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- January 19
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- Halo: Campaign Evolved is a faithful remake tasked with relaunching a legendary franchise: "We see this as a way to grow, expand, and reconnect the Halo community"
- On its 15th anniversary, Zack Snyder unveils rare first photo of Henry Cavill's Superman in old school suit: "Moments before he stepped into legend"
- Pokemon Red and Green boss says the iconic RPGs required "a great deal of trial and error" to realize Game Freak's "simple concept," fuelled by childhood nostalgia
- Maelle's most infamous attack in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was actually "very bad" during development, and Sandfall made it super powerful by trying to fix it and not testing the change properly
- Nia DaCosta holds no ill will towards Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios after The Marvels flopped – and even protected a major spoiler on the Avengers: Doomsday set
- Fallout: London lead is "really worried" Fallout 5 will use Bethesda's proprietary Creation Engine: "It needs to be overhauled somewhat"
- After becoming the highest-grossing actor in cinema history, Zoe Saldaña thanks James Cameron, James Gunn, and more in touching message
- Herman Miller is finally bringing these two Embody colorways to the UK, and yes, the price is still ludicrously high
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Disney Plus, Netflix, Prime Video, and more (January 19–January 25)
- When is the Marathon release date?
- The SteelSeries Game Buds have returned to their holiday deal price, but they won't stay this low for long
- Seeing Leon's finishers in Resident Evil Requiem has pushed me to replay the series' most misunderstood title
- Where to find Shadoweave Scraps in Hytale to craft cobalt gear
- In a games industry dominated by safe bets, Capcom keeps getting weird with it
- You shouldn't worry about the lack of new D&D books in 2026, and here's why
- Palworld 1.0 gets whale-sized tease in 2 year anniversary thank you video from Pocketpair, who says it'll be the "biggest update ever"
- The Autofull M6 Ultra 2.0 is the only chair that's been able to accommodate my goblin ways | Review
- Logitech has dropped one of its best features on its next gaming mouse, but esports pros will be rubbing their hands
- Pokemon boss says a "major driving force" behind his thinking while producing "the next game" is how the iconic RPG series "has the power to connect the world"
- Tomb Raider's Japanese publisher wanted to give Lara Croft a Crash Bandicoot-style redesign for the region, but her co-creator "really didn't want to alter" her, even after a whole new model was created
- Waste Time codes (January 2026) for free Button Clicks and more
- Zootopia 2 has officially become the biggest Hollywood animated movie ever, with massive $1.7 billion box office haul and counting
- I've been an Animal Crossing fan for 14 years, but I won't be grabbing the Switch 2 Edition
- Over three years after it was first announced, Games Workshop CEO breaks silence on why Henry Cavill's Warhammer series is moving so slowly
- Battlefield 6 update nerfs jets for some reason and makes melee attacks quicker ahead of Season 2: "You guys really hate the thing you're famous for"
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 2 will also only be 6 episodes and may even be "smaller" in scope than season 1
- I'm re-obsessed with Animal Crossing New Horizons and this $22 Switch 2 accessory is to blame
- Hit anime show Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 breaks winning streak by releasing one of its lowest-rated episodes ever
- Scott Pilgrim EX's new roster is inspired by "fighting game archetypes", and its fresh take on the universe is "wackier than what you're used to"
- Nintendo of America's new president makes her first public appearance since stepping into the role with a pep talk for devs: "Keep believing, keep playing, and know that you truly belong in this game"
- Former Assassin's Creed boss reportedly sues Ubisoft for nearly $1 million, alleging his departure was the result of "constructive dismissal" following an "unacceptable demotion"
- How to get the Animal Crossing Zelda villagers, Mineru and Tulin
- How to repair in Hytale and restore tools to 100%
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms releases new season 1 trailer, but fans say it gives away the whole plot
- A new version of my favorite 3D printer from last year is on the way
- Just days after launch, Hytale mods already let you run Windows 95, Minecraft, and somehow even Hytale itself within the sandbox RPG, and Hypixel has questions: "How"
- The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson denies being "spooked" by angry Star Wars fans: "lol"
- Frieren season 2's hand drawn end credits are the perfect middle finger to AI in anime
- Bungie confirms Marathon release for March, hours after the Xbox store spoiled the Destiny and Halo studio's big surprise
- GTA 6 studio "open and operational" following boiler malfunction, Rockstar confirms: "Many thanks to those that reached out with concern"
- Assassin's Creed Hexe's new lead scriptwriter is actually "guiding another team on other content," Ubisoft says, leading fans to speculate over DLC
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms opens with a very graphic joke, and Game of Thrones fans aren't sure how they feel about it
- Game of Thrones fans have a new MVP after A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 1: Lyonel Baratheon
- Avengers: Doomsday thanks fans for over 1 billion trailer views as the countdown officially begins
- Nintendo reportedly "demanded" Sega make sure Mario was always one step in front of Sonic in all of the Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games artwork
- Stranger Things stars poke fun at Conformity Gate in new skit, further proving a ninth episode is not on the way
- 24 minutes of peak has catapulted Frieren season 2 to top spot as the new highest-rated anime of all time
- James Gunn confirms there won't be two Batman movies in the same year, meaning we won't see The Brave and the Bold until at least 2028
- World of Warcraft opens the doors of IRL estate agent pop-up to celebrate Player Housing
- When does A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms take place on the Game of Thrones timeline?
- What is a hedge knight in the new Game of Thrones spin-off, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?
- Who is Egg in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms? The mysterious squire explained
- January 18
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- The Beatles: Rock Band devs were "sweating bullets" when they showed their version of John Lennon to Yoko Ono – "She's like, 'That looks stupid. He doesn't act like that'"
- Should Resident Evil 5 remake come next? I forced my coworker to play co-op with me to investigate
- A single map inspired Fallout 3's lead designer to create the RPG's entire story: "It's got to go back to those original themes"
- "Will this blow up the server?": Arc Raiders players are so good at killing Arc that Embark is considering how to "escalate" PvE, dev teases a Shredder escape and "the giant walking ones in the background"
- Terminally ill GTA 6 fan with 6-12 months to live has seemingly been put in touch with Rockstar about playing the game early
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director Nia DaCosta made sure the return of that character was not “a big return of the superhero”
- Nioh 3 is already locked in as my favorite Soulslike of 2026, feeling like Team Ninja's response to Elden Ring with its open exploration and intense yokai clashes
- The Last of Us director used Ellie and Joel's bond as a reference for his new game, but the biggest inspiration was Ico, the first that made him cry
- The very first Fallout 3 art was the box art, but the most difficult bit to create was the iconic Vault suit
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reveal Netflix’s way of moviemaking involves reiterating the plot “for people on their phones”
- Speedy Gonzales set to get his own standalone movie
- James Gunn once again pumps the brakes on The Flash casting rumors
- January 17
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- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says the French RPG's success was "completely unexpected from pretty much everybody" at the studio
- Dawn of War 4 has its sights set on "gameplay that feels authentic to the fantasy of each faction" in Warhammer 40k, and it already looks like my most-wanted RTS of 2026
- God of War TV show Kratos actor says he's "grateful to pick up the axe"
- Dragon Age veteran defends studio's attempt to make something different with Anthem: "BioWare's always been changing"
- Danganronpa creator's massive tactical RPG has secretly been two games all along, which, y'know, makes sense considering the enormity of 100 routes
- Arc Raiders devs are looking at buffs for terrible skills: "We know. There's certain skills I don't choose ... we're not deaf to the state of it"
- Hytale releases first big update with new content, tons of fixes, and a tease for pet dogs as devs promise to "improve the game as quickly as possible"
- Six years later, the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch 2 and Update 3.0 have hooked me back into this cozy world thanks to these five fresh features
- New Lara Croft voice actor is hyped about Sophie Turner's Tomb Raider: "Lara looking mighty fine"
- PUBG's first spin-off is a top-down shooter shaped by Valorant, Counter-Strike, and a hardcore military MMO
- Evil Dead director Sam Raimi reveals his favorite horror movies include Jaws and The Grudge
- James Cameron says he needs to figure out a cheaper way to make Avatar movies for Avatar 4 and 5 to happen
- After 14 years, RuneScape's awful microtransaction shop is going away next week because Jagex wants the MMO to be "a safe haven, a storm-weathering bet against the falling trust in the world"
- January 16
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- Assassin's Creed Hexe, the next mainline game in the series and reportedly a witchy RPG, adds Mirage and Valhalla writer as lead scriptwriter
- Longtime Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy has regrets about Solo: A Star Wars Story – and says they put Alden Ehrenreich in "an impossible situation" by casting him as Han
- Prime Video's God of War TV show casts The Fall Guy star as Thor's wife Phoebe
- Animal Crossing players can't agree whether the new hotel tourist feature is a laggy, vibe-killing mess or "the best thing that could have happened to the game"
- A "Space Marine-Killer," Custodes, pirates, and everything else revealed at the New Year Warhammer Preview 2026
- FC 26 TOTY release date and complete Team Of The Year schedule
- "It took Anthem a very long time to admit to itself that it was a looter shooter," BioWare veteran says, which is why it was taking lessons from Diablo instead of Destiny
- Hellraiser: Revival has such sights to show you, but "most of them pretty visceral and gruesome"
- Arc Raiders had an auction house-style trade system at one point, but Embark removed it because it ruined loot: "It turned the game into just being about coins"
- Umamusume Pretty Derby codes (January 2026) and how to redeem them
- Minecraft-inspired RPG Hytale, created by Minecraft multiplayer server devs, gets mod to make it look more like Minecraft
- How to unlock Animal Crossing Slumber Islands and how they work
- Best gaming deals this weekend: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a 4K projector under $1,000, and more
- Playing Divinity Original Sin 2 after Baldur's Gate 3 reveals Larian's commitment to perfecting its RPG recipe
- One of Steam's hottest top-sellers is the zombie apocalypse sim that previously dominated Steam Next Fest, and it's celebrating with a Dead by Daylight collab
- Art imitates life, so I'm munching through walls while an AI chatbot tells me to buy a gun in Drywall Eating Simulator
- Helldivers 2's upcoming Redacted Regiment Warbond has been delayed indefinitely as Arrowhead finds a "key issue that didn't meet our standards for a release"
- The Hyperkin Competitor might be a better DualSense than Sony's, which really makes you question if the PS5's controller has ever lived up to its potential
- 25 years later, I'm still convinced The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the greatest film adaptation we'll ever see
- New Lego Legend of Zelda set answers the prayers of fans who don't want to spend hundreds on the Deku Tree model
- Netflix boss says "we want to win" in the theatrical business, so the 45-day windows will remain after Warner Bros. sale goes through
- Helldivers 2 players vote on which planet to fire our shiny new laser beam at, channelling Star Wars in a democratic move that couldn't possibly go wrong
- Excitement for Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters raised and subsequently dashed by Steam glitch: "Don't do that, don't give me hope"
- Fallout co-creator is glad his RPGs are remembered as "flawed masterpieces" rather than "very buggy games," but warns devs that adding more features will always make other parts of their games worse
- GameSir Pocket has transformed my phone into a tasty Game Boy alternative, but it's more than just a mobile controller
- The iMP Gaming DLX2 Nintendo Switch 2 Charging Stand came to the rescue of my gaming clutter | Review
- Stating no lies, RuneScape CEO says the MMO's players "used to be angsty 16-year-olds listening to Breaking Benjamin. Now it's 33-year-old accountants and CEOs who've got 41 minutes in an evening"
- Fallout season 2 ratings are down from season 1's record-breaking debut – mainly because they had completely different release strategies
- Time ticks on in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and I'm both reassured and sometimes overwhelmed that this series never sits still whether I'm obsessed with playing or taking a break
- After 27 years at Ubisoft, The Division boss Julian Gerighty leaves for Battlefield Studios while devs promise "an ambitious, unchanged commitment" to The Division 3
- Disney delists 14 Steam games without warning, with movie licensed games and LucasArts titles getting the axe
- Mass Effect 5 is going to release "a long time" after Dragon Age: The Veilguard because BioWare has become a "one project studio," veteran suggests
- Garry's Mod and Rust studio lead says "games should never die" as Amazon MMO New World prepares to shut down for good, and fans are fully behind the idea of a Hytale-style rescue
- The Walking Dead: Dead City season 3 set pics tease heartbreaking cameo from one of the horror franchise's OG characters
- "We wanted to make something darker", Reanimal's developer tells me: "We don't give people the safety net of the charm of Little Nightmares"
- Severance star is sent down a paranoid rabbit hole in first look at new horror movie
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans are a little disappointed about Slumber Islands' building limitations: "Everything is exactly the same as changing my own island"
- It: Welcome to Derry star Bill Skarsgård explains Pennywise's very confusing ability to time travel: "You can interpret it a thousand different ways"
- Hyperkin says an N64 handheld could happen "potentially in the future", and the idea of portable cartridge support excites me
- New Lucasfilm bosses are "very much onboard" with a new Star Wars trilogy taking us into 2030
- Resident Evil Requiem is being called "the most brutal RE game ever made" after gameplay shows Leon exploding zombie heads in the most over-the-top ways: "It's awesome"
- How to unlock the Animal Crossing hotel and earn tickets
- Kathleen Kennedy has "no regrets" over Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, but doesn't think there's interest "right now" in making a new movie
- Where to pre-order the Hyperpop PS5 DualSense controllers and console covers in the US and UK
- The Hunt for Ben Solo movie may not be scrapped after all, as Lucafilm boss Kathleen Kennedy says "anything's a possibility" going forward
- Zootopia 2 director says the original animation was almost very different: "That movie was almost like a James Bond adventure on an island"
- Lucasfilm's departing boss Kathleen Kennedy provides less-than-promising updates on several Star Wars movies that are seemingly still in development hell: "I think the ones by Taika [Waititi] and Donald [Glover] are still somewhat alive"
- Fallout 5's "obvious" setting would be New Vegas, says Fallout: London lead, but it's not the location he'd choose: "I would say Texas"
- Welcome to Derry creator shares big plans for his IT supercut, and even has Stephen King's blessing: "It really is a dream come true"
- Resident Evil Requiem devs "tried to make a genuine horror game with Leon," but realised fans would rather have him splatter zombies than be "timid"
- AMD says it's working with board partners to fight GPU price hikes, but I'm still worried about RAM shortage ramifications
- Kathleen Kennedy thinks Rian Johnson "made one of the best Star Wars movies" but took a step back because of "online negativity"
- Space Wolves have Warhammer 40K's best-selling army set, but can you still buy it?
