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September 30
- I've seen enough: Marvel Zombies proves the MCU should follow DC's lead on animation
- Wolverine's first gameplay trailer just reminded me why Wolverine is one of Marvel's best characters
- I played Black Ops 7 multiplayer for 4 hours, and here's my 10 takeaways you need to know
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's new Endgame mode "is the final proving ground" that could be so challenging you need other co-op teams to help you out
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's best side quest transformed the RPG into medieval LA Noire, and now I wish Henry could keep on solving crimes
- I've spent five hours exploring the Steam Autumn Sale with our Games Editor, and these are the 10 best games on discount I'd recommend picking up while you still can
- Silent Hill f's punishing Souls-inspired combat is a beautiful metaphor, but this better not ignite a new survival horror trend
September 29
- Black Ops 7 will "redefine" what Call of Duty can be, and even after 20 years Treyarch is still promising "some of the most unique and unexpected moments of the series"
- Imagine Hades and Vampire Survivors had a beautifully twisted baby, and you get the latest ambitious game from one of the best horror studios you've never heard of
- Ananta isn't just a free anime take on GTA, but folds in Spider-Man style swinging and Uncharted levels of action that I've enjoyed playing
- Ignore the haters, Skate might have finally found the perfect formula for a skateboarding game in 2025
- Sonic Racing CrossWorlds' Avatar and SpongeBob packs are a start, but I'm desperate for classic Sega rep – Crazy Taxi, when?
- Big Preview: The Outer Worlds 2 – Exclusive access and hands-on with the quirky sci-fi RPG
September 28
- Wolverine's mature-rated violent bliss is the palette cleanser I need after years playing Spider-Man's wholesome action
September 27
- Marvel Zombies does Wanda Maximoff dirty again, and repeats the biggest mistake from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Oh, so Friday the 13th: The Game devs moved on from the lawsuit by just making the same game but with Michael Myers from Halloween, and you know what, hell yeah
- Fall is my favorite season and these are the 10 autumnal games I just can't stop coming back to at this time of year
September 26
- Marvel's animated output is showing how out of sync the MCU is right now, and could spell doom for Doomsday
- Critical Role Campaign 4 is told like Game of Thrones with multiple storylines, and Matt Mercer says it tackles fantasy narratives in a "much more realistic way"
- Dying Light: The Beast is an ending and a new beginning for Techland, and the action horror series' future has never looked brighter: "We have new ideas, so we need to make them come alive"
- Marvel's White Tiger is taking the spotlight in a comic that explores the hero's long legacy: "This is a story about honoring our ancestors"
- The super-heroics are spectacular in MTG Spider-Man, but I think it's missing a special something
- Atelier is back – this JRPG got a non-gacha sequel to its divisive mobile game, and I'll take that as a win
- I play Final Fantasy 14 like I do any other Final Fantasy game of the past 27 years, totally solo and you can too with the Free Trial
- 21 years later, Spider-Man 2 is back in theaters and it’s still one of the greatest superhero movies ever made
- After playing its single player, I was surprised to find that Battlefield 6 is evoking the FPS shooters of the PS3 and PS4 era in all ways but one
- Like a Dragon fans, please stop saying Kiwami 3 is a remake of the worst game in the series when Yakuza 4 is worse
- Dying Light: The Beast has put me in a huge zombie game mood, so here are the 10 games you need to play next after beating it
- The Elephant Man at 45: Looking back at David Lynch's most moving film
- Tiny Bookshop absolutely deserves its overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews, because I cannot stop playing this cozy management life sim
- The 32 greatest anime films
- Forza Horizon 6: Everything you need to know about the new Forza Horizon game set in Japan
September 25
- 55 years ago, Spider-Man's co-creator helped design a whole world of superheroes in Charlton Comics, and now James Gunn is bringing them to the DCU
- My favorite Hades 2 upgrade turns Melinoë into a giant, and I love it all because of the tiny detail that comes with it
- Battlefield 6's expanded Portal mode is so powerful that even its devs are having a blast: "Someone on the dev team actually created Pong"
- I've been playing the iconic horror franchise for 26 years, and these are the best Silent Hill monsters that are still haunting my nightmares today
- James Gunn has a Batman problem – but the solution is hiding in one of this year's best comics
- I've been playing horror games for 25 years, but Dying Light: The Beast's gore just out-grossed it all by getting uncomfortably realistic
- Forza Horizon 6 is officially taking us to Japan in Playground Games' "biggest map yet": "We can only do Japan once and we want to do it right"
September 24
- I got to play Battlefield 6's single player for 3 hours, and it's a clear return to the grounded shooter campaigns of the early 2010s
- Superman 2: Everything you need to know about Brainiac, the apparent villain of Man of Tomorrow
- Gen V season 2 episode 4 explained: Who wins the fight? What is Cipher's power?
