Good news: Switch 2 game-key cards won’t be locked to the first account or console that uses them. “[Game-key cards] will start up on the console or system that it is slotted into, so it’s not tied to an account or anything,” Tetsuya Sasaki, general manager of Nintendo’s technology development division, told GameSpot. Unlike regular game cartridges, game-key cards simply allow access to a digital download of the game in...
Three seasons in and the best guns in Black Ops 6 continue to shake up the meta, with plenty of new additions joining the pack. There isn’t a whole lot of variety here — as usual, the best guns in this Call of Duty game are typically short to mid-range automatic weapons, due to their versatility, and since Black Ops 6 stripped back the loadout system, there aren’t as many...
Netflix’s Black Mirror season 7, The Last of Us season 2, The Pitt finale, and more new TV this week
Hoo boy, is there a lot of new TV this week. Basically everywhere you turn you will find exciting new TV premieres and finales (this is technically true all the time, but we’re talking about more curated stuff for the week). It’s hard to go wrong with any of the options this week. Perhaps the best way to put it is what kind of tension and stress you want to...
A Minecraft Movie isn’t exactly indelible cinema for the ages, but it’s a massive box office hit — and a charmer, in large part due to Jack Black’s endlessly frantic energy and Jason Momoa’s absolute go-for-broke willingness to be the butt of every joke. It’s aimed both at an audience that grew up with Minecraft and the audience that’s invested in it right now, so it’s a pretty typical brand...
It’s important to start with the fact that there’s only so much you can say about The Last of Us season 2. After all, its reputation precedes itself: The Last of Us Part 2, at the time of its release in mid-2020, became a bit of a lightning rod for every opinion one could have on the games’ story of ruthless love and revenge, the state of games and the...
I'm the sort of PC enthusiast that likes my hardware understated. I'm not immune to a bit of RGB lighting, you understand, but I tend to shy away from ultra-flashy builds out of sheer British reservedness. This golden G.Skill DDR5-8000 RAM kit, however, is making me reconsider my timid ways—and it's as fast as a very fast thing, too.The G.Skill DDR5-8000 Trident Z5 Royal Neo kit, to give it it's...
Deadline reports that Michael Sarnoski, currently finishing up post-production on A24 studio's Death of Robin Hood, will write and direct the film adaptation of Kojima Productions' Death Stranding.Sarnoski is best-known for the breakout hit Pig, starring Nicolas Cage, after which he directed a spinoff to A Quiet Place called A Quiet Place: Day One. He's the director of the upcoming Death of Robin Hood, starring Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer,...
Intuitive isn't the word I'd use to describe Schedule 1, in large part thanks to its odd controls and menus. The management clipboard is by far the most egregious tool at your disposal, though it's also one of the most important, so you really do need to get to grips with it.After fiddling about with all the different options and hiring various employees, I've figured out everything you can do...
So you've defeated high rank Zoh Shia in Monster Hunter Wilds, but now you can't seem to get it to spawn again, and you'll need to hunt it multiple times in order to craft its weapon and gear. You can always use the SOS Flare System to find a hunt, but the problem is that they often fill up so quickly that it's first-come, first-served.If you've just started checking out...
In an industry already tanking a bunch of hits, full of layoffs and studio closures, the Japanese games industry seemed to be an exception in 2025—as noted by an analyst last month, five out of eight major publishers and studios hit all-time share price highs at the start of this year, with their only real issue being a lack of staff.Well, the tariffs imposed by the United States have begun...