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August 31
- I built a home and ran a business in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's next DLC, and the added role-playing guarantees I'll spend another 70 hours in my current game of the year
- Hell Let Loose: Vietnam devs say their new shooter isn't a replacement for the OG World War 2 game, and don't want fans to "feel like we've abandoned them in any way"
August 30
- We asked Obsidian about romance in The Outer Worlds 2, and now I'm a little hopeful the RPG may follow Avowed's example: "it truly does need to be something that's organic"
- 8 years on, Hollow Knight is still an extraordinary achievement – but can Silksong live up to the hype?
- How to watch The Conjuring movies in order (release and chronological)
August 29
- Will romantasy be the next great crossover for Dungeons & Dragons? Fourth Wing could be the perfect D&D setting, if you ask me
- Jurassic Park: Survival has quietly been 35 years in the making, and it's taking us back to where it all began
- The new Yorgos Lanthimos movie is getting rave first reactions out of Venice Film Festival, but I think it's worth revisiting his breakout feature Dogtooth before Bugonia hits theaters this fall
- Playing Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era has turned me into a Dungeon devotee, and I can't help but feel like I'm already seeing a strategy classic in the making
- Out and About is a very cozy foraging adventure that's taking me back to my fish obsession in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- The 32 box office hits you've probably forgotten about
- Herdling is a serene, peaceful joy about finding a family in a herd of funny little guys, and I can't get enough
- 15 years ago James Gunn made the darkest superhero movie I've ever seen, but one scene from Peacemaker season 2 might have just topped it
August 28
- I can't wait for a KPop Demon Hunters sequel, but I'm still not convinced Netflix is actually going to learn anything from the original's success
- I can't get enough of the cute cat-like companion in this puzzle platformer, even if some block pushing is a little business as usual
- "The shorthand is New Vegas in space": The Outer Worlds 2 directors double down on Fallout comparisons, and Obsidian isn't worried about setting expectations too high: "It's our pedigree"
- Knives Out 3 release date, plot, trailer, cast, and everything we know so far about Wake Up Dead Man
- Just when I thought Kirby and the Forgotten Land couldn't get any better, Star-Crossed World on Switch 2 proved me wrong
- Beyond These Stars is the weirdest city-builder I've ever seen, thanks to a giant space whale that can go rogue if it gets too hungry
- The stealthy spirit of Arkham Knight returns in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, and I never believed a Lego game could pull this off
- Delicious in Dungeon season 2 release date speculation, story, and everything else we know so far
August 27
- After 92 hours with Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, I can safely confirm 2025 is indeed the year of the cozy game and the beloved farming sim series that inspired Stardew Valley is so back
- Capcom says that Resident Evil 9 will be "so-called 'old school Resident Evil'" in style, but its director teases a "new system" that creates a "complete roller coaster ride between the different aspects of the series"
- I button-mashed my way through 30 minutes of Scott Pilgrim EX, but I'm already longing to dive back in and learn each character's "very complex combos"
- I played Kirby Air Riders and it's the perfect racer for players who've had enough of Mario Kart
- I've played The Outer Worlds 2, and forget what you know about the first game because this silly sequel already feels like a bigger and better RPG
- The 32 greatest revenge thrillers ever made
August 26
- World of Warcraft has always asked us to call Azeroth home, but Midnight's new player housing is the first time you'll have one to call your own – and it's the best feature to come to the MMO in years
- The Punisher special release date, cast, plot, and everything else we know about the Marvel Studios Special Presentation
- I can finally share meat-tastic cover shooting bliss with my PS5 friends thanks to Gears of War Reloaded
- Supermassive Games' new sci-fi horror game Directive 8020 doesn't just let you redo your worst mistakes, it also speaks to my completionist heart
- I was already nervous about playing gory survival horror Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, and then I saw the stack of vomit bags provided by the devs
