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- March 10
- March 9
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- "The fundamentals of FPS should drive our decision": Battlefield 6 designers say developers have a "responsibility" to make games intuitive
- "The first track spoils the whole game": Clair Obscur Expedition 33 devs confirm they were filling your ears with spoilers the entire time
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie reveals Donald Glover as the voice of Yoshi and more new casting in a star-spanning trailer that sends the entire Mushroom Kingdom to another planet
- Reacher star Alan Ritchson says season 4 is coming this year: "It's by far the best season we've had yet"
- Clair Obscur Expedition 33 took inspiration from a surprising anime - Soul Eater creator's Fire Force: "Because it was a JRPG, we tried to find a mix"
- "The God of War sex mini-games were designed by women," former Sony Santa Monica writer says, which is why Aphrodite's bed looks "like a labia"
- Resident Evil Requiem leads let actors re-do "technically" perfect scenes if it made them happy, says Grace actor: "'If you didn't feel it, we need to do it again'"
- If Sony thinks "dynamic" pricing won't prompt me to shun new-gen consoles and go back to the PS1, it should think again
- Spider-Noir showrunner says the goal is "to make a version of Spider-Man that no one had seen before," clarifying it's the "same character, different universe" from the Spider-Verse variant
- Helldivers 2 support agent says "there's no balance team" at Arrowhead because "it's all a team effort": "No dev gets to just change whatever they want without oversight"
- Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami has been working on a new AAA action RPG for at least 1 year after Microsoft closed his last studio, and no one noticed
- Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen have been on Switch for over a week, but many players are still stuck in Oak's Lab trying to get shiny starters: "I'm going to cry"
- James Cameron says Avatar 4 is still "very likely", despite Fire and Ash making almost a billion dollars less than The Way of Water
- "Complicated feelings on our end": Indie devs behind new Peak-like co-op understand you think it's friendslop, but "it's a slight bummer that the other half of the term is the 'slop'"
- "Mark my words. You cannot win without 4 players," Ghost of Yotei multiplayer lead warns of Legends' "hardcore content," all but guaranteeing a flood of players trying to prove Sucker Punch wrong
- Dragon Age 2 was originally planned to be "much bigger" before EA made other demands, former series lead says, even though BioWare "did not know how to make a small game"
- Arnold Schwarzenegger says he'll be in Dan Trachtenberg's next Predator movie, and Mission: Impossible director is making a Conan the Barbarian sequel
- I'm still using the Hatsune Miku Asus TUF collection this Miku Day, and that's never going to change
- Battlefield 6 devs reportedly hit with layoffs after what EA called "the biggest launch in franchise history" and an estimated 20 million units sold
- Pokemon and Palworld clones are officially out of hand, as fans react to "lawsuitmaxxing" new game Pickmon and its "straight up rip-offs" of iconic 'mons like Charizard
- After years of torturing myself over NES color accuracy, it turns out there is no consensus for how the retro console should look
- Kinda sounds like Elijah Wood WILL be in Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, as he admits he "wouldn't want anybody else to play Frodo"
- Resident Evil Requiem Grace actor says Capcom wanted more "cinematic performances" to keep pace with the devs "leveling up" the technical side of the horror game
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and more (March 9–March 15)
- Bungie doesn't want Marathon to repeat Destiny 2's vaulting controversy: "It doesn't matter when you join, you'll still be able to play through the established questlines"
- "Slay the Spire 2 has taken over his life": Palworld CEO gets a telling off from staff after staying up "all night" to play the long-awaited follow-up to Mega Crit's influential deckbuilding roguelike
- The next generation of GamesRadar+ is here
- Star Wars fans are debating an iconic Revenge of the Sith scene that's now one of the saga's biggest 'what if' moments
- Slay the Spire 2 has a "very worrying" OP character, and one player with over 10,000 hours in the original is certain Silent's "numbers need tweaking"
- Fallout 4 was "missing something" at first, but lead dev says Todd Howard helped confirm "there should be this overriding sense of paranoia" so players "don't know who to trust"
- First revealed at CES, Asus's first open-back ROG Cetra earbuds are finally available in the US
- Move over Mario, this Rosalina Switch 2 controller is so stellar that it deserves its own day too
- "Bro am I talentless": Pokemon Pokopia players are already blowing fellow fans' minds with their builds, proving they're just as creative as the Animal Crossing and Minecraft community
- Microsoft CEO says "we'll always" keep investing in gaming amid Xbox's major leadership shakeup and announcement of mysterious Project Helix
- One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda has a "specific arc" he wants the Netflix live-action anime adaptation to reach
- After landing a low Rotten Tomatoes score, The Bride bombs at the box office with $13.6 million opening against a $90 million budget
- Some of GTA 6's big ideas are likely hiding in GTA 5, ex-Rockstar dev predicts – and you only need to look at GTA 4 to see why: "I'd be incredibly surprised if they don't do anything like that"
- Despite Lilo and Stitch's $1 billion box office haul, Disney's live-action remake of beloved classic Robin Hood has been scrapped: "It's dead sadly"
- Nintendo doesn't want Switch 2 eShop to "become a giant slop fest," New Blood CEO claims, so "they're still pretty choosy about who gets to launch their games"
- Valve keeps doubling down on a Steam Machine 2026 release date, and I honestly respect that
- Despite some curious gurgles in The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer, Kathleen Kennedy insists Baby Yoda won't speak in the new Star Wars movie
- Resident Evil Requiem Leon x Ada shippers in shambles as director says he's been "called out for screenshots of edited messages," days after fans took them as confirmation of their marriage
- New Pixar movie Hoppers debuts to a record-breaking $88 million at the box office, the best opening weekend for an original animated movie since Coco
