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- May 31
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- One of the best games of the decade joins Chained Echoes and over 16 other JRPG love letters in this upcoming crossover
- Uncharted 3 co-director and The Dragon Prince co-creator joins the Overwatch team, once again reigniting hopes for an animated show
- Former Dying Light lead says long-term game support "builds the community trust" and is also great for sales: "The game will give back"
- Dragon Age and BioWare veteran says games could learn a thing or two from how the movie business makes money
- May 30
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- Masters of the Universe director explains how the new movie reckons with He-Man's "wildly internally inconsistent" mythology
- Former Destiny 2 boss praises new The Witcher 3 DLC, says "half a generation of players weren't of age" when the RPG shipped
- Rayman Origins remaster leaks on the Xbox Store with a very affordable placeholder price of $2,000
- It's not just The Witcher and Cyberpunk devs – former Dying Light lead says not properly recording work makes sequels so much harder
- Valve veteran worries for Bungie's future following Destiny 2's final update: "I don't think Sony cares anymore"
- Remedy CEO says releasing Control Resonant near GTA 6 is playing the long game: "You can expect a voice that will cut through the noise"
- May 29
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- Terraria's next update is supposed to be a balance fix, but it keeps getting new features because it's "not just about adjusting a few numbers"
- Bungie vet says OG Halo beats Campaign Evolved and its "modern, AAA, fancy Unreal graphics" because "the constraints actually make it a stronger game"
- Spider-Noir star Nicolas Cage has revealed his favorite live-action Spider-Man, and it's not who I was expecting
- 13 years in, Old School RuneScape is winning the war against MMO bots
- 81-year-old dev finally finishes and releases "abandoned" puzzle game after hearing there's "big demand for retro games now"
- Former Destiny 2 boss won't say "Destiny 1 remaster" out loud, but suggests it might not be a good idea: "Studios can only afford so many bets"
- Dragon Quest fans are being mean to the new and very tired looking protagonist: "So ugly they had to confirm that he was designed by Akira Toriyama"
- Xbox delays Fable to 2027 but insists "the game is in great shape"
- The Legend of Zelda Maker is finally a reality thanks to one solo dev making an "N64-inspired love letter," and its brilliant demo is out now
- Diablo 2's biggest fan, Grim Dawn, gets its final and "largest expansion ever" in July, adding a new region that's almost as big as the base RPG
- Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka is "the most miserable person I have ever worked with," says former Sega VP
- James Gunn explains why Superman and Braniac "have beef," and it might be a hint about Man of Tomorrow
- Paralives fans can make all the NSFW mods they like "so long as it follows Steam's guidelines" – and with how popular The Sims 4's WickedWhims is, I think they might
- Helldivers 2 players say new performance patch made the game look worse between "awful" DLSS implementation and a visual bug that'll make your eyes burn
- Civilization 7 and Borderlands 4 had "missteps," Take-Two boss admits, but publisher 2K is still "crushing it across the board"
- Game of Thrones play cast announcement confirms fan favorite characters like Ned Stark, Jaime and Cersei Lannister, and more will return in the new story
- After The Outer Worlds players get locked out of free Spacer's Choice upgrade, Obsidian says sorry "for the frustration" and promises to "make it right"
- Final House of the Dragon season 3 trailer sees dragons descend on King's Landing and a confrontation between Alicent and Rhaenyra
- Forget the Predator, the second handheld Acer is taking to Computex could be far more interesting
- This modular controller is being called "Lego for gamers" with total freedom over seven layout parts
- Blizzard casually drops new StarCraft 2 update out of the blue, completely shaking up the classic RTS to the surprise of fans: "I thought it was April Fool's"
- Hollow Knight Silksong fans convinced Sea of Sorrow's release window was just confirmed, with evidence so compelling they can't agree on what that window is
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 supports Switch 2 Joy-Con mouse controls, but I really wouldn't recommend it
- A classic Sonic game is getting a remake according to a former Sega exec, and you only need to look at Sonic movie 4 to see why that makes sense
- Forza Horizon 6's stunning car list was brought to life with the help of the Oblivion Remastered studio
- The Boys fans are wondering why Amazon chose to reportedly spend almost four times more on Spider-Noir than The Boys season 5
- Tom Holland wants to mentor the next Marvel Spidey, like Robert Downey Jr. did for him
- Pedro Pascal spends more time unmasked in The Mandalorian and Grogu than the three Disney Plus seasons, but it's still less than 5 minutes
- Diablo 4 Season 14 brings controversial Mythic Unique changes and heavy nerfs, but hey, at least Blizzard is finally introducing one long-requested mode
- Avengers: Doomsday directors provide the most cryptic tease yet, but we're fairly sure it's about Doctor Doom
- Arrowhead takes another swing at Helldivers 2's long-standing performance issues with a patch to "help you stay on target when the battlefield gets chaotic"
- Modern Warfare 4 pre-orders are required for early beta access but bonuses also include double XP, steelbooks, and straight up discounts
- The Crimson Desert patches keep coming as the open-world game gets "approximately 30 species of small animals that can be registered as pets," controller remapping, and more
- A second Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer has just been age-rated, and it looks like it could drop online very soon
- 007 First Light sells 1.5 million copies in just 2 days
- Kevin Feige says Brand New Day is the first MCU Spider-Man movie to focus on the webslinger's "classic elements" by "living in a rather sad apartment"
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is keeping cosmetics "grounded and transparent" after years of meme-fueled skins
- From cutting-edge AI tech to sharper visuals: How the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra improves upon its predecessor's impressive gaming experience
- The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past is similar in scope to Blood & Wine and will be "a trip down memory lane" before Ciri takes over in The Witcher 4
- May 28
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- Donkey Kong 64 beat Pokemon mania to become the best-selling game of 1999 in the US
- Tim Sweeney goes after Gabe Newell following Valve's Steam Deck price hike: "Severe disruptions in the component parts supply chain for megayachts"
- Pragmata leads love when you say it feels like a PS3 game, because that was a time when "a lot of different developers and publishers were experimenting"
- Xbox CEO says Game Pass price cuts are "a good first step" but the company has a lot more to do
- It's not just you: The wait for new seasons of big TV shows has almost doubled in the last 6 years, says report citing "Stranger Things effect"
- Don't expect a Witcher 4 expansion: CDPR says "it would be difficult" to make extra content when it's already trying to squeeze 3 Witcher games into 6 years
- After Witcher 3's new expansion, CD Projekt Red teases more "unannounced projects" are at "advanced stages of development" and could release this year
- The 6 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video, Apple TV and more (May 29–May 31)
- One Bloodborne player has spent 11 years and 3,500 hours helping people with one of FromSoftware's hardest bosses, but he's finally giving up because nobody plays Bloodborne anymore
- "I don't know where GTA Online performance goes after the release of GTA 6," Take-Two boss says, but he doesn't expect it to decline
- With 1 million copies sold on Steam already, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era reveals big changes coming this year in early access roadmap
- Destiny 2's final update sounds so good that it just makes the game's death hurt even more
- GTA 6 finally releasing won't lead to a Rockstar staff exodus, Take-Two boss expects: "We have a lot of work to do after the launch"
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced devs aren't worried about pirate games like Sea of Thieves and Windrose, because Ubisoft offers a "unique mixture" others don't
- Red Dead Redemption 2 just had its best sales year since launch, but Take-Two CEO doesn't think GTA 6 hype is behind it
- Marvel fans celebrate anniversary of one of the "top 5 casting[s] in the MCU"
- There's a new Omen in town, but this gaming laptop's spec sheet is making me wince
- Silksong and Slay the Spire 2 well up with pride as Mina the Hollower forces Devolver Digital to delay Dark Scrolls, which somehow isn't a Soulslike
- Modern Warfare 4 goes head-to-head with Arc Raiders and Escape from Tarkov as Call of Duty's extraction shooter mode DMZ returns
- "Right now, we support crossplay between Switch 2 and the rest of the platforms": Modern Warfare 4 ends the 13-year wait for Call of Duty to return to Nintendo hardware
- Modern Warfare 4 revealed as Infinity Ward kickstarts a new chapter for Call of Duty with an ambitious campaign, multiplayer overhaul, and a new extraction experience
- A Nintendo 3DS signed by Shigeru Miyamoto is up for auction, and it's already over $15,000
- The Sims rival Paralives won't have paid DLC, even after early access: "The sales we made so far will sustain us for many years"
- Intel just made Arc G3 handhelds official, and the chip is coming to Acer and OneXPlayer portables
- New Sugar season 2 trailer sees Colin Farrell return to solve another dangerous mystery in seedy Los Angeles as he goes head-to-head with Marvel star
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs hope to be the "new kings" of the RPG genre once they release their next medieval game and open-world Lord of the Rings project
- Planet Zoo 2 is adding aquariums and aviaries, and it's coming this year
- The Boys fans can't work out what Antony Starr was talking about when he says Homelander did his most "gruesome act" in season 5
- Destiny 2 devs "confident the servers won't crash" for its final update, though the players planning a huge rally to say goodbye to the MMO might have other plans
- Overwatch Season 3's hero seemingly teased thanks to an event featuring a J-pop group and new cosmetics
- Sonic the Hedgehog star says voice recording has officially begun in an exciting Sonic 4 production update
- Rumored Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 reveal seems imminent as official stream teases leaked Korean setting
- Jon Favreau says he "called up" JJ Abrams about using the Anzellans, which might explain why The Rise of Skywalker director is thanked in The Mandalorian and Grogu credits
- Grand Theft Auto overtook its competition by ignoring annual releases, Take-Two CEO says: "Look at what happened to the properties that were higher up in the food chain"
- The Boys' The Deep star once pitched his own spin-off inspired by an HBO dark comedy and Tropic Thunder
- Subnautica 2 could land its publisher with $250 million bill as Krafton prepares to fork out the bonus at the heart of an ongoing lawsuit
- Spider-Noir star Nicolas Cage was "adamant" about not doing TV, until he watched Breaking Bad
- Make the most of the heat wave with the best cheap water guns according to the community
- James Gunn shuts down rumor that Euphoria creator Sam Levinson is directing upcoming DC movie Teen Titans: "It's not true"
- The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past is an expansion and not DLC, says CD Projekt Red, teasing a "major" release with "lots of hours of gameplay"
- Invincible voice actor still doesn't know why his role was recast for season 4: "There was maybe a little restructuring"
- "Anyone run into Assassin's Creed?": GTA 6 maker Rockstar has faced many challengers over the years, Take-Two CEO says, but there's "zero evidence" AI will make them better
- Early reactions to Disclosure Day call it Steven Spielberg's best film in years, and the "weirdest movie" he's ever made
- Donkey Kong 64 is finally coming to Nintendo Switch Online, so you can experience never completing it as an adult either
- Marvel fans think there's a nod to Spider-Verse in the first few minutes of Spider-Noir, and now I'm even more confused about the multiverse
- Director of one of the best anime movies Your Name teases his upcoming movie will be "great" and says they're "working hard every day" on it
- Valve allegedly had higher Steam Machine prices in mind before the Steam Deck hike, but I need you not to assume the worst
- Path of Exile co-creator tells developers "don't survey your players" because "'your audience is good at recognizing problems and bad at solving them'"
- May 27
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- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis boss fight lead points to Elden Ring as a stellar example of how to make sure they're fair
- Lego Batman actor doubles down on Solid Snake comparisons by teaming up with Metal Gear star David Hayter himself and getting his blessing
- Viral dev tells players "don't buy this game" on Steam yet because it's about to go on sale
- Bullseye actor teases new suit for Daredevil: Born Again season 3
- An artist from some of my favorite Japanese games spent 6 years in a remote mountain village making an old-school D&D RPG, and it's throwing down the gauntlet for Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3
- PS3 emulation may not be viable until PS6 according to tech analysis, and Xbox Project Helix might even do it first
- Backrooms director says Portal 2 is the "biggest inspiration" for new A24 horror movie
- Diablo creators worried "RPGs were so overwrought with statistics that the genre had shrunk to a tiny audience," so they wanted it to be like "how we'd played Dungeons & Dragons as kids"
- Valve just hiked the 1TB Steam Deck OLED price to just under $1,000
- "Of course" the director of Pragmata would love a sequel, but he's "not the only one who decides" that at Capcom
- Destiny 2 community manager thanks "everyone who has reached out" as Bungie ends the game after 9 years: "Your stories mean the world to all of us"
- Generative AI finally sends Hideo Kojima into space in new short film with Death Stranding 2 partner Nicolas Winding Refn, which was immediately blasted as AI slop
- First X-Men '97 season 2 trailer sees the mutants battle Apocalypse across space and time and undoes Wolverine's shocking season 1 ending
- Shrugging off a Steam review bomb after Destiny 2 ends, Marathon tries its best in Season 2 reveal
- The Witcher 3 system requirements change for the first time in 4 years as CDPR wants "to ensure smooth performance and compatibility going forward" for Songs of the Past
- Roughly 10 billion Pokemon cards were printed in the last year, which goes to show how bad the reseller situation is right now
- The Rings of Power season 4 is in development with hopes to film in 2027, but there's no official greenlight on the Lord of the Rings show yet
- Fans argue that six Magic: The Gathering sets a year "is too many" after news drops that 50% of new releases will be crossovers
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative lead says "the world of the Caribbean is a little bit more dense" compared to Shadows' take on Japan
- Mina the Hollower devs score a much-needed hit as the Zelda-like instantly becomes Metacritic's best-rated game of 2026
- "What if we add 400 frames?": The Super Mario Galaxy Movie behind-the-scenes clip reveals how a major Peach and Rosalina moment changed during production
- Despite almost 18 months of silence, Skeleton Crew star has "heard maybe possibly" that the Star Wars show could return for season 2
- CRTs are the GOAT for retro gaming, but I need monitor makers to consider making OLED alternatives
- The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past was supposed to be revealed tomorrow, CDPR says, but "let's say we found something we didn't yet expect on RED Launcher"
- Dragon Quest's Pokemon-esque spin-off series gets another game in The Withered World, and Square Enix hopes it'll release "before" the rebooted Dragon Quest 12
- Dragon Quest 12 Beyond Dreams announced, replacing the previous version of the JRPG as Square Enix hits the reset button
- No Man's Sky gets yet another free update, as The Swarm adds a bit of Helldivers 2 flair to the survival game with its "biggest and most epic space battles to date"
- Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown heads on an international rescue mission for Henry Cavill in first Enola Holmes 3 trailer
- Almost 10 years later, one Star Wars fan has spotted a big difference between The Last Jedi trailer and the movie, and it's kind of creepy
- How to watch Spider-Noir in black and white on Prime Video
- The new Sennheiser Momentum 5 is incoming, but it's not the EPOS replacement you might be looking for
- An infamously useless Dragon Quest weapon that's been a series mainstay for 39 years owes its existence to a Famicom limitation, according to the JRPG series' creator
- Backrooms star debunks bizarre rumor the new horror movie from 20-year-old director was "ghost directed" by its more well-known producers
- One Star Wars fan has given us a Mandalorian and Grogu homestead tour, and now I really want to live there
- Mandalorian suit performer says team is "overwhelmed by the positive response" to The Mandalorian and Grogu, adds "hopefully now we can make more"
- Ms. Marvel star says she was constantly calling out plot holes on the set of The Marvels
- The first Intel Arc G3 handhelds could emerge tomorrow, including an Acer portable I'd deemed vaporware
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs tease that their Lord of the Rings RPG will be "deeply immersive" with a "strong narrative focus"
- House of the Dragon season 3 star Emma D'Arcy knows you want to see Rhaenyra in action: "I wanted to see what happens when that character stops having to apologize"
- As Pokemon Winds and Waves prepares to launch next year, the Pokemon Company reveals the series has now sold over 500 million copies
- God of War TV show's Baldur look might have been given away in a new behind the scenes photo
- It's the Stranger Things finale all over again as The Boys fans seem to be creating their own Conformity Gate
- After Star Wars confirms Luke Skywalker knows about Cal Kestis, Lucasfilm hints "more Cal stories are coming"
- New The Witcher 3 DLC announced, as Songs of the Past confirms we're returning to Geralt's adventure in 2027
- Spider-Noir ending explained: Who dies? Will there be a season 2?
