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May 2025

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May 31
- "My first line was 'Snake Vs Monkey'", says Metal Gear Solid 3's David Hayter: "I could only ask, 'Why am I saying this?'"
May 30
- Marathon and Elden Ring Nightreign have a common problem: the solo experience is way worse, and I can't help but think nailing your game to teams of 3 is a mistake in 2025
- A new Icelandic drama with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score provides one of the most emotionally honest depictions of grief I've seen in a long time
- 6 years after its release, Ring Fit Adventure remains the unrivalled king of fitness games
- My Hero Academia: Vigilantes rejuvenates the series by making it weirder, and there's never been a better time to jump in
- Sure, Avengers: Doomsday has a massive cast, but these important Secret Wars characters are still missing from the MCU
- The 32 most underrated movie comedies of all time
- For just $4, A Game About Digging A Hole will make you feel like god and grant domain over the vast soily kingdom we call Earth
- With "multi-map spanning secrets" and "phantasmagorical" horrors, Hell is Us wages a brutal civil war that already has me on edge
- Fantasy Life i, the sequel to a life sim RPG that boldly asked 'What if Animal Crossing was a Zelda game?,' was more than worth the 11-year wait – it might be my GOTY
May 29
- Elden Ring Nightreign is an extension of FromSoftware's philosophy, director says, not a revision: "We're always looking to make something valuable in our games, something that feels worthwhile"
- I'm celebrating Steam's Zombies vs Vampires Fest with a different monster: an RTS demo that's essentially reverse Ghostbusters, strategy style
- Ninja Gaiden 4: Everything we know so far about the upcoming action game
- "We were having so much fun trying not to overdo it": Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 devs talk us through the "medieval spice" that brought the RPG's sound to life
- After Oblivion Remastered, the best candidate for another Elder Scrolls remaster is probably too weird to get one
May 28
- Elden Ring movie: Everything we know so far about the adaptation of FromSoftware's classic
- I spent 20 hours hiding in an Oblivion Remastered skooma den just to get the perfect Dark Brotherhood kill, and it's given me a whole new perspective on the RPG
- Does Karate Kid: Legends have a post-credits scene and does it set up a sequel?
- After playing 20 minutes of this Witcher 3 meets God of War-inspired RPG, my love of druids and Slavic mythology has been reignited tenfold
- The Switch 2 is finally within reach, and it already looks like 2025 could be Nintendo's year
- The 32 Greatest Sci-Fi Movie Moments Of All Time
May 27
- The Last Of Us can succeed where The Walking Dead failed – by putting us in Abby’s shoes
- Say what you will about the Illuminate, but their war on Super Earth has made Helldivers 2 more intense than ever
- It's been 32 years since The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening launched, but the Switch remake makes it feel like yesterday
- Gears of War: Reloaded – Everything you need to know about the Gears of War remaster
- I went hands-on with Nacon's new Revosim gear, and I'm excited by what its customizable ecosystem means for racing games
- Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake makes me feel like I'm sipping on warm cocoa, minimal meddling keeping these oldies golden
May 26
- I traded banned books for bread in this RPG-tinged resource management game that feels like Pentiment meets Citizen Sleeper
- The Switch 2 wants to be a do-it-all console, but Nintendo needs more first-party magic to overcome the upcoming handheld's biggest hurdle
- An Oblivion horror story scared me off The Elder Scrolls 4 for nearly 20 years, but Oblivion Remastered finally proved there's nothing to be afraid of
- The Rick and Morty season 8 premiere could and should have been a game-changer – instead it's a wasted opportunity for the sci-fi show's future
- The Last of Us season 2 ending explained: Who dies? What's next for the HBO show?
