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11 little Death Stranding 2 improvements that made me say 'hell yeah'
Death Stranding 2 is a sequel in the best way possible.
It's been so long since I played a 30 fps console game, it took me a week to realize Death Stranding 2 was literally giving me headaches
Lessons learned after years of 60 fps or bust.
What’s left for Switch 2 in 2025?
Nintendo announced Tuesday that Switch 2 exclusive Drag x Drive — the company’s wheelchair basketball game that shows off the system’s mouse controls — will arrive on Aug. 14. That’s the same day another kind-of-a-big-deal sports game, Madden NFL 26, lands on Switch 2. The
Smash Bros. Pro Dropped By Team After Harassing Female Streamers At Beerio Kart World Cup
Joseph “Mang0" Marquez, a long-time Smash Bros. player and two-time Evo champion, isn’t getting invited back to the next Beerio Kart World Cup. The esports pro was banned for inappropriate behavior during the livestreamed event and subsequently dropped from his team, Cloud9.
What time does Persona 5: The Phantom X release?
Persona 5: The Phantom X will give you more chances to collect personas and steal even more hearts alongside some new phantom thieves — all from the comfort of your own phone. Persona 5: The Phantom X (also known as P5X) is finally going global after being available for more
‘I won’t do it’: Death Stranding 2’s first big choice is scaring streamers but shouldn’t scare you
[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for the first hour of Death Stranding 2, which is now in early access] Death Stranding 2: On the Beach‘s “I won’t do it” choice, the first in Kojima Productions’ long-awaited sequel, is a bit of a surprise. Here you are, presented with
Norman Reedus Looks More Like Norman Reedus In Death Stranding 2
Death Stranding 2 is out now on PlayStation 5 for folks who pre-ordered the fancy deluxe edition of the game. That means players are finally getting their hands on director Hideo Kojima’s latest video game extravaganza. And one of the first things they are noticing is just how
Even The Witcher author is dogpiling on George R. R. Martin now
George R. R. Martin just can’t catch a break, huh? The author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, which adapted into the HBO show Game of Thrones, is suffering from perhaps the worst case of writer’s block in recorded history; Martin published A Dance with Dragons, the fifth
Security researchers warn that old or expired Discord invites are being used in phishing attacks
A vulnerability in Discord invites can be leveraged as part of a "multi-stage payload delivery" system.
28 Years Later’s ending sets up a very controversial sequel
28 Years Later is a superb, multifaceted horror movie with a lot of different things on its mind, and over its two hours it moves through quite a few tonal shifts: folk horror, coming-of-age family drama, gory action movie, and surreal meditation on societal breakdown. Even in
Palworld studio changes its mind about releasing its co-op Hollow Knight-like in early access, will go straight to 1.0
Pocketpair is making "final adjustments" to Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse before the full release.
Even Shazad Latif found his Star Trek: Discovery story hard to track
Actor Shazad Latif has a long history of playing characters at war with themselves. He portrayed the most archetypal example of internal conflict, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, on Penny Dreadful; a Klingon sleeper agent on Star Trek: Discovery; and will soon be playing an Indian
Where to find Grapple Gloves in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3
The Grapple Glove has been unvaulted in Fortnite as part of its 14 Days of Summer event. For day one of the summer event, you must swing consecutively with the Grapple Gloves without touching the ground. However, the Grapple Glove is only be available until the day two summer
Doing a victory lap, Dune: Awakening publisher reveals that 1 million players have already huffed 6 billion grams of spice
Dune: Awakening is now "Funcom's fastest selling game ever."
This Switch 2 Accessory Is Making Fans Drop Their Consoles And The Manufacturer's Response Is Only Making Things Worse
Dbrand’s Killswitch case for the Switch 2 is lightweight, blends in well with the console, and feels good in your hands. There’s just one problem: it interferes with the Joy-Con magnets and can make the portable hardware easy to drop if you’re not holding on correctly, which,
Valve announces Team Fortress 2 is getting 'a much-needed update' focused on Mann vs. Machine: 'A chilling cautionary tale where an artificial consciousness tried to take all our jobs'
The king of ancient Greece also turns up at one point.
The Thieves Den Player Home In Oblivion Remastered Is Perfect For Nefarious Playstyles
Who doesn’t love free player housing? If you’re a thief, any of the city’s homes will suffice as a temporary base of operations. But none of them come with a Fence (albeit for a small sum of 1,000 Gold). You know what does? The Thieves Den in Oblivion Remastered! It’s a DLC
In Crimson Desert, the true boss battle is wrangling its controls to unlock the cool combat within
Crimson Desert continues to look strong, but unwieldy.
Tips For Playing The Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy VI Commander Deck
Few video game moments are as impactful as the second half of Final Fantasy VI. The heroes have lost, and the only one who remains is Celes, who spends the rest of the game on a quest through a destroyed world to bring her allies back together. Read more...
Peak developers react to selling 1M copies after suffering 'a lot of burnout' from making bigger games: 'The realization that smaller projects like this can work has set our studio in a new direction'
"We want to mostly make smaller projects moving forward, with clearer scopes and shorter development times."
Dropout’s beloved Dirty Laundry returns with new funny people and cult favorites
Secrets and stories run amok in the new trailer for season 5 of Dirty Laundry, Dropout’s alcohol-infused talk show where contestants reveal truths that can only be willingly shared by the inebriated. One guest admits to a cat kidnapping while another says, “my grandfather’s
War Thunder players have done it again: Yet another restricted document is leaked to win a forum argument
"We all know the Harriers are terribly incorrect."
