED gaming TV I’d pick right now
- How to get the Destiny 2 Facet of Command Fragment
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure – everything we know so far
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard is home to a mystery skeleton love interest, but not the one fans had been hoping for
- House of the Dragon season 2 team explain why that new arrival isn't a major player just yet
- Helldivers 2 troopers in shambles after learning an unaddressed bug is likely halting them mid-sprint, not their controllers or keyboards giving out
- Original Blade star pokes fun at Marvel's reboot after it loses second director
- The RodeCaster Duo is an almost perfect streaming mixer, and Rode is working on a fix for its biggest flaw
- House of the Dragon viewers split over "watered down" book changes from season 2 premiere's bloodiest moment
- Norman Reedus says the Daryl Dixon season 2 finale is the best hour in Walking Dead history
- Todd Howard hopes for "annual" Starfield story expansions for "a very long time," with Bethesda now "planning for the one" after Shattered Space
- Hidetaka Miyazaki sparks hopes for better co-op in future FromSoftware games, says they'll "consider" ideas like Elden Ring co-op mod with 3.7 million downloads
- House of the Dragon season 2 new opening credits reference key moments in Targaryen history – here's what they mean
- As big as Barbie? Pixar’s sequel Inside Out 2 lands best opening weekend of 2024
- Todd Howard says Starfield's Shattered Space DLC has been built "traditionally" and is most similar to Fallout 4's Far Harbor expansion
- One of The Boys season 4’s most NSFW moments was an "authentic" reaction from one of its actors
- As Elden Ring DLC leaks hit the web, FromSoftware asks fans to "be mindful" of those who want to play Shadow of the Erdtree without spoilers
- House of the Dragon season 2 episode 1 recap and Easter eggs: Westeros will never be the same again
- House of the Dragon season 2 makes some key changes to Blood and Cheese – here are all the differences
- House of the Dragon season 2 reintroduces a key family: Cregan Stark explained
- House of the Dragon season 2 has introduced the blacksmith Hugh Hammer – who is he and why is he so important?
- June 16
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- I was one of the first to beat Black Myth: Wukong's notorious Wandering Wight boss, so it does my heart good to see more people also getting wrecked by him
- Black Myth: Wukong is easily among the best and best-looking action RPGs I've played in years, and after 2 hours hands-on I see why the devs don't call it a Soulslike
- The indie devs behind this Animal Crossing-like are shocked they got to make a sequel after so many mistakes with Cozy Grove, but Camp Spirit aims to make good
- Make memeified versions of Hideo Kojima and Gabe Newell fight in this bonkers Steam Next Fest roguelike
- If that Fable 4 trailer is hinting what I think it is, I can't wait for the RPG's morality choices to have a greater impact than hair and eye color
- Defying Nintendo, just two players remain on the 3DS and Wii U's dead servers after the last Splatoon player's 68-day streak ends
- Final Fantasy 14 fans clear Dawntrail preview dungeon without any healers, leading the MMO's dedicated support mains to strike over "negligence towards the role"
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard is "almost the total inverse" of Mass Effect's "big action, minor RPG" split, BioWare lead explains
- In a cruel switcheroo, Helldivers 2 sends players to "cleanse" bug babies right after we chose to save Super Earth children
- June 15
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- Building Relationships is "like A Short Hike but stupid" and it's the most wholesomely kinky dating sim I've ever played
- Doctor Who episode 7 review: "Real potential here to make it an epic, Gatwa-worthy finale"
- Helldivers 2 tweaked one of its most popular Stratagems because players weren't using it as Arrowhead intended
- One of Steam Next Fest's biggest survival games makes a compelling promise: "Imagine DayZ or Rust but you're a duck"
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure confirms that there is "no canon ending" to the first game, and that leaves me with more questions than answers
- The Game Boy Color is once again my favorite handheld thanks to this gorgeous AMOLED touchscreen mod
- Despite Elden Ring's triumphs, director Hidetaka Miyazaki still hasn't made his "ideal fantasy RPG" - so how much better can FromSoftware games get?
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard's "web-like" skill trees were "heavily influenced" by Final Fantasy 10 and 12's RPG progression
- Shadowheart from Baldur's Gate 3 was originally "more sassy" and had to be "heavily dialed down" after one of the devs said "I really don't like" the character
- June 14
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- Surprise! Doctor Who episode 7 finally reveals the show's Big Bad – and only one of your theories was right
- After making Stardew Valley on a "hand-me-down" Costco computer, Eric Barone says his one big splurge was an actually good PC
- Helldivers 2 dev says there's still time to get the new Stratagem even after we chose to save the children, but GM Joel says we "never will"
- Daredevil: Woman Without Fear sends Elektra down "a rabbit hole of conspiracy" as she takes on the new Punisher
- MTG Modern Horizons 3 Commander decks ranked
- New HeroQuest starter set is like Avalon Hill’s answer to Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
- Destiny 2: The Final Shape review – "an incredibly well-executed expansion that nicely rounds off a decade-long journey"
- League of Legends players protest $500 skin with a forced boycott, perma-banning Ahri to stop anyone using her new cosmetic
- DC reveals its full slate of September 2024 comics and covers featuring Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and more
- Astro Bot was the most-wishlisted game from Summer Game Fest - beating Doom: The Dark Ages and Gears of War: E-Day
- Destiny 2: The Final Shape debuts as 2024's best-rated game, beating Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Balatro
- Netflix's Ultraman: Rising director says not knowing everything about Ultraman is kind of the point: "There's a mystery to him that I love"
- Helldivers 2's buff-filled patch may have unintentionally upped the difficulty: "Wait a moment ... you're saying the game is more difficult now?"
- Stephen King has broken his silence on Netflix’s new number one movie with an "amazing" ending
- Arcane Season 2 isn't the end of Riot's animation push, and fans are already theorizing where in the League of Legends universe we're heading next
- Evil Dead Rise director sets next horror movie project for 2026 release – and it's a team up with James Wan's Atomic Monster and Blumhouse
- 35 must-see Netflix original movies
- Fortnite Failed to Download Supervised Settings error explained
- Elden Ring gets huge quality-of-life features patch right before Shadow of the Erdtree, including an inventory change I've wanted for years
- Elden Ring publisher tries to cram the RPG's entire story into a 4-minute catch-up video for Shadow of the Erdtree, actually does a pretty solid job
- Xbox's big multiplatform olive branch Sea of Thieves was last month's most-downloaded PS5 game
- Five new CHERRY XTRFY products to boost your game this summer
- LFG! Deadpool & Wolverine is on the cover of the new issue of Total Film
- Fortnite Ride the Lightning: Where to find it
- Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P shoots down speculation he's remaking FF9 - and that he'd morph the turn-based JRPG into an action game, thank you very much
- The Boys creator talks a potential spin-off for season 4's best new character: "Who wouldn’t want to?"
- Assassin's Creed Shadows will reportedly launch from the Animus Hub, previously known as Assassin's Creed Infinity
- $843 million lawsuit against Valve already has its own website: "The Steam Claim" accuses the biggest store in PC gaming of "overcharging" players
- Spider-Verse composer says he's not sad that the trilogy is ending, but is up for returning for the spin-off TV shows
- Cozy Caravan is Animal Crossing meets Cooking Mama with the sweetest character creation options
- First cryptic teaser for upcoming horror movie Smile 2 drops, making it an already interesting marketing campaign
- Beyond the Spider-Verse composer provides update on sequel and reveals they are feeling the pressure concluding the trilogy: "You don't want to Godfather it"
- Tom Hardy really wants to be in the Netflix Peaky Blinders movie: "Alfie will definitely make an appearance"
- Elden Ring's most annoying type of enemy is getting a new recruit in Shadow of the Erdtree, and I'm praying they're not as bad as the Warhawks
- Former Mass Effect devs' new sci-fi RPG Exodus has planets that will actively try and kill you
- Diablo 4 tried to repackage Diablo 2's grind for the modern era, but series overseer Rod Fergusson says the "consumptive nature of a live service" made it unfeasible
- The Acolyte showrunner reveals how advice Dave Filoni gave her shaped the latest episode of her Star Wars show
- Helldivers 2 studio CEO says you’re not getting a story mode because “that’s like building an entirely new game”
- Spider-Verse composer reveals his secret role helping bring fan-favorite Spider-Punk to the screen
- BioShock Infinite-esque steampunk RPG Clockwork Revolution's release window may have leaked early, possibly confirming a 2025 launch
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Baldur's Gate 3-style romance has "limits," says series' former lead writer, but "if they unapologetically lean into it as BG3 did it should be fine"
- Gears of War: E-Day is reportedly targeting a 2025 release, just in case next year wasn't already stacked with games
- Unphased by promises of a new Stratagem, Helldivers 2 players are rallying to save the children in the current Major Order
- Monster Hunter Wilds director wants to create the series' biggest ecosystem yet by pushing the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S "to the max"
- Nicolas Cage’s new apocalyptic horror movie often leaves viewers in the dark, but that’s actually a good thing
- Inside Out 2 post-credits scenes explained - does the Pixar sequel have a post-credits scene?
