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- December 3
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- New trailer for Snow White live-action remake teases a twist to the classic Disney fairy tale as star Rachel Zegler sings an original song
- Intel just announced new graphics cards starting at $219, and I'm rooting for these budget Battlemages
- Marvel Rivals already has 33 heroes, but fans are debating whether another one was hidden in the launch trailer
- Star Wars just introduced a mysterious new planet in Skeleton Crew, and fans already have big theories about it
- Fallout and Arcane star's serial killer thriller Sweetpea gets season 2 renewal
- Former Sony lead reveals that we got the PlayStation 1 because of a failed partnership on the SNES: "Nintendo left us standing at the altar"
- Move over Grogu, Star Wars fans are now obsessed with Skeleton Crew's Neel
- Challengers director Luca Guadagnino says he wishes he'd made a Spider-Man movie with Andrew Garfield
- Big Preview: Monster Hunter Wilds – Exclusive access and hands-on impressions of Capcom's most ambitious entry yet
- There’s a Peter Pan Easter egg in Skeleton Crew – and Star Wars fans are loving it
- Monster Hunter Wilds hitstop feels way better in the non-beta build, and the game's director was happy to juice it back up after overseas players apparently hated it in World
- I spent 5 hours with a new build of Monster Hunter Wilds and it solved basically every problem I had after playing the beta – now this really feels like Monster Hunter World 2
- Diarrhea inducing artefacts, ghost breakouts, and acres of gift shops – Two Point Museum is an anecdote generating machine
- Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki says FromSoftware isn't "really considering" Elden Ring 2 right now, but he's still not ruling out more of the Lands Between in the future
- Hundreds of One Piece episodes are being moved behind a subscription paywall on Crunchyroll
- Borderlands director says he "could write a book" on his experience making the critically-panned video game movie
- A lot of Sony's leadership didn't take the PS1 seriously at first with Nintendo and Sega dominating the console space: "They didn't want to be associated with it"
- As Sony confirms the PS2's 160 million sales, former PlayStation chief reveals how many were actually made, confirming very few remain unaccounted for
- Creature Commandos release schedule: When is episode 1 on Max?
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says it's fine if you didn't like the ending, but the RPG's devs still got "the response we wanted" as players "are still talking about it"
- The first eight minutes of Kraven the Hunter feature a Spider-Man comic book Easter egg
- Horror sequel Thanksgiving 2 gets exciting filming update, as Eli Roth reveals several actors will be returning
- A major Star Wars question from Andor was just answered in new show Skeleton Crew
- Horizon Zero Dawn-style open-world survival game previously blasted as "shameless" seemingly gets a thumbs up from Sony as it confirms a PS5 release
- The Witcher 4 wants to "at least live up to" The Witcher 3's legacy, but it's not "out to beat" CD Projekt Red's past RPG
- Prepare to experience Joy with the festive Doctor Who issue of SFX
- Skeleton Crew review: "Perfectly captures the vibes of classic Star Wars with a swashbuckling twist"
- Justice League Unlimited #1 is the perfect way in to one of the most complicated universes in comics
- December 2
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- Sea of Stars developer Sabotage Studio is mainly inspired by two things: Nintendo, and "every single game ever"
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says that it's absolutely essential to Square Enix that his team makes Part 3 "the best experience we possibly can"
- Mass Effect director uses an influx of new players to remind everyone that the RPG trilogy has one DLC you should definitely "make sure you play"
- Nosferatu review: "Bill Skarsgård is unrecognizable in this gothic horror with bite"
- Forget Baldur's Gate 3, the Critical Role team are talking about creating their own video game
- Metaphor: ReFantazio is the most fun I had with a JRPG this year and its Cyber Monday price is a new record low
