The Last of Us game director apologizes for God of War Laufey criticism, points finger at industry leaders for triple-A stagnation

The Last of Us game director Bruce Straley has apologized for singling out God of War Laufey in a comment about lack of innovation in triple-A games. “God Of War Laufey, I look at that game, and every pixel is mindblowing,” Straley said in a recent Edge magazine feature. “The amount of work and skill…

Bill Skarsgård Sounds Very Excited To Be Starring In Hideo Kojima’s Physint

It’s been a busy month for Physint, Hideo Kojima’s potential long-awaited successor to Metal Gear Solid. After an awkward breakup that saw the Sony-backed project transferred to PlayStation rival Xbox, an update for the espionage thriller was shared at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Now actor Bill Skarsgård has shared a video to reaffirm his personal…

Doom joins Call of Duty Black Ops 7 as its final season kicks off a horror show

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 6 has just begun, and Treyarch is going all-out for what’s set to be its final ranked season before attention shifts across to the upcoming Modern Warfare 4. With October in touching distance, that means it’s Halloween season, and The Haunting is back once more with a range…

Indie Dev Says “AI” Voice In His Game Was Actually His Wife

Someone playing Refractive Entertainment’s recently released action-RPG Luminary for less than an hour accused the team of using AI for the game’s only voiced character. The player said the voice “killed it” for them. There was just one problem: It wasn’t AI. It was actually the developer’s wife doing her first-ever voice acting gig. Refractive…

Control Resonant – Review In Progress

Control Resonant’s review embargoes have lifted, but I’m still working through Dylan Faden’s sizable paranatural adventure. We’ll publish our scored review sometime next week, before the game’s launch on September 24, but in the meantime, here’s a quick summary of my thoughts so far. As a fan of Control, I’m having a lot of fun…

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Fans Cause Online Banana Shortage At Walmart

Where to begin? Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave came out this week. It’s a B-tier Nintendo franchise with a ride-or-die fanbase. It’s also the first entry in the strategy RPG series on Switch 2, and the console’s first big exclusive of the fall season. Here’s why that caused a run on bananas at Walmart. Wario64 is…

Silent Hill: Townfall’s Scotland setting is “really weird for players,” but it’s one of the game’s highlights

Tom is an expert in all things Fortnite or the latest RPG release, but is probably spending too much time on the latest EA FC game. Published: September 18, 2026 The right setting is key to making an impactful horror game. Houses filled with dolls, graveyards, abandoned theme parks, smoke-filled forests – there are tons…

Dragon’s Dogma 2 On Switch 2 Uses Frame Generation

Image: Capcom Capcom has shown ongoing support for the Switch 2 since it launched last June, and the next game it’s releasing is Dragon’s Dogma 2 in October. In an interview with Japanese outlet Famitsu recently, the game’s producer Naoto Oyama has revealed some performance details about this version of the game. While the title…

5 Near-Perfect Time Travel Movies Where the Science Actually Makes Sense

Most time travel movies don’t sweat the math — or, more accurately, the quantum physics of how time travel might actually work. The writers and directors include the time-travel concepts that will help their story and ignore the ones that won’t. For example, when Doc Brown takes Marty and Jennifer to the future in Back…

Marvel’s Wolverine Sets PS5 Sales Record Despite Massive Criticism

Insomniac’s most recent offering, Marvel’s Wolverine, faced a lukewarm reception upon its release. However, that did not stop the game from setting a PlayStation 5 sales record. Aliena Analytics estimated that Marvel’s Wolverine has sold about 1.9 million copies, putting it well ahead of some of the biggest PlayStation 5 titles of the year. Wolverine’s…