- June 13
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- Assassin's Creed Shadows dev calls out Elon Musk for "feeding hatred" in response to criticism of Black samurai Yasuke
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure "will respect both endings" of the first game as the devs seek to "honor the biggest and most impactful decision" you made
- "I know for a fact these guys want a Bloodborne PC port," Hidetaka Miyazaki says of FromSoftware staff, but "if I say I want one, I'll get in trouble"
- First trailer for R-rated animated Watchmen movie teases danger on the horizon
- Coraline director set to make another film adaptation of a Neil Gaiman work described as "almost a sequel" to that cult classic
- The Disco Elysium devs were cooking the "most hardcore Disco since Disco" before management laid most of them off: "Everyone was looking forward to its development"
- Euphoria and Hunger Games star to lead Amazon's Blade Runner spin-off TV series alongside Michelle Yeoh
- T'Challa is a blood-sucking vampire and that's only the start of his problems in Black Panther: Blood Hunt #2
- SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL Wireless review: “a lofty price for a niche market”
- House of the Dragon season 3 announced by HBO: "We could not be more thrilled to continue the story of House Targaryen"
- Inside Out 2 creators have plenty of leftover ideas for a sequel that "need to be seen at some point"
- Thank the Maker - Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't include pesky account linking or pricey microtransactions
- Hold up, let them cook: one of our favorite Netflix anime shows Delicious in Dungeon is returning for a second season
- Dedicated Pokemon player makes "the greatest advancement in shiny hunting history" by using a DDR mat to control two games at once
- Who voices Ambrosius in The Boys season 4? The surprise big-name cameo, explained
- Do I need to watch Gen V before The Boys season 4? At this point, you probably should
- Dragon Age co-creator David Gaider responds to The Veilguard getting Baldur's Gate 3 comparisons, says Larian's true impact on RPGs won't be felt for "a few more years"
- Game of Thrones star's new series from Independence Day's Roland Emmerich is giving us big Gladiator vibes
- Dave Filoni is "very excited" about the opening scene of his Star Wars movie, but remains focused on Ahsoka season 2
- Stalker 2 hands-on: I played Heart of Chornobyl, and it's finally becoming the immersive-FPS I always knew it could be
- Sun Haven is Stardew Valley's stunning magical twin sister, and the indie game just got its biggest update yet - adding a sand-sational underwater region, charming new bachelors to marry, and more
- Yars Rising is equal parts Metroidvania and love letter to 51 years of Atari history, and a boss fight against a supervillain named Missile Commander sold me
- Plastic Man is dying in a "hard-boiled" new DC Black Label series inspired by David Cronenberg
- To prepare for Final Fantasy 14's first new saga in over 10 years with Dawntrail, Yoshi-P says you'll want to finish one of the MMO's best-ever raid series'
- Diablo boss and Gears veteran reckons now is the "perfect time" for Gears of War: E-Day because the team couldn't "do it justice" on Xbox 360
- Season 2 of Apple TV Plus thriller with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score starts filming and lands new cast
- Everything in the Helldivers 2 Viper Commandos Warbond battle pass
- Dark Matter stars Jimmi Simpson and Jennifer Connelly talk playing different versions of the same character in the new sci-fi drama
- Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero's split-screen multiplayer is only playable on one map, devs confirm
- Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is delightfully unbalanced and "definitely not an esports game," so the devs had to find a unique approach to ranked online
- I played a giant ape and tore down a city in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero and I haven't had this much dumb fun in a fighting game since the 2000s
- 13th gen Intel Core i9-13900K review: “I can’t see myself craving another CPU any time soon”
- Greedfall 2: The Dying World feels like Assassin's Creed 3 meets a BioWare RPG and I'm already excited to see where it's going
- Roderick and the City of Morhil is a super-cute RPG-inspired fantasy adventure about a frog postman
- I recommend this budget controller over the official Xbox gamepad, and it’s back down to its lowest-ever price
- Baldur's Gate 3 made short kings wait to properly kiss their tall girlfriends, but Dragon Age: The Veilguard is making sure "animations fit any character build" from day 1
- Monster Hunter Wilds fans in shambles to learn the beloved 'baby Pukei-Pukei' they would "die for" is actually just a regular old bird: "My wife just said she is no longer interested"
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's map leans heavier on Dark Souls DNA for "something that's not quite open field and not quite legacy dungeon"
- After 10 years making StarCraft, one Blizzard veteran is making a blisteringly fast RTS that's far more welcoming than the strategy giants
- Marvel's Blade movie hits yet another snag as it loses its second director
- The Acolyte features a major dark side, Star Wars Easter egg that hints at Mae's story
- Nicolas Cage’s upcoming horror movie debuts to perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, with critics calling it "the scariest film of the decade"
- Russell Crowe says he’s "slightly uncomfortable" with Gladiator 2 based on the details he’s heard
- An '80s cult horror classic is getting a remake from Robert Pattinson and the Smile director
- After 20 years, why does Monster Hunter Wilds have Palicoes speak human languages? Because "there's so much going on" that a cat yelling at you is actually useful
- New Netflix sci-fi show compared to X-Men and Misfits lands first full trailer
- After unleashing 100 changes, Helldivers 2 boss says the team is still looking into more Stratagem improvements: "We are not done"
- Former Dragon Age lead says the gameplay teaser is a "better introduction" to the RPG than the divisive reveal trailer: "I'm just eager to see where this goes"
- Diablo 4 gets a PTR server for Season 5, hot off Season 4's widely popular PTR that changed the RPG's loot system for the better
- The Acolyte star reveals the new Star Wars witches are dark siders – adding to the show's Jedi mystery
- Days before Shadow of the Erdtree, Elden Ring players are still finding new ways to die thanks to this brain-eating snail
- The Acolyte’s Sith Lord mystery goes on – and there are two new frontrunners according to some fans
- From Marvel Rivals to Valve's worst-kept secret, the hero shooter revival is truly underway - but why?
- Helldivers 2's new patch goes weapons-free on buffing and nerfing Stratagems, plus improving the Galactic War table with new supply lines
- BioWare lead shares secret Dragon Age: The Veilguard screenshot in "unapproved" move - "I hope marketing doesn't see this"
- Who is the new Black Noir in The Boys season 4? His return from the dead explained
- Is this surprise A-list appearance in The Boys season 4 the show's best cameo yet?
- Who is Kessler in The Boys season 4? Jeffrey Dean Morgan's mind-melting character, explained
- June 12
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- Gears of War: E-Day takes place across "multiple days" in-game and and is about sticking with the characters through "every minute" of the Locust invasion
- After Xbox made several of its games multiplatform, PlayStation is putting its own IP on Nintendo for the first time in 26 years with Lego Horizon Adventures
- The new DC Universe has a start date: Creature Commandos launches in December
- Presumed Innocent's Jake Gyllenhaal explains how the show stands out from other legal dramas: "There's a sort of masterclass of structure that I think is unlike any other"
- Inside Out 2 review: "Pixar's sassy sequel will take you on a Joy ride"
- The 33 greatest TV shows that ran for only one season
- Exclusive: Upcoming Disney Lorcana and Disney Villainous crossover is pure gold
- Diablo Immortal gave the Diablo 4 devs the confidence to build a new class that isn't "a classic archetype of the D&D world" with the Spiritborn
- Lego Horizon Adventures is a very new look for Aloy, so here are 5 things we learned, from its Zero Dawn-shaped story to its surprising Lego inspiration
- The most beautiful game at SGF is a graceful platformer made even better by your Last Guardian-style companion
- How to complete Enigma Protocol in Destiny 2
- The Barash Vow: Explaining the Star Wars comics term referenced on The Acolyte
- Between GTA 6 and Xbox's impressive line-up, 2025 is going to be a huge year for games
- Scooby-Doo is headed to Japan in a new anime-inspired spin-off series
- Terraria's creator is "pleased to announce" a brand-new refund policy - beat him in PvP solo and you'll get your money back "for any reason, no questions asked"
- Gears of War: E-Day gets co-creator CliffyB's seal of approval as the prequel "gives the people what they want"
- Lego Horizon Adventures isn't the crossover I ever expected, but it works incredibly well
- Astro Bot's joyful experimentation turns it into PlayStation's answer to Super Mario Wonder
- "Every single asset" in Lego Horizon Adventures can be built with real bricks in real life, all thanks to the help of a team of Master Builders
- Lego Fortnite Cosy and Expert Modes: How do they work?
