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Back in April, Sonic the Hedgehog fans declared war against the new Lion King prequel Mufasa when it was revealed that the blue blur’s third live-action movie and Disney’s latest photorealistic CGI venture would both release in theaters on the same day. Well, the moment has come, with both films premiering this past…
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Originating from folklore and legends across different cultures and centuries, the supernatural creatures with a lust for blood and a fear of garlic and crucifixes have become some of the most iconic figures in horror and popular culture. And some of the most popular. The Twilight film series alone grossed over $3…
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The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise has seen significantly more television and film adaptations than most video game series can claim. While it’s having its most widespread moment ever with its current live-action movie franchise, the blue blur has been starring in animated series for over 30 years. Each of these…
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Last year’s remake of Dead Spaceproved a critical hit, reviving the beloved space horror series after it had been left fallow for ten years. However, despite being January 2023's second-biggest selling game (behind Modern Warfare II), this seemingly wasn’t enough success to satisfy EA, and it was reported in April of…
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Trying to sum up 2024 in video games in an entirely celebratory way would feel somewhat dishonest. In recent years, our efforts to recognize the best video games of the past 12 months always come with a caveat: Yes, great games undeniably come out, but things are bad for the industry. The world makes another trip…
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One of 2024’s biggest success stories has been Marvel Rivals, a third-person PVP shooter starring Marvel heroes and baddies. The game has already picked up over 20 million players and shows no signs of stopping. Which is cool but also very surprising!
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This week, Marvel Rivals continued to pull players in with its enjoyably chaotic take on the hero-shooter genre, and we’ve got heaps of tips to help you come to grips with the game and see what cool strats other players are using. We’ll also fill you in on everything we know about Intergalactic, Naughty Dog’s upcoming…
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The year is wrapping up but the gaming news keeps coming. This week, tales of hurt feelings and anger among some developers and fans of Black Myth: Wukong emerged after it failed to take home Game of the Year honors at this year’s Game Awards. Additionally, the announcement that pricey Killzone skins were coming toHel…
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With Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the live-action adaptation of Sega’s speedy platformer is entering a new era. With each subsequent movie, the Sonic films have sought to shed the generic “family” movie image for one that was more honest to the anime-inspired twists and turns of the long-running platformer series. And this…
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Well, here’s something I wasn’t expecting to see: Valve has finally revealed what Team Fortress 2's Spy looks like under his mask. And it turns out he looks pretty dang handsome!
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The line between success and failure can get blurred under a deluge of criticism, especially when it starts affecting your real life. That appears to be what Jesse Eisenberg has been secretly dealing with for nearly a decade. Deadline reports that in a recent chat on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Eisenberg…
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If you’re a Support player in a shooters like Overwatch 2, you’re probably on the hunt for the best Strategist in Marvel Rivals. Despite the different name, Strategists serve the same role as a Support: Keep your team healed, use utility effects like revival, damage boosting, and other augmentations. At launch, there…
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It’s hard to say what’s more of a bummer, folks. Was it the dark days where every single big blockbuster movie got a shitty tie-in video game crunched out by some poor dev team in six months to launch alongside the film? Or is it the present, where new movies rarely get tie-in games at all outside of the occasional…
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The biggest pop-culture convention isn’t San Diego Comic Con, nor New York Comic Con—it is in fact CCXP, an international event that mostly takes place in Brazil, but sometimes pops up in Germany too! This year’s was in its main home of the São Paulo Expo, with a raft of big-name celebs and hundreds of thousands of…
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is out in theaters now, and like the first two films, it has a post-credits stinger that gives us an idea of what’s to come in the next movie, which, it seems, is coming in 2027. However, Sonic 3’s isn’t quite as self-explanatory as those in the first two movies if you’re not already familiar with…
KotakuSony’s PlayStation Portal began its life with a lot of limitations and skepticism. But after a much-appreciated update added the ability to stream PS5 games directly from the cloud, Sony’s PS5 companion has finally secured itself as a worthwhile accessory Sony’s current gen console. It still isn’t a perfect device,…
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Remember NFTs? They were this hilariously stupid and obvious scam from 2021, where people—and you’ll laugh—sold the “rights” to jpegs! Yeah, I know, those things you can right-click and make an infinite number of. So silly. Anyway, three years after that all collapsed, Ubisoft has launched a game featuring the grift.
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There are more amazing games coming out every week than ever before. Some of them instantly become breakout hits. Others slowly accrue cult status over months and years. Some are finally released and quickly overlooked, cherished by a small coterie of early players and completely unknown to everyone else who might…
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In a surprise to absolutely no one who has been immersed in the child-burning, eugenics-pushing, mind-bending chaos of Dune: Prophecy, we’re returning to this universe from 10,000 years before Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movies. HBO announced today that the prequel series will be renewed for a second season after the…
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After nine months of hype, controversy, and hyped controversy, MrBeast and Amazon’s Beast Games has begun, the first two episodes of ten added to Amazon Prime today. The reportedly $100 million deal to secure the world’s most popular YouTuber has resulted in a game show that combines Squid Game with, er, Squid Game:…
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The Steam Winter Sale is now live, bringing with it some big deals on new and old games including Animal Well, Call of Duty, Star Wars Outlaws, Dead Space, Mass Effect, and many, many more.
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After beginning production nearly a full year ago back in early January, our final trip to Hawkins, Indiana is finally almost ready to begin. According to reports, filming on the fifth and final season of Stranger Things has concluded, just in time for us to kick off another year of speculation as we agonize about…
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Marvel Rivals is the newest hero shooter on the block, following closely in Overwatch’s footsteps. It takes inspiration from Blizzard’s game in plenty of ways, from general game modes to its style of monetization. Another way it takes inspiration is in its characters.
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Fans of the hero shooter genre are sure to notice some familiar ideas in Marvel Rivals, whether it’s the game modes or certain character abilities. That said, the new superhero title does attempt to spice things up with fun concepts like destructible environments and Team-Up abilities. One of the more unique original…
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A new report claims that Paramount has greenlit a sequel to the still-not-released Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is already in development and the plan is for it to hit theaters in 2027.
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Alleged Switch 2 leaks have only intensified as Nintendo stays silent heading into 2025. We’ve had rumors about the timing of the reveal and elaborate mockups of what the console purportedly looks like floating around online, plus endless images of accessory manufacturers claiming to have cases, screen protectors, and…
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A new report claims that Woody Johnson, who owns the NFL team the New York Jets, has used EA’s popular Madden video game series to help him make decisions involving real players. It’s even reported that a trade deal was killed due to stats found in the game.
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Two years after it came out, people are still obsessed with Vampire Survivors, the arcade battler roguelike which, despite its name, does not actually feature any bloodsuckers. Anyone who hasn’t already picked up the hit PC game can now nab it for free, though, thanks to the Epic Games Store’s 2024 holiday giveaway.
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Yesterday, Helldivers 2 officially revealed its first crossover skins collaboration: Killzone 2. But players immediately balked at the $20 price tag, and now the sci-fi shooter’s developers are trying to put down the fan rebellion with a holiday freebie.
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If you updated Fortnite yesterday, you will likely have noticed that the island is now half-covered in snow, furious gingerbread men are scattered about, and there’s an enormous monolith of ice sticking out of a hillside. Leakers are claiming that [checks reality] Mariah Carey is going to emerge from within?