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- November 21
- November 20
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- Star Wars Outlaws is "removing forced stealth from almost all quest objectives"
- Xbox Game Pass subscribers can now stream 50 "select" games from their own libraries, letting you "play Baldur's Gate 3 on mobile"
- Daniel Craig and Challengers director Luca Guadagnino are looking to join James Gunn's DC Universe with Sgt. Rock movie
- As Stalker 2 bug reports roll in, dev warns "there may still be rough edges" because "we literally haven't released anything of this scale before"
- Scott Pilgrim creator says the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off anime is officially dead
- After 35 years, the actor behind The Simpsons' lovable nerd Milhouse is retiring - but not before one last Treehouse of Horror
- Five years after it was announced, Marvel is finally releasing its Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker comic adaptation, complete with extra scenes not in the film
- Kingdom Hearts 2 streamer spends 2 hours grinding a 9999-hit combo, gets enough cash for 1.2 healing potions: "This is possibly the most stressful thing I've ever done"
- Suits fan-favorite character Harvey Specter will return in upcoming spin-off as actor teases: "When an old friend is in need, it’s time to take care of things"
- Mad Cave brings classic manga Speed Racer to comics next Free Comic Book Day with a special #0 from Savage Avengers and Space Ghost writer David Pepose
- Our number one favorite Xbox controller just received its debut discount at Amazon before Black Friday
- Fortnite is getting another new battle pass and its regular one is getting more expensive, but at least Crew subscriptions are about to become better value for money
- A speedrunner just beat Need for Speed: Most Wanted's world record by 90 minutes - by using Half-Life's Gordon Freeman instead of a car
- Jeff Goldblum says he has "no tips whatsoever" for Jonathan Bailey in Jurassic Park: "Your broad shoulders can handle any dinosaur"
- No Man's Sky dev says implementing 8K visuals into the PS5 Pro version "completely reset my world view" on the "repeated narrative" that there's no difference between 4K and 8K
- Michael Fassbender says "never say never" to returning as X-Men's Magneto
- The monstrous Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro is down to a record low price, and I'd use it as a catch all Black Friday pickup
- Avengers: Secret Wars really leads us into the age of X-Men at Marvel, says Kevin Feige
- This 3D printer deal for beginners feels like highway robbery
- Here's how to watch the Golden Joystick Awards 2024, hosted by Final Fantasy 16 favorite Ben Starr
- After super Mario 64's new speedrunning GOAT prompts rumors of the game's death, another runner says it "isn't dead, and it won't be for a long time"
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard director says chasing industry trends with Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem "starts to dilute your focus," so he wanted to get back to BioWare's "very real strength"
- New Alien: Earth teaser trailer confirms we were completely wrong about the timeline, and sets up a close link to Ridley Scott's Alien
- Kevin Feige re-confirms Fantastic Four's future MCU plans: "All those characters go right into the next Avengers movies"
- As Sony's reported plans to acquire Dark Souls and Elden Ring developer's parent company get flagged as "unclear information" by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Kadokawa confirms "no decision has been made"
- Former Blizzard boss says "the only thing bigger" than Sony buying FromSoftware would be if it bought Valve or Nintendo
- Shudder is releasing a new horror anthology series in December, and the first episode sounds suitably chilling
- The PlayStation Portal can finally stream games without a PS5, and I'll take that over a Black Friday discount
- Netflix's record-breaking sci-fi thriller Alice in Borderland gets season 3 release window, almost 3 years after its last season
- 54 years after its release, one of the best anime shows is finally making its streaming debut
- How to Train Your Dragon fans praise live-action movie trailer's Toothless despite initial concerns over his design
- One of Arcane season 2's most heartbreaking scenes was somehow hand-drawn "entirely in charcoal"
- Denzel Washington says two more Equalizer movies are on the way: "We’re doing four and five"
- One Superman actor has seen a sneak peek of the trailer for James Gunn's new movie: "I had goosebumps. That's how great it is"
- The new PlayStation Portal cloud streaming beta essentially turns it into a $200 PS5
- 7 years after being delisted for a second time, the 2013 Deadpool game just got a mysterious update on Steam alongside 6 other delisted Activision games
- "No, I don't think Palworld was snubbed": Palworld community lead responds to Game Awards backlash, says "Not everything is a conspiracy"
- The final Arcane season 2 trailer has totally sold me on a fan theory that suggests one character is finally locking in their signature ability
- James Gunn says the new Batman movie isn't ready to be made yet and no DC movie will be made until there's a "screenplay that I'm totally happy with"
- Star Wars' anime series returns in 2025 for a third season – including a short from one of the studios behind Attack on Titan
- Final Fantasy 14 is coming to mobile so sprouts can experience the "grandeur of the original's story and combat," and card game sickos like me have another way to play Triple Triad
- As Remedy nearly breaks even with Alan Wake 2 sales, Sam Lake tells investors "we strive to create commercial hits" but "we must never lose" the studio's special sauce
- November 19
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- DC says Absolute Batman is already the best-selling comic of 2024
- Fable 4 reportedly has Witcher 3-like combat, CDPR DNA, and a whole lot of polish for an alpha build
- William Shatner 'returns' as Captain Kirk in emotional new Star Trek short film, and it might be one of the best examples of de-aging we've seen yet
- Valve was "pretty close to going bankrupt" until it was saved from a pre-Half-Life 2 lawsuit by a summer intern who happened to major in Korean language studies
- James Gunn's DCU names its Clayface, starting with Creature Commandos
- Balatro creator reacts to The Game Awards noms by telling you to play other indie games that weren't nominated: "I just happen to be the lucky one to be propped up"
- New Minecraft movie trailer sees Jack Black "yearn for the mines" while being chased by skeletons alongside a pink leather jacket-wearing Jason Momoa
- Charlie Cox says Marvel considered "reinventing" Matt Murdock for Daredevil: Born Again before deciding to make it a continuation of the Netflix show
- New on Netflix: The biggest movies and shows to watch this week (Nov 19-24)
- Arcane season 2 showrunner teases "massive, massive repercussions" for Jayce, Vi, and Jinx as the League of Legends spin-off draws to its finale
- Sci-fi survival sandbox Starbound just got its first PC update in 5 years - a hotfix so tiny that it's pretty much the saddest update I've ever seen
- Arcane team break down Act 2's most shocking moment: "What's wrong with you? Why did you write that?"
- Arcane showrunner teases future of Caitlyn and Vi's relationship: "There is love, but the question is 'can it survive?'"