- Fallout: New Vegas director's hopes for the RPG were shaped by how little time Obsidian had to work on it: "We can't set our sights on anything crazier than this"
- May 26
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- Deus Ex and Marathon actor wants to quit Twitter because he's tired of hearing Destiny 2 diehards hate on Bungie's new FPS: "How do you hope something fails?"
- Warframe leads join fans mourning Destiny 2: "There is no Warframe without the legacy of Bungie games"
- After 7 years in development, an amazing single-player FPS just hit Steam and consoles: "We were heavily inspired by titles such as Nier Automata, Metroid Prime, Destiny, Halo"
- Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is playing the Elden Ring DLC as we speak, it appears, and he's using the king of all shields
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced removed loading screens "between naval gameplay" thanks to "modern hardware," Ubisoft says
- House of the Dragon season 3's opening battle is "arguably the craziest episode of television ever made" and HotD's Helm's Deep, says showrunner
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag's Edward Kenway is "a really bad assassin," says Resynced's game director, so Ubisoft had to recapture his "spirit" in the remake
- After 8 years, Subnautica beats its all-time Steam player peak with over 50,000 fans dipping their toes back into Unknown Worlds' OG survival game
- Red Dead Online wasn't a "missed opportunity," Take-Two CEO insists, and has been "immensely successful and long-lasting" despite fans feeling like it lives in GTA Online's shadow
- The Sims 4's colorful new competitor Paralives celebrates 250,000 sales and "Very Positive" reviews, with fans saying they'll "probably never go back" to EA's own life sim
- Sebastian Stan teases he will "many roles" in The Batman 2, and DC fans think he might not be playing Two-Face after all
- Another major GTA Online RP server struck down "at Take-Two's request" as Rockstar parent prepares for GTA 6 multiplayer
- One line in The Mandalorian and Grogu may have set up a heartbreaking Star Wars theory about Baby Yoda
- Rather than stressing about Steam Machine performance, I'd start thinking about your TV's specs
- 8BitDo opens up pre-orders for its new Ultimate 3E controller, which refines one of this brand's most beloved peripherals for Xbox players - just brace yourself for the price
- 007 First Light's Metacritic score might make the James Bond romp IO Interactive's highest-rated game yet, but GoldenEye remains king
- Jensen Ackles reveals what scene in The Boys season 5 made him walk off set: "Bro was literally on Herogasm but this is where he draws the line?"
- Arc Raiders just knocked 2 million coins off the price of the new Expedition Vault slots because nobody was buying them
- No Man's Sky lead is once again emoji posting, leaving fans wondering what bees might mean for the survival game's next update: "Hive, colony, swarm…"
- Persona 4 Revival, Castlevania, and Ace Combat 8 may appear at Summer Game Fest or beyond as a ratings board once again scuppers the marketing plans of many publishers
- After an even better second weekend in theaters, new horror movie Obsession has made its production budget back almost 75 times over
- The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau teases they've had discussions around "a flash forward" to Baby Yoda’s future
- Ahsoka voice actor says the success of The Clone Wars led to The Mandalorian "We thought Star Wars was done"
- Ah, yes, a custom PS2 handheld that could slice a limb off, but beats the Steam Deck on battery life
- "We want Destiny 3": Fans respond to Sony sunsetting Destiny 2 with a sequel petition that quickly gets 220k signatures in 4 days, and the MMO's actors are on board
- Supergirl promo reveals the moment Kara and Kal-El meet in the new movie
- A Star Wars fan has constructed The Mandalorian season 4 from The Mandalorian and Grogu, and it makes perfect sense
- We might be mourning Bucky Barnes too soon, as Sebastian Stan seems to tease his Marvel future after Avengers: Doomsday
- The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE is a China-exclusive GPU that could become global
- Metal Gear Solid 4's Master Collection gets an impressive new showing, confirming 60fps, shorter load times, and that Solid Snake still loves his iPod
- GTA 6 release was supposed to be today, and fans are riding the hopium for any "brief update" from Rockstar: "Let's just pray there's no more delays"
- Star Wars movie The Mandalorian and Grogu gets a glowing review from Hideo Kojima: "An entertainment spectacle"
- May 25
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- Former Assassin's Creed Hexe director learned how to code by using AI and found out firsthand how "brutal" it was: "ChatGPT kind of sucked. It didn't really know how to code. Everything was broken"
- Marvel star says he "didn't have any thoughts" about Backrooms' "viral nature", was just drawn to its "deep psychological resonance"
- Devs are "leaking effectively free" games with a common pricing mistake, Steam expert warns, which is why EA "generates no revenue whatsoever" with some sales
- "We had influenced the industry" – The Last of Us and God of War tackling "serious, emotional subjects" made the creator of a PS3 classic feel like they had left their mark
- Diablo 4 lead says small teams crunch "because the company is on the verge of collapsing," but even though it's not "necessary" for AAA studios, "you might still have a culture of crunch"
- Dying Light The Beast is "very strong proof" that slowing down and focusing on the core details works, former series lead says: "We learned that quality beats quantity"
- Rocket League is the first game shown off in Unreal Engine 6 and it's as shiny as you'd expect
- Crimson Desert's Kliff actor would play the character "forever," and thinks his relationship with other key characters is "territory that can be even further developed"
- Final Fantasy Tactics beat Pokemon when the Mewgenics creators were trying to figure out how combat should work: "One has depth, and the other has the illusion of depth"
- Come watch the BitSummit Punch Mixtape indie showcase presented by GamesRadar+
- This tiny USB-C Switch 2 fan was my summer savior last year, and will be again this Memorial Day
- Zelda boss Eiji Aonuma was so impressed with Resident Evil 4 that he thought "I should have done it myself"
- Zelda boss Eiji Aonuma became part of the series because Miyamoto saw him making his own SNES game in the wake of A Link to the Past: "I really wanted to incorporate some essence of Zelda into it"
- Space Marine 2 lead thinks that the Warhammer universe is "up there" with The Lord of the Rings
- Nier and Devil May Cry leads say "a lot of Korean developers are ahead of Japan," and I can't imagine Crimson Desert has helped their fear of "being left behind"
- Backrooms star says she was genuinely "a little concerned" she'd go "insane" while filming in new horror movie's labyrinthian sets: "I wouldn't actually go alone"
- Is Spider-Noir connected to the Spider-Verse movies?
- "We’ve held off these increases as long as we responsibly can" - Maingear warns of price increases coming after its Memorial Day sale ends, so here's what's on offer
- Should I watch Spider-Noir in black and white or in color?
- May 24
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- The Mandalorian and Grogu Imperial villain actor Jonny Coyne says his top secret Star Wars name came about in a very simple way, and he only had 2 hours to read the script
- Former Nintendo of America president admits NES and SNES classics were made "to sustain our business": "the Wii U was on life support"
- Eiji Aonuma believed it was his "fault" that The Wind Waker wasn't as meaty as other Zelda games
- Devil May Cry and Bayonetta creator says he'd rather have a game cancelled than release "something subpar"
- Dishonored co-creators were working on Thief 4 and a Bladerunner game before Bethesda let them make an imsim classic
- 30 years on, anime voice actor Sally Amaki praises the enduring legacy of Neon Genesis Evangelion theme A Cruel Angel's Thesis: "Yoko Takahashi really paved the way"
- World of Warcraft was a "savior" for the creator of Journey, and "beautiful moments" between Horde and Alliance players inspired his own games
- Afro Samurai maestro and hip-hop legend RZA thinks anime is the antidote to "formulaic" and "cookie cutter" Hollywood
- As Destiny 2 prepares for one final update, a former Bungie legal chief says the studio is "now becoming what I feared after the Sony acquisition"
- Former Dying Light lead knew Techland devs were "not afraid to do things differently" as soon as he found out what their jump button was
- Forza Horizon 6 has its own community villain in the form of a driver who's griefing everyone across Japan
- May 23
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- Crying over Final Fantasy 10 was one of the moments that inspired the creator of a PS3 classic to make games: "It's so beautiful and it's so melancholy"
- The Mandalorian and Grogu villain actor Jonny Coyne "mostly" worked with Brendan Wayne on the Star Wars movie, but met "lovely" Pedro Pascal at the premiere
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is "definitely a remake," but its original director "couldn't feel where the original content ends and the new content begins"
- Paralives roadmap promises pets, seasons, and potentially murderous pools during the life sim's early access
- This wireless Sega Dreamcast controller whips, but my fighting games think I got the wrong version
- Subnautica 2 hotfix makes silver more common early on and stops Hammerheads from following players all the way home
- Anime Awards 2026 winners: Demon Slayer and My Hero Academia reign supreme
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director says Ubisoft is the size of "70 Warhorse sized studios" even "after layoffs," and it could make "10 KCD2 sized games, each developed for 7 years, released every year"
- May 22
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- The next Kingdom Come game is an "open-world RPG," Warhorse confirms
- Riot's anti-cheat "does not in any way brick PCs," though Valorant cheaters say otherwise
- Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred player finds "theoretically infinite" treasure goblin hack to spawn so much loot that the game can't keep up
- Forza Horizon 6 sells 4.9 million copies despite Xbox Game Pass "cannibalizing" revenue, says analyst
- Crunchyroll's president admits the competition from Netflix and Amazon is "aggressive" but remains "confident" in attracting anime viewers: "This is not just one genre for us, this is the entire thing"
- The Analogue 3D finally has save states, just in time for my Star Fox 64 playthrough on the 4K N64
- Riot says "congrats on your $6k paperweights" as new Valorant anti-cheat update reportedly bricks the PCs of many cheaters
- RPG legend Josh Sawyer says Obsidian doesn't hate Baldur's Gate 3-style romance, "it's more that it is not typically the wheelhouse we have operated in"
- What time is Spider-Noir on Prime Video?