- Cities: Skylines 2's upcoming patch will fix the city builder's 'high rent' issue by throwing out "the virtual landlord" and letting renters pay for a building's upkeep equally
- We asked the Monster Hunter Wilds leads about a hot fan theory the RPG is a Monster Hunter 4 throwback: "We've seen that you're speculating"
- Monster Hunter Wilds interview: The future of the franchise, new tricks for all 14 weapons, and the "seamlessness" that really started with Monster Hunter World
- "There'd be no sense in doing this if we were going to pull our punches": Hunter Gorinson reveals why Oni Press is reviving the most controversial comics imprint of all time
- The Walking Dead star teases "high-octane, visually stunning" John Wick spin-off as he recalls shooting "painful" fight scenes
- Capcom has seen you thirsting over Monster Hunter Wilds' Gemma, including fan art: "It's honestly gone beyond our expectations"
- I never travel without my favorite gaming earbuds - and they’ve finally hit a record-low price at Amazon
- Metal Gear Solid 3 remake has a 'Legacy Style' control scheme and visual filter to "faithfully recreate the screen look" of the original 2004 stealth game
- How to complete the Destiny 2 Encoded Log quest in the Well of Echoes
- I played Monster Hunter World for 500 hours – now that I've seen Monster Hunter Wilds up close, here are the 13 changes I'm most excited about
- Netflix's new #1 show called one of the "best comic book adaptations" ever made as its final season debuts
- As Star Wars Outlaws draws a mixed response from early previews, its creative director promises the demo was "just a part" of the full open-world adventure
- The Asus ROG Ally just dropped to a new record low, and I’d pick it up over most handhelds
- From horror gardening sims to RPG puzzlers, here's 15 Steam Next Fest demos you have to play this June
- Following historical error complaints, Assassin's Creed Shadows director promises the trailer's architectural inaccuracies will be ironed out for the RPG's launch
- Fallout 76 just got bigger to make way for an extra vault, 12 new quests, and more Vault-Tec scheming
- Pixar boss Pete Docter acknowledges it's a "weird time" for studio but is still "super excited" about making original movies – including sequels
- Citizen Sleeper 2 feels a little bit Farscape, a little bit Mass Effect, and like everything I could possibly want
- Kingpin has new powers that come with a big secret, flipping his dynamic with Daredevil on its head
- Pixar boss says live-action remakes "sort of bother" him, as he vows the studio won't ever re-do their animations
- Netflix scraps another series as its Power Rangers show is canceled – but Hasbro hopes it can live again
- First Paddington 3 trailer teases a Sound of Music moment for Olivia Colman's singing nun
- Homelander and Butcher’s ultimate showdown will be key part of The Boys ending in season 5
- As Baldur's Gate 3 devs cook away on what's next, the RPG's publishing lead is "glad" Dragon Age: The Veilguard offers fans "new fantasy characters to look forward to"
- Manor Lords creator wants to return to the "dev cave" to push the city builder forward and "finally add some new features"
- How to smash Destiny 2 Planetary Assimilation Pistons with the Piston Hammer
- The Acolyte has a writer that had never seen Star Wars – here’s how they made the show even better in episode 3
- Doom: The Dark Ages' chainsaw-shield sounds like the most metal weapon since Gears of War's Lancer, and thankfully, it's equipped "at all times"
- Madden 25 preorders are now live - here’s where to buy 2024’s installment (with discounts)
- New teaser for upcoming horror movie Longlegs shows Nicolas Cage in his most terrifying role yet
- The LG OLED C4 just dropped to a record low, and it makes it hard to recommend any other gaming TV
- After a 15-year wait, a beloved Square Enix JRPG series finally gets another mainline entry in 2 months as Visions of Mana gets August release date
- The Lord of the Rings anime called "stellar" and "absolutely stunning" as first look hits the internet
- The Acolyte just introduced a power linked to a major Star Wars Sith Lord
- Phantom Blade Zero's director says the fast-paced action RPG isn't "another Soulslike" because the developer isn't trying to ape FromSoftware games
- Elden Ring veterans come together to help the many players who haven't beaten Mohg triumph so they can play the DLC in 9 days
- Star Wars theory suggests The Acolyte episode 3 hasn't revealed the full story
- The Acolyte actor behind some of the best Star Wars memes is all in on the Yord Horde
- As Helldivers 2 makes players choose between saving children and a new Stratagem, Arrowhead looks to give "alive and scheming" GM Joel an equally nefarious partner
- Dragon Age isn't following in Inquisition's footsteps as The Veilguard won't be open world after all - instead, the devs say the new RPG is "mission-based" to offer "the best narrative experience"
- Epic Games Store database launches out of nowhere, immediately sparks hopes of a Final Fantasy 9 remake, Red Dead Redemption PC port, and so much more before going down
- Arcadian review: "Nicolas Cage can't save this disappointing thriller"
- Once Human is an open-world multiplayer survival game that sounds like a supernatural take on Rust - and after climbing up the wishlist charts it's taking Steam Next Fest by storm
- Elden Ring boss Hidetaka Miyazaki respects players who use guides, but FromSoftware games are built for fans who go in blind: "We'd like to try to embrace those players more"
- Star Wars’ mysterious new witches in The Acolyte have a link to Darth Maul
- June 11
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- The new Path of Exile 2 class is the Witch, and Diablo 4 Necromancer mains will want to pay attention
- The last Splatoon player has somehow made it to two months on the shooter’s dead servers, even as Nintendo starts removing features from the sequel
- The Autumn Kingdom combines folk horror with sword and sorcery fantasy for a story that's half Spirited Away, half The Green Knight
- Tiny Glade, the biggest game ahead of Steam Next Fest, now has a Manor Lords-style exploration mode
- Presumed Innocent star Jake Gyllenhaal talks taking over for "incomparable" Harrison Ford: "We’re talking about legends"
- Everyone wanted this popular tactical RPG to have a dating system, but its developer sadly admits that “my team members have no experience with it, even in real life”
- One of Bruce Wayne's greatest foes is back from the dead and ready for a rematch in Batman and Robin #10
- Arcane to end with upcoming season 2, as Netflix unveils official teaser and new images
- Phantom Blade Zero is not a Soulslike - it's an irresponsibly fast action RPG that's somehow become one of my Summer Game Fest favorites
- New Helldivers 2 Major Order gives players another shot at securing Anti-Tank Mines, but only if they pick the Stratagem over saving thousands of Super Earth children
- Metal Gear Solid 3 remake's release date didn't leak after all - it was just a GameStop error
- Assassin's Creed Shadows has a formidable warrior in Yasuke, but I'm obsessed with how Naoe's stealthy gameplay proves her the ultimate shinobi fantasy
- House of the Dragon season 2 showrunner says Rhaenyra and Alicent's bond is still the heart of the show: "We understand that these two women are connected"
- How to get Destiny 2 Memory Vestiges of Light and Darkness
- House of the Dragon season 2 showrunner breaks down the complicated relationship between Daemon and Rhaenyra: "Conflict is the order of the day"
- House of the Dragon showrunner teases season 3: "You don't want to end up in that place where you're doing the same thing again and again"
- Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P says Dawntrail will finally return "more individuality" to the MMO's jobs, admitting "we're not in a good situation for that" after years of over-simplification
- How one of the most prolific board game designers made it: "The idea of mass market 'being simple' is bullshit"
- Zack Snyder reveals release dates and first look at his Rebel Moon director's cut
- House of the Dragon season 2 showrunner doesn't feel the pressure of following the controversial Game of Thrones season 8: "Our challenge comes from within"
- Absolute Power: Ground Zero kicks off DC's summer event with three new stories - and the return of a long-dead character
- House of the Dragon season 2 showrunner on why Blood and Cheese is nothing like Game of Thrones' Red Wedding
- The Boys season 5 will be its final season as creator admits that was "always my plan"
- Original GoldenEye and Perfect Dark composer “would’ve loved” to work on the reboot, but the studio “chose someone else”
- Dragon Age fans rejoice – The Veilguard will "absolutely" let you smooch your faves, and "each character's romance flavor is going to be different"
- An hour of Dragon Age: The Veilguard left me with more questions than answers, but I'm starting to believe I can love a BioWare RPG again
- 15 years on, beloved cult classic with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is getting a remastered re-release
- I saw Dragon Age: The Veilguard up close and spoke to BioWare: Here are the 5 coolest details, including the best character creator the studio's ever put in an RPG
- These new Herman Miller gaming chairs deserve a fashion show catwalk to roll down
- How many episodes are in House of the Dragon season 2 on HBO, Max, and Sky?
- How to unlock the Destiny 2 Facet of Justice Fragment
- Paul Mescal is bloody and ready for battle in behind-the-scenes look at Gladiator 2
- The 7 biggest trends from Summer Game Fest 2024
- Dragon Age devs confirm that your choices in Inquisition may influence the beginning of The Veilguard as it pulls your protagonist in from the 10-year-old RPG
- Gears of War: E-Day director says the new shooter will "absolutely be doing more" linear levels instead of Gear 5's open-ended maps
- Suicide Squad anime gets release date – and it’s sooner than expected
- The Boys season 4 review: "Wildly entertaining but the cracks are starting to show"
- Beyond its A-list roster, Marvel Rivals' attempt to steal Overwatch's crown falls dramatically short
- Aquaman star and Creed 2 director teaming up for Netflix's TV adaptation of Denzel Washington's most underrated movie
- For $200, you too can trap Naked Snake in a terrarium with the Metal Gear Solid 3 remake collector's edition
- Assassin's Creed Shadows will let you play most of the RPG as one protagonist, as Ubisoft says "we're not really strong-arming anyone to switch back"
- Apple couldn't have picked a worse time to bring the Vision Pro to European markets
- Dragon Age stans are unapologetically "thirsty" for the RPG's companions, and The Veilguard's devs know it: "We should have just given them Tinder profiles"
- Deadpool 3's strangest cameo rumor has been shut down after months of speculation
- How to get all Destiny 2 Prismatic Fragments
- Divinity Original Sin: The Board Game review - "An ambitious undertaking to say the least"
- Splinter Cell fans are in mourning after yesterday's no-show at Ubisoft Forward: "This game is not real"
- As Elden Ring DLC nears, publisher reminds fans you can't access Shadow of the Erdtree without beating 2 specific bosses as at least 77% on Xbox haven't done so yet
- RTX 5090 specs leak out alongside other Nvidia Blackwell GPU configurations
- First reactions to new Pixar movie Inside Out 2 call the emotional sequel a return to form for the studio
- New Netflix anime movie debuts to 100% Rotten Tomatoes score
- The weapons in Doom: The Dark Ages are big, bold, and bear exceptionally silly names: "It's called the Skull Crusher because it crushes skulls"
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's install size can be 300GB, but Treyarch says this "isn't representative of a typical player install experience"
- June 10
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- Marvel celebrates 50 years of Deathlok by teasing his next story, and it involves Doctor Doom
- Silo season 2 gets first look as Rebecca Ferguson continues her treacherous journey
- New Assassin's Creed Shadows gameplay shows how the RPG's protagonists differ when it comes to assassinations, and I can't wait to slay as stealth queen Naoe
- Avowed's director says they "don't believe in living in fear" after Microsoft closed Dishonored and Hi-Fi Rush studios earlier this year
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake is "now entering full production" after rebooting development last year
- Frank Miller is working on his first new Sin City comic in nearly 25 years
- Anno 117: Pax Romana will "deliver a Roman gaming experience unlike anything you have ever played" on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2025
- Star Wars Outlaw's fan-favorite creature Nix is more than an adorable companion, its director sees him and protagonist Kay as "one character"
- I watched the same mission play out in Assassin's Creed Shadows in two very different ways and now I can't stop thinking about the possibilities
- In Star Wars Outlaws, I escaped an Imperial space station, swiped a relic, and fell in love with Kay and Nix's teamwork
- Ubisoft drops magical hourglass, announces 2026 release for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake
- Dead Cells developer's Prince of Persia roguelike is getting a brand-new biome with enemies, weapons, and more in its first free update, Temple of Fire
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is getting even tougher in a free update out now, with story DLC coming to the Metroidvania in September
- New Star Wars Outlaws look teases just how open the open world game is, and Nix remains the star
- Severance season 2 finally gets a first look after two years in development
- Metal Gear Solid 3's remake is keeping the original stealth game's dumbest detail about its super-secret covert mission
- Diablo 4 head says "we hear very loudly" that the action RPG isn't fulfilling the sword and board paladin experience fans want, but Blizzard wanted to "bring a new experience" for the DLC
- 6 years later, Bethesda plays down Fallout 76 mod support despite Todd Howard saying "it's coming"
- What's next for Destiny 2 after The Final Shape? Bungie teases Year 11 with Codename: Frontiers
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard devs drop a teaser of the RPG's gameplay trailer after telling fans unimpressed with the reveal they'll "see the game soon"
- The Gears of War and Avowed studios are teaming up to help State of Decay 3's "much larger, truly shared open world"
- Skate 4 has completely rebuilt the classic 'Flick-It' control system, and draws on two classic Skate cities for its new location
- Everything announced at Ubisoft Forward 2024
- How to unlock Diablo 4 Pets and what they do
- Helldivers 2's long-awaited patch that contains 100 changes drops in just 4 days
- How X-Men #700 ends the Krakoa era and sets up the new X-Men status quo
- Could [redacted] be The Acolyte's mysterious Sith Lord? Star Wars fans think so due to their complicated backstory
- 26 years later, a '90s cult classic starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock is getting a sequel
- How to get the Destiny 2 Facet of Grace Fragment
- Dragon Age players with early access to The Veilguard say that the RPG's "trailer doesn't do it justice" as it may just be "the most beautiful" entry from BioWare yet
- Metal Gear Solid 3 fans fear for Snake's life as Konami reveals the stealth remake will permanently scar its protagonist for every injury
- How many episodes are in The Boys season 4 on Amazon Prime Video?