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is filling the Mario Kart-shaped hole in my life that World isn't, and I'm as shocked by that as anyone
August 25
- Keeper is quintessential Double Fine, a strange creative concept with a truly wondrous execution: "We wanted to make something that we could probably never have gotten signed and published"
- Jumanji 3: Release date, cast, plot speculation, and everything else we know about the upcoming adventure sequel
- Left 4 Dead has held the horde shooter crown for 17 years, but John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is the best challenger yet
- Great, now I'm desperate for Pokemon to make a Resident Evil-like – and it had better go full Lavender town
- I still wake up sweating because of Driver's parking garage, but there's no denying this PS1 classic changed open world gaming forever
August 24
- Street Fighter movie release date speculation, cast, plot, and everything else we know about the upcoming video game movie
- James Gunn's new DCU is doing whatever the hell it wants, and that's shaking up the MCU house style in a very good way
- One of the best tabletop games I’ve played this year is already getting a sequel, and I can’t wait to see how it shakes up gameplay
- Yakuza Kenzan remains a Japan exclusive, but Like a Dragon fans like me shouldn't skip this historical adventure for the ages
August 23
- Peacemaker season 2 proves there's still something to say about the multiverse
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is not the faithful sequel I'd hoped to see, but maybe that's a bigger marker of progress than it seems
- Don't cry because The Order 1886 is over, smile because blasting werewolves with Nikola Tesla's high-tech weapons happened
August 22
- 35 years ago, the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie became a global phenomenon and the defining comic book movie of a generation with a shoestring budget and only weeks to shoot
- I love turn-based RPGs, but 20 minutes of Pokemon Legends: Z-A has convinced me that real-time combat could be the way forward for the series
- I've just played 30 minutes of Pragmata, and if you ignore the piggybacking child, this is Capcom bringing its classic shooter formula to the very front
- The new Resident Evil Requiem gameplay reveal has left me with more questions than answers, so here are the 5 biggest mysteries I can't wait to solve
- New indie thriller Lurker is a tense, cautionary tale about celebrity obsession — and it made me question my own morale
- I'm begging Ghost of Yotei to learn these 5 lessons from Assassin's Creed Shadows if it wants to become the open world Japan champion
- Life sim RPG Discounty has put me under the same "one more day" spell as Stardew Valley as I build my supermarket empire and get caught up in the drama of the locals
- Bubsy 4D is a 100% legit platformer for genre sickos like me thanks to the dev's surprisingly stacked portfolio of bangers
- The 32 greatest female action movie characters of all time
- DCU timeline: all DC movies and TV shows in chronological order
- Peacemaker season 2 Easter eggs – Every cameo and reference in episode 1 of the returning DC series
August 21
- The Hollow Knight: Silksong arc needs to be studied and remembered: a small team of happy devs were just "having fun" making their game, not burning out, while the internet imploded
- Fallout season 2 is giving the spotlight to Mr. House, and I can't wait to see this adaptation of the best villain from the series' most beloved game
- This tabletop RPG is shaping up to be a true D&D rival, and I can't wait to see where it goes next
- I'm relieved to see the Disco Elysium successor is just as strange and dark – I've had my fill of fantasy RPGs for the year
- Resident Evil Requiem's new trailer makes a great case for Grace Ashcroft, not boring old Leon Kennedy, being the anxiety-riddled hero we need for the series' scariest entry yet
- This open-world game where you're a 13th-century Mongolian horse courier immediately proved more hardcore than anything Death Stranding 2 could offer
- I thought Date Everything was a silly little romance game about flirting with PC desks, but it's actually the best representation of love I've seen in games
August 20
- Peacemaker season 2: The comic history of Rick Flag, Sr., the secret agent who's out for Peacemaker's blood
- My favorite anime series gave us one of the best Alien homages ever, and Alien: Earth gave me the perfect excuse to revisit it
- The essential DC movies and shows to watch before Peacemaker season 2
- Some of Disco Elysium's best ideas are still around in Zero Parades, but the CRPG thriller has an almost impossible task ahead of it