- Arcane star Ella Purnell broke the sound booth during her Jinx fight scenes: "I do karate chop movements in my booth"
- Silent Hill 2 creeps its way into Woot's early Black Friday game deals with its first ever major discount
- Manor Lords dev responds to criticism of his city builder's updates, saying that while they're not always "impressive to show off," he wants to "focus on issues that people comment on"
- Out of nowhere, League of Legends' "greatest roster of all time" is over as two-time world champion abruptly leaves his team
- Stalker 2 release time – the countdown to the horror-soaked FPS is finally on after 14 years
- After 28 years, Pokemon Red and Green have been dethroned as the best-selling Pokemon games in Japan
- Rockstar isn't done updating the GTA Trilogy after its recent big patch, with another now on the way
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree shouldn't be eligible for Game of the Year
- I'm tracking all the best Black Friday gaming laptop deals - these are the rigs I'd buy this week
- Palworld's best defense against part of Nintendo's lawsuit could be an 8-year-old GTA 5 mod, according to one patent expert
- First teaser for Dungeons and Dragons Secret Level episode is here tapping into some major game lore
- James Gunn reveals Lanterns has a 2026 release window, "around the same time" as Supergirl
- New Captain America: Brave New World image reveals first look at Danny Ramirez's Falcon
- Baldur's Gate 3 is doing even better in 2024 than it did in 2023, with daily users up 20%, and Larian thinks it knows why: "Mods are very good"
- Deadpool and Wolverine becomes the most watched live-action movie on Disney Plus since Black Panther 2
- Spider-Man fans are convinced a Beyond the Spider-Verse announcement is imminent after a 20-foot Miles Morales logo appeared in New York
- James Gunn answers everyone's big question about how Peacemaker's first season fits into new DC canon, but there's one exception that they will "deal with" in season 2
- Hey handheld kids, I want to talk about the MSI Claw before Black Friday kicks off
- Elden Ring and Dark Souls parent company is reportedly in talks to be acquired by Sony, so surely that Bloodborne remake is a step closer now
- Dev behind one of 2024's best indie horror games celebrates 1 million soundtrack streams on Spotify: "I can buy like two hot dogs with the revenue"
- Dragon Quest 3 remake producer wants Final Fantasy 6 to get the HD-2D treatment because it has "the highest quality pixel art"
- November 18
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- James Gunn says "more than one" potentially R-rated DC projects are currently in the works: "Whatever is worthy of the story"
- 3 months after launch, Star Wars Outlaws' next big update is starting to sound like a whole new open-world game
- As if Silent Hill 2 Remake wasn't scary enough, now you can play it in first-person VR with full motion controls thanks to this mod built for braver people than me
- After 4 years, Tom Hardy’s long-awaited Netflix action thriller finally gets a first look and release date
- Zelda cosplayer struggling with "impossible" Link design flaw finds solution after Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai steps in to help
- After 7 years, a forgotten Team Fortress 2 taunt is in the spotlight as the ultimate meme expression of FPS dominance: "You either Yeti cancel or the Yeti cancels you"
- The Game Awards nominees prove that 2024 is the year of the JRPG, with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Metaphor ReFantazio leading the field
- Half-Life 2: Episode 3 never happened because Valve lead Gabe Newell thought just “pushing the story forward” wasn’t a good enough reason to make a game
- Ghost Rider '44 and the Hellhunters have a new recruit in their fight against demonically-possessed Nazis: a 15-year-old Bucky Barnes
- One of the most popular board games just got a massive discount ahead of Black Friday
- Tron 3 gets a new look as director teases a "grittier, more industrial" sequel
- New Arcane season 2 trailer teases the emotional final episodes – and it's hidden away on Netflix
- Apple TV’s Godzilla spin-off Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 gets first look as production is now officially underway
- Nobody 2 first look sees a blood-soaked Bob Odenkirk ready for action
- 13 years since the last movie, Jude Law has a promising update on Sherlock Holmes 3: "The hope is we’re still going to do it"
- Dragon Quest 3 remake producer would "love" to do more HD-2D JRPG remakes, but with 9 releases in 7 years, he worries fans may get "bored" of them
- Super Mario 64 speedrunning is "dead" after one runner claims all 5 major categories in what's being dubbed "the greatest speedrunning achievement of all time"
- Jayce's controversial arc in Arcane season 2 has fans shaken, but one theory suggests it could all tie to the most dangerous place in League of Legends lore
- Clementine Book Three promises a "heart-wrenching finale" to The Walking Dead spinoff
- New sneak peek of the Doctor Who Christmas Special teases a familiar enemy – and dinosaurs
- Ghostbusters star Dan Ackroyd doesn't think the original cast will return again: "I don't see that coming"
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure creator slams AI "fraudsters'" influence over the manga industry after seeing a drawing so eerily reminiscent of his work he thought it was his
- Red Dead Redemption 2's very own Arthur Morgan says he wishes that he could work with "genius" Metal Gear mastermind Hideo Kojima
- One Arcane season 2 theory is so good that it might have already spoiled act 3 – and could explain where Ekko has been this whole time
- Simon Pegg says Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is the best in the series and praises Tom Cruise's latest stunts: "It's absolutely bananas"
- Ryan Reynolds would love to return to do Deadpool 4, but says "there's a reason it's been six years since the last one"
- Criticism of Arcane's reported $250 million budget is "silly from our perspective," says LoL co-creator, and Hollywood just can't understand "why we would do this"
- As Metal Gear Solid 2 surpasses its 23rd anniversary, Hideo Kojima says "I sacrificed many things to create the games the way I wanted"
- League of Legends creator clears up "confusion" over Arcane's 'five-season plan': "Arcane was always written to be two seasons"
- As Helldivers 2's new Democracy Space Station guns down the divers who helped build it, one dev says Arrowhead need to "own that and adapt" but warns that "things are rarely crap or fantastic" at first
- November 17
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- Deadpool and Wolverine's ending was tweaked in a "day-and-a-half" of reshoots after a pitch-perfect note from Blake Lively
- Solo city builder dev says indie developers' efforts need to count: "You can't polish up that turd, you need to let go and move on"
- Piglet's kid-friendly take on Resident Evil and Silent Hill is having a viral moment, and now its old director is sharing a fascinating Behind-the-Scenes peek
- As Rockstar prepares for GTA 6, one former dev explains how the pitch for GTA 5 was to do everything "bigger and better" than GTA 4
- The Boys creator Eric Kripke says he "lives in absolute terror" that the show will become the thing they have been parodying
- Black Ops 6 player spent nearly 20 hours grinding to Prestige without getting a single kill, all by spamming Spy Cams
- Martin Scorsese has shared a movie recommendation for one of the year's most underseen horror films
- Ryan Reynolds reveals his favorite scene from Deadpool And Wolverine and it's an unexpected, emotional choice
- After 4 World of Warcraft events launched with bad loot this year alone, Blizzard admits that it can "start to seem like a pattern"
- After 20 years of WoW updates, will Blizzard ever need to wipe the slate clean? Maybe "at some long, distant point," but the MMO has already been totally "rebuilt"
- November 16
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- After he "lived in fear" of on-set leaks, Ryan Reynolds had a surprisingly straightforward plan to stop Deadpool and Wolverine spoilers from getting out: "Everyone runs for cover"
- "It makes me sick": Skyrim modder with 475,000 downloads, fed up with "daily harassment," abandons modding after "thousands of hours" of work on what she calls "the most advanced follower to ever exist"
- BioWare art director is sharing more Dragon Age: The Veilguard concept art, including the very first piece he made for BioWare's latest RPG
- After failing his deathless GTA 5 run 8 times, Red Dead Redemption 2 streamer spends 45 hours beating Rockstar's Western with no deaths on the third try
- Finally, our first look at the chaotic gameplay footage of The Binding of Isaac multiplayer, the online update we've been waiting a decade for
- As Arcane showrunners protest that their $250 million budget is quite cheap for 18 episodes, 1 anime director points out that its costs 25 times more per episode than his show
- Former The Elder Scrolls Online lead says Bethesda was such an amazing partner that it was harder to make a WoW-free MMO than it was to make a good Elder Scrolls MMO
- Arcane season 2 showrunner explains that some of that $250 million budget came about because "no one has ever made a great thing by not taking bets"
- Arcane showrunner explains why it's ending with season 2 as he once again hints at future stories: “We spent nine years at this point on these 11 or so characters”
- The plot for Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is complete, and the team is now moving forward with the JRPG's development
- Dune: Prophecy star compares her character's dysfunctional marriage to another HBO show: "There are aspects of Tony Soprano somewhere in there"
- WoW lead says "big bets" with World of Warcraft: The War Within were worth it – "Of course, yes, if I could catch that scaling bug, I'd love to go back"
- Dune: Prophecy star Travis Fimmel compares his role in the sci-fi prequel to his work on Vikings
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Nov 15-17)
- November 15
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- There are random shots of Wolverine's ass in one Deadpool and Wolverine scene because of a cut Captain America joke: "That's why I did that shot – to feature Canada's Ass"
- In an expansion-heavy time for Xbox, Phil Spencer says he doesn't like "expansions that are manipulative" – "I don't want it to be, like, the third level that you cut"
- Penguin theory argues one unsuspecting character is secretly an iconic Batman villain that we haven’t seen since the Christopher Nolan trilogy
- Meet Elden Ring's newest hero: the Lore Accurate Knight, a sword-and-board legend crushing bosses with a simple Dark Souls-inspired loadout
- Dune: Prophecy star Olivia Williams didn't realize what she was taking on when she joined the sci-fi franchise until she told the guy fixing her wifi: "I was like, 'Okay, this is something I've got to take seriously'"
- Arcane: What is the Black Rose in League of Legends, and what does it mean for Mel and Ambessa?
- Stellar Blade dev says no, its RPG shooter about staring contests with anime butts (which you always win because butts don't have eyes) isn't getting a Netflix anime
- Dune: Prophecy showrunner wants to "continue the momentum" of the movies: "It’s an amazing time to be a Dune fan"
- Deadpool, Wolverine, and Cable unite to form a "badass" new mutant strike force in Weapon X-Men
- One of last year's best PC survival games is coming to PS5 next year, and now it's got a 2-hour demo
- 10,000 glowing Steam reviews in, anime Stardew Valley-like Fields of Mistria reveals "major update" with, oh my goodness, mounts to ride around on
- DC reveals its full slate of February 2025 comics and covers featuring Batman, Superman, Batman, the Justice League, and more
- The official Fantastic Four: First Steps synopsis has been revealed in a surprising way, and it teases a "very personal" conflict in the Marvel movie
- Warcraft 3: Reforged's 2.0 patch temporarily blocked access to the original RTS, with players who've owned the classic version for decades told that their license isn't valid
- Dune: Prophecy star praises Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya, talks stepping into 'unbelievably difficult shoes' when making the new prequel series
- After Starfield: Shattered Space's mixed reviews, Todd Howard wondered if Bethesda should "have waited to put buggies out"
- The early 2025 game avalanche just got worse: Fallout and Metro-inspired survival game Atomfall is coming in March
- The original Thunderbolts lineup is coming back – and now they're working for Doctor Doom
- Helldivers 2's new Democracy Space Station is killing so many Helldivers that the devs are giving out free shields and extra lives in a "temporary" emergency fix
- As viral Piglet game hits $300 resale amid Silent Hill and Resident Evil comparisons, collectors say it's "the perfect encapsulation of why retro game collection f***ing sucks now"
- After being announced 20 years ago, Tom Hardy's "awesome" Splinter Cell movie is now officially dead
- Matt Reeves has finally explained why Batman doesn't intervene in The Penguin
- Ubisoft kills "inaccurate rumors" around Assassin's Creed Animus Hub: rewards are "entirely free," no paid sub or battle pass, and "no extra cost" to missions
- Ryan Reynolds shares an "abandoned" scene from Deadpool and Wolverine, featuring a namedrop of X-Men's Jean Grey
- Phil Spencer says Xbox will "definitely do more consoles" as he seems to take a jab at the PS5 Pro: "We don't need to do incremental hardware for our own benefit"
- After leading his own RPG to release, Dragon Age: The Veilguard lead dubs Hideo Kojima as "one of the few people" who deserves the title of "auteurship"
- A new Sonic 3 image has a suspiciously large empty space – and it could be hiding a secret cameo
- The Boys season 5 cast still doesn't know how the series will end, but they do know when filming will start, and it's very soon
- Rogue One's Ben Mendelsohn teases his Andor arrival in perfect Krennic fashion: "I think it's a bit of a mismatch"
- Get $888 of Pathfinder RPG books for $30 with the best bundle I've ever seen
- Job ad reveals Blizzard's unannounced "open-world shooter game," and that's all the evidence I need to get overhyped about that rumored StarCraft shooter
- Mass Effect veterans' new sci-fi RPG Exodus teases that "all your missions are gonna include choices that have impact"
- CEO behind GTA Trilogy calls out Rockstar's "d*ck move" for removing his studio's name, claiming that "hundreds of fixes" had "stayed out of players' hands for years"
- Gladiator 2 post-credits scene: does the sequel have a post-credits scene?
