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- November 30
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- Avengers Inc. is ending with #5 and I'm honestly heartbroken
 - First trailer for Mad Max prequel introduces Anya Taylor-Joy's take on Imperator Furiosa, and an unrecognizable Chris Hemsworth
 - The Sonic 3 logo looks like a big shoutout to one of the hedgehog's most beloved games
 - Surprise! The Halo TV show is now free on YouTube and season 2 is apparently out this February
 - Call of Duty devs know you're mad about skill-based matchmaking, and for once will actually explain what they're doing about it
 - Thanksgiving 2 is officially a go, announces director Eli Roth
 - Russell T Davies teases new Doctor Who villain The Goblin King and a cameo from Davina McCall
 - Meet Spider-Man's super-team that will help him put an end to Gang War
 - We can finally stop asking what this former GTA dev is working on, because Everywhere gets its closed alpha next week
 - Candela Obscura interview: Have fun, be safe, and get wrecked
 - Inspired by the Yakuza games, this martial arts-trained animator has spent 11 years exploding out of his own clothes because he thought "it looks fun"
 - Cities Skylines 2 boss says "if you dislike the simulation, this game just might not be for you," then immediately apologizes for saying that
 - The best Magic: The Gathering format is one you're probably not playing
 - Michael Fassbender says he's often mistaken for Ewan McGregor and has even signed pictures for confused fans
 - Love Actually creator addresses a Hugh Grant costume blunder that you might have missed
 - Richard Curtis on the enduring legacy of Love Actually, his favorite Christmas movie, and his return to the genre with Genie
 - Former Mass Effect devs' new survival game Nightingale is getting a stress test in early 2024
 - Kung fu by way of Elden Ring: Edge 392 dives into Everstone’s lavish sandbox adventure, Where Winds Meet
 - Baldur's Gate 3's new custom difficulty mode lets you make the RPG as easy as you want - or you can have a "more realistic D&D experience"
 - I can't believe this RTX 4060 gaming laptop deal is still on the shelves
 - Baldur's Gate 3's new Honour Mode adds an uber-difficult twist to every single boss fight, and even makes save-scumming illegal
 - From Geonosian brain worms to the Sarlacc pit, Star Wars fans are reminding us that the galaxy far, far away is actually terrifying
 - Baldur's Gate 3 patch 5's best change is a long-awaited inventory fix that lets you manage all companions even if they aren't in your party
 - The new Baldur's Gate 3 epilogue has "some of the most complex writing in the game" with nearly 3,600 lines in its "final goodbye"
 - Tim Burton celebrates the end of filming Beetlejuice 2 with a photo from set that looks oddly familiar
 - Jodie Foster says there are two movies everyone should watch at least once - and one is Team America
 - The micro-machines in Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion make this board game a treat
 - Resisting the Dark Urge in Baldur's Gate 3 is the most fulfilling RPG experience
 - Baldur's Gate 3 patch 5 is so big that it requires more disk space than the entire game
 - Zack Snyder doesn't care if some of the Snyder Cut movement was powered by bots: "The movie got made"
 - Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.1 brings "new and hotly anticipated gameplay elements," but you'll have to wait until a stream tomorrow to find out what they are
 - With a GTA 6 reveal imminent, pranksters are moving onto the dedicated GTA 7 subreddit to leave messages for their grandchildren: "I was here"
 - The latest GTA 6 trailer theory hinges on a GTA Online event that's been mysteriously extended to stretch past Rockstar's 25th anniversary
 - I am once again asking you to check out an Asus ROG Ally deal
 - Rockstar co-founder and GTA lead writer's new project kicks off with a graphic novel and podcast series, not a video game
 - Disney boss Bob Iger puts The Marvels’ poor performance down to the pandemic
 - Doctor Who director shoots down speculation surrounding top-secret new episode
 - The Marvel Multiverse RPG does one thing better than any other superhero game
 - Open-world survival hit Sons of the Forest leaves Early Access in under 3 months with new story updates featuring a beloved Alan Wake 2 actor
 - Baldur's Gate 3 player traps themselves in Hell by casting Silence on the Devil himself
 - The only Marvel project Zack Snyder would consider is a Daredevil and Elektra movie
 - PlayStation Portal review: “I wish I could take this one trick pony outside”
 - Wyatt Russell says "it’s time to make a good Marvel movie" with Thunderbolts
 - Zack Snyder's Justice League experience meant Rebel Moon was almost a TV show – but the Snyder Cut changed everything
 - Sebastian Stan is taking on another biopic – and this time he's playing Donald Trump
 - The new Suits spin-off will have the "same energy and good looking people" as the original
 - Baldur's Gate 3 devs keep the patch 5 hype going by teasing "labors of love and some surprises" left in store: "Finally, we did this"
 
 - November 29
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- 2024 crowns a new Barbenheimer: Dragon's Dogma 2 and Princess Peach Showtime launch on the same day, and I am so ready
 - The Black Phone 2 confirms Ethan Hawke's return and summer 2025 release date
 - Ahsoka's Dave Filoni confirms fate of Sabine Wren's Loth-cat
 - Marvel just retconned Nightcrawler and Mystique’s relationship in the most X-Men way possible
 - WoW Classic Season of Discovery release time - here’s when phase one goes live
 - Bruce Campbell confirms his Spider-Man and Doctor Strange 2 characters are the same person: "It's called the multiverse, my friend"
 - Good job, Destiny 2 players: you bullied that terrible $15 Starter Pack right off the Steam store
 - Race to the Raft review: "An odd but very appealing beast"
 - "Good things are coming": Netflix confirms The Sandman season 2 has begun filming
 - Spider-Man: Gang War kicks off with one shocking moment and an absolute soap opera of a power struggle among Spidey's villains
 - The classic GTA trilogy is coming to Netflix
 - New Blumhouse horror is about to do for swimming pools what Jaws did for the ocean
 - Beyond Good & Evil officially gets its second remaster in 2024, and Ubisoft says the rotten-looking leaked version "is not indicative of the final game"
 - Elden Ring player wonders how anyone can like the RPG after accidentally playing hard mode for a month: "I didn’t know there were different carry loads"
 - Frontier is a stunning new sci-fi graphic novel from Citizen Sleeper artist Guillaume Singelin
 - Here's how to watch PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted
 - As Five Nights at Freddy's sequel rumors circle, fans hope it will answer a big plot question
 - I'm immediately in love with this turn-based RPG where a pocket knife-wielding mouse fights cats
 - After seeing the Shadow of the Colossus-worthy fight and elven side quest in Dragon's Dogma 2, I'm sold on Capcom's new RPG
 - Have we been looking at The Dark Knight Returns wrong all this time?
 - Katee Sackhoff shoots down the most divisive Mandalorian ship
 - Resident Evil: The Board Game review - "A terrifying but tantalizing experience every time"
 - 350 hours and 5 playthroughs later, Baldur's Gate 3 is still music to my ADHD
 - 14 years after launch, Gran Turismo fan manages to discover never-before-seen PSP cheat codes "out of pure curiosity"
 - Looks like Baldur's Gate 3 patch 5 will give the RPG a new epilogue – here's your invite from Withers
 - The puzzles in Professor Layton and the New World of Steam look great, but we won't be solving them until 2025
 - Zack Snyder called James Gunn about the DCU – and reveals the one DC film he'd return to direct
 - Xbox CFO "excited" by AI believes it can handle localization, scripting, and more: "AI can take care of all that"
 - Everyone is talking about the power armor in the Fallout TV show
 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 reveals first look at Shadow, and we can’t get over his shoes
 - Final Fantasy 7 Remake concept art shows Cloud absolutely slaying in other versions of his iconic dress
 - New on Netflix: 7 movies and shows you have to watch this December
 - Jesse Eisenberg is 'desperate' to start filming Now You See Me 3
 - Pirate Borg review: "Eldritch horror hits the high seas"
 - Ms. Marvel actor Iman Vellani to co-write new Mutant Menace limited series which will send Kamala on "her most dangerous ride yet"
 - Exploring the legacy of my absolute favorite GTA trailer with one of its creators 15 years later: "Of course, having a dope song is always good"
 - Wonka director says he had Timothée Chalamet in mind for the role before the script was even finished
 - Dragon's Dogma 2 has a fascinating take on fantasy languages in RPGs, and I did not expect the Metal Gear Solid 5 vibes
 - Dragon's Dogma 2 fans are worried some of the best Vocations from the original RPG won't be returning
 - The Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 1 biggest changes
 - Win a custom hand-painted SteamWorld Build controller and game code
 - Cult of the Lamb signs itself up for a sex update after underestimating the thirst of the roguelike's community
 - From spin-offs to a MCU-style universe, is The Boys becoming everything it’s parodied?
 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse script features a key difference from the movie – a bunch of curse words
 - Wonka first reactions call the film a “delightfully sweet treat” with an “exceptional” performance from Timothée Chalamet
 - DnD Druid class guide: How to become one with nature
 - Unity announces company "reset" as it lets go 265 employees, ends agreement with Lord of the Rings VFX studio
 - Ahsoka fan spots heart breaking Sabine Wren parallel with Star Wars Rebels
 - Baldur's Gate 3 Lae'zel actor goes full method and raids the Grove in the name of Minthara, becoming the only cast streamer to take the evil route
 - Iman Vellani knows exactly what the MCU's problem is
 - The Boys Mexico spin-off is in the works, and Andor’s Diego Luna is reportedly involved
 - Zack Snyder says Rebel Moon could have a "trilogy of sequels" – but that’s not as confusing as it sounds
 - Dragon's Dogma 2 looks set to be Capcom's first $70 base game
 
 - November 28
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- Bethesda responding to negative Starfield reviews is no surprise, say indie devs who do the same: "This is becoming industry standard"
 - Destiny 2's new $15 "Starter Pack" is a bunch of junk and the last thing the MMO needed right now
 - Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp, gets festive release date
 - As it sends off Cyberpunk 2077 and eyes The Witcher 4, CDPR wants its games to be "something that we've never made at this scale"
 - Batman: Arkham Knight's leaked Robert Pattinson Batsuit is real, but it's now a timed Switch exclusive
 - CDPR exec can't help but laugh when asked in an earnings conference if Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season 2 will air next year
 - After 400 hours in Baldur's Gate 3, I made one big decision that led me to a Lord of the Rings-style battle
 - The Witcher 4 is now CD Projekt Red's focus, with "the largest part" of the dev team working on the RPG
 - That's not all, folks: Max admits Looney Tunes *isn't* being removed from streaming
 - Batman '89: Echoes just introduced a new Harley Quinn - and she looks exactly like Madonna
 - How to disable or destroy Lethal Company turrets
 - GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 writer joins Rockstar co-founder's new studio
 - Pokemon fan discovers the "funniest strategy" for winning battles in Scarlet and Violet
 - First look at Amazon’s Fallout TV show takes us outside the Vault and into the Wasteland with the Brotherhood of Steel
 - Asked about The Last of Us Part 3, Neil Druckmann says "we have other projects in the works at Naughty Dog"
 - New trailer for Money Heist spin-off Berlin confirms the return of two major characters from the original series
 - Godzilla Minus One review: "A gargantuan and resonant epic"
 - A hugely divisive game adaptation is now top of Netflix, and fans feel vindicated
 - Hades 2 could turn my favorite roguelike upside down, and I'm trying to work out what that might look like
 - "Everybody is back" for the This is Spinal Tap sequel, confirms director Rob Reiner
 - A disturbing detail turns Disney classic Beauty and the Beast into a horror movie
 - Lethal Company is going viral thanks to some of the goofiest antics I've seen this year
 - Todd Howard didn't want the Fallout TV show to adapt Fallout 3: "We told that story"
 - "Every word" of Silent Hill Ascension was "written by real people," claims CEO amid barrage of AI accusations
 - Is it just me, or should clowns not be allowed in horror movies?
 - How to use the Lethal Company teleporter
 - Final Fantasy 14 players flooded a server to meet the MMO's composer in-game, but now worry it was an imposter all along
 - First look at Marvel's Agatha spin-off teases a very significant location, and links to a major MCU character
 - Todd Howard says everything in the Fallout TV show is canon
 - "Independent can mean different things to different people," says Geoff Keighley as Dave the Diver drives debate over what an 'indie game' actually is
 - Kingdom Hearts 4 fans are questioning what Disney's Wish will mean for the sequel
 - Dragon's Dogma 2 release date leaks again, on Steam right before the RPG's showcase
 - The Mandalorian star joins the cast of Noah Hawley's Alien series
 - Chris Evans debunks those Avengers reunion rumors
 - Marvel offers a glimpse at Johnny Blaze's final moments as Ghost Rider
 - Baldur's Gate 3 players are begging Larian for masquerade ball DLC: "I would pay like thirty thousand dollars for it"
 - The Last of Us season 2 plans to pull from Part 2 deleted scenes that will appear in the game's upcoming remaster
 - Bethesda customer support is still replying to individual negative Starfield reviews on Steam
 - Left 4 Dead creator says he'll never do Early Access again: "SteamDB will say we have 1 player yesterday - we have 10,000"
 - Taika Waititi says he never planned to direct Marvel movies, but he really needed the money
 - Starfield players hail new lighting mod as a "game changer" for overhauling shadows leading to immersive exploration
 - Alien: Romulus star confirms the new movie’s timeline, and sends plot speculation into overdrive
 - A former Riverdale star just won the award that made Ke Huy Quan a shoo-in for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar
 - One of League of Legends' most powerful abilities rendered testing servers unplayable for days thanks to a bug that made it almost infinitely spammable
 - This Cyber Monday Meta Quest 2 deal is the best yet, with an extra $50 in credit
 - This case made my first PC build super easy and it's on sale for Cyber Monday
 - Save your bells with the best Cyber Monday deals for Animal Crossing fans
 