- Batman: The Last Halloween will feature previously unseen covers by the late Tim Sale
- Square Enix keeps the good RPG vibes coming with a Visions of Mana release date reveal in 2 days
- First look at Daniel Craig in Knives Out 3 has got us trying to figure out a mystery: will the film be in black and white?
- How to get the Destiny 2 Facet of Mending Fragment
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's fancy new omnimovement is also coming to Warzone, bringing enhanced movement to the battle royale
- One of the best roguelikes on Switch and PC keeps pulling me back in with each update, and the final one is no different
- Don't expect a lengthy Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign, as developers say it's "netting out in the kind of length of a classic Call of Duty campaign"
- New Netflix movie from School of Rock director becomes one of the highest rated originals on Rotten Tomatoes with a near-perfect score
- Warhammer book bundle can score you a $277 loredump for just $18
- Glorious Model D 2 review: ‘fantastic value wrapped up in an impressively comfortable form factor’
- Obsidian's stunning new fantasy RPG Avowed's release date seemingly leaks early, possibly confirming a fall launch this year
- As Dragon Age: The Veilguard's bold new tone gets bashed by fans, the RPG's original co-creator explains trailers are always mismatched, "so that doesn't mean much"
- The new Alan Wake 2: Night Springs DLC features comic art by a legendary Batman artist
- Doom: The Dark Ages is introducing big changes to combat because id Software came to one core realization: "Every projectile mattered in the original Doom"
- Flintlock: Siege of Dawn isn't quite a soulslike, but even with an accessible, hyper-mobile twist, it's taking plenty of notes from FromSoft
- First trailer for animated spin-off show Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is here
- Hit anime series Spy x Family renewed for season 3
- Elgato Game Capture 4K Pro review: “An internal capture card with some future-proofing”
- Ian McKellen has 'heard' Gandalf will appear in the next Lord of the Rings film, but isn't sure if he's playing him
- Star Trek: Away Missions starter set review - "Hard to recommend on its own merits"
- Survival game meets colony sim as Zelda, Palworld and Valheim collide in this Ghibli-inspired world
- Marvel fans think they have spotted X-Men’s Juggernaut in new Deadpool 3 footage after star Vinnie Jones said he would never reprise the role
- Phil Spencer hints that an Xbox portable could be in the works after all - “I think we should have a handheld too”
- Latest Deadpool 3 footage teases Lady Deadpool – and fans are already theorizing over who it could be in the suit
- Gears of War: E-Day's gorgeous trailer wasn't just CG, it used assets "that players will see in the final game"
- 20 years later, an obscure Doctor was just made canon in Doctor Who
- Forget Shadow of the Erdtree or Black Myth: Wukong - the dark-horse soulslike of the summer is this Italian-inspired RPG that's dripping with Catholic guilt
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's "texture streaming" requires "a continuous internet connection," even in the campaign
- House of the Dragon star explains why they haven’t watched Game of Thrones
- My favorite Assassin's Creed Shadows feature has to be the unpredictable snowstorms which mask hidden blade assassinations
- Presumed Innocent review: "An underbaked legal drama that’s saved by an incredibly strong ensemble cast"
- Phil Spencer comments on all the studios Xbox just closed: "I have to run a sustainable business" and make "decisions that somebody needs to go make"
- Xbox owns the Doom: The Dark Ages studio, but Phil Spencer says the FPS is coming to PS5 because Doom is "a franchise that everyone deserves to play"
- June 9
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- "Hallucinogens, fax machines, parapsychology, and TV guides": One of the decade's best detective games is getting a sequel - and the demo is already here
- Finally confirming reports, Deus Ex studio and RPG veterans are helping the Fable 4 team "craft an unforgettable adventure"
- Metaphor: ReFantazio is the first JRPG I've played that actually feels more stylish than Persona 5, so of course it was made by a crack team of Persona veterans
- Mixtape is a nostalgic Life is Strange-like adventure where music grants "cosmic talents" to its skateboarding hero, and it's coming in 2025
- This cozy upcoming survival game reminds me a lot of Don't Starve - except it's about a little mouse hoping to restore their childhood woodland burrow
- Gears of War: E-Day is rewinding the clocks, but The Coalition hints it still has eyes on Gears 6: "We're not retreating from that storyline in any way"
- New Stalker 2 trailer shows the monsters and mayhem of its open world, and the weapons you'll have to defend yourself
- Ubisoft Forward 2024 stream - when it starts and how to watch it on YouTube, Twitch, and more
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is the biggest CoD game ever at launch with over 300GB of space needed on Xbox Series X/S
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' Naoe recalls the series' stealthier, RPG-less roots with a hidden blade, hood, and an awesome grapple
- Gears of War: E-Day is a prequel set 14 years before the original action game, and yes, Dom is back
- Black Ops 6 zombies is going back to basics with round-based play, dedicated operators, and self-contained maps as Treyarch set out "to create the best version of zombies"
- Call of Duty has been treading water since Modern Warfare – and now Black Ops 6 is here to "define the future" of the franchise
- Xbox reveals three new consoles out later this year, says it's "hard at work on the next generation"
- Avowed's new story trailer sets up a grand RPG adventure with factions vying for control over a beautiful magical world
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure is bringing the series' first protagonist, Max Caulfield, back for a new adventure in October
- Fable joins GTA 6, Monster Hunter Wilds and more in 2025's already packed game release schedule
- Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred announces October release date in gnarly new cinematic that will have you reaching for the sick bag
- The Perfect Dark reboot suddenly resurfaces, and now somehow looks like a Deus Ex game with "elements of first-person shooters, immersive sims, and stealth-action"
- You'll be able to play as a ghoul in Fallout 76 early next year and channel your inner Walton Goggins from the Fallout TV show
- Hyped Soulslike riff Flintlock: Siege of Dawn sets release date for next month
- World of Warcraft: The War Within kicks off the MMO's Worldsoul Saga in August
- South of Midnight, the upcoming action-adventure game from the ex-Arkane dev behind We Happy Few set in the Deep South, finally gets a release window
- 4 years after its reveal, State of Decay 3 is back with a first look at its gorgeous and emotional open-world zombie action
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard features returning faces from Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition, and they're not alone
- Expedition 33 is a French JRPG with Paper Mario-style combat and some of the most beautiful surreal visuals I've ever seen in a game
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater continues to look like a thrill with new gameplay trailer showing action-packed espionage and a crocodile hat
- A surprise Starfield patch is coming today, and it looks like a different RPG in the new trailer for the Shattered Space DLC
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard launches this fall, a full 10 years after Inquisition
- Doom: The Dark Ages takes the FPS icon off the rails with a giant mech, a blade shield, and a shotgun that shoots bones
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 release date set for October, and early beta access is back for pre-order customers
- Will Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 be on PS5 and PS4?
