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September 30
- I've played a billion Soulslikes and Lies of P is officially the best one – now I want FromSoftware to steal from it
- An exploration of the original Assassin's Creed, an overture rooted in method acting
- Meet the GTA Online skydive stunt master who's spent over 10,000 hours perfecting aerial tricks – their latest anniversary montage will blow you away
September 29
- Interviewing Watchmen co-creator Alan Moore: "It's one thing to quit comics, a different thing to stop thinking about them"
- The best boss fight in Baldur's Gate 3 is a masterclass in tension, dread, and fear - and I almost missed it
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is easily the anime you need to pay attention to this season
- How the Assassin's Creed Mirage logo and its celebration of Arabic calligraphy came to life
- This harrowing indie platformer puts you in the shoes of a disgraced noblemen as he searches for the truth
September 28
- Marvel now has a perfect way to bring back Robert Downey Jr for one last Tony Stark cameo
- I'm ready for Venom to be a terrifying monster again
- Meta Quest 3: Everything we know about price, upcoming games, release date, and more
- I visited the Alan Wake 2 live-action set and it blew my tiny mind
- Gareth Edwards and John David Washington talk new sci-fi epic The Creator
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder captures the fun of my favorite 17-year-old Nintendo platformer, and makes it even more magical
- Shohreh Aghdashloo on her role of Roshan in Assassin's Creed Mirage: "What a great example for women today"
- Star Wars’ reluctance to recast Luke and Leia is holding the franchise back
- Gareth Edwards’ new sci-fi epic The Creator is here to revolutionize how blockbusters are made
September 27
- Saw X director on Jigsaw's chilling return and his new torturous traps
- I've found the perfect Barbie movie follow-up TTRPG
- I haven't felt this way about a fighting game since I knocked myself out on a Mortal Kombat arcade cabinet at a bowling alley 30 years ago
- Assassin's Creed Mirage's recreation of 9th Century Baghdad is so accurate it made a historian cry
- On the Radar: Assassin's Creed Mirage - A deep dive into the series' return to its roots with Ubisoft Bordeaux
- Alan Wake 2 hands-on: Scarier than the first game, even trippier than Control, and a bold new direction for Remedy
September 26
- Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers is a thrilling fresh start for the robots in disguise
- Haikyu movie release date: everything we know about the Dumpster Battle
- As a bard, I've convinced so many bosses to do my job for me in Baldur's Gate 3
- How to watch Wes Anderson's Roald Dahl short films on Netflix
- GTA Online changed the face of multiplayer heist games, but Payday 3 holds the blueprints
September 25
- Thanks to Patch 3, I'm one step closer to turning Baldur's Gate 3 into The Sims 4 Medieval
- Inside Mineko's Night Market: how Studio Ghibli, Japan's cat island, and allergies combined to create my most-anticipated cozy game
- How to watch the Saw movies in chronological order
September 24
- Interviewing animals in Baldur's Gate 3 is my new favorite RPG pastime
- In defense of Sonic the Werehog, one of the Blue Blur's most easily overlooked alter egos
- Mike Flanagan's Netflix horror shows ranked, from The Haunting of Hill House to Fall of the House of Usher
September 23
- 54 hours in, Baldur's Gate 3 delivers two of my favorite RPG bosses ever by letting my Paladin rizz them so hard they explode
- Dragon's Dogma 2 upgrades the original's sweeping sense of adventure
- Remembering Sega Rally Championship – a '90s arcade legend, one-time Japan-exclusive, and coveted PS2 latecomer
September 22
- Over 40 years on, Stop Making Sense remains the ultimate cinematic experience
- Starfield is bigger and more ambitious than Skyrim, but will it stand the test of time in the same way?
