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Go 455 articles- June 9

• • "Hallucinogens, fax machines, parapsychology, and TV guides": One of the decade's best detective games is getting a sequel - and the demo is already here

• Finally confirming reports, Deus Ex studio and RPG veterans are helping the Fable 4 team "craft an unforgettable adventure"

• Metaphor: ReFantazio is the first JRPG I've played that actually feels more stylish than Persona 5, so of course it was made by a crack team of Persona veterans

• Mixtape is a nostalgic Life is Strange-like adventure where music grants "cosmic talents" to its skateboarding hero, and it's coming in 2025

• This cozy upcoming survival game reminds me a lot of Don't Starve - except it's about a little mouse hoping to restore their childhood woodland burrow

• Gears of War: E-Day is rewinding the clocks, but The Coalition hints it still has eyes on Gears 6: "We're not retreating from that storyline in any way"

• Ubisoft Forward 2024 stream - when it starts and how to watch it on YouTube, Twitch, and more

• New Stalker 2 trailer shows the monsters and mayhem of its open world, and the weapons you'll have to defend yourself

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is the biggest CoD game ever at launch with over 300GB of space needed on Xbox Series X/S

• Assassin's Creed Shadows' Naoe recalls the series' stealthier, RPG-less roots with a hidden blade, hood, and an awesome grapple

• Gears of War: E-Day is a prequel set 14 years before the original action game, and yes, Dom is back

• Black Ops 6 zombies is going back to basics with round-based play, dedicated operators, and self-contained maps as Treyarch set out "to create the best version of zombies"

• Call of Duty has been treading water since Modern Warfare – and now Black Ops 6 is here to "define the future" of the franchise

• Xbox reveals three new consoles out later this year, says it's "hard at work on the next generation"

• Avowed's new story trailer sets up a grand RPG adventure with factions vying for control over a beautiful magical world

• Life is Strange: Double Exposure is bringing the series' first protagonist, Max Caulfield, back for a new adventure in October

• Fable joins GTA 6, Monster Hunter Wilds and more in 2025's already packed game release schedule

• Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred announces October release date in gnarly new cinematic that will have you reaching for the sick bag

• The Perfect Dark reboot suddenly resurfaces, and now somehow looks like a Deus Ex game with "elements of first-person shooters, immersive sims, and stealth-action"

• You'll be able to play as a ghoul in Fallout 76 early next year and channel your inner Walton Goggins from the Fallout TV show

• Hyped Soulslike riff Flintlock: Siege of Dawn sets release date for next month

• World of Warcraft: The War Within kicks off the MMO's Worldsoul Saga in August

• South of Midnight, the upcoming action-adventure game from the ex-Arkane dev behind We Happy Few set in the Deep South, finally gets a release window

• 4 years after its reveal, State of Decay 3 is back with a first look at its gorgeous and emotional open-world zombie action

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard features returning faces from Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition, and they're not alone

• Expedition 33 is a French JRPG with Paper Mario-style combat and some of the most beautiful surreal visuals I've ever seen in a game

• Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater continues to look like a thrill with new gameplay trailer showing action-packed espionage and a crocodile hat

• A surprise Starfield patch is coming today, and it looks like a different RPG in the new trailer for the Shattered Space DLC

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard launches this fall, a full 10 years after Inquisition

• Doom: The Dark Ages takes the FPS icon off the rails with a giant mech, a blade shield, and a shotgun that shoots bones

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 release date set for October, and early beta access is back for pre-order customers

• Will Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 be on PS5 and PS4?

• Anticipated Souls-lite Flintlock: Siege of Dawn isn't too worried about dodging Dark Souls genre conventions: "Soulslike is so much more than a combat mechanic"

• I played 5 indie games in 10 minutes in this NES-inspired array of fake '80s classics, and I'm in love with the pinball golf platformer Nintendo should've made

• Everything announced at the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 direct

• Everything announced at the Xbox Games Showcase

• Final Fantasy 14 devs made the Viper job because the MMO's community wanted to feel like a Sword Art Online icon, but immediately ran into a problem: "Kirito is kind of overpowered"

• June 8

• • Everything announced at the Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2024

• This XCOM-inspired strategy game intertwines World War 2 events with personal narratives, and you play the Steam demo now

• Former-BioWare and Dragon Age dev Mike Laidlaw gives us a closer look at his new action-adventure Eternal Strands

• Super Mario and Fall Guys collide in this adorable party game where no two races are the same

• Bodycam brings FPS action to an ultra-realistic world that has to be seen to be believed

• Nikoderiko is channeling Spyro and Crash Bandicoot with its co-op platforming and epic boss battles

• Dead by Daylight dev says The Casting of Frank Stone came directly from fans asking for a single-player experience

• Starship Troopers: Extermination lets you stand on a persistent mountain of bug corpses in its new update

• This top-down 2D action game is a biopunk spin on Japanese mythology from a hip-hop crew that's coming to Steam later this year

• Pneumata unleashes its Outlast meets Condemned psychological survival horror this summer

• Electronic puzzler Linkito connects to a release date at the Future Game Show Summer Showcase

• This toy-based RTS game gets you to physically draw your troop formations like a sandpit battleplan, and you can play it now on Steam

• This psychedelic roguelike is a real-time bullet hell in one moment and a turn-based strategy in the next

• How to watch the PC Gaming Show – and what to expect

• Road-trippin', choice-makin' action game Dustborn pre-orders go live now ahead of August launch

• Mandragora is a The Witcher meets Ori and the Blind Forest monster-killing Metroidvania that releases later this year

• Explore tombs with your friends when co-op puzzler Run From Mummies launches this Fall

• Strategy game Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream gets gorgeous reveal trailer at Future Games Show

• Goat Simulator 3 reveals its "Multiverse of Nonsense" DLC at the Future Games Show with a cosmic trailer

• I can’t wait to eviscerate my favourite Tyranids with chainswords and thunder hammers in Space Marine 2

