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Insomniac’s Marvel’s Wolverine has fallen short of Sony’s expectations. Despite its high-profile name and big budget, the game trailed a niche rhythm game for Nintendo consoles. Marvel’s Wolverine sold a modest 2.4 million copies in its first few weeks, while niche title Rhythm Heaven Groove attracted nearly 2.9 million buyers over the same period. Selling...
NVIDIA has spent years claiming that Frame Generation is technically impossible on GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards. Hardware Unboxed tested a third-party mod and found otherwise. Mods have emerged in recent weeks whose creators say they can run the original version of Frame Generation on RTX 20- and RTX 30-series cards. Hardware Unboxed tested those...
Reports about the Assassin’s Creed series surfaced last week, offering a clearer picture of Ubisoft’s plans for the rest of the decade. Two games were reported for the first time, while development on Assassin’s Creed Hexe appears to be taking longer than expected. What new Assassin’s Creed games are in the works? On Nov. 6,...
I’ve spent plenty of time swinging a virtual sword this year. Action games such as Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Phantom Blade Zero make blade-to-blade combat feel wonderfully precise, with steel ringing out and sparks bursting from every clash. Yet my favorite sword fights this year aren’t in either of those games. They’re in...
For years, fans hoped Nintendo would remake or remaster The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, a game that remains one of the highest-rated titles ever listed on Metacritic. That long-awaited revival became reality in 2026: Nintendo announced a Switch 2 remake earlier this year, and the game arrived in stores this week. Nintendo has...
Soon, the Made to Order promotion will give Warhammer: The Old World fans a chance to add classic Dryad, Treeman, and Wardancer miniatures to their Wood Elf armies. The developers of Warhammer: The Old World have announced that classic metal Wood Elf miniature sets will return for sale as part of the Made to Order...
Paramount has pushed back the release of the eighth film in the Paranormal Activity franchise. Originally scheduled to arrive on May 21, 2027, the movie will now open in theaters on October 22, just ahead of Halloween. Ian Tuason, director of the horror film Undertone, is at the helm. James Wan joins the project as...
Digital Foundry has found that Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse runs at 1080p on PS5 Pro, while the game looks better on a standard PS5 and Xbox Series X. Konami’s PS5 Pro version of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse has image quality that looks noticeably worse than both the Xbox Series X version and the standard PS5 version. Digital...
Some parts of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip have barely aged, including its character relationships and its focus on team sports. Many children have known the experience of playing on a team with one kid taking the game far too seriously while another seems barely aware of what is happening. Other parts of Peanuts capture...
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will reimagine the series’ first game for longtime Lara Croft fans and newcomers, marking the start of a new phase for the franchise. Crystal Dynamics plans to update the original game’s graphics and gameplay mechanics. In an interview, Director of Game Experience Jeff Adams explained how the team plans to...
