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- May 9
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- Valve's Gabe Newell always understood what Steam does better than every other PC and console store: "The thing that we've been successful with are the Steam sales"
- After 14 years since announcement, the Morrowind remake made in Skyrim gets another encouraging update and sounds close to completion
- Mortal Kombat 2 writer reveals the fighter he cut from the script: "I wasn't able to devote enough time to sell him as a character"
- This indie game with near perfect Steam reviews is the Sonic Adventure follow-up I've been waiting 26 years for, with a little Animal Crossing thrown in
- For Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred DLC, Blizzard designed the new warlock class to feel like it could beat the necromancers and sorceresses in a "fist fight"
- New Steam indie game with glistening reviews is like Shadow of the Colossus with anime girls if all the bosses were giant construction vehicles
- Pedro Pascal says he originally didn't realize Jon Favreau wanted him to play The Mandalorian in the Star Wars show: "Am I a droid?"
- First-party Xbox studio Double Fine is unionizing
- May 8
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- Out of respect for Slippy Toad, I need you to play the OG Star Fox 64 on an actual N64
- Nintendo Switch 2 YouTube hack yanked days after players find a way to watch videos in a free battle royale game
- Epic knows everyone's afraid "AI is going to take all our jobs," but Fortnite dev insists the goal of AI "is to make us more efficient"
- One Baldur's Gate 3 fan is on a mission to complete the weirdest collection in the RPG, leaving fellow players with one big question
- After 11 years in development hell, Chronology of Water and Stranger Things stars are set to lead new Prime Video TV show based on popular comic about bank robbers who stop time by having sex
- Mass Effect hasn't been great in "a long time," but "D&D in space" RPG Exodus can fill the gap according to Hasbro's CEO
- I've been thinking about this RPG for 8 months, and it's finally out on Steam with 96% positive reviews
- Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered used PlayStation's new AI animation tool, and Naughty Dog and San Diego Studio are both following suit
- Helldivers 2 will receive "core" improvements by summer as Arrowhead works on making the Galactic War "more reactive" with multi-week campaigns and better rewards
- I beat Slay the Spire 2 Ascension 10 with all classes, and I have one question for Mega Crit after the new patch
- Crimson Desert studio Pearl Abyss is really "an indie publisher with a triple-A quality game," marketing lead says, and isn't "restricted" like AAAs
- Another PS5 price hike isn't the "plan," says Sony CEO, but I'm not getting my hopes up
- Mixtape has me running to these nine '90s retro tech gadgets this weekend
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake had "no option other than a trilogy," lead says, since the "sheer volume" of the original PS1 JRPG was too absurd
- Crimson Desert to get another update with "special mounts" and a way to recover materials, right after Pearl Abyss flew through its massive roadmap in record time
- Maul – Shadow Lord episode 8 doesn't stick exactly to canon, but star Sam Witwer says it was done with intention: "The audience can take from that what they will"
- It's happening - Hori has confirmed the adorable Kirby and Waddle Dee Switch 2 accessories are releasing outside of Japan
- Destiny 2 players pick out a grave as Bungie confirms it's got nothing to say and Sony admits it's down $765 million on the studio: "There's no way this game keeps getting DLC"
- Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Renoir actor Andy Serkis is "so thrilled" for Sandfall Interactive devs after their debut RPG's success: "It's such an emotional story"
- Devil May Cry showrunner rallies against the "Marvel-ification" of IP, but says Capcom and Netflix's instructions were refreshingly different: "Go and execute your vision"
- Slay the Spire 2 patch hits the nuclear option, deletes Doormaker boss countless players hated: "He was over the complexity threshold of what we want"
