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- February 7
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- My favorite anime of the season isn’t Frieren or Jujutsu Kaisen, it's this one-of-a-kind masterpiece about quiet domesticity
- Mass Effect veterans don't want side quests to feel "tacked on" to their new sci-fi RPG, and they can't add everything or "the game would be thousands of hours"
- Horizon's co-op game may be a shameless Monster Hunter-like, but it's enough to get me excited about a new PlayStation live service for once
- Fallout co-creator "would have gone in a different direction" than Bethesda did with the RPG series, but "sales say people love what they did"
- Arc Raiders boss can tell Embark's anti-cheat efforts are working because there's "an influx of people trying to get to the studio, and to me"
- Horses dev says Epic Games Store made "provably incorrect" comments about the banned horror game: "They have effectively ghosted us"
- Master of the Universe’s Skeletor will embody toxic masculinity in new movie
- I've tested projectors worth nearly $20,000, but I'll be watching the Super Bowl on this $319 thrower this year
- Brendan Fraser’s Mummy movie is happening, but is one fan favorite cast member coming with him? "I've heard many things from a lot of people”
- 3 new to Prime Video movies you should watch this weekend (Feb 6-8)
- Sam Raimi says Stephen King "gave [him] his chance in the business" after supporting his horror movie The Evil Dead: "Nobody would touch Evil Dead with a 10-foot plague pole"
- Warhammer: Age of Sigmar's latest Battletome completely changes the way my favorite faction plays
- Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro reveals he once developed a screenplay with The Godfather's Francis Ford Coppola for an adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo: "It's a Gothic Western!"
- 3 new to Netflix movies I recommend you watch this weekend (Feb 7-Feb 8)
- New Overwatch VA shouts out the subreddit that's been waiting 8 years for his character to become playable: "Search and destroy"
- Fan-made Oblivion remake Skyblivion continues looking real pretty in new screenshots as devs admit "we've been a bit quiet since our last update," which was a delay
- 3 new to Prime Video shows I recommend you binge-watch this weekend (Feb 6-Feb 8)
- February 6
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- "We could have just made The Binding of Isaac 2," say Mewgenics creators, and a "very easy" sequel to one of the greatest roguelikes ever "would have gotten 20 million wishlists like one second after announcing it"
- Nioh 3 hides game-changing settings deep in the options menu, and I'm begging you to try auto-loot and extra item shortcuts
- Is the Fallout TV show really Fallout 5? Star Walton Goggins says it could be, but "that's way above my paygrade"
- Expectations for Haunted Chocolatier are "a huge struggle" for Eric Barone because "there's going to be a lot of people playing this game who are expecting it to be a Stardew Valley 2"
- Fallout was a "B-tier side project" compared to the D&D "money teams" at Interplay, says series co-creator Tim Cain: "We're off in the corner"
- Todd Howard likes "to start over" on every Elder Scrolls game, and as we approach Skyrim's 15th anniversary I don't know that Bethesda needed to start over that hard
- New Hello Kitty Island Adventure event turns money, clothes, and probably your brain into chocolate, and I'm also having a meltdown: "OH MY GOD IT'S SO CUUUUTEEE"
- New Super Mario Galaxy Movie teaser shows off Shy Guys, Koopa Kids, and Yoshi's talent for turning enemies into eggs
- Reported Arc Raiders budget of $75 million is "not too far off," says Embark head: "We can live for a long time on the money that Arc Raiders has been generating"
- Whistle director breaks down the gory horror movie's surprisingly sweet ending: "I wanted it to be gentle"
- You're really "gonna s*** your pants" this time, Helldivers 2 boss threatens, and I'm more convinced now that he's speaking the same language as the bots
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 4 explained: What is a trial of 7?
- Blizzard insists its Overwatch rebrand isn't "us trying to admit there was a failure," it's about easing fears over "when it's going to get replaced by Overwatch 3"
- After 42 years, one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' oldest allies gets a fresh start for his Mutant Mayhem debut in Tales of the TMNT #4
- Xenogears translator had a rough time with the legendary PS1 JRPG, and not just because it's about killing God: "At the time, I was a Jehovah's Witness"
- Todd Howard knows there's "anxiety" about Fallout 5, admits "we do like to wait" but reassures fans "we never stopped developing Fallout"
- Bungie reluctantly responds as the best raiders in Destiny 2 force each other to solo-kill the Witness final boss "or drink pee" as punishment
- Dragon Quest 8 translator's decision to make the JRPG British English didn't go down well with Square Enix's American office: "They couldn't understand it, and they really hated it"
- Ruark's latest desktop speakers will have you listening to your favorite game soundtracks as though it were your first time hearing them
- Bethesda could take notes from Baldur's Gate 3 on how to make new RPGs like The Elder Scrolls 6 "meaningful," says Skyrim lead: "The gaming community has spoken"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs receive rare honor from French Ministry of Culture, previously won by Shigeru Miyamoto and the creator of Rayman
- Chrono Trigger writer and Xenogears composer's new JRPG, also starring a sick frog warrior, is coming to Switch and PC this summer
- How to kill the Queen in Arc Raiders
- After 100 hours of The Binding of Isaac creator's new cat breeding roguelike Mewgenics, I'm not surprised it's the highest-rated game of 2026 so far
- Danganronpa creator encourages devs to "deceive the company" to get risky projects approved: "If something goes wrong, the one who hired you is to blame anyways lol"
- 3 new to Netflix shows I recommend you binge-watch this weekend (Feb 7-Feb 8)
- Detective Instinct is a retro throwback that celebrates menu-based sleuthing with a thrilling train conspiracy I can get on board with
- So long, '80s nostalgia! Stranger Things star's new zombie horror is a love letter to gooey, goofy sci-fi from the early 2000s – and I hope Hollywood is taking notes
- Silent Hill: Townfall from Outer Worlds publisher confirmed as Konami's "brand-new Silent Hill," but after 4 years of silence I don't know what to expect
- Switch 2 suddenly has a better PS1 emulator than the one PS5's had for years, as the new Console Archives series shows Sony how retro games should be
- The Apothecary Diaries season 3 release date speculation, story, trailer, and movie news