- The Last of Us season 3 release date speculation, cast, plot, and more news
- The Last of Us season 2, episode 7: The biggest changes between the HBO show and the PlayStation game
May 25
- Little Nightmares 3: Everything we know so far about the new horror game from Supermassive
- "Fate Of Atlantis felt like the movie we never got," says Indiana Jones and The Great Circle producer as devs reflect on the series' gaming legacy: "It really captured the spirit of the movies that came before it"
May 24
- If you want Little Nightmares 3 without the nightmares, Bumpkin & Sprout is the 3D Mario-style co-op platformer I need you to wishlist
May 23
- I've been playing D&D for years, but I may switch to Daggerheart thanks to one simple yet brilliant mechanic
- 23 years ago, Danny Boyle's grimy horror 28 Days Later set a new standard for zombie apocalypse movies – and I'm hoping 28 Years Later will match it
- Captain America takes on Doctor Doom in a flashback story that sets up Steve Rogers' next big adventure
- 22 years on, the designer behind Silent Hill 3's "cute but scary" Robbie the Rabbit mascot is still obsessed with the "tiny but grotesque" – and so am I
- Far from fowl play, Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping is a fresh, standalone mystery that smartly evolves its sleuthing mechanics – even if it's McQuacklin's simplest case yet
- "We cough up a chunk of our soul": 32 game devs, from Doom's John Romero to Helldivers 2 and Palworld leads, explain what people get wrong about games
- The 32 Greatest Action Movies of the 2010s
May 22
- My bat bard absolutely cannot stop pushing people off ledges in Jackbox-meets-D&D RPG Sunderfolk, and honestly, that's tabletop, baby
- Fantastic Four: How Reed and Sue's son Franklin Richards could reboot the MCU
- Best Star Wars toys in 2025, from action figures to lightsabers
- I've finally fallen in love with Helldivers 2, thanks to Super Earth's immaculate Halo 3: ODST vibes and a community that doesn't mind my terrible team-killing
- Devs behind 24-year-old Morrowind mod rebuilding Tamriel expect it to outlast The Elder Scrolls 6: "They worried that Skyrim would kill the mod. They saw it not do that"
May 21
- 8 years since making the jump from Wii U to Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 is more essential than ever
- 19 years later, Oblivion Remastered has renewed my interest in walking into people’s houses uninvited
- The 32 Greatest '90s Comedies Ever Made
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning ending explained: Who dies, what happens to Ethan Hunt, and the Entity's fate
May 20
- Onimusha 2's remaster is a wonderful celebration of a messy and bloated sequel to one of my favorite PS2 slashers
- Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker adds more Chrono Trigger to an already-exceptional RPG, and it's the perfect chaser to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 endings and story explained – from doppelgangers to the true purpose of The Gommage
- Splatoon 3 took Nintendo's paint-'em-up series to new heights – and while doing it, proved shooters need more imagination
May 19
- Former Dragon Age lead David Gaider would love to make an RPG at his new home, but "our last hope to keep the studio alive" comes first – and it looks like a very promising roguelike
- After 50 hours in Oblivion Remastered I've finally invented middle-management in Cyrodiil, and now have an army of henchmen led by the Adoring Fan
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's controversial ending has been on my mind for a week, and I finally know why it's been bugging me so much
- How to watch the Mission: Impossible movies in order
- The Last of Us season 2, episode 6: The biggest changes between the HBO show and the PlayStation game
May 18
- "I understand why players feel that strong French identity in the soundtrack," says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's composer, especially in that one Mime song: "It felt like both a duty and a guilty pleasure to include the accordion"
May 17
- How Resident Evil 2 came to Nintendo 64 despite Capcom's doubts: "I recall having daily meetings and someone asked, 'Should we be worried?'"
- I spent my first few hours with the RTX 5060 playing Doom: The Dark Ages, and it feels pretty slick for under $300
- I became Oblivion Remastered's greatest gladiator by playing dirty - and bringing every single opponent down to my level
- 25 years on, Final Destination remains one of the most important and ingenious horror franchises because it isn't afraid to face up to death
May 16
- Superman: The enigmatic villain The Hammer of Boravia explained
- American Psycho and Hereditary stars' new comedy is a perfect satire of documentary-making gone wrong
- Final Destination Bloodlines gives horror icon Tony Todd the goodbye he deserves with a perfect send-off for William Bludworth
- It took me 35 hours to discover Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's overworld map, but it only highlights my biggest problem with the game's dungeons
- I've put together a walking desk setup that's helping me hit my daily steps while playing Oblivion Remastered
- Should you buy an Xbox in 2025?
