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March 31
- "Should JRPGs be considered a distinct genre?": Lunar icon Kei Shigema reflects on the genre with new remasters on the way and how RPGs have changed 33 years later
- Assassin's Creed Shadows boss is confident Ubisoft has a place in modern RPGs, even as the industry's goalposts shift: "When we were working on Odyssey, it was Breath of the Wild"
- I didn't expect to say it, but Doom: The Dark Ages adding a shield and a parry somehow makes it feel more Doom than ever
March 30
- After nearly 40 years of waiting, Atomfall is the Doctor Who game I've always wanted
March 29
- A Simpsons Hit and Run Remake will probably never happen – and I don't want it to
- Monster Hunter Wilds’ biggest struggle is working out what it wants to say about nature
March 28
- With no remaster in sight because Sony hates money and also me, I'm spending Bloodborne's 10-year anniversary thinking about its hardest, perfect boss battle
- Should you pre-order the Nintendo Switch 2?
- Rooney Mara's new kitchen drama that's being called "The Bear on steroids" is a tense, darkly funny take on the American dream
- Behold, the most intimidating demo I’ve had in 12 years of covering video games: playing "literal walking simulator" Baby Steps in front of Getting Over It mastermind Bennett Foddy
- Witchbrook's gameplay finally showed off the magical Stardew Valley-like life sim that's been 8 years in the making, and it was worth the wait
- Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey release date, cast, trailer, plot, and everything else we know
- Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom smashes together Super Mario 64, Katamari Damacy, and Crazy Taxi to create the wildest platformer I've ever played
- 32 movies that take place in a single location
- inZOi vs The Sims 4: I'm pitting the life sims against each other to compare five key features
- Ironheart release date, cast, plot, and everything else you need to know about the Marvel show
March 27
- The classic Fox X-Men are returning in Avengers: Doomsday, and I've got a really bad feeling about this
- "There is an expectation we're gonna make a little Skyrim": Ubisoft and Bethesda veterans form new studio headed by Skyrim and Fallout designer, debuting with first-person sci-fi and "crunchy mechanics"
- After 15 years in the making, Thor and Loki's reunion in Avengers: Doomsday could be the perfect MCU conclusion for the characters
- Witchbrook: Everything we know so far about Chucklefish's magical new life sim
- Here are the 23 biggest omissions in the Avengers: Doomsday cast list announcement – and why they might be missing
- League of Legends' take on Balatro is one of its best mini-games yet – and it's also exactly what's wrong with this era of League of Legends
- It took me over 20 hours to unlock Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows, and a Kofun turned out to be the perfect training ground
- Why rural British is the perfect setting for Atomfall’s unique approach to survival horror
- My first 3 hours in Atomfall feel playing Fallout 3 for the first time, and if you don't check it out I'm legally obliged to bash you with a cricket bat
- Avengers: Doomsday release date, cast, plot, and more news
- Reacher season 3 ending explained: Who dies, does Reacher get his revenge, and how does it set up season 4?
- Reacher season 4: Predicted cast, storyline, and everything we know so far about the Prime Video show
March 26
- Gaming desks vs regular desks: which surface should you buy?