- Light guns at the ready: House of the Dead movie is reportedly a "top Sega priority", with The Last of Us breakout Isabela Merced now onboard
- Five new Analogue 3D "Prototype" consoles are coming in unreleased N64 colors I'd have killed for back in the '90s
- After losing 92 soldiers in Menace, I'll never call XCOM brutal again
- Mass Effect veteran says new RPG Exodus won't be one of those games where "you can just romance anyone because you're the hero"
- Nioh 3 shatters record for the series' highest Steam concurrent player count through the power of actually launching on PC simultaneously for once
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 4's dragon dream is an ominous portent of things to come
- MachineGames boss says Wolfenstein 3 is still on the cards, almost 12 years after the trilogy began: "It can be now, it can be later, but we're not done with it"
- Skull Up codes (February 2026) for Diamonds, Summon Cards, Souls, and more
- I just got my hands on MANGMI's Pocket Max modular gaming handheld, and I suspect it could be my new favorite for PS2 games
- Arc Raiders player seeks ultimate victory over the Arc by one-shotting the Queen with synthesized fuel canisters: "16 hours I'm not getting back"
- The official Switch 2 SD card is back in stock, and it can cope with all 102GB of FF7 Rebirth
- Paranormasight's sequel is going to leave me sleeping with the lights on thanks to this Switch 2 headset
- Baldur's Gate 3 director says the RPG's endings were made to "serve as narrative soil for new adventures," so he's "eager to find out which ones" will be adapted in the TV show
- Mewgenics review: "The Binding of Isaac collides with Into the Breach in a strategy roguelike that has me battling bomber rats, breeding brutes, and more"
- I have over 800 hours in Baldur's Gate 3 – here's the only way I see HBO's TV show working
- Can you name all these Super Mario characters and earn yourself a 1-Up?
- Baldur's Gate 3 TV show: Everything we know so far about the upcoming HBO fantasy series
- Nintendo aims to offset skyrocketing memory prices through "mass production of Nintendo Switch 2," because if more people own the console, it can "greatly expand software sales" instead
- Todd Howard says Fallout season 2 has "the most badass Power Armor I think we've ever done," so it's "awesome" to have it in Fallout 76 too
- Horror fans will be able to purchase Markipiler's Iron Lung in one week, but the director still plans to release the film on his own terms: "We're still doing it independently from start to finish"
- Larian's publishing boss threatens to "crash out" over Baldur's Gate TV show but immediately walks it back with a more level-headed outlook: "I don't think anyone can trump our writers"
- This Viking card game is perfect for two-player matches on the go
- Faced with the bots' attempts at peace, Helldivers 2 players shoot down "baseless propaganda" as anti-freedom drivel: "I can't believe they would lie to their own citizens about our peaceful ways"
- More mysterious Nintendo trademarks updated amid first-party Direct rumors, but hype responsibly as one has made me less certain these mean anything
- Don't get too excited over Nintendo's mysterious "Nintendo Switch 2: Wii Remote" page – it's probably just a glitch, with the same controller also listed for the long-dead 3DS
- Nvidia RTX 6000 GPUs might not actually happen next year, but I'm more concerned about what Dynamic Multi-Frame Generation will mean for current-gen cards
- X-Men star Ian McKellen teases Magneto role in Avengers: Doomsday in the most hilarious way: "I'm putting on a fierce look and I'm trying to be magnetic"
- Roblox brags about its experimental AI tech while showing off a disorienting AI-generated Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lookalike
- Larian isn't involved in the Baldur's Gate TV show, but Swen Vincke says his conversation with Craig Mazin gave him "hope"
- Baldur's Gate 3 fans are already skeptical over HBO TV show adaptation: "It'll make Game of Thrones season 8 seem good"
- Before Final Fantasy 7 blew up globally, a lot of Square Enix leadership thought there wasn't "real money" in English translations, and the localization team had to beg them for overseas releases
- Baldur's Gate TV show in the works at HBO with The Last of Us co-creator Craig Mazin attached as writer and showrunner
- February 5
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- Kill Bill star's bloody new thriller movie about a killer ballerina gets its first images
- The anime action RPG I played for 130 hours is suddenly back after 19 dead-silent months – Granblue Fantasy: Relink gets huge DLC and Switch 2 port in July
- The Highguard whiplash continues as yet another massive patch is announced: a new shapeshifting hero, sky palace map, wolf mounts, and 3v3-only ranked mode are coming tomorrow
- Xbox is fine with releasing Halo: Campaign Evolved in the summer, but it's worried about Fable and Gears of War: E-Day getting overshadowed by GTA 6
- Helldivers 2 Cyborgs hack Arrowhead socials, post propaganda recreating the game's intro but with evil humans killing innocent robot children: "Think if you were in our place"
- The Matrix and John Wick star Laurence Fishburne has joined the cast of Mike Flanagan's new Exorcist movie
- Lies of P boss fights were so good they inspired Nioh 3's director to improve the bosses in his own Soulslike: "I really had a lot of fun"
- Borderlands 4 is finally getting Pearlescent gear this month, plus Bounty Pack 2 ahead of the March story update bringing new Vault Hunter C4SH
- Holding the throne of "biggest survival game on Steam," Rust unveils massive naval update with player-made boats, floating cities, more islands, and an AI overhaul
- Fallout season 2 showrunner suggests the series is pulling a Fallout 4 when it comes to the finale's big twist
- Bethesda knows putting Switch 2's Indiana Jones on a real cart is a flex, but it still can't help but lock Fallout 4 and Oblivion Remastered to code-in-box launches
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (February 6-8)
- Dune Awakening devs don't expect to "keep launch player numbers" after Steam player count hit 189,000 then ran off a cliff, but they're trying: "We do hope to get players returning"
- Fallout 3 remaster is reportedly still happening as Bethesda aims for Oblivion Remastered-level polish, but personally I think it should aim a little higher
- Once again, the secret best Nintendo Direct announcement was purely for retro sickos like me: The Virtual Console dream isn't dead on Switch 2
- "We’ve heard your feedback": Arc Raiders lowers Expedition requirement to 3 million coins, lets players "catch up" on missed skill points from the first Expedition for just 300k each
- Hideo Kojima is teasing something ahead of the rumored State of Play, and almost everyone's thinking the same thing: "PC trailer for Death Stranding 2?"
