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September 30
- How Batman The Last Halloween survived Tim Sale's death to become his parting gift - "Instead of doing something without Tim, let's do something for Tim"
- Space Marine 2's game director "can't wait" for a Warhammer dating sim, as he says to expect bolder 40K video games in the future
- "Players can explore like they used to in Fallout and Skyrim": How Shattered Space brings the "bespoke goodness" of past Bethesda RPGs to Starfield
- After 84 hours in Cyberpunk 2077, God of War is exactly the palate cleanser I needed
- The 10 best Warhammer games to play right now
- With The Batman, The Penguin, and Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy all drawing ideas from it, The Long Halloween has become the most influential Batman comic ever
- The Penguin episode 2 recap and Easter eggs: Sofia Falcone smells a rat
September 28
- Dino Crisis is finally getting the resurrection it deserves – and it's still a blast
September 27
- Saoirse Ronan's new movie The Outrun is a painful, hopeful story of addiction and recovery rooted in a powerful true story
- "It's a big wild swing of a book," says writer Kelly Thompson as Absolute Wonder Woman gives the amazing Amazon a new home, a new outfit, and new lassos
- The 10 best fantasy movies on Netflix to watch right now
- Space Marine 2's creative director sees what you’re doing in Games Workshops, and he approves
- This Metroidvania where you play as a janitor cat in the afterlife is the purrfect adventure for genre newbies like me
- It took Assassin's Creed Shadows getting delayed for me to play Ghost of Tsushima, and it's already surprising me like Red Dead Redemption 2 did
- Hellboy: The Crooked Man ending explained: Does Hellboy save Tom’s soul, what happens to Effie the witch, and all your questions answered
- Hellboy: The Crooked Man post-credits scenes – does the comic book movie have a post-credit scene?
September 26
- Former Tekken and Splatoon 3 devs are behind Hirogami, an action-platformer that's already won me over with its Kirby-like abilities
- From EVE Galaxy Conquest news to Warframe Mobile updates, here's everything shown in the Mobile Gaming Show
- With Assassin's Creed Shadows pushed back to an already-full February, expect a bloodbath that might decide the future of RPGs
- Solo Leveling season 2 release date, trailer, and everything else we know so far
- Space Marine 2's directors had to "fight quite a lot" for one level to be included, as some people thought the game was becoming a "40K fancy dress party"
- 10 classic games you can revive on your phone
- The best Xbox games to play on your phone
- Wait, what? Explaining *that* kiss in The Rings of Power season 2, episode 7 – and why it's so controversial
September 25
- The 35 greatest DC characters in movies and TV
- The 10 best Netflix games you can play right now
- Meta Quest 3S pre-orders are now live - here's where to buy
- Space Marine 2's game director knows Chaos isn't as fun to fight as Tyranids: "I don't think we did a good job in the end, but maybe next time"
- How we test board games at 12DOVE
- Ghost of Yotei - Everything we know so far about Ghost of Tsushima 2
- I've worked every PlayStation launch in the last 18 years, here are my top tips on pre-ordering PS5 Pro
- Sony's refusal to reveal the PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary bundle price means it's not for me and you
- Ghost of Yotei's trailer perfectly captures what made Ghost of Tsushima so special in the first place
- Here's the four PS5 reveals everyone will be talking about out of that PlayStation State of Play showcase
September 24
- Agatha All Along - The comic history of Agatha's coven and their ties to the Scarlet Witch explained
- With Teen's boyfriend, Agatha All Along may have snuck another Young Avenger into the MCU right under our noses
- All four major X-Men mutant classifications explained
- 24 years later, the Gladiator 2 Maximus twist means I'll never be able to watch the original the same way again
- Should you pre-order the PS5 Pro?
- Thunderbolts release date, cast, trailer, plot, and more about the Marvel movie
- Space Marine 2 directors on defying trends to find success: "Somebody was willing to take that risk instead of making another battle royale"
- The one feature that put me off playing Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom actually makes me feel like a creative genius
September 23
- The comic history of The Void, the villainous dark side of The Sentry, Lewis Pullman's potential Thunderbolts MCU character
- As a lifelong Sims fan, the latest update that the movie will have "a lot of lore" has me very excited
- 12DOVE presents: Mobile Gaming Week 2024
- The Casting of Frank Stone's most shocking twist makes it a great Dead by Daylight game, but a disappointing Supermassive game
- MTG Duskmourn Commander decks, ranked
- After playing Fire Emblem Engage and revisiting Three Houses, I'm yearning for older Fire Emblem RPGs to come to Switch
September 22
- I should have loved playing Tales of the Shire, but this Stardew Valley and Lord of the Rings mash-up has a distinct lack of vibes
September 21
- Kill Team: Hivestorm might be the best starter set Warhammer has made, if you ask me
September 20
- Mephisto - The comic history of the demonic villain who could appear in Agatha All Along
- The 32 greatest horror movies that aren't actually scary
- Types of board games, explained
- How we test projectors at GamesRadar
- Dragon Age timeline and story explained - breaking down the lore in the lead up to Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- I feel like I'm living and breathing Slavic folklore in this mystical adventure game, and I never want to leave it
- Baldur’s Gate 3 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard aren’t competitors — they’re siblings
- The Sandman season 2 release date speculation, cast, trailer, and more news
- Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley’s new body horror is a fleshy commentary on societal pressures – and the most unique experience you’ll ever have in a theater
- The Penguin: Who is Sofia Falcone and why is she known as the Hangman in the new show?