- Anticipated Souls-lite Flintlock: Siege of Dawn isn't too worried about dodging Dark Souls genre conventions: "Soulslike is so much more than a combat mechanic"
- I played 5 indie games in 10 minutes in this NES-inspired array of fake '80s classics, and I'm in love with the pinball golf platformer Nintendo should've made
- Everything announced at the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 direct
- Everything announced at the Xbox Games Showcase
- Final Fantasy 14 devs made the Viper job because the MMO's community wanted to feel like a Sword Art Online icon, but immediately ran into a problem: "Kirito is kind of overpowered"
- June 8
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- Everything announced at the Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2024
- This XCOM-inspired strategy game intertwines World War 2 events with personal narratives, and you play the Steam demo now
- Former-BioWare and Dragon Age dev Mike Laidlaw gives us a closer look at his new action-adventure Eternal Strands
- Super Mario and Fall Guys collide in this adorable party game where no two races are the same
- Bodycam brings FPS action to an ultra-realistic world that has to be seen to be believed
- Nikoderiko is channeling Spyro and Crash Bandicoot with its co-op platforming and epic boss battles
- Dead by Daylight dev says The Casting of Frank Stone came directly from fans asking for a single-player experience
- Starship Troopers: Extermination lets you stand on a persistent mountain of bug corpses in its new update
- This top-down 2D action game is a biopunk spin on Japanese mythology from a hip-hop crew that's coming to Steam later this year
- Pneumata unleashes its Outlast meets Condemned psychological survival horror this summer
- Electronic puzzler Linkito connects to a release date at the Future Game Show Summer Showcase
- This toy-based RTS game gets you to physically draw your troop formations like a sandpit battleplan, and you can play it now on Steam
- This psychedelic roguelike is a real-time bullet hell in one moment and a turn-based strategy in the next
- How to watch the PC Gaming Show – and what to expect
- Road-trippin', choice-makin' action game Dustborn pre-orders go live now ahead of August launch
- Mandragora is a The Witcher meets Ori and the Blind Forest monster-killing Metroidvania that releases later this year
- Explore tombs with your friends when co-op puzzler Run From Mummies launches this Fall
- Strategy game Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream gets gorgeous reveal trailer at Future Games Show
- Goat Simulator 3 reveals its "Multiverse of Nonsense" DLC at the Future Games Show with a cosmic trailer
- I can’t wait to eviscerate my favourite Tyranids with chainswords and thunder hammers in Space Marine 2
- You can jump into the playtest for JPRG SacriFire right now
- Become a top cop and keep the city streets safe in '80s police sandbox The Precinct
- Deliver Us Home is the new game from the Deliver Us Moon dev, and this time they're launching a Kickstarter
- Be the guy in the chair and solve crimes in secret agent mystery The Operator, with a playable demo right now
- Parkour your way out of the corporate underworld to reclaim your soul in Hell of an Office
- All new gameplay from The Relic: First Guardian asks how you'll choose to save the world
- In this open-world tactical RPG that parodies medieval times, being the worst is for the best
- Try not to get too distracted as you explore the five dimensional world of Screenbound
- Death Stranding parcel delivery meets the X Games in Parcel Corps which now has a September release date
- Retro-inspired knockout Big Boy Boxing offers up a heavyweight new trailer where you're only three hits from being KO'ed
- Farlands' take on the cozy farming sim is No Man's Sky meets Stardew Valley
- AntonBlast is a destructive GBA-inspired platformer that lets you blow apart levels to destroy Satan - and there's new demo out right now
- Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection is a fully 3D roguelike remake, coming this summer
- Steampunk Metroidvania Clockwork Ambrosia serves up waves of mechs and an endless amount of weapon and mod combinations to dismantle them with, and you can try it on Steam
- StarVaders is an enticing mecha roguelike tactical deck-building shooter tipped as one to watch by Balatro's creators
- Take your shack to cartel chic with Drug Dealer Simulator 2's House Flipper-like building customization
- Diabotical Rogue is a Quake-inspired online arena shooter with a roguelike spin
- Prepare to reel in more horrors from the deep this August in Dredge's second expansion, The Iron Rig
- Escape a castaway's fate in this co-op brain-teaser, In Sink, exclusively revealed in the Future Games Show
- Once Human gives post-apocalyptic survival a supernatural twist in a world full of wild mutations
- Become a reluctant investigator and solve cases across a vibrant Indian setting in the adorable Detective Dotson
- Nobody Wants to Die explores what happens to future society when death is no longer a concern
- Mech-based survival adventure First Dwarf gets an exclusive Early Access release date announcement
- Bogdan's Cross tells the tale of a shepherd boy who becomes a Templar... and also happens to be a cute bear
- Let us know what you think of the Future Games Show and you could win a brand-new PC with an NVIDIA 4070 graphics card
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct stream – when it starts and how to watch it on YouTube, Twitch, and more
- The cozy adventure game of my dreams blends Animal Crossing with Zelda: Link's Awakening - and it's getting a demo soon
- Kamaeru is the froggy-themed Stardew Valley-like cozy sim I never knew I needed - and it's out right now
- Xbox Games Showcase 2024 stream - when it starts and how to watch it on YouTube, Twitch, and more
- My love of Manor Lords has me excited to play the new free prologue for this upcoming city builder all about rescuing fantasy creatures and restoring magic
- Sally puts Stardew Valley aboard Howl's Moving Castle to create one the coziest life sims I've ever seen, and you can play it right now
- My most-anticipated puzzle game of 2024 from the Behind the Frame devs finally has a release date
- Helldivers 2 dev teases a massive patch with over 100 changes and fixes, including Super Samples for level 6 missions and visible supply lines
- Reliable leaker says Kingdom Hearts 4 is targeting a 2026 release, and that the RPG looks "different now than it did when it was revealed"
- Destiny 2: The Final Shape's raid race is finally over after 19 hours, making it the MMO's longest first clear ever and finally breaking a record held for 6 years
- Devs behind beloved color-matching puzzler Grindstone and top-down soulslike Below reveal the spiritual successor to their beloved 15-year-old Nintendo DS game
- Black Myth Wukong guides and how-tos for aspiring warriors
- This spooky farming sim is just like Stardew Valley, if it had "supernatural serial killers" that harvest villager's organs while you harvest your crops
- Arcane fans are shocked to see Vi as a cop - but League of Legends players want you to know that's been her job for 12 years
- Don't like $70 games? Monster Hunter Wilds and Dragon's Dogma 2 publisher Capcom says wait 5 years and they'll all be $5
- Hideo Kojima says he’s been thinking about monkey action-RPG Black Myth: Wukong since it was revealed 4 years ago: “Finally, its release has been confirmed”
- Viral $10,000+ Summer Game Fest billboard paying respects to fallen Hi-Fi Rush and Redfall studios nearly put Xbox boss Phil Spencer on blast, but "it's about the people, our friends who got laid off"
- Pokemon-style pixel art meets flower-powered Tamagotchi in this new slice-of-life RPG
- Survival MMO Dune Awakening is set in an alternate timeline where Paul Atreides' mother never disobeyed her Bene Gesserit overlords and there is no Lisan al Gaib
- The Anbernic RG Cube is a handheld for retro purists, but it’s also the answer to my DS problems
- Persona 3 Reload is getting its biggest expansion yet, a game-sized DLC covering the JRPG's epilogue - and it's dropping right before Metaphor: ReFantazio
- With 20-player jailbreaks, the new game from the viral creator of Choo-Choo Charles might be the next Lethal Company-sized multiplayer hit
- The M3GAN and Get Out production company is investing so heavily in games that it's created the ultimate lineup for horror genre fans
- Among Us made a bazillion dollars so its creators made their own "no investors" indie fund to help other games, including this slick spaceship roguelike
- Sounds like the weaker Xbox Series S has struck again: Black Myth Wukong delayed on Xbox until "it meets our quality standards"
- Doctor Who’s groundbreaking Bridgerton episode 'Rogue' finally gives us the queer love story fans deserve
- I was already kinda down for Enotria's Italian soulslike, and now I've seen its trident-blunderbuss, I'm all in
- Move over, sex update: Cult of the Lamb finally getting local co-op in August, allowing you to take on the roguelike's whole campaign with a friend
- Dead Cells designer reveals their next game, a martial arts-infused pixel roguelike where you free a city from the clutches of crime syndicates
- My 2025 wishlist just got bigger thanks to this sci-fi horror action game from the Hyper Light Drifter devs, inspired by platform fighters like Super Smash Bros
- June 7
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- Monster Hunter Wilds confirms crossplay for all platforms in a series first, and quietly reveals what might be its most important monster
- Blumhouse Games' debut project Fear the Spotlight seems like it could be the unpredictable survival horror/cozy game mash-up of my dreams
- This hardcore mountain climbing sim from the studio behind hidden gem Furi looks like it’ll take survival games to new heights
- 32 cozy movies for a rainy day
- I've waited 7 years for this NES-style retro collection of JRPGs, roguelikes, and much more led by the legendary Spelunky dev
- Alan Wake 2: Night Springs DLC is coming June 8, and it offers something desperately missing from the core game
- Remedy reverses course on Alan Wake 2 physical editions, puts my rent in jeopardy with limited $200 collector's bundle
- This perfectly retro Metroidvania is the last thing I'd expect: a sci-fi World War II adventure about killing Nazi monsters in the Bermuda Triangle
- Palworld's biggest patch yet, the Sakurajima update, shows off new gear, buildings, bosses, and Pals like the community-manifested "Grillet"
- Over 1 year after leaving Steam following legal issues, wishlist-topper Dark and Darker returns as a free-to-play game
- 4 years after releasing on PC, Valorant is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S - and you can play a beta next week
- Battle Aces is a "RTS game for everyone" that aims to bring "the core fun" of the genre like how "World of Warcraft did for MMOs"
- EA says it's "still working on" Skate 4 as it shows off pre-pre-alpha footage in bizarre SGF trailer ahead of console playtest this fall
- This new roguelike shooter from one of the lead Matrix animators is basically GTA with beans - and it's coming soon
- After 10,000 years, Power Rangers finally has the TMNT-style beat-em-up it deserves
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 gets brand new trailer showing off a far more raunchy medieval RPG than the original game
- Wanderstop is The Stanley Parable creator's take on Stardew Valley
- Black Myth: Wukong collector's edition revealed at $400 - and a 40-centimeter figure is just the start
- Silent Hill creator's new horror game Slitterhead is out in November and looks just as disturbing as I'd hoped for
- Indie dev behind serene platformer gem from 2018 is back to show off gameplay from its next serene gem, and this time you have a sword
- Metaphor: ReFantazio boasts over 40 jobs that will transform your characters over the course of the huge RPG
- Star Wars Outlaws trailer confirms Lando ahead of Ubisoft Forward gameplay reveal
- 13 years after its zombie-smashing predecessor, the Chivalry devs bring back a Left 4 Dead contender with No More Room In Hell 2
- Hogwarts Legacy didn't have the beloved books' iconic sport, but Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions does and it's officially coming this year
- Civilization 7 has been confirmed for real, and it's coming to PC and consoles simultaneously next year
- Lego Horizon Adventures puts Aloy in a wonderful co-op world later this year across, PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch
- One of our most anticipated anime shows of 2024 has just been delayed by a year
- After 22 years, the cult classic shooter based on the greatest horror movie of all time gets the second chance it's always deserved in The Thing: Remastered
- Destiny 2 The Final Shape randomly makes raids and dungeons way harder, but disables controversial Surge modifiers for the Salvation's Edge raid race
- How to watch The Future Game Show Summer Showcase – and what to expect
- Everything announced at Summer Game Fest Live
- Lethal Company dev celebrates his game being added to Fortnite by wiping out an entire squad of his characters
- How to complete the Destiny 2 Alone in the Dark quest and find Ghosts
- Diablo 4 March of the Goblins and Mother's Blessing explained
- FC 24 Season 7 Ladder Players list and how to unlock them all
- Gen V creator reveals how The Boys spin-off will move forward without late star Chance Perdomo
- Baldur's Gate 3 player loses Honor Mode save deep into Act 3, only to be rescued after Larian reconstructs a "custom save file" for them
- 8 years after it ended, a beloved animated show may be in talks for revival at Disney
- A wacky Bigfoot comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and executive produced by Ari Aster might actually be one of this year's most touching movies
- The Boys showrunner promises that fans don’t need to watch Gen V to understand season 4
- House of the Dragon showrunner teases "a ton" of new dragons in season 2: "I think we have outdone ourselves"
- I test gaming laptops for a living, and this is the best deal I’ve seen all year
- Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars has a problem with your favorite wargames, but that's why it works so well
- FromSoftware fever grows as Elden Ring and Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki is spotted in Los Angeles ahead of SGF
- Manor Lords creator clarifies he planned to add regular ol’ walls in the city-builder's next update: "Wait, you guys thought I meant walls as in a siege system?"