 - November 27
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- This flash Cyber Monday deal saves you $800 on an Alienware 4070 laptop, and stock is flying off the shelf fast
 - Hear me out: Lord of the Rings fans need to know about this Cyber Monday keyboard deal
 - Marvel confirms Kang movie is still going ahead, as Loki's Michael Waldron signs on as writer
 - This huge Pokémon TCG collector box deal has everything you need to catch 'em all - but it won't last long
 - Larian accidentally broke Baldur's Gate 3 in patch 4 by making your dirty little crimes literally unforgettable
 - Like an idle Stardew Valley, this cute farm sim "sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things" and already threatens my productivity
 - WandaVision spin-off Agatha: Darkhold Diaries unveils behind-the-scenes first look at Patti LuPone, Joe Locke, and more
 - These Cyber Monday Steam Deck deals include some nifty accessories you can’t live without
 - One of our favorite board games is $20 off for Cyber Monday - but this offer won't last long
 - One of the most-backed card games on Kickstarter is now available for 50% off
 - The best Xbox accessories under $50 in today's Cyber Monday sales
 - The best Cyber Monday gaming deals under $25
 - The 1TB Xbox Series S has finally dropped its price this Cyber Monday
 - You've got less than 24 hours to save big on dozens of our favorite roguelikes in the Steam Autumn Sale, from Risk of Rain 2 and FTL to Spelunky and Hades
 - I use these gaming earbuds almost every day, and they're stupidly cheap for Cyber Monday
 - I review 3D printers, and these are the Cyber Monday deals I would buy
 - Taika Waititi wants his Star Wars movie to "recapture the joy" of the original trilogy
 - You can now use a DualSense with your PS1 and PS2 for less thanks to Cyber Monday
 - The LEGO Atari 2600 is a perfect tribute to retro gaming, and it's on sale for Cyber Monday
 - Here's six great budget gaming laptops under $1000 in the Cyber Monday sales
 - Wahoo! These are the best Cyber Monday deals for Mario fans
 - You can make stick drift a thing of the past with this Cyber Monday Nintendo Switch deal
 - Twilight director names Euphoria and Wednesday stars as her picks for Edward and Bella for a remake
 - Bungie confirms Destiny 2: The Final Shape delay, says the MMO's climax "needs more time," and promises a bonus 2-month update for all players
 - Fallout: New Vegas director says he'll only answer one question about the RPG this season, and of course it's about the card minigame Caravan
 - The Taylor Swift movie is coming to streaming in time for Christmas, and there's a bonus present for fans too
 - These are the best Cyber Monday Magic: The Gathering deals I've seen so far
 - Runaway manga hit is getting an anime from the studio behind the Scott Pilgrim Netflix show
 - The PlayStation Portal is still out of stock, so I made my own this Cyber Monday
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth settles an old JRPG debate with the best of both worlds: optional level scaling "for players who crave a constant challenge"
 - In under 6 weeks, co-op hit Lethal Company passes Baldur's Gate 3 and Resident Evil 4 to become the highest-rated Steam release of 2023
 - Here are my favorite Cyber Monday deals for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 fans right now
 - "There's a lot coming" in Baldur's Gate 3 patch 5, which will hit the RPG later this week
 - Mike Flanagan's joke recommendations for horror movie beginners have the potential to scar someone for life
 - Avatar 3 finally enters post-production but James Cameron says there's still a long road ahead
 - Hey! Listen! These are the best Cyber Monday deals for Zelda fans
 - D&D, Fire Emblem, and Final Fantasy Tactics collide in this promising tactical RPG – which already beat its Kickstarter goal
 - Marvel Snap publisher faces reports of shutdown, dev assures players the card game will "continue to operate"
 - I review the latest screens, here are my top Cyber Monday gaming TV deals
 - PSA: Amazon can save you up to 20% on gift cards this Cyber Monday
 - Even Tom Nook would spend his bells on this Switch Lite Animal Crossing bundle
 - SteamWorld Build review: "An unusual mix but it works really well"
 - IMO this is the best Lego Hogwarts Express, and it's never been cheaper
 - Mark Hamill doubles down on his Joker retirement – for a heartbreaking reason
 - It looks like The Meep's boss will face Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor in the new season of Doctor Who
 - One tweet about a mecha Sylvanian Family doll inspired an acclaimed anime writer to make a Metroidvania starring a "sh**ty father" rabbit
 - Baldur's Gate 3 players pin down where the RPG actually takes place on D&D's massive Faerun map
 - Win an illustrated edition of Doctor Who: Rose
 - Win a Doctor Who roleplaying game!
 - The Witcher author is a fan of Henry Cavill's portrayal of Geralt – and even imagines the character speaking in Cavill's voice
 - Astarion's actor knew he'd romance his own character in Baldur's Gate 3 over two years ago: "Why would you not?"
 - This Lego Mandalorian Razer Crest set is under $100 for the first time all year and, yes, there’s a Grogu minifig
 - Live-action Naruto movie is seemingly still in the works after surprising update
 - I've tested all the latest Nvidia GPUs, and I'd jump on this Cyber Monday RTX 4070 deal before anything else
 - 35 years later, Hideo Kojima recalls how the "gruelling" development of his little-known Cyberpunk adventure game left him with a stomach ulcer
 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 reportedly only used 10% of Venom's dialog, and cut a Miles Morales symbiote suit
 - Silent Hill 2 Remake studio says the horror is “progressing smoothly” despite radio silence, but any updates will come from Konami
 - After 5,400 dead NPCs and a 267,000-gold bounty, Skyrim player claims that they've "killed everything that was killable"
 
 - November 26
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- Tears of the Kingdom player replaces horses with a giant infinite-motion wheel, squishes horses to assert dominance: "The big wheel yearns for slaughter"
 - If you know where to look, the Steam Autumn Sale is a JRPG goldmine – here are 10 of our favorites going for cheap
 - I was fully expecting these Nintendo Switch bundles to be out of stock - but they're still here for Cyber Monday
 - The Asus ROG Ally just got another price cut for Cyber Monday, and I'm not even mad
 - Cyber Monday deals for gamers LIVE: the best sales across PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch as they happen
 
 - November 25
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- All the Easter eggs you may have missed in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special The Star Beast
 - The Star Beast ending, explained: How is [SPOILER] alive in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special?
 - Can you beat Baldur's Gate 3 without taking a single long rest? Maybe, but one player's proven that it turns the RPG into a nightmare
 - The team behind one of 2021's best RPGs is making a 3D Zelda-like and it already looks great
 - Elden Ring masochist stacks debuffs just to get one-shot in PvP: "I like to give hosts the satisfaction of unexpectedly hitting over 2,000 damage"
 - We love a good Metroidvania, and you'll find 24 of our favorites in the Steam Autumn Sale for as low as $2, from Hollow Knight to The Messenger
 - Best Black Friday TV deals 2025: what to expect this year
 - The best Black Friday gaming deals 2025: all the biggest offers already available
 
 - November 24
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- Lego Spider-Man’s Daily Bugle just hit a new low price, and my Spidey-sense is urging me to buy it
 - My favorite Black Friday iPad deal is now out of stock – but there's still time to grab a cheap tablet
 - You don't have long to get our favorite Steam Deck Dock in the Black Friday Sales
 - The 32 greatest Pixar moments
 - As a DM, these are the D&D books I want to pick up this Black Friday
 - I am once again asking you to get my pick for the most underrated Metroidvania on Steam while it's only $5
 - Batman and Superman come face-to-face with Gog, the forgotten god of Kingdom Come
 - Small games can be good for AAA studios, and "directly contributed" to big RPGs like Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, says Obsidian's Josh Sawyer
 - Tom Hardy shouts out Venom 3's director and crew as he celebrates being back filming
 - The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 story lead casually reveals players haven't found his favorite Easter eggs, so "I won't talk about them"
 - I'm playing a D&D adventure set nearby Baldur's Gate, and it's cheaper than ever this Black Friday
 - Take it from me, you’ll want to jump on this Black Friday Steam Deck SSD deal while it’s hot
 - One of our favorite gaming Lego sets is cheaper than ever this Black Friday on Amazon
 - Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima dubs Netflix's Blue Eye Samurai "the best anime of the year"
 - I review board games for a living, and these are the ones I'd buy this Black Friday
 - Thousands of MMO players wage the ultimate war in a race to break their game: infinite money vs infinite inventory space
 - Five of my favorite Nintendo Switch accessories under $25 in the Black Friday sales
 - This Nintendo Switch-sized handheld runs PC games, and it's down to its lowest ever price
 - This keypad improved my speedrunning times and it's cheaper than ever right now
 - The original test animation for Shrek has been uncovered, and it is pure nightmare fuel
 - My favorite JRPG of 2023 is at its lowest ever price in this Black Friday sale
 - I'm sorry to the wallets of '90s kids, because Lego Super Mario 64 has never been cheaper
 - Get some of my favorite TTRPGs for free with this three for two offer
 - GT7 players need to check out this Black Friday PS5 steering wheel deal
 - How to make money in Lethal Company
 - Steam's latest roguelike hit is a Hades and Vampire Survivors mash-up with some impressive RPG flair
 - Zenless Zone Zero's second beta tones down jiggle physics to the dismay of players
 - The Razer Barracuda X is the gaming headset I've been looking for
 - This upscaler changed the way I play retro games, and it’s now at a record low price for Black Friday
 - Starfield player beats the RPG with one of the worst builds possible: gun bashing only – and says it "wasn't too difficult"
 - Lethal Company enemies and how to defeat them
 - This Alienware rig is my favorite Cyber Monday gaming PC deal right now, and it’s worth considering over Dell’s offers
 - Cities: Skylines 2 player dooms citizens to polluted hellscape named 'The Bog' and is still desperate to make them even unhappier
 - I want to learn MTG and this Lord of the Rings starter set deal is the perfect Black Friday buy
 - Is Taylor Swift in Deadpool 3? Ryan Reynolds has his say
 - Sounds like the Assassin's Creed Mirage studio is already working on more Assassin's Creed
 - I can't believe this Black Friday gaming laptop deal is still in stock
 - League of Legends trailer mispronounces long-running character name, prompting misplaced confusion around AI voice acting
 - Here's which streaming service offers the fewest amount of movies compared to last year
 - I had the time of my life playing as a frog with a magnifying glass who solves mysteries for a living
 - Baldur's Gate 3 mod extends the level cap to 30, utterly destroying the D&D levelling system
 - Starfield bug turns New Atlantis into an asteroid belt orbiting players' ships through space
 - Charlie Cox didn't know how Marvel contracts worked and thought Vincent D'Onofrio was "delusional" for thinking Daredevil could return
 - I just found the ultimate Black Friday curved monitor deal, but it'll soon vanish
 - Two Disney Plus shows will soon be available to watch for free in the UK
 - Baldur's Gate 3 player decodes the Infernal writing tattooed on Karlach's horn and finds a cruel reminder of her backstory
 - Ncuti Gatwa made a touching cameo in Doctor Who movie An Adventure in Space and Time
 - New Naruto fighting game receives backlash for questionable redub, raising eyebrows over potential AI voiceover: "I can guarantee I did not say that line that way"
 - Roguelike sensation Cult of the Lamb unveils huge new update Sins of the Flesh, available for free early next year
 - This year's hottest new JRPG homage has a prologue I never knew about, and it's super-cheap right now
 - Cult horse-themed fighting game scraps crowdfunded development goals, prompting a wave of negative reviews
 - Janet Fielding on her Doctor Who return, her "honest" DVD commentaries, and why she prefers the post-2005 reboot
 - Some of the best cozy games I've ever played are currently on sale for Black Friday
 
 - November 23
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- Five of my favorite board games to pick up in the Cyber Monday sales
 - GTA 5 actor for Michael De Santa seemingly swatted while trying to play GTA Online
 - I am once again telling Xbox gamers not to buy the Seagate Expansion card
 - This controller just shot to the top of Amazon's sales ranks - and it's not even a Black Friday deal
 - This Black Friday PS5 bundle makes me regret buying my console on day one
 - The bloodiest zombie game of the year is going for almost half price this Cyber Monday
 - The best Cyber Monday external hard drive deals 2024: the biggest deals still live
 - Mayor Cage will have to break New York City's anti-superhero laws in Luke Cage: Gang War #1
 - Five of my favorite TTRPGs to look out for in the Black Friday sales
 - It's only $40 but this is my favorite Black Friday Nintendo Switch deal yet
 - PC gamers need to know about this $225 Black Friday discount on the best PCVR headset
 - Sonic Superstars is my favorite Sonic game in years, and now it's cheaper than ever
 - I love this Lego Back to the Future set, and it's now cheaper than ever
 - Peaky Blinders producer to adapt groundbreaking female detective novels into a new series
 - There's another Thor callback in the Loki season 2 finale that you may have missed
 - Newegg Black Friday deals 2023: all the best offers available now
 - Baldur's Gate 3 player accidentally recreates The Lord of the Rings' greatest battle at the Grove
 - The original Life is Strange passes 20 million players after eight years
 - After Ahsoka star Ray Stevenson's death, Dave Filoni discusses Baylan Skoll's future: "Obviously, there’s a story there"
 - Here's how to save even more on your PS Plus subscription this Cyber Monday
 - Bayonetta director wanted to make nine games, will take the plans for five of them to his grave, and says working with Hideo Kojima would be a "disaster"
 - New Godzilla movie earns perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, with critics saying it's "everything you could want from a monster movie"
 - Gen V finally releases BTS footage of *that* Marie and Jordan scene, and fans are loving it
 - With Kojima Productions on board, 2010's Castlevania Lords of Shadow remains one of the action adventure dynasty's most intriguing installments
 - Ex-GTA dev reveals information on cut content and a scrapped zombie game, Rockstar promptly tells them to cut it out
 - Loki season 2 finale almost went in a different direction – and we're glad it didn't
 - How to get more players in Lethal Company with morecompany and biggerlobby mods
 - Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, aka my personal Game of the Year, is (almost) the cheapest we've ever seen it at Walmart
 - One of Baldur's Gate 3's best axes is astoundingly easy to miss, and it's locked away from one of the RPG's best companions
 - BBC releases first Doctor Who footage of Ncuti Gatwa in the strangest way
 - Russell T Davies seemingly confirms spring 2025 release window for Ncuti Gatwa's second season of Doctor Who
 - Kelsey Grammer is confident that we'll see Beast in the MCU again
 - Publisher of Studio Ghibli meets Stardew Valley life sim Spirittea says the failure of Steam's competitors is hitting indie games hard
 - Valve went back to Half-Life to fix one decades-old bug with a new update
 - The Last of Us 2 Remastered unveils its three cut 'Lost Levels' - and one sounds horrifying
 - Doctor Who's Daphne Ashbrook opens up on the 1996 TV movie, Eric Roberts' Master, and working with two Time Lords
 