- November 14
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- Dune: Prophecy star that previously said "it’s not like Star Wars" clarifies her comments about the upcoming prequel series: "Everything is relative"
- That slick Prince of Persia action roguelike from the Dead Cells co-dev is getting a huge update that throws out the old art style and doubles the content
- Avowed is selling 5 days of early access, and in a surprise twist fueled by Xbox buying everyone, Obsidian's RPG is coming to Activision Blizzard's Battle.net
- Star Wars fans get first look at underrated villain in Andor season 2
- Blood Hunt may be over but now She-Hulk and the Avengers face a new vampire problem: protecting them from the Nightstalkers
- Under PS5 dominance, Microsoft says you don't need a console at all, actually everything is an Xbox, and "you're probably reading this right now from an Xbox"
- Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe says he's "got way into Balatro" after designing collab art for the poker-themed roguelike, and it's like being "in a trance"
- Recreating a 36-year-old JRPG classic put a mountain of pressure on the Dragon Quest 3 remake devs: "If this fails, I won't be able to stay in the industry"
- Baldur's Gate 3 dev begs console players to exercise modding restraint, because a new hotfix is about to make your saves temporarily unplayable if you have 100+ installed
- Sonic the Hedgehog's associate lore manager shares an important correction: Sonic is still homeless and "always has been"
- No! Stay with me! – Rare and valuable sneak peeks into countless Steam games could dry up as "private branches" spread on SteamDB
- After the death and destruction of The Penguin finale, one of its most low-key scenes may be hiding the villains for The Batman 2 in plain sight
- 10 years after her last movie, Cameron Diaz teams up with Jamie Foxx in the first trailer for new Netflix action-comedy – and it's like Spy Kids meets John Wick
- Helldivers 2's Democracy Space Station only just started working, but it's already "under imminent and significant threat of destruction" as a brigade of flying bots arrives on the scene
- Silo showrunner teases season 2's dramatic opening episode, from a cameo twist to Rebecca Ferguson's Juliette's survival mission
- Legend of Zelda mastermind Eiji Aonuma says he always focuses on gameplay before story: "I've never really made a game where you think of the story first"
- Singer Robbie Williams is played by a CGI monkey in emotional new trailer for The Greatest Showman director's musical biopic with a great Rotten Tomatoes score
- GTA Trilogy developer seemingly unfollows Rockstar on social media after new update removes its name from menu screens
- PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted details trailers for its December showcase, and new entries to "the Council"
- Netflix's Top 10 movies just got a new contender for the #1 spot: Alita: Battle Angel
- The PS5 Pro just got its first ever price cut and Black Friday hasn't even started yet
- DC's Mistress of Magic Zatanna is back on tour in a new comic from Superman and Far Sector artist Jamal Campbell
- Airbnb and Gladiator 2 are teaming up to let you battle in the Rome Colosseum
- I've been tracking Black Friday iPad deals for five years - these are the tablets I'd buy this week
- Glen Powell is "grateful" that Christopher Nolan "took a shot" by casting him in The Dark Knight Rises when he was a struggling actor
- I hope you saved room after Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered because the Horizon MMO could be on its way as early as next year
- Helldivers 2's Democracy Space Station is finally operational, and the "Weapon of Mass Liberation" has already destroyed "a small moon"
- After a lukewarm reception to Ted Lasso season 3, Jason Sudeikis strikes back at the show's critics: "Some people want to judge – they don't want to be curious"
- Following millions of pre-registrations, cozy open-world game Infinity Nikki finally reveals its release date - and it's coming soon
- Denzel Washington reveals his Gladiator 2 character "actually kissed a man" in the movie, but it was cut: "I think they got chicken"
- The Rock watched Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's IMAX seat and had an epiphany about Christmas car crash Red One: "It can be game over"
- Marvel TV head says there's a wider MCU future planned for Daredevil and Punisher following Daredevil: Born Again
- Massive Pokemon leak is over for now as leakers say staying online while Nintendo searches for them "would not be smart," but call out other leakers for spreading "fake" information before they leave
- Avowed wasn't delayed "because Obsidian needed the time" to improve the RPG, but rather because "they'll use the time"
- One Deadpool and Wolverine Easter egg just got debunked, even though director Shawn Levy also thought it was real
- Silo showrunner reveals that star Rebecca Ferguson did all of season 2's incredible underwater stunt scenes for real: "To her that's fun"
- Andor season 2 is introducing a ship from a beloved 30-year-old Star Wars game to canon
- November 13
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- Stardew Valley creator kills the coyote he just invented with new Switch update that fixes "the bomb crash, disappearing chickens, and more"
- Red Hulk gets his own comic series just in time for Captain America: Brave New World
- Sonic 3 director says "a lot of care and love" has gone into telling Shadow's story
- No Man's Sky dev shares another reminder of how hard game dev is: 20 different formats to balance, with "around 140 combinations of graphics options" on PC
- Netflix closes the loop as Wednesday season 2 casts Lady Gaga after her hit song 'Bloody Mary' went viral with videos of Jenna Ortega's dancing
- RTS classics Warcraft and Warcraft 2 surprise drop remasters with "brand new, hand-drawn visuals" that you can swap in and out in real time
- The First Descendant devs have "important news" for fans of the RPG shooter: "A decision has been made to add the much-requested 'Jiggle Physics'"
- Amazing Spider-Man #61 explained - Everything you need to know about Spidey's new powers, new villains, new costume, and his connection to Doctor Doom
- Netflix drops first The Night Agent season 2 trailer and release date as 2023's most-watched original thriller series returns in early 2025
- Diablo 4 season 7 promises an "upheaval" for your broken Spiritborn builds: "Enjoy what you've got now while it's there"
- WoW Classic is getting Mists of Pandaria servers next year, and Blizzard is "staying true" to the 12-year-old MMO expansion "pretty much across the board"
- Blizzard digs StarCraft out of the attic just long enough to release a Hearthstone mini set with cards featuring the Zerg, Terran, and more
- World of Warcraft is finally getting player housing: the Midnight expansion adds a feature that MMOs like Final Fantasy 14 have had for years
- Xbox faces hundreds of striking employees as union at Bethesda parent ZeniMax stages a walkout to "tell Microsoft to stop dragging their feet"
- Warcraft 3: Reforged was so bad that Blizzard changed its refund policy – now it's getting a second chance with a huge 2.0 update
- 50 years after it began, iconic sci-fi comic Metal Hurlant is back with Hawkeye writer Matt Fraction and a host of big name comic creators
- Nearly two years later, the DualSense Edge refuses to drop by more than $10 for Black Friday
- One Silo season 2 actor wanted Apple to hold back details about his mysterious newcomer until after the show had aired: "That would have been kind of cool"
- Sonic 3 director teases that more "new characters" will be introduced at the end of the movie: "It's fun to see the fan debates about who's coming up next"
- "We've given up half the industry to games as a service," says solo city builder dev, and indies are "earning half of what we were earning 4 years ago"
- Before Persona veterans decided Metaphor: ReFantazio had to be a fantasy JRPG, they had "talks about making a science-fiction universe"
- Ryan Reynolds' mystery Deadpool project was actually a Disney Plus promo with a very un-Disney joke about that gross popcorn bucket
- After cutting 2,500 jobs in under one year, Phil Spencer says he feels good about the industry and that "the Xbox business has never been more healthy"
- Directors of hit Netflix thriller Don't Move have talked with Spider-Man's Sam Raimi about doing a live-action Miles Morales movie
- Several Star Wars movies that you probably thought were scrapped, including from Taika Waititi and Shawn Levy, are still in development
- New Secret Level trailer features a closer look at scrapped game Concord's adaptation and John Wick star Keanu Reeves in Armored Core
- After their chill fishing game peaks at more than 20,000 concurrents, dev reveals they thought "maybe like 100 people would play it ever"
