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- September 8
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- "We're all still hungover": Ghost of Yotei director says the GTA 6 delay prompted Sucker Punch to party like rockstars - "That was a great day"
- Nintendo legend Satoru Iwata "burst out in laughter" when he heard Animal Crossing would be translated to English: "I don't know how you're going to do this"
- After 10 years, Vin Diesel's back with a sequel to his 18% Rotten Tomatoes film The Last Witch Hunter and 92-year-old Michael Caine is coming out of retirement to join him
- A canceled NES multiplayer game and SNES RTS have been saved "and preserved" from the unflinching incinerator of gaming history, and a new "cart release" might be on the horizon
- Borderlands 4 fan decides life is long, might as well spend the next 950 years cataloguing some of the looter shooter's 30 billion guns
- No one knows how Cyberpunk 2 is going to go after Cyberpunk 2077's ending, but Keanu Reeves wants to be part of it: "I'd love to play Johnny Silverhand again"
- I gotta admit, the Borderlands 4 endgame actually sounds pretty darn good: Gearbox showed a bunch of raid boss and loot details, and my RPG brain is locked in
- "I don't think there's such a thing as a good game": Fallout's Tim Cain says "the same people will complain" about a game with bad reviews while praising a game with good reviews even if they have the "exact same problem"
- After 45 years of acting, Willem Dafoe says he's "looking to be disturbed" by new roles as The Man in My Basement approaches: "I'm looking to tap into a sense of wonder"
- Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo manga spin-off hits Shonen Jump, original creator Gege Akutami says it's "compact" and will be "about a half-year of work (if not canceled)"
- Hideo Kojima reveals secret Death Stranding 2 cutscene was only half of the motion capture shoot, which ended with him surprising Elle Fanning with a cake on her actual birthday
- Helldivers 2 may never get a Destiny 2-style social hub, but the good news is Helldivers 3 could: "It's on the feature list for the next one"
- If 20 years and a Metal Gear Solid Delta playthrough have taught me anything, it’s that Snake Eater remains one of the greatest, stupidest games ever made
- Nintendo veteran says an "ad agency" created the alternate Princess Peach name that confused US fans for years, and it was only fixed for Super Mario 64 because Miyamoto liked "Peach" so much
- New Gen V season 2 teaser reveals another major crossover character from The Boys
- The most popular Silksong mods tone down Team Cherry's cruelty, and this Elden Ring-inspired solution to ridiculous boss runbacks makes a very fair point
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was inspired by JRPG greats like Final Fantasy, but its director loves gaming because of an old-school 1988 beat 'em up
- The Life is Strange TV show fan-casting has begun, and this Wednesday star is a clear frontrunner to play Max
- How to beat the skull ant boss Skarrgard in Hollow Knight Silksong
- Metal Gear star David Hayter thinks Solid Snake is "misunderstood": "What really draws me to him, and I think what subconsciously draws the audience to him, is his inability to turn away from anybody who needs help"
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles lead hopes it "will appeal to people who aren't particularly good at tactical RPGs," since devs "hopefully reduced some of the frustration"
- Sci-fi action RPG The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is taking inspiration from Mass Effect 2's suicide mission and making sure companions help even when they're left on the ship
- Marvel Rivals loot boxes could be on the way according to datamine, and after nearly 10 years of post-Overwatch controversy you may be stunned to learn some players think it's a good thing
- Netflix drops brutal first trailer for Last Samurai Standing, which sees warriors fighting to the death in an epic battle royale for a massive cash prize
- How to find Hollow Knight Silksong Shell Shards and use them
- Where to pre-order the MSI Claw A8: The premium handheld is now available in the UK
- Dune: Awakening lead says some "people love the game, some people hate the game," but Funcom is "hoping more" will get into it now after "things slowed down over the summer" in the survival MMO
- Hollow Knight Silksong has beat my ass for 11 hours, but it's not too hard – we just have a problem with instant gratification
- What to watch before Demon Slayer Infinity Castle – all essential and skippable episodes
- One of this year's best horror sequels is heading to Netflix in less than 2 weeks
- Helldivers 2 players were already getting obliterated, so now it just feels like game master Joel is taking their lunch money, kicking their teeth in, and spitting in their eyes
- Legendary former F-Zero and Star Fox dev says Nintendo focuses on small mechanical details that feel "good to play" because "it's all about that direct connection between you and the game"
- FC 26 best players list and top 40 ratings
- The good news is Silksong has a true cheat code for a different difficulty setting, the bad news is it makes the whole game exponentially harder
- After debuting to a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, Knives Out 3 early reactions say it's "Rian Johnson's best and most ambitious Benoit Blanc installment yet"
- Pokemon Legends Z-A pre-orders have the best free gifts I've seen in years, and here's where to get them
- Set phasers to fun, because a Lego Star Trek set is on the way
- Elden Ring maestro takes talents to Hollow Knight: Silksong with saxophone controller that goes "doot," immediately puts all our pogo abilities to shame and "doots" to glory
- PSA: One of Hollow Knight: Silksong's hardest early-game skill checks is an enemy cosplaying a boss that's destroying everyone too stubborn to come back later
- Final Fantasy 14 is getting a "big update" to bring out the "uniqueness of each job" in battle content, Yoshi-P says, before confusingly adding "that nothing is going to change" for those who like things the way they are
- The best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video, and more
- First Knives Out 3 trailer sees Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc return to solve a "holy" and "unsolvable" mystery
- Tanjiro's English dub actor says Demon Slayer Infinity Castle is the "best thing I've ever done": "I have given everything – every scream, every bit of emotion"
- Star Wars fans are just now discovering the narrator of The Clone Wars turned into a bad guy who shows up in Andor
- Tron: Ares director has one critique of the franchise's previous films: "They lacked a little bit of heart"
- X-Men star Alan Cumming confirms he's already finished filming Nightcrawler's scenes in Avengers: Doomsday
- How to solve the Indiana Jones wine puzzle in the Order of Giants DLC
- Former Xbox exec says Game Pass causes "weird inner tensions" due to the subscription model usually coming at "the expense of retail revenue"
- The Astro Bot PS5 Slim bundle is finally back in stock, but not for long
- Where to find Hollow Knight Silksong Hokers and collect Spine Cores
- Will Borderlands 4 be on Game Pass?