- The 32 greatest Los Angeles movies of all time
- The way The Blood of Dawnwalker plays with time itself is making it one of my most anticipated RPGs of 2026, especially now that Rebel Wolves has changed how closely the camera sticks to your shoulder
- I played Resident Evil Requiem and kept shouting at the protagonist, but the fact that she’s a bit useless is kind of the point
- Hollow Knight Silksong hands-on: 2,379 days after its reveal I finally played the elusive Metroidvania, and it is absolutely worth the wait
- Help me, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 is so good I've been replaying the same mission for 3 hours and pestering its devs who have "been studying the blade and bolter"
August 19
- I didn't dare to dream, but playing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has convinced me this gloomy RPG is still worth waiting for
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 – Everything we know about the new RTS game
- Black Ops 7 is fighting franchise fatigue in the most unexpected of ways with an ambitious co-op adventure which Treyarch believes can "redefine what campaign can be in Call of Duty"
- I spent 2 hours making every wrong decision I possibly could in Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, and as my fleet burns around me I'm never going to figure out who the Cylon was
- Mejora tus retransmisiones de videojuegos en el Galaxy S25+ con estos rápidos consejos
- Passez au niveau supérieur pour streamer vos jeux sur le Galaxy S25+ grâce à ces astuces
August 18
- The Walking Dead creator explains the creative process that led him to chart new territory in an alien fantasy epic: "I was trying to get out of the way as much as possible"
- "Quite often, and which felt very Zelda side-questy, we just have Japanese people who are so welcoming and surprised to see you": How finding The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild locations in real life led fans up and down Japan for 2 years
- Lanterns release date speculation, cast, plot, and everything else we know about the new DCU TV show
- Pokemon Legends Z-A has made me realize what I miss about the series, and it's up to Gen 10 to fix it
- Want the best gaming on the go? Why Samsung Galaxy Phones are your best option for mobile gaming
August 17
- Battlefield 6 multiplayer is taking inspiration from Bad Company 2, but I hope its single player campaign looks further back to the series' best story
August 16
- After 16 years, Jason Voorhees' official comeback is either a soulless hard cider commercial or the setup for the goriest, most experimental Friday the 13th to date, and I can't decide which it is
- The new D&D Stranger Things crossover is all about continuing "Eddie's legacy" with max '80s "faux-stalgia"
- As if playing Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3 wasn't enough, Neil Newbon's latest performance in Dead Take is the best acting I've seen in gaming
August 15
- Mafia: The Old Country's divisive linearity is telling me everything I need to know about action-adventure games in 2025, and it all comes back to Indiana Jones
- It's the 30th anniversary of Warhammer Quest, and there's never been a better time for a nostalgic reissue of the beloved dungeon crawler
- Nearly 30 years after its release, Princess Mononoke is headed back to theaters – and it’s still a timeless, heartbreaking classic
- CrisisX is a zombie survival-crafting game with serious PvP chops and an eye for immersion – and it just shot to the top of my wishlist
- Forget Elden Ring Nightreign or Expedition 33, the toughest boss fight I've faced this year is a slippery rock face on an empty stomach
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A hands-on: With overhauled battles and denser exploration, I'm shocked at how fundamentally fresh this could feel
- "There's got to be a game in here somewhere": How Felt That: Boxing quietly became one of the most innovative games in development
- The 32 greatest movie trilogies of all time
August 14
- "He's the greatest superhero you've never heard of," with a rogues gallery "right up there with Batman or Spider-Man": Dynamite's smash hit Space Ghost comic gets new volume that takes the '60s hero to a new level
- I dove deep into Steam's 4X Fest, and these are the six best games on discount you should grab before the sale is over
- Mass layoffs, studio closures, and the live-service graveyard are no match for the legally distinct Nightmare Kart arcade cabinet
- Neon Genesis Evangelion animator's debut film combines Studio Ghibli whimsy with fairy-tale timelessness, and I hope this is the future of anime
