Games

In 1979, Stephen King introduced the world to Castle Rock, a picturesque Maine town that hides evil within. Plenty of King stories in the years since have returned to Castle Rock, but none have ever recaptured the experience of that very first trip. The Dead Zone feels different from King’s body of work. Part crime...

The Blood of Dawnwalker has received high marks for its atmosphere and role-playing mechanics, but a Digital Foundry analysis has revealed serious performance issues on the PS5 and Xbox console versions. On base PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles, three modes are available with image reconstruction up to 4K. Performance targets 60 FPS, operating at...

Sony is reportedly preparing a new price increase across all three tiers of PlayStation Plus, with subscriptions in Brazil potentially rising by 16% to 36%. According to an alleged internal Sony message that surfaced online, the company considers the May 2026 price increase insufficient and is considering another price hike before the end of the...

Whenever a TV show enjoys a great deal of success, it invites copycats. When Seinfeld became a hit sitcom in the 1990s, its formula inspired Friends. After ThunderCats became a popular Saturday morning cartoon in the 1980s, creators followed up with SilverHawks. Back in the 1960s, when the sci-fi anthology series The Twilight Zone became...

Aniimo, a new competitor to Pokémon and Palworld, has launched as a free-to-play title on Steam, PS5, and Xbox, pulling in more than 120,000 simultaneous players. The developers warn that servers are currently overloaded, so connection issues and long queues are possible. Aniimo requires a permanent internet connection. Players have already left more than 4,000...

Over fourteen years after the debut of the cult-classic zombie hack-and-slash title Lollipop Chainsaw, our favorite undead slayer, Juliet, is finally making her triumphant return in an official sequel. While visionary industry heavyweights from the original installment—most notably DC Studios co-chief James Gunn and Grasshopper Manufacture’s Goichi Suda—are not attached to this upcoming project, the...

Cosplayer torieaesth has successfully transformed into Aloy from the action role-playing game Horizon Zero Dawn, where players must survive in a post-apocalyptic world and hunt robot creatures that resemble various animals. It remains hard to believe that the action game Horizon Hunters Gathering will survive its reboot and make it to release, but the franchise...

WARDOGS has become a Steam sales leader, surpassing 2 million copies sold. Following an interview with Bulkhead head Joe Brammer, a controversy erupted around the game due to publications that he called manipulative. In an interview with The Game Business, Brammer stated that he expects employees to work hard and allows for crunch, which he...

Ikumi Nakamura’s studio Unseen has released a new trailer for Kemuri showcasing its combat system and world exploration. Kemuri, the new game from Unseen and GhostWire Tokyo creator Ikumi Nakamura, has received a new trailer featuring world exploration and combat. A playable demo will be presented at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Studio Unseen, founded by...

How can you place your confidence in someone when every single person in the room might be deceiving you? The Traitors television series built an entire entertainment empire around this exact psychological dilemma. This week, 22 new contestants must confront that very question. The Traitors: New Blood makes its official debut on Thursday, September 17...