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- December 17
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- Fallout season 2 Easter eggs and cameos: All the nods to New Vegas that you might have missed
- How does Fallout season 2 connect to Fallout: New Vegas?
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs may have been gunning for GOTY, but they know you don't need "tens of millions of players to move forward": "What you need is a bunch of really engaged people"
- December 16
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- Terminator Survivors is delayed indefinitely and will now be a single-player only survival game with no early access launch
- The best Fallout Vaults of all time across the entire franchise to explore today
- Baldur's Gate 3 devs didn't want to include a core D&D rule in their RPG, but players proved them wrong: "We were afraid it was going to slow down the gameplay too much"
- Divinity producer says using AI for "unimportant lines" removes "the chance to support performers" such as Baldur's Gate 3 star Jennifer English: "Every VA starts small"
- "Holy f*** guys": Larian CEO knows AI "invokes a lot of emotion," responds to backlash and insists the Divinity studio is simply "researching and understanding the cutting edge"
- Oh, Resident Evil 7's notoriously disgusting setting was actually just Capcom trying to create a more authentic American experience
- I've played every Fallout game, and these are the best Fallout NPCs I want to see in the Amazon show
- As Xbox refuses to play the console wars game in 2025, it's traded exclusivity for a multi-platform future – but its biggest names are still at large
- Bethesda director Todd Howard says Elder Scrolls 6 is "progressing really well" and "the majority of the studio" is working on the Skyrim successor: "We have long pre-productions on things so that we feel good about them"
- Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.4 sparks concern as the MMO's most beloved cat boy sounds "different" than before: "What is wrong with G'raha's voice?"
- Monster Hunter Wilds' new update falls short of impressing the action RPG's fans after performance comparisons from Capcom show a meager "average of 5-8 FPS boost"
- Peak devs rebut claim their award-nominated multiplayer game uses AI: "We might be slop, but we're human-made locally-sourced artisanal slop"
- An old Xbox 360 dev kit has become a treasure trove of new Fallout: New Vegas content as fans turn cut material into mods you can download now
- This controller squeezes a flight sim yoke and throttle into the palm of your hand, and it's a beautiful abomination
- The truth is (almost) out there for Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor in gripping first trailer for Stephen Spielberg's UFO thriller
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 players face a gommage of their own as the French JRPG's update makes its hardest bosses even nastier: "I had to figure out how to parry attacks on the hardware level"
- It: Welcome to Derry features the scariest scene of the year, and Pennywise is only part of the horrors
- Arc Raiders Paving the Way walkthrough
- This is the best value gaming laptop I've tested in 2025, and it just got even cheaper
- Dune: Awakening patch finally adds the long-awaited Base Reconstruction Tool, meaning breaks from the survival MMO won't cost you your home anymore – but that's not all
- Should you play Fallout: New Vegas before watching Fallout season 2?
- Despite the initial pushback, Larian is making Divinity with the help of AI, but you won't see it in-game: "Everything is human actors; we're writing everything ourselves"
- "Fallout was one of the first games that really shocked:" Our first glimpse of Fallout 3 showed how hard Bethesda worked to inherit and maintain an RPG legacy
- Avatar: Fire and Ash debuts to lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of the James Cameron sci-fi trilogy
- Divinity is "a turn-based RPG" confirms Baldur's Gate 3 studio founder, and even though it's not D&D rules it's Larian "brought to the next level"
- "Players are very precise and very demanding": Rematch "was a very strong learning curve" for the Sifu devs, but Sloclap is still working to find the back of the net
- Pokemon Z-A missed its chance to unravel the franchise's creepiest mystery
- "My stories rarely have happy endings": The Witcher 4 story director says Cyberpunk 2077 showcases his love of "inevitable mistakes" and "character flaws"
- Rockstar classic Bully gets online mod after 20 years, complete with racing minigame and plenty of children to beat up with your friends: "We’ve been cooking"
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, and more (December 16–December 21)
- Avatar: Fire and Ash review: "Still a technical marvel, with some of the year's best action filmmaking"
- Fallout season 2 review: "A hell of a lot of fun despite being overcrowded and convoluted"
- Just like Baldur's Gate 3 and Larian's other past RPGs, Divinity will likely launch into early access first: "You get something really cool out of that process"
- "Baldur's Gate 3 and Original Sin 2 are the blueprint for Divinity": Larian CEO Swen Vincke on why its next RPG is the "natural evolution" of the studio's 20-year journey
- Where to find Candleberries in Arc Raiders
- Tired of competitive board games? These team-based alternatives are perfect for Christmas
- Better Call Saul star's new action-comedy might just be Hot Fuzz in Minnesota, but the internet isn't mad about it
- Home Alone director says the classic franchise has some "really bad sequels": "They've completely f**ked it up"
- Nintendo wants Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom support studio Monolith Soft to take a "central role" on a "unique title in the series"
- Sigourney Weaver says working with James Cameron on the Avatar series is "like the perfect job for an actor": "He does everything possible to make sure you get to try everything you want to try"
- It: Welcome to Derry creator confirms season 2 will feature younger versions of season 1 characters
- Long before Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Jennifer English filled Divinity: Original Sin 2 roles like a talking chest – and even Larian can't believe it
- This is the cheapest a 256GB Switch 2 SD card has been so far
- If you're using Monster Hunter Wilds mods to boost its ailing performance, Capcom has a warning – they "are not guaranteed to work and could cause compatibility issues" ahead of Title Update 4
- Arc Raiders update brings in skill tree reset without having to do an expedition, and while this "is a W," some players think more change is needed: "Fix your endgame Embark"
- Ayaneo's monstrous Next 2 is now open to sign-ups, but I'd brace for a heeby jeeby price compared to the ROG Xbox Ally X
- New Godzilla x Kong movie might feature an unlikely foe: SpaceGodzilla
- The Jump Festa 2026 schedule is here, and we could be getting big anime news on Demon Slayer, Chainsaw Man, and One Piece
- Marvel is wiping the Avengers: Doomsday trailer leak from the internet, but its main spoiler is already out there
- Universal Tower Defense codes (December 2025) for free Gems and Rerolls
- Weapons creator is teaming up with Netflix for adaptation of grisly true crime novel Torso
- These ANC earbuds are strong enough to block out high-speed Scottish winds, so they're good enough for me
- Hollow Knight: Silksong - Sea of Sorrow is the sequel's first expansion, and the original Metroidvania is coming to Switch 2
- It: Welcome to Derry showrunner breaks down the "Avengers: Endgame of season 1," and explains the final episode's "most hopeful moment": "Sometimes you just gotta tell evil to f*** off"
- The verdict is in: Diablo 4's new Paladin class is divinely overpowered, "so insanely fun," and scratches that Diablo 2 itch: "Game so far is WAY more fun than it has been in ages"
- December 15
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- Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says generative AI "sounds crap," and any studio using it for dialogue should pay actors to re-record lines: "You've got the money now"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs wanted negative feedback during playtests after deciding players should initially "feel extremely weak": "Then the validation of gaining strength feels earned"
- 6 months after being delayed indefinitely, Bungie's survival extraction shooter Marathon is back with a March 2026 release date and $40 price tag
- Megabonk gets confused, adds Halloween update with new map and "CANNED SPAGHETTI" just in time for Christmas
- Bethesda's Todd Howard says Fallout 76 is "the game we're still doing the most work in," and fans of the Prime TV show should give it a try
- From Avowed to Hades 2, the best RPGs of 2025 are the cream of the role-playing crop
- This is the Xbox controller I'd want under the Christmas tree this year, and somehow, it's rocking its Black Friday price tag again
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 is now on current-gen consoles, and Larian teases "you might even pick up on certain things" in the newly announced Divinity if you jump in
- "Can you goon to level design?": Lords of the Fallen 2 boss says "yes," the Soulslike will feature sexy ladies in an effort to "continue improving," though fans are more concerned about gameplay
- Squid Game season 3 only needed two words to deliver the most moving line of dialogue of 2025
- 007: First Light is "not a role-playing game" because it's James Bond's story, says dev who reveals what to expect from Lenny Kravitz's villain
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 player boosts Maelle’s damage by over 1 billion during the game’s toughest boss with new post-update build: “The Queen of damage is back”
- These less than $10 Switch 2 thumb grips are the number one accessory you should pack for the holidays
- Divinity series sees spike in players on Steam following new RPG's reveal at The Game Awards, reigniting love for Larian Studios' older titles
- Stellar Blade director receives Presidential Commendation for contributions to South Korean game industry, though he thanks the action RPG's fans: "We will continue to do our utmost"
- This is the board game I always recommend for people who HATE board games
- Baldur's Gate 3 director follows up Divinity's big reveal by teasing fans as Larian gets back to work on the RPG: "Going back to putting beaches in games now"
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis leads say it’s essential to adjust the PS1 original’s difficulty for "modern player tastes," but "things that you expect in a Tomb Raider game are going to be there"
- Stranger Things season 5 vol 2 trailer shows us the Upside Down like we've never seen it before, teases the Eleven and Eight team-up we've been waiting for
- Almost 30 years later, Fallout 1's depth of choice, chance, and consequence is still an RPG gold standard
- Tomb Raider: Catalyst is Crystal Dynamics' "largest" Lara Croft game yet, and there's "no homework" required to jump in
- Silent Hill f writer knows you don't really want to see "a happily ever after," and the game's horrific portrayal of young womanhood makes it my GOTY
- These are the cutest Razer headsets that any cozy gamer would love to see under the tree this Christmas
- Have Your Say: Help us determine what the greatest Fallout game of all time really is
- Arc Raiders Cold Snap brings 2 events, the option to restart your character, covers four of the maps in snow, and it all kicks off tomorrow
- Arc Raiders Frostbite explained and how to deal with it
- Everything in the Arc Raiders Cold Snap event and when it launches
- As Rockstar doubles down on fired GTA 6 devs leaking "specific game features," IWGB union asserts its "statement is littered with falsehoods and disinformation"
- If Sony was too late in 2011, the Ayaneo Pocket Play is going to need a time machine to succeed
- James Cameron left strict instructions on how theaters should play Avatar: Fire and Ash, including a chart with information about audio and framing
- Arc Raiders developers have no plans to abandon their popular shooter: "Our ambition is to keep this game alive for the longest time"
- It director Andy Muschietti wants to make a 6+ hour supercut of both movies featuring unseen footage: "Still a big dream of mine"
- Following Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis reveal, series co-creator says he'd prefer "exploring new lost worlds" over more remakes
- Jim Carrey wanted to leave The Grinch and give back his $20 million payday, until a torture specialist helped him
- Varang star Oona Chaplin "studied" Zoe Saldaña's Neytiri to craft her Avatar: Fire and Ash villain, but "Varang has suffered immense trauma, and so she doesn't trust the world like Neytiri does"
- After deciding not to charge $80 for The Outer Worlds 2, Xbox head says Microsoft will keep listening to fan feedback but has to run a "healthy business"
- It: Welcome to Derry fan has a theory on that big season 1 finale family reveal, but others say it leaves them with "so many extra questions"
- James Cameron responds to criticism of 3D and high frame rate in the Avatar movies: "I think $2.3 billion says you might be wrong on that"
- Sorry Severance, Pluribus is now Apple TV's most-watched show
- The Commodore 64 Ultimate is the C64 remake enthusiasts deserve, and I’m bracing for a huge microcomputer revival
- Rob Reiner – the legendary director of Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally, and The Princess Bride – has died at 78
- Arc Raiders devs are "aware" of problems in matchmaking right now, and Embark Studios is working on a fix: "Our team is investigating"
- How to transfer games to Switch 2 from Switch 1
- Wake Up Dead Man director Rian Johnson says he "couldn't resist" making a pointed Star Wars joke in the new Knives Out movie
- You'll reportedly have to watch Avatar: Fire and Ash four times to see every trailer for Avengers: Doomsday
- Hideo Kojima watched Knives Out 3, but he didn't have much to say about the new Netflix movie – so fans are wondering if he hated it
- It: Welcome to Derry creators say it's "not the intention" that viewers will have to wait years for season 2: "Talk to HBO"
- James Gunn reminds everyone he's "never said" that Brainiac is in the Superman sequel, but promises a new villain will appear in Man of Tomorrow
- "It isn't about trying to shock": Divinity isn't an RPG that shies away from heavy topics because Larian knows "people are capable of appreciating a three-dimensional world"
- It: Welcome to Derry season 2: All we know so far about the HBO horror spin-off's second chapter
- IT: Welcome to Derry episode 8 ends with a clever twist that simultaneously sets up season 2 and fixes my biggest frustration with other prequels
- It: Welcome to Derry episode 8 explained – Who dies? How does it connect to The Shining?