- Star Wars: Starfighter release date, cast, plot, and more news
- If "good is the new bad" in games, flawed experiments won't have time to grow into future GOTYs
- I turned a Rockstar PS2 classic into a cozy game and it proved that the Steam Deck's greatest strength is in being the anti-Switch 2
- After spending hours with the Battlefield 6 beta, these are the 5 games that are helping me fill the hole it's left behind
August 13
- Here's a PSA to all Battlefield 6 beta players: Please don't ignore your medic duties, I promise it'll make this explosive FPS even more enjoyable for everybody
- MTG Spider-Man designers aren't worried about diluting the brand, because "the beauty of Magic is play with what you enjoy, do what you want"
- After smashing through Donkey Kong Bananza I've run out of things to play on my Nintendo Switch 2 – so here are 5 games that better get release dates at Gamescom 2025
- I'm an Alice Madness Returns stan, so this dark, classic Disney-tinged roguelike might be my next obsession after Hades 2
- Elden Ring Nightreign finally let me get revenge against two bosses that nearly ruined my original Elden Ring playthrough, and victory has never felt sweeter
- The 32 greatest Disney animated movies ever made
- Les amateurs de gaming auraient tort de sous-estimer le Samsung Galaxy S25
- Por qué es hora de dejar de subestimar al Samsung Galaxy S25 como teléfono para gaming
- Alien: Earth Easter eggs – Every cameo and reference in episodes 1–4 of the new series
August 12
- I finally got to play Mario Kart World after hundreds of hours in Mario Kart 8, but Knockout Tour was so stressful that I immediately went back to its predecessor
- Learning EA passed on a Dragon Age Remaster "soft-pitch" has ruined me, because Mass Effect Legendary Edition proved how much it could do for the RPG series
- Fellow Gundam fans, you need to see this new card game because it's "simply too potent to ignore"
- 6 Hidden Samsung Galaxy S25 features that improve your gaming experience
August 11
- Spider-Man 4 could finally bring Venom to the MCU, as the Scorpion's comic book history hints at the Spidey versus Symbiote battle we've always deserved on the big screen
- Elden Ring Nightreign duos mode should have been the perfect update, but it's lacking both the challenge and the chaos that make the base game so good
- I love Red Dead Redemption 2 more than any other Rockstar game, and after 7 years it still has an important lesson to teach GTA 6
- Your Hall effect keyboard might be lying to you - here's how to make sure you're buying the right switches
- Doomsday: Last Survivors just got a titanic Godzilla x Kong crossover, and the King of Monsters is bringing the game's first-ever 3D Shelter skin
- I've been reporting on board games and tabletop RPGs for years, and I think these upcoming projects need to be on your wishlist
August 10
- Alien: Earth is shaping up to be great, but the decision to ignore Prometheus and Covenant is a mistake
- Now that The Wind Waker is on Switch 2, I'm begging Nintendo to revive the Dark Souls of Zelda games
August 9
- Fred Armisen's Uncle Fester is one of my favorite parts of Wednesday season 2, and proof that the extended Addams Family member deserves his own spin-off
August 8
- Marvel Zombies returns with a new R-rated Red Band comic: "This is a love letter to the Marvel U while also having the Marvel U eat itself"
- Wednesday season 2’s biggest missed opportunity is that it overlooks Enid and the fandom's number one ship in the process
- Disney's renaissance began with The Little Mermaid – but its foundations were laid with this underappreciated 1988 hidden gem
- "If everything is the same, nothing stands out" – How lead devs for Silent Hill f and Dying Light: The Beast are putting the horror back in survival horror
- Together stars Alison Brie and Dave Franco think "there's no place for vanity" in either comedy or horror: "We're not worried about how we look when we're in these crazy positions"
- I've been playing Need for Speed Underground 2 and Midnight Club 3 – 20 years later, they're still awesome
- 5 hours into Silent Hill f, I've picked out the 10 biggest details you need to know
- I accidentally played 10 hours of Magic Inn and it's already the most hands-on management sim I've played since Two Point Campus
- The 32 greatest action movie quotes of all time
- Gamescom 2025 schedule: all of the showcases and biggest reveals
August 7
- 6 hours in, Ninja Gaiden 4 has pushed me to my limit while giving me the tools to push beyond them – we are so back
- A bunch of "nerds" are turning Risk of Rain and Diablo into a roguelike with a secret ingredient I'd never expect, and I can't get it out of my head
