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- December 31
- December 30
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- Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P calls Ghost of Yotei "outstanding" and says it's "the one I still find myself playing" from 2025: "It's a game I learned a lot from"
- Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight star is such a big fan of the series, he feels "like a competition winner just to be involved," but is "petrified" to be joining a list of beloved Batman actors
- Hades 2's new ending was "was created in response to player feedback" – not part of Supergiant's original plan for the roguelike
- FromSoftware head Hidetaka Miyazaki says games like Elden Ring and Dark Souls aren't about "simply cranking up the difficulty; it’s doing so fairly"
- Former Rockstar technical director " didn’t like GTA 4 that much" at launch because "we had to sacrifice so much in terms of gameplay"
- Before Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 swept The Game Awards, Sandfall was betting it might scrape an 80 Metacritic score
- Sephiroth's cutscene with Jenova in Final Fantasy 7 was so scary it terrified one of the producers: "I felt like I was going to have a heart attack"
- Fallout 3's VATS system helped compensate for Bethesda's lack of shooting chops: "We were never going to create gun combat that was on par with Call of Duty or Battlefield"
- Hollow Knight Silksong and Schedule 1 rank alongside heavy hitters like Elden Ring Nightreign and Arc Raiders in Steam's 2025 sales chart
- Open-world GTA-like game Sleeping Dogs is one step closer to the big screen as Shang-Chi's Simu Liu says the movie's landed a director
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's huge success was in part responsible for the open-world section in Metroid Prime 4
- CD Projekt co-founder buys back GOG, promises The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 will still launch on the PC storefront
- December 29
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- Former Rockstar lead says the studio's wildest ideas "wouldn't have been as good as GTA," though he respects Larian for ditching Baldur's Gate 4: "It's not obvious. It's very risky"
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' Yasuke and Naoe could influence how future protagonists move: "All these things can and should affect a little bit of how their physicality translates"
- Dark Souls and Elden Ring mastermind Hidetaka Miyazaki "wouldn't necessarily say" that FromSoftware invented the Soulslike genre
- OG Counter-Strike co-creator has "some regrets" over leaving – "A lot of the people who I still keep in touch with at Valve, I kind of notice that they're really well off financially"
- I used to think Switch 2 charging stands were silly, but after using the iMP DLX2, I get it
- "You're going up against Destiny. You're going up against massive entities": BioWare veteran says indie devs who can't outspend AAA push "a lot of innovation"
- Peak lead knows you're a friendslop "hater," but remember "these games aren't trying to be Game of the Year": "These are games that emphasize teamwork"
- Pikmin 3 Deluxe has been rated for Switch 2, suggesting an update is on the way for the 12-year-old Wii U game before Pikmin 4 gets one
- Metaphor: ReFantazio devs don't want to "quickly put out" a sequel in response to the JRPG's success: "We want to really give it some thought"
- Bethesda's Todd Howard says "we are doing other things with Fallout that we haven’t announced, and there’ll come a time for that"
- We'll probably never see a Grand Theft Auto set in a futuristic city like GTA 2 because the team "hated it": "People didn’t connect with the game or its city"
- Dragon Age and Anthem veteran argues risk-averse AAA games have become "too homogenous" and "soulless," which might lead fans to accept generative AI
- After Silent Hill 2 remake and Silent Hill f got the series "back on track," Konami aims to release "about one title per year" in the horror franchise
- This magnetic gaming keyboard just stole the throne from SteelSeries in the final days of 2025
- The official Tolkien calendar for 2026 focuses on the three "Great Tales" of Middle-earth, and it's the perfect timepiece for LOTR fans
- December 28
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- As the wait for Persona 6 continues, developers tease "opportunities in 2026 to talk about future developments" for the JRPG's 30th anniversary
- Witchfire CEO says Divinity devs are "definitely not evil" for exploring AI, but the backlash stems from people wanting "to have contact with other humans through art"
- Calling games Soulslikes has "kept a lot of devs stuck in a loop of recreating Dark Souls," which is already "the best Dark Souls game," Aggro Crab lead says
