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- January 31
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- The Sims 2's long-awaited comeback meets a mixed response on Steam thanks to a barebones port suffering prolific crashes
- This indie open-world RPG takes Stardew Valley's fishing and turns it into its main combat system: "This is not a peaceful fishing game. The destruction of the world is imminent"
- The Sandman to end with season 2 as Netflix cancels the Neil Gaiman adaptation
- Fallout: New Vegas lead writer and Horizon Zero Dawn narrative director returns to Obsidian after 14 years, but swears "it's not" for New Vegas 2
- After 9 years and nearly $200 worth of state DLC packs, American Truck Simulator is finally "reaching the end" of the most famous road in the US
- Captain America: Brave New World – The comic history of The Leader, the mysterious Gamma-powered mastermind hiding in the shadows
- Borderlands 4 moves beyond Borderlands 3 and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands as Gearbox promises "billions of weapons and accessories"
- From blacksmith's forge to the king's court, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II lets you shape your medieval tale
- Years before we learned of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Majima's voice actor pitched a JRPG about the fan-favorite anti-hero and was told "that's not going to happen"
- "It can't start in a way that just feels crappy": Avowed devs are turning to animation to solve an RPG "challenge" of offering a sense of progression without sacrificing a strong start
- Dev behind the legendarily horny Dead or Alive series politely cites "impact on safety" while requesting fans stop sending romantic gifts to fictional characters
- Bloodborne 60fps mod hit with DMCA takedown 4 years after it was released, and fans are already huffing the copium that Sony's about to announce an official remaster
- Elden Ring Nightreign beta invites are apparently so in demand, scalpers are already trying to resell them for hundreds of dollars
- Following Black Myth: Wukong's success and hype for games like Phantom Blade, Japanese devs say Chinese games are winning thanks to "crazy" ideas that "would never get approved in Japan"
- With RTX 4070 gaming PC deals like this, who needs the RTX 50 Series?
- As BioWare's focus shifts to Mass Effect 5 amid layoffs, it feels like the bittersweet end of an era for Dragon Age
- The Boys and John Wick creators will join J. Michael Straczynski, and a host of other big name creatives at Marvel legend Joe Quesada's new imprint, Amazing Comics
- If I didn't already own the Tears of the Kingdom model, I'd be jumping at the chance to grab this Hyrule Edition Switch Lite while it's less than $200
- Build a tavern with your pals in Stewpot, a cozy worldbuilding TRPG
- The 33 greatest Will Smith movies
- As Terraria's sixth final update approaches, the devs are still planning an "ideation session" to make sure they don't forget to add anything
- The goriest Japanese horror movie I’ve ever seen is getting a modern remake from original Speak No Evil director
- Should you buy XR glasses or a VR headset in 2025?
- Live from New York… it's nervous laughter! How Ghostbusters' Jason Reitman nails the all-too-rare dread-inducing comedy with new Saturday Night Live movie
- Best Palkia ex deck build in Pokemon TCG Pocket
- The Sims and The Sims 2 are finally back on PC with all DLC included, but even at $40 these aren't full remasters
- WB Games' Smash Bros-like MultiVersus is going offline for good a full year after it came back from the dead
- After 11 years, The Sims 2 returns with a re-release on the EA App and Steam – and it's still as wonderfully janky as it was in 2004
- The hottest new Marvel Rivals challenge is No-Hulk Bruce Banner - and everybody hates it
- Absolute Batman writer Scott Snyder's Dark Spaces: Dungeon is being adapted into a movie by the producers of Late Night with the Devil
- AMC originally wanted Saul Goodman removed from his first Breaking Bad episode: "Could we start again and come up with a different story?"
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 swings and stumbles onto Steam to join Sony's long tradition of dodgy PS5-to-PC ports: “To say this is rough is an understatement”
- Wilmot Works It Out might be the perfect puzzle game if you hate Jigsaws as much as I do
- Beloved Bethesda actor from Skyim, Fallout 3, and more shares heartfelt thanks after waking up from a coma and discovering hundreds of people have donated to his medical bills
- Stranger Things season 5 releasing in 2025 might not be a certainty as its creators admit that target is "quite the push"
- James Gunn weighs in on a potential deep-cut Avengers: Endgame and Guardians of the Galaxy plot hole
- Toilet humor, open-worlds, and "billions" of weapons: Borderlands 4 is pushing the looter-shooter series further than ever before
- I just finished reviewing Alienware's fantastic wireless gaming headset and now it's cheaper than ever
- Marvel star says it's been "tiring" trying to make his Sleeping Dogs movie, but he's still persevering – and also isn't giving up on his "dream" of a game sequel
- Blizzard hands out refunds for a $28 Overwatch 2 skin after making it a free Twitch drop just 24 hours post-release
- Gerard Butler is returning for Den of Thieves 3, and co-star O'Shea Jackson Jr. is one step closer to his Fast and Furious dream
- I'm getting big Disco Cop vibes from Blades in the Dark's upcoming swinging sixties supplement
- As layoffs reportedly hit BioWare, Former Dragon Age writer tells fans not to worry: "DA isn't dead because it's yours now"
- Invincible doesn't want to risk "spoiling a bunch of insane stuff" days before season 3 so its latest secretive trailer sees two characters only saying six words to each other
- Original Ghostface killer is returning for Scream 7 as star Matthew Lillard confirms
- Baldur's Gate 3 dev slams EA's BioWare layoffs as "a short-term cost-saving measure" that "doesn't solve a long-term problem"
- Blizzard disables Diablo 4 season 7 Witchcraft power that was being used to deal "very egregious numbers" and plans to bring it back "next week"
- January 30
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- Peach Momoko dresses up Phoenix, Black Cat, Wolverine, Venom, and many more in new kimono variant covers
- It's not even out yet, but the gloriously old-school JRPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is getting a live-action movie thanks to its "compelling narrative and complex characters"
- Devil May Cry anime adaptation might have the best opening sequence in Netflix history
- Summer Game Fest 2025 confirmed with Geoff Keighley back as host and a new "thought leader event" discussing the industry's "changes, challenges, and opportunities"
- Black Cat and Kang team up to steal from Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Avengers #23 preview
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Jan 31 - Feb 2)
- Forza Horizon 5 is the latest Xbox game to make the leap to PS5, and it's launching this spring with all of the same content and DLC
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector review – "A smart sequel that takes everything that worked from the stellar original and expands"
- If Nintendo wants Switch 2 to beat Switch 1, all it needs to do is stop pretending the Wii U wasn't its best console and bring back its most defining feature
- RTX 5000 stock is vanishing before my eyes, but I'm counting on one retailer to save the day
- Nearly 30 years later, this cult favorite comedy is getting a sequel with original stars in talks to return
- No Man's Sky is back in Steam's top-sellers chart after massive update: "This is humbling"
- Mysterious new Stranger Things poster suggests something sinister may have happened to Eleven in season 5
- Almost 30 years on from the original, cult sci-fi horror The Faculty is getting a remake
- Best Pokemon TCG Pocket Darkrai and Weavile ex deck build
- Steam's most-wishlisted games chart includes an all-star lineup of Monster Hunter Wilds, Elden Ring Nightreign, and Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Projector throw ratio explained: how to find the perfect spot for your device
- Sanrio Animal Crossing successor Hello Kitty: Island Adventure gets off to a strong start on Steam, and a lot of fans are making the same 19-year-old South Park reference
- Grant Morrison, Matt Fraction, and Zoe Thorogood's tales chill in Ice Cream Man's One-Page Horror Stories special
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man's genius twist on classic villain Norman Osborn is the culmination of decades of storytelling
- New body horror movie starring real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie lands a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score – as first reviews call it "weird" and "unhinged"
- Wuchang Fallen Feathers wants to pick up where Dark Souls left off: "If skilled players still rely on the HUD... the combat system has a significant problem"
- Roblox Anime Defenders codes (Feb 2025) for Gems and more
- Monster Hunter World: The Board Game - Wildspire Waste review
- Chris Evans says it's "not true" that he's returning as Captain America in Avengers: Doomsday: "Happily retired!"
- Helldivers 2 CEO says Warhammer 40k owners "would love a crossover," but "time and resources are finite and we have our hands busy"
- Path of Exile 2 director "really sorry for how this went down" as he announces new Path of Exile 1 expansion has to be paused: "How could I justify taking some of the most experienced developers we have off PoE 2 when it's on fire?"
- Action roguelike Ravenswatch marks its Nintendo Switch release by dropping its first major free update
- Jake Gyllenhaal will star in M. Night Shyamalan's next movie, which will be a supernatural romance co-written with The Notebook author
- Jessie Eisenberg recalls going against studio advice and trying to meet Mark Zuckerberg while filming The Social Network: "I figured they would let me in"
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man showrunner defends Peter Parker actor after 'woke' comments: "I believe he simply misspoke and I know that's been weighing on him"
- After survival games like Conan Exiles, Funcom says it's made "a game with its own identity" out of Dune: Awakening – and I believe it
- Netflix's You season 5 gets a new teaser trailer that sees Joe Goldberg gets a taste of his own medicine
- Break!! TRPG's moral alignment system is far more relaxed than D&D and reminds me why I love tabletop all over again
- Dune: Awakening is so much more than a survival game or an MMO - it's a unique sci-fi experience shaped by Frank Herbert's 60-year-old lore and all that came after it
- Creepy new look at Wednesday season 2 confirms Tyler's fate, as Jenna Ortega's hero embraces her darker side
- Why wait? A modder is bringing Doom: The Dark Ages to classic Doom with all its deadly toys included
- RTX 50 Series gaming PCs are available now at Maingear, Best Buy, and Newegg
- A battle in this WW2 MMO went on for over 2 months and killed 9 million players, so devs stepped in to end it early, only for "one last hurrah" to win it anyway
- First Frankenstein trailer shown behind closed doors teases Guillermo del Toro's gothic nightmare for Netflix and reveals Jacob Elordi's monster
- PNY RTX 5080 OC review: "this GPU is for the next-gen overclockers"
- Squid Game season 3 first look reveals Gi-hun's fate, the return of the Front Man, and confirms release date
- Netflix drop first look at thrilling new action movie from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, which is described as "Heat meets Training Day"
- Stranger Things creators Duffer Brothers reveal they filmed over 650 hours of footage for the final season of the Netflix hit, as behind-the-scenes teaser is shown behind closed doors
- Corsair TC500 Luxe review: “If Ron Burgundy owned a gaming chair"
- Body horror meets Black Widow? The Substance director reportedly turned down the Marvel movie to focus on her award-winning horror
- Beyond: Two Souls isn't the David Cage video game adaptation we were expecting, but at least star Elliot Page is involved in bringing the TV show to life
- New Lego Minecraft movie sets reveal changes to an iconic baddie, and it's weirding me out
- Nintendo Switch 2 might be getting Xbox games, but Xbox Series X|S just got the next best thing: Mariostro Strikers
- Another Oppenheimer actor is reuniting with Christopher Nolan for his next movie The Odyssey as filming begins next month
- Monster Hunter Wilds has the creepiest octopus nightmare fuel I've seen since Bloodborne, and its director is "incredibly proud"
- Benedict Cumberbatch backtracks on previous Marvel comments, says he's actually in Avengers: Doomsday after all: "Don't ever believe anything I say"
- After 6 hours with Assassin's Creed Shadows, here's the 10 details I love the most so far
- Alienware Pro Wireless gaming headset review: “a step out of the spaceship”
- Terrifier 4 is officially in the works, with director Damien Leone teasing that the horror will finally reveal Art's origin story
- Feel like punching some Nazis? Now you can with this Punch Nazis! TRPG Bundle of Holding discount
- Adult game devs in Japan can't receive revenue from Steam as Japanese banks reportedly make the "comprehensive decision" to block transfers
- Nosferatu has a mistake so obscure you need to be bird expert to notice it – and fans joke that Robert Eggers will be "genuinely upset" when he discovers it
- The Leader returns to the MCU for the first time in 17 years, but this Captain America: Brave New World teaser doesn't want to spoil his new look just yet
- Twitch star Ninja says "Overwatch is dead" because Marvel Rivals has enough source material to fuel "the next 10 years"
- D&D Unearthed Arcana teases psionically bonded Dragon Knights, frigid incorporeal Rangers bursting through enemies, and Rogues teleporting on a bloodlust high
- "Souls-like meets Fable" is all this indie RPG needed to say to meet its Kickstarter goal, but it added in a Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood nod just for good measure
- Gorgeous JRPG homage Clair Obscur sells out its collector's edition months before launch, dev says it didn't think "the demand for our physical editions would be so high"
- January 29
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- Turn-based RPG Clair Obscur dev says all-star voice actor lineup includes people like Andy Serkis and Baldur’s Gate 3 alumni by accident: "He was like, 'Isn't that Clive from Final Fantasy?'"
- As Marvel Rivals continues to dominate hero shooters, Overwatch 2 teases "groundbreaking PvP gameplay changes" on the way
- Peach Momoko's Ultimate X-Men just revealed a surprising comic book connection to a top-tier Marvel Rivals character
- As No Man's Sky adds "billions of new solar systems and trillions of new planets," Hello Games says it's also "extremely busy" with its open-world survival RPG Light No Fire
- The 32 weirdest TV spin-offs
- EA says Mass Effect 5 is now BioWare's "full focus" as it shuffles devs to other studios, with some reportedly facing layoffs following Dragon Age: The Veilguard's underperformance
- PlayStation says it's "evolving" its Plus subscription service to include only PS5 titles: "PS4 games will no longer be a key benefit"
- DRM-free store GOG launches a new way for fans to influence which games get preserved "forever," and players are going to bat for Diablo 2, OG Final Fantasy 7, and a pile of cult classics
- Mörk Borg rules and a Legacy of Kain setting led to this TTRPG project raising 500% of its funding goal (so far)
- Palworld developer Pocketpair opened its publishing arm only one week ago, and it's already received 150 pitches: "We're determined to help as many great games get made as possible"
- The Future Games Show Spring Showcase is back and will have a new live segment from the GDC event floor
- Sonic 4: Everything we know so far about Sonic the Hedgehog's next adventure
- I'm sorry, but this Disney Lorcana deal is outrageous
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PC players are already using mods to control all 9 playable characters, including Sephiroth and Zack, at the same time
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man showrunner settles the MCU canon debate, explaining how it mixes things up with an alternative timeline
- Months after the Helldivers 2 fiasco, Sony drops PlayStation Network requirements on PC just in time for Spider-Man 2 and promises free stuff to get people to sign up instead
- Fire Force season 3 release date, trailer, and everything we know so far
- Despite shifting gear to Arrowhead's next game after a sabbatical, studio CEO clarifies that Helldivers 2 creative lead Johan Pilestedt will "absolutely still be involved"
- GTA 6 will run at 30fps on console, former GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 animator expects, and your best shot at 60fps may be hoping for PC
- New Marvel show Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man debuts to perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, taking over X-Men ‘97
- After replaying the best Assassin's Creed RPG, I hope Shadows uses the series' strengths to separate itself from Ghost of Tsushima
- Green Lantern Corps: Jeremy Adams and Morgan Hampton on John Stewart, Hawkwoman, and how the Justice League animated series inspired their new comic
- Supergirl release date, cast, plot, and trailer speculation: Everything we know about the DCU movie
- Pokemon TCG Pocket players are furious at the new trading system: "They should probably remove 'Trading Card Game' from the title screen"
- Adam Scott says he hasn't watched Parks and Rec in a long time because of the most wholesome reason
- I cooked recipes from Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and made some wonderful fishcakes – and got food poisoning
- With up to 47% off Star Wars: Unlimited, now’s the perfect time to give the underrated TCG a go
- Massive No Man's Sky update adds new solar systems, revamped tech, deeper sea exploration, and gas giants "ten times bigger than our biggest planet"
- Over 20 years of muscle memory made Metal Gear Solid Delta feel like I was just playing the original – and MGS heads like me know that's truly special
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review: "the 4K GPU I'd aim for this generation"
- Why Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is a hidden gem in the PC Game Pass library
- You can now get a PS5 for just $299.99, the perfect price for me to grab a second
- As I await Baldur's Gate 3 patch 8, I'm already planning my next run around a cosmic new subclass
- Famed Marvel Rivals pacifist support player begs devs to reverse the accidental 22 damage they inflicted, devs say "No"
- Sonic 3 director's commentary reveals how the movie secretly brought the unlikeliest of Shadow memes to life
- James Gunn reveals the characters he cut from Creature Commandos, including one of his favorite DC villains
- You only have a few months left to watch this fan-favorite show on Netflix
- A modder is daring to recreate GTA 6's map in GTA 5, despite Rockstar owner Take-Two's recent spree of fan project shutdowns
- Nintendo Switch 2 Experience tickets are non-transferable, but that hasn't stopped scalpers from trying to pawn them off for up to $900
- Daredevil: Born Again makes Marvel history as one of the highest age-rated MCU shows
- Stranger Things star recalls reading the final episode with his cast mates for the very first time: "[It] was much more emotional than I thought it was going to be"
- My favorite gaming laptop of last year just dropped to a new record-low price
- Christopher Nolan gave Black Panther director Ryan Coogler advice on how to pull off "something that hasn't been done before" for his new vampire horror movie
- Arrowhead CEO assures Helldivers 2 fans the online shooter will stay live "as long as people play" it: "If we can keep it going for 10 years we will"
- Return to Hell’s Kitchen for Daredevil: Born Again with the latest issue of SFX
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man review: "Freeing this creative series from MCU canon is the secret to its success"
- PlayStation icon Shuhei Yoshida says a normal publisher would've canceled The Last Guardian, but even when it was running at 10-15 FPS on PS3 he insisted "we have to release it"
- 27 years later, Resident Evil 2 speedrunners get the "single most needed" quality of life mod, and the fastest world records are already being cut in half
- January 28
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- Meet the worst Transformer ever, a Decepticon named Ballpoint who turns into a normal sized ballpoint pen
- WWE 2K25 finally adds the intergender matches that WWE itself is too cowardly for, plus an open-world mode exclusive to current-gen consoles
- Spider-Hulk, Spider-Prowler, Count Parker, and more are the latest Spider-Man variants as the Spider-Verse and Venomverse prepare to go to war
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 2 brings back a beloved game mode fans have been begging for, but all I care about is a practically meaningless bug fix
- "Oryx is back": Destiny 2's final Episode takes the MMO to the site of the iconic Taken King expansion for a Coil-inspired roguelite mode, and also Star Wars armor
- Captain America: Brave New World - The comic history of Giancarlo Esposito's mysterious villain Sidewinder
- GTA 5 Trevor actor wants the fan-favorite to be in GTA 6 just so Rockstar can kill him off immediately
- Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 8 stress test is here for real after its accidental early PS5 launch, but Larian asks that you please don't use photo mode for bug reports
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's award-winning Aerith actor once worried she wasn't "cut out" for the role, but was reassured by a co-star that Square Enix "cast you for a reason"
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man showrunner says he wants to subvert fan expectations by having a new take on classic Marvel villain Norman Osborn
- Black Panther director reveals the one reason why making his new horror movie was "more exciting" than working with Marvel
- Black Panther director's Stephen King inspired horror movie Sinners gets wild trailer that sees Marvel star Michael B. Jordan fight off bloodthirsty vampires
- From Thor to Bucky Barnes, Marvel fans are discussing which characters' MCU origin stories are better than their comic counterparts
- Glorious Model O 2 Mini Wireless review: “a super versatile pointer for smaller hands”
- Assassin's Creed Revelations was good actually, and it's the unhinged sauce the Animus Hub needs to twist my mind into the perfect lore-absorbing shape
- George R.R. Martin has high praise for the next Game of Thrones spin-off: "It's as faithful as adaptation as a reasonable man could hope for"
- Lady Gaga addresses Joker 2 backlash: "People just sometimes don't like some things"
- Bethesda fans raise $140k for prolific VA's medical bills as Bethesda describes him as "an incredibly talented and instrument part of our games"
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man showrunner explains the one thing about the Marvel hero that the team wanted to get right: "At the end of the day, he's a guy who cares"
- Fable's reboot remains shrouded in mystery – but that's the most exciting thing about it
- Physical games are my jam but this 3 month Game Pass Ultimate deal is just as sweet
- Star Wars fans are debating the saga's darkest moment, and it's reminding us how messed up the galaxy actually is
- Oscars 2025 predictions: who will win Best Picture, Best Director, and the major acting awards?
