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- February 12
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- Zelda: Breath of the Wild devs knew the open-world pivot was "the right direction to head in" after seeing the "amazing" things players came up with
- Lionhead "had a pitch document" for Fable 4, says Peter Molyneux: "It was the thought of moving through time a little bit more"
- Steam might stop dev from releasing viral horror game just by ignoring them: "Be prepared for the game to be delayed until further notice"
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (February 13-15)
- Fallout 3 feeling like "Oblivion with guns" was only natural, Todd Howard says – the RPG was Bethesda's follow-up to, well, Oblivion
- Witch Hat Atelier creator approves of the magical girl anime I'm convinced is what Frieren would be if it were made by Studio Ghibli, and I can't stop watching
- Accused of forging Steam reviews to boost their anime life sim, Starsand Island devs claim they're innocent and confused: "Whoever may be behind this, we kindly ask you to stop"
- Square Enix and Disney will do everything except show us Kingdom Hearts 4, as Fortnite x Kingdom Hearts collab rumors resurface once more
- After 25 years, one of the first non-Elder Scrolls fantasy RPGs to eat over 50 hours of my life is getting a remake – and it's finally got its 2026 release date
- A24's Undertone is quickly becoming my most anticipated horror movie of the year, and its creepy new teaser proves why
- Avowed missed sales goals, but Obsidian's RPG still beat huge games like Silksong and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in daily Xbox player count last year
- Save up to 70% on Nendoroids, anime merch, and more in this ridiculous Crunchyroll sale
- GameStop has dropped up to half off a ton of SEGA games, and I gotta go fast to grab them all
- My biggest problem with Stardew Valley is fixed in the hottest new life sim RPG on Steam, which has 1,700 reviews at 91% positive after 1 day in Early Access
- I've watched Shoujo anime for 10 years, and these are the best romance anime on Crunchyroll that you need to watch this Valentine's Day
- I'm grateful Skyrim 'dumbed down' The Elder Scrolls
- This new Black Myth: Zhong Kui video for Chinese New Year is really cooking something up
- Former Mario actor Charles Martinet is "more Luigi" in real life, but still thinks the iconic Nintendo mascot is "the most wonderful human being ever"
- Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined "isn't meant to supplement or improve upon" previous versions of the classic JRPG, but simply to "represent" the game "for today"
- Netflix anime Beastars Final Season part 2 finally gets a release date as animation studio calls the series their "longest challenge"
- Spider-Noir release date, cast, trailer, and everything else we know about the live-action Spider-Man show
- The Duskbloods is still coming to Switch 2 this year, FromSoftware's parent company promises while keeping almost everything about the vampire RPG a secret
- The boy done bad in new teaser for bloodsoaked, buzzy horror Obsession
- Spider-Noir trailer proves everything is cooler in black and white, especially when it involves Nicolas Cage punching criminals
- Peak developers promise a console port is coming, but there's still no timeframe: "Porting games, let alone a game jam, takes a while to do"
- How to reach Mewgenics' secret areas
- Fall producers threaten to shred our nerves again with new rollercoaster horror: "We're pushing the tension to the extreme"
- A free copy of GTA 6 could be yours, Norwegian retailer says, all you have to do is have a baby on release day and pray Rockstar doesn't delay it further
- Battlefield 6 season 2 finally delivers a big map and more, but I have bad news for anyone who doesn't like being poisoned or shot in the dark: you're going to be poisoned and shot in the dark
- Best Presidents Day PS5 deals in 2026, save on Silent Hill, SteelSeries, Battlefield and more
- KPop Demon Hunters Zoey actor reveals they originally auditioned for Rumi and Mira first
- Sinners star Michael B. Jordan says his TV adaptation of popular Game of Thrones-esque fantasy novel will be "something that feels honest" to the source material
- "Master Chief, mind telling me what you're doing in Overwatch?": Halo veterans find a home in Blizzard's new DPS hero, prompting fans to call for an official crossover
- Best Presidents Day sales for gamers 2026, all the biggest early deals across PS5, Switch, PC, and Xbox
- Sony State of Play February 2026 live updates – the latest PS5 news and rumors ahead of the showcase
- New tactics RPG Solasta 2 is doubling down on a DnD 5e rule that Baldur's Gate 3 didn't bother with - and don't worry, it'll be "very straightforward"
- How to complete the Helldivers 2 raze strategic infrastructure objective
- Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says no, Geoff Keighley isn't to blame for Highguard and its mass layoffs – and folks who think so have "little understanding" of the industry
- This Hall effect controller with six extra buttons is supremely underrated, and it's half off right now
- "The 2000s were a simpler time": How The Sims 2 inspired the first generation of YouTubers
- Please leave the Piranha Plant camera alone this Valentine's Day, grab these Switch 2 accessories instead
- "This seems like a very tough boss": Mewgenics eyes Steam roguelike record held by Hades 2 as the cat breeding sim surpasses its legendary dev's other indie hit, The Binding of Isaac
- How to use a VPN to play games early
- The Russo brothers tease "the complexity and the difficulty" of the Avengers: Doomsday story: "Victor von Doom demands a certain tone"
- You vs Homer codes (February 2026) for free Quidz and Candy Hearts
- Diablo 2 could get even more new content, Blizzard says, but "we have to nail that otherwise we kill the game in trying to progress it forward"
- Halle Berry "promises" Marvel fans that X-Men's Storm isn't in Avengers: Doomsday, but we've been here before with Spider-Man's Andrew Garfield
- "We’ve found a solution to the obstacles" - Hyperkin's Mega95 Sega Genesis handheld is now closer to launch, and I'm more hyped than ever
- Scream 7 director confirms my biggest fear about the horror sequel, says it "doesn't really have that meta goal"
- Hideo Kojima discussed a Metal Gear Solid FPS with Call of Duty co-creator Vince Zampella during the early days of Respawn Entertainment
- A Severance prequel, anyone? This latest Severance update shows Apple is learning all the wrong lessons
- "The mood all week" - After a year of Marvel Rivals taking its lunch, Blizzard is just happy you're playing Overwatch again
- Should you use a VPN while gaming?
- Star Wars just revealed a crucial part of Grogu's backstory in the most unexpected way: a Jar Jar Binks comic book
- Thor star Chris Hemsworth says his daughter had "angsty, sort of teenager attitude" on set of Avengers: Doomsday: "In the end, I had to bribe her"
- Uh-oh, every Steam Deck is now out of stock, and I'm hoping RAMageddon hasn't claimed Valve's handheld
- This Nerf blaster makes me feel like an '80s action hero, and I'm a step away from spitting out corny one-liners
- How to watch the PlayStation State of Play February 2026 and what we could see during its "60+ minutes of news"
- Deadpool and Wolverine writer thinks this Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise AI slop fight scene somehow means "it's over" for Hollywood
- Arc Raiders "significantly exceeded expectations" with 14 million copies sold and almost 1 million concurrent players last month, and its publisher expects momentum to continue
- "It's not coming this weekend": Marathon isn't getting a surprise preview drop just yet, Bungie confirms, but you will see the Destiny 2 studio's new shooter at State of Play
- The Warlock is Diablo 2's first new class in 25 years, it's playable right now, and, oh, it's coming to Diablo 4 too
- February 11
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- Highguard dev hit with mass layoffs as "most of the team at Wildlight" is let go
- Following Anaconda and Primate, new hippo-based creature feature unveils its first look
- After a mixed response from some critics, Christopher Nolan looks back at Interstellar's growing reputation as a modern classic: "It's incredibly rewarding"
- Helldivers movie sets late 2027 release date and adds a video game movie hero to its ranks in Minecraft's Jason Momoa
- After blending Wind Waker with Kiki's Delivery Service last year, indie dev reveals an N64-inspired Zelda-like RPG – and it's an instant Kickstarter hit
- "It's honestly been surreal": Yapyap dev sells 500,000 copies in a week through the power of friendslop and Steam, this time with wizards and 6-player co-op
- Hollow Knight: Silksong community crosses 4 weeks of cheering a mad lad fighting Savage Beastfly with ungodly custom rules, like doing the infamous Groal runback with every attempt
- "I'm not slamming FromSoftware," says Lords of the Fallen 2 director, but CI Games' Soulslike has "more drives to experiment a bit" with your build
- Retro Jurassic Park collection is being delisted just over 2 years after launch as Limited Run Games insists "we learned how important it is to provide plenty of notice for changes like this"
- KPop Demon Hunters star pitches a "very, very serious" prequel set during the early 20th century: "That would be our Andor"
- Masters of Albion is "a true God game," Peter Molyneux says as he unveils a fully manipulable world halfway between Populous and Fable
- OG Fable designer Peter Molyneux cried tears of joy watching Xbox reveal the new reboot, even though he thinks "there was a slight antiseptic feel about it"
- "'You have no idea what you've built'": Arc Raiders lead says a "prominent professor in neurology" encouraged him to submit the extraction shooter to science
- Modder puts Super Mario 64 on PS2, hacks in co-op, and adds online multiplayer with the N64 version, all through the power of Sony's secret PS1 chip: "It works much better than I thought it was going to"
- Soulslike action RPG Lords of the Fallen 2 is on the "same journey" as the Batman Arkham games, dev says: "It all came together and it felt perfect"
- Resident Evil meets BioShock in a survival horror FPS that would be cringe if it wasn't so damn metal
- Pirates of the Caribbean director's first film in nearly 10 years is being hailed by critics as "the best Black Mirror episode in nearly a decade"