- Kathleen Kennedy says Dave Filoni taking over as Lucasfilm co-president has "been a 10-year mentoring process"
- March 8
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- Shigeru Miyamoto believed games chasing realism "were pretty much failures" 40 years ago, which is why Tom and Jerry's cartoon reality was "vital fuel" for Nintendo's early games
- Slay the Spire 2 dev "totally blown away" as the roguelike enters Steam's top 20 most-played games ever with over 573,000 concurrent players: "We'll getcha one day Silksong"
- Marvel Rivals implements a "Victim Compensation Protocol" for players affected by "malicious match-losing" and people getting paid to throw
- Old-school The Legend of Zelda-inspired game mimics the GameBoy to GameBoy Color transition, goes from retro handheld to PC and Switch
- Slay the Spire 2 devs are "microtransaction haters," even if some fans "threaten to buy all and any cosmetics we may ever release"
- March 7
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- Dark Souls and Elden Ring studio FromSoftware was "worried" how its OG RPG King's Field would be received, but the studio wasn't going to be "constrained by existing games"
- These Super Mario Nendoroid figures deserve a comeback, but I'll settle for the SH Figuarts re-release
- Putting FromSoftware challenge sickos to shame, one fan smashes Final Fantasy 9's infamous skip rope challenge entirely blindfolded
- "The CRPG I didn't know I needed": Ridiculously pretty Baldur's Gate-like with a beat 'em up twist and 91% positive Steam reviews finally hits 1.0
- Marvel Rivals publisher reportedly cuts funding for Yakuza co-creator's new studio just three months after revealing its first game
- Slay the Spire 2's Steam domination was always written in the stars, according to Palworld dev who is "genuinely surprised by how many people" are blindsided
- Resident Evil Requiem's Grace actor says Leon's performer is such an RE sicko that everyone brought their A-game in the studio: "If there are millions of Nicks out there who adore this franchise ... we cannot let them down"
- 3 new to Netflix movies I recommend you watch this weekend (March 7–March 8)
- March 6
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- After a plane and a train, the showrunner of Apple's Hijack jokes season 3 could be set "on a boat", "on an e-bike", "in the back of a limo," or even "a submarine"
- War Machine star Alan Ritchson says the film's most dangerous stunt was "pretty terrifying," as he ziplined over rapids without a blue screen: "There's just no way to fake that"
- "Slay the Spire but better": roguelike Slay the Spire 2 continues Steam domination with over 6,000 Overwhelmingly Positive reviews as early access players decree "10/10 best game"
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake director reveals new part 3 details: Rocket Town is back, Wutai is "one of the main locations," and the Highwind airship is "a very large part" of the JRPG finale
- Rotta the Hutt becomes Rotta the cut in our best look yet at Jeremy Allen White's surprisingly jacked Mandalorian and Grogu villain
- Overwatch's 69.1% ban rate for Jetpack Cat will surprise "absolutely no one," Blizzard admits, but the devs have a "bonus hint" for everyone banning Domina: get good
- Nintendo sues US government over "illegally collected" tariffs that delayed Switch 2 pre-orders, demands refund "with interest"
- New Bandai Namco Sword Art Online action RPG is "not a Soulslike," dev says, but it's still "very easy to die" which is bad news if you're playing on the mode that deletes your save when you die
- 3 new to Prime Video shows I recommend you binge-watch this weekend (March 7-March 8)
- Pedro Pascal says it makes "perfect sense" for Din Djarin to remove his helmet in The Mandalorian and Grogu
- Marathon's battle pass slammed as the "worst value for your money" as limits on cosmetics remind players of Bungie's past failings: "Welcome back launch Destiny 2 shaders"
- WWE 2K26 replaces traditional DLC with battle passes, and fans are already worn out with the grind: "I paid $150 for extra content and they want me to burn myself out just to use it?"
- I review board games for a living and think Sky Team is an essential purchase for two-player game night
- Corsair's on a roll, this Stream Deck-toting deck is now officially the best full-sized gaming keyboard I've tested so far
- The next-gen Xbox is basically being pitched as a Steam Machine rival, but I need Project Helix to embrace its console roots if it's chasing PC games
- "What the f*** are these prices?": World of Warcraft fans question Blizzard's $7.50 trees, prompting swift discounts – but some say the MMO's new housing decor is "still comically overpriced"
- "Fans should brace for an expensive machine": Xbox Project Helix might arrive in 2028, analyst suggests – and it "could be priced at $900" at minimum
- New Super Mario Galaxy Movie poster unveils first look at Super Mario Bros. 2 villain Wart
- Marvel Rivals dev knows players are getting paid to "deliberately sabotage matches" in a "disturbing trend," threatens permanent bans for people "maliciously idling"
- Wikipedia's been turned into a Pokemon TCG-like gacha game where you collect its pages, because the random article button wasn't distracting enough already
- After fake Mandalorian and Grogu image of Rotta the Hutt brandishing knives took off online, ILM animator debunks the picture: "It's BS"
- Creators of Dark, one of Netflix's best shows, are reuniting for a new "cruel reality" thriller that sounds like a mix of Black Mirror and True Detective
- Not content with stopping the avalanche of Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata, Onimusha, and Monster Hunter Stories 3, Capcom teases even more unannounced games before April 2027
- 5 years after it was revealed, KOTOR remake is "still in development," Saber boss confirms, as we await any morsel of info on the reimagined BioWare Star Wars RPG
- Smiling Friends, Monty Python, and a whole lot of milk all helped shape the comedy stylings of this upcoming RPG parody
- Pokopia players can't fathom just how big the Pokemon spin-off is so far: "More feature rich and wider in scope than Animal Crossing has ever been"
- "2 cakes!": Arc Raiders players lay down their weapons and show support for Marathon, saying they "want this competition" and "2 beautiful games can coexist without all this hate"
- After 30 years, Pokemon Pokopia finally answers an important question for "the hardcore lore freaks" – whatever happened to that one NPC builder in Vermillion City?