- The Flash #1 is a fresh start for DC's speedster - and the cosmic horror comic you didn't see coming
- This chaotic, gun-toting roguelike has me blasting violent seagulls and raising baby axolotls
September 21
- Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers and all of Marvel's December 2023 comics revealed
- How to watch The Lord of the Rings movies and shows in order (release date and chronological)
- "The foundation is consent, boundaries, and respect": Sex Education’s intimacy coordinator breaks down his work on the Netflix show
- I'm 90 hours into Baldur's Gate 3, but I started planning my second and third playthrough within the first 10 minutes
- DC's new Wonder Woman mixes politics and punching to spectacular effect
- One of the best JRPGs of 2023 is coming to Xbox Series X next year
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth reaffirms itself as my most-anticipated JRPG by keeping me guessing
September 20
- I never found Lae'zel in Baldur's Gate 3 and it turned me into a villain
- Bloodborne changed the face of action RPG horror, but Lies of P could redefine our expectations
- The best 4K monitor for gaming 2024: the greatest UHD panels I've tested yet
September 19
- Predator Versus Wolverine "just makes sense," says Benjamin Percy
- The Squid Game virtual reality experience is coming, and it completely misses the point of the Netflix show
- My heart isn't ready for this Journey-inspired adventure game about protecting a very good boy
- How the Saw franchise has stood the test of time and broken the torture porn curse
- If you can't play Starfield, this sci-fi Skyrim mod has 7 districts, 200 interiors, 400 NPCs and is perfect for space envy
September 18
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - The sad story of Aquababy
- Princess Peach Showtime gives the beloved princess of the Mushroom Kingdom the spotlight she deserves
- I got good at Baldur's Gate 3 by refusing to play it properly
- Ewan McGregor’s genre-bending new film will mess with your head
- I can't wait to turn Resident Evil 4 into Assassin's Creed in the upcoming Separate Ways DLC
September 17
- GTA 5's open world map was so ahead of its time that it's no surprise people are still flocking to it 10 years later
- I braved The Last of Us Haunted House at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights
September 16
- One tragic mistake in Baldur's Gate 3 stopped Karlach from joining me and it's haunted me ever since
- Solo-ing this old-school GTA Online mission is the best way to make quick cash during this week's 4x RP and GTA$ event
September 15
- The weirdest Batman villains of all time
- One Piece creator talks Netflix's live-action series: "If I wasn't satisfied, this wouldn't see the light of day"
- I'm still playing Baldur's Gate 3 and Starfield, and now State of Play and Nintendo Direct have delivered mountains of RPGs and JRPGs
- Is it just me, or should superheroes be less buff?
- I never thought it would be Batman that completely changed my life
- Alienware M18 vs Asus ROG Strix Scar 18: which behemoth should you choose?
- Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and all of DC's December 2023 comics revealed
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth promises to be absolutely massive and I finally see how it can be a standalone experience
- One Piece season 2 release date speculation, cast, news, and everything we know so far
- The most exciting Nintendo and Sony showcase standouts were last century's ideas
- Across the Spider-Verse composer on missed Easter eggs and why the third film will be even more complicated
- Ahsoka episode 5 proves we should be very excited for Dave Filoni's Star Wars movie
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 somehow manages to make swinging even more fun
- The scariest game I've played all year is a Japanese horror about the dangers of stalkers and online fame
- The best thing to come out of Ahsoka is actually a toy
- Haunting In Venice’s step into the supernatural is the right move for the Poirot series
September 14
- Why focusing on Batman and Robin is the right move for James Gunn's DC Universe
- Killing Floor 3 and its gorgeous Unreal Engine 5 maps are "a canvas that can be painted with blood and guts"
- Aquaman 2 trailer breakdown: James Wan talks Vin Diesel's input, horror inspiration, and potential sequels
- New Buffy series has the chance to right one of the original show's biggest mistakes
- Ahsoka has given us the perfect evolution of Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker
- Graphic novel The Super Hero's Journey is a love letter to Marvel comics
- The Starfield Empath trait is the perfect pick for the kind of player (and person) I am
- The Nun 2 turns Sister Irene into a saintly superhero and with it, highlights The Conjuring franchise's one big problem
September 13
- I'm late to the Baldur's Gate 3 party, so I've decided to ruin that party by being an absolute bastard to everyone I meet
- Who is the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh? Explaining the colorful crime fighter terrorizing Gotham
- Having a mortgage and parents in Starfield has turned me into a credit-hungry mercenary
September 12
- Starfield feels like a missed opportunity for Bethesda to reinvent itself