- "If Mario starts appearing on PlayStation, that's the apocalypse": Former Sony exec Shawn Layden thinks exclusives still have "huge value"
- I treated myself to the Red Dead Redemption mobile port, but there's one thing I should've picked up too
- December 27
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- These party board games are essential for any New Year's Eve get-together
- Peak is "not going to be a forever game," but the viral co-op climbing game's devs don't want to "leave anything on the table" either
- Persona 5 director hasn't been "super involved" in the JRPG series since P5, but "we're not completely separated from a creative standpoint, so rest assured"
- Helldivers 2 CCO would rather add "sequel-level features," like 8-player missions and bigger open-world maps, than outright make Helldivers 3
- For Nier Automata's 9th anniversary, series producer teases "just a little something" but tells fans not to get too excited
- A Daredevil: Born Again cast member may have just spoiled the return of an MCU hero
- The Duffer Brothers break down Mike's reaction to that Stranger Things coming out scene
- James Cameron promises a press conference for Avatar 4 and 5 if the films don't happen
- The Stranger Things creators clear up what just happened with Nancy and Jonathan
- December 26
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- Where is the Mind Flayer? What is Vecna really planning with the Abyss, and 6 other questions I need answered in the Stranger Things season 5 finale
- After almost 10 years, Stranger Things season 5 reveals what the Upside Down actually is – and confirms the stage show kind of gave the game away in 2023
- Will's big Stranger Things season 5 scene took the longest of any on the show to write, say the Duffer Brothers: "We're nervous about how it's going to go over"
- Having previously teased major character deaths, the Duffer Brothers double-down on the fact that the Stranger Things season 5 finale won't deliver Game of Thrones-level carnage: "We're not trying to upset anyone"
- December 25
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- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (December 26-28)
- Taron Egerton plays a serial killer hunting Charlize Theron in the first trailer for Netflix's upcoming thriller Apex
- I'm going offline and back to my '90s retro gaming roots this Christmas, but I'll still be embracing modern luxuries
- I 3D printed my family a board game for Christmas, here's how it went
- December 24
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- Anime RPG with 50 million downloads is about to turn into horny Star Wars, so hold onto your Chewbacca: "I'm ready"
- Danganronpa creator is excited for you to play his next game "that is not a remake of Danganronpa 2" – though "it brings back memories"
- Starfield was a "bat**** crazy idea" for a studio that's "never made a space sim," Bethesda lead admits, but "an ambitious project is what we aim for"
- Bethesda didn't think Fallout 4 having voiced protagonists in the RPG would be so controversial – "we were keeping up with the industry"
- Calling Steam games like Peak and REPO friendslop "devalues" the skill of the developer, industry investor says, so "let's collectively kill" the term before it's too late
- Divinity trailer is not that shocking, Larian boss Swen Vincke says, because it's "not that different from what you see on HBO or on Netflix"
- Famitsu asks 191 Japanese developers and celebrities their Game of the Year, and lo and behold, J'RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins out
- OG Mass Effect Shephard actors would be there "with bells on" if BioWare brought them back for Mass Effect 5
- Bethesda design director wants a Fallout 5 you could play for up to 600 hours because "that's the kind of games we make"
- GTA Vice City was briefly playable in your web browser, until Rockstar owner Take-Two reportedly struck it down
- Arc Raiders players are losing firefights due to a rather unhelpful glitch that prevents them from taking out their weapon: "Thought I was losing it for real"
- Still no JRPG remake, but the Final Fantasy 9 animated series is reportedly back from the dead and targeting a 2028 release
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director admits Sandfall "tried" AI during the J'RPG's development, but "didn't like it" and "everything in the game is human made"
- Cyberpunk 2077's massive 75% discount on Switch 2 was meant for The Witcher 3, CD Projekt confirms, but you get to keep the RPG if you managed to pick it up
- Pluribus star Rhea Seehorn thinks Apple's sci-fi mystery has become so popular because it challenges its audience: "You're not being spoon-fed"
- Even Rhea Seehorn doesn't know what Carol's bombshell Pluribus finale moment means: "She's just so impulsive"