- The Peaky Blinders spin-off show has officially started filming, with leaked set pictures ushering the franchise into a new era
- The Wild Robot is officially getting a sequel, with the director of Netflix's Nimona at the helm
- Resident Evil Requiem Leon actor says the new horror game "could have been just a solo Grace" outing, but the dual protagonists make it feel "like 2 different games"
- Netflix's new Peaky Blinders movie debuts to rave reviews and a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score
- Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle is back in theaters – and we're still no closer to finding out when it'll drop on Crunchyroll
- Former Ubisoft vet says the Assassin's Creed developer is "hated" by the public and "many of their own" devs, but it's "far from impossible" for it to make great games after restructure
- Twisters star joins movie adaptation of bestselling novel about two game devs founding their own studio
- Slay the Spire 2 surpasses Elden Ring Nightreign as Steam's biggest roguelike, as early access sequel sees launch players rise 162,000% over the original game
- Mike Flanagan's Exorcist movie adds 11 familiar faces from the Flana-verse
- "This seems a bit meaner than it was intended": Slay the Spire 2 lead backtracks on Marathon "small indie passion projects" joke as the roguelike unexpectedly dominates Steam
- New Daredevil: Born Again season 2 TV spot is packed full of new footage, including another look at returning villain Bullseye
- Lucasfilm boss Dave Filoni says The Mandalorian and Grogu is "a big celebration" of the duo and "a completely different era of Star Wars" compared to The Force Awakens
- Mario Kart World content update seemingly leaked by Nintendo itself as players reckon a fan-favorite mode is on track to return to the Switch 2 racer
- Project Helix "might be Microsoft's last attempt to make their hardware business work," analyst suggests: "There is nobody in this industry who believes there will be another Xbox if this next machine fails"
- Marathon stays competitive with Arc Raiders, hits Steam with 91% 'Very Positive' reviews as fans let out a sigh of relief: "Bungie cooked"
- Cillian Murphy says Netflix's Peaky Blinders movie is the "natural conclusion" for Tommy Shelby
- Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man star Rebecca Ferguson says the Netflix movie works as a "standalone film" even if you haven't seen the show
- 3 new to Prime Video movies you need to watch this weekend (March 7–March 8)
- March 5
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- Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman is bringing Spider-Man 4 stars Spidey, Hulk, and Punisher together for a story that's "unrestrained by continuity"
- 15 years after Dark Souls, Nioh 3 devs faced the exact same design problem: "That might be one reason some people felt that the game was a little bit easier"
- For the first time in Diablo history, the Butcher will be a playable character in Diablo 4's new Season of Slaughter
- Resident Evil Requiem Leon actor says he's "cautiously optimistic" about upcoming film adaptation from Weapons director Zach Cregger
- Xbox Project Helix announced, "next generation console" will "play your Xbox and PC games," Microsoft says
- Slay the Spire 2 flies past 165,000 concurrent Steam players, instantly nearly tripling the all-time peak for the original roguelike icon and dethroning Marathon as Steam's top-selling game
- As death threats derail Helldivers 2's wholesome D10 challenge, Sony and Arrowhead address “increasing hostility in the community”: “We do not tolerate threats of violence, harassment, or doxxing”
- War Machine director says practical FX was "paramount" to make the sci-fi action movie feel as real as possible: "We set off a bomb in the quarry that was 550 feet high"
- Resident Evil fans would "go ballistic" for a Code Veronica remake, says Leon Kennedy's actor, spitting 100% facts
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (March 6-8)
- 21 years after its unceremonious end, Firefly fans are hoping that teasers for a March announcement mean the show is finally returning
- I've been interviewing devs for 13 years, and it's rare to hear someone say this about their own critically acclaimed RPG weeks after release: "Nioh 3 is a great game but it's not perfect"
- War Machine star Alan Ritchson says Reacher was the most physically demanding role he'd ever played before signing on to the new Netflix sci-fi film: "Every day was a unique challenge"
- "The more things that can break when you pull the trigger, the better": Helldivers 2 veterans stole Arrowhead's "fantasy approach" to action while making stunning new horror Metroidvania
- The Last of Us is amazing, but "I wouldn't want to play another game set in small town USA," says indie dev behind unique Polish survival horror: "It might get a little repetitive"
- "Where does Xbox fit all of a sudden?": Former Microsoft VP says it "maybe" should have taken "full advantage of Minecraft" while it had a chance instead of getting distracted by Bethesda exclusives
- Christian Bale on exploring the more "comedic" sides of Frankenstein's monster in new sci-fi horror The Bride: "He's rotting, he stinks to high heaven, and he can't die"
- World of Warcraft players beg Blizzard to "turn down" the "noisy af" Sunwell after Midnight, but others surrender their ears to the light: "Please turn it up"