- Slay the Spire 2 patches are half as frequent as the first game's because doing weekly updates "was a lot of work so it really sucked"
- The Mandalorian and Grogu star Pedro Pascal says his Star Wars character "knows" Baby Yoda "will outlive him," so he's "making sure" Grogu "can survive in a world without him"
- Pokopia is already in the top 5 best-selling Pokemon spin-offs of all time, with around 20% of Switch 2 owners buying Nintendo's cozy sim
- Former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy compares the "innovative" Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau to George Lucas
- Switch 2 Star Fox pre-orders are cheaper than I thought, but I'm prepared to pay full price to snag that cosplay-friendly bonus
- Valve commits to a reservation system for today's new batch of Steam Controller stock, which gives me a lot more hope for the launch of the Steam Machine and Steam Frame
- PS5 sales are 42% behind PS4 at this point in the generation, and it's got nothing to do with the price increase
- The wands are on lockdown: HBO's Harry Potter TV show is having to microchip props in order to track them
- PS6 price and release window is still undecided, but Sony reports "an increase in investments" into the next-gen PlayStation
- 7 years on, Pedro Pascal wants to keep playing the Mandalorian for as long as the "many bodies we put into the suit can take it"
- Sony reports $765 million impairment loss on Marathon and Destiny 2 studio Bungie for the last financial year, after paying $3.6 billion for it in 2022
- Homelander star teases the Supe's victory in The Boys season 5 finale, and an unused shot from the trailer seems to back it up
- Super Mario World and Zelda: A Link to the Past director Takashi Tezuka is leaving Nintendo after 42 years and credits on over 150 games
- The Penguin season 2 feels closer than ever to happening thanks to this writer listing
- Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are now some of the best-selling Pokemon games of all time thanks to the new Switch re-releases
- Your Xbox console and handheld could soon look the same, but I'm wary of Microsoft's UI pitch
- Resident Evil Requiem gets free roguelike minigame Leon Must Die Forever, which Capcom had been teasing in plain sight all along
- D&D launches Game Pass-style subscription system with free encounters, maps, and more
- Andy Serkis says he doesn't see a difference between game and movie acting, and says "Hollywood is using video game engines" to help with action scenes
- The rumors are true: The Batman 2 is set in winter as Matt Reeves delivers perfect first look
- Nintendo Switch 2 will soon cost $500 as price hikes roll out across the US, Europe, and more due to "various changes in market conditions"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 lead designer says "friction is intentionally" in the RPG because when "you overcome the friction, you feel better about yourself"
- May 7
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- After 3 years of work, GTA 4 dev's sandbox game hits Steam as he has to tell people it's "completely different" from Minecraft: "For starters, no Steve"
- Paranormal Activity game dead after Paramount refuses to give legendary Mortuary Assistant dev more time to make it "the best it could possibly be"
- Old School RuneScape players riot as YouTuber's account is reset hours after finishing ridiculous 3-month grind, but Jagex has receipts
- First King of the Hill season 15 trailer is a nostalgia bomb that takes us through some of the show's most iconic moments
- Solo dev stunned as his "first ever video game" sells 100,000 copies in 5 days on Steam while 97% "overwhelmingly positive" reviews pour in
- New Masters of the Universe TV spot gives us our first glimpse at He-Man riding Battle Cat, and I'm finally excited for the live-action movie
- Diablo 4 alone makes this $15 game bundle worth it, so with one of the best JRPGS of the last decade and 6 other games it's unbeatable
- Steam Controller reservations announced with scalper protection as Valve admits "the experience for a lot of you trying to buy it was incredibly frustrating"
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu and more (May 8–May 10)
- Dragon Quest creator believes AI can make JRPG characters "feel even more human" and "listen to people's concerns with empathy," hopes to add it to "other series too"