- December 14
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- Hades 2 lead says the best boons from Early Access weren't killed, just reskinned: "We think it's important not to be too precious about these things"
- From Citizen Sleeper 2 to Hollow Knight: Silksong, the best sequels of 2025 expanded upon their predecessors
- Mass Effect veterans "don't have plans to use generative AI for any element" of their sci-fi RPG Exodus, despite its Hollywood star's investment in the tech
- French President congratulates Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 a second time after the RPG's record-breaking awards haul: "For future generations and those that follow"
- Capcom says Uncle Leon gives Resident Evil Requiem "the dry wit and subtle sarcasm that only an older guy can bring"
- Battlefield 6 devs know Winter Offensive update is filled with "unexpected behaviors," and they're working on it: "Your experience and your feedback matter"
- "There is no platform that matches Steam's excellent discovery system" according to Heroes of Might and Magic publisher, the real problem is "some games should not be made"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developers made my favorite RPG of 2025 by trusting their original vision: "We had the strength to say, 'Yes, that's what we want'"
- 25 years on, Pokemon Crystal is still the blueprint for modern Pokemon
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic director brushes off rumors about the RPG not coming out until 2030: "I'm not getting any younger!"
- December 13
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- My Hero Academia's final episode cements the anime as one of the all-time great superhero stories
- Resident Evil Requiem fans want to make out with Leon Kennedy and steal his DILF jacket: "Need to shake him between my teeth like a rabid dog"
- From Metal Gear Solid Delta to Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, these are the best remakes of 2025 that revived the classics for a new generation
- "I wish I had the Katamari Damacy IP": To a T was meant to counter the "downer" vibes of 2019 America, but Keita Takahashi says it "didn't sell well" and fears it "just wasn't a good fit"
- Hades 2 has an epic script of over 400,000 words and 30,000 voice lines – around 50% more than the original roguelike
- New Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update is seemingly full of references to JRPG influences like Persona, Xenoblade, and Final Fantasy
- Hogwarts Legacy is now free on the Epic Games Store, but you'll have to move fast if you want to grab it before it flies away
- How to complete the Black Ops 7 Astra Malorum zombies easter egg
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic needs to put being an RPG before being a Star Wars game, but I'm already intrigued by its promises of "player agency and immersion"
- "We feel this is the best game in franchise history": New Nioh 3 demo will be out with multiplayer almost as soon as 2026 hits
- Avengers: Secret Wars might be getting some help from a sorely missed MCU star
- LaKeith Stanfield set to spend 48 Hours in Vegas as Dennis Rodman
- Idris Elba plans to retire from acting and become a full-time director
- Creator of Friday the 13th TV series says it'll be more of a "paranoid 70s thriller" than a horror show, though it won't scrimp on gore: "There are rivers of blood"
- I've watched anime for decades, and these are my top 10 action-anime shows that you need to watch after My Hero Academia ends
- Counter-Strike co-creator has a sobering explanation for the iconic shooter's continued Steam dominance 25 years in: "People play it just to collect skins and s**t"
- December 12
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- Gears of War: E-Day was a no show at The Game Awards, but The Coalition made sure to reiterate the prequel is still coming in 2026
- Paul Bettany teases a return as Vision in Avengers: Secret Wars after Vision Quest
- Yes, that is Sebulba in the Star Wars: Galactic Racer trailer, and Anakin's original antagonist seems to be getting the last laugh because he's managed to outlive Darth Vader
- No one knows whether Larian's new Divinity will be a turn-based RPG or ARPG, but everyone has thoughts: "If Divinity is not a turn-based CRPG I will eat a raw potato"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's celebratory DLC bosses and nerfs are so brutal that players are having to retool their months-old endgame builds
- As Larian disgusts and excites with Divinity trailer, Obsidian's Josh Sawyer says "it is wild what people will get upset about in games" and then cheer "Wicker Man x Event Horizon"
- Warframe is set to break its all-time player count on Steam with latest The Old Peace update, soaring close to 180,000
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle isn't just a solid translation of the classic movie franchise, it's one of the greatest action-adventure games of its generation and deserves far more love
- Former The Last of Us director is happy to be making his own weird game and "not something that you need to do a remaster of in the next 4 years because the tech has already outgrown it"
- Larian wears the trademark application that spoiled its Divinity reveal like a badge of honor – can we get T-shirts next?
- The Last of Us director left Naughty Dog after the studio settled into a "paradigm" of how to make a specific type of game: "I just don't have it in me. I would make a lot more money if I did!"
- HBO's first teaser for its Green Lantern show is 11 seconds of pure adrenaline
- Take a bow, Arc Raiders players: your degeneracy surprised even Embark, which didn't expect all the wallhacking – "We have to continuously find ways to waterproof the experience"
- Disco Elysium devs built the RPG's visual style as a "cover band" for Obsidian's "great comeback game," Pillars of Eternity
- Kirby Air Riders team will disband after one final patch, says director Masahiro Sakurai, and you're on your own after that: "Please enjoy the balance of the game as a definitive version"
- Arc Raiders dev says "we do analyze behavior and match accordingly" in the closest confirmation we have that PvP goblins get cage match lobbies while loot rats chill together
- Tomb Raider: Catalyst and Legacy of Atlantis will introduce Lara's new voice, who you've probably heard before if you played Cyberpunk 2077
- The next game from the creator of Yakuza features Don Lee as the main character and otherwise looks a lot like a Yakuza game
- "Lizard Sex confirmed:" Fans of Baldur Gate 3's horniness seem to already love Divinity after its orgy-riddled announcement trailer
- The Shining may be Stephen King's least favorite adaptation of his work, but it's my favorite – and features Shelley Duvall giving one of the best horror performances ever
- How to leave a guild in Where Winds Meet
- The 25 Best Movies of 2025
- Superman captured my heart as the 2025 movie of the year with its hopeful rejection of cynicism
- Pokemon Legends ZA Feebas location and evolution explained
- Where Winds Meet An Unholy Prophecy walkthrough guide
- Resident Evil Requiem's latest trailer gets everyone talking about "hot uncle" Leon Kennedy, including RE2 director Hideki Kamiya himself: "Uncle Leon, I hope you at least live a happy life in old age"
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- The Elder Scrolls 6 didn't make an appearance at The Game Awards 2025, and the RPG community is once again in shambles: "Todd Howard and Bethesda fatigue has finally set in"
- "Long live friendslop": Peak devs didn't win anything at The Game Awards, but they "still had a PEAK year" - just don't "hit Bing Bong up rn"
- Half-Life 3 hopefuls suffer yet another Game Awards, from a promising trailer that ended up being Control Resonant to a busier-than-usual Domino's branch: "The game was meant to be there"
- Death Stranding's Hideo Kojima isn't interested in AI-generated content, but thinks the tech could "compensate for those differences" in people's playstyles
- Resident Evil Requiem protagonists Leon Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft are so different, Capcom says "it’s almost like having 2 games" mixed together
- Divinity is a "brand-new game" that doesn't require any experience with Larian Studios' past RPGs – but you'll be better off if you've played Original Sin and its sequel
- "RPGs can be divisive": Obsidian chats all things Avowed – how it overcame the Skyrim comparisons, why there's no Baldur's Gate 3-style romance, and what's next for the 2025 gem
- The HyperX Cloud Alpha 2 Wireless headset is quality and convenience rolled into one, but I'm not sure who it's for | Review
- Lords of the Fallen 2 lets you dismember enemies because "Soulslikes thrive on challenge" and the RPG devs want to sweeten every victory with extra gore
- GTA Online Mansions explained and how Prix Luxury works
- Dogpile is a roguelike deckbuilder with shades of Tetris and Balatro that has me trying to make the biggest dog of all
- How would you rank our picks for the top games of this year? Vote now!
- No Man's Sky fans waiting for news on follow-up Light No Fire going through it after The Game Awards sent hopes soaring before immediately crushing them: "It's official, we wait for next year"
- Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro's scrapped DC movie would have been led by John Constantine and included a Batman cameo
- Tomb Raider: Catalyst picks up "years after" 2008's Underworld, finally continuing Lara Croft's story from the Legend trilogy after almost two decades
- Sorta Scary Cemetery Story walkthrough for Pokemon Legends ZA
- Tom Cruise is no longer set to make history in space as the actor's NASA movie with Edge of Tomorrow director has reportedly been scrapped
- Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid mastermind Hideo Kojima says "things that are too comfortable won't stay inside the player," so he likes to "leave a bit of discomfort or friction"
- CRKD Nitro Deck 2 pre-orders are live, and my Switch 2 is buzzing with excitement
- Larian's new Divinity game might mean a pivot back to classic RPGs, and I can't wait to see the Baldur's Gate 3 devs break their typecast role as turn-based royalty
- After begging people to "not let" Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 win Game of the Year, Arc Raiders advocate and ex-FPS pro Shroud finally plans to play the RPG after its Game Awards sweep
- Forest 3: Everything we know so far about the upcoming survival horror game
- The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann jokes about HBO's new "streaming overlord" at the Game Awards: "Do we need to thank Netflix or Paramount?"
- Titanfall 3 hopefuls are spiralling after The Game Awards 2025 namedrops the beloved FPS twice: "Do you know the definition of insanity?"
- How to start Michael mission Home Sweet Home in GTA Online
- DC fans are split on the Supergirl trailer, but everyone can agree that it has "heavy Guardians vibes": "Kinda funny this looks and feels more like a James Gunn movie than Superman did"
- Baldur's Gate 3 director congratulates Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs after they win more at The Game Awards than Larian's RPG did in 2023: "What a sweep!"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs say "we have officially been robbed" as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 beats the historical RPG to multiple awards
- Fallout's Aaron Moten and Todd Howard reveal their favorite set details and may have just confirmed aliens will appear in season 2
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic trailer "echoes" Knights of the Old Republic "nearly 2 decades later," Mass Effect lead says, and that beloved RPG "is the reason I came to BioWare"
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic – Everything we know so far about the new Star Wars RPG
- 29 years of RPGs later, Larian CEO declares "this is the Divinity we've always wanted to make and you're going to have loads of fun with it"
- How to start GTA Online KnoWay Out at the Calais Ave Xero
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is not "a direct sequel or continuation" of the KOTOR games, but it is a "spiritual successor": "This new project is about honoring that legacy"
- Total War: Warhammer 40,000 wants to be "the seminal Warhammer 40K game," says its devs, who sell me in just 8 words: "You can customize the fingers on Space Marines!"
- Amid The Game Awards hubbub, Xbox quietly announces a January Developer Direct featuring the Fable and Forza Horizon 6 studio
- Highguard: Everything you need to know about the new F2P shooter
- Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi shouts out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 after its director said the JRPG icon "inspired me to become a game dev"
- Everything we know about Total War: Warhammer 40,000
- Fallout season 2 release schedule: when is episode 1 on Prime Video?