- Arc Raiders was recording private Discord DMs in plain text, engineer claims in report on "serious privacy and security violations," which prompted a hasty hotfix from Embark
- The Boys season 5 trailer teases an immortal Homelander, as Billy Butcher plots to use the virus to "kill every f***ing Supe on the planet"
- Shigeru Miyamoto had to "force" in Super Mario Bros 3's iconic Frog Suit because he thought it was fun even though it sucked
- Oblivion multiplayer "coming soon," claim creators of platform that transformed Black Myth: Wukong with the same co-op treatment
- Marathon is already the top-selling new game on Steam, dethroning Resident Evil Requiem
- Season 2 of hit Netflix show with 98% Rotten Tomatoes score unveils its White Lotus-esque first trailer
- Highguard lead says "everyone has their thoughts on why the game failed" and "many are way off," as director admits "when you're out of time and money – you have to release a game with the runway you have"
- Pokemon Winds and Waves hints might have been hiding in Scarlet and Violet all along, fans theorize, and now folks reckon we may have an unsolved mystery on our hands
- Wolfenstein fans better "get psyched," because a tabletop RPG is on the way
- Nearly 20 years later, Nirvanna the Band the Show stars reveal the iconic Wii Shop song only took 5 hours to write, perform, and edit
- Decades before Dark Souls and Elden Ring, FromSoftware's first dark fantasy RPG was built "from a kind of ignorance": "It was the type of challenge a first-time game developer naively takes on"
- Helldivers 2 retires gratuitous 154GB Steam build this month in favor of "slim" PC version after Arrowhead confirms players are still "having a great experience" on "smaller build"
- Dismissing Pokemon comparisons would make us "hypocrites," devs of creature-collecting RPG say after $186,000 Kickstarter, but it's less of a "competitor" and "more like an alternative"
- This 1TB PNY microSD Express Card has solved my Switch 2 storage woes for the better
- The "oldest" Nintendo PlayStation add-on now lives at the National Videogame Museum, and it almost looks like one of my weird SNES accessories
- Move over, Slay the Spire 2 and Mewgenics – the self-proclaimed "best roguelike in 2026" is a stylish dungeon-crawler with 94% "Very Positive" Steam reviews, and it launches into 1.0 in April
- Crimson Desert impresses some RPG fans with its dialogue fast-forward feature, but leaves others questioning "why" it's even a thing: "TikTok has ruined this generation"
- More Kirby Air Riders amiibo are incoming, and I'm still trying to budget for the first ones
- Project Hail Mary director clarifies that "'no green screen' doesn't mean 'no VFX'" and confirms that the sci-fi movie's spaceship was a practical set
- Before Pokemon Winds and Waves, adorable spin-off Pokopia seemingly crushes hopes for a new Type fans have been begging to see for years: "Sound type is DEAD"
- Resident Evil's Leon Kennedy has been "babygirl with the cat ears" for a few years, but he's in his "hot unc" era in Requiem, actor agrees
- Undertone releases another creepy and cryptic teaser, and it looks like there's more to the upcoming horror movie than we thought
- One Piece season 2 release schedule: when are new episodes streaming on Netflix?
- With 1 week to live, Highguard is going out kicking with a final update adding a new character, speedy account progression, and more as devs thank "everyone who has played" the FPS
- Jamie Lee Curtis says The Bear is ending with season 5 but admits she may have "completely blown" an under-wraps announcement
- New horror-romance The Bride earns mixed first reviews, as critics call it everything from "a modern classic" to a "wokified, Jokerfied Folie-a-deux"
- "I don't even want to be here": Resident Evil Requiem's Leon actor was so unnerved performing next to the main villain he would "start giggling"
- Suikoden anime trailer proves it's a pitch-perfect adaptation of the legendary PS1 RPG's sequel, but we're not sure it will fit in all 108 companions
- DC fans aren't impressed with the suit in the new HBO Lanterns trailer: "Guys, I think we may have been too harsh on Ryan Reynolds' Green Lantern suit"
- Despite being 23 years old and having Final Fantasy 14 to contend with, Final Fantasy 11 is locking off one of its biggest servers due to overpopulation
- It's no Steam Machine, but if you've got a grand to splash on a tiny rig, I'd check out this NES-inspired mini PC
- Boba Fett star all but confirms his Star Wars bounty hunter won't show up in The Mandalorian and Grogu: "[I’m] shelved, that’s all, like a jar of peaches"
- We won guys, the pixel Pikachu plush everyone went nuts for is coming to the US and UK
- One Piece fans have kickstarted a mission to retrieve the real-life One Piece – but it will cost $100,000 a day
- Peak devs say "we have no plans to go to mobile" as fans spot another "fake" version, this time on the App Store: "They take FOREVER to get removed"
- GTA 6 devs "must be quaking" over so much fan expectation, Hell Let Loose lead says: "The more excited people get, the more you get worried"
- OG Pokemon devs struggled to fit their iconic RPG onto a Game Boy cartridge: "It was a fight against capacity, a fight against what we could fit onto the cartridge"
- This week's Netflix top 10 shows and 3 you need on your watchlist right now (March 7–8)
- March 4