- Visions of Mana director joins Square Enix following layoffs at Ouka Studios
- Roblox gift cards are 15% off at Amazon - if you don't know what that means, ask your kids
- You can read all the Marvel Comics you want for an Amazing, Uncanny, Fantastic price with this Marvel Unlimited Cyber Monday deal
- PlayStation's 30th anniversary trailer puts it nicely and praises overzealous Bloodborne fans for their "persistence"
- At 50% off, the art book for one of the best-looking RPGs in recent history is too good to miss
- PlayStation has brought back the OG PS1 bootup screen on PS5 along with classic customization options, but they're only around "for a limited time"
- A trailer for a Lego James Bond video game pitch has just resurfaced, and it's everything you'd expect from a Lego adventure
- Manor Lords publisher's best-selling soviet city-builder announces second DLC that's all about bringing socialism to the USA and Europe
- Cyber Monday PS5 deals will end today - I've got 19 console, game, and accessory discounts worth grabbing ASAP
- Creature Commandos review: "James Gunn’s heartwarming, R-rated tale about super-monsters proves that the DCU is in good hands"
- Secret Level creators address potential crossover with Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40k adaptation: "There are so many stories to tell in Warhammer"
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew creator Jon Watts reveals the perfect advice The Goonies director Richard Donner gave him about casting child actors: "You cast kids because of who they are"
- Helldivers 2's Democracy Space Station has been blowing players up, so the devs have come up with a handy guide to keep all your limbs intact
- Nioh studio founder says if he wasn't in charge, he would have been fired for spending 12 years and 3 reboots making the action RPG
- 18 months after Tom Cruise declared his love for popcorn, he's contributing to cinema's unlikeliest trend with a Mission: Impossible popcorn bucket
- My favorite gaming monitor will save you buying two separate screens this Cyber Monday
- RTS classics Warcraft 1 and 2 are being delisted from GOG just weeks after Blizzard released remasters for them, but GOG is standing by its commitment to preserve them with updates
- Cyber Monday Lego deals will end at midnight - I've handpicked the 12 sales you shouldn't miss
- Antonblast review: "Explosively reinvents the destructive energy of Wario Land"
- Cyber Monday PC deals can save you up to $600 today - but I don't think stock will last much longer
- As Marvel Rivals adds even more DPS characters to its roster, dev reminds players that the team "wanted to move away" from Overwatch's traditional Tank, Support, and Damage roles
- Marvel's Spider-Man reportedly made a whopping $3.8 billion, although the math doesn't seem to add up
- 11 days before it hits cinemas, Kraven the Hunter's first eight minutes have been released for free – and it might just convince you to give the Marvel movie a shot
- You can get HBO Max for just $3 a month this Cyber Monday – just in time to stream James Gunn's Creature Commandos
- The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is now $10 cheaper than it was on Black Friday - but this offer won't hold much longer
- Upcoming Hunter x Hunter anime fighting game unexpectedly banned in Australia, with no reason given for the decision
- Deadpool and Wolverine's script references Henry Cavill's iconic Mission: Impossible arm reloading scene – and it actually made it into the movie
- After 14 years, playing as a Grey Warden again in Dragon Age: The Veilguard feels like such a full circle moment
- Cyber Monday Nintendo Switch deals have now ended, but these offers are still up for grabs
- After making pop culture history, Jude Law compares working in Star Wars with Marvel and Harry Potter: "They've all got their own particular way of making the magic happen"
- After 14 years, StarCraft 2's "impossible mission" has been beaten by refining the "Archon Toilet" strategy to cram a group of units into a spot where they'll live until the end of time
- Keanu Reeves signed onto Secret Level's Armored Core episode because he loves Netflix's Love, Death and Robots as creator shares actor's reaction to their pitch: "F*ck yeah!"