- Ubisoft chalks up sudden reupload of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag music on YouTube to technical issues, but of course, no one is buying that
- James Gunn gives disappointing update on the DCU Batman movie: "Screenplay isn't finished"
- Jujutsu Kaisen fans are baffled by season 3's "boring" lore dump: "The most flowcharts I've ever seen"
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms star says his "mild-mannered" hero being at odds with Game of Thrones-style violence made his performance "easier": "It's something to react off"
- "No brakes!": Hytale devs hit the gas with a dino-filled patch and promises of much more to come in the Minecraft rival's future
- Hideo Kojima finally understands why Jujutsu Kaisen is "so popular" – after watching it in the wrong order
- Can you beat the ultimate Animal Crossing quiz?
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director on that major returning character "I was so excited to bring this guy back"
- 28 Years Later 3 release date speculation, cast, news, and everything we else we know
- Elder Scrolls Online lead says Xbox's layoffs aren't the reason the MMO is switching over to smaller updates: "Seasons is not in any way a response to that"
- January 15
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- Resident Evil Requiem is launching with $2,000 real-life watches because "time is a main character" in the game
- George Lucas Padawan Dave Filoni is taking over as co-president of Lucasfilm as Kathleen Kennedy steps down after 14 years
- Resident Evil Requiem's "classic" difficulty forces Grace to scrounge for ink ribbons to save progress, and the PS1 sicko in me couldn't be happier
- Marty Supreme director says the sports drama almost ended with Timothée Chalamet getting bit by a vampire played by the Shark Tank guy
- The Dreadful trailer sends Game of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Sophie Turner back to medieval times for a folk horror thriller
- "There are going to be multiple maps coming this year": Arc Raiders dev teases 2026 roadmap, and maybe some new maps "even grander than what we've got now"
- Before he left Bethesda, Skyrim's co-lead wanted a cliffhanger ending for The Elder Scrolls 6, but now he knows that's "completely unfeasible" for a series that's already gone 15 years between entries
- 4 years after launching big MMO to nearly 1 million concurrent players, Amazon delists New World and sets final shutdown date for 2027
- Nintendo is charging an arm and a leg for storage space in Animal Crossing New Horizons 3.0, which means you'll find me and many others back in the turnip mines
- Jeff the Land Shark is the cutest li'l defendant in his cute li'l suit as Daredevil takes on his case
- In a literal game changer for TikTok videos everywhere, Subway Surfers 2 is finally happening over 13 years after the original, and it's launching next month
- Valve just revealed the Steam sales and events for the rest of 2026, and besides the discounts I'm looking at the Party-Based RPG Fest to help satisfy those post-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cravings
- Elder Scrolls lore keeper says he left over Bethesda's "bureaucratic" baggage and a broken promise from Todd Howard about leading The Elder Scrolls 6
- Warner Bros. chiefs say Tom Cruise is "extraordinary" in his next movie: "Like nothing you've ever seen"
- Uncharted and Last of Us director says Zelda: Wind Waker was the main inspiration for his new game's art style, because the devs wanted the graphics to "last the test of time"
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (January 16-18)
- Desperate for a guy who stinks a little, fans of one of the most popular RPGs in the world can't believe update makes love interests take a shower: "I blocked the door to the bathroom"
- GOG director wants to help multiplayer games like Anthem "live forever" too, but fears increased regulation might lead to "fewer cool games for gamers": "I don't have the perfect answer yet"
- Bungie shows off Marathon's reworked "Runner Shell" classes, and I'm still worried about invisibility and wall hacks in a PvP-heavy extraction shooter
- Starsand Island let me be a skateboarding rabbit farmer for 7 hours, so you best believe it's at the top of my wishlist
- The best gaming laptop 2026 - Omen leads the pack at the start of the year
- How to get Zelda items in Animal Crossing New Horizons
- TV never changes: Amazon is making a Fallout Shelter reality show where Vault Dwellers compete for cash prizes
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's title of Metacritic's highest player-rated game comes under threat from seminal Nintendo DS classic Cory in the House: "The gaming industry peaked with this game. Anyone else saying otherwise is delusional"
- Pretend to be surprised: New Life is Strange game confirmed for this year, with more details coming in an official livestream in just a few days
- Where to find copper ore in Hytale to make ingots
- No, Super Mario's current actor hasn't secretly been narrating any Nintendo Directs, despite the "weird narrative online" speculating otherwise
- This adorable Gengar and Mimikyu Switch 2 case is already becoming my favorite accessory of 2026
- There's still time to save $100 on a PS5, but I wouldn't take these deals for granted
- As notorious 'Adult Only' Animal Crossing: New Horizons island shuts down after 5 years, creator thanks Nintendo for "turning a blind eye" for so long: "I apologize from the bottom of my heart"
- When your "100% a fan game" Danganronpa idea ends up changing your life: "We were at a crossroads where we either have to go back to doing our real jobs, or we can change this just enough to be legally distinct"
- Super Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai confirms an old theory that those iconic food JPEGs heal more based on how many calories they contain, so don't skimp on the shortcake
- The Aegon's Conquest Game of Thrones spin-off is being developed both as a HBO TV show and as a "mammoth Dune-sized feature film"
- How to use the megaphone in Animal Crossing New Horizons
- Here's all the Switch amiibo you need to unlock the New Horizons Zelda and Splatoon characters
- God of War TV show release date speculation, cast, story, and more news
- George R.R. Martin says his A Song of Ice and Fire ending won't be as "happy" as the HBO show's, and it's especially bad news for Tyrion and Sansa fans
- Red Dead Redemption 2 players almost finished solving a mystery that lay hidden for 7 years before realizing they missed the actual start, even though it involves a bright red pentagram
- After the Shibuya Incident emotionally destroyed me, Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 is set to raise the stakes even further with the Culling Game
- The scrapped Jon Snow Game of Thrones spin-off is reportedly back in development, this time involving Arya Stark
- Resident Evil Requiem producer says "Leon's counterpart" Grace is "easily frightened" because you're meant to relate to her – but I think even horror vets should be disturbed by a monster who sniffs your stink
- Mario's new voice actor has "unbelievable respect" for 32-year icon Charles Martinet: "Look, Charles, as far as I'm concerned, IS Mario"
- Deleting my Animal Crossing: New Horizons island has changed the way I play, and it feels like returning to 2005's Wild World
- "The highest PvE damage output of any weapon" in Arc Raiders was from the underrated Bettina, dev confirms, and that was before it got buffed
- George R.R. Martin is "struggling" while writing long-awaited Game of Thrones book The Winds of Winter, but says it would "feel like a total failure" to give up on it: "This could be the longest book in the series"
- 18 years after his last game, Atlus co-founder and JRPG veteran known for Persona and Shin Megami Tensei returns with a new "school life RPG"
- Sony seemingly bans the fourth-biggest publisher on the PlayStation Store, deleting over 1,000 Trophy slop games like "The Jumping Bonbon Match 5"
- George R.R. Martin says his relationship with House of the Dragon showrunner is "abysmal", with the Game of Thrones author reportedly declaring "this is not my story any longer"
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0's new Slumber Island feature has bad news for anyone who became mortal enemies with their "ugly" villagers: "Chops coming back from the dead to get revenge on me"
- Looks like Prime Video's Tomb Raider TV show is giving us classic Lara Croft, as the streamer unveils Sophie Turner's red-spectacled hero
- How to escape Fort Joy in Divinity Original Sin 2
- Fallout: London lead thinks Bethesda has "probably gone one game too far" with Elder Scrolls and Fallout: "It's time to go off into the sunset and look at selling off your IP"
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis wants to make Lara Croft's iconic T-rex fight feel like the first time all over again
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple star would love to be in a Dead Space movie adaptation – though he's willing to wait another 25 years to play his favorite character
- "We’ve been grinding on this for months" - Hyperkin just provided an update on its Sega Genesis handheld, and I'm already hyped to play Sonic 2 outside
- GameSir is going all in on the G7 Pro controller with a new carry case, Zenless Zone Zero tie-in, and an upcoming 8K model to rival Razer
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons turns one of the series' best features into one of its worst with a pitiful selection of retro games that can only be played with a Switch Online subscription: "F***ing pathetic"
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake getting God Mode that lets you do 9,999 every hit on all platforms to celebrate long-awaited launch on Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S
- Zootopia 2 director wrote the original Andor pilot, and says the finished show is "phenomenal" and "not what I would have done with that"
- 28 Days Later star Cillian Murphy praises "absolutely magnetic" performance from 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple's Jack O'Connell
- Upcoming Lord of the Rings re-release debuts beautiful popcorn bucket, pulled right from Peter Jackson's trilogy
- How to get plant fiber in Hytale
- Buying more Monster Hunter Wilds DLC genuinely improves PC performance, multiple tests find
- Halo: Reach devs "had to fight tooth and nail to keep space combat" after Bungie wanted to cut it, and the FPS was originally supposed to have a second mission using it
- Warner Bros. chiefs give Joker 2 "immense props" for not repeating itself like most sequels
- Stranger Things' Conformity Gate continues with its wildest theory yet, and it's all about Balatro for some reason
- This enormous Call of Cthulhu RPG discount is as mind-warping as the eldritch horrors themselves
- Terraria 1.4.5 finally has a release date, and after years of delays, Re-Logic's totally, definitely final update will launch in under 2 weeks
- It's Barbenheimer 2.0 for Robert Downey Jr. as he and Timothée Chalamet joke about Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part 3 releasing on the same day: "We'll see if we're still friends by then"
- Nvidia DLSS 4.5 reaches all RTX GPUs today, and that includes my hissing RTX 3070 laptop
- Baldur's Gate 3 director and Larian Studios founder shouts out the "unsung heroes" who make games like the new Divinity possible: "They love the team fiercely"
- Root designer leaves to create his own studio, and he's taking two beloved board game franchises with him
