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Stranger Than Heaven Director Says the Game Takes a More Serious Tone Than Past Yakuza Titles
Stranger Than Heaven is the most ambitious action-adventure yet from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. It follows protagonist Makoto Daito across five Japanese cities and five decades. After a half-day preview session, I left impressed by the richly detailed urban environments and by how convincingly the game portrays a society in flux. Still, I’ve played most...
The Blood of Dawnwalker Developers Repeated a Gothic 3 Mistake, but Problem Mobs Will Soon Be Nerfed
Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco Entertainment will soon release a big update for the vampire action RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, and it will calm down the game’s boars. The developers have already shared some details about the update and have now addressed this one sore point. At launch, players ran into almost the same...
Life Is Strange Creator Praises Amazon’s Upcoming TV Adaptation
Filming has wrapped on Amazon’s upcoming Life is Strange adaptation, and the show has now received a strong endorsement from the staff of the original game. Michel Koch, co-creator and director of the 2015 game, recently visited the set. He had only glowing things to say about the new take on the story. “This month,...
Travis Kelce Reveals Early Morning Call From Jason Kelce That Taylor Swift Called ‘F–ked Up’
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at Dolby Theatre on March 26, 2026, in Los Angeles. Christopher Polk/Billboard Jason Kelce startled Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce early one morning with a call for a “f–ked up” reason, according to the latest episode of New Heights, posted Wednesday (Oct. 21)....
EA Closing Legendary RPG Developer BioWare as Part of Fresh Layoffs
EA to Cut Around 400 Jobs and Close BioWare, the Studio Behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age Electronic Arts is preparing another wave of layoffs that will remove about 400 positions, according to a new report from Bloomberg. As part of the restructuring, the publisher will also shut down BioWare, its longtime role-playing game developer....
Dark Souls II Dataminer Finds Large Coliseum and Underground Level With Tower
Several notable locations were planned for Dark Souls II at some stage of development. Dark Souls II continues to surprise players many years after its release. Dataminer Doneda recently published a video exploring unusual locations, and he found unused levels in the game files. Doneda did not use the original Dark Souls II for the...
Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Star Reveals Woody Harrelson’s Advice for Playing Haymitch
Most of the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping faces a tough job. They play younger versions of characters first portrayed by some of our greatest actors. That is especially true for Joseph Zada, who takes over the role of Haymitch from Woody Harrelson. The two actors compared notes on set, and...
Final Fantasy VII Revelation Will Let Players Select Hard Mode From the Start, Director Naoki Hamaguchi Says
Final Fantasy VII Revelation may become the hardest entry in the series, as Square Enix prepares a hardcore difficulty option available from the start Final Fantasy VII Revelation will let players choose a high difficulty level from their first playthrough. After they finish the story, the game will offer additional challenges, including battles against powerful...
Fallout 4 Is Officially Returning Ten Years After Its Launch
Bethesda has just handed players a handful of compelling reasons to return to Fallout 4, even if you’ve already sunk hundreds of hours into the wasteland and its many expansions. Three new releases take the series into uncharted territory. Each of these experiences was built by modders working directly with Bethesda, so they’re a step...
HBO Poison Ivy Series Reportedly in Development With ‘The Penguin’ Producer
A Poison Ivy series is reportedly in development. The Penguin showrunner and executive producer Lauren LeFranc is in talks to produce it, according to a new report. LeFranc worked on The Penguin, but the Poison Ivy series would not connect to Matt Reeves’ The Batman films or to that spinoff show. Together those projects are...
GTA VI Preorders Reportedly Generated $630 Million Before Release, Analysts Say
Most preorders came from PlayStation 5. According to Sensor Tower data, PlayStation 5 accounts for about 74% of all Grand Theft Auto VI preorders. Owners of Sony’s console bought 4.8 million copies, which generated $468 million in revenue. The Xbox Series X|S version sold 1.66 million copies and brought in another $162 million. Sensor Tower...
8 Fallout 4 Replay Ideas to Make the Commonwealth Feel Brand New
What’s left to do when you’re itching to return to Fallout 4, but you already know how the opening firefight in Concord plays out, and how every battle after it ends? You’re in good company. One Reddit player with over 1,000 hours logged posted the same question after running out of builds and mods to...