- New Netflix superhero show Supacell is inspired by creator Rapman's own life as well as hit series Heroes and Misfits
- The lack of major releases this year means I'm stoked for a hot indie summer in 2024
- Where to buy Asus ROG Ally X: stock updates for the handheld PC revamp
- One fan figured out how to port Fallout 1 to Nintendo 3DS, and it’s a lot easier than you think
- Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 review – "Once again takes a knife to our childhood memories"
- Will Smith reveals his two picks for the best movies he’s ever made
- The Boys showrunner teases that season 4 has the "scariest" episode yet which "you'll never be able to get out of your eyeballs"
- 2K Games teased another entry in one of its "biggest and most beloved franchises" - and it now seems to be strategy juggernaut Civilization 7
- The Acolyte is a cop show in disguise, and it's the perfect genre for Star Wars’ expansion
- Path of Exile 2 PS5 hands-on: A compelling Diablo 4 competitor has just entered the action-RPG arena for console
- I tried to quack the case of the stolen lunch in Duck Detective and got wrapped up in a salami conspiracy
- How to enter the correct password in Wuthering Waves
- A noted Knights of the Old Republic fan, The Acolyte showrunner would love to bring the fan-favorite Star Wars RPG to life: "It would be a really interesting story"
- This Baldur's Gate 3 fan is trying to beat the entire RPG on one of its hardest difficulties as Scratch, the adorable dog companion with just one damage-dealing ability
- A Quiet Place prequel star Lupita Nyong'o thinks the franchise could "go on forever"
- Zack Snyder's new Netflix project gets a fresh look
- Marvel star Tom Hiddleston reveals his unusual inspiration for Loki was Superman
- Good Diablo 4 Season 4 vibes keep coming as Steam reviews recover to 'Mostly Positive' and the action-RPG hits a new all-time peak
- Will Arcane season 2 have a time jump? Fans seem to think so following the latest teaser
- Final Fantasy 6 is one of the few games RPG icon Tetsuya Nomura feels he "could have done a better job on" – "I don't really feel that way about many other games"
- It’s not a Sonic 3 trailer, but SEGA has news on another video game threequel movie – as Angry Birds 3 goes into production
- The Boys showrunner has an "ending in mind", but won’t repeat a mistake he made with Supernatural
- 2 years later, Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P is "really torn" over whether removing one of the MMO community's most beloved skills was the right call
- We've finally heard Marvel star as the voice of Lara Croft in upcoming Netflix anime, and fans are loving it
- My favorite mini console for playing Atari games just got its first discount
- Team Fortress 2 actor throws support behind players speaking against the state of the shooter: "I have never seen such passion"
- Destiny 2 Salvation's Edge Raid release time and when you can play
- I’ve been recommending this gaming headset for years, but now the newest version is cheaper than ever
- Thrustmaster eSwap X 2 Pro Controller review: “The Skyrim of the controller world”
- Less than a year and a half after the Harry Potter RPG's release, a Director's Cut of Hogwarts Legacy is reportedly in the works
- Helldivers 2 CEO says devs can have a doctor-patient relationship with their communities: "The patient is wrong, but they are also still in pain"
- House of the Dragon showrunner says he's most proud of Daemon's story in season 2 as he teases the Targaryen's "haunted past"
- Helldivers 2 CEO says Arrowhead will "likely circle back on all the content," so you might be able to grab that Malevelon Creek cape you missed
- House of the Dragon season 2 review: "This brutal return evokes the golden era of Game of Thrones"
- Netflix reveals who is voicing The Terminator in new anime – and even Skynet couldn’t have made a better choice
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 2 confirms release date, and unveils two new images
- Wuthering Waves Yinlin build guide
- Former Dragon Age lead thinks The Veilguard being more similar to Mass Effect was "inevitable," but it "likely means good things for gameplay"
- MaXXXine director teases X sequel's "gruesome" deaths, though admits it's not as obviously horror as its predecessors
- The Boys showrunner teases what to expect from Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character – and his dynamic with Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher
- Longlegs director teases an "unrecognizable" Nicolas Cage as a demonic serial killer in new horror movie
- June 6
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- 29 years later, a cult classic horror boomer shooter is getting an "HD revival" from the masters of retro remakes
- Halo: Combat Evolved is reportedly getting "some form" of a remaster as Xbox considers bringing the iconic FPS series to PS5 for the first time
- The complete FC 24 Festival Of Football Greats Of The Game tracker
- Rocksteady is reportedly looking to recover from its Suicide Squad ordeal with a return to its roots: a new single-player game
- The new Wallace and Gromit film title has been revealed - with an iconic villain in tow
- Summer Game Fest Live 2024 stream – when it starts and how to watch it on YouTube, Twitch, and more
- FC 24 Path To Glory tracker with new cards for Ronaldo and Griezmann
- Diablo 4 has good news and bad news: goblins are straight-up borked, but the big XP/gold buff is going live today and lasts way longer
- Virtual pet expert cracks a 27-year-old Tamagotchi mystery to unlock secret characters in 3 weeks
- Vampire Miles Morales attacks Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum in Blood Hunt #3 preview
- Dragon Age The Veilguard devs confirm the long-anticipated RPG once toyed with multiplayer, but that's gone: "It's straight-up single-player story goodness"
- Shadow of the Erdtree has some recycled bosses, but I'm not worried: the 10+ major bosses are unique, and "there are definitely greater challenges awaiting"
- Nerf reveals an all-new range of blasters, and its best dart to date
- How to capture GTA Online Bounty Hunting bail bonds Targets
- How to defeat the Ghostflame Dragon in Shadow of the Erdtree
- Netflix's Hit Man director Richard Linklater argues that movie stars absolutely still exist, with Glen Powell being the perfect example
- The Watched review: "Apply logic and the wheels come fully off"
- It's Wildcard Wishlist time! Here are the games we want to see at Summer Game Fest but we're prepared to clown over
- PS5 Pro could be the first truly 8K console
- Another Hunger Games movie is on the way as author Suzanne Collins is working on a new novel
- The Horizon series is reportedly getting a Lego game spin-off, and it's coming to both PS5 and PC on day 1
- Legally distinct Bloodborne-themed kart racer proves the PS1 era never ended - the low-poly fan game with 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam reviews just reached 130,000 downloads
- An Xbox handheld could finally show up during the Xbox Games Showcase, but I hope it’s not a PlayStation Portal rival
- The Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia manga are both reportedly set to take a surprise break from publishing new chapters starting next week
- How to beat the Destiny 2 Iconoclasm mission on Legendary in The Final Shape
- Train to Busan director lines up his next horror movie – and it's going to be his first in the English language
- Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is now The Veilguard, and we're seeing "over 15 minutes of gameplay" from its opening moments next week
- Turns out the early meta for Shadow of the Erdtree is Absolutely Humongous Hammers
- New Helldivers 2 Warbond features armor and guns straight out of Predator, but expect future releases to slow down as Arrowhead takes in fan feedback
- Visions of Mana and Dragon Quest 12 lead the list of five exciting JRPGs we want to see more of at Summer Game Fest 2024
- Godzilla Minus One fans slam Netflix's English dub for changing one of the movie's "most impactful" lines
- One emotional request from the Loki finale director changed how Tom Hiddleston filmed his last scenes
- Director Richard Linklater says his new Netflix film Hit Man is his answer to a "sexless" Hollywood
- Black Panther star has a promising update on I Am Legend 2 and says he's "really excited" to film with Will Smith
- Lego Millennium Falcon (75375) review: "She's got it where it counts"
- Netflix’s new thriller is a massive hit, with fans and critics calling it "one of the best shark movies ever made" and even comparing it to Jaws
- How to beat Mohg, Lord of Blood in Elden Ring
- Silksong still isn't here, but you can play Hollow Knight for free while you wait thanks to Nintendo
- Beloved horror devs' new soulslike and Metroidvania mashup Nine Sols is proving a welcome distraction for Silksong hopefuls: "My dream was Hollow Knight but CAT and it came true"
- Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P casually confirms Square Enix is working on multiple unannounced games, including 2 we'll reportedly find out about "soon"
- Jake Gyllenhaal reveals he's in sister Maggie Gyllenhaal's Bride of Frankenstein movie
- Star Wars fans' latest wild theory on The Acolyte suggests Yord might be the Sith Lord
- All Scadutree Fragment locations in Shadow of the Erdtree
- Wade Wilson repeatedly pranks Logan as Marvel go all in on Deadpool and Wolverine with its latest set of Stormbreaker covers
- Move out of the way Barbie, another doll is getting a live-action movie from a surprising writer
- Square Enix casually releases two of its best JRPGs on PlayStation and Xbox
- In just 5 words, an out-of-nowhere patch for one of 2023's best JRPGs brings me back for more as Octopath Traveler 2 adds new super-bosses
- Who is Micah-10 in Destiny 2?