• You can jump into the playtest for JPRG SacriFire right now

• Become a top cop and keep the city streets safe in '80s police sandbox The Precinct

• Deliver Us Home is the new game from the Deliver Us Moon dev, and this time they're launching a Kickstarter

• Be the guy in the chair and solve crimes in secret agent mystery The Operator, with a playable demo right now

• Parkour your way out of the corporate underworld to reclaim your soul in Hell of an Office

• All new gameplay from The Relic: First Guardian asks how you'll choose to save the world

• In this open-world tactical RPG that parodies medieval times, being the worst is for the best

• Try not to get too distracted as you explore the five dimensional world of Screenbound

• Death Stranding parcel delivery meets the X Games in Parcel Corps which now has a September release date

• Retro-inspired knockout Big Boy Boxing offers up a heavyweight new trailer where you're only three hits from being KO'ed

• Farlands' take on the cozy farming sim is No Man's Sky meets Stardew Valley

• AntonBlast is a destructive GBA-inspired platformer that lets you blow apart levels to destroy Satan - and there's new demo out right now

• Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection is a fully 3D roguelike remake, coming this summer

• Steampunk Metroidvania Clockwork Ambrosia serves up waves of mechs and an endless amount of weapon and mod combinations to dismantle them with, and you can try it on Steam

• StarVaders is an enticing mecha roguelike tactical deck-building shooter tipped as one to watch by Balatro's creators

• Take your shack to cartel chic with Drug Dealer Simulator 2's House Flipper-like building customization

• Diabotical Rogue is a Quake-inspired online arena shooter with a roguelike spin

• Prepare to reel in more horrors from the deep this August in Dredge's second expansion, The Iron Rig

• Escape a castaway's fate in this co-op brain-teaser, In Sink, exclusively revealed in the Future Games Show

• Once Human gives post-apocalyptic survival a supernatural twist in a world full of wild mutations

• Become a reluctant investigator and solve cases across a vibrant Indian setting in the adorable Detective Dotson

• Nobody Wants to Die explores what happens to future society when death is no longer a concern

• Mech-based survival adventure First Dwarf gets an exclusive Early Access release date announcement

• Bogdan's Cross tells the tale of a shepherd boy who becomes a Templar... and also happens to be a cute bear

• Let us know what you think of the Future Games Show and you could win an excellent MSI mouse or keyboard

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct stream – when it starts and how to watch it on YouTube, Twitch, and more

• The cozy adventure game of my dreams blends Animal Crossing with Zelda: Link's Awakening - and it just got a demo

• Xbox Games Showcase 2024 stream - when it starts and how to watch it on YouTube, Twitch, and more

• My most-anticipated puzzle game of 2024 from the Behind the Frame devs finally has a release date

• Sally puts Stardew Valley aboard Howl's Moving Castle to create one the coziest life sims I've ever seen, and you can play it right now

• Kamaeru is the froggy-themed Stardew Valley-like cozy sim I never knew I needed - and it's out right now

• My love of Manor Lords has me excited to play the new free prologue for this upcoming city builder all about rescuing fantasy creatures and restoring magic

• Helldivers 2 dev teases a massive patch with over 100 changes and fixes, including Super Samples for level 6 missions and visible supply lines

• Reliable leaker says Kingdom Hearts 4 is targeting a 2026 release, and that the RPG looks "different now than it did when it was revealed"

• Destiny 2: The Final Shape's raid race is finally over after 19 hours, making it the MMO's longest first clear ever and finally breaking a record held for 6 years

• Devs behind beloved color-matching puzzler Grindstone and top-down soulslike Below reveal the spiritual successor to their beloved 15-year-old Nintendo DS game

• Black Myth: Wukong - Everything we know about the action RPG

• This spooky farming sim is just like Stardew Valley, if it had "supernatural serial killers" that harvest villager's organs while you harvest your crops

• Arcane fans are shocked to see Vi as a cop - but League of Legends players want you to know that's been her job for 12 years

• Don't like $70 games? Monster Hunter Wilds and Dragon's Dogma 2 publisher Capcom says wait 5 years and they'll all be $5

• Hideo Kojima says he’s been thinking about monkey action-RPG Black Myth: Wukong since it was revealed 4 years ago: “Finally, its release has been confirmed”

• Viral $10,000+ Summer Game Fest billboard paying respects to fallen Hi-Fi Rush and Redfall studios nearly put Xbox boss Phil Spencer on blast, but "it's about the people, our friends who got laid off"

• Pokemon-style pixel art meets flower-powered Tamagotchi in this new slice-of-life RPG

• Survival MMO Dune Awakening is set in an alternate timeline where Paul Atreides' mother never disobeyed her Bene Gesserit overlords and there is no Lisan al Gaib

• The Anbernic RG Cube is a handheld for retro purists, but it’s also the answer to my DS problems

• Persona 3 Reload is getting its biggest expansion yet, a game-sized DLC covering the JRPG's epilogue - and it's dropping right before Metaphor: ReFantazio

• With 20-player jailbreaks, the new game from the viral creator of Choo-Choo Charles might be the next Lethal Company-sized multiplayer hit

• The M3GAN and Get Out production company is investing so heavily in games that it's created the ultimate lineup for horror genre fans

• Among Us made a bazillion dollars so its creators made their own "no investors" indie fund to help other games, including this slick spaceship roguelike

• Sounds like the weaker Xbox Series S has struck again: Black Myth Wukong delayed on Xbox until "it meets our quality standards"

• Doctor Who’s groundbreaking Bridgerton episode 'Rogue' finally gives us the queer love story fans deserve

• I was already kinda down for Enotria's Italian soulslike, and now I've seen its trident-blunderbuss, I'm all in

• Move over, sex update: Cult of the Lamb finally getting local co-op in August, allowing you to take on the roguelike's whole campaign with a friend

• My 2025 wishlist just got bigger thanks to this sci-fi horror action game from the Hyper Light Drifter devs, inspired by platform fighters like Super Smash Bros

• Dead Cells designer reveals their next game, a martial arts-infused pixel roguelike where you free a city from the clutches of crime syndicates