- Lost Skies is a skyfaring indie survival game that somehow manages to have better web-slinging than most Spider-Man games
- Get to delving with this free-to-play 3D dungeon RPG
- As we wave goodbye to the original Switch, part of my heart will always belong to Animal Crossing: New Horizons' world-changing power of connection
- The 32 greatest documentaries ever made
May 15
- Nearly 50 years later, Marvel's new Bring on the Bad Guys aims to "stand side-by-side with Stan Lee's iconic volume" as a modern classic: "The best villains are the heroes of their own stories"
- The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy isn't quite Persona XCOM, but it's absolutely perfect for savoring via Steam Deck
- Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra – Everything we know so far about the upcoming superhero game
- I saw the dirty little secrets of Crimson Desert's open-world engine, and I'd kill to do it with games like Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or Red Dead Redemption 2
- Grand Theft Auto 6 looks beautiful, but I'm convinced Jason and Lucia's love story will be the real secret sauce that makes it worth the 13-year wait
- Pixart PAW 3395 vs PAW 3950 - which gaming mouse sensor is better (and does it even make a difference)
May 14
- Summer Game Fest schedule 2025: dates, times, and where to watch all of the upcoming showcases
- The Elder Scrolls has a role-playing problem: Oblivion and Skyrim's morality can't touch the nuance found in Fallout: New Vegas
- The 32 greatest sci-fi movies of the 2000s
- Control's co-op shooter spin-off FBC: Firebreak finally hooked me thanks to a fire-spewing teapot upgrade and an evil gnome
- Switch 2 launch games: all the day-one releases for Nintendo's new console
- Andor season 2 ending explained: who dies in the Star Wars show, Rogue One connections, and more
May 13
- "Everyone is here": the three magic words that made Super Smash Bros. Ultimate one of Nintendo's greatest achievements
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle reawakened a PS2-era phobia that made me quit survival horror in 2003, and I'm still recovering
- Five seconds of GTA 6 footage has convinced me that we'll be running businesses in Vice City – and I'm here for it
- The best D&D setting you've probably never heard of is back, and I can't bloody wait
May 12
- I play all the big action RPGs every year, and the 'PS2 Golden Age' approach of Phantom Blade Zero is exactly what I want right now
- I went to the Courage the Cowardly Dog 25th anniversary screening and it healed my inner child - and was a bittersweet goodbye to my youth
- After 23 years away from Vice City, I'm glad that 80s music still runs this town – and it sets the scene for GTA 6 perfectly
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's deeply frustrating minigames make harsh parries look like a breeze in contrast, and it's all Final Fantasy's fault
- The Last of Us season 2, episode 5's brutal moment is a twist that changes the whole show so far
- The Last of Us season 2, episode 5: The biggest changes between the HBO show and the PlayStation game
May 11
- The unauthorized Pokemon musical titled "Balls: The Monster Catchin' Musical" made me question everything about life and Nintendo copyright
May 10
- Resident Evil 2 still deserves its high praise 27 years on, but how did it turn a one-off PS1 success into an unstoppable horror franchise juggernaut?