 - November 22
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- Yes, you can play Doom on these earrings
 - Left 4 Dead writer says he ended up leading the project by accident: "No one ever told me I'm running it!"
 - The 32 greatest Disney characters
 - One of Asgard’s greatest heroes just made the ultimate sacrifice to save Thor
 - Tom Hardy and Austin Butler's crime drama The Bikeriders finds new home after Disney drop
 - Call of Duty 2024 is reportedly another Black Ops, this time set in the Gulf War
 - Against the Storm, a dark fantasy roguelite city builder and certified Steam banger, sets full release date
 - A Marvel fan has rounded up all the open plot threads in the MCU, and it's kind of mind-blowing
 - Neve Campbell has finally addressed the most shocking death in Scream 5
 - Tom Taylor on why the time was right for Beast World - the Titans first big crossover
 - 17 years later, action RPG Steambot Chronicles still has scope to impress with its eclectic mix of robots, music and a dash of Vanilla
 - This gaming chair was already excellent value - but Black Friday just made it even cheaper
 - Exploring the unlikely development of Halo – from RTS to third-person, Mac to console, concept to an Edge magazine perfect 10
 - 20 hours without a single attack: This Baldur's Gate 3 pacifist run relies on speedrunning strats, an OP D&D class trait, and a huge amount of RPG patience
 - Another WandaVision deleted scene has been released – making us even more excited for Agatha's spin-off show
 - This outrageous Black Friday Disney Plus deal can't be beaten
 - Pixar fans are imitating real-world sports debates to answer the ultimate question: is Lightning McQueen the GOAT?
 - Jujutsu Kaisen's most thirsted-after character is coming to its new game
 - Chris Pine and the Wish filmmakers talk that big Disney villain comeback
 - Destiny 2 price history suggests that its new Witcher crossover might cost more than The Witcher 3 and all of its DLC combined
 - When is Napoleon coming to streaming?
 - Thanksgiving fans think there are two killers in the movie, and they might be right
 - New Dark Souls comic The Willow King is a gothic return to the world of the game
 - World of Warcraft raider competing for the MMO's latest world-first title suffers the ultimate setback as their game subscription expires mid-fight
 - I review DDR5 RAM and these are the Black Friday deals I would use to upgrade my rig
 - Warzone's funniest glitch is back in Modern Warfare 3, and Call of Duty devs are trying to patch it out
 - The Witcher author says he's never played the games that cemented his fame: "I have no time for this, and it's not entertainment for me"
 - Cobra Kai star teases final season filming date: "It's right around the corner"
 - I test graphics cards for a living, and I think this Black Friday Intel GPU deal is worth your time
 - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a homecoming for writer Larry Hama
 - There's 2 million feet of film from the making of Mrs. Doubtfire thanks to Robin Williams' improvisation
 - Left 4 Dead was so busted at launch that it forced a sequel barely 12 months later: "such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it"
 - The Asus ROG Ally has been Black Friday'd - and you won't find a gaming laptop cheaper than this
 - Japan's government uses Minecraft to show off a huge, real-world infrastructure project
 - This could be Black Friday's best Nintendo Switch OLED deal (and I'm not talking about the bundle)
 - 2024’s first anime hit might be this Netflix sequel to a beloved fantasy series
 - The Last of Us 2 Remastered dev says they created 12 different levels for its roguelike mode
 - George R.R. Martin teases eight more Game of Thrones spin-offs, but only one has been greenlit so far
 - Forget ships, Starfield's coolest community is building incredible RPG outposts, and the highlight is a sci-fi villain lair set inside a volcano
 - An underrated Hugh Jackman movie that divided critics is climbing the Netflix rankings
 - Charlie Cox reveals which Avenger he'd love Daredevil to team up with
 - Does Wish set up a Disney multiverse? The filmmakers weigh in on those Easter eggs
 - Dave the Diver studio channels The Day Before with its zombie PvPvE game hitting alpha testing next week
 - Daisy Ridley breaks her silence on new Rey Star Wars movie: "It's not what I expected"
 - Dave Filoni has been promoted – and he’s now pretty much Star Wars’ answer to Kevin Feige
 - Frazer Hines on returning to Doctor Who and writing a "faithful adaptation" of the series
 - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake apparently isn't dead after all
 - Get to grips with the cast of Sonic Superstars and some brand-new abilities
 - Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a Studio Ghibli film in this fan-made Unreal Engine 5 anime, and it's 18 minutes of pure joy
 
 - November 21
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- Steam's new viral co-op horror hit has 30,000 'overwhelmingly positive' reviews and 100,000 peak players, rivaling Call of Duty, PUBG, and Apex Legends
 - The hunters become the hunted as one woman seeks vengeance in Marvel's new Predator comic
 - Superman: Legacy casts The Righteous Gemstones star Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen
 - Diablo 4 is free to play and giving out a bunch of bonus XP for a limited time
 - 'Dark Souls x Fable' action RPG dev says they're staying solo because they're sick of trying to find a publisher deal: "I'd rather die first"
 - Netflix unveils first look at Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen series based on the hit film
 - Larian says the Baldur's Gate 3 Deluxe Edition won't sell out, so don't pay scalpers
 - Into the Miyagi-Verse: Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio team up for a new Karate Kid movie
 - J Scott Campbell finally brings Peter Parker and Mary Jane back together in new Ultimate Spider-Man #1 cover
 - I've been collecting retro gaming handhelds for 20 years - here's my favorite Black Friday deal so far
 - Baldur's Gate 3 player uses D&D math to explain why Shadowheart's Firebolts always seem to miss
 - Lego teases Fortnite collaboration with a blocky Loot Llama
 - The Spyro and Banjo-Kazooie successor with 'Overwhelmingly Positive' reviews is a solo project inspired by family: "My dad and sister would always sit round the N64 together"
 - It looks like World of Warcraft is teaming up with one of our favorite roguelikes for a new mode
 - Black Mirror renewed for season 7 – with production due to start later this year
 - The Witcher author says the next book's global release is coming in 2025, thanks Netflix for helping him pay the bills
 - The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 just dropped below $1,000 for Black Friday, and I feel like a fool
 - The Witcher author says he gave Netflix some ideas but they weren’t used: "They never listen to me"
 - Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition only pre-installs Phantom Liberty on Xbox discs
 - Doctor Who 60th anniversary release schedule: when is episode 3 out on BBC and Disney Plus?
 - Lords of the Fallen has the worst ambushes I've seen in an RPG, and players were so annoyed that the "entire" Soulslike has now reduced enemy density
 - Frozen writer Jennifer Lee says there's "a lot of story" to tell in Frozen 3 – which might lead to Frozen 4
 - Demo of an all-but lost Final Fantasy 7 spin-off has miraculously been preserved by some very dedicated fans
 - Fighting totally solo, Baldur's Gate 3 streamer kills the RPG's hardest bosses in one turn with D&D class engineering and an absurd arrow supply
 - Forget Viggo Mortensen breaking his toe, this resurfaced Lord of the Rings interview shows the true danger behind one of the trilogy's most iconic battles
 - My dream gaming laptop just returned to a record low price for Black Friday
 - Hogwarts Legacy joins Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros. Wonder to become third-biggest Switch launch of the year
 - I'm testing the PlayStation Portal, but this Backbone One deal is still calling to me
 - Grendel: Devil by the Deed Master's Edition reimagines the origins of Matt Wagner's iconic anti-hero
 - Make Modern Warfare 3 shine on the move with MSI gaming laptops and NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 range
 - George R. R. Martin says he's "struggling" with next Game of Thrones book as he reveals he hasn't written more pages since December 2022
 - Mark Gatiss talks missing scenes as rumors surround his Doctor Who anniversary drama
 - Inspired by a classic GameCube JRPG, In Stars and Time is Steam's latest indie phenomenon, and it's got literally perfect reviews
 - It's been 20 years, and The Simpsons Hit and Run developers are just as surprised as you that the cult open-world game hasn't got a sequel yet
 - Director John Woo weighs in on the superhero movie debate: "I prefer Martin Scorsese's movies"
 - Antony Starr is very un-Homelander-like in this hilarious behind the scenes look at his cameo in Gen V
 - Your Mandalorian theories about the show’s title are wrong – according to the actor at the centre of them all
 - All of the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off episode titles are Easter eggs, and one fan spotted them all
 - Acclaimed deep sea survival game Subnautica is getting a sequel in 2025
 - A 17-year-old Star Wars strategy game just got an update to revitalise its multiplayer
 - I use this Nintendo Switch accessory every day and it's just hit a new record low price for Black Friday
 - Ark Survival Ascended gets a surprise Xbox release, but open-world survival fans will have to wait on PS5
 - Tom Hardy and Austin Butler's new movie is reportedly no longer being released by Disney
 - There’s one comic book movie that Ms. Marvel’s Iman Vellani refuses to watch
 - Chris Pine shoots down Star Trek 4 rumors and says "of course" he’s not seen any scripts
 - After 15 years, GTA 6 is seemingly giving GTA Online's little-loved Social Club feature a much-needed refresh
 - Space Girl: Maureen O'Brien on her time as Vicki in the classic Doctor Who
 - Twilight director reflects on 15 years of the fantasy hit, not casting Henry Cavill, and the tough fandom
 - Doctor Who - The Star Beast review: "An exciting start to the 60th anniversary specials"
 
 - November 20
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- Nicholas Hoult set to play Lex Luthor in James Gunn's Superman Legacy
 - Jennifer Walters and Hulk have some issues to work out in Sensational She-Hulk #2
 - A fix for Modern Warfare 3's infamous 'Groot' skin is on the way
 - New Jason Bourne movie in the works from All Quiet on the Western Front director
 - With flashes of Sonic Mania, Celeste, and Super Meat Boy, this out-of-nowhere indie gem might be one of the best 2D platformers I've ever played
 - Madame Web: Who is Ezekiel Sims?
 - Invincible Season 2 midseason finale trailer teases a reckoning: "If you experience emotional damage, you may be entitled to compensation"
 - New Starfield update finally adds an essential Bethesda RPG feature: instantly eating everything in sight
 - Immortals of Aveum director blames poor sales on busy release calendar and says "no one anticipated" Baldur's Gate 3 to be so successful
 - Modern Warfare 3 is giving out double weapon and battle pass XP this week, and you don't have to buy any gamer-brand garbage to enjoy it
 - Beloved Smash Bros-style indie fighting game Rivals of Aether is getting a sequel, and it's already 300% funded
 - Wild new Aquaman 2 trailer teases the end of Jason Momoa's DC hero
 - 24 years ago, Pokemon Snap gave Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur unique trading cards – and they just sold for more than the price of my house
 - League of Legends world champion is sad because he can't get the "pretty" prize he really wants
 - Loki’s fate was teased back in the first episode of season 2, all thanks to Ke Huy Quan’s O.B.
 - I created Shadowheart's perfect nemesis in Baldur's Gate 3 – and then made her fall madly in love with me
 - Cities Skylines 2 abandons weekly patches and delays DLC so devs can focus on fixes that "require a bit more work"
 - Squid Game: The Challenge is getting rave reviews – and being called the "most gripping reality TV since The Traitors"
 - Pokemon games will continue for "hundreds of years," executive hopes, with "newfound realism" inspired by the original Pokedex
 - Hugh Jackman teases that Deadpool 3 has resumed filming
 - Ridley Scott admits he was initially pissed off at James Cameron's Alien sequel
 - Ridley Scott doesn’t plan on slowing down his career anytime soon
 - The Last of Us 2 Remastered fans think they've figured out what the 'Lost Levels' are
 - James Gunn shuts down a long-standing story rumor about Superman: Legacy
 - Andrew Lincoln is promising answers as The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live new teaser and release date is revealed
 - Rediscovering the 33-year-old console RPG I spent a year renting from Blockbuster Video after it (optimistically) promised 300 hours of game time
 - Gabe Newell says games don't need to be realistic: "I have never thought to myself that realism is fun"
 - Starfield's rating drops to "mixed" on Steam as players crown it "Bethesda's most mediocre game to date"
 - I wish I'd waited for Black Friday PS5 deals before buying these games
 - Yoko Taro makes games so people buy them, and suddenly Nier Automata makes more sense
 - Scott Pilgrim creator responds to confusion around Netflix anime: "I know it’s pretty different"
 - Ridley Scott reveals the burning question Stanley Kubrick asked him about Alien
 - This is Martin Scorsese's "masterpiece", according to Steven Spielberg
 - Aardman provides update on clay shortage: "There is absolutely no need to worry"
 - Loki star Ke Huy Quan hid a small Goonies nod in his O.B. costume – and no one spotted it
 - Stardew Valley player uses a glitch to personalize the spa with cozy decorations
 - Baldur's Gate 3 player inadvertently kills Karlach, slaughters the Tieflings, and murders the Owlcub for an 'accidental' evil playthrough
 - Unlike Rockstar, the GTA RP team hasn’t forgotten about Red Dead Redemption 2: “Rest assured, we are not planning on abandoning RedM”
 - Echoing that fake Miyamoto quote, Gabe Newell says: "Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever"
 - The Marvels star Iman Vellani has perfect response to the movie's box office woes
 - PlayStation Portal stock tracker: how to find the next drop
 - New MMO from World of Warcraft veterans is more like Destiny 2 in how you're treated as the 'hero'
 - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off has one of the wildest twists of the year – and it’s being compared to playing as Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 2
 - Russell T Davies reflects on The Sarah Jane Adventures, making children's TV, and working with Elisabeth Sladen
 - As long as Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro is still alive, the series will continue
 - Honkai Star Rail Sojourners’ Ghastly Reverie Walkthrough
 - Chris Pine is "pretty confident" that Dungeons & Dragons 2 will happen – and he wants to return
 - Ridley Scott talks Napoleon, historical accuracy, and working with Joaquin Phoenix
 
