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August 31
- DC and Marvel will be throwing a lot of Multiverse your way on the page and screen
- Far Cry 6 is another great chaos simulator cherry-picking the series' best bits
- Bus Stop at 65: The movie that changed Marilyn Monroe's career forever
August 30
- How Aquaman fought against the tide to become one of DC's (and the movie industry's) biggest superheroes
- Asterios Polyp is a borderline perfect comic book
- With Inazuma, Genshin Impact has outgrown its Breath of the Wild reputation
- Jack Kirby's best comic book creations
August 28
- How Kang the Conqueror became Immortus, Iron Lad, Rama-Tut, and his many other variants
August 27
- Elden Ring is more approachable than all the Dark Souls games that scared me off
- Call of Duty: Warzone Season 5 feels like the game is in a holding pattern until Vanguard
- The Nest: Jude Law and Carrie Coon on their exquisite thorny drama
- Bloodhunt devs on recreating Prague, customizing vampires, and their new take on the battle royale
- Madden 22 cover vote: Brady and Mahomes share the honor
- Have you tried... surviving monsters and Gothic family drama in Scarlet Hollow?
- Madden 22 trailer, ratings, franchise mode and everything you need to know
August 26
- Marvel vs. DC: The biggest dream matches ever
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Powered by AMD at Gamescom
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is bringing a roster straight out of your childhood memories
- Call of Duty: Vanguard looks like it has learned the right lessons from Call of Duty: WW2
- Rick and Morty needs to change – and embracing canon is a good start
- Phantom Abyss mixes tomb raiding with Apex Legends-inspired movement
- Deathloop PS5 hands-on: Whatever you think this game is, you're wrong
- Park Beyond is all about Impossification, a made-up word that may be a stroke of brilliance
- Martha is Dead is an interesting 1940's psychological horror experiment I've yet to make my mind up on
August 25
- The enduring mysteries of Fantastic Four #1 (and their possible answers)
- Opening Night Live at Gamescom 2021 - Everything announced at the showcase
- She-Hulk, Martian Manhunter, and the Marvel - DC trade that almost was
- Jurassic World Evolution 2 is about disasters as much as it is the dinosaurs
- Saints Row reboots the outrageous series to make it resonate in a modern world
- Marvel’s Midnight Suns is a faster and darker tactical RPG from the team behind XCOM
- Riders Republic is Forza Horizon for extreme sports, and it's wild fun
- Disney's live-action movies can learn a few things from Free Guy
August 24
- Halo Infinite shouldn't be delayed because of co-op, but it desperately needs a release date
- Teen Titans Academy writer talks Gorilla Grodd showdown, Red X identity timetable
- Xbox Gamescom 2021 showcase - Everything announced
- Forza Horizon 5 is trying to amp up authenticity without sacrificing its arcade sensibilities
- Cloud Gaming on Xbox Series X is all about "optimizing space and saving you time"
- 15 movies from major directors that never made it to screen
- From the Mass Effect dialogue wheel to Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis System, here are 9 video game patents that might surprise you
- EA secures a patent for the Apex Legends Ping system and it's giving it away for free
- Spider-Man's biggest comic book retcons, revamps, and re-dos
August 23
- How Overwatch and The Clone Wars inspired the breathtaking Star Wars Redemption
- Official Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer hints Spidey's most controversial story could reach the MCU
- The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf ending explained: how it sets up the franchise’s future
- Deathloop will need to be a masterpiece to top Dishonored 2
August 20
- Reminiscence ending explained: the twists, turns, and *that* final scene
- Will one of DC's greatest villains make a hero turn in Joshua Williamson's new series Deathstroke Inc.?
- Have you tried… hitting the road to freedom as a teenager in Road 96?
- The best Flash stories of all time
August 19
- Fortnite Impostors borrows liberally from Among Us but it fails to replicate its magic
- The opening of Skyrim is still the best thing Bethesda has ever made
- Quake turns 25: John Romero looks back on the legendary FPS that almost tore id Software apart
- Call of Duty: Vanguard brings WW2 to life with a fraught and desperate fight for survival
- QLED vs OLED vs everything else - TV technologies broken down and explained
- Ghost of Tsushima: Iki Island just solidified Jin as one of PlayStation's greatest heroes
- 25 best open world games to play right now and completely forget real life exists
- "I wanted it to be relatable": Westworld’s Lisa Joy on going back to the future with Reminiscence
August 18
- How Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Cyberpunk 2077, and Yakuza set new standards for in-game tattoos
August 16
- From Deadpool to Wonder Woman: Inside the Evolution of artist Mike Hawthorne
- Move over Kratos… Marvel's Avengers Black Panther is Chris Judge's most important role yet
- Why Assassin's Creed Valhalla convinced me to leap back into Assassin's Creed Unity
August 14
- The best Batman and Joker stories of all time
August 13
- Dark Knight domination: Batman makes up over half of DC's November titles
- Wonder Woman: Evolution writer Stephanie Phillips reveals how the character helped her in competitive Muy Thai fighting
- Marvel's Avengers devs believe "War For Wakanda is some of the best storytelling we've ever done on this game"
- Pokemon Unite microtransactions: How do they compare to other free-to-play titles?
