As the world looks ahead to the fast approaching June 5 release date for the Switch 2, I can't help but look back. Beyond my Animal Crossing Switch (and, uh, my Animal Crossing 3DS XL), I perhaps spend too much time still considering Nintendo's fetching purple lunch box. Yes, it's true—I'm one of those wearying GameCube fans wistfully sighing through every Direct hoping against hope for another Skies of Arcadia...
At time of writing, the Oblivion remaster has generated enough money to buy France. Across the world, the gears of business churn inevitably: someone at Microsoft emails someone at Bethesda to ask, a little forcefully, which classic game they'll be making a quadrillion dollars on next.The answer is almost certainly Fallout 3, and who knows how distant that could be. But once we've found Liam Neeson in Unreal Engine 5,...
Let me start off this review with something that became immediately obvious when I pulled this laptop from the box: The MSI Raider 18 HX AI is a hefty boi. A chungus. A honking, chonking, slab of a gaming laptop.In a world where laptops like the Razer Blade 16 and the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 are redefining what it means to own a portable powerhouse of a gaming machine, the...
Warner Bros.’ rebooted DC Cinematic Universe kicks off in big blockbuster fashion this summer with Superman from the Guardians of the Galaxy movies’ writer-director (and now co-head of DC Studios) James Gunn. In a new trailer for Superman released Wednesday, we get to see the scope of Gunn’s sunnier, more earnest take on the Man of Steel — and just how difficult it can be to be Superman. The new...
In a recent episode of Hideo Kojima's podcast KOJI10, the Metal Gear and Death Stranding creator discussed some of the game ideas he's had relating to time. These should be taken with a pinch of salt, because Kojima's always loved spieling about how certain concepts would work in videogames, but at least one was almost part of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (both spotted and translated by IGN).Time-based mechanics...
One of the least-expected titles in Ubisoft’s game lineup, Riders Republic, is getting a feature film adaptation, with Bad Boys for Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah set to helm the project, Ubisoft announced Wednesday. Riders Republic is a Ubisoft’s 2021 extreme sports game that features mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, and wingsuit flying in an open world that combines several landscapes in the Western United States into one...
Whether you’re seeking adventure, mystery, or a good scare, May’s PlayStation Plus Catalog has got you covered. Explore a vast desert world filled with action in Sand Land, delve into the cyberpunk universe of Soul Hackers 2 or step into the eerie world of Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted… There’s plenty to choose from in May’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup*. Meanwhile, PlayStation Plus Premium welcomes PS2’s FPS simulation classic,...
There was HBO Go. Then there was HBO Now. Then there was HBO Max. Then there was Max. But now, the streaming platform will become… HBO Max. Wait, what? “With the course we are on and strong momentum we are enjoying, we believe HBO Max far better represents our current consumer proposition,” Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content, said at Warner Bros. Discovery’s annual upfront on...
Universal Pictures is bringing Wicked back to theaters in June. Not so it can break a box office record or celebrate an anniversary, but because it wants to sell you a trailer for Wicked: For Good. And you know you’re going to go. For one night only on June 4, Wicked will return to over 100 theaters in the United States and Canada. The film will be immediately followed by...
Ready for more racing? This month’s free update from the Polyphony team comes with four new cars to rip around on your favorite GT7 circuits: the ’17 Ferrari 812 Superfast, ’01 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, ’12 Suzuki Carry KC, and ’21 Honda CR-V e:HEV EX Black Edition. In addition, three new events are coming to World Circuits and Sophy, the AI racing agent, has been expanded to support the Circuit de...