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Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios, the team behind the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series, will launch its quasi-prequel Stranger Than Heaven in January. As release day nears, the studio has been steadily revealing more of protagonist Makoto Daito’s journey across Japan, which spans several decades. Today’s new story trailer shows Makoto arriving in Japan. It also appears...

Bringing Superman to weekly television has never been easy. Special effects rarely matched the movies, and a superhero who could fly created obvious budget problems. Then Smallville premiered on The WB on Oct. 16, 2001, and found a clever workaround: Don’t let Superman fly. Creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar set a “no tights, no...

Rockstar artist Aaron Garbut called the 2022 GTA VI leaks a “strange invasion of privacy.” Studio executives also discussed the game’s scale, changes in development and the fight against crunch. “It feels like someone is going through your dirty laundry. Like they got inside your head,” Garbut told Bloomberg. The leaks exposed unfinished models and...

AISLPC has opened pre-orders for the Pocket AIS handheld console, which features an RK3562 chip, 2 GB of RAM, Linux, and 3D analog joysticks with Hall effect linear triggers. The official launch is scheduled for October 24, 2026. The brand is currently offering the device for $169.99. The Pocket AIS is built with a 4.5-inch...

One Way Eleven has shared a new trailer for Hanno: A Magical Tale, its action-adventure planned for PC in 2027. The game follows Vimal, an orphaned boy who finds an injured baby elephant in a forest. Hanno’s magic works while Vimal carries him, linking their abilities during exploration, puzzles and combat. At some points they...

CD Projekt RED intends to release The Witcher IV in a boxed edition, but decisions by console manufacturers could mean it ships without a physical disc. CD Projekt RED CEO Michał Nowakowski called the new game the most ambitious in the studio’s history during an interview. The team intends to offer new approaches to storytelling,...

Awesome Games Studio will release Yet Another Zombie Survivors on Nintendo Switch on October 30. The port includes the game’s 1.0 content, following its release on other platforms. A Switch demo is already available in Europe. The studio has scheduled the Japanese demo for October 22 and the North American version for October 29. Version...

The survival game Enshrouded has officially left early access. To mark the launch, the developers released a trailer showcasing the world of Embervale and what awaits players in the full version. Enshrouded has exited early access with the release of version 1.0. The developers presented a trailer demonstrating the dangerous and beautiful world of Embervale....

The adaptation of Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros’s best-selling romantasy series, is still in the early stages of production. Fans have been eager for news, especially about casting. Now they have an answer. Esther McGregor and Emilio Sakraya will play Violet Sorrengail and Xaden Riorson. Fourth Wing is told from Violet’s point of view, so readers...

Ever since the days of Super Mario Bros. and Pac-Man, extra lives have been a comforting fixture of video games. Your character falls, and the action picks up right where you left off, or close to it. Very little progress slips away, and the adventure rolls on more or less undisturbed. A few games refuse...

Fans of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire have plenty of ways to feed their appetite for stories about sexy creatures of the night. The foundational work of vampire literature continued with 12 more novels and became an excellent movie. It was also updated into a TV series with three seasons, and a fourth is...

Steam has launched a beta test for achievement sets, allowing trophies to be grouped by category, tracked separately for add-ons, and preserved without losing progress when new content is released. Steam has started beta testing achievement sets, a new system that groups trophies by category, tracks add-ons separately, and avoids resetting progress after new content...

ENDIX will hold its next free digital gaming expo on November 6–8, 2026. Organisers say more than 50 games will be represented, with THQ Nordic, Bohemia Interactive, 505 Games and Frozen District among the publishers taking part. The event runs as an explorable PC game. Visitors use avatars to move through virtual halls, enter booths,...

Every version of Pinocchio is different. Carlo Collodi’s original 1883 fantasy novel is a cautionary tale about disobedience, while Disney’s 1940 musical fantasy is a sanitized coming-of-age adventure. There is Robert Zemeckis’ jarring live-action version that lacks emotion, and Guillermo Del Toro’s breathtaking stop-motion animation that turns Pinocchio into a complex source of chaotic desires....

As Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 draws to a close, players can start looking ahead to the yearly mini-season. Rumors have been building that this interlude will center on One Piece, the hugely popular manga and anime franchise. Epic Games hasn’t said a word about the theme, but a curious find in the game files...