- Neverness to Everness devs admit using "AI-assisted tools" after deleting slop animation, now "reviewing and reworking the flagged assets"
- Daredevil: Born Again season 2 showrunner says they "didn't do justice" to the Muse storyline in season 1
- Instantly one of the best-rated games of 2026, nostalgic adventure Mixtape flies up Metacritic
- Dune: Awakening fans "so disappointed" by no Polar Cap in 1.4, Funcom says it's "a huge amount of work" but the devs "are still very much actively working on the new map"
- GameStop CEO trying to buy eBay briefly banned on eBay, but that's not stopping him from attempting to sell garbage for thousands of dollars
- eBay launches new authentication system for Pokemon cards, Yu-Gi-Oh, and beyond
- Star Fox on Switch 2 calls for a new N64 controller, and I've got the perfect gamepad for the job
- Cyberpunk Edgerunners is back: CD Projekt Red collab with action RPG Wuthering Waves sees Lucy return, and fan-favorite Rebecca is a free playable character
- The best sci-fi show of the 2000s is now streaming in full on Paramount Plus
- None of Crimson Desert's big updates were pre-planned because Pearl Abyss is "not baking in presumptions around what the players want"
- Daredevil: Born Again showrunner says season 3 leaks have been "a little hard to deal with"
- Brendan Fraser says The Mummy 4 will return to original locations, promising to give audiences "what they have been bothering all of us for"
- Arc Raiders preparing new kernel-level anti-cheat to blast cheaters out of the sky and "sharpen both detection and precision"
- Final Fantasy 14 players demand minion of chonky patch 7.5 dungeon boss "immediately," and there's hope as Square Enix joins in: "Chort"
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake "all but confirmed," fans conclude following Switch 2 Star Fox announcement
- GTA 6 was delayed to avoid crunch, claims Take-Two CEO, comparing notoriously crunchy Rockstar to college: "You do your homework, you don't pull an all-nighter"
- Assassin's Creed Hexe creative director opens new studio just 2 months after leaving Ubisoft
- The Lenovo Legion Go 2 now starts at $1,200, but the version I'd consider is currently AWOL
- Hugh Jackman had the perfect response when asked if he's in Avengers: Doomsday – and I still don't believe him
- Here's Replay April winners: bad policing in KC Deliverance 2 and a Starfield death that proves you should never listen to the voices in your head...
- Amiga 1200 remake is delayed until December, and chip shortages are partly to blame
- Elden Ring modder bringing Morrowind to FromSoftware's RPG says it's "the most complex mod ever created," but he's "made tremendous progress"
- You don't need more RAM; a YouTube bug is just making it seem like you do by eating up 7GB or more of your PC's memory
- Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale's major Defenders cameo was "a whisper of an idea" until Jessica Jones star called the actor
- Months after Halo Infinite's final major update, Halo Studios releases a surprise PvE mode and the game's hardest challenge ever
- Former Star Fox actor says "that is not my voice" in the remake, but "I'm so honored to have been part of Star Fox history at all"
- Replay's May theme is Arc Raiders: send us your best clips from the rust belt for a chance to win a £/$250 Amazon voucher!
- The Boys fans are questioning a possible plot hole surrounding Soldier Boy's past with Stormfront
- Helldivers 2's recent Steam reviews drop to Mostly Negative as players accuse Arrowhead of favoring new Warbonds over fixing issues: "Making the game unbearable"
- The Maul – Shadow Lord finale features a sneaky Luke Skywalker Easter egg
- Switch 2 Star Fox comes with a slick GameChat feature, but you'll want to avoid one of the most popular cameras for the best ride
- Snoop Dogg and his son join Stranger Than Heaven cast as Yakuza devs' new game gets a winter release window
- Xbox to introduce Project Helix today in brand new showcase, and it's all eyes on Diamond
- Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow adds Matthew Lillard to its cast, and everyone thinks he’s playing DC’s silliest superhero
- OG Star Fox character designer is "so proud" as Switch 2 remake is revealed: "This isn't a dream, right?"