- Doctor Who writer reveals first plot details for the mysterious 2024 Christmas special
- Glen Powell has hilarious response to rumors he will replace Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible: "That's the worst gig in town"
- BioWare veterans place their new sci-fi space adventure Exodus on two crucial RPG spectrums: Skyrim to Final Fantasy, and Dragon Age to Mass Effect
- Xbox handheld prototypes are already in the works, Phil Spencer confirms, but the actual device is still years away
- Xbox boss Phil Spencer says there are "no red lines" preventing Microsoft games releasing on PlayStation, but it's too early to make decisions about Halo on PS5
- 38 years later, Dragon Quest creator says losing half of your money after falling in battle was intended as a kindness to get JRPG players on board with leveling up
- Deadpool and Wolverine creators used comic superfans to source Wolverine variants – and even Steven Spielberg was involved
- Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 finds its villain in Mortal Kombat star
- A Quiet Place and Black Panther star joins Christopher Nolan's mysterious new movie
- Arcane season 2 Easter egg superimposes the Grim Reaper onto Caitlyn's face, and I'm sure that can only be good news
- HBO boss speaks out on George R.R. Martin's House of the Dragon criticism: "I would prefer everybody get along"
- We all wondered why there was no Fallout game announcement to go with the Fallout TV show, but Phil Spencer says it was a good thing: "That gave us some creative liberty"
- Arcane's animation director was "thankful" that CaitVi kiss didn't happen until season 2: "I don't think we would've done a good job"
- There are reportedly multiple Rey Star Wars projects in the works: "She is the most valuable cinematic asset"
- Helldivers 2's Terminid Jurassic Park has, shockingly, backfired horrifically, all while Super Earth soldiers are busy trying to get the Democracy Space Station running
- Deadpool and Wolverine's Shawn Levy was "one of 40 directors" who held talks over Channing Tatum's canceled Gambit movie
- There are so many changes in the GTA Trilogy patch that Rockstar didn't even try to list them - but the port's original devs have been scrubbed from title screens
- Marvel boss Kevin Feige says they used Logan as the blueprint for Iron Man's death in Avengers: Endgame
- "I accept the blame": Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe address broken mods after recent patch, says he will "release fewer, large patches" in future
- Monster Hunter Wilds isn't the only upcoming Capcom action RPG, as it reveals Monster Hunter Outlanders – a mobile title with a "massive open world"
- Deadpool director and Amazon's Secret Level creator on PlayStation's failed FPS Concord: "I honestly don't understand why it didn't work"
- Nintendo is suing a streamer for over $7 million for streaming pre-release titles and wants $2500 more for each emulated game
- November 12
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- Doctor Doom is now Sorcerer Supreme, and the Avengers and Fantastic Four are going to do something about it in One World Under Doom #1 first look
- 21 years later, an obscure Disney game is selling out online after the internet found out it's basically Silent Hill and Resident Evil for kids
- New vampire horror movie Nosferatu used 5,000 "well-trained" rats which director Robert Eggers now admits was a mistake: "I didn't know that rats are incontinent"
- Joker: Folie a Deux actor says the musical-superhero movie is the "worst film ever made"
- Arcane season 2 act 2 trailer brings revolution to the undercity and promises to finally pay off an arc we've been waiting for since season 1
- Deadpool and Wolverine originally had a "deleted scenes extravaganza" that would've showed Deadpool "was in the MCU the whole time"
- V For Vendetta, Kingdom Come, The Authority, and Superman: Birthright are just some of the 15 new titles added to DC's Compact Comics range
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard was being imagined by BioWare's art director before Inquisition was even out, but this 10-year-old concept art makes it look like a very different RPG
- New Doctor Who merch could hint at the next big villain facing Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor – and it's a familiar face from the '70s
- Arcane star weighs in on whether or not Jinx is actually a villain: "I feel sorry for her"
- Arcane star teases Vi's guilt over Jinx's creation and her "complex" journey in season 2: "She’s willing to go as far as she can to save her people"
- Arcane's Hailee Steinfeld explains why that kiss between Vi and Caitlyn will be so important in season 2: "It unlocks a newfound vulnerability"
- 23 years on, Bridget Jones is still looking for love as new movie's trailer sees The White Lotus star join and Hugh Grant return to witty rom-com series
- Squid Game creator says he changed the ending of the Netflix show halfway through: "This is not where the story should be headed"
- This is one of the most impressive Lego sets I've built, and it's never been cheaper
- Dwayne Johnson addresses "ridiculous" set behavior controversy, admits to peeing in bottles: "Yeah that happens"
- As Overwatch 2 takes notes from Fortnite and goes back to its roots for a few weeks, Epic goes one better with the confirmation of Fortnite OG's permanent return
- Deus Ex actor tells the series' corporate overlords they "dropped the ball" over canceled sequel, because its protagonist is still his most popular character
- As Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P hopes upcoming patches "show more of what makes Wuk Lamat so great," patch 7.1 makes a start by redubbing one of Dawntail's most memed-upon scenes
- Stardew Valley's adorable hat-selling mouse has gone missing in the latest patch, but only in Spanish - and you can still buy hats from him
- The Simpsons Hit & Run has quietly been the arena for an incredible 10-year speedrunning gauntlet, dominated by one runner who broke 45 records in a row
- Exclusive: New Star Wars action figures bring moody Jedi and droids aplenty to your collection
- Squid Game creator addresses rumors of David Fincher's English-language Netflix spin-off, saying if it were to happen, he'd be excited to see it "as a fan"
- Squid Game season 2's star Lee Jung-jae says he felt "horror" stepping back into the arena on the Netflix show: "It's a kind of feeling that I would never forget in my life"
- There's a white Steam Deck OLED in town, and it reminds me of silly light side Darth Vader fan art
- Marvel star Sebastian Stan wants to see Steve Rogers return to the MCU – and he has two prequel ideas for Bucky Barnes
- Loki season 3 gets the smallest tease from Marvel producer, and we're still holding out hope
- As Arcane fans wrestle with one major character arc, the show's creators admit struggling with "a very different perception" of cops: "The trust in the institution is much more shaken"
- Denzel Washington joins Black Panther 3 cast in a beautiful full circle moment after the late Chadwick Boseman once said: "There is no Black Panther without Denzel Washington"
- After 5 years of radio silence, Valve's all-but canceled game re-emerges with 6-seconds of rare gameplay footage, and I mourn not getting to see these incredible water shaders in real life
- Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom nearly broke Link's 30-year vow of silence, but Nintendo decided to keep him mute because no one knew what he would say
- Dragon's Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno is leading a new Japan-based studio "dedicated to crafting original AAA action game titles"
- Squid Game creator reveals why he changed his mind about making season 2: "Money"
- Andor season 2 and Alien: Earth get new teasers in new Disney Plus trailer – as well as fresh looks at Marvel's 2025 slate
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning has a Mission: Impossible 3 callback and the early theories say it's everything from a "red herring" to a de-aged Tom Cruise scene
- Arcane season 2's intro has several blink-and-you'll-miss-it 'spoilers' that change with each episode
- As Zelda fans spot a big Master Sword mistake, Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai reveals how he fixed it for his fighting game series
- The Harry Potter TV series might have found its Dumbledore – and it's the star of one of Steven Spielberg's best dramas
- Ryan Reynolds has one "problem" with the Deadpool and Wolverine opening – and it's a Logan detail you'll never be able to unsee
- November 11
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- Silo season 2 release schedule? When is episode 2 on Apple TV Plus?
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure director says Unreal Engine 5 improvements can help fix "the janky walk" which has blighted the series for 9 years
- Is Marvel secretly working on a new Young Avengers comic for 2025?