- Running Final Fantasy 14 for 16 years means Square Enix knows live service, former exec says, but it's "used to being slow" and has "failed to bring its IP to a new generation"
- Yes, Fable is still coming to PS5 despite Xbox's plans to "reevaluate our approach to exclusivity," and Playground Games confirms the RPG isn't getting delayed, either
- An open-world Lord of the Rings RPG from the Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 studio feels even more perfect when you spot all the Tolkien references in Warhorse's latest game
- Mortal Kombat 2's original death scene for Liu Kang was a lot more violent, but "the audience hated it"
- Soldier Boy and Stormfront take center stage in bloody first trailer for The Boys spin-off Vought Rising
- The Boys actor shares behind the scenes video of the show's final shot, and it couldn't have been a better scene
- As Red Dead Redemption 2 becomes the third best-selling game ever, actor Roger Clark says "it's the fans that keep it going"
- The Mandalorian and Grogu villain actor Jonny Coyne says he was originally going to be in "a whole load" of The Mandalorian season 4 episodes
- A Star Wars fan thinks they've spotted a Luke Skywalker cameo in The Mandalorian and Grogu
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 brings back a big ol' nerd we all love to hate, lead confirms, who with a straight face says "many fans are fond" of
- GTA 6 pre-orders look set for summer, as Take-Two CEO teases that's when "Rockstar expects to start marketing" it
- Atari's next retro console remake could be the bigger version of the 8-bit microcomputer I use
- RDS Industries just dropped some peachy Nintendo Switch 2 cases, and it's about time
- The Boys showrunner suggests upcoming spin-off Vought Rising will be set across multiple timelines
- Marathon Steam reviews take a hit as Destiny 2 fans react to news of the MMO ending updates after nearly 9 years: "Destiny died for this"
- Stranger Things creators have a new Netflix sci-fi show – and it's got their best Rotten Tomatoes score since season 1
- New Slay the Spire 2 patch buffs the newest boss and reworks more enemies and cards, including some that the patch notes don't list
- Resident Evil movie director Zach Cregger thinks fans just want the story of the games as he talks "divided reaction" to the trailer
- Beloved Lex Luthor fan account pays tribute to The Boys villain in the most on-brand way
- Destiny 3 isn't in active development, report says, and Bungie has no greenlit projects with layoffs to come as attention shifts to Marathon
- Latest Crimson Desert update is for everyone as Pearl Abyss gives Kliff a gun but also adds the cutest little Baby Wyvern pets to tame and raise
- Crunchyroll boss confirms Demon Slayer Infinity Castle 2 is "actively in production" and they are "eagerly waiting to be able to share with the world when the next movie is coming"
- May 21
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- Take-Two CEO says it out loud: "The big tech companies who laid off thousands of people and said it was because of AI were not telling the truth"
- GTA 6 isn't getting delayed again, Take-Two confirms, but those Best Buy pre-order rumors are bunk, marketing to ramp up this summer
- Former Dying Light lead says devs have an "obligation" to listen to player feedback even if "they're very often wrong"
- Former Destiny 2 writer says "it turns out the real Destiny killer" was CEO Pete Parsons as players pray for Destiny 3
- Legendary Silent Hill artist clarifies iconic Bubble Head nurse origins after 21 years, yet some fans still don't believe him
- The 6 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video, Apple TV and more (May 22–May 24)
- Destiny 2 is dead: "active development" ends next month after one final update, but Bungie says the MMO will still be "playable"
- The next Helldivers 2 Legendary Warbond is Warhammer 40,000, which is kind of perfect
- Dune: Awakening is "not an MMO" anymore, says the game's director, but it's still "quite complicated" compared to other survival games
- After many disappointments, The Sims 4 fans desperate for cozy competitors find hope in indie gem Paralives as new gameplay showcases height sliders and more: "My jaw dropped"
- Logitech and Thrustmaster lead Forza Horizon 6's sim racing compatibility during launch week, with "additional support coming in update" for Nacon, Moza, and Turtle Beach
- No, that "Lenovo" retro handheld seemingly filled with illegal ROMs at Aliexpress isn't fake
- Forza Horizon 6 is a "perfect game" and "a truly rare gem in a struggling industry," Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says
- Lexar has kicked off a new line of SSDs inspired by the World Cup that show resellers the red card
- Helldivers 2 recruits PlayStation PC port studio for "opening salvo in an ongoing campaign to improve performance"
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced ditches the original's Abstergo sections because Desmond's story isn't "really the question that's being asked today"
- Subnautica 2 sells over 4 million copies in under 1 week, and Unknown Worlds "incredibly grateful" for the survival game's success
- These official Hatsune Miku earbuds come with a leek case, but we can't have them
- Pokemon might soon require government ID in Japan to prevent TCG scalping
- Nvidia's Chinese budget GPU rival can actually run games, but it isn't a threat to the RTX 5060 yet
- "Entire nations will hate you": Steam expert warns devs to use good regional pricing and localization if they don't want Silksong-style review bombs
- Deep Rock Galactic roguelike spin-off launches to "Mostly Positive" Steam reviews that can't decide if they love or hate its timer and shared progression tool
- Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 trailer brings fan-favorite Earthbender Toph to live-action as the fight for Earth Kingdom begins
- Palworld lead praises "exciting" Lord of the Rings RPG from Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs, but says he "would have loved to learn this from a reveal trailer"
- Avengers: Endgame writers had to fly in Chris Hemsworth and Taika Waititi to make sense of how radically they were changing Thor: "Are you making him an idiot?"
- Emilia Clarke says she never thought Game of Thrones "wasn't great": "I'm deeply grateful it happened"
- Why you should keep tabs on the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless this Memorial Day
- The Boys showrunner says Butcher and Hughie's last scene in The Boys series finale was "just about the only thing" he had planned "from the very beginning"
- Herman Miller's first gaming desk is clearly targeting Secretlab and Flexispot with its design, but it has a secret weapon that could justify its absurd price
- Supergirl star Milly Alcock says she's never seen Black Widow, Captain Marvel or even Wonder Woman, jokes that's "probably not great"
- Capcom says generative AI "still cannot match" the devs who make Resident Evil and Monster Hunter, but it is useful for testing games
- Forza Horizon 6 wows an OG Silent Hill lead and other Japanese players with its realistic setting: "It's so Japanese, it's almost too Japanese. It feels like everyday life"
- Arc Raiders is getting a new "official" roadmap soon, Embark CEO says, and it'll feature even "more details than we've done in the past"
- After 20 years, The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-earth 2 is still a career highlight for Civilization 7's creative director: "I absolutely love that game"
- The biggest missing cameo from The Boys season 5 finale turned it down
- Despite being "a standalone adventure," Jon Favreau says The Mandalorian and Grogu has "subtle stuff that relates to Ahsoka season 2"
- The Witcher 1 Remake made CD Projekt Red realize the "true impact" of not recording its old work: "We had little to no technical knowledge preserved from that time"
- Subnautica 2 exec is tired of Balatro-likes, says devs pitched "maybe 250 roguelike deckbuilders in the last 12 months"
- Hideo Kojima has a two-word review for The Boys finale, and we're trying to work out if that's a good thing
- The Boys showrunner explains why the series finale didn't go "scorched earth": "I really wasn't interested in a post-apocalyptic world"
- Embracer founder says the company's "large adjustment" in 2023 was a chance for some studios "to prove themselves," not "a hard 'US Corporate style' headcount reduction"
- May 20
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- Warhorse's new Kingdom Come "adventure" is most definitely "a game" releasing as early as 2027, Embracer CEO confirms, but I'm dying to know if it's full-blown RPG or a spinoff
- "Unless you're Nintendo," developers should never price games over $70, expert says, even though pricey Steam games usually make more money
- Subnautica 2 adding "better callouts for Silver" in first patch as players struggle to find any
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced "ranks among the best titles in the franchise" for pre-orders, Ubisoft says, expecting "it will be a really successful" entry
- The Boys showrunner explains what the VCU could look like in future spin-offs after the series finale: "Now you have all these loose Supes running around that Vought isn’t taking responsibility for"
- DC boss says Supergirl will return in Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow: "She's a major part of what we're doing"
- Ubisoft says expect more Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon in the next 3 years, and "a return to higher quality standards"
- "Defending yourself is no longer treated the same as starting a fight": Arc Raiders devs update matchmaking, explain how it really works, and shoot down player theories
- The Witcher 3 lead quest designer says the room fell into "wide eyes and silence" when he pitched one of the open-world RPG's biggest twists
- Subnautica 2 outpaces Crimson Desert, Slay the Spire 2, and more to become "Steam's fastest-selling 2026 game so far," analyst says
- The Expanse: Osiris Reborn players hated the male hero's voice so much that he's being recast as devs respond to negative feedback for their Mass Effect-inspired RPG
- The sight of a scribbled on PS5 has made me more thankful than ever that console covers exist
- Subnautica 2 devs aren't "judging players who want combat," but it isn't happening: "Subnautica has always been built around vulnerability"
- The Mandalorian and Grogu on track for a bigger box office opening than Project Hail Mary
- Final Fantasy 11 is still kicking, despite the MMO's boss expecting a "sharp decline" in interest once its Final Fantasy 14 crossover and welcome back campaigns wrapped up
- With a straight face, Valve insists Counter-Strike 2 cases are fine and "people enjoy surprises" in move to dismiss New York lawsuit
- X-Files movie with 32% Rotten Tomatoes score getting a new director's cut on Disney Plus that is the "scary movie" the director "always intended"
- Forza Horizon 6 players waste no time finding a money glitch that lets you unlock all the cars and other rewards in mere hours
- The Mandalorian and Grogu star Sigourney Weaver says it's "fascinating" that Star Wars, Avatar, and Alien are "considered the same genre" because "they really couldn't be more different"
- Here are all the Disneyland references I've been able to find so far in the Lego Main Street USA set
- Sony's State of Play returns next month, promises "closer look at Marvel's Wolverine" and "more than 60 minutes of updates, announcements, and gameplay reveals"
- Diablo 4 lead says games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are "a great example of what a passionate team of junior people can achieve"
- First Vought Rising teaser was shown ahead of The Boys series finale in theaters, offering the first look at Stormfront's return
- Homelander's fate has finally been revealed in the finale – and The Boys fans have thoughts
- 2 months later, Super Mario Galaxy Movie fans are still spotting new Easter eggs, and I can't believe no one noticed this retro reference hiding in plain sight
- How Galaxy AI supports smoother gaming and smarter performance on your phone
- LucidSound has entered the budget headset fray with a new battery champion that provides one hour of battery for every $1
- Lord of the Rings, Tomb Raider, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and more now overseen by new company from Embracer that'll make at least 2 "outstanding AAA products" a year
- The Witcher 3 lead recalls having to watch his work "fall apart in front of me," as CD Projekt Red faced various setbacks while developing their legendary RPG
- Lost producer reveals his canceled Star Wars movie would have been a meta battle between "the force of nostalgia and the force of revision"
- Former Square Enix exec says backlash over Final Fantasy 6 AI mock-up shared by the JRPG series' creator "shows how far down the rabbit hole the madness goes"
- Subnautica 2 devs roll out first hotfix, promising "adjustments to the Terms of Service" amid EULA concerns
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 studio confirms Lord of the Rings rumors, Warhorse is making an "open world Middle-earth RPG"
- The Russo Brothers say Avengers: Doomsday is a "complete reinvention" for Marvel and the audience isn't "expecting it at all"
- May 19
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- A point-and-click mystery game from my childhood is getting the live-action movie treatment from the studio behind Sonic the Hedgehog, and I couldn't be more excited
- Despite serious backlash from fans, The Boys season 5 has reached a record-breaking 57 million views per episode
- Arc Raiders devs know everyone just uses the Survivor augment, so they're buffing "underperforming" options to make loadouts more interesting
- Hasbro cancels Dungeons & Dragons game from God of War and Star Wars Jedi veteran after seeing early concept
- The Mandalorian and Grogu is one of the lowest-rated Star Wars movies on Rotten Tomatoes
- Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Star Fox remakes are fine, but former Nintendo staff say it needs "more than nostalgia right now"
- CD Projekt Red wanted The Witcher to have multiplayer: "Didn't happen, but it shows ambition"
- Jon Snow actor says he feels "very protective" of Game of Thrones season 8 and "stands by" the universally hated finale: "What they did was the right thing"
- As a massive Disney fan, the new Lego Main Street USA set just made my day
- Slay the Spire 2 review bomb didn't actually affect sales that much, Steam expert says, even though "in any other case you would say this game is dead"
- It's Sugar Whirl vs Lavender Dusk: GameSir and 8BitDo go head-to-head with colorful new Xbox controllers - but which is right for you?