- Planet of the Apes is getting a new movie, but studio head hints it might not be a total reboot
- It's been a long wait for fans, but new Star Fox merch is finally on its way
- Witch Hat Atelier producer clears up production confusion behind the years-in-the-making anime
- Pragmata hits 2 million sales in 16 days, and after Capcom teased its potential future as a franchise, I'm even more hopeful for a sequel
- HBO's Harry Potter TV show has already been renewed for season 2, adapting Chamber of Secrets, and it will start filming this fall
- Mortal Kombat 2 producer launches a bizarre attack over negative reviews despite its 74% Rotten Tomatoes score
- Like any Final Fantasy 7 fan, Remake trilogy boss "seriously searched" for a way to reverse the JRPG's big death when he first played it
- Avengers: Doomsday director retcons Spider-Man's MCU origins by saying Peter Parker doesn't blame himself for Uncle Ben's death
- The Boys showrunner hits back at fan complaints that "nothing happened" in season 5: "You're just watching the wrong show"
- May 6
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- Star Fox 64 remake revealed for Switch 2 in surprise Nintendo Direct
- BioShock 4 delay "deeply disappointed" Take-Two CEO, who thinks the studio "wasted a lot of time and money" on creative "dead ends"
- Old School RuneScape is so old and so big that the devs are about "to run out of" a key tech resource and have to do "a bunch of work to stop the game exploding soon"
- Mortal Kombat 2 is one of the highest-rated video game movies of all time on Rotten Tomatoes
- Nintendo reportedly pressured to raise Switch 2 price as $450 console is sold at a loss
- Steam stats for Slay the Spire 2's engine Godot show "strong signs of exponential growth"
- Marvel's upcoming Punisher special takes place "before and during" the events of Daredevil: Born Again season 2, says showrunner
- "No one is going to laugh at that": Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon says his feedback on a Johnny Cage sequel fight was "dead wrong"
- "We got it wrong" with Civilization 7, Take-Two boss admits, and he takes "responsibility" for the strategy game's failures: "What we tried to do was a bridge too far"
- After 6 years, Zelda-like Mina the Hollower gets May release date in "make-or-break" moment for Shovel Knight devs
- When is Mortal Kombat 2 on streaming? Speculation on the HBO Max release date
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead "was crossing fingers" the RPG wouldn't win Game of the Year because he was rooting for other "super creative games" instead
- New House of the Dragon season 3 poster features an ominous Rhaenyra parallel from the books: "Win or Die"
- Xbox CEO introduces new boot-up sound after executive overhaul, but it sounds pretty close to the current one
- It's been exactly 1 year since GTA 6 Trailer 2, and fans are being as normal about that as you'd expect: "Trailer 3 is definitely around the corner"
- Dying Light head leaves Techland after 13 years: "The franchise is in great hands, and I'm excited to see it grow even further"
- EA hopes you don't remember all the Battlefield 6 devs it laid off as it reports "record" financial year helped by "the best performing Battlefield"
- Former Witcher 3 devs "can't" and "don't want to challenge" bigger games and companies with new RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, and staying smaller let them "focus on the player's agency"
- Man claims Yu-Gi-Oh cards found in trash have made him "over $60,000" already, with an expert valuing the total haul near $1 million
- Another $100 million to indie games: new fund led by CEO of Manor Lords publisher and strategy powerhouse Hooded Horse praises "breakout hits with comparatively modest budgets"
- Get an exclusive first look at new Mondo Squads Goofy Movie figures and prep for summer like it's 1995
- Mortal Kombat devs are "definitely pursuing" another entry in the gory fighting game series, even as Injustice 3 rumors heat up
- Someone modded Hades into Hades 2, and even the roguelike masters at Supergiant are "blown away"
- Crimson Desert speedrun champ rolls credits over 50 hours faster than average, modestly calls it a "good run," but thinks the massive open-world game can be beaten even faster
- Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto doesn't want dirty jokes in his Mario movies, but won't rule out a future appearance from Wario
- Mortal Kombat producer admits fans were "very vocal" about what they didn't like in the original, and took their feedback onboard for the sequel
- reMarkable is discontinuing the tablet that put it on the map and replacing it with the reMarkable Paper Pure, the brand's "best black-and-white paper tablet" to date
- The Boys viewers think season 5's latest death features a huge plot hole: "Did the writers forget?"
