Dan Trachtenberg proved the fun of sending a predator back in time by setting 2022’s Prey in 1719. Now he’s sending the alien hunter on a history tour in Predator: Killer of Killers, which has a fresh trailer out today. Co-directed by Trachtenberg and Josh Wassung, the animated anthology film features three storylines showcasing the best fighters humanity has to offer. There’s a Viking warrior and her young son on...
Ten years! How many times in the last decade have we fetched that frying pan, whistled for Roach to give us a lift, sliced drowners in half, and used our Witcher senses to track a blood trail to a monster's lair, only to find a tragic story at the end of what seemed like a simple hunt?The Witcher 3 was a shoo-in for the canon of all-time PC RPGs as...
Last week Bungie was accused of using the designs of an independent artist, Antireal, without her knowledge or permission. It's a pretty cut-and-dry case: elements of Marathon's environment art unquestionably copy iconography from posters designed by Antireal in 2017. It didn't help that several of the game's art team also follow her accounts on social media.Bungie issued a statement acknowledging the "unauthorised use" and blamed the situation on a former...
It was nary a week ago that I came to you with news that a modder named ColdTyrant had ginned up a system to keep Oblivion Remastered's Dark Brotherhood keep going forever: bolting on a whole Hitman Freelancer-esque contracts mode with an accompanying gacha rewards system. It was cool as heck, and is now old news—ColdTyrant has returned with Thieves Guild – Infinitum, which does the same thing for the...
Blizzard Entertainment and Capcom showed off the first in-game look at this week’s Overwatch 2 x Street Fighter 6 collaboration, and if you’re a fan of either property, steel yourself for an incoming hadouken on your Overwatch Coins balance. And if you’ve been waiting to see Kiriko on her bike, the Street Fighter 6 collab has finally made that possible, thanks to Juri’s motorcycle appearing in a new Kiriko highlight...
The premiere of Dandadan season 2 is nearly upon us, and to get the fans’ blood pumping for more, a new trailer reveals what’s in store for Momo and Okarun, as well as the new opening theme by AiNA THE END. Season 2 is set to explore the arrival of the Avatar of Hatred, a malevolent force that’s finally been unleashed after it secured a physical host. With his appearance...
In the spirit of a technology developed by AI company Anthropic, Microsoft sees the future of AI where there are lots of different systems, created by lots of different companies, all working together, in peace and harmony. Or to put it in the same words that Microsoft used, create an "agentic web".That's according to a report by Reuters, which relayed the views of Microsoft's chief technology officer, Kevin Scott, ahead...
I do not typically recommend completely tanking a city's economy, potentially ruining the lives of all of its citizens and being heralded as a complete idiot, as a way to learn a valuable lesson. But this is exactly what happened to me in Anno 117: Pax Romana, and I came out the other side really vibing with the direction Ubisoft is taking it in—using its predecessor as a starting point,...
Honkai: Star Rail’s 3.3 patch is coming soon, continuing the the Amphoreus story with the additions of Hyacinth and Cipher, two new playable characters to collect. Below, we explain when Honkai: Star Rail maintenance starts and ends, alongside the release time of version 3.3. We’ve also added some details about what to expect from Honkai: Star Rail patch 3.3. What time does Honkai: Star Rail go down for maintenance? Honkai:...
How do you put the expedition into a game like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? For writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, it meant rethinking classic RPG party types like they were the cast of Armageddon — a dynamic she understood on an unexpectedly personal level. “This sounds so random, but I did a brief NASA simulation where I was an analog astronaut,” Svedberg-Yen tells Polygon. “I was simulating a mission to an asteroid...