- You only have one more week to grab Marvel Spider-Man 2 for its lowest price yet
- Forget Prime Day, I’d jump on this Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 deal ASAP
- Silent Hill 2 remake producer says original Konami devs wanted to make more changes, but thanks to Bloober Team "the remake is highly faithful to the original"
- MultiVersus studio claims ability to purchase extra lives with real money was "a bug" that was "not an intended feature in the game"
- Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P says the MMO can now open "new servers with a press of a button," so "there's almost no chance" Dawntrail servers will suffer like Endwalker
- Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail brings some style back to my favorite MMO job, and Yoshi-P promises that's only the start
- Following Resident Evil 4 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth fallout, the Silent Hill 2 remake is avoiding 'yellow paint' trend
- The Ultimate Silent Hill 2 Remake guide and walkthrough for survival
- June 5
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- Behold, the industrial-strength model of Miquella's arm custom-made for Shadow of the Erdtree events: "That arm is reinforced with resin, metal, and fiberglass"
- Steam Next Fest dev says the "juggernaut game we're all dwarfed by, the baddest motherf***er in the room" is a cozy li'l building sim that's on over 800k Wishlists
- After server issues blocked The Final Shape from breaking Destiny 2's PC player record, Bungie explains what went wrong with the MMO's latest expansion launch
- The Ultimates #1 attempts the improbable: redeeming Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man
- "People could've made billions": MMO legend returns from 2-year hiatus to share a game-breaking Old School RuneScape bug so dangerous even a former dev is shocked
- Analyst says GTA 6's importance to the console market "cannot be overstated" as Sony and Microsoft try to get old-gen players to upgrade
- Fallout season 2 is coming "as fast as humanly possible," says showrunner
- Steve Rogers assembles his own team of Avengers including She-Hulk, Monica Rambeau, Hawkeye, and many more
- The Last of Us showrunner reveals season 2 episode count, but says that potential season 3 will be "significantly larger"
- 35 must-see movie directors
- Development on The Last of Us 2 Remastered's PC port has reportedly been complete for at least 7 months
- What to do in Shadow of the Erdtree next: full walkthrough
- Hunger Games star joins Talk to Me actor in Watch Dogs movie based on the popular video game franchise
- You can now play Super Mario 64 in VR on an actual Nintendo 64, but the frame rate is so bad you'll probably get "really bad motion sickness"
- Nine Sols review: "Metroidvania blended with Soulslike elements and the execution is nothing short of astonishing"
- How to beat Rellana, Twin Moon Knight in Shadow of the Erdtree
- Fortnite Tri-Beam Laser Rifle: How to get the Fallout gun
- Down-bad Monster Hunter Wilds players brute-force the 'Dating Sim' tag onto Steam mere days after meeting Gemma the Smithy
- For sheer install size, Shadow of the Erdtree is rumored to be bigger than all of Sekiro and almost a third of Elden Ring itself
- Glen Powell's catchphrase from a new Netflix movie with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is actually straight from the true story
- House of the Dragon and Rings of Power stars are haunted by grief and an evil tree in chilling first trailer for new folk horror
- Matt Smith says House of the Dragon's Daemon would "f***" Jon Snow up in Game of Thrones: "I've got a dragon"
- From Star Wars Outlaws to GTA 6, these are the most anticipated open-world games I have on my bingo card for Summer Game Fest
- Indie roguelike beats AAA publishers to the punch with a whole game that's literally just a slot machine, but it's actually a cool-looking RPG with no microtransactions
- Win a Blu-ray of Lisa Frankenstein!
- HyperX Cloud 3 Wireless review: “comfort and battery at the expense of functionality”
- The Samsung 1080p monitor I’d buy right now just dropped to Black Friday level pricing
- Win Patrick Stewart's Memoir Making It So!
- Lords of the Fallen, the best-worst Soulslike RPG of 2023, celebrates "Mostly Positive" recent Steam reviews after months of "Mixed" reception
- I think the new D&D Monster Manual cover is best, and the artist behind each rulebook agrees
- Forget swords and sorcery, my time with Shadow of the Erdtree has convinced me that the best route is unarmed combat
- Final Fantasy 14 role-players are creating their own Bridgerton storylines with scandal, drama, and romance across a 7-day MMO event
- Fallout: New Vegas director's sage advice for players who don't understand the RPG's divisive card game: "Try again"
- The Acolyte creator breaks down Star Wars show's shocking opening: "You have to go hard, you have to say the Jedi are going to take some Ls"
- Andor star teases a "bigger and smarter" second season of the Star Wars show
- A new Star Wars comic will delve into the history of The Acolyte's Wookiee Jedi Master
- Fortnite Oasis Pools: Where to find them
- Knives Out 3 adds Sam Raimi Spider-Man villain to cast
- This co-op indie farming game lets you pursue entire career paths on a colorful island full of magical creatures, like this balloon worm
- I don't want to alarm Elden Ring players, but I think I found the next Bloodhound's Fang in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, because this sword feels incredible
- It's not just Elden Ring – here are 5 soulslike we're prepared to die over at Summer Game Fest
- After 23 long years, Jak and Daxter fans do what Sony won't and port the classic PS2 game to PC - now with local and online multiplayer
- Assassin's Creed Shadows fan theory over its map gains momentum after fans solve Ubisoft's riddles for more tantalizing concept art
- Blade Runner RPG Starter Set review: "Perfectly captures the atmosphere of the source material"
- Stephen King shares his verdict on Netflix's new number one movie
- Divinity Original Sin: The Board Game plunged Larian into development hell … and it’s all the better for it: “We’ve made the kind of game that we would love”
- Square Enix seemingly kickstarts its multiplatform approach by freeing some of its best JRPGs to cross the console divide
- Where is Yoda in The Acolyte? Why the Star Wars Jedi isn't involved, explained
- Bruce Wayne finally gets his mojo back in Batman #148 - but will it come at a deadly cost to one of his friends?
- After joining Helldivers 2 from the publisher of city builder sensation Manor Lords, CEO asks what the best crossover could be – and the creative director reckons it's a 28-year-old military sim series
- Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown's fantasy movie overtakes Knives Out 2 to become one of the most-watched Netflix movies of all time
- 7 years later, a new entry in a cult classic Netflix horror series is coming
- Final Fantasy 7 Cloud actor says the most challenging part of Rebirth was voicing a Moogle: "It was just hard to take seriously"
- The Zotac Zone is scheduled to arrive in September, but its price stops it being a Steam Deck OLED rival
- Cillian Murphy finally breaks his silence on his Peaky Blinders return – and the movie is officially coming to Netflix
- A Valve veteran spent his career "focused a lot on violence," before Portal 2 inspired him to make Little Kitty, Big City
- Midnight Mass star joins The Boys spin-off show Gen V ahead of season 2
- New horror movie The Watched see M. Night Shyamalan follow through on a 20-year-old promise to Dakota Fanning
- Star of new horror movie The Watched says it features things she's never seen in a film before
- Star Wars fans notice a heartbreaking parallel to The Clone Wars in The Acolyte
- God of War devs say they were "scared as hell" that they would "f*** up" the now-iconic E3 2016 reveal
- Baldur's Gate 3 players on Steam have now spent longer in the RPG on average than Bethesda fans have in Skyrim, in true D&D fashion
- Just hours after release, Star Wars fans think they already know the identity of The Acolyte's Sith Lord – thanks to one line of dialogue
- 14 months after leaving Steam after legal issues, Dark and Darker goes free-to-play - but you'll still need to pay if you want to "experience everything the game has to offer"
- As Destiny 2 servers recover from The Final Shape halting log-ins, skipping cutscenes, and booting players mid-activity, Bungie apologizes and hits the reset button
- Don't worry, the Elden Ring DLC dims the exceedingly bright Bandai Namco logo so it can no longer hurt you
- How to get Diablo 4 Resplendent Sparks
- Star Wars' cute new droid has an incredibly wholesome inspiration behind it
- The Acolyte's masked villain has been revealed – here's we know about the new Star Wars Sith
- What is The High Republic? The Acolyte’s new Star Wars era explained
- When does The Acolyte take place on the Star Wars timeline?
- The Star Fox-style roguelite whose dev refused to use AI voices to cut costs is adding an entire "anti-capitalist revenge" campaign about a cat-girl destroying AI
- June 4
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- Deadpool 3 director eyed to helm next Avengers movie which may see 60 returning superheroes
- The Hulk goes full vampire slayer as he smashes his way into Blood Hunt
- Wii Play billiards stumped fans for 17 years, but speedrunners finally made the perfect shot after decompiling its code to brute force millions of possibilities
- Turns out you can give away 6.6 million copies of your game, add a price later, and still sell 2.2 million more in just 2 months
- Wild Bastards is a roguelike FPS that makes some shocking changes over its predecessor, but its posse of planet plundering robots eventually won me over
- Holdovers star to lead Hostel TV series based on hyper-violent horror franchise
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die review – "Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have enough charisma to see this fourquel through"
- Hades 2 Patch 2 is here and absolutely loaded with massive balance changes for the roguelike's weapons, and Boon updates are coming next
- Hidetaka Miyazaki says the Elden Ring DLC was always going to be massive: "We wanted an experience for the player that was going to match that of the base game"
- Destiny 2 "servers not available" errors are rampant as The Final Shape chugs, Bungie suggests restarting your console or Steam as maintenance gets extended
- School of Rock 2 seems likelier than ever as the original movie's director joins Jack Black in calls for a sequel
- This Lovecraftian horror CRPG is a love letter to Ultima and D&D classics, and even Baldur's Gate 3's director is raving about it: "This is one I've been waiting for"
- It took 4 years and 40,000 attempts to shave 1 second off this Mike Tyson's Punch-Out speedrun, and "it could be many years" before the record is broken again
- Genshin Impact 4.7 release date and time - When the Clorinde banner starts
- Forget the Dragonstorm arc, MTG Modern Horizons 3 is a prequel
- Chestbursting aliens lead the way in Alien: Romulus trailer that sees the franchise goes back to its horror roots
- The Acolyte crew built lightsabers for the new Star Wars show that could be used "the way Darth Maul and Qui-Gon Jinn use them"
- Bungie shares a critical PSA for Destiny 2 players jumping into The Final Shape today: be careful with the co-op campaign, and expect some bugged abilities
- Final Fantasy 14 fans fear for Alpha the chocobo's safety after he's whisked away by Colonel Sanders in the MMO's latest KFC collab
- This new horror movie told mostly from the killer's POV may not be destined to be a classic, but its innovation is very much needed
- The Acolyte episodes 1-4 review: "The new Star Wars show plays like Andor meets Obi-Wan Kenobi"
- Solo dev behind indie roguelike hit Balatro threatens us with a good time, might "bloat this game with even more banana lore"
- I've had my eye on this pixel-perfect blend of Stardew Valley and Sailor Moon for over a year, and it's getting a Steam Next Fest demo to keep the cozy vibes coming
- The Rings of Power star was surprised by how "bloodthirsty and violent" season 2 of Lord of the Rings prequel is
- New anime movie from the creator of Chainsaw Man gets called a masterpiece in glowing first reactions
- FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki hopes to take the "bits that didn't go so well this time with Elden Ring" and improve on them in a "future title"
- The 10 best manga to read right now
- Following a year of memorable RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3, these upcoming RPGs just might make Summer Game Fest for me
- Baldur's Gate 3 player runs the entire RPG without any levels or spells at all as a humble, stinky wheel of cheese with 1 HP
- Fan-made Pokemon RPG combines HeartGold, SoulSilver, and the best spin-off game into an overhauled Johto adventure with every modern feature you could ask for
- Final Fantasy 14 gets more US Worlds as Dawntrail's launch looms, hoping to avoid the dreadful Endwalker queues of the MMO's past
- Turns out the gold symbols in Shadow of the Erdtree are "Miquella's footsteps," and they hold the key to controlling the Elden Ring DLC's difficulty
- Best Destiny 2 Exotic armor for Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks
- The Elden Ring DLC is way bigger than we thought with over 10 bosses and "around 100" new weapons coming in Shadow of the Erdtree
- What's Hot 2024: 50 of the best games we saw and played at the summer showcases
- The Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree is the best thing it could possibly be: more Elden Ring, but way harder
- How to beat the Divine Beast Dancing Lion in Shadow of the Erdtree
- What to do in Elden Ring before playing Shadow of the Erdtree
- How to start the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC in Elden Ring
- I tried Samsung’s new OLED gaming monitors early, and one feature should have rivals worried
- Final Fantasy 14 superfan and series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is running riot with the goofy FF6 outfit he made Yoshi-P add to the MMO
- Metaphor: ReFantazio - Everything you need to know about the new JRPG
- New set photos from James Gunn's Superman tease first look at iconic comics location
- Captain America villain actor is confident he will return to the MCU: "I'm still not dead"
- M. Night Shyamalan says working on his daughter's debut horror movie "changed" him as a director
- Venom 3 trailer might have just teased the introduction of a fan-favorite Marvel villain
- The Acolyte creator talks pitching The High Republic – and the biggest challenge behind the new Star Wars era
- Mike Flanagan confirms Hush physical release following its removal from Netflix: "We did some really awesome new stuff for it"
- Genshin Impact challenger Wuthering Waves showers fans with more compensation as it apologizes again for the action RPG's "deficiencies and issues"
- You don’t need RAM that’s capable of 10,000MHz, but T-Force is giving it to you in pink and white colorways
- New horror movie The Watched was inspired by one of the best supernatural thrillers and a very divisive 2009 horror
- Team Fortress 2's long-running bot issue hits a historical low as recent Steam reviews hit 'Mostly Negative' for the first time in its 17-year history
- Persona veterans are giving their new JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio an exclusive showcase following Summer Game Fest to give everyone a "closer look"
- The Boys showrunner says it's likely that the series will go on longer than its original five-season plan
- Monster Hunter Wilds: Everything we know so far about Capcom's new game
- As Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion brings a 10-year saga to a close, one lead promises Bungie has taken deliberate steps over the past year to erode "barriers" to entry
- Venom 3's trailer may have shut down chances of a Spider-Man crossover for good
- MultiVersus player gets their main temporarily removed from the game mid-tournament bracket, still manages to win the set
- Like a Dragon: Yakuza is coming to Prime Video this year and the Kiryu actor has already shown off the iconic back tattoo
- Wuthering Waves Echo tier list
- In the final wait for Elden Ring's DLC, a modded Malenia is kicking the crap out of players – including Let Me Solo Her, who calls her "the strongest boss I've faced"
- Marvel Zombies: Heroes' Resistance review - "A good mix of simplicity and low-stakes edge"
- June 3
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- As Silent Hill 2 fans clash over the remake's redesigned characters, some see a resemblance to the original artist's early sketches
- As Destiny 2 players wait out The Final Shape downtime, one dev recommends the "helmet off" experience for the MMO's new cinematic animations
- Steam page reveals 25 games that'll be shown at Summer Game Fest, like a Persona-style JRPG and the retro indie collection I've been waiting 7 years for
- Just Cause studio Avalanche lays off 50 people and closes two studios, including one it opened less than a year ago
- Maleficent star to lead new Predator movie from Prey director
- Praise the Sun! Dark Souls is getting an original manga, and unlike the Elden Ring manga it's actually a serious horror fantasy story
- Ubisoft is calling in backup from an internal studio for the troubled Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake
- Thanos is joining Rian Johnson's Knives Out universe but he's leaving the Infinity Stones behind
- Nintendo leak reportedly came from an employee accessing private YouTube videos, but Google says it was "non-intentional" because they only showed it to a friend
- Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan says Netflix "refused at every turn" to release his movies and shows on DVD
- Doctor Who season 1, episode 6 review: "Loki's Kate Herron works her magic on Bridgerton-esque episode 'Rogue'"
- New Genshin Impact character Emilie revealed for update 4.8 – the first Dendro character to come to the RPG in over a year
- Catwoman gets her claws on a Green Lantern Power Ring in the upcoming sequel to one of Batman's best ever stories
- Your Nvidia graphics card will soon be able to help you when you’re stuck in games
- That Silent Hill 2 gameplay wasn't perfect, but it has me convinced that horror could still dominate Summer Game Fest if we see any of these 5 titles
- Nearly 30 years later, the devs behind one of the first MMOs are making a new "true, old-school MMORPG" with hundreds of players on persistent servers
- Nintendo wasn't so sure about The Legend of Zelda's hack-and-slash spin-off being "good" at first, worrying that it could "drop" the revered RPG series' "pristine image"
- Helldivers 2 leaders respond to the black hole, insist it's "a symbol of justice on a galactic scale," announce more Termicide on the way because nothing bad happened last time
- Your PSVR 2 will work on PC starting this August, but there's a catch
- 33 Immortals is the unholy union of Hades, World of Warcraft, and Diablo 4, and even though it's not perfect, it's got my full attention
- Beyond the Spider-Verse producer assures fans that there’s no generative AI in the upcoming film, wants to "create new visual styles that have never been seen in a studio CG film"
- A group of "dorky demon fighters" face the forces of darkness in Youth Group - a new horror comedy that's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"
- Final Fantasy 14 is getting one more Live Letter before Dawntrail to focus on patch 7.0 itself
- Lost is coming to Netflix very soon – and fans think it's time we re-evaluated that finale
- 11 years later, Monster Hunter Wilds sleuths are convinced the action RPG is a follow-up to both Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter 4
- Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae on joining The Acolyte, making history as a Jedi, and why he thinks Russian Doll’s Leslye Headland has a "fresh take" on Star Wars
- 15 games we really want to see at Summer Game Fest
- Final Fantasy 14's Dawntrail benchmark gets a glow-up, now with a new "photo studio-like environment" and less "soulless" eyes
- First Venom 3 trailer sees Tom Hardy and the symbiote up against their biggest threat yet – and a call back to Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 arrives in September with official modding tools, and Larian grants you permission to give Lae'zel a mullet
- Elden Ring archeologists are still finding unused content hidden in the action RPG's files, seemingly revealing that one popular NPC was almost given a completely different voice
- Suits star says the hugely popular sit-com could get a movie spin-off: "It is possible"
- Upcoming Lego Minecraft Crafting Table fits an entire world into an itty bitty box
- Tales of the Shire: Everything we know about the upcoming Lord of the Rings game
- New Star Wars show The Acolyte's sets were so big and detailed, the actors needed a map to get around and were literally "tripping on mushrooms"
- Logitech Yeti GX review: "Holds its own without threatening to steal the show"
- The best monster movie of 2023 is now streaming on Netflix
- After a bumpy Major Order victory, Helldivers 2 devs promise "more visible info" on the Galactic War table as Arrowhead discusses "various ways" of improving in-game communication
- New MSI Claw handheld officially revealed, and it’s dressed like a Fallout Pip-Boy
- First Arcane season 2 poster teases a troubling reversal of Vi and Jinx's relationship
- Sorry Kingdom Hearts 4 hopefuls, Summer Game Fest's Geoff Keighley says don't expect another look at the long-awaited RPG sequel: "People are setting themselves up for failure"
- It looks like Netflix's One Piece may be filming seasons 2 and 3 back to back
- Manor Lords poll kicks off community-wide debate as nearly 31,000 fans show up to debate what the city builder needs next - town walls, butchers, or bug fixes
- Helldivers 2 players clear their latest Major Order in style, collapsing an entire planet into a newly formed black hole that definitely isn't going to become a problem sometime soon
- Neil Druckmann says Naughty Dog "will not be 'The Last of Us' studio forever" as work on "multiple single-player projects" continues after a multiplayer project was canned
- How many episodes is Star Wars: The Acolyte on Disney Plus?
- AMD just announced even more CPUs for its 2016 motherboard socket at Computex, as well as 9000 Series Ryzen processors which arrive in July
- June 2
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- My favorite thing about Breath of the Wild is all the mini-open-worlds it inspired, and another one just hit Steam with near-perfect reviews
- Each new Multiversus fighter is locked behind a 38-hour PvP grind - except characters like The Joker, who cost twice as much
- Another promising survival game strikes Steam and it's already sold over 100,000 copies - if you're hungry for more after Palworld and Enshrouded
- My dreams of seeing Hollow Knight Silksong at Summer Game Fest are hollow enough, so here are the other Metroidvanias I'm hoping for
- The wait for Silksong might suck, but these three Hollow Knight-inspired Metroidvanias should make it a bit easier
- Rockstar Games owner predicts AI, which has already impacted jobs, won't steal any jobs: "It's actually crazy. It's not going to make people irrelevant"
- Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer reveals which characters he took from Black Isle Studio's canceled Fallout 3
- My Baldur's Gate 3 party would hate this Destiny 2 D&D crossover and its mind flayer propaganda
- Baldur's Gate 3 players ditch sex% speedruns to find out how many NPCs you can sleep with a single playthrough of the RPG instead
- Asus ROG Ally X officially arrives with twice the battery, more RAM, and a $799 price tag
- June 1
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- Pokemon Sapphire engineer miraculously builds a working computer using "only assets that already exist in the game"
- 3 years after its announcement, the Tomb Raider anime hits Netflix in October, and its new trailer looks just like my favorite Lara Croft game
- Roguelike hit Balatro's scrapped names include Hyperborean Hold 'em, Balatron, and other titles I can't stop thinking about
- FC 24 Ademola Lookman SBC Solutions guide
- Baldur's Gate 3 lead says his game's success is helping other RPGs, giving them "a little bit of leverage in the next business meeting"
- Emergency Helldivers 2 hotfix addresses a nasty Major Order bug, so we can all go back to spaghettifying an entire planet
- Astro Bot triples the PlayStation cameos with "over 150" VIP bots, restoring hope for a Bloodborne breadcrumb