- The Pokemon Pokopia plushies are so cute that they're about to transform my bank account into a big pile of zero dollars
- So long, Red Face Demon! Insidious 6 is set to introduce "funny", Dracula-esque villain played by A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms star
- Jack Black marks the start of A Minecraft Movie 2 in the most Steve-tastic way
- New trailer for Stranger Things creators' next Netflix sci-fi show teases hidden monsters in an idyllic community for senior citizens
- Hey Tomodachi Life players, don't invest in the pricey official Switch stylus and grab this alternative pack instead
- Daredevil: Born Again star Wilson Bethel says Bullseye will "resemble the comic book version a little bit more" in season 3
- Star Wars fans are seeing Obi-Wan in a new light after the Shadow Lord finale: "It really hit me just how powerful this man truly is"
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 could get DLC, director says, but Rebirth missed out due to concerns it would "affect the third game's schedule and overall quality"
- New D&D campaign Neon Odyssey is over 8,500% funded and blends Cowboy Bebop and SNES video games into the perfect setting
- James Cameron is "thinking about" converting Aliens to 3D because "the tools are so much better" now
- GTA 6 could sell 45 million copies on PS5 in its first week, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says: "It's going to be what Mario Kart for Switch is"
- It's no Ash Williams comeback, but a major cameo in the Evil Dead Burn trailer just confirmed the horror movie's not standalone
- Dave Filoni perfectly explains why Darth Vader doesn't speak in the Maul – Shadow Lord finale
- The Steam Controller might be sold out, but official Valve 3D files mean I could make my own using Steam Deck parts
- The Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale has fans convinced that Matt Murdock will appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
- Assassin's Creed Invictus leak has "been heavily altered," probably using AI, Ubisoft says: "Nice try"
- Marvel fans are feeling hopeful after an Agents of SHIELD Easter egg made it into the Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale
- Resident Evil loremaster isn't concerned by Zach Cregger's confusing movie timeline, despite once writing a 2700-page document about Resident Evil canon
- May 5
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- Mortal Kombat 2 stars on Kitana and Jade's "sisterhood" and making the deadly duo "more relatable"
- Blood of Dawnwalker takes after Baldur's Gate 3's "freedom of choice" and RPG classic Gothic's small but dense world design
- Surprise! A new episode of The Bear co-written by Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach has shadow-dropped on Hulu
- PC gamers buy way more games that cost less than $30 at launch compared to PlayStation and Xbox players, analysts say, and it's "reshaping the PC market"
- Windrose devs issue patch to address fears their open-world pirate game was slowly destroying SSDs
- Xbox CEO confirms it's "winding down" Microsoft Copilot on mobile and ending it on console
- Another friendslop hit prints money on Steam as Gamble With Your Friends sells 500k copies in 3 days: "Speechless"
- The Boys final episode is releasing in theaters, but not IMAX
- New Xbox CEO replaces 24-year Microsoft employees with former CoreAI, Meta, Instacart execs to "evolve how we work"
- Mortal Kombat 2 star says the first movie was "kind of like a prequel" as the sequel finally launches the tournament
- A new Elden Ring world record was set just 2 weeks ago, and like everyone else I keep rewatching the same part of the 52-minute speedrun
- GTA 6 should be $80 so the whole "struggling" industry can raise game prices, Bank of America says, and players will accept it because they love AI
- "Why not?": Hitman studio IO Interactive is open to a 007 First Light sequel if people like the James Bond game enough
- Valve admits "Steam Controller ran out faster than we anticipated," says "we're working on getting more in stock" but doesn't mention the scalper problem
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced brings a huge change to combat and I kind of love it
- Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor Neil Newbon is also in Crimson Desert, which he calls "really impressive" and says players "just have to deal with" choice overload
- Final Fantasy 7 Return rumors are such nonsense that they're taking me back to the ridiculous "leaks" of the '90s
- The Shadow Lord finale might answer some burning Maul questions from Star Wars Rebels
- The Monster Hunter fan in me is really eyeballing the new content in the second playtest for PlayStation's own co-op monster game, Horizon Hunters Gathering
- 6 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, and more (May 5–May 10)
- Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon says they had a checklist of what they didn't include in the first movie for the sequel and it felt "immediately more authentic"
- Arc Raiders devs "still learning" what to do with PvP, but Embark design director says PvE fights are doing their job: "They make the player interactions even more impactful"
- Where to buy Pokemon TCG Pitch Black, the gothic new set
- After 3 years, Diablo 4's secret cow level is finally uncovered following Lord of Hatred, immediately labelled "boring" compared to Diablo 2 and 3's versions: "Needs more cows"
- SteelSeries celebrates its 25th anniversary with the release of the brand-new Hi-res Arctis Nova Pro Omni Wireless gaming headset
- Despite a major cameo in the Maul finale, fans are disappointed by the lack of Star Wars Day announcements: "Did Star Wars even do anything for May 4th?"
