Courtesy of Saber Interactive Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival just released a demo for players to try, showing off a bloody new chapter in the esteemed Hellraiser franchise. This game is set to bring the series’ grotesque body horror to players, with a new story about protagonist Aidan trying to…
NetflixFor those who love the retrofuturistic aesthetic of The Incredibles, or Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, but hoped that it could maybe be mixed with a little bit more cyberpunk, director Brad Bird’s newest animated movie is here to make all your dreams come true. Instead of the…
Marvel StudiosArtificial intelligence may seem like a recent discovery, but the concept and term have been around for longer than a century. In Marvel Comics, the android Vision premiered in 1968, and he later appeared in the MCU in Avengers: Age of Ultron and eventually shared his own spinoff with…
This is an IGN opinion piece from Carlos Morales, who is a massive fan of Marvel whether it’s comics, movies, or video games. He’s sunk well over 1,000 hours into Marvel Rivals. Marvel Rivals Season 10 is now available, and it’s coming at a time of crisis for NetEase’s premiere hero shooter. What…
Between Nintendo's Customer Appreciation Sale and Amazon's upcoming Prime Big Deal Days event, it's a perfect time to shop around and save on some physical games. The latter even has some great deals live right now that are well worth looking at. One that's caught our eye is on Game Freak's latest…
(Image credit: Creative Assembly) Back when the Lords of the End Times expansion was revealed, Creative Assembly also announced that anyone who buys a single lord in the new DLC when it releases on September 24 will unlock Immortal Empires, Total War: Warhammer's trilogy-spanning grand campaign…
It's not strange to speculate that Lords of the End Times might signal the beginning of the end for Total War: Warhammer—it did kill the Warhammer Fantasy setting that the game is based on, after all, before Age of Sigmar rose from its ashes. But speaking to Senior Game Director, Richard Aldridge,…
(Image credit: Creative Assembly/Diego Gisbert Llorens) "We really enjoyed making it when we did, but as we skilled up, as individuals developed, and as the tools have improved, yeah, it shows its signs of age. It's certainly on our to-do list, it's on our radar, just like the Vampire Counts were,…
Courtesy of Kojima Productions One of the biggest stories around gaming in the latter half of 2026 surrounds Physint, the Kojima Productions game originally being created in association with Sony and PlayStation. This spiritual successor to the Metal Gear Solid series was meant to be a strong, new…
Top Discussions Microsoft file patent for a machine learning system that would "train" itself on your playtime to work out when you'll be least annoyed by in-game ads Xbox lay off 268 people as Activision take over Halo and Rare, while Obsidian become part of Bethesda, plus Forza and Fable studios…
Orion PicturesIf you’re a Marvel fan, the dissolution of the franchise’s Blade reboot aches like a dagger between the ribs. Marvel President Kevin Feige had five years to take a perfect premise — and the perfect successor to Wesley Snipes’ Daywalker, Mahershala Ali — and deliver an easy lay-up.…
NBC/NBCUniversal/Getty ImagesThey say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Tell that to the NBC commissioners of the mid-’70s. For after canceling one adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man after a single season, they simply replaced…
A new patent from Microsoft shows how they want to record your facial expressions, show them to an AI, and have it redesign the game you're playing. It's not only your face they want, but also any words you might be muttering, growls you might be making, or, dare I say, even purrs. The broader…
Remedy Entertainment is back, and the Control Resonant release date is finally upon us. Beloved developer Sam Lake's Finnish studio is taking us back to Manhattan and the Federal Bureau of Control for another mind-bending experience. If you're curious what the game is like, our own Control Resonant…
Hollow Knight: Silksong is yet to detail when we can expect its Sea of Sorrow DLC, but fans of that particular title have a worthy rival they can now dive into. Well Dweller launched just yesterday, on September 22, and it’s yet another ‘game of the year’ contender, securing a wildly impressive…
It appears that WWE was trying to trademark the term ‘Vice City,’ before abandoning plans to do so. According to a trademark filing, the initial application was made on August 8, before being deemed “dead’ just over a month later, on September 21. No, it doesn’t appear that WWE was attempting to…
Aspyr has remastered two massive RPGs from the Lord of the Rings franchise this week, bringing two of the best games of the past 10 years to Nintendo Switch 2. As revealed yesterday, Aspyr is remastering and re-releasing Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and its sequel, Shadow of War, on Nintendo…
Go Dark Soulling with up to five friends The latest FromSoft game multiplayer mod is here, with Dark Souls 2 seamless co-op finally out in the wild. Modder Yui, maker of similar and very popular mods for Elden Ring, Nightreign, and the original Dark Souls, has poured a year and a bit of work into…
Star Wars Zero Company is estimated to have sold 1 million copies, with the majority of those sales coming from Steam. Alinea Analytics' Rhys Elliott took to social media to discuss the performance of Bit Reactor’s Star Wars strategy game, which was developed by former developers of XCOM at…
The Silent Hill Townfall release date is almost here, with some strange things happening on the foggy coast of Scotland. It's been a whirlwind few years for the iconic horror franchise. Silent Hill The Short Message, the Silent Hill 2 remake and Silent Hill f all released to great reviews. And now,…
You'd think the most exciting thing to happen in Counter-Strike 2 today would be its new Rush Hour update, complete with a new "fast-paced" mode, or perhaps the fact that you can now silent reload. But you would be wrong, because Rush Hour has been overshadowed by pet chickens. Chickens aren't new…
New patents filed by Microsoft and Sony have outlined what the future of next-gen consoles may hold, and we’re not too enthusiastic about the ideas proposed. Earlier this week, new patents were spotted being filed by both companies, which hint at their plans for features to be added to the next…
"These are people we'd hire again in a heartbeat" Less than 24 hours after confirming they've managed to secure a future outside of Xbox by going independent, State of Decay 3 studio Undead Labs have announced that they've had to lay off "a significant number" of staff as part of that transition.…