- This Lord of the Rings wargame deal makes me feel like a kid at Christmas again
- Star Wars' under-the-radar show Skeleton Crew has burst into life with these early reactions: "Think '80s Amblin adventure vibes with a sprinkle of early Mando"
- Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke teases that Larian has been "buzzing with all the new exciting stuff" while the post-launch teams have been hard at work on the RPG's big updates
- Time Princess is getting a seriously witchy Wicked crossover, which will let players dress up and visit Shiz University for themselves
- One of 2022's best strategy JRPGs has been temporarily delisted on Switch with no explanation, but fans think it could be a sign of an upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X release
- Sonic 3 director shares first concept art from the movie featuring Shadow and Maria – and our hearts are already breaking
- Secret Level creator and Deadpool director never considered pulling the Concord episode when the game was taken down: "I can't see any reason why we wouldn't put it out there"
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew was inspired by Lucasfilm's '90s Monkey Island games, says showrunner
- Skeleton Crew's Jude Law reveals the bizarre rules behind every Star Wars show and movie: "No buttons, no paper… There are certain camera moves you're not allowed to do either"
- Nosferatu director Robert Eggers explains how star Bill Skarsgård helped him improve the movie's 100-year-old ending
- eBay Australia is selling a Nintendo Switch OLED bundle with Super Mario Wonder and a year of NSO for AU$459
- The Hunt for Gollum team say the upcoming Lord of the Rings anime movie was them "testing the waters" for returning to Middle-earth: "It's been a joy to go back"
- December 1
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- Creature Commandos producer reveals which episode of the DC animated show is James Gunn's favorite – and it’s by far the most heartbreaking
- Helldivers 2's director can't believe its music hasn't won more GOTY awards, but the shooter's composer is happy because he had almost quit games forever
- Hideo Kojima confesses that Metal Gear Solid 2's motion capture was done using "trial and error" 25 years ago
- Dev of one of our favorite strategy games of the year says he's unbelievably lucky to be in his position
- Arcane co-creator says he's been working on some top fan-picks for new stories "for months, in some cases years" - and hints that a pirate series could be on the horizon
- My fellow anime fans need to jump on these early Cyber Monday PS5 game deals before they're gone
- Obsidian's new first-person RPG Avowed channels Baldur's Gate 3 in one key way: "The core of RPGs that makes them special is missable content"
- This is probably the cutest Lego deal you'll see this Cyber Monday
- I'd leave the Xbox controller on its shelf this Cyber Monday and buy this $35 gamepad instead
- The Doctor Who Christmas special will explore what it's like to be in the Time Lord’s head when he's "got no one to be the Doctor for"
- Borderlands 3 and The Elder Scrolls Online director says AAA game studios are playing it safe since "you have people who get nervous because big money is involved"
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director says he rejects the idea of design by committee: "If there are too many people inputting, [...] the work can easily lose its character."
- One of my most anticipated board games of 2024 just hit a record low price ahead of Cyber Monday
- Cyber Monday iPad deals are just getting started - but stock is already running out
- Civ 7 director thought the new Ages system might not work, but says it does fix the "number-one issue" - players not getting to the end of their games
- The best Cyber Monday deals for gamers 2024: I've found the 33 biggest PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PC offers still available
- The Witcher 4 dev wastes no time jumping into the new book after its Polish release
- Bill Skarsgård says Stephen King’s It spin-off TV series will "explore things we haven't explored in the movies" and “hopes fans are excited”
- Arcane writer explains that there's one thing the League of Legends show could do that The Witcher or The Last of Us' adaptations couldn't - change their source material
- "Cut to about 3 o'clock in the morning, I end up on the piano, the bars kicked us out, and I spent the weekend nursing a hangover": Troy Baker on the 9-hour bender that taught him how to bring Indiana Jones to life
- Sonic 3 director explains how John Wick was Keanu Reeves' perfect audition for Shadow
- Arcane writer says Riot let them kill anyone they wanted, even fan-favorite characters: "There were no limits to what we could do to make a good story"
- Sherlock creator Steven Moffat responds to recent revival comments, revealing that he already has an idea for how Benedict Cumberbatch's detective could return