- Netflix learns its Steel Ball Run lesson as One Piece anime remake gets set to release 300 minutes of episodes at once
- GTA 6 devs aim to "deliver perfection," Take-Two boss says, and the Rockstar owner tries "to give them unlimited financial, creative human resources" to do so
- HyperX is expanding its catalog with the new Cloud Stinger 3 gaming headset that packs a mighty 80-hour battery for just $99.99
- If you thought $99 was bad, eBay resellers are already listing the sold-out Steam Controller for over $200 after Valve's stock vanished within hours
- Charlie Cox laments how his death-defying 20-foot stunt never made it into Daredevil: Born Again
- The list of most-streamed Star Wars movies and shows on Disney Plus doesn't include any films in the sequel trilogy
- Nintendo doesn't discount games because its "mentality" is always shipping "the best" says former NOA president Reggie Fils-Aimé
- Modders have turned the GameCube into a keychain console using Wii parts that's smaller than Ninty's ridiculously small discs
- Hollow Knight: Silksong fans are convinced Sea of Sorrow DLC is launching soon as a single emoji from Team Cherry's marketing lead spurs a Silkposting renaissance
- Charlie Cox reveals Tom Hiddleston almost became a Marvel director in the original 18-episode plan for Daredevil: Born Again
- Star Wars fans have seen 25 minutes of The Mandalorian and Grogu – and early reactions say it reminds them of season 1, but the CGI still needs work
- Zach Cregger says Resident Evil will be "structurally unique" and "weird", as he promises you've "never seen a movie like it"
- Lego Sega Genesis console costs just $40, and has more pieces for less money than the Lego Game Boy
- The Boys fans are wondering how the final season would be different if it wasn't setting up upcoming spin-off Vought Rising
- The Mandalorian and Grogu is getting a prequel comic to fill in the gaps from season 3
- Resident Evil Requiem director hints Leon Kennedy might still be fighting zombies in his retirement as Capcom "could bring him back when he's 70"
- Mortal Kombat 2's game-exclusive fight scene clip proves it learned all the right lessons from the first movie
- Daredevil star Charlie Cox says he won't be in any Avengers movies: "Marvel have been clear with me"
- Valve is seemingly sitting on 20,000 Steam Machine units, so I'd be stumped if availability is an issue
- Christopher Nolan compares The Odyssey to Marvel as new trailer reveals Cyclops
- May 4
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- Capcom's glad we hated Resident Evil Requiem's terrible DLSS 5 AI demo, because it means fans "really liked the original design of Grace"
- Zelda was Nintendo's answer to "traditional RPGs," Shigeru Miyamoto says: "We wanted the player to interact with the game world using the controller, and conquer dungeons"
- Ahead of Avengers: Doomsday, Russo brothers say they "can't control everything" when it comes to preventing spoilers
- Activision kills Call of Duty rumor: next game will not be on PS4, ending last-gen support nearly 6 years after PS5 and Xbox Series X launch
- GTA 6 skipping PC at launch not due to PlayStation deal, but because Rockstar focuses on "the core consumer," Take-Two CEO says
- Gearbox head Randy Pitchford says Borderlands maker won't use AI for "any work that could ever be seen" after posting ChatGPT-generated image of a Gearbox employee
- Netflix's hit action TV series The Night Agent to end after season 4
- Baldur's Gate 3 icons like Jennifer English and Neil Newbon "changed the game" for game actors, Dragon Age Inquisition star says: "Our work does have value"
- Steam Controller orders immediately break Valve's servers, $200 scalper listings appear after it sells out in under an hour
- Invincible creator says J.K. Simmons was initially offered a different role in the hit Prime Video show: "We sent him the script and he was like, 'I'd rather be Omni-Man'"
- If you're asking why everyone's making an extraction shooter, Escape from Tarkov is the 11th most-played game on PC according to new report, beating Overwatch, Marvel Rivals, and PUBG
- Greta Gerwig's Narnia movie delayed to 2027 as Netflix plans for first-ever wide theatrical debut
- Gabe Newell's first appearance in months is the most Gabe Newell thing imaginable: a yacht ad