- Finished Netflix's live-action One Piece show? Here's how to keep the journey going
- Performance meets portability with the Razer Blade 16 and 13th Gen Intel Core processor
- Sea of Stars' director on the trauma that helped shape the hit JRPG
- Hal Jordan must face both Sinestro and a growing midlife crisis in Green Lantern #3
- Where is Ahsoka in Revenge of the Sith? The Clone Wars has the answer
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage parkour feels like coming home, and that’s exactly what I’d hoped for
September 11
- Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn and the Hoard filmmakers on their new "body horror of the mind"
- My first experience of an open world space game was on the Atari ST 31 years ago – Starfield is the game I've dreamt of ever since
- Forza Motorsport already feels like my next sim racing obsession
- My Gamescom 2023 highlight was an RPG inspired by the best PS2-era racing games
September 10
- Should we compare Starfield and Baldur's Gate 3? "I think we are doing very different things," says Larian
- Baldur's Gate 3 DLC should take inspiration from my most embarrassing death
September 9
- Elden Ring doesn't even come close: Armored Core 6 has the best New Game+ system I've played since Nier Automata
- I'm playing Baldur's Gate 3 and Starfield at the same time and I don't know who I am anymore, but I'm loving it
- As Spyro the Dragon turns 25, we remember what made the purple platformer such a fierce fire starter
September 8
- Netflix's One Piece showrunner talks Luffy, challenges, and convincing the naysayers
- 9 sci-fi films and TV shows to watch to feed your Starfield obsession
- Rosemary’s Baby, who? AHS Delicate is the modern day answer to pregnancy-horror
- Jacen Syndulla could low-key be Ahsoka's most fascinating character
- World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore made me fall in love with leveling all over again
- Turns out trying to recreate the Starfield sandwich collection but with plushies is really hard
- In Cities Skylines 2, I foolishly contaminated a small town and followed a citizen's epic journey to find a parking space
- Blue Beetle #1 provides the perfect template for a sequel movie
September 7
- 10 Marvel heroes who deserve video games
- I went hands-on with my most-anticipated upcoming open world game, and it didn't disappoint
- Netflix's One Piece has finally broken the live-action anime curse
- There are plenty of video game movies coming, but Stray is the one to be excited about
- Anakin's Ahsoka return is Star Wars fan service done right
- UFC 5 preview sees new brawler channeling Fight Night Round 3
- Starfield vs Baldur's Gate 3: Which of this year's biggest RPGs should you play first?
- One Life director on adapting an extraordinary World War 2 story with Anthony Hopkins
September 6
- The Afterparty creators break down season 2's shocking finale and tease what's next
- The best controllers for Starfield - no matter your platform or camera angle
- Path of Exile 2 devs want you to feel like you're "breaking the game" with class skills
- I've become obsessed with Starfield's doors and it's taking over my shipbuilding
- In preparation for Jusant, the Life Is Strange developer went on real-life climbing excursions to learn "the choreography on the rocks"
September 5
- Don't sweat the details on Starfield's character creator
- Starfield isn't "Skyrim in space", and I'm torn on whether that's a good thing or a bad thing
- Reka let me be a witch and build a house that moves on chicken legs and it was as magical as it sounds
- Days of Doom is like Plants Vs Zombies meets The Walking Dead, and I love it already
- Best Bethesda openings, from Skyrim to Starfield
September 4
- Starfield thrives in its quietest moments because few studios do implicit dread like Bethesda
- Forget Bloodborne turning us into slugs, Armored Core 6 is FromSoftware's most dehumanizing game
- The Lord of the Rings Return to Moria is the next game I want to play with my dad
September 3
- 10 best games like Starfield to play in 2023
- One of 2023's best Metroidvanias was made in 4 months by a self-taught dev — now it's made him a life-changing amount of money
- I beat Baldur's Gate 3's final gauntlet with a whole new fighting style and a healthy dose of RNG
- After dragon attacks and nuclear war, Starfield's opening pales in comparison to Skyrim and Fallout
September 2
- Tired of waiting for Bloodborne 2, these devs decided to make their own – now it's Sekiro with cat ninjas and Assassin's Creed DNA
- Starfield's combat is Bethesda's best, because we finally said goodbye to VATS
- I can't be the only person going straight for the "You Little Stalker" achievement in Cities: Skylines 2, right?
September 1
- Starfield accessibility verdict: "Disabled players are left back on Earth"
- Why Disney Lorcana is the trading card game we need right now
- Vasco calling me "Captain Josh" is my favorite thing about Starfield
- Persona 3 Reload has turned me into a JRPG fan
- When is the Disney Lorcana release date?
- Lysfanga: The Time-Shift Warrior is like Hades with time travel, and I love it
- Nightingale's alternate Victorian setting, fantastical Fae creatures, and crafting have me excited to become a Realmwalker
- Hellboy Web of Wyrd is its source material brought to life, and it's a thing of beauty