 - November 19
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- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth takes some lessons from Star Wars: "It's very good to bear in mind in terms of the right way of going about the second part"
 - Wanting an even playing field in your online lobbies isn't a skill issue
 - After 12 years, one fan has faithfully recreated the PS1's weirdest walking sim
 - Baldur's Gate 3 boss thought Alan Wake 2 or Tears of the Kingdom would win GOTY, not Larian's "hardcore RPG"
 - Super Mario RPG is so delightfully goofy that I'm gutted I've missed out on its off-brand humor for almost 30 years
 - Borderlands 4 and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 2 have both been namedropped by a developer
 - With League of Legends Worlds 2023, Faker's GOAT status is been finally, irrevocably confirmed
 - Official Black Friday Nintendo Switch deals offer the best value bundle we've seen yet
 
 - November 18
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- Popular Diablo 4 streamer says that "nobody is supposed to finish the final tier" of the RPG's upcoming endgame event
 - New roguelike takes the Hades formula and adds cat girls, a cute cooking sim, and some truly delicious-looking food
 - Genshin Impact has some of the best-written gods in the history of RPGs
 - World of Warcraft veteran doesn't want his new MMO to give players FOMO: “When Baldur’s Gate 3 came out, I wanted to just play a lot of Baldur’s Gate 3"
 - Existing Last Of Us Part 2 owners can upgrade to the PS5 Remaster for $10
 - In defense of Max Payne's much-maligned and under-appreciated third incarnation
 - The Last of Us 2 Remastered is real, coming in January, and will include content cut from the original game
 
 - November 17
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- Did Marvel just reveal the next X-Men writer in its FCBD announcement?
 - Steam Autumn Sale kicks off next week
 - Half-Life gets a massive update restoring cut content and fixing old bugs, Valve says "we now consider this to be the definitive version"
 - Pedro Pascal is the perfect choice to play Reed Richards in the MCU Fantastic Four
 - DC’s new Superman is already getting swole
 - Modern Warfare 3 player finally gets coveted Borealis and Interstellar camos after a 195-hour Call of Duty grind with multiple 48-hour streams
 - The best Holger 556 loadout in Modern Warfare 3
 - Best SVA 545 loadout in Modern Warfare 3
 - The best DG-58 loadout in Modern Warfare 3
 - The best Striker loadout in Modern Warfare 3
 - The best MCW loadout in Modern Warfare 3 right now
 - A 27-year-old JRPG bug is now a feature in the Super Mario RPG remake
 - Godzilla spin-off show Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is another masterclass from comic book writer Matt Fraction
 - You're missing out if you don't play Super Mario Bros. Wonder
 - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and all of DC's February 2024 solicitations revealed
 - Wish review: "Disney's 100th anniversary fairy tale sure is pretty but lacks heart"
 - Revisit Bruce Wayne's earliest adventures with new DC Black Label series The Bat-Man: First Knight
 - Speculation about Aerith's fate in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth gets even more heated after a teaser image of the JRPG's iconic airship
 - Modern Warfare 3 players want this $70 weapon skin so bad that the bag you need to buy to unlock it is sold out
 - The Banshees of Inisherin made me rethink male friendship and loss
 - First look at Game Of Thrones star in upcoming prequel to beloved horror classic The Omen
 - Starfield players just want their crewmates to get out the dang way
 - The Crown season 6 release schedule: When is part 2 on Netflix?
 - There are so many Sonic references in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, but this meta joke might be our favorite
 - Risk of Rain Returns has done the impossible: make one of the greatest roguelikes of the past 10 years a lot better
 - Dragonheir expands its fantasy multiverse: Iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters will appear in a collaborative storyline
 - Madame Web is already getting memed for one incredible line in the trailer
 - 10 years later, Old School RuneScape is still breaking player records through nonsense that no other MMO can match
 - Everything we know about Baldur's Gate 3 DLC
 - Star Wars actor Mark Hamill and Loki star Tom Hiddleston's 'deeply special' Stephen King movie gets a promising update
 - Baldur's Gate 3 devs promise to give Astarion the kissing animation he so clearly deserves
 - Assassin's Creed Mirage is getting permadeath and New Game Plus, which could change the way I play
 - Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix saves Gale from a black, sexy void, and lets players take a shower with some actual soap
 - A Scream fan just noticed that The Exorcist's Linda Blair has a cameo, and now the internet is gagged
 - Ghostbusters: Back In Town bridges the gap between Afterlife and the new movie
 - Walmart might have already dropped Black Friday's best Xbox Series X deal
 - Dragon's Dogma 2 release date seemingly leaked - right after Capcom announced a dedicated showcase for the RPG
 - Laika: Aged Through Blood is part bloody Excitebike, part furry Mad Max
 - Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani says the mutant reveal wasn't a sure thing for the final cut
 - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off cameos: All of the Netflix anime guest appearances explained
 - Taika Waititi says his Star Wars movie might make you mad
 - One of Wes Craven's most underrated horrors is getting a remake from Get Out's Jordan Peele
 - Baldur's Gate 3 players in shambles after learning you can stop Lae'zel from making a dang ruckus in camp
 - Controversial "interactive streaming series" Silent Hill: Ascension lays out how it's tackling fan feedback in new update
 - Zack Snyder teases his R-rated cut of Rebel Moon – "It's very sexy, violent, crazy"
 - Spider-Man comic book writer is confused by his villain's appearance in the Madame Web trailer
 - Everything we know about the GTA Online Grotti Turismo Omaggio
 - World of Warcraft Dragonflight gets one of Final Fantasy 14’s best ideas in its Seeds of Renewal patch
 - Baldur's Gate 3 players on PS5 say Act 3 is "unplayable" after a new patch
 - Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 guide to thriving on the snowy streets of Seattle
 - Netflix's new number 1 movie is an underrated Liam Neeson action thriller
 - Best Baldur's Gate 3 Ranger class build
 - Invincible creator accidentally reveals who Steven Yeun is playing in the MCU
 - 10 Best Spectrum games of all-time
 - Dragon's Dogma 2 is getting a 15-minute "info-packed" livestream later this month
 - Saltburn director Emerald Fennell on why her follow-up to Promising Young Woman is actually a vampire movie
 - The 10 best MSX games of all-time
 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth maid and surfer jobs are among the Yakuza series' weirdest and most wonderful yet
 - All the Hunger Games Easter eggs you might have missed in prequel movie The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
 - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off episode 8 post-credits scene: Does it set up season 2?
 - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off review: "This Netflix anime feels like what Into the Spider-Verse was to Spider-Man"
 
 - November 16
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- After 1,786 attempts, this Pokemon streamer has completed the JRPG's "hardest challenge"
 - Xbox players are lucky to have Elden Ring hero Let Me Solo Them, who's now helped 5,000 people with the RPG's final bosses
 - Eli Roth talks subverting the animal violence horror trope in Thanksgiving: "I'm seeing it from the turkey's point of view"
 - Like a Dragon Gaiden's pro wrestling debut was a shockingly entertaining tribute to Yakuza's goofy violence
 - Embracer's CEO doesn't want to comment on the Star Wars: KOTOR remake because he doesn't want another article like this one
 - MMO player meets flight attendant who's a fellow grinder, leaves the plane with a big bag of free booze: "When I opened it, it felt like Christmas!"
 - Avengers, Spider-Man, X-Men and all of Marvel's February 2024 solicitations revealed
 - Tom Hardy is absolutely stoked that Venom 3 has resumed filming
 - "Everyone thought it was hilarious": Remnant 2 makes good on 'git gud' taunt by giving stuck players their "3 orange slices and a participation medal"
 - This Link's Awakening and Earthbound-inspired Gameboy RPG pays tribute to the developer's late daughter: "You know how important keeping their memory alive is"
 - Valkyrie brings the mystery of 'The Man Who Died Twice' to Avengers Inc. #3
 - Baldur's Gate 3: Deluxe Edition is coming and it includes "a f***-ton of discs"
 - Attaboy is a graphic novel disguised as a retro video game manual
 - How to find and destroy a Mercenary Convoy in Modern Warfare 3 Zombies
 - Chucky is the most lore-accurate killer in Dead by Daylight and he's so much fun it's silly
 - Good news, Karlach fans: a Baldur's Gate 3 player has found a way to kill her for Wyll's sake without actually killing her
 - The best Remedy games, from Alan Wake 2 to the Fall of Max Payne
 - Blumhouse's new horror movie sees Jurassic World's DeWanda Wise get terrorized by a teddy bear
 - Monarch: Legacy of Monsters creators detail how Kurt Russell and son Wyatt Russell brought their unique single role to life
 - The best Katt-AMR loadout in Modern Warfare 3
 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse continues to impress with its attention to detail
 - New trailer for Sydney Sweeney’s R-rated rom-com is The Proposal meets Drive Me Crazy
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says his cat won't cameo again because he'd "like to think" it died in Remake
 - Best Baldur's Gate 3 Rogue class build
 - The best MTZ-556 loadout in Modern Warfare 3
 - The official Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League prequel comic teases carnage in the corridors of Arkham Asylum
 - Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League gameplay looks more theme park ride than open-world spectacle – but returning Arkham tricks are cool
 - Disney CEO says Frozen 4 could be coming, with the screenwriter working on "two new stories"
 - Even after taking three Call of Duty maps offline, Modern Warfare 3's spawn points are still a mess
 - Loki star shares reaction to THAT sacrifice in season 2 finale: "It was so beautiful to watch"
 - A Hollywood urban legend featuring a Die Hard era Bruce Willis 'cameo' in Pearl Harbor resurfaces - but not everyone is convinced
 - Monarch: Legacy of Monsters creators explain why the Godzilla spin-off's new Titans had to be more than unrealistic nightmare fuel
 - That's it, I've seen enough: with Fire Emblem and Suikoden vibes, this beautiful tactical RPG is officially one of my most-anticipated games of 2024
 - Why a Pokemon Legends Arceus sequel would absolutely need to focus on Johto
 - Best Baldur's Gate 3 Fighter class build
 - Marvel fans think they've spotted Loki in What If…? season 2 trailer
 - Former Mass Effect and Dragon Age lead launches new studio with a focus on narrative and world-building
 - Persona 6 looks set to release across multiple platforms on day one
 - Prepare for the return of Mando and Grogu as The Mandalorian season 4 star says the show is being "ramped up"
 - Spider-Man fans think they have worked out Madame Web's story, following that puzzling trailer
 - Embracer admits Payday 3's launch was "weaker than expected," and that 900 employees lost their jobs to restructuring last quarter
 - Ark: Survival Ascended gets another Xbox delay, but should still release before December
 - Fans of canceled Netflix show launch campaign for season 3 and spin-off
 - Marvel is reportedly "moving away" from Kang storyline as next Avengers movie loses screenwriter
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth shakes up the original JRPG's story, but won't "go wildly out" in a way that doesn't lead to Advent Children
 - Baldur's Gate 3 player unwittingly turns colossal late-game boss into a pal after installing a mod that lets them wield D&D spells more powerful than the RPG allows
 - A hidden detail in The Marvels may have just opened the door to the Fantastic Four
 - If you believe the rumors, Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards could face Javier Bardem’s Galactus in Fantastic Four
 - Netflix cancels several beloved series, including a fantasy fan favorite
 - Call of Duty players might soon be able to spot 'Evil Groot' as Modern Warfare 3 experiments with "enemy player outlines"
 - Is Lucy Gray Baird related to Katniss Everdeen? Hunger Games prequel star Rachel Zegler addresses fan theory
 - The Hunger Games prequel star Tom Blyth shares his subtle nod to the original Coriolanus Snow
 