Techland CEO Paweł Marchewka Says Players Expect Too Much, Ends Substantial Content Support for Dying Light: The Beast
Techland CEO Pawel Marchewka said during a community Q&A that the studio’s earlier five-year support model for its games did not work out as planned. Under certain conditions, he said, ongoing support can hurt workflows and get in the way of making something new. Techland recently decided to end support for Dying Light: The Beast....
Does Clayface Have a Post-Credits Scene? What Viewers Should Know
Clayface is based on a story by horror writer Mike Flanagan and directed by James Watkins. It is the latest entry in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe, which began with Superman in 2025 and has continued somewhat unevenly since. Like 2019’s Joker, it centers on a Batman villain and leaves Batman out of...
Diablo: Unbound Officially Announced for 2027 Release
Only weeks after Blizzard Entertainment stunned fans by unveiling Diablo 5 at BlizzCon 2026, another Diablo adventure has appeared: a “dungeon battler” called Diablo: Unbound. Glass Cannon Unplugged developed this tabletop take on the franchise and revealed it on Wednesday at Spiel Essen, the world’s biggest board game convention. Like Blizzard’s video games, Diablo: Unbound...
FromSoftware Releases Elden Ring Update With Security Improvements and Bug Fixes
FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment released update 1.17.2 for Elden Ring in October. The patch is available on PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The update adds no new content. It is a technical patch that fixes several bugs and makes changes to the game’s credits. One fix...
Stranger Than Heaven Director Says the Game Takes a More Serious Tone Than Past Yakuza Titles
Stranger Than Heaven is the most ambitious action-adventure yet from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. It follows protagonist Makoto Daito across five Japanese cities and five decades. After a half-day preview session, I left impressed by the richly detailed urban environments and by how convincingly the game portrays a society in flux. Still, I’ve played most...
The Blood of Dawnwalker Developers Repeated a Gothic 3 Mistake, but Problem Mobs Will Soon Be Nerfed
Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco Entertainment will soon release a big update for the vampire action RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, and it will calm down the game’s boars. The developers have already shared some details about the update and have now addressed this one sore point. At launch, players ran into almost the same...
Life Is Strange Creator Praises Amazon’s Upcoming TV Adaptation
Filming has wrapped on Amazon’s upcoming Life is Strange adaptation, and the show has now received a strong endorsement from the staff of the original game. Michel Koch, co-creator and director of the 2015 game, recently visited the set. He had only glowing things to say about the new take on the story. “This month,...
Travis Kelce Reveals Early Morning Call From Jason Kelce That Taylor Swift Called ‘F–ked Up’
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at Dolby Theatre on March 26, 2026, in Los Angeles. Christopher Polk/Billboard Jason Kelce startled Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce early one morning with a call for a “f–ked up” reason, according to the latest episode of New Heights, posted Wednesday (Oct. 21)....
EA Closing Legendary RPG Developer BioWare as Part of Fresh Layoffs
EA to Cut Around 400 Jobs and Close BioWare, the Studio Behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age Electronic Arts is preparing another wave of layoffs that will remove about 400 positions, according to a new report from Bloomberg. As part of the restructuring, the publisher will also shut down BioWare, its longtime role-playing game developer....
Dark Souls II Dataminer Finds Large Coliseum and Underground Level With Tower
Several notable locations were planned for Dark Souls II at some stage of development. Dark Souls II continues to surprise players many years after its release. Dataminer Doneda recently published a video exploring unusual locations, and he found unused levels in the game files. Doneda did not use the original Dark Souls II for the...
Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Star Reveals Woody Harrelson’s Advice for Playing Haymitch
Most of the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping faces a tough job. They play younger versions of characters first portrayed by some of our greatest actors. That is especially true for Joseph Zada, who takes over the role of Haymitch from Woody Harrelson. The two actors compared notes on set, and...
Final Fantasy VII Revelation Will Let Players Select Hard Mode From the Start, Director Naoki Hamaguchi Says
Final Fantasy VII Revelation may become the hardest entry in the series, as Square Enix prepares a hardcore difficulty option available from the start Final Fantasy VII Revelation will let players choose a high difficulty level from their first playthrough. After they finish the story, the game will offer additional challenges, including battles against powerful...
Fallout 4 Is Officially Returning Ten Years After Its Launch
Bethesda has just handed players a handful of compelling reasons to return to Fallout 4, even if you’ve already sunk hundreds of hours into the wasteland and its many expansions. Three new releases take the series into uncharted territory. Each of these experiences was built by modders working directly with Bethesda, so they’re a step...