Space is the final frontier, and for Supermassive Games, it's also a new one. With Directive 8020, the latest entry in The Dark Pictures anthology, the studio finally takes to the stars. But even as it grapples with a shape-shifting alien and the constant, imposing doom posed by the void of space, Supermassive is finding ways to iterate on how it does horror.Supermassive Games has made a name for itself...

This past Summer Game Fest weekend was so turgid with reveal trailers I had trouble keeping track of it all. Earlier this week, we took stock of what we saw with a list of our favorite games at Summer Game Fest 2025, and now here's a list of the biggest games that weren't at Summer Game Fest.For one reason or another, these notable games with rapidly approaching release dates ghosted...

Squeezed in between his controversial appearance at the Summer Game Fest wearing a MAGA-style "Make FPS Great Again" hat and his subsequent apology for it, Splitgate 2 boss Ian Proulx couldn't help himself from slipping a quick knock against a former Call of Duty developer—and former Splitgate 2 developer—in a video on X.It was posted on June 8 to explain how the $80 store bundle—which was halved in price after...

AI image generator Midjourney could be facing some serious legal headaches, as The Verge reports that the company is being sued by Hollywood powerhouses Disney and Universal, who say the company's unauthorized use of its characters make it a "bottomless pit of plagiarism."Midjourney is a generative AI service that yacks up images based on text prompts, enabling subscribers to churn out pretty much whatever they want—including things like, for instance,...

Pitting the Steam Deck against the Nintendo Switch 2 feels like a very different competition than pitting the Deck against the Switch 2's predecessor. Now, Nintendo's choice is the more expensive, more recent option, and it oddly feels like a bit of an underdog.The Nintendo Switch was a small revelation when it first dropped onto the market in 2017. Combining the best parts of the (let's be real) highly flawed...

Every time any updates on Haunted Chocolatier drop I feel like I spend hours dissecting exactly what they mean. After all, when you're so desperate for a game to release and there's no sign of launch on the horizon, you'll do what you can to get your fix. But when creator Eric Barone decides to throw out an update on the game in a random Tweet consisting of ten words,...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just received another patch—putting its finishing touches on the RPG's difficulty options, alongside the usual bug fixes and the like. The game is now both easier and harder to play, based on what options you'd like to select. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.For Story Mode players, the difficulty setting should now be more of what it says on the tin. Both parry and dodge...

I am far too stubborn for my own good. It took me several runs to cave into common sense and actually check out the Nightlord's weakness in the select menu of Elden Ring Nightreign, and a few more runs to try and create a build with this in mind. Now I'm finding out these bosses are weakened by more than one attribute—mind-blowing.There's currently a chart floating around that lists everything...

Gaming chairs are a dime a dozen, and AndaSeat is striving to establish itself as a leading brand in the market. I’ve been maining an AndaSeat Kaiser 4 XL which sets a high standard but its hefty price tag of nearly $579 USD (£550 GBP / $1,050 AUD) makes it a little too premium of a choice for most of us. So when AndaSeat reached out to test its newer,...

I love clutter. Just tons and tons of crap stacked precariously on a shelf—all of it mismatched, sorted into asymmetrical piles, and serving no clear purpose. I like homes that look lived in. Clean, but not sanitized of personality. That's why I dig the hobbit design philosophy (or lack thereof), and have kept my eye on Tales of the Shire since its 2024 reveal. I'm wound way too tight to...