Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert's next game is 'classic Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park'
Gilbert says he got tired of waiting for someone else to make it, so he decided to do it himself.
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Diablo 4 is finally the phenomenal action RPG I wanted it to be
Season 4 'Loot Reborn' celebrates what Diablo is all about.
How to finish ‘Zero Hour’ and get Outbreak Perfected in Destiny 2
Image: Bungie via Polygon “Zero Hour” got a bit of a refresh in 2024 Continue reading…
Amazon Orders Tomb Raider Series From Fleabag Star And Writer
Amazon isn’t just publishing the next big Tomb Raider video game. Today, the massive company confirmed the previously reported news that it is also making a live-action TV show based on the Tomb Raider games , and has tapped Phoebe Waller-Bridge to write it up. Read more...
Dead By Daylight's Sprawling Horror-verse Expanding With D&D And Castlevania
Believe it or not folks, the asymmetric horror multiplayer game Dead by Daylight is somehow eight years old. Over the years, the game has swallowed multiple horror properties into it, such as Scream, Silent Hill , Resident Evil , and more. Today, as it celebrated eight long
Survival game The Long Dark announces 'the first change to our permadeath system that we’ve ever made'
The Long Dark's next chapter also brings an interesting new "alpha predator" and ultra-hardcore "misery mode."
Baldur’s Gate 3 Fan Makes Shadowheart’s Artefact Into An Xbox Controller
Custom, often impractical video game controllers are a tale as old as time. Who could forget the bizarre Resident Evil 4 chainsaw controller or when Square Enix released controllers shaped like Yuna’s guns from Final Fantasy X-2 ? Well, here comes a new challenger, as a
Final Fantasy 8 Is The Perfect Follow-Up To FF7
After replaying the original, 1997, Final Fantasy VII recently, I knew the next step for me was to immediately jump into Final Fantasy VIII. As my favorite game in the franchise, I can hardly resist any opportunity to play FF8, but this time I felt more encouraged to draw
Marvel's Midnight Suns director worries the card-based combat kept players away
Did a complex card system keep Marvel's Midnight Suns from being a hit?
A Bunch Of Slept-On Games Are About To Hit Game Pass
May is shaping up to be a very, very good month for Xbox Game Pass—with some sleeper hits, like magic FPS Immortals of Aveum , and new games, like Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II , arriving soon. And I bet Xbox is happy to have some good news to share right now, following the last
The Sims 4's new roadmap details the 'Season of Love' with two build kits and a romantic expansion
The next season of Sims 4 DLCs is going to be a scorcher.
Valheim heats up with new, ultra-deadly biome in Ashlands update
Image: Iron Gate Studio/Coffee Stain Publishing Build up siegecraft and tear down fortresses Continue reading…
You can get the Eye of Sauron in Lego form with the new Barad-dûr set
Image: Lego It even comes with a little Lego Sauron Continue reading…
Stellaris' new AI characters are powered by AI voices
Paradox says human actors are receiving royalties in exchange for lending their voices to their voice generation tools.
8 Movies We Want To See In Chris Pratt's Proposed Nintendo Cinematic Universe
Nintendo wants to lean hard into movies. After the astronomical success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie , why wouldn’t it? But Mario actor Chris Pratt is dreaming even bigger—He wants the company to think beyond just having an adaptation in theaters every few years and consider
One of D&D's most infamous villains is Dead by Daylight's next killer
The man with the hand. The guy with the eye. You know who I mean.
Breaking down the themes, monsters, and rings in The Rings of Power’s season 2 trailer
Image: Amazon Studios There be tentacles in The Lord of the Rings prequel Continue reading…
Monkey Island Creator's Next Game Is A Mashup Of Everything We Love
Renowned game developer Ron Gilbert ’s latest game is not at all what any of us might’ve expected. As spotted by Time Extension , the game’s been teased as “Classic Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park ,” and is set to release in 2024…maybe. Read more...