- After Amazon's War of the Worlds, I watched all the 0% rated movies on Rotten Tomatoes and here are the five brilliantly awful ones I'd recommend you stream next
- I visited a video game archivist trying to preserve some of the world's most forgotten history against all odds, and sometimes even other gamers
- 33 years later, Alone in the Dark still deserves recognition as the survival horror that bridged the gap between Cthulhu and Resident Evil
- Battlefield 6 multiplayer is faster than ever, and while I'm having fun being a speedy soldier, it's playing against the shooter's most iconic feature
- I've waited 13 years to be excited about Silent Hill again, and Silent Hill f has me hopeful for the series' future
- Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War part 4 release date speculation, trailer, and everything we know so far about The Calamity
August 6
- King of the Hill is one of the few TV reboots that gets it right, and these three episodes prove it
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – Everything we know about the new Game of Thrones show
- Silent Hill f's combat is about feeling on edge: "You need to know how close your candle is to going out to really have it feel tense"
- I can't help being disappointed that Pokemon TCG Black Bolt and White Flare ends this era of the card game with a whimper instead of a bang
- I was ready for the PS1 and PS2 era nostalgia this survival horror game would bring, but I never expected it to remind me of the most divisive Silent Hill
- I'm not saying PowerWash Simulator 2 is already my GOTY, but I just spent 2 hours using Witcher Senses to find dirt and it was the most satisfying experience of my life
- August might be the busiest and best month for new Lego sets in 2025 thanks to One Piece models, perfect Spider-Man fan-service, and more
- The 32 greatest movies about dads ever made
- Wednesday season 2 part 1 ending explained: Who is the Avian, who dies, and how does it set up part 2?
August 5
- After starting a second playthrough of Red Dead Redemption 2, I've trapped myself in Chapter 2 and I'm not emotionally ready to move past it
- I thought the scariest thing about Dead Take would be its Final Fantasy and Baldur's Gate 3 stars doing American accents, but no horror game has stunned me like this since 2022
- The games industry might be built on borrowed ideas, but new ones have to come from somewhere – even if Fumito Ueda says "the era of game mechanics is over"
- Silent Hill has been terrifying me for over 25 years, so here's my beginner's guide for the series ahead of Silent Hill f
August 4
- I've been using Darktide's new Arbitrator class for a month, laying devious traps and mauling heretics as a grimdark Wallace and Gromit
- Donkey Kong Bananza is the best Hulk game ever and makes me wish for the return of destruction-oriented sandboxes
- Silent Hill f's writer views the series as a "pie crust" that hides "its true colors beneath a layer of horror and fog," and I say let him cook
August 3
- Donkey Kong Bananza's horrific poison swamp channels Dark Souls' Blighttown, but its biggest sin is making me realize how underused DK's transformations are
- I wrote this Resident Evil beginner's guide after 23 years of being a Capcom superfan, and it's all you need to get into the series before Requiem
August 2
- "Most players have no idea" how much games cost to make and "everything's more expensive than people think," devs say, as indie hits like Balatro are "the exception"
- "The very idea of making a prequel to Silent Hill wasn't good," says Origins and Shattered Memories designer: "That game told its story brilliantly through flashbacks, and there weren't really any unanswered questions"
August 1
- 7 years after Netflix canceled Iron Fist, I wasn’t expecting Marvel to fix the Living Weapon in a new Black Panther animated series
- The first FPS from horror publisher Blumhouse is an unexpected blend of Resident Evil, Bloodborne, and mermaid folk horror, and it shouldn't work – but it does
- Late Shift is like Boiling Point or The Bear, but set in a hospital, and it's one of the most tense movies I've watched this year
- After 857 hours spent playing 8 RPGs this year, I'm finding solace from open world burnout in the most curious of genres
- I finally tried Minami Lane after seeing over 5,000 positive reviews, and within 4 hours it's already the chillest management game I've ever played
- The 32 greatest sci-fi movie quotes
- I'm already obsessed with Silent Hill f after 5 hours thanks to its incredible story and atmosphere, but I'm anxious about the parry-heavy combat