Jurassic World Evolution 3 Devs Remove AI-Generated Art After Fans Yell At Them A Lot
When Jurassic World Evolution 3 was announced earlier this month , many fans were disappointed to learn that Frontier Developments was planning to include AI-generated artwork in the park sim. Now, after some “feedback” from fans, the studio is backing down and removing the AI
Here's our very first look at the Rogue Trooper movie Warcraft director Duncan Jones said he was doing 7 years ago
The film was announced not long after Rebellion's 2017 shooter Rogue Trooper Redux fizzled out, and work has continued ever since.
K-Pop Demon Hunters and the Travis Scott doc are blowing up on Netflix — and they’re both weirdly similar
Hype culture is all around us. Industries leverage fandom obsession, distribution companies manufacture scarcity, and social media keeps the FOMO fires burning. In a striking bit of timing, Netflix has two new, wildly different titles that echo the same cautionary message about
Who needs Bethesda? Oblivion Remastered modders have cooked up FO4-style settlement placing even without official support
If you build it, they will come.
Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro 2 TB review
Taking the fight to Phison, the drive that may or may not exist.
Tiny anime girl cyberprison billing itself as a 'customizable 3D digital soulmate' reaches its Kickstarter funding goal in minutes
Do androids dream of electric weebs?
Beavis and Butthead are snickering their way into Call of Duty Season 4 Reloaded
Mike Judge’s iconic ’90s duo, Beavis and Butthead, are grunting and giggling their way into Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone as a part of the game’s upcoming mid-season update. The announcement was shared via a post on the official Call of Duty Twitter (formerly X) page,
Overwatch 2 Season 17 is 'all about giving you more customisation' as 3 new heroes are added to Stadium with some pretty busted abilities
Lord help us all, here comes Junkrat.
British regulator takes aim at Google's dominance with 'targeted measures to address specific aspects of how Google operates'
These include measures for data transparency around AI and 'fair ranking principles'.
Security mitigations in Intel's GPUs rob up to 20% of their compute performance but it's unlikely to be a problem in games
If you're an OpenCL coder on Linux, though, you might want to consider disabling them.
A Sonic theme park? Sega is eying possibilities
Sega has plans to plant its location-based entertainment flag in America and beyond, and a Sonic the Hedgehog theme park could be on the way. During an interview with Attractions Magazine, Roberta Perry, president of the business development company Roberta Perry & Associates,
GenAI animation startup Motorica raises $6.8 million investment
The company says its generative AI animation tool is being used by AAA studios, including Quantic Dream.
GenAI animation startup Motorica raises $5.8 million investment
The company says its generative AI animation tool is being used by AAA studios, including Quantic Dream.
Peak devs say the hit comedy climber was pitched in a Swedish hot tub and developed in a frantic 4-week Korean game jam: 'We brought our computers to an Airbnb in Hongdae and locked tf in for a month'
"While it was pretty intense, it was also the most fun I’ve ever had working on a game."
Anybody Want To Buy A $2,600 Toy Story Gaming PC?
MSI, Disney, and Pixar have partnered together to produce one of the weirder crossover products I’ve seen in some time: A high-end gaming PC themed entirely around Toy Story. Read more...
The 'Stop Killing Games' initiative is close to its final deadline, and after that, its leader is understandably done: 'Either the frog hops out of the pot, or it's dead'
"Companies just started taking away your purchases, nobody stopped them, and it slowly got normalised."
New chip industry roadmap predicts true 10 nm silicon won't arrive until 2039 and yet Moore's Law is, actually, alive and kicking
Except, of course, it won't really be 0.2 nm or anything even close to that.
The director of Warcraft is back with a comic book movie made completely in Unreal
Warcraft director Duncan Jones shared the first look at his next project Tuesday, Rogue Trooper. Based on the 2000 AD comics character, the film is notable for being animated in Unreal Engine 5, the video game design tool used to create some of the most popular games of 2025,
The Best Game Of All Time Just Turned 25 Years Old
Yesterday, June 23, marked the 25th anniversary of what can convincingly be described as one of the best games of all time. Deus Ex, created by the distinct Austin branch of John Romero’s controversial studio Ion Storm, was a first-person RPG that would change how an entire
16 of the best landing spots in Fortnite
Get a head start and glide your way to victory with some of the best drop spots on the map.
Türkiye's answer to Disco Elysium just broke cover, featuring more lawyers, fewer cops, an indeterminate amount of communism and twin fistfuls of guilt and regret
Pera Coda swaps Revachol for Istanbul, but don't worry: there's still plenty of anguish.
Nvidia surprise-launches the GeForce RTX 5050 graphics card, starting at $249 for what's basically a slower RTX 4060 with DLSS 4
The launch might have come out of nowhere, but there's nothing here that's really a surprise.
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025) review
Still a great compact gaming laptop, but the grating fan noise and sharper Blade 14 relegate it into second place.
Razer Blade 14 (2025) review
The 2025 update for Razer's micro machine has pretty much made it my ideal gaming laptop.
Report: Xbox Bracing For Another Mass Layoff
Microsoft’s gaming business is seemingly in for another round of mass layoffs. The fresh cuts would be coming just as Xbox seems to be in full retreat from its long-standing console hardware business as it invests more in Windows gaming and bringing first-party exclusives to
System Shock 2's remaster is delayed for everyone but you and me
Call an ambulance. But not for me.
How To Survive Dune: Awakening Long Enough To See The Spice Wars Unfold
Following the game’s relatively short introduction, in which you create your character and their background, you’re dumped into the desert unceremoniously; the world of Arrakis sprawls as far as the eye can see. It’s daunting. And it feels like everything and everyone you