- Somehow, EA's Battlefront is still the best-selling Star Wars game of all time in US
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Lune actor would be "delighted" to reprise her role if possible, but she's not in the "conversations" about expanding the franchise
- The full story of the Pragmata fan grieving his late daughter, who went so viral he even made it to Capcom: "I wasn't expecting this to reach so many people"
- GameStop boss says $56 billion offer could turn eBay into a "legit competitor to Amazon," believes there's "nobody who is more qualified" than him to run the auction site
- New Mandalorian and Grogu clip goes full toybox as the duo dodge multiple AT-ATs during madcap downhill slalom
- The original Diablo studio was saved from bankruptcy by Blizzard's timely acquisition offer: "The taxman was literally at the door, threatening to shut us down"
- "We were children" says Fable creator who admits that the fact it ended well "is a miracle"
- Early Nintendo was a madhouse: "It was very difficult to finish Mario and then get the Mario programmers involved in the final push to finish The Legend of Zelda"
- Shigeru Miyamoto thinks Zelda 2 was "sort of a failure," and A Link to the Past is the "real sequel"
- I've been hands-on with most Star Wars Day merch in 2026, here's what I'd recommend this May 4
- Mortal Kombat producer says the studio "didn't know what it had" with the first movie, which is why "we were in that fighting pit 75% of the time"
- May 3
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- 2 key details in the Resident Evil trailer are making fans doubt it's set at the same time as Resident Evil 2
- Capcom didn't even mention her character's name, but one Resident Evil Requiem actor is suddenly in the running for fan-favorite: "Shocked in the best way possible"
- Arc Raiders dev thinks yesterday's niche "can become mainstream tomorrow," and today's extraction shooters are simply "easier to step into"
- How to watch the Miami Grand Prix: where the live stream Sunday's race across the world
- I didn't have official Sonic the Hedgehog gaming PCs on my 2026 bingo card, but I'm very happy to see them
- The Witcher 3 director says games like Crimson Desert and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 take him back to the RPG golden age of the '90s
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced uses the same engine as Shadows to offer "dynamic weather," "destructible objects," and way better water
- Channeling its inner Silksong, Subnautica 2 causes a chain reaction and pushes a second game to move its release date early
- What is NeeDoh? The hyper-viral squishies and the TikTok race for stock
- May 2
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- How to watch the Kentucky Derby for free and around the world
- Mortal Kombat 2 writer called up co-creator Ed Boon for advice on the "best fatalities and stages" to put in the sequel
- Bungie doesn't see Marathon going anywhere: "We know where we want to take the story over the next few years"
- Valve's Gabe Newell still plays at least one game of Dota 2 "every day" in his 60s, so hopefully he's past the noob phase he was stuck in even "after 800 hours"
- Former Dragon Quest director says JRPG icon Yuji Horii taught him the series is "not about the storyline, the experience is what matters"
- Valve wants to price Steam Machine as competitively as possible, but fears RAM shortages are "unavoidable" and "will impact anything we make"
- Crimson Desert devs know combat "became less frequent" the more players progressed, so a new patch adds re-blockades and rematches for 69 bosses
- May 1
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- Castlevania: Belmont's Curse exists because Konami loved Evil Empire's Dead Cells crossover pitch, even though the devs thought the DLC was "too big" and the publisher would "never say yes"
- MCU actor Evangeline Lilly slams Disney for "turning their back" on artists after mass Marvel layoffs: "Shame on you"
- GTA 6 isn't "even at risk" of having product placement "because all the brands are made up," Take-Two CEO says: "I think that keeps us pure"
- New Oscars rules ban Generative AI from ever being eligible for an Academy Award
- Neverness to Everness players find their answer to Genshin Impact's Paimon: a yappy lil' guy called Taygedo who they want to beat to death with hammers