 - November 15
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- After the success of the Sonic movies, Sega says the Yakuza and Persona series "can be somewhere else other than games soon"
 - Pedro Pascal is reportedly set to play Reed Richards in the MCU's Fantastic Four
 - With games laid out like treasures, a nostalgic Todd Howard talks The Elder Scrolls 6, Starfield, and the next era of Bethesda RPGs
 - The fictional Marvel Comics of the Marvel Universe has been purchased by an evil mega-corporation with a cartoon mascot
 - Meryl Streep's 32 greatest movie moments
 - Yuppie Psycho dev revives the Silent Hill and Persona-inspired horror RPG it canceled 10 years ago because it was too ambitious
 - After a $16,000 auction, a canceled Konami NES game is feared lost forever
 - Shang-Chi's Destin Daniel Cretton will no longer direct Marvel's Avengers: The Kang Dynasty
 - Eli Roth says his fun new horror movie Thanksgiving actually has a serious message
 - World of Warcraft flies to the top of Twitch as players rush to claim a free mount and watch streamers lose their Hardcore characters
 - Spider-Boy goes head-to-head with Miles Morales this February
 - What If...? season 2 trailer makes Multiverse of Madness look like child's play
 - Best Baldur's Gate 3 Barbarian class build
 - I didn't expect the PUBG studio to make the prettiest Sims 4 competitor I've ever seen, but here we are
 - Cyborg, Batwing, Mr Terrific, and more take the spotlight on DC's 2024 Black History Month covers
 - Starfield's next PC patch offers a "huge step forward" according to early tests
 - Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox release date "on track" for December
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Yoshinori Kitase and Naoki Hamaguchi: "You can learn a lot from The Empire Strikes Back"
 - How to prestige in Modern Warfare 3
 - Baldur's Gate 3 best girl Karlach was "a little bit more Lae'zel" when auditions started, according to her actor
 - New MMO from Blizzard veterans wants to avoid the UI mod “arms race” of World of Warcraft, but isn’t going full Final Fantasy 14
 - In a massive shake-up for fan games, vtuber giant Hololive will let indie devs actually make money off their work
 - How to unlock the Interstellar Camo in Modern Warfare 3
 - New Analogue Pocket color variants are coming, and there’s one to match my GameCube
 - Alan Wake 2's musical chapter isn't just a good time, it shows Remedy at its best
 - A Marvel fan has reimagined MCU classics as Disney Plus series, and it works surprisingly well
 - Diablo 4 devs weren't prepared for you loot goblins to take the level 100 grind so seriously
 - Your gaming PC's SSD could be a Lightsaber thanks to this early Black Friday offer
 - After 8 years, The Witcher 3 is finally getting a full-fat mod editor
 - Transformers, G.I. Joe, and Void Rivals unite for Skybound's 2024 Energon Universe Special
 - Taika Waititi's Star Wars movie is still happening after all
 - American Arcadia review: "Stylish, smart, and highly entertaining"
 - Atari 2600+ review: “After 46 years, I might retire my original console”
 - Netflix's new stop-motion Pokémon series looks seriously cute in first trailer – and it has a release date, too
 - Dakota Johnson is being hunted by a killer Spider-Man in first Madame Web trailer
 - A new Iron Maiden graphic novel celebrates 40 years of their album Piece of Mind
 - Super Mario RPG review: "An incredible remake that recontextualizes the original"
 - Thanksgiving review: "Eli Roth's slasher is sick, twisted and hugely enjoyable"
 - Loki season 2 didn't really explain what Sylvie was up to with He Who Remains' TemPad – but future MCU stories might, teases star
 - This Zelda fan is using Tears of the Kingdom to teach real-life engineering students at a university
 - James Gunn is giving serious praise to one of DC’s next big movies
 - Loki season 2 star Ke Huy Quan wants to join Star Wars – and has already asked Kathleen Kennedy
 - As Sony calls quits on PS5 Twitter integration, social media platform claims it's reached out to explore "new integrations" like live-streaming
 - The Witcher anime spin-off takes place during the Netflix show's first season, and it’s already been quietly referenced
 - Best Modern Warfare 3 guns to help you dominate the early game meta
 - Loki season 2 head writer breaks downs Loki's final moment, and teases where Renslayer really is
 - Loki star wants Sylvie to crossover into the MCU movies – and she has one character in mind to share scenes with
 - Baldur's Gate 3's Karlach actor has been getting into her "ride or die" romance with Minthara, confirms "bad Karlach" is totally canon
 - Stranger Things actor David Harbour reveals he "loved" Starfield and is using "all the exploits" to get infinite money and steal things
 - Vanessa Kirby addresses Fantastic Four cast rumor – and it's so vague it's got us speculating
 - The Big Bang Theory's hugely popular spin-off is officially ending, but we’re still hoping for some big cameos
 - One of Ellie’s major fancasts is reportedly in talks to play Abby in The Last of Us season 2
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth reworks the original JRPG's dating scene in a similar way to Remake's Honey Bee Inn
 - Napoleon review: "One of Ridley Scott's best in almost two decades"
 
 - November 14
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- Final Fantasy 14 staff get more than they bargained for after asking the MMO's infamously horny community about their favorite "mount"
 - Marvel will introduce a new Spirit of Vengeance in next year's Ghost Rider #1
 - The mathematical concept of Pi can now play Pokemon, but still can't find the first gym after 16,000 hours of trying
 - Owner of Death Stranding PC and Control publisher lays off 30% of staff, will focus on sequels and "previously successful" games because that's what works
 - Eli Roth says he's been waiting his whole life to make Thanksgiving: "I've been wanting to do this since I was 12"
 - The new Supergirl movie hires the writer of the old Supergirl movie
 - MMO community kind of concerned for one player who spent "between 2,500 and 4,500 hours" catching 1 million of the same terrible fish by hand
 - Peter Parker and Miles Morales get a new team-up title from the creator of the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon
 - GTA 6 gets a hastily deleted tease from GTA 5's Franklin: "If I told y'all I might get in trouble"
 - Marvel is looking for a new Thor 5 director as Taika Waititi rules himself out
 - After 21 years, the devs behind a lost GBA Metroidvania are bringing it back on modern platforms
 - Cyberpunk 2077 quest director fell in love with Night City after playing the TTRPG and deciding traditional D&D was "just a bit too generic" for him
 - Matt LeBlanc shares heartfelt tribute to "brother" Matthew Perry
 - Cyberpunk 2077 "kind of missed the point" as CDPR tried to make a less "artificial" RPG after The Witcher 3, quest director says
 - PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted kicks off in 2 weeks to reveal the 25 most exciting upcoming PC games
 - After the code for a classic D&D RPG was lost, its lead designer has a message for obsessive fans: "Check this out - I have never had the Icewind Dale 2 source code"
 - DC's Outsiders #1 is hiding a multiverse-breaking secret
 - The Hunger Games producer says the prequel will change how you watch the Katniss and Snow scenes in the original films
 - Persona 5 Tactica review: "A charming, compelling tactical spinoff"
 - Baldur's Gate 3's most challenging trophy is also its most morally rewarding
 - Diablo 4 hotfix coming this week targets the RPG's latest pain points: Living Steel and Helltide chests
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director celebrates a Golden Joysticks win by recreating a beloved meme
 - How to earn Modern Warfare 3 Armory Unlocks and get them faster
 - Dell's latest Black Friday deals net you a free gift card with Nintendo Switch OLED
 - One of my favorite Alienware gaming laptops just got an incredible early Black Friday deal
 - Star Wars fan has heart-melting realization about Chewie and Han
 - New animated Batman movie channels Home Alone and sees the Joker go full Grinch in first trailer
 - An unexpected star has thrown their hat in the ring for the Zelda movie
 - The Hunger Games franchise could continue with one big caveat, say prequel creators
 - 24 years later, JRPG fans rejoice as Star Ocean The Second Story R sets "the new gold standard for any new remakes" amid stellar reviews
 - I let real-life dice rolls decide my Baldur's Gate 3 fate, and now I'm going (back) to hell
 - Daredevil: Born Again gets promising update from new directors after behind-the-scenes changes
 - Iman Vellani says she's stopped giving Kevin Feige a "hard time" over the MCU because she wants Ms. Marvel season 2
 - 10 Best Atari 5200 games
 - 10 Best 3DO games
 - 10 Best Game Gear games
 - Warzone 2's 'Evil Groot' skin is back and now terrorizing Modern Warfare 3 players who still can't freakin' see it
 - 10 Best PC Engine games
 - 10 Best Intellivision games
 - 10 Best Spectrum 128k games
 - 10 Best Commodore Vic-20 games
 - 10 Best Philips CD-i games
 - 10 Best Amiga CD32 games
 - 10 Best Amstrad games
 - 10 Best Apple 2 games
 - 10 Best Amiga 500 games
 - 10 Best Neo Geo games
 - 10 Best Commodore 64 games
 - No pressure with GTA 6 Rockstar, but GTA 4 and GTA 5 had two of the best reveal trailers of all time
 - Stephen King defends The Marvels, blames the low box office on "adolescent fanboy hate"
 - Martin Scorsese reveals he's a fan of Birdman (but not Twilight) in wholesome new TikTok
 - Ke Huy Quan says joining the MCU was top of his wish list – making his Loki season 2 role a dream come true
 - Lae'zel actor streams Baldur's Gate 3 in full Githyanki face paint and almost murders Astarion right in front of his actor
 - A Modern Warfare 3 bug is stopping some Call of Duty fans from getting new guns and perks, but a fix is coming
 - Larian CEO teases "next big game" after Baldur's Gate 3's success: "This is really encouraging us to ensure it pushes many boundaries"
 - Tom Hiddleston isn't saying goodbye to Loki after all, as he teases that one day he could return to the role
 - Graphic novel Don Coppola explores the life of The Godfather director
 - Persona 5 Tactica follows up an accidental early Steam launch by reportedly breaking its street date
 - The making of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
 - Ke Huy Quan was disappointed Loki season 2 didn't need reshoots for the most heartwarming reason
 - Scarlett Johansson addresses MCU return rumors – and has her own hilarious idea for a Black Widow comeback
 - The Hunger Games prequel director reveals the film got an R-rating for its first cut and justifies its lengthy runtime
 - Fallout 4 dev explains what went into crafting the post-apocalyptic RPG's most iconic shot
 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the longest Yakuza game yet: "If you go at it continuously, you'll get sick"
 - That heartbreaking throwback to Thor in the Loki season 2 finale was Tom Hiddleston's idea
 - A Murder at the End of the World creators on going from The OA to making unique crime thriller with The Crown's Emma Corrin
 - Call of Duty streamer bags 14,000 kills in a Nicki Minaj skin over 76-hour grind to be the first to unlock Modern Warfare 3's most elusive camo
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth featuring Cloud on a segway and Red XIII on a chocobo are what Square Enix thinks keep it true to original JRPG
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth slashes onto PLAY’s cover
 
 - November 13
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- Hades, our 2020 GOTY and one of the best roguelikes of all time, is coming to Apple phones exclusively through Netflix Games
 - James Cameron fan-favorite movie The Abyss is headed back to theaters in 4K
 - Baldur's Gate 3 dev teases updates on the RPG's Xbox release date and physical versions
 - The Witcher community is absolutely stoked for Geralt's anime actor: "The White Wolf has returned"
 - Tomb Raider joins Magic: the Gathering in surprise Secret Lair announcement
 - Borderlands company Gearbox buys the rights to beloved indie roguelike Risk of Rain, immediately makes a free-to-play mobile gacha game
 - Exclusive reveal: This new Disney Lorcana Enchanted card is surprisingly powerful
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's ESRB rating promises impalement, skimpy outfits, and a "bodacious beach bod"
 - Just weeks after Bungie gutted Destiny 2's community team, The Game Awards nominates the MMO for best community support
 - Remedy's mystery multiplayer shooter is ditching the free-to-play model and going all-in on co-op
 - That canceled John Cena and James Gunn Looney Tunes movie might be saved after all
 - Terrifier 3 trailer brings back Art the Clown as an evil Santa
 - BioShock movie director promises Netflix live-action adaptation will have some "new little twists" that will surprise fans
 - New trailer reveals Chris Pratt's Garfield voice, and he sounds… like Chris Pratt
 - Alan Wake 2's shifting realities and case boards demonstrate how to do dual protagonists right
 - What WoW Classic Plus is differs for each World of Warcraft fan, including Blizzard
 - BioShock director says canceled co-op survival horror shooter is "the best game we never got to make"
 - Marvel merchandise seemingly confirms Loki's new name after the season 2 finale
 - Euphoria star Jacob Elordi said no to a Superman audition leaving us to mourn what could have been
 - The Office creator says although a reboot is off the cards, he is keen to make a spin-off series
 - Baldur's Gate 3 speedrunners are now competing to see who can bonk the bear the quickest
 - Everything the Baldur's Gate 3 DLC needs to follow up on is in the game's first five minutes
 - Have we seen the end of Ravonna Renslayer? Loki season 2 viewers have their theories
 - Nintendo Indie World showcase coming tomorrow, Hollow Knight Silksong fans remain deeply not okay
 - Lost Doctor Who episodes have been found, but we might never get to see them
 - Who needs Black Friday when ridiculous Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 coupons like this exist
 - One of James Cameron's best films is getting the anime treatment at Netflix
 - Dragon Age: Dreadwolf dev lists 2024 release date on their LinkedIn profile, leaving fans hopeful for next year
 - The Lazarus Project creator teases how season 2 is "a very different beast"
 - Matthew Lillard got the seal of approval from the best person for Five Nights at Freddy's
 - Resident Evil Village and Baldur's Gate 3 actor talks being type-cast as thirsted-after villains
 - The Marvels opens to lowest-ever MCU box office figures – has multiverse fatigue hit audiences?
 - Has Tom Hiddleston just said a final goodbye to Loki?
 - RIP to Marvel’s best double act: Loki season 2 head writer confirms that's the last time we'll see Loki and Mobius together
 - PSA: Super Mario RPG has seemingly leaked online
 - Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion actor was "very close to quitting" acting before landing a role in the RPG
 - A small detail from the Loki season 2 ending means it may not be as sad as we first thought
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's open world is inspired by The Witcher 3 and Horizon
 - Even as World of Warcraft nears its 20th anniversary, the MMO's executive producer promises that "the Worldsoul Saga is a foundation for our future"
 - New Rebel Moon trailer is an epic look at the Zack Snyder Netflix movie
 - Worldless: Dive into the atmospheric and mysterious setting of this unique action platformer
 - Why this is the only laptop that should be on your cyber deal list
 
 - November 12
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- Two of the best tabletop games on the market right now aren’t on the market at all
 - Diablo 4: Vessel of Hated aims to answer questions the campaign left to linger: "You're definitely going to learn the fate of the stone"
 - Hogwarts Legacy meets The Binding of Isaac in this spell-slinging roguelike with excellent Steam reviews
 - World of Warcraft's The War Within trailer harks back to an iconic scene that fans fear links Anduin to one of the MMO's greatest villains
 - Baldur's Gate 3 heathens are debating the single 'most evil' choice in the game, and some of them are truly sickening
 - Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door was a hilariously dark joke we didn't expect Nintendo to ever tell again
 - Two months later, Starfield players want to know where Bethesda's bite has gone, labelling the RPG "way too PG-13"
 - Larian founder Swen Vincke wants more studios to make CRPGs after Baldur's Gate 3's success
 
 - November 11
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- Tears of the Kingdom's Zelda actor says "of course" she wants to reprise her role for the live-action movie
 - Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor says character's divisive ending is actually "very deliberate"
 - How Final Fantasy 15's spoiled royal camping trip was saved by the friends we made on the way
 - Hitman studio suffered so many setbacks before its new James Bond game that "some companies would offer $1 to take over"
 - Baldur's Gate 3 just had the biggest night at the Golden Joystick Awards since The Last of Us: Part 2 and The Witcher 3
 - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes director on making the prequel grittier than its predecessors
 - Baldur's Gate 3 director talks coming out on top in a massive year for RPGs: "That's the thing that you would never expect"
 