- Switch modder landed with a $2 million fee after settling lawsuit with Nintendo over selling modded consoles and piracy-enabling flash carts
- How to get the Silksong Wall Jump and Cling Grip ability
- Lord of the Rings star Orlando Bloom says he hasn't heard anything about reprising his role as Legolas in The Hunt for Gollum, but would "hate" to see another actor take on the role
- A popular fantasy anime has been suddenly delayed until 2026 to ensure it has the "highest possible quality"
- True Detective star Matthew McConaughey says he'd return as Rust Cohle if the script had the "fire and originality" of season 1: "We nailed that first season"
- Cillian Murphy finally reacts to everyone thinking he was the zombie in 28 Years Later trailer: "That's great people think I look like a zombie cadaver"
- Here are the Borderlands 4 release times and dates
- Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford wants "everyone to have realistic expectations for performance" ahead of launch: "This is a big, open AAA game and lower end and older hardware may not perform as well"
- After rallying DC fans to get his job back, reports suggest Teen Titans actor was fired due to 'performance issues' rather than his health
- Helldivers 2 CEO assures divers he doesn't "have any say in AR balancing" over their beloved Coyote as they suffer through the Oshaune meat grinder
- House of the Dragon star Olivia Cooke addresses the show's backlash: "Some of the fans have been ****ing horrible to our cast"
- No Man's Sky's biggest Steam player count boom in 9 years sees it topple behemoths Banana and Bongo Cat, and Hello Games boss Sean Murray is delighted: "God sends his toughest battles for his strongest soldiers"
- Original Life is Strange developer speaks out against the new Amazon series: "The only people not involved are the creators"
- After 4 months, Oblivion Remastered falls to "Mixed" reviews on Steam after reports of "poor and unstable" performance on PC: "It is still well and truly a Bethesda game"
- The Conjuring: Last Rites has biggest global opening ever for a horror movie with massive $194 million total
- Dread it, run from it, Hollow Knight: Silksong gets hit by the difficulty discourse as players can't decide if they should "git gud" or acknowledge "legitimate issues" Team Cherry has with the Metroidvania
- Chainsaw Man studio decided to make a movie over a second season to reach a "broader audience" because "subscribers of Crunchyroll may not necessarily go to theaters"
- New Clayface set photo appears to confirm which version of the Batman villain from the comics will appear in the DCU horror movie
- Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival – Everything we know so far about the gory new game
- Ryan Reynolds finally admits to what we suspected all along: he leaked the original Deadpool test footage and is now "grateful that I did the wrong thing"
- Andor showrunner reveals Lucasfilm is developing "really unusual" Star Wars projects, and offers advice to new creators: "Let your freak flag fly"
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon showrunner breaks down that London-based twist in season 3, episode 1: "We had this idea of the only living human in England, and we wanted to tell that story"
- September 7
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- Silksong is way harder than Hollow Knight, and my theory is that Team Cherry became evil masterminds without even realizing it
- 26 years after dead MMO was left to rot, YouTuber spends 30 days reviving it through sheer will: "You reignited a fire that never went out, now it burns brighter than ever," devs say
- OG Hollow Knight technical director says Team Cherry remain silent because their "work ethic is off the charts" and they're probably "over at the office working" right now
- Bethesda's studio buying spree was fueled by wanting to work with likeminded devs: "If you have a chance to work with [Resident Evil creator] Shinji Mikami, you should always say yes"
- I played Invincible VS against the game's combat designer and loved every minute, despite getting my ass kicked
- Silksong takes a Steam review beating, falling to 'Mostly Positive' after a sterling launch thanks to a Chinese localization so bad Team Cherry has already promised to "improve it"
- Cillian Murphy is glad he's not in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey: "I have ROMO: ‘Relief of missing out'”
- Channing Tatum warns just how massive Avengers: Doomsday is: "I’m not good enough with words to explain how big this movie will be."
- MCU's Wonder Man star describes the new show as a "love letter to acting"
- Luke Cage's Mike Colter teases a return to the MCU and facing off against The Kingpin
- The Boys creator teases "darker", "more confident" Gen V season 2, says it'll give us our "first solid peek" at how Homelander has changed the world
- Tron: Ares director explains why we won't see cameos from the likes of Garrett Hedlund and Cillian Murphy in the movie: "Sometimes actors don't want to be in it anymore"
- September 6
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- Predator Badlands director explains how Steven Spielberg's Jaws and the video game Shadow of the Colossus influenced the upcoming sci-fi movie: "The Predator's gotta be badass and ferocious, but also sincere and have a pulse of its own"
- "She is lovingly bats***": Baldur's Gate 3 Orin actor says the antagonist provided her with some of the weirdest lines of dialogue she's ever had to record
- The DCU doesn't need to look to Marvel for pointers on building a cinematic universe – horror movies like The Conjuring have always done it best
- After Overwatch 2's best year ever, the FPS' director admits past updates were "too conservative" and 2026 is starting with "something huge" that "blows your minds"
- Sega's crunch was so bad, offices came equipped with nap rooms and showers until 2012: "It was basically expected that people would be sleeping over at the office"
- NBA 2K26 locker codes guide to free MyCareer and MyTeam items
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword is becoming my most anticipated game of 2026 but Sekiro fans should know it's not a difficult game – and that's OK
- "We cannot charge $300 for this, it's f***ing insulting": Bethesda's Pete Hines says Fallout 76's infamous Collector's Edition was "probably the dumbest thing I ever did at Bethesda"
- Marvel fans are predicting which characters will die in Marvel Zombies
- Director of The Evil Dead and Doctor Strange 2 teaming up with Weapons producer for remake of underrated 1970s ventriloquist horror
- Black Panther may have a new look in Avengers: Doomsday according to Letitia Wright
- Highlander gets a Gladiator reunion as Djimon Hounsou joins Russell Crowe in the new remake
- Ex-Nintendo developer says the company doesn't make new IP often because "there's no real need" when it's more "about creating a new way to play" instead of fussing over "the skin or wrapper"
- September 5
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- REPO devs "want to be a bit more secretive" with the next big update, threatening to unleash a load of new monsters at once: "Some will be there to make your life a living hell"
- Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker speedruns just got cut in half by the same kind of massive glitch that revolutionized Ocarina of Time years ago, but now the community's biggest challenge is rewriting the rulebook
- Alien: Romulus director says the sequel script is done, but a "new filmmaker" will take the reigns as he steps back to produce alongside Ridley Scott: "We just want to find a director that really wants to go for the jugular"
- Yet another JRPG behemoth is making me confront my mortality as Octopath Traveler 0 reveals 100-hour main story with 30-40% new content compared to the prequel it's remaking
- Final Fantasy Tactics devs originally considered making a famously powerful character weaker when he levels up because that's how getting old works: "His strength actually becomes lower"
- Through dark magic, one dev looks to have captured the magic of Sekiro in a gorgeous 2D game – I've followed it for a year, it finally has a Steam page, and I hammered the Wishlist button into dust
- Drink up a double dose of Blade absolutely destroying vampires in this preview of Marvel: Black, White & Blood and Guts #1
- Wizards of the Coast boss and ex WoW dev would love a new D&D MMO, but says "the traditional model" Blizzard used "could use updating"
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds almost ended with a 2-hour movie before the compromise of a shorter final season: "We get to wrap up all of our storylines"
- Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford says Stop Killing Games "comes from the same heart that I have" and is "a metaphor, I think, for life" in the face of the inevitable heat death of the universe
- "The great Todd Howard says that great games are played, not made," according to Bethesda's Pete Hines, so Elder Scrolls devs changed Oblivion combat three times and no one spoke about it
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare director came up with Private Military Companies because he wanted to stop making real-life countries the enemy for his own security: "I don't want to have this problem anymore"
- "Cultural touchstone" Life is Strange is getting a TV show on Prime Video from Margot Robbie's production company and a "thoughtfully assembled dream team"
- Despite being weeks into filming, Mark Ruffalo says he's "still waiting to hear" if the Hulk is in Spider-Man 4: "I haven't read a script yet"
- Helldivers 2 has a new and brutal meat grinder: Oshaune has killed over 156 million Divers so far with one of the worst mission failure rates in the game's history
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival will "revisit the past" but star Sarah Michelle Gellar says there's more of a focus on "honoring the show's original DNA"
- Bethesda was told "Skyrim can't survive going up against Call of Duty," but Pete Hines knew the RPG could launch against Modern Warfare 3: "They're a big brand, but they're not a better game"
- "We wanted to actually show Hitler's penis," Wolfenstein 2 devs say, but a Bethesda producer said "I don't advise doing that": "We all need to be saved from ourselves sometimes"
- Former Bethesda exec Pete Hines "hated the confusion" around The Elder Scrolls studio "making a new game, and everybody thinking, 'Oh, it's Todd Howard's team'"
- This enormous exploration board game won't be for everyone, but it's a masterclass in narrative and sandbox gameplay
- The Insta360 Link 2 is a webcam for every scenario, even if you only use it for one
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A fans are getting hypnotized by the next likely Mega Evolution candidate, a psychic squid amassing an army for its "my friend Malamar" hype: "GREATEST POKEMON OF ALL TIME!"
