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I’ve been living with the Steam Machine long enough now that the initial novelty has settled and I have a better sense of what it’s like to live...
In 2006, Atlus released Persona 3 for the PlayStation 2 in Japan. While following the premise of the first two games and pushing the series'...
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is a hit, with a 94% score on OpenCritic. Players are enjoying it too (well, besides those microtransactions),...
With the release of The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan is facing some rather obnoxious backlash. Some people are complaining about the historical...
Remember, in 2021, when TikTok was suddenly awash with sea shanties? It remains one of the most inexplicable, albeit wholesome, online crazes of the...
Fans finally got their first look at Persona 6, the next installment of Atlus's hugely popular RPG-meets-social-sim series, back in June at...
For most people, an online store serves one purpose: you find something you like, you buy it, and a few days later it shows up on your doorstep....
Assassin’s Creed has come a long way since the series debuted back in 2007, and so have its weapons. Back in the day, Altair mostly just used a...
The recent massive Xbox layoffs have not spared even established studios such as Bethesda and Obsidian Entertainment. While the developer working on...
The calendar of upcoming game releases is absolutely stacked with major launches leading up to GTA 6, but my list of most anticipated games just got a...
The team at Intelligent Systems, developers of Nintendo's Fire Emblem tactical RPG series, have a knack for memorable and impactful character...
To celebrate the series' eighth anniversary, Square Enix announced that both Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 are getting Nintendo Switch 2 versions on...
When you think "soap opera," visions of hokey classics like Days of Our Lives probably come to mind. Or maybe some memories of Downton...
Fictional characters aren't supposed to stay the same forever. Audiences expect them to grow, mature, and evolve over time. But the longer a...
This week, a fresh round of Pokémon Winds and Waves rumors and leaks suggested that next year’s mainline entry could feature 300 new Pokémon....
By the time Hades 2 arrived in early access in May 2024, everybody knew to watch it closely. The first Hades had presented thrilling roguelike RPG...
I never played Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag when it first launched in 2013. I’m kicking myself for that negligence right now. Its new remake,...
Marvel Rivals' Black Widow rework is here — finally. The erstwhile spy's been in an odd, controversial place since the hero shooter...
Months after its first announcement in May, Critical Role’s gothic and foreboding Age of Umbra: Sallowlands has arrived — and it’s just as...
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's big company reset came with a promise to re-invest resources into ventures that would boost Xbox revenue — alongside...
This week, Xbox announced a sweeping overhaul of its business that will see the company cutting 3,200 total jobs by next summer. That decision has...
[Ed. note: This article contains spoilers for Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation season 3.] Season 3 of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation opens...
I’m not sure when exactly the change happened, but I sure am sick of it. Over the past few years, it feels like every action game developer has...
I hope Magic: The Gathering never stops making Universes Beyond sets Fantasy films have become remarkably good at looking epic. Massive armies....
I won't mourn PlayStation discs We need more games like The Last of Us 2 and fewer stories for 'everyone' I’m not one to police how...
No RPG needs to be longer than 40 hours Superhero fatigue isn't a real thing, Marvel just makes bad movies now When I think about the last 10...
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Final Fantasy 4 is a big deal. Not just because it was the series' first Super Famicom-slash-Super Nintendo installment. Not for the debut of the...
Attack on Titan went south long before its controversial ending Baldur's Gate 3's most beloved feature is overrated and weakens the game If...
Final Fantasy 7 features some of the most beloved characters ever to be featured in a video game. Everyone admires Cloud’s too cool for school...
Magic needs to suck it up and ban Sol Ring from Commander immediately The Ringer's Mallory Rubin reveals her spiciest Game of Thrones take There...
I vividly remember the episode that Attack on Titan lost me. It wasn't the controversial ending where Eren Yeager became one of anime's most...
Baldur's Gate 3's most beloved feature is overrated and weakens the game If you're building a Commander deck in Magic: The Gathering,...
I was, as the kids say, gassed when I finally got my hands on Red Dead Redemption 2. At the time, I was writing for a now-defunct video game website,...
Toy Story 5 is the most vital film of the 21st century The Ringer's Mallory Rubin reveals her spiciest Game of Thrones take Back in 2017, when...
Theme park rides. Fruit snacks. T-shirts. Bibs. These days, if there’s a surface available, Mario and other familiar Nintendo mascots are probably...
A couple of majorCivilization 7 updates this year have transformed the 4X game, mostly for the better, and reignited my hope for its future. Firaxis...
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has had its fair share of ups and down since its launch in 2024. The card-collecting game’s monthly updates were...
Ubisoft published a new Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced trailer showcasing how the game looks on PS5 Pro, and it reminded me how these 4K...
The past few decades have been kind to the role-playing genre, offering a broad variety of experiences. Some franchises have stayed with us for most...
For a time, Game of Thrones was on top of the world. Based on George R.R. Martin’s still-unfinished A Song of Ice and Fire novels, HBO’s show was...
Captain Kirk. Mr. Spock. Dr. McCoy. The Enterprise. Even people who have never watched an episode of Star Trek know some version of those characters...
Nintendo has a monumental task in front of it. Later this year, it will try to iterate on perfection with a full remake of The Legend of Zelda:...
Hindsight really is everything, and that’s never been truer than with the animated adaptations of Critical Role's mega-popular Dungeons &...
It's often said of remakes and remasters that the most effective ones are not the most dazzling, but those that look like the images the...
It’s easy to compare Chicory: A Colorful Tale, the June 2021 indie hit from developer Greg Lobanov and publisher Finnji, to a 2D Legend of Zelda...
Earlier this month, The Pokémon Company released the First Partner Illustration series 2 collection, a starter-focused set with nine collectible...
Elden Ring is a family matter The fantasy saga is a genre most video games don't try to tackle, at least not on the scale of something like...
Hot take: Tom Holland is the best Spider-Man. While I also really like Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, when Holland debuted as Spider-Man, he was...
Unless you were sleeping under a rock, we’re almost certain you’ve heard of Sony Animation and Netflix’s animated masterpiece, KPop Demon...