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Europa Universalis 5 developers reveal diplomacy overhaul — new currency coming
In the latest entry of the franchise, the diplomacy mechanics have been reworked. The team behind the grand strategy Europa Universalis 5 published a new development diary. This edition turns the spotlight on diplomacy. Diplomacy in EU5 has been redesigned: previously it relied on a fixed pool of diplomats, each capable of performing a single...
Bryan Bertino, Writer-Director of The Strangers, Explains the Ending of Vicious
Image: Paramount Pictures The 2025 horror film Vicious follows Polly (Dakota Fanning) as she is relentlessly tormented by an obscure, malevolent force. Pressured into committing horrific acts to survive, Polly endures escalating violence, terror and physical harm as the film progresses. Although the ending of Vicious simultaneously closes one storyline and hints at another, the...
Riot ramps up fight against smurfing and toxic players in League of Legends — system will track all of a violator’s accounts
The number of issues facing players who use dishonest tactics keeps growing. Riot Games has released a new League of Legends developer diary focused on combating smurfing — when experienced players hop onto fresh accounts to face off against newcomers and less experienced opponents. Over the coming months, the League team plans to increase penalties...
Twenty Years Later, Serious Sam 2 Still Getting Updates — Steam Digital Items and Other Additions in the Anniversary Patch
The game’s milestone anniversary is being celebrated in grand style. In October 2025, fans mark the 20th anniversary of Serious Sam 2. The developers have joined the celebration of the “meat shooter.” Croteam has released the “20th Anniversary Update” for Serious Sam 2: Steam community items: emoticons, profile backgrounds, trading cards, avatar frames, and animated...
Cyberpunk 2077’s World Revealed After 4 Years — Player Zooms In and Discovers Cardboard Cars in Night City
Admiring the city’s beauty turned into the realization of Night City’s apparent artifice. Years after its release, Cyberpunk 2077 still manages to surprise. Recently, a player drew attention to a technical choice made by CD Projekt Red. Kamil_Montana took a bird’s-eye view of Night City and zoomed in tightly. While inspecting the traffic, he noticed...
The creator of the original Fallout explains the difference between radiation and the FEV virus and reveals the source of inspiration
When creating the RPG, the developers consulted a wide range of sources for inspiration. Fallout creator Tim Cain continues to publish videos on various subjects. Recently he chose to discuss several mechanics from the original game. The focus was the FEV radiation (Forced Evolutionary Virus). Tim emphasized that he was presenting his own ideas; canon...
Everything Marvel Studios Announced at New York Comic Con 2025
Image: Marvel Studios At New York Comic-Con, Marvel unveiled a slate of upcoming television and animated projects destined for Disney Plus. Leading the announcements is Daredevil: Born Again season 2, slated to premiere in March 2026. The series returns Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock and brings back familiar faces from the earlier Netflix Marvel universe,...
The One Big Reason We Finally Have a New Tron Movie
A still from Tron: AresPhoto: Leah Gallo/Disney This weekend brings a rare return to the Tron universe. Audiences waited nearly 30 years for Tron: Legacy, and then another decade and a half for Tron: Ares, a new installment that reconnects more directly with the original 1982 film than the previous follow-up did. Those gaps weren’t...
Ayaneo Releases New Video of Elite KONKR Pocket Fit Handheld Console with Snapdragon 8 Elite
It’s time to watch a new video about the portable KONKR Pocket Fit Elite to determine whether this 6-inch LCD handheld—powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, running Android 16, and offering 8–24 GB of RAM—is worth purchasing. The KONKR Pocket Fit Elite will only reach Indiegogo backers in December 2025. To prepare gamers for...
Paul Giamatti Takes Command in the Starfleet Academy Trailer
Photo: Paramount The newest addition to the Star Trek universe, Starfleet Academy, reimagines the franchise through a young-adult lens, following the inaugural class of 32nd-century cadets at the Academy. At a New York Comic Con panel, Paramount announced the show’s premiere on January 15, with episodes releasing weekly through March 12. The first trailer spotlights...
Players of Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Still Haven’t Uncovered All the Secrets
Exploration of the game’s realms continues. The creators of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 have tucked away a number of secrets. Players are uncovering them gradually, though some mysteries may yet remain undiscovered. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, game director Guillaume Brosh said: “There are still secrets in the game, but I don’t want to...
Fallout: New Vegas Developer Explains Why Classic RPGs Disappeared
Retailers told developers those kinds of games had no audience. Recently, Josh Sawyer — the creator behind Icewind Dale, Pillars of Eternity, and Fallout: New Vegas — spoke at GCAP 2025. He pointed to retailers as a key reason classic cRPGs vanished from store shelves in the 2000s: merchants were claiming there simply wasn’t a...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Season 4 Clip Teases the Enterprise’s Next Crisis
New York Comic Con treated fans to an early glimpse of season 4 of Strange New Worlds, releasing a four-minute sequence that plunges the U.S.S. Enterprise into serious peril. Paramount Plus promptly uploaded the clip to YouTube for wider viewing. The excerpt opens with the bridge crew watching a striking cosmic storm from a cautious...
