EXCLUSIVE: Jake Gyllenhaal may not be gearing up for The Division any time soon. Developed under the Tom Clancy brand of games at Ubisoft, the sub-franchise launched in 2016 with the open-world shooter game in which players were put into Manhattan, New York following a viral epidemic causing…
Just as horror games put people in situations where they can experience immense scares from the safety and comfort of their own rooms, survival games do something similar. Sometimes its nice to fend for yourself without the genuinely high risk of death, and if you are a fan of the genre, there are…
Monster-filled kaiju movies have captivated audiences ever since Godzilla first stomped into theaters in 1954. What began as a metaphor for nuclear war soon grew into one of sci-fi's defining subgenres, with towering monsters, heroic defenders, and spectacular city-leveling battles becoming…
Why Primate, 2026's Horror Perfect For Stephen King Fans, Has Become A U.S. Streaming Hit Primate is climbing the streaming charts, and here's why the overlooked horror flick is taking the world by storm. 2026 has already been an incredibly crowded year for horror, and Primate is just one of many…
With Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave launching exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 on September 17, 2026, there has never been a better time to revisit some of the series’ best games. Intelligent Systems is taking the tactical RPG formula in another direction with Fortune’s Weave. The standout aspect is…
(Image credit: Tyler C. / Valve) Despite Valve warning them that matches will be "very rocky" to start, Deadlock players are struggling to adjust to the MOBA's new ranked mode. Late last week, Deadlock finally got a proper ranked mode, replacing the rudimentary version that existed for the last…
A new report tied to LEGO has revealed that the brand will soon be retiring two of its ongoing crossovers tied to beloved gaming properties. In recent years, LEGO has started to collaborate much more with different video game franchises. Pokemon, Super Mario, and The Legend of Zelda are perhaps the…
As one of the most highly-anticipated debuts of the summer, viewers have been disappointed with the first episodes of The Walking Dead: Dead City season 3, but its Rotten Tomatoes critics' score tells a different story entirely. With the newest season of The Walking Dead's sequel series coming to…
You all really have it out for tieflings, huh? Baldur's Gate 3 just turned three years old, and developer Larian Studios celebrated by sharing a new batch of player statistics on social media. While none are as outrageous as last year's batch, when we learned 250,000 players gave Withers big…
From August 4 to 31, PlayStation Plus subscribers can download and keep one of the best open-world zombie games ever made for free. In 2022, Techland released Dying Light 2: Stay Human, and while it proved to be divisive at launch, it has evolved into a well-rounded and extremely entertaining…
While the Star Wars live-action shows promised to be the greatest live-action space operas on TV and streaming, Apple TV’s iconic three-season hit has replaced the legendary franchise. Ever since Star Trek: The Original Series debuted, there has been a battle for the title of the greatest space…
Beautiful sacrilege, to be clear The amount of time I spend thinking about aspect ratios would potentially be a cause for concern if it wasn't, admittedly, an unquestionably dull thing to think about for most people. Yet I continue to do so as the way we choose to frame any kind of image is an…
Love Island UK's first season, which aired in the summer of 2015, created some fun couples throughout the messy chaos of its inaugural run, but not everyone stayed together after the cameras turned off. The UK-based dating show started out in Mallorca, with the contestants living in a villa, dating…
A member of the Hollywood Creative Alliance, Chicago Indie Critics, Online Film and Television Association, and the Internet Film Critic Society, George has covered major industry events as credentialed media, including D23, CinemaCon, SXSW, Fantastic Fest, Star Wars Celebration, Tribeca Festival,…
One Batman villain is so impossibly powerful that even the Dark Knight himself knows there's no choice but to run away. Although Batman is one of DC's finest martial artists, many of his greatest enemies surpass him physically by an extraordinary margin. Bane's immense strength is secondary to his…
Courtesy of NetEase Marvel Rivals is a demanding game on any platform, with PC players widely understanding that the hero shooter takes a toll on performance. That being said, the game has slowly but steadily been getting quality-of-life improvements every seasonal update, adding new options for…
For the first time since 1990, Electronic Arts (EA) is a private company. On Tuesday, what was expected became official as the $55 billion sale of EA was completed. As of August 4, one of the largest game developers in the world is under the control of a group that includes the Saudi Arabia Public…
Here's everything you need to know about the deal EA is now officially owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and private equity Electronic Arts is no longer a publicly traded company. The Madden maker was just purchased in a joint private equity deal by the Saudi Arabian government’s…
Naoki Hamaguchi, the director of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Revelation, has spoken out against the potential demise of physical games. At the start of July, PlayStation made the controversial announcement that it would be doing away with…
VCG/Visual China Group/Getty ImagesGoing into its second week in movie theaters, the newest MCU offering, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, has already broken box office records. It has already made $1.052 billion globally, making it the second-fastest movie ever to hit that record, right behind 2019’s…
If you liked Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, haven't seen it yet but want to, or are waiting for one of those rare 70mm IMAX seats, check out these 10 shows. They might give you a little of what you're looking for. When it comes to The Odyssey, you don't even need to hear a description. The title…
Even after massive refunds, a surprising number of people kept the expensive game A teen almost made over a million dollars on Steam with a meme game Illustration: Inkee Wang for Polygon Eighteen-year-old Michael Major wasn't expecting his silly game idea to blow up on Steam earlier this year. He…
EXCLUSIVE: Critics aren't the only ones who were hooked by the Timothy Olyphant-starring Over Your Dead Body remake. Jason Segel and Samara Weaving led the dark comedy thriller as struggling director Dan Burton and his wife, aspiring actor Lisa, as they go to their lakeside cabin in the hopes of…
Final Fantasy VII Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi opened up on the game’s connection to the Advent Children film, saying that more than one of FF7’s spin-offs are going to tie into the game’s ending. In an interview with YouTuber Ashif’s Release Notes at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Berlin…