The bizarro world of epic popcorn buckets didn’t begin with Dune: Part Two’s wonderful worm monstrosity, but it certainly propelled the concept into the mainstream. It even merited one of SNL’s best sketches of the year. And if anything, it’s caused every other studio and movie theater chain to raise their game in… Read more... View the full article
The original Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine was a cult-classic mashup of ********* and melee carnage back when 40K games were few and far between. Thirteen years later, the sequel is trying to rekindle that grim, ******* magic in a much more crowded and refined field. It’s a tall order, but one that Warhammer 40K: Space… Read more... View the full article
“That’s a great wide shot,” Chris Daly, a reality TV producer for over 17 years, says generously. “That shot helps the cast not feel like they’re being watched, and the audience like it’s not a planned shot. It’s not a set scene, it feels more ‘real’.” I’m playing the demo for The Crush House, a reality-TV-inspired… Read more... View the full article
Each time you encounter a new point of interest in Once Human, you are provided with a set of cookie-cutter objectives to help you navigate your way around the location. You’ll ***** a specific number of enemies, hunt the most challenging foe in the area, loot ******* and armor cases, and track down the Mystical Crate.… Read more... View the full article
Once Human features several securable Deviants—helpers who aid you in combat, provide buffs back at base, or harvest and gather resources at home—like Buzzy Bee. While the Deviants that aid you in combat prove most beneficial on the fly, those that help with crafting or gathering are the backbone of your adventure.… Read more... View the full article
Disney’s popular streaming service is set to receive yet another price hike, marking the fourth increase for the streamer since it launched in 2019. The new ad-free tier of Disney+ will soon cost $16 a month. It comes as Disney and other companies continue to try and squeeze more profit out of expensive-to-run… Read more... View the full article
Baldur’s Gate 3 just celebrated its first trip around the sun this past weekend. Have you, by chance, neglected to play the rightful Game of the Year 2023 (I’m not bitter) thus far? Well, if you have a PlayStation 5 and you’ve been waiting for the right time to jump into it, Larian Studios’ masterclass in RPG design… Read more... View the full article
To love Destiny 2 is to know that it can sometimes be a mess of convoluted systems ******* within obscure menus. It can be difficult to suss out what new function is being given to which vendor. It can get confusing whether you’re a seasoned vet or a newcomer. Now, Bungie is reintroducing attunement, a beloved feature… Read more... View the full article
Famous director David ****** explained in a recent interview that he has emphysema, a lung ******** that causes shortness of breath. He blames this on his love of smoking and tobacco. But despite rumors that he was retiring, ****** says he has no plans to do so. Read more... View the full article
Today is the start of Diablo IV’s Season of the Infernal Hordes. It adds a new mode, quests, and a ton of rebalancing. It also accidentally let players carry over their Legendary Tempering recipes from last season, and Blizzard is being generous and giving the bug a pass this time around. Read more... View the full article
Saber Interactive’s upcoming horror game based on the popular Quiet Place films finally has a release date and a price. And the new creepy-looking game, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, is dropping in the spookiest time of the year: October. Read more... View the full article
With the release of the new Dawntrail expansion for Square Enix’s MMO Final Fantasy XIV, the hunt is on. By that I meant literally hunts, a series of side activities that task players with tracking down and defeating progressively more difficult enemies. The rarest and most difficult hunts are S-Rank and require… Read more... View the full article
Since 1992, Anime Expo has been bringing the cosplay heat to the Los Angeles Convention Center, and this year was no exception. Once again the vicinity to Hollywood brings out some of the most impressive costumes on the convention circuit, from ***** One Piece fits to wildly massive constructions. Read more... View the full article
Star WarsOutlaws,Massive Entertainment’s open-world Star Wars game, is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S this August. The game doesn’t follow Jedi or deal with The Force, but instead will give us a look into the seedier side of life in the Star Wars universe. It follows the exploits of Kay Vess, a… Read more... View the full article
The upcoming Borderlands movie might not have happened if it wasn’t for the spin-off narrative game Tales from the Borderlands, which gave Gearbox confidence that the universe could be more than just a looter shooter playground. Read more... View the full article
Marvel Rivals is currently prompting a lot of comparisons to Overwatch 2, but there’s a whole, expansive Marvel universe it can draw from as it builds its roster in the coming months and (hopefully) years to help it carve out its own identity. Sure, we’ll probably get some mainstays of the comic books like Cyclops or… Read more... View the full article
Helldivers 2’s first major update, Escalation of Freedom, has dropped and it’s packing quite a lot of changes. Among them is the addition of some new ****** types, and the Impaler is probably the most fearsome of them all. OG Helldivers players may remember them from the first game, and now they’re back and even more… Read more... View the full article
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was an excellent action-adventure in a year full of decade-defining games. Now the 2023 GOTY contender is finally coming to last-gen audiences in September, letting PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players experience the second chapter in Cal Kestis’ unorthodox Jedi journey. Read more... View the full article
Helldivers 2 received a big new patch today ahead of its Freedom’s Flame Warbond later this week and it has players feeling burned and betrayed. The update brought big changes to the existing flamethrower which is no longer melting heavily-armored Charger enemies with ease and the community is already in open revolt… Read more... View the full article
We won’t ***** smoke in your ear by telling you that Buzzy Bee is the best Deviant in Once Human. It’s not. But it may be the most adorable, which counts for something, right? Read more... View the full article
When you break a platformer down to its very basics, the key to success is great-feeling movement. Running, jumping, double jumping, whatever it is you do in the game, it has to feel perfect. Thanks to its inventive drilling mechanic that lets you zip around stages, this year’s charming indie Pepper Grinder is a great… Read more... View the full article
When sci-fi comedy shooter High On Life launched on Game Pass in 2022, it quickly became one of the service’s biggest hits. And now, following all that success, one of the game’s actors, J.B. Smoove, is using his newly-formed production studio to help create an animated TV show based on the FPS. Read more... View the full article
While exploring Appalachia, how many genuinely care about the junk items we hoard? You may “loot all,” ignoring whatever is in the container until it’s time to scrap your junk back at C.A.M.P., but it’s rare to sit back and read through each item. But if you are looking for a specific item, such as Cloth, you’re going… Read more... View the full article
In a time of legend long past, when video games were still emerging from the primordial mists and magic still flowed through all things, there were games of ultimate power. These games didn’t concern themselves with Italian plumbers or sad surrogate dads, but with fierce warriors who shirtlessly strode into battle,… Read more... View the full article
The high-school zombie hack-and-slash revival is almost upon us. The LolliPop Chainsaw remaster, called RePOP, is coming out earlier than expected with a price tag that has some fans scratching their heads. Read more... View the full article
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