- "I hope that we're not done with Wolfenstein yet": MachineGames has plans for BJ Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein 3 because the FPS devs "have always seen this as a trilogy"
- Starfield anniversary post sends starving Bethesda fans to the whiteboard to find the formula for rumored new DLC
- How to Double Jump in Hollow Knight Silksong
- "We were scared as hell when Silksong was announced to release on our day," indie dev says, but "now it seems it was a blessing in disguise"
- How to solve the Serpent water puzzle in the Indiana Jones DLC
- Word Play is a spelling roguelike that feels like the final boss of Wordle and it made me feel like an angry genius
- Jaws may be 50 years old, but Steven Spielberg's shark thriller is still a blockbuster in a league of its own
- Final Fantasy-style RPG Lost Soul Aside gets extensive new patch players hope will bring a Cyberpunk 2077 "moment" and melt away some of those Mixed Steam reviews
- "Look at the wittle baby": Silksong players are struggling with an early boss, but that's fine because they love him
- Legendary Japanese racing game dev goes under the radar for 18 years, quietly emerges to drop the best-rated Steam racer of 2025, and gives fans 20 days to grab it at a hefty discount before the price jumps to $50
- I regret not picking up the Sega Astro City Mini sooner, as it's one of the only ways to play my favorite arcade exclusive sequel
- Using Bluetooth earbuds with the Meta Quest 3 still sucks, but here's why that isn't a dealbreaker
- The Razer Clio made me fall in love with my gaming chair, but I wouldn't run out and buy one
- Demon Slayer's Hashira, explained: the full list of every elite demon hunter
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is "going very smoothly" and the "announcement timing has been decided," Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura says, and Kingdom Hearts 4 is also "progressing well"
- 2 hours in, and Hollow Knight Silksong is already making me feel like I'm playing Dark Souls for the first time again
- GTA 6 has been "a black cloud that looms over everything," according to a marketing veteran, and thanks to roleplay servers it "competes with Silent Hill somehow"
- Close enough, welcome back Anthem – I'm loving that Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion has shifted gears to smaller, nimbler mech suit action
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 release schedule: when is episode 2 out?
- Hollow Knight Silksong Bell Beast boss fight and puzzle solution
- Hollow Knight fans, driven to madness by the Silksong wait, are still fighting a war that already ended and pretending the Metroidvania sequel isn't out yet
- Fans say Team Cherry was wrong and Silksong is actually "noticeably harder" than Hollow Knight, with movement and bosses pummeling you from the Metroidvania's first hour
- How to pogo jump in Hollow Knight Silksong
- The Walking Dead boss says there's "no discernible reason" why so many TV shows have such long gaps between seasons nowadays, and says he wants fans to "set their watch by" when Daryl Dixon is on
- Silksong release pushes Kingdom Hearts 4 fandom over the edge after 3 years with few updates, leaving fans to invent their own form of silkposting fueled by Genie memes and nonsense
- Metal Gear Solid veteran David Hayter says Snake is responsible for the strangest line he's had to read, all because of a farting Super Smash Bros fighter
- I love Elden Ring Nightreign but I'm not sure if it's good for my mental health
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon star defends season 2's shock death, says "everything's cause and effect" going into season 3: "It was always planned to be a big part later"
- After 14 years, Nintendo ends repairs for 2DS and 3DS systems in Japan due to a lack of parts
- How to solve the Mediterranean map mural puzzle in the Indy DLC
- The 32 greatest sci-fi TV shows of all time
- Hollow Knight Silksong review in progress: "Worth the wait and then some, this isn't just more Hollow Knight but an evolved, spindly beast all its own – even if it's fiddly at times"
- Former Nintendo marketing lead says rumored Direct "is probably a sure thing" given the Switch 2 games still set to release this year: "Some sort of an update on Metroid Prime 4, hopefully, please, my god"
- 007 First Light officially casts Dexter actor Patrick Gibson as James Bond, months after everyone already figured that out
- A brand-new PS5 bundle just dropped, and the saving is actually worthwhile for NBA 2K26 fans
- Where to find three Mossberries in Hollow Knight Silksong
- Helldivers 2 devs have heard our complaints and "have escalated the priority" of addressing the absurd 140GB PC file size, but there's no word on when changes are coming
- How to find the safe code for A Collegial Mystery in the Indy DLC
- Helldivers 2 CEO knows "we're not getting a passing grade on performance and stability" right now, but another 60-day action plan wouldn't be enough to fix everything
- George Lucas cut a Clone Wars scene because he didn't want Sith ghosts in Star Wars: "They cannot conceive of anything beyond death"
- How to unlock the Map in Hollow Knight Silksong
- Dune: Awakening devs reveal new Chapter 2 changes, from the removal of pesky quicksand to the addition of donkey petting – but reactions from the survival MMO's fans range from "awesome" to "tragic"
- The new Lego Star Wars show features the most bizarre crossover yet in a galaxy far, far away: Obi-Wan and Knights of the Old Republic's Darth Revan
- Marvel star still waiting on a sequel to their 92% Rotten Tomatoes-rated debut movie has the perfect response to the Man of Tomorrow announcement
- Star Wars Outlaws is a controversial Switch 2 game-key card release, but one Ubisoft dev says that's because the standard cartridges "simply didn't give the performance we needed"
- Steven Spielberg reportedly wanted to direct the new Call of Duty movie, but Activision was "spooked" because he wanted full control
- Pokemon fan finds holy grail that's been "sat in the closet for decades" – an immaculate, sealed copy of Pokemon Blue with a rare error that makes the RPG even more valuable
- This is not a drill, I've found Kill Team: Tomb World stock in the US
- The Lenovo Legion Go 2 is now official with a price I can't remotely vibe with
- Subnautica 2 takes the crown on Steam's Top Wishlists chart after Hollow Knight Silksong finally releases, despite its $250 million lawsuit
- Peacemaker season 2 is a "prequel" to Man of Tomorrow, which means there's a non-zero chance Superman turns up soon
- Frankie Muniz says it will be difficult to put 20 years of history in just four episodes of the Malcolm in the Middle sequel, but viewers will be "surprised" and "very happy" with the end result
- The Conjuring: Last Rites director talks going "back to basics" with the final movie in the horror franchise: "We make these movies for fans"
- Is The Conjuring: Last Rites the last Conjuring movie?