- After announcing a multiplayer Horizon game, Guerrilla boss heads off live service complaints: "We absolutely love making single-player games, and we're going to keep making them"
- Horizon Hunters Gathering: Everything you need to know about Guerrilla's new co-op action game
- My new favorite Legend of Zelda amiibo has been caught in the Best Buy deal crossfires
- Horizon Hunters Gathering playtests start in February, and you can already sign up for PS5 and PC access
- Stardew Valley fans risk their title as "the most wholesome gaming community" after ConcernedApe's past homewrecker comments see them hoping the 1.7 update ends in a virtual divorce
- Square Enix might finally reveal Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 as the RPG's director promises "more updates" on the series "than ever before" this year
- How to sign up for the Horizon Hunters Gathering playtest on PS5 and PC
- My players were genuinely freaked out by this Alien RPG Starter Set, which plays up the dread nicely
- 25 years since Onimusha: Warlords, two Capcom developers break down why the samurai action series is primed for a comeback
- Bethesda's much-rumored Starfield PS5 port is reportedly coming in 2 months, according to latest leak
- Elden Ring and The Duskbloods were both missing from today's third-party Nintendo Direct, and FromSoftware fans aren't taking it well: "I'M FALLING TO MY KNEES IN THE PARKING LOT"
- I regret to inform you that FF7 Rebirth features an exclusive MTG card by JRPG legend Tetsuya Nomura, so you're gonna have to buy it again
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple has been pulled from theaters after a significant box office drop, and fans are asking Sony to "give it more time!"
- Resident Evil Requiem Leon Kennedy is a hopeless loser in Switch 2 teaser during Nintendo Direct that makes him miss nearly every shot: "Are you censoring this one too?"
- Square Enix reveals $230 The Adventures of Elliot Collector's Edition, so I can only assume the JRPG's sterling Switch 2 demo did its job
- After 50 hours, I've fallen in love with Dragon Quest 7 – not the JRPG's breezy new remake, but the 25-year-old PS1 original
- Ori studio head looks to Final Fantasy Tactics for help fixing No Rest for the Wicked's progression, says other devs "haven't paid enough attention" to the JRPG
- The first Resident Evil amiibo figures are here, and my collection is itching for them both
- Nioh 3 devs "never considered adding difficulty settings" to the notoriously brutal Soulslike games, because "one of the best parts" is getting good
- New Horizon game announced: Guerrilla surprises with Horizon Hunters Gathering, a Monster Hunter-like co-op action game for PS5 and PC
- Step aside, awful Skyrim Switch 2 port – Bethesda is releasing Oblivion Remastered on Nintendo's new console this year, and I'm not sure how I feel
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 less than half a year after FF7 Remake's port, Square Enix confirms
- Final Fantasy 11 devs pay tribute to 91-year-old grandma who played the MMO for almost 20 years before passing away: "Thank you for journeying through Vana'diel"
- World of Warcraft lead sometimes wishes Blizzard "hadn't called it Warcraft" because "it sounds intimidating," admits the MMO's executive producer and VP
- More alien cat action, big brain puzzles, and a "darker" story give this epic sci-fi adventure more bite than I expected
- 10 years later and with no XCOM 3 in sight, I'm in love with XCOM 2 now more than ever
- I never thought my Astro Bot PS5 controller needed a case, until I knew it'd come packaged with a plushie
- Star Wars fans have uncovered a new dimension to Qui-Gon and Darth Maul's Phantom Menace showdown
- Helldivers 2 grunts speculate Cyborgs might be back on the menu as mysterious binary messages assert brazen lies, claiming Super Earth's leaders have been deceiving us
- Despite its pricing delay, Valve's Steam Frame could still turn out to be the VR market's Steam Deck moment
- Blizzard says Overwatch's sexier heroes are more down to "technical hurdles" than a desire to make everyone hot, but fans would rather devs focus on finally fixing "same face syndrome"
- Saw creators James Wan an Leigh Whannell wanted to kill Jigsaw and move on after Saw 3 because they didn't want to be "one-hit-wonders"
- Roblox Knockout codes (February 2026) for free Ice and Spins
- Skyrim is already on Switch 2, so Todd Howard had no choice but to announce some other stuff: Fallout 4 arrives this month, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming in May
- PS5 will hopefully avoid a price hike this year as Sony CFO says "we intend to minimize the impact" of ongoing RAM shortage, company positioned to secure memory through 2026
- Best Nioh 3 weapons and tier list
- Should you choose Samurai Attire or Ninja attire in Nioh 3?