- Control Resonant: Everything we know so far about Control 2
- Tomb Raider: Catalyst – Everything we know so far about the new Lara Croft game
- Diablo 4 Paladin: Everything we know so far about the new class
- Titanfall and Apex Legends devs have a new shooter out in less than 2 months: Highguard launches in January 2026 "with hopes of pushing the shooter genre forward"
- Capcom announces the first new mainline Mega Man game in 7 years – Mega Man: Dual Override
- The next Diablo 4 expansion is Lord of Hatred, an April 2026 release adding Paladin and a mystery class, plenty of Diablo 2 nostalgia, and a long-requested region
- With potential to be the next Black Myth: Wukong breakout, Phantom Blade Zero gets September 2026 release date
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets free update to ring in record-breaking The Game Awards GOTY win: "New weapons, new quest, new boss"
- Surprise, Diablo 4's new Paladin class is available to play right now
- Total War: Warhammer 40,000 revealed at The Game Awards, and it looks spectacular even before you factor in superfan David Harbour
- Star Wars Galactic Racer announced for 2026, promising pure racing "the way it was before the Empire shut it down" – but I don't see any podracers
- Lords of the Fallen 2 looks exactly like the bigger, bloodier Soulslike that fans of the series have come to expect
- Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is coming in 2026, some 7 years (and 7 million sales) after Ace Combat 7 redefined arcade flight action games
- A story-rich open-world FPS with Max Payne and Cyberpunk 2077 vibes? All right, you have my attention, No Law
- Saros gets a new trailer confirming April release date, and I think PlayStation is hoping you don't realize that's a delay
- First Street Fighter movie trailer is so campy, I'm starting to think it might actually work
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is a reimagining of Tomb Raider 1 coming next year and it looks like everything I've ever wanted, even from one trailer
- Tomb Raider: Catalyst is the new Lara Croft game and it kicks off a fresh chapter of Tomb Raider in 2027
- Larian and Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke says Divinity is "our biggest, most ambitious RPG yet," and "I don’t think I've ever been so nervous about an announcement"
- Soma devs are going to make me throw up in the apocalypse again — the studio just revealed Ontos, the spiritual successor to 2015's best horror game
- Control Resonant is a very real shock to the system: Here's the 5 biggest changes coming to Control 2
- Capcom can't help itself, brings Leon Kennedy back for Resident Evil 9 as one of "two playable characters" and gives him a chainsaw
- D&D unveils new open-world adventure game Warlock, but it's definitely not a turn-based RPG like Baldur's Gate 3
- Mass Effect veteran's Mass Effect-style sci-fi RPG sure looks a lot like Mass Effect in its new trailer
- Larian's next RPG is a new Divinity, and it's "even larger than Baldur's Gate 3"
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic looks like the KOTOR 3 I've waited 20 years for, and the original RPG's director is returning to lead it
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 controversially wins Best Independent Game at The Game Awards, Sandfall devs dedicate it to indies "who put creativity first" and "push forward with limited resources"
- Decrepit is a first-person horror Soulslike about escaping an undead castle, and it's even got FromSoftware icon Wheely Skeleton
- Devil May Cry and Resident Evil veterans are making a new zombie action RPG, and I'm picking up some Lollipop Chainsaw vibes
- Pragmata escapes the Capcom mines after 6 years: release date set for April 2026, surprise demo out now, and Nintendo Switch 2 version announced
- Baldur's Gate 3 fans rejoice, fellow D&D-inspired RPG Solasta 2 launches into early access soon – and you might recognize some of its actors from Larian's own game and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- "Oh my god, I can have a car in the game now": CD Projekt Red devs were thrilled at the "novelty" of modern tech after moving from Witcher to Cyberpunk 2077
- Steam is the best platform for game discovery, says former Valve dev, but that's awful news for the industry: "They're pretty bad at introducing the uninitiated consumer to new games"
- Stranger Things co-creator cryptically teases season 5 part 2: "It's gonna be a long six day wait for the finale"
- December 11
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- MMO adds Christmas event, accidentally fills city fountain with pee: "A fix is planned"
- A new action RPG that picks up where FromSoftware left off with King's Field hit 50,000 Steam wishlists in a week, and I totally see why
- "We apologize": Monster Hunter Wilds to get "Steam-specific stability patch" in January, nearly a year after launch, as Capcom ends major updates
- Rockstar doubles down, says fired employees leaked "specific game features from upcoming and unannounced titles" and union busting claims are "false and misleading"
- Blizzard announces Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred ahead of The Game Awards: "Such are the visions of a reckoning, approaching with a speed that terrifies even us"
- For the price of one Marvel's Spider-Man 2, you could make roughly 30 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33s, as developer reveals 2025's indie darling cost less than $10 million to make
- Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight release date confirmed at The Game Awards after early leak
- Deus Ex Remastered is indefinitely delayed, and you know what, that might be for the best
- Disney and OpenAI strike a deal that will allow users to generate videos of Disney Princesses, Darth Vader, Mickey Mouse, Deadpool, and more
- Fallout co-creator Tim Cain explains why modern games are eating all your storage space, says "the biggest contributor" is art
- Fallout star Walton Goggins says the Ghoul's season 2 backstory "broke my heart": "I can't wait for people to see where it ultimately goes"
- From Despelote to Ooo, the best games under 2 hours of 2025 are truly timely
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (December 12-14)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "anyone who's a fan of our story" should check out one of the RPG's biggest inspirations, but you're gonna have to learn French first
- 2025 may have been the year the Hall effect keyboard went mainstream, but 2026 will be the year it flourishes
- Helldivers 2 High Command gets passive aggressive over how much we suck on magma planets, but don't worry, at least the Killzone collab is returning
- First full Supergirl trailer features the DCU's Krypton, Jason Momoa's Lobo, and a reluctant superhero who just wants to party
- James Gunn says he was interested in adapting Woman of Tomorrow with Milly Alcock as Supergirl even before deciding to take over as co-CEO of DC Studios
- Supergirl director and star say the upcoming DCU movie is "so different in tone" from Superman: "The whole movie takes place in outer space. It's a very different world"
- James Gunn wants DCU's Supergirl to prove not every female superhero lead has to be "perfect": "That's really what spoke to me, both in the book and the script"
- Warhammer Underworlds: Spitewood review - "Worthwhile for existing players"
- Superman confirmed to appear in Supergirl as Milly Alcock reveals her first day on set was opposite David Corenswet
- Monster Hunter Wilds' final major update arrives next week, and Capcom is showing off more of the action RPG's massive Elder Dragon Gogmazios
- Corsair's new Fallout Nuka Cola collection is perfectly timed for season two, but you'll need a stash of caps
- How to evolve Charcadet in Pokemon Legends ZA
- The official Fallout season 1 recap is filled with AI and thinks the show is set in the 1950s
- Arc Raiders update stops you going out of bounds and getting shot through walls, but players are frustrated Embark still hasn't addressed a progression bug that's "been in the game since launch"
- World of Warcraft devs were going to fix the MMO's floating houses, but "we all kinda immediately agreed this was way too cool to change"
- Skyrim Switch 2 input lag is being investigated by Bethesda after players complained it made the RPG "unplayable," while the devs offer a potential solution in the meantime
- Hitman devs drop a 007 First Light trailer hours before The Game Awards, revealing James Bond's new celebrity villain before swiftly deleting it
- Everything announced at The Game Awards 2025
- Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle features cinema's best fight of the year, but only because it swaps out sword strikes for gut punches
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director reveals it isn't just the fans arguing over which is the "good" ending: "That’s something we've had a lot of arguments about in the team too!"
- Wanted codes (December 2025) for free Cash and Weapons
- Total War's new Warcore engine will power Total War: Medieval 3, bring the strategy series to console, and restore modding: "We want to put these tools in the hands of players"
- James Cameron "can't wait" to see the Godzilla Minus One sequel, and he even wants to get involved: "If [Takashi Yamazaki] gets a bit behind, I can come and do some second unit"
- "Fallout was always seen as a B project": 28 years since the post-apocalyptic RPG launched, its original creators reflect on a long legacy – starting with that very first bomb
- "We've learned to love and trust the process": How Hades 2 built on Supergiant's Early Access legacy to deliver the best roguelike of 2025
- "I have zero news" about Kingdom Hearts 4, Kairi actor clarifies after fans were convinced they might have revealed a spoiler for the upcoming RPG: "I totally understand the confusion"
- Cyberpunk 2077 "pretends to be GTA" with the intro's glitz and glam, but the RPG's lead quest designer says CD Projekt Red was "trying to trick you"
- Amiibo make the perfect stocking presents, here's where to get every Switch 2 figure
- "It felt like a great, natural fit, it was just a matter of tuning the gameplay": How Shogun: Total War marched into new territory and laid the foundations for a strategy game empire
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate and Journey composer says "rarely, if ever, has a team inspired me" like the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs: "They make us all better"
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 celebrates filming wrap with fun behind-the-scenes video
- Cyberpunk 2077 lead writer says the RPG's main antagonist isn't Arasaka or Adam Smasher, it's Night City itself: "It's Night City versus everyone else, even the big guys"
- GTA 6 hopefuls think they've spotted a clue in the new GTA Online update, as one character is suspiciously "moving out of state"
- Time is running out to grab the best wireless headset I've tested all year for the holidays
- Steven Spielberg's new movie just dropped creepy, cryptic ads in LA and New York's Times Square – and it looks suitably extra-terrestrial
- How to get Cinderella in Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Vault Boy has seen some things, and it shows on this new Xbox Design Lab controller
- How to beat Mega Crabominable in Pokemon Legends ZA DLC
- Hey mom and dad, those PS5 and Xbox handhelds your kids want for Christmas aren't what you think
- Tank Game codes (December 2025) for free Spins, Gems, and XP
- Helldivers 2's next 4 arcs are already being discussed by Arrowhead leads, creative director promises to "deliver a bit more often" now that the game's "in a better technical space"
- Fallout just dropped a surprise Christmas fireplace special ahead of season 2: come for the cozy Ghoul vibes, stay for the surprise New Vegas cameo
- "Everyone attacks the chicken in Riverwood": Skyrim devs didn't initially plan for the RPG's farm animals to turn you into a most-wanted criminal, but it was "a bit funny"
- New It: Welcome to Derry behind the scenes clip shows Pennywise star Bill Skarsgård filming that spine-chilling cliffhanger in a creepy (but very clever) way
- After The Bone Temple debuts to strong reactions, a third 28 Years Later movie is officially in the works with Cillian Murphy in talks to return
- This is the news all Hunger Games fans have been waiting for: Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence will return for Sunrise on the Reaping
- Fallout season 2 timeline: what year does it take place and is it a sequel to New Vegas?