• June 7

• • Monster Hunter Wilds confirms crossplay for all platforms in a series first, and quietly reveals what might be its most important monster

• Blumhouse Games' debut project Fear the Spotlight seems like it could be the unpredictable survival horror/cozy game mash-up of my dreams

• This hardcore mountain climbing sim from the studio behind hidden gem Furi looks like it’ll take survival games to new heights

• 32 cozy movies for a rainy day

• I've waited 7 years for this NES-style retro collection of JRPGs, roguelikes, and much more led by the legendary Spelunky dev

• Alan Wake 2: Night Springs DLC is coming June 8, and it offers something desperately missing from the core game

• Remedy reverses course on Alan Wake 2 physical editions, puts my rent in jeopardy with limited $200 collector's bundle

• This perfectly retro Metroidvania is the last thing I'd expect: a sci-fi World War II adventure about killing Nazi monsters in the Bermuda Triangle

• Palworld's biggest patch yet, the Sakurajima update, shows off new gear, buildings, bosses, and Pals like the community-manifested "Grillet"

• Over 1 year after leaving Steam following legal issues, wishlist-topper Dark and Darker returns as a free-to-play game

• 4 years after releasing on PC, Valorant is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S - and you can play a beta next week

• Battle Aces is a "RTS game for everyone" that aims to bring "the core fun" of the genre like how "World of Warcraft did for MMOs"

• EA says it's "still working on" Skate 4 as it shows off pre-pre-alpha footage in bizarre SGF trailer ahead of console playtest this fall

• This new roguelike shooter from one of the lead Matrix animators is basically GTA with beans - and it's coming soon

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 gets brand new trailer showing off a far more raunchy medieval RPG than the original game

• After 10,000 years, Power Rangers finally has the TMNT-style beat-em-up it deserves

• Wanderstop is The Stanley Parable creator's take on Stardew Valley

• Black Myth: Wukong collector's edition revealed at $400 - and a 40-centimeter figure is just the start

• Silent Hill creator's new horror game Slitterhead is out in November and looks just as disturbing as I'd hoped for

• Indie dev behind serene platformer gem from 2018 is back to show off gameplay from its next serene gem, and this time you have a sword

• Metaphor: ReFantazio boasts over 40 jobs that will transform your characters over the course of the huge RPG

• Star Wars Outlaws trailer confirms Lando ahead of Ubisoft Forward gameplay reveal

• 13 years after its zombie-smashing predecessor, the Chivalry devs bring back a Left 4 Dead contender with No More Room In Hell 2

• Hogwarts Legacy didn't have the beloved books' iconic sport, but Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions does and it's officially coming this year

• Civilization 7 has been confirmed for real, and it's coming to PC and consoles simultaneously next year

• Lego Horizon Adventures puts Aloy in a wonderful co-op world later this year across, PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch

• One of our most anticipated anime shows of 2024 has just been delayed by a year

• After 22 years, the cult classic shooter based on the greatest horror movie of all time gets the second chance it's always deserved in The Thing: Remastered

• Destiny 2 The Final Shape randomly makes raids and dungeons way harder, but disables controversial Surge modifiers for the Salvation's Edge raid race

• How to watch The Future Game Show Summer Showcase – and what to expect

• Everything announced at Summer Game Fest Live

• Lethal Company dev celebrates his game being added to Fortnite by wiping out an entire squad of his characters

• How to complete the Destiny 2 Alone in the Dark quest and find Ghosts

• Diablo 4 March of the Goblins and Mother's Blessing explained

• FC 24 Season 7 Ladder Players list and how to unlock them all

• Gen V creator reveals how The Boys spin-off will move forward without late star Chance Perdomo

• Baldur's Gate 3 player loses Honor Mode save deep into Act 3, only to be rescued after Larian reconstructs a "custom save file" for them

• 8 years after it ended, a beloved animated show may be in talks for revival at Disney

• A wacky Bigfoot comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and executive produced by Ari Aster might actually be one of this year's most touching movies

• The Boys showrunner promises that fans don’t need to watch Gen V to understand season 4

• House of the Dragon showrunner teases "a ton" of new dragons in season 2: "I think we have outdone ourselves"

• I test gaming laptops for a living, and this is the best deal I’ve seen all year

• Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars has a problem with your favorite wargames, but that's why it works so well

• FromSoftware fever grows as Elden Ring and Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki is spotted in Los Angeles ahead of SGF

• Manor Lords creator clarifies he planned to add regular ol’ walls in the city-builder's next update: "Wait, you guys thought I meant walls as in a siege system?"

• New Netflix superhero show Supacell is inspired by creator Rapman's own life as well as hit series Heroes and Misfits

• The lack of major releases this year means I'm stoked for a hot indie summer in 2024

• Where to pre-order Asus ROG Ally X: stock updates for the handheld PC revamp

• One fan figured out how to port Fallout 1 to Nintendo 3DS, and it’s a lot easier than you think

• Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 review – "Once again takes a knife to our childhood memories"

• Will Smith reveals his two picks for the best movies he’s ever made

• The Boys showrunner teases that season 4 has the "scariest" episode yet which "you'll never be able to get out of your eyeballs"

• 2K Games teased another entry in one of its "biggest and most beloved franchises" - and it now seems to be strategy juggernaut Civilization 7

• The Acolyte is a cop show in disguise, and it's the perfect genre for Star Wars’ expansion

• Path of Exile 2 PS5 hands-on: A compelling Diablo 4 competitor has just entered the action-RPG arena for console

• I tried to quack the case of the stolen lunch in Duck Detective and got wrapped up in a salami conspiracy

• How to enter the correct password in Wuthering Waves

• The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend

• A noted Knights of the Old Republic fan, The Acolyte showrunner would love to bring the fan-favorite Star Wars RPG to life: "It would be a really interesting story"

• This Baldur's Gate 3 fan is trying to beat the entire RPG on one of its hardest difficulties as Scratch, the adorable dog companion with just one damage-dealing ability

