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Sony’s Next State Of Play Showcase Promises Updates On 20 Games​​Ethan Gach

The next PlayStation showcase is this week, Sony has confirmed. The latest State of Play presentation will kick off on Tuesday with updates on over a dozen games across PlayStation 5 and PS VR 2 as the company caps off a busy month filled with Astro Bot, the PS5 Pro reveal, and the 30th Anniversary […]

Nintendo Spent A Year Working On What Essentially Sounds Like Zelda Maker​​Ethan Gach

It’s been almost a decade since we got the first Super Mario Maker on Wii U and 3DS, and fans have always wondered if Nintendo might give the level editor gameplay treatment to one of its other major franchises, like, say, Zelda. Well, it turns out that the Switch maker actually did experiment with the […]

God Of War Ragnarök’s PC Port Is A Worse Version Of An Excellent Game​​Kenneth Shepard

I’ve only put a few hours into God of War: Ragnarök’s PC port. I was hoping this would be a chance for me to reassess a game I probably played under the wrong circumstances (rushing to the end because I had to know what happened). Unfortunately, after playing a bit of the PlayStation powerhouse on […]

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Devs Already Tossing Around Story Ideas For DLC And A Sequel​​Ethan Gach

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 has only delved into one small slice of the tabletop source material’s sprawling grimdark sci-fi fantasy universe, and fans are eager to know where it might head next. While the developers at Saber Interactive haven’t confirmed exactly what Space Marine’s next chapters will entail, new… Read more… ​ 

Everything You Need To Know About Silent Hill 2-Inspired Horror Hollowbody​​Thomas Wilde

2024 has been an uncommonly good year for horror gaming, with releases like Still Wakes the Deep, The Casting of Frank Stone, Crow Country, Withering Rooms, Pacific Drive, and the forthcoming Silent Hill 2 and Slitterhead. Now there’s also Hollowbody, an indie survival horror adventure from the one-person British… Read more… ​ 

Marvel’s Thunderbolts Teases Shadowy Chaos In First Trailer​​Ethan Gach

After previously being revealed behind closed doors at SDCC 2024, Marvel has finally released the first big teaser for the next chapter in the MCU, Thunderbolts, and it looks like a promising banner under which to marshal some of the more unwieldy characters and loose threads its had hanging around. Read more… ​ 

PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection Prices Have Started To Leak​​Ethan Gach

Pre-orders for the limited-edition PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection don’t start going live until later this week, but in the meantime we’re already starting to get a better idea of how much some of the consoles and accessories will cost thanks to a new leak. The prices don’t seem that bad so far. Read more… ​ 

31 Terrific Movies That Are Perfect For Spooky Season​​Alyssa Mercante

Can you feel that chill in the air? Are the trees in your neighborhood shifting shades from verdant greens to crisp reds and oranges? Notice that the sun is setting earlier? Though these are all markers of the beginning of fall AKA the beginning of my seasonal depression, they are also, gratefully, signs of spooky… […]

Beloved Skyrim YouTuber Grandma Shirley Is Finally Retiring At Age 88​​John Walker

Shirley Curry is one of the internet’s greatest heroines. The grand dame of YouTube has been making Skyrim videos for nine years, since she was a more youthful 79-year-old, recording an extraordinary 2,300 videos in that time. Mixing long-running in-game series with short, charming vlogs, Grandma Shirley has become a… Read more… ​ 

There’s Lots To Be Said About Dragon Age: The Veilguard, But Did We Enjoy It?​​Kotaku

Among our coverage of Dragon Age: The Veilguard this week was our official preview of the game, a deep dive into how BioWare has avoided conforming to a single canon, a look at how factions affect relationships throughout your protagonist’s journey, and, of course, our reactions after having full freedom with the… Read more… ​