- Exoborne is striving to be an approachable open-world extraction shooter with a strategic edge: "I don't think there's anything quite like it"
- Amazing Spider-Man #1 will introduce major new Marvel villain Hellgate, Peter Parker's "greatest challenge in the new era"
- Nosferatu director Robert Eggers is making a sequel to one of my favorite childhood movies Labyrinth – and I have the perfect nightmarish storyline in mind
- Veteran GTA dev says Rockstar should make a GTA 4 remaster, but "it would be better" if it was a "quality remaster" this time
- The wildest D&D world is coming back in 2025, and I can't wait
- First look at Black Mirror season 7 is a glimpse at the Netflix series' surprise sequel episode starring The Penguin's Cristin Milioti
- I visited D&D HQ to see the 2025 lineup, and it includes everything from Eberron to the return of a classic adventure
- Electric guitar battles are cool, but Death Stranding 2's real secret weapon? The fear of slipping down a sandy dune
- I haven't seen Catan this cheap since the sales some two years ago
- The Blood of Dawnwalker: Everything we know so far
- WWE 2K25 Special Editions and pre-order bonuses guide
- As Metroidvania fans lament Ori dev's plan to work on its Souls-like for another 5 years at least, CEO says "we just had a call with Microsoft a few days ago" and "let's see what'll happen"
- Reese Witherspoon was chosen to be foreperson by her fellow jurors because of Legally Blonde: "I definitely did not go to law school"
- Quentin Tarantino says that 2019 was the "last year of movies" as streaming took over: "What the f*ck is a movie now?"
- ENNIES tabletop RPG award makes a U-turn on AI submission policy
- Someone has edited all three Nosferatu versions together shot-for-shot, and horror fans are fascinated by one particular parallel
- Stephen King praises Longlegs director's new horror movie adaptation of his own short story: "It's batsh*t insane"
- Elder Scrolls co-creator is "super-grateful" for fan remakes, but says their existence is bittersweet: Daggerfall might have been "flaky and weird," but "no one had to recreate Casablanca"
- The Witcher's new Netflix anime film didn't want to mess with a good thing and just asked Doug Cockle to play his Geralt exactly how he is in the games
- The Bear star will lead a new Netflix series based on a book by Call Me By Your Name author
- Agatha All Along season 2 won't be happening according to one of its stars, who reveals showrunner also turned down WandaVision season 2
- After 4 years, Fallout: New Vegas' massive New Mexico mod is canceled: "Continuing forward simply isn't sustainable"
- Quentin Tarantino is in "no hurry" to make his final movie – and has teased what he's "probably" doing next instead
- James Gunn responds after new Superman flying clip goes viral for the wrong reasons: "There is absolutely zero CG"
- Helldivers 2 creative director announces a sabbatical after 11 years of grind, immediately starts a game jam that "wasn't that great" in the end
- January 27
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- Cult classic racing series returns 18 years after its once-final entry on Xbox 360 to 95% overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews
- Hogwarts Legacy gets official PC modding support in time for the wizarding RPG’s 2-year anniversary, but console players are feeling left out
- One of the oldest ongoing JRPG series adds its divisive gacha spinoff to the live service graveyard after barely a year
- "I am so mad at the overlords I cannot even find the words": Dauntless dev lays off "majority of the studio" 2 years after a blockchain company bought it out
- Gears of War: E-day will be co-developed by the 20-year shooter powerhouse that helped bring Gears, Fortnite, and one of the OG boomer shooters to life
- Smash Bros meets Metroidvania in Possessor(s), Heart Machine's new side-scrolling opus
- After 23 years, JRPG fans start to hope again as Sega renews the trademark for Dreamcast and GameCube classic Skies of Arcadia
- Assassin's Creed Shadows channels The Sims with its customizable base: "It's good to have a home and a place where you feel at ease"
- Maxis teases something The Sims 1 and 2-related, and fans are already frothing at the possibility of long-overdue remasters
- Nintendo Switch 2 fan notices musical Super Mario Bros Easter egg in reveal trailer, indicating just how badly everyone needs more details about the new console
- Celebrating 10 years of Dying Light's horror legacy: "We were doubting ourselves a little, and then the players stepped in"
- Will Superman save the day? James Gunn's upcoming DC movie will make or break the new DCU
- Donkey Kong designer reveals his biggest problem with his Rare redesign, and explains how his childhood breakfast cereal ban shaped Diddy Kong, too
- A Star Wars comic killed off a minor prequels character and the internet is in mourning
- This is one of the only Nintendo Switch accessories I'd invest in now that Switch 2 is confirmed, and it's cheaper than ever
- MTG Aetherdrift Commanders are more about the destination than the journey because they have basically no vehicles
- "There are mods that could shock some players": Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director agrees mods "breathe life" into games like Fallout and Skyrim, but says please keep it clean
- The Rings of Power season 2 had a steep decline in viewership from season 1, but it's not the only show that struggled
- Larian doesn't know "what's going on," but Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 has come early for PS5 players: "How's your Monday going?"
- Yasuke not being an assassin in Assassin's Creed Shadows is nothing new, it's just the first time Ubisoft isn't in denial
- As Marvel fans reminiscence about Luke Cage's Netflix series, its creator says what they had planned for season 3 was "even better"
- Skyrim Special Edition is about to beat its concurrent player record 9 years after launch thanks to a huge sale
- Eternal Strands review: "Flawed but fun behemoth battling"
- If you want to play a guy called Kliff who kicks people off cliffs, Crimson Desert is going to be the game for you
- Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch says there’s only one thing that would make him return to the BBC drama, as well as "a lot of money"
- Fallout star Walton Goggins is under suspicion in twist-filled trailer for hit crime drama The White Lotus season 3
- Tragedy in Marvel Rivals as the calmest healer almost hits Celestial rank without dealing damage, but accidentally loses their pacifist cred: "I guess I'm 22DmgRocketNow"
- Crunchyroll password leak is now "resolved" and there is "no evidence" that systems have been compromised, says the anime streamer
- DC newcomer says the upcoming Green Lantern HBO series is the "best sci-fi script" they've ever read
- Former GTA dev weighs in on Rockstar's attempt to silence Vice City mod that ports the whole game to GTA 4: "This is what companies are supposed to do"
- After re-watching the Highlander TV show and movies, I started imagining what a modern-day game adaptation could look like - and now I want it
- Sniper Elite: Resistance review: "Balances action and stealth with a level of success that very few games manage"
- Comic book company that owes WotC and Hasbro over $1,900,000 files for bankruptcy
- Super Mario Party Jamboree just beat its Black Friday price, and I'm telling all my friends
- Asus ROG Tessen review: "I never felt it did anything truly remarkable"
- With these lowest ever prices, these Villainous deals are plotting to take over my board game collection
- With Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Chinese studio Leenzee aims to soar to the heights of its field
- Steven Spielberg recalls the "hard-fought victory" in stopping an E.T. sequel from being made
- Assassin's Creed Shadows censored to comply with Japanese ratings, almost 1 year after an EA exec complained Stellar Blade got away with what the Dead Space remake didn't
- Despite a divisive Rotten Tomatoes score, one of Netflix's most watched shows of all time The Night Agent hits the #1 spot with second season
- A fan-favorite character just joined hit Netflix anime show Sakamoto Days and fans couldn't be happier
- Despite being streamed for billions of minutes in 2024, Agatha All Along and Echo reportedly had smaller Disney Plus audiences than one of Marvel's most criticized shows
- Stranger Things season 5 could reportedly be split in two and every fan is saying the same thing
- Nintendo Switch 2 may be getting more Xbox titles as Phil Spencer is "really looking forward to supporting them with the games that we have"
- Marvel's new Spider-Man show has already been renewed for season 3, even though season 1 hasn't even started yet
- Sound the alarm, the MTG Aetherdrift Play Booster Box just hit a record low price
- Despite being canceled for low viewership, Star Wars series The Acolyte was the second most-viewed Disney Plus show last year
- Good boy Yamper joins Build-A-Bear and comes with a teeny tiny cape
- First behind the scenes look at Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 teases flashback scene and shows the return of Matthew Lillard's villain
- Jurassic World Rebirth's writer says the new movie will include a novel scene they had to cut from the 1993 original
- Superman fans are divided over a "goofy" new flying scene that's getting attention for all the wrong reasons
- Daredevil: Born Again showrunner had a "very early" vision for the show, but was forced to pivot after it got in the way of "Marvel's master plan"
- Phil Spencer isn't ruling out Xbox exclusives like Starfield making the jump to other platforms: "There is no reason for me to put a ring fence around any game"
- Stranger Things season 5 was a "Lord of the Rings-style" epic to film according to star: "I feel like it couldn’t have ended better"
- Terrifying new teaser for TV show Alien: Earth puts you in the xenomorph's point of view – and it's as horrifying as you'd expect
- The Initial D-inspired open-world racing game that took over Steam Next Fest in 2023 finally launches this March
- Daredevil: Born Again showrunner teases that the MCU show is "even more grounded" than DC spin-off The Penguin, going "as far as a Disney Plus show has ever gone"
- January 26
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- Heart Eyes director describes the new slasher as a rom-com that’s just as "fun and violent" as Friday the 13th: "For me, it was about asking, 'What haven't I seen in a while?'"
- The Monkey director explains why it was so important to him to give Stephen King's "chilling" short story a "playful horror" twist: "I think [that] seemed correct for a movie about a toy"
- The game dev legend who programmed the first 3 Final Fantasy games says "I'd never seen any role-playing games until Final Fantasy"
- Daredevil: Born Again will fix the showrunner's big issue with the Netflix series: "At its worst, it was two characters in a room talking about what a hero is"
- In a huge win for niche games, this solo dev's 4-hour software adventure has racked up $1 million in revenue
- “Atmosphere is more important than aesthetics”: Bionic Bay is a biomech platformer that’ll grip you from the get-go
- Banjo-Kazooie composer reiterates he has "zero hope" for a new game in Rare's iconic platformer series, and besides, "all you die-hard fans would instantly hate it"
- Final Fantasy creator plans to make another game before he retires, and this one is inspired by Final Fantasy 6
- Assassin's Creed Shadows devs want you to know that Yasuke isn't an assassin, and that means he's not getting any of those classic assassin abilities
- "Player expression" has been vital for Two Point Museum, whether you're displaying captured ghosts or frozen cavemen in your dream exhibit
- Yellowjackets co-showrunner doubles down on decision to kill off a fan-favorite character in season 2: "There needs to be consequences"
- 10 years later, Dying Light's night time psychological warfare is still one of the strongest hooks in horror gaming history
- The upcoming The Witcher anime movie features a new version of a scene cut from Henry Cavill's first season
- Charlie Cox thinks an Avengers team-up for Daredevil would be "awesome" as he teases character's future
- January 25
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- Divisive 2023 horror movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey caught a lot of backlash from fans – but producer says they never gave the movie a chance
- Palworld dev says he's swamped with offers for Pocketpair's new publishing company, which is all about "giving devs the financial freedom to make games they want"
- Baldur's Gate 3 dev continues to champion indie games, begging Steam to let him overpay the creators of his favorite games
- As The Witcher 3 prepares for its 10th anniversary, Geralt's voice actor explains why its popularity still endures: "There are very few games since that have approached that level of immersive storytelling"
- The Witcher team explains why the upcoming Netflix anime movie was the perfect chance to finally adapt one of the series' most ambitious short stories
- Doom: The Dark Ages is id Software's "biggest" game world ever: "It's a dramatic expansion for our world."
- This animatronic Banjo-Kazooie puppet showed up for 1 second in a '90s N64 commercial, only to reappear decades later, sell for $2,100, and haunt my dreams forever
- Legendary but troubled Japanese studio that worked on an estimated 2,000 games from Dragon Quest to Dark Souls has reportedly turned its finances around partly thanks to a remastered JRPG
- Katamari Damacy creator's next game is all about being normal while stuck t-posing at the same time
- The Monkey director explains how a bizarre copyright issue actually improved the comedy horror movie: "Thanks, Disney!"
- Zenless Zone Zero is still aggressively horny, but basically everything else has changed and now it's a much better action RPG with some legit roguelike sauce
- Ghost of Yotei will build on Ghost of Tsushima with guns, a gorgeous change of scenery, and "unexpected dangers"
- Reject modernity, embrace old games: 2025 is going to be the year I finally embrace my inner retro gaming sicko without apology
- Assassin's Creed Shadows had to have 2 different characters because players want both stealth and combat, and you couldn't have both with just one
- Invincible season 3 is going into darker territory, but will still have the capacity to surprise: "You think this show is going to go this way? Guess what? It's not."
- Daredevil: Born Again showrunner and star Charlie Cox address why they rehauled the Marvel show: "It wasn't in line with what Daredevil had been established to be"
- The Witcher writers tease Geralt's "blonde, bubbly" new love interest in Netflix's Sirens of the Deep anime: "[She] makes more sense than Yen"
- Stardew Valley creator says "a game can have too much content" but still won't say "the book is closed" on the farming sim, teasing updates "maybe even 50 years from now"
- January 24
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- A new Resident Evil reboot movie is in the works with Barbarian's director at the helm, and it sounds like it'll be the first full-blown horror movie in the series' history
- The director behind one of anime's most extraordinary films manages to completely subvert my expectations with latest coming-of-age adventure: "Having a secret was really important"
- Steve Rogers gets his own Asgardian armor in this preview of his team up with Volstagg of the Warriors Three
- Last of Us season 2's Abby joins the cast of Godzilla x Kong sequel
- Peach Momoko's horror manga style X-Men will finally get their superhero costumes in Ultimate X-Men #11
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man release schedule: When is episode 6 on Disney Plus?