- Sonic: The Hedgehog: The 2019 Cut edits Ugly Sonic back into the first movie, but its trailer was ironically delayed due to its creators "not being completely happy with the final result"
- Peak devs admit to committing a "cardinal sin of game development," but their excuse is the viral co-op climbing game was just supposed to be a game jam project
- Ahsoka season 2 reportedly won't have a time jump after season 1's cliffhanger ending
- FPS legend John Romero says Doom is "one of the great privileges" of his life on the game's 32nd birthday: "It amazes me how far this rebellion of a game has travelled"
- December 10
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- Historians recovered the source code for this never-before-seen NES shooter, finished the game themselves, and are now selling it as a charity fundraiser
- Wednesday season 2 ends viewership run 50% down on season 1
- Goated 3D platformer Rayman 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch Online next week
- AAA lets indie games take big risks, says The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen, then "the mainstream grabs what worked" and "cashes in" the "safe way"
- Publisher says Valve rejected complaint about hateful Steam review: "'Has Muslims, not recommended' is literal racism, so there should be no conversation needed"
- A gag in Skyrim's Switch 2 trailer sends The Elder Scrolls 6 hopefuls into copium fits once reserved for Silksong fans: "We are cooked. Like, double deep-fried levels of cooked"
- Ho-ho-holy moly, Secretlab’s Christmas sale has discounts that are just as good as its Black Friday deals
- Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead is apparently working on a roguelite mode that fundamentally "changes the game"
- After 5 years of testing, this is our ultimate Xbox Series X kit list
- Hugh Jackman says Deadpool and Wolverine "doesn't feel like the end" for his time in the MCU: "You know what? I changed my mind"
- Fallout: New Vegas lead writer says it's "very odd" to see characters he created in the Prime Video show with "no credit" and "no residuals"
- From Indiana Jones to Still Wakes the Deep, the best expansions of 2025 gave us new reasons to return to our favorites
- I've fallen in love with It: Welcome to Derry's new Losers, so it kind of sucks that season 2 will be set 15 years before they were born
- Fallout studio says creator Todd Howard didn't want "the guy who makes video game movies" to make the Prime Video TV show: "We want the best director, the best showrunner possible"
- Bethesda boss Todd Howard sees your comments about Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, says the studio is "working on all sorts of stuff": "In general, I prefer to wait"
- The official Switch 2 case just got a discount, but you should stick with this Belkin alternative instead
- Ansha's Donuts in Pokemon Legends ZA DLC explained
- Resident Evil 2 director didn't want to include any characters from the first game, but compromised by adding Claire Redfield after being grilled about it
- "Square Enix running at its prime" – Former exec says the Final Fantasy dev's critical investors are "closely aligned" with what fans want, including Clair Obscur: Expedition 33-level experimentation
- If you're bored of D&D, its biggest rival has discounted a treasure trove of books by over $440
- Silent Hill f turned my personal mental health journey into the most evil plot twist of 2025, and I’m not even angry
- My favorite character of the year was One Battle After Another's beer-drinking karate instructor
- Turn on the New Vegas 2 copium machine: The Outer Worlds 2 director says Obsidian looks at "everything" available when choosing IP to work on, which happens to include Fallout
- After over 260 million deaths, Helldivers 2 players managed to liberate Oshaune, and their reward is exactly as expected: another cape
- Forget the ROG Xbox Ally, I've been more excited about another Asus Xbox peripheral, and it's finally available
- GTA Online adds "luxury" mansions that could cost you almost $200 in real-world cash, and somehow that's still "way cheaper" than some players imagined
- How to start the Pokemon Legends ZA Mega Dimension DLC
- I've got Samus on the brain and these Metroid gifts are all I want this Christmas
- These are the gaming books you need to read this holiday season, from my shelf to yours
- 5 years on from Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red reveals why making Night City the "main antagonist" created an irresistible RPG: "Exploring the darker side of human nature is exciting"
- Timothée Chalamet praises his own work over the "last seven, eight years" as "really top-of-the-line performances," says A24's Marty Supreme is "top-level sh*t"
- GTA 6 developer Rockstar under scrutiny from UK Prime Minister, who promises to "look into" alleged union busting that saw 31 employees fired: "It's a deeply concerning case"
- The MSI Vector A18 HX A9W wears its performance goals on its sleeve, and you'll either love it or hate it | Review
- The Avengers: Doomsday trailer rumored to drop this week is 1 minute and 25 seconds long, according to the Korean ratings board
- For the creators of Baby Steps, one of 2025's best and weirdest games, there's no room or reason to surrender creativity to AI: "The player is in communion with a human designer"
- Total War: Warhammer 3 devs sell you on their favorite faction and explain why Karl Franz has become Immortal Empires' Doomguy: "It's a testament to him when he does survive"
- First Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 trailer sets fan-favorite earthbender Toph up as a key player in Aang's fight against the Fire Nation
- Cyberpunk series creator Mike Pondsmith is "driven insane by shipping," and I can't imagine Keanu Reeves being in Cyberpunk 2077 helped that at all
- Doom creator John Romero's canceled game is now a "much smaller game," but it "will be new to people, the way that going through Elden Ring was a really new experience"
- I highly recommend these Disney ornaments if you want to add a little magic to your Christmas tree
- These Astro Bot gifts are bound to make any fan atomically happy this Christmas
- Skyrim's Switch 2 port "runs like wet a**," players say, as the RPG is plagued with "horrendous" input lag that "genuinely makes it unplayable"
- I can't wait for Steam Frame, but there's no way it's more affordable than PSVR 2 is right now
- One grisly It: Welcome to Derry episode 7 moment is a direct reference to a catastrophe that will be covered in season 3
- Hunty Zombie codes (December 2025) for free Spins, Rerolls, and Coins
- Listen up PC veterans - Razer's re-releasing its first ever gaming mouse, but this is a super limited drop
- Nearly 1000 days after it was announced, Daisy Ridley says Rey's Star Wars movie will be worth the wait
- Despite predicting Battlefield 6 would "boot stomp" Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, ex-Microsoft exec is "rooting" for Activision "to come back with vengeance" after changes to CoD's release strategy
- Skyrim art lead knows "it's a bit of a joke" how many times Bethesda has re-released the iconic RPG over the past 14 years: "It's a great game. We want everyone to be able to play it"
- Abxylute just revealed a $70 Android handheld with questionable specs, but the OG Xbox lover in me is delighted
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple first reactions call Nia DaCosta's horror sequel "bonkers" and "surprisingly funny," but "you will need a very strong stomach"
- After a record-breaking premiere, Stranger Things season 5 viewership plunges by 60% in week 2
- This gloriously stupid comic book moment is being immortalized in an MTG card, and I couldn't be happier
- Fantastic Four: First Steps fails to top The Marvels or Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania with the lowest Disney Plus debut of any MCU movie
- Lenovo could be solving one of the biggest problems with gaming laptops in 2026, at the expense of another
- Amazon's Tomb Raider TV show seems to be picking up steam, with Avatar and Alien star Sigourney Weaver joining the cast
- Todd Howard says Fallout season 2 strikes the balance between "starting fresh" in New Vegas and "honoring the journey" of players who have spent 1000s of hours in the iconic RPG location
- Producer behind banned horror game Horses says public outcry and support "made a huge, huge difference," but it's still "very likely" the end for the studio
- December 9
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- Activision makes big Call of Duty announcement: "We will no longer do back-to-back releases of Modern Warfare or Black Ops" mainly "to ensure we provide an absolutely unique experience each and every year"
- Original Gladiator star Russell Crowe is not a fan of Gladiator 2, calling it "a really unfortunate example of even the people in that engine room not actually understanding what made the first one special"
- Marvel Rivals Rogue gameplay trailer shows the new mutant stealing everyone's powers, including her own from her Marvel vs. Capcom fighting game days
- Larian publishing chief says "there aren't currently any plans for a new Divinity Original Sin 3 game" as trademarks matching The Game Awards tease point to Divinity revival
- Netflix says it didn't factor "any value" from Hogwarts Legacy publisher Warner Bros. gaming arm into $83 billion deal: "They're relatively minor compared to the grand scheme of things"
- Superman and Spider-Man's big crossover will bring in some of the biggest names in the comic industry for a new Marvel/DC anthology
- Arc Raiders dev reveals Cold Snap winter update release date: Snowfall map condition, new quests, and a new event arrive next week
- "I feel a strong need to prevent Japanese-style game development from being lost": 40-year games veteran argues Japan devs should make "unapologetically Japanese" games
- Obsidian hopes to stand alongside CD Projekt and Larian by making "best-in-class" reactive RPGs, says The Outer Worlds 2 director: "I don't know if we're there yet, but I'd love to get there"
- Red Dead Redemption 2 fan tests Rockstar's historical accuracy by conducting a literal census in the open-world game, concludes it's "a pretty amazing representation" of the era
- Who is Mr. House and why could the New Vegas character be the key to Fallout season 2?
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 has "reached a stage where it's finally starting to match the vision I had for it," director teases, and the "new experience" is "almost complete"
- Doctor Who spin-off that's still undated on Disney Plus debuts to better ratings than seasons 1 and 2 in the UK
- This collector's edition guitar controller for Fortnite Festival has finally launched, and Amazon says it'll arrive before Christmas if you act quickly
- Xbox wants to define "the future for where the Xbox ecosystem's going" as it celebrates its OG console's 25th anniversary in 2026: "We have a lot of exciting things to share"
- Fallout star Ella Purnell plans to play GTA 6, but prefers "relaxing games" like a delightful PS4 oddity whose devs are thrilled at her shoutout
- Cyberpunk superfans need to see Corsair's latest Arasaka drop
- Heads up chooms, a Cyberpunk card game is on the way in 2026
- Despite being left to linger since Devil May Cry lead Hideaki Itsuno left a year ago, Capcom wants the series to be a "core" IP following a popular Netflix show
- PSA - My top 3 reasons why you need to unbox and set up the Switch 2 before Christmas Day
- We've been banned from playing these board games over Christmas
- I wrestled this 30kg gaming chair up 4 flights of stairs in the hopes of fixing my posture, and even though it's far too big for me, the heavy-lifting paid off
- Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake appears to be all but confirmed as an age rating for "Black Flag Resynced" emerges on the official PEGI website
- These are the nerdy ugly Christmas sweaters I would actually wear
- Despite censorship woes and the terrifying price of RAM, 2025 was the year I fell back in love with PC gaming
- 10 predictions for The Game Awards 2025: Half-Life 3, Resident Evil Requiem, and more on Steam Machine please and thank you
- Leaks point towards a new OneXPlayer handheld with a next-gen "Pather Lake" Intel chip within, but I'm not holding for something affordable
- Netflix may have landed the winning bid for Warner Bros., but the streamer previously considered buying Disney instead
- Todd Howard, you've done it again: Skyrim now has a Switch 2 Anniversary Edition, just when you thought Bethesda might have run out of ways to re-release the 14-year-old RPG
- Perfect Dark leads hired for new studio from Borderlands and BioShock publisher 2K, after attempts to save canceled sequel from Xbox failed
- The most influential Total War games, as chosen by 8 of its developers: "The team is incredibly introspective about our successes and failures"
- It: Welcome to Derry finale trailer teases an epic last stand against Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise
- Hey friends, that Hatsune Miku setup you keep asking me about just dropped to a record-low price
- Ella Purnell talks going from "newborn baby" to "bruised and battered" in Fallout season 2: "She still chooses to believe in good"
- How to get the Disney Plus upgrade with HBO Max and Hulu
- Daisy Ridley "heard rumblings" about canceled Star Wars movie The Hunt for Ben Solo, but "felt joyful" about the campaign to get it made: "It's good for us to all be united about something in a really positive way"
- Detonate codes (December 2025) for free Spins
- Please act surprised: Resident Evil Requiem stars Leon Kennedy, and I can't imagine Capcom is too pleased about PlayStation leaking that fact
- One Marvel fan has found that the most unlikely trio makes up the Multiverse Saga's main characters based on appearances, highlighting the MCU's biggest issue
- Former Square Enix exec says that's nothing new as major investor calls out the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest creator for high development costs and lackluster sales
- Lex Luthor actor Nicholas Hoult has already read the Superman: Man of Tomorrow script, and says "there's some really fun stuff"
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot signs off with a bizarre meta cameo from OG star Will Smith: "That was always something that we wanted to do"
- Despite Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding acclaim, Hideo Kojima says "sometimes I imagine a life where I make the best-selling thing," but that'd be boring: "I'd be at home with nothing to do"
- After Baldur's Gate 3 player painstakingly calculates how much spoken dialogue Larian included in its D&D RPG, director admits they didn't actually know themselves: "Which I think was for the better"
- Netflix CEO promises to commit to releasing Warner Bros. movies theatrically after studio sale: "We didn't buy this company to destroy that value"
- Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro sings the praises of James Gunn's Superman and how the DC head "views the universe": "You feel the healing power of goodness from someone that believes in it"
- Hideo Kojima shares lengthy review of Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk, and it sounds like he's a huge fan: "It's a meta, philosophical film about friendship and growth"
- Crunchyroll is ending its free anime streaming in just a few weeks, so upgrade while you still can
- The It factor: Why Hollywood can't get enough of adapting the works of Stephen King
- December 8
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- A "full remake" of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 with "modern gameplay" and an improved ending is "on the road map," according to Lucasfilm Games exec
- Square Enix director Naoki Hamaguchi considered giving Cloud Strife a more realistic sword for Final Fantasy 7 Remake, but decided JRPG fans "wouldn’t accept it": "We stayed faithful to the OG"
- "Why does Valve allow this?": Indie publisher laments losing Overwhelmingly Positive Steam review score to off-topic rant, replies "please never, ever play any of our games"
- "Wiimote was bad. You can't say Wiimote": Nintendo's legal team made it drop "Nindies" label, former staff say, because it and similar phrases "dilutes the brand"
- Paramount launches "clearly superior" $100 billion cash bid to steal Warner Bros. away from Netflix, WB to respond "within 10 business days"
- Tomb Raider reveal confirmed for The Game Awards as devs tease return of iconic dual-pistol Lara Croft: "Did you miss her?"