- How to change appearance in Nioh 3
- Nioh 3 Revenant Malice and Bloodedge Demon explained
- How long is Nioh 3?
- How to get Nioh 3 preorder and DLC bonuses
- The best skills in Nioh 3
- Sony is "very confident" in Marathon after playtests revealed "good points," as well as "not good points" that have since been changed for Bungie's Arc Raiders challenger
- 20 years after its disastrous film adaptation, beloved fantasy series Eragon gets a second chance as a Disney Plus series
- The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin says "of course" Catherine O'Hara would have returned in season 3: "The thing that's upsetting me is I don't get to see her in other stuff"
- Hideo Kojima reckons Eternals director Chloe Zhao "must be a witch" after being blown away by her new Oscar-nominated drama: "Has the power to rewrite cinema"
- Nioh 3 release times and dates for your region and platform
- "Marvel Rivals is the best thing to happen to Overwatch": Fans react to Blizzard's big changes and 10 new heroes, thanking NetEase's shooter for healthy competition
- Fallout producer says the team wants to make a practical Liberty Prime Alpha suit for season 3: "We just need to figure out how to build it"
- King of Marvel spoilers Mark Ruffalo retains his crown by seemingly ruining which Avenger will definitely be in Secret Wars
- The Nintendo Switch 2 is the shiny new console on the block, but the 5-year-old PS5 still outsold it by almost 1 million units over the last quarter
- Ghost of Yotei has "exceeded the sales" of Ghost of Tsushima "in the same period of time," says Sony CFO, and "significantly contributed" to the company's financial results
- Yes, the Steam Machine will arrive later than expected and with a higher price, but I'd call it a heads up rather than a delay
- "Upgraded" Hollow Knight edition announced, coming to Nintendo Switch 2 later today as a free upgrade to Switch owners
- 27 years after the Deep Space Nine finale, Starfleet Academy just solved one of Star Trek’s longest-running mysteries
- Cyclops actor James Marsden says Marvel is "giving everybody what they want" in Avengers: Doomsday, and old school X-Men fans will be happy
- Valve is revisiting Steam Machine pricing and release timing due to "rapidly" increasing memory and storage shortages
- Steam is giving some players refunds for Ashes of Creation, which had the biggest MMO Kickstarter campaign ever, after leadership resignation and mass layoffs
- February 4
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- Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone still feels "like an amateur" even with nearly 50 million copies sold, but he hopes that'll help Haunted Chocolatier keep its "indie soul"
- GTA 6 publisher Take-Two responds to the Google AI that sent game industry stocks crashing: Project Genie is "not even in the same ballpark" as a real game engine
- Game of Thrones star joins season 2 of underrated Stephen King sci-fi show from Lost director
- Marvel Rivals owner Netease says heck no we didn't shut down our AI department or warn devs off it: "The situation described did not occur"
- Marvel and Life of Chuck actor to star alongside Scarlett Johansson in Mike Flanagan's Exorcist reboot
- "Made without crunch": World of Warcraft Midnight is the "the fastest expansion" Blizzard has ever made, with "no sacrifices to team health"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 players have already killed more NPCs than there were people on Earth in the real 15th century
- The first trailer for Netflix's War Machine channels classic Predator vibes as Reacher star Alan Ritchson leads a squad of soldiers against an unstoppable killer robot
- After 60 years in the industry, Harrison Ford says Shrinking would be a "sufficient" way to end his storied career: "Where do you go from here?"
- Red Dead Redemption 2's enigmatic spider web puzzle is the first thing that's gotten me genuinely excited for GTA 6
- Those big Animal Crossing and Splatoon updates are meant to be a pathway for fans to migrate to Switch 2 at their own pace, Nintendo says
- Blizzard renames Overwatch 2 to Overwatch, 4 years after deciding Overwatch was Overwatch 2, because "Overwatch is more than just a digit: it's a living universe," called Overwatch
- After Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was snubbed at the Grammys, legendary Journey composer Austin Wintory dedicates his win to Sandfall's "once-in-a-generation-level rarity"
- Control Resonant may be an action-RPG, but Remedy isn't veering into hellishly-challenging territory: "There are no parries, there is no back-and-forth with a single enemy"
- Peak's "8 bucks is still 5 bucks" view is a genuine look "behind the curtain" at "vibes pricing" across the industry, analyst says: "70 bucks seems right. All right, we'll try that"
- Original Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner reacts to Ubisoft's "brutal" cancellation of Sands of Time remake: "Words like loss and grieving might seem exaggerated, but artists put their hearts into their work"
- My favorite Baldur's Gate 3 companion got more love in the latest MTG Secret Lair, but I can't stomach buying it
- Beast of Reincarnation's battles are about "the joyful dilemma of choice", building on the director's Pokemon battle planning expertise
- Helldivers 2 finally brings back underrated service technician, whose voice actor is "so happy" to be returning: "Love this game, love this team, love this character"
- Nioh 3 Metacritic score sees it beat Nioh 2 with its open-world pivot, but you may be surprised to hear it's still losing to the original samurai Soulslike
- Iconic Mario voice actor "didn't know anything about video games" in his audition, so he did what anyone would do and "just made things up about food and started talking"
- Thor star Chris Hemsworth praises Steve Rogers' surprise Avengers: Doomsday teaser: "No one knew he was going to be in the film, and then there he is"
