Following last year’s strong showing for Silent Hill, we’ll soon learn more about what’s next for the horror franchise. Konami has revealed a Silent Hill Transmission–the name it gives to its virtual showcases centered on the series–is coming this Thursday, March 13 at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET. The video will focus on … Read more
Cat Quest Series: Cozy RPG Adventures These games may not redefine the RPG genre, but they offer cozy adventures with stunning 2.5D graphics that provide a sense of comfort akin to video game comfort food. Featuring simple melee and ranged combat mechanics and a user-friendly gear and loot system, each game in the series allows … Read more
Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann revealed some more narrative details about Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet in Creator to Creator discussion with Civil War director Alex Garland. The studio behind Uncharted and The Last of Us revealed Intergalactic, a brand new sci-fi game meant to kickstart a franchise, at The Game Awards 2024. That announcement trailer revealed … Read more
Directors Neil Druckmann and Alex Garland recently sat down for a fascinating chat discussing their professional careers. Both Druckmann’s The Last of Us franchise and Garland’s 28 Days Later revolve around a virus leading to societal collapse. In their conversation, Garland expressed his belief that The Last of Us (2013) surpasses 28 Days Later (2002) … Read more
If the internet has taught me anything, its that Stardew Valley and Baldur’s Gate 3 are two games folks simply cannot get enough of, myself included. Fortunately, a newly-released, fan-made mod, Baldur’s Village, combines the two in a pretty spectacular way. With the Baldur’s Village mod, Stardew players can add 20+ characters, six new locations, … Read more
Seth Rogen shared an interesting anecdote about a note he received from Sony regarding the movie Superbad. During a red carpet interview at SXSW, Rogen revealed that Sony had objected to Jonah Hill’s character, Seth, using a PlayStation 2 in a scene. According to Rogen, Sony found Hill’s character too vile to interact with their … Read more
In celebration of Mario Day, Nintendo has released a new Switch OLED bundle featuring one of the console’s best exclusive games: Super Mario Bros. Wonder. The bundle costs $350–the same price as the Switch OLED on its own–so you’re essentially getting a digital copy of Nintendo’s superb side-scrolling platformer for free. Mario Wonder still regularly … Read more
A bunch of playtester footage for the next, modern-day-set Battlefield game has slipped past EA’s non-disclosure agreements and erupted all over social media. The footage stems from the company’s Battlefield Labs community testing program, and consists of multiple consecutive minutes of burly shootyfolks running down alleyways through showers of grit, firing very briefly at enemy … Read more
Kaitlyn Dever Joins HBO’s The Last of Us Season 2 as Abby Kaitlyn Dever has been announced as joining the cast of HBO’s The Last of Us for its upcoming second season, taking on the role of Abby. Fans of the game or those familiar with the story know the significance of Abby’s character in … Read more
A new ESRB rating for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle could indicate that the game’s PlayStation 5 launch is just around the corner. Though the ESRB rating itself doesn’t provide a release date for the PS5 port, its timing does line up with the roadmap previously laid out by Microsoft and Bethesda. Last year, … Read more
After two years, The Last Of Us Season 2 premieres on April 13, and some of the actors are doing their best to cope with the more difficult scenes. Bella Ramsey, who plays Ellie, took comfort in a classic meme jingle on set–and it apparently worked. Some of the cast and crew from The Last … Read more
EA and DICE recently conducted the first public test for Battlefield 6, and while participants were prohibited from sharing their gameplay footage online, the participants shared their gameplay footage online anyway. Some of the latest clips to emerge reveal that Battlefield 6, or whatever the new game is called, features the ability to drag a … Read more