- After Horses ban, Steam loses gooner monolith BrownDust2 to "the platform's policy requirements": "We encountered an issue that cannot be reasonably resolved"
- Elden Ring Nightreign Dreglord weakness and boss fight guide
- Life is Strange developers made one of the most beautiful games of 2025, and it’s all because Lost Records: Bloom & Rage understands the magic of childhood
- One Battle After Another is the most-nominated film at the 2026 Golden Globes, but Sinners isn't far behind
- Baldur's Gate 3 player does the math, finds Larian's RPG has 236 hours of recorded dialogue, and the character with the most lines is exactly who you'd expect
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Verso actor Ben Starr says the RPG had an "unapologetic vision," and there's a reason it's been an unexpected hit: "There's nothing cynical about it"
- Wallace and Gromit creator says beloved animation studio Aardman will "embrace the technology" of AI, but will be "very cautious not to lose our values"
- Team Fortress 2 Classic mod delayed to January, and also isn't actually called Team Fortress 2 Classic anymore as Valve apparently asked for a name change
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime Video, and more (December 8–December 14)
- Lego’s latest Privet Drive set is so detailed and compact, the designers must have used an extension charm
- Skate Story review: "A beautiful and unique skateboarding game with great, stylized visuals set in a grungy underworld"
- Andor creator Tony Gilroy on being named GamesRadar+'s TV Show of 2025, what might tempt him back to Star Wars, and how it feels to have made the year's most politically urgent piece of art
- The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
- If you missed last month's PS5 deals, you have a second chance thanks to these Sony holiday savings
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' Attack on Titan crossover is downright "whacky," says stun-locked Origins actor: "I thought the FF and Origins mashup was borderline mad"
- After Metal Gear Solid, Hideo Kojima says he can make stealth games "while sleeping," so to amp things up Physint will "blur the lines between film and video game"
- Like some sort of handheld necromancer, this modder just transformed the Wii U Gamepad into a Switch Lite, and I both love and hate it
- New Analogue 3D "Funtastic" N64 colors are dropping today with 2000s vibes and matching controllers, but I reckon most of you will miss out
- Fallout and Elder Scrolls boss Todd Howard reads "a lot" of Reddit, says seeing fans' thoughts line up with what Bethesda is doing gives "confidence to lean in more on some of those things"
- Zack Snyder shares another picture of Henry Cavill as Superman and hopes for "many more stories together"
- I tried a wireless sim racing wheel, but I'd only recommend it for junior racers this Christmas
- Arc Raiders Expedition rewards and requirements explained
- Ex-Sony boss Shuhei Yoshida says Japanese devs likely can't keep up with Chinese games: "They are made in an environment which allows for hiring a large number of personnel who can work long hours"
- Lords of the End Times will give Nagash "the podium that he deserves," says Total War: Warhammer 3 devs, but don't expect your campaign to survive the Great Necromancer's arrival
- Fallout 4 is actually "quite a hopeful story," according to Todd Howard, who believes the whole series is lowkey optimistic: "Every character, what will they do to survive?"
- Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake reveal could be imminent, fan theory suggests, as Steam updates could point to Ubisoft being up to something following recent release window rumors
- Razer's levelled-up Gengar PC collection is an almost perfect Pokemon set, but where is that keyboard?
- This ultra customizable Xbox controller just beat its own Black Friday price
- The best gifts for Xbox Game Pass lovers
- How to turn off Simple Build in Fortnite
- Warner Bros. founder's grandson says the studio's Netflix sale "does not sit well with me": "The idea of only making 'content' is such a low bar for the medium of film and TV"
- The best Xbox gaming gifts for travel this holiday season
- Lords of the Fallen boss says the viral Game Awards teaser isn't pointing to the Soulslike RPG's sequel, but "devs are praying" it's something from FromSoftware
- David Corenswet says he was "really was not expecting" to even get an audition for Superman, and thought the call was for Top Gun 3: "It feels completely impossible"
- The best Xbox gifts in 2025 for Christmas and beyond
- After beating Superman, Zootopia 2 has now outgrossed Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle and Jurassic World Rebirth with a massive $915.8 million
- Not even Hideo Kojima knows what his new horror game OD will be like, but it'll be different from Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding: "I can't say exactly what it is yet, nor do I know if it will work out"
- Fallout season 3 expected to start filming next summer as director Jonathan Nolan criticizes TV's "unfortunate trend" of widening the gap between seasons
- Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada is leaving Bandai Namco after 31 years: "I felt this was the most fitting moment to bring one chapter to a close"
- James Gunn wanted to make one change to David Corenswet's Superman performance that the actor refused to back down on: "I was like, 'No!'"
- Stephen King fans say It: Welcome to Derry has the "greatest depiction of Pennywise in any media format," making up for It: Chapter 2: "Mr. Muschietti, I’m sorry for doubting you"
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 lead says the Highwind is an important part of the upcoming RPG, and it sounds like Square Enix is close to deciding on a name
- The ROG Xbox Ally just got its first ever discount, and I'd give it a chance for under $500
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 had the second-biggest opening weekend of the year for a horror movie at the box office, but fell short of the first film
- Some KPop Demon Hunters fans have noticed mysterious "bonus content" coming soon on Netflix
- James Gunn shares the first Supergirl teaser ahead of the full trailer, and it already looks very different to Superman
- The Witcher star Freya Allan is glad the show relied on the books to adapt the slaughter of the Rats: "There are sometimes certain things that Netflix is afraid to bring to life"
- Fallout season 2 will "avoid" outright confirming which New Vegas ending is canon because "we didn't want to contradict anyone's experiences playing the games"
- It: Welcome to Derry's best episode yet offers up the show's second jaw-dropping bait-and-switch, and simultaneously retcons one of the darkest subplots in Stephen King's novel
- It: Welcome to Derry episode 7 finally settles Stephen King fans' 40-year Bob Gray debate
- December 7
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- Spider-Verse star Daniel Kaluuya gives update on his standalone Spider-Punk movie
- From Fortnite to Helldivers 2, the best ongoing games of 2025 have kept themselves fresh
- "Just making a cozy game isn't enough to heal a person": Why Wanderstop and its blend of introspection and tea-making has stayed with me throughout 2025
- Jon Bernthal promises a seamless switch between Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Punisher Special Presentation
- Resident Evil Requiem's GameStop listing seemingly leaks a second playable character and, no, it sadly isn't Leon Kennedy
- Assassin's Creed Shadows backlash won't stop Ubisoft from going down the dual-protagonist route in the future "if we have a good reason to do it"
- Halo's Cortana actor says the direction Bungie gave her for the FPS was to sound like "the girl next door" that you "wanted to hang out with, but you're not in love with"
- Assassin's Creed Shadows lead teases "things that are set up" in the open-world RPG "should keep happening in other projects and evolve" thanks to the Animus Hub
- Alien star Sigourney Weaver gives another intriguing update on potential return as Ellen Ripley
- The Boys Season 5 teaser trailer hints at a horrific Homelander beatdown
- December 6
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- From Skate to 2XKO, why wait when you can already play the best early access games of 2025
- Fallout and The Elder Scrolls boss Todd Howard's GOTY pick just so happens to be the current game of the year frontrunner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- FC 26 Joga Bonito promo and Lucas Paqueta SBC guide
- Pokemon TCG Phantasmal Flames introduces a couple of tournament-winning cards you need in your deck
- Assassin's Creed Shadows associate director has a hot tip for the next Ubisoft studio taking on the franchise: "Pay more attention to parkour as its own pillar"
- Avatar: Fire and Ash producer seems to hint at unlikely alliance between Jake Sully and Quaritch, as Oona Chaplin's more villainous Varang takes on the Na'vi: "It's not as clear cut and dry for him"
- Arc Raiders devs had ambitions for "boss fights in that same arena of Dark Souls, Monster Hunter" but quickly realized the Arc are too unpredictable
- Slay the Spire 2 devs literally flipped a coin to decide between a new game or a sequel to their genre-defining roguelike deckbuilder: "The rest is history"
- The turn-based RPG secret sauce is that "you have time to engage on your own terms", Octopath Traveler 0's director tells me, which makes them perfect for "a wider age range"
- "We are hard to beat": 9 months since Assassin's Creed Shadows, its associate director looks back on what makes this RPG the best in series history
- The 10 best Total War games to play today ahead of Medieval 3
- New Avenger Sebastian Stan teases that some might not survive Avengers: Doomsday
- Homer Simpson breaks the bad news that The Simpsons Movie sequel is getting delayed
- Avengers: Secret Wars will include the appearance of Black Panther hero
- James Gunn shares thoughts on the DCU following the Netflix Warner Bros. deal
- Crucial could have been the brand to help consumers with RAM and storage costs, not make them worse
- We got a Rockstar doormat before GTA 6: Rockstar drops new merch for GTA, Red Dead Redemption, and Bully ahead of the holidays
- December 5
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- After the success of Fallout, Bethesda boss Todd Howard says an Elder Scrolls TV series "can't be ruled out"
- The sequel to the one of the worst games of all time failed its Steam review and hasn't gotten a response from Valve, so it's been delayed: "Come on Steam, you guys are busting my balls here"
- "This still does not compare to the kind of audience we would have on Steam": Horses lead says ban virality helped sales "but we're not out of the woods," and he fears "self-censorship" with future games
- Xbox breaks my heart every day there's no Banjo-Threeie announcement, but this Banjo-Kazooie fan game fills the gap and even has praise from Rare and the OG devs: "Incredible work"
- The original 1977 Star Wars returns to theaters for a "once-in-a-generation event" to remind everyone who shot first
- Hulk "smashes history" as he faces off with dinosaurs in his quest to defeat literally everything in a fight
- Fallout boss Todd Howard reassures New Vegas fans that the Amazon TV show built an "incredible" set for season 2: "Their ability to pull it off on the scale, so much of it practical, it was incredible"
- The Duffer Brothers say that surprise character return in Stranger Things "immediately changes the tone" in season 5 Vol. 2: "I think it'll be surprising for people to see how she ultimately fits into the story"
- Elder Scrolls and Fallout boss Todd Howard says AI is a useful "tool" in game dev, but "not in generating things" because "the human intention of it is what makes our stuff special"
- Tomb Raider creator teases "more stories" beyond Netflix's two-season order: "It's never a closed book"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gustave actor Charlie Cox says he was "nervous" to play the RPG, which might be why he still hasn't touched it: "I don't actually know what the story is"
- Manor Lords publisher is "very delay-friendly" because "we don't ever want to push a game out too early"
- Explore the future of Total War in the GamesRadar+ Big Preview
- There's a new Men in Black movie in the works and the producers want Will Smith to return
- New D&D Loungefly range asks you to roll initiative with bags, pins, and hidden secrets
- Rockstar slams the emergency button and announces big GTA Online update with a mission creator starring Michael that arrives next week
- Publisher kills a game over gen AI accusations, leading its developer to shut down while insisting it was "mistakenly accused": "Everything we built over the past 6 years, was canceled in just a few days"
- Elden Ring Nightreign Scholar Remembrance quest walkthrough