- The Witcher 3 director's upcoming open-world RPG Blood of Dawnwalker keeps revealing new vampires, and I can't get enough of this deliciously Gothic lore
- YouTuber reinvents the modern speedrun by chugging laxatives and shocking himself with a dog collar while playing Five Nights at Freddy's most disappointing sequel, and I can't stop watching
- Final Fantasy meets horror monsters in new Image title Lost Fantasy
- Everything you need to know about MTG Innistrad Remastered
- How to get Diablo 4 Coven's Favor fast
- What is the most Oscar-nominated movie of all time?
- Daredevil fans are theorizing about why Matt Murdock hung up the mask, and some of the suggestions are seriously dark
- Six years after the original show ended, the first full trailer for Suits LA spin-off teases celebrity guest stars, OG Suits vibes, and the return of Harvey Specter
- Adrien Brody and the cast and director of The Brutalist on their Oscar-nominated movie: "To make great cinema, you have to be vulnerable"
- 35 classic movies based on novels
- Asus is leading the pack for slimline 16-inch gaming laptop deals this weekend
- inZOI's "community simulation" approach to the life sim genre could make it The Sims 4's biggest rival yet
- DC reveals its full slate of April 2025 comics and covers featuring Batman, Superman, the Justice League, and more
- The obscure SNES puzzler Nintendo originally distributed via satellite broadcast has just been released outside of Japan for the first time on Nintendo Switch Online
- Ninja Gaiden 2 Black doesn't register Xbox controllers on PC Game Pass, but you can play with a DualSense
- Breaking Bad is leaving Netflix – but not for another two years
- How to perform the Diablo 4 Poison in the Roots Ritual
- Palworld devs faced "so many challenges" in the survival game's first year as pre-launch attention "brought its own difficulties" and post-launch "accusations" were "a lot to handle"
- Microsoft has added support for a ridiculous amount of storage for Xbox users, but it's content creators who should be taking note
- Pandemic designer's upcoming Lord of the Rings board game will let Sam's big heart boost your rolls
- "Death Stranding was a huge inspiration for us!": More than an evolution of QWOP, Baby Steps is stumbling along its own path
- What to expect from PC gaming in 2025: more breakout hits and a GTA 6-shaped elephant in the room
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' Japanese setting has been "very, very tricky" because Ubisoft wants to be "respectful" and "avoid telling a culture about their own culture"
- Pimax Crystal Light review: "Not the right choice for pickup-and-play VR gaming"
- I went into Aloft expecting a Stardew Valley meets Studio Ghibli experience, but I left impressed by its whimsical take on the survival genre instead
- Assassin's Creed Shadows evolves on Syndicate's twin dynamic: "It would have been better if we pushed the two characters much further apart"
- The Lord of the Rings anime movie sets streaming date, meaning every movie will be available in one place
- Sonic 3 star says she "would love" to do a Tails spin-off series – and she's already got an idea for it
- Have a spare 24 hours? You can watch almost every 2025 Oscars Best Picture nominee at selected theaters in a special marathon
- A "difficult-to-watch" new body horror movie featuring "barbaric" cosmetic surgery has already made one person throw up at Sundance
- D&D subreddit moderator says the Twitter link ban has "done a great job pulling all the shitheads out of the woodwork"
- There's actually an alternate version of one of The Avengers' best scenes that you probably didn't know about
- Nosferatu director Robert Eggers will never make a movie set in modern times: "The idea of photographing a cell phone is just death"
- Win 4K & Blu-ray collector’s editions of Hawkeye and Loki
- Monster Hunter Wilds' foes have higher health and flinch resistance than they did in World, "but this doesn't mean that hunts will be tedious"
- Win a Blu-ray of The Wild Robot
- It seems everyone in Hollywood is backing Denis Villeneuve after his Oscars snub, including Spider-Verse's Chris Miller: "There were many films that had great directing this year but what Denis did was masterful"
- 40 years after the original, Nosferatu director Robert Eggers is making a sequel to David Bowie's cult fantasy Labyrinth
- First reactions to Disney Plus's new animated Spider-Man series claim "it's the freshest take we've seen on the web-head in... forever"
- Doom: The Dark Ages "isn't designed to be the end" of the iconic shooter series, with director Hugo Martin saying he "wouldn't have a problem doing this for a long time"
- Marvel unveils first look at Charlie Cox's Daredevil and other major cameos in new Spider-Man TV show
- Dune star Josh Brolin reacts to Denis Villeneuve Best Director snub at the Oscars: "Apparently, I am going to quit acting"
- The first look at DC's Supergirl movie is hiding a comic-accurate scene from one of Kara's best adventures
- Assassin's Creed Shadows director defends Yasuke's inclusion in the game from "noise online": "We know why Yasuke is in the game, we know how he fits"
- Star Trek: Section 31 cameo explained – breaking down the A-list appearance no one saw coming
- GTA 6 parody previously pulled from PlayStation store now set to release on Steam after being updated "to emphasize its unique direction," dev wants Sony to reconsider
- Marvel reveals its full slate of April 2025 comics and covers featuring the X-Men the Avengers, Spider-Man, and more
- January 23
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- Mortal Kombat 1 makes good on a 30-year tradition of trolling fans by introducing a confusing, labyrinthine quest to fight pink Floyd, a new ninja
- After the success of Hogwarts Legacy and the failure of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Warner Bros. gaming boss leaves after 12 years
- Dishonored 2 cost more to make than Skyrim and sold worse, but ex-dev says it was so good that it gave Arkane "seal-of-quality protection" within Bethesda
- James Gunn shares first look at Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow with House of the Dragon star, confirms the new DC movie has started filming
- GTA 4 modders lose their YouTube channel as Take-Two seems to continue its quest to obliterate every GTA mod, but they still plan to deliver their upgraded Vice City
- Gorgeous folklore action game South of Midnight reveals the best animal boss names since Elden Ring's Golden Hippopotamus and gets a spring release date
- The old-school Expedition 33 looks like the turn-based AAA JRPG Square Enix refuses to give me with Final Fantasy, and it's out this April
- Over 10 years later, Ninja Gaiden 4 is in the works with help from Nier: Automata and Bayonetta studio Platinum Games – and a Ninja Gaiden 2 remaster is out now
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Jan 24 - 26)
- Doom: The Dark Ages pre-orders are now live - here's where to buy the prequel
- The Absolute Wonder Woman gets her arm back in the most metal way possible
- 21 years after Doom 3, Doom: The Dark Ages is trying to make good on the controversial sprint option: "You're going to feel like a silverback on a hoverboard with a giant sledgehammer"
- Doom: The Dark Ages will release simultaneously for PS5 and Xbox Series X when it lands in May, because the director told Phil Spencer he "wanted to sell it on all platforms"
- Marvel fans are hoping that a minor character for Netflix's Defenders Saga is back for Daredevil: Born Again
- Monster Hunter Wilds lead was also crushed by Monster Hunter World's brutal decoration RNG: "I ended up finishing the game without having completed my build"
- GTA 6 could learn a weird thing or two from Rockstar's most unloved PSP game
- Razer's pricey mobile controller is discounted right now, but so is its brand new rival
- Should you buy a gaming tablet in 2025?
- In a rollercoaster week for Horizon Zero Dawn fans, its MMO is apparently not cancelled: "The 'H' that I mentioned has nothing to do with Horizon"
- Move over Peter Parker, there's a surprising new Ultimate Spider-Man swinging around
- Assassin's Creed Shadows: Everything we know about Ubisoft's new RPG
- Big Preview: Assassin's Creed Shadows – Exclusive access and hands-on impressions with the huge open world Japan's impressive stealth and combat
- Assassin's Creed Shadows hands-on: Stealthier and bloodier than ever
- Ubisoft namedrops Assassin's Creed Hexe, the next Assassin's Creed game after Shadows, for the first time in more than 2 years as it reveals new launcher
- Assassin's Creed Infinity is now The Animus Hub, a launcher for modern Assassin's Creed games that Ubisoft definitely doesn't want you to call a launcher
- Exclusive MTG Aetherdrift card reveal adds… high-speed mammoths?
- Assassin's Creed Shadows forced Ubisoft to "craft the crap" out of its new-style open world, ensuring you won't have Points of Interest every 50 meters
- Dune 3: Everything we know so far about Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Messiah
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's ending proved divisive, but the director of the original JRPG is "very satisfied" with Part 3's story and is confident you will be too
- What is Thrawn cooking? Star Wars fans are debating the Ahsoka villain's plans
- A new horror movie directed by Stranger Things star gets a bloody first trailer, but it's got seriously mixed reviews
- It's a travesty that the Oscars has snubbed Denis Villeneuve twice in a row, but Dune 3 could be his Return of the King
- Pokemon TCG Pocket Space-Time Smackdown release date and details
- Ahead of Liam Hemsworth's Witcher debut, game actor Doug Cockle explains the most important quality for playing Geralt – and it's something Henry Cavill already achieved
- Final Fantasy 7 Part 3 won't be a PS6 exclusive and it's been in the works for "about nine months already"
- I just spotted Break!! TRPG designer dropping heaps of free content, now I'm tripping over the ominous capitalization of something called "the Ending"
- Sounds Fishy bluffing game is enjoying a deep (sea) discout with 27% off right now
- Denis Villeneuve, Angelina Jolie, and Challengers walked away with zero Oscar nominations – and fans are sounding off
- "With Arc Raiders, we wanted to lean into some of the contemporary conversations around robots and AI": Embark Studios talk creating an extraction shooter with bite
- Batman, Superman, and the rest of the Justice League take on "the most dangerous super-villains in the DC Universe" in a major new crossover
- GTA Online Yuanbao locations and where to find all 36 ingots
- Everything announced at the Xbox Developer Direct 2025
- Hoist the Jolly Roger, Lego just paired with One Piece and if there isn't a movie in the works I'll eat my straw hat
- I've been mainlining the Asus ROG Ally for nearly two years now - I'd jump on this record-low price before it disappears
- Star Wars and Late Night with the Devil stars are teaming up for new horror movie that sounds like a creepy mix between Nightcrawler and One Hour Photo
- How to earn Danqing in the Marvel Rivals Fortune and Colors event
- Samsung's long-awaited VR headset smells like an Apple Vision Pro rival, but Asus seems to be cooking up something better
- I was terrible at The Witcher 3 until I read the books – now I'm itching for The Witcher 4
- Nintendo stock dropped after the Switch 2 reveal's lack of detail, but it's now back up to its highest-ever price after analysts revised their forecasts
- Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are finally moving forward with the serial killer movie they've been trying to make for 15 years
- Terrifier director Damien Leone responds to complaints that his horror franchise isn't gory enough, promising he will find the "sweet spot" in Terrifier 4
- Palworld developer Pocketpair just launched its own publishing business, and its first project is a horror game from Metroidvania dev and Assassin's Creed actor Abubakar Salim
- The White Lotus has been renewed for season 4, and fans are *really* hoping this one is set in a ski resort
- Fallout season 2 has reportedly added a new cast member as Marvel star Kumail Nanjiani joins in an undisclosed role
- Over 4 years after its launch, Cyberpunk 2077 hits 'Overwhelmingly Positive' on Steam: "Never dreamt it will be possible"
- Batgirl crew member says the scrapped DC movie was "literally completely finished" with "VFX and everything"
- Red Dead Redemption 2 star Roger Clark has seen your GTA 6 trailer 2 theories and would like you to stop: "You haven’t the first f***ing clue and it’s beyond obvious now"
- I wouldn't normally recommend an RTX 4090 PC this close to the RTX 5090 launch, but this Alienware PC deal is tempting
- Almost 10 years later, the first look at a sequel to a fan-favorite Ben Affleck action movie has arrived
- Jon Bernthal joins Christopher Nolan's new movie but, like the rest of The Odyssey, everything about his role is being kept a secret
- Celeste developer abruptly cancels new game after 5 years of development after founding member departs over copyright "fracture"
- Insomniac still isn't ready to talk about Marvel's Wolverine or its release date, as the studio has to "be like Logan" and "remain very stoic until it's time to pop the claws down the road"
- Oscars 2025 nominations list in full – Netflix's divisive drama Emilia Pérez leads the way with 13 nods
- The Night Agent season 2 ending explained: Who dies in the Netflix show? Will there be a season 3?
- The Night Agent season 3: everything you need to know about the hit Netflix show's upcoming return
- Star Trek: Section 31 review – "Michelle Yeoh deserves far better than this sci-fi spin-off"
- The Witcher 3 director says he left CDPR to make his own open-world vampire game because "those rules of RPGs" can be bent and "a smaller team is capable of doing more"
- EA says Dragon Age: The Veilguard sales are "down nearly 50% from the company’s expectations"
- January 22
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- Call of Duty season 2 brings back Gun Game and a fan-favorite Zombies weapon we haven't seen in 10 years
- Analysts predict Switch 2 might struggle with attracting mainstream buyers for the same reason Wii U failed: "I can imagine 'normies' being a bit confused"
- The 32 greatest sci-fi horror movies
- The legendary Konami GBA cult classic that sells for $300 a pop on eBay finally gets its long-awaited modern reissue next month
- Invincible season 3 adds more to its superpowered cast including Breaking Bad and Marvel stars, as fan theories about their redacted roles run wild
- Marvel's Star Wars comic is relaunching with a new #1 set after the end of the Galactic Civil War
- Marvel Rivals star Luna Snow goes on tour with Dazzler of the X-Men and more in Concert of Champions #1
- The Witcher 4 focusing on Ciri has Geralt's voice actor "really excited" for the upcoming RPG, "mostly because of things that happen in the books"
- Nosferatu’s Robert Eggers is directing a werewolf horror movie next because fleshy, mustached vampires weren’t enough
- Mafia: The Old Country is one to watch for anyone who plans to obey traffic laws in GTA 6
- After Black Myth: Wukong's "social phenomenon," Final Fantasy creator says new tech like the RTX 5090 can power diverse RPGs, but the "old style" still has a place
- Disney Lorcana is getting weird in 2025, and I'm here for it
- Xbox Developer Direct 2025: date, time, and where to stream the showcase
- Hyper Light Breaker review: "A shaky start for Heart Machine's looter shooter slasher prequel"
- Robert Pattinson dies over and over again in wild new trailer for long-delayed sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 from Parasite director
- The Brutalist director hopes his new movie proves Oppenheimer's commercial success wasn't a fluke: "People are actually interested in all of these things that sales companies frequently tell you are like box office poison"
- Horizon Forbidden West is region-locked on PC 10 months after release for some reason, subjecting millions to Sony’s shenanigans
- MTG Aetherdrift Commander decklist teasers reveal a low-cost Commander that’ll bring any reanimator deck to life
- Hit manga Dandadan just announced a surprise month-long hiatus
- Insomniac founder departing after 30 years of helping bring Spyro, Ratchet, and Spider-Man to life
- Asus ROG Delta II review: “individual features shine, but the overall package feels a little weak”
- As Nintendo remains quiet on Switch 2 lineup, retailer lists "New 3D Mario" and "Legend of Zelda Remake/Remaster" under 2025 games
- Marvel fans are convinced Marvel Phase 3 was the MCU's Golden Age: "It's the best stretch in cinema history"
- Benedict Cumberbatch has just outlined Doctor Strange's Marvel future – including his absence from the next Avengers movie: "Is that a spoiler? F**k it"
- Helldivers 2 player proposes new stratagems to restock vehicle ammo, and they're so good even the creative director seems on board
- Robert De Niro is a former president on a mission to save the world in first trailer for epic new Netflix thriller series from Narcos showrunner
- I can’t believe Balenciaga managed to mess up making a Game Boy that runs everyone’s favorite Nokia 3310 game
- Genshin Impact announces a huge change for update 5.5: your custom-made artifacts can't be absolute trash anymore, so hold onto your Sanctifying Elixirs
- The Witcher 3, Bloodborne, Fallout 4 and more turn 10 this year, showing just how massive 2015 was for games
- Monster Hunter Wilds is already shaping up to be a multiplayer powerhouse that defines 2025
- Family Guy creator reveals the origins of one of the show’s most iconic lines – and it involves The Sound of Music for some reason
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is at the front line of the debate over the Nintendo Switch 2's computing power, because if the Switch 1 can load three worlds at once, imagine what its sequel can do
- Some Mario Kart 9 fans are less concerned about whether or not the racer will be Nintendo Switch 2's launch title than they are about its name
- DC's reveals packed plans for a "Summer of Superman" including a new one-shot, a globetrotting anthology, and an eight-year-old Clark Kent
- Rockstar, please: I need GTA 6's map to have more of San Andreas' backwater bliss
- Create megoliths and cave paintings in deep prehistoric strategy board game Doggerland, now half price
- The producer of Netflix's most-watched non-English language movie confirms the sequel is coming to the streamer this fall
- Borderlands, Madame Web, and Lady Gaga up for anti-Oscars as the Razzie Awards announces its 2025 nominations
- Dune star Timothée Chalamet had the perfect reaction when asked if he owns the infamous popcorn bucket
- I'm gaslighting myself into thinking the Switch 2 will make my Nintendo backlog smaller
- This cutesy, cottagecore board game has just hit its lowest ever price
- Sony Inzone M10S review: "a phenomenally fast 1440p monitor for competitive PC players"
- The Night Agent season 3 features stunts that the lead star "can't believe Netflix signed off on" as he confirms that the "insane" first episode has already filmed
- Palworld dev refuses to be baited into Helldivers 2 comparison: "I don't like you. Console war baiting in 2025 is beyond stupid"
- Almost 20 years later, Robert Pattinson thinks it's "crazy" that Twilight still gets hate: "Are you still stuck on that sh*t?"