• A Quiet Place prequel star Lupita Nyong'o thinks the franchise could "go on forever"

• Zack Snyder's new Netflix project gets a fresh look

• Marvel star Tom Hiddleston reveals his unusual inspiration for Loki was Superman

• Good Diablo 4 Season 4 vibes keep coming as Steam reviews recover to 'Mostly Positive' and the action-RPG hits a new all-time peak

• Will Arcane season 2 have a time jump? Fans seem to think so following the latest teaser

• Final Fantasy 6 is one of the few games RPG icon Tetsuya Nomura feels he "could have done a better job on" – "I don't really feel that way about many other games"

• It’s not a Sonic 3 trailer, but SEGA has news on another video game threequel movie – as Angry Birds 3 goes into production

• The Boys showrunner has an "ending in mind", but won’t repeat a mistake he made with Supernatural

• 2 years later, Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P is "really torn" over whether removing one of the MMO community's most beloved skills was the right call

• We've finally heard Marvel star as the voice of Lara Croft in upcoming Netflix anime, and fans are loving it

• My favorite mini console for playing Atari games just got its first discount

• Team Fortress 2 actor throws support behind players speaking against the state of the shooter: "I have never seen such passion"

• Destiny 2 Salvation's Edge Raid release time and when you can play

• I’ve been recommending this gaming headset for years, but now the newest version is cheaper than ever

• Thrustmaster eSwap X 2 Pro Controller review: “The Skyrim of the controller world”

• Less than a year and a half after the Harry Potter RPG's release, a Director's Cut of Hogwarts Legacy is reportedly in the works

• Helldivers 2 CEO says devs can have a doctor-patient relationship with their communities: "The patient is wrong, but they are also still in pain"

• House of the Dragon showrunner says he's most proud of Daemon's story in season 2 as he teases the Targaryen's "haunted past"

• Helldivers 2 CEO says Arrowhead will "likely circle back on all the content," so you might be able to grab that Malevelon Creek cape you missed

• House of the Dragon season 2 review: "This brutal return evokes the golden era of Game of Thrones"

• Netflix reveals who is voicing The Terminator in new anime – and even Skynet couldn’t have made a better choice

• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 2 confirms release date, and unveils two new images

• Wuthering Waves Yinlin build guide

• Former Dragon Age lead thinks The Veilguard being more similar to Mass Effect was "inevitable," but it "likely means good things for gameplay"

• MaXXXine director teases X sequel's "gruesome" deaths, though admits it's not as obviously horror as its predecessors

• The Boys showrunner teases what to expect from Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character – and his dynamic with Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher

• Longlegs director teases an "unrecognizable" Nicolas Cage as a demonic serial killer in new horror movie

• June 6

• • 29 years later, a cult classic horror boomer shooter is getting an "HD revival" from the masters of retro remakes

• Halo: Combat Evolved is reportedly getting "some form" of a remaster as Xbox considers bringing the iconic FPS series to PS5 for the first time

• The complete FC 24 Festival Of Football Greats Of The Game tracker

• Rocksteady is reportedly looking to recover from its Suicide Squad ordeal with a return to its roots: a new single-player game

• The new Wallace and Gromit film title has been revealed - with an iconic villain in tow

• Summer Game Fest Live 2024 stream – when it starts and how to watch it on YouTube, Twitch, and more

• FC 24 Path To Glory tracker with new cards for Raphinha and Bernardo Silva

• Diablo 4 has good news and bad news: goblins are straight-up borked, but the big XP/gold buff is going live today and lasts way longer

• Virtual pet expert cracks a 27-year-old Tamagotchi mystery to unlock secret characters in 3 weeks

• Vampire Miles Morales attacks Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum in Blood Hunt #3 preview

• Dragon Age The Veilguard devs confirm the long-anticipated RPG once toyed with multiplayer, but that's gone: "It's straight-up single-player story goodness"

• Shadow of the Erdtree has some recycled bosses, but I'm not worried: the 10+ major bosses are unique, and "there are definitely greater challenges awaiting"

• Nerf reveals an all-new range of blasters, and its best dart to date

• GTA Online Bounty Hunting brings bail bonds to Los Santos

• The Ghostflame Dragon in Shadow of the Erdtree is the DLC's new Agheel

• Netflix's Hit Man director Richard Linklater argues that movie stars absolutely still exist, with Glen Powell being the perfect example

• The Watched review: "Apply logic and the wheels come fully off"

• It's Wildcard Wishlist time! Here are the games we want to see at Summer Game Fest but we're prepared to clown over

• PS5 Pro could be the first truly 8K console

• Another Hunger Games movie is on the way as author Suzanne Collins is working on a new novel

• The Horizon series is reportedly getting a Lego game spin-off, and it's coming to both PS5 and PC on day 1

• Legally distinct Bloodborne-themed kart racer proves the PS1 era never ended - the low-poly fan game with 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam reviews just reached 130,000 downloads

• An Xbox handheld could finally show up during the Xbox Games Showcase, but I hope it’s not a PlayStation Portal rival

• The Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia manga are both reportedly set to take a surprise break from publishing new chapters starting next week

• How to beat the Destiny 2 Iconoclasm mission on Legendary in The Final Shape

• Train to Busan director lines up his next horror movie – and it's going to be his first in the English language

• Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is now The Veilguard, and we're seeing "over 15 minutes of gameplay" from its opening moments next week

• Turns out the early meta for Shadow of the Erdtree is Absolutely Humongous Hammers

• New Helldivers 2 Warbond features armor and guns straight out of Predator, but expect future releases to slow down as Arrowhead takes in fan feedback

• Visions of Mana and Dragon Quest 12 lead the list of five exciting JRPGs we want to see more of at Summer Game Fest 2024

• Godzilla Minus One fans slam Netflix's English dub for changing one of the movie's "most impactful" lines

• One emotional request from the Loki finale director changed how Tom Hiddleston filmed his last scenes

• Director Richard Linklater says his new Netflix film Hit Man is his answer to a "sexless" Hollywood