- Pluribus actors know nothing about season 2 – and they wouldn't have it any other way: "Vince Gilligan keeps everything to himself"
- Bethesda lead says in the "time between Fallout 4 and Starfield," the "one thing" the studio has learned is that "there is no one definition of an RPG"
- Bloober Team CEO says the studio's mystery Nintendo-exclusive horror game is Resident Evil and Silent Hill-inspired, but adds a never-before-seen "bold twist" "that could only exist on Nintendo hardware"
- December 23
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- Beloved Metroidvania Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is free until tomorrow
- GTA Tokyo "almost actually happened" until the idea fizzled out: "It doesn't make sense to set it in some left-field location for novelty"
- "Hardware prices will not fall": Industry analysts are "extremely concerned about" console prices, wouldn't be shocked if the Nintendo Switch 2 costs more in 2026
- 007: First Light delayed 2 months for additional polish, IO says it's the studio's "most ambitious project to date"
- "Don't be lazy f**ko's": Retro games legend reacts to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 AI controversy, reminding devs to "pay for your stuff"
- GTA 6 likely won't cost $100, former Rockstar technical director says, and it's all thanks to GTA Online: "This is just something that the internet has decided"
- Roguelike legend says you may just see "a turn-based game with cats f****ing" in new strategy game Mewgenics, but it’s actually "very D&D"
- Hideo Kojima calls Death Stranding 2 his "masterpiece," but that's only because his "latest work" is always his best
- GameStop is back with its ridiculous $6 amiibo deals, and I want the lot
- Banjo-Kazooie creator reveals that the mythical "Stop 'N' Swop" feature was originally bigger than we ever knew, with Donkey Kong 64 being a planned part of the process
- The first Avengers: Doomsday trailer is now officially online, as the Russo Brothers explain why they brought Cap back: "It was always going to come back to this"
- We're getting Divinity over more Baldur's Gate 3 because Larian devs weren't enjoying "doing the D&D thing"
- Fallout 4's interweaving quests were a massive departure from Oblivion and Skyrim, but it makes the RPG "the most replayable of all the Fallout games"
- Viking Rise unveils exciting collaboration event with How to Train Your Dragon
- This is the best Lego gift you can give yourself for Christmas, and it's totally free
- After pushing for Arc Raiders to win GOTY over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, former FPS pro Shroud admits the J'RPG is actually pretty good after finally playing it
- EA shareholders approve $55 billion buyout that'll reportedly leave the Battlefield 6 and EA Sports FC developer and publisher in $20 billion debt
- Stranger Things season 5 remaining runtimes confirmed, and the final episode is now 3 minutes longer than previously announced
- "Devastating": Industry leaders including EA, Respawn, and Infinity Ward pay tribute to Battlefield lead Vince Zampella, "a titan and legend of this industry"
- December 22
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- Arc Raiders left with a grand question after sacrificing their characters for light Expedition loot: "Was it worth it?"
- Respawn co-founder, Call of Duty creator, and Battlefield series head Vince Zampella dies at 55
- Somehow, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition on Switch 2 has already plummeted 75% just in time for the holidays – you can get CDPR's RPG masterpiece for just $17 right now
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie star Jack Black says fans of the classic Wii game will be "very pleased" with the new movie
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 star is "super excited" about that "delicious" Divinity trailer that saw a man get roasted like a rotisserie chicken, though Larian hasn't invited her back to the franchise "yet"
- Older Divinity games are "a bit outdated," Larian boss Swen Vincke says, so you don't have to play them ahead of Baldur's Gate 3's studio next RPG unless "you really want to know everything"
- Rogue One star Mads Mikkelsen says the script for the Star Wars movie was "surprisingly unfinished": "I don't think they ever locked in a draft"
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess fans finally complete years-long mission to fully decompile the GameCube version of the iconic RPG, and we can only guess a PC port isn't far off
- An Avatar video game DLC may have just spoiled Quaritch's fate in Avatar 4
- No, Cyberpunk 2077's elevators aren't just loading screens in disguise, says lead: "The engine is a miracle. I will not accept slander."
