(Image credit: New York Times) Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then…
The Dice Throne universe has expanded quite a bit since the game first hit tabletops in 2018, as that world now includes around 45 characters, multiple expansions, and several unique ways to play. Now the game is taking its next leap with Dice Throne Digital, which brings the gameplay you know and…
A new PS5 game has defeated Forza Horizon 6, and it is free with all tiers of PlayStation Plus: Essential, Extra, and Premium. The new game in question is also available on Nintendo Switch 2 and PC, but not on Xbox Series X. And it’s not available for free in any shape or form on Switch and PC.…
Dataminers have discovered content that suggests Call of Duty: World at War would've had a much larger focus on vehicle combat in its multiplayer modes. Back in the mid to late 2000s, Call of Duty was defining its formula. It became annualized, with multiple studios alternating between games,…
Sony's Spider-Man Universe is not moving forward, which allows the Marvel Cinematic Universe to recast all of its major villains as Marvel Studios and Sony's partnership for new Spider-Man movies continues. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is on track to become the biggest Spider-Man movie ever, with the…
Merrick Morton/TM / Courtesy Everett Collection Warning! This article includes spoilers for The Ninth Jedi. Star Wars has finally established a brand-new Jedi Order, years after George Lucas' prequel movies chronicled the Jedi's downfall. The Star Wars prequel trilogy was as much about the Jedi…
While most players are likely looking forward to massive games like Marvel’s Wolverine and Grand Theft Auto VI, 2026 isn’t quite finished with great-looking indie games. There are dozens of potential hits on the horizon, but these five games are likely the most hyped indies of the next few months.…
More surprises are in the works for Sonic the Hedgehog’s 35th-anniversary celebration. So far, there have been no major game announcements for Sonic’s 35th anniversary, and while nothing is confirmed yet, the head of Sonic Team says more surprises are on the way. Takashi Iizuka has done plenty of…
The following contains spoilers for TonyTony is a sweet and emotional riff on the time-period biopic, taking inspiration from Anthony Bourdain's life to create a timeless tale set in a very specific space. The film follows Tony, a prickly and overconfident college student who finds himself…
After joining Screen Rant in January 2025, Guy became a Senior Features Writer in March of the same year, and now specializes in features about classic TV shows. With several years' experience writing for and editing TV, film and music publications, his areas of expertise include a wide range of…
Quake: Dawn of the Machine — Launch Trailer - YouTube Watch On Just a smidge over 30 years after its original release date, Quake just got a big update. MachineGames has added a new chapter to id Software's landmark 1996 successor to the Doom games, dubbed Dawn of the Machine. The 19 new levels,…
This month's Rust update brings two DLC packs and changes that are bound to shake up this wipe Rust's August force wipe began alongside the launch of the highly anticipated Power Trip update, which will change up everyone's game plan for the month. While it makes it easier for players to gain…
Peak Developers Officially Reveal Two Brand New Maps For Its Final Content Update Ever since it was released back in 2025, Peak has been dominating friend groups everywhere thanks to its unique co-op gameplay premise and incredibly replayable gameplay loop. Although Peak has already been getting…
I started Elden Ring on launch day in 2022. It was my first FromSoft game and turns out, I didn't know what I was getting into. Here's how I let a bunch of assumptions and anxieties drive me to play Elden Ring wrong and bad for two years and over 200 hours. No, I still haven't beaten it.
Bad PC port, Hulk no like. Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is a gorgeous fighting game with Hulk-sized problems Marvel vs. Capcom is one of the most beloved fighting game series of all time, with a legacy so strong that even after Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite burned a lot of goodwill, many genre…
Pit 150's EASILY on the WARLOCK?!? Blazing Scream PTR First Impressions Diablo 4 - YouTube Watch On Nobody is particularly surprised anymore when the newest hero or class added to a game ends up being its strongest by far. You can't really be the new flavor of the month without some extra sauce.…
Few comic strips have aged as gracefully as Calvin and Hobbes. Bill Watterson's beloved series, which ran from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995, earned its reputation through hilarious adventures, imaginative fantasy sequences, and unforgettable one-liners. As children, many readers laughed…
It's hard to believe 30 years have passed since Pokémon first debuted on the Game Boy in Japan, launching what would become one of the biggest entertainment franchises in history. What began as a pair of modest and quirky RPGs has since grown into one of gaming's most successful IPs, captivating…
Nintendo has never been afraid to leave a franchise on the shelf until the moment is right. Sometimes that patience works, as it did when The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild transformed the series after years of a familiar formula. Other times, beloved properties simply disappear while Nintendo…
If you weren’t aware, Blizzard has been quietly producing an Overwatch series, which has reached its final installment (at least for now) today. With the release of this finale, that makes the series perfect for binging, and the best news is that you can watch it on YouTube for free, with your…
Naughty, naughty! What do we want? The ability to be evil in video games! How do we want it? Designed in a way that's mechanically enriching! That's what I'm hoping Arise Dark Lord will be, anyway, a Frankensteinian mish mash of action, real-time strategy, tower defence and base building where you…
Quake is still giving players new reasons to check the game out 30 years after launch No new Quake game was announced to celebrate the franchise's 30th anniversary at this year's QuakeCon, but the beloved first-person shooter got a substantial update to mark the occasion. Developer MachineGames has…
Acclaimed actor passed away in July this year. Deadline has reported that the late Sam Neill will appear in The Legend of Zelda movie, having filmed his required scenes prior to his passing on 13th July 2026. It's likely to be one of his final film roles, if not the last one entirely. Sam Neill has…
The movie adaptation of Nintendo's iconic fantasy franchise may be the late actor's final performance Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill filmed the Zelda movie before his death August has already been full of news about the upcoming The Legend of Zelda movie. Shortly after Deadline broke the news of…