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- Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto saw games in the '80s becoming like "pornography": "I think the world of 'hidden secrets' in games has almost reached that same grotesque level"
- This $8 indie game blowing up on Steam is like Mario Golf mixed with Super Smash Bros., and it's already sold 500,000 copies with 95% positive reviews: "Less like friendslop and more like friendsoufflé"
- 26 years ago today, the PS2 arrived and changed console gaming forever, and I'm gifting Sony's legendary system modern gadgets for its birthday
- After being unceremoniously pulled from the release schedule, M3GAN spin-off SOULM8TE sparks back to life with an R-rating by the MPAA
- Game Freak can't add hundreds of new Pokemon and more Types every generation or else new games would take too long to make, director says: "If you added like 300 or so new monsters, that'd just be too many"
- "Overwhelming evidence of organized espionage": MindsEye CEO blames flop launch on "corporate sabotage" and commits to "prosecution" amid more layoffs
- New Invincible season 4 trailer teases the debut of ultimate Viltrumite villain Thragg
- Resident Evil Requiem's Leon actor doesn't care about who the hero is married to, would rather see the guy "open an ice cream parlor": "Settle down for once"
- Crimson Desert was announced "too early," devs admit, and now has to prove it's not "too good to be true" without "over-promising"
- Scream 7 takes franchise over $1 billion, joining the likes of The Conjuring, Alien, and Resident Evil
- Ex-Diablo 2 lead designer says his "whole career" has been "chasing Diablo 2," but his team of Blizzard veterans have "a great shot again for a big success" with new ARPG Darkhaven
- The first trailer for DC's Lanterns is here and it has a surprising lack of Green Lantern in it
- Overwatch Season 1 is the "beginning of a comeback," Blizzard says as the hero shooter claws back fans: "You dream of these type of things"
- "Let us cook": Crimson Desert devs aren't "hiding anything," will show console versions of the RPG "ahead of launch," says PR lead
- Castlevania: Belmont's Curse "is not a roguelike or roguelite game" despite the developer's Dead Cells heritage, it's bringing us right back to the classics
- Resident Evil Requiem out of bounds sleuths uncover a horrifying truth about Grace Ashcroft: she uses Reddit
- "EA is basically reheating Bethesda's nachos": The Sims 4 Marketplace sparks angry fan reactions and comparisons to paid Fallout and Skyrim mods
- Marathon is asking a lot of my reflexes, so I'm hunting down the best high refresh rate gaming monitors for the new extraction shooter
- Pokemon Pokopia's Animal Crossing comparisons get even stronger as devs reveal "special limited-time in-game events" starting with a Gen 2 picnic collection
- Assassin's Creed Shadows to enter "final phase of support," Unity gets 60fps patch tomorrow, and PvP multiplayer game Invictus is "progressing steadily"
- Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced finally out in the open as Ubisoft acknowledges its worst-kept secret: "Keep your spyglass on the horizon"
- Assassin’s Creed Hexe will be a "darker" installment "set during a pivotal moment in history," but Ubisoft says it's "taking the time to deliver"
- Yoda would have covered up Jedi deaths in The Acolyte, and its showrunner has brought the Clone Wars receipts to prove it
- The Bride's violence was "pulled back" after test screenings, but director Maggie Gyllenhaal stands by what was kept in: "This isn't the Stormtrooper version of killing people"
- Christian Bale says it's a "bold choice" to remake American Psycho: "Whoever wants to give it a shot, give it a pop!"
- Directive 8020 devs Supermassive Games drops a multiplayer tease ahead of its appearance in the Future Games Show Spring Showcase
- PowerA is rolling out a Mario Kart World Switch 2 controller in time for Mario Day, and I wheely like it
- Games like Highguard are just "gambling by investors" who "know ahead of time a flop is likely," says indie legend: "Sucks for the developers who get caught in the churn"
- Sony reportedly ending PC ports of PlayStation games like Ghost of Yotei, valuing console sales over what one ex Sony boss called "printing money" on PC
- D&D finally gives up and agrees to call 2024 rules 5.5e after insisting it wouldn't
- Seth MacFarlane says an entire new season of The Orville has been written, but Ted could be dead
- "Our vision for what creator audio should be" - Elgato launches Wave Next, a new generation of powerful audio hardware with software that's free for everyone
- It's officially your last chance to pre-order Pokemon Pokopia and get your hands on some free Ditto-themed gifts
- You can ride around on Arc Raiders' new Fireflies, but you probably shouldn't: "Straight to the backrooms"
- Pokemon Pokopia features a riff on Minecraft's iconic Redstone system, and fans are already dreaming up the possibilities: "This is like super advanced"
- Penelope Cruz says it was "a pleasure" to "express a lot of rage" in new horror-romance The Bride: "Through a character like that, you can release so many things"
- If you can stomach second-hand gaming handhelds, I'd look at refurbed Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go to survive RAMageddon
- If you're gripped with Pokemon Pokopia fever, you need to see these delightfully derpy Ditto toys