- Steam games that openly use generative AI earned $660 million, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Stellaris, and more, as studios continue to rely on the technology
- Legend of Zelda speedrunner embraces pain, completes every 3D Zelda game back-to-back in under 90 hours without sleeping because Tears of the Kingdom released since they last did it
- Ex-Rockstar dev doesn't believe GTA 6 will be delayed again: "The hype around the game will die down"
- Hideo Kojima says KPop Demon Hunters was "so good" and that he "ended up bawling [his] eyes out"
- My Hero Academia is making a surprise return for a 2026 special, along with a global concert tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary
- The Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle is coming to an end, but here's where you can still grab yours
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, and more (December 22–December 28)
- Fallout: New Vegas lead writer says "you can't just make your tyrants cardboard villains," but wonders if Obsidian "done a little too well" there
- The first trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey teases Matt Damon's mythical journey in next summer's biggest movie
- The Switch 2 Donkey Kong and Pauline amiibo is down to a record low price for a limited time
- New Fallout season 2 trailer teases Lucy and her father's dramatic reunion
- Battlefield 6 gets unwanted Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 comparison as AI accusations fly against "hollow and low effort" new artwork
- GameStop confirms that Nintendo has discontinued the Mario Kart World Switch 2 bundle, meaning the racing game will soon be $80 or nothing
- Hideo Kojima delivers gushing verdict on Avatar: Fire and Ash, including how it will impact his future work
- Chainsaw Man officially announces season 2 and how much of the manga it will cover: "The greatest arc in the whole franchise"
- The cheapest Steam Deck is heading into retirement, and I'm already worried about handheld prices in 2026
- Avengers: Doomsday's next teaser will be even longer, and a 'scary' Doctor Doom trailer is also reportedly on the way
- After a "worldwide search," the DCU's Brainiac has been found, and it's taking inspiration from a "creepy, wonderful" take on the Superman villain
- December 21
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- Without Super Mario Bros, Hideo Kojima "probably" wouldn't have become a game dev: "When I saw that… I felt this medium would one day surpass movies"
- Arc Raiders tester found that PvE players get put in friendlier lobbies while PvP ones are sectioned to aggressive matches by using two accounts
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says the secret of the J'RPG's success is to "not care too much about the players" – "if you care about your game, it means you care about the players ultimately"
- Metal Gear Solid 2 is "often mistaken for a story about AI," Hideo Kojima says, but it's actually about "what human life would become" in the digital age
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's controversial GOTY wins at The Indie Game Awards retracted after the RPG's use of generative AI
- Bethesda lead says the biggest difference between a fantasy RPG like Skyrim and a sci-fi RPG like Fallout is how you piece together the story
- December 20
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- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead writer "didn't think of it as writing an RPG" – "I thought of it almost like writing an HBO drama"
- Bethesda was scared of making Fallout 3, but by Fallout 4 it had chilled out: "we don't have to be so reverential now"
- "Last year we were the 'Manor Lords publisher', this year I think we're something more": Heroes of Might and Magic company sold over 4.5 million copies two years in a row
- Arc Raiders legend dedicated to collecting rubber ducks has now amassed an army of 4,200 of them with no end in sight
- Death Stranding's Hideo Kojima wants to "pioneer a new genre," not "focus much on existing ones," but he'd still like to make a Western or space game
- Dispatch cut a KPop Demon Hunters-style character who "looked like a Saja Boy undercover," devs say: "We should do that for Season 2. If there is a Season 2."