- September 4
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- Eric Barone says he wants to "take a more 'creative director' role" on Stardew Valley 1.7 so that he can "focus the vast majority" of his attention on Haunted Chocolatier, but he'll eventually have to spend more time on his "1st game"
- Rematch crossplay is delayed after devs found "a major matchmaking issue" during its "final tests" before Patch 3's launch
- Sony CEO says KPop Demon Hunters has the "right home" on Netflix: "Could it have been theatrical? I don't think it's so simple"
- Weeks after BioShock layoffs, 2K axes employees at Civilization and XCOM developer Firaxis for "adaptability, collaboration, and creativity," which is a pretty cold way of acknowledging the reported dozens of job losses
- Street Fighter movie delays release date as it invites everyone to choose their fighter with retro character select cast announcement
- Following the news of Prime Video's live-action Tomb Raider show, Netflix's animated Lara Croft series is set to end after two seasons
- Destiny 2 is a mess right now but it's still one of the best-feeling shooters ever, so I'm encouraged to hear it was a "guiding light" for The Outer Worlds 2 gunplay
- "Silksong's price is Team Cherry being cool and giving their game away": Metroidvania devs wonder if $20 is unrealistic for their games after Silksong, but "can't afford" to go super low
- Elder Scrolls Online steals Halo: The Master Chief Collection's crown as the Xbox game with the highest obtainable Gamerscore thanks to the MMO's Feast of Shadows DLC
- Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone voices somebody in Hollow Knight: Silksong, but he won't say who "so as not to spoil any surprises for anyone"
- Hollow Knight: Silksong breaks 535,000 concurrent players on Steam, making it one of the biggest launches of all time and nearly 8x bigger than the first game
- Helldivers 2 players are getting rocked by Hive Lords, but grunts are begging for Arrowhead not to nerf them: "The game was lacking a fear element"
- With a DRM-free version and a low $20 price tag, Silksong has won many pirates over: "This is a time where if we can afford to support them, we should"
- "A lot of RPGs have adopted more action gameplay elements," says Dragon Quest remake producer, making old-school turn-based JRPGs "actually rare nowadays" and "considered fresh again"
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (September 5 - 7)
- Superman, Fantastic Four, and the rest of 2025's big superhero stories are bringing the death of cynicism and the rebirth of sincerity
- After modernizing the first three Dragon Quest games, remake producer says if the HD-2D games are "really well regarded," then "that would definitely create a movement within the company to want to do more remakes"
- How to start the Indiana Jones DLC Order of Giants
- The Witcher 4 will feature ideas from the latest Witcher novel, just like The Witcher 3 did 12 years ago – but CD Projekt Red "can't reveal how exactly" they'll take form yet
- When is The Conjuring: Last Rites on streaming? Speculation on the potential HBO Max release date
- Chainsaw Man and Look Back creator's underappreciated short stories are being adapted into an anime anthology
- "Every day we stray further from god": No Man's Sky boss Sean Murray faces the consequences of his actions as players attack his eyes with cursed ships in the Voyagers update
- Hollow Knight: Silksong has been out for 120 minutes and already has over 1,500 "Overwhelmingly Positive" Steam reviews, so either y'all are really fast or those reviews don't actually mean much
- Both seasons of the Halo TV show are coming to Netflix very soon
- I rebuilt my gaming PC because of thermal throttling, and this case made it so much easier
- Team Cherry was not kidding: achievements suggest Silksong is somehow 50% bigger than Hollow Knight, which was already one of the biggest Metroidvanias of all time
- New Lego Death Star is one of the biggest and most expensive sets ever made
- Silksong launched two hours ago in the middle of the workday and it's already eclipsed Hollow Knight's all-time concurrent Steam player record
- GTA 6 apparently pushes us beyond AAA and into "AAAAA" territory, industry veteran claims: "It's just bigger than anything else"
- I'm finally playing Persona 4 after 17 years, and I can already see where the JRPG's remake should step in with improvements
- Tom Holland says he's been "actively sifting through the internet" to figure out what fans want to see in Spider-Man 4: "That's been my driving force in these pitch meetings"
- Hollow Knight: Silksong, a single-player 2D Metroidvania, became the biggest game on Twitch minutes after launch – at over 360k viewers, it beat giants like Dota 2 and GTA 5
- Pokemon seems to be teasing Mega Malamar for Legends: Z-A in a series of bizarre live-action videos featuring people proclaiming their love for one of X and Y's strangest 'mons
- After 11 years, Elder Scrolls Online lead says the MMO is still "flying under the radar" of potential fans – with some even asking devs, "when does this come out?"
- Superman 2 Man of Tomorrow release date, cast, plot and trailer speculation: Everything we know about the DCU movie
- Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake producer says "getting the balance right" is crucial when modernizing a classic, so you don't have fans complaining, "'We've got the original one, we don't need the new game'"
- 39 years after the legendary JRPG series began, Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake includes a "new twist" that'll be a "really big surprise" for veteran fans
- Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake reminded me why I love turn-based battles, but after 40 minutes with the game, I'm desperate to know what "really big surprise" the devs are hiding
- Upper Moon demons, explained: the whereabouts of Demon Slayer's Twelve Kizuki villains before Infinity Castle
- Over 12,300 people turned up to watch "John Silksong" release one last Hollow Knight: Silksong news update, and it was kind of a beautiful moment: "All of this truly has been my, no, our daily Silksong news"
- 007 First Light devs went through "all the source material" to create their James Bond and really nail his "Bondliness," but without doing "a retelling"
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles devs blur the line between remake and remaster further, say the new strategy RPG is neither
- Blue Lock Rivals codes (September 2025) for Lucky Spins
- Steam and the Switch eShop are down, or at least struggling, the very second Hollow Knight: Silksong has launched, and you couldn't write better chaos
- Win a book about the making of The Search for Spock!