- Final Fantasy 14 Evercold sleuths think they've figured out the MMO's new jobs, and it's thanks to the new expansion's theme that Yoshi-P hoped we wouldn't notice yet
- Metal Gear Solid 3 cutscenes have been busted for 15 years – but don't worry, the modder who noticed finally fixed it
- D&D Maps virtual tabletop will become "a simplified, streamlined version of what we wanted to do for Sigil," says Hasbro CEO
- "It's been a while since Mass Effect 2 and 3" – Hasbro boss says "there's a big need in the marketplace" for a BioWare-esque space RPG and Exodus is ready to fill it
- Subnautica 2 "creature mitigation" a priority for updates as dev is stunned by players with no sense of danger: "I don't think we thought people would build by wolves"
- Square Enix veterans "anticipated" their new JRPG would be compared to Zelda, but say Nintendo didn't inspire it – their own 35-year-old series did
- Arc Raiders dev admits durability changes were "too much," buffs a ton of guns to make up for it: "We will continue to listen to your feedback"
- Forza Horizon 6 pokes Nintendo's Pokemon lawyers with a nod to "that Japanese collecting game we're not allowed to name for legal reasons"
- "We learned our lesson": The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 won't repeat the development mistakes of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red says
- Narrative lead of Destiny 2's best expansion joins The Witcher multiplayer game Project Sirius at CD Projekt Red
- The Mandalorian and Grogu Fortnite collaboration is "a very first step" of what Jon Favreau thinks is "going to be a much larger project"
- Despite having less than five minutes of screentime in the MCU so far, Sacha Baron Cohen thinks Mephisto will return
- Resident Evil Requiem amiibo are selling out fast, but I've gathered the best places to try and catch Leon and Grace
- Subnautica 2 devs respond to EULA worries, say they'll "obviously never take any action against" streamers and are "looking into" other concerns
- I figured my Sega Mega Drive was safe from the internet, but the MegaWifi aims to take the console online
- RedMagic just confirmed the Astra 2 release date, and it's coming up fast
- As Halo and Forza Horizon 6 prepare to jump ship to PS5, Xbox fans use new community voting tool to tell Microsoft they want their exclusives back
- Masters of the Universe movie called "nonstop fun" and "one of the biggest surprises of 2026" in first reactions
- Assassin's Creed: Black Flag star thought he was auditioning for a "pirate TV show," not Ubisoft's action gem
- Nicolas Cage breaks his silence on Longlegs 2, saying he feels "pride of ownership" over the serial killer character, which was "influenced" by his mom
- More Subnautica 2 devs weigh in on the survival game's first big discourse since launching into Steam Early Access: "The conversation around the ways fish die isn't over"
- Lords of the Fallen 2 looks destined for Steam on launch as CI Games reportedly ends publishing agreement with Epic
- Steam canonizes the Vampire Survivors subgenre that’s spawned a million clones
- Arc Raiders turns to Denuvo to finally squash the extraction shooter's cheating problem, but Embark won't use DRM and is "working to ensure minimal impact on performance"
- Harry Potter TV show is already recasting a major character for season 2
- Before Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage almost played the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man
- Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi responds to the backlash after shouting out a Final Fantasy 6 AI mock-up that went viral for all the wrong reasons
- LG has finally created a 1,000Hz gaming monitor, but it's a Pandora's Box no one needed to open
- May 18
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- Valve veteran's suggestion for Krafton CEO as Subnautica 2 goes to the moon: "Maybe they should ChatGPT, 'What happens if Subnautica 2 is a super big hit? How are we screwed?"
- Xbox lead says the industry will see "more change happening in the next couple of years than the 25 years that got us here"
- PlayStation reportedly confirms end of PC support for major single-player games as CEO commits to console exclusivity
- Spectre star Lea Seydoux was "sad" Bond was bought by Amazon, but had a change of heart when Denis Villeneuve signed on: "At least it's him, so it will be cinema"
- The Duffer Brothers debunk popular Stranger Things fan theory that suggests Eleven is alive, joke that they'll reveal her fate "20 years from now"
- James Cameron says he's exploring "new technologies" to make Avatar 4 and 5 "more efficiently"
- KPop Demon Hunters was originally "dark, adult, and very violent," but changed direction during development because it had "franchise potential"
- 40 years on, Masters of the Universe director explains the unique way the '80s cartoon inspired the new live-action movie
- Only 6.8% of Crimson Desert players on Steam have finished the open-world game 2 months after launch, and that means 93.2% of them are playing it right
- PlayStation Plus price increase announced as gaming keeps getting more expensive
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 mo-cap actors who shot the J'RPG's ending didn't realize how tragic the scene was until the director started crying in front of them
- Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight's Metacritic score makes it the best-rated Lego game ever, knocking The Skywalker Saga off its perch after 4 years
- Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro says Square Enix anniversary tease just means the publisher wants to “milk” the game for more money
- As Palworld lawsuit drags on, Nintendo tries and fails to secure another patent on monster-capturing mechanics
- GTA 6 fans begin pre-order countdown after Best Buy email reveals it starts today, but a "verified" source just popped up to say it was an accident: "One ticket to Arkham asylum please"
- Masters of the Universe director "can say very little" about She-Ra being in the movie, but promises she'll "play a huge part" in any sequels
- Subnautica 2 devs say no to killing in their survival game, modders respond with add-on that lets you shoot fish anyway
- Stranger Things creators claim season 2's divisive episode about Eleven's 'sister' was never a backdoor pilot for a spin-off: "That’s gross. We would not do that"
- Hal Jordan suits up in new Lanterns trailer, which looks more gritty detective drama than DC superhero show
- I spent a weekend with Asus's dual-screened gaming laptop, and it's clear this isn't for players like you and me
- Step aside, Goldeneye: 007 First Light dev hopes "everyone agrees that this is the best Bond game ever"
- 007 First Light's James Bond actor "grew up" with Daniel Craig's take on the character, but wanted to find how the spy "plays in today's context and with a more youthful version"
- Final Fantasy 6 remake AI slop wows series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, fellow JRPG veteran tells him to stop but agrees the game deserves the Final Fantasy 7 treatment
- Forza Horizon 6's imminent full release has fans turning to an old trick to play it early without paying for the $120 Premium Edition
- Eric Kripke says it was never the plan to have Marie Moreau kill Homelander in The Boys season 5, says Gen V season 3 would've seen her in her "training-with-Yoda" era
- Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa jokes about the sci-fi show's low viewership and baffling Billie Piper regeneration: "I don't understand it either"
- Why the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni is the new, unrivaled king of our headset guides
- Nicolas Cage wanted to shoot Spider-Noir in both color and black and white to appeal to teenagers
- Asus sure is picking its moment to launch its first-ever RAM kit, and ROG motherboards can reportedly unlock more performance from it
- Punisher star Jon Bernthal is "really down" to return as Frank Castle after appearing in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but only if he’s "the one that’s making it"
- An Exodus deep-dive accompanies the Future Games Show, with Lara Croft and Indiana Jones actors on hosting duties
- Sigourney Weaver says she "hope[s]" Avatar 4 and 5 get made, "because they're two incredible stories that fulfill everything" James Cameron "wanted to say for our benefit as Earthlings"
- Subnautica 2 dev says "go play Sons of the Forest" if you don't like its lack of violence
- Pedro Pascal says "there is so much to expect" between Reed Richards and Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday
- Jon Snow actor Kit Harington says his Game of Thrones spin-off is on the backburner "for the moment," but he feels there's "something left to say"
- Hideo Kojima has seen Return to Silent Hill, and his 8-word review says it all
- Call of Duty and Mario Kart are up there, but Take-Two CEO says Grand Theft Auto is "the most valuable entertainment IP ever created," and while he still won't reveal how much GTA 5 made, "it's a lot"
- Markiplier says Iron Lung is getting an exclusive digital release on YouTube because he's "pretty loyal"
- Kane Parsons promises his Backrooms movie will be "in strict continuity" with his viral YouTube series and won't offer concrete answers
- Dave Filoni considered making a live-action Ahsoka Tano film before the Disney Plus show
- GTA 6 hype hits all-time high as fans find more evidence pre-orders start today, but some have been burned too many times to believe it: "Better to be safe than sorry with Rockstar"
- Starlight attacks the Deep and Butcher promises "superheroes are done" in ominous trailer for The Boys season 5 finale
- GTA 6 pre-order rumors live: we're debunking speculation, verifying listings, and watching prices as they happen
- Disclosure Day writer addresses the wild internet rumor that the movie will reveal the truth about aliens
- The Duffer brothers' nostalgic new sci-fi show The Boroughs wouldn't mind having its own viral music moment: "The publishers want their next 'Running Up That Hill'"
- May 17
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- Borderlands' last-minute art style change cost the company $50 million, Take-Two CEO says: "Borderlands wouldn't have been a hit"
- Zelda: Twilight Princess did what Ocarina of Time couldn't because Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto really "wanted to see Link fight on horseback"
- Sigourney Weaver says her Mandalorian and Grogu character Colonel Ward is "the same generation as Princess Leia," and "it's really cool" to join the "ensemble" of Star Wars women
- After becoming one of the year's best-rated games, Mixtape devs say it won't ever be removed from sale due to expiring music licenses: "That was a lie"
- Forza Horizon 6 reportedly has more than 1 million players, despite still being locked behind a $120 Premium Edition
- As Terraria sells over 70 million copies, devs are done with promising final updates and say they'll "continue beyond 1.4.6"
- May 16
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- Eiji Aonuma tried to "graduate" from Zelda after Wind Waker, but Shigeru Miyamoto assigned him to Twilight Princess anyway and he figured he "should give up escaping" his "fate"
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 director calls it the "best Sonic movie yet" as filming officially wraps
- Crimson Desert Kliff actor says video game acting wasn't treated as "proper acting" by peers who are now asking how to get into the industry
- Jon Favreau says he has "a lot of plans" for Grogu "creatively," because "he's on a path to be both a Jedi and a Mandalorian"
- Subnautica 2 devs are trying to push players towards non-violence in the sequel: "We feel strongly about it"
- While showering fans in loot boxes, Overwatch director agrees the game's 10th anniversary disappoints and promises celebrations throughout the year
- May 15
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- New poster for The Boys season 5 finale is an homage to one of the most important scenes in the comics, and fans think this means Butcher will finally kill Homelander
- Subnautica 2 dev knows "pirates are gonna do their thing," but would rather people play for an hour "and return it than go play it illicitly"
- "What is even happening": Dev reels as over 1,000 Steam reviews sitting at 96% positive flood his "card game unlike any other"
- "It's a pure skill issue": Clair Obscur Expedition 33 head says the RPG's notorious volleyball minigame is "easy," then proves it on stage
- Luke Cage creator says there's one "problem" with The Punisher: One Last Kill, and I agree
- Sony is testing a tiny PS5 version of Steam charts, and I can't wait to see the GTA 6 numbers
- Star Wars: The Old Republic lead told BioWare bosses "I hate massive multiplayer games" before agreeing to run the MMO and becoming a "highly paid, completely useless person"
- "It has been an honor": World of Warcraft fans gather in popular private server Turtle WoW to say goodbye as it ends 8-year run following Blizzard lawsuit
- Forza Horizon 6 won't let you destroy cherry blossom trees because they're too important to Japanese culture
- Skyrim becomes playable in Fallout 4 thanks to one genius modder who "beat" Todd Howard to it by sticking the whole RPG on a Pip-Boy
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director won't confirm or deny fan theories because that would ruin the fun
- Subnautica 2 devs promise sprint, voice chat, and player trading in early access roadmap, and the "next chapter of the story" is on the way
- Valve reportedly giving away free Steam games to Steam Controller buyers who had delivery botched: "Average Valve W"
- City of Ash is one of my favorite Warhammer box sets in years, and it's finally back in stock (with a discount as well)
- Fortnite's Overwatch collab "vastly outshines" Blizzard's "lackluster" 10th Anniversary event, envious players say: "Epic just made Blizz look absolutely pathetic"
- Blizzard tried to fix a Diablo 4 bug and only made things worse, to the joy of Warlock sickos now one-shotting its hardest foes
- The Steam Controller doesn't just scream for its life, it will also sing its little haptic heart out
- The Vought Rising setup in The Boys season 5 isn't "craven commercialism", insists Eric Kripke: "It's a full universe, and we have these pieces"
- Tracer butt investigation follows Overwatch into Fortnite 10 years later, even after Jeff Kaplan said Blizzard "actually didn't nerf Tracer's butt"
- Sega's cancelled Neptune console is finally a thing thanks to FPGA, and it's now running 32X games
- BitSummit Punch 2026 returns this month, and we're bringing you a special Mixtape celebrating amazing indie games from Japan and around the world
- Ahsoka is "the centerpiece" of Dave Filoni's "work as a storyteller," and he's "giving a lot of thought to how Ahsoka fits into the overall, overarching" Star Wars "continuity," says Jon Favreau
- New Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream update cures permanent Mii sadness, corrupted saves, and residents being so angry they'd fall out of love with their crushes
- Lanterns will be the first story on the DCU timeline thanks to a flashback storyline in 2016
- After 5 years in early access, one of Steam's best-rated shooters goes on sale one last time before a price increase: "Don't say we didn't warn you!"