- Daredevil: Born Again season 2 will fill in the gaps in the years since we last saw Jessica Jones and contains "lots of very cool surprises"
- New Kratos actor Ryan Hurst gets the "BOI" approval from God of War's Christopher Judge
- Darkseid is officially on the way to DCU as James Gunn confirms upcoming Mister Miracle show is canon
- As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 makes Split Fiction boss concerned about a AA takeover, former Assassin's Creed lead says don't worry, it's an "absolute wasteland" for mid-budget funding
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner reveals Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin's favorite changes from the novella: "It [was] such a rich creative experience"
- A month after launch, Bully Online mod "is shutting down forever" and being scrubbed from existence as dev assures "this was not something we wanted"
- January 14
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- Marvel Rivals writer brings the comic story of the game's Iron Fist Lin Lie to its "climax" in Deadly Hands of K'un-Lun "mini event"
- Fallout 3 launched with so many bugs because Bethesda was "trying to do so much" with the RPG, lead designer says, and "people get tired" eventually: "There's a human element, too"
- "The reviews got lower and lower": Dev says his puzzle game is suffering on Steam because young people "don't know how to write emails anymore"
- After Morrowind and Oblivion, hardcore RPG fans didn't want Bethesda on Fallout 3 – "It was surprising to us just how much hate we got"
- 6 years ago, an MMO player of focus, commitment, and sheer will demanded a pair of custom sandals in-game – at long last, the devs decide "it's time" to add them
- Mirror's Edge originally looked like "every other Unreal game" in 2008, but it literally made people sick: "Moving very fast through the world, you got simulation sickness"
- "Cost should not inherently fill a skill gap": Arc Raiders dev admits "we're definitely a bit off on some of the cost to benefit ratios" for guns like the Bobcat and Tempest, but says all weapons have to be usable
- Starfleet Academy review: "It may feel a little different to what we're used to, but this is Star Trek through and through"
- Mortal Kombat and The Boys star is a killer pirate in swashbuckling action-adventure film from Haven director
- God of War streaming series finds its Kratos in Ragnarok's Thor actor
- Everybody is sad in the Euphoria season 3 trailer
- An 81-year-old grandma has been streaming Minecraft to pay for her grandson's cancer treatment, and he is now "cancer free"
- KPop Demon Hunters star got a 2-hour phone call from the voice of Disney's very own Princess Jasmine: "You're gonna be a modern-day princess!"
- One of my guilty pleasure dark fantasy novels got an anime this season, and it's already better than the fantasy slop we get nowadays
- Stop Killing Games says Anthem's scrapped plans for local servers is what the initiative is all about: "You as the customer should have the final say as to when you're done with a game"
- Fallout 4 modder turns Bethesda boss Todd Howard into infamous "immortal snail" that kills you with a single touch: "Go back to making Elder Scrolls 6"
- By offering two very different protagonists, Resident Evil Requiem aims to marry "the most terrifying horror and the most thrilling action"
- It's hard to see what's different about the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Gen 2, but maybe that isn't such a bad thing
- Almost 10 years after launch, Capcom's NES Disney compilation could finally bring classics like DuckTales and Rescue Rangers to Switch as ESRB rating emerges with new publisher
- Deadpool finally revealed for Marvel Rivals: the first hero who can play all 3 roles, and also block ultimate attacks with his ass
- Still refusing to announce the Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake, Ubisoft randomly uploads 18 songs from the soundtrack to YouTube
- How to update Animal Crossing New Horizons
- Baldur's Gate 3 director's big Divinity mystery has apparently been solved – Larian hasn't confirmed it, but this detail sure wasn't an accident
- Forza Horizon 6 release date seemingly leaked in Horizon 5, Xbox itself says it's coming this spring
- After 4 years, Primal picks up where it left off without losing any of its grim violence or emotional core
- Meta closing its Deadpool VR, Resident Evil 4 VR, and Asgard's Wrath studios is bad news for Quest 3 owners, but plays right into Steam Frame's hands
- "Top secret" GTA 6 feature that some developers were reportedly fired over was 32-player online, according to Rockstar court documents
- Sony just unveiled limited edition Hatsune Miku earbuds, but I just wish they were more PS5 friendly
- An RTX 5080 gaming laptop under $2,000? In this economy? Newegg's Winter Sale has a must-see discount for framerate chasers
- Looking for a good 2-player board game? This superhero adventure is worth suiting up for
- PvP is the reason Arc Raiders works – love it or hate it, even Embark's design lead says it "adds the spice"
- Fallout showrunner is open to bringing back one of the RPG series' most nightmarish creations – talking Deathclaws
- Arc Raiders lead is "super aware" of demand for custom loadouts that save us 100 clicks, admits he sometimes runs a free loadout because he can't be bothered making one
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update is here, and cozy game fans are going feral over one quality-of-life change: "MY POCKETS ARE FREE!!!"
- How to watch the Resident Evil Showcase – our next look at RE: Requiem gameplay and more Leon Kennedy is nearly here
- After cancelling Hytale and selling it back to the original owners, Riot Games gives kudos to the Minecraft-inspired RPG's devs on a successful launch: "Congrats on early access"
- The new Animal Crossing update has reignited my need to own every Nintendo Switch New Horizons accessory
- Star Wars fans are debating Disney's "abandoned" saga decisions
- How to get Nebora to remove your collar in Divinity Original Sin 2
- NBA 2K Mobile codes (January 2026) and how to redeem them
- New GOG owner reckons it doesn't have to beat Steam outright, just do a few things better: "If there's a version of the game that's clearly better on GOG, and it has the promise that it will run forever… people will come"
- Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround
- "That's not OK" - Commodore just responded to my biggest C64 Ultimate issue
- How to play with friends in Hytale and join their worlds
- Marvel fans are trying to work out why the MCU hasn't given us a Shang-Chi 2 yet, after watching "charismatic" Simu Liu in new thriller series
- The Last of Us co-director Bruce Straley wants to deliver a "unique type of storytelling" with Coven of the Chicken Foot, a lush love letter to ICO and Shadow of the Colossus
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner compares Dunk and Egg to Game of Thrones' Arya and the Hound: "George [R.R. Martin] does odd couple pairings better than anyone"
- The purr-fectly adorable Razer Kraken Kitty V3 Pro headset is down to a record low price
- One Stranger Things actor only rated the season 5 finale 3.5 stars on Letterboxd
- Arc Raiders would’ve "for sure" won Game of the Year over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at The Game Awards if it came out earlier, former FPS pro Shroud argues: "There's just not enough time"
- Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake remains unannounced, but with a recent website domain matching a seemingly leaked name, fans can't believe Ubisoft hasn't revealed anything
- The Duffers' cannibal-themed short horror movie made 10 years before Stranger Things has resurfaced online, and it may have been referenced in the series finale
- Adolescence season 2 might happen on Netflix, as star Stephen Graham says "stay tuned"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 overtakes The Last of Us 2 for the second most Game of the Year nods ever, but the J'RPG has a ways to go before beating Elden Ring's record
- Game of Thrones language creator clears up Emilia Clarke's confusion over saying she "sucked" at speaking Dothraki
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms reviews call the Game of Thrones spin-off "charming", "cheeky", and the best visit to Westeros in nearly 10 years
- Stranger Things documentary director addresses the Duffer brothers' ChatGPT script scandal: "Nobody has actually proved that it was open"
- The Duffer Brothers say the Stranger Things season 5 finale was "the most difficult writing circumstance we've ever found ourselves in" because they were "constantly getting hammered" by Netflix
- Valve says Steam Machine verified requirements aren't as judgey, but I reckon console players will need tough love
- As Palworld fails to escape Pokemon comparisons following new card game announcement, one dev agrees some folks are being a bit dramatic
- Hytale's first hotfix arrived just hours after launch, fixing a bug that could see eyebrows crash the game
- Bill Skarsgård says he was "hesitant" in reprising the role of Pennywise in Welcome to Derry because he didn't "want to milk" the IT movies' success
- Battlefield 6 Season 2 start date and everything we know so far
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End season 2 release schedule: when is episode 2 on Crunchyroll?
- Best Divinity Original Sin 2 Red Prince build
- Avengers: Doomsday's latest trailer has a suspicious amount of empty space – and fans think it's hiding a major spoiler
- Fallout season 2 episode 5 explained: Who dropped the bombs?
- Divinity lead teases a series-first feature also missing in Baldur's Gate 3 whose absence "stares you right in the face if you think about it," and fans immediately say it's swimming
- "Of course" Blood of Dawnwalker has romance, silly, says former Witcher 3 lead
- January 13
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- After 20 years stuck in Japan, the unlikely PS2 remake of the most divisive JRPG in the beloved Ys series is finally playable in English thanks to a fan translation
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple debuts to near perfect Rotten Tomatoes score
- James Cameron says Wicked star and Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh will play a Na’Vi in Avatar 4, though he won’t confirm the sequel is even happening
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms review: "This Game of Thrones spin-off is a surprisingly heartfelt and fun return to Westeros"
- After un-fun "dark pattern" with 5 million coin Arc Raiders Expedition, design lead says "this system will change" – and you won't get bonus skill points forever
- Skyrim scholar uses geometry to determine how walkable the RPG's best cities are, and the results are terrible: "Worse than some car-centric suburbs in Texas"
- Larian says Divinity won't have AI-generated penises: "I can guarantee that all the genitals in the game be manually crafted with love"
- Breakthrough PS5 jailbreak that sent Star Wars: Racer Revenge prices skyrocketing might not work after all
- JRPG maestro behind Persona and Metaphor ReFantazio has been playing Clair Obscur Expedition 33, says "there's a lot of careful love that's gone into it" and it's "very well made"
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review: "The wildest and weirdest entry into the franchise yet"
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple star Ralph Fiennes says Dr. Kelson is on a collision course with Jimmy Crystal "It's good and evil, isn't it?"