- Matthew Lillard has addressed his rather confusing Scream 2 cameo, all but confirming that it's not Stu Macher
- Activision shuts down popular Call of Duty leaker, rubs salt in the wound by saying they weren't always right anyway: "Even when leaks are wrong, they still hurt the people building the game and mess with player expectations"
- Resident Evil Requiem has sold over 5 million copies in less than a week, but is still a few million off of slaying Monster Hunter Wilds as the fastest-selling Capcom game
- Adam Driver accidentally "invented this thing that changed animation forever" while playing Kylo Ren: the Adam Driver bar
- Ryan Gosling's upcoming sci-fi film Project Hail Mary is reportedly Amazon's most expensive movie ever
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie runtime has been revealed, and it's almost exactly the same length as a world record 120 star Super Mario 64 speedrun
- Pokemon being "a game for children" is "a misunderstanding," Game Freak veteran once said – and it rings more true than ever as the RPG series turns 30
- A Walking Dead revival series that would reunite Rick, Michonne, Daryl, Carol, and more has been in discussion for a "couple years"
- One Piece fans think they've found the real-life location of the One Piece in under 12 hours, despite Oda burying it 600m underwater
- Highguard boasted numbers "similar to what we saw at launch with Apex," says the doomed shooter's lead – but they didn't hold to create "enough revenue to keep anyone employed"
- "Every AAA single player game since Bioshock is basically the same collection of fetch quests," says ex-Square Enix suit, while Roblox games evolve "as fast as Tiktok trends" and create "overnight millionaires"
- March 3
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- "An aggressive copyright troll" spent years abusing DMCAs to turn a bizarre Japanese PC game into lost media, until "they f***ed with" preservation-focused historians with a legal team
- Yellowjackets enters production on its fourth and final season with a cryptic, cannibalistic teaser that hints at long-awaited answers
- Apple TV cancels Emmy-nominated '60s housewife comedy drama starring Kristen Wiig after 2 seasons
- Fallout New Vegas hopes dead again as potential remake studio says loading screen tease was just "a BTS look at our company meeting": "Pardon us as we retreat back into our vault"
- Helldivers 2 CEO seemingly accepts fans' $1,000 challenge to play on the nastiest difficulty, but it might already be backfiring: "Quite a few rupture strain a**holes"
- Scream 7 writer/director is bringing Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, Dracula, and more Universal monsters to Netflix in a show that's described as an "adult Vampire Diaries"
- Nicolas Cage says he wanted to play his 1930s superhero detective in Spider-Noir like a "spider pretending to be a person"
- Bandai Namco teaser gives JRPG fans real hope for a new Tales game as Elden Ring 2 holdouts put their clown makeup on
- Highguard will "permanently shut down" next week after "one final game update," dev confirms: "We have not been able to build a sustainable player base"
- Ex-Diablo 2 lead character artist says "there's no way you could ever" give the iconic ARPG a new act: "Would it be in a location that Diablo 3 or Diablo 4 has already fleshed out?"
- Life is Strange TV show from Prime Video and Margot Robbie has found its Chloe and Max
- Wonder Man episode 1 is now free on YouTube, so you can see what all the fuss is about
- Resident Evil Requiem inadvertently lets you become the evil resident and use an infected enemy's blindness to your advantage: "Its incredible"
- Replacing actors with AI is "dumb as hell," says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 star Jennifer English, because "humanness" is what makes these RPGs "so beloved"
- Marathon's seasonal updates will make everyone "start fresh" every season, and Bungie promises there'll be new features, events and gear that are "free for all"
- The Sims 4 Marketplace is coming with paid mods – because if there's one thing fans of EA's life sim want after spending over $1,500 on DLC, it's definitely costly custom content
- When is Zootopia 2 on streaming? Disney Plus release date revealed
- Christian Bale promises Heat 2 will be "something great", as he reveals he's come close to sharing the screen with Leonardo DiCaprio before: "Never ended up working together"
- A new Game of Thrones movie from the writer of the best Star Wars show is on the way
- After 16 years, Red Dead Redemption's John Marston actor completes Rockstar's epic Western, breaks down crying during the end credits: "Oh my goodness"
- Canceled Cyberpunk 2077 DLC might have been better than Phantom Liberty, Cyberpunk 2 creative director says: "We try to never tread the same path twice"
- Frozen star denies reports of $60 million paychecks: "That's somebody making a lot of things up"
- Marathon Server Slam stats are in, and players aren't as impressed by the 9,152,844 PvP deaths as they are by the fact that they extracted 384,866 drinkable cheeseburgers
- After 29 years and over 1100 chapters, One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda has finally written down what the One Piece actually is
- As Pokopia ties for the series' best game according to Metacritic, fans are left confused by its competition: "…Pokemon Y was the highest-rated Pokemon game?"