Ian Watkins, Former Lostprophets Singer, Killed in Prison Attack
Ian Watkins Killed in Prison Assault at HMP Wakefield Updated October 11, 2025 — Age 48 Ian Watkins of Lostprophets performing during the 2012 Vans Warped Tour at Riverbend Music Center on July 31, 2012, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Joey Foley/Getty Images Ian Watkins, the former lead singer of Lostprophets who was serving a lengthy prison...
Cyberpunk 2077 Modder Adds Authentic Cyberpunk Version of Wordle
You can now play a Wordle-style game in Night City. A modder going by the name MisterChedda adapted the popular Wordle concept and introduced a Cyberpunk 2077 counterpart called Gonkle. Each day the player character receives a new puzzle by SMS — the objective is to guess the hidden word. MisterChedda built the word list...
Valve Bans Sale of Dota 2 Skins After Bug Causes $30 Million in Damage
A system flaw allowed fraudsters to profit by producing rare items. Valve recently rolled out the 7.39e update for Dota 2. The developers have introduced a ban on selling certain skins. Items that are trade-locked until a specific date can no longer be listed for sale on the marketplace. Previously, scammers exploited a vulnerability in...
Europa Universalis 5 developers reveal diplomacy overhaul — new currency coming
In the latest entry of the franchise, the diplomacy mechanics have been reworked. The team behind the grand strategy Europa Universalis 5 published a new development diary. This edition turns the spotlight on diplomacy. Diplomacy in EU5 has been redesigned: previously it relied on a fixed pool of diplomats, each capable of performing a single...
Bryan Bertino, Writer-Director of The Strangers, Explains the Ending of Vicious
Image: Paramount Pictures The 2025 horror film Vicious follows Polly (Dakota Fanning) as she is relentlessly tormented by an obscure, malevolent force. Pressured into committing horrific acts to survive, Polly endures escalating violence, terror and physical harm as the film progresses. Although the ending of Vicious simultaneously closes one storyline and hints at another, the...
Riot ramps up fight against smurfing and toxic players in League of Legends — system will track all of a violator’s accounts
The number of issues facing players who use dishonest tactics keeps growing. Riot Games has released a new League of Legends developer diary focused on combating smurfing — when experienced players hop onto fresh accounts to face off against newcomers and less experienced opponents. Over the coming months, the League team plans to increase penalties...
Twenty Years Later, Serious Sam 2 Still Getting Updates — Steam Digital Items and Other Additions in the Anniversary Patch
The game’s milestone anniversary is being celebrated in grand style. In October 2025, fans mark the 20th anniversary of Serious Sam 2. The developers have joined the celebration of the “meat shooter.” Croteam has released the “20th Anniversary Update” for Serious Sam 2: Steam community items: emoticons, profile backgrounds, trading cards, avatar frames, and animated...
Cyberpunk 2077’s World Revealed After 4 Years — Player Zooms In and Discovers Cardboard Cars in Night City
Admiring the city’s beauty turned into the realization of Night City’s apparent artifice. Years after its release, Cyberpunk 2077 still manages to surprise. Recently, a player drew attention to a technical choice made by CD Projekt Red. Kamil_Montana took a bird’s-eye view of Night City and zoomed in tightly. While inspecting the traffic, he noticed...
The creator of the original Fallout explains the difference between radiation and the FEV virus and reveals the source of inspiration
When creating the RPG, the developers consulted a wide range of sources for inspiration. Fallout creator Tim Cain continues to publish videos on various subjects. Recently he chose to discuss several mechanics from the original game. The focus was the FEV radiation (Forced Evolutionary Virus). Tim emphasized that he was presenting his own ideas; canon...
Everything Marvel Studios Announced at New York Comic Con 2025
Image: Marvel Studios At New York Comic-Con, Marvel unveiled a slate of upcoming television and animated projects destined for Disney Plus. Leading the announcements is Daredevil: Born Again season 2, slated to premiere in March 2026. The series returns Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock and brings back familiar faces from the earlier Netflix Marvel universe,...
The One Big Reason We Finally Have a New Tron Movie
A still from Tron: AresPhoto: Leah Gallo/Disney This weekend brings a rare return to the Tron universe. Audiences waited nearly 30 years for Tron: Legacy, and then another decade and a half for Tron: Ares, a new installment that reconnects more directly with the original 1982 film than the previous follow-up did. Those gaps weren’t...
Ayaneo Releases New Video of Elite KONKR Pocket Fit Handheld Console with Snapdragon 8 Elite
It’s time to watch a new video about the portable KONKR Pocket Fit Elite to determine whether this 6-inch LCD handheld—powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, running Android 16, and offering 8–24 GB of RAM—is worth purchasing. The KONKR Pocket Fit Elite will only reach Indiegogo backers in December 2025. To prepare gamers for...