What are the best games on PlayStation 5? Now that supply issues are over, Sony’s latest console is flying off shelves, while its library of games rapidly fills up. New and old PS5 owners will be wondering what to play, so here’s our living list of the best video games we’ve played on the platform, to be updated as more games come out. It’s worth noting that the PS5 does...
Remember Mega Evolution? The power-up was a major draw for Pokémon X and Y, which introduced it as an ability that transformed select monsters into enormous, more powerful versions of themselves back in 2013. The mechanic is back for the action-oriented Pokémon Legends: Z-A, where the player can encounter creatures who Mega Evolve in the wild. In the newest trailer detailing what fans can expect from Pokémon Legends: Z-A, The...
Nintendo ended Tuesday’s Pokémon Presents with new footage for Pokémon Legends: Z-A on Nintendo Switch 2, showing the player wandering the streets of Lumiose City, enjoying a break in the park with a full team of Pokémon, and having fast-moving, sharply animated battles with several Pokémon on-screen at the same time. There’s a slight problem with all this, though:. The footage was only for Nintendo Switch 2. I get it....
It’s been a month since Netflix’s K-Pop Demon Hunters took the internet by storm, thrusting us into a world of, well, demon-hunting K-Pop music. The fever is not subsiding; at the time of writing, the film is still number one on the streaming platform’s top 10 most-streamed movies list, while the fictional bands that provide its music, HUNTR/X and Saja Boys, are dominating global music charts on services like Spotify...
Following its surprise launch in June, Splitgate 2 is now “unlaunching.” The multiplayer first-person shooter will remain online in a beta state and continue to get support through a season 3 update and bug fixes, but developer 1047 Games is otherwise pausing its planned roadmap to overhaul the project ahead of a relaunch in early 2026. The studio is also cutting an unspecified number of staff members and shutting down...
No scientist is a master chef out of the GATE, but studying up on some of the best Abiotic Factor soup recipes before throwing everything in the pot can spare you from hunger headaches early on. Batches of good soup provide handy bonuses, while the bad stuff is lethal.After nailing the basics on how to make Good Soup, there's a lengthy list of Abiotic Factor soup recipes to master. Most...
Eddie Alcazar loves cartoons from the ’90s. Ren & Stimpy, Rocko’s Modern Life, the contorted nightmares of MTV’s Liquid Television — you name it, he’s seen it. Maybe not that unique, but unlike the rest of us animation fiends who dream of the days of painted backgrounds and hand-drawn gross-out gags, Alcazar did something about it. Bullet Time, his new TV pilot premiering at the 2025 Fantasia Fest, is a...
You'll need to craft a Keypad Hacker to bypass more sophisticated locks in Abiotic Factor. This is one of the survival-crafting game's first big walls to bypass, as it places a GATE security keypad between you and its second zone. The materials aren't hard to come by, but the early game to-do list is a bit daunting.In my first run, I wasted quite a bit of time looking in all...
After wrapping things up in the Office Sector, it's time to head out to Manufacturing West and repair parts around the Synchrotron. You'll need to get an Optic Lens to make it beyond Abiotic Factor's second zone—it's one of three pieces required to open the path to Cascade Laboratories.Fortunately, it's not left up to RNG monster drops, but the trader offering a steady supply of crafting goodies drives a hard...
You'll remember the first time you encounter the coworker in Abiotic Factor, as a fully grown man crawls out of the darkness on all fours and starts begging for treats. My colleague was relieving herself when this entity first scurried into the bathroom and you can bet she jumped out of her skin. Despite his appearance, it's safe to assume that he isn't human, though I, too, have been known...