Mafia: The Old Country review: bleak, brilliant history
Mafia: The Old Country review: bleak, brilliant history Growing up, my father and I never saw eye to eye. We were always engaged in an ideological war, as my passion for creativity clashed with his cold focus on making money and putting food on the table above all else. There was a cultural divide between […]
Who is Matt Smith playing in Star Wars? Here’s one big clue
Who is Matt Smith playing in Star Wars? Here’s one big clue If you want to trigger a Star Wars fan, all you need to do is say three words: “Somehow, Palpatine returned.” While plenty of people were excited to the resurrection of Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) in Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, we […]
The Elder Scrolls Online is free for QuakeCon
The Elder Scrolls Online is free for QuakeCon The Elder Scrolls Online is now free to try out until Tuesday, Aug. 12, as a part of the QuakeCon 2025 Free Play Event. To obtain your free play period of ESO, players must visit this page, select their preferred platform, and then simply download the game. […]
Guitar Hero publisher RedOctane returns, with new rhythm game in the works
Guitar Hero publisher RedOctane returns, with new rhythm game in the works RedOctane Games is back, and are ready to bring forth the next step in rhythm-based gaming. The company announced Wednesday that it consists of “creators and developers who helped create and scale Guitar Hero and DJ Hero nearly two decades ago” and is […]
Watch Weapons with the biggest audience possible
Watch Weapons with the biggest audience possible Let’s get it out of the way up front: This piece contains absolutely no spoilers for Weapons, Zach Cregger’s follow-up to his buzzy 2022 shocks-upon-shocks horror movie Barbarian. I’m a fan of going into any movie knowing as little as possible about it, apart from the basics of […]
Hulu to fold into Disney Plus by 2026, new price unknown
Hulu to fold into Disney Plus by 2026, new price unknown Disney Plus is set to consume Hulu and all its content, with the two platforms “fully integrating” into a single “unified” app by 2026. Disney CEO Bob Iger says customers will still be able to buy Hulu and Disney Plus subscriptions separately, but the […]
All the games leaving Xbox Game Pass this month (August 2025)
All the games leaving Xbox Game Pass this month (August 2025) As it does every month, Xbox has announced the first wave of games coming to Xbox Game Pass this month — but of course, that also means some titles are leaving the subscription service, too. So far, only three titles are being removed from […]
Steam’s fight against Visa, Mastercard, and censorship is only getting messier
Steam’s fight against Visa, Mastercard, and censorship is only getting messier It’s been weeks of anger and confusion for fans and game developers ensnared in the debacle between gaming storefronts — like Valve and itch.io — and the payment processors that service them. Who, exactly, is responsible for the recent crackdown on adult games? The […]
Street Fighter 6 doubles in players after adding Chun Li swimsuit skin
Street Fighter 6 doubles in players after adding Chun Li swimsuit skin Move over, Hot Ryu. Street Fighter 6 is heating up for the summer with the release of a handful of summer-themed costumes for Luke, Jamie, Kimberly, Manon, A.K.I., and Cammy. But it’s the Chun-Li swimsuit skin leaving little to the imagination that’s turning […]
Black woman finally cast in anime dub as a Black character who actually sounds Black
Black woman finally cast in anime dub as a Black character who actually sounds Black Gachiakuta is one of the most anticipated anime to release this season and, so far, it’s living up to those expectations. However, nobody could have predicted how perfect the English dub would be at casting the voice of Semiu. Episode […]