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Rockstar Games has built its reputation on sharp, frequently juvenile satire in the Grand Theft Auto series. Thirteen years separate Grand Theft Auto 5 from Grand Theft Auto 6, so there is no shortage of American culture to skewer. According to fresh previews of the upcoming game, though, some subjects are off limits. One report...

Chinese developers have released an unofficial Android port of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, based on the PC version of the 2007 shooter. Enthusiasts keep adapting cult games for mobile devices, and this build is already circulating among players. The authors’ page, with system requirements and a list of compatible devices, has not been...

HBO has officially confirmed its lead actors for the fifth season of the anthology series True Detective: Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas will headline the cast. The new episodes will unfold on Long Island, New York, though plot details are being kept under wraps. Issa López, who developed the fourth season, subtitled Night Country, returns...

Players could soon explore Night City together. Cyberpunk 2077 is a single-player game, but some CD Projekt RED fans would like multiplayer or a co-op mode. Modders may now deliver one. A gameplay trailer was recently published online for NightCoop, a fan-made co-op mode for Cyberpunk 2077. Its authors say that “the whole story can...

Some Arc Raiders players adapted quickly to the restrictions of the new PvE mode and found ways to amuse themselves at others’ expense. The Arc Raiders developers began testing PvE in October. The experimental mode disables PvP-related mechanics so players can focus on fighting the Arc robots. Even here, though, players can’t escape the game’s...

Players will complete quests without markers and join one of two factions. Just2D released Drova – Forsaken Kin several years ago. It is a pixel-art action RPG that was “inspired by dark genre classics and the mystical charm of Celtic mythology.” Many players compared it to the Gothic franchise, although Drova uses an isometric camera...

The series has lost some of its former shine, but there was a time when a new Call of Duty release felt like a cultural event. Even if the hype never quite matched that of Grand Theft Auto 6, few franchises commanded this much attention year after year. When Microsoft acquired Activision, plenty of us...

The free remaster of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has boosted sales of the game, and they remain higher than before its release even after the autumn sales ended, according to CD Projekt RED. The remaster launched on PC and consoles in late September. Current owners of the game received it for free as an...

Hello, everyone. As many of you noticed yesterday, the Battlefield 6 Free Trial on Steam didn’t work for every player on launch day. The root cause has now been fixed, and it’s great to see so many of you fighting across Area 51 and the Vegas Strip! So you have plenty of time to dive...

Happy weekend. Theaters have something for most tastes this week. Genre films include Street Fighter and Whalefall, and a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility brings corset romance to the movies. If you would rather stay home, plenty of options are on VOD and streaming. French auteur Luc Besson returns with a new...

I’ve started Resident Evil 2 remake more times than I can count and have never seen it through to the credits. It’s a superb game, and I enjoy it every time. Still, the cramped corridors and the constant possibility of a rotting corpse bursting out of a locker always end up pushing me away. Lately...

Every Zelda dungeon follows the same bargain: find a tool, unlock a door, then find a better tool. Plenty of games have borrowed that loop without Hyrule’s unmistakable music. Every few years one of them, like Tunic or Death’s Door, breaks through and lands on everyone’s recommendation list. This list covers the ones that usually...

Spooky season is here. Giant skeletons are sprouting on front lawns, the air is finally cold enough for a hoodie, and the Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4 remakes have arrived on Switch 2. Meanwhile, we’re all stocking up for a long winter indoors, with Grand Theft Auto VI on the horizon. The release rush...

The game will be available on PC and consoles. Publisher 4Divinity and developer Eschatology Entertainment have announced a release date for Guns of Eschaton, a mystical first-person shooter with soulslike elements set in the Wild West during the apocalypse. The game launches on December 8 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam....

The global marketing campaign for GTA 6 in Miami-Dade County was scheduled to begin in mid-October, but the launch has been delayed because negotiations are still ongoing. An unnamed Miami Beach official described the situation to Joel Franco a few days earlier. A Miami Beach city official tells me the agreement to start GTA 6...

A Team Fortress 2 update is now available. It will be applied automatically the next time you restart the game. The main changes are: Fixed several maps that were failing to record play time accurately Corrected the alpha channel on the refreshed Cozy Camper backpack image Updated cp_holyhell Fixed the BLU-side skybox not rendering for...