- Stranger Things and Welcome to Derry fans are discussing who'd win in a fight between Vecna and Pennywise, and the consensus is surprisingly decisive
- Nightreign Balancers' weakness and strategy guide
- Baldur's Gate 3 Shadowheart actor says she would have "absolutely f***ing floundered" if she were cast in Larian's RPG at the start of her career: "It's so overwhelming"
- Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor thinks putting "the player first over profit" is why the RPG is so successful, urges other devs to do the same: "You're probably gonna sell a s***-ton of copies"
- 6 years since BioShock 4's announcement, South of Midnight star thinks she might have had a role in the long-awaited FPS but there were so many NDAs she's not actually sure
- Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P was inspired by mobile RPGs to lift glamour restrictions: "If you look at any of these games, you won't really see the same restrictions on fashion that FF14 has"
- I've watched 1000+ hours of D&D podcasts, here's what Critical Role 4 should learn from Dimension 20 and new DM Brennan Lee Mulligan
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- "The real reward in our heart is the emotional response": As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues its GOTY domination, the devs and actors are still reeling from its success
- GamesRadar+ GOTY: The 25 Best Games of 2025
- The best twist of the year was the Last of Us season 2 death half the audience saw coming
- The Batman director Matt Reeves comes out in defense of Paul Dano after Quentin Tarantino's mauling
- Digimon Story: Time Stranger DLC features a deep cut from the manga's early years that fans have wanted to see for ages, and it arrives in just a few days
- Here's how to use mouse controls on Metroid Prime 4, and how to make them even better
- This new Hori Kirby case looks like they just gobbled up my Switch 2, and they're so cute that I'm gonna let them
- Netflix boss says the streamer will "continue to support" theatrical releases for Warner Bros. titles, but he's not a fan of "the long exclusive windows"
- Looks like the Asus ROG Ally just got discontinued, but it's at least down to a price I'd pay
- The next Suda51 game, Romeo is A Dead Man, is coming February 2026, and the man himself says a Switch 2 port is "something that we'd definitely like to do"
- Bryan Fuller's Dust Bunny is a weird and wonderful tale with one important lesson: "Believe children"
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond players are finding Samus' sidekick so annoying they are sharing hints for how to lessen the cringe: "I shut off voice volume completely and instantly felt better"
- Octopath Traveler 0 fulfils a wish I've had since the first JRPG in the series, but it also loses something that made its predecessors special
- How to kill OSCAR easily in Black Ops 7 Zombies: Astra Malorum
- Fallout co-creator Tim Cain rejoins Obsidian, tells everyone to not bother guessing what game he's working on: "You're not gonna guess right"
- As part of its Warner Bros. acquisition, Netflix is adding the "deep film and TV libraries" of HBO to its library
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- James Cameron says Avatar: Fire and Ash is a movie "grief," "loss," and "trauma," and how you "break the cycle of violence"
- Undertaker Remembrance quest walkthrough for Nightreign
- Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor begs people to "please play the indies" as they gear up to star in 7 games coming at the start of 2026 thanks to GTA 6: "You're going to be sick of me"
- Weak Legacy 2 codes (December 2025) for free Spins and Potions
- James Cameron says the Avatar films are "always trying to deal with very, very human, relatable themes"
- Hytale owner calls Minecraft "one of the greatest" games of all time, but his own sandbox is going in a "different direction" with crafting more like Terraria
- Pokemon Pokopia pre-orders have dropped, but I'm waiting for this adorable Ditto plush bonus
- Nearly 10 years later, Doom 2 mod Total Chaos is reborn as a standalone horror FPS I'll be playing all winter, and it makes Silent Hill look like a rom-com
- This new motherboard has DDR4 and DDR5 RAM support, and it took an AI-pricing surge for that to finally become a thing
- Avatar: Fire and Ash star Sigourney Weaver says she's glad to work with James Cameron "again and again and again," even if they "didn't really have fun" on Aliens: "But that wasn't our fault"
- Fallout 5 could take a lesson from Starfield and its ship-building says former Fallout 4 dev, who really wants Bethesda to push power armor and settlement customization in the next RPG
- Metroid Prime 4 continues an unfortunate trend of locking major features behind amiibo, with the new $30 Samus figure a requirement if you want a radio for your bike
- "Medieval 3 is, in some sense, our Half-Life 3" – Total War: Medieval 3 is finally in the works, and Creative Assembly is leaning on immersion to make it worth the 19-year wait
- Can you A.C.E this Fallout quiz?
- Spider-Man Noir was "designed" to be filmed in black and white, but it's also getting a "period-inspired" color version
- Monster Hunter Wilds' next big update and turn-based spin-off RPG Monster Hunter Stories 3 get a dedicated showcase set for next week
- When is Five Nights at Freddy's 2 on streaming? Speculation on the horror sequel's release date
- Hideo Kojima has picked his favorite TV show of 2025, and it's a surprise hit Netflix limited series
- Path of Exile 2 director doesn't think his action RPG will leave early access in March 2026 after all, and while "I certainly wouldn't want to slip into 2027," he doesn't want to "promise anything"
- "Dare you to turn this into a working console" - Lego's latest Creator 3-in-1 build is begging to join my functioning retro handheld collection
- Hytale lead isn't putting his Minecraft competitor on Steam at launch because "everything is wrong" with it, and Palworld lead "totally" understands his hesitance
- Fallout season 2 isn't taking the green screen route with its Deathclaw: "There are puppeteers manning this thing"
- Fallout star Ella Purnell says she gets asked a lot about a potential romance between Lucy and The Ghoul: "You guys need therapy"
- Fallout's TV adaptation is "way more" popular than Todd Howard expected, so the RPG series' devs have had to ensure "the games are ready for all the players who are coming into them"
- The best builds in Where Winds Meet
- Fallout and Wasteland veteran calls his new time-hopping RPG Clockwork Revolution "the most complex game I've ever worked on," teases we've only seen "a tiny glimpse" of what it's about
- Netflix has officially bought Warner Bros and HBO for $82.7bn, and people are scared of what it means for the future of theatrical movies
- Pluribus' A-list cameo actor was approached after Vince Gilligan came up with "the most random" and "most interesting" person to deliver horrifying exposition to Carol
- A major Stranger Things Vecna spoiler might have just been revealed by the cast on Hot Ones (and immediately taken down)
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 ending explained: Who dies, what happens to the Marionette, and how does it set up another sequel?
- Fallout TV show is "holding back" on bringing in some game "creatures, characters, places, and factions" but one producer promises "we'll get there eventually"
- Is there a Five Nights at Freddy's 2 post credits scene?
- Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy says that although season 5 volume 1's reveal gave him "goosebumps," nothing prepared him for the finale: "What they've achieved floored me"
- Pluribus' surprise cameo deliberately flips the show's most horrifying scene on its head to chilling effect
- After a 97% "Very Positive" Steam launch for his platformer about a tortoise and a duck, indie dev says it took fans 1 week to pay for his wedding and dog's future medication, but it's barely been enough to break even
- Helldivers 2 boss says morale at Arrowhead is "much better now" following Into the Unjust blowback as "Steam score is trending upwards" and "development is progressing"
- Vecna actor Jamie Campbell Bower explains how Stranger Things: The First Shadow play "informed" and "qualified" his work in season 5: "This is a child screaming for love"
- December 4
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- Vin Diesel is doing the most Vin Diesel thing possible by writing, producing, and starring in a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots movie
- Romancing Saga, a Square Enix JRPG released in 1992, remade in 2005, and remastered in 2022, gets yet another re-release: "I had always wanted to make a grand fantasy RPG in the style of The Lord of the Rings"
- World of Warcraft Midnight "brought me to the verge of tears," says MMO's production director, and it's not only "our best expansion ever," but maybe one of the most important ones in 10 years
- Baldur's Gate 3 actor reveals Shadowheart's pal Nocturne was more of a "sexy demon" until she "found Nocturne on the spot" in a "girl next door" vibe
- Turtle Beach's KD3 sim racing bundle suffers from the same game compatibility issues as its predecessor, but there's a lot to like about its hardware
- FromSoftware, you appear to have broken Elden Ring Nightreign: the new DLC class Undertaker is an ult-spamming, boss-melting monster
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (December 5-7)
- The Witcher Ciri actor says she considered quitting the show with former star Henry Cavill: "He's the Geralt I grew up with"
- Arc Raiders players exploited the Hidden Bunker so hard that Embark has turned it off entirely
- The Doom Slayer voice actor is in Metroid Prime 4, and he's down for a Samus crossover: "I wouldn't be mad at that pairing. Neither one of us say much"
- Nightreign Undertaker guide, abilities and unlock requirements
- Wuthering Heights director wants her adaptation starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi to be "this generation's Titanic"
- Elden Ring Nightreign DLC Forsaken Hollows faces storm of negative Steam reviews over lacking content, becoming FromSoftware's worst-rated PC release at 46% positive
- This King Koopa-sized discount on Lego The Mighty Bowser may be our last chance to save now the set is retired
- I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun with such a small Lego set
- Creative Assembly confirms that a new Total War game will be revealed at The Game Awards 2025
- Future Total War games can come to PlayStation and Xbox, Creative Assembly confirms
- After almost 20 years, Creative Assembly announces the long-awaited Total War: Medieval 3
- With 25 years of Total War under its belt, the future of Creative Assembly's iconic strategy series looks brighter than ever: "We've got the best roadmap we've ever had"
- Everything announced at the Total War 25th Anniversary Showcase
- Octopath Traveler 0's devs see it as "new game" despite its mobile origins: "We wanted to go back to the beginning – to start from zero"
- Bethesda's Todd Howard tips his hat to Obsidian, says he invited the Fallout: New Vegas devs to the Fallout Season 2 set to relive the iconic setting
- An immortal-looking Todd Howard thinks GTA 6 will be out before The Elder Scrolls 6, calls Rockstar "some of the absolute best" at world design
- Open-world RPG Wuthering Waves pulls a Breath of the Wild, adds a motorbike in 3.0 expansion
- Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P says it's "time to go back to school" as the MMO builds to its next expansion and turns away from the "summer vacation" that was its mixed Dawntrail expansion
- Left 4 Dead co-creator is directing a mysterious co-op shooter for JJ Abrams' production company, and Sony's going to publish it: "We hope to deliver a bold, innovative experience"
- Amazon just dropped the best Nintendo Switch 2 bundle I've seen yet with big savings on Donkey Kong Bananza
- The CRKD Atom controller is my top pick for the best under $20 gaming gift for the holidays
- The Nightreign Great Hollow event and crystal curse explained
- I'm convinced Nintendo might be gearing up for a Mario Kart World DLC announcement as it prepares to spotlight a Donkey Kong Bananza character it's been refusing to publicly acknowledge since launch
- Kirby Air Riders is more like Smash Bros. than Mario Kart, and here's why
- Hytale won't be on Steam at launch as devs "do not see the necessity of it" and want to avoid bad reviews from "people that aren't as well-informed"
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- Everyone's "free time is dwindling," so Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P wants players to feel rewarded no matter how much time they invest in the MMO
- Battlefield 6 adds more vehicles to Breakthrough, but players have one specific demand for the mode: "Bring back 64 player Breakthrough you cowards!"
