Box Art Brawl: WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$!

North America Image: Nintendo / Launchbox With Wario up top and all of his ‘Ware companions split off below, the North American design really is a beauty. We’re big fans of