- Rockstar, Naughty Dog, and Nintendo are "pushing the envelope of innovation with a AAA budget," says Split Fiction director: "You can do a big AAA title but also take innovative risks"
- 30 years later, Ghostface targets Sidney Prescott's daughter in new Scream 7 teaser
- Pummeled by 100 variations of the same outfit, Arc Raiders players finally get a cool new skin but are dismayed to realize it comes with leather "BDSM knee pads"
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director says the Jimmys were a later addition to the first film's script, and explains why there's no acrobatics in the sequel
- 15 years and a nasty IP war with EA can no longer hold back my favorite game after creator decides to turn characters into bunnies for spiritual successor: "Very happy with this development"
- As demand for Hytale servers blows past Hypixel's expectations, devs warn "launch week will be bumpy, but we'll get everyone in"
- Co-op stop motion adventure Out of Words could be the next It Takes Two
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 trailer goes beyond King Kong and Godzilla with the massive new kaiju Titan X
- There's no 2025 purchase I regret more than the official Switch 2 carrying case
- "You can't do GTA for $10 million": Split Fiction director worries "AA games are taking over" after Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success, as he "would not be able to live without a AAA title"
- Peak's success was a surprise because the co-op romp didn't launch with "much of what we thought was required to make a hit," but lead wants to keep its game "jam-like spirit" for future updates
- IKEA's Winter Sale ends today, but there's still time to grab a gaming chair and desk for under $200 all in
- Battlefield 6 Season 2 release date delayed because EA wants "extra time" for development "as a result of community feedback"
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- As the Black Panther-themed Avengers: Doomsday trailer hits the internet, Marvel reminds us how long we've got to wait with a live countdown to the MCU sequel
- Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight aims to be the "definitive Batman story," meaning we'll see "many memorable moments" from the hero's history
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms release schedule: when is episode 2 of the Game of Thrones spin-off on HBO and Sky?
- Looks like we're getting a Dreamcast Mini (sort of), and it's a mini PC I'd potentially grab over a Steam Machine
- Avengers: Doomsday directors confuse everyone by saying those recent trailers are "not teasers" but are "stories" and "clues"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an indie game "at heart," even if its devs know it got a "lot of support" from its publisher
- Former Stardew Valley dev's upcoming life sim has a brilliant quality-of-life feature for its fishing that speaks to my completionist heart
- Hytale roadmap "isn't completely pre-planned," but features like friend lists and proximity chat are already in development as the Minecraft-inspired sandbox hits early access
- Ex-Skyrim and Fallout 76 artist hopes The Elder Scrolls 6 has "some new ideas" that avoid the franchise burnout seen in Assassin's Creed: "Ubisoft games, despite being fun, are very repetitive and by the numbers"
- Persuasion in Divinity Original Sin 2 explained
- Everything in the Helldivers 2 Redacted Regiment Warbond
- Funko continues its tradition of spoiling TV shows by revealing two major Fallout season 2 plot points
- Helldivers 2 is going full stealth with the new Redacted Regiment Warbond coming next week: "The enemies of Democracy will have to get real close before they can spot you"
- How to respec in Divinity Original Sin 2
- Dispatch season 2 isn't even confirmed, but I'm already wondering how it could handle the battle of the best girl
- Stellar Blade lead believes AI is essential for South Korea to compete with studios in the US and China, with the government to provide financial backing to support the use of the tech
- Anthem "did permanent damage to the careers of a lot of game devs" says Dragon Age veteran, and he's not sure he or BioWare ever "came back" from its spectacular failure
- The Fantastic Four meets Black Panther as the latest Avengers: Doomsday trailer hits the internet
- Peter Jackson once pitched a Lord of the Rings' "film 3.5" which sounds exactly like what we're getting with The Hunt for Gollum
- What is Hi-Res audio and is it important for gaming headsets?
- Anime Fighting Simulator Endless codes (January 2026) for Chikara, Yen, and boosts
- GTA feels more alive than Cyberpunk 2077 because Night City "doesn't feel like a real place," says former Fallout and Skyrim artist: "That aspect of it doesn't hit you on the same level at all"
- Right on time for Steam Detective Fest, this minimalist paper tablet has taken a very rare discount
- Hayden Christensen says Robert De Niro visited the Revenge of the Sith set to watch Anakin and Obi-Wan's duel
- Peter Jackson says a mythical Lord of the Rings 'Extended-extended edition' doesn't exist: "Are there great scenes we never used? The answer is no"
- Ubisoft's ridiculous "AAAA" term still refuses to die as producer reportedly says Assassin's Creed Shadows and Mirage come under that umbrella, too
- Should you choose an Origin or Custom character in Divinity Original Sin 2?
- First look at new horror movie The Mummy comes with a secret message, but you need to know Morse code to figure it out
- Anime reigns supreme on Letterboxd as Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is crowned last year's highest-rated movie
- Arc Raiders update nerfs the Kettle and Trigger Nade as Embark acknowledges the latter "currently dominates PVP encounters," with changes making it "less usable as a 'trigger-in-air' grenade"
- One lengthy development, cancellation, and revival later, Hytale devs "couldn't be more excited" to release the sandbox RPG: "We get to press the button we've waited 10 years to push"
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner says Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has shared outlines for up to 12 novellas to inspire future seasons, "taking Dunk and Egg all the way through their life"
- How to transfer your Animal Crossing New Horizons island from Switch 1 to Switch 2
- 2 years after launch, Palworld dev tells haters to "use your time better" following criticism over card game announcement: "Go play something else"
- Viggo Mortensen has a surprise pick for his favorite Lord of the Rings moment: "It's such a beautiful scene"
- Rockstar spokesperson says "we welcome" judge's decision to deny fired GTA 6 devs interim relief, union highlights "a glimpse of Rockstar's flimsy grounds for defence"
- January 12
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- Arc Raiders has officially sold 12 million copies, so Embark's giving everyone a free gold hammer: "The way it took off, I think, took all of us by surprise"
- 14 years after Witcher 2 publisher Bandai Namco sued CD Projekt for cutting DRM, ex-studio head and new GOG owner doubles down on anti-DRM stance: "Most corporate people, they make plain stupid decisions"
- One Piece season 2 trailer shows off Miss All Sunday's terrifying powers and the villainous Baroque Works
- A Honkai: Star Rail leaker was sued for over $150,000, but skipped his own court date and somehow ended up owing $16,500: "They only got like 3 screenshots on me"
- The N64's most infamous JRPG is getting the same recompilation treatment that gave us 60 FPS PC remasters of Super Mario 64 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- "We can track who shoots first": Arc Raiders design lead says aggression-based matchmaking is "a bit of a misnomer," and "we don't do anything like skill-based matchmaking or gear-based"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director praises the RPG sicko who managed to beat the most infamous boss by taking every hit without cheesing: "I tried to do it before release and I couldn't manage it"
- Stranger Things VFX director says they went through "maybe 100 looks" before settling on Vecna's final form – and some early designs appear to be Hellraiser-inspired
- Fallout narrator and Hollywood legend Ron Perlman says he joined the RPG franchise for "$40 and a sandwich," wondered "why?" after being informed there was more than one game
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime Video, and more (January 12–January 18)
- Baldur's Gate 3 character creator sickos rejoice, Larian's next RPG Divinity will have an "even better" character creator – "more colors, more options, more control"
- The Mummy gets its first trailer, showing the controversial horror movie's bizarre new undead monster
- "Steam is winning with its ease of use" but not on quality, says new GOG owner pondering how to "take the market" from Valve: "We don't release hundreds of games daily, 95% of which are really not super high quality"
- Former Fallout artist says The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced so early because "it had been so long already since Skyrim that we needed to make sure people were not just pissed at us"
- Despite previous reports, X-Men comics writer says Famke Janssen will return as Jean Grey in Avengers: Doomsday
- Behold, the glorious and "very broken" Last of Us 2 multiplayer mod that modders built in a cave with a box of scraps after Naughty Dog canceled Factions plans
- Despite being twice the size of Hades, Hades 2 spent half as long in Steam Early Access because its devs already knew "what needed to be in" it
- Indie dev boots their AI-aided roguelike off Steam because the "girl I've been dating for a month made me realize" the controversial tech "is bad"
- With less than 24 hours to launch, Hytale lead says the sandbox game's 50-person dev team has been funded for the next 2 years through pre-orders alone
- Bloodborne "is a special game for me" says Hidetaka Miyazaki, and it's "the strongest reflection of my type of flavoring of a game that one can experience"
- Fortnite now allows in-game purchases in user-generated Creative maps, including for randomized items, with Steal the Brainrot charging at least $37 for a loot box bundle
- "Fallout 5 in New Orleans?": Ex-Bethesda artist hopes next Fallout game is set down South, but echoes former GTA lead in thinking anywhere farther than that might "backfire"
- One of my favorite budget headsets I reviewed last year just dropped to its lowest ever price
- Oshi no Ko season 3 release schedule: when is episode 2 on Crunchyroll?
- Arc Raiders "Toxic Swamp" map event coming next week according to new raider trials, suggesting Embark has taken notes from FromSoftware
- "We were a nobody company": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio says it had to hire young because it had no money, but it all turned out ok because new devs "brought fresh ideas"
- Minecraft-like RPG Hytale expects "over 1 million players" at launch, Hypixel lead reflects on its "incredibly difficult" development: "No sacrifices, no Hytale"
- Asus has cancelled the Arc B390 ROG Zephyrus G14, but nobody told Intel
- My biggest mistake in Divinity Original Sin 2 was treating the CRPG like Baldur's Gate 3
- Lego Pokemon finally revealed, but what have they done to Pikachu
- How to generate and connect power in StarRupture
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- Dosa Divas is an RPG where you solve every problem with cooking: "Everything is themed around flavor profiles, including attacks and enemy weaknesses"
- Bethesda can't win with Fallout 5 and The Elder Scrolls 6, former lead says, because "even if it’s just as good as Skyrim was, you’ll still get so many people throwing out hateful comments"
- Hideo Kojima has "always had a lot of bad dreams," and one nightmare included "voluptuous nude women," reanimated "decomposing bodies," and a very impolite coach
- Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity lead writer says AI-generated writing is a "3/10 at best" and "doesn't" actually improve game development
- Vinland Saga creator debunks rumor that season 3 is in production: "That information hasn't reached me yet"
- Baldur's Gate 3 dev hints there will be sex scenes in Divinity, just in case the trailer's big orgy didn't give it away: "Does a bear... in the woods?"