- These Nintendo Switch game deals at Woot are perfect presents in the making
- Fallout season 2 is "taking some swings", but isn't committing to any canonical ending from New Vegas: "It's what we would want to see as fans"
- These sim racing wheels are getting a performance boost in today's Gran Turismo 7 update
- Destiny 2's Star Wars-themed expansion pulls in series-low Steam numbers while fans debate if Renegades is "pretty great" or a "$10 season disguised as a $30 Campaign"
- I did some detective work and I think I've figured out when The Chair Company season 2 is coming out on HBO Max
- One of my favorite '90s N64 games that happens to be a precursor to GTA just arrived on an emulation console I can't afford
- As if Hellmire wasn't fiery enough, Helldivers 2 just added magma planets so you can 'accidentally' push friends into lava pools: "Arrowhead spent so long cooking they overheated the planet"
- Baldur's Gate 3 performance director doubles down on the need for award shows to implement a motion capture category, because "mocap performers just disappear" and "nobody knows about them"
- James Cameron had the perfect response for splitting an Avatar sequel into two films after studio pushback: "What part of you getting a chance to make two billion dollars is in question here?"
- Controversial anti-cheat software Denuvo is being removed from Hi-Fi Rush to "provide a more stable and efficient service environment," but Krafton's anti-tamper features remain
- Metroid Prime 4 recasts Samus as a Hades 2 and Dispatch actor replaces Mass Effect's Jennifer Hale, continuing the Nintendo Switch 2 era's trend of introducing new talent
- In just 7 days, Zootopia 2 has already outgrossed Superman with a $616.7 million global box office
- How to access the Nightreign Forsaken Hollows DLC on PC, PS5 and Xbox
- Helldivers 2 creative director gives a shoutout to new fan film he "really enjoyed," and the movie's producer is "honored" by the Arrowhead lead's support
- How to unlock the Scholar and Undertaker in Nightreign
- Zack Snyder and Army of the Dead star are teaming up to write a "hot lesbian action" movie – and apparently it'll be set in "old-timey days"
- Amidst a pricing apocalypse, one of gaming's best memory and storage brands "has made the difficult decision" to abandon its consumers
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 debuts to scathing reviews from critics, calling the horror sequel "overstuffed" and "worse than the first film"
- Amazon's Tomb Raider series is suddenly a huge deal as it promises to "reinvent the franchise on a massive scale" and connect to the games in "a unified storytelling universe"
- Robert Downey Jr. says Gwyneth Paltrow is "forever confused by the basic tenets of the Marvel Universe," and that she once forgot who Tom Holland is
- As Splitgate 2 prepares to release for a second time, design director says the team has handled "a challenging situation with honesty, humility, and grit"
- The Witcher 4 isn't just hiring Baldur's Gate 3 talent – CD Projekt Red is still expanding to "strengthen" its team, with various job openings for the RPG as well as Cyberpunk 2
- Scarlett Johansson is joining the cast of The Batman 2 – and Zoë Kravitz's Catwoman is not expected to return
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was made with the help of more than 20 other studios including Luigi's Mansion and Oblivion Remastered devs
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 review: "We have waited two years for a Five Nights at Freddy's 1.5"
- A machine you've almost certainly never heard of just spent a week beating the PS5 as the second best-selling games console in the US behind the Switch 2
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- December 3
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- After 4 years, there's a new Paranormal Activity movie in the works, it's a "rebirth" for the series, and The Conjuring and Insidious creator James Wan is producing: "Do not see it alone"
- Banned horror game Horses now topping GOG's best-seller charts amid censorship controversy, and it's back on Humble even as Steam and Epic refuse to carry it
- This NES horror JRPG spent 32 years as lost media, but once it was preserved it only took 33 days to get a complete fan translation
- As Octopath Traveler 0 launches to great reviews, the JRPG's producer says "we may have truly delivered what we set out to create" and "it feels as though I've finally returned to my hometown"
- Red Dead Redemption 2 is "slightly more novelistic" than GTA 5 because Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser "binged on Victorian novels" for inspiration
- Fallout season 1 will soon be free to watch on Prime – but only if you have the right TV
- James Gunn can't share his whole Spotify Wrapped because "ALL" the top songs are in Man of Tomorrow
- Former Nexon boss who took a risk on Arc Raiders says "the AAA industry is structurally at its end" and "it’s going to end in more disaster than it has already" without a "serious rewrite"
- Gory, tongue-in-cheek Ready or Not 2 trailer sees Samara Weaving face off against a scheming Elijah Wood and a killer Sarah Michelle Gellar
- This Meta Quest 3 charging dock won't stop beeping at me, but damn does it keep my VR setup neat and tidy
- Devs behind sci-fi survival game Once Human promise to "replace the asset in question" after No Man's Sky comparisons reach Sean Murray
- Skyblivion delayed to 2026 as devs behind the unofficial Oblivion project made using Skyrim's engine say their "initial goal" of launching this year "is no longer possible"
- Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says GTA games are "not as good as" Charles Dickens books, "but they are similar" in their world-building
- Warhammer, I am begging you for an apothecary in my Emperor's Children army
- PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted returns this week – here's how and when to watch it
- Black Ops 7 season 1 release time, content and roadmap
- One week after an acclaimed indie studio said it faces closure following a Steam ban for its surreal horror game, Humble joins Epic in banning Horses at the last minute
- I did not expect this budget PS5 headset to get any cheaper, but that's exactly what it did
- Nintendo just beat its own Black Friday deals with this Switch 2 bundle, but Amazon has an even better offer
- Creepy experimental FPS gets re-released on Steam after a "former friend" got it taken down, devs plead for support after weeks of lost sales: "We're unsure if we will be able to recover"
- Monster Hunter Wilds director admits his action RPG's "difficulty curve was a little lacking" at first, but he'd love it if anyone who dropped it at launch gave it another try
- No Man's Sky lead says Sony has a "KNACK for this kind of thing" as people try and riddle out the viral Game Awards teaser – that, or "Geoff is simply opening a hell portal"
- After more AI English anime dubs were removed from Prime Video, the studios say it wasn't approved in "any form" and they are "looking into it with Amazon"
- Fortnite star Ninja urges Arc Raiders devs not to make the same mistake as Epic's battle royale: "Keep it as casual as possible"
- The Forge codes (December 2025) for free Rerolls and Luck Totems
- World of Warcraft lead thinks the MMO will still be "kicking" in 10 years, but despite having ideas for "the very long run," Blizzard is currently focusing "on the next 5 years"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says Xbox Game Pass "lowered that barrier of entry" for his turn-based RPG, a genre that "might put people who prefer more real-time action games off"
- There's still time to score an OLED RTX 5060 gaming laptop for under $1,000
- Marvel star Elizabeth Olsen says she "doesn't mean to pick" movies about grief since WandaVision, but thinks her new afterlife rom-com Eternity offers something different: "This felt more about a continued life"
- These Switch 2 Twin Controller grips are finally back in stock, and should be first up on your holiday shopping list
- First teaser for new horror movie with 97% Rotten Tomatoes score sees a music store employee get more than he bargained for after making a mysterious wish
- Palworld lead says "a very story-based" spin on the survival game is possible, as he knows "a lot of creature collector fans are used to story games" more like Pokemon
- The Elder Scrolls 6 probably isn't making an appearance at The Game Awards, and once again, the RPG community is begging Bethesda for literally anything: "Please, Todd"
- Ralph Fiennes is experimenting on the infected and Jack O'Connell is wreaking havoc in new trailer for horror sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
- Red Dead Redemption's free Xbox Series X upgrade is currently broken with fans baffled after being asked to buy the whole game again, but Rockstar is "working with Microsoft to resolve it"
- The Chainsaw Man author's manga one-shot that broke my heart is getting a surprise live-action adaptation
- Bioshock creator Ken Levine's new narrative FPS Judas was shaped by a "stream of consciousness" where an anti-social character prefers vending machines to people: "Conversation is a prelude to failure"
- The Boys star Karl Urban teases major deaths as early as the season 5 premiere: "Anybody's fair game"
- Mario Kart World update makes playing with friends easier, one intermission track less pathetic, and finally allows you to turn that soundtrack up to the only option you need: "Loud"
- EA's $55 billion buyout will reportedly see Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund own 93.4% of the EA Sports FC and Battlefield 6 company
- Helldivers movie director may not be a gamer, but Arrowhead boss says he trusts Justin Lin because he "did a great job on the Star Trek movie"
- Stranger Things season 5 pulls in 59.6 million views in 6 days, making it the biggest English-language premiere week "in the history of Netflix"
- Octopath Traveler 0 review: "The strongest entry in this retro-styled JRPG series yet, I love the greater focus on tactical battles"
- No Man's Sky lead responds to reports of stolen assets in fellow open-world survival game Once Human, says the "joke's on them" because they're actually unfinished
- James Gunn denies that Supergirl has a $200m budget: "Not even a little bit true"
- Former Battlefield devs had "something to prove" with Arc Raiders and The Finals, ex-Nexon boss says, and that's why they succeeded where other veteran-led studios failed
- December 2
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- James Cameron says he's "not negative" about generative AI, but reassures fans it won't be used on any Avatar movies: "It's the existential threat from big AI that worries me more than all that stuff"
- Return to Silent Hill gets a new trailer that brings in fan favorite villains including Pyramid Head and the Bubble Head Nurses
- Escape From Tarkov streamer becomes first to escape from Tarkov: "You survived. But at what cost"
- Aerith does not want to see your fanfic – Final Fantasy 7 Remake actor reminds fans "the meaning of the word inappropriate," asks them to stop tagging her in "smut"
- Stolen Marathon art issue "resolved" with Bungie and Sony "to my satisfaction," original artist says
- AI has an "unbelievable ability to create a lot of slop," says ex-Nexon boss who signed Arc Raiders, predicting the industry will "triple" in size in 7 years due to players "rejecting slop and bad product"
- "This award can f*** itself": Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Verso actor would rather give up Best Supporting Performer than go without "the thrill of that sweet, sweet banana" Joker in Balatro
- Stranger Things fans have resurrected a rather sinister season 2 theory involving Mike and Nancy's do-nothing dad – and the evidence in season 5 is overwhelming
- Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii isn't saying there's a Chrono Trigger remake, but he's not saying there isn't one: "I can't say ... I'll get told off!"
- Banned by Steam, $100,000 in the hole, and facing shutdown, graphic horror game dev now dropped by Epic Games Store "roughly 24 hours before launch"
- The Stranger Things finale runtime has been officially confirmed, and it's only the second longest episode of the show
- Sleep Awake review: "An all-timer horror premise is let down by tired stealth that I feel like I'm sleepwalking through"
- These 8 Walmart Cyber Monday gaming deals still live — but who knows for how long
- After trying Unreal Engine, new fantasy RPG led by ex-Elder Scrolls leads goes back to its Bethesda roots with a unique proprietary engine that's "already more than doubled our development speed"
- As Sony's lawsuit against "slavish clone" of Horizon series continues, Tencent agrees not to promote open-world survival game Light of Motiram, at least for the time being
- FromSoftware owns up to its swamp addiction as Elden Ring Nightreign adds yet another, director insists it just kind of happens: "It's just sort of taken a life of its own"
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime Video, and more (December 2–December 7)
- When does the Elden Ring Nightreign Forsaken Hollows update release?