• Black Panther star has a promising update on I Am Legend 2 and says he's "really excited" to film with Will Smith

• Lego Millennium Falcon (75375) review: "She's got it where it counts"

• Netflix’s new thriller is a massive hit, with fans and critics calling it "one of the best shark movies ever made" and even comparing it to Jaws

• How to beat Mohg, Lord of Blood in Elden Ring

• Silksong still isn't here, but you can play Hollow Knight for free while you wait thanks to Nintendo

• Beloved horror devs' new soulslike and Metroidvania mashup Nine Sols is proving a welcome distraction for Silksong hopefuls: "My dream was Hollow Knight but CAT and it came true"

• Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P casually confirms Square Enix is working on multiple unannounced games, including 2 we'll reportedly find out about "soon"

• Jake Gyllenhaal reveals he's in sister Maggie Gyllenhaal's Bride of Frankenstein movie

• Star Wars fans' latest wild theory on The Acolyte suggests Yord might be the Sith Lord

• Scadutree Fragments and Blessings in Shadow of the Erdtree explained

• Wade Wilson repeatedly pranks Logan as Marvel go all in on Deadpool & Wolverine with its latest set of Stormbreaker covers

• Move out of the way Barbie, another doll is getting a live-action movie from a surprising writer

• Square Enix casually releases two of its best JRPGs on PlayStation and Xbox

• In just 5 words, an out-of-nowhere patch for one of 2023's best JRPGs brings me back for more as Octopath Traveler 2 adds new super-bosses

• Who is Micah-10 in Destiny 2?

• You only have one more week to grab Marvel Spider-Man 2 for its lowest price yet

• Forget Prime Day, I’d jump on this Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 deal ASAP

• Silent Hill 2 remake producer says original Konami devs wanted to make more changes, but thanks to Bloober Team "the remake is highly faithful to the original"

• MultiVersus studio claims ability to purchase extra lives with real money was "a bug" that was "not an intended feature in the game"

• Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P says the MMO can now open "new servers with a press of a button," so "there's almost no chance" Dawntrail servers will suffer like Endwalker

• Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail brings some style back to my favorite MMO job, and Yoshi-P promises that's only the start

• Following Resident Evil 4 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth fallout, the Silent Hill 2 remake is avoiding 'yellow paint' trend

• Silent Hill 2: Everything we know about Konami's survival horror remake

• June 5

• • Behold, the industrial-strength model of Miquella's arm custom-made for Shadow of the Erdtree events: "That arm is reinforced with resin, metal, and fiberglass"

• Steam Next Fest dev says the "juggernaut game we're all dwarfed by, the baddest motherf***er in the room" is a cozy li'l building sim that's on over 800k Wishlists

• After server issues blocked The Final Shape from breaking Destiny 2's PC player record, Bungie explains what went wrong with the MMO's latest expansion launch

• The Ultimates #1 attempts the improbable: redeeming Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man

• "People could've made billions": MMO legend returns from 2-year hiatus to share a game-breaking Old School RuneScape bug so dangerous even a former dev is shocked

• Analyst says GTA 6's importance to the console market "cannot be overstated" as Sony and Microsoft try to get old-gen players to upgrade

• Fallout season 2 is coming "as fast as humanly possible," says showrunner

• Steve Rogers assembles his own team of Avengers including She-Hulk, Monica Rambeau, Hawkeye, and many more

• The Last of Us showrunner reveals season 2 episode count, but says that potential season 3 will be "significantly larger"

• 35 must-see movie directors

• Development on The Last of Us 2 Remastered's PC port has reportedly been complete for at least 7 months

• What to do first in Shadow of the Erdtree

• Hunger Games star joins Talk to Me actor in Watch Dogs movie based on the popular video game franchise

• You can now play Super Mario 64 in VR on an actual Nintendo 64, but the frame rate is so bad you'll probably get "really bad motion sickness"

• Nine Sols review: "Metroidvania blended with Soulslike elements and the execution is nothing short of astonishing"

• In just 3 hours, the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has already given me my new favorite Elden Ring boss of all time

• Fortnite Tri-Beam Laser Rifle: How to get the Fallout gun

• Down-bad Monster Hunter Wilds players brute-force the 'Dating Sim' tag onto Steam mere days after meeting Gemma the Smithy

• For sheer install size, Shadow of the Erdtree is rumored to be bigger than all of Sekiro and almost a third of Elden Ring itself

• Glen Powell's catchphrase from a new Netflix movie with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is actually straight from the true story

• House of the Dragon and Rings of Power stars are haunted by grief and an evil tree in chilling first trailer for new folk horror

• Matt Smith says House of the Dragon's Daemon would "f***" Jon Snow up in Game of Thrones: "I've got a dragon"

• From Star Wars Outlaws to GTA 6, these are the most anticipated open-world games I have on my bingo card for Summer Game Fest

• Indie roguelike beats AAA publishers to the punch with a whole game that's literally just a slot machine, but it's actually a cool-looking RPG with no microtransactions

• Win a Blu-ray of Lisa Frankenstein!

• HyperX Cloud 3 Wireless review: “comfort and battery at the expense of functionality”

• The Samsung 1080p monitor I’d buy right now just dropped to Black Friday level pricing

• Win Patrick Stewart's Memoir Making It So!