- Forza Horizon 6 immediately beats its predecessor's all-time Steam record with 130,000 concurrent players – and that's only counting people willing to pay $120 for early access
- Vision actor denies rumor he'll play Voldemort in the Harry Potter TV show: "I've heard nothing about that"
- Two unannounced Xbox controllers just leaked, and one is a Wi-Fi pad that ditches Microsoft's OG DNA
- Windrose hits 2 million sales in 1 month as devs prepare to dive into "full production on the next major update" for the open-world pirate game
- Subnautica 2 makes a splash with 2 million copies sold in 12 hours, 18,000 positive Steam reviews, and 651,000 concurrent players across PC and Xbox
- Marvel is so secretive, Paul Bettany didn't even know he died in Avengers: Infinity War until the day it happened
- "I hope you rethink your life choices": Subnautica 2 dev responds to pirate asking for tech support on leaked build
- Marvel fans convinced Avengers: Secret Wars is getting delayed amid new filming date reports
- The search for the next James Bond officially kicks off with Game of Thrones casting director at the helm
- As wait for Palworld 1.0 has fans in frenzy, lead says don't expect any "sudden announcement on Discord" as "it's a bit too big of a moment"
- Crimson Desert patch tackles endgame emptiness further with 5 more boss rematches, extra mounts, and new skills
- The Mandalorian and Grogu gets divisive first reactions as Star Wars movie called both a "ton of fun" and "totally inessential"
- May 14
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- Blizzard was working on Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred before the base RPG even launched, and that's why some of its biggest features were "deployed early"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 studio Warhorse raises $65,000 to help preserve the real-life medieval castle that's Henry's homebase in the first RPG
- Crimson Desert star acted in The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, and Elden Ring but says Pearl Abyss' "beautiful" open-world game is "unlike anything I've ever been involved in"
- Marathon is getting a "PVE-only mode" as Bungie responds to the state of the game
- Rockstar's supposed GTA 6 pre-order evidence is actually years old
- Gen V star was completely unaware of her surprise "cameo" in The Boys season 5 episode 6
- Persona 5 Royal lead says the JRPG series' growth might have "contributed to the recent spread of turn-based combat," but for Atlus, it's just "an expression of our game-design philosophy"
- 6 best new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, and more (May 15–May 17)
- "FromSoftware is making steady progress" amid push "to develop IP in games" and film, says owner Kadokawa as Elden Ring movie looms
- Now that Subnautica 2 is out, Valve's own Deadlock tops Steam's most wishlisted chart
- GTA 6 price listed as $115 via one retailer as pre-order rumors circulate, and fans are praying it's just a "placeholder"
- Studio behind hit co-op game apologizes after $75,000 AI video contest leads to Steam review bomb: "We hoped AI could be a more accessible tool"
- Devs behind one of Steam’s most-wishlisted games respond after asking players to change negative reviews and kicking up a stink online
- Subnautica 2 has already sold 1 million copies and it's been out for literally one hour
- Dragon Quest lead doesn't think the JRPG series "must always feature turn-based combat," which makes me wonder if Dragon Quest 12 could follow in Final Fantasy's footsteps
- After 1 hour, Subnautica 2 Steam player peak is 9x bigger than the original game and gaining on Slay the Spire 2 for biggest launch of 2026
- Former Assassin's Creed Hexe lead says Ubisoft probably would have looked into AI-powered NPCs for one of his older games if the tech were more advanced at that time
- The PC Gaming Show returns on June 7 with a new host
- Marvel Rivals test players make historic discovery: Devil Dinosaur is too big to fit in the flarkin' maps
- Forza Horizon 6's Metacritic score sends it speeding past Pokemon Pokopia and Resident Evil Requiem to become 2026's best-rated game of the year
- GTA 6 pre-orders: everything we know so far as new leaks point to imminent listings
- New Spider-Man: Brand New Day featurette gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Marvel movie's explosive opening sequence
- After the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is done, its director wants to expand the long-running JRPG series for a whole new generation
- Garry's Mod successor punishes gen AI use as creator admits "our Steam reviews obviously aren't great"
- The year is 2026 and Alienware just launched an RTX 4050 gaming laptop for $1300
- They can never compete with Elden Ring, but FromSoftware owner says Nightreign "performed strongly" and The Duskbloods is still coming in 2026
- YouTuber Curry Barker opens up on the pressures of making his first feature film Obsession: "Before, if something sucked, I just wouldn't post it"
- New Star Wars book features Rey and Ben Solo crumbs – but it will be enough to make Reylos everywhere happy
- The Mandalorian and Grogu team are "secretly" hoping to make a sequel set deeper in the Outer Rim, says star Sigourney Weaver
- Amiibo support is coming to Star Fox, and these three figures will unlock your exclusive in-game goodies
- Gen V star bids farewell to her character, but The Boys showrunner suggests it's not the end for her
- The Boys actor Antony Starr responds to fan criticism ahead of the series finale: "Life is messy"
- The Krasivoe Cube Dock can transform your Switch 2 dock into the iconic GameCube, but it'll cost you
- Fortnite's most embarrassing cause of death has been removed, but Epic Games has managed to balance it shockingly well
- The Lord of the Rings MMO might reportedly be dead, but Amazon is still "working closely" with Middle-earth on a new game
- A major character from The Acolyte may have been "complicit" in the return of the Sith, new Star Wars book reveals
- Forza Horizon 6 isn't even out yet, but players are already modding it on PC with Tokyo Drift references, quality-of-life changes, and more
- Future Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games could release more quickly as Square Enix makes "steady progress" on a framework for "regular" major game launches
- Bleach studio launches new magical girl show as producer admits it's "tired of battles" in anime
- Former Assassin's Creed Hexe lead says no one at Ubisoft lost their job to AI while he was there: "That's just factually untrue"
- The Boys fans have spotted an Easter egg from the comics, and it makes the penultimate episode even more heartbreaking
- M. Night Shyamalan is about to cook as he teases his next thriller is his highest-rated movie with test audiences
- The RTX 5090 is already out of reach for us mere PC gaming mortals, but board prices could make it a mythical beast
- With just 1 episode left, The Boys season 5 episode 7 is tied for the lowest ranked on IMDb
- GTA 6 pre-orders start in a matter of days according to Best Buy affiliate email that reportedly spills the beans early
- Subnautica 2 is already "bigger and more polished" than anything Unknown Worlds has put into Steam Early Access, lead devs say, and it'll only continue to grow
- The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke says fans are in for a "treat" with the series finale as he test screens it one final time
- The Punisher special isn't beating the unfinished allegations as Disney confirms Marvel is "working on a solution" to audio issues
- As Arc Raiders devs work on "reactivating" the 16 million people who bought the shooter, Embark Studios is early in development on two new games
- Devil May Cry and Resident Evil remakes on Switch 2 rumors appear more convincing as Capcom singles out ports as a key to its success
- BenQ's 27-inch monitor is a solid QD-OLED contender, but I wouldn't spend $100 more for 4K over 500Hz
- Warhammer reveals pre-painted terrain, so soon you'll have a beautiful battlefield out of the box
- The Batman 2 casting is being drip-fed by Matt Reeves and DC fans think they know who's coming next
- May 13
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- Shigeru Miyamoto says the live-action Zelda movie is hitting theaters a week sooner than planned
- Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone walks back any potential infidelity in the farming sim, says "it was just some theoretical idea I've toyed with"
- Dev rewrites GTA 3 source code to reveal what Rockstar was hiding and show how Liberty City fit on a PS2
- Crimson Desert soars past 150,000 Steam reviews with Very Positive rating despite story criticism
- Jon Bernthal literally set himself on fire in The Punisher: One Last Kill for one explosive stunt
- Zelda: Twilight Princess PC port forced to change its name, and for once Nintendo has nothing to do with it
- The Boys star seems to agree season 5 has a "Soldier Boy problem," and that his character had more time in season 4
- Control is "Remedy's RPG franchise," says creative director, and it's been that way since long before it was even called Control
- Arc Raiders will soon let you keep blueprints and buy more stash space because "very few of you are going on the Expedition"
- Arc Raiders won't get a major update until October as Embark announces Frozen Trail and shifts to twice-a-year release schedule, promising "the largest map in the game"
- The original GURPS Fallout campaign predating the entire franchise still exists thanks to a handwritten note just found by co-creator Tim Cain
- Killing a main character in Baldur's Gate 3 on his second playthrough had a massive impact on how BioShock creator Ken Levine approaches new game Judas
- Steam Machine and Switch 2 aren't "massive technological upgrades," says BioShock creator – but they prove we've hit "diminishing returns" with cutting-edge graphics tech
- Metal Gear Solid 2 modder finds hidden mode that Hideo Kojima said Konami "experimented with" before cutting it over 15 years ago
- Saros is selling worse than Returnal, analyst estimates, as it competes with hits like Crimson Desert and Resident Evil Requiem for limited time and money
- Assassin's Creed Hexe setting potentially leaked as a witchy German city, and Ubisoft fans think it's "the best possible outcome"
- Peter Jackson says he "didn't think much" of directing The Hunt for Gollum because Andy Serkis "knows the guy better than anyone"
- Luke Skywalker knows Jedi Fallen Order's Cal Kestis survived Order 66, new Star Wars book reveals
- Where to buy NeeDoh, the viral toy sensation
- Nintendo is "obviously" having a meltdown over Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake after proving Star Fox leaker right, says ex-marketing lead, since it’s "the company that banks on" surprise
- Dave Filoni is "closely in step" with The Mandalorian and Grogu even though it's more standalone than the planned season 4, says Jon Favreau
- Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic boss Casey Hudson is done with 100-hour games: "A lot of players just want to play something and finish it"
- "Valve can't stop winning": New Steam update revamps Community Market with "bigger, better listings" and more, much to Counter-Strike 2 fans' delight
- After The Boys season 5's penultimate episode, fans are wondering how the show will be able to wrap up in the 65-minute finale
- Capcom wants to "nurture" dormant game series like Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma with "sequels, remakes, ports," and more
- Four years after it was first announced, Marvel's VisionQuest finally confirms 2026 release date
- Save yourself the Assassin's Creed Black Flag treasure hunt, I've got all the best loot right here
- "Super sad and disappointing" Overwatch 10th Anniversary Event leaves players reeling: "Blizzard did us dirty"
- The Boys season 5 episode 7 brings back Gen V stars, but fans are pretty upset about what might be their last appearance
- The newest Analogue 3D update fuels my dorky desire for accurate library cartridge colors
- PSA: The Steam Controller Wilhelm Screams at you if you drop it
- Punisher: One Last Kill sets up Spider-Man: Brand New Day by revealing Frank Castle's "psychological state" going in, says Marvel special's director
- Aaron Paul is back in Invincible just months after admitting he "didn't want to" play Powerplex anymore
- Call of Duty legend returns after losing NetEase funding with plans for a new FPS game that isn't a CoD "killer," but more like "if David Lynch made shooters"
- To celebrate the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake, Ubisoft announces a global treasure hunt for $500,000 buried somewhere in the Caribbean
- The Boys season 5 episode 7 features a shark voiced by a Marvel legend, and it's probably the best cameo in the show's run
- Ahsoka season 2 won't premiere until 2027, which makes 2026 the first year without a live-action Star Wars show in 7 years
- Marvel messes up CGI in an embarrassing Punisher: One Last Kill moment that "genuinely looks like a GTA cutscene"
- Haunted Chocolatier is "way bigger than Stardew Valley," says ConcernedApe: "Everything is cranked up"
- The Boys season 5 episode 7 features "one of the saddest moments" so far – and fans think it sets up the finale's big twist
- Subnautica 2 leaks early, Unknown Worlds confirms, but those builds are "incomplete development versions" that don't reflect the full game
- Curry Barker says Obsession 2 is possible, but he'd rather make an anthology series and "invite other filmmakers to give their spin" on wishes gone bad
- Eric Barone says Stardew Valley and Haunted Chocolatier will forever be AI-free because people "should take priority over a soulless machine"
- May 12
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- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Henry actor recorded voice lines just to prevent you from cheating
- Hideo Kojima learns that Higgs is the world's favorite Death Stranding 2 character, but he's just glad all his children have fans
- Persona boss says it out loud: turn-based RPGs never left, it's just that "recent critically acclaimed games have brought renewed attention to them"
- ConcernedApe spends 5 days a week on Haunted Chocolatier and 2 on Stardew Valley, says the new game is "a lot harder" to make
- ConcernedApe says future Stardew Valley update might let you cheat on your spouse, because "you should be able to do wicked things" in a sandbox game
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says RPGs like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 "may have been inevitable" as new players favor real-time games over turn-based
- 6 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus, and more (May 11–May 17)
- Ex-Mass Effect lead isn't using AI on his new Star Wars RPG: "I'm just really unimpressed with it"
- Ian McKellen says he always wanted a "good speech" in X-Men, but that comic book movie speeches are limited to "pow!"
- Hot off Crimson Desert, Pearl Abyss wants to "accelerate development" on open-world Pokemon-like MMO DokeV as it aims to release a new game "every two to three years"
- Scuf launches new Omega PS5 controller, and would you look at its adorable little ears
- Diablo 4 lead says "there's often no ideal solution" when it comes to doing anything in the action-RPG: "Often, we just have to pick a thing"
- New Star Wars RPG led by Mass Effect boss backed by $100 million fund "bringing common sense back to the games industry" as it "treats developers so badly"
- Baldur's Gate 3 fans behind OG Baldur's Gate remake mod revamp Candlekeep to give it "the massive visual overhaul it truly deserves"
- Shigeru Miyamoto filled Star Fox with animals because Star Wars and Gundam already had human sci-fi covered: "We're going to create our own original science fiction!"