- The Switch 2 Joy-Cons snap onto the console in a whole new way, but Nintendo has been considering using magnets since the OG Switch, as its producer confirmed almost 8 years ago
- The biggest loser in Zelda: Majora's Mask finally ends its 25-year losing streak, as 30,000 brute-force attempts finally debunk the myth of Blue Dog
- Nintendo has been hiding how the Switch 2 Joy-Cons come apart in plain sight this whole time, and it's just as simple as I thought it would be
- D&D Monster Manual eat your heart out, a Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons game is coming so no one has to run a oneshot
- Four years after it wrapped, Game of Thrones and Lord of the Ring stars' unrated Toxic Avenger reboot finally lands a release date
- James Gunn says he's busy writing his next DC Studios project, and fans think they've worked out what it is
- Netflix has announced a price increase for the third time in four years
- As Sonic 4 release date is revealed, fans are theorizing what story the next movie will tell
- My Hero Academia anime spin-off gets action-packed new trailer
- The Corsair K65 Plus Wireless is my go-to ROG Azoth alternative - and it's just dropped to a new record-low price
- Castlevania: Nocturne season 3 is a possibility, but the anime's directors need the "Netflix gods and the audience to define that for us" so they can "figure out where they're going next"
- The success of Black Myth: Wukong reportedly led to a surge in investment in games like the stylish action RPG Phantom Blade Zero
- The Night Agent season 2 star teases the incredible action that they couldn't "get away with" on the first season of the Netflix show, which did lead to some on-set injuries
- Former Nintendo boss says "I have to admit it," Astro Bot "almost outdid Nintendo at its own game"
- After 2 years of deathly quiet, Silent Hill f has seemingly resurfaced as it gets a rating in South Korea along with Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
- Lily Rose Depp's "raw" and "intense" Nosferatu audition has been released online – and horror fans want her to get awards recognition
- Following its major anime success, Solo Leveling is getting a live-action adaptation
- The Night Agent star had no idea his season 2 co-star originally auditioned to play the Netflix show's female lead
- Cyberpunk sequel's associate director reveals the "hardest quest I have ever designed and implemented" is in The Witcher 3: "I was losing my mind and my sleep"
- January 21
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- Ryan Gosling in Star Wars? The Barbie star is reportedly in talks to join Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy's movie
- 33 years after his cartoon was canceled, Captain Planet is back (and kinda hot) in a new comic book
- Bloodborne still seems a long way from getting an official 60fps port, but fans have finally gotten PS4 emulators to deliver the remaster they’ve wanted for years
- Please understand, I can't wait to taste a Nintendo Switch 2 game
- Ultima creator Richard Garriott considered a tabletop version of the pioneering open-world RPG series but isn't sure it would sell: "May be worth finding out"
- Post Malone and Michael Bay's very real "new IP universe" about a big rig truck from heaven that fights zombies in medieval Europe is actually happening
- "One in 10" game developers were laid off in the past year, GDC survey of 3,000+ devs finds: "We set impossible goals and then fire everyone if they prove to be impossible"
- Buy more indie games, says Balatro developer, as the roguelike card game sails past 5 million copies sold: "There's some amazing stuff out there!"
- Legendary writer Chris Claremont returns for a new X-Men comic that sends Wolverine and Kitty Pryde to Japan
- The Witcher 3 director's new vampire open-world game sure sounds like it took a page from the D&D and Baldur's Gate playbook: "Sometimes it feels like playing a paper RPG"
- Netflix hit legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer is coming back for season 4 and this time Scream star Neve Campbell will be in every episode
- Marvel Rivals player hits Grandmaster rank without dealing a single point of damage, all while role-playing Rocket Raccoon: "It honestly just kinda happened"
- Nosferatu fans can now cuddle up next to Bill Skarsgard’s Count Orlok thanks to this 6 ft tall cardboard cutout
- Sony isn’t ready to wheel out 60fps Bloodborne just yet, but it is prepared to help Dark Souls and Elden Ring dev's parent company pump out 9,000 original IPs by 2027
- Rockstar literally just took down a Liberty City GTA 5 mod, but that's not stopping these modders porting Vice City into GTA 4 - and they might just get away with it
- Marvel Rivals still can't escape the Overwatch comparisons as it introduces a very familiar limited-time mode for its Spring Festival event: "Can't believe we're getting Lúcioball again"
- One of 2024's best horror movies is now available to watch on streaming, and it has an almost perfect Rotten Tomatoes score
- How to get Destiny 2 Twitch Drops and link your accounts
- The Night Agent star admits that he isn't too concerned about it being one of Netflix's most watched shows of all time: "If the whole world hated it but all the crew was proud of it, I'd be fine"
- The extended cut of Nosferatu is only 4 minutes longer - and fans are all making the same joke about *that* scene from the film
- The Final Fantasy 7 remake series is "perhaps one of the best interpretations" of an RPG remake, but Hironobu Sakaguchi wants to "continue giving birth to something new"
- Mass Effect 5 is BioWare's only big project after Dragon Age: The Veilguard, studio veteran predicts, but "isn't ready to suddenly have a team of 250, 300 people"
- PB Tails Crush Defender review: “Could be the crown jewel of your controller collection”
- My physical game collection is already ridiculous but these PS5 game savings have got me making space for more
- I'm thrilled to see this 32-inch Alienware 4K 240Hz QD-OLED monitor back down to its lowest price, but it's not for everyone
- Onyx Storm: Empyrean unabridged audiobook is out now and $41 off with 3 months of Audible
- First trailer drops for The Bear star's new psychological horror movie with John Malkovich as a cult leader
- MSI Stealth 18 AI Studio review: “caught in the middle”
- Phantom Blade Zero is a "kung fu punk" action RPG that wants to follow in the footsteps of Black Myth Wukong: "there's a lot of pressure on us, but I think in a good way"
- Hellboy creator Mike Mignola introduces a new folk horror shared world in Bowling With Corpses that will "Take inspiration from old stories and make them our own"
- Death Stranding 2 actors are finishing filming and getting gifts from Hideo Kojima, but "the game still remains in development," so don't expect it out any time soon
- How to get Zenless Zone Zero Twitch Drops and earn rewards
- Fool Me Once author Harlan Coben’s new Netflix drama with "unbelievable twists and turns" begins filming this month: "It’s fantastic, vintage [Harlan]"
- I'm late to the party, but ewe were all right - Cult of the Lamb is fast-becoming one of my favorite roguelikes
- How to get Sea of Thieves Twitch Drops and link your accounts
- Extraction shooter Exoborne's extreme weather makes the world "a playground of verticality, unexpected discoveries, and dangerous combat spaces"
- Marvel fans are debating whether the MCU's new big bad Doctor Doom should be introduced in other projects before Avengers: Doomsday
- Disney star says he could have played Jake Sully’s best friend in Avatar but James Cameron had to let him go because he looked like a "tall overweight Smurf"
- Nintendo Switch 2 expected to launch by September according to publisher Nacon, which "already has compatible games and a full range of accessories" for the new console
- Nintendo Switch 2 will need big growth outside the US and Japan to do as well as Switch 1, says veteran analyst: "There have to be some surprises"
- A new Marvel theory that's essentially a lost What If...? episode has us wondering if another MCU character could have defeated Thanos
- Canceled TV shows in 2025: every series that has been scrapped by Netflix, Apple, Disney Plus, and more this year
- Sony BRAVIA Projector 8 (VPL-XW6100ES) review: “at the top of its game”
- Sonic 3 deleted scene reveals Jim Carrey's Robotnik has a side hustle where he live-streams under the handle 'Huevo Diablo'
- James Gunn has made the DCU canon complicated all over again by calling The Suicide Squad an "imperfect memory," and Creature Commandos the only "pure canon" so far
- A new, extra One Piece anime episode just dropped online for free
- Indie developer behind the last Wii U and 3DS games says Switch 2 Mario Kart textures are "extremely telling that this system is significantly more powerful" than the Switch
- Anime fans are raving over a new Netflix show, a slice-of-life hitman drama that's already shooting up the streamer’s charts
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is bringing Don't Nod back to its Life is Strange roots, and nothing could excite me more
- How to get Once Human Twitch drops and link your accounts
- A Pokemon fan has calculated the win-loss record of Ash's party across over 1,000 episodes of the Pokemon anime, and it might have just ruined my childhood
- Fail hard and realize your true potential through the power of intent in this diceless TRPG
- The Horizon Zero Dawn MMO has reportedly been scrapped, following close behind God of War and Days Gone dev multiplayer cancellations
- Hulu might have just leaked when the Dragon Ball Daima finale is – and it means it will be the shortest show in the anime series
- SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence review - "Deeply rewarding"
- In a perfect Avengers homage, Marvel Snap has blipped back into existence in the US, and it's looking for a new publisher "to make sure this NEVER happens again"
- There's always time to make your PS5 backlog worse now that Dragon Age The Veilguard has dropped back to its lowest ever price
- New Sonic 3 concept art may have spoiled what Metal Sonic will get up to next in Sonic 4 – and it could involve Eggman and time travel
- January 20
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- As some analysts "hope" GTA 6 will normalize $100 games, one Baldur's Gate 3 dev points out that "prices haven't risen with inflation"
- Leading analysts predict the Nintendo Switch 2 could shift anywhere between 14 million and 20 million units in its first year - if Nintendo can keep up with demand
- 30 years later, Fallout creator Tim Cain is searching for a legendary D&D player who cheesed an entire competitive dungeon with a lightning-fast Monk build
- As Dragon Age: The Veilguard director leaves and studio closure rumors surface, Mass Effect 5 director appears to hint the RPG is just fine: "Every week is a good week at work for me"
- The First Berserker: Khazan could be the action RPG that gets me hyped for a 3D gaming monitor comeback, and it's thanks to Samsung
- Charlie Cox isn't kidding – the Daredevil star thinks he'd have "a lot of fun" playing DC's Joker
- 10 years after the original comic, Mark Millar's feel-good superhero series Huck returns for a sequel
- Marvel fans are convinced that Scarlet Witch will return to the MCU, but they're not sure if she'll rejoin the Avengers
- A Jedi was cut from the Star Wars Skeleton Crew finale – was she Jod’s former master?
- After 3 years away from The Sims 4, it's finally the game I've been waiting to play
- Star Wars fans think they've found a prequels plot hole involving Anakin Skywalker
- Invincible season 3 release schedule: When is episode 4 on Prime Video?
- Severance is now on DVD but just for Christopher Walken — and he still hasn’t watched it all
- A Chainsaw Man movie update is coming in just a few months
- After Dune 2 and Deadpool and Wolverine set the trend, Cinemark's Bring Your Own Popcorn Bucket day included a bedside table and a cauldron
- It's time to stop calling Marvel Rivals an Overwatch 2 killer now that its features have already surpassed it
- Tom Cruise inspired the opening scene of Severance season 2 – and the running sequence took five months to film
- After years in Discord's shadow, Teamspeak is coming back with a huge Discord-style overhaul, and it's encouraging you to purge your Discord accounts
- I wish I'd waited for this discount on Agricola's Limited Edition
- Dying Light: The Beast is blending atmospheric horror with over the top co-op absurdity in 2025: "It's almost unachievable to keep the horror vibe and still have four players when one is teabagging a zombie"
- Ted Lasso season 4 could start filming soon according to a mysterious statement from one of the actors
- Silo showrunner agrees season 2 was too dark and promises "we will be outdoors" more in season 3
- Killing Floor 3 is bringing us gloriously gory co-op FPS action in 2025, and Tripwire says it's "at its best when you are just barely surviving"
- Silo season 3 is now filming and the script for season 4 is already complete, reveals showrunner: "Five weeks into season 1, we knew we were going to do the whole thing"
- James Gunn tries to clear up which projects are DC Studios, but it's still pretty confusing
- Sate your Cities Skylines obsession with Lego micro skyline MOCs: From Mordor to The Little Mermaid, and heaps of real-life cities too
- Palworld's roadmap includes a final boss and crossplay, but fans still want bigger bosses and more quests
- When does Fortnite Season 2 start in Chapter 6?
- Marvel fans are now realizing that Fantastic Four's The Thing star has been in the MCU before
- Your RTX 3080 and other older GPUs could get new AI superpowers after RTX 5090 launch, and I'm happy Nvidia is even considering it
- Nintendo says Switch 2 backwards compatibility exists because it's "the best direction" for consumers
- First reactions to new horror movie from Longlegs director are calling it "outlandishly demented" and "cartoonishly bloody"
- As Milly Alcock's Supergirl is confirmed to appear in Superman, DC fans are concerned the movie may have too many characters
- Captain America: Brave New World director says it was "surreal" seeing Harrison Ford's Red Hulk for the first time
- Beyond the Spider-Verse star reveals he's yet to start recording his lines as "a lot of things" are still being figured out
- Harry Potter director thinks Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy would be a perfect Voldemort in new TV show
- Solo Leveling season 2 just introduced a mysterious character who is likely to have a big impact on the anime's future
- Monster Hunter Wilds devs are "looking at" lowering the recommended GPU specs, but a free hardware benchmark tool isn't coming just yet
- After 3 weeks and 115 attempts, Elden Ring sicko becomes the "first in the world" and "probably the last" to complete a no-hit run at uncapped NG+1,000
- Only three weeks into January, four more TV shows have been canceled – including a James Wan horror and a superhero show with 100% Rotten Tomatoes score
- Spider-Man: No Way Home director says there's still one Easter egg no one has found yet – it's a "deep cut" from his "dumb" YouTube videos
- Captain America star Anthony Mackie was convinced Sam Wilson was going to die in Avengers: Endgame: "They're getting rid of me, man"
- The Boys showrunner Erik Kripke says scripts for season 5 are "half-written" despite filming being under way
- January 19
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- Nintendo Switch 2 launch price won't "really matter," analyst says, because early Nintendo buyers "aren't very price-sensitive" anyway – if it's not "egregious," it will sell
- Nintendo Switch 2 leaks "essentially ruined the reveal" according to one analyst: "It was very unfortunate for Nintendo"
- The Hollow Knight: Silksong ARG turned out to be us clutching at straws, but dev says: "the game is real, progressing and will release"
- Marvel Snap is also down due to today in a "surprise" bit of collateral damage amid the TikTok ban, probably because they're both owned by the same company
- The massive DLC nobody saw coming is an expansion for Lil Gator Game, a more adorable spin on Zelda and one of my favorite cozy indie games
- My poor amiibo deserve a chance to shine on the Nintendo Switch 2
- Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered restores some cut content to hopefully make Angel of Darkness a little less hated this time around
- Animal Crossing's "obscure references" were all "localized out completely" before its debut in the West, as Nintendo felt it needed to "change everything"
- The Alters is a "journey of discovery" that will have you asking one of life's biggest questions in 2025
- South of Midnight's gothic folk tale could be Xbox's ace up the sleeve for 2025
- Nintendo Switch 2 could be more like the Wii U than you realize, and I'd say that's a good thing
- 9 years after Apple helped create our Bluetooth nightmare, Nintendo Switch 2 is sticking with a real headphone jack and I couldn't be happier
- January 18
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- Devs behind the legendarily horny Dead or Alive series take "strict action" against nearly 3,000 pieces of content made for "adult purposes" every year
- Call of Duty dev's Dino sword fighting game that started out as a joke secures 10k wishlists in its first day
- Veteran analyst expects Switch 2 to be "a massive success," but doesn't see it matching the "outlier" that was the Switch 1: "It could happen, but it's not likely"
- Nintendo Switch 2 backwards compatability was "almost unavoidable" because players have a total catalogue of 1billion+ games they still want to play
- Faraway is a minimalist outer space puzzle game that was inspired by high level Tetris mastery
- Mario Kart 9 should step it up a gear by celebrating more of Nintendo's biggest franchises
- I’m hyped for the Nintendo Switch 2’s rumored mouse sensor, even though I’ll probably never use it
- Original Final Fantasy programmer reappears after years of silence, casually says writing his legendary code "was pretty simple" and it could even be better
- 23 years later, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is set to revitalize the bounty hunter on Switch, just as the original did on GameCube
- Is the Switch 2 set up for success in a post-Steam Deck world?