- Talking points from the Game Developers Conference 2025 and how they could impact the future of gaming
- Assassin's Creed Shadows "has a little bit of Tarantino flavor", but its real secret ingredient is intrigue: "It's almost like you're watching an episode of Shogun"
- One Google Pixel 9a feature could make it a better gaming phone than most budget mainstream models
- Assassin's Creed Shadows is great, but I need feudal Japanese stories to stop cribbing from Kurosawa quite so hard
- The 32 most underrated psychological thrillers of all time
- Daredevil: Born Again episode 5 isn't a filler episode, it brings back the magic of old-school episodic TV
March 25
- "We have to earn it": Wildgate is a frenzied sci-fi shooter from former Blizzard devs, but this multiplayer isn't riding any coattails
- On The Radar: Assassin's Creed Shadows coverage hub
- Captain Planet is back after 33 years with a "sexy" makeover and a message that's as important as ever: "Reality has gotten a lot less subtle"
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' dual heroes has been an "opportunity" to enhance immersion in the feudal Japan story: "You get a chance to compare their two perspectives on a situation"
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' modern storyline is kind of non-existent and I couldn't be happier about it
- I spent 10 years waiting for the answers to Xenoblade Chronicles X's haunting cliffhanger ending, and it was worth the wait
- Forget the hidden blade: if you're not yeeting enemies in Assassin's Creed Shadows, you're missing out
- Assassin's Creed Shadows claims to offer two protagonists, but the choice between Yasuke and Naoe seems pretty rigged
- Power Up, Game On with this exciting UGREEN x Genshin Impact Series special collaboration
March 24
- My favorite weapon in Assassin's Creed Shadows is also the most misunderstood
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' tea ceremony quest is one of the game's best moments, but I wish Ubisoft would give us even higher stakes
- 10 years on, Bloodborne remains an unmatchable feat of atmosphere thanks to the mind-boggling oppressive scale of Yharnam
- Revenge of the Savage Planet is a refreshingly colorful and light-hearted co-op throwback to the carefree action platformers of the noughties
- "We don't want to force one terabyte of data on the players": Assassin's Creed Shadows' tech director on the clever tricks Ubisoft uses to "go beyond" current-gen
March 23
- I've spent 20 hours in Assassin's Creed Shadows chasing drip and decor, and it's proving to be my biggest source of motivation in the RPG
March 22
- The 20th Anniversary of the original God of War has me reflecting back on what the incredible reboot achieved 7 years ago
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' generous parrying is a nightmare – and before anyone can say "skill issue," I'm blaming Sekiro and Lies of P
- Assassin' Creed Shadows' open-world Japan is beautiful, but Ubisoft really makes you work before you can enjoy it
- The Severance season 2 finale just made me rethink the entire show – and it’s so much darker than I expected
- Kill Team: Blood and Zeal pre-orders just went live, and I wish other Warhammer games were this weird
March 21
- Marvel June 2025 solicitations: 10 must-have comics to pre-order this month
- DC June 2025 solicitations: 10 must-have comics to pre-order this month
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' prologue is the most gripping in franchise history, but I'm fixated on the tiny details
- Matt Murdock's powers are failing and he has just 72 hours to solve a deadly mystery in Marvel's new limited series, Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell
- Flow won big as this year's Oscars underdog against Pixar and Netflix, and it's proof of the power of storytelling over dialogue
- After 18 years, I'm convinced Assassin's Creed Shadows has perfected the series' ultimate stealth loop – all thanks to its deliciously dense castles
- The 35 greatest 2010s sci-fi movies
- The best games to play in 2025, so far
- Cabernet is the kind of vampire RPG I've been looking for since Masquerade Bloodlines, and I'm already plotting my next run 6 hours in
- Silent Hill f: Everything we know about the new survival horror game
- Biggest announcements from the Game Developers Conference 2025
- Severance season 2 ending explained: What is Cold Harbor? Did Mark S save Gemma, and more questions answered
- The Severance season 2 finale is so perfect that we don't need season 3
- Severance season 3: Everything we know so far about the potential return of the Apple TV Plus show
March 20
- FBC: Firebreak is exactly what I want a FPS from Remedy to be – weird, cinematic, and exceptionally pretty
- D&D virtual tabletop Sigil is as good as dead, and I can't stop thinking about what could have been
- Drop everything, because I just found out Assassin's Creed Shadows' ninja province was real
- How does Rapid Trigger work? Instant repeat presses explained
- INAYAH - Life after Gods is a hand drawn anime-style action platformer for Metroidvania and Boss-Rush fans
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' yellow paint parkour challenges are a highlight for me after 11 hours jumping around the world
- Spider-Man 4 release date, cast, plot theories, and everything else we know about the Marvel movie
- I'm playing Assassin's Creed Shadows with Immersive Mode and Expert difficulty on, and you should do the same
March 19
- Who is Angela in Daredevil: Born Again?
- I've played 40 hours of Assassin's Creed Shadows, so please learn from my biggest mistake and pay attention to Knowledge
- The 35 greatest 2000s action movies
- PSA: Clear out your storage space, because Assassin's Creed Shadows' world is so pretty you'll be taking screenshots for days
March 18
- "It's OK for me to move on": Years after scoring Minecraft, composer C418's latest project is about running a cozy tea shop with a "stupidly complex music system"
- D&D Beyond's Sigil software isn't the worst VTT around, but it has a long way to go to compete with other 3D map makers
- 33 Immortals' 33-player co-op roguelike chaos keeps pulling me back, and its early access is on Xbox Game Pass today
March 17
- Gargoyles creator Greg Weisman digs into why Demona is the "single most dangerous character" in the entire franchise ahead of her new solo comic
- After Silent Hill 2 helped Bloober Team redeem itself, is the once-controversial studio poised to become horror's latest darling?