- I love all of Dying Light: The Beast's incredible side quests, but one of them was so powerfully horrifying I thought it was a main mission
- I've been playing Pokemon for 17 years, but Pokemon Legends: Z-A makes me feel like I'm relearning everything I knew about battles in the best way possible
- The 32 greatest plane movies of all time
- Unemployment hurts less when No Man's Sky keeps handing out massive free updates, and Voyagers just gave me a really cool ship to sweeten the deal
- Who dies in Marvel Zombies? Every hero death listed in order
- When does Marvel Zombies take place on the Marvel timeline?
- Marvel Zombies ending explained: your biggest questions answered on Blade Knight, Scarlet Witch, and more
- Alien: Earth ending explained: Who dies and how does it set up season 2?
- Alien: Earth's season finale is a cliffhanger not a conclusion – and I feel a bit robbed of xenomorph action
September 23
- 6 hated pre-MCU superhero movies that are actually worth watching
- 2 years after seeing an Owlbear crush a cultist in Baldur's Gate 3, I'm ditching my usual spellcasting builds to embrace the Wild Shape lifestyle in my first multiplayer campaign
- Why EA is razing Battlefield to its foundations in order to build something explosively new with Battlefield 6: "[I] felt an obligation to create one of the best Battlefields the world has ever seen"
- After decades playing JRPGs, I'm always asked where to start with The Legend of Heroes: Trails – now, thanks to a stunning remake, it's easier than ever
- Dying Light: The Beast's dialogue choices are all about character building instead of story-shaping, and it fixes my biggest problem with Dying Light 2
- Borderlands 4 is hitting at a perfect time with Destiny’s lull – and I hope Bungie takes the hint
- Physint: Everything we know about Hideo Kojima's new game
September 22
- MCU Phase 5: Every movie and show from Marvel's Phase 5, ranked
- Sonic Racing CrossWorlds' portals are better than Mario Kart World's road trips, and some of y'all aren't ready to hear that
- Dying Light: The Beast feels like Action Man: The Game, and I can't get enough of Kyle Crane's badass skull-smashing moves
- The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer breakdown: Zeb, Anzellans, and 8 other Star Wars Easter eggs and details you might have missed
September 21
- After 50 hours in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 I've finally succumbed to a life of crime, and the Legacy of the Forge DLC is entirely to blame
September 20
- With 1 million wishlists, Jump Space is the next breakout co-op success, and it's hitting every wild space fantasy you could ever have
September 19
- I finally finished Silksong 100%, so now I'm positive: I like Hollow Knight more
- There's nothing quite like Henry Halfhead, a possession puzzle sandbox where you can grow a tree, boil eggplant, and (allegedly) make toilet spaghetti
- The perfect JRPG remake just dropped – Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter threatens to put Final Fantasy 7 and Persona 3 to shame with its masterful approach to revitalizing a classic
- Ahead of the re-release I revisited Avatar: The Way of Water, and it's much more than a technical marvel
- The 32 greatest movies for Uncharted fans to watch
- Dying Light: The Beast thrives in its smaller map by making every centimeter count, and that makes Castor Woods the best open world in series history
September 18
- I'm still disappointed by Donkey Kong Bananza's newest DLC, but Nintendo's bolt-on roguelike mode is so good that I keep coming back
- Dan Da Dan season 2 only got weirder, but its heart stayed in the right place
- Dan Da Dan season 3: release date, story speculation, and everything else we know about the Netflix anime
- "It's the gift that just keeps giving." Chrystabell remembers her collaboration with Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director David Lynch
- 7 years after bouncing off Hollow Knight thanks to the most karmically-rancid gameplay experience of my life, Silksong is dragging me back to Hallownest to right my wrongs
September 17
- After 23 years, I've officially beaten Super Mario Sunshine, and now I need a Switch 2 remaster to teach you youngins why the GameCube years really were a golden era for Nintendo
- El Samsung Galaxy ideal para cada tipo de gamer
- Découvrez le smartphone Samsung Galaxy le plus adapté à chaque type de gamer
- Is Chance Perdomo in Gen V season 2? How The Boys spin-off pays tribute
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' new DLC weapon transforms Naoe into a samurai-bashing machine, and I'll never use anything else
- Anime is officially mainstream after Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, but where does it go from here?