- Stardew Valley still has "a secret that no one has ever found" after 10 years, but ConcernedApe says it "reveals something that actually isn't even true anymore"
- Texas Chain Saw Massacre is being turned into an original TV show because its director is "not interested in remaking perfect films": "It's the only way I wanted to do it"
- Ubisoft loses another Assassin's Creed veteran: 21-year design senior on the series since the original game leaves the company for "a smaller studio with other veterans"
- Pokemon Ultra Beasts are "a manifestation of my own resentment," Game Freak artist says after his designs were rejected by art director: "This doesn't mean that I hate Mr. Sugimori or anything like that"
- This mega-cute Eevee Switch 2 pouch is a Valentine's Day gift no-brainer for Pokemon fans
- Someone put a force feedback wheel on an RC-style controller, and with GameSir's Swift Drive on the way, I hope this sim racing trend continues in 2026
- Switch 2 won't increase $450 price tag due to ongoing RAM shortage according to Nintendo president – for now, at least
- Arc Raiders squeezes cheaters a little harder, blocking Steam Family Sharing workarounds "to prevent abuse of shared licenses" and stop players evading bans
- The Last of Us season 3 finds it new Manny in Spider-Man: No Way Home star, and casts '90s icon as new Seraphite
- World of Warcraft lead says Blizzard has "a bigger vision" than simply just being an MMORPG and the Warcraft IP has "been underutilized"
- Crime 101 director reveals he wrote Barry Keoghan's role as a wildcard criminal especially for him, as his co-star Chris Hemsworth praises his "magnetic" performance
- KPop Demon Hunters Lego sets teased, and if you ask me it's a Golden opportunity
- Nintendo Direct is back this week with 30-minute Partner Showcase where delayed Elden Ring Switch 2 port could finally reemerge
- Mistonia's Hope is a revenge quest romantasy that left me murdered, devastated by a love triangle, and bewitched – I'm obsessed
- The Pokemon Company teases "special" 30-year celebration for February 8 – by putting Jigglypuff in a recording studio for Super Bowl LX
- After campaigning for Arc Raiders to win GOTY at The Game Awards, former FPS pro Shroud is taking a break because he's "tired of the cheaters," plus "once you have everything it loses a little bit of its fun"
- UK Nintendo fans this is not a drill, Animal Crossing amiibo cards are back
- Send Help producer reveals the surprising on-set hazard that had to be removed from island thriller's set – killer coconuts: "We had to be so 'safety first'"
- This Lord of the Rings card game is a puzzle-solving masterclass
- Nioh 3 review: "Brutal samurai and ninja clashes across wide maps avoid retreading Elden Ring – this Soulslike is all demon killer, no filler"
- High-end live streaming mixers can cost $499, but this one somehow costs $49 - is OneOdio's Solocaster too good to be true, or a new budget hero?
- "Their worlds are handcrafted": GTA 6 parent company CEO says "generative AI has zero part in what Rockstar Games is building," even if he's "enthusiastic" about AI in game development
- Christian Bale reveals he would "scream like crazy" in the makeup chair for The Bride!, but horror fans think he's overreacting: "He couldn't like, put on some YouTube or something?"
- I still use multiple CRT TVs with my retro consoles, but I've found a way to satiate my lust for scanlines on even modern screens
- Anime adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist creator's underrated manga is suddenly one of 2026's big highlights
- Stardew Valley 1.7 update will add "2 more marriage candidates," and fans theorize they could be anyone from the farming sim's past villagers like Sandy to entirely new NPCs
- Borderlands 4 will continue to be supported says Gearbox owner, and "we still are very optimistic about that title" despite launch being a "bit softer than we would've liked"
- Pluribus creator Vince Gilligan says he is "deeper into the process" of season 2 than he had predicted, but it will still take time: "It ain’t gonna be The Pitt"
- When is Chappell Roan coming to Fortnite?
- Fallout season 2 doubles down on not committing to a canon New Vegas ending – thanks to one Courier line
- Amazon's Fallout countdown leads not to the Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters everyone wants, but a 3D tour of Mr House's penthouse: "My fault for being a loser and expecting anything from Bethesda"
- Sam Raimi "promised himself" he'd work with Rachel McAdams again after she was "underutilized" in Doctor Strange 2: "I saw how talented she was"
- As everyone continues to fear $80 GTA 6, Take-Two CEO says "we do feel a compact with the consumer" and wants to "deliver way more value than what we charge"
- X-Men star James Marsden says the Russo Brothers are "upping the ante" with Avengers: Doomsday: "Of course you can count on being blown away"
- GTA 6 owner has "every reason to believe" GTA Online will continue to be supported after Rockstar's next game finally releases: "There's a great community that loves it, that stays engaged"
- Fallout season 3 is headed to a new location, but its underrated semi-canon RPG has taken us there before
- With Colorado on the horizon, Todd Howard says it's "good" for the Fallout TV show to "go new places where the games haven't been"
- Todd Howard says the Brotherhood of Steel surprise in Fallout season 2's post-credits scene was no afterthought: "It was always a matter of how and when, not if"
- "Valve is on track" - AMD just put my Steam Machine fears to rest while hinting that a new Xbox could show up in 2027
- "That's never going to happen": Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe wants to make his farming sim "infinitely replayable," but only "without the use of AI"
- Fallout stars Kyle MacLachlan and Annabel O'Hagan talk "peeling back the layers" of their characters in season 2's epic finale: "What are we growing here? We don't know yet"
- Fallout season 2 finale blueprints explained: what is Liberty Prime Alpha?