- World of Warcraft streamers attend top-secret Blizzard event, leaving fans hoping for the version of the MMO they've tried to manifest for years
- "Sony please stop hitting yourself," former Xbox exec says after latest DRM controversy
- This official Solo Leveling anime PC is stunning and looks almost as overpowered as Sung Jin-woo himself
- The Punisher: One Last Kill team wants to make a Punisher movie next
- Slay the Spire 2 has almost 80,000 negative Steam reviews – nearly 14 times more than the first game received in 9 years
- 007 First Light will run at 60fps on PS5 Pro, IO Interactive confirms, and for $900 I'd sure hope it does
- Gen V's Marie Moreau is coming for Homelander in the first teaser for The Boys season 5 episode 7
- Devil May Cry season 2 is not a "do-over" of the divisive Devil May Cry 2, but the showrunner finds it "more interesting" to adapt "great concepts that don't work"
- Nintendo announces brand new choose-your-own Switch 2 bundle a week after unveiling price increase plans
- Lego Minas Tirith might be the most damn impressive Lego set I've ever seen
- "A range of new chairs to suit different needs" - LiberNovo is expanding its chair family by introducing an "entry level" non-electric model, and somehow, a "Pro" version
- Hasbro CEO says "you should expect more" crossovers for D&D
- As The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake rumors swirl, Nintendo boss teases "new titles beyond those already announced"
- GTA 6 Trailer 3 copium is at an all-time high, with fans convinced today "might actually be the day" Rockstar gives us news
- Amazon's upcoming live-action Voltron movie starring Henry Cavill will not get a theatrical run
- House of the Dragon star says season 3's opening battle will be "huge"
- 2015's Fantastic Four writer says he "wasn't privy to whatever drama happened on set" and he didn't know his "entire script had been thrown out" until he saw the film
- Sega downsizes free-to-play division after "weak performance" from Sonic Rumble Party, moving over 100 devs onto "full game" releases in "mainstay IPs"
- After Castlevania and Devil May Cry, Adi Shankar's friends have told him to adapt Pragmata next
- Modder designs an ultra premium PSP shell from the ground up that puts my handheld plans to shame
- Invincible is planning more "side quests" even after season 4's controversial episode scored a record-low rating
- Mortal Kombat 2 writer says one of the big "mistakes" from the first movie was not having the game developers "as creatively involved as they should have been"
- The long-awaited Mineru's Construct Legend of Zelda amiibo is up for pre-order, and my collection couldn't be happier
- Sega cancels its "Super Game" project following free-to-play struggles, but new Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio are still on the way
- What time is The Punisher: One Last Kill on Disney Plus?
- Ian McKellen jokes about his Gandalf return in Andy Serkis's The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum: "Who would have thought there was more?"
- Grogu is "not on the typical Jedi path of a youngling," but he has "trained with some of the best Jedi teachers" like Luke Skywalker and potentially Yoda, says The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau
- Crimson Desert DLC teased as Pearl Abyss looks to "broaden the game to the next level" following record quarterly revenue of around $180 million
- Palworld Online trademark filed as fans speculate a Pocketpair MMO could be on the way
- Cheaper AMD Radeon RX 9050 GPUs are seemingly inbound, and it's almost better than the RX 9060
- Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 teases a big change for Sauron as release date confirmed
- Mortal Kombat writer says they "always knew" one character would be resurrected in Mortal Kombat 3 but "altered their death" to make their fate more of a mystery
- First reactions to Marvel's Punisher special compare it to The Raid and say it's like a comic "come to life"
- May 11
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- "Stop submitting AI slop code": PS3 emulator RPCS3 shuts down vibe coders, tells them to "learn how to debug, code, and leave behind something useful to humanity when you're gone"
- Fallout season 3 adds Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul in reunion with Westworld producers
- Fallout 4 and Stardew Valley lead new Xbox Game Pass "starter edition" tier for Discord Nitro subscribers
- Playground Games confirms Forza Horizon 6 leak, threatens "franchise-wide and hardware bans" for anyone "found accessing this build"
- Industry lobbyists ridicule "false premise" that "consumers 'own' digital games" amid Stop Killing Games fight
- Mortal Kombat 2 star Max Huang wants a Shaolin Monks spin-off after that standout Blue Portal fight
- Uncharted 4 dataminer uncovers lost version from Amy Hennig with new cutscenes, more Elena, and fewer guns
- Subnautica 2 hit 5 million Steam wishlists days before its early access launch, so "every player" gets a special gift
- Mouse: P.I. for Hire made all its money back in a month, selling 730,000 copies in "stronger-than-expected" launch with 94% positive Steam reviews
- GameSir officially launches the PC version of its G7 Pro controller, unlocking a ludicrous 8,000Hz polling rate for less than $100
- "I also got a cease and desist from Nintendo": WWE Champion Cody Rhodes explains why he stopped wearing his Zelda-inspired boots in the ring
- First Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred patch nerfs the Butcher, makes charms easier to find, and raises questions about "where a useless unique item could be transmuted"
- The Bear star can't reveal if Richie's cliffhanger ending in surprise prequel episode takes place before season 5
- Kingdom Hearts 4 fans are so desperate they think a Tokyo Game Show teaser hints at impending news, but I wouldn't be so sure
- Arc Raiders Expedition breaks, leaving players without promised skill points and Embark "actively investigating" the problem
- Famed indie dev refuses to uninstall Baldur's Gate 3 even after finding Act 3 "too big" to finish: "I've got all this progress"
- As Mortal Kombat 2 debuts to a series-best opening weekend, producer apologizes for lashing out against critics who "have no idea what the fans want"
- The retro look and budget price of the SIVGA M260 gaming earbuds might finally make me a wired bud fan
- Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, and more reportedly adjust their sales targets as the RAM crisis strangles motherboard sales
- Mortal Kombat 2 writer says [redacted] was killed because hardcore fans were "very vocal about calling for his head"
- JRPGs struggle to break 3 million sales, Xenoblade lead once said, and after his hesitance to focus on cutting-edge tech, Xenoblade Chronicles X's wonky Switch 2 edition may have proven him right
- Resident Evil creator's new studio is working on "multiple projects" according to Stellar Blade developer backing it
- Yet another Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 lead joins CD Projekt Red as it juggles development on The Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2, and more
- Jon Favreau isn't "exactly" sure why he was asked for The Mandalorian and Grogu to be the first Star Wars movie in 7 years, but he thinks there's an "opportunity" to bring in a "new audience"
- Akira creator opens a new anime studio to pass on his "visual expression and artistic style" to the next generation
- Arcana won't ever be mentioned again in the Mortal Kombat universe, promises sequel writer: "It kind of became our Midi-chlorians"
- Stellar Blade 2 might not be PS5-exclusive as Sony isn't publishing the sequel
- The Audeze Mazwell 2 gaming headset can now be customized with these funky Audeze ReSkin earcup covers
- Peacemaker and Superbad director is reportedly the top choice to direct a possible Deathstroke and Bane movie for DC
- Forza Horizon 6 leaks over a week early in accidental Steam update, prompting requests for the full release to be brought forward: "Might as well ship the game now"
- New Star Wars game from XCOM veterans gets an age rating ahead of Summer Games Fest and we're sure you know the rest by now
- Marvel TV boss confirms "small" Daredevil: Born Again season 3 time jump, and it could be the killing blow for all your Spider-Man: Brand New Day theories
- The Ghost in the Shell anime series reveals release date and promises "a new era of cyberpunk action"
- OG Star Fox designer may prefer the Mario Galaxy Movie design, but says the Switch 2 game designs are "exactly the visuals" he had in mind for the Nintendo 64 classic
- Fantastic Four star says his Avengers: Doomsday script didn't have "an ending" and it changed "quite a bit"
- Star Wars: Starfighter reveals new synopsis teasing Ryan Gosling's pilot on a mission that "may alter the future of the Force itself"
- Pokemon and Palworld clone Pickmos quietly returns to Steam after promising "controversy-free experience," with certain familiar monster designs now missing
- Crimson Desert update nails a major fan request as lions, tigers, bears, and more can be tamed and turned into special mounts
- Valve's Steam Machine reservation page code points towards four package flavors, and two could ditch the controller
- Avengers: Doomsday star says there were "secret names" in the script to hide surprising returns: "It was so confusing"
- Harvey Dent might be ripped in The Batman 2 as new video of Sebastian Stan training for his DC role hits the internet
- Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight goes live a week early for Xbox players lucky enough to benefit from a Walmart snafu
- Dave Filoni gives Ahsoka season 2 update and says he's "not really worried" about rumor it will end with season 2 because he knows where the story "should tie up"
- May 10
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- The Boys fans think season 5's POV episode reveals the order in which major Supes will die
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess comes to PC with much higher resolutions and uncapped frame rates thanks to a fan project that's been on the go for over 6 years
- As Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake rumors persist, Nintendo boss reportedly wants to make Switch 2 price increase worth it with a stronger line-up of games
- "My job is to trick you": Obsession's Curry Barker on finding his own way to frighten horror fans and leaning into the "modern jumpscare"
- Gears of War: E-Day is officially sponsoring WWE Triplemania, potentially hinting at a September release date window for the Xbox prequel
- As Dragon Quest 12 continues to slumber, series creator Yuji Horii reveals a 40th anniversary stream with news about the "next game"
- There's a fun reference to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms when you Google the Game of Thrones spin-off
- Devil May Cry showrunner thinks most video game movie announcements "won't come to fruition" or will be "cringe" because "they're not really run by the people that made the games"
- May 9
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- Valve's Gabe Newell always understood what Steam does better than every other PC and console store: "The thing that we've been successful with are the Steam sales"
- After 14 years since announcement, the Morrowind remake made in Skyrim gets another encouraging update and sounds close to completion
- Mortal Kombat 2 writer reveals the fighter he cut from the script: "I wasn't able to devote enough time to sell him as a character"
- This indie game with near perfect Steam reviews is the Sonic Adventure follow-up I've been waiting 26 years for, with a little Animal Crossing thrown in
- For Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred DLC, Blizzard designed the new warlock class to feel like it could beat the necromancers and sorceresses in a "fist fight"
- New Steam indie game with glistening reviews is like Shadow of the Colossus with anime girls if all the bosses were giant construction vehicles
- Pedro Pascal says he originally didn't realize Jon Favreau wanted him to play The Mandalorian in the Star Wars show: "Am I a droid?"