- The Virtual Boy returns next week, but there are three things I need you know about the Switch Online remake
- All Helldivers 2 Vox Engine weaknesses and how to kill them
- Roguelike legend Edmund McMillen crammed 200 Simpsons-inspired intros into his new strategy game Mewgenics, and I'm ashamed I didn't notice sooner: "There's like 200 couch gags"
- These Baldur's Gate 3 treasure packs are a serious delight filled with Sirius dice
- Deltarune Chapter 5 is still underway, and Undertale icon Toby Fox says devs are "polishing" it with "some preliminary internal bugtesting on PC"
- "Stop banning the cat please": Jetpack Cat just became the most popular Overwatch hero as players call her the "most fun" – but she's starting to get banned from overuse
- Pokemon devs "wanted to create a different type of game that's not an RPG" with cozy life sim Pokopia, but that whole idea "was a challenge"
- "I could see $1,000": Steam Machine is "a PC with console benefits" and console hardware struggles, analyst says, and "whatever the next Xbox thing is, it's going to be just like it in a lot of ways"
- How to watch Fallout season 2 from anywhere, catch up on the Wasteland's latest adventure
- Best Disney gifts, recommended by a mega-fan
- Pokopia "doesn't force you to wait" like Animal Crossing – the cozy Pokemon life sim wants you to knock stuff out your "own way" instead of waiting "a whole day to continue to play"
- Fable promises a Bethesda-like reactive fantasy world, and I think it will be enough to cover for The Elder Scrolls 6
- Best Star Wars gifts according to a lifelong fan
- Black Panther director Ryan Coogler says sequel Wakanda Forever is watched at home "so much more than the other Panther" for a simple reason: "People may be watching when they want to feel something specific"
- Best Nintendo gifts, with recommendations from a fan of 30+ years
- Watch out, Jason Voorhees: a sequel to the most violent movie of 2024 is in the works, and the killer is headed to summer camp
- TMNT OG actor confirms they would have returned for R-rated The Last Ronin movie, and slams execs for canceling it: "Maybe you need to spend some time with the fans"
- Best PlayStation gifts, according to a fan who's been playing on Sony's console since the start
- "There are also lots of different ways to enjoy Pokemon, not just by battling," says Pokopia lead, who points to Ruby and Sapphire for ways to "scale the Pokemon games in general"
- Unearthed concept art for Eidos-Montréal's canceled Lord of the Rings game suggests it focused on Aragorn before the events of the trilogy in a Telltale-like narrative
- CD Projekt Red welcomes new AI director, who joins The Witcher 4 studio "after 8 years of building memorable RPGs at BioWare" like Mass Effect 2 and 3
- Battlefield 6 Season 2 is bringing 2 new maps and a pair of limited modes, while the Battle Pass is becoming "more rewarding" as challenges are "streamlined" for better progression
- "When Bethesda bought the Fallout license," RPG legend Josh Sawyer figured his "dream" of making a Fallout game was dead – until New Vegas came along
- Mewgenics was in development for 14 years, but these top five features prove it was all worth it
- Reanimal review: "A feast of twisted weirdness conjuring up unpleasant imagery and dark world building"
- Saltburn director's controversial Wuthering Heights movie starring Margot Robbie is set to win Valentine's Day weekend with a $70 million debut
- These are must-have Valentine's Day Disney gifts I'd recommend if you're shopping for a fan
- Some of my favorite gaming laptops come with Resident Evil Requiem for free this week
- Project Egoist codes (February 2026) for free Yen, emotes, and more
- Arc Raiders immediately suffers an infinite ammo exploit after Embark fixes a dupe, heightening criticism of the studio's soft response to cheaters
- "Hang tight": Minecraft-inspired sandbox game returns to Steam as Microsoft drops DMCA claim, but demo issues persist
- This Skullcandy gaming headset has a brain-melting sound, and it's cheaper for a limited time
- The Intellivision Sprint puts Atari's console war rival back on the track, but I'd rather it crossed the finish line with cartridge support
- After days of teasing No Man's Sky fans with cryptic emoji posts, Hello Games boss Sean Murray reveals new update with gravity guns, recycling, and vehicle customization that lets us build spider mechs
- 90 minutes with Pokemon Pokopia convinced me this could be the biggest cozy game since Animal Crossing, and I'm already eager to spend hundreds of hours in it
- Dan Trachtenberg says he's still looking to make more Predator movies despite his new deal with Paramount: "My God, there are so many exciting things we can do"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fan says their merch has been detained by government officials who think it's "possibly" a relic: "Customs opened the package and decided the art book looked a bit too ancient"
- Director of scrapped animated movie two years in the making speaks out on why Sony pulled the plug: "It wasn't commercial enough"
- Stranger Things play The First Shadow could finally be heading to Netflix, with filming reportedly taking place this week
- How to watch Frieren Beyond Journey's End Season 2
- Keychron Q1 HE 8K drops features for speed, but it still feels fantastic | Review
- The Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight is today, here's how to watch the stream as Blizzard gears up to show off a new Diablo 4 class and region
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner says there's "less of an inherent danger" of the show ending up like Game of Thrones, but George R.R. Martin would be "highly" involved past season 3
- The Last of Us' Ashley Johnson shares her reaction to the season 2 backlash: "Sometimes that passion feels really great, and sometimes it feels not great"
- Welcome to the future: Scream 7 director and star Neve Campbell livestreamed the first Scream movie on TikTok
- Helldivers 2 Cyberstan tips and Major Orders
- Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc gets a surprisingly early streaming release on Crunchyroll
- Overwatch smashes its Steam record, more than doubling its previous concurrent player peak with over 165,000 people jumping in as Blizzard's hero shooter enters a new era
- Discord raises more questions while attempting to quell age verification fury by saying an AI model can look at "patterns of user behavior" to predict how old many folks are anyway
- Insomniac dashes Marvel's Wolverine hopes, says more info is coming in spring despite Sony's State of Play happening this week
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner admits cutting a major line from the novella was "a mistake": "That scene was in the script at one point, then fell out"
- After Andor cost over half a billion dollars to make, The Mandalorian and Grogu will reportedly be the cheapest Disney-produced Star Wars movie
- Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 is already going on a break after just six episodes
- You can now play the Valheim leads' side project - a "cozy & dark" co-op dungeon crawler blending Lethal Company and Phasmophobia with a dash of Animal Crossing - thanks to its new Steam demo
- February 10
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- Spider-Noir TV creators explain why Nicolas Cage's Spider-Man is "jaded" Ben Reilly instead of "boyish" Peter Parker
- Square Enix throws a bone to Xenogears fans on the classic JRPG's 28th anniversary, but with no remake or remaster in sight, folks are behaving exactly as you'd expect: "I'm on my knees here"
- HBO's Baldur's Gate 3 TV show may not involve Larian, but Wizards of the Coast's former Head of Story has signed on as a consultant
- 19 years after Frank Darabont's devastating adaptation, Mike Flanagan is set to make a new movie based on Stephen King's The Mist
- "I think Speranza is heavily underutilized": Arc Raiders boss wants to see more social elements and thinks the main city is ripe for "something else"
- Stranger Things spin-off creator says it's meant to feel like a "lost season" of the main show: "You could easily take this and make it the live-action version"
- Nicolas Cage says his performance in live-action Spider-Verse spin-off Spider-Noir is "70 percent Bogart, and 30 percent Bugs Bunny"
- Longtime Zelda producer says "the hardware evolution" lifts "restrictions" but, more importantly, "greatly influences the game design"
- With Ubisoft's dire finances, widespread cancellations, and a disastrous launch working against it, famously AAAA game Skull and Bones celebrates Year 2 with a big ol' kraken
- These isometric screenshots of Fallout 4 make me wish Bethesda would return to the genre's roots
- Helldivers 2 passes 150,000 players on Steam for the first time in months thanks to Cyborgs, who may actually be the good guys: "I'd be playing for the Cyborg faction if given the option"
- I love knowing how games are lying to me, and this breakdown of graphical tricks in Half-Life and more is an incredible peek behind the curtain: "The underwater concrete is just literally wobbling"
- All Helldivers 2 Cyborgs and the best weapons against them
- A game-changing Netflix original is at risk of becoming lost media, and that's not OK
- "We have made back our development budget after 3 hours": Over 8 years in the making, strategy roguelike Mewgenics is an instant hit for The Binding of Isaac creator and his team
- Genshin Impact dev sues leaker behind beloved HomDGcat wiki, who allegedly responded to a cease-and-desist letter by saying he'd only follow "some" demands
- After 20 hours spent training necromancer cats and raising an army of sentient rocks, I can safely say Mewgenics is one of the best roguelikes I've ever played
- Subnautica 2's "optional co-op" looks like exactly what I want – not the live-service mess I was afraid the survival game might become
- Marvel Rivals somehow finds a way to make Deadpool even more annoying, with the newest hero Elsa Bloodstone able to force opponents to hear his one-liners
- Fallout devs wanted uber-violent deaths to feel "like an R-rated version of Warner Bros cartoons" back in the '90s: "It was supposed to be funny"
- When does the Fortnite Honkai Star Rail crossover begin?
- Devil May Cry voice actor shares DMC 6 rumors ahead of PlayStation State of Play, accidentally sends fans into a frenzy, then insists "if I knew anything, I'd say"
- Deadlock matchmaking is so broken, even Valve devs are getting put in the wrong lobby: "Can you imagine playing a game and having no one to blame except yourself?"