- One of our favorite horror board games is getting a legacy version in 2026, and I can't wait
- "Seriously mind boggling": Resident Evil 4 remake dumps controversial DRM on Steam after 1 month and a ton of performance issues
- Magic The Gathering director Matt Johnson says MTG is "my Star Wars", even though a 2006 tour loss still scars him: "I'm never going to be a pro Magic player"
- D&D is finally paying off a decade-long storyline with its new "Wizard War" books
- Move over Baldur's Gate, Ravenloft: The Horrors Within is bringing back my favorite D&D setting
- Everything revealed for D&D 2026 GAMA show, from Ravenloft return to wizarding war
- Two years later, Shure is relaunching its XLR-USB converter as a fully fledged digital audio interface, and content creators should take note
- Another Final Fantasy 14 news blog shuts down as admin cites "weight of responsibility" following accusations of defamatory content towards the MMO's devs
- The Boys star says he "would love to reprise" the role of Judge Dredd, but is "all good" if he's not a part of it: "I just want to see more"
- Bonkers beaver comedy Hoppers earns Pixar's highest Rotten Tomatoes score in almost 10 years
- The Mummy 4 directors say the panned Tomb of the Dragon Emperor threequel isn't canon to them because Rachel Weisz wasn't in it
- After the Scary Movie 6 trailer ruthlessly parodied Scream 6, the iconic slasher franchise hits back
- Arc Raiders patch nerfs Hurricane Caches so you can't just "walk away from every session" with an armful of blueprints, but "you'll be getting better materials in return"
- The Analogue Pocket and its portable peers are all creeping up in price, and I'm worried that tariffs and RAMageddon are double-teaming the retro handheld scene
- Scream 7 director crushes the fan theory that Stu Macher is still alive and will return as the main antagonist in Scream 8: "That's a big stretch"
- Marathon's self-appointed "fontslop merchant" says "don't think for a second we'll remove the sauce" from the new shooter's controversial UI, even if "there's plenty of work" to do
- New Spider-Noir character art gives us our best look yet at the spin-off's rogues' gallery, from an unlikely source
- "I really wanted to bring that to Fallout 3 as much as I could": Fallout 4, Skyrim, and Starfield lead says Deus Ex was a "huge influence" on him and his RPGs at Bethesda
- Christian Bale "cherry-picked" his version of Frankenstein's monster from the bits Mary Shelley and Boris Karloff "got right" for The Bride: "'Oh, apparently he's got a flat head'? That's wrong"
- Passenger horror movie trailer leaks online, and it looks like the scariest movie of 2026
- After Monster Hunter Wilds' performance struggles, Capcom says it'll apply lessons learned from the action RPG to future games as it aims to "further strengthen our PC development framework"
- God of War game creator doesn't hold back, says Prime Video series first look is "terrible", but he has "no doubt it is going to be a good show"
- KPop Demon Hunters producer reveals what relationships they want to explore in a sequel
- Even Nintendo is thirst-posting about Resident Evil's Leon Kennedy on main: "A strong sense of justice, ruggedly handsome, AND absolutely jacked"
- March 2
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- Sonic 4 director announces start of filming with a behind-the-scenes look at Amy Rose's iconic Piko Piko hammer
- Community movie got "very close" to filming, but one star's schedule caused a delay: "We don't want to do an Arrested Development Netflix season situation"
- 15 years later, infamous Konami producer shocked to discover his 3DS Frogger revival is now a collectible in the high-priced retro market: "Every price for everything gets ruined"
- Marvel supported Wonder Man despite bad test screenings, but it "almost didn’t survive" the big MCU Disney Plus strategy shift: "I just held on and hoped and prayed"
- Resident Evil Requiem's ungodly final puzzle has been solved after stumping players for days, and it all came down to a toilet: "Ridiculously convoluted"
- Microsoft tried to ban the word "Microslop" in its Discord amid criticism of its dive into AI, predictably causing the internet to Microslop even harder
- Resident Evil Requiem seemingly confirms Leon Kennedy is married, and everyone wants to know who's the lucky gal or guy: "We all know it's Chris"
- Path of Exile dev sighs, informs the saddest action RPG player that "the last 6 weeks" of their life were wasted and they never had a chance at the sword they're farming
- Marathon is the third-best-selling game on Steam after its big server slam, only trailing Resident Evil Requiem and Valve's eternal Counter-Strike
- Warzone gets back-to-basics battle royale dubbed "Blackout 2" by Call of Duty fans
- God of War show casts four new Norse gods with important connections to Odin and Thor
- Coyote vs. Acme star felt "white hot anger" at the Looney Tunes live-action movie being shelved: "I don't think we needed this crazy journey"
- No Man's Sky player mods in the third-person camera customization fans have wanted for almost 10 years: "Hello Games should implement this, right now"
- Stellar Blade studio will expand its "self-publishing capabilities" – which could include the sequel to the ridiculously popular action game
- A total lunar eclipse will cause a real blood moon tonight, exactly 9 years after Zelda: Breath of the Wild unleashed blood moons on Hyrule – "Better hurry killing all Lynels"
- Scary Movie 6 may skewer Gen Z and play the hits, but it's not nostalgia bait: "This is for the old heads and the new school"
- HBO Max and Paramount Plus could merge into a single streaming platform, but the two services would "operate with independence," Paramount CEO proposes
- Cities: Skylines gets its first proper expansion in 3 years as its disastrous sequel once again settles for smaller DLC packs
- Marathon server slam leaves fans convinced a multi-colored shellfish is Bungie's next big community puzzle, throwing back to some of Destiny 2's best moments
- "I've waited 15 years for this moment": Minecraft modders behind the sandbox game's most popular unofficial dimension unveil its sequel, flying mounts and all
- Fallout: New Vegas remaster rumors get fresh ammo as Iron Galaxy, Fallout 76 support studio and co-creator of Skyrim Switch port, posts a familiar loading screen
- Resident Evil Requiem actor had to film in almost complete darkness because Capcom wanted to "make the situation" as horrifying as the game
- There's still time to grab the limited edition Marathon PS5 headset, but the controller is a prettier sight to behold
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and more (March 2–March 8)
- Resident Evil Requiem's Leon actor has seen the thirst trap memes and thinks they're "funny as hell," but also completely gets it: "He's a handsome, charming guy"
- Subnautica's rare cozy moments meet my favorite Windows 98 screensaver in this relaxing new life sim, and I just hope my Steam Next Fest demo reef isn't lost to the seas forever
- Pokopia Metacritic score not only makes it 2026's highest-rated game, but the best Pokemon title of all time
- Harrison Ford thanks Star Wars creator George Lucas for giving him "a part in a wildly successful film" during emotional SAG awards speech
- Pico's next VR headset will launch against Valve in 2026, but it doesn't look like the Steam Frame rival I was hoping for
- I'd probably enjoy the Game Boy Jukebox more if Nintendo released a proper retro handheld remake first
- Smart Play might be the most talked-about new Lego sets in March 2026, but I think this Zelda set has them beat
- "Hopefully Blizzard will put a stop to this": WoW Midnight sees MMO history repeat itself as players slaughter legions of frogs for skins
- Scream 7 baits fans into thinking an underrated horror icon was finally getting his due – and I'm not happy about it
- Nintendo Indie World Showcase announced for tomorrow with "15 minutes of news and updates" for upcoming Switch 1 and 2 games
- Starfield reportedly gets its long-rumored PS5 release next month for £45 as Bethesda's divisive RPG waves goodbye to two years of Xbox console exclusivity
- Scary Movie 6 "joke scientist" Marlon Wayans is taking a different approach to the horror spoof's humor compared to the originals: "Less is more"
- Scary Movie 6 trailer takes a stab at modern horror – and none of your favorites are safe
- One Piece season 2 pokes fun at anime fans' biggest season 1 complaint in cheekily meta new clip
- Resident Evil Requiem's final puzzle is so elaborate there's an entire subreddit dedicated to solving it – and the one person who has says "I don't even know how it's supposed to be done"
- Zack Snyder didn’t think Batman v Superman needed Dawn of Justice in the title: "You don't have to tell people who they are"
- Cillian Murphy "categorically" denies rumors he's playing Voldemort in the HBO Harry Potter show: "Can you make that the headline?"