- Fallout season 2, episode 8 post-credits scenes: how many are there and how do they set up the next season?
- Fallout season 3 release date speculation, cast, news, and everything else we know
- Fallout showrunner and producer Todd Howard on whether the TV show just changed video game canon: "What existed before, and how do you remain respectful to it?"
- Fallout season 2 ending explained: Who dropped the bombs? Where does Fallout season 3 take place?
- Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh are unlikely allies in first look at "genre-bending, action packed buddy comedy" from Dungeons and Dragons directors
- Doom devs including John Romero respond to terminally ill fan spending his final days playing Doom: The Dark Ages: "You are not alone in that hospital room"
- Apple TV's Cape Fear remake sees Amy Adams in over her head as Javier Bardem's ex-prisoner plots revenge in tension-filled first look
- February 3
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- Apple unveils first look at Peacemaker star John Cena in upcoming Matchbox The Movie based on the classic toys by Mattel
- Borderlands 4 Switch 2 port looks dead as Gearbox parent Take-Two "pauses development"
- Oblivion Remastered studio worked on Fallout season 2, so you might as well toss them Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters too, Bethesda
- GTA 6 physical copies will not be delayed to avoid leaks, says Take-Two CEO: "That's not the plan"
- GTA 6 release date seems locked in at last as Rockstar owner promises "launch marketing" starts this summer: "Groundbreaking for Take-Two and the entire entertainment industry"
- Baldur's Gate 3's Shadowheart and Gale star in Magic: The Gathering's new D&D Secret Lair – "pre-queue" opens next week an hour before they inevitably sell out
- "When you make literally billions of dollars on Skyrim," Bethesda veteran would be "shocked" if Amazon's Fallout TV show makes the studio "any money they care about"
- PC gamers and Steam customers are "a really bright spot" as the games industry struggles with pricing and sustainability, analyst says: "We can look at an audience that's excited to try new things"
- Resident Evil Requiem gets official short film that might be the best adaptation so far, and its possible Nemesis cameo doesn't hurt: "FIVE STAAAAAAAAAAAARS"
- I was going to play the Nioh 3 demo for 30 minutes and then I played 5 hours – this open-world Soulslike is blowing me away at 120 FPS
- A year after pop star Chappell Roan asked Fortnite to "please give me a skin, please," Epic reveals long-rumored collab for Fortnite Festival
- Anya Taylor-Joy is a con artist on the run in the action-packed first teaser for Apple TV's new show Lucky
- It's not Kong, it's not Godzilla, it's something far worse in first trailer for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2
- Sony embraces death, patents AI-generated podcasts hosted by video game characters that eat "the data associated" with your player profile: "Also, Try A Spin Move On The Boss Next Time!"
- Fallout New Vegas was a 2010 GOTY for me, and a sequel would be perfect timing for where the TV show is heading
- "Goodbye for now": Still in Steam Early Access, action RPG from ex Ubisoft, Capcom, and Riot devs with $17 million investment hangs it up after "mixed initial reviews and a declining player base"
- I'm the voice of your Guitar Hero nostalgia, and I think you should look at the price of the PDP Riffmaster guitar controller right now
- This Hori Gengar & Mimikyu Switch 2 Vault Case has leveled up my portable gaming setup
- Helldivers 2 grunts, your tank awaits: Completely "pancake" Automatons threatening democracy with "new heavy-hitting" Bastion Tank
- Obsidian doesn't want another 3-game year, but Fallout: New Vegas' example shows how the studio can make games faster without needing "to change everything every time"
- Arc Raiders devs triple the frequency of Bird City after time zones locked many fans out of playing, Embark promises to "keep revising" its map event schedule
- This Oblivion Remastered mod adds actual jobs to Bethesda's revamped RPG, just in case you're not already sick of working your 9-5 in real life
- How to unlock the Helldivers 2 Bastion Tank and how it works
- Red Dead Redemption 2 is now a "legally distinct" Pokemon RPG thanks to one modder who has turned Arthur's gang into Gym Leaders and wildlife into formidable foes
- Highguard review: "A fresh but muddled FPS genre mashup that needs refinement if it's to have any staying power"
- Thor: Ragnarok duo Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo re-team to play "yin and yang" thief and cop in new thriller Crime 101, but the Marvel stars think their characters are "more similar than they are opposite"
- Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 weren't "disasters," but one Obsidian veteran admits "it's not good to release three games in the same year"
- Sam Raimi had creative "disagreements" with one of his Send Help stars, but the director ultimately admitted he was wrong: "He wasn't afraid to go all the way to the edge"
- Nintendo doesn't think Metroid Prime 4 sales are worth mentioning in new financial report even after an 18-year wait, and fans fear the worst: "This might be it"
- Stardew Valley had "many" chances to become a movie or TV show, but creator ConcernedApe only had eyes for the legendary director of Twin Peaks: "'You can do whatever you want, Mr. Lynch'"
- HP just dropped $1,000 off my favorite gaming laptop, but this flash sale comes with a caveat and a countdown
- Anbernic is beating Sony to the chase with its RG Vita handheld, but I don't think it's enough like a PS Vita
- Sorry Virtual Boy, I wasn't familiar with your game: just 10 minutes with Switch 2's relaunch of the failed Nintendo console made me realize I've been underestimating it this whole time
- Oops, Genshin Impact challenger Arknights: Endfield accidentally charged 1,800 players $80,000 in Paypal disaster before the devs could stop it
- Stardew Valley 2 was in the works at one point, says Eric Barone, and he'd still love to make it happen: "It would just be fun to work on a whole new set of characters, a whole new world"
- Where to find Geiger Counters in Arc Raiders
- Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 is the survival MMO's biggest yet: a rebuilt Landsraad, new areas to explore, a specialization system – and did I mention, no more taxes?