- Mario is a sports star, doctor, and has even fought Sonic – 40 years after Super Mario Bros, it's the plumber's sheer versatility that's been the secret to success
- As The Outer Worlds 2 embraces "crunchy" role-playing, its directors say people are "more open" to deeper RPGs after Baldur's Gate 3: "It's good to bring that stuff to the forefront again"
- The 32 greatest action films ever made
- Gen V season 2 proves you can go bigger and bolder without relying on shock value, and The Boys' final season could learn a lot from the spin-off
September 16
- Borderlands 4 does what Destiny couldn't: I'm finally back on the looter shooter train, and it feels like reliving my 60 hours in Borderlands 2
- I briefly mistook the new Lego Batman for modded Arkham footage, genuinely bamboozling me while making me more excited for the game than ever
- Super Mario Bros' legendary themes have ensured they're unforgettable after 40 years: "Koji Kondo wrote Mario music with such light-hearted joy"
- "You have to design with the time you have": Assassin's Creed Shadows Claws of Awaji had to be a tighter, more focused expansion than anything its devs had made before
- September's Nintendo Direct told us a lot about the Switch 2's future, and I fear 2026 is the year I crack and buy another handheld
September 15
- I was kidnapped in Act 1 of Hollow Knight: Silksong, and I never thought Team Cherry would borrow Bloodborne's nastiest trick
- Super Mario Bros' legendary jump helped define 40 years of platforming, Donkey Kong Country programmer says: "You had more control... There was risk/reward"
September 14
- The "elegant design" of Super Mario Bros levels has inspired devs for over 40 years, but it was Super Mario 64's 3D leap that was a "watershed moment"
September 13
- I played Deadpool VR and its creative combat is excellent but I'm not sure it's good enough to make me tolerate the Merc with the Mouth's constant talking
- 40 years later, Mario is still the ultimate gaming mascot: "He's got that Mickey Mouse effect"
- How well do you know the Super Mario series?
- Helsmiths of Hashut Army Set review: Fear this new Warhammer Age of Sigmar army, because it's gonna kick ass
September 12
- Almost 90 years after Superman was first called the Man of Tomorrow, James Gunn is reviving the name for his big sequel
- The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman is taking over Transformers with plans to "methodically" expand the Energon Universe, but don't worry about buying "567 monthly titles" to keep up: "We're not looking to blow up anyone's budget"
- Pokemon Pokopia: Everything we know about the Pokemon game that looks a lot like Animal Crossing
- Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave – Everything we know about the strategy game's Switch 2 debut
- Downton Abbey helped me through the toughest times, but The Grand Finale feels like the perfect time to wrap things up
- After 105 runs in Hades 2, I suddenly unlocked three huge side stories I thought were bugged and I guess I'll be here 'til launch
- Super Mario Galaxy Movie release date, cast, plot, and everything else you need to know about The Super Mario Bros. sequel
- Bloober Team just teased its unannounced Switch-only horror game for maybe the first time since 2024, and my dream of seeing Nintendo get NSFW has been reignited
- The 32 greatest movies about food that will make you hungry
- Demon Slayer Infinity Castle ending explained: who died, will there be a sequel, and what's next for Tanjiro?
- Who is Kokushibo in Demon Slayer Infinity Castle? The Upper Moon 1 and Muzan's right-hand man explained
- Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle continues an unfortunate trend for the anime series, and lets down one of its most important characters
- Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle 2: release date speculation, story, and everything else we know about the anime sequel
September 11
- After 43 years, one of the world's greatest horror movies lives on in so many games – from Among Us to Cronos: The New Dawn
- Can you guess the iconic game from just one screenshot?
- I've played 100s of hours of Soulslikes, and I think Hollow Knight Silksong is harder than Elden Ring – but what makes games difficult anyway?
September 10
- Anime is more mainstream than ever, and Demon Slayer stands out as the franchise to beat
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' expansion has a Metal Gear Solid-inspired boss fight that officially made me the best assassin in Awaji
- Claws of Awaji is an ambitious expansion that hides a little too much of its shine behind Assassin's Creed Shadows' familiarity
- GTA Online has resisted years of cringe celebrity cameos in live service games and emerged looking uniquely classy
- The 32 greatest high school movies
September 9
- Tomb Raider TV show: release speculation, cast, plot, and everything else we know
- The new D&D Starter Set solves problems I didn't even know I had, and overcomes some of the game's most daunting systems
- Hollow Knight Silksong has made me realize how much the Steam Deck has changed the way I play games
- 3 reasons to stop overlooking mobile gaming
- I've been waiting 20 years for a spiritual successor to Peter Jackson's King Kong game, and it might just be Ferocious
- The Right Samsung Galaxy Phone for Every Type of Gamer
September 8
- If 20 years and a Metal Gear Solid Delta playthrough have taught me anything, it's that Snake Eater remains one of the greatest, stupidest games ever made
- Hollow Knight Silksong has beat my ass for 11 hours, but it's not too hard – we just have a problem with instant gratification
- Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival – Everything we know so far about the gory new game