- Baldur's Gate 3 has been played for 17 million hours on Steam Deck alone, and one dev wants a massive battery to celebrate
- Stellar Blade is finally adding Photo Mode next week, just in time to snap some pictures of its fancy new Nier: Automata outfits
- Helldivers 2 issues a make or break Major Order to get the Democracy Space Station up and running before the flying bots plot their next attack
- George R.R. Martin teases secret meeting with Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams: "Do not want to jinx it. But it could be so much fun"
- Overwatch 2 is getting the WoW Classic treatment with a limited-time mode featuring the hero shooter's original 2016 lineup of 21 heroes, 12 maps, and 4 game modes
- Kevin Feige says X-Men are an "important" part of the MCU's future, but don't expect to see them for years
- Marvel star Josh Brolin recalls when Steven Spielberg brutally shot him down for overacting in The Goonies: "He wasn’t being an a**hole, he was right"
- I honestly think this excellent board game deal may be a mistake
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gameplay deep dive shows off its optional puzzle hint system that God of War Ragnarok could have taken notes from
- Vi and Jinx's final Arcane scene has "never changed" since being written six years ago: "It has stayed our guiding light for the entire series"
- Matt Reeves reveals the scrapped Batman cameo idea for The Penguin that "ended up throwing things off too much"
- It's the beginning of the end for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt in first Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning trailer
- James Gunn's Peacemaker season 2 gets a brief but bloody teaser trailer and release window
- Hideo Kojima reveals he did most of the Death Stranding concept work on his phone as he confirms that he's the hand behind the game's logo
- The Nintendo Palworld lawsuit hasn't stopped the survival hit from debuting at the top of Japan's PS5 charts, beating Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero and Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Colin Farrell has "five or six" scenes as the Penguin in The Batman 2 – and he's signed on for three movies
- Marvel boss Kevin Feige says Blade "will indeed make it to the MCU" despite severe delays
- Kevin Feige has a promising update on Deadpool and Wolverine's MCU return: "We're always wondering where we can fit them in, and how fast"
- The new Marvel Thunderbolts trailer has fans convinced that one of the characters dies early on in the movie
- Owner of Dark Souls and Elden Ring developer FromSoftware confirms its studios have 20 console games in development, and we can only hope one of them is a Bloodborne remaster
- A month after Switch emulator Ryujinx disappeared from the internet, Nintendo has seemingly taken ownership of its website
- The Witcher 4 reportedly gets its first character after Star Wars actor leaks their involvement - and the most Witcher-y name I can imagine
- Will there be The Penguin season 2? Here's what's been said about a possible return
- Does The Penguin finale have a post-credits scene?
- The Penguin finale just set up a major link to The Batman 2
- November 10
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- Asset Jesus behind thousands of free game building blocks shocked to find his latest release make its way into a game within just two hours
- Marvel boss Kevin Feige confirms when he plans to introduce Miles Morales' Spider-Man into the MCU
- Marvel boss Kevin Feige reveals his three favourite MCU moments of all-time, from a fan-favourite Avengers: Endgame scene to some surprises
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director put parrying in his turn-based RPG after playing Sekiro and thinking "Why can't I parry in my game?"
- New Captain America: Brave New World trailer gives us our best look yet at Harrison Ford as Red Hulk as he battles Sam Wilson
- Avowed has a built-in glossary in case you get lost in the deep lore of its CRPG inspiration Pillars of Eternity
- Marvel's new Thunderbolts trailer reveals who bought Avengers Tower and finally addresses that asterisk, suggesting a name change
- Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer knew the Fallout 3 comparisons were coming, but also knew that what made his RPG special were the things that you couldn’t find in one playthrough
- Thanks to a big character change in Arcane season 2, I have a wild theory that might answer one of the Netflix show's earliest mysteries
- November 9
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- "We are just now starting to write the script" for Incredibles 3, says Disney, and we'll learn more about the all-new adventure in the future
- Metal Gear Solid Delta exists because Konami was starting to get worried that the “younger generation of gamers aren’t familiar with the Metal Gear series anymore.”
- The new Tron 3 trailer is "a spectacle", the soundtrack is "revolutionary", and Jeff Bridges is back
- Zelda: Breath of the Wild trickster finds the weirdest way to get the first Korok, all by luring a bokoblin to its untimely, parkour-filled death
- Black Panther VFX artist agrees the CGI was bad, but they had just 6 weeks and "given the time and resources we had this was the best we could do"
- GTA 5 dev says Rockstar would transplant entire missions "to make sure there isn't any section of the map missing content, missing gameplay" even when that meant starting from scratch
- Stardew Valley's popularity has creator ConcernedApe feeling like he "could work on it for the rest of my life," even if he still wants to "make a new game" like Haunted Chocolatier
- Avowed director defends the RPG’s lack of romance in the face of Baldur’s Gate 3’s intense relationships: “I think players will always respond well to a really good character”
- Arcane showrunners defend the League of Legends spin-off's reported $250 million budget: "The money is just a reflection of the amount of effort that was put into this"
- Skyrim player shocked to find they’ve spent 10 years hating the RPG’s combat all because they’ve been accidentally abusing the levelling system this whole time
- Arcane ends with Season 2, but the League of Legends spin-off's co-creators have shared their favorite stories - ones that could shape future adaptations
- Final Fantasy 14 soloist completes Heaven-on-High after 100 hours using the MMO's "squishiest" class, all as practice for an even worse challenge: "I'm still in for a world of hurt"
- Singed's experiment in Arcane season 2, episode 3 may have ties to League of Legends and a major season 1 character
- Arcane season 2: What actually IS 'the Arcane' in Netflix's animated series?
- Arcane season 2 returns to League of Legends' hottest ship, but the Netflix show's co-creator says getting the CaitVi pairing right was "scary": "We knew they were stepping into this s***storm"
- Call of Duty hacker says "I had my fun" after reportedly getting thousands of Warzone and Modern Warfare 3 players falsely banned
- November 8
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- Stalker 2 has finally gone gold after a 14-year saga where it was announced, canceled, reannounced, and delayed 5 times amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine
- BioWare reveals Dragon Age The Veilguard stats: one quest is killing absolutely everybody, and the most popular class and faction are no surprise
- "Please give it a chance": After 3,200 mixed Steam reviews for his new MMO, RuneScape creator explains the soft-reset class design confusing some players
- After 29 years, Donkey Kong Country 2 players have just discovered a brand-new cheat code in the SNES classic
- Christopher Nolan's new movie adds Zendaya and Anne Hathaway to an already star-studded cast including Tom Holland and Matt Damon
- Peter Parker and Miles Morales team up to mentor the all-new hero Elementary in Spectacular Spider-Men #10
- Transformers #15 puts Soundwave on the warpath with the Constructicons in tow
- 6 months after Take-Two's CEO said "we didn't shutter those studios," Take-Two confirms it shuttered the Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome studios
- Ultimates #6 reveals the new Ultimate Iron Fist, and he absolutely destroys the team in their first big fight
- Multiversus significantly underperformed, Warner Bros admits, but maybe its dedicated "Goth Girl Season" will be enough to pull everyone back
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Nov 8-10)
- Sony boss admits forcing PC gamers into PlayStation accounts can "invite pushback," but insists they have to keep games safe – which doesn't really track in single-player
- Astro Bot has sold 1.5 million copies, but Sony says the platformer's real strength is grabbing people who didn't care about games like God of War Ragnarok or Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Star Wars fans get unexpected first look at Andor season 2 at D23 Brazil
- Warner Bros knows its Batman games are popular, and plans to focus its "development efforts" on "core franchises" like DC, Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy, and Game of Thrones
- PS5 Pro support in No Man's Sky was a "tough gig" for the small team, dev says: "I spent around 4-5 months of my time spread over the last year"
- 2 years later, God of War Ragnarok PS5 and PS4 players finally get a solution to the game's most annoying 'feature' as it gets updated for PS5 Pro
- Early Deadpool and Wolverine drafts featured Ghost Rider and Ben Affleck's Daredevil, Ryan Reynolds confirms: "We did talk to Nic Cage"
- 10 years after its release, John Wick co-director reveals Bruce Willis was originally cast as the action hero
- Attack on Titan movie's post-credits scene has been revealed – and it's not what we were expecting
- With Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2 on the horizon, Sony reaffirms plans to release "major single-player" games every year going forward
- Save $111 on highly sought-after Pokemon 151 Japanese booster box
- Final Fantasy 14's patch 7.1 notes are here and it's good news, MMO fans - over 118 shoes have been spruced up to make your feet look better than ever
- PS5 Pro scalpers may be losing money on the console, but they're still making a profit on disc drives
- Nosferatu first reactions are in, and critics say the Bill Skarsgård vampire movie "goes harder than any other horror film this year"
- The Goddamn Tragedy is a gruesome horror western with "an atmosphere like The Shining" inspired by the infamous Donner Party
- I just learned there's a new Fallout vinyl and I'd fight Deathclaws for it
- Just writing the final line of Arcane season 2 took its creator 27 hours: "How do you end a show like this?"
- Sony leads say the company "gained a lot of experience" from Concord's failure and will have to do more "user testing or internal evaluation" in the future
- Death Stranding is finally on Xbox, but one of the console's best features triggers a game-ruining bug
- Ryan Reynolds says Marvel is "obsessed" with Channing Tatum's Gambit after Deadpool and Wolverine: "Sometimes they just need to see it in action"
- Arcane Season 2 creators don't want the League of Legends spin-off to turn into a new MCU: "If we're just doing another superhero thing there's no reason to do this"
- Palworld developer reveals the exact patents it's alleged to have infringed upon in the Nintendo lawsuit, and they all have application dates after the survival game's release
- Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin joins Fallout season 2 as "crazy genius type character"
- Paddington in Peru post-credits scenes explained: how many are there and does it potentially set up Paddington 4?