- Steam will always dominate over the Epic Games Store because people don't want to "cheat on [their] home library with some other shop," says Witchfire lead
- The Switch 2 could be getting two smaller game cartridges as publisher reveals and then backtracks the existence of a cheaper path to physical launches
- December 19
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- First Stranger Things season 5 volume 2 clip features a new plan to take down Vecna – that involves a certain "wizard" and his newfound powers
- 3 weeks after a game-changing Super Mario 64 speedrunning hack was discovered, streamer sets new world record for beating the game with just one star on a drum kit
- Silent Hill f writer says he's "forever scared of" women, and that's why the game takes them seriously: "Working on themes based around women is, to me, the greatest act of respect"
- "Now it's just toxic": Helldivers 2 lead says meta weapons can ruin the game, especially since "you will get tired of" having a "bigger power fantasy than everyone else"
- Todd Howard says Elder Scrolls 6 "most definitely" has more trees than Skyrim, and now I'm pinning Valenwood to the location conspiracy board
- James Cameron says Matt Damon didn't actually lose millions from turning down Avatar: "That never happened… it was simply an availability issue"
- Total War: Medieval 3 lead is "pretty sure" we'll get the strategy game before Elder Scrolls 6, but hopes Bethesda will prove him wrong: "I need it"
- "We love making games more than we love managing": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "it's good to have limitations," so the RPG studio won't "scale up" for any future projects
- Yakuza lead is proud "people can finally say they enjoy the Like a Dragon series more openly" as some devs "kept their involvement a secret from their parents or girlfriends"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says the award-sweeping hit is "very different from traditional JRPGs": "Currently, in France there's a movement to make FRPGs"
- Anime's answer to Spotify Wrapped is here thanks to Crunchyroll – and it comes with a "spirit companion" too
- Ex-Bethesda lead reveals handwritten origins of Fallout's strange text and iconic "F*** You": "I was honestly expecting them to tell me to delete it"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 producer wanted a return to Morrowind and Oblivion-style RPGs where devs could "take greater creative risks" with "games that were not so forgiving"
- Baldur's Gate 3 director hates Divinity: Original Sin 2's squirrel so much he tried to delete him from the new versions, but the character "just wouldn't die"
- Even Divinity devs got carried away by your Game Awards sculpture theories: "I saw people speculate that it was Bloodborne 2. And I was like "Oh I hope it is!'"
- The word "arsehole" got a bestselling Switch shopkeeping sim removed from the eshop: "A single word in more than 100,000 words of localization was caught and scrutinized without a chance for us to fix it"
- Legend of Zelda lead Eiji Aonuma wanted to launch the first Zelda game on the Switch 2, but working with Koei Tecmo on Age of Imprisonment at least offered "some inspiration"
- Amid Divinity's controversy, The Last of Us co-creator doubles down that "we don't need AI" and promises to avoid it while making his newest game
- Larian lead says RAM shortage is affecting Divinity's development, calling for "a lot of optimization work in early access that we didn't necessarily want to do"
- Best Buy's last minute PS5 game deals are so good, I need to rethink my holiday gaming plans
- Lords of the Fallen 2 boss says Epic Games Store exclusivity doesn't matter because the "majority of PC players who want a specific game will buy it" anyway
- Tomb Raider: Catalyst actor "really frightened about losing Lara" after being "completely blindsided" by Microsoft's decision to abruptly scrap Perfect Dark reboot
- Dune: Part Three is about how Paul Atreides has "been impacted by years of leadership" as Timothée Chalamet discusses director Denis Villeneuve's "inspiring" approach to the sci-fi sequel
- A JRPG series that's been running for 21 years is going back to remakes because "the player base was shrinking," Trails producer says, and devs "needed a breather"
- Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima thinks "we can't go back" to a world without AI: "Smartphones were the same"
- After more than 10 years, this beloved fantasy anime show has finally announced a season 2 and fans can't believe it: "Best Christmas news ever"
- Avatar 4 is getting a new narrator, and the actor was told about it "12 years ago"
- A Nintendo Wii-like console that's giving the PS5 and Xbox Series X a run for their money wants to succeed where the Mario maker failed: "We are standing on a giant’s shoulder"
- Arc Raiders producer says "the work is just beginning" on the extraction shooter, reveals Christmas gift of 1,000 tokens to all players: "We're here for the long-term"
- Former Destiny artist and Marathon art director leaves Bungie following fallout from its now-resolved controversy
- The Lenovo Legion Go 2 will allegedly turn into a big Steam Deck at CES, but I'm hoping it'll also be cheaper
- Hideo Kojima says watch the OD teaser trailer "100 times" and you'll get a "big hint" about what his new horror game actually is: "I can't say anything else"
- Deltarune Chapter 5 is still "several months" away, admits Undertale mastermind Toby Fox – but "progress is going excellently"
- Kingpin actor says Daredevil: Born Again season 2 is "looking real good" as he shares a dark new image of the villain
- Avengers: Doomsday trailer is now in cinemas, and it confirms Marvel's worst-kept secret
- Even though Overwatch 2 canceled its story mode, Blizzard teases "to lean further into storytelling and character development" for the FPS' 10th anniversary
- Avatar: Fire and Ash frame rate explained – why do some scenes look so smooth?