• Lords of the Fallen, the best-worst Soulslike RPG of 2023, celebrates "Mostly Positive" recent Steam reviews after months of "Mixed" reception

• I think the new D&D Monster Manual cover is best, and the artist behind each rulebook agrees

• Forget swords and sorcery, my time with Shadow of the Erdtree has convinced me that the best route is unarmed combat

• Final Fantasy 14 role-players are creating their own Bridgerton storylines with scandal, drama, and romance across a 7-day MMO event

• Fallout: New Vegas director's sage advice for players who don't understand the RPG's divisive card game: "Try again"

• The Acolyte creator breaks down Star Wars show's shocking opening: "You have to go hard, you have to say the Jedi are going to take some Ls"

• Andor star teases a "bigger and smarter" second season of the Star Wars show

• A new Star Wars comic will delve into the history of The Acolyte's Wookiee Jedi Master

• Fortnite Oasis Pools: Where to find them

• Knives Out 3 adds Sam Raimi Spider-Man villain to cast

• This co-op indie farming game lets you pursue entire career paths on a colorful island full of magical creatures, like this balloon worm

• I don't want to alarm Elden Ring players, but I think I found the next Bloodhound's Fang in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, because this sword feels incredible

• It's not just Elden Ring – here are 5 soulslike we're prepared to die over at Summer Game Fest

• After 23 long years, Jak and Daxter fans do what Sony won't and port the classic PS2 game to PC - now with local and online multiplayer

• Assassin's Creed Shadows fan theory over its map gains momentum after fans solve Ubisoft's riddles for more tantalizing concept art

• Blade Runner RPG Starter Set review: "Perfectly captures the atmosphere of the source material"

• Stephen King shares his verdict on Netflix's new number one movie

• Divinity: Original Sin the Board Game plunged Larian into development hell … and it’s all the better for it: “We’ve made the kind of game that we would love”

• Square Enix seemingly kickstarts its multiplatform approach by freeing some of its best JRPGs to cross the console divide

• Where is Yoda in The Acolyte? Why the Star Wars Jedi isn't involved, explained

• Bruce Wayne finally gets his mojo back in Batman #148 - but will it come at a deadly cost to one of his friends?

• After joining Helldivers 2 from the publisher of city builder sensation Manor Lords, CEO asks what the best crossover could be – and the creative director reckons it's a 28-year-old military sim series

• Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown's fantasy movie overtakes Knives Out 2 to become one of the most-watched Netflix movies of all time

• 7 years later, a new entry in a cult classic Netflix horror series is coming

• Final Fantasy 7 Cloud actor says the most challenging part of Rebirth was voicing a Moogle: "It was just hard to take seriously"

• The Zotac Zone is scheduled to arrive in September, but its price stops it being a Steam Deck OLED rival

• Cillian Murphy finally breaks his silence on his Peaky Blinders return – and the movie is officially coming to Netflix

• A Valve veteran spent his career "focused a lot on violence," before Portal 2 inspired him to make Little Kitty, Big City

• Midnight Mass star joins The Boys spin-off show Gen V ahead of season 2

• New horror movie The Watched see M. Night Shyamalan follow through on a 20-year-old promise to Dakota Fanning

• Star of new horror movie The Watched says it features things she's never seen in a film before

• Star Wars fans notice a heartbreaking parallel to The Clone Wars in The Acolyte

• God of War devs say they were "scared as hell" that they would "f*** up" the now-iconic E3 2016 reveal

• Baldur's Gate 3 players on Steam have now spent longer in the RPG on average than Bethesda fans have in Skyrim, in true D&D fashion

• Just hours after release, Star Wars fans think they already know the identity of The Acolyte's Sith Lord – thanks to one line of dialogue

• 14 months after leaving Steam after legal issues, Dark and Darker goes free-to-play - but you'll still need to pay if you want to "experience everything the game has to offer"

• As Destiny 2 servers recover from The Final Shape halting log-ins, skipping cutscenes, and booting players mid-activity, Bungie apologizes and hits the reset button

• Don't worry, the Elden Ring DLC dims the exceedingly bright Bandai Namco logo so it can no longer hurt you

• How to get Diablo 4 Resplendent Sparks

• Star Wars' cute new droid has an incredibly wholesome inspiration behind it

• Who is the masked villain in The Acolyte? What we know about the Star Wars Sith explained

• What is The High Republic? The Acolyte’s new Star Wars era explained

• When does The Acolyte take place on the Star Wars timeline?

• The Star Fox-style roguelite whose dev refused to use AI voices to cut costs is adding an entire "anti-capitalist revenge" campaign about a cat-girl destroying AI

• June 4

• • Deadpool 3 director eyed to helm next Avengers movie which may see 60 returning superheroes

• The Hulk goes full vampire slayer as he smashes his way into Blood Hunt

• Wii Play billiards stumped fans for 17 years, but speedrunners finally made the perfect shot after decompiling its code to brute force millions of possibilities

• Turns out you can give away 6.6 million copies of your game, add a price later, and still sell 2.2 million more in just 2 months

• Wild Bastards is a roguelike FPS that makes some shocking changes over its predecessor, but its posse of planet plundering robots eventually won me over

• Holdovers star to lead Hostel TV series based on hyper-violent horror franchise

• Bad Boys: Ride or Die review – "Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have enough charisma to see this fourquel through"

• Hades 2 Patch 2 is here and absolutely loaded with massive balance changes for the roguelike's weapons, and Boon updates are coming next

• Hidetaka Miyazaki says the Elden Ring DLC was always going to be massive: "We wanted an experience for the player that was going to match that of the base game"

• Destiny 2 "servers not available" errors are rampant as The Final Shape chugs, Bungie suggests restarting your console or Steam as maintenance gets extended

• School of Rock 2 seems likelier than ever as the original movie's director joins Jack Black in calls for a sequel

• This Lovecraftian horror CRPG is a love letter to Ultima and D&D classics, and even Baldur's Gate 3's director is raving about it: "This is one I've been waiting for"

• It took 4 years and 40,000 attempts to shave 1 second off this Mike Tyson's Punch-Out speedrun, and "it could be many years" before the record is broken again

• Genshin Impact 4.7 release date and time - When the Clorinde banner starts

• Forget the Dragonstorm arc, MTG Modern Horizons 3 is a prequel

• Chestbursting aliens lead the way in Alien: Romulus trailer that sees the franchise goes back to its horror roots

• The Acolyte crew built lightsabers for the new Star Wars show that could be used "the way Darth Maul and Qui-Gon Jinn use them"

• Bungie shares a critical PSA for Destiny 2 players jumping into The Final Shape today: be careful with the co-op campaign, and expect some bugged abilities