- November 7
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- Red Dead Redemption 2 modder makes "all wagons and horses travel at super sonic speeds," chaos and jumpscares ensue: "It's now a horror game"
- Lionsgate CEO on the disastrous Borderlands movie: "Nearly everything that could go wrong did go wrong"
- RG's minigun is the perfect Fortnite weapon: an OP monster that rapid-fires Eminem's most famous Rap God rhymes
- Captain America and Spider-Man chip in to undo Thor's "greatest shame" in the penultimate issue of J. Michael Strazcynski's Cap run
- Out of nowhere after 14 years, Sega's killing off one of the only sources of legal ROMs on the entire internet as it delists 60 classic games
- 18 years into the series, Gears of War devs confirm the original Marcus and Dom actors are "so back" for the prequel Gears of War: E-Day
- Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero "saw outstanding sales," and Bandai Namco says roughly 90% of that was from European and North American fans
- Alien: Romulus streaming date revealed - and it's closer than you might think
- Genshin Impact community rallies to pummel one player "shamelessly admitting that I want friends" with so many friend requests that they can barely respond to everyone
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard's first patch is an instant contender for BioWare's best patch notes: "NPC necks no longer grow unexpectedly" and "creepy corpse movement" is fixed
- Daniel Craig has hilarious, candid response when asked who should be the next James Bond: "I don't care"
- Spider-Man, Venom, Storm, and more don their Marvel Rivals costumes in comics for concept art variant covers
- After the success of Fallout, Amazon's next big video game TV show is Mass Effect
- A new Star Wars trilogy is on the way, but there's confusion over whether it's Episodes 10-12 of the Skywalker Saga
- Batman #154: A shocking betrayal could spell the end of one of the longest partnerships in comics
- Boss of Rockstar owner Take-Two says "never count Nintendo out" as Switch 2 inches closer: "We support successful platforms"
- Agatha All Along fans are worried about one unexplained moment from the series finale – and it has to do with Wanda's son Tommy
- Mirthwood spins Stardew Valley into a medieval life sim RPG with more war, a hint of Fable, and "a fully simulated, breathing world"
- Netflix artist defends Arcane's reported $250 million budget: "Let this be the example for the standard if you want artistry and quality"
- You can pre-order the latest Steam controller now, but I'm not sure you should
- After 3 years, No Man's Sky brings back an "overhauled version" of its Mass Effect crossover for N7 Day, and you've got 14 days to grab the Normandy
- Horizon Forbidden West on PS5 Pro has "the best image quality I've seen in a console game," tech analyst says, and feels like "playing on a high-end PC"
- Now that's a nasty MMO bug: Old School RuneScape players watched in confusion as thousands of bolts and arrows vanished in a black hole strapped to their shoulder
- StarCraft 2 veteran says his new RTS exists because he "can't accept" that some players think "nothing can ever be better" than the Blizzard classic
- Stardew Valley creator says Haunted Chocolatier isn't just a "copy and paste" of his iconic farming sim: "They haven't played the game, so they don't really know"
- Aliens vs. Avengers #2 shows how Xenomorphs came to the Marvel Universe with some wild connections to Prometheus and Alien: Covenant
- The Rings of Power showrunners tease Elrond's arc on the Lord of the Rings series: "We're going to break him"
- Haunted Chocolatier will receive new updates "in time," as Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe says he's currently "focused" on fixes for his farming sim
- Stranger Things fans think an episode title has confirmed a new monster for season 5 – and yes, it’s from the Dungeons and Dragons universe
- I didn't think we'd get a Lego Millennium Falcon deal this good until Black Friday
- Nintendo's Miyamoto says he isn't a genius and "I'd prefer not to work at all, but If I'm going to work, I want to do so as efficiently as possible"
- Pokemon TCG Pocket's Misty is a menace to everyone, even if she's on your side
- New Harlan Coben thriller series based on another book by the Fool Me Once author finally has a Netflix release date
- I was already impressed by this nuke-parrying soulslike, and that was before I found out it has entire cities that you can just miss
- New James Bond movie gets a promising update, as an Oscar-winner is reportedly being eyed to direct
- The Sims rival Inzoi delayed to 2025, dev says play test feedback just wasn't good enough and then gets existential: "Humans must be prepared to endure and adapt"
- Quentin Tarantino names this Nicolas Cage cult movie as one of his favorites of the past five years
- Death Stranding just got a surprise launch on Xbox Series X as Kojima Productions now has full ownership of the IP and plans to bring it to more platforms
- As GTA 5 passes 205 million units sold, publisher Take-Two says hit titles "decay" and if they're not making new IP, they're "burning the furniture to heat the house"
- Arcane showrunner explains why the Netflix show had to end with season 2, saying it would have been "irresponsible" to continue
- Stranger Things fans think the episode titles of the Netflix show's final season reveal how Eddie Munson can come back
- Mass Effect fans can expect a "quieter" N7 Day this year as people are still "enjoying their time in Dragon Age: The Veilguard," says BioWare
- Agatha All Along creator says the finale was never about killing Agatha, but her "next phase" in the MCU: "There's more to explore with Agatha as a ghost. Get ready"
- Borderlands 4's 2025 release window just got narrowed down as Gearbox owner says it won't release before April, but also won't clash with GTA 6
- November 6
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- GTA 6 publisher says it "isn't complicated for us to support" PC and, great, cool, so where's that GTA 6 PC announcement?
- Rockstar owner says GTA 6 and Borderlands 4 won't release near each other: "We wouldn't, and no one would, stack up huge releases"
- X-Men #7 reveals the tragic legacy of Krakoa which could doom all mutants
- Fallout: New Vegas director took one look at the Strip on a console devkit and thought, "Oh my god, this isn’t going to run"
- The Borderlands movie's $90m box office failure "was indeed disappointing," but it did still help sell some old Borderlands games
- Monster Hunter Wilds players use the Palico character creator to remember lost pets: "I have shed tears multiple times but I also feel happy that I can still fight monsters with my buddy"
- Sega is finally reviving the world’s first 3D fighting game franchise after leaving it in arcade purgatory for 18 years
- Elden Ring remains undefeated: the PS5 Pro can't play it at a stable 60 FPS either
- Warcraft 2 Remastered has apparently leaked, and I sure hope it's more Diablo 2 Resurrected than Warcraft 3 Reforged
- Stranger Things season 5 set photos reveal new looks for Hopper, Dustin, Will, and more
- Days after Wii U gem Xenoblade Chronicles X was finally announced for Switch, Nintendo says the JRPG series has seen roughly 500% growth on Switch vs 3DS and Wii U
- Nintendo says it hasn't really changed its approach to first-party games in 39 years and that's why more people are "playing and enjoying our games"
- Manor Lords dev reveals more big changes to one of 2024's greatest city builders: "As some of you have requested, changes to ale and water distribution are finally coming"
- My favorite Elgato Stream Deck alternative has already been Black Friday'd
- This indie creature collector looks like a cozy Pokemon meets Stardew Valley experience, all at the bottom of your desktop
- Konami finally confirms that Metal Gear Solid 3's Eva is the same actor as The Little Mermaid, who kept this "deep, dark secret" for 20 years to protect her family-friendly image
- Riot Games hired Avengers directors the Russo brothers to help make a League of Legends movie, but reportedly paid them $5 million to walk away after script issues
- Rare Charizard card worth £30,000 returned to rightful owner after alleged thief tried selling it on Facebook
- New Stardew Valley bug can apparently make you rich with an army of 999 lobsters, players insist "it's a feature" as creator Eric Barone says he'll look into it
- The first look at Jack Black as a satanic fake Santa Claus for new Christmas movie with a wild premise has been unveiled
- Netflix's Arcane is the most expensive animated show ever made – with a reported $250 million price tag
- You can get unlimited gold in Dragon Age: The Veilguard thanks to one simple exploit - a pot-smashing method straight out of Zelda
- Stranger Things season 5's redacted title might be referencing a minor character in the Netflix show
- Legendary "god of horror" manga artist Kazuo Umezu dies at 88
- Fortnite OG is apparently making a full-time comeback next month as a separate experience to the all-new Chapter 6
- Starfield update fixes its long-bugged answer to Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood quests, so now you can't rob your targets and then get paid extra for killing them
- Stranger Things season 5 teaser confirms Netflix release window and episode titles – with one major omission
- Godzilla Minus One director says Kevin Feige told him Marvel is having meetings "every day" to see if they can replicate the monster movie: "I think it's just lip service"
- Paddington in Peru star Antonio Banderas talks playing multiple roles in the threequel and reveals which character is his favorite
- With over 99 million copies sold on the Switch alone, Nintendo says Pokemon has "found a new home on Nintendo Switch"
- Move over Monopoly and Uno, a new "survival thriller" is on the way and it's basically a horror take on Hungry Hungry Hippos
- New Netflix sci-fi horror movie clocks in 22 million views and takes streamer's #1 spot – despite divisive Rotten Tomatoes score
- Dev behind Bloodborne fan remake flees from potential Sony cease and desist, but returns a year later with something arguably better – a top-down Diablo-style Bloodborne ARPG
- Rockstar co-founder's 6-year-old claim that he was "thankful" not to be launching GTA 6 during a Trump presidency has aged like milk