- Hollow Knight: Silksong is now live, and with no leaks or review codes everyone is playing it for the first time after waiting more than 6 years
- The new Assassin's Creed Mirage DLC is a blunt reminder that maybe we've outgrown the series' old-school formula once and for all
- Win a Blu-ray of Dangerous Animals
- I want to love the Hyperkin Retron GX, but the retro console seemingly dislikes my PC Engine games
- Woot has destroyed my saving plans, but at least I'll get a pretty collector's edition out of it
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 reviews promise "one of the best seasons of The Walking Dead franchise ever" after the disappointing Book of Carol
- After 13 long years, The Binding Of Isaac creator's new tactical RPG Mewgenics finally gets a proper gameplay reveal showing off all the horrifying atrocities your kitties will be a part of
- 007 First Light contains some of "the largest" missions Hitman developer IO Interactive has "ever done" before, which could make it one of the studio's biggest games yet
- "You want to keep some of those iconic places, even if it's not necessarily realistic": Capcom is bringing us an "updated" Raccoon City in Resident Evil Requiem that shows off the extent of its destruction
- The Conjuring: Last Rites director says now is the right time to say goodbye to Ed and Lorraine Warren: "We don't want this to be a series that gets run into the ground"
- Helldivers 2 patch goes live "ahead of schedule" to calm angry divers, but it doesn't seem to address Into the Unjust update's biggest problems
- How to get Warbond Tokens in Helldivers 2
- Marvel Rivals gets another Overwatch 2 staple as NetEase adds placement matches to combat smurf accounts, but don't expect it at Season 4's launch
- The Conjuring: Last Rites debuts to an average Rotten Tomatoes score, but it's still one of the best-rated movies in the franchise
- How many bosses in Hollow Knight Silksong?
- The Office spin-off The Paper debuts to a higher Rotten Tomatoes score than the original show, but has left critics divided
- Nacon's first attempt at sim racing hardware is so good that I'm not sure it's charging enough for it
- Where to buy Pokemon TCG Mega Evolution before resellers get their hands on it
- These new Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle popcorn buckets are the best yet – with a perfect tribute to the anime's most popular fighters
- Helldivers 2 may be a Sony-published game, but it's got off to a way better start on Xbox than it did on PS5 after selling almost 1 million copies in less than a week
- "We actually did put Daniel Craig in there": Hitman developers secured the 007 First Light license by modelling James Bond's face onto Agent 47's body
- Silksong is one of the most anticipated indie releases ever, but 10 years ago a friend of Team Cherry's couldn't even drum up hype for Hollow Knight's trailer on Reddit: "Oh great, another side scroller indie"
- Stephen King isn't a fan of the "pornographic" violence in superhero movies: "Man, that's wrong"
- "You just delayed Silksong another year thanks to this idea": As the 6-year wait for the Hollow Knight sequel finally ends, the community says goodbye in the most absurd ways
- It looks like the Justice Gang will return in James Gunn's Superman sequel as Hawkgirl teases her return in Man of Tomorrow: "See you soon"
- 007 First Light's James Bond is "certainly handsome" but "he isn't a Ken doll," says IO Interactive: "The human aspect of him is something we were really trying hard to give you"
- Valve just trademarked the term "Steam Frame", but I'm not convinced it's just a Steam Deck console
- One-Punch Man season 3's director says he had to hide his identity because he is "relatively unknown" and that might leave a "bad impression" with fans: "I sincerely apologize for keeping quiet about this"
- Metal Gear Solid 2's big Raiden twist was a surprise to Solid Snake's voice actor, who only found out while he was recording for the game: "Okay... well, we'll see how people feel about that"
- September 3
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- Gearbox's Randy Pitchford says everyone expects Nintendo to do something "really interesting," and sometimes you get "brilliant" things like the Wii and Switch 2, and other times you get the Wii U, which "didn't work as well"
- Marvel Rivals season 4 launches in September with Angela, Daredevil, and a PS4 release
- For the first time in 4 years, there's a new Super Mario Bros speedrun world record holder: "We are now only 15 frames away from a perfect speedrun"
- Lady Gaga follows up her Wednesday season 2 debut as Rosaline Rotwood by joining Tag Team and MC Hammer in the long legacy of Addams Family songs with a creepy new music video directed by Tim Burton
- Weapons director Zach Cregger is making a Resident Evil movie without ever having seen a Resident Evil movie: "I think the people that are fans of the of the games are probably going to be stoked"
- Team Cherry had to go back to the drawing board for Hollow Knight: Silksong for one simple reason: "Hornet being taller changes everything"
- Blizzard wakes up and chooses fun: the "wacky and crazy" powers of past Diablo 4 seasons could come back as "permanent" features
- 007 First Light is "not a reskin" of Hitman, IO Interactive says again, and the team brought in "amazing fresh talent" including devs with "specific driving expertise" to help build car missions
- Final Fantasy 14 boss Naoki Yoshida might not have become a Square Enix dev if it weren't for a "jerk" childhood friend that accidentally taught him PvP by tricking him into being bad at 1983 Mario Bros.
- 007 First Light Collector's Edition is $300, and there isn't enough nostalgia in the world to convince me that Golden Gun is worth it unless it literally transforms me into Christopher Lee
- The ROG Xbox Ally X offers an early glimpse into Xbox's plans for AI, but I'm starting to worry that we're all going to be priced out of ever trying them
- 007 First Light, the Hitman dev's James Bond game, launches 2 months before GTA 6 with the Deluxe Edition as a pre-order bonus
- Despite cancellation rumors, Amazon's new Tomb Raider TV show from Fleabag helmer Phoebe Waller-Bridge with Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner as Lara Croft is moving ahead with a 2026 filming date
- "Everyone knows GoldenEye, it's a legendary game": 007 First Light boss says his goal is to make an all-timer James Bond game, even if the result is "very different" to Hitman
- 007 First Light is more than just Hitman: James Bond edition, and I'm over any fears I might have had that IO couldn't deliver
- For the Hitman devs, 007: First Light felt like "coming home" because James Bond has been an "inspiration" for so long
- "Mario Kart World won't have any influence" on Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, but like everyone else, Sega was "somewhat expecting a new Mario Kart to be released soon" even before its reveal
- Superman 2 is coming sooner than you think as James Gunn announces the official title and release date while teasing a Superman/Lex Luthor team-up
- Alien: Earth production designer on creating the Nostromo-mirroring Maginot "There was definitely a certain amount of geeking out"
- Days before Silksong, speedrunner manages "perhaps one of, if not the grandest achievements in Hollow Knight history" with a 2 hour and 49 minute 112% world record
- Where to buy Pokemon TCG Phantasmal Flames when pre-orders go live, according to our expert
- I hope you're ready for more Mega Evolution cards in Pokemon TCG, because this new expansion goes all in on the idea
- What is negative pressure in a gaming PC? Positive vs Negative pressure explained
- Skate early access roadmap and future update plans
- Is Cronos The New Dawn on Game Pass?
- Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford says "we’ve been baking this cake for a long time" as he teases the looter shooter's story connections to a new comic issue
- Am I in love with the Asus ROG Falcata? Definitely. Would I buy it? Absolutely not | Review
- Silent Hill 2 remake studio boss says new game Cronos is on Switch 2 because he wants to bring back the "gold time" of GameCube horror classics like Resident Evil 4
- Square Enix has a crucial day-one patch for Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles that restores an essential trick from the original 1998 version of the strategy JRPG
- Where to pre-order Ghost of Yotei PS5 DualSense, bundles, and console covers: US and UK stock is still going strong
- Newegg just dropped the perfect Xbox gift card deal just in time for Hollow Knight Silksong
- Where to buy Kill Team: Tomb World, the hard-to-find Deathwatch vs Necrons box set
- The Conjuring: Last Rites review: "Not bold or memorable enough for the Warrens' final chapter"
- How to use the Portable Hellbomb in Helldivers 2
- When is the Skate early access release date
- Helldivers 2 CEO just comes out and says it: "The technical debt is crippling" and "we didn't hit the mark" with Into the Unjust update, so Arrowhead is "trying to get our s*** in order"
- Who does Lady Gaga play in Wednesday season 2?
- James Gunn says DC's Superman title sequence won't change from movie to movie, with one exception: "He's our MGM Lion"
- Nintendo reportedly kept delaying Switch 2 because first-party devs wanted more time to perfect games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza
- The Conjuring: Last Rites director was a paranormal skeptic until he had the "spookiest experience" while filming the new horror movie: "I am totally a believer after it"
- Hollow Knight Silksong release live coverage – Steam and eShop outages, early hands-on impressions, and more
- Christopher Nolan, you've done it again: Tom Holland describes The Odyssey's script as the "best" he's ever read
- I'm playing The Outer Worlds for the first time because my friend told me it was better than Fallout, and now I'm hyped for the sequel to push it even further
- Former Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma 2 director says he can't make "the kind of games I'd most like to" as "they'd be too out there" and "probably wouldn't sell"
- The Batman 2 star Colin Farrell says the script for Matt Reeves' sequel is "extraordinary", but confirms the Penguin only has a small role: "I haven't got much to do on it"
- The GATER in Helldivers 2 and Conducting Mobile Substance Extraction explained
- Dan Da Dan anime voice actors are "very" influenced by the original Japanese cast, but Momo talks like her English-speaking grandma on purpose: "You could definitely see that she was raised by Seiko"
- Battlefield 2042's Road to Battlefield 6 battle pass short-changed some players, but 4 hours of double XP will have to do
- While other brands forget this area of the market exists, Thrustmaster is doubling down with a new flagship racing wheel that's $349
- A Super Smash Bros. Melee modder has finally added the most powerful Nintendo character of all: a cease and desist notice
- 9 Cronos the New Dawn tips to help you stay alive in this time travelling survival horror
- Looking for the flashlight in Cronos? It's there, you just have to wait
- Where to find the Cronos door code in the dressmakers
- How to find the key to open the locked door in Cronos The New Dawn
- Where to find the shop key in Cronos The New Dawn
- How to open sealed doors in Cronos with a Traveller's Seal
- Where to get bolt cutters and open chained doors in Cronos
- The best upgrades to get in Cronos The New Dawn
- Cronos: The New Dawn review: "An unabashed mash-up of survival horror greatest hits, from Dead Space to Silent Hill, with plenty of its own gory ideas"
- Weapons director Zach Cregger says his rumored DC movie is "getting blown out of proportion online": "It's not a Joker and Harley Quinn script"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Verso actor thanks fan fic writers for "taking very specific license with this classic masterpiece" – "We see you, we hear you, we appreciate how detailed you can truly get"
- Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 are two of my favorite turn-based RPGs, but I'm not sure how I'm going to go back to them after falling in love with Octopath Traveler 0's town-building mode
- The hideous Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater statue is why I have rules for collectors' editions
- No Man's Sky's new update gave players the ultimate spaceship sim, so of course they immediately built a space forklift, Lord of the Rings' iconic tower, and an entire castle
- The 32 greatest animated movies that aren't for kids
- How to destroy the Hive Spore Lung in Helldivers 2
- DC star all but confirms which supervillain they're playing in upcoming DCU show Lanterns, and he's one of Green Lantern's biggest enemies
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles director open to revisiting the series' Game Boy Advance sequels if the remaster does well, but thinks the strategy RPG playerbase is currently a "bit small"
- Battlefield 6 is set to be extra grisly compared to most of the previous entries in EA's FPS series, as it's only the third to mention "gore" in its ESRB rating
- I would lay down my life for this Lego Gizmo figure, I just hope those eyes don't haunt me
- Now could be your last chance to grab the OG MSI Claw, but I'd still pass on the Intel handheld
- First trailer for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple makes the horror sequel look even more violent and bonkers than its predecessor
- Avengers: Doomsday actor Channing Tatum opens up on his failed Thor audition – and the main lesson he learned from the underwhelming experience
- "The Mega Drive deserves better" - A Lego Sega Genesis Controller is coming soon, but it won't be easy to get
- Stellar Blade sequel will feature an "expanded" world and "enhanced gameplay" as developer Shift Up believes it'll "result in even greater success than the original
- Wednesday season 3 release date speculation, cast, plot, and more news
- Spider-Man 4 star Tom Holland says filming Brand New Day on the streets of Glasgow with real tanks felt "fresh" and "exhilarating"
- Final Fantasy Tactics remaster makes Cloud easier to use, Square Enix promises, and even gives him the Materia Blade right off the bat, so you'll want to see the secret hiding where it was in the original RPG
- Helldivers 2 players are down but not out – the new Hive Lords can apparently eat 15 Hellbombs before finally going down, but divers aren't giving up: "It can bleed, it can die"
- One-Punch Man season 3 finally lands a release date after a six-year hiatus, but some fans think the animation needs improving
- As Metal Gear Solid turns 27 years old, Hideo Kojima says "there are only a handful of people who participated" on the seminal classic who are "still a part of the new 'Kojima Productions'"
- Stardew Valley 1.7 update may delay ConcernedApe's new cozy sim Haunted Chocolatier "a little," but "not as much as you might think"
- How to watch Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle early – tickets, dates, and screening locations
- Wednesday season 2 part 2 ending explained: Who is Slurp, who dies, and how does it set up season 3?