- An epic D&D adventure starring Vecna was apparently abandoned, and now I'm heartbroken
- Baffling Capcom once again, Monster Hunter Stories 3 players are taking down superbosses despite being capped at level 10 in the RPG's free demo
- Newegg just discounted its $100 PS Store gift card, and these are the co-op games I'd buy this Valentine's Day
- Crisol: Theater of Idols review: "This blood-powered shooter intrigues me, but never manages to live up to its dark folklore promises"
- Sinners director Ryan Coogler is "deep in" to writing the X-Files reboot, and has a notebook full of advice from Vince Gilligan that he goes "back to often"
- Risk of Rain creator intentionally leaked Deadlock news months ago, but no one believed the Valve dev because he called a guy Chickenwing
- Baldur's Gate 3 had so "many people involved" that there are all sorts of influences running through Larian, with one combat dev being "a big JRPG fan" but the CEO being "an Ultima guy"
- CM Punk fan in disbelief as WWE 2K26 immortalizes the bracelet she gave the superstar 2 years ago: "WHAT IS MY LIFE"
- After 9 years of work, team behind GTA 5 multiplayer mod that rivalled Rockstar-owned FiveM says Take-Two is shutting the project down: "Thank you for being part of this journey"
- Are gaming laptops worth it? The answer might change in the next few years
- Hasbro gets hold of Harry Potter merch rights, which means an MTG set feels inevitable
- From Wolverine to Tomb Raider, here are my 5 biggest predictions for February's PlayStation State of Play
- The Fastsnail Switch 2 Protective Case is my go-to cheap alternative to dbrand's premium offering | Review
- Dev says "false DMCA" from Microsoft got their sandbox game removed from Steam over apparent Minecraft copyright, all because of a screenshot of birch trees
- Ghost in the Shell director says he doesn't consider the anime to be cyberpunk and he's "not that interested" in the genre: "I don't care about it"
- Hitman Card Game codes (February 2026) for free Cash, Tokens, and customization items
- Lenovo's next gaming tablet could pack 24GB RAM, but RedMagic may still have the edge
- I've played Starsand Island for 25 hours, and this is the most invested I've been in a cozy game for years
- Until Dawn studio looks to recover from layoffs, a 7-month delay, and 4 so-so Dark Pictures games in May with co-op game set to receive online multiplayer
- New One Piece season 2 trailer promises a high-stakes swashbuckling adventure complete with giants, dinosaurs, and the return of Buggy the Clown
- After 10,000 hours of Fallout 4 in 8 years, Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii still couldn't tell you how the main quest goes because he just hangs out with Dogmeat
- As Zelda devs experimented with contraptions that made Tears of the Kingdom great, director realized Breath of the Wild had unused potential: "That's why I thought a sequel would be a good idea"
- Mario Tennis Fever review: "Riotous, hilarious, and chaotic, but it can't quite serve up the complete package"
- Romeo is a Dead Man review: "When this time-traveling hack and slash hits its groove, this is Suda51's bloodiest, sharpest spectacle since No More Heroes"
- Frieren season 2 releases a special music video, and it's the perfect accompaniment to that new title track
- All Arc Raiders Shared Watch event rewards and how to earn them
- Arcane studio lead denounces “soulless and deeply disrespectful” AI-generated fanart: "If you truly want to pay homage to the show, don’t be afraid to pick up a pencil"
- OG Fallout devs had to talk themselves into the RPG's name: "My immediate reaction was 'ehh...'"
- Hands on with the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike, the gaming mouse that swaps switches for haptics
- Black Myth: Wukong devs are literally "cooking" in "non-canon" teaser video for sequel Zhong Kui, flexing the action RPG's engine with a cinematic preparation of a feast
- Capcom knows you don't care about Monster Hunter Wilds' poor Rompopolo, so it's making the sentient bagpipe the star of its own event quest
- Robert Downey Jr. reminds us all Doomsday is coming with Doctor Doom-themed Super Bowl jersey
- Critics are calling Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights "sexy" yet "incoherent," as the adaptation lands the director's lowest Rotten Tomatoes score yet
- Razer's Pokemon headset is at its lowest ever price at Woot, so you can celebrate the 30th anniversary in style
- Blizzard yields, new Overwatch hero Anran will be redesigned after players complained about everyone looking like Kiriko: "We agree she can be even better"
- 4v4 fighter Marvel Tokon will reportedly only have 20 fighters at launch, leaving fans underwhelmed at the idea of one team using "20% of the entire playable roster"
- Lucasfilm says the 36-second Mandalorian and Grogu Super Bowl ad nods to "classic Big Game spots of years past," but fans aren't happy
- Arc Raiders devs rush to fix duplication exploit, threaten "possible penalties" after infinite Trigger Nades rain from the sky as TheBurntPeanut shows the glitch to over 140,000 people
- What happens when you savescum in Mewgenics
- House of the Dead director Uwe Boll is crowdfunding an unofficial sequel to his 3% Rotten Tomatoes-rated original, as a new adaptation featuring Superman star heads into production
- Avengers: Doomsday star says the movie is like "the Met Gala full of superheroes" and he's "flabbergasted at how I could be of service in something that is surrounded by so many total legends"
- Deadlock scores another win with new hero Celeste, a dazzling unicorn-horned performer whose bhopping is so good fans are counting down the days until Valve nerfs her: "It is EXTREMELY overpowered"
- Monster Hunter Wilds boss casually confirms "large scale" expansion, and as it's Iceborne and Sunbreak-like in scope, I'm just thankful my PC will be able to run it now
- This 3D printer has been a blessing for making D&D and Warhammer models quickly
- Ahead of the HBO reboot, Harry Potter star says he's "had quite enough of that" and he's "sick of talking about it quite honestly"
- Resident Evil devs monitored players' brainwaves to ensure their free-to-play spin-off was sufficiently scary, which is weird because almost no one thinks it's scary
- Helldivers 2 devs didn't know if players would actually manage to defend Super Earth last time, so as they drop Cyberstan on their heads, "we don't know what will happen"
- February 9
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- Pokemon player spends 5+ years completing one of the weirdest Shiny hunts in history, immediately promises to never do it again
- 49 years after Close Encounters, Steven Spielberg still says it's a "guarantee" there's alien life out there as he promotes new sci-fi film Disclosure Day: "Why haven't we been told?"
- Arc Raiders goes full-friendly PvE tomorrow with new Shared Watch event: "Team up with strangers, turn your barrels on the machines, and earn rewards"
- Fallout's Aaron Moten has forbidden himself from playing the games at this point
- Riot cuts 80 employees 3 weeks after League of Legends spinoff celebrates official launch: "We're reshaping the team to give 2XKO a more sustainable path"
- Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined is having a great time on Steam as players flock to the cult classic JRPG, but Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D still reigns supreme
- John Helldiver is Arrowhead canon thanks to Helldivers 2 players: "Named by the community"
- Masters of the Universe director refused to compromise on Skeletor's look: "F**k that, he has a skull face"
- Spider-Man and Venom cause problems for Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson's "heart-to-heart" in Venom #258
- "It would've been impossible to make a good game": MindsEye CEO and Rockstar vet blamed for impossible design demands, on "temporary leave" as company forces monitoring software on devs in hunt for "saboteurs" blamed for flop
- Working with Final Fantasy is like "deciphering sacred texts," says veteran JRPG composer: "I feel my posture straighten every time I engage with Final Fantasy music"
- Arc Raiders boss says he'll "apologize" to Italy's Stella Montis hotel after it's flooded with reviews from players: "I didn't know about that. That's amazing"
- The vibrant, spicy RPG Dosa Divas is more cooking rhythm game than not – and it's kicking my butt
- A second StarCraft revival is reportedly in development at Arc Raiders publisher Nexon, but it's got nothing to do with Blizzard's long-rumored shooter
- After dodging Slay the Spire 2 by moving forward a whole month, Balatro-inspired roguelike launches into 1.0 and goes straight onto Steam's new and trending chart
- Boy! God of War show casts rising star Callum Vinson as Atreus
- Check out these Valentine's Day gifts for gamers if you're stuck for ideas
- After swapping Metroidvania icon Ori for Soulslike RPG No Rest for the Wicked, studio boss tells Horizon devs not to sweat it "too much" if fans don't like their multiplayer pivot "just yet"
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Disney Plus, Netflix, Prime Video, and more (February 9–February 15)
- "Stop trying to get us to make the next Fortnite, or Destiny, or Balatro," says the developer of Australia Did It, a train-based tactics tower defense reverse bullet hell: "Let us make weird things"
- "I've met a beautiful woman": After nearly 1 year, indie dev returns with good news of why development on stunning stop-motion puzzle game "is going slow"
- Arc Raiders boss says "that's not the vision for our game" when asked about Fortnite-style skins, prefers the Battlefield 6 route where "everything fits the fiction"
- "It took about 5 years" for Fallout: New Vegas to win over fans, former lead says, and "a few years more" for the devs to believe they "actually liked the design choices we had made"
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms fans are debating whether Dunk is actually a real knight – but they don't seem to mind either way: "He is a knight in the ways that matter"
- Game of Thrones fans have pointed out how close to the main series A Knight of the Seven Kingdom's Egg actually is, and it's eye-opening
- Death Stranding 2 fans certain PC port is on the way after another Hideo Kojima cryptic message: "Didn't have much time today for editing"
- No Man's Sky and Light No Fire fans in shambles as Hello Games boss Sean Murray starts tweeting emojis again: "violently shaking"
