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If you haven’t made The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott part of your weekday schedule, you’re missing out on Severance Easter eggs that could alter your perception of some of the show’s most memorable moments. After revealing that Apple…

It’s time for everyone’s favorite class. Marvel Rivals, much like its direct inspiration Overwatch, is plagued with players who just want to collect kills on a scoreboard. That means, if you’re running with randos, that it’s entirely possible you’ll…

Shuhei Yoshida first joined Sony back during 1993 before the first PlayStation shipped. Now, over three decades later, he’s taking his leave, after helping ship dozens of legendary games and bringing many, many more to the platform from developers big and…

The free Xbox app is a great way to manage Game Pass, check out what your friends on Xbox Live are doing, and even earn some Microsoft reward points, too. But did you also know that inside the app is a free puzzle game that is fun to play and can earn you…

What if the next Witcher game starred a vampire instead of Geralt? That’s one of the selling points behind The Blood of Dawnwalker, a new RPG from some of the masterminds behind The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077. Rebel Wolves, formed in 2022 by a bunch of…

Kraken are referenced in The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, but players never actually get to fight one in CD Projekt Red’s 2015 open-world epic. So the animated movie The Witcher: Sirens of The Deep is giving fans the next best thing: a front-row seat to Geralt…

Fortnite Festival’s new season starring digital superstar Hatsune Miku is now live and that’s cool and all. The big news from this update, however, is that you can now play with three other people on a single console and TV, which means Fortnite Festival…

Some people want to make their mothers proud, others don’t, and then there’s Bad Bunny. In his recent Rolling Stone interview, the multi-platinum superstar expressed his interest in returning to the WWE ring, only if he can take it to a level that would…

The Until Dawn movie is an adaptation of the 2015 horror game with different characters, a different story, and an entirely different premise. So what’s the point exactly? That’s what fans are wondering and the first teaser trailer doesn’t do much to…

The Pokémon trading card game (PTCG) is in a really big mess. And once again, it’s because it has become too popular for its own good. If you were hoping to pick up some product from the forthcoming Prismatic Evolutions special sets, well, good luck to you.…

Jonathon Rees, better known by his stage name, Greg Ellis, was the voice behind Dragon Age’s fan-favorite templar knight and romanceable NPC companion, Cullen Rutherford. He was arrested last week on multiple charges of coercion, unlawful surveillance, and…

The Australian Open, the first big professional tennis tournament of 2025, is happening right now in Melbourne. But depending on where you live or whether you have access to cable or not, it’s very possible that you can’t easily or freely watch matches.…

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 raced into theaters late December and has already earned more than $380 million worldwide. That’s impressive enough! But over the weekend, Sonic 3 did something only one other video game movie has ever done: It has now earned over $200…

The first season of Castlevania: Nocturne didn’t end too well for Richter Belmont (Edward Bluemel), and the second season looks like more trouble is on the way. In the final trailer for Castlevania: Nocturne’s second season, Erzsebet Báthory (Franka…

Changes coming in Path of Exile 2's first update of 2025 have been previewed in a recent developer diary. While bigger overhauls of the early-access action-RPG’s economy, progression, and class balancing will come in the future, fans have some worthwhile…

Support characters are the backbone of any team-based game. While some might believe you can just out-damage an enemy team to victory, if they have someone healing their team and providing utility beyond making numbers go up or down, they’re more than likely…

If you spend any amount of time playing Path of Exile, whether it’s the free-to-play original or the current Early Access, paid version of its sequel, you’ll notice countless players running around as the iconic Witch class. It’s a fan-favorite due to…

After years of rumors suggesting it was in the works, a remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion appears to be closer to releasing than ever, with some sources suggesting it could come as early as 2025. The modern version, created in Unreal Engine 5, would…

A Marvel TV series can’t exist for too long before its chronological placement in the tapestry of titles known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe is revealed. Weeks before Disney’s cel-shaded series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man makes its debut,…

A lot of Minecraft’s more recent attention tends to be about the upcoming movie adaptation, but the game is still getting plenty of love and support. If you’ve been tuned out of Minecraft, you might’ve missed news about the recently released game drop,…

Nearly 19,000 video games were released on Steam in 2024. That’s a lot! In fact, it’s more than hit the platform in any other year. But most of those games, around 80 percent of them in fact, went mostly unplayed, according to publicly available data.Read…

Werewolves may not be as sexy as vampires, or as spine-chilling as ghosts, but their violent and tragic stories make for fascinating supernatural creatures that have been a crucial part of the horror genre for decades. Their stories typically revolve around…

The Sonic movies have been a resounding hit, bringing in a collective $1 billion after the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 last month. Though parts of the films have been divisive for relying on original human characters, who some fans argue steal screentime…

Robbie Williams biopic Better Man hit theaters in United States over the weekend. The movie tells the story of the pop singer and his rise to fame, but replaces him with a digital monkey. It’s an oddball idea that, combined with the singer’s lack of star…

Science fiction TV is a risky business. Even a fantasy show can get away with filming plenty of scenes on a nearby hillside, but when it comes to sci-fi, it’s very much about not looking like our everyday reality. But what if you just removed the need to…

We finally made it folks: The Switch 2 reveal is just days away. At least that’s what insiders are now claiming. It’s about time. Read more...

Marvel Rivals fans were having a field day with mods earlier this month. But last week NetEase shut the party down in a season one update. Now, a workaround has surfaced to bring back everything from wholesome Chainsaw Man mod for Jeff the Land Shark to very…

This week, our tips and recommendations hodgepodge will point you toward a 4K Blu-ray sale at Amazon that you don’t want to miss, help you get the most out of your PlayStation Portal, and suggest which of Marvel Rivals’ Vanguards will most effectively give…

Welcome to CES 2025, where tech companies are showing off their latest innovations — some more practical than others. From $60,000 transparent TVs to RGB-lit RAM sticks, this year’s show is all about pushing boundaries (and price tags). Let’s take a look…

“Wicked” actress Cynthia Erivo clearly has a thing for playing characters who fly. In an interview at the National Board of Review Awards Gala, Erivo was asked what “dream role” she’s manifesting for her future. And now, she said she’s ready to…