- Wednesday season 2 part 2 review: "Ortega shines, but it's a zombie who steals the entire show"
- Alien: Earth episode 5 isn't quite feature-length, but I think it's the best Xenomorph movie since Aliens
- September 2
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- Channing Tatum says he'll "drop the Mardis Gras mask" and tone down his Gambit accent for Avengers: Doomsday - "I'm not gonna go full Cajun"
- Outer Worlds 2 bosses "think it's funny" they've made an RPG about evil mega-corporations with Microsoft as their new owner: "It'd be ridiculous to say we don't notice that"
- Helldivers 2 players fume over performance issues, Arrowhead CEO admits "it's not good enough" but promises "a fix for some of the most immediate things is being prepped"
- An uber-rare Nintendo cartridge worth $1,000 sat in a Las Vegas retro shop for months until it sold for $12, and the store's owners aren't even mad about it: "Score! Our f*** up their gain"
- I've been skeptical of the Marvel Zombies animated series, but the hilariously violent first trailer just convinced me to watch it
- The best moment in the Dan Da Dan anime was also the hardest for Okarun and Momo's voice actors to record: "'I have to take a break.' I was like, 'I can't do it'"
- A new Destiny 2 event is giving players bugged 8-year-old loot from content so deleted that Bungie literally could not come up with it to show in court
- Call of Duty eases the grind with 20 free skips for the battle pass mess it created, but you only have 2 weeks to claim them
- After Ubisoft's shutdown of The Crew spawned the Stop Killing Games movement, a group of fans are finally ready to release a server emulator to keep the racer alive: "No one will ever be able to take this away from you now"
- Gambit actor Channing Tatum has to sit out of Avengers: Doomsday filming due to injury, so his double will take on a "big fight" with Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom
- $112 million Borderlands movie was a critical and commercial disaster, but Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford just wants you to know "it would have been way worse if I directed it"
- Call of Duty movie officially heading to theaters with new Paramount chief comparing the film to Top Gun: Maverick - "We're approaching this film with the same disciplined, uncompromising commitment to excellence"
- Team Cherry hoped Silksong could be anyone's "first Hollow Knight game," and one reason it took 7 years is they were "comfortable" not knowing what's gonna happen: "The really interesting things are the things you sort of discover along the way"
- How to kill a Hive Lord in Helldivers 2
- This gorgeously weird monster board game warms my Halloween-loving heart, and it's a delight
- No Man's Sky boss Sean Murray turns the meme tables and begs Silksong developer Team Cherry to let him pay more than $20 for the upcoming Metroidvania
- Final Fantasy 14 might follow in World of Warcraft's footsteps with its own housing system, as Square Enix is "heavily discussing the possibility" of adding "special techniques for decorating"
- 28 Years Later: Bone Temple star says it's the "weird, deranged cousin" to Danny Boyle's movie, reveals the infected won't be "purely antagonists" in the horror sequel
- Helldivers 2 rivals Call of Duty's notoriously chunky file sizes as its latest update takes the shooter above 140GB on Steam: "This is getting beyond ridiculous"
- It took 3 years but Xbox has finally delivered on its Silksong promise: Team Cherry's latest hits Game Pass day one, exactly one day after an amazing Metroidvania you shouldn't miss
- This PS5 controller has dropped to a record low price, but its camo print is giving me the ick
- A decade later, discounts like this mean the Logitech G920 is still worth considering for beginner racing setups
- Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle review: "Roars past Mugen Train as Demon Slayer's best adventure yet"
- Channeling big Fallout energy means The Outer Worlds 2 could be the Starfield I always wanted
- With the future of Doctor Who still up in the air, former showrunner Steven Moffat says there's a "national duty" to keep making the long-running sci-fi show
- Losing Final Fantasy Tactics' source code meant The Ivalice Chronicles devs had to use any available resources to rebuild the remaster, "whether that be the retail copy of the game or the smartphone version"
- "FromSoftware was my very first job after graduating": Legendary Bloodborne and Elden Ring composer says she'd watch the games in debug mode "partly because I couldn't beat the boss myself"
- After report on MMO's bot problem, players bait piles of "clankers" to their doom like they're poisoning AI: ask "how many" and armies of bots reply in eery unison
- My favorite ever Disney Halloween decoration is available again, so don't miss it
- Helldivers 2 Into the Unjust update comes with "one of the funniest patch notes yet," preventing our own democratic gear from turning enemies into unstoppable menaces
- This Nintendo Switch 2 controller has finally crept to a price I can recommend
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles devs "haven't made any changes to characters that were powerful," because they "didn't really want to disappoint" OG fans with nerfs
- Knives Out 3 gets a limited 2-week run in theaters, despite director Rian Johnson pushing Netflix to put the film in "as many theaters for as long as possible”
- I'm still concerned about Battlefield 6's map sizes, but there's no denying it gets chaotic urban warfare right
- Hideo Kojima's overlooked cyberpunk adventure game is one of the three games Atari's CEO would love to remaster: "I don’t know if it would do well, but I’d probably push it through"
- Clayface set photos contain way more DCU world-building than we expected, thanks to this complete map of Gotham
- Wednesday season 2 part 2 reveals first look at Lady Gaga's Rosaline Rotwood, and fans are convinced she's part of the Addams Family
- EA and DICE tried to stop them, but Battlefield 6 players keep leaking maps and content from closed tests and Labs experiments – but at least the leaked news is good news
- Upcoming Persona-inspired tactics RPG Demonschool was delayed due to Silksong, even though it doesn't share the Hollow Knight sequel's genre – and it's all thanks to our "capitalist society"
- Lost Rift is bringing FPS expertise with an innovative twist on the survival game
- 45 minutes of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles has me certain that Square Enix "rebuilding" the remaster after losing the original source code was worth the effort
- The Long Walk review: "One of the best Stephen King adaptations ever made"
- 20 years on from the original, The Descent director reveals he's "got a few ideas" for a prequel to the hit horror movie
- The weirdest ever Warhammer game is back with a new edition, and I think you need to see this
- The cutest Razer headset has never been cheaper, and I'm finding it impossible not to add it to my cart
- Nobody 2 is now available to watch on digital, just 18 days after the action movie was released in theaters
- Everyone's freaking out at the rumored $650 Lego Pokemon set, but here's why I wouldn't panic just yet
- 40 years later, The Goonies' long-awaited sequel is "moving in the right direction," says writer: "This is the movie I want to see as one of its biggest fans"
- Dwayne Johnson opens up over frustrations on being "pigeon-holed" as a blockbuster star: "This is what Hollywood wants you to be"
- Where to catch a Tsuchinoko in Metal Gear Solid Delta
- Star Wars' only female starfighter pilot in The Phantom Menace says she was "told off" by George Lucas for wearing lipstick
- Former Assassin's Creed director who also worked on Arkham Origins joins Rocksteady, sparking more hopes for a new Batman game
- Agents of SHIELD star says she should have been in poorly received Marvel show Secret Invasion, even though they're not "considered canon": "It would have probably been better"
- Lenovo Legion Go 2 leak reveals full specs, and I'm cautiously hyped for the handheld sequel