- Invincible creator Robert Kirkman has no love for Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man sequel: "[It's] dogsh**t"
- Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era "broke even on development costs in just one day" as it launches to 90% positive Steam reviews and 250,000 sales
- Warhammer 40K Armageddon box set for 11th Edition revealed, and it's crammed with incredible models
- Former PlayStation boss blames "really sad" layoffs on "misjudgment" of companies: "It's funny to see the companies who shut down, lay off, the stock price goes up"
- Not only has Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director played Remake part 3 before you, he's beaten it "over 40 times"
- Crimson Desert player finds out-of-bounds village that looks like medieval Red Dead Redemption 2, and now everyone's hoping Pearl Abyss will let us pillage it in a future update
- Skyrim inspired Kingdom Come: Deliverance even though Warhorse co-founder once listed "100 reasons that he hates" the Bethesda RPG
- Baldur's Gate 3 was "lightning in a bottle," Astarion actor says, and "proved a lot of things" that big companies "who are just really chasing the money need to learn from"
- The Xbox Ally X finally just got its promised Auto SR abilities, but I doubt most handheld players will care right now
- Xbox isn't worth a port for small Japanese studios, says RPG dev, since the console isn't even sold in most local retailers
- Saros trophy list includes an unexpected tribute to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- You almost definitely didn't spot this seriously impressive Darth Vader Easter egg in Maul – Shadow Lord
- Blizzard swiftly removes new Diablo 4 quality-of-life feature after players complain it was costing them valuable loot: "It missed the mark"
- Star Wars has seemingly confirmed Ahsoka season 2 is coming in 2026
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced lead confirms "social stealth is back," but hidden blade combat isn't
- The Boys creator says season 5's latest death was on the cards since the character was first introduced: "We felt that was the right punishment"
- I'm gonna need you to look at the sheep in this cozy ranch-building game that's launching on Steam this year and immediately threatening my free time
- Magic: The Gathering head designer reveals Mood Swings, a new card game 28 years in the making
- Subnautica 2 pulls a Hollow Knight Silksong, shoves one of Steam's most-wishlisted games out of its original release date: "We need to dodge the Leviathan"
- Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie takes inspiration from the creatures in controversial Resident Evil 6
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced isn't making the map any bigger, lead dev says, but it'll still take you longer to explore
- Original Aragorn actor Viggo Mortensen approves of his Lord of the Rings recast in Hunt for Gollum
- Booyah! The Anbernic RG Rotate is hitting the $100 sweet spot I was hoping for, and its specs aren't half bad either
- Ahead of The Boys series finale, Homelander star seeimignly shades Stranger Things' low-stakes final episode
- Star Fox Switch 2 leaker insists "I do not doubt the game's existence" as the rumored game misses its expected announcement
- Star Wars fans are going nuts for this new Grogu animatronic, but not its price
- My Hero Academia special epilogue trailer proves you can have nostalgia for something that ended only a year ago
- Hades 2 developer is hiring for "what's next" after its 2 roguelike juggernauts, but fans can't decide if they want a threequel
- After 5 seasons of Fisk, Daredevil: Born Again season 3 will introduce new villains
- Despite being the first Star Wars movie in 7 years, The Mandalorian and Grogu box office tracking is lower than Solo
- Maul – Shadow Lord star says Star Wars fans won't have to wait "too long" for season 2
- Resident Evil movie director Zach Cregger reveals the impossible-to-spot Resident Evil 4 Easter egg he snuck into the trailer
- GTA 6 launch has Take-Two's CEO a "billion" times more "scared" than any other game release
- Asked about Kingdom Come: Deliverance 3, Warhorse Studios vaguely teases "there are plans in motion"
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