- What is the yellow liquid in Avatar: Fire and Ash? Amrita explained
- Pluribus is moving its finale release date, presumably to avoid clashing with Christmas and Stranger Things
- Toruk Makto explained – what does Jake Sully's mythical title mean in Avatar, and why is it important to Avatar: Fire and Ash?
- Sigourney Weaver "wasn't thinking about" the Aliens Power Loader scene during her Avatar: Fire and Ash showdown with Varang, but she can see the parallel
- Pluribus star Rhea Seehorn explains why Carol's big love scene is "much larger" than sexual tension: "That's one of the most complex moments we filmed"
- Who are the Ash people in Avatar: Fire and Ash? Varang's clan, explained
- Legendary D&D designer tells Baldur's Gate 3 dev's AI critics to "maybe lighten up on the creatives who work their a*ses off day in and day out"
- League of Legends is getting a new client, "entirely new visuals," and "a bit of new gameplay" in a massive 2027 update reportedly codenamed League Next
- December 18
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- Naughty Dog devs reportedly in mandatory overtime to complete Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet internal demo by December
- Ark 2 planned for 2028 release, with 2027 Ark: Survival Ascended expansion introducing and testing out "a lot" of the sequel's mechanics and features
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says the J'RPG has "very Japanese" gameplay, which makes it possible to play "without taking a single hit": "Even if I'm told it's impossible, I want to keep trying"
- Baldur's Gate 3 director says "a lot has become lost in translation" since Divinity's announcement and the AI blowback that followed: "It would be irresponsible for us not to evaluate new technologies"
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (December 19-21)
- Bethesda is teasing Starfield "2.0" behind closed doors, influencers claim – but don't expect a Cyberpunk 2077-scale overhaul
- Ludicrous Fallout: New Vegas meme becomes a reality thanks to Fallout season 2 advertising on the Las Vegas sphere: "They made my f*****g meme real holy s**t"
- The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 boss is skeptical AI can replace "industry talent" and can’t imagine "reducing headcount thanks to" the tech: "It’s not gonna be making The Witcher 5"
- Nintendo finally wins Wii Remote legal battle after 15 years, potentially earning $8 million in "remarkable" court ruling manufacturer has already appealed – so please hold for another 15 years
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update nerfs the "hardest boss" of Verso's Drafts - a little red lifebuoy that made a diving minigame impossibly difficult
- Unexpected PS5 and Xbox Series X rival is only $250 because “we are not going to compete with high-end graphics” – and being “roughly similar to PS3" has made it a best-seller
- I can't stop thinking about Hori's Gengar and Mimikyu Switch 2 accessories
- BioWare legend James Ohlen steps aside at studio headed up by Mass Effect veterans after reportedly deciding his work on sci-fi RPG Exodus "was complete"
- Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 is "not going to please everyone," but it's only the start of many changes for the survival MMO – including melee tweaks, an endgame PvE overhaul, and private servers
- Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid mastermind Hideo Kojima wants to make "a game that delights an AI" and "a game played in weightlessness"
- Embark lowers Arc Raiders blueprint drop rate after setting it too high in the Cold Snap update and making it too easy to grind legendary weapons: "We knew it was too good to be true"
- Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding 2 is easier than the original because of two "major drop-off points" that stopped fans reaching the end
- Amid the RAMocalypse, people are turning old AMD crypto mining "PS5" boards into Max Max Steam Machines, and I'm tempted to join them
- Fallout season 2's best theory so far says New Vegas' Mr. House isn't who you think he is
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 lead leaps to Baldur's Gate 3 devs' defense: "Larian said they were doing something that absolutely everyone else is doing and got an insanely crazy s***storm"
- "Slavish" Horizon clone removed from Steam and Epic Games Store as Tencent and Sony reach out-of-court agreement over survival game Light of Motiram
- The first official Avengers: Doomsday teaser is here, and the 12-month countdown is on
- When is Avatar: Fire and Ash on streaming? Speculation on the Disney Plus release date
- After Silent Hill f ditched Maine for Japan, Konami says it's considering taking the series to other regions like Russia, Italy, or South Korea: "We believe we could perhaps take similar approaches with other cultures"
- Banned Steam game Horses sells 18,000 units in 2 weeks and earns $65,000 – enough to break even but not enough to keep its studio from disbanding: "Fragmentation is a lasting consequence"
- December 17
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- Phantom Blade Zero lead says the advice he's taking from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads is to "cut things" from the kung fu action RPG and "polish the rest"
- Steam Winter sale 2025 is around the corner with discounts on some of the best indie games ever, plus RPGs, horror, and whatever Elden Ring Nightreign is
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 lead says AI "may mean the demise of humanity" and the "end of most big publishers," but if "AI can help me make an epic game in a year with a smaller team like in the old days, I'm all for it"
- It: Welcome to Derry showrunner says that surprise movie cameo was a "very, very last-minute" decision, and it changes the context of a terrifying Pennywise scene in It: Chapter Two
- New It: Welcome to Derry behind-the-scenes clip proves Bill Skarsgård is terrifying as Pennywise with or without VFX
- A lot of Silent Hill f's Japan town "did not exist initially," NeoBards director says, but the developer knew it had to "undoubtedly feel like a 'Ryukishi07 work'"
- Fallout 5 will exist in the same universe as the Amazon Prime TV show, says Todd Howard