- No Man's Sky hits a Steam player high it hasn't seen since the survival game's disastrous launch 9 years ago, thanks in part to yet another free update
- Marvel star says filming Avengers: Doomsday "feels like a dream", as he hypes up Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom: "Everyone will be blown away"
- Monster Hunter Wilds' struggles aren't just down to PC optimization issues, Capcom boss says – the PS5's lofty costs are also to blame
- Hollow Knight: Silksong will have a free Nintendo Switch 2 edition upgrade at launch, meaning you don't have to pay extra to get the 120hz mode
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival series pilot has wrapped filming, as director Chloé Zhao confirms a 25-year time jump
- DC fans chime in with their picks for The Batman 2 villains after Robert Pattinson said he likes "all the really fantastical ones"
- I played Where Winds Meet and fell in love with the RPG's open world so fast I could barely pay attention to any of the missions
- Borderlands 4 could have looked very different – the OG RPG initially had realistic visuals that were too similar to Fallout 3, so Gearbox "rebuilt the whole game" after 2 weeks of experimenting led to its iconic comic style
- September 1
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- Clayface set photos tease a connection to The Batman, and fans are hoping that Matt Reeves' Elseworlds movies will merge with the DCU
- Solo star Alden Ehrenreich hasn't completely ruled out a Star Wars return, but it sounds like it would take a lot to convince him: "It would have to really, really be the right version of it"
- Ghostrunner devs abandon parkour for Valor Mortis, a first-person soulslike that might explain why the rest of the genre follows Dark Souls' lead
- Infinity Nikki devs "sincerely apologize" yet again – this time for "frustration and confusion" caused by furniture pricing, but at least we're getting freebies in return
- From passing on Lord of the Rings to Cleopatra's infamous budget, film fans are debating some of the worst mistakes in movie history
- Skyrim player marries a literal dragon with the help of a mod, giving "Dragonborn" a whole new meaning as he breaks the RPG and makes it run as "buggy as Oblivion"
- "We tend to commit to the bit": Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford talks Borderlands 4, the evolution of looter-shooters, and $80 game discourse
- Helldivers 2 studio CEO says the "vast majority" of people "silently play" the shooter, which means the devs can't just look at Reddit and what streamers are saying for feedback: "This is a challenge for all games"
- Battlefield 6 won't have ray tracing at launch and devs "don't have any plans in the near future for it either" because "our effort was focused on making the game as [optimized] as possible"
- This gaming chair has a lumbar support belt, and a month later I'm still getting used to it
- The best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, Paramount Plus, and more
- 10 years later, Metal Gear Solid 5 remains a masterpiece that was never going to live up to its own hype
- Borderlands 4 can't even win in its own ads, as WWE has cosplaying wrestlers take the L in their own championship match
- CD Projekt Red is teasing something Cyberpunk 2077-shaped with a mysterious new message, and fans are desperately trying to work out if it could be sequel news, DLC, or something else entirely
- Pirates of the Caribbean and Arkham Asylum are the best new Lego sets in September 2025, if you ask me
- Pretty much every RTX 50-Series Alienware gaming laptop is on sale right now, with up to $650 off
- Hideo Kojima will give a "glimpse into future projects" at his "Beyond The Strand" anniversary event for Kojima Productions' 10th birthday this month
- Lost Soul Aside review: "We (don't) have Final Fantasy Versus 13 at home"
- Hori Piranha Plant Camera for Nintendo Switch 2 review - "no amount of cute can distract from its horrendous video quality"
- Analogue 3D footage finally just surfaced online, and I'm hoping the 4k N64 is as slick as it looks
- Call of Duty drops a whopping 100 GB on PS5, and fans think it's due to Battlefield 6: "Competition is always good for gaming"
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- Chloé Zhao's first movie since Eternals is already getting Oscars buzz as critics call it "the most devastating movie I've seen in years"
- Menace is an XCOM-Warhammer hybrid that makes turn-based strategy feel like an immersive sim, and for the first time in my life I'm playing a game that seems made for me
- Battlefield 6's battle royale mode is looking very promising if these alleged leaks are anything to go by, and FPS fans are already excited: "This made me uninstall Warzone"
- I lost my Switch 2 controller straps, but this small Labor Day saving has come to save the day
- 007 First Light is getting its own dedicated PlayStation State of Play this week, with "over 30 minutes of gameplay" including James Bond's "first mission as an MI6 recruit"
- This Balatro-like take on Breakout trades a paddle for a revolver, and I've had a lot of fun combo'ing bullet configurations even if I wish this was more on target
- Frankenstein star Christoph Waltz is in favor of Guillermo del Toro's use of practical effects: "CGI is for losers"
- Final Fantasy 14 devs have "quite a big plan for jobs moving forward," Yoshi-P teases, cooking up "major changes" for the MMO to "make jobs more interesting for players to use"
- Final Fantasy 16 Clive actor Ben Starr was "quite nervous" about voicing a villain in Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles because he didn't want to "soil" his contribution to the series
- After Final Fantasy Tactics' source code was lost, the remaster's devs looked at fan-made websites' preservation efforts: "We know you guys do such a good job of keeping all of that up to date"
- When does the Helldivers 2 Into the Unjust update release?
- A new behind-the-scenes Thunderbolts photo is making fans even more disappointed with one character death: "She showed her face for like two seconds for absolutely no reason"
- Hollow Knight: Silksong price is $20, Team Cherry confirms, laughing in the face of $80 games as it cements one of the most anticipated indies of all time as just $5 more than its predecessor
- You can watch Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 early – if you see this new compilation movie
- Stranger Things creator teases "logistically insane" season 5 episode, which is "as big as any finale we've ever done"
- The MSI Claw A8 arrives this month for £850, but I'm fearful of its US price
- When is Hollow Knight Silksong out? Release date and time
- After 3 years, Terraria devs confirm the sandbox game's long-awaited 1.4.5 update is "well into the final push" with devs "ready to push this over the line" once and for all
- Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 releases an epic trailer as Crunchyroll confirms a January release
- After 13 years, the fan-led Oblivion remake developed in Skyrim's engine – Skyblivion – is right around the corner: "Recent developments made us come closer to a potential date announcement"
- Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford says "Nintendo just had the most successful new console launch in the history of video game consoles" with the Switch 2, so of course he wants to "bring more games to it"
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps has finally crossed a major box office milestone over 1 month after release, but only just
- Resident Evil Requiem's director was always curious to return to Raccoon City: "It was like rice I'd left forgotten in the rice cooker for a week... eventually curiosity makes you lift the lid"
- Avengers: Doomsday directors tease it's even bigger than Endgame as Paul Rudd hints at more practical, "jaw dropping" sets in the MCU crossover
- The Office creator reveals why only one main character returns for The Paper spin-off, and it's a decision that stems from the comedy classic's finale
- Hell is Us review: "The lack of waypoints and explicit objectives is a double-edged magical sword that pulls me deep into its harsh world"
