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It appears the game had trouble drawing players’ attention. Keeper, from the creators of Psychonauts, launched recently and earned “Very Positive” reviews on Steam. However, the title had a weak debut on Valve’s platform — Keeper’s peak concurrent player count topped out at just 165. This ranks among the studio’s lowest Steam peaks; only the...
The developers have reworked several familiar gameplay elements and improved overall optimization. The Counter-Strike 2 team has rolled out a substantial patch. Valve implemented a series of important technical changes that will affect gameplay. When defusing the bomb, the first-person weapon model will now lower, preventing the sniper scope from being raised. Additionally, there is...
Photo: Ken Woroner/Netflix Guillermo del Toro is not the first director to promise fidelity to Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel when adapting Frankenstein. After Francis Ford Coppola’s lush revival of classic Gothic fiction with Bram Stoker’s Dracula came back into vogue, Kenneth Branagh attempted his own restoration in 1994 with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Like Shelley’s book, Branagh’s...
Even in the unmodified game the protagonist could get into a proper brawl — and the combat system here has been pushed to an entirely new level. Streamer-moderator Blurbs keeps running creative experiments across different titles. Recently he returned to Red Dead Redemption 2 and dramatically remade parts of the game. He managed to “fully...
Image: Universal Pictures Black Phone 2 revisits familiar territory for long-time horror devotees while broadening the mythology introduced in 2021’s The Black Phone. The sequel reunites the franchise’s central children and their nemesis — a monstrous abductor whose crimes are resisted by uncanny forces — but it also layers in homages and tonal echoes from...
Actors collaborating with Rockstar Games, especially those involved in GTA 6, adhere to ironclad non-disclosure agreements. Yet musicians whose tracks might feature in the game—and their teams—seem to operate without any NDA. It appears labels handle the licensing, leaving artists to learn of their inclusion only afterward—and then boast about it. Or perhaps some simply...
Image: Spindlehorse Vivienne Medrano’s Helluva Boss is an electric, often anarchic adult animated series that trades on frantic momentum more than its sister show, Hazbin Hotel. Both share dark humor and surprisingly affecting moments, but Helluva Boss tends to favor episodic, in-the-moment set pieces — each installment nudges an ongoing story forward while reveling in...
Players may soon get a chance to sample part of Bloober Team’s newest title. Reports circulating online indicate that Cronos: The New Dawn will be receiving a demo build. Cronos: The New Dawn is the Kraków studio’s latest original release, available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. The game places players...
Football Manager 26 is finally securing an official FIFA license — a long-awaited update fans have sought for years. Thanks to an extended collaboration between Sports Interactive and FIFA, the game will incorporate officially branded competitions such as the FIFA World Cup 2026, the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. The...
Several weeks have passed since the release of Ghost of Yotei, and many players have already experienced Atsu’s story. But is it truly finished? The developers have offered an answer. The game has been available on PS5 for over two weeks. The creators confirmed the project is not closed: a multiplayer mode called Legend is...