September 19
- EA's new plan for The Sims 4 sounds like it's getting the Fortnite treatment, and I don't know who it's for
- Disney Lorcana Shimmering Skies doesn't add new mechanics, but I think that's for the best
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard – The Big Preview
- Yes, Dragon Age: The Veilguard's darkspawn really do look goofy for a lore reason
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard creative director answers all of our important questions and some less-important ones: "I am a Final Fantasy 10 diehard; I love the Sphere Grid"
- I spent nearly 7 hours playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard and would like to spend 100 more in this RPG right now, thank you very much
- After playing Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, I'm convinced it has what it takes to reinvigorate anime arena fighters
- The 10 Best Batman comics of all time
- I'm a lifelong Pokemon fan who never clicked with the card game, but after a bit of Pokemon TCG Pocket I understand the battle system better than ever
- I think MTG Foundations is how I'll get my kid into Magic: The Gathering
- Who is Fëanor in The Rings of Power? His Lord of the Rings history explained
- Who is Teen in Agatha All Along? Joe Locke's mysterious Marvel character's true identity has finally been revealed
- Agatha All Along Easter eggs: All the nods to Marvel and more in the Disney Plus series
September 18
- The 33 greatest Matt Damon movies
- It's taken 4 years and roughly $900 million, but Genshin Impact is a better open-world RPG than ever after update 5.0
- Cruising around a strange planet in a beat-up van is my idea of the perfect sci-fi adventure in Caravan SandWitch
- Dan Da Dan release date, trailer, story, and everything else you need to know about the new Netflix anime
September 17
- Don't miss one of Baldur's Gate 3's best companion stories just because you're mad he ate your shoes
- The Plucky Squire
- Is Batman in The Penguin?
- My Time at Evershine is an ambitious sequel harboring all of the cozy elements fans know and love, with a bit of city-builder flair mixed in
- Space Marine 2's big twist is a reward for fans of the first game
September 16
- After 30 years, The Punisher arcade game finally gets a home port worth playing - "No matter what, our goal was to get as close to the original version as possible"
- An all-star team of indie devs turned the idea of a retro compilation into "an open-world game," and it's a rare gem that understands one secret joy of retro gaming
- Charming pixel JRPG Bloomtown: A Different Story brings Persona-inspired gameplay to a Stranger Things-like town this month
- How to watch Dragon Ball in order (TV shows and movies)
- Agatha All Along shows a very different side to WandaVision's big bad – "I didn't expect it to be so deep"
- How many episodes are in Agatha All Along season 1 on Disney Plus?
- How many episodes are in The Penguin on Max and NOW?
September 15
- I was dubious about a Speak No Evil remake but having seen it, I now want a whole bunch more
September 13
- The 32 greatest animated TV shows of all time
- Turn-based fantasy RPG Arco packs big, branching decisions into a small and stunning not-Western world – now I see what all the fuss was about
- Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, and Alexander Skarsgård talk working on Winslet’s years-in-the-making passion project about one of history's most interesting but forgotten photographers
- Space Marine 2 proves we're ready to see another side of Warhammer 40K – and I've got the perfect adaptation in mind
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has made a long-awaited comeback – here's why that's such a big deal
- 2024's best horror movies have been low-budget, smaller releases – and it's all down to the horror community
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
- From Avengers: Age of Ultron to WandaVision, here's all you need to watch before Agatha All Along
September 12
- How Assassin's Creed Shadows is using changing seasons and dynamic weather to be the series' "most advanced" game yet
- "He's the biggest Batman that we've ever seen." Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta on making the Dark Knight an underdog in Absolute Batman
- Planet Coaster 2 is my childhood dream come true, now with wild water parks and better management tools than ever before
- Nightingale boss Aaryn Flynn opens up on the game's challenges and massive new update: "Everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the face"
- Is it just me, or are belated sequels rarely worth the wait?