- Discord will age-lock your account next month and you'll have to submit an ID or accept a face scan to unlock it – you know, 4 months after suffering a third-party data breach
- How to complete the Arc Raiders Harvester puzzle
- Game devs have once again led Valve by the hand to a great, if obvious, Steam update: Official 1.0 Early Access release dates
- Warner Bros. executive says the Harry Potter HBO series will be the "streaming event of the decade" and possibly the biggest ever
- I review board games for a living, these are the five I'm playing this Valentine's Day
- In Clair Obscur's wake, Dragon Quest 7 finally has its chance to shine
- Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties review: "The meatiest brawling this crime thriller's tackled in years combines with its warmest story, but its overly edgy new chapter leaves me cold"
- No Rest for the Wicked lead wants to "repeat" the success Baldur's Gate 3 had launching out of Early Access, but hopes to "keep growing" like Minecraft or Fortnite after that "for years to come"
- Fallout games all get a huge boost in players thanks to Fallout season 2, although FO3 is way less popular than you'd think
- 5 years after it launched in the US, HBO Max has finally revealed when the streaming service is coming to the UK and Ireland
- This post-apocalyptic indie platformer might have Cyberpunk 2077 vibes, but comparisons to CD Projekt Red's RPG aren't a concern for the devs: "This is not your cookie-cutter thing"
- Todd Howard "stole" his brother's copy of Fallout during his early days at Bethesda "and never gave it back to him" as he "loved the vibe" of the RPG
- Replaced is a side-scrolling cyberpunk beat 'em up that wants to feel like a playable movie: "We were heavily inspired by games like Inside, the Batman Arkham series, and Uncharted"
- Sequel to Netflix's divisive shark horror hit Under Paris finds director in The Hills Have Eyes and Crawl helmer
- The next Xbox will apparently use Windows, and that's the last thing I want to hear after a weekend wrestling with Fallout New Vegas on the Xbox Ally X
- Best Buy's Presidents Day sale is already live, these are the 10 gaming deals you don't want to miss this week
- Oops, Crunchyroll accidentally leaks brand new episode of fantasy anime from Solo Leveling studio a whole week early
- PlayStation State of Play is coming this week, Sony confirms, and at 60 minutes it's going to be a big one
- Rayman creator casually reveals "I think there's a kind of remake planned" for the 1995 platformer, as the classic seemingly joins rumored Assassin's Creed Black Flag revival as yet another badly-kept Ubisoft secret
- Mewgenics breeding guide and how to breed the best cats
- Every Mewgenics collar and how to get it
- How to survive the desert in Mewgenics
- How to kill the Matriarch in Arc Raiders
- Upcoming DC horror movie Clayface gets pushed back, but it's now releasing closer to Halloween
- Despite only briefly appearing in season 2, Fallout showrunner says Ron Perlman's Supermutant will figure into future seasons: "He is a larger character in this world"
- The Pokemon Super Bowl trailer didn't give fans the Gen 10 tease they wanted, but a rundown of celebrities' favorite pocket pals: "Stayed up until 3 am"
- Abyss codes (February 2026) for free Star Shards, Potions, and more
- Bethesda is "looking into" Fallout 76 crossplay, but "huge technical hurdles" mean it won't be coming soon: "We know players want it"
- Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes producer says Hideo Kojima and Shigeru Miyamoto's secret isn't just their "genius", it's that they work "really f**king hard"
- Helldivers 2's Cyborgs are real, and they'd kindly like you to "defect" from Super Earth as you're just "cannon fodder" anyway: "Must be embarrassing"
- The rumored PS6 handheld and console will reportedly pack 24GB and 30GB RAM, respectively, and I'm sure hoping RAMageddon has blown over by then
- GamesRadar+ Replay
- Stranger Things' Papa star Matthew Modine didn't enjoy the finale, and hopes Confrmity Gate is real "for the fans"
- Gore Verbinski's BioShock movie would have somehow used both endings but no studio was "willing to go" where he was headed
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 4 becomes one of the highest rated Game of Thrones episodes ever, and higher than any House of the Dragon episode
- Overwatch's Steam reviews are still in the gutter, but hype for new update revives the hero shooter's player count as it surges past Call of Duty and Battlefield 6
- Horizon 3 is probably not coming for a long time, as "most of the studio" is reportedly working on multiplayer spin-off Hunters Gathering instead
- No Tarantino, no problem: Brad Pitt channels classic Hollywood in stylish first look at David Fincher's The Adventures of Cliff Booth
- February 8
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- Steven Spielberg is at his unsettling best in Disclosure Day's nerve-shredding Super Bowl trailer
- Ryan Gosling's space odyssey wows in final trailer for cosmic sci-fi thriller Project Hail Mary, but Rocky is the real MVP
- Baby Krypto captures our hearts in Puppy Bowl's new Supergirl teaser
- How to watch the Super Bowl 2026: Patriots vs Seahawks free streaming options and TV info
- All-Star Superman writer Grant Morrison has some issues with James Gunn’s take on the character
- Strange and excellent Morrowind-like RPG with 90% positive Steam reviews is finally coming to PS5, Xbox, and Switch 2
- New Overwatch actor addresses the "elephant in the room," says she had to "mourn" her character's redesign: "Let's keep rooting for the version of her that could be"
- Former Mass Effect devs know "there's a hunger" for big RPGs, so there's an "unbelievable amount of pressure" when making their upcoming sci-fi romp Exodus
- Fallout co-creator wasn't allowed to share ideas with the rest of the team, so he showed the engine that would eventually power the RPG at a secret pizza party
- How to watch Liverpool vs Man City Premier League 2025/26 clash from anywhere
- Austin Butler in talks for Lance Armstrong biopic from Conclave director
- Chris Hemsworth will return as wiser Thor in Avengers: Doomsday: “He does feel like one of the elders"
- Blue Beetle director thinks there’s still a future for Xolo Maridueña’s DC hero: “I don’t think that chapter has been closed”
- February 7
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- My favorite anime of the season isn’t Frieren or Jujutsu Kaisen, it's this one-of-a-kind masterpiece about quiet domesticity
- Mass Effect veterans don't want side quests to feel "tacked on" to their new sci-fi RPG, and they can't add everything or "the game would be thousands of hours"
- Horizon's co-op game may be a shameless Monster Hunter-like, but it's enough to get me excited about a new PlayStation live service for once
- Fallout co-creator "would have gone in a different direction" than Bethesda did with the RPG series, but "sales say people love what they did"
- Arc Raiders boss can tell Embark's anti-cheat efforts are working because there's "an influx of people trying to get to the studio, and to me"
- Horses dev says Epic Games Store made "provably incorrect" comments about the banned horror game: "They have effectively ghosted us"
- Master of the Universe’s Skeletor will embody toxic masculinity in new movie
- I've tested projectors worth nearly $20,000, but I'll be watching the Super Bowl on this $319 thrower this year
- Brendan Fraser’s Mummy movie is happening, but is one fan favorite cast member coming with him? "I've heard many things from a lot of people”
- 3 new to Prime Video movies you should watch this weekend (Feb 6-8)
- Sam Raimi says Stephen King "gave [him] his chance in the business" after supporting his horror movie The Evil Dead: "Nobody would touch Evil Dead with a 10-foot plague pole"
- Warhammer: Age of Sigmar's latest Battletome completely changes the way my favorite faction plays
- Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro reveals he once developed a screenplay with The Godfather's Francis Ford Coppola for an adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo: "It's a Gothic Western!"
- 3 new to Netflix movies I recommend you watch this weekend (Feb 7-Feb 8)
- New Overwatch VA shouts out the subreddit that's been waiting 8 years for his character to become playable: "Search and destroy"
- Fan-made Oblivion remake Skyblivion continues looking real pretty in new screenshots as devs admit "we've been a bit quiet since our last update," which was a delay
- 3 new to Prime Video shows I recommend you binge-watch this weekend (Feb 6-Feb 8)
- February 6
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- "We could have just made The Binding of Isaac 2," say Mewgenics creators, and a "very easy" sequel to one of the greatest roguelikes ever "would have gotten 20 million wishlists like one second after announcing it"
- Nioh 3 hides game-changing settings deep in the options menu, and I'm begging you to try auto-loot and extra item shortcuts
- Is the Fallout TV show really Fallout 5? Star Walton Goggins says it could be, but "that's way above my paygrade"
- Expectations for Haunted Chocolatier are "a huge struggle" for Eric Barone because "there's going to be a lot of people playing this game who are expecting it to be a Stardew Valley 2"
- Fallout was a "B-tier side project" compared to the D&D "money teams" at Interplay, says series co-creator Tim Cain: "We're off in the corner"
- Todd Howard likes "to start over" on every Elder Scrolls game, and as we approach Skyrim's 15th anniversary I don't know that Bethesda needed to start over that hard
- New Hello Kitty Island Adventure event turns money, clothes, and probably your brain into chocolate, and I'm also having a meltdown: "OH MY GOD IT'S SO CUUUUTEEE"
- New Super Mario Galaxy Movie teaser shows off Shy Guys, Koopa Kids, and Yoshi's talent for turning enemies into eggs
- Reported Arc Raiders budget of $75 million is "not too far off," says Embark head: "We can live for a long time on the money that Arc Raiders has been generating"
- Whistle director breaks down the gory horror movie's surprisingly sweet ending: "I wanted it to be gentle"
- You're really "gonna s*** your pants" this time, Helldivers 2 boss threatens, and I'm more convinced now that he's speaking the same language as the bots
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 4 explained: What is a trial of 7?