May 9
- 8 years on, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild remains unlike any other open world game, and the industry is still playing catch up
- In the midst of Fallout and The White Lotus star Walton Goggins' very loud career renaissance is a quietly moving comedy-drama that the world needs right now
- "It's really interesting to tell a story so convoluted": how Dead by Daylight is still "expanding the definition of horror" 9 years later
- I played Doom the Dark Ages at over 500fps, proving Nvidia DLSS 4 was made for high-refresh rate monitors
- Locomoto is a train management adventure with Animal Crossing vibes and Minecraft-like crafting that's already claimed hours of my time
- The 32 greatest music movies (that aren't musicals)
May 8
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4's new levels impress me as much as the rebuilt classics: "This needs to feel like we found this on a hard drive for THPS4 and we revitalized it"
- Helldivers 2: The Board Game is a mighty fine cup of liber-tea, and I can't wait to play more
- The Hunt For Gollum release date, plot, cast, and more news
- Marvel Rivals' nerfs to Doctor Strange have turned him into a punching bag, and its taking me back to my nightmarish days as a Reinhardt main in Overwatch
- Pair the latest MSI MPG QD-OLED monitors with Nvidia's new RTX 50 series for stunning 4K UHD visuals and a top-of-the-line gaming experience
- Forget Fortnite Festival – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Expert difficulty is secretly the rhythm game I've been waiting years for
- I Am Legend 2 release date speculation, cast, plot, trailer, and everything we know about the upcoming horror sequel
May 7
- New D&D Frankenstein subclass jolts the Artificer back to life
- Solo Leveling season 3 release date speculation, story, and everything else we know so far
- I walked an hour in the rain to play horse girl gacha game Umamusume: Pretty Derby at the actual Kentucky Derby
- The 32 greatest characters from fantasy movies
- In Oblivion Remastered I returned to a village that has haunted me for years to relive one of the best side quests in the RPG
- I hate making Warhammer cavalry, but I'm all in on the new Gloomspite Gitz Gitmob models
- How does that huge Mon Mothma moment in Andor season 2, episode 9 match with Star Wars Rebels? The similarities and differences explained
May 6
- All the GTA 6 characters we know of right now
- Blue Prince is the most non-stressful roguelike I've ever played, and that makes it perfect for bedtime
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's brilliant parry system solves a classic JRPG problem: I can win any match-up on skill alone, so being under-leveled is just a state of mind
May 5
- Does size really matter? The difference between 40mm and 50mm gaming headset drivers explained
- Now that the Series S costs even more, I can't help but feel Microsoft wants us to look at handhelds and say, "this is an Xbox"
- "It's a big first": Debut horse MMORPG from former World of Warcraft devs' studio is a Twin Peaks murder mystery unlike anything you've ever seen
- The Last of Us season 2 episode 4 just introduced a Part 2 character much earlier than expected
- The Last of Us season 2, episode 4: The biggest changes between the HBO show and the PlayStation game
May 4
- The Switch 2 is here – here's what 28 game developers want from Nintendo's new console, from a "much better" eShop to less painful ports
- Naruto and Naruto Shippuden filler list: All the episodes you can skip
- It took five years, but Thunderbolts' post-credits surprise finally fixed my big problem with the MCU before Avengers: Doomsday
May 3
- After years of despising JRPGs, Clair Obscur has finally brought me around by ditching the standard cast of tedious teenagers
May 2
- True blockbuster filmmaking with real sets, practical effects, and big stunts will save us from superhero fatigue – and Thunderbolts, Superman and Fantastic Four have given me hope
- Do you need a gaming chair with massage features?
- With GTA 6 delayed to 2026, prepare for this year's floodgates to burst as publishers scramble to fill the empty space left by their biggest fear
- 20 years later, The Revenge of the Sith re-release proves that Star Wars prequels fever is going nowhere
- Spend 60 hours in Super Mario Odyssey and you'll see why it's one of the best games Nintendo has ever made
- The Winds of Winter release date speculation, plot, and everything else we know about George R.R. Martin's new book
- D&D is the secret ingredient in my new deck-building strategy game obsession, and it's got me going John Wick on evil wizards
- I've learned nothing from horror, so when this Lovecraftian RPG asked me to hold a ritual in a spooky mansion, I was ready and waiting with candles
- The 32 greatest DC Comics movies of all time
May 1
- New Lego sets in May 2025, from a Star Wars avalanche to an awesome Mario Kart tribute
- I tried to become a sewer-dwelling rat boy in Oblivion Remastered, but please move past that because I just realized I've been playing Oblivion wrong for 15 years
- After playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on PS5 for 12 hours, I'm convinced it's the small details that make this an adventure for the history books
- Thunderbolts* Easter eggs: all the Marvel references you might have missed
- Thunderbolts ending explained: Who dies? What the asterisk means? How does it set up Avengers: Doomsday?
- What does the Thunderbolts* asterisk mean? The big MCU mystery unpacked with what the Marvel comics tell us
- Thunderbolts post-credits scenes: how many are there and what does it mean for the future of the MCU?