- 100 years on, it's time one of Universal Monster's best ghouls gets the Nosferatu treatment
- Path of Exile 2 players say the "official launch of the game" is here now that the ARPG's unofficial build simulator has launched: "Finally we can play the real game"
- January 17
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- 136,000 Call of Duty accounts have gotten banned since ranked launched for Black Ops 6: "We’re not slowing down in our mission to shut down cheaters"
- Please enjoy Super Smash Bros. boss Masahiro Sakurai's reaction to the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal: "Oooh!"
- Friends star David Schwimmer finds it "really moving" how the show is still helping fans 30 years on: "I just feel really grateful"
- Nintendo says it believes in "giving proper credit" as it gets called out for failing to give proper credit to the original devs behind Donkey Kong Country Returns
- Old School RuneScape gets one of 2025's first Steam review bombs after survey gauges in-game ads and price hikes: "To read this review, please upgrade to the Deluxe package"
- Severance season 2 tried its best to shield us from spoilers but might have let slip a Mark reveal on day one – on its own official podcast
- Vampire Survivors dev teases "one more original expansion," online co-op, and what sounds like a whole new game in the studio's "biggest, chaotic-est, surprising-est" year yet
- After that Deadpool and Wolverine stunt, Marvel unveils a disappointingly normal popcorn bucket for Captain America: Brave New World
- Resident Evil 4 director Shinji Mikami promised 20 years ago to disembowel himself if the legendary third-person shooter ever left GameCube, so nobody tell him it's now on over 10 different platforms
- With Assassin's Creed Shadows Ubisoft "didn't want to hold the player's hand too much with icons," so you have to hire scouts to mark the world map for you
- One of my favorite Lego sets, the Piranha Plant, returns to a record low price
- Warhammer 40K heavy metal Space Marines steal the show at Las Vegas Open 2025
- Storm clashes with Thor and a whole pantheon of thunder gods to celebrate her 50th anniversary
- Nintendo's stock price fell after the Switch 2 reveal due to a lack of information on price, launch date, and more, says analyst: "Without these details you can't establish earnings forecasts"
- Marvel Rivals has recaptured the silliness of Overwatch's first beta, and it's all thanks to the beefy boys
- Meet The Angriest Dog in the World: David Lynch's bizarre, long-running weekly comic strip
- Avatar 3 release date, cast, story, and everything else you need to know
- New haunted house horror Presence is unlike anything you've seen before – and cements Steven Soderbergh as one of our most interesting filmmakers
- First Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero DLC adds 11 characters from Akira Toriyama's final film, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, including 4 Gohans and 4 Piccolos
- Revenge of the Savage Planet hopes to follow in the footsteps of Metroid Prime
- Severance season 2 release schedule: When is episode 5 on Apple TV Plus?
- 32 underrated action movies
- Severance fans are convinced that's not really Helly R in the first episode of season 2
- The 10 best David Lynch movies and shows of all time
- DC's 2025 Free Comic Book Day plans include a preview of Superman Unlimited and the first appearance of a mysterious new Absolute Universe character
- First reactions for The Boys and Yellowjackets stars' new horror movie are calling it "absolutely bonkers" and "genuinely brilliant"
- Former BioWare devs' new RPG Exodus will potentially age your loved ones while you're away: "Decisions a player makes will compound over a significant period"
- Daredevil: Born Again season 2 filming will start before season 1 even airs as Charlie Cox teases Marvel character's future
- New Captain America: Brave New World teaser gives us our best look yet at Danny Ramirez's Falcon and has everyone making the same joke
- Not even 3 months after releasing Dragon Age: The Veilguard, game director Corinne Busche is leaving BioWare following an 18-year career with EA
- For the first time, a man has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of selling an "illegally modified" Nintendo Switch
- Finding lost treasures in this mesmerizing indie game unlocks stories of childlike wonder, and I've never experienced anything like it
- Nosferatu made me want to play a vampire RPG, and I found the perfect upcoming indie game to sink my teeth into
- 14 years after it came out, a deep-cut Thor Easter egg has been unearthed – and it's spawned a discussion of the best hidden details in the MCU
- Pre-order the D&D Monster Manual 2024 for cheap before they're consumed by the collective gelatinous cube that is the Dungeons & Dragons fandom
- "Single-player games now cost so much" which is why you need to buy remasters so PlayStation can "keep investing in great new games" according to ex-Sony president
- Switch 2 Spotlight: Get caught up with all the latest on Nintendo's new console
- Nintendo Switch 2 vs Steam Deck: how do both gaming handhelds compare?
- Mission: Impossible 8 director says the latest movie features "the most difficult thing we've ever done" – and it's got the perfect first reaction from an early screening: "I almost had a heart attack"
- The first ever Alice in Wonderland anime movie gets a spellbinding trailer
- If the Switch 2's potential matches its aesthetic glow-up, this might be the first time I buy a new console at launch
- Ahead of the Switch 2, fans excited about Mario Kart 9 are already prophesying the havoc of 24 players in the series' most chaotic map: "I'd just put down the controller"
- New D&D not piquing your interest? Dragonbane's newest free old-school quickstart adventure will surely sate your appetite instead
- Mario Kart 9: rumors and everything else we know about the potential Switch 2 game
- Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan pays heartfelt tribute to "dear friend" David Lynch, while Nicolas Cage, Steven Spielberg, and more remember "brave, brilliant" filmmaker
- Severance fans think they recognize the voice of the Lumon building in season 2's premiere – and it's an A-list star
- James Gunn's new DCU already features a thriving multiverse, and that's actually its strength
- This Netflix movie might have flopped with critics, but the director claims 500 million people watched it
- Hollow Knight: Silksong developer teases us with a bunch of cryptic Nintendo Switch 2 clues including a cake, Imagine Dragons, and some Australian wine
- Avengers: Endgame directors fought "for months" to have the iconic portals scene, which was originally totally different
- Silo season 2 ending explained: Does Juliette make it back? What is the safeguard procedure? What's the deal with that last scene?
- Silo season 3: Everything we know about the upcoming return of the hit Apple TV Plus sci-fi show
- Resident Evil and Bayonetta dev Hideki Kamiya calls out Switch 2 leakers, hopes they're "covered in s**t," "thrown out of the atmosphere," and "crushed as soon as possible"
- PlayStation cancels unannounced live-service God of War game from Demon's Soul Remake studio and live-service game from Day's Gone dev
- January 16
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- Weapon X-Men writer says the high octane story is all about "blockbuster comics" - "Once again, it's time to show movies and video games how it's done"
- David Lynch has died and I don't know what to do except thank him for nearly 50 years of ethereal TV and film
- As the world reflects on the passing of David Lynch, let's remember his wonderfully weird, absolutely brilliant PS2 commercials: "This is so f***ing beautiful"
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is Steam Deck verified ahead of the JRPG's PC launch next week so that you can play "in the bathroom… wherever you want"
- Two of the most loyal MMO communities grab pitchforks and cancel subscriptions after RuneScape survey mentions paying $350 a year, in-game ads, and paid player support
- The Switch 2 surprise I'm most excited about is Mario Kart 9's Yoshi-shaped roadside diner named Yoshi's, which appears to tribute a 32-year old classic SNES puzzler
- Mario Kart 9 appears to take the Switch 2 back in time, swapping out Princess Peach’s sleek racing suit for the outfit she wore when she debuted in the kart racing series
- After just 5 months in Early Access, the unstoppably charming love child of Wind Waker and Kiki's Delivery Service fully launches on all platforms this month
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Jan 17 - 19)
- Silent Hill: Downpour devs reflect 12 years on: "Stop trying to be Japanese scary, and just be Czech scary"
- Marvel fans are sharing their favorite parts of one of the MCU's most unpopular movies
- Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet director David Lynch dies at 78
- After handheld PCs like the Steam Deck cribbed from Nintendo Switch, the Switch 2's new Joy-Cons could harness PC gaming's most powerful weapon: the mouse
- "Giant monster smash city – what a perfect idea!" The King of the Monsters brings the pain in Godzilla vs. America: Chicago
- From final specs to the launch lineup, here's the biggest unanswered questions about the Switch 2
- Gory new trailer for Longlegs director's horror follow-up based on a Stephen King story has more deaths than you can shake a drumstick at
- The Nintendo Switch 2 doesn't have to be as powerful as a Steam Deck for me to love it
- PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says the Vita failed because a lot of technical choices "weren't good ones" and Sony couldn't support PS4 at the same time
- Vinland Saga season 3: release date speculation, story, and everything we know so far
- Mission: Impossible 8 release date, cast, trailer and plot
- "June sounds a lot more realistic" for the Nintendo Switch 2 release date, analyst says, as hands-on event dates suggest the console is skipping spring
- Nintendo teases that the Switch 2 screen will be around 30% bigger than the original, but I desperately hope they won't make us wait for an OLED option
- 10 years since last being a full protagonist, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii turns Majima into a swashbuckling Spider-Man
- First trailer for You season 5 reveals the release date for the Netflix show's final season and takes us on a trip down memory lane
- Nintendo Switch 2 Direct: Everything we know so far about the April reveal showcase
- The Fantastic Four becomes the Fantastic Two this April as Doctor Doom steals another member's powers
- Dolmenwood Review: "A beautifully dark array of narrative seeds waiting to be sewn"
- Custom Baldur's Gate 3 campaigns with "levels and lands comparable to the Skyrim modding community" could come "this year," says one of the RPG's experienced modders
- Nintendo Switch 2 design – the biggest changes and features revealed so far
- Nintendo Switch 2 trailer seemingly shows an updated Joy-Con doubling as a gaming mouse, confirming one of the most exciting rumors
- Gerard Butler recalls filming Zack Synder's 300: "Every day somebody was getting taken to the hospital"
- The internet is debating which movies were perfectly cast, from Lord of the Rings to Knives Out
- Nintendo can handle 20 million Switch 2 sales in the console's first year, analyst predicts – hopefully preventing any scalper plagues
- After 12 years, the modders merging Morrowind and Skyrim say their project would "come out faster" if "we were all working with Bethesda," but it would be "much worse"
- In the shadow of the Palworld lawsuit, Nintendo, Sega, and more Japanese gaming giants discuss patents and when taking too much inspiration becomes a problem
- The Switch 2 trailer really lingers on those updated analog sticks – will the stick drift curse finally end?
- Shure MV6 review: "A top-quality product at a budget price"
- Nintendo Switch 2 has an extra USB-C port on top, and I hope that means we don't have to deal with a fiddly dock door for controller chargers and ethernet adapters
- The "brutal" original death scene for Olaf in Frozen 2 had to be changed after kids were "sobbing, screaming, and fully traumatized"
- Nintendo Switch 2 Experience: Dates, locations, and how to register for a ticket
- Switch 2 Mario Kart trailer reveals a whole new Donkey Kong seemingly inspired by the Mario movie: "DK ain't look right"
- When will Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders go live? Everything you need to know ahead of April
- The Man of Steel's world is about to change forever as former Amazing Spider-Man writer Dan Slott launches new series Superman Unlimited at DC
- Newly revealed Nintendo Switch 2 has a mysterious new button, and no one knows what it does yet
- RPG veteran Josh Sawyer finally drops screenshots of a potential Pillars of Eternity TRPG rework
- First Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on opportunity coming at global events starting in April – registration opens January 17, but tickets will be a random lottery
- First Until Dawn trailer features gruesome kills and a time-twisting mystery inspired by the horror game
- Pokemon leaker behind last year's enormous 'Teraleak' is apparently back after 2 months of silence, and they're already continuing their beef with other leakers
- The Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con IR Sensors explained
- Upcoming Switch 2 games: Rumored games to release on the new Nintendo console
- 9 years after it was supposed to hit shelves, George R.R. Martin is being trolled by a fellow fantasy writer for Game of Thrones follow-up still not being finished
- Lego Twilight House revealed, and yes, it includes sparkly vampires
- Where Winds Meet is a stunning open world adventure set to deliver "the unique charm of wuxia martial arts combat" to the masses
- Nintendo Switch 2 vs Nintendo Switch: How does the newest handheld compare in 2025
- I'm convinced Mario Kart 9 is the first official Nintendo Switch 2 game, with what looks like 24-person multiplayer
- Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons compared: How do the new controllers stack up against the ones we know?
- Nintendo Switch 2 backwards compatibility explained
- Naked Snake and The Boss Metal Gear Funko Pops are available to pre-order right now, but they're going fast
- Nintendo Switch 2 is coming this year, with a full Nintendo Switch 2 Direct in April
- 21 years on, Sonic Heroes voice actor reveals that Knuckles was responsible for the games' first curse word, not Shadow
- You can now watch Adam Sandler's best movie for free
- PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida says he's surprised by Horizon Forbidden West's success compared to Zero Dawn's own: "I was hoping that the sequel would do even better"
- Logan director says his Swamp Thing movie will be "a simple, clean Gothic horror" that's not connected to the wider DCU
- Ridley Scott says Blade Runner's financiers didn't know who Harrison Ford was and the director had the perfect response: "You're going to find out"
- James Cameron says that Avatar 3 will make "brave choices" even if that means the audience going "f*** that's not what I signed up for"
- Stephen King isn't voting in this year's Oscars and thinks they should be canceled because of the LA fires
- Marvel fans think they know who Michael Gandolfini's mysterious Daredevil character is after his blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance in the new trailer
- As Nintendo Switch 2 leaks keep coming, accessory maker Genki clarifies "We do not own or possess a black market console"
- Bloodborne isn't getting a remaster because FromSoftware's Miyazaki is "so busy" and "doesn't want anyone else to touch it," theorizes PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida
- Nintendo Switch 2 live – All of the latest Switch 2 news following its official reveal
- GTA 5 mod that added GTA 4's Liberty City hit with a "friendly takedown" after contact from Rockstar, but the modders insist "there is no negativity between us" and the official devs
- The next season of an Apple TV Plus fan-fave show has been cancelled as it "cannot be salvaged" after its star suddenly pulled out three quarters of the way through filming
- Daredevil: Born Again trailer is hiding a reference to Netflix's Marvel shows – and it may reveal what one of its heroes is up to in the MCU
- Marvel fans have a Daredevil: Born Again theory that might explain the show's timeline jump
- World of Warcraft artist who worked Catan 6th edition thinks artists who don't "just reproduce a trending style have [...] better chances to be noticed"
- Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 review: "Netflix's spin-off has its signature charm, but the original anime remains far superior"
- As Helldivers 2 players hope to get their Crysis on, Arrowhead CEO says he'd "be surprised" if they didn't add a bow "at some point"
- Ex-CDPR devs explain how new open-world vampire RPG Blood of Dawnwalker handles its time-limited story, and I'm getting big Persona vibes: "It doesn't require you to rush"
- January 15
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- The new Ultimate Wolverine just debuted and he's already murdered two of the most popular X-Men
- Hyper Light Breaker devs address Mixed reviews after open-world roguelike's early access launch: complaints are "extremely reasonable," expect "improvements ASAP"
- 32 American movie and TV remakes that are actually good
- Asked about Chris Pratt in the Helldivers 2 film, Arrowhead CEO says they want "as many A-list actors as possible" as long as "they all get violently killed immediately"
- Daredevil: Born Again - The comic history of the White Tiger, the MCU's newest vigilante
- The latest Metaphor: ReFantazio patch added a feature that I really wanted in my 100-hour playthrough of this massive JRPG
- The spidey suit from Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is coming to Marvel Rivals just in time for the open-world game's PC debut
- New Goonies and Gremlins movies are in the works at Warner Bros. because we’re not done with '80s nostalgia
- The Pokemon Company addresses Prismatic Evolutions and TCG shortages as scalpers feast: "We are actively working to print more"
- "We screwed up on this one," Riot admits, promising League of Legends updates for Blue Essence and Account XP amid player backlash
- Assassin's Creed Mirage: A Soar of Eagles is a new prequel comic about the young Fuladh defending his homeland
- Cyberpunk 2077's new SmartFrames and overhauled photo mode are a role-playing dream come true
- Marvel Rivals error codes and known fixes
- Fallout creator Tim Cain says devs don't know what gamers want because "you don't know either" and that's why he used to just make games he and his team liked
- Um, why is the 256GB Meta Quest 3S seeing a $50 price drop less than a month into 2025?