- Anime World Tower Defense codes (January 2026) for free Rerolls, Gold, and more
- 8BitDo's new Xbox pro controller looks like the Elite Series 3 we never got
- Crimson Desert's hack and slash boss bottles "play a crucial role in shaping the game’s intensity", but there's more to the open world adventure – like fishing, cooking, and dragon-riding
- Physical game fans watch out, Animal Crossing New Horizons Switch 2 pre-orders are here
- "Silksong charged $5 more, 9 years later, and people lost their minds": Indie dev says Steam pricing might seem hard, but it's actually really easy
- Nintendo president reportedly teases new games for popular series are in development, which I hope means we're getting a 3D Mario title for Switch 2 sooner rather than later
- Black Panther 3 is rumored to be called Shadows of Wakanda, and it might start filming in June
- Intel Panther Lake handhelds will apparently rival the PS6 portable on performance, but I'd consider the power caveats
- Anthem fans say goodbye to BioWare's looter shooter on its server shutdown day, mourning the "potential" that was lost: "Such a waste"
- Attack on Titan creator admits he's "no longer working" and "couldn't write anything" like his legendary manga again
- Hayden Christensen brushes off Kylo Ren and Anakin Skywalker question, and it has Star Wars fans speculating
- Zoe Saldaña is now the highest-grossing actor of all time following Avatar's continued success
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- Still not beating the Pokemon comparisons, Palworld is getting an official card game that's launching this July
- Rhea Seehorn says Vince Gilligan won't make fans wait for Pluribus season 2 but "he wants to craft the show with all the care" it deserves: "We'll get back as fast as we can"
- "Now I have so many more friends": Stranger Things cast's final goodbye on set revealed in new documentary
- Stranger Things creators admit they started filming season 5 without a finished script for the finale: "That was scary"
- "I don't think Bethesda hates Fallout," says New Vegas lead, "they just don't fully understand its roots and arguably, don't care"
- The D&D campaign that eventually helped shape Skyrim has been unearthed, as The Elder Scrolls legend's lost RPG notes are archived
- Arc Raiders hotfix stops players from using a command that was "never meant to be player-facing" as Embark works to "protect fair play"
- There was a longer version of the Stranger Things season 5 finale, but it wasn't actually written: "You can’t get all your ideas in there"
- Game of Thrones star Kit Harington was "genuinely angered" by petition to remake season 8: "How dare you?"
- Elijah Wood says more Lord of the Rings films are being considered after The Hunt for Gollum
- January 11
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- One of Steam's first hits of 2026 is this adorable co-op adventure game about exploring wastelands on the back of a giant crab
- Dispatch broke me out of my gaming slump when nothing else could
- This Switch 2 JSAUX all-in-one carrying case was the saviour of my holiday break, and it's down to a record low
- "What we wanted to depict was the figure of a young, rough-edged Musashi": Onimusha: Way of the Sword's protagonist melds a historical figure with a cinematic legend
- MCU star Tessa Thompson is keen to return to that universe, it just might not be in Avengers: Doomsday
- With Wolverine set to elevate superhero gaming in 2026, here's the four features I want the most, and four I'm desperate to avoid
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs "basically did twice the work" of a more experienced team to get the hit French RPG out the door
- As Baldur's Gate 3 devs move onto Divinity, Larian lead says the writing process is to "encourage the chaos" and break situations "in every conceivable way"
- Simu Liu says Shang-Chi will be a “more lived-in” character when we’re finally reunited with him in Avengers: Doomsday
- "The Sims has always been more than a game": Maxis says its values aren't changing amid EA's buyout as it works on "the next evolution" of the series
- Emma Thompson reveals that one of Alan Rickman’s best performances created the biggest issues in his career
- Tom Hiddleston has named his favorite Spider-Man and the choice leaves us with more questions than answers for Avengers: Doomsday
- January 10
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- Devs behind adorable creature-collecting life sim Moonstone Island reveal their next game, which is "not sequel but also not not sequel"
- Larian learned Divinity: Original Sin's random loot is "frequently confusing" and didn't "save us much time," which is why Baldur's Gate 3 and now Divinity are handcrafted
- Former Little Nightmares devs' End of Abyss is a satisfyingly creepy blend of top-down twin-stick shooter and Metroidvania exploration
- Chris Hemsworth looks criminally good in the new Crime 101 trailer
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy director had to consider how much to include from the various spin-offs because devs "didn't just want to make a remake"
- Divinity lead says "we're taking notes on all of the UI mods" for Baldur's Gate 3: "We had more improvements in mind that we just couldn't cram into our releases"
- CES is over... so where are the Razer Blades?
- Returnal spiritual sequel Saros lets you keep upgrades when you loop, but that just means this twitchy shooter can be challenging in brand new ways
- Godzilla Minus Zero gets a U.S. release date
- My favorite Warhammer 40K army just got a whole lot better
- MCU’s Sebastian Stan confirmed to be joining The Batman Part II as Harvey Dent
- MCU star Kat Dennings denies she's in Avengers: Doomsday, but jokes Marvel has scanned her, so "they could put [her] in anything they want"
- January 9
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- Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says "there's so much arguing" about games to the point some fans and devs are leaving altogether, but his wisdom is "buy the games you want to see more of," especially indies: "It's the only way forward through this I can see"
- Black Mirror creator confirms season 8 is officially in the works, "just in time for reality to catch up with it"
- Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai says "it can be really frustrating" working on massive games with hundreds of devs: "There is work that clearly shows your results and work that doesn't"
- Arc Raiders design lead confirms Embark is about make Trigger Nades much harder to use, and nerf Kettle insta-kills too: "You can't have it leave your hand and just blow it up immediately"
- The thing I wanted more of from Baldur's Gate 3 is also something Larian wants to improve on in Divinity: "More interaction between companions"
- Wade Wilson: Deadpool #1 pays homage to an iconic Alfred Hitchcock movie moment
- Why and how a JRPG fan spent $2,000 building a GameStop in his basement: "The spaces combined with the passions in our lives have the power to bring people together"
- Valve sends annual chocolates to Steam devs who earn roughly $800,000, and before Peak the folks at Aggro Crab got pretty sick of looking across the hall to see the Slay the Spire team open Gaben candy every year
- The Fantastic Four finally arrive in the MCU in Wakanda-centric Avengers: Doomsday teaser
- Despite creating all-timer hits Kirby and Super Smash Bros, Masahiro Sakurai still doesn't think he's a "hit maker," and is envious of other devs for their "incredible" creations
- "I wish Wyll had gotten more content and a more fulfilling arc too": Larian writer laments Baldur's Gate 3's unlucky Warlock, who played a much bigger role in stories that got cut
- As we gear up for Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel fans are sharing the love for one of the MCU's best Phase 4 titles: "Phenomenal"
- Before winning both indie awards at The Game Awards, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's lead said "we'd rather this category went to a smaller studio"
- 3 years after a $26,000 labor settlement with a Nintendo contracting firm, NOA is again accused of infringing unionization rights alongside another firm in new complaint
- How to choose the right Star Wars: Legion army for you
- Always online? Free-to-play? Nope, Xbox-published action RPG wants to be a "full game" now, switching to "buy once, offline" glory: "You will own the complete experience permanently"
- In the age of the TikTok fan theory, Conformity Gate is no surprise – but it's distracting from a fitting Stranger Things finale
- Fallout 4 is a great RPG, but it took 10 years and a radioactive lighthouse for me to see it
- Big in 2026: The ultimate guide to the video games that will shape 2026 and beyond
- With a map twice the size of Skyrim and larger than Red Dead Redemption 2, promising open-world game Crimson Desert is real big – but still "incredibly interactive"
- "This is a massive fumble": Borderlands 4 players furious as drop rates are slashed after holiday event, even though Gearbox promises a "longer-term solution"
- What to expect from PlayStation in 2026: New blockbusters, a GTA-shaped meteor, and one last shot at live service
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- This OLED gaming laptop just dropped under $1,000 - but I'd personally spend just $150 more
- Baldur's Gate 3 director says Larian had "all the freedom we needed" to make the D&D RPG but adapting the tabletop format provided its own "limitations"
- 40 years later, Jim Henson's Labyrinth is still teaching kids to overcome their fears as it returns to the big screen
- Divinity will have co-op at launch and the number of possible players depends on "the final party size," but Larian says mod support can "extend this"
- Stranger Things documentary director suggests season 5 Conformity Gate conspiracy theory is "wishful thinking," and apparently confirms no secret episode 9 is coming
- After Helldivers 2 boss teased death and destruction in upcoming update, new Illuminate structures ominously appear in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in Super Earth media
- Where to buy Lego Smart Play, the toy everyone's talking about
- The Marvels director Nia DaCosta would "love" to direct a live-action Invincible: "I know exactly how I'd want to translate that world"
- No Law sounds like Cyberpunk 2077 meets Atomfall, and its "opt in" narrative already has my attention: "If 100 players play the game, there should be 100 different user stories"
- Baldur's Gate 3 director u-turns on the use of AI art in Divinity: "We've decided to refrain from using genAI tools during concept art development"
- "Silent Hill is not just the name of a place, it is a phenomenon": Silent Hill f writer doubles down on theory from A Short Message that had the fanbase divided
- GamesRadar+'s best of CES 2026: all the gaming gadgets you need to know about this year
- Almost 2 years later, Star Wars fans are praising The Bad Batch for its boldest choice: "It was totally the right call for the show"
- How well do you know the Halo series?
- Can you be the very best at our Pokemon Red and Blue quiz?
- Red Dead Redemption 2 developer never thought the newly uncovered mystery would be found, says it's "absolutely wild" fans have gotten this far
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead says Barret grew on him during the remake trilogy because "there were limits" to what the devs could do with the character in the original JRPG
- Asus proves it's the king of gaming collabs with this upcoming ROG x Kojima Productions accessory lineup
- Where to buy Pokemon TCG Ascended Heroes, the highly anticipated new set
- Nvidia has reportedly shelved its RTX 50 series Super plans, but I'd say we've got bigger existing price woes
- A Nightmare on Elm Street sequel director shares game-changing never-before-seen stills from "lost" alternate ending: "Pretty much everyone agreed it was false advertising"
- The Division 3 lead says it's "shaping up to be a monster" game and Ubisoft Massive hopes it'll be as big as the first looter shooter
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead feels "a generational shift" with new Square Enix developers calling FF13 their childhood favorite, not 6: "The company has been growing and changing"
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director has thrown in her pitch for Sony's Clue remake, and it sounds like White Lotus meets Knives Out
- The Stranger Things final battle was originally going to feature Demogorgons, but Ross Duffer was worried fans were "fatigued" by the monsters
- The Fortnite South Park Born in Chaos event explained
- Larian's Divinity AMA Live Coverage - All the news as it happens
- Former Assassin's Creed director believes constraints are the "secret behind any good art" in game dev: "People can have full freedom to do what they want within the box"
- Forget paying over $200 for one of the GameCube's rarest games, because excellent strategy RPG classic Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is now playable on Switch 2 via Switch Online
- In casting straight out of our dreams, Marvel's Agatha star Kathryn Hahn is reportedly in talks to play Mother Gothel in Disney's live-action Tangled remake
- Xbox accidentally unleashes a wave of Elder Scrolls 6 hopium while trying to hype up GTA 6 and Forza Horizon 6: "Big year for games ending in 6"
- Tomb Raider star Sophie Turner says she's "playing the games" and "reading the comics" to prepare for the new Lara Croft show, but she's avoiding the movies: "I've gotta create my own thing"
- OG Fallout creators wanted the IP when it was up for sale, but Bethesda's $6 million bid was a blowout: "It wouldn't have mattered if they heard our offer or not, because they would have laughed"
- January 8
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- Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin's starting point for Elden Ring evolved so drastically that Hidetaka Miyazaki reckons he'd be surprised how the open-world RPG turned out
- A year later, Obsidian's fantasy RPG Avowed is coming to PS5, and it's finally going to let you play as a non-human character
- The director of one of DC's most underrated movies is bringing Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista to fight off the Yakuza in this over-the-top trailer
- Peak is $8 because the devs wanted you to see a $5 price tag and, hey, "eight bucks is still five bucks"
- "If we're publishing the game, 'no f***ing AI assets'": CEO of Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse bans gen AI art and calls it "cancerous"
- Tom Cruise got behind the camera to help shoot a lightsaber duel for Star Wars Starfighter: "Now when you see the movie, you'll know that part of it was shot by Tom"
- Arc Raiders cheating earns stern response from Embark as players sound the alarm: "We are implementing significant changes to our rulesets and deploying new detection mechanisms"
- I've never seen an AGDQ run more disastrous than this American Truck Simulator race – it might be the best 35 minutes in the event's 16-year history: "That's the most yeein'-haw thing I've ever seen"
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (January 9-11)
- Nintendo reveals first set of new Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers, and underwhelming is putting it lightly: $100 for a different ring around the analog stick
- Arc Raiders player asking to recycle rubber ducks accused of "blasphemy," and presumably blacklisted by famed duck collector: "You mess with the duck, you mess with all of us!"