- Blizzard insists its Overwatch rebrand isn't "us trying to admit there was a failure," it's about easing fears over "when it's going to get replaced by Overwatch 3"
- After 42 years, one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' oldest allies gets a fresh start for his Mutant Mayhem debut in Tales of the TMNT #4
- Xenogears translator had a rough time with the legendary PS1 JRPG, and not just because it's about killing God: "At the time, I was a Jehovah's Witness"
- Todd Howard knows there's "anxiety" about Fallout 5, admits "we do like to wait" but reassures fans "we never stopped developing Fallout"
- Bungie reluctantly responds as the best raiders in Destiny 2 force each other to solo-kill the Witness final boss "or drink pee" as punishment
- Dragon Quest 8 translator's decision to make the JRPG British English didn't go down well with Square Enix's American office: "They couldn't understand it, and they really hated it"
- Ruark's latest desktop speakers will have you listening to your favorite game soundtracks as though it were your first time hearing them
- Bethesda could take notes from Baldur's Gate 3 on how to make new RPGs like The Elder Scrolls 6 "meaningful," says Skyrim lead: "The gaming community has spoken"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs receive rare honor from French Ministry of Culture, previously won by Shigeru Miyamoto and the creator of Rayman
- Chrono Trigger writer and Xenogears composer's new JRPG, also starring a sick frog warrior, is coming to Switch and PC this summer
- How to kill the Queen in Arc Raiders
- After 100 hours of The Binding of Isaac creator's new cat breeding roguelike Mewgenics, I'm not surprised it's the highest-rated game of 2026 so far
- Danganronpa creator encourages devs to "deceive the company" to get risky projects approved: "If something goes wrong, the one who hired you is to blame anyways lol"
- 3 new to Netflix shows I recommend you binge-watch this weekend (Feb 7-Feb 8)
- So long, '80s nostalgia! Stranger Things star's new zombie horror is a love letter to gooey, goofy sci-fi from the early 2000s – and I hope Hollywood is taking notes
- Detective Instinct is a retro throwback that celebrates menu-based sleuthing with a thrilling train conspiracy I can get on board with
- Silent Hill: Townfall from Outer Worlds publisher confirmed as Konami's "brand-new Silent Hill," but after 4 years of silence I don't know what to expect
- Switch 2 suddenly has a better PS1 emulator than the one PS5's had for years, as the new Console Archives series shows Sony how retro games should be
- The Apothecary Diaries season 3 release date speculation, story, trailer, and movie news
- Light guns at the ready: House of the Dead movie is reportedly a "top Sega priority", with The Last of Us breakout Isabela Merced now onboard
- Five new Analogue 3D "Prototype" consoles are coming in unreleased N64 colors I'd have killed for back in the '90s
- After losing 92 soldiers in Menace, I'll never call XCOM brutal again
- Mass Effect veteran says new RPG Exodus won't be one of those games where "you can just romance anyone because you're the hero"
- Nioh 3 shatters record for the series' highest Steam concurrent player count through the power of actually launching on PC simultaneously for once
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 4's dragon dream is an ominous portent of things to come
- MachineGames boss says Wolfenstein 3 is still on the cards, almost 12 years after the trilogy began: "It can be now, it can be later, but we're not done with it"
- Skull Up codes (February 2026) for Diamonds, Summon Cards, Souls, and more
- I just got my hands on MANGMI's Pocket Max modular gaming handheld, and I suspect it could be my new favorite for PS2 games
- Arc Raiders player seeks ultimate victory over the Arc by one-shotting the Queen with synthesized fuel canisters: "16 hours I'm not getting back"
- The official Switch 2 SD card is back in stock, and it can cope with all 102GB of FF7 Rebirth
- Paranormasight's sequel is going to leave me sleeping with the lights on thanks to this Switch 2 headset
- Baldur's Gate 3 director says the RPG's endings were made to "serve as narrative soil for new adventures," so he's "eager to find out which ones" will be adapted in the TV show
- Mewgenics review: "The Binding of Isaac collides with Into the Breach in a strategy roguelike that has me battling bomber rats, breeding brutes, and more"
- I have over 800 hours in Baldur's Gate 3 – here's the only way I see HBO's TV show working
- Can you name all these Super Mario characters and earn yourself a 1-Up?
- Baldur's Gate 3 TV show: Everything we know so far about the upcoming HBO fantasy series
- Nintendo aims to offset skyrocketing memory prices through "mass production of Nintendo Switch 2," because if more people own the console, it can "greatly expand software sales" instead
- Todd Howard says Fallout season 2 has "the most badass Power Armor I think we've ever done," so it's "awesome" to have it in Fallout 76 too
- Horror fans will be able to purchase Markipiler's Iron Lung in one week, but the director still plans to release the film on his own terms: "We're still doing it independently from start to finish"
- Larian's publishing boss threatens to "crash out" over Baldur's Gate TV show but immediately walks it back with a more level-headed outlook: "I don't think anyone can trump our writers"
- This Viking card game is perfect for two-player matches on the go
- Faced with the bots' attempts at peace, Helldivers 2 players shoot down "baseless propaganda" as anti-freedom drivel: "I can't believe they would lie to their own citizens about our peaceful ways"
- More mysterious Nintendo trademarks updated amid first-party Direct rumors, but hype responsibly as one has made me less certain these mean anything
- Don't get too excited over Nintendo's mysterious "Nintendo Switch 2: Wii Remote" page – it's probably just a glitch, with the same controller also listed for the long-dead 3DS
- Nvidia RTX 6000 GPUs might not actually happen next year, but I'm more concerned about what Dynamic Multi-Frame Generation will mean for current-gen cards
- X-Men star Ian McKellen teases Magneto role in Avengers: Doomsday in the most hilarious way: "I'm putting on a fierce look and I'm trying to be magnetic"
- Roblox brags about its experimental AI tech while showing off a disorienting AI-generated Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lookalike
- Larian isn't involved in the Baldur's Gate TV show, but Swen Vincke says his conversation with Craig Mazin gave him "hope"
- Baldur's Gate 3 fans are already skeptical over HBO TV show adaptation: "It'll make Game of Thrones season 8 seem good"
- Before Final Fantasy 7 blew up globally, a lot of Square Enix leadership thought there wasn't "real money" in English translations, and the localization team had to beg them for overseas releases
- Baldur's Gate TV show in the works at HBO with The Last of Us co-creator Craig Mazin attached as writer and showrunner
- February 5
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- Kill Bill star's bloody new thriller movie about a killer ballerina gets its first images
- The anime action RPG I played for 130 hours is suddenly back after 19 dead-silent months – Granblue Fantasy: Relink gets huge DLC and Switch 2 port in July
- The Highguard whiplash continues as yet another massive patch is announced: a new shapeshifting hero, sky palace map, wolf mounts, and 3v3-only ranked mode are coming tomorrow
- Xbox is fine with releasing Halo: Campaign Evolved in the summer, but it's worried about Fable and Gears of War: E-Day getting overshadowed by GTA 6
- Helldivers 2 Cyborgs hack Arrowhead socials, post propaganda recreating the game's intro but with evil humans killing innocent robot children: "Think if you were in our place"
- The Matrix and John Wick star Laurence Fishburne has joined the cast of Mike Flanagan's new Exorcist movie
- Lies of P boss fights were so good they inspired Nioh 3's director to improve the bosses in his own Soulslike: "I really had a lot of fun"
- Borderlands 4 is finally getting Pearlescent gear this month, plus Bounty Pack 2 ahead of the March story update bringing new Vault Hunter C4SH
- Holding the throne of "biggest survival game on Steam," Rust unveils massive naval update with player-made boats, floating cities, more islands, and an AI overhaul
- Fallout season 2 showrunner suggests the series is pulling a Fallout 4 when it comes to the finale's big twist
- Bethesda knows putting Switch 2's Indiana Jones on a real cart is a flex, but it still can't help but lock Fallout 4 and Oblivion Remastered to code-in-box launches
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (February 6-8)
- Dune Awakening devs don't expect to "keep launch player numbers" after Steam player count hit 189,000 then ran off a cliff, but they're trying: "We do hope to get players returning"
- Fallout 3 remaster is reportedly still happening as Bethesda aims for Oblivion Remastered-level polish, but personally I think it should aim a little higher
- Once again, the secret best Nintendo Direct announcement was purely for retro sickos like me: The Virtual Console dream isn't dead on Switch 2
- "We’ve heard your feedback": Arc Raiders lowers Expedition requirement to 3 million coins, lets players "catch up" on missed skill points from the first Expedition for just 300k each
- Hideo Kojima is teasing something ahead of the rumored State of Play, and almost everyone's thinking the same thing: "PC trailer for Death Stranding 2?"
- After announcing a multiplayer Horizon game, Guerrilla boss heads off live service complaints: "We absolutely love making single-player games, and we're going to keep making them"
- Horizon Hunters Gathering: Everything you need to know about Guerrilla's new co-op action game
- My new favorite Legend of Zelda amiibo has been caught in the Best Buy deal crossfires
- Horizon Hunters Gathering playtests start in February, and you can already sign up for PS5 and PC access
- Stardew Valley fans risk their title as "the most wholesome gaming community" after ConcernedApe's past homewrecker comments see them hoping the 1.7 update ends in a virtual divorce
- Square Enix might finally reveal Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 as the RPG's director promises "more updates" on the series "than ever before" this year
- How to sign up for the Horizon Hunters Gathering playtest on PS5 and PC
- My players were genuinely freaked out by this Alien RPG Starter Set, which plays up the dread nicely
- 25 years since Onimusha: Warlords, two Capcom developers break down why the samurai action series is primed for a comeback
- Bethesda's much-rumored Starfield PS5 port is reportedly coming in 2 months, according to latest leak
- Elden Ring and The Duskbloods were both missing from today's third-party Nintendo Direct, and FromSoftware fans aren't taking it well: "I'M FALLING TO MY KNEES IN THE PARKING LOT"
- I regret to inform you that FF7 Rebirth features an exclusive MTG card by JRPG legend Tetsuya Nomura, so you're gonna have to buy it again
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple has been pulled from theaters after a significant box office drop, and fans are asking Sony to "give it more time!"
- Resident Evil Requiem Leon Kennedy is a hopeless loser in Switch 2 teaser during Nintendo Direct that makes him miss nearly every shot: "Are you censoring this one too?"