- Fortnite Godzilla: How to get the King of the Monsters
- Wii U online replacement Pretendo says "we are committed to user safety" as Nintendo warns against using third-party alternatives to its dead servers
- Wolf Man Review: "A frightening and heartrending new horror take on an enduring monster"
- Wolf Man director explains how the new monster movie defies horror tropes through Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner's couple
- I watched the cast of Severance work inside a giant glass box surrounded by hundreds of New Yorkers for three hours - and it was absolutely genius
- "Stealth is the engine that makes this": Thick as Thieves is putting a multiplayer spin on everything we love about immersive sims
- RPG veteran Josh Sawyer says Skyrim is the perfect example of why it doesn't matter if players finish games because "a lot of people never finish the crit path," but "they love it"
- "I was in that sound booth for over 500 hours": Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 actor says the RPG's 2.2 million word script made recording an absolute saga
- New Netflix show starring The Last of Us actor looks like the bingeable TV thriller I need right now
- Fresh look at new Avatar 3 clan revealed as James Cameron teases that the series is trying to evolve beyond the "'all humans are bad, all Na’vi are good' paradigm"
- I just discovered there's a free preview of the Dungeons & Ruins 5e compatible sourcebook and I can't wait to roll up some awful traps
- After 9 years and 497 chapters, beloved rom com manga Komi Can't Communicate will end in just 2 weeks
- After Gladiator 2 snub, Denzel Washington has still never been nominated for a BAFTA
- First trailer for Daredevil: Born Again is brutal, bloody, and filled with Netflix fan-service – including Kingpin and Punisher showdowns
- I'm replaying my favorite obscure PS2 game and now I miss when movie tie-ins were the norm
- Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 release schedule – what time is the anime on Netflix?
- Horizon Zero Dawn's multiplayer spinoff has big dreams, as Guerrilla confirms it's hoping to attract more than 1 million users
- Carcassonne review: "Inoffensive family fun with heaps of replayability"
- Severance creator explains why reading fan theories about the Apple TV show can be so "overwhelming": "Sometimes I have to stop"
- Wanderstop is a cozy management sim about a burned-out warrior who'd much rather be fighting than running a tea shop
- Midnight Black DualSense Edge pre-orders are now live - here's where to buy the new colorway
- New anime movie from artist behind Your Name gets stunning first trailer that looks like a dreamy watercolor painting
- Playing Project Zomboid's long-anticipated Build 42 has turned me into a basement-dwelling chicken farmer
- PlayStation Portal Midnight Black pre-orders: all the latest stock available now
- Ridley Scott threatened to walk away from his upcoming movie after being asked to go too far: "I'm expensive, but I'm f*cking good"
- Nintendo's IP manager admits "you can't immediately claim that an emulator is illegal in itself," but "it can become illegal depending on how it's used"
- Sharpen your DM skills with $741 worth of D&D 5e compatible books for just $25
- Denis Villeneuve lands BAFTA nomination as Dune 2 and horror movie The Substance get snubbed for best film
- Indie sci-fi shooter described as "brutal and fantastic" goes on hold as its developer reveals she's "been sentenced to prison for the next 3 years"
- Harry Potter is getting a surprise collaboration with one of Japan's longest-running anime
- AI might be the best thing to hit Nintendo Switch 2
- Severance creator explains how season 1's reaction influenced where the story went in season 2: "What makes the show so special is Mark, Helly, Irving, and Dylan"
- Skeleton Crew ending explained: the truth about the Supervisor, Jod's Jedi abilities, and more
- Robert De Niro is at war with Robert De Niro in trailer for new gangster thriller
- Captain America: Brave New World runtime revealed – and it's Marvel's shortest Captain America movie yet
- I'm happy the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide introduced bastions, but I wish it did more
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League ends on a whimper with a two-minute-long comic strip that renders the whole plot utterly pointless
- Nintendo is "really mad" to "the most severe level" about the Switch 2 leaks, say former PR managers: "They are very, very, very upset"
- After 17 years, Marvel pulls a surprising Iron Man character back into the MCU for the new Vision series – and fans already have some wild theories
- Hayden Christensen has paid the ultimate respect to Anakin's Clone Wars actor: "Thank you for keeping Star Wars alive"
- After shutting down the Wii U online services last year, Nintendo asks players not to use "unauthorized services" to replace them as they might pose "security risks"
- Nosferatu, Abigail, Werewolves… why is Hollywood suddenly loving monster movies again? Director of new horror Wolf Man has a theory
- After the success of Space Marine 2, the Warhammer people are "looking for the next one" as CEO says big successes in the franchise "are not a given"
- Diablo 4 season 7 all but revives the Diablo 3 class I've been wanting Blizzard to officially add since launch
- January 14
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- Behold, a Super Mario 64 player discovered that a 34-frame loop repeated 2.8 million times over 36 days can make a log drift through a cliff: "This has no currently known purpose"
- The folks behind some of the best anime-style games of the past 5 years have a cyberpunk game out this week, and it's my first must-try Metroidvania of 2025
- After 2 months of brutal Steam reviews, Assassin's Creed Origins and Valhalla patch fixes "compatibility issues" with a Windows update that made them nearly unplayable
- Marvel Rivals devs threaten keyboard and mouse adapter users with permanent bans: "On PC or console, we will take measures to vanquish this nefarious behavior"
- Marvel Rivals: 10 comics that are perfect for fans of the smash hit hero shooter
- The Sims 4 is getting "huge" base game updates for the series' 25th anniversary, including a new main menu and over 70 items
- Alien: Romulus director says he wants to "go into uncharted waters" with Ridley Scott's franchise and take it "to a place we've never been before"
- Marvel Rivals probably isn't nerfing Jeff the Shark's ultimate any time soon, but the game's director does have an "interesting tip" for avoiding it
- Lunar Remastered Collection launches this April for $50, or about $150 less than the original PS1 JRPGs would cost you in 2025
- The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2077 devs praise and support vampire RPG from former CDPR staff: "These games have shared lineage and shared values"
- Longlegs director says he's going to the "extremes," says we can expect "explosive gore" with new Stephen King adaptation: "There’s a lot of mess"
- 10 things I hope Nintendo learned from its previous consoles ahead of Switch 2
- DC's Black History Month 2025 plans will revive a long dormant super-team with Batman, Vixen, and more on board
- After packing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with content, Masahiro Sakurai unsurprisingly says that working out a game's volume from the start is important
- New trailer drops for The Witcher anime movie revealing returning stars from the live action Netflix series
- Skyrim artist secretly worked to save the RPG's ugly werewolves from getting cut before taking a demo to Todd Howard and getting a big reaction: "This is f***ing awesome"
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 devs boast of a 2.2 million word script that would break Baldur's Gate 3's world record, and Larian's publishing director says "I hope they do!"
- Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 set photo reveals an important new location that might have debunked a big Easter egg from the first movie
- One small feature in the latest Cyberpunk 2077 update made me fall in love with driving through Night City all over again
- There's a Catan version of the Exit board game coming, for which I am both excited and bemused
- Dr. Stone season 4 release schedule – when is Science Future episode 6 on Crunchyroll?
- Hatsune Miku hits Fortnite, immediately steals everyone's dance moves: "This is the greatest game of all time"
- Fans think they have worked out the exact The Last of Us season 2 release date, and we're convinced
- Marvel Rivals will get new heroes every 6 weeks, game director says
- From what we've seen so far, it would be a bad idea to sleep on Don't Nod's Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- Good news Sailor Moon fans, this fan-fave '90s anime series is making a comeback
- Karate Kid: Legends: Everything we know about the new Karate Kid movie
- Palworld's multi-million player launch was originally in the hands of just one server guy who was "trying his best"
- The Apothecary Diaries season 2 release schedule – when is episode 6 on Crunchyroll?
- Wolverine's 400th solo issue will "push Wendigo to the brink" and feature a "story you never thought you'd see"
- Marvel Rivals boss doubles down: "We believe no role queue will lead to a richer gaming experience for everyone"
- Wolf Man director explains why he didn't want too much werewolf lore in his new Universal Monsters horror movie
- Until Dawn horror movie gets first look which unveils the return of Peter Stormare's iconic video game character
- Fortnite Hatsune Miku: How to get the virtual pop star
- A game master's starter pack to get your first campaign going, D&D or otherwise
- Pokemon Horizons season 2 release schedule – when is The Search for Laqua on Netflix and BBC iPlayer?
- MMO legend's "spiritual sequel to Ultima Online and to Star Wars Galaxies" is getting a Kickstarter campaign "because the climate for games investment is terrible"
- Elden Ring Nightreign could be the Fortnite of Soulslikes, but probably not for the reason you think
- After unsuccessfully attempting to launch a Monster Hunter clone, this controversial dev is now supposedly releasing an Animal Crossing-like game on PS5
- With seven years between Endgame and Doomsday, Marvel fans are debating whether the wait between Avengers movies has been too long
- Horror marketing goes to the next level: Wolf Man is releasing in cinemas just days after 2025's first full moon
- New found footage horror movie is getting major attention from film buffs for the most unlikely reason – the filmmakers say it’ll never be released online
- Severance's Adam Scott brutally shoots down one of the most plausible Gemma fan theories: "That's what Lumon would be doing in a super boring version of Severance"
- Wolf Man director says he felt pressure to live up to The Invisible Man with his new horror movie: "It's an addictive drug"
- I want to call this incredible action game with a harrowing story, bloodthirsty combat, and a psychedelic fantasy world my favorite game – but it doesn’t actually exist
- Marvel fans are just finding out one of Avengers: Endgame's best lines was a last minute addition
- The release date for the first Demon Slayer finale movie may have just leaked
- Peter Jackson reveals his favorite movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and it's not the one you're probably expecting
- First look at Art the Clown actor as a twisted Mickey Mouse in upcoming slasher movie has horror fans divided
- Netflix just added the highest rated Walking Dead spin-off for you to binge
- After waking up to the first Sims 3 update from EA in 10 years, all fans can think about is the potential for more: "So it begins"
- Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai says he'll make a game "even if it's the opposite of what I like," because "you have to think of it as work, not entertainment"
- Stanley Tucci says his Marvel role is one of the greatest jobs he's ever had, even if he was "flattered and insulted at the same time" when cast
- One of Deadpool and Wolverine's best fight scenes has been improved by a Marvel fan with a dream and serious editing skills
- Former The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 devs reveal new Vampiric dark fantasy open-world RPG that's "the first chapter" of a "brand new role-playing saga"
- January 13
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- It's not the Switch 2, but Nintendo's got hardware news: its $100 alarm clock is coming to retail
- The sicko inside me desperately needs to play this ludicrous horror game that retells Dante’s Inferno through the power of anime girls
- New Netflix drama is climbing up the global top 10 with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score and harrowing true story
- Watch in awe as an Elden Ring master, playing with a saxophone that goes "doot," finally wrecks Malenia in 45 seconds without getting hit
- The Helltaker creator has a new free game with ghost girls instead of demon girls, and after less than a month it's got over 9,000 Steam reviews at 96% positive
- "Terraria will never die as long as there is one last final update," creator says as its 6th final update approaches at long last
- Wu-Tang Clan's ODB is your guide to the multiverse in the new Lyrical Ruckus in the City graphic novel
- PowerWash Simulator is ending support for VR, "a platform which costs us more than it makes," after just 14 months
- Fallout and RPG veteran Josh Sawyer says most players don't want games "6 times bigger than Skyrim or 8 times bigger than The Witcher 3"
- Star Adam Scott knew that Severance season 2 would get weirder, but had faith that the showrunners would steer it in the "right direction"
- Baldur's Gate 3 sleuth discovers "extremely dark" Astarion kidnapping scene that almost nobody has seen even more than a year later
- The Russo brothers said "f*** no" to directing Avengers: Secret Wars until "stumbling upon" the perfect idea: "That’s a story we need to tell"
- Metal Gear Solid Delta and Assassin's Creed Mirage reportedly coming to Nintendo Switch 2 as third-party support revs up
- Nintendo Switch 2 reveal reportedly coming this week ahead of June launch
- If you're not playing Marvel Rivals with friends, you're not getting the best of it
- Solo Leveling season 2 changes one of the darkest scenes from the original comic
- As League of Legends players blast 800-hour grinds, Riot says this "wasn't meant to get harder" and "we messed up" on the whole First Blood thing too
- "It's simply impossible": Final Fantasy 14 lead explains why the MMO's difficulty level will never be "just right" for all players
- Netflix releases new trailer for vampire anime Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 ahead of this week's release
- "It's not Escape from Tarkov," but an extraction twist gives open-world roguelike Hyper Light Breaker an edge – plus it comes with one of the best indie games of 2016
- Hideo Kojima is hard at work on Death Stranding 2, but he doesn't know how much longer he can stand the grueling game development process: "It's incredibly tough"
- With two not-so secret weapons up its sleeve, Little Nightmares 3 is shaping up to be the "charming horror" event of 2025
- Despite Marvel Rivals' mod ban, fans of the hero shooter are dropping more custom skins than ever: "Modding Marvel Rivals lives on"
- Sakamoto Days release schedule – when is episode 5 on Netflix?