- ¿Quieres la mejor experiencia de gaming en movimiento? Por qué los teléfonos Samsung Galaxy son tu mejor opción para juegos móviles
- Vous rêvez d’une expérience de gaming optimale n’importe où ? Les smartphones Samsung Galaxy sont parfaits pour jouer sur mobile
September 7
- Silksong is way harder than Hollow Knight, and my theory is that Team Cherry became evil masterminds without even realizing it
- I played Invincible VS against the game's combat designer and loved every minute, despite getting my ass kicked
September 6
- The DCU doesn't need to look to Marvel for pointers on building a cinematic universe – horror movies like The Conjuring have always done it best
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword is becoming my most anticipated game of 2026 but Sekiro fans should know it's not a difficult game – and that's OK
September 5
- Word Play is a spelling roguelike that feels like the final boss of Wordle and it made me feel like an angry genius
- Jaws may be 50 years old, but Steven Spielberg's shark thriller is still a blockbuster in a league of its own
- Using Bluetooth earbuds with the Meta Quest 3 still sucks, but here's why that isn't a dealbreaker
- 2 hours in, and Hollow Knight Silksong is already making me feel like I'm playing Dark Souls for the first time again
- Close enough, welcome back Anthem – I'm loving that Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion has shifted gears to smaller, nimbler mech suit action
- I love Elden Ring Nightreign but I'm not sure if it's good for my mental health
- The 32 greatest sci-fi TV shows of all time
September 4
- Superman, Fantastic Four, and the rest of 2025's big superhero stories are bringing the death of cynicism and the rebirth of sincerity
- I'm finally playing Persona 4 after 17 years, and I can already see where the JRPG's remake should step in with improvements
- Superman 2 Man of Tomorrow release date, cast, plot and trailer speculation: Everything we know about the DCU movie
- Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake reminded me why I love turn-based battles, but after 40 minutes with the game, I'm desperate to know what "really big surprise" the devs are hiding
- Upper Moon demons, explained: the fates of Demon Slayer's Twelve Kizuki villains after Infinity Castle
- The new Assassin's Creed Mirage DLC is a blunt reminder that maybe we've outgrown the series' old-school formula once and for all
- "You want to keep some of those iconic places, even if it's not necessarily realistic": Capcom is bringing us an "updated" Raccoon City in Resident Evil Requiem that shows off the extent of its destruction
September 3
- The ROG Xbox Ally X offers an early glimpse into Xbox's plans for AI, but I'm starting to worry that we're all going to be priced out of ever trying them
- "Everyone knows GoldenEye, it's a legendary game": 007 First Light boss says his goal is to make an all-timer James Bond game, even if the result is "very different" to Hitman
- 007 First Light is more than just Hitman: James Bond edition, and I'm over any fears I might have had that IO couldn't deliver
- Alien: Earth production designer on creating the Nostromo-mirroring Maginot "There was definitely a certain amount of geeking out"
- What is negative pressure in a gaming PC? Positive vs Negative pressure explained
- I'm playing The Outer Worlds for the first time because my friend told me it was better than Fallout, and now I'm hyped for the sequel to push it even further
- Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 are two of my favorite turn-based RPGs, but I'm not sure how I'm going to go back to them after falling in love with Octopath Traveler 0's town-building mode
- The hideous Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater statue is why I have rules for collectors' editions
- The 32 greatest animated movies that aren't for kids
- Wednesday season 3 release date speculation, cast, plot, and more news
- Wednesday season 2 part 2 ending explained: Who is Slurp, who dies, and how does it set up season 3?
- Alien: Earth episode 5 isn't quite feature-length, but I think it's the best Xenomorph movie since Aliens
September 2
- Channeling big Fallout energy means The Outer Worlds 2 could be the Starfield I always wanted
- I'm still concerned about Battlefield 6's map sizes, but there's no denying it gets chaotic urban warfare right
- 6 fonctionnalités secrètes du Samsung Galaxy S25 pour une expérience de gaming optimisée
- 6 funciones ocultas del Samsung Galaxy S25 que mejoran tu experiencia de juego
- Lost Rift is bringing FPS expertise with an innovative twist on the survival game
- 45 minutes of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles has me certain that Square Enix "rebuilding" the remaster after losing the original source code was worth the effort
- I played Where Winds Meet and fell in love with the RPG's open world so fast I could barely pay attention to any of the missions
September 1
- Ghostrunner devs abandon parkour for Valor Mortis, a first-person soulslike that might explain why the rest of the genre follows Dark Souls' lead
- "We tend to commit to the bit": Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford talks Borderlands 4, the evolution of looter-shooters, and $80 game discourse
- 10 years later, Metal Gear Solid 5 remains a masterpiece that was never going to live up to its own hype
- Let Lemon Sky Studios bring nearly two decades of visual fidelity and artistic brilliance to your project
- Menace is an XCOM-Warhammer hybrid that makes turn-based strategy feel like an immersive sim, and for the first time in my life I'm playing a game that seems made for me
- This Balatro-like take on Breakout trades a paddle for a revolver, and I've had a lot of fun combo'ing bullet configurations even if I wish this was more on target