My wrists are sore from how much Splatoon Raiders I’ve been playing. If you’re a series veteran like I am, you know that can happen when you combine its signature twitchy motion aiming with marathon PvP sessions. But there’s no competitive multiplayer here. Instead, the first Splatoon spinoff is an…
Salmon point. Whilst it wasn’t part of the original release 11 years ago (yikes), Salmon Run has become a core part of the Splatoon experience, as important as Turf Wars and bizarre single player adventures. Splatoon Raiders is Salmon Run to an extent, but it feels to me like a side mode from…
The long-discussed Community movie has received another candid update. The six-season comedy series ran from 2009 to 2015, leading to the popular fan campaign "six seasons and a movie." Peacock officially announced the follow-up movie in 2022, with its original cast Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Alison…
Senior director and video game industry advisor at Circana, Mat Piscatella, reports only seven PlayStation games have sold more than 100,000 physical units year-to-date in the US He says two games "sold more than 10,000 physical units in the US during the week ending July 11, 2026" This comes as…
The Lord of the Rings is the undisputed greatest fantasy franchise of all time, but that was only made possible by the crucial changes author J.R.R. Tolkien made to the story between the publication of The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Rings. Changes that are clear as day when readers look at…
(Image credit: The Coalition) Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball confirms Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution "are just the first" exclusive Xbox titles Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty says, "There has to be a reason for people to buy an Xbox" Ball says this plan doesn't mean…
The KOTOR Remake Will Reportedly Be Re-Revealed Later This Year A remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was announced way back in 2021, but since then, we’ve seen nothing from it. In fact, whatever version of the game was in development back then has been scrapped, as the project traded…
Sprites are hardly brand-new in Fortnite. They returned during the current season, but first debuted back in Chapter 6, Season 1. The collectibles add another layer to the game, giving players something new to hunt for and adding passive boosts during gameplay. But not everyone has been thrilled to…
Avatar Aang's Return Praised By Critics 19 Years After The Last Airbender's Original Run An avid comic book fan since she first read "Stan Lee's Soapbox," Allison Hambrick is your friendly neighborhood generalist writer. Journalism, editing, media production, copywriting—she does it all. From her…
Paramount Pictures The first trailer for Star Trek Beyond revealed that the USS Enterprise — Captain Kirk's iconic starship — gets destroyed. It's the type of plot development that you might think would be a somber, seminal moment in Trek history, but part of what makes Beyond so fun is that the…
A new image of Godzilla reveals an incredible upgrade for the iconic kaiju, granting the King of Monsters gleaming armor in an apocalyptic battle. Here's what you need to know about the upgrade, and what comes next... Godzilla is constantly changing, with every threat pushing it to achieve a new…
Tom Hiddleston's newest comments about his return as Loki in Avengers: Doomsday confirm one way that the upcoming Avengers movie is set to be a major turning point for the MCU and its trajectory thus far. The MCU timeline has been a staple of the world of cinema for well over the past decade, which…
Though all of the excitement is understandably circulating around Pokémon Winds and Waves right now, that isn't going to be in player hands until next year. In the meantime, we'll still need to get our fix of creature collection and battling, and that's where Pokémon Legends: Z-A remains the best…
Someone has made a custom version of the Companion Cube case for the Steam Machine This DIY effort is on Printables, and can be 3D-printed for those with the hardware and necessary skills There are a growing number of custom projects around the Steam Machine, from faceplates through to full-on…
Naruto's live-action reboot finally gets some story details. Director Destin Daniel Cretton has revealed the first story elements to expect from the upcoming movie reboot of the popular anime series. The upcoming Naruto movie comes from Lionsgate, with Cretton leading the charge as director for the…
The adaptation of Anne Rice's Immortal Universe heads to BackerKit this fall The gothic horror tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade owes a lot to Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, including the structure of vampiric society, the types of powers vampires can inherit from their…
Pokemon Just Had Its Second 30th Anniversary TCG Drop, And You Bet, It's Being Scalped Since 2020, Sam has written over 2,500 articles and specializes in telling the stories of the people behind the games. He’s interviewed the biggest game directors, some of the industry’s top talents, told the…
From Molleindustria and chums Future? No Thanks! is a jolly and acerbic open world city game from seasoned satirist Paulo "Molleindustria" Perdicini. It's about a bitter old boomer trying to enjoy his final day in an ecosocialist paradise. There's a demo on Steam that gives you 30 minutes access to…
MCU fans are convinced that Marvel has used clever editing to hide characters from a specific shot in the new Avengers: Doomsday trailer. Yesterday's grand reveal of the first proper Avengers: Doomsday trailer brought us our first look at Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom in action, and several…
Did Tom Holland put Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day? There's a lot we still don't know for sure about Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Is Sadie Sink playing Jean Grey? (Probably.) Does Peter Parker grow extra arms and transform into an actual Spider? (Doubtful.) Will Miles Morales show up? (Not…
Crime stories are an essential part of the American myth. Gangster movies like Scarface and The Godfather use the ruthless ambitions of a criminal kingpin to capture the dark side of the American Dream. The Sopranos, a crime show, was singlehandedly responsible for the Golden Age of Television.…
After giving us precisely zero information about what's going on with the Fallout franchise from a gaming perspective over the last few years, Bethesda suddenly went overload mode and dropped a bunch of exciting confirmations on everyone in what was actually pretty good news for once. The big news…
I went hands-on with Phasmophobia's 13 Willow Street rework, and the map got the haunted HGTV treatment. Phasmophobia’s 13 Willow Street Rework Gives Its Most Boring Map A Personality Upgrade For years now, Phasmophobia’s smaller house maps have shared a fundamental tragedy: not that they were…
Grand Theft Auto players have somehow found a way to play all three of the classic trilogy games at the same time, all in one. The wait for Grand Theft Auto VI is clearly getting to some people. From crackpot conspiracy theories about what we’ll find in the new-and-improved Vice City, to nitpicks…