- Arc Raiders players down each other a "surprisingly low" amount, Embark lead says, who admits the dev team are "way worse people than the community"
- Bethesda's Todd Howard knows Skyrim has released "for the 117th time" thanks to the Switch 2 port, but "there's still a huge audience around that game"
- Game hardware is now $200 more expensive on average than it was in 2019, according to industry analyst: "It could potentially be catastrophic"
- A month after championing Arc Raiders for GOTY over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, former FPS pro Shroud considers quitting the game over cheaters: "I don't care"
- "Show your employees some respect": Former Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity devs claim Larian heads are "lying about people being okay" with using AI
- Ahsoka season 2 is missing from Disney's updated 2026 slate, and fans are worried that it's been pushed back to 2027
- Marathon fans love that the extraction shooter has decaying bodies, but people are split over the invisibility: "Bungie, please reconsider this"
- Bethesda's Todd Howard knows "it's really disappointing" there's no Fallout 5 to release alongside the Amazon show, but "it'll do great" when it finally gets here
- As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's AI use resurfaces amid backlash against Larian, Divinity lead says "we have good QA and leads" to fans questioning if the RPG will accidentally ship with AI assets
- Hayden Christensen would "love to" make a Darth Vader series or movie and would be "there in a heartbeat" if Lucasfilm gave the green light
- Fallout fans think they know how Cooper Howard became a Ghoul thanks to one small detail in season 2's first episode
- The Last of Us director won't use Gen AI even if it produces something "compelling" as "I don’t think prompting is art"
- Attention Nintendo fans, time is running out to buy these Switch game deals at Best Buy
- It: Welcome to Derry's Taylour Paige shares her disappointment over Charlotte Hanlon's surprising decision in the season 1 finale: "I don't buy it"
- Google now lets you customize your search results, so here's how to make GamesRadar+ your preferred source for gaming news
- Splitgate devs give up on Splitgate 2 and combine the FPS games, just like everyone wanted in the first place, for Arena Reloaded
- Stardew Valley 1.7 update sounds like it'll be as big as the farming sim's last, with ConcernedApe hinting at social features, a new farm type, and "lots more"
- Sorry Nintendo, Hori's new Mario Kart World wheels are what the Switch 2 truly deserves
- Todd Howard says Bethesda is already considering "what elements can we bring into our games" from Fallout season 3
- Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe will "announce something very soon" on the farming sim's Switch 2 edition: "Sorry about the long wait"
- Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity director says he's not "pushing hard" for AI, the studio is actively hiring artists, and "I don't actually think it accelerates things"
- Despite previously having a solo spin-off in the works, Kit Harrington says he doesn't "wanna go anywhere near" voicing Jon Snow in a Game of Thrones audiobook: "I spent 10 years doing that"
- It: Welcome to Derry creator says the finale's fog is "unrelated" to Stephen King's The Mist before immediately explaining how they are, in fact, related
- Stephen Lang says his Avatar: Fire and Ash character Quaritch fits with the Ash People because "he's in familiar territory" with the war-hungry Na'vi
- Delaying GTA 6 is the "smartest thing" Rockstar could do, Elder Scrolls 6 lead says, because fans wouldn't want something that "doesn't meet their expectations"
- Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity publishing lead says "I'm not entirely sure we are the ideal target for the level of scorn" as backlash hits Larian over AI stance: "We don't use AI for art"
- Palworld's Home Sweet Home update "won't be as content-heavy as you might like," lead warns, but it will help make the survival game's 1.0 launch "the best ever"
- Amazon's fake Fallout chat show is a secret Prime Video bonus that's way better than we were expecting
- Peak devs have been "running on pure adrenaline" since the co-op game went viral, so "the frequency of patches and updates will be slower" in 2026
- Fallout season 2's Vault 24 is a deep-cut location that was removed from the finished version of Fallout: New Vegas
- Co-founder of Ghost of Yotei studio Sucker Punch steps down as studio head to usher in the "next chapter of creative leadership"
- Peak's winter update has festive decorations, frosty biomes, and snowballs you can ragebait friends with: "Peak holiday vibes"
- M3GAN spin-off movie SOULM8TE has been dropped by Universal following a string of 2025 Blumhouse horror blunders
- Marvel leaks continue as Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer somehow ends up online
- 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
- 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"
- Baldur's Gate 3 director hits back at Divinity AI controversy, says the tech "invokes a lot of emotion" but insists the RPG studio is just "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
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- "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)
- 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
- 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
- Weapons creator is teaming up with Netflix for adaptation of grisly true crime novel Torso
- Hollow Knight: Silksong - Sea of Sorrow is the sequel's first expansion, and the original Metroidvania is coming to Switch 2
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tomb Raider: Catalyst is Crystal Dynamics' "largest" Lara Croft game yet, and there's "no homework" required to jump in
- 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
- 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
- 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"
- 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
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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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- 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"