- After Baldur's Gate 3's famous bear scene, Larian makes a threat or perhaps a promise about Divinity's lizards: "I am doing it right now"
- The first new Switch 2 Joy-Con controller colors are here, and here's where to get them
- Four years after it beat Valve to market with its Steam Deck dock, Jsaux now has its sights on the Steam Machine
- After 25 million copies sold, Phasmophobia maker follows Palworld and Among Us devs, forming an indie publisher to "champion and encourage creativity"
- New on Disney Plus in January 2026: all the latest movies and shows streaming this month
- Elder Scrolls Online unveils 2026 roadmap, revealing that it has succumb to the temptations of battle passes as devs say "new approach" to transparency and more is "the key" to the MMO's future
- Metroid Prime 4 devs wanted to "make sure" MacKenzie "wasn't annoying" and somehow missed the fact that fans have been annoyed by the existence of speaking characters in the series for decades
- The 8BitDo Pro 3 has so much nostalgic charm, but it brings back one of the cardinal sins of any gaming controller
- Hytale lead previously told a fan his "dream" feature was still just a dream, but a one-word follow-up suggests it's become a reality: "Actually"
- The Last of Us 2 multiplayer might still be possible thanks to modding efforts 2 years after Naughty Dog officially canceled its online spin-off
- Launch pricing kept me from giving this gaming mouse a five-star review score, now it's 40% off
- Following Lilo and Stitch's $1 billion box office haul, Disney's live-action Tangled remake finally casts Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder
- First trailer for A24's new podcast horror legitimately just sent shivers up my spine – and now I'm counting down the days 'til its release
- Accused of copying FromSoftware's homework, Lords of the Fallen 2 boss says its Elden Ring Nightreign doppelganger is from 2024: "Visual overlap can occur in medieval fantasy"
- The BenQ W4100i combines streaming and gaming prestige into one super-projector | Review
- Next Pokemon TCG expansion is 'Perfect Order,' and it's based on Pokemon Legends: Z-A
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead says he and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director agree "games are meant to be diverse": "Both action games and turn-based games should evolve for the better"
- A bunch of new Sega mini arcade machines are inbound, and the Outrun cabinet's tiny steering wheel has my heart racing
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director is a "big Final Fantasy girlie," and Tifa's "f***ing epic" fights in Advent Children even inspired her work on The Marvels
- Former Assassin's Creed director says AAA studios "mistakenly" throw people at problems when "the future lies in smaller teams"
- What to expect from the Switch 2 in 2026: Pokemon and Zelda celebrations, tons of ports, and comfort Nintendo food
- Netflix confirms The Witcher season 5 is coming in 2026 and releases the official synopsis for the final installment
- WD Black and WD Blue gaming SSDs have transformed into the Sandisk Optimus Collection
- Fable will get its "first deep dive" alongside Forza Horizon 6 gameplay and more during Xbox Developer Direct later this month
- Fallout season 2, episode 4 just saw Lucy embrace her violent side, and Ella Purnell kind of loved it
- Trails Beyond the Horizon review: "This JRPG's thrilling real-time and turn-based combat evolves Metaphor ReFantazio's hybrid battles, making up for a poorly paced adventure"
- Soma successor Ontos is "like Shadow of the Colossus" says its creative director: The moon-set horror is "built around the looming excitement and dread of what the next big Experiment will be like"
- The Blood of Dawnwalker devs "were afraid that people wouldn't want to play as human Coen" so it set out to create "a combat system that can set a new standard for RPGs"
- I've tested over 20 Switch 2 cases, but this JSAUX ModCase shown off at CES 2026 is calling my name
- 41 hours into Divinity Original Sin 2, I wish I'd broken a golden RPG rule by doing something frowned upon in Baldur's Gate 3
- Stardew Valley doesn't have mod support on console for "numerous reasons" says creator ConcernedApe, but he's not "opposed" to it if it's ever possible
- Fortnite is introducing 5-player teams for its South Park collab, but lead suggests it could become permanent: "Make it successful then we'll talk"
- The Binding of Isaac lead says "I think we will have a few DLCs to make" for upcoming roguelike Mewgenics, but he's "waiting to see" what fans think of the game
- X-Men fans are hyped Cyclops is getting the spotlight in latest Avengers: Doomsday trailer: "Cyclops was redeemed in a 3 second clip"
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director teases the sequel's most "horrifying" scene involving Jack O'Connell's bizarre cult leader: "It really is inhumane"
- While Final Fantasy 6 Remake would be a dream project, Final Fantasy 7 Remake director thinks he'd rather someone else lead it: "Should I be the one to undertake remaking another series?"
- As Ubisoft shuts down a freshly-unionized studio, worker's union says it will "pursue every legal recourse" to protect employees' rights
- Minecraft has redesigned its baby mobs to be even cuter, and I need you to stop and look at them because they're just too precious
- Star Wars' Mark Hamill says he asked J.J Abrams for a Luke, Han, and Leia reunion in the sequels but was told "it's not Luke's story anymore"
- GTA 6 reportedly might not be "content complete," but while Rockstar won't "release in any sort of compromised state" the November launch date still feels "more real" than before
- One of my favorite board games is getting a massive new expansion to kick off 2026
- Samsung's 1040Hz gaming monitor isn't for mortals like me, and I know most of us lack the GPU
- It looks like Sebastian Stan may be playing Harvey Dent in The Batman 2, according to a string of cryptic images posted by his stylist
- New The Witcher 3 DLC rumors heat up as one analyst says they're "100% certain" CD Projekt Red "will release significant new content" in 2026, possibly made by The Witcher 1 remakers
- After dominating 2025 with indie drug dealing sim Schedule 1, developer is looking to expand: "By the end of the year, there will likely be 4 people working on Schedule 1"
- Stranger Things fans crash Netflix waiting for non-existent secret final episode, as Conformity Gate finally comes to an end
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director blames Final Fantasy 10 for letting you nuke the RPG's final boss, but admits it might have been "a little bit too easy to get overpowered"
- January 7
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- Fallout 3's iconic VATS system almost didn't make it into the RPG in time, and Bethesda was worried no one would even want to use it: "Is this even fun?"
- "Mothers no longer seek ghostly babies," declare the latest Dwarf Fortress patch notes, starting 2026 in rare form
- "A lot of Helldivers will die," Arrowhead CEO says of the next Helldivers 2 major update, and the updated roadmap is still in progress
- Life is Strange: Reunion brings Max and Chloe back together in college and contains cosmetic microtransactions, according to ratings leak
- 8 years after Wolfenstein 2 vowed to "make America Nazi-free again," multiple reports suggest Wolfenstein 3 is finally in development
- "This is about the arrogance of a company like Rockstar": Labor union pushes for relief for fired GTA 6 devs as Rockstar insists it only cracked down on leakers
- The top-selling new game on Steam is this open-world co-op factory builder with huge Satisfactory vibes, which just launched in early access with 84% Very Positive reviews
- The new Hyperpop Collection adds a much-needed pop of color to the PS5 lineup
- Fallout Season 2 hype has doubled or even tripled the Steam player count of every game in the series, including the pre-Bethesda original and Obsidian's New Vegas
- Arc Raiders is becoming a "waste of time" thanks to cheaters, says former FPS pro Shroud, who's considering a break until it's fixed: "Embark has zero control over their game"
- A 16-year-old, 180p clip of Valve's Gabe Newell nailing the piracy issue is making the rounds online and only feels more relevant today: "People are happy to pay money" for "a great product delivered on their terms"
- Final Fantasy 9 lead says the PS2 was so "so overpowered" its CPU sparked military concerns, so he struggled to get an emergency dev kit during his stay in Hawaii: "It was a very difficult situation"
- New Tomb Raider star Sophie Turner says she's been training for a year to play Lara Croft: "I think it's going to be something special"
- Neurable and HyperX have unveiled a gaming headset at CES 2026 that can be controlled by your brain
- The SteamOS Lenovo Legion Go 2 is now official, but there's still a Steam Deck LCD hole in my heart
- Gaming specs with impressive specs - Asus's new gaming glasses have fun ideas, but I'd much rather see them in a VR headset
- Indie devs behind adorable co-op horror game say a "direct copy" with "AI-generated assets" is launching on the PlayStation Store before their game is even finished
- "Something to consider for a hypothetical Palworld 2": Palworld dev responds to demands for terraforming, says it's impossible without a year of development and wiping all save files
- Ubisoft studio unionizes, is immediately shut down by Ubisoft, affecting 71 people
- Netflix seemingly puts an end to Stranger Things' Conformity Gate theory with 2026 trailer teasing One Piece season 2, new Bridgerton, and Enola Holmes 3
- That Mass Effect 3 scene with Garrus, you know the one, made Shepard actor Jennifer Hale "break" because it took her "by surprise": "I was like no, no, no, Shepard doesn't cry"
- I'm hyped for 8Bitdo's mobile controller, but Gamesir has already Game Boy-ified my phone
- "The first dialog we had was obviously centered around [GTA 6]": Arc Raiders devs "did not want to be close" to Rockstar at launch, but were just fine challenging Call of Duty
- Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says "realism" complaints are often caused by game worlds breaking their own rules, something his early RPG Arcanum was meticulous about: "Magic and tech don't coexist"
- "We wanted to explore that longing for absolute freedom": Cairn is a survival climbing game about human will, endurance, and sacrifice
- The Arcade Classics Atari Centipede machine is a great tribute to trackball gaming, but I wish it had more tricks up its sleeve
- GoldenEye 007 is "a fantastic game," but 007 First Light dev says IO Interactive's title has "a far wider and more expansive offering and gameplay experience"
- The Audeze Maxwell 2 fixes the original's only two problem areas, and it could be coming for SteelSeries' lunch in 2026
- What to expect from Valve in 2026: The return of the Steam Machine, a new VR headset, and more Half-Life 3 rumors
- "Two Premier Brands. One Mobile Controller" - GameSir and Hyperkin's modular gamepad could take over the market
- Sydney Sweeney's new thriller The Housemaid is getting a sequel after the surprise hit made $133 million at the box office
- Creepy new trailer for Deadpool and Wolverine star's upcoming horror movie looks like a mix of Death Note and Talk to Me
- JSAUX is showing off its new Switch 2 dock at CES 2026, and my setup wants a piece
- Sega posts tribute to co-founder David Rosen, a "true pioneer" of the industry, who passed away at 95: "We will always remember his contributions"
- Suda51 says "game development for us is almost like playing a jam session at a live concert", and the electric action of Romeo is a Dead Man has me ready to rock
- I love Stranger Things, but I can't help feeling short-changed by season 5's lackluster finale and it's super short final battle
- "Square had a kind of recklessness at that time": During Final Fantasy 9's development, the team moved to Hawaii without "a solid plan," and some even splashed out on themed license plates
- This is the only CES 2026 concept product I need to see in production
- From Two-Face to Hugo Strange, DC fans are speculating which character Marvel star Sebastian Stan will play in The Batman 2
- Kristen Stewart wants to "remake" Twilight as a director, and although she may be joking, we would love to see it
- Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined may be a remake of a nearly 26-year-old JRPG classic, but Square Enix warns it may "temporarily or permanently suspend" players for posting spoilers
- The JBL Quantum 950X is the only headset at CES 2026 I care about so far
- Vecna star Jamie Campbell Bower thinks his Stranger Things season 5 fate is "the ending the show deserves"