- Harley Quinn season 5 review: "It's easy to forget how lucky we are to have a hilarious, queer DC show survive five seasons"
- Civilization 7's largest change is proving divisive, but it might fix sandbox strategy's biggest problem: being boring
- Streamlabs says you'll be able to change the look of its AI Twitch stream co-host, but my heebies are still jeebied
- Netflix has just dropped a new show from an award-winning director with no promotion, and viewers are loving it
- Monkey Palace: A Lego Board Game review - "Once you have wrapped your head around the rules, it can be a genuinely great time"
- Scrapped Kraven the Hunter concept art reveals Venom connection cut from the movie
- Gladiator star Djimon Hounsou says he's still struggling to make a living as an actor despite multiple blockbuster roles
- After hitting #1 at the box office, Den of Thieves 2 star O'Shea Jackson Jr. evokes Deadpool and Wolverine and says he wants to "work with Gerard Butler until he's 90"
- Sorry, an Alienware gaming handheld isn't on the way, but Dell says its looking "pretty heavily” at the space
- Helldivers 2 creative director says the studio "shouldn't" have final say on the movie as "we are not Hollywood people," but it still sounds like it'll be involved in some capacity
- How to play the Elden Ring Nightreign beta
- It might have been more than 5 years since Avengers: Endgame but I never noticed this poignant detail about Thanos' death scene
- Finspan briefly crashes Stonemaier games site in wake of massive wave of Wingspan fans
- Razer Wolverine V3 Pro review: “By far the best controller this brand has ever produced”
- Sebastian Stan teases Marvel's Thunderbolts as he compares it to an iconic '80s teen movie
- Fantastic Four's Julia Garner has perfect response to whether Silver Surfer will be live-action or CGI in the upcoming Marvel movie
- "This is devastating": After 8 years of work, CS:GO mod that aimed to revive "the 1.6 vibe" apparently rejected by Steam "without any reason," despite previous contact with Valve
- As the "incredible journey" to Baldur's Gate 3 wraps up, Larian Studios has its "full attention" on its next RPG: "The story ain't over yet"
- Tom Holland collected all the Funkos of himself as Spider-Man, but had to put them in a cupboard because it was "quite embarrassing"
- Dynasty Warriors: Origins review: "A stripped back approach champions the explosive combat's focus on visceral clashes and tactile battlefields"
- The Flash director explains why the DC movie flopped, suggesting that "a lot of people just don't care" about the character – despite one obvious counter-point
- Severance season 3 is currently being worked on as Ben Stiller reveals they already have "an end" planned for the hit Apple show
- January 12
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- AGDQ 2025's musical streak continued as a live band rocked out in sync with a chaotic 19-minute Crazy Taxi speedrun
- EA Sports College Football 25 guide for gameplay, Dynasty and more
- As Marvel Rivals bans custom skin mods, one developer with experience on "multiple live service games" explains why
- After 15 years of awesome speedrun events, Games Done Quick has raised over $54 million for charity with AGDQ 2025 bringing in $2.5 million
- “We loved making this into a goofy, irreverent, and kind of chill experience”: Wheel World celebrates bike culture with its vibey open world
- You can grab over 700 hours worth of Monster Hunter games, including Monster Hunter World, for just $24 before Wilds comes out
- "Climbing is in itself a game, with rules everybody knows": Cairn's tense, strategic ascents are making our palms sweat
- I believe these Nintendo Switch 2 design leaks, and there's one thing hyping me for the next generation
- January 11
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- Former Mass Effect veterans' new RPG Exodus puts us in the shoes of an organization that has "inspiration from the Jedi"
- Nintendo "don't like what's happening" with Switch 2 leaks, former marketing lead suspects, but it won't affect plans: "A lot of this is going to be in the rear-view mirror"
- Hyperkin's new Nintendo Switch Frieren accessories are an anime fan's dream but I have one small problem
- Den of Wolves' cyberpunk vibes are more than a gimmick, adding greater stakes and complications to the co-op heist genre
- "We don't want to just be the 'Halo meets Portal' team": Splitgate 2 wants to to evolve beyond its inspirations
- This "ultimate car-owning" and "permadeath life survival simulator" leaves early access with 77,000 Steam reviews at 94% positive
- GamesRadar's Best of CES: our 9 favorite announcements of 2025's show
- Citizen Sleeper 2 will be the last videogame in the series, while its dev focuses on making a "Citizen Sleeper tabletop game in full"
- Forget Space Marines, this might be the quintessential Warhammer 40K army set
- January 10
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- Metroid Prime 4 pre-orders locked in at a discount at Amazon 8 years ago are getting canceled as the game finally prepares for launch in 2025
- Severance creator Dan Erickson talks keeping the acclaimed show's spark alive in season 2: "It's not just that it's still there - I think it's better"
- Marvel Rivals is more popular than ever, soaring past 570K Steam players to set a new record as Season 1 launches
- The Destiny 2 dev behind Titan's game-changing Banner of War was also on its new Exotic shotgun Slayer's Fang: "I gotta live up to this, especially as my first gun"
- As Marvel Rivals booms, a former Overwatch pro is begging players to "let me move on" from the C9 meme
- Meet Elden Ring's new community hero, the Elder Lord, a 72-year-old gamer with over 700 hours and New Game+7 beaten: "It was impossible, but I did it anyway"
- The 32 greatest heist movies
- FC 25 TOTY release schedule and full Team Of The Year details
- Severance stars Patricia Arquette and Tramell Tillman explain how their characters' toxic work dynamic gets a little darker in season 2
- Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail helped players block stalkers, but the problem might get much worse with a backend exploit some mods are already taking advantage of
- Indie dev slams the handbrake to pivot to what might be the first match-3 Metroidvania after playtests for a “match-3 survival horror comedy RPG” shockingly fell apart
- Marvel fans have a surprising pick for the "most brilliant" villain in the MCU – and it's an underrated character
- New Skyrim lore just dropped, and it only costs $49 in the Bethesda store
- Jurassic World Rebirth release date, cast, story, and everything else you need to know
- Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin on their bittersweet new movie A Real Pain and resisting advice from "a big Hollywood director" to "make a billion dollars" with a happy ending
- 10 years later, "around 100" Witcher 3 devs are still at CD Projekt Red working on games like The Witcher 4
- Lenovo Legion Go S pre-orders are now live, but I'm waiting for the $499 SteamOS version
- If Assassin's Creed Shadows' delay means lessons have been learned from Star Wars Outlaws, I say: let Ubisoft cook
- Marvel Rivals Battle Pass explained and how to claim rewards
- It took 490 days, but the Super Mario Bros speedrun world record is now 4 frames better – and just 18 frames away from literal perfection
- New Wakandan hero Gold Tiger is the latest to join Marvel's New Champions
- I visited the set of Severance season 2 and it was a perfect, dystopian dream that serves as a reminder that "the work is mysterious and important"
- Marvel Rivals Invisible Woman abilities, tips, and how to play her
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a bigger, better historical medieval RPG that could do for the Czech Republic what The Witcher has done for Poland
- Notch cancels the "Minecraft 2" he announced days prior because spiritual successors are "always kinda sad nostalgia dumps"
- Martial arts legend Donnie Yen enters talks to direct his own character's John Wick spin-off: "I think both the fans, as well as the studio, want this to happen"
- James Gunn's DC show Creature Commandos featured plenty of fantastic characters, but that finale proved The Bride is the best of them
- Manor Lords patch adds new maps and a city builder staple, bridge-building, and also makes it so "taverns realize ale isn't magic – it's just ale"
- After talking through an AGDQ Ratchet and Clank speedrun for 3 hours, trained Opera singer delivers an incredible 6-minute performance
- Steve Rogers is no more, now there is only Cap-Snake! Check out a first look at the final issue of Avengers Assemble
- GTA 6 wishlist – everything we want from the next instalment of Grand Theft Auto
- AMD explains why the Radeon RX 9070 XT was pulled from its CES 2025 keynote, but I'm still confused at its approach to RDNA 4
- 28 Years Later director Danny Boyle says the horror sequel takes a "wholly different approach" as he also reacts to fans thinking that zombie was Cillian Murphy
- With just over a week until Severance season 2 premieres, you can now catch up on season 1 for free
- Marvel Rivals Mister Fantastic abilities, tips, and how to play him
- Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition looks like an incredible revival of one of the best Wii U JRPGs, but fans might be most excited about one simple thing – the larger text size
- Sorry Elden Ring sickos, the Nightreign network test only lets you play for a few short hours a day
- For the love of Lolth, please don't tell my DM smelly D&D dice exist
- Game of Thrones star is replacing the late Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll in Ahsoka season 2
- WWE wrestler says his Captain America: Brave New World role has been cut due to "a lot of rewrites and reshoots"
- Company behind viral Switch 2 mock-up backtracks, says its cover accessory was based on leaks as Nintendo wades in to clarify CES images are "not official"
- Baldur's Gate 3's Swen Vincke, feeling all "nostalgic," teases the "the story ain't over" for Larian Studios' "incredible journey"
- Creature Commandos star Maria Bakalova reacts to that shocking death scene from the finale: "I didn't want her to die"
- January 9
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- The Sims rival inZOI uses special Nvidia AI tech to power its characters, but this kinda just looks like regular NPC AI to me
- Welcome to Derry director reveals three-season plan for the upcoming prequel series based on Stephen King's It
- 7 years later, Monster Hunter World player finally beats the whole game without using weapons, mostly with a Street Fighter Hadoken emote dealing 13 damage at a time
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is getting New Game Plus for free after fans ripped Infinite Wealth to shreds for locking it behind DLC
- 28 Years Later won't feature Cillian Murphy, but producer says don't count him out from popping up "somewhere [down] the line"
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Jan 10 - 12)
- Ubisoft "won't comment" on reports of Tencent buyout, only says it's "exploring different options" and "will inform the market if and when a transaction materializes"
- Marvel Rivals model "incredibly thankful to be able to say 'THAT'S MY ASS'" after realizing she's Sue Storm based on the curvature of her cheeks
- Jason Statham finds brand-new uses for construction tools in first action-packed trailer for The Beekeeper director's new movie co-written by Sylvester Stallone
- New Super Mario Bros Wii speedrunner gets AGDQ's standing ovation by playing the entire soundtrack on piano while beating the game with controllers strapped to his body
- Absolute Batman innovates by presenting us with a Caped Crusader who is still a work in progress
- A Lego Game Boy is on the way, and I'm losing my damn mind
- Quarter Arcades Taito Bubble Bobble review: “I’m head over heels for this adorable mini arcade homage”
- Deus Ex Adam Jensen actor responds to potential story plans for the cyberpunk RPG's canceled sequel: "Hey this would have been fun huh?"
- Fortnite Shogun's Arena: Where to find it and deal damage
- Assassin's Creed Shadows delayed yet again, this time to March 2025, amid Ubisoft's "renewed focus on gameplay quality and engaging Day-1 experiences"
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PC trailer sells the beefier version of one of 2024's greatest JRPGs with better lighting, DLSS, 120 FPS, and a crucial shot of Barret's ass
- Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is "a weird-ass postmodern riff" on the PS1 original says Sam Barlow, talking the development 15 years later
- New horror comic Dark Pyramid looks like a Lovecraftian thriller featuring "the oddest monsters and weirdest creatures"
- Kingdom Hearts 4 has been radio silent for 1,005 days, but don’t worry - Tetsuya Nomura teases he has the story planned out
- Skyrim's iconic opening was done by Starfield's quest lead, but only after he was brutally called out for "everything we're doing wrong" in front of the Bethesda team
- Daredevil: Born Again release date, trailer, plot, and cast
- I covered the RTX 4080 launch, and the RTX 5080 feels like serious GPU Deja vu
- From lo-fi mechs to little witches, and "ancient horrors beyond imagining", here are six up-and-coming Solo TRPGs to play in 2025
- Why have Nintendo trailers been flooded with water buffalo memes? Thank these Switch 2 leak enthusiasts, who I fear are losing it at this point
- Doom: The Dark Ages takes the series forward by winding the clock several centuries back
- Netflix unveils action-packed trailer for highly anticipated anime show about a retired hitman, adds Avatar: The Last Airbender and Cobra Kai stars to cast
- After its supposedly accurate Switch 2 mock-up went viral, accessory maker says it "didn't expect this much media attention" because it thought all the information had already leaked
- Xbox Developer Direct kicks off 2025 with Doom: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur, and a "surprise" fourth game
- Saving the world with a baguette? "A joke that went too far," shares Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's creative director, as we talk Final Fantasy, Persona, and more
- Razer has a new RGB-clad Steam Deck dock, but it's missing one key feature I'd include for future handhelds
- This AGDQ icon hilariously speed-dated their way across Fallout: New Vegas, romanced all 12 characters, and still beat the RPG in 40 minutes
- Wicked star wants to play Storm in the MCU and explore the X-Men character's "inner turmoil"
- Before Slow Horses season 5 is even out, Gary Oldman confirms filming is already well underway on season 6
- Fallout season 2 filming delayed due to LA fires
- Former Switch marketing lead says "as wild as these leaks are Nintendo is going to stick to their plan," not budging on Switch 2 date "no matter what"
- Introducing my friends to Project Zomboid ended in disaster, but it's given me a newfound appreciation for the best zombie survival sim around
- 15 years after it was announced, the Shadow of the Colossus film adaptation might still be made according to director – and they have a script
- Denis Villeneuve doubles down on Dune 3 being his last Dune movie, but is excited to return: "After that, it would become unhealthy"
- Hold me back, levitating D&D dice are a thing and I need them
- CD Projekt Red prepared for The Witcher 4's "vibe" by having devs old and new make a fresh quest together in The Witcher 3's next-gen update
- The Boys star's new sci-fi horror from the creators of Barbarian gets an intriguing first trailer that reveals a big twist
- Despite Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit rumbling on in the background, developer Pocketpair releases its old roguelike card game on the Switch
- Creature Commandos star Maria Bakalova talks playing evil for the first time and that dramatic finale reveal: "I've never played the villain before"
- Marvel Rivals Season 1 release date and time – here's when Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman join the hero shooter
- Creature Commandos ending explained: Who dies in the James Gunn DC series? Will there be a season 2?
- Creature Commandos finale post-credits scene explained: does James Gunn's DC series have a post-credits scene?
- Creature Commandos season 2: Everything we know so far about the return of James Gunn's DC show
- January 8
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- For just $15, you can hang out with Hatsune Miku every day at work thanks to the power of Steam's latest desktop mascot hit
- Official Marvel Rivals stats show Mantis dominates, Magik is a sleeper hit, everyone loves Jeff even if he kind of sucks, and Black Widow is in the dumpster
- After a Game Awards reveal followed by 2 years of nothing, multiplayer Transformers game canceled as devs focus on "other projects" like an open-world survival game
- The 32 greatest family animation movies that aren't Disney
- Analyst predicts Switch 2 supply will struggle with "significant early demand surge," PS5 will still end up the best-selling hardware for US in 2025
- I didn't have a fish version of Wingspan on my 2025 bingo card, but I'll take it
- Dwarf Fortress' Adventure Mode finally leaves beta on Steam this month, turning the notoriously complex strategy game into a brutal open-world roguelike RPG
- The Switch is the one console with a controller that splits in two, but these AGDQ speedrunners still cuddled up to break Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Fortnite Great Turtle: Where to find the giant turtle
- "If your cake is trash, nobody wants to eat it": At a tough time for Destiny 2, Bungie drops an Exotic mission promising vampire vibes, a cool shotgun, and a finale with bite
- Fallout lead Tim Cain wonders if "gamers know what they like" and reckons feedback is much better when it's specific and focuses on what you want
- Mecha Break, the lovechild of Armored Core and Titanfall, gets a closed beta test that you can sign up for now
- New trailer for Reacher season 3 sees the hero forced to face his haunted past – and square up to his new 7-foot teammate
- Ubisoft says it's "deeply disturbed" by abuse allegations at support studio that contributed to Assassin's Creed Shadows, Dark Souls, The Last of Us, and more
- Twitch star Shroud argues Overwatch is "absolutely a much better game" than Marvel Rivals, and "people forget" how good it was at launch: "That game took over the world"
- After 9 years staring at his face, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director's favorite character is Cloud: "I don't think there was a time that I haven't seen him in front of me"
- Imagine Infinity Nikki with a bazooka loaded with love rockets and you get this Doom Eternal-flavored shooter that’s all about killing with kindness – and guns
- PowerA Fusion Pro Wireless review: "I may now be an RG-Believer"
- Aquaman #1: Everything you need to know about Arthur Curry's new power, new mystery to solve, and his place in DC All In
- If Night City is the "main antagonist" of Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 4's Continent could easily follow suit
- James Mangold's Star Wars movie is set thousands of years in the past because he's "not interested in being handcuffed" by the massive canon
- Nexus Mods got death threats after removing Trump and Biden mods for Marvel Rivals, owner says it's been site policy for years: "It's so dumb, and these people are so dumb"
- Pokemon Go datamine finds that, yes, we're probably getting a Pokemon Presents showcase on Pokemon Day
- Every gaming laptop announced at CES 2025: all 31 rigs compared
- After Alan Wake 2 and Control, FBC: Firebreak represents a bold new frontier for Remedy: "It's time to expand the Remedy Connected Universe into shared spaces and brave something new"
- Mass Effect veterans have another Normandy-type "major hub" in their new space RPG Exodus, but this time it's an entire city
- What to expect from PlayStation in 2025: Classic games, live services, and moving beyond consoles
- This Lego PS2 design has moving internals, and it could become a reality alongside Simpsons and Jumanji kits
- The former Halo, Batman Arkham, and Doom devs' studio is "halting work" on its upcoming game to search for a new publisher to bring "creative vision to life"
- Deadlock updates will be "a little bit more spaced out" so Valve can "improve our development process," but you can expect bigger major patches when they arrive
- A classic '00s movie is getting a gender-swapped TV reboot at Disney Plus
- I'm sure Sniper Elite Resistance is great for stealth stars, but I turned it into a Nazi-blasting horde shooter and have zero regrets
- Nvidia's cloud gaming service is coming to VR headsets, but you'll only be able to play flatscreen games
- Fantastic Four star says motion-capture legend Andy Serkis helped with his performance and yes, he said that iconic Marvel catchphrase
- Where to buy RTX 5080: cards are moving fast as stock drops
- Squid Game season 2 is on track to beat season 1 on Netflix, but it's just been knocked off the top spot by something completely different
- With everything from Helldivers to Zelda getting the big screen treatment, OG Final Fantasy 7 director would "love" for the JRPG to get another movie
- Netflix is releasing two highly anticipated new anime shows based on popular manga on the same day this week
- GTA 3 dev thought riding the train was "boring," which led to the creation of the series' cinematic camera: "The team found it surprisingly entertaining"
- I'm really hopeful that The Last of Us season 2 flips a key part of the game's story – and I think the new trailer just confirmed it
- The Batman 2 director teases "completely different" sequel, as he promises the movie's main villain will surprise DC fans
- Microsoft says it's working on "bringing the best of Xbox and Windows together" to make handheld gaming better, and it should have more to share this year
- Skeleton Crew episode 7 ends with a sinister Star Wars callback to Revenge of the Sith
- In tweaking legendary creatures D&D Monster Manual designers admit DMs don't always "want to choose the most deadly option every round"
- Nintendo still hasn't announced the Switch 2, but one accessory maker is now showing off mock-ups allegedly created using the real console
- Taron Egerton's Die Hard-style thriller is Netflix's fifth most-watched movie of all time – but the director hasn't heard about a sequel
- Monster Hunter Wilds gets a second beta test with a "returning monster from the series," but improvements from the first round "won't be ready" in time
- Wrymspan feels more complex and isolating than Wingspan, but that's just how spelunking goes
- January 7
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- This dev's first Steam release, a $3 banger with 3 hours of fun, is now one of the highest-rated games of the past month at 1,639 reviews averaging 98% positive
- Diablo 4 Season 7 faces new competition: the original Diablo, which is coming to Xbox Game Pass just a week earlier
- Marvel Rivals devs know Duelists are dominant, so they're nerfing the biggest offenders and giving Cap and Venom some help in Season 1
- More layoffs reportedly hit Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League dev Rocksteady, including another cut to QA
- Severance season 2 gets a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score with first reviews calling it "remarkable, unique, and mind-bending"
- The Witcher 4's gorgeous reveal trailer was "pre-rendered" on Nvidia's $2,000 RTX 5090
- I wish I waited for this stunning Midnight Black PlayStation Portal
- Citizen Sleeper 2 is doubling down on the RPG's tabletop roots, and the new push system already has me sweating
- Lenovo makes its new Legion Go family official, and I'm fixated on the handheld maker's $499.99 "Steam Deck"
- Helldivers 2 director says the reason saluting the flag makes it go faster is that all the devs did it anyway, "so one of the coders added it as an Easter egg"
- Skyrim was 2,403 days old when The Elder Scrolls 6 trailer dropped - and now that same trailer is also 2,403 days old
- Matt Reeves says that Robert Pattinson's Batman will join the DCU only if it "makes sense"
- Solo Leveling season 2 makes it one of the highest-rated anime series in Crunchyroll history at over 400,000 reviews
- PlayStation boss says good old-fashioned consoles like PS5 are their priority, but as PC gaming grows Sony also wants to reach players elsewhere
- Squid Game season 2 has a goof like Game of Thrones's Starbucks cup error
- Assassin's Creed Shadows has "unclimbable surfaces" that force you to find physical handholds because Ubisoft wants to be "more thoughtful" about parkour
- No doubt to Nintendo's fury, you can now pre-order a Switch 2 case on Amazon, and the dock has apparently leaked too
- Shure debuts a new way to make audio recording a breeze at CES with its new MV7i mic with a built-in audio interface and I want one
- RTX 5090 vs RTX 4090: How does Nvidia's next-gen Blackwell GPU compare?
