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Imagine this exasperating scenario: A valiant paladin shepherds their displaced people away from a blazing camp, holds the remaining massacre survivors together, and successfully repels Absolute cultists on two separate occasions—only to bid you a swift farewell. Here is another frustrating example: A druid nearly causes an entire enclave to be slaughtered, spends the remainder...
The secret was connected to the user interface. When creating Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, developer Respawn hid numerous easter eggs in the game. One secret turned out to be so well hidden that it remained unnoticed for nearly four years, but players have recently managed to reach it. Developer Jordan DeVries previously challenged the community...
Prime Video is expanding the Reacher universe. Just days after Amazon MGM Studios confirmed a sixth season of Reacher is coming, the company announced a second season for its first spinoff, Neagley. This renewal follows the debut of the eight-episode crime drama, which currently ranks as the No. 1 TV show on Prime Video two...
The 2000s were a defining decade for shooters. First-person and third-person classics flourished across multiple platforms, while the popularity of consoles such as the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 helped bring the genre to a wider audience. Many of those games remain benchmarks for the shooters that followed. Some of the decade’s biggest...
The original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may return to modern platforms with improved graphics and multiplayer, as hinted by a new classification for the game in Australia. The Australian Classification Board issued a new rating for Modern Warfare 2, which was released 17 years ago. Specific platforms are not listed, with the project...
Bushiroad has set a March 24, 2027 release date for Weiß Schwarz Online on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch and Steam. That date uses Pacific Daylight Time, with the Japanese launch listed for March 25. The digital card game combines characters from anime, games and other series. Players collect cards, build decks and face opponents...
The Steam Client Beta has added support for Microsoft’s GameInput 4.0, which expands controller capabilities. Valve continues to improve controller support in Steam. The new API version processes additional signals and features from modern devices. Specifically, GameInput 4.0 supports backlighting, touch controls, and new button and axis labels. The update also improves rumble performance on...
Novelist Sam Sykes (the Aeons Gate series) and Chuck Wendig (Blackbirds, Star Wars: Aftermath) used X in 2017 to co-write an improvised horror satire. The result was a tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of slasher movies concerning Sam Sykes’ unnamed character taking a new job as a camp counselor while a massacre unfolds in the woods. The story...
Sony Pictures is developing a film adaptation of the psychological horror indie hit *Mouthwashing*, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Karyn Kusama (*Jennifer’s Body*, *Yellowjackets*) has been tapped to direct the project. Released in 2024, the original game follows the harrowing fate of a spaceship crew stranded on an asteroid after a catastrophic wreck. With food...
If you tucked away your beloved Pokémon inside the Pokémon Bank years ago for safekeeping, the time has come to rescue them. The Pokémon Company has officially announced that the Nintendo 3DS application will sunset in 2027, bringing an end to a dedicated cloud storage feature that has operated for over a decade. The impending...