- Square Enix reveals $230 The Adventures of Elliot Collector's Edition, so I can only assume the JRPG's sterling Switch 2 demo did its job
- After 50 hours, I've fallen in love with Dragon Quest 7 – not the JRPG's breezy new remake, but the 25-year-old PS1 original
- Ori studio head looks to Final Fantasy Tactics for help fixing No Rest for the Wicked's progression, says other devs "haven't paid enough attention" to the JRPG
- The first Resident Evil amiibo figures are here, and my collection is itching for them both
- Nioh 3 devs "never considered adding difficulty settings" to the notoriously brutal Soulslike games, because "one of the best parts" is getting good
- New Horizon game announced: Guerrilla surprises with Horizon Hunters Gathering, a Monster Hunter-like co-op action game for PS5 and PC
- Step aside, awful Skyrim Switch 2 port – Bethesda is releasing Oblivion Remastered on Nintendo's new console this year, and I'm not sure how I feel
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 less than half a year after FF7 Remake's port, Square Enix confirms
- Final Fantasy 11 devs pay tribute to 91-year-old grandma who played the MMO for almost 20 years before passing away: "Thank you for journeying through Vana'diel"
- World of Warcraft lead sometimes wishes Blizzard "hadn't called it Warcraft" because "it sounds intimidating," admits the MMO's executive producer and VP
- More alien cat action, big brain puzzles, and a "darker" story give this epic sci-fi adventure more bite than I expected
- 10 years later and with no XCOM 3 in sight, I'm in love with XCOM 2 now more than ever
- I never thought my Astro Bot PS5 controller needed a case, until I knew it'd come packaged with a plushie
- Star Wars fans have uncovered a new dimension to Qui-Gon and Darth Maul's Phantom Menace showdown
- Helldivers 2 grunts speculate Cyborgs might be back on the menu as mysterious binary messages assert brazen lies, claiming Super Earth's leaders have been deceiving us
- Despite its pricing delay, Valve's Steam Frame could still turn out to be the VR market's Steam Deck moment
- Blizzard says Overwatch's sexier heroes are more down to "technical hurdles" than a desire to make everyone hot, but fans would rather devs focus on finally fixing "same face syndrome"
- Saw creators James Wan an Leigh Whannell wanted to kill Jigsaw and move on after Saw 3 because they didn't want to be "one-hit-wonders"
- Roblox Knockout codes (February 2026) for free Ice and Spins
- Skyrim is already on Switch 2, so Todd Howard had no choice but to announce some other stuff: Fallout 4 arrives this month, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming in May
- PS5 will hopefully avoid a price hike this year as Sony CFO says "we intend to minimize the impact" of ongoing RAM shortage, company positioned to secure memory through 2026
- Best Nioh 3 weapons and tier list
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- Sony is "very confident" in Marathon after playtests revealed "good points," as well as "not good points" that have since been changed for Bungie's Arc Raiders challenger
- 20 years after its disastrous film adaptation, beloved fantasy series Eragon gets a second chance as a Disney Plus series
- The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin says "of course" Catherine O'Hara would have returned in season 3: "The thing that's upsetting me is I don't get to see her in other stuff"
- Hideo Kojima reckons Eternals director Chloe Zhao "must be a witch" after being blown away by her new Oscar-nominated drama: "Has the power to rewrite cinema"
- Nioh 3 release times and dates for your region and platform
- "Marvel Rivals is the best thing to happen to Overwatch": Fans react to Blizzard's big changes and 10 new heroes, thanking NetEase's shooter for healthy competition
- Fallout producer says the team wants to make a practical Liberty Prime Alpha suit for season 3: "We just need to figure out how to build it"
- King of Marvel spoilers Mark Ruffalo retains his crown by seemingly ruining which Avenger will definitely be in Secret Wars
- The Nintendo Switch 2 is the shiny new console on the block, but the 5-year-old PS5 still outsold it by almost 1 million units over the last quarter
- Ghost of Yotei has "exceeded the sales" of Ghost of Tsushima "in the same period of time," says Sony CFO, and "significantly contributed" to the company's financial results
- Yes, the Steam Machine will arrive later than expected and with a higher price, but I'd call it a heads up rather than a delay
- "Upgraded" Hollow Knight edition announced, coming to Nintendo Switch 2 later today as a free upgrade to Switch owners
- 27 years after the Deep Space Nine finale, Starfleet Academy just solved one of Star Trek’s longest-running mysteries
- Cyclops actor James Marsden says Marvel is "giving everybody what they want" in Avengers: Doomsday, and old school X-Men fans will be happy
- Valve is revisiting Steam Machine pricing and release timing due to "rapidly" increasing memory and storage shortages
- Steam is giving some players refunds for Ashes of Creation, which had the biggest MMO Kickstarter campaign ever, after leadership resignation and mass layoffs
- February 4
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- Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone still feels "like an amateur" even with nearly 50 million copies sold, but he hopes that'll help Haunted Chocolatier keep its "indie soul"
- GTA 6 publisher Take-Two responds to the Google AI that sent game industry stocks crashing: Project Genie is "not even in the same ballpark" as a real game engine
- Game of Thrones star joins season 2 of underrated Stephen King sci-fi show from Lost director
- Marvel Rivals owner Netease says heck no we didn't shut down our AI department or warn devs off it: "The situation described did not occur"
- Marvel and Life of Chuck actor to star alongside Scarlett Johansson in Mike Flanagan's Exorcist reboot
- "Made without crunch": World of Warcraft Midnight is the "the fastest expansion" Blizzard has ever made, with "no sacrifices to team health"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 players have already killed more NPCs than there were people on Earth in the real 15th century
- The first trailer for Netflix's War Machine channels classic Predator vibes as Reacher star Alan Ritchson leads a squad of soldiers against an unstoppable killer robot
- After 60 years in the industry, Harrison Ford says Shrinking would be a "sufficient" way to end his storied career: "Where do you go from here?"
- Red Dead Redemption 2's enigmatic spider web puzzle is the first thing that's gotten me genuinely excited for GTA 6
- Those big Animal Crossing and Splatoon updates are meant to be a pathway for fans to migrate to Switch 2 at their own pace, Nintendo says
- Blizzard renames Overwatch 2 to Overwatch, 4 years after deciding Overwatch was Overwatch 2, because "Overwatch is more than just a digit: it's a living universe," called Overwatch
- After Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was snubbed at the Grammys, legendary Journey composer Austin Wintory dedicates his win to Sandfall's "once-in-a-generation-level rarity"
- Control Resonant may be an action-RPG, but Remedy isn't veering into hellishly-challenging territory: "There are no parries, there is no back-and-forth with a single enemy"
- Peak's "8 bucks is still 5 bucks" view is a genuine look "behind the curtain" at "vibes pricing" across the industry, analyst says: "70 bucks seems right. All right, we'll try that"
- Original Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner reacts to Ubisoft's "brutal" cancellation of Sands of Time remake: "Words like loss and grieving might seem exaggerated, but artists put their hearts into their work"
- My favorite Baldur's Gate 3 companion got more love in the latest MTG Secret Lair, but I can't stomach buying it
- Beast of Reincarnation's battles are about "the joyful dilemma of choice", building on the director's Pokemon battle planning expertise
- Helldivers 2 finally brings back underrated service technician, whose voice actor is "so happy" to be returning: "Love this game, love this team, love this character"
- Nioh 3 Metacritic score sees it beat Nioh 2 with its open-world pivot, but you may be surprised to hear it's still losing to the original samurai Soulslike
- Iconic Mario voice actor "didn't know anything about video games" in his audition, so he did what anyone would do and "just made things up about food and started talking"
- Thor star Chris Hemsworth praises Steve Rogers' surprise Avengers: Doomsday teaser: "No one knew he was going to be in the film, and then there he is"
- My Switch 2 collection continues to suffer with this Super Mario Bros Wonder deal
- Stardew Valley still has "a secret that no one has ever found" after 10 years, but ConcernedApe says it "reveals something that actually isn't even true anymore"
- Texas Chain Saw Massacre is being turned into an original TV show because its director is "not interested in remaking perfect films": "It's the only way I wanted to do it"
- Ubisoft loses another Assassin's Creed veteran: 21-year design senior on the series since the original game leaves the company for "a smaller studio with other veterans"
- Pokemon Ultra Beasts are "a manifestation of my own resentment," Game Freak artist says after his designs were rejected by art director: "This doesn't mean that I hate Mr. Sugimori or anything like that"
- This mega-cute Eevee Switch 2 pouch is a Valentine's Day gift no-brainer for Pokemon fans
- Someone put a force feedback wheel on an RC-style controller, and with GameSir's Swift Drive on the way, I hope this sim racing trend continues in 2026
- Switch 2 won't increase $450 price tag due to ongoing RAM shortage according to Nintendo president – for now, at least
- Arc Raiders squeezes cheaters a little harder, blocking Steam Family Sharing workarounds "to prevent abuse of shared licenses" and stop players evading bans
- The Last of Us season 3 finds it new Manny in Spider-Man: No Way Home star, and casts '90s icon as new Seraphite
- World of Warcraft lead says Blizzard has "a bigger vision" than simply just being an MMORPG and the Warcraft IP has "been underutilized"
- Crime 101 director reveals he wrote Barry Keoghan's role as a wildcard criminal especially for him, as his co-star Chris Hemsworth praises his "magnetic" performance
- KPop Demon Hunters Lego sets teased, and if you ask me it's a Golden opportunity
- Nintendo Direct is back this week with 30-minute Partner Showcase where delayed Elden Ring Switch 2 port could finally reemerge
- Mistonia's Hope is a revenge quest romantasy that left me murdered, devastated by a love triangle, and bewitched – I'm obsessed
- The Pokemon Company teases "special" 30-year celebration for February 8 – by putting Jigglypuff in a recording studio for Super Bowl LX
- After campaigning for Arc Raiders to win GOTY at The Game Awards, former FPS pro Shroud is taking a break because he's "tired of the cheaters," plus "once you have everything it loses a little bit of its fun"
- UK Nintendo fans this is not a drill, Animal Crossing amiibo cards are back
- Send Help producer reveals the surprising on-set hazard that had to be removed from island thriller's set – killer coconuts: "We had to be so 'safety first'"
- This Lord of the Rings card game is a puzzle-solving masterclass
- Nioh 3 review: "Brutal samurai and ninja clashes across wide maps avoid retreading Elden Ring – this Soulslike is all demon killer, no filler"
- High-end live streaming mixers can cost $499, but this one somehow costs $49 - is OneOdio's Solocaster too good to be true, or a new budget hero?