• Final Fantasy 14 fans fear for Alpha the chocobo's safety after he's whisked away by Colonel Sanders in the MMO's latest KFC collab

• This new horror movie told mostly from the killer's POV may not be destined to be a classic, but its innovation is very much needed

• The Acolyte episodes 1-4 review: "The new Star Wars show plays like Andor meets Obi-Wan Kenobi"

• Solo dev behind indie roguelike hit Balatro threatens us with a good time, might "bloat this game with even more banana lore"

• I've had my eye on this pixel-perfect blend of Stardew Valley and Sailor Moon for over a year, and it's getting a Steam Next Fest demo to keep the cozy vibes coming

• The Rings of Power star was surprised by how "bloodthirsty and violent" season 2 of Lord of the Rings prequel is

• New anime movie from the creator of Chainsaw Man gets called a masterpiece in glowing first reactions

• FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki hopes to take the "bits that didn't go so well this time with Elden Ring" and improve on them in a "future title"

• The 10 best manga to read right now

• Following a year of memorable RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3, these upcoming RPGs just might make Summer Game Fest for me

• Baldur's Gate 3 player runs the entire RPG without any levels or spells at all as a humble, stinky wheel of cheese with 1 HP

• Fan-made Pokemon RPG combines HeartGold, SoulSilver, and the best spin-off game into an overhauled Johto adventure with every modern feature you could ask for

• Final Fantasy 14 gets more US Worlds as Dawntrail's launch looms, hoping to avoid the dreadful Endwalker queues of the MMO's past

• Turns out the gold symbols in Shadow of the Erdtree are "Miquella's footsteps," and they hold the key to controlling the Elden Ring DLC's difficulty

• Best Destiny 2 Exotic armor for Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks

• The Elden Ring DLC is way bigger than we thought with over 10 bosses and "around 100" new weapons coming in Shadow of the Erdtree

• What's Hot 2024: Summer Games Preview

• The Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree is the best thing it could possibly be: more Elden Ring, but way harder

• How to start the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC in Elden Ring

• My favourite boss so far in Shadow of the Erdtree feels like fifteen legendary Pokemon after a teleporter accident

• What to do to prepare for Shadow of the Erdtree, from somebody who's actually played it

• I tried Samsung’s new OLED gaming monitors early, and one feature should have rivals worried

• Final Fantasy 14 superfan and series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is running riot with the goofy FF6 outfit he made Yoshi-P add to the MMO

• Metaphor: ReFantazio - Everything we know about the upcoming JRPG from ex-Persona developers

• New set photos from James Gunn's Superman tease first look at iconic comics location

• Captain America villain actor is confident he will return to the MCU: "I'm still not dead"

• M. Night Shyamalan says working on his daughter's debut horror movie "changed" him as a director

• Venom 3 trailer might have just teased the introduction of a fan-favorite Marvel villain

• The Acolyte creator talks pitching The High Republic – and the biggest challenge behind the new Star Wars era

• Mike Flanagan confirms Hush physical release following its removal from Netflix: "We did some really awesome new stuff for it"

• Genshin Impact challenger Wuthering Waves showers fans with more compensation as it apologizes again for the action RPG's "deficiencies and issues"

• You don’t need RAM that’s capable of 10,000MHz, but T-Force is giving it to you in pink and white colorways

• New horror movie The Watched was inspired by one of the best supernatural thrillers and a very divisive 2009 horror

• Team Fortress 2's long-running bot issue hits a historical low as recent Steam reviews hit 'Mostly Negative' for the first time in its 17-year history

• Persona veterans are giving their new JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio an exclusive showcase following Summer Game Fest to give everyone a "closer look"

• The Boys showrunner says it's likely that the series will go on longer than its original five-season plan

• Monster Hunter Wilds - everything we know so far about Capcom's new game

• As Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion brings a 10-year saga to a close, one lead promises Bungie has taken deliberate steps over the past year to erode "barriers" to entry

• Venom 3's trailer may have shut down chances of a Spider-Man crossover for good

• MultiVersus player gets their main temporarily removed from the game mid-tournament bracket, still manages to win the set

• Like a Dragon: Yakuza is coming to Prime Video this year and the Kiryu actor has already shown off the iconic back tattoo

• Wuthering Waves Echo tier list

• In the final wait for Elden Ring's DLC, a modded Malenia is kicking the crap out of players – including Let Me Solo Her, who calls her "the strongest boss I've faced"

• Marvel Zombies: Heroes' Resistance review - "A good mix of simplicity and low-stakes edge"

• June 3

• • As Silent Hill 2 fans clash over the remake's redesigned characters, some see a resemblance to the original artist's early sketches

• The X-Men comics are relaunching with 10 new and returning titles - here's everything you need to know

• As Destiny 2 players wait out The Final Shape downtime, one dev recommends the "helmet off" experience for the MMO's new cinematic animations

• Steam page reveals 25 games that'll be shown at Summer Game Fest, like a Persona-style JRPG and the retro indie collection I've been waiting 7 years for

• Just Cause studio Avalanche lays off 50 people and closes two studios, including one it opened less than a year ago

• Maleficent star to lead new Predator movie from Prey director

• Praise the Sun! Dark Souls is getting an original manga, and unlike the Elden Ring manga it's actually a serious horror fantasy story

• Ubisoft is calling in backup from an internal studio for the troubled Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake

• Thanos is joining Rian Johnson's Knives Out universe but he's leaving the Infinity Stones behind

• Nintendo leak reportedly came from an employee accessing private YouTube videos, but Google says it was "non-intentional" because they only showed it to a friend

• Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan says Netflix "refused at every turn" to release his movies and shows on DVD

• Doctor Who season 1, episode 6 review: "Loki's Kate Herron works her magic on Bridgerton-esque episode 'Rogue'"

• New Genshin Impact character Emilie revealed for update 4.8 – the first Dendro character to come to the RPG in over a year

• Catwoman gets her claws on a Green Lantern Power Ring in the upcoming sequel to one of Batman's best ever stories