- Stellar Crown sets up the next era of the Pokemon TCG beautifully
- The PS5 Pro is an impressive, expensive mid-gen refresh that feels less essential than the PS4 Pro did in 2016
- Why the nine rings for men spell doom in The Rings of Power: the Nazghûl explained
- What is lurking in Khazad-dum in The Rings of Power season 2, episode 5? What Disa saw explained
September 11
- Dynamite's new The Terminator comic takes James Cameron's killer robot saga back to its terrifying "pulp noir" roots
- The 32 greatest '80s sci-fi movies
- Exclusive: The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns
- Speak No Evil may be a lot "less explicit" than the original horror movie, but it's still "horrific"
- Lae'zel's new "evil" ending in Baldur's Gate 3 isn't actually evil – it's her best possible outcome
- Why Star Wars Outlaws is the most authentic Star Wars sequel since Rogue One
September 10
- Batman: The Last Halloween writer Jeph Loeb explains the story's connection to the Penguin TV show, and why this really is the "last" Batman Halloween story he wants to tell
- The PS5 Pro might finally kill off performance mode, and the PC player in me is ecstatic
- In Date Everything I gave my financial records to a dishwasher, flirted with a ship in a bottle, and had the time of my life
- PS5 Pro enhanced games list: all the confirmed PS5 Pro enhanced titles to play today
- PS5 vs PS5 Pro specs compared: how does the next console match up?
- Dying Light: The Beast wants to be "the ultimate zombie adventure", and it only exists because Techland's DLC plans leaked
- How MTG Duskmourn captures the '80s horror vibe
- While everyone is busy killing Tyranids in Space Marine 2, I’m bringing the stink as Nurgle’s number one Bulwark in PVP
- Dragon Ball Daima release date, trailer, and everything we know so far
- Where to pre-order the PS5 Pro: all the latest stock updates
September 9
- DuckTales writer Brandon Montclare on exploring Duckburg and why the new comic is Uncle Scrooge's story
- Star Wars Outlaws didn't have the Red Dead Redemption-style depth I was looking for, but it's a huge improvement over Ubisoft's traditional open worlds
- The 33 greatest Fast & Furious moments
- One of the best Netflix movies of the year with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is a bittersweet exploration of grief
- Episode Aigis proves that Persona 3 Reload could’ve been bigger
September 6
- 40 years after their first movie, the Ewoks are starring in their own Star Wars comic again
- Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 doesn't change one bard's grisly fate, but I'm glad she's dead
- The Rings of Power doesn't need to stick to canon, it honors Tolkien by expanding it
- Best streaming mixers in 2024: Master your live audio like a pro
- I can't believe a new Famicom Detective Club is what finally got me excited for the Switch 2, but here we are
- Beetlejuice 3? After watching the new sequel I'd rather see a spin-off for its best new character
- I went hands-on with Acer's new handheld gaming PC, and these were my three favorite things about it
- This dating sim about playing cupid in a haunted house as a cute little ghost has stolen my heart as well as my left sock
- The 32 greatest movie cameos
- New horror movie sees Rings of Power star Morfydd Clark return to playing "freaky weirdos", and she couldn’t be happier about it
- I hope the cars in Mafia: The Old Country are so slow they go backwards
- A Minecraft Movie release date, trailer, cast, and more news
September 5
- The making of the accessible Xbox Adaptive Joystick and thumbstick toppers: "Any decision we have to make, we make the decision that creates more flexibility"
- Beginner's guide to collecting Space Marines in Warhammer 40K
- The Black Ops 6 beta has turned me into a knee-shooting menace, and now I can't go back to Modern Warfare 3
- I have the same problem with Marvel Rivals that I had with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, but it's not what you think
- The Rings of Power does justice to Tom Bombadil by remembering one crucial thing
- Who are the Stoors in The Rings of Power? Their link to Gollum explained
- Who are the Entwives in The Rings of Power? Explaining their tragic Lord of the Rings history
September 4
- Apple’s underseen thriller show Slow Horses is the best TV show you’ve probably never seen
- "They're going to have to kick us out the door!": Ubisoft Massive promises that changes are coming to Star Wars Outlaws as its directors reflect on launch and look to the future
- After Redfall and Suicide Squad, Concord's failure must be the nail in the coffin for the industry's failed live-service gold rush
- Supermassive describes Directive 8020 as "The Thing in space," but even with the survival horror elements, it's a Dark Pictures game through and through
- Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom prepares us for the world after Tears of the Kingdom, but lets its hero down in the process
- Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind is an uber-meta blast from the past
September 3
- Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake may have "never happened" without its gorgeous pixel art, and after playing for 30 minutes I can see why
- Making a Warhammer crossover worthy of Space Marine 2: "We don’t chase trends and gimmicks"
- Little Nightmares 3 includes a "melting pot" of fears to face, and after 45 minutes playing, I guess that includes angry office workers
- I played Lost Records: Bloom & Rage for 90 minutes and I'm already attached to its relatable cast, in love with its '90s vibes, and obsessed with the camcorder
September 2
- From playing dress-up to whipping everything in sight, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is driven by one question: "What would Indiana Jones do?"
- It's alive! Universal Monsters: Frankenstein revives one of the original movie maniacs for a terrifying new series
- The Sims 4 at 10: how queer fans have found "pure joy" through representation
- Once I stopped treating Baldur's Gate 3 like a video game, I finally got good at it