- "Their worlds are handcrafted": GTA 6 parent company CEO says "generative AI has zero part in what Rockstar Games is building," even if he's "enthusiastic" about AI in game development
- Christian Bale reveals he would "scream like crazy" in the makeup chair for The Bride!, but horror fans think he's overreacting: "He couldn't like, put on some YouTube or something?"
- I still use multiple CRT TVs with my retro consoles, but I've found a way to satiate my lust for scanlines on even modern screens
- Anime adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist creator's underrated manga is suddenly one of 2026's big highlights
- Stardew Valley 1.7 update will add "2 more marriage candidates," and fans theorize they could be anyone from the farming sim's past villagers like Sandy to entirely new NPCs
- Borderlands 4 will continue to be supported says Gearbox owner, and "we still are very optimistic about that title" despite launch being a "bit softer than we would've liked"
- Pluribus creator Vince Gilligan says he is "deeper into the process" of season 2 than he had predicted, but it will still take time: "It ain’t gonna be The Pitt"
- When is Chappell Roan coming to Fortnite?
- Fallout season 2 doubles down on not committing to a canon New Vegas ending – thanks to one Courier line
- Amazon's Fallout countdown leads not to the Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters everyone wants, but a 3D tour of Mr House's penthouse: "My fault for being a loser and expecting anything from Bethesda"
- Sam Raimi "promised himself" he'd work with Rachel McAdams again after she was "underutilized" in Doctor Strange 2: "I saw how talented she was"
- As everyone continues to fear $80 GTA 6, Take-Two CEO says "we do feel a compact with the consumer" and wants to "deliver way more value than what we charge"
- X-Men star James Marsden says the Russo Brothers are "upping the ante" with Avengers: Doomsday: "Of course you can count on being blown away"
- GTA 6 owner has "every reason to believe" GTA Online will continue to be supported after Rockstar's next game finally releases: "There's a great community that loves it, that stays engaged"
- Fallout season 3 is headed to a new location, but its underrated semi-canon RPG has taken us there before
- With Colorado on the horizon, Todd Howard says it's "good" for the Fallout TV show to "go new places where the games haven't been"
- Todd Howard says the Brotherhood of Steel surprise in Fallout season 2's post-credits scene was no afterthought: "It was always a matter of how and when, not if"
- "Valve is on track" - AMD just put my Steam Machine fears to rest while hinting that a new Xbox could show up in 2027
- "That's never going to happen": Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe wants to make his farming sim "infinitely replayable," but only "without the use of AI"
- Fallout stars Kyle MacLachlan and Annabel O'Hagan talk "peeling back the layers" of their characters in season 2's epic finale: "What are we growing here? We don't know yet"
- Fallout season 2 finale blueprints explained: what is Liberty Prime Alpha?
- Fallout season 2, episode 8 post-credits scenes: how many are there and how do they set up the next season?
- Fallout stars Kyle MacLachlan and Annabel O'Hagan talk "peeling back the layers" of their characters in season 2's epic finale: "What are we growing here? We don't know yet"
- Fallout season 3 release date speculation, cast, news, and everything else we know
- Fallout season 2 ending explained: Who dropped the bombs? Where does Fallout season 3 take place?
- Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh are unlikely allies in first look at "genre-bending, action packed buddy comedy" from Dungeons and Dragons directors
- Doom devs including John Romero respond to terminally ill fan spending his final days playing Doom: The Dark Ages: "You are not alone in that hospital room"
- Apple TV's Cape Fear remake sees Amy Adams in over her head as Javier Bardem's ex-prisoner plots revenge in tension-filled first look
- February 3
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- Apple unveils first look at Peacemaker star John Cena in upcoming Matchbox The Movie based on the classic toys by Mattel
- Borderlands 4 Switch 2 port looks dead as Gearbox parent Take-Two "pauses development"
- Oblivion Remastered studio worked on Fallout season 2, so you might as well toss them Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters too, Bethesda
- GTA 6 physical copies will not be delayed to avoid leaks, says Take-Two CEO: "That's not the plan"
- GTA 6 release date seems locked in at last as Rockstar owner promises "launch marketing" starts this summer: "Groundbreaking for Take-Two and the entire entertainment industry"
- Baldur's Gate 3's Shadowheart and Gale star in Magic: The Gathering's new D&D Secret Lair – "pre-queue" opens next week an hour before they inevitably sell out
- "When you make literally billions of dollars on Skyrim," Bethesda veteran would be "shocked" if Amazon's Fallout TV show makes the studio "any money they care about"
- PC gamers and Steam customers are "a really bright spot" as the games industry struggles with pricing and sustainability, analyst says: "We can look at an audience that's excited to try new things"
- Resident Evil Requiem gets official short film that might be the best adaptation so far, and its possible Nemesis cameo doesn't hurt: "FIVE STAAAAAAAAAAAARS"
- I was going to play the Nioh 3 demo for 30 minutes and then I played 5 hours – this open-world Soulslike is blowing me away at 120 FPS
- A year after pop star Chappell Roan asked Fortnite to "please give me a skin, please," Epic reveals long-rumored collab for Fortnite Festival
- Anya Taylor-Joy is a con artist on the run in the action-packed first teaser for Apple TV's new show Lucky
- It's not Kong, it's not Godzilla, it's something far worse in first trailer for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2
- Sony embraces death, patents AI-generated podcasts hosted by video game characters that eat "the data associated" with your player profile: "Also, Try A Spin Move On The Boss Next Time!"
- Fallout New Vegas was a 2010 GOTY for me, and a sequel would be perfect timing for where the TV show is heading
- "Goodbye for now": Still in Steam Early Access, action RPG from ex Ubisoft, Capcom, and Riot devs with $17 million investment hangs it up after "mixed initial reviews and a declining player base"
- I'm the voice of your Guitar Hero nostalgia, and I think you should look at the price of the PDP Riffmaster guitar controller right now
- This Hori Gengar & Mimikyu Switch 2 Vault Case has leveled up my portable gaming setup
- Helldivers 2 grunts, your tank awaits: Completely "pancake" Automatons threatening democracy with "new heavy-hitting" Bastion Tank
- Obsidian doesn't want another 3-game year, but Fallout: New Vegas' example shows how the studio can make games faster without needing "to change everything every time"
- Arc Raiders devs triple the frequency of Bird City after time zones locked many fans out of playing, Embark promises to "keep revising" its map event schedule
- This Oblivion Remastered mod adds actual jobs to Bethesda's revamped RPG, just in case you're not already sick of working your 9-5 in real life
- How to unlock the Helldivers 2 Bastion Tank and how it works
- Red Dead Redemption 2 is now a "legally distinct" Pokemon RPG thanks to one modder who has turned Arthur's gang into Gym Leaders and wildlife into formidable foes
- Highguard review: "A fresh but muddled FPS genre mashup that needs refinement if it's to have any staying power"
- Thor: Ragnarok duo Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo re-team to play "yin and yang" thief and cop in new thriller Crime 101, but the Marvel stars think their characters are "more similar than they are opposite"
- Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 weren't "disasters," but one Obsidian veteran admits "it's not good to release three games in the same year"
- Sam Raimi had creative "disagreements" with one of his Send Help stars, but the director ultimately admitted he was wrong: "He wasn't afraid to go all the way to the edge"
- Nintendo doesn't think Metroid Prime 4 sales are worth mentioning in new financial report even after an 18-year wait, and fans fear the worst: "This might be it"
- Stardew Valley had "many" chances to become a movie or TV show, but creator ConcernedApe only had eyes for the legendary director of Twin Peaks: "'You can do whatever you want, Mr. Lynch'"
- HP just dropped $1,000 off my favorite gaming laptop, but this flash sale comes with a caveat and a countdown
- Anbernic is beating Sony to the chase with its RG Vita handheld, but I don't think it's enough like a PS Vita
- Sorry Virtual Boy, I wasn't familiar with your game: just 10 minutes with Switch 2's relaunch of the failed Nintendo console made me realize I've been underestimating it this whole time
- Oops, Genshin Impact challenger Arknights: Endfield accidentally charged 1,800 players $80,000 in Paypal disaster before the devs could stop it
- Stardew Valley 2 was in the works at one point, says Eric Barone, and he'd still love to make it happen: "It would just be fun to work on a whole new set of characters, a whole new world"
- Where to find Geiger Counters in Arc Raiders
- Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 is the survival MMO's biggest yet: a rebuilt Landsraad, new areas to explore, a specialization system – and did I mention, no more taxes?