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 promises to "redefine the standards of third-person action games," but I'd rather it fix Space Marine 2's biggest problem
- New Lego sets in March 2025, from F1 to Jurassic Park
- Ranking the best Assassin's Creed protagonists of all time
- Shrek 5: release date, plot, trailer, news, and more
March 15
- I love consoles more than anything but Microsoft has me less excited than ever about the Xbox Series X successor
- The Dark Souls games might be my all-time favorites, but Monster Hunter Wilds beats them in one crucial way: fashion
- The Legend of Zelda movie: Everything we know so far about the live-action movie
March 14
- "He's right to think it's cool, because it is": D&D legends Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan on Divergence, sharing worlds, and what they want next from Exandria Unlimited
- After years of searching for the perfect way to play N64 Zelda ROM hacks using original hardware, I've finally found a flash cart that checks all the boxes
- I'm declaring war on gaming chair armrests in 2025
- Oblivion remake leaks suggest Skyrim's cooler sibling is making a comeback, but I'm worried a modern makeover could bulldoze over the weirdness that makes it great
- The Bear star's new A24 cult thriller proves Ayo Edebiri needs to be the final girl in a horror movie
- LA Noire eat your heart out: This weird and wildly funny detective game saw me investigate a mysterious dead body as a broke cat in a suit
- We're only 3 months into 2025, but this year has already been stellar for RPG sickos like me – and it's showing no signs of slowing down
- The 32 greatest Ben Affleck movies
- The Russo brothers hid an Avengers Easter egg in Netflix movie The Electric State ahead of their Marvel comeback – and I'm convinced it's teasing Scarlet Witch's return
- The Electric State ending explained: Who won the final battle and is Kid Cosmo still alive?
March 13
- From Skyrim to Baldur's Gate 3, spiders are universally horrible – but Avowed finds a way to make them worse than ever
- How to play the Assassin's Creed games in order: chronological and release date
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer is a novel throwback to classic PS2 racing games like Midnight Club, and I can't get enough of it
- Wicked: For Good release date, cast, story, and everything else you need to know about Wicked Part 2
- Invincible season 4 release date speculation, story, cast, and more
- Invincible season 3 ending explained: who dies, Eve's new powers, and Conquest's fate
March 12
- Assassin's Creed Shadows can wait – I spent 40 hours mopping up the map in the one game in the series everyone skipped
- I thought I was going evil in Avowed, but one quest changed everything I thought I knew about morality in this RPG
- 10 years on, Yakuza 0 is still one of the strongest entry points to a franchise ever made
- The 32 greatest swashbuckler movies ever made
- Who killed [SPOILER] in Daredevil: Born Again episode 3?
March 11
- Avowed and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 tap into the same thing that makes The Witcher 3 so compelling – and it's something I'm always looking for in RPGs
- Spider-Man has become every Marvel Rivals player's worst nightmare
March 10
- Daredevil: Born Again - Learn the bullet-riddled comic book history of the Punisher before he officially joins the MCU
- Subnautica 2: Everything we know about the new underwater survival game
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' transmog looks set to combine the best of Odyssey and Vahalla to make changing my drip easier than ever
- Split Fiction feels like a Mass Effect-meets-Fable platformer and I'm obsessed with it after just one hour
- AMD's pro-consumer 9070 strategies are exactly why it's primed to dominate the CPU market in 2025
March 9
- Oh no, Monster Hunter Wilds is so good that I'm already counting the days until its inevitable Master Rank expansion
- Daredevil: Born Again killing off a fan-favorite character is controversial, but it might prove to be the right choice for the new Marvel show
March 8
- My PC is screaming for an update, but the Switch 2 will be taking all my money this year
- I'm obsessed with Avowed's made-up curse words, which have a surprisingly practical purpose in the world of Eora
- Daredevil: Born Again immediately earns its title with a foundation-shaking opening that sets it apart from its Netflix predecessor
March 7
- I get why Obsidian doesn't like The Elder Scrolls comparisons, but Avowed is the first RPG to have its hooks in me this deep since Skyrim took over my life 14 years ago
- I put two electronic d20s head-to-head and the bad news for your wallet is the discount D&D dice failed its saving throw
