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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...
FX has officially unveiled the latest additions to the cast of its upcoming Far Cry adaptation, which is slated for a 2027 premiere. The ensemble will feature Academy Award nominees Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), alongside Hamish Linklater (The Bay), Sam Spruell (A Knight of the Seven...
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...
Renowned for his roles in the Ice Age franchise and The Odyssey, John Leguizamo has joined the cast of the upcoming Miami Vice reboot, as reported by Deadline. Leguizamo is set to portray the leader of a drug cartel in the film, titled Miami Vice ’85. He joins an impressive ensemble cast that includes Michael...
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...
Threshing Day is the next entry in Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series. This novella features threshing day stories from 13 characters mentioned in the Fourth Wing books. Despite the book coming out this month, not much was known about it because Rebecca Yarros announced it only a few months before release. Rebecca Yarros decided to satisfy...
Resident Evil 7 has successfully run on a OnePlus 12R equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 at a stable 30 frames per second, aided by artificial intelligence that helped identify emulation problems and optimize game data. Initially, the smartphone ran the game at around 20 frames per second. After connecting the device to a...