- "We do not police how developers make their games": Epic Games Store boss says "we let players decide" on games that use gen AI
- Even Epic says Epic Games Store free games boost Steam versions, with concurrent Steam players rising 40% on average during free promos: "It's a good thing"
- There's a difference between back buttons and back paddles, and the Gulikit KK3 Max controller will prove it to you
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch 2 Edition adds some major Mario Party vibes, and after 30 minutes it feels like a worthy expansion to one of the best games on the platform
- "My goal on PC isn't to topple Steam": Epic Games Store boss says beating Valve isn't the plan – just getting "enough market share on PC that you have to be here no matter what"
- Epic says only 16 to 18% of people claiming free games on the Epic Games Store buy games there afterwards, but "for cost per new user, it's hard to beat"
- Best Buy has just unleashed a Square Enix game sale, and my free time is cooked
- 3 years after it was announced, Longlegs star gives promising update on horror sequel They Follow: "I would stay positive, because I've heard some good news recently"
- Anime Reversal codes (February 2026) for free Rerolls and Gems
- As Nintendo Direct rumors swirl, updated Splatoon Raiders trademark releases copium that we may hear about the upcoming Switch 2 exclusive soon
- Nintendo Switch overtakes the DS as Nintendo's best-selling console of all time, and with its sales figures still growing, it's closing the gap with the PS2
- "Malicious" mod that deletes files spreading through Steam Workshop just like John Carpenter's The Thing, says dev of sandbox hit with 300,000 reviews: "It replaces them with itself. This is how it spreads"
- Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani rates Wonder Man 4.5 stars, with the disclaimer that "no Kevins and/or Feiges are currently present"
- The makeup team behind horror movie The Ugly Stepsister definitely earned their Oscar nomination, as one scene made them "want to vomit on set"
- "The loss of a studio is a huge blow": Christopher Nolan says he has "very, very significant concerns" about the Warner Bros. Netflix sale
- Major Helldivers 2 patch increases "intensity" of the highest difficulties, buffs all melee weapons, makes enemies better at aiming, and so much more
- HBO boss confirms George R.R. Martin "definitely took a step back" from House of the Dragon
- With over 17 million units sold and counting, it took Nintendo Switch 2 under 7 months to overtake the woefully underrated Wii U's lifetime sales
- Netflix didn't reign supreme in 2025 as Stranger Things loses to a kids' TV show as the most watched series of the year
- This new Logitech G325 headset features an invisible beamforming microphone, and I'm not sure how to feel about that
- Crunchyroll is raising subscription prices halfway through Jujutsu Kaisen's latest season
- Skyrim lead thinks it's "wiser" for Bethesda to use its Creation Engine for new games like Elder Scrolls 6, with Fallout 76 an example of why it's "extremely difficult" to swap
- 9 games to watch out for this month
- "WE DID IT!": Highguard 5v5 is "here to stay," and players are psyched that the studio is doing what it should've done in the first place
- All of the Fallout games are heavily discounted on Steam right now, and maybe if you play each one 50 times over, Fallout 5 will be waiting for you when you're done
- February 2
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- Alone in the Dark's influence on survival horror is so profound that it saved Resident Evil from being a first-person shooter – and now you can get the whole trilogy for free
- I need every developer currently making a Soulslike to stop what they're doing and add this time-saving feature from Nioh 3: one-click level-up top-offs
- Ubisoft fires 13-year Assassin's Creed veteran just days after suspending him for speaking out against the company's return-to-office mandate: "This was not my decision"
- Call of Duty is cracking down on cheaters ahead of season 2 and the launch of ranked play with "major technology innovations" and bans on third-party devices: "Cheating can cost more than a win"
- "What the f***" is Markiplier's Iron Lung movie doing earning $8.9 million in one night, wonders Iron Lung dev
- In a post-Baldur's Gate 3 world, I need Larian to hold tight to the D&D chaos that makes Hail Mary moments so satisfying
- Silent Hill 2 remake studio's new teaser isn't a comeback for infamous PS2 horror game Rule of Rose, or any other remake for that matter – "Nice guess"
- Marathon is a greatest hits of '90s futurism, according to Bungie lead, who says the shooter was "deeply inspired" by wild PlayStation ads and "translucent DualShocks"
- Dragon Quest visionary Yuji Horii is getting his own RPG-style manga detailing his journey to creating the iconic JRPG series
- Whistle director says he's "never known chemistry" like Sophie Nelisse and Dafne Keen's in the new queer supernatural horror: "It worked so perfectly"
- The Elder Scrolls fans fire back at Skyrim lead's fightin' words: Morrowind "manages to hold up better than Skyrim" and Oblivion's Attribute system was great, actually
- Arc Raiders' second Expedition window ends in just 23 days, but Embark still hasn't told players what they need to prepare: "Please tell us"
- Cyberpunk 2 lead says first-person POV "was better" for Cyberpunk 2077, as third-person is "for more defined characters" like The Witcher 3's Geralt and God of War's Kratos
- Best Buy's Super Bowl sale has up to 50% off OLED TVs, here's how to pick the right one
- Nioh 3 might come to Xbox for the first time in the nearly 10-year-old franchise as a flashy new trailer confirms 6 months of PS5 exclusivity
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Disney Plus, Netflix, Prime Video, and more (February 2–February 8)
- Warhammer 40K Chaos fans adore these new models, and I agree with their "O hell to the f*** YES" verdict
- You can now use Nintendo's N64 Switch online controller with the Analogue 3D, but I've got a few better options worth looking at
- Where to find arc resin in Arc Raiders
- One year after Civilization 7 tried to fix the strategy genre's biggest problem, Firaxis is meeting fans in the middle with an "expansion-level" update: "I think we're going to blow some fans' minds"
- Fallout works as a TV show because it's "unique," says Skyrim lead – but Bethesda's other RPG series might not: "Do they really need marketing for Elder Scrolls 6?"
- Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke forced to reveal Larian's next RPG Divinity "ends with a lot of fire" after a 19 roll for Persuasion
- "'Yes, I will gladly die for Super Earth'": Helldivers 2 writer had only 7 days to find unofficial face of the franchise John Helldiver, "the cheesiest, most insincere" man in the galaxy
- The first open-back planar magnetic Asus ROG headset is here, and it's another win for audiophile gamers
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms young star didn't initially grasp the significance of his big episode 3 reveal: "I don't know much about Game of Thrones because I've never watched it"
- id Software's 2D platformers were making "10 times" more money than its early FPS games, and Doom might never have happened if the studio followed the easy cash
- Fallout 76 will get "thicker" this year, teases lead, who says Bethesda isn't just making the RPG's map bigger anymore: "I really want our gaze to shift from the outskirts to inwards"
- Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says games "could benefit" from being more like toys, which Minecraft, Skyrim, and all "the best games" are: "Freeform, goal-free playing"
- Soccer Zero codes (February 2026) for free rewards
- Fallout star Walton Goggins says that fateful moment in season 2 episode 7 is "a lot to ponder": "Why believe in anything except yourself?"
- Michael Rooker only landed his Guardians of the Galaxy role because he was suddenly killed off on The Walking Dead
- 5 years on, I still think about Mass Effect Legendary Edition's symbolic first trailer
- First trailer for animated Stranger Things spin-off Tales from '85 is here to fill the Upside Down-shaped hole in our hearts
- The Nun director reveals the "three things" that drew him back to original horror with Whistle, as star explains how "fun" it was to play both hero and villain
- The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3 Wireless headset is so cheap I had to pinch myself, but this record low is real
- The PS6 controller might not even have buttons on it as a new patent hints Sony is going all-in on haptic feedback
- A gospel-inspired Super Mario medley just won a Grammy, beating Wicked star Cynthia Erivo and becoming the group's second Nintendo cover to win despite no nominations for the company itself
- This cozy "carefree" Stardew Valley-like that first caught my eye with its anime aesthetic officially releases into early access next week, and I can't wait
- Full WWE 2K26 roster guide with every confirmed wrestler sorted by brand
- Turns out Intel's XeSS 3 upscaling works on MSI Claw handhelds, so I'd pop it on your portable ASAP for Multi-Frame Generation tomfoolery
- Markiplier's Iron Lung scores impressive $17.8 million US opening weekend, but it was beaten to the top spot by Evil Dead director's new horror movie Send Help
- 15 years later, infamous Minecraft anarchy servers strengthen chat moderation at the reported request of Mojang itself
- Franchise creator James Wan says he wants to make John Kramer "scary" again in Saw 11 and explore "Jigsaw’s philosophy and what makes him tick"
- How to fix Pokemon TCG Pocket Error code 102-243-099
- HBO boss says House of the Dragon will end with season 4 but "doesn't know" if it will be an extra-long final season
- Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity publishing lead disagrees with Bethesda veteran, says Morrowind with a modern combat system "would sell like f***ing hot cakes"
- The Batman 2 writer teases two notebooks full of material for his Game of Thrones spin-off Aegon's Conquest
- HBO boss says It: Welcome to Derry season 2 is "not in limbo at all" and he would be "happy to do it"
- Over 8 years since a $3.27 million Kickstarter, MMO Ashes of Creation hit with "mass" layoffs after studio founder resigns "in protest"
- Jujutsu Kaisen manga casually reveals a fan-favorite character lives in the sequel after all
- Nintendo does what '90s Nintendo could only dream of – sell out of the Virtual Boy
- How to create the best builds in No Rest For The Wicked
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner says he made "peace" with the huge episode 3 twist being an open secret
- Avengers: Doomsday directors may have revealed too much after swiftly deleting a video showcasing the Marvel movie's biggest fan theories
- That ominous A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3 prophecy actually ties into the George R.R. Martin book lore in a major way
- February 1
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- How to watch the 2026 Grammys online from around the world
- Scream 7 unveils extremely nostalgic popcorn bucket ahead of the horror sequel
- Final Fantasy 7's Tetsuya Nomura reveals concept art made in the JRPG's "very earliest" stages that "envisioned combat" not fully realized until FF7 Remake
- "Go back and play Morrowind and tell me that's the game you want to play again," says Skyrim lead, who thinks players "will cringe" at a possible remake
- Steam hit Escape From Duckov gets official crossover with Escape From Tarkov, bringing the two extraction shooter giants together
- Skyrim lead thinks Starfield "would be talked about like the second coming" if a new studio made it, but "expectations were so much higher" with Bethesda
- Blumhouse developing adaptation of The Exorcism at 1600 Penn
- Ian McKellen lets slip details on how much damage Magneto does in Avengers: Doomsday
- Scooby-Doo star Matthew Lillard chimes in with thoughts on Netflix’s live-action show