- "We do not police how developers make their games": Epic Games Store boss says "we let players decide" on games that use gen AI
- Even Epic says Epic Games Store free games boost Steam versions, with concurrent Steam players rising 40% on average during free promos: "It's a good thing"
- There's a difference between back buttons and back paddles, and the Gulikit KK3 Max controller will prove it to you
- "My goal on PC isn't to topple Steam": Epic Games Store boss says beating Valve isn't the plan – just getting "enough market share on PC that you have to be here no matter what"
- Epic says only 16 to 18% of people claiming free games on the Epic Games Store buy games there afterwards, but "for cost per new user, it's hard to beat"
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch 2 Edition adds some major Mario Party vibes, and after 30 minutes it feels like a worthy expansion to one of the best games on the platform
- Best Buy has just unleashed a Square Enix game sale, and my free time is cooked
- 3 years after it was announced, Longlegs star gives promising update on horror sequel They Follow: "I would stay positive, because I've heard some good news recently"
- Anime Reversal codes (February 2026) for free Rerolls and Gems
- As Nintendo Direct rumors swirl, updated Splatoon Raiders trademark releases copium that we may hear about the upcoming Switch 2 exclusive soon
- Nintendo Switch overtakes the DS as Nintendo's best-selling console of all time, and with its sales figures still growing, it's closing the gap with the PS2
- "Malicious" mod that deletes files spreading through Steam Workshop just like John Carpenter's The Thing, says dev of sandbox hit with 300,000 reviews: "It replaces them with itself. This is how it spreads"
- Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani rates Wonder Man 4.5 stars, with the disclaimer that "no Kevins and/or Feiges are currently present"
- The makeup team behind horror movie The Ugly Stepsister definitely earned their Oscar nomination, as one scene made them "want to vomit on set"
- "The loss of a studio is a huge blow": Christopher Nolan says he has "very, very significant concerns" about the Warner Bros. Netflix sale
- Major Helldivers 2 patch increases "intensity" of the highest difficulties, buffs all melee weapons, makes enemies better at aiming, and so much more
- HBO boss confirms George R.R. Martin "definitely took a step back" from House of the Dragon
- With over 17 million units sold and counting, it took Nintendo Switch 2 under 7 months to overtake the woefully underrated Wii U's lifetime sales
- Netflix didn't reign supreme in 2025 as Stranger Things loses to a kids' TV show as the most watched series of the year
- This new Logitech G325 headset features an invisible beamforming microphone, and I'm not sure how to feel about that
- Crunchyroll is raising subscription prices halfway through Jujutsu Kaisen's latest season
- Skyrim lead thinks it's "wiser" for Bethesda to use its Creation Engine for new games like Elder Scrolls 6, with Fallout 76 an example of why it's "extremely difficult" to swap
- 9 games to watch out for this month
- "WE DID IT!": Highguard 5v5 is "here to stay," and players are psyched that the studio is doing what it should've done in the first place
- All of the Fallout games are heavily discounted on Steam right now, and maybe if you play each one 50 times over, Fallout 5 will be waiting for you when you're done
- February 2
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- Alone in the Dark's influence on survival horror is so profound that it saved Resident Evil from being a first-person shooter – and now you can get the whole trilogy for free
- I need every developer currently making a Soulslike to stop what they're doing and add this time-saving feature from Nioh 3: one-click level-up top-offs
- Ubisoft fires 13-year Assassin's Creed veteran just days after suspending him for speaking out against the company's return-to-office mandate: "This was not my decision"
- Call of Duty is cracking down on cheaters ahead of season 2 and the launch of ranked play with "major technology innovations" and bans on third-party devices: "Cheating can cost more than a win"
- "What the f***" is Markiplier's Iron Lung movie doing earning $8.9 million in one night, wonders Iron Lung dev
- In a post-Baldur's Gate 3 world, I need Larian to hold tight to the D&D chaos that makes Hail Mary moments so satisfying
- Silent Hill 2 remake studio's new teaser isn't a comeback for infamous PS2 horror game Rule of Rose, or any other remake for that matter – "Nice guess"
- Marathon is a greatest hits of '90s futurism, according to Bungie lead, who says the shooter was "deeply inspired" by wild PlayStation ads and "translucent DualShocks"
- Dragon Quest visionary Yuji Horii is getting his own RPG-style manga detailing his journey to creating the iconic JRPG series
- Whistle director says he's "never known chemistry" like Sophie Nelisse and Dafne Keen's in the new queer supernatural horror: "It worked so perfectly"
- The Elder Scrolls fans fire back at Skyrim lead's fightin' words: Morrowind "manages to hold up better than Skyrim" and Oblivion's Attribute system was great, actually
- Arc Raiders' second Expedition window ends in just 23 days, but Embark still hasn't told players what they need to prepare: "Please tell us"
- Cyberpunk 2 lead says first-person POV "was better" for Cyberpunk 2077, as third-person is "for more defined characters" like The Witcher 3's Geralt and God of War's Kratos
- Best Buy's Super Bowl sale has up to 50% off OLED TVs, here's how to pick the right one
- Nioh 3 might come to Xbox for the first time in the nearly 10-year-old franchise as a flashy new trailer confirms 6 months of PS5 exclusivity
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Disney Plus, Netflix, Prime Video, and more (February 2–February 8)
- Warhammer 40K Chaos fans love the new models, and I agree with their "O hell to the f*** YES" verdict
- You can now use Nintendo's N64 Switch online controller with the Analogue 3D, but I've got a few better options worth looking at
- Where to find arc resin in Arc Raiders
- One year after Civilization 7 tried to fix the strategy genre's biggest problem, Firaxis is meeting fans in the middle with an "expansion-level" update: "I think we're going to blow some fans' minds"
- Fallout works as a TV show because it's "unique," says Skyrim lead – but Bethesda's other RPG series might not: "Do they really need marketing for Elder Scrolls 6?"
- Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke forced to reveal Larian's next RPG Divinity "ends with a lot of fire" after a 19 roll for Persuasion
- "'Yes, I will gladly die for Super Earth'": Helldivers 2 writer had only 7 days to find unofficial face of the franchise John Helldiver, "the cheesiest, most insincere" man in the galaxy
- The first open-back planar magnetic Asus ROG headset is here, and it's another win for audiophile gamers
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms young star didn't initially grasp the significance of his big episode 3 reveal: "I don't know much about Game of Thrones because I've never watched it"
- id Software's 2D platformers were making "10 times" more money than its early FPS games, and Doom might never have happened if the studio followed the easy cash
- Fallout 76 will get "thicker" this year, teases lead, who says Bethesda isn't just making the RPG's map bigger anymore: "I really want our gaze to shift from the outskirts to inwards"
- Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says games "could benefit" from being more like toys, which Minecraft, Skyrim, and all "the best games" are: "Freeform, goal-free playing"
- Soccer Zero codes (February 2026) for free rewards
- Fallout star Walton Goggins says that fateful moment in season 2 episode 7 is "a lot to ponder": "Why believe in anything except yourself?"
- Michael Rooker only landed his Guardians of the Galaxy role because he was suddenly killed off on The Walking Dead
- 5 years on, I still think about Mass Effect Legendary Edition's symbolic first trailer
- First trailer for animated Stranger Things spin-off Tales from '85 is here to fill the Upside Down-shaped hole in our hearts
- The Nun director reveals the "three things" that drew him back to original horror with Whistle, as star explains how "fun" it was to play both hero and villain
- The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3 Wireless headset is so cheap I had to pinch myself, but this record low is real
- The PS6 controller might not even have buttons on it as a new patent hints Sony is going all-in on haptic feedback
- A gospel-inspired Super Mario medley just won a Grammy, beating Wicked star Cynthia Erivo and becoming the group's second Nintendo cover to win despite no nominations for the company itself
- This cozy "carefree" Stardew Valley-like that first caught my eye with its anime aesthetic officially releases into early access next week, and I can't wait
- Full WWE 2K26 roster guide with every confirmed wrestler sorted by brand
- Turns out Intel's XeSS 3 upscaling works on MSI Claw handhelds, so I'd pop it on your portable ASAP for Multi-Frame Generation tomfoolery
- Markiplier's Iron Lung scores impressive $17.8 million US opening weekend, but it was beaten to the top spot by Evil Dead director's new horror movie Send Help
- 15 years later, infamous Minecraft anarchy servers strengthen chat moderation at the reported request of Mojang itself
- Franchise creator James Wan says he wants to make John Kramer "scary" again in Saw 11 and explore "Jigsaw’s philosophy and what makes him tick"
- How to fix Pokemon TCG Pocket Error code 102-243-099
- HBO boss says House of the Dragon will end with season 4 but "doesn't know" if it will be an extra-long final season
- Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity publishing lead disagrees with Bethesda veteran, says Morrowind with a modern combat system "would sell like f***ing hot cakes"
- The Batman 2 writer teases two notebooks full of material for his Game of Thrones spin-off Aegon's Conquest
- HBO boss says It: Welcome to Derry season 2 is "not in limbo at all" and he would be "happy to do it"
- Over 8 years since a $3.27 million Kickstarter, MMO Ashes of Creation hit with "mass" layoffs after studio founder resigns "in protest"
- Jujutsu Kaisen manga casually reveals a fan-favorite character lives in the sequel after all
- Nintendo does what '90s Nintendo could only dream of – sell out of the Virtual Boy
- How to create the best builds in No Rest For The Wicked
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner says he made "peace" with the huge episode 3 twist being an open secret
- Avengers: Doomsday directors may have revealed too much after swiftly deleting a video showcasing the Marvel movie's biggest fan theories
- That ominous A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3 prophecy actually ties into the George R.R. Martin book lore in a major way
- February 1
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- How to watch the 2026 Grammys online from around the world
- Scream 7 unveils extremely nostalgic popcorn bucket ahead of the horror sequel
- Final Fantasy 7's Tetsuya Nomura reveals concept art made in the JRPG's "very earliest" stages that "envisioned combat" not fully realized until FF7 Remake
- "Go back and play Morrowind and tell me that's the game you want to play again," says Skyrim lead, who thinks players "will cringe" at a possible remake
- Steam hit Escape From Duckov gets official crossover with Escape From Tarkov, bringing the two extraction shooter giants together
- Skyrim lead thinks Starfield "would be talked about like the second coming" if a new studio made it, but "expectations were so much higher" with Bethesda
- Blumhouse developing adaptation of The Exorcism at 1600 Penn
- Ian McKellen lets slip details on how much damage Magneto does in Avengers: Doomsday
- Scooby-Doo star Matthew Lillard chimes in with thoughts on Netflix’s live-action show