- John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush's twisted chiller is a much-needed shake-up to the horror genre, disrupting harmful elderly stereotypes embraced by the likes of X and The Shining
- This board game TRPG hybrid delivers something D&D hasn't quite managed to capture for me
- Blades of Fire plays like a lost Xbox 360-era mashup between God of War and Soulslikes, and it's coming from the studio behind Metroid Dread
- The 33 greatest movies based on Shakespeare
- Escaping an asylum hidden in an 18th century Spanish monastery is a curious concept for a stealth game, but I couldn't put this one down
- Playing Atomfall for 90 minutes booted me out of my comfort zone more than any other survival action game, and that's a very good thing
March 6
- I beg of you, learn nothing more about the incredible new Gundam anime beyond the fact that you should learn nothing more about it
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A looks to finally bring my anime-inspired dreams of truly active combat to life
- Final Fantasy 7 concept artist Yoshitaka Amano's new gallery exhibit summarizes everything I love about the Square Enix games, even though he might have stood me up
- Frieren season 2 release date, story, trailer, and everything else we know
- I'm terrible at the combat in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, so I'm beating the RPG as a medieval rizz master instead
- New Lego sets in January 2025, from Harry Potter to Star Wars
- New Lego sets in February 2025, from Twilight to Winnie the Pooh
- Battlefield 6's first teaser takes me back to the days of Modern Warfare 2 lobbies and 24/7 Metro matches, proving we all crave a return to shooters' simpler times
- If you think that the Invincible War is over too quickly in Invincible season 3 episode 7, you are missing the point
- My Talking Hank: Islands brings new animal friends and a fresh world to explore on the Ice Island
March 5
- Can a projector replace a TV? Here's everything I've learned after years of trying to build my own living room theatre
- Infinity Nikki and The Sims' return are only the start of a retro gaming renaissance for Y2K girlies
- The 32 greatest '80s action movies
- Some of Avowed's most memorable smaller instances are reminding me of the magic of Red Dead Redemption 2's random encounters
- Steam sale 2025: All the dates, times, and everything else you need to know
- Daredevil: Born Again: All the Easter eggs, cameos, and references
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A's starter trio proves it's time for a new type, and I know what it should be
March 4
- Playing Monster Hunter Wilds in multiplayer is a confusing mess, but in defiance of Capcom I've jury-rigged a co-op campaign that actually works
- DC’s new Batman relaunch finally has me excited to follow the Caped Crusader again
- Haikyuu VS The Little Giant: Release date speculation, story, trailer, and everything we know so far
- Street of Rage 4's developer returns with Absolum – a fantasy flavored beat 'em up with a Hades twist
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' Knowledge system sounds like it's tapping into what I loved most about Ghost of Tsushima
- Fame & Fable is a post-lockdown D&D Dungeon Master's baby, born of "homebrew characters, monsters, and artefacts"
March 3
- As a stalwart member of the Dual Blades community, Monster Hunter Wilds has done us dirty by not importing Rise's beloved Wirebugs
- Meta Quest 3 vs Pico 4 Ultra: Which VR headset should you buy?
- I was worried this MMO's first new skill in over 12 years would change things too much, but Sailing in Old School RuneScape feels just like home
- When is the Game Developers Conference 2025 and why is it so interesting?
- 5 talking points about the state of games in 2025
- The 6 biggest gaming trends of 2025
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 isn't the classic turn-based RPG I've been longing for, but its combat is somehow even better than what I wanted
- Tiny Pasture is the perfect idle game for people who can’t keep their Tamagotchi alive
March 2
- I've been using the RTX 5070 to play a bunch of games early, and it might be the console killing GPU I've been waiting for
- Avowed's dialogue can feel more like a tabletop RPG than Baldur's Gate 3's, but in a totally different way
March 1
- Razer has launched its Kuromi Collection in the US so I've turned my cozy gaming setup into a pretty purple Sanrio paradise
- 5 additions that would make me excited for D&D Sigil
- Monster Hunter Wilds revived a play style I fell in love with almost 10 years ago, and now it's one of my favorite ways to play all over again
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has turned me into a Bohemian Batman who murders bandits in their sleep, and it's all because of some dead sheep