Lord Of The Rings: Rings Of Power season 1 left me pretty cool. As a fan of Tolkien’s fantasy world, I thought it had its moments, but a lot of it felt like a waste. Season 2, based on the trailers at least, feels like it’s shaping up to be something else entirely. A second look at the upcoming episodes shows where… Read more... View the full article
I have three gaming consoles plugged into my TV in the living room and it’s a mess of wires and HDMI input hopping. Ibrahim Al-Nasser has over 400 consoles plugged into a single TV and seems to be doing just fine. In fact, his obsession just broke a world record. Read more... View the full article
It wouldn’t be a Final Fantasy game without Chocobos, so it’s no surprise that the giant rideable birds show up in the franchise’s online entry, Final Fantasy XIV. The creatures first appear very early on in the MMO, but are only able to ferry you to specific locations on a pre-set route for a fee. Luckily, you can… Read more... View the full article
Kraven the Hunter is coming out this year. Did you forget? Well, Sony is here to jog your memory by dropping a new trailer at 3:00 in the morning. The Russian supervillain is out for *******, R-rated revenge as the movie teases a final showdown with the Rhino. Read more... View the full article
Many of the late-game crafting recipes you’ll encounter in Once Human require rare materials that only stem from high-level zones. For instance, Gold. It’s one of the most lucrative materials in the game, but also highly necessary to produce end-game equipment to take down Great Ones. Read more... View the full article
Alien: Romulus looks to be a terrifying love letter to the first film in the series, released back in the late ‘70s. But that sci-fi horror classic is not the only thing Romulus is drawing from, so as you watch the movie later this week, keep an eye open for the emergency phones first seen decades later in Alien:… Read more... View the full article
It seems like everyone I know is now playing Magic: The Gathering. My roommate picked it up because of one of our longtime friends and now everywhere I go, I see the game. Coincidentally, the rise in its popularity among my friends has occurred as the game’s started pumping up the number of collaborations it does with… Read more... View the full article
A Russian chess player is facing possible jail time and ********* charges after she allegedly used liquid mercury from a broken thermometer to poison a rival player during a large tournament earlier this month. Read more... View the full article
The question on everyone’s lips right now is: Switch 2 when? Now in its eighth year, the current handheld hybrid is more than a little long in the tooth, and the evidence continues to mount that fans still have a bit of a wait to go before Nintendo launches its next console. Read more... View the full article
With just a week and change left until Concord hits the ground running, the team behind the first-person hero shooter has announced its plans for the PlayStation 5 console exclusive’s future. A roadmap confirms at least three seasons of post-launch updates, as well as a microtransaction store coming in October. Read more... View the full article
This month, the latest entry in the long-running Alien sci-fi franchise hits theaters. Alien: Romulus, starring Cailee Spaney (Civil War) and Isabela Merced (Madame Web) from noted horror director Fede Álvarez, debuts August 14, and from the trailers and early reactions, it looks like a fantastic entry in the… Read more... View the full article
Back in 2022, one of the most unexpectedly big games of the year was a cute little cult simulator. Cult of the Lamb, developed by Massive Monster and published by Devolver Digital, made a huge splash when it launched two summers ago and spoke to all the little freaks and deviants out there. Its hybrid of Animal… Read more... View the full article
Video game release dates are more a suggestion than a promise these days, and understandably so. Making games is hard and audiences have never been busier and more fickle. Still, it’s disappointing when you find out that sci-fi shooter or fantasy adventure you’ve been waiting for won’t be out any time soon, and a lot… Read more... View the full article
Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas is getting a big and pricey Lego set in September, just in time for the upcoming spookiest holiday of all: Labor Day. And I guess, if you want, you can celebrate Halloween with the new Disney Lego set, too. Read more... View the full article
If you’re like me and you’re excited for this fall’s Metaphor: ReFantazio, the next turn-based fantasy RPG from the team responsible for some of the most beloved Persona titles, you owe it to yourself to check out the latter series. Persona exploded in popularity over the last decade, turning into a bonafide hit for… Read more... View the full article
Modern-day anime, and the industries that shape its creation and distribution, are in a stride not dissimilar to the one video games have been experiencing since around 2020 during the height of the covid pandemic, when everyone was stuck at home with nothing better to do than tackle their backlog of games (or, in… Read more... View the full article
Once Human features countless resources and materials necessary for crafting and base-building, so it can feel confusing as you sort through the list. But it gets simpler once you realize that most resources are upgraded versions of previously available items from a lower-level zone. Take, for example, Special Parts… Read more... View the full article
Boss Team Games and Wayforward are working together on not one, but two new retro-inspired action-platforms. One is based on the original Halloween movie and the other is based on the series Ash Vs. Evil *****. It’s the start of a larger horror game franchise called RetroRealms. Read more... View the full article
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess constantly keeps things fresh with unique mechanics and levels. Enri Village is a wonderful example, as it’s a boss stage in all but name. Making things more difficult is that you’ll be physically useless throughout the night, forcing your villagers to pick up the slack. Read more... View the full article
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess offers plenty of variety in boss fights, but one of the most challenging will be encountered early on. Mukadejoro is an aggressive behemoth with unique mechanics and a persistent AI. It all comes together to feel like a massive difficulty spike. Read more... View the full article
Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 3 is the last time fans get to hear Kevin Conroy as Batman. But the initial version had one big problem. His archnemesis, the Joker, didn’t sound like Mark Hamill, the Star Wars actor who made the character his own in Batman: The Animated Series. Warner Bros. has now quietly stepped in… Read more... View the full article
There have been rumblings that Red ***** Redemption would finally get a PC port for a while now, and it looks like the Western epic could be closer than ever to hitting Steam and other PC gaming storefronts. A leaked description on PlayStation Network of all places points to an imminent launch. Read more... View the full article
Visions of Mana is the first new mainline entry in Square Enix’s Mana series in over 15 years, so naturally it has attracted huge attention from modern-day RPG fans and retro game enthusiasts alike. As is tradition with Square Enix games, a demo for Visions of Mana was released ahead of the game’s official August 29… Read more... View the full article
Officially, Valve—the company behind Steam, Half-Life, and more—has yet to announce its next big game. However, thousands of people are currently playing and posting about Deadlock, Valve’s next big game, literally right now. So uh, what’s going on? Read more... View the full article
Many Fallout fans consider Fallout: New Vegas the best game in the series. So folks have long wanted a sequel or similar spin-off led by New Vegas game director Josh Sawyer. And according to him, he’s down to do it, assuming he’s not too constrained by Bethesda. Read more... View the full article
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Lord Of The Rings: Rings Of Power season 1 left me pretty cool. As a fan of Tolkien’s fantasy world, I thought it had its moments, but a lot of it felt like a waste. Season 2, based on the trailers at least, feels like it’s shaping up to be something else entirely. A second look at the upcoming episodes shows where… Read more... View the full article