The GameStop memelord returns, stonks spike, market panics—and all he's done so far is post a bunch of mid memes
The fund managers are not impressed.
Halo Composer Running For Congress 'Intends To Win' Because He's A 'Gamer'
A few months ago, former Bungie composer Marty O’Donnell announced he was running for Congress . And in a new interview, the Halo and Destiny composer says he’ll succeed because he’s a “gamer” and also because, making Halo 2 was harder than governing a nation. Read more...
Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone couldn’t stop adding jokes to Knuckles’ dream musical
‘My goal for the episode was honestly to have this be something that you watch and are like, Whoa, what was that?’ Continue reading…
Is This Aerith's Ghost In The Original Final Fantasy VII?
Aerith’s death (spoilers) in the original Final Fantasy VII was one hell of an emotional ordeal. And while fans scoured the game years after its release for a chance at finding a way to revive her, there was a way to catch a quick glimpse of her in the late game after she dies.
Dead by Daylight’s next Killer is Dungeons & Dragons baddie Vecna
Image: Behaviour Interactive Later, we can expect a Castlevania Continue reading…
Tomb Raider is the next videogame-based series coming to Prime
Rumors of a Tomb Raider series first surfaced more than a year ago, and now Amazon has made it official.
Modding and warfare peak with mod that imposes 1% chance of a Five Nights at Freddy's jumpscare in WW2 strategy sim Hearts of Iron 4
Armed for bear.
PSA: Murmuring Obols are now Diablo 4's most valuable currency
The Purveyor of Curiosities has actually become useful.
Valheim's fiery Ashlands update leaps from public test to live servers, adding a new biome, over 30 new weapons, and lots of new and inventive ways to burn to death
The weather here's nice and warm, but there are also the horrors.
The Megalopolis trailer might be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen
Image: American Zoetrope Let’s hope we all get to see it, and soon. Continue reading…
Pokémon Go ‘Catching Wonders’ Masterwork Master Ball Research guide
Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Game Freak/Nintendo, The Pokémon Company All the steps from the ‘Catching Wonders’ research that rewards you with a Master Ball Continue reading…
House of the Dragon season 2 trailer has SO many freaking dragons and houses
Photo: Ollie Upton/HBO I’m very pumped to hang out with the worst family ever Continue reading…
Final Fantasy 14's spin on D&D has proven so popular it's already sold out before a single die has been rolled, though a second wave of reprints is on its way
Limit: Broken. Stock: Depleted. Catboy lovers: In shambles.
Abiotic Factor's first major update adds alien cheese and corpse bags, as the Half-Life inspired survival sim sells 250,000 copies
What's that smell?
Tons Of Xbox 360 Games On Deep Sale Before Store Gets Shut Down
The Xbox 360 is a legendary console, and its storefront, the Xbox Marketplace, was similarly legendary, becoming one of the most prominent online stores in console history and helping pave the way for digital distribution. The Xbox store has hosted the likes of Xbox Live
The Game Show Interview: Game Music & Game Design
Continuing transcript of the uncut interview of game composer Winifred Phillips by Meena Shamaly, host of ABC Classic’s The Game Show (Part Two).
The best comedy movies of 2024 so far
Image: Altered Innocence From undead boyfriends to a lot of beavers Continue reading…
Sharing laughs and swapping save files in Athenian Rhapsody
Creator Nico Papalia talks about what thoughts went into creating a game where no two playthroughs should be the same and how he turned player saves into collectibles.
How to watch Warhammer Skulls 2024
Image: Auroch Digital/Focus Entertainment Celebrating a whole host of great Warhammer video games Continue reading…
Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge to produce Tomb Raider show at Amazon
Prime announced that Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge will serve as a writer and executive producer on a new Tomb Raider series.
This year's Warhammer Skulls event, presented by actor Rahul Kohli, will have new reveals for Space Marine 2, Boltgun, and more—plus an up to 90% off sale on Warhammer games
In the grim darkness of the near future, there is only games news.