- Dell's Alienware Area-51 PC range is back for round two with AMD X3D chipsets, but it doesn't come in price peace
- JSAUX just brought back one of my favorite Nintendo Switch accessories for Switch 2, and stole Genki's thunder
- The Batman 2 and Avengers: Secret Wars are filming close together, and Marvel fans are worried it means Sebastian Stan's Bucky Barnes is dying in Doomsday
- New Red Dead Redemption 2 mystery takes an ominous turn with a previously unnoticed mountain carving I can't believe it's taken over 7 years to spot, and it feels like the answer's getting closer
- Legendary Final Fantasy composer can't listen to his own music because he's "too embarrassed," but as a "medieval nerd," he was "pleased" with Final Fantasy 9's direction
- Marvel star Sebastian Stan may be making the jump to DC for a mystery role in The Batman 2
- Arc Raiders devs were inspired by Helldivers 2 when they shifted from free-to-play to a $40 game: "We don't want the price to be an offender for someone"
- Stranger Things' Vecna star has sent fans into a Conformity Gate conspiracy theory frenzy: "Tomorrow it begins"
- Deadpool and Wolverine director Shawn Levy compares his Star Wars movie to Stranger Things
- The Odyssey star says making the new Christopher Nolan epic was "one of the greatest experiences of my life"
- Fallout season 2 takes us back to a war last seen in Fallout 3's divisive DLC
- January 6
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- Rebel Wolves isn't afraid of creating its own vampyric folklore for The Blood of Dawnwalker: "We want to tell a story with vampires, not a story about vampires only"
- The coolest new battle royale on the block is this Zelda-inspired indie with the cutest Link's Awakening remake-style visuals, and you can try it this week ahead of its launch later in the year
- After 9 years in development and 3 years in early access, sci-fi grand strategy game from the devs behind XCOM's beloved Long War mod launches in 1.0 to 87% "Very Positive" Steam reviews
- Despite AI-generated textures, audio, and music, Steam users shower hotly anticipated survival game in 11,000 95% positive reviews in just a few days
- "Steam Charts don't measure fun": Splitgate dev says don't sweat the player count after messy Splitgate Arena Reloaded rollout, sitting at 720 players on Steam
- A week before BioWare's worst game meets its final end, Anthem players gather to mourn what might have been: "One last flight"
- The Last of Us star Troy Baker says "we don't need to demonize" gen AI because it's just going to drive people to "authentic" experiences "as opposed to the gruel that gets distilled to me through a black mirror"
- It's nice that Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 is coming to all RTX GPU owners, but that isn't the quality-of-life update I was hoping for from CES
- Arc Raiders' Trigger Nades are so overpowered in PvP that it's a wonder they survived this long, but at long last Embark is planning nerfs
- Stranger Things star Sadie Sink says she learned she was in Spider-Man 4 the same way the rest of us did: through an internet rumor
- PlayStation and Xbox's most-played games of 2025 were the same as 2024's in the US, data suggests, with newcomers unable to dethrone the likes of Fortnite, Roblox, and GTA 5
- Fans prove Capcom, Sega, and Square Enix are leaving money on the table by creating their own crossover fighting games that recreate the Marvel magic
- Stranger Things star Sadie Sink knows she took forever to escape in season 5: "Clearly I’m taking my sweet time with it"
- Cyberpunk 2 lead says extending Cyberpunk 2077 Act 1 would be like having "more time on Tattooine with farmer Luke" in Star Wars: "I think we struck a good balance"
- The 2026 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 makes some spicy choices around its AMD configurations
- TMR gaming keyboards are slowly tip-toeing into focus at CES 2026
- Despite being owned by Amazon, every James Bond movie will be streaming on Netflix from January 15
- Baldur's Gate 3 boss responds to his RPG being used as inspiration for Stranger Things season 5 finale
- Sophie Turner and Sigourney Weaver's Tomb Raider TV show adds 10 new cast members, including Harry Potter's Jason Isaacs
- What to expect from Xbox in 2026: Fable, Gears of War, and several huge anniversaries that Microsoft should celebrate
- Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 release schedule: what time is episode 4 on Crunchyroll?
- Embark boss says an Arc Raiders movie or TV show would be "fun", but "it needs to be done in the right way": "I can't tell you how many companies have reached out to us"
- Square Enix's best modern tradition continues as Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined drops a 3-hour demo where your progress carries into the full JRPG
- Sony worries games have become "very complicated, so players who are not experts oftentimes quit playing" in patent for AI-generated "ghost" that beats games for you
- Arc Raiders players are tired of people "cheating like crazy," as one former FPS pro says the situation "might be worse than peak Call of Duty"
- Fortnite lead gushes that "working at Epic allows you to have your childhood dreams come true" as its new South Park collab is teased: "Working on this one made me so happy"
- Bayonetta and Devil May Cry's Hideki Kamiya is enjoying work "more than ever" since leaving PlatinumGames and starting his own studio, says his colleagues have "the best game development capabilities"
- Ex-Rockstar lead says all GTA competitors have "given up," but there's still "an opportunity" to challenge Rockstar: "Everybody's kind of terrified of going against GTA"
- Hideo Kojima has shared his favorite movies and shows of last year, and KPop Demon Hunters and Pluribus made the cut
- Blade Ball codes (January 2026) for free Wheel Spins, Sword Skins, and more
- Clair Obscur Expedition 33 lead "underestimated" how many players would do all the side content, regrets disappointing "people that wanted a challenging end boss"
- Total War: Warhammer 40,000's crusade system sounds a lot like Helldivers 2: "Every campaign you play, there is meaning to it"
- From creepy folklore to a human with half a head, the best hidden gems of 2025 are worth your attention
- If you thought AIO cooler displays were neat, the latest gaming PC from Asus has holographic fans
- "Not bad for a dead game": Palworld dev fires back at the haters as Pocketpair celebrates its Steam Best of 2025 rankings, says "we're still humbled by our community's endless support"
- The X-Men Avengers: Doomsday trailer is finally online, and it features Cyclops unleashing his powers and Magneto and Professor X as allies
- "This level of control has never existed in a single device before," I can't believe Corsair didn't add this feature to its keyboards years ago
- Asked if Commander Shepard will return in Mass Effect 5, actor Jennifer Hale has "no idea," but if you ask BioWare nicely, maybe the devs will listen: "I would love it"
- Razer is updating its flagship gaming chair with new colors and better leather, but its $649 price tag is staying the same
- Hideo Kojima thinks the video game-inspired Predator: Badlands would make a cool video game: "Traveling with Elle Fanning on your back"
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End director reveals why he stepped back from directing the hit fantasy anime
- PNY's latest Nvidia RTX 50 GPUs appeal to my kind of PC building
- 2026 is going to be the year of Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, and I don't even need the strategy RPG to launch in full for that to be true
- Buckle up, because I think the new Lego Smart Play is about to change everything
- The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is a "world first" for gaming laptops, but I'd argue it's more of a content creator's machine
- Sounding like the coolest guy in the room, Hideo Kojima says him being creative "isn't special," it's just as natural as eating: "If creativity were taken out of my daily life, I probably wouldn't survive"
- GTA 6 "will redefine players' standards" according to JRPG legends from Atlus, Square Enix, and Sega: "It'll be a once-in-a-generation turning point"
- The Turtle Beach Burst 2 Pro proves you don't need a fingertip grip to win ranked matches | Review
- James Gunn debunks Guardians of the Galaxy rumor about Kraglin "breaking character": "When you hear about 'reshoots' these are usually the types of thing my team is doing"
- Winona Ryder only needed two takes for Joyce's big Vecna scene in Stranger Things season 5: "You can't rehearse a scene like that"
- Lies of P publisher plans to keep introducing "successful IP" fans can look forward to "even 5 or 10 years down the line," but of course continuing the hit Soulslike is "a given"
- HP just boosted my favorite gaming laptop, and then changed its name
- Aquaman director James Wan says he'd "love to take a crack" at James Cameron's Avatar
- Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni is reportedly set to take over from Kathleen Kennedy as co-president of Star Wars studio Lucasfilm
- OG Final Fantasy Tactics director admits he "underestimated" how popular The Ivalice Chronicles would be as it passes 1 million copies sold, with the remake's lead teasing future updates
- Stranger Things star Sadie Sink weighs in on Eleven's ambiguous fate: "I think Mike's story is just one last story"
- Sansa Stark star Sophie Turner says she's the only Game of Thrones actor happy with their ending
- "We listened, then went a step further," Alienware seems to have fixed one of the biggest issues with its gaming laptops at CES
- AMD is launching an upgraded version of one of its best desktop CPUs, but I'm more excited about what this means for the other X3D models
- January 5
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- MSI unveils suite of new gaming laptops prioritizing power and portability at CES 2026
- "This new approach to world generation will redefine the block-game genre": Hytale lead declares "fundamental shift" in how artists and game designers tackle Minecraft-style worlds
- KPop Demon Hunters continues to dominate the animation industry with a whopping 10 Annie Award nominations including Best Feature, Best Music, Best Voice Acting, and more
- Arc Raiders players make a plea to Embark: don't let PvP in trios poison your solo "aggression-based" matchmaking reputation, but frankly I don't buy it
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, and more (January 5–January 11)
- The Blood of Dawnwalker is one of the most ambitious games of 2026, driven by Rebel Wolves' desire to "get a few steps closer to pen-and-paper RPGs"
- Brandon Sanderson says AAA studios "who I like a lot" are interested in a Mistborn game, and he's "trying to do things differently" with the adaptation rights
- Path of Exile co-creator and Grinding Gear Games co-founder urges online RPG devs to control in-game spending and exploits, owns up to his "mistake" favoring PoE streamers
- Deadpool star's new horror action movie trailer looks like a cross between Die Hard and Rosemary's Baby
- For years I've read this manga the nanosecond a chapter drops, and now it's getting an anime adaptation I only dreamed of: Kyoto Animation announces RuriDragon
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ditched the series' iconic overworld theme because composer Koji Kondo thought it'd "get boring and repetitive to hear the same melody all the time"
- Ace Combat 8 wants to take the franchise to even greater heights, and that ambition has cost Wings of Theve its VR support
- "Review bombing as a concept wasn't a thing": Helldivers 2 boss says Arrowhead's debut hit Magicka was actually just buggy and unoptimized, though it was later review bombed by Helldivers mad at Sony
- Resident Evil 4 remake modder discovers a cut intro starring Ashley that eagle-eyed fans might recognize from certain pre-release trailers
- Persona art director and creator of infamous penis demon is making a console game that will demonstrate his "perspective on the world"
- "What a ride": Arc Raiders just hit 12 million copies sold, analyst estimates, and set a new record for active players 2 months after launch
- Stranger Things fans are debating the "very odd" decision to focus so much of season 5 on Holly Wheeler: "They just sidelined the main cast"
- "Unbelievable!": Banjo-Kazooie composer as shocked as everyone else to hear the Bubblegloop Swamp theme on a national NFL broadcast
- After promoting Oscar favorite Hamnet, Paul Mescal wants to take a break until his 2028 Beatles movies: "People will get a break from me and I'll get a break from them"
- Minecraft star Jack Black reveals he turned down playing Syndrome in Pixar classic The Incredibles, and now he regrets it: "Why was I being so difficult?"