• Your Nvidia graphics card will soon be able to help you when you’re stuck in games

• That Silent Hill 2 gameplay wasn't perfect, but it has me convinced that horror could still dominate Summer Game Fest if we see any of these 5 titles

• Nearly 30 years later, the devs behind one of the first MMOs are making a new "true, old-school MMORPG" with hundreds of players on persistent servers

• Nintendo wasn't so sure about The Legend of Zelda's hack-and-slash spin-off being "good" at first, worrying that it could "drop" the revered RPG series' "pristine image"

• Helldivers 2 leaders respond to the black hole, insist it's "a symbol of justice on a galactic scale," announce more Termicide on the way because nothing bad happened last time

• Your PSVR 2 will work on PC starting this August, but there's a catch

• 33 Immortals is the unholy union of Hades, World of Warcraft, and Diablo 4, and even though it's not perfect, it's got my full attention

• Beyond the Spider-Verse producer assures fans that there’s no generative AI in the upcoming film, wants to "create new visual styles that have never been seen in a studio CG film"

• A group of "dorky demon fighters" face the forces of darkness in Youth Group - a new horror comedy that's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"

• Final Fantasy 14 is getting one more Live Letter before Dawntrail to focus on patch 7.0 itself

• Lost is coming to Netflix very soon – and fans think it's time we re-evaluated that finale

• 11 years later, Monster Hunter Wilds sleuths are convinced the action RPG is a follow-up to both Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter 4

• Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae on joining The Acolyte, making history as a Jedi, and why he thinks Russian Doll’s Leslye Headland has a "fresh take" on Star Wars

• 15 games we really want to see at Summer Game Fest

• Final Fantasy 14's Dawntrail benchmark gets a glow-up, now with a new "photo studio-like environment" and less "soulless" eyes

• Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail - everything we know about the MMO's upcoming expansion

• First Venom 3 trailer sees Tom Hardy and the symbiote up against their biggest threat yet – and a call back to Spider-Man: No Way Home

• Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 arrives in September with official modding tools, and Larian grants you permission to give Lae'zel a mullet

• Elden Ring archeologists are still finding unused content hidden in the action RPG's files, seemingly revealing that one popular NPC was almost given a completely different voice

• Suits star says the hugely popular sit-com could get a movie spin-off: "It is possible"

• Upcoming Lego Minecraft Crafting Table fits an entire world into an itty bitty box

• Tales of the Shire - everything we know so far about the upcoming Lord of the Rings life sim

• New Star Wars show The Acolyte's sets were so big and detailed, the actors needed a map to get around and were literally “tripping on mushrooms”

• Logitech Yeti GX review: "Holds its own without threatening to steal the show"

• The best monster movie of 2023 is now streaming on Netflix

• After a bumpy Major Order victory, Helldivers 2 devs promise "more visible info" on the Galactic War table as Arrowhead discusses "various ways" of improving in-game communication

• New MSI Claw handheld officially revealed, and it’s dressed like a Fallout Pip-Boy

• First Arcane season 2 poster teases a troubling reversal of Vi and Jinx's relationship

• Sorry Kingdom Hearts 4 hopefuls, Summer Game Fest's Geoff Keighley says don't expect another look at the long-awaited RPG sequel: "People are setting themselves up for failure"

• It looks like Netflix's One Piece may be filming seasons 2 and 3 back to back

• Manor Lords poll kicks off community-wide debate as nearly 31,000 fans show up to debate what the city builder needs next - town walls, butchers, or bug fixes

• Helldivers 2 players clear their latest Major Order in style, collapsing an entire planet into a newly formed black hole that definitely isn't going to become a problem sometime soon

• Neil Druckmann says Naughty Dog "will not be 'The Last of Us' studio forever" as work on "multiple single-player projects" continues after a multiplayer project was canned

• The Acolyte release schedule: When is episode 3 of the Star Wars show on Disney Plus?

• AMD just announced even more CPUs for its 2016 motherboard socket at Computex, as well as 9000 Series Ryzen processors which arrive in July

• June 2

• • My favorite thing about Breath of the Wild is all the mini-open-worlds it inspired, and another one just hit Steam with near-perfect reviews

• Each new Multiversus fighter is locked behind a 38-hour PvP grind - except characters like The Joker, who cost twice as much

• Another promising survival game strikes Steam and it's already sold over 100,000 copies - if you're hungry for more after Palworld and Enshrouded

• My dreams of seeing Hollow Knight Silksong at Summer Game Fest are hollow enough, so here are the other Metroidvanias I'm hoping for

• The wait for Silksong might suck, but these three Hollow Knight-inspired Metroidvanias should make it a bit easier

• Rockstar Games owner predicts AI, which has already impacted jobs, won't steal any jobs: "It's actually crazy. It's not going to make people irrelevant"

• Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer reveals which characters he took from Black Isle Studio's canceled Fallout 3

• My Baldur's Gate 3 party would hate this Destiny 2 D&D crossover and its mind flayer propaganda

• Baldur's Gate 3 players ditch sex% speedruns to find out how many NPCs you can sleep with a single playthrough of the RPG instead

• Asus ROG Ally X officially arrives with twice the battery, more RAM, and a $799 price tag

• June 1

• • Pokemon Sapphire engineer miraculously builds a working computer using "only assets that already exist in the game"

• 3 years after its announcement, the Tomb Raider anime hits Netflix in October, and its new trailer looks just like my favorite Lara Croft game

• Roguelike hit Balatro's scrapped names include Hyperborean Hold 'em, Balatron, and other titles I can't stop thinking about

• FC 24 Ademola Lookman SBC Solutions guide

• Baldur's Gate 3 lead says his game's success is helping other RPGs, giving them "a little bit of leverage in the next business meeting"

• Emergency Helldivers 2 hotfix addresses a nasty Major Order bug, so we can all go back to spaghettifying an entire planet

• Astro Bot triples the PlayStation cameos with "over 150" VIP bots, restoring hope for a Bloodborne breadcrumb