Silent Hill f producer encouraged the game’s writers to read ‘100-200 books a year’

If you feel like you don’t read enough books—which is entirely possible with the many other distractions clamouring for our collective attention—there are various ways to boost your literary consumption. Pick a book that really excites you, rather than something you feel you should read. Choose something short that you’re less likely to get bogged…

Splatoon Raiders endgame turns it into Nintendo’s Vampire Survivors

It’s not often that I feel compelled to keep playing a game after I’ve finished it, but Splatoon Raiders is a big exception. Nintendo’s new looter shooter got its hooks into me during my playtime, and I have yet to pull them out. I’ve spent well over 30 hours tinkering with my loadout and trying…

Bethesda Says The Elder Scrolls 6 Won’t Be Impacted By Layoffs

At the start of July, following the announcement that roughly 3,200 employees across multiple Xbox-owned studios were to be made redundant, multiple staff at Bethesda revealed to IGN that the layoffs would have a “substantial and cascading effect” on the development of The Elder Scrolls 6. This week, however, Bethesda has stated otherwise, as they…

Meccha Chameleon suffers a malware scare thanks to some infected Steam Workshop maps

Recently, many players of Steam mega-hit Meccha Chameleon have been hit with malware, casting suspicions on the game’s security. However, the developers have now confirmed that Mecca Chameleon is indeed safe, and instead the issue stems from one Steam Workshop mod. Unfortunately, one Discord moderator got caught out before the issue was sorted. To jump…

Box Art Brawl – Duel: Mario Superstar Baseball (GameCube)

North America / Europe Image: Nintendo / LaunchBox The Western design puts us right into the action, with Mario about to pitch the ball towards Bowser, who’s wielding a rather formidable spiky bat. Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, and Luigi can be seen in the background, and it’s overall a pretty dynamic image. We like it….

A classic Giger-inspired adventure game just got a sequel

Tormentum II – Official Launch Trailer | Dark Point-and-Click Adventure – YouTube Watch On H. R. Giger’s biomechanical nightmares have inspired plenty of videogames. If we go way back, his work was repurposed for baffling puzzle adventure Dark Seed, and more recently there was the fleshy horror of Scorn. Tormentum: Dark Sorrow was more in…

Meccha Chameleon Steam Workshop Maps Got Hit With Malware

Meccha Chameleon, the biggest Steam indie hit of 2026 by quite a large margin, has reportedly already sold over 15 million copies. Unfortunately, some of those 15 million players may want to run a virus scan at some point in the immediate future, as the developers behind the game have confirmed an independent report that…

Baldur’s Gate 3 has a brand new camera mode that lets you get a lot closer to the world

Players are about to get even closer to the world of Baldur’s Gate 3, thanks to the release of a new mod by Relysia. The True Third-Person Camera mod gives you the option to have a more action view of the world, with the viewpoint shifting from the more zoomed-out tactical shot to an over-the-shoulder…

Marvel Studios Hall H panel: All the news, trailers, and reveals

It’s that time of the year again, as Marvel Studios returned to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday and revealed what it’s working on next. To no one’s surprise, Avengers: Doomsday took center stage at this year’s panel, but there were some other surprises too. If you weren’t able to attend the panel…

The Tactical Tank Turns Splatoon Raiders Into Vampire Survivors

Nintendo released Splatoon Raiders earlier this week. If I’m chum for any Nintendo series, it’s probably this one. The methodical frenzy of the previous games made it the go-to for my friend circle over lockdown. All the more so that Salmon Run, the PvE mode introduced in Splatoon 2, is a strong favorite. Thus far…