- GameSir is putting a Direct Drive sim racing wheel on a controller, all because a high schooler developed it in their dorm room
- Nier creator Yoko Taro says he isn't prioritizing a new game, pleads for updates from people who are: "Work comes second… well, probably third"
- Fallout co-creator Tim Cain explains why he's not making more new IPs, and it's partly because he's done "making other people really wealthy with my own creations"
- James Gunn claims he doesn't "care about prestige" as he says his goal is to "affect people in a deeper, more spiritual way"
- Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says late FPS icon Vince Zampella would "create mischievous joy" – like "trolling" Eli Roth in Borderlands during a pre-movie "tour"
- While playing Arc Raiders, Embark leads clarify they only added true "aggression-based" matchmaking fairly recently, and right on cue someone shows up pleading "Friendly"
- One Stranger Things season 5 scene is being given a poignant new meaning by fans: "I think I cried the hardest when this scene was happening"
- Surprise: Stranger Things isn't over yet, as a behind the scenes documentary is confirmed to land on Netflix soon
- Devil Hunter codes (January 2026) for free Rerolls and Yen
- "Absolute idiocy" killed The Witcher game that never was, OG dev says, but he's happy CD Projekt Red landed the series in the end: "I love what they've done"
- A new It: Welcome to Derry deleted scene has fans wondering if Lily Bainbridge's mother could be an important season 2 character
- The Duffer Brothers tease a secret Stranger Things project as they confirm the universe will be "very different" from Game of Thrones and Star Wars: "We're just not like that"
- Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 port seemingly spotted in new update, and after PC performance issues you've got to wonder how Nintendo's handheld might handle it
- Code Vein 2 is Dark Souls through an anime lens, and one surprisingly emotional dungeon proves Bandai Namco has raised the stakes
- Ben Affleck and Matt Damon can't tell friend from foe in the trailer for Netflix's upcoming thriller The Rip
- My Hero Academia Vigilantes season 2 release schedule: when is episode 3 on Crunchyroll?
- League of Legends was completely down yesterday unless you reset your system clock, because Riot forgot to update a security certificate
- Schedule 1 and REPO beat out the likes of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dispatch, and Silksong to be the highest rated Steam games of 2025
- Baldur's Gate 3 wins Steam's Labor of Love award following 2 years of updates and community support: "Pretty f***ing good way to start 2026"
- Red Dead Redemption 2 players discover bizarre new easter egg after 7 years, and they're trying to figure out what it means before GTA 6
- Guillermo del Toro says James Cameron convinced him to cut 7 minutes of Frankenstein: "Jim came in and he said, 'This is beautiful, but you gotta take it out"
- With OD and Physint in the works, Hideo Kojima says Kojima Productions is heading towards its "Third Phase," with the creator to focus on "staying grounded and laying solid foundations" in 2026
- Belkin just upgraded our favorite Nintendo Switch 2 case at CES
- Avatar: Fire and Ash has officially crossed $1 billion, making James Cameron the first director in history to have four consecutive billion dollar hits
- The Duffer brothers say they know what really happened to Eleven after the Stranger Things season 5 finale, but fans are not convinced
- There's no Stranger Things season 5 finale post-credits scene, but there is an easily missed hidden Easter egg with an emotional link to the first episode of the Netflix show
- James Gunn says Superman was the "hardest" movie he's ever made: "I was reorienting something everyone already thinks they understand"
- Legendary Dark Souls player completes the entire trilogy without getting hit while using a saxophone as a controller, and now I feel even more inadequate
- Metaphor: ReFantazio helped JRPG veterans behind Persona "go back to our basics," and the experience "will really help us for future titles and projects we have coming up"
- January 4
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- 15 years later, after 700 hours of grinding and "at least" 100,000 deaths, speedrunner finally beats all of Super Meat Boy without dying, earning a "congrats" from co-creator Edmund McMillen
- Donkey Kong Bananza is a Switch 2 delight, but I wish I'd known these things when I got started
- An MMO player spent 3 years building a legendary treasure collection just to burn through it all in one glorious binge: "When I click 'Time Played' the game just tells me to touch grass"
- Mike Flanagan wants to get to work on his Dark Tower series to ensure the movie isn’t “the final word”
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs' next game will simply focus on "what we think is cool" – "I've seen too many TV shows and books be swayed trying to please a lot of people"
- Netflix Assassin’s Creed adaptation finds a new cast member in A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms star
- James Gunn promises that Supergirl won’t be by the book
- Stranger Things nearly saw Vecna switch sides until the Duffer Brothers changed their minds
- January 3
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- Metaphor: ReFantazio lead says "the desire is still there" to make a fantasy game, but the team's more interested in "how we can evolve our JRPG and what it looks like"
- Could Marvel Studios’ Wonder Man be teeing up a core part of the X-Men’s future?
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 drove me to madness until I started to embrace its world, not fight it - learn from my mistakes
- Stranger Things fans are debating the biggest question of the finale: Do you believe?
- The Stranger Things finale earned over $25 million in theaters
- Todd Howard says Obsidian was "the only choice" for Fallout: New Vegas – aside from the studios' Fallout DNA, devs did "something similar" with Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2
- I'm finally fixing my Warhammer bad habit in 2026, starting with the Maggotkin of Nurgle
- Stranger Things creators say there's only ever been one deleted scene in the show's entire history, which Netflix wanted written but they didn't
- January 2
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- James Gunn says being a director and head of DC Studios is the kind of "madness" even Walt Disney wouldn't attempt, and he "originally said no to the job" because he "didn't want to do what Kevin Feige does"
- Microsoft CEO resorts to blogging in defense of AI, says "we need to get beyond the arguments of slop" – exactly what I'd say if I was tired of losing the arguments of slop
- AGDQ 2026 will show Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fans how to beat the JRPG GOTY in 2 hours, sure, but I'm really here for the 70-player Super Mario 64 relay
- The Avengers: Doomsday X-Men teaser is now in theaters and it finally gives fans exactly what we've been begging for
- Microsoft killed his dream MMO despite apparently loving it, says former Elder Scrolls Online head, so he left: "The game I had waited my entire career to create"
- New PS5 and PS4 jailbreak exploits trigger a 1,000% surge in prices for an obscure remaster of the 24-year-old Star Wars Racer Revenge, with copies reaching $300
- Simon Williams is an "extraordinary threat" in new Wonder Man trailer that shows off his powers
- New The Witcher 3 expansion rumored for 2026 launch, weeks after CD Projekt Red mysteriously said "hinted" content "may see release in the coming year"
- 2026 may be the year of Marvel blockbusters and a Christopher Nolan epic, but I'm looking forward to these 6 movies that might not be on your watchlist yet
- This limited edition Seagate Game Drive is a dream for Astro Bot fans, but I'm still not an old school hard drive fan
- One easily missed detail in the Stranger Things season 5 finale might hint that a major character survived after all
- No Rest for the Wicked lead blasts "irreparable damage" to Diablo under ex-Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra, who says "I don't have to work anymore" but "you do" so "chill"
- Very is kicking off 2026 with the sneakiest PS5 bundle deal I've seen in a while
- Our favorite budget Switch 2 controller just hit its lowest-ever price — perfect for your new Christmas gift
- Hytale lead says "it's a damn miracle we were able to salvage" the once-canceled Minecraft-like: "It should have taken years to fix, but within weeks, we got the game into a playable, fun state"
- Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe donates $125,000 to open-source C# framework his hit farming sim uses, with "an ongoing monthly commitment" to boot
- Arc Raiders has been Steam's top-selling premium game every week since its launch, so it's no wonder its player count has barely dwindled
- Final Fantasy 14 lead Yoshi-P reportedly teases ports for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, asking fans of the MMO to "please wait"
- Solo Leveling producer asks fans of the hit anime to "wait just a little longer" as he teases "something truly exciting" coming in 2026
- Fans think they've figured out what will be in the Warhammer 2026 preview, and it's exciting news
- The Duffer Brothers reveal that Stranger Things season 5 originally included a scene where Hopper and Joyce discussed their surprising connection to Vecna, but they didn't want to alienate viewers who hadn't seen the Stranger Things play
- Okami sequel is "still a ways off" releasing, but its devs will "continue to work tirelessly this year to deliver an experience that surpasses the expectations of players"
- Stardew Valley's Switch 2 edition sees items going missing thanks to a crafting glitch, and ConcernedApe is delaying the release in Europe until he fixes it, with a patch "coming soon"
- Stranger Things ends with the most beautiful, full circle moment that links right back to season 1's very first scene, and that was the plan from the very beginning
- Deltarune creator Toby Fox reveals new Chapter 5 dialogue that's already got fans in a frenzy ahead of the RPG's next episode later this year: "Toby what are you doing??"
- Most Stranger Things fans were expecting multiple major deaths in season 5, but the Duffer Brothers explain why that wasn't going to happen
- Stranger Things creators say the finale's last few scenes were inspired by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Chris Hemsworth's Thor has an old look and a new motivation as his Avengers: Doomsday trailer hits the internet
- Stranger Things creators say [SPOILER's] "selfless" and "heroic" sacrifice was essential to the Netflix show
- After that surprise Welcome to Derry season 1 finale cameo, It star Finn Wolfhard reveals Richie Tozier is still "connected" to the horror prequel: "There's something else that will come up eventually"
- Stranger Things creators say the spinoff won't be about Holly Wheeler, and one Vecna detail is super important: "It is an entirely new mythology"
- Everything you need to get started in Borderlands 4 in one place
- January 1
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- "Instead of being 80% UFO and 20% on foot, we flipped it": How Destroy All Humans' sci-fi action oddity conquered all
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (January 2-4)
- John Carpenter's Toxic Commando feels like Space Marine 2 meets co-op horde shooter, and it's the campy Left 4 Dead-like I've been waiting for since 2009
- If you're playing Hollow Knight Silksong, here's how to be prepared for what's to come
- With GPUs getting pricier in 2026, here are 3 ways I'll keep my old one lasting longer
- I stand by the Commodore 64 Ultimate being the better remake, but its mini predecessor is still a cheaper gateway to '80s microcomputing
- Everything you need to get started playing solo tabletop RPGs
- Stranger Things season 5 finale ending explained: who dies, does it set up a spin-off and what happens to Eleven?
- Stranger Things season 5 finale review: “Shows off both the best and the worst of Hawkins”