- Before Baldur's Gate 3, there was Divinity: Original Sin 2 - and after 4 years, the Definitive Edition is finally landing on the PS5 and Xbox Series X
- Reviews for Dwayne Johnson's Christmas movie are in, and they're pretty brutal: "Will make you wish Christmas was canceled"
- After almost a full year of waiting, Netflix anime Beastars gets a return date for its final season
- Steam's new game recording feature is out of beta and fully available, so you can share clips of your best moments just like a Twitch streamer
- The Babadook director is adapting "a very well-known horror book", and word on the street it's one of Hellraiser author Clive Barker's novels
- As Nintendo confirms Switch 2 backwards compatibility, analyst claims investors are more confident that the next console is "a continuation" rather than "a risky experiment"
- Squid Game season 3 "naturally" feels like the finale of the Netflix show: "We don’t need any further stories from here"
- Nintendo remains tight-lipped on The Legend of Zelda movie, except to say it's releasing before 2030
- Nintendo Switch 2 will have backwards compatibility with Switch games, and Nintendo Switch Online will be coming back too
- Fallout New Vegas director's first D&D RPG launched on the same day as Diablo 2, "which sounds like it would be catastrophically bad," but it ended up helping it instead
- November 5
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- Artist reimagines Elden Ring as a Baldur's Gate-style top-down RPG "despite my love-hate relationship with the game," is surprised to see it's absolutely stunning
- Forget $2 million Super Mario Bros carts - in 1994 retro game collectors were trading price guides advertising the "Holy Grail of the game industry" at a whopping $100
- Scream star Matthew Lillard says Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck is a movie "that the world needs right now"
- Ex-Rockstar dev says one of GTA 5's most mysterious Easter eggs was really "just put in there to mess with people"
- After 800 hours of practice finally paid off, hitless runner explains why a no-hit run of Borderlands 2 was way harder than games like Dark Souls or Skyrim
- Time to snipe like it's 2004: Halo Infinite just added Halo 2 throwback maps for the game's 20th anniversary, built in Forge "with the help of key Halo community members"
- Eric Barone has a new Stardew Valley PSA for players experiencing performance issues: "Remove all hats from pets," and yes, there's lore for that one too
- Hogwarts Legacy 2 is "coordinating" its plot with the HBO Harry Potter series as WB says the open-world game helped "unlock" the franchise after Fantastic Beasts flops
- Stardew Valley creator reveals "secret, experimental mobile multiplayer feature" hidden behind the most famous cheat code in video game history
- Titanic star Billy Zane looks unrecognizable as he recreates the Godfather opening scene for new Marlon Brando biopic from cult film director
- After 5 years, Apex Legends is going back to the beginning with a Fortnite-style mode letting you experience the launch version of the battle royale FPS
- Red Dead Redemption 2 dev reveals detail "99% of people never saw" that's part of "what makes Rockstar's games so good"
- From Warhammer 40K to Star Wars, Helldivers 2 creative director "would love to do a take on" loads of IP, but doing them all would be a "not Helldivers" experience
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard contains a heartfelt tribute to a BioWare developer, "an artist who lifted his comrades' hearts with his craft"
- From British TV royalty to Robert De Niro, the Paddington in Peru cast reveal their dream picks for future series villains
- It's been 10 years since Mario Kart 8 launched, and it still managed to outsell every single first-party new Nintendo Switch game in 2024
- Former GTA 6 dev says Rockstar will currently be trying to "really tighten" the game "in every corner" right now, because "90% of your work" is accounting for players who don't do as they're told
- Ahead of Five Nights At Freddy's 2, star Matthew Lillard talks reprising the role of supervillain William Afton after "being left out of many a sequel"
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard streamer spends over 21 hours in character creator out of extreme dedication to being sexy: “I have my priorities sorted, and they’re insane”
- The Star Wars community has ideas on what they'd make 'uncanon,' from Padme's death to Palpatine's return
- This Netflix animated series has been canceled for the second time in six months, but its creator offers a season 2 tease and a message of hope: "This is not the end"
- Netflix is removing 20 interactive movies and shows – but not the Black Mirror special
- Tormenture blurs the line between game and reality with its '80s-inspired game-within-a-game horror stylings
- Agatha All Along's big reveal has changed the way Marvel fans watch WandaVision's final showdown
- Epic calls off Fortnite tournament after the same map-destroying bug comes up 5 times in a row
- Paddington in Peru director says the film pays tribute to the late Queen as "people have a lot of affection" for the beloved Platinum Jubilee sketch
- After 20 years of superhero movies, Tom Hanks weighs in on why he thinks audiences aren't as interested anymore – and reveals he's never had a meeting with Marvel
- The Black Phone 2 production has begun, as director shares first cryptic behind the scenes look at the horror sequel
- Pokemon TCG Pocket playground rumors about boosting rare card chances are running wild, but at least this in-game event offers a good shot at getting a sparkly Lapras
- Days after shutting its AAA game studio filled with former God of War and Overwatch talent, Netflix announces a "new initiative" powered by AI
- 38 years after the original, David Cronenberg's body horror classic The Fly is getting a surprise follow-up, and it's not a remake
- Blue Lock fans are all out of patience after the anime's latest season 2 trailer, as one animator says the poor quality "is not funny anymore"
- Orphan 3 is officially in the works – and the horror sequel's star has the perfect reaction to the announcement
- 11 years after it first aired, Netflix is getting the rare One Piece and Dragon Ball crossover episode
- Switch sales slump as Nintendo attributes the drop to a lack of "special" driving factors and the console's age, but don't worry, its successor will still be announced soon
- Agatha All Along's awards submission might have just hinted at a second season, but we've been here before with Marvel
- Hit Netflix show Outer Banks with a stellar Rotten Tomatoes score announces it will end with next season
- Deadpool and Wolverine's Ryan Reynolds is reuniting with Hugh Jackman and Shawn Levy for another movie but it's "not Marvel"
- The first patch for Dragon Age: The Veilguard is almost here, bringing new "minor balance changes" and squashing some of the RPG's peskiest bugs
- As The Binding of Isaac's multiplayer update gets a release date, the roguelike's legendary creator drops a sly roast of the entire community
- November 4
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- Helldivers 2's Joel gives cruelest Major Order yet as High Command eyes "disenfranchised families" as "cheap labor" to work on the dangerously sketchy new superweapon
- Don't expect a big Mass Effect 5 update on N7 Day: BioWare warns that it's going to "be quieter" after Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Former GTA lead explains "probably the worst bug we missed" in San Andreas and why "anything that isn't visible to players tends to have swearing in it"
- Back to the Future director "would love" to adapt the musical version but the studio "doesn't get it"
- Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone invents new lore after the latest update starts killing chickens: "There is a wild coyote on the farm day 1 rn"
- Borderlands 2 player who spent 9 months trying to finish the game without getting hit was beaten to the punch just hours before finally accomplishing his goal
- PS5 Pro launch lineup is just like a regular console release: overloaded with sports and free-to-play ports, but the secret biggest addition is Xbox's own new Call of Duty
- "By far the funniest bug" sci-fi strategy hit Stellaris has seen in a minute won't be fixed immediately because the devs want to see what players do with it
- Blair Witch Project directors say they weren't consulted for the new sequel: "Studios are not your friends"
- "Games have bugs and GTA is no exception": Former Rockstar tech lead shouts out modder behind hundreds of fixes for the original GTA trilogy on PC
- Star Wars Outlaws devs are promising so many good improvements that I'm starting to feel bad about playing and liking this open-world game at launch
- BioWare dev says "maybe 20 people" left at the studio have used an old Dragon Age engine, so it's harder to remaster than Mass Effect: "Never say never, I guess"
- Monster Hunter Wilds player uses the power of math to prove why the beta left "some weapons feeling worse" compared to Monster Hunter World or Rise
- Demon's Souls modder creates a "demastered" edition that looks straight out of the PS1 era after being "inspired by early FromSoftware games"
- Agatha All Along's creator has "regrets" over not featuring more of Agatha and Rio's relationship: "I apologize to the community"
- Forget Black Friday, you can get Herman Miller's gaming chairs for 25% less right now
- 36 years on from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the director says there's a really good sequel script that will "never" get made
- Stardew Valley 1.6.9 adds The Sims-style cheat codes and a "new friend" who can restore some of the game's rarest items "for a price"
- Assassin's Creed boss admits the series grew "more predictable" after the third game, but says Shadows can change the "perceived inconsistency in quality" at Ubisoft
- The Sims 4 Life and Death adds a sneaky reference to Baldur's Gate 3, with a dev saying there's "another small one buried in there somewhere" still left to find
- Hideo Kojima gives his verdict on Joker: Folie à Deux, and it's much more positive than his Venom or Madame Web reviews
- Desperate GTA 6 fans give up on predicting the elusive action-adventure game's release date through normal means, instead resort to astrology