- After a quiet flop and some very loud industry-wide implosion, Shovel Knight dev really needs its new Game Boy-style soulslike to break through: "If we sold, like, 100,000, that's not so good"
- Player count collapse? Roadmap? Buddy, we've got bigger problems, Dune: Awakening player decides, making it his life's goal to get the MMO's "useless" melee combat fixed
- After an agonizing 7-year wait, Metroid Prime 4 Metacritic score is just barely above black sheep like Other M and Prime Pinball
- In the nick of time, Helldivers 2 rolls out a "slim version" shrinking file sizes by a whopping 85% on PC: "It's a low-risk way to save ~131GB of space on your drive"
- Fortnite channels its inner Helldivers 2, adds ragdoll-like tumbling, which is either very funny or incredibly embarrassing depending on who you ask
- PS5 architect Mark Cerny says an intense Nintendo rivalry turned Sega into a "sweatshop" when he worked there: "Three people. Three months. That's a game"
- How to find Battlefield Redsec unique stashes and Battle Pickups
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond review: "The series' atmosphere has never been better, while being dragged down by a boring overworld and clunky psychic powers"
- PS5 architect Mark Cerny had a "transformative" experience playing Pikmin on the Nintendo GameCube: "I'm a sucker when it comes to story"
- This leftover Cyber Monday deal could be your last chance to score $100 off a PS5
- Routine review: "This imperfect but wonderfully atmospheric moon-based horror leaves a strong impression"
- Vecna returns with new Lego Stranger Things set that features the first ever transforming Lego house
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 star Josh Hutcherson fills in the blanks on what the new movie has in store for his character Mike: "He's not going to get a normal life... definitely not in the sequel"
- Horror titans Jordan Peele and Sam Raimi are teaming up to turn spooky short film into a feature-length frightfest
- After releasing a lost Kill Bill chapter in Fortnite, Quentin Tarantino wants to make a prequel origin story and an animated Vega Brothers movie
- The Witcher 4 seems stronger than ever, as ex-Baldur's Gate 3 dev joins the team behind CD Projekt Red's new RPG: "Time to trade in my Baldur's Gate dice for some Polish steel"
- Helldivers 2 patch brings balance changes and bug fixes, but fans are devastated that "Factory Striders will no longer be launched to sky erratically" now: "Worst change ever"
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 director Emma Tammi says she did feel pressure going into the sequel after the first movie's success, but feels the team has made something "special" packed full of "surprises"
- Toby Fox teaches translators the meaning of "caked up" in Deltarune Chapter 5 tease as we eagerly await our big booty worm
- Mad Men fans spot edit issues with HBO Max's 4K release, including crew members and visible vomit machines
- After widespread criticism for the use of AI voice actors, Amazon removes AI dub from anime series Banana Fish
- 2025's most underappreciated anime movie is coming to Netflix this month
- Helldivers 2 fan film removed from YouTube at 500k views by a "faulty AI system" gets reinstated, director thanks fans for "showing up to support Indie Animation"
- Final Fantasy creator finds plans for his first-ever game with Square while "decluttering," featuring detailed instructions like "give apple" to get a "kiss" and "kill lion with revolver"
- Avatar: Fire and Ash premieres to rave first reactions that call the new James Cameron movie "pure blockbuster filmmaking at its finest" and "the best one yet"
- Fallout season 2 gets festive in new teaser trailer with fresh looks at The Ghoul, a Deathclaw, and a Radroach attack
- Citizens of Super Earth, rejoice: Helldivers movie moves forward with Fast and Furious director
- We can apparently cross God of War and Diablo 4 DLC off the list of things The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley could be teasing, and I'm sure The Elder Scrolls 6 fans are feeling very normal about that
- Hideo Kojima's new film role is not at all what we expected, but it's somehow perfect
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- I just found the perfect distraction while we wait for the 1.7 update, thanks to this massive deal on the official Stardew Valley cookbook
- "Unforgivable" Stranger Things season 5 NES blooper has retro game fans fuming, albeit mostly jokingly
- I just found a larger version of the LG OLED TV that transformed my console setup, hiding out at Amazon for a record low price
- PlayStation offering $100 off the Ghost of Yotei PS5, aka my most wanted item, is not the Cyber Monday temptation I need right now
- Our favorite gaming laptop of the year is down to its lowest ever price, but it won't stay for long
- I've been playing the Steam Deck for three years, and my favorite microSD is now 33% off
- Best Buy's Cyber Monday deals will end in a matter of hours, these are the biggest offers live right now
- Sonic the Hedgehog is getting a new spin-off movie in 2028
- REPO is adding cosmetics, and they can only be unlocked by playing the dang game: "If you happen to love microtransactions, I'm going to disappoint you deeply"
- These Walmart Cyber Monday deals are an absolute slay with record-low prices on consoles, games, accessories and more
- This Cyber Monday deal takes Breaker special edition Xbox controllers down to a record low price, and I honestly can't decide which color to get
- Amazon's God of War TV show enlists veteran director of Shogun, The Boys, and Fallout as it starts casting Kratos and Atreus
- With Baldur's Gate 3 still in Steam's top 20 after 2 years, Larian ends 2025 with love for the best mods keeping the RPG thriving: "Give yourselves a pat on the back, have a shot of whiskey"
- Megabonk dev dropped out of The Game Awards on a technicality, but now the roguelike is back with a Player's Voice nomination: "We're more back than ever"
- Monkey Island legend Ron Gilbert had big plans for a retro Zelda-style open-world RPG, but publishers said no: "They didn’t look at it as 'we're gonna make $100 million and it’s worth investing in'"
- I've found some fantastic Cyber Monday video game deals so you don't have to
- Fans are begging James Gunn for a blue-and-grey Batman costume with white eyes, but he's doubling down that it's "less important" than the writing and the actor who takes the role
- These are my top 10 favorite gaming stocking fillers on sale this Cyber Monday
- PS5's premium DualSense Edge controller has never been cheaper, and it's my most used pad this generation
- One of the best new cozy games of 2025 has discounted its Premium Edition for the Switch 2, and it even comes with a cute sheep plushie
- "'Here is existential pain, live with it'": Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr says the JRPG's powerful story "represents so much of the reason why I continue to play games"
- I'd pick up this tiny Neo Geo arcade machine all day at its new low price, and it's got nothing to do with Cyber Monday
- Want the perfect intro to Warhammer 40K, or a great gift for fans? Try these books
- Avatar Magic: The Gathering cards for just 3 cents? MTG booster boxes are tanking in price this Cyber Monday
- Elden Ring Nightreign stats reveal FromSoftware survivorship bias, suggesting its "most deadly" world bosses had their numbers padded by bruised loot goblins
- Battlefield 6 revives Labs playtest program, reminds the inevitable leakers they are under NDA, and teases tests for "map layouts, pacing, and alternative team compositions such as smaller player counts"
- I highly recommend these great family board games, and I think they are essential purchases
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 star Josh Hutcherson says the sequel is "top secret" but promises "double the amount of animatronics," "more jump scares," and an "exciting twist"
- Dispatch maker AdHoc says the episodic business model is "an insane thing to do," immediately after selling 2 million copies through the episodic business model
- Minecraft lead says "I'm looking forward to Hytale" personally, but tells curious fans "there are many Minecraft-like games, so I doubt it will change much for us"
- Valve still won't say how much the Steam Machine will cost, so tech experts made their own version and estimate a $700 price
- Fallout star explains that season 2 will address the "different perspectives" of New Vegas' multiple endings: "It's a really beautiful thing"
- Veteran Metal Gear Solid producer says "given our age" it was now or never for an MGS3 remake: "Because it's such an incredible series, I decided that now was the time"
- Save $130 on this Meta Quest 3S VR gaming bundle
- The US government "nearly shut us down," former GTA lead says: "They decided we were the only people on the internet peddling pornography, apparently"
- New KPop Demon Hunters art book confirms a tragic theory about Rumi's mom
- Embark makes free-to-play Arc Raiders sound like a nightmare, says its $40 price let it cut a lot of un-fun crap: "Crafting no longer has timers on it that you have to wait out"
- Fortnite Chapter 7 was designed to take the game "back to its battle royale roots," even though it didn't actually start as one, and one lead is "both in awe and hugely proud of this team"
- I have one of these Warhammer 40,000 action figures and they're ideal for painting in your own Space Marine chapter colors
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion review: "Excellent '90s-tinged superhero brawling across a punchy campaign falls just short of arcade bliss"
- These are the 6 best Cyber Monday gaming chair deals still live this week
- Space Marine 2's price has been cleaved in half for Cyber Monday, and it just got an update adding a new mission and enemy
- New open-world MMO Where Winds Meet hits 9 million players in 2 weeks, with Steam reviews soaring at a "Very Positive" rating
- Cyber Monday Macbook deals just dropped below $600
- GTA 6 trailer 3 is nowhere in sight, but fans have still managed to uncover a few more seconds of behind-the-scenes footage thanks to a leak from an apparent dev demo reel
- Two Avatar: Fire and Ash actors have seen the James Cameron movie early, and their tear-stained faces say it all
- After 3 years and a brief tenure on Battlefield 6, former Splinter Cell: Remake game director rejoins Ubisoft for Sam Fisher's big comeback: "A very special team and project to me"
- I've found the cheapest 75-inch TVs in the Cyber Monday sales, big-screen entertainment for as little as $379
- Stranger Things fans spot huge clue in season 5 that may finally anwser why Vecna kidnapped Will Byers in the first place
- Metal Gear Solid 4 remake would be "pretty difficult" says series veteran, admitting the team used "quite unique solutions" when developing the stealth game's code
- Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro reveals he shot all the scenes with Jacob Elordi's Creature and Mia Goth's Elizabeth at a higher frame rate: "You can feel that effect leaning on every emotional beat"
- Cyber Monday Lego deals 2025 include this perfect Fortnite gift for under $25, must-have Harry Potter kits, and more
- Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star Jennifer English on her real-life partner being an antagonist in her upcoming project: "Just reflecting real life, really"
- The best Cyber Monday Magic: The Gathering deals 2025 still live
- A Stranger Things fan has assembled all the trailer footage that didn't appear in Volume 1, and it's full of epic moments
- The best Cyber Monday Warhammer deals 2025: I've handpicked all the best discounts
- The clock is ticking on Cyber Monday iPad deals, so I've found the five best that are still live
- How to solve the Where Winds Meet wall puzzle
- Actor behind 2004's The Punisher flop says he was "miscast" as Frank Castle: "I'm not that guy"
- Cyber Monday Meta Quest deals LIVE: Here are the best headset and accessory deals to get while they're discounted
- Fortnite Chapter 7 kicks off with artist defending their work from AI allegations, probably not helped by Epic CEO's recent prediction that "AI will be involved in nearly all future production" of games
- Save $20 on Silent Hill f this Cyber Monday, which we call "some of the best horror I've ever played" in our review
- 6 months after Lilo and Stitch, Disney has another billion-dollar hit on its hands after Zootopia 2 debuts to a record-breaking $556 million opening weekend
- Rockstar co-founder and former GTA lead writer Dan Houser says "AI is eventually going to eat itself," and that the people behind chatbots and AI models "aren’t fully rounded humans"
- Stranger Things creator explains why there were no deaths in season 5, volume 1: "Vecna taking these children was the low point we needed"
- These are the best Cyber Monday streaming deals of 2025: Paramount+, Disney+, Sling, Hulu, and Starz subs from $1
- Mass Effect star Jennifer Hale would "love to play Bayonetta again," despite being "thrown under the bus" during controversy around the third game's casting
- The Elder Scrolls 6, Half-Life 3, or new God of War reveals could be imminent according to hopeful fans who've been sent spiralling over a cryptic Geoff Keighley post – or, "most likely a Diablo 4 expansion"
- Netflix releases free KPop Demon Hunters digital art book filled with 142 pages of Huntr/x secrets and never before seen concept art
- Zootopia 3 hasn't been confirmed yet, but an Easter egg hidden in Zootopia 2 might reveal what the Disney threequel would be about
- Avengers: Doomsday production designer says 80% of interior set backdrops were practical as they didn't want to "presume you can always put it in visual effects"
- An Ahsoka villain won't return for season 2 of the Star Wars show because Disney "could not pay [her] what [she] needed to be paid"
- Flap for honor as an all new Lords Mobile and Angry Birds collaboration takes flight from now until December 24th