- First-party Xbox studio Double Fine is unionizing
- May 8
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- Out of respect for Slippy Toad, I need you to play the OG Star Fox 64 on an actual N64
- Nintendo Switch 2 YouTube hack yanked days after players find a way to watch videos in a free battle royale game
- Epic knows everyone's afraid "AI is going to take all our jobs," but Fortnite dev insists the goal of AI "is to make us more efficient"
- One Baldur's Gate 3 fan is on a mission to complete the weirdest collection in the RPG, leaving fellow players with one big question
- After 11 years in development hell, Chronology of Water and Stranger Things stars are set to lead new Prime Video TV show based on popular comic about bank robbers who stop time by having sex
- Mass Effect hasn't been great in "a long time," but "D&D in space" RPG Exodus can fill the gap according to Hasbro's CEO
- I've been thinking about this RPG for 8 months, and it's finally out on Steam with 96% positive reviews
- Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered used PlayStation's new AI animation tool, and Naughty Dog and San Diego Studio are both following suit
- Helldivers 2 will receive "core" improvements by summer as Arrowhead works on making the Galactic War "more reactive" with multi-week campaigns and better rewards
- I beat Slay the Spire 2 Ascension 10 with all classes, and I have one question for Mega Crit after the new patch
- Crimson Desert studio Pearl Abyss is really "an indie publisher with a triple-A quality game," marketing lead says, and isn't "restricted" like AAAs
- Another PS5 price hike isn't the "plan," says Sony CEO, but I'm not getting my hopes up
- Mixtape has me running to these nine '90s retro tech gadgets this weekend
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake had "no option other than a trilogy," lead says, since the "sheer volume" of the original PS1 JRPG was too absurd
- Crimson Desert to get another update with "special mounts" and a way to recover materials, right after Pearl Abyss flew through its massive roadmap in record time
- Maul – Shadow Lord episode 8 doesn't stick exactly to canon, but star Sam Witwer says it was done with intention: "The audience can take from that what they will"
- It's happening - Hori has confirmed the adorable Kirby and Waddle Dee Switch 2 accessories are releasing outside of Japan
- Destiny 2 players pick out a grave as Bungie confirms it's got nothing to say and Sony admits it's down $765 million on the studio: "There's no way this game keeps getting DLC"
- Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Renoir actor Andy Serkis is "so thrilled" for Sandfall Interactive devs after their debut RPG's success: "It's such an emotional story"
- Devil May Cry showrunner rallies against the "Marvel-ification" of IP, but says Capcom and Netflix's instructions were refreshingly different: "Go and execute your vision"
- Slay the Spire 2 patch hits the nuclear option, deletes Doormaker boss countless players hated: "He was over the complexity threshold of what we want"
- Slay the Spire 2 patches are half as frequent as the first game's because doing weekly updates "was a lot of work so it really sucked"
- The Mandalorian and Grogu star Pedro Pascal says his Star Wars character "knows" Baby Yoda "will outlive him," so he's "making sure" Grogu "can survive in a world without him"
- Pokopia is already in the top 5 best-selling Pokemon spin-offs of all time, with around 20% of Switch 2 owners buying Nintendo's cozy sim
- Former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy compares the "innovative" Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau to George Lucas
- Switch 2 Star Fox pre-orders are cheaper than I thought, but I'm prepared to pay full price to snag that cosplay-friendly bonus
- Valve commits to a reservation system for today's new batch of Steam Controller stock, which gives me a lot more hope for the launch of the Steam Machine and Steam Frame
- PS5 sales are 42% behind PS4 at this point in the generation, and it's got nothing to do with the price increase
- The wands are on lockdown: HBO's Harry Potter TV show is having to microchip props in order to track them
- PS6 price and release window is still undecided, but Sony reports "an increase in investments" into the next-gen PlayStation
- 7 years on, Pedro Pascal wants to keep playing the Mandalorian for as long as the "many bodies we put into the suit can take it"
- Sony reports $765 million impairment loss on Marathon and Destiny 2 studio Bungie for the last financial year, after paying $3.6 billion for it in 2022
- Homelander star teases the Supe's victory in The Boys season 5 finale, and an unused shot from the trailer seems to back it up
- Super Mario World and Zelda: A Link to the Past director Takashi Tezuka is leaving Nintendo after 42 years and credits on over 150 games
- The Penguin season 2 feels closer than ever to happening thanks to this writer listing
- Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are now some of the best-selling Pokemon games of all time thanks to the new Switch re-releases
- Your Xbox console and handheld could soon look the same, but I'm wary of Microsoft's UI pitch
- Resident Evil Requiem gets free roguelike minigame Leon Must Die Forever, which Capcom had been teasing in plain sight all along
- D&D launches Game Pass-style subscription system with free encounters, maps, and more
- Andy Serkis says he doesn't see a difference between game and movie acting, and says "Hollywood is using video game engines" to help with action scenes
- The rumors are true: The Batman 2 is set in winter as Matt Reeves delivers perfect first look
- Nintendo Switch 2 will soon cost $500 as price hikes roll out across the US, Europe, and more due to "various changes in market conditions"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 lead designer says "friction is intentionally" in the RPG because when "you overcome the friction, you feel better about yourself"
- May 7
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- After 3 years of work, GTA 4 dev's sandbox game hits Steam as he has to tell people it's "completely different" from Minecraft: "For starters, no Steve"
- Paranormal Activity game dead after Paramount refuses to give legendary Mortuary Assistant dev more time to make it "the best it could possibly be"
- Old School RuneScape players riot as YouTuber's account is reset hours after finishing ridiculous 3-month grind, but Jagex has receipts
- First King of the Hill season 15 trailer is a nostalgia bomb that takes us through some of the show's most iconic moments
- Solo dev stunned as his "first ever video game" sells 100,000 copies in 5 days on Steam while 97% "overwhelmingly positive" reviews pour in
- New Masters of the Universe TV spot gives us our first glimpse at He-Man riding Battle Cat, and I'm finally excited for the live-action movie
- Diablo 4 alone makes this $15 game bundle worth it, so with one of the best JRPGS of the last decade and 6 other games it's unbeatable
- Steam Controller reservations announced with scalper protection as Valve admits "the experience for a lot of you trying to buy it was incredibly frustrating"
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu and more (May 8–May 10)
- Dragon Quest creator believes AI can make JRPG characters "feel even more human" and "listen to people's concerns with empathy," hopes to add it to "other series too"
- Neverness to Everness devs admit using "AI-assisted tools" after deleting slop animation, now "reviewing and reworking the flagged assets"
- Daredevil: Born Again season 2 showrunner says they "didn't do justice" to the Muse storyline in season 1
- Instantly one of the best-rated games of 2026, nostalgic adventure Mixtape flies up Metacritic
- Dune: Awakening fans "so disappointed" by no Polar Cap in 1.4, Funcom says it's "a huge amount of work" but the devs "are still very much actively working on the new map"
- GameStop CEO trying to buy eBay briefly banned on eBay, but that's not stopping him from attempting to sell garbage for thousands of dollars
- eBay launches new authentication system for Pokemon cards, Yu-Gi-Oh, and beyond
- Star Fox on Switch 2 calls for a new N64 controller, and I've got the perfect gamepad for the job
- Cyberpunk Edgerunners is back: CD Projekt Red collab with action RPG Wuthering Waves sees Lucy return, and fan-favorite Rebecca is a free playable character
- The best sci-fi show of the 2000s is now streaming in full on Paramount Plus
- None of Crimson Desert's big updates were pre-planned because Pearl Abyss is "not baking in presumptions around what the players want"
- Daredevil: Born Again showrunner says season 3 leaks have been "a little hard to deal with"
- Brendan Fraser says The Mummy 4 will return to original locations, promising to give audiences "what they have been bothering all of us for"
- Arc Raiders preparing new kernel-level anti-cheat to blast cheaters out of the sky and "sharpen both detection and precision"
- Final Fantasy 14 players demand minion of chonky patch 7.5 dungeon boss "immediately," and there's hope as Square Enix joins in: "Chort"
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake "all but confirmed," fans conclude following Switch 2 Star Fox announcement
- GTA 6 was delayed to avoid crunch, claims Take-Two CEO, comparing notoriously crunchy Rockstar to college: "You do your homework, you don't pull an all-nighter"
- Assassin's Creed Hexe creative director opens new studio just 2 months after leaving Ubisoft
- The Lenovo Legion Go 2 now starts at $1,200, but the version I'd consider is currently AWOL
- Hugh Jackman had the perfect response when asked if he's in Avengers: Doomsday – and I still don't believe him
- Here's Replay April winners: bad policing in KC Deliverance 2 and a Starfield death that proves you should never listen to the voices in your head...
- Amiga 1200 remake is delayed until December, and chip shortages are partly to blame
- Elden Ring modder bringing Morrowind to FromSoftware's RPG says it's "the most complex mod ever created," but he's "made tremendous progress"
- You don't need more RAM; a YouTube bug is just making it seem like you do by eating up 7GB or more of your PC's memory
- Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale's major Defenders cameo was "a whisper of an idea" until Jessica Jones star called the actor
- Months after Halo Infinite's final major update, Halo Studios releases a surprise PvE mode and the game's hardest challenge ever
- Former Star Fox actor says "that is not my voice" in the remake, but "I'm so honored to have been part of Star Fox history at all"
- Replay's May theme is Arc Raiders: send us your best clips from the rust belt for a chance to win a £/$250 Amazon voucher!
- The Boys fans are questioning a possible plot hole surrounding Soldier Boy's past with Stormfront
- Helldivers 2's recent Steam reviews drop to Mostly Negative as players accuse Arrowhead of favoring new Warbonds over fixing issues: "Making the game unbearable"
- The Maul – Shadow Lord finale features a sneaky Luke Skywalker Easter egg
- Switch 2 Star Fox comes with a slick GameChat feature, but you'll want to avoid one of the most popular cameras for the best ride
- Snoop Dogg and his son join Stranger Than Heaven cast as Yakuza devs' new game gets a winter release window
- Xbox to introduce Project Helix today in brand new showcase, and it's all eyes on Diamond
- Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow adds Matthew Lillard to its cast, and everyone thinks he’s playing DC’s silliest superhero
- OG Star Fox character designer is "so proud" as Switch 2 remake is revealed: "This isn't a dream, right?"
- Planet of the Apes is getting a new movie, but studio head hints it might not be a total reboot
- It's been a long wait for fans, but new Star Fox merch is finally on its way
- Witch Hat Atelier producer clears up production confusion behind the years-in-the-making anime
- Pragmata hits 2 million sales in 16 days, and after Capcom teased its potential future as a franchise, I'm even more hopeful for a sequel
- HBO's Harry Potter TV show has already been renewed for season 2, adapting Chamber of Secrets, and it will start filming this fall
- Mortal Kombat 2 producer launches a bizarre attack over negative reviews despite its 74% Rotten Tomatoes score
- Like any Final Fantasy 7 fan, Remake trilogy boss "seriously searched" for a way to reverse the JRPG's big death when he first played it
- Avengers: Doomsday director retcons Spider-Man's MCU origins by saying Peter Parker doesn't blame himself for Uncle Ben's death
- The Boys showrunner hits back at fan complaints that "nothing happened" in season 5: "You're just watching the wrong show"
- May 6
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- Star Fox 64 remake revealed for Switch 2 in surprise Nintendo Direct
- BioShock 4 delay "deeply disappointed" Take-Two CEO, who thinks the studio "wasted a lot of time and money" on creative "dead ends"
- Old School RuneScape is so old and so big that the devs are about "to run out of" a key tech resource and have to do "a bunch of work to stop the game exploding soon"
- Mortal Kombat 2 is one of the highest-rated video game movies of all time on Rotten Tomatoes
- Nintendo reportedly pressured to raise Switch 2 price as $450 console is sold at a loss
- Steam stats for Slay the Spire 2's engine Godot show "strong signs of exponential growth"
- Marvel's upcoming Punisher special takes place "before and during" the events of Daredevil: Born Again season 2, says showrunner
- "No one is going to laugh at that": Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon says his feedback on a Johnny Cage sequel fight was "dead wrong"
- "We got it wrong" with Civilization 7, Take-Two boss admits, and he takes "responsibility" for the strategy game's failures: "What we tried to do was a bridge too far"
- After 6 years, Zelda-like Mina the Hollower gets May release date in "make-or-break" moment for Shovel Knight devs
- When is Mortal Kombat 2 on streaming? Speculation on the HBO Max release date
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead "was crossing fingers" the RPG wouldn't win Game of the Year because he was rooting for other "super creative games" instead
- New House of the Dragon season 3 poster features an ominous Rhaenyra parallel from the books: "Win or Die"
- Xbox CEO introduces new boot-up sound after executive overhaul, but it sounds pretty close to the current one
- It's been exactly 1 year since GTA 6 Trailer 2, and fans are being as normal about that as you'd expect: "Trailer 3 is definitely around the corner"
- Dying Light head leaves Techland after 13 years: "The franchise is in great hands, and I'm excited to see it grow even further"
- EA hopes you don't remember all the Battlefield 6 devs it laid off as it reports "record" financial year helped by "the best performing Battlefield"
- Former Witcher 3 devs "can't" and "don't want to challenge" bigger games and companies with new RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, and staying smaller let them "focus on the player's agency"
- Man claims Yu-Gi-Oh cards found in trash have made him "over $60,000" already, with an expert valuing the total haul near $1 million
- Get an exclusive first look at new Mondo Squads Goofy Movie figures and prep for summer like it's 1995
- Another $100 million to indie games: new fund led by CEO of Manor Lords publisher and strategy powerhouse Hooded Horse praises "breakout hits with comparatively modest budgets"
- Mortal Kombat devs are "definitely pursuing" another entry in the gory fighting game series, even as Injustice 3 rumors heat up
- Someone modded Hades into Hades 2, and even the roguelike masters at Supergiant are "blown away"
- Crimson Desert speedrun champ rolls credits over 50 hours faster than average, modestly calls it a "good run," but thinks the massive open-world game can be beaten even faster
- Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto doesn't want dirty jokes in his Mario movies, but won't rule out a future appearance from Wario
- Mortal Kombat producer admits fans were "very vocal" about what they didn't like in the original, and took their feedback onboard for the sequel
- reMarkable is discontinuing the tablet that put it on the map and replacing it with the reMarkable Paper Pure, the brand's "best black-and-white paper tablet" to date
- The Boys viewers think season 5's latest death features a huge plot hole: "Did the writers forget?"
- The Pokemon Pokopia plushies are so cute that they're about to transform my bank account into a big pile of zero dollars
- So long, Red Face Demon! Insidious 6 is set to introduce "funny", Dracula-esque villain played by A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms star
- Jack Black marks the start of A Minecraft Movie 2 in the most Steve-tastic way
- New trailer for Stranger Things creators' next Netflix sci-fi show teases hidden monsters in an idyllic community for senior citizens
- Hey Tomodachi Life players, don't invest in the pricey official Switch stylus and grab this alternative pack instead
- Daredevil: Born Again star Wilson Bethel says Bullseye will "resemble the comic book version a little bit more" in season 3
- Star Wars fans are seeing Obi-Wan in a new light after the Shadow Lord finale: "It really hit me just how powerful this man truly is"
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 could get DLC, director says, but Rebirth missed out due to concerns it would "affect the third game's schedule and overall quality"
- New D&D campaign Neon Odyssey is over 8,500% funded and blends Cowboy Bebop and SNES video games into the perfect setting
- James Cameron is "thinking about" converting Aliens to 3D because "the tools are so much better" now
- GTA 6 could sell 45 million copies on PS5 in its first week, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says: "It's going to be what Mario Kart for Switch is"
- It's no Ash Williams comeback, but a major cameo in the Evil Dead Burn trailer just confirmed the horror movie's not standalone
- Dave Filoni perfectly explains why Darth Vader doesn't speak in the Maul – Shadow Lord finale
- The Steam Controller might be sold out, but official Valve 3D files mean I could make my own using Steam Deck parts
- The Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale has fans convinced that Matt Murdock will appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
- Assassin's Creed Invictus leak has "been heavily altered," probably using AI, Ubisoft says: "Nice try"
- Marvel fans are feeling hopeful after an Agents of SHIELD Easter egg made it into the Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale
- Resident Evil loremaster isn't concerned by Zach Cregger's confusing movie timeline, despite once writing a 2700-page document about Resident Evil canon
- May 5
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- Mortal Kombat 2 stars on Kitana and Jade's "sisterhood" and making the deadly duo "more relatable"
- Blood of Dawnwalker takes after Baldur's Gate 3's "freedom of choice" and RPG classic Gothic's small but dense world design
- Surprise! A new episode of The Bear co-written by Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach has shadow-dropped on Hulu
- PC gamers buy way more games that cost less than $30 at launch compared to PlayStation and Xbox players, analysts say, and it's "reshaping the PC market"
- Windrose devs issue patch to address fears their open-world pirate game was slowly destroying SSDs
- Xbox CEO confirms it's "winding down" Microsoft Copilot on mobile and ending it on console
- Another friendslop hit prints money on Steam as Gamble With Your Friends sells 500k copies in 3 days: "Speechless"
- The Boys final episode is releasing in theaters, but not IMAX
- New Xbox CEO replaces 24-year Microsoft employees with former CoreAI, Meta, Instacart execs to "evolve how we work"
- Mortal Kombat 2 star says the first movie was "kind of like a prequel" as the sequel finally launches the tournament
- A new Elden Ring world record was set just 2 weeks ago, and like everyone else I keep rewatching the same part of the 52-minute speedrun
- GTA 6 should be $80 so the whole "struggling" industry can raise game prices, Bank of America says, and players will accept it because they love AI
- "Why not?": Hitman studio IO Interactive is open to a 007 First Light sequel if people like the James Bond game enough
- Valve admits "Steam Controller ran out faster than we anticipated," says "we're working on getting more in stock" but doesn't mention the scalper problem
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced brings a huge change to combat and I kind of love it
- Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor Neil Newbon is also in Crimson Desert, which he calls "really impressive" and says players "just have to deal with" choice overload
- Final Fantasy 7 Return rumors are such nonsense that they're taking me back to the ridiculous "leaks" of the '90s
- The Shadow Lord finale might answer some burning Maul questions from Star Wars Rebels
- The Monster Hunter fan in me is really eyeballing the new content in the second playtest for PlayStation's own co-op monster game, Horizon Hunters Gathering
- 6 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, and more (May 5–May 10)
- Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon says they had a checklist of what they didn't include in the first movie for the sequel and it felt "immediately more authentic"
- Arc Raiders devs "still learning" what to do with PvP, but Embark design director says PvE fights are doing their job: "They make the player interactions even more impactful"
- Where to buy Pokemon TCG Pitch Black, the extremely gothic new set
- After 3 years, Diablo 4's secret cow level is finally uncovered following Lord of Hatred, immediately labelled "boring" compared to Diablo 2 and 3's versions: "Needs more cows"
- SteelSeries celebrates its 25th anniversary with the release of the brand-new Hi-res Arctis Nova Pro Omni Wireless gaming headset
- Despite a major cameo in the Maul finale, fans are disappointed by the lack of Star Wars Day announcements: "Did Star Wars even do anything for May 4th?"