- 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
- "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"
- 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
- 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
- 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"
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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?"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- Amid The Game Awards hubbub, Xbox quietly announces a January Developer Direct featuring the Fable and Forza Horizon 6 studio
- 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"
- Fallout season 2 release schedule: when is episode 6 on Prime Video?
- 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"
- 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
- 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
- Superman confirmed to appear in Supergirl as Milly Alcock reveals her first day on set was opposite David Corenswet
- 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"
- 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"
- 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
- 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
- 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!"
- 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"
- "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"
- 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
- Vault Boy has seen some things, and it shows on this new Xbox Design Lab controller
- Hey mom and dad, those PS5 and Xbox handhelds your kids want for Christmas aren't what you think
- 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"
- 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"
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 Avengers: Doomsday trailer rumored to drop this week is 1 minute and 25 seconds long, according to the Korean ratings board
- 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"
- 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"
- One grisly It: Welcome to Derry episode 7 moment is a direct reference to a catastrophe that will be covered in season 3
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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"
- 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"
- 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
- 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"
- 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)
- 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
- 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"
- 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?
- 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"
- 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"
- 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
- 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 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
- 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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- 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
- 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"
- 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
- 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"
- 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"
- 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
- 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"
- 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
- 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"
- 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"
- 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
- James Cameron says Avatar: Fire and Ash is a movie "grief," "loss," and "trauma," and how you "break the cycle of violence"
- 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"
- 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 grabbing this adorable Ditto plush bonus
- 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
- 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"
- 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)
- 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"
- 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"
- 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
- 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"
- 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
- 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
- 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"
- The CRKD Atom controller is my top pick for the best under $20 gaming gift for the holidays
- 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
- 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"
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted returns this week – here's how and when to watch it
- 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
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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
- 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)
- 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"
- PS5 architect Mark Cerny had a "transformative" experience playing Pikmin on the Nintendo GameCube: "I'm a sucker when it comes to story"
- 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
- December 1
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- "Unforgivable" Stranger Things season 5 NES blooper has retro game fans fuming, albeit mostly jokingly
- 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"
- 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'"
- 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
- "'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"
- Want the perfect intro to Warhammer 40K, or a great gift for fans? Try these books
- 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"
- New open-world MMO Where Winds Meet hits 9 million players in 2 weeks, with Steam reviews soaring at a "Very Positive" rating
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- A Stranger Things fan has assembled all the trailer footage that didn't appear in Volume 1, and it's full of epic moments
- 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
- 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"
- 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