- Anime giant Crunchyroll is getting back into manga with a new reading app coming this year promising "brand-new and beloved titles"
- Who is Commander Star? Batman #156 reveals the secret identity of Gotham’s sinister new hero
- Avowed is an RPG that's both the culmination of everything Obsidian has done before, and also an evolution of it: "There's really not a whole lot of our regions that's off limits to the players"
- Atomfall isn't Rebellion's Fallout, it's something far more interesting: "We like to think of it as X-Files in the Cold War Lake District"
- Scream star runs from another serial killer in the first trailer for Valentine's Day horror movie Heart Eyes
- World of Warcraft and League of Legends MMO veteran says he saw Riot and Blizzard "seemingly abandon" approaching development "from a place of humility instead of arrogance"
- SanDisk unveils new portable storage solutions at CES to make creating on the go more a-peel-ing
- Multiple movies, including Sonic 3 and Madame Web, are ineligible for Best Picture at the Oscars this year
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has a survival horror surprise that echoes Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty's – and I loved every second
- Marvel Rivals season 1 has "double the playable content of a regular season" and adds maps, heroes, balance changes, and more
- Severance season 2 review: "A mind-bending, emotionally charged follow-up to one of Apple TV Plus's best shows"
- Razer is releasing a budget gaming chair, and it might actually be affordable for the average player
- Get the Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth board game for just $88 right now
- This new Xbox controller looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen, but it could be one of the best gamepads of 2025
- Where to buy RTX 5070: all the retailers to check first for Nvidia's midrange GPU
- Florence Pugh reveals why she "can't do" roles like Midsommar again: "I’ve been broken for a long while afterwards"
- Doom: The Dark Ages gets 12 seconds of new footage as Nvidia shows off its souped-up DLSS 4 visuals
- Hideo Kojima's favorite movies of 2024 include Dune 2, body horror The Substance, and anime Look Back – as well as some deep cuts you might not have expected
- Where to buy RTX 5090: stock is running slim, but Nvidia just jumped in
- Legend in the Mist beats Discworld and Dolmenwood in Most Anticipated TTRPGs of 2025 vote
- Horror movie Wolf Man lands positive first reactions calling it "pulse-pounding" and "terrifying"
- Ghost of Tsushima anime adaptation is in the works from Demon Slayer studio and Star Wars Visions creatives
- Hopes that Overwatch 2 will fully return to 6v6 matches are raised as the playtest is extended thanks to "continued player interest"
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War reportedly surpasses Red Dead Redemption 2's huge development costs, with a massive $700 million budget
- MSI launches six new 18-inch gaming laptops at CES
- The Until Dawn movie will not adapt the horror game story, but feature new characters and a fresh premise
- My favorite gaming laptop announced at CES is actually a tablet - and it doesn't even have a graphics card
- A Horizon Zero Dawn movie is on the way from Sony, and it's in the "early stages" now
- Sony has just announced a Helldivers 2 film adaptation following the game's record-breaking release, but fans are saying the same thing
- Everyone is obsessed with Kaitlyn Dever's "spot on" Abby in new The Last of Us season 2 trailer
- New version of Catan is "modernizing" the board game and "updating it to today's standards"
- A new Alienware Aurora 2025 model is coming, but I'm more interested in its Area 51 sibling that takes a "DIY approach to desktops"
- HP's Omen Max 16 gaming laptop has a unique cooling system I can't believe nobody thought of before
- Alienware Area-51 gaming laptops make a return at CES
- HyperX just launched what could be the most customizable gaming mouse ever made at CES
- Razer launches new Blade 16 with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 - but that AMD Ryzen AI CPU might do more heavy lifting
- 32 movies that inspired Star Wars
- The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 will officially burst onto the scene for a eye watering $1,999 this January
- January 6
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- Valve shuts down Steam Deck 2 speculation as AMD says it's building chips for a stronger handheld: "There is and will be no Z2 Steam Deck"
- The Metroidvania gods have spoken and answered my prayers with this horror game that looks like Majora's Mask if it let you play as an onion-headed freak
- After 12 years making custom Super Mario 64 levels, dev helps build an N64-style platformer whose demo sold me in seconds
- 26 years after he turned down The Matrix, Will Smith teases an upcoming reboot where he will star as Neo: "Wake up, Will"
- Stellar Blade was such a hit that its dev gave all employees a PS5 Pro and a roughly $3,400 bonus, and this horny action RPG isn't even on PC yet
- I'm hyped for what the new AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme will bring to handhelds, even if it doesn't power the Steam Deck 2
- The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is officially coming Q1 2025 with 16GB VRAM, but the first RDNA 4 graphics card isn't an RTX 5090 rival
- "There's always time to bone": Old School RuneScape players give a big vtuber so many dragon bones that she's nearly maxed one of the MMO's most expensive skills
- AMD is kicking off 2025 with two new Ryzen 9 X3D desktop CPUs
- Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford is "testing Borderlands 4 on Steam," and just wanted to check and see if you can tell
- Horror game legend Ikumi Nakamura swaps her love of gore for true romance by helping dev use custom sidequest as real-life proposal: "Moments like this remind me how lucky I am"
- Remember 3D displays? Well they're a thing again at CES thanks to the Samsung Odyssey 3D
- Marvel Rivals Season 1 kicks off this week as Eternal Night Falls sees the Fantastic Four join the Overwatch rival to put a stop to Dracula's antics
- Ex-Starfield lead looks at the open-world game boom and says "you can see Dark Souls and Elden Ring being a secondary trend: let's make third-person action combat really hard"
- Big in 2025: The 50 most anticipated upcoming video games of the year
- Getting Nintendo to approve a dark murder mystery, the first new Famicom Detective Club in 35 years, had one dev worried: "Is it alright for us to make this"
- Final Fantasy legends Nobuo Uematsu and Masayoshi Soken reunite to turn one of the greatest wrestlers ever into the ultimate final boss
- The Penguin showrunner debunks popular fan theory: "Well, I can say he's not the Scarecrow"
- Former Starfield lead says "people are fatigued" with huge games, and "I'm sorry" because "part of what happened is the success of games like Skyrim and Fallout 4"
- It's about sending a message: Elden Ring fan waits for Nightreign by no-hitting Shadow of the Erdtree's Messmer on NG+7 difficulty with a new weapon every single day
- In less than 24 hours, hit anime Solo Leveling season 2 broke its own Crunchyroll record
- Mario's iconic pipes only exist because Shigeru Miyamoto happened to see "a plastic pipe sticking out of a wall" while wandering the streets of Kyoto
- While you wait for Skyblivion, why not grab the Skyrim board game's Dawnguard expansion for less this January
- Before taking the lead on Alan Wake 2, its game director wanted Remedy to be the "European Naughty Dog" because "Naughty Dog games are f***ing awesome"
- Matt Reeves explains why The Batman 2 is delayed to 2027, but says they still want to film this year
- Nosferatu director Robert Eggers tried to make a Frankenstein movie, but gave up after two weeks: "It definitely sucked"
- Anthony Mackie crashes Marvel co-star Sebastian Stan's Golden Globe post-win interview to share the love: "Captain America and The Winter Soldier, we’re coming back!"
- Marvel Rivals looks set to get its first balance adjustments soon as a leaked schedule claims Wolverine is getting even stronger as Hela and Hawkeye get nerfed
- Squid Game star was worried he'd struggle with one of the show's most ingenious twists that you probably didn't even notice
- Exploding Kittens CEO is helping bring the Survivor reality show to tabletop, having watched "every episode of Survivor since the first season – 24 years ago"
- Bill Skarsgard thought he would play a different role in Nosferatu as Mads Mikkelsen was attached to play Count Orlok
- The Substance star Demi Moore reflects on a producer calling her a "popcorn actress" as she wins her first award in 45-year career at the Golden Globes: "I thought maybe this was it"
- James Cameron messaged Zoe Saldaña about her Golden Globes win while she was still in the audience: "He, after all these years, believes in me"
- The leaked GTA San Andreas source code is apparently fake and contains ransomware, so please don't download it
- Nintendo fans are convinced this supposed Switch 2 Joy-Con leak is real, but one piece of evidence isn't as compelling as it first seems
- The Penguin star Colin Farrell pays tribute to Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix's "extraordinary" comic book performances after winning Golden Globe
- Balatro maker promises that the dodgiest odds in the hit roguelike aren't deceiving you
- January 5
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- One wasn't enough, so here's a second Doomer Shooter "inspired by the FPS classics of the '90s" where Doom Guy is an anime girl
- BioWare fans reckon they've found evidence Mass Effect 5 is bringing back the RPG series' classic Renegade/Paragon morality
- Some weird news: Amazon begins cancelling 3DS pre-orders for the failed Mega Man successor that came out 9 years ago
- "Sony would also turn to Mercury for all their tech demos for publishers": Jeb Mayers talks us through the creation of the portable puzzler
- January 4
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- Elden Ring Nightreign is saying goodbye to FromSoftware's beloved messaging system
- Tetris some towns together in this cute city builder brought back to life by Kickstarter after the studio "had to let everyone go" last year
- Balatro creator shares the GOTY love with other indie games while giving out a "very prestigious Golden Thunk award"
- OG Minecraft creator "basically announced Minecraft 2" in the oddest way, but he won't "sneakily infringe" on Mojang's work
- "Part of the genesis of Immortality was the three years I spent making a Legacy Of Kain game that got cancelled": Sam Barlow on the making of his "interactive movie"
- FC 25 NumeroFUT guide and full cards list
- January 3
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- This slick Hades-style action roguelike with 92% positive reviews mysteriously vanished from Steam and the devs say they don't know why
- Fallout creator Tim Cain reveals two playthroughs key to the RPG's history: his low-Int hero named Potato, and a mass-murderer who made them check "the entire game" again
- Borderlands 4 studio Gearbox gave the devs custom cast iron skillets for Christmas because "we f***ing cooked"
- "Action RPGs kind of outsell classic RPGs": Fallout OG Tim Cain says AAA RPGs default to violence because it sells, so support non-violent options when you get 'em
- 2 months later, Assassin's Creed Origins is getting pounded with negative Steam reviews because the Windows update that broke it still isn't fixed
- Angelina Jolie's new movie about a world-famous opera singer is a poignant story of life in the public eye
- Perhaps forgetting his game is a loaded parody of fascism, Helldivers 2 director says, "Make good games, don't make a contemporary political statement"
- Before Nintendo hired Shigeru Miyamoto, it tried to patent the kid's toy he made and brought to his interview: "I remember thinking, 'this is a shrewd company!'"
- Less than a year after launching 2024's best live service, Helldivers 2 creative director has already started working on "the next Arrowhead game"
- The Witcher 4 NPCs will offer a "more immersive experience" than other CD Projekt games: "We are trying to push the bar here"
- Seven director David Fincher shares what was actually in the box, though he says "you don't need to see what's in the box if you have Morgan Freeman"
- Peter Parker must face the unbearable truth as The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man continues
- Goal Oriented: How do developers invent their own sports – even when they're not too fond of the real thing?
- Helldivers 2 players beat the Illuminate back but they're still freaking out citizens, so High Command wants to build a surveillance center which definitely won't be used for spying
- James Gunn says we won't see Batman's origin in the DCU: "We don't need to hear the origin story again"
- The 32 greatest Leonardo DiCaprio movies
- "6 years of work leaving the nest": Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is already making its way into the hands of reviewers, and one dev is "nervous but also excited AF"
- A Balatro crossover, GOTY nods, and near-perfect reviews propelled one of 2024's hidden gems to its highest selling day months after launch
- Creature Commandos just gave us our first look at the DCU's Gotham City – and a glimpse of Batman
- BioShock Infinite “may not have been the thing I wanted, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t the thing the audience wanted”: Ken Levine guides us through his entire gameography
- The Squid Game season 3 release date might have been accidentally leaked – by Netflix
- Vanilla Skyrim reaches a whopping 2 billion mod downloads, surpassed only by Skyrim: Special Edition's 6.2 billion record
- 39 years after its final animated episode, cult cartoon SilverHawks is back in a new comic that writer Ed Brisson calls "The Untouchables in space"
- Enormous GTA 5 mod adds GTA 4's Liberty City as a fully functional map, with a working subway, traffic, and even the notorious swing set glitch
- David Fincher was once in talks to direct Harry Potter, but his "creepy" version didn't align with Warner Bros.' vision
- Andrew Garfield denies being signed up for Spider-Man 4, but also knows "no one’s gonna trust" him after No Way Home
- BioShock's Ken Levine calls his most iconic FPS "a very, very long corridor," but his next game Judas is "made very, very differently"
- Marvel Rivals devs lift bans on players mistakenly banned for cheating: "We do not and will not ban players who are playing fairly"
- Solo Leveling season 2 release schedule – when is episode 6 on Crunchyroll?
- January 2
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- AGDQ 2025 kicks off this weekend promising Elden Ring on a saxophone and a 6-hour Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth speedrun, but I'm tuning in for two of the worst games ever made
- The Witcher 4 has "completely new regions" and monsters, including one the game director calls a "tricky, tricky bastard" that "plays with your own fears"
- GTA 6 will double GTA 5 and make $3.2 billion in its first year, analysts say – "The pent-up demand is greater than anything we’ve seen before”
- Somehow another roguelike RPG 17 years in the making launched last year, and sitting beside Caves of Qud it's gotten 4,700 glowing Steam reviews in near-total silence
- 2025 kicks off with another live service death as Friday the 13th: The Game fans sadly twerk on its grave
- The Switch 2 news drought sent so many Nintendo fans to the page for a new AI upscaling patent that they seemingly crashed it
- Marvel Rivals officially confirms first new characters: The Fantastic Four are coming soon
- You probably missed this heartbreaking Celebrimbor detail in The Rings of Power
- Trap star Josh Hartnett is stuck on a plane full of assassins in first trailer for new action thriller from the team behind John Wick
- Minecraft experts dedicate 3 years to building Breath of the Wild's entire open-world map out of blocks: "I put everything else aside"
- Everyone Goosebumps: The Vanishing star David Schwimmer talked to about it said the same thing: "Oh my God, you have to do it"
- Goosebumps: The Vanishing's David Schwimmer explains what actually gives him goosebumps
- Borderlands 4 CEO wouldn't call the shooter an open-world, but it is the "most open and free" game Gearbox has ever made
- Undertale creator Toby Fox brings a joyous New Year's reminder: "Deltarune Chapter 3 and 4 will release this year in 2025!"
- The Making of Baldur's Gate 3: "We really wanted to make it so that even if you don't know D&D or Baldur's Gate, you would still have exciting choices as a player"
- GTA 6 will be "worth waiting for" says CEO of Rockstar owner, who teases that "we really focus on presenting something to the audience that they just haven't seen before"
- Microsoft said "'Nah'" to the Halo x Doom crossover pitched for Amazon's Secret Level, but I'm crossing my fingers for Season 2
- Helldivers 2's Killzone-inspired sniper "could maybe use some tweaking," creative director admits, but "weapons are what weapons are" and "balance doesn't matter"
- Netflix's new number 1 movie may be a Christmas thriller, but it's still topping the streamer's charts after the holidays
- Squid Game star thought the season 2 brutal cliffhanger might make the audience "angry" and "curse" the ending: "How could you end the season at that point?"
- AAA – Developers discuss the three little letters that have shaped an industry: "It's a stupid term. It's meaningless"
- After 30 years of work on Capcom's Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma games, director Hideaki Itsuno has already started his "new project"
- With Jason Momoa switching Aquaman for Lobo, DC fans are convinced it's perfect casting
- Black Myth: Wukong lead blames the missing Xbox port on Series S specs, months after Microsoft claimed the delay wasn't due to "platform limitations"
- GTA Online fans find a "loophole" to enable crossplay across PC and PS4, and apparently all you need is a jailbroken console, a dev copy of GTA 5, and access to a private server
- Nosferatu star Bill Skarsgård is interested in playing the Joker: "I think that would be pretty sick"
- Squid Game season 2 beats Wednesday to have Netflix's biggest ever premiere week
- With Concord in the rearview, Halo Infinite dev is glad it's still kicking "in a climate where games can be shut down with little notice"
- January 1
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- "At the time survival horror was changing. 'How action-oriented do we get?'": 16 years on, Tomm Hulett reflects on Silent Hill: Homecoming
- The Making of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: "I thought: if we just reproduce the original game with no changes, it will feel nostalgic, but not exciting"
- Mr and Mrs Smith was one of the best shows of 2024 and the perfect limited series – let's hope season 2 lives up to it