- Netflix learns its Steel Ball Run lesson as One Piece anime remake gets set to release 300 minutes of episodes at once
- GTA 6 devs aim to "deliver perfection," Take-Two boss says, and the Rockstar owner tries "to give them unlimited financial, creative human resources" to do so
- HyperX is expanding its catalog with the new Cloud Stinger 3 gaming headset that packs a mighty 80-hour battery for just $99.99
- If you thought $99 was bad, eBay resellers are already listing the sold-out Steam Controller for over $200 after Valve's stock vanished within hours
- Charlie Cox laments how his death-defying 20-foot stunt never made it into Daredevil: Born Again
- The list of most-streamed Star Wars movies and shows on Disney Plus doesn't include any films in the sequel trilogy
- Nintendo doesn't discount games because its "mentality" is always shipping "the best" says former NOA president Reggie Fils-Aimé
- Modders have turned the GameCube into a keychain console using Wii parts that's smaller than Ninty's ridiculously small discs
- Hollow Knight: Silksong fans are convinced Sea of Sorrow DLC is launching soon as a single emoji from Team Cherry's marketing lead spurs a Silkposting renaissance
- Charlie Cox reveals Tom Hiddleston almost became a Marvel director in the original 18-episode plan for Daredevil: Born Again
- Star Wars fans have seen 25 minutes of The Mandalorian and Grogu – and early reactions say it reminds them of season 1, but the CGI still needs work
- Zach Cregger says Resident Evil will be "structurally unique" and "weird", as he promises you've "never seen a movie like it"
- Lego Sega Genesis console costs just $40, and has more pieces for less money than the Lego Game Boy
- The Boys fans are wondering how the final season would be different if it wasn't setting up upcoming spin-off Vought Rising
- The Mandalorian and Grogu is getting a prequel comic to fill in the gaps from season 3
- Resident Evil Requiem director hints Leon Kennedy might still be fighting zombies in his retirement as Capcom "could bring him back when he's 70"
- Mortal Kombat 2's game-exclusive fight scene clip proves it learned all the right lessons from the first movie
- Daredevil star Charlie Cox says he won't be in any Avengers movies: "Marvel have been clear with me"
- Valve is seemingly sitting on 20,000 Steam Machine units, so I'd be stumped if availability is an issue
- Christopher Nolan compares The Odyssey to Marvel as new trailer reveals Cyclops
- May 4
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- Capcom's glad we hated Resident Evil Requiem's terrible DLSS 5 AI demo, because it means fans "really liked the original design of Grace"
- Zelda was Nintendo's answer to "traditional RPGs," Shigeru Miyamoto says: "We wanted the player to interact with the game world using the controller, and conquer dungeons"
- Ahead of Avengers: Doomsday, Russo brothers say they "can't control everything" when it comes to preventing spoilers
- Activision kills Call of Duty rumor: next game will not be on PS4, ending last-gen support nearly 6 years after PS5 and Xbox Series X launch
- GTA 6 skipping PC at launch not due to PlayStation deal, but because Rockstar focuses on "the core consumer," Take-Two CEO says
- Gearbox head Randy Pitchford says Borderlands maker won't use AI for "any work that could ever be seen" after posting ChatGPT-generated image of a Gearbox employee
- Netflix's hit action TV series The Night Agent to end after season 4
- Baldur's Gate 3 icons like Jennifer English and Neil Newbon "changed the game" for game actors, Dragon Age Inquisition star says: "Our work does have value"
- Steam Controller orders immediately break Valve's servers, $200 scalper listings appear after it sells out in under an hour
- Invincible creator says J.K. Simmons was initially offered a different role in the hit Prime Video show: "We sent him the script and he was like, 'I'd rather be Omni-Man'"
- If you're asking why everyone's making an extraction shooter, Escape from Tarkov is the 11th most-played game on PC according to new report, beating Overwatch, Marvel Rivals, and PUBG
- Greta Gerwig's Narnia movie delayed to 2027 as Netflix plans for first-ever wide theatrical debut
- Gabe Newell's first appearance in months is the most Gabe Newell thing imaginable: a yacht ad
- Somehow, EA's Battlefront is still the best-selling Star Wars game of all time in US
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Lune actor would be "delighted" to reprise her role if possible, but she's not in the "conversations" about expanding the franchise
- The full story of the Pragmata fan grieving his late daughter, who went so viral he even made it to Capcom: "I wasn't expecting this to reach so many people"
- GameStop boss says $56 billion offer could turn eBay into a "legit competitor to Amazon," believes there's "nobody who is more qualified" than him to run the auction site
- New Mandalorian and Grogu clip goes full toybox as the duo dodge multiple AT-ATs during madcap downhill slalom
- The original Diablo studio was saved from bankruptcy by Blizzard's timely acquisition offer: "The taxman was literally at the door, threatening to shut us down"
- "We were children" says Fable creator who admits that the fact it ended well "is a miracle"
- Early Nintendo was a madhouse: "It was very difficult to finish Mario and then get the Mario programmers involved in the final push to finish The Legend of Zelda"
- Shigeru Miyamoto thinks Zelda 2 was "sort of a failure," and A Link to the Past is the "real sequel"
- I've been hands-on with most Star Wars Day merch in 2026, here's what I'd recommend this May 4
- Mortal Kombat producer says the studio "didn't know what it had" with the first movie, which is why "we were in that fighting pit 75% of the time"
- May 3
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- 2 key details in the Resident Evil trailer are making fans doubt it's set at the same time as Resident Evil 2
- Capcom didn't even mention her character's name, but one Resident Evil Requiem actor is suddenly in the running for fan-favorite: "Shocked in the best way possible"
- Arc Raiders dev thinks yesterday's niche "can become mainstream tomorrow," and today's extraction shooters are simply "easier to step into"
- How to watch the Miami Grand Prix: where the live stream Sunday's race across the world
- I didn't have official Sonic the Hedgehog gaming PCs on my 2026 bingo card, but I'm very happy to see them
- The Witcher 3 director says games like Crimson Desert and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 take him back to the RPG golden age of the '90s
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced uses the same engine as Shadows to offer "dynamic weather," "destructible objects," and way better water
- Channeling its inner Silksong, Subnautica 2 causes a chain reaction and pushes a second game to move its release date early
- What is NeeDoh? The hyper-viral squishies and the TikTok race for stock
- May 2
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- How to watch the Kentucky Derby for free and around the world
- Mortal Kombat 2 writer called up co-creator Ed Boon for advice on the "best fatalities and stages" to put in the sequel
- Bungie doesn't see Marathon going anywhere: "We know where we want to take the story over the next few years"
- Valve's Gabe Newell still plays at least one game of Dota 2 "every day" in his 60s, so hopefully he's past the noob phase he was stuck in even "after 800 hours"
- Former Dragon Quest director says JRPG icon Yuji Horii taught him the series is "not about the storyline, the experience is what matters"
- Valve wants to price Steam Machine as competitively as possible, but fears RAM shortages are "unavoidable" and "will impact anything we make"
- Crimson Desert devs know combat "became less frequent" the more players progressed, so a new patch adds re-blockades and rematches for 69 bosses
- May 1
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- Castlevania: Belmont's Curse exists because Konami loved Evil Empire's Dead Cells crossover pitch, even though the devs thought the DLC was "too big" and the publisher would "never say yes"
- MCU actor Evangeline Lilly slams Disney for "turning their back" on artists after mass Marvel layoffs: "Shame on you"
- GTA 6 isn't "even at risk" of having product placement "because all the brands are made up," Take-Two CEO says: "I think that keeps us pure"
- New Oscars rules ban Generative AI from ever being eligible for an Academy Award
- Neverness to Everness players find their answer to Genshin Impact's Paimon: a yappy lil' guy called Taygedo who they want to beat to death with hammers
- Invincible creator Robert Kirkman has no love for Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man sequel: "[It's] dogsh**t"
- Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era "broke even on development costs in just one day" as it launches to 90% positive Steam reviews and 250,000 sales
- Warhammer 40K Armageddon box set for 11th Edition revealed, and it's crammed with incredible models
- Former PlayStation boss blames "really sad" layoffs on "misjudgment" of companies: "It's funny to see the companies who shut down, lay off, the stock price goes up"
- Not only has Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director played Remake part 3 before you, he's beaten it "over 40 times"
- Crimson Desert player finds out-of-bounds village that looks like medieval Red Dead Redemption 2, and now everyone's hoping Pearl Abyss will let us pillage it in a future update
- Skyrim inspired Kingdom Come: Deliverance even though Warhorse co-founder once listed "100 reasons that he hates" the Bethesda RPG
- Baldur's Gate 3 was "lightning in a bottle," Astarion actor says, and "proved a lot of things" that big companies "who are just really chasing the money need to learn from"
- The Xbox Ally X finally just got its promised Auto SR abilities, but I doubt most handheld players will care right now
- Xbox isn't worth a port for small Japanese studios, says RPG dev, since the console isn't even sold in most local retailers
- Saros trophy list includes an unexpected tribute to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- You almost definitely didn't spot this seriously impressive Darth Vader Easter egg in Maul – Shadow Lord
- Blizzard swiftly removes new Diablo 4 quality-of-life feature after players complain it was costing them valuable loot: "It missed the mark"
- Star Wars has seemingly confirmed Ahsoka season 2 is coming in 2026
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced lead confirms "social stealth is back," but hidden blade combat isn't
- The Boys creator says season 5's latest death was on the cards since the character was first introduced: "We felt that was the right punishment"
- I'm gonna need you to look at the sheep in this cozy ranch-building game that's launching on Steam this year and immediately threatening my free time
- Magic: The Gathering head designer reveals Mood Swings, a new card game 28 years in the making
- Subnautica 2 pulls a Hollow Knight Silksong, shoves one of Steam's most-wishlisted games out of its original release date: "We need to dodge the Leviathan"
- Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie takes inspiration from the creatures in controversial Resident Evil 6
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced isn't making the map any bigger, lead dev says, but it'll still take you longer to explore
- Original Aragorn actor Viggo Mortensen approves of his Lord of the Rings recast in Hunt for Gollum
- Booyah! The Anbernic RG Rotate is hitting the $100 sweet spot I was hoping for, and its specs aren't half bad either
- Ahead of The Boys series finale, Homelander star seeimignly shades Stranger Things' low-stakes final episode
- Star Fox Switch 2 leaker insists "I do not doubt the game's existence" as the rumored game misses its expected announcement
- Star Wars fans are going nuts for this new Grogu animatronic, but not its price
- My Hero Academia special epilogue trailer proves you can have nostalgia for something that ended only a year ago
- Hades 2 developer is hiring for "what's next" after its 2 roguelike juggernauts, but fans can't decide if they want a threequel
- After 5 seasons of Fisk, Daredevil: Born Again season 3 will introduce new villains
- Despite being the first Star Wars movie in 7 years, The Mandalorian and Grogu box office tracking is lower than Solo
- Maul – Shadow Lord star says Star Wars fans won't have to wait "too long" for season 2
- Resident Evil movie director Zach Cregger reveals the impossible-to-spot Resident Evil 4 Easter egg he snuck into the trailer
- GTA 6 launch has Take-Two's CEO a "billion" times more "scared" than any other game release
- Asked about Kingdom Come: Deliverance 3, Warhorse Studios vaguely teases "there are plans in motion"
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