- "We sincerely apologize": Final Fantasy 14 news blog goes down as Square Enix takes action against its admin for allegedly defamatory content against the MMO's devs
- Helldivers 2 fan intent on challenging Arrowhead to beat the game's toughest challenge for $1,000: "Show us how it's done and how well the game's balance is"
- Balatro's legacy has spawned yet another time-devouring roguelike, and I'm starting to think I've irrevocably ruined Steam Next Fest for myself
- Just in time for Resident Evil Requiem, speedrunner sets world-first record by beating 27 games in the series in one long, 55-hour run
- 22 years later, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen's Switch re-releases patch out a glitch that could make certain legendary 'mons disappear from your game permanently
- The new Lenovo Legion Tab has a hidden spec detail that could change the game
- Scream 7 actor apologizes after sharing post that says "critic hate" and "pathetic leaks" didn't harm the movie's box office
- Scream 7 doesn't actually use the real Stu Macher house, but the crew did burn the set down for real
- James Gunn's R-rated version of the live-action Scooby-Doo was "very funny", says Matthew Lillard – but parents rejected it
- Seth Green says his unseen Star Wars series would need to be "upgraded" for streaming: "I just don't think they're willing to commit the spend"
- The Acolyte showrunner defends one of the most controversial aspects of the scrapped Star Wars show, but jokes "I'll take the L"
- Bungie wants more feedback on Marathon's controversial UI to make sure players can "read what's happening mid-fight," which seems like the bare minimum for an FPS
- After Pokemon Winds and Waves reveal, series boss has a very straightforward plan for future releases: "I believe what we must continue to do is keep making fun games"
- "I lost 5 hours of progress because of this": Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen Switch releases include an extremely easy way to reset your game, which is amazing or terrible news depending on who you ask
- Lenovo just teased a big silly folding handheld concept, and it's far from the Steam Deck rival I keep begging for
- Despite mixed reviews and a poor Rotten Tomatoes score, Scream 7 opens to franchise best $97.2 million worldwide
- God of War's Ryan Hurst tells everyone "not to believe everything they see on the internet" after sub-par Kratos first look
- "Clint this, Sandy that": Stardew Valley fans have bigger things on their mind than the 1.7 marriage candidates, like the goblin villages ConcernedApe "completely scrapped"
- Resident Evil Requiem ties with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to score as the best-rated game of all time on Metacritic according to players
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms blooper reel proves no better stars could have brought the George R.R. Martin story to life
- Despite its low Rotten Tomatoes score, Scream 7 breaks franchise box office record with a $7.8 million preview-night pull
- March 1
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- PlayStation's allegedly making "a new franchise within the God of War universe," according to former Sony Santa Monica dev
- Pokemon and Balatro-inspired roguelike with an unexpected horror twist doubled its Kickstarter goal in 20 minutes and is now 570% funded
- Dev of acclaimed Persona-like says he "could find you 10 companies" that have pitched Bloodborne games, but it won't happen until FromSoftware thinks it's time
- Pokemon Winds and Waves' best 'mon looks an awful lot like a different Fire-type pomeranian from a rival indie creature collector, and even the devs noticed
- "I don't know what I was thinking": Stardew Valley creator went through hell 6 months before launch, and the game didn't come together until "the last moment"
- Zack Snyder explains why Ben Affleck is the best big-screen Batman we ever had: “Of anybody who’s played Batman, Ben is the best Bruce Wayne”
- Princess Zelda actor thought Twilight Princess' version of Hylian was "so beautiful" so she "started practicing that over coffee" and is now fluent
- Original Scream 7 directors reveal plans they had to “f*** you up” with the sequel they never got to make
- Wonder Man showrunner reveals Hawkeye went through massive changes and was told, "We start shooting in New York in a week and a half, and we want to rewrite the whole thing"
- Matrix 5 gets a brand new update from writer and director Drew Goddard
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