- Agatha All Along creator wanted to include a fan-favorite character from She-Hulk but it "just didn’t work"
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man prequel comic takes Peter Parker back to his roots but will have "some surprising twists," says series writer Christos Gage
- One year after its ending, Attack on Titan is adding more to its finale with a movie post-credits scene
- Horror movie Smile 2's opening scene is now online for free – but you have to smile for 7 minutes to watch it
- Voting for the Golden Joystick Awards Ultimate Game of the Year is now open
- Five Nights At Freddy's 2 will be more "fan-centric" according to horror sequel star Matthew Lillard: "The filmmakers listened to some of the criticism"
- 34 years later, Tom Cruise hopes to make a Top Gun: Maverick-style sequel to another of his classic action movies
- While Marvel Rivals devs are "honored" to be compared to Overwatch, their hero shooter is "faster paced and much more accessible to new players" than Blizzard's
- Silent Hill 2 Remake player uncovers a hidden message that could support a controversial story theory, but the creative director won't confirm it as canon
- The Boys spin-off Gen V celebrates end of season 2 filming with wholesome behind-the-scenes photos and seven new cast members
- Daryl Dixon season 3 teaser has serious Wild West vibes, as The Walking Dead spin-off sets its release window
- The LoL MMO has "a lot of momentum" and "a great direction," despite going dark for a reset earlier this year
- After "five years" of waiting, one Deadpool and Wolverine star wants to finally become their comic book alter ego in Deadpool 4: "I'm not getting any younger"
- As the Persona and Yakuza series fly beyond 20 million sales each, Sega says its JRPG successes are thanks to the power of multi-platform releases
- Marvel's newest duo Billy and Agatha will return "somewhere in the MCU" says Agatha All Along creator
- 210 days after Nintendo shut down the 3DS and Wii U online servers, the last connected player finally signs off after his console crashes: "It's over"
- Agatha All Along's creator was "instructed" by Marvel to use a certain word in the script and it might have just revealed Wanda's fate
- The Penguin episode 7 recap and Easter eggs: Oz Cobb's dark past comes to light in the Batman spin-off
- November 3
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- Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P confirms Square Enix remains committed to its multiplatform strategy, but hopes more Xbox fans actually play its new JRPGs
- One of the best roguelikes in early access has a beefy update that turns it into "what Dark Souls would be like with hordes of enemies"
- Diablo 4 boss' plan for Gears of War 6 would've taken the series to space, but "we weren't going to start Mass Effect-ing this"
- Monster Hunter Wilds players keep making Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P in the beta character creator, and he's not totally happy about it
- November 2
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- In a first for Dragon Age, The Veilguard director reiterates the RPG won't have DLC as BioWare pivots to work on Mass Effect 5
- Crashed your Baldur's Gate 3 save with a Skyrim-grade mod overflow? Larian made a video just for you
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance dev explains that the RPG had to take place at a very specific point in time - so that there aren’t any guns
- After 3 years and over 30 updates, Vampire Survivors finally has vampires - and even Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion actor is here as Dracula
- Fallout: New Vegas director on the “blessing” of working on the RPG: “I never thought I’d get a chance to work on Fallout [again]”
- Metal Gear Solid Delta dev says that Konami wants to make the remake feel familiar but not old: "Our whole goal [...] is to make sure that it still feels like the game that you played 20 years ago"
- Despite its crabtastic Soulslike hit, indie dev say funding for its "best game yet" just fizzled: "2024 is really taking no prisoners"
- Millions of Fortnite players watch Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice livestream a concert as part of a rap-themed Chapter 2 Remix that includes Eminem and a tribute to Juice WRLD
- November 1
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- Former GTA 6 designer says the open world sequel will "blow people away" and "people will be talking about it for ages" because Rockstar has "raised the bar again"
- Assassin's Creed Shadows aims to "restore the balance" between the series' historical and modern stories
- BioWare hopes Dragon Age: The Veilguard brings the studio "back into the conversation as a top game studio" after Anthem and Mass Effect Andromeda flops
- Assassin's Creed Shadows lead shuts down "attacks driven by intolerance" over the game's Black samurai and woman warrior, condemns "personal attacks" against devs
- Apex Legends was a top 50 Steam Deck game, but EA's dropping Valve's handheld because it can't tell if those players are actually dirty cheating Linux users
- Agatha All Along creator says she wrote several post-credits scenes but it was a "Marvel decision" not to include them
- The most emotional moment in the Christopher Reeve Superman documentary came from a poem his son accidentally found the night before filming
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Nov 1-3)
- Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone unveils glorious collection of fan-made Jack-o'-lanterns and pledges to "add every Stardew pumpkin to my folder"
- Ubisoft stealth drops 9 seconds of new Assassin's Creed Shadows gameplay during Apple's latest Mac presentation
- Matthew Lillard thinks the Scream franchise is in a "good place," but that the movies got "too violent": "I don't think Ghostface ever needs a shotgun"
- Rick Remender and Paul Azaceta's new horror comic The Seasons feels like Tintin meets Wes Anderson in Hell
- A new Godzilla movie is on the way, from the creators of the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One
- Sony was working on the PS5 Pro before the PS5 even launched: "We design everything with having 1 ahead in our mind"
- Xbox has barely mentioned Conker's Bad Fur Day in 10 years, but popstar Doja Cat just put the cult N64 platformer in front of 24 million people in the funniest way
- Mike Flanagan is producing a new horror movie with Midnight Mass and Oppenheimer stars
- Eddie Redmayne reveals the big differences between The Day of the Jackal TV series and the best-selling thriller novel
- Horizon Zero Dawn remaster continues the series' curse as Dragon Age and Monster Hunter Wilds' beta soak up all the chatter
- Highlander reboot starring Henry Cavill from John Wick director gets a disappointing filming update
- Sound the alarm, the Lego UCS Millennium Falcon just hit its lowest price
- Cult of the Lamb dev says the roguelike is "just like Animal Crossing" except "more realistic, since you can't buy a house"
- After 3 years, GTA 5 on PC is finally getting upgraded to match current-gen consoles in 2025
- Pinocchio horror movie gets creepy first look, casts legendary Nightmare on Elm Street actor
- PS5 Slim takes its own price cut ahead of PS5 Pro - and I know which one I'd rather buy
- As Monster Hunter Wilds PC players fight horrible polygons and struggle to hit 60 FPS, Capcom says the game is "already in a more improved state compared to the beta"
- State of Decay 3 studio say it's bigger than ever with 6 times the amount of developers it had on its first zombie survival game
- Emma Ríos's Anzuelo is a beautiful and surreal story of survival and the sea
- "After all the chatter" about Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate 3 director hints he's "very curious" to play The Veilguard - and he wasted no time on the download
- Final Fantasy 14 devs confirm patch 7.1 release date, and everyone's favorite lizard heartthrob is part of the MMO's FF11 raid collab
- Skeleton Crew trailer is a retro-style adventure through the Star Wars galaxy with mischief and pirates
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance creator says his RPG series only exists because he was “p***ed” at the lack of historical games
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's hottest new XP farming trick has players flashbanging their allies for a measly 15XP
- "It's something between them" – Like a Dragon: Yakuza's Kiryu actor breaks down that final Dragon of Dojima reveal and what it could mean for a second season
- New horror with great Rotten Tomatoes score gets first full trailer, and it's all shot from the POV of a supernatural entity
- It looks like an Atari 2600, but I'd use it as a sub-$200 indie gaming Steam Machine
- Halloween Ends might not have closed the book on Laurie Strode after all, according to horror icon Jamie Lee Curtis
- Quentin Tarantino has a very specific reason for not watching Denis Villeneuve's Dune: "I don't need to see a movie that says the word spice so dramatically"
- Popular zombie video game The House of the Dead is getting the movie adaptation treatment from Resident Evil director, and the concept art is already terrifying
- The Witcher 3 quest designer behind a hilarious scene only accessible with mods is "glad to see it was found," even if it "took you a while"
- World of Warcraft devs set about rebuilding "core parts" of the 20-year-old MMO's infrastructure, accidentally making some of its raid content unplayable
- Turns out, people still like single-player BioWare RPGs as Dragon Age: The Veilguard tops sales charts and breaks Steam records for the studio
- Agatha All Along's costume designer reveals neat nods to Wanda and Vision in Billy's Wiccan suit
- After the success of Alien: Romulus, Ridley Scott is working on a brand new Alien movie
- Keanu Reeves has just convinced us with one syllable that he's the perfect Shadow in new look at Sonic 3
- Heretic star Hugh Grant reveals that they filmed two different versions of the horror movie's dramatic ending
- Monster Hunter Wilds beta pulls in nearly half a million concurrent Steam players, some of which are being turned into PS1-style low-poly blobs
- Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reportedly reuniting once more with JRPG legend Nobuo Uematsu on a new unnamed game 38 years after their first collaboration
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