- 10 essential Netflix tips, tricks, and hacks you really should be using
- The best Rick and Morty episodes, ranked!
- Have you tried...dating and dungeon crawling in queer paradise Boyfriend Dungeon?
- Marvel's Avengers: War for Wakanda preview: the Black Panther DLC is a step in the right direction
- What If...? proves Captain Carter should be the MCU's next big hero
- Censor: The return of the video nasty
- The 25 best free games you can play right now
- The 25 best Oscar-winning movies you should watch before you die
- The 25 best South Park episodes, mmkay
August 12
- Clid the Snail wants to make a trigger happy mollusk PlayStation's next icon
- Free Guy: Shawn Levy, Joe Keery, and Jodie Comer talk video games, Mariah Carey, and possible sequel
- After The Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn's next story must involve Poison Ivy
- Eastward is like the loveable offspring of The Legend of Zelda and The Last of Us
- Why Spec Ops: The Line's creative director and a Nine Inch Nails guitarist are opening their own game studio
- Xbox Everywhere: Phil Spencer wants an Xbox app on as many devices as possible
August 11
- Ariana Grande got me into Fortnite and now I can't get out
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 hands-on: a luxury device with huge multitasking potential
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 hands-on: the mainstream foldable phone we've been waiting for?
- Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 hands-on: two models with a big price gap but equally impressive features
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla Siege of Paris makes me feel like a master assassin
- The best Suicide Squad comic book stories of all time
August 10
- An oral history of Tim Drake AKA Robin, with O'Neil, Wolfman, Nicieza, Yost, and more
- Is a new wave of AA games our only hope of recapturing the magic of the PS2 era?
- Five ways Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl can improve upon GSC Game World's iconic trilogy of survival-horror shooters
August 9
- Expand your Pokémon collection with EMP's range of plushies, tees, board games, and more
- After 15 games and a movie, Rusty Lake is indie gaming's answer to the MCU
August 8
- UFC 265 live stream PPV: how to watch Lewis vs Gane online
August 6
- The Ariana Grande Fortnite concert wasn't the fanfest I expected, but a sign of the game's future
- Daredevil artist Mike Hawthorne opens up on his decision to leave the company after six years
- The best Loki stories of all time
- Valve Steam Deck hands-on preview: A PC playground whatever your gaming tastes
- Pokemon Unite has totally surprised me, and I'm a huge fan
- Dear FromSoftware, please stop killing us with swamps
- Have you tried... Dealing with space portals, affairs, and body-swapping in Last Stop
- Back 4 Blood devs on cross-play compromises and the power of Xbox Game Pass
August 5
- West Coast Avengers: Looking back at the melodramatic Avengers spin-off that focused on "damaged" heroes
- Back 4 Blood is the most fun you'll have with your friends this year
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla Sigrblot Festival is the perfect thing to whet your appetite for the next expansion
- Mass Effect: Legendary Edition sales success is great news for Dragon Age 4 and Mass Effect 5
August 4
- Call of Duty: Warzone Season 4 Reloaded puts gun meta before anything else and it's paying off
- Hellions proves why it’s a must-read Marvel X-Men title
- Batgirl: Barbara Gordon's journey from Batgirl to Oracle and back again
- Looking at the iconic The Suicide Squad comics revamp that inspired James Gunn's film
- The 25 best PSP games of all time
- The 25 best PSP games of all time
- 25 best open world games to play right now and completely forget real life exists
- 25 best open world games to play right now and completely forget real life exists
- The 25 best South Park episodes, mmkay
- The 25 best South Park episodes, mmkay
- The 25 best Oscar-winning movies you should watch before you die
- The 25 best Oscar-winning movies you should watch before you die
- The 25 best free games you can play right now
- The Garden Path is a beautiful, comforting life sim that's inspired by Animal Crossing and Studio Ghibli
- A display deathmatch - should you buy a gaming TV or gaming monitor?
- Why people are queuing for 90 minutes to play Splitgate
- Best Harley Quinn comic book stories of all time
August 3
- New DC continuity rules put to test in latest Justice League and Infinite Frontier stories
- Why are the doors so big in video games? Some developers explain
- Halo Infinite beta: 12 little details you may have missed
August 2
- The Fortnite Ariana Grande Rift Tour will be the pinnacle of in-game concerts
- Marvel just revealed why Spider-Man's 'death' will be short-lived
- Apex Legends Emergence: Respawn talks Seer and the major map changes that have been a year in the making
- The Halo Infinite beta makes one hell of a first impression
- We tried the new Nintendo Switch OLED... and we're conflicted