 - November 10
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- Night Thrasher says goodbye to his "super cool adventures" of the '90s in new solo title
 - The new Sims 4 expansion that lets you be a landlord is already changing the way players see their Sim communities
 - Netflix drops first trailer for live-action adaptation of Yu Yu Hakusho
 - After 32 years, the Blizzard artist who defined Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo is retiring
 - The Witcher game actor Doug Cockle is returning as Geralt in new animated Netflix spin-off
 - Arnold Schwarzenegger's 32 greatest catchphrases
 - Netflix sets release date for upcoming sci-fi thriller from Game of Thrones showrunners with new clip
 - How the Marvel Universe became "Earth-616" and grew into an entire Multiverse
 - The new Ultimate Green Goblin has serious Sam Raimi Spider-Man vibes
 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 star pitches fight with Across the Spider-Verse foe in the best way: "We've all played Portal and Portal 2"
 - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3's wild spawn rates are causing chaos in multiplayer matches
 - Renslayer's fate in Loki season 2 might tease the return of a major Marvel villain
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will have more costume options than Remake: "You're going to have a good time"
 - Here are all the Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners
 - Baldur's Gate 3 is your Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards
 - The Diablo, Overwatch, and Warcraft teams "see a bright future" ahead after the Xbox acquisition of Blizzard
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is your Most Wanted Game at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - Resident Evil 4 Remake wins PlayStation Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - A new Star Wars: Revelations comic teases the future of the galaxy far, far away
 - Starfield takes home the Golden Joystick Award for Xbox Game of the Year 2023
 - Baldur's Gate 3 is crowned PC Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom wins Nintendo Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - Critical Role on breaking their world for art
 - Baldur’s Gate 3’s Astarion actor wins Best Supporting Performer prize at Golden Joysticks 2023
 - How to use Modern Warfare 3 Tactical Stance
 - Final Fantasy 16 actor behind Clive Rosfield wins Best Lead Performer at Golden Joysticks 2023
 - Super Smash Bros stopped having in-game CG story cutscenes because they kept leaking before the game had released
 - Slay the Spire dev thinks some imitators of its roguelike deck builder don't go far enough: "We showed you why this was best"
 - The Steam Deck OLED looks dope, but I’m waiting to see what Black Friday has to offer
 - Alan Wake 2 wins Critics' Choice Award at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - Cocoon developer Geometric Interactive wins the Breakthrough Award at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2's beloved Spider-Cube glitch is back, baby
 - PSVR 2 takes home the Golden Joystick Award for Best Gaming Hardware of 2023
 - Baldur's Gate 3 wins the Best Community Award at the Golden Joysticks
 - Valorant wins Best Streaming Game Award at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - With Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, and World of Warcraft, Blizzard wants to "pay more attention to what players want, and deliver on that more consistently"
 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty scores Best Game Trailer award at Golden Joysticks 2023
 - Final Fantasy 16 scores Best Audio gong at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - Mortal Kombat 1 fights off competition to win Best Multiplayer Game at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - Loki season 2's final episode features a direct callback to the original Thor movie
 - Sea of Stars triumphs in Best Indie Game category at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - Horizon Call of the Mountain climbs to Best VR game at the Golden Joystick Awards
 - Steam Deck OLED kills the original's Aerith processor with a Sephiroth upgrade as Valve flexes its Final Fantasy 7 fandom
 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty wins Best Game Expansion at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - New Cities: Skylines 2 patch fixes a bug that was filling the city builder with literal garbage and packs of stray dogs
 - Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios wins Studio of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - Resistor transports you to a dystopian future where you're racing for your life
 - No Man's Sky wins the "Still Playing" medal at the Golden Joystick Awards
 - Baldur's Gate 3 wins Best Storytelling at the Golden Joystick Awards
 - This Baldur's Gate 3 modder has made Withers just as beautiful as the RPG's main cast
 - Elon Musk biopic on the way from Darren Aronofsky and A24
 - Will there be a Loki season 3? Everything we know so far
 - David Harbour is so confident about Stranger Things season 5 that he's encouraging "fan rage" and petitions if it's disappointing
 - In perhaps her most Lae'zel move yet, Baldur's Gate 3 actor says she has no remorse for her D&D campaign actions: "I stand by my choices, and I regret nothing"
 - Zelda fans' top pick for the movie's titular princess also thinks "that would be so cool"
 - The comic book history of Hank McCoy, the Beast
 - Helping spirits move on in this realistic ghost hunting game hits a lot harder than Phasmophobia
 - Was that Alioth? Loki fans think they've found deeper meaning in this season 2 finale moment
 - What's in the Modern Warfare 3 Battle Pass Season 1
 - It sounds like the Henry Cavill Highlander reboot from John Wick director will be coming in 2026
 - Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred doesn't feature returning Paladin or Witch Doctor classes as Blizzard feels "responsible to offer new ways to play"
 - Loki season 2 episode 6 ending explained: How does the finale set up the future of the MCU?
 - Following the release of Starfield and more this year, Xbox says it's on track for 4 "big" first-party games a year
 - Mass Effect 5 sleuths think the teaser points to the Paragon/Renegade system returning
 - What does the PS5 Slim mean for Black Friday?
 - Warner Bros. shelves a completed John Cena movie, despite positive test screenings
 - Marvel delays push back Captain America: Brave New World and more – making Deadpool 3 the only MCU movie coming in 2024
 - WoW: The War Within director says there's "no long-term advantage" to buying the controversial $90 early access edition
 - Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has been talking to divisive Marvel veteran Avi Arad about a Zelda movie for over 10 years
 - Loki season 2 finale sees the God of Mischief fulfill his glorious purpose, and fans have theories as to what it means
 - Two months after trying to introduce Unity's controversial install fee, the developer is now "likely" facing lay-offs
 - The Loki season 2 finale features a poignant hidden detail that sheds new light on the ending
 - Rebuild a broken world in New Cycle, a post-apocalyptic city-builder that puts people at the center of survival
 - Loki season 2 just gave us our biggest Avengers: Secret Wars tease yet in its finale
 - Loki season 2 finale’s Ant-Man 3 reference might have just set up Avengers: The Kang Dynasty
 - Loki season 2 finale review: "One of the most moving things the MCU has ever done"
 - When does The Marvels take place on the Marvel timeline?
 - The Marvels surprise post-credits cameo, explained
 - When is The Marvels on streaming? Disney Plus release date confirmed
 - Who is Lashana Lynch playing in the post-credits scene of The Marvels? Binary in Marvel Comics explained
 - The Marvels ending explained: Your biggest questions about the Captain Marvel sequel, answered
 - The Marvels Easter eggs: The 17 biggest MCU references you may have missed
 - Every The Marvels cameo listed and explained
 - What team is Kamala Khan recruiting for at the end of The Marvels?
 - The Marvels could set up Deadpool 3 – and change everything in the MCU
 - Valve gushes about the Switch OLED after updated Steam Deck reveal: "It's just a great product from Nintendo"
 - New Alan Wake 2 patch fixes several progress-blocking bugs and makes Alex Casey stop "t-posing menacingly"
 
 - November 9
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- Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender gets its first trailer and a February release date
 - Alex Ross paints the "Ms. Marvel of Tomorrow"
 - God of War: Ragnarok dev releases the follow-up to its fan-favorite blooper reel with some truly nightmare-inducing bugs
 - Modern Warfare 3 will cut parachutes to make cheaters go "splat"
 - Netflix confirms Arcane season 2 release date window
 - This gorgeous Metroidvania has it all: Mexican folklore, tasty-looking food, and "combat-oriented" gameplay
 - A new Fear Street movie is in the works at Netflix
 - Christopher Nolan offers masterful response to The Batman question
 - There's a new (old) Black Panther protecting the streets of Wakanda
 - Anime goes full John Wick
 - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review - "Rachel Zegler emerges victorious"
 - The Super Mario Bros. Movie is coming to Netflix just in time for the holidays
 - Valve says a "next-generation" Steam Deck 2 is coming, but it's at least 2 or 3 years away
 - CRPG vet has a specially engraved watch to remind him his underrated game was good, actually
 - Superman faces an alien attack as DC teases a new Suicide Squad and Batman and the Joker's "most brutal battle yet"
 - Steam Deck OLED is coming with a better screen and battery life
 - I've turned Alan Wake 2 into a detective pen-and-paper RPG and I'm having the time of my life
 - New MMO from Blizzard and Riot veterans is more World of Warcraft than Final Fantasy 14, but the team wants it to "fit into your lives"
 - After playing Swansong, perhaps Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2's voiced main character won't be such a bad thing
 - Sonic devs want to know what Zelda Tears of the Kingdom and Armored Core 6 have that Frontiers doesn't
 - Discord Nitro is free for newcomers for two weeks
 - A Spider-Man horror film is being made with The Walking Dead's Chandler Riggs as Peter Parker
 - From Shepard's return to a new antagonist, Mass Effect fans still can't figure out what's going on in that teaser trailer
 - This RTX 4070 gaming laptop deal is looking too good to miss ahead of Black Friday
 - GTA 6 publisher blames 2023's swathe of industry layoffs on "the enthusiasm of the pandemic"
 - Here's how to watch the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
 - Inside Out 2 trailer introduces Stranger Things star Maya Hawke as Anxiety
 - Ryan Reynolds announces Deadpool 3’s new release window – via the medium of doggo
 - Fortnite legend Kevin the Cube returns from a 5-year-exile to wreak havoc on Loot Lake
 - Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s latest WW2 drama takes to the skies in first star-studded Masters of the Air trailer
 - The GTA community reacts to the GTA 6 trailer news: "The trailer alone will keep us satisfied till next year"
 - Deadpool 3, Gladiator 2, and Beetlejuice 2 all get promising updates as actors' strike ends
 - Baldur's Gate 3's narrator relied on their animal psychology background to shape the Dark Urge's "feral, visceral, animalistic" voice
 - 6 years later, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe patch finally removes controversial "bagging" strategy
 - The Boys season 4 teaser reveals timeline details – and answers whether you should watch Gen V
 - Roguelike darling Risk of Rain 2 finally unveils its second expansion following cryptic Steam teasers
 - Gotham Knights and Hogwarts Legacy publisher reveals its focus on live service games, while Sony reconsiders its own plans
 - The Zelda community agrees this Hunger Games and Euphoria actor should play the titular princess
 - Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game review: "A world filled with superstition and real evil"
 - Venom 3 is first to get delayed as the actors’ strike ends
 - GTA 6 publisher hints at a release date reveal: "we are getting closer to delivering the groundbreaking titles that our audiences have been anticipating"
 - The actors' strike is now over as tentative deal is reached
 - Buzzkill Spider-Man 2 patch removes a bug that let you free-roam as Venom
 - GTA 6 studio exec says AI could make game development easier, but "don't expect the price tags to go down"
 
 - November 8
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- With GTA 6 on the way, the FiveM devs are "expanding the possibilities of user-generated content" at Rockstar
 - Overwatch League is dead as Blizzard seeks "a new direction" for the FPS' competitive scene
 - How does the new Punisher Joe Garrison compare to Frank Castle?
 - The Rock's 32 greatest movie moments
 - 3 years later, the original Mass Effect 5 reveal teaser could still be holding secrets to the series' future
 - Thanos #1 debuts a new Illuminati, Marvel's superhero secret society
 - Kevin Feige confirms his Star Wars movie isn’t happening
 - Pro Pokemon player says 80-90% of competitors hack: "It's a trade secret, but everyone 'in the know' knows this"
 - I keep getting distracted by America's Ass and Kevin Feige in this new Lego Avengers Tower set
 - Laysara: Summit Kingdom, "the first mountain city-builder," sets 2024 early access release window
 - The Boys season 4 gets first look and release window
 - Halo Infinite's very expensive Master Chief armor sends it flying up Steam's revenue charts
 - The Legend of Zelda movie needs to be less Breath of the Wild and more Ocarina of Time
 - Figuring out what the N7 Day 2023 teaser means for Mass Effect 5 is sending my fan theory brain into overdrive
 - The Marvels review: "A disjointed mini-Avengers that doesn't make a great deal of sense"
 - The Marvels director reveals they used the Final Fantasy 7 spin-off movie to land their MCU gig
 - Two major Starfield actors got their roles after Bethesda decided to axe voice protagonists: "Games never do this. Once you’re out you’re out"
 - This Loki season 2 theory suggests OB could actually be the next MCU big bad
 - The GTA 6 trailer reveal proves no one does hype quite like Rockstar Games
 - New Ghostbusters 4 trailer sees returning cast members and confirms title
 - Halo developer addresses GTA 6 trailer leaks: "I feel sorry for the people at Rockstar who've been working towards this moment for so long"
 - Complete Destiny 2 The Final Shape guide to help you stop the end of the universe
 - GTA 6 skeptic promised to drink their own urine if there was an announcement this week - and now "the deed is done"
 - Steam is reportedly adding features to let you limit play time and hide games from your friends
 - Splatt! Starscream delivers the comic book kill of the year in Transformers #2
 - Last chance to save 40% on lightsabers, Disney toys, and more in huge sale
 - Atlus quickly pulls Persona 5 Tactica down after it accidentally launched over a week early on Steam
 - Kevin Feige shuts down OG Avengers rumors, but confirms Scarlett Johansson's upcoming MCU project is still happening
 - I can't imagine Link speaking in the upcoming Zelda movie unless it's done right
 - Lego Jurassic World Photograph locations guide
 - Just like CD Projekt Red with The Witcher 4, Rockstar isn't quite ready to call it GTA 6 just yet
 - Destiny 2 Season of the Wish solves a mystery its MMO community has been working on for 5 years
 - Jack Nicholson really just wants to sit under a tree and read a book, not act
 - The Marvels director on Brie Larson's tips, cat allergies, and how Candyman prepared her for the MCU
 - The DualSense is back down to its lowest ever price two weeks before Black Friday
 - GTA 6 has been officially announced, with a trailer coming next month
 - The N7 Day Mass Effect teaser is actually a throwback to one of the game's original title pitches
 - Netflix boss hints that Greta Gerwig's Narnia film will start filming next year
 - Xbox is cracking down on third-party gamepads - here's how controllers actually get their official licensing
 - The MCU movies and shows to watch before The Marvels
 - Baldur's Gate 3's Gauntlet of Shar is a daunting prospect for replays, but one player has worked out how to cheese the whole thing
 - The Zelda movie fan casting has already begun, featuring favorites from Stranger Things to Marvel
 - Horizons of Spirit Island review: "You still get the full, deep, and demanding gameplay of the original"
 - This might be the best PS5 bundle I've seen yet, and we're still weeks away from Black Friday
 - Zelda movie director's canceled film could offer a hint at the vision for the live-action adaptation
 - Years of bogus GTA 6 leaks mean fans might finally know peace as reported official reveal looms, and they're struggling to cope
 - Newly announced Zelda movie director first manifested a live-action adaptation more than a decade ago
 - Super Mario Bros Wonder is the fastest-selling Mario game ever
 - Mass Effect 5 devs says they're thinking hard about canon debates: "who really died?"
 - The Marvels first reactions call the film "an MCU win" – with a shocking post-credits scene
 - GTA 6 sleuth thinks they've already located the official trailer, but no one believed them until now
 - GTA 6 could reportedly be announced "as early as this week," with a trailer next month
 - This roguelike deck builder mixes up genre greats for a Slay The Spire-like RPG with real-time combat
 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 cut Venom's fire weakness because it was too much to communicate to players
 
 - November 7
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- Assassin's Creed dev is laying off over 100 employees, including Mandalorian VFX artists
 - Nintendo announces live-action Zelda movie
 - MMO devs give their blessing to an absurd exploit for a 16-year-old minigame, dedicate two themed worlds in its honor
 - Shocked observers cry "black magic" after Hogwarts Legacy Switch gameplay leaks and somehow looks half decent
 - New Lords of the Fallen content roadmap addresses controversial post-launch changes
 - Before Project 007 was greenlit, the Hitman studio had to convince the James Bond rights-holders to give video game adaptations another shot: "They were not looking for a game"
 - Night in the Woods co-creators cancel their new studio's debut project amid "serious" health issues
 - Alan Scott: The Green Lantern is a queer mainstream superhero story like few others
 - Mass Effect Epsilon teaser video lands on N7 Day
 - Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon sets theatrical release date ahead of Netflix debut
 - The Epic Games Store still isn't profitable, and users suspect the laggy launcher might have something to do with it
 - As Starfield languishes behind Skyrim and Fallout, fans are wondering where their updates are
 - Emma Stone’s new TV show is stirring up very divisive reviews from critics
 - Sony Inzone Buds review: "an ANC hit but lacking in some areas"
 - There was one Alan Wake 2 location I couldn't wait to visit, but it proved to be pure nightmare fuel
 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Venom is the best take on the symbiote since my favorite Spidey game 28 years ago
 - Players of this upcoming survival game can't believe how stunning its environments are
 - Tyranids Combat Patrol review: "A great selection of models, but there are better ways to get them"
 - Surprise! Crunchyroll has added games to its anime subscription service
 - DC just gruesomely killed off a major Batman villain
 - DnD Rogue class guide - how to play these artful tricksters
 - Half-Life could have been called 'Fallout,' according to Valve developer
 - Survival RPG Enshrouded took Steam Next Fest by storm thanks to a blend of Valheim and Dark Souls - and it's out in January
 - The new Invincible game launches next week, and it's free for Amazon Prime subscribers
 - Nintendo president shoots down Switch 2 reports, says tech patents aren't evidence of new console plans
 - This literally face-melting Baldur's Gate 3 glitch is so horrifying that it puts even Orin the Red to shame
 - Blizzard president says players have "no patience" and "want new stuff every hour"
 - All Alan Wake 2 deer head locations and reward
 - Zack Snyder doesn’t think he went “far enough” with Sucker Punch
 - Loki fans think they've spotted Miss Minutes in Ant-Man 3
 - Netflix has 10 new movies with high Rotten Tomatoes scores to stream this month
 - From Star Wars to Starfield, voice actors hit out at Microsoft's AI decision: "If you want to start a voice-acting career, don't bother"
 - The Marvels director reveals its comic book inspirations, from Spider-Man to Carol Danvers' recovering alcoholic arc
 - The Boys season 4 could see one Gen V character try to kill Homelander, according to this theory
 - Final Fantasy 16 sold well, but not enough to patch Square Enix's profits
 - Stranger Things season 5 script reveal teases Will Byers flashback
 - Heartbreaking Attack on Titan callback makes the finale even more tragic
 - Bizarre Risk of Rain 2 teaser teases more for one of the best roguelikes going
 - StarCraft might return, but maybe not as a strategy game
 - Chicken Run 2 director reveals Mrs Tweedy originally wasn't set to return
 - Mass Effect fans and devs use N7 Day 2023 to send a message to BioWare following layoffs and low severance pay
 - The Marvels trailer teases Thanos appearance with intriguing new dialogue
 - The Marvels trailer sends X-Men rumors into overdrive with a glimpse of one familiar suit
 - Cities Skylines 2 won't get DLC until performance issues are fixed
 - This logo in The Marvels trailer is either confirmation of X-Men in the MCU or the biggest red herring yet
 - Nvidia will reportedly unveil RTX 4000 Super GPUs at CES - should you wait?
 - The Marvels trailer confirms rumored cameo as a beloved MCU character returns
 - Final Fantasy father Hironobu Sakaguchi has a "new project" in the works
 - Dead by Daylight's Stranger Things DLC is back 2 years after it was removed due to licensing issues
 - In an unexpected callback to Morrowind, this Starfield perk is breaking legs when maxed out
 - Ever feel like you're being watched in Alan Wake 2? This terrifying detail you probably missed proves you actually are
 
 - November 6
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- The Metal Gear Solid 3 remake seems to mix MGS5's fast action controls with the original's slow-paced stealth in this fan-made comparison video
 - A classic D&D RPG that never got an official remaster now has its enhanced edition thanks to fans
 - Spider-Man and Venom will battle it out in Giant-Size Spider-Man #1
 - The Baldur's Gate 3 opening certainly resembles one of the greatest CRPGs of all time, and the D&D game's writers know it
 - This Solarpunk take on Stardew Valley and Minecraft has smashed its Kickstarter goal 10 times over
 - Marvel's Blade reboot will be rated R
 - PlayStation announces "termination" of Twitter support starting next week
 - Blizzard president says he's "really proud" of Overwatch 2, Diablo Immortal, and Diablo 4
 - Marvel Studios puts Echo in the Spotlight - and draws a connection to a classic comic
 - Baldur's Gate 3 update hints at a new difficulty mode built for the most hardcore D&D fans of all
 - My 6-year plight to own my favorite JRPG involved a rave, an all-nighter in Manhattan, and a region-locked PS2
 - Baldur's Gate 3 sex speedrunners rejoice after Larian immediately reversed Lae'zel change - without telling anyone
 - Want to run five Fire Mages through a Delve in World of Warcraft: The War Within? Blizzard says, "We'll absolutely let you"
 - Samsung’s monstrous Odyssey Ark monitor is at its lowest price ever, and I wish I had room for it
 - Blizzcon pushes Overwatch World Cup livestream offline, leaving the commentary to be live-tweeted to fans
 - Delightful Zelda 2-inspired indie Sheep Lad promises "engaging close-quarters combat" in an expansive world
 - Modern Warfare 3 will instantly kill you for going off script in a mission
 - Loki writer talks Easter eggs, Loki's new superpower, and why he's itching to work on the MCU'S X-Men movie
 - The Marvels director teases a "weary" Nick Fury following Secret Invasion, but promises he still has his sense of humor
 - Gareth Edwards says new Godzilla movie is a candidate for the "best of all time"
 - Marvel is introducing a new category that might win back burned-out MCU fans
 - Baldur's Gate 3 trickster deals potentially record-breaking damage to a late-game boss by giving them 87,000 gold and dealing at least 1160 damage in a single hit
 - James Gunn reassures fans that strikes won't delay DCU launch
 - Alan Wake might be a godly author – but is he a good one?
 - Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name review: "Yet another swansong for Kiryu"
 - The Bear season 3 officially confirmed, and it will be released next year
 - Ark: Survival Ascended devs lay out console release plans, and how they're fixing things after 'Mixed' Steam release
 - Zack Snyder confirms Rebel Moon and Army Of The Dead share a universe
 - Diablo 4 devs say you shouldn't expect Master Chief or any other Xbox characters to invade Sanctuary anytime soon
 - Starfield actor reveals they failed an audition to play their own character in Deus Ex: "I hated what the body actor did"
 - Diablo 4 devs tease that the cow level may be real after all, dooming the community to maintain its eternal search
 - Netflix's new number 1 show is being praised by viewers as "stunning" – despite low Rotten Tomatoes critic score
 - Diablo 4 teaser hints at Priest being the next class, but many fans are praying it's Paladin
 - The Boys season 4 will pick up "a couple of days" after the Gen V finale
 - Final Fantasy 7 writer asks fans to stop making demands over their least-favorite characters
 - Dream Scenario review: "Nicolas Cage is on fire in this wickedly dark comedy"
 - A masterpiece or a disappointment? Attack on Titan fans weigh in on the show's divisive ending
 - Samsung’s QD-OLED monitor is $600 ahead of Black Friday, and I’m pretty impressed
 - This under the radar streaming release is being called the best horror movie of the year
 - First Hunger Games prequel reactions call the film better than the originals
 - Miles Morales is now Insomniac's lead Spider-Man, in a move that was planned "pretty early on"
 - 27 years later, Final Fantasy 7 veteran Tetsuya Nomura wants to know why you all find Sephiroth so attractive
 - Attack on Titan creator explains why the anime didn’t have a happy ending
 - Xbox's Phil Spencer considers PS5 and Nintendo Switch players part of the Xbox community
 - Diablo 4 seasons will overlap with expansions like the Vessel of Hatred
 - The Marvels director addresses debate that you need to watch TV shows to understand the movie
 
 - November 5
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- AI game coding tools instantly result in Angry Birds clone, and opens some potentially dangerous floodgates for mobile storefronts
 - Years after its rise to global phenomenon, OG Fortnite just gave the battle royale its biggest day ever, with over 44 million players
 - Chicken Run 2 director addresses Aardman sequel's recasting controversy
 - Despite reports that The Last of Us multiplayer development has stalled, director says he’s still working on it
 - Yakuza 6: The Song Of Life is a bittersweet swansong for RGG's stoic Dragon that heralds a new beginning, for better or worse
 - Zack Snyder describes Rebel Moon as “The Dirty Dozen meets The Magnificent Seven in space"
 - World of Warcraft: Worldsoul Saga expansions are being developed simultaneously
 - Diablo 4 Aspects will be organised within the Codex of Power… eventually
 - Diablo 4 Uniques were "generally not exciting enough", so the devs updated almost every single one
 
 - November 4
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- Diablo 4 malignant rings will "live forever inside of the ecosystem"
 - BlizzCon 2023 recap: The triumphant return of Chris Metzen pushes Blizzard past some missed opportunities
 - You're not alone, even World of Warcraft's production director is excited about cross-character transmog arriving in The War Within
 - Could World of Warcraft finally come to console? The MMO's executive producer says "we talk about it all the time"
 - Against all odds, The Super Mario RPG remake retains the original's dirtiest joke
 - Sofia Coppola says she didn’t want to "vilify" Elvis Presley in her new movie Priscilla
 - Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl's brutal wasteland has grown more thrilling with age
 - Dragon's Dogma 2 designers "holed up for three days and two nights" with a pledge to figure the game out
 - The Bikeriders director says Austin Butler is "the most beautiful human" he’s ever seen
 - Baldur's Gate 3 players are sharing the game's rarest and best-hidden magical items
 - Doctor Who’s Russell T Davies hypes up Neil Patrick Harris’ "terrifying" villain like only he can
 - Soulslike Lords of the Fallen gives Diablo 4 competition for most hated patch this year
 
 - November 3
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- "There's a lot that we can all learn from each other": Why Overwatch 2's executive producer is excited by the Xbox deal
 - Xbox's Phil Spencer hailed as "GOATED" for reversing Microsoft's plan to take away its employees' free Game Pass subscriptions
 - MMO players blast "disgusting" $90 early access charge for WoW: The War Within - "We must say early and loudly that this is not okay"
 - Cocoon dev shows off before and after that demonstrates just how far one of 2023's best puzzle games has come
 - The 32 most iconic movie posters
 - Apparently, The Penguin show is here to save our superhero fatigue
 - Link is a fictional knight, but now Legend of Zelda lead Eiji Aonuma is a real one
 - The next 3 World of Warcraft expansions have been revealed as part of the Worldsoul Saga
 - Gen V is at its best when the stakes are low – let's hope it doesn't lose sight of that in season 2
 - Cataclysm is officially coming to World of Warcraft Classic, plus brand-new content in Season of Discovery
 - The Gen V finale has everyone theorizing who will join the Seven
 - Diablo 4's first expansion, packing a new class and a fan-favorite Diablo 2 location, arrives late next year
 - Loki season 2: B-15 has been one of Loki's greatest allies all along
 - Overwatch 2's new tank confirmed at BlizzCon 2023, and he's free to play this weekend
 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 review: "Stuck paying deference to a past that it seems to barely understand"
 - Nyad director talks her new Netflix drama, the astonishing true story, and moving onto narrative features after Free Solo
 - Roguelike darling Vampire Survivors is hopping on "a hot new gaming trend called 'having a story'"
 - Where to find Fortnite Gnomes for XP in Season OG
 - Modern Warfare 3 campaign impressions: "Feels like it knows it can do better"
 - The Day Before is once again Steam's most wishlisted game, overtaking Hades 2 and Hollow Knight: Silksong
 - Baldur's Gate 3 developer says the game isn't really a CRPG - in any sense of the word
 - Fortnite is smashing its concurrent player record thanks to the return of the original Chapter 1 map
 - Project 007 dev wants its James Bond game to be an ongoing world, like its Hitman trilogy
 - Echo AKA Maya Lopez's Marvel history has a lot to say about her MCU future
 - Zack Snyder’s worldbuilding for Rebel Moon has gone to another level: a series, a podcast, and an 800-year timeline
 - Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin returns in Marvel's first violent trailer for Hawkeye spin-off show Echo
 - Baldur's Gate 3 has normalized multiple playthroughs like no other game in recent memory – why?
 - The Bikeriders director says the Elvis trailer alone made him want to cast Austin Butler
 - Terrifier 3 will have a Halloween release next year despite being a Christmas movie
 - 6 weeks after its rough launch, Payday 3 is "finally up and running as it should be"
 - The Sims 4 For Rent expansion sounds a little too similar to a 7-year-old pack for fans
 - Early Access playthroughs suggest Modern Warfare 3's campaign can be completed in around 4 hours
 - The Bikeriders: Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy bring the cool in these exclusive images
 - BlizzCon live coverage
 - A 2017 Tom Cruise box office bomb is climbing up the Netflix charts
 - Final Fantasy 14 gives Fall Guys official MMO lore, and it's deeply cursed
 - Station to Station got around my puzzle game ineptitude by appealing to my 30-year obsession with steam trains
 - I didn’t expect this Hisense 144Hz gaming TV deal to exist before Black Friday
 - A vengeful Darth Vader confronts the Emperor as the Dark Droids set their sights on Coruscant
 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth official rating calls out Cid's abominable smoking habit
 - Baldur's Gate 3 spoils Karlach and Halsin fans with new kiss animations and leaves Astarion devotees in the friend zone
 - Prison Break franchise set to expand as Hulu announces new crime drama set in the same world
 - The Day Before suffers indefinite console delay as the survival MMO gears up for Early Access PC release next month
 - New MMO from World of Warcraft veteran draws "big influence" from the classic Planescape CRPG setting
 - The Baldur's Gate 3 update features a nerf to Astarion directly shaped by the D&D rulebook
 - Rebel Moon's theatrical release confirmed as Zack Snyder's Netflix movie gets official rating
 - How one comic book could map out Loki’s future – and his importance to the wider MCU
 - Loki season 2 features a cheeky reference to The Avengers timeline, but not how you think
 - Loki just referenced a real true crime case, and it's given this character a perfect backstory
 - Gen V season 2 release date, reviews, recap, and everything you need to know about The Boys spin-off
 - Gen V episode 8 post-credits scene explained: What does it mean for the future of The Boys?
 - Gen V episode 8 ending explained: How does the finale set up The Boys season 4?
 - Gen V episode 8 review: "Fun as hell but frustrating"
 - Is Mobius an Odin variant? This week’s Loki episode introduces the show's wildest theory yet
 - OB's sticky notes are hiding a worrying message that could spoil the Loki season 2 finale
 - Loki season 2 episode 5 review: "The sleepy direction is indicative of the state of the current MCU"
 - Loki season 2, episode 5 has one final Easter egg hiding in a post-credits scene
 - Baldur's Gate 3's sex speedrunning community is in shambles now that the latest patch requires Lae'zel to actually like you
 
 - November 2
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- Sega exec admits Sonic has never been as popular as his biggest rival and wants to change that: "Quite simply, I want to surpass Mario"
 - The most important change in the new Baldur's Gate 3 patch is the ability to take a nice sponge bath
 - X-Men: Forever will reveal all the secrets of the Krakoa era
 - Super Mario Bros. Wonder speedrunner beats the game in under 2 hours thanks to a glitch that lets you skip an entire castle
 - Dragon's Dogma 2 "doesn't have scripted events" but one incident with a troll and a village was almost enough to fool the game's director
 - Dig into the secret mysteries of Assassin's Creed Valhalla in a new graphic novel
 - After 21 years, Japan's most beloved cozy game is finally playable in English
 - Starfield player makes a ship so ingenious, it's "almost cheating"
 - First Doctor Who Dalek story to be released in color to celebrate show's anniversary
 - Following layoffs, Destiny 2 dev addresses Lightfall woes and Final Shape plans: "We know we have lost a lot of your trust"
 - Metal Gear Solid 5 actress speaks out on her character's controversial outfit: "There were so many other options you could have gone with"
 - The new Punisher battles some Inner Demons in a tense preview of the new series
 - Celebrate 60 years of Black Widow and Hawkeye with their new team up title
 - Filming for The Last of Us season 2 will officially begin early 2024, says HBO
 - The first English trailer for Studio Ghibli's The Boy and the Heron is here
 - As The Return of Superman turns 30, we look back on the story that reinvented the Man of Steel
 - Massive new Dark Souls modding tool is an "absolute game changer" for the Fromsoftware classic
 - Bethesda dev says that if Starfield can't make you feel OP, "we're not sure you will feel like that in any game"
 - The Bikeriders races onto the cover of the new issue of Total Film
 - This new action-RPG feels like Nier: Automata as an even more ridiculous sci-fi anime, and it has no right to be this fun
 - Omni-Man's most gruesome Mortal Kombat 1 fatality is straight out of the Invincible animated series
 - The new Edge showcases 11 Bit’s innovative The Alters – and continues the magazine’s 30th anniversary celebrations
 - The Origins in Baldur's Gate 3 open up a world of possibilities that I would love to see more RPGs do
 - Cities: Skylines 2 CEO "no longer afraid of the marketing department," admits the city builder's launch was "rightfully" overshadowed by technical issues
 - DC launches Manga-sized reprints of classic stories including Watchmen, Batman: Hush, All-Star Superman, more
 - Intel Extreme Masters Sydney wraps with big winners and cool announcements
 - The Talos Principle 2 review: "One of the best puzzle games of all time"
 - Yellowstone is officially back as Paramount greenlights two new spin-off shows and announces final episode dates
 - Starfield dev says some of the space RPG's "planets are empty by design - but that's not boring"
 - I can't believe the Asus ROG Ally is already discounted ahead of Black Friday
 - Super Pocket review - "the budget gaming handheld I’ve been waiting for"
 - Modern Warfare 3 campaign early access time confirmed - here's when you can play the campaign early
 - First trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes takes the reboot closer than ever to the original movie
 - Sony Inzone H5 review: "A dream for cross platform PC and PS5 players"
 - House of the Dragon season 2 sets summer 2024 release date, as trailer shown behind closed doors
 - The Super Mario RPG remake is absolutely faithful to the original Mario JRPG in every way, except the ways that are better left in the '90s
 - Attack on Titan final episode release date: when is Final Chapters Special 2 airing on Crunchyroll?
 - Alan Wake 2 is the main reason I’d buy an RTX 4080 this Black Friday
 - Bottoms director on making one of this year’s funniest comedies with her Shiva Baby follow-up
 - MMO veteran of WoW and League of Legends finally unveils new project 'Ghost,' set in a "new fantasy universe"
 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 doesn't have a platinum trophy on PS5, so fans are questioning if it's really just DLC again
 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 patch returns a Daredevil reference, days after the director told fans to "stay tuned"
 - The Five Nights At Freddy’s game creator had the most wholesome response to the film’s success
 - Cities Skylines 2 pollution guide
 - Netflix is reducing the amounts of ads – but only if you watch more Netflix
 - Upcoming James Bond game Project 007 is being described as "the ultimate spycraft fantasy"
 - One of the best-rated TV shows of all time is now on Netflix
 - Cities Skylines 2 export guide
 - RODE PodMic USB review: "An even more tantalising option for new creators."
 - FromSoftware has been silent about Elden Ring DLC, but its parent company says Shadow of the Erdtree development is "proceeding smoothly"
 - Hugh Jackman's reaction to wearing Wolverine's classic suit in Deadpool 3 is our reaction too
 - Baldur's Gate 3 patch 4 is live now with more than 1,000 changes, including the ability to bamboozle dead bodies
 - Director Eli Roth wants Thanksgiving to be this generation’s Scream
 - Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who performance has David Tennant's seal of approval: "God, he's good casting"
 
 - November 1
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- New Alan Wake 2 patch has more than 200 fixes and an apology for a "really annoying" bug
 - Starfield is finally adding DLSS support in a test update next week
 - Meet Ultimate Armor and Maystorm, the first official members of Peach Momoko's Ultimate X-Men
 - In one of October's biggest sleeper hits, Max Payne-grade bullet time carries this gorgeous motorbike Metroidvania to 95% positive reviews
 - After 39 years, Nintendo's infamous demonic Pac-Man clone just got its first official North American release
 - Ultimate Universe #1 sets up the rise of "hundreds" of new Ultimate Marvel heroes
 - This exclusive Disney Lorcana card reveal is emotionally wrecking me
 - The 32 best Friends cameos of all time
 - Astarion actor set up a "support group" for his Baldur's Gate 3 co-stars because of his experiences with Resident Evil and Detroit: Become Human
 - Silent Hill fans say Ascension "makes the pachinko game look like a heartfelt passion project"
 - Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is taking RPG inspiration from Baldur's Gate 3 to "make sure we're not taking giant steps backwards"
 - This fan-made Studio Ghibli x Zelda crossover is the dream anime Nintendo probably won't ever give us
 - The Batman Below spreads its influence throughout Gotham in an exclusive first look at City of Madness #2
 - Controversial survival MMO The Day Before "won back" its name and is set to hit Early Access this December
 - How to Have Sex is a lesson in consent wrapped up in the atmosphere of a horror film
 - Wednesday star Jenna Ortega's new movie about accidentally killing a unicorn adds Marvel and DC actors
 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 player discovers a way to transform the game into Spider-Man Noir's universe
 - Uncharted co-creator Amy Hennig calls out game development "arms race," says Uncharted 3 deadline was "insane"
 - Is it still worth buying a Meta Quest 2 this Black Friday?
 - How to Have Sex review: "A fresh, female POV to the subject of sexual consent"
 - Ditch the expensive TV - these projectors could see big savings on Black Friday
 - Backyard survival sim Grounded to get its own version of Halo's Forge mode
 - Hollow Knight player snags every achievement the Metroidvania has to offer on their first two playthroughs, including a 4-hour no-death run that’s hard as nails
 - BlizzCon 2023 predictions: What to expect from Diablo, Overwatch, and Warcraft
 - Deltarune's creator acts out whole chunks of the game to his devs, and apparently, it's "the optimal way to experience the story"
 - A new Netflix anime has landed a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, and you can watch the first episode for free
 - Baldur's Gate 3 fan recreates the chaotic RPG cast in The Sims, and Gale immediately casts Fireball on himself
 - Thirsty Suitors review: "A witty, heartfelt adventure about going home"
 - Marvel has reportedly talked about bringing back the OG Avengers – including Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man
 - Check out these awesome lenticular covers for Titans: Beast World #1
 - Metal Gear Solid The Master Collection finally gives the most underrated Metal Gear game its due
 - Legendary Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect veterans team up for a "high challenge" D&D book that sends you straight to hell
 - Never before seen footage of The Exorcist hits the internet
 - Fear the Walking Dead showrunners address season 8's shock death: "It felt fitting"
 - How many episodes are in Invincible season 2?
 - Netflix removes the Hunger Games movies, just weeks before the prequel movie is released
 - WarioWare: Move It review: "The Wario party game that the Nintendo Switch deserves"
 - Russell T Davies reveals that Netflix and Amazon wanted to snap up Doctor Who
 - Meet Cain, the blind assassin taking on the underworld in Dark Horse's gritty new crime comic
 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 director reassures fans: "I never think we're going to run out of villains, ever"
 - Eli Roth says Thanksgiving is pushing the limits of the R-rating
 - Scott Pilgrim anime showrunners address possibility of a second season
 - Unreleased 2004 game Daredevil: Man Without Fear resurfaces thanks to one anonymous developer
 - Barbie's original draft had a Ridley Scott cameo and a Blade Runner reference instead of a Snyder Cut one
 - Alan Wake 2 car and bicycle wheel cult stash puzzle solution
 - Andor season 2 may still be a way off, but this Star Wars theory has us convinced about a big cameo
 - Final Fantasy 14’s Fall Guys event kicks up netcode frustrations that have been lingering over the MMO for the past 10 years
 - Gen V might have messed up The Boys timeline with this small detail
 - Our new favorite Loki season 2 theory suggests Sylvie is pulling the strings – and that’s not a bad thing
 - New The Marvels promo hints at multiverse shenanigans and the arrival of the X-Men
 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 swing comparison shows just how much faster you can travel through New York City
 - The controversial Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti is down to a price I’d actually consider
 - The Witcher 3 was a massive series step forward, and CDPR wants a similar glow-up for Cyberpunk 2077's sequel
 - Lies of P director confirms a Soulslike sequel - and pirate, Peter Pan, and Frankenstein theories are already swirling around DLC
 - Loki boss teases season 2’s "profoundly beautiful" ending, and hints there won’t be a cliffhanger
 - David Tennant addresses whether he would return to Doctor Who... again
 - Days before its final episode, the Attack on Titan creator looks back at 10 years of the anime – and apologizes for an upcoming scene
 - Scott Pilgrim creator initially turned down Netflix's offer to turn the graphic novels into an anime series
 - The Stranger Things play will be "integral" to the show going forward, says writer
 - Bloodborne Kart completes its six-year journey from meme to full-blown fan game with a full release in January
 - Hollow Knight Silksong community follows WoW, Minecraft, and Fallout as it abandons its wiki over advertising frustrations
 - Russell T Davies reveals he was asked to run a Marvel TV show
 - Russell T Davies hints at "bigger plans" for Doctor Who spin-off Tales of the TARDIS
 - Doctor Who: Tales of the TARDIS is "absolutely" canon says showrunner Russell T Davies
 - Russell T Davies is working on plans for two more seasons of Doctor Who
 - Disney Plus with ads: Everything you need to know about the cheaper plan as it launches in the UK
 - Eli Roth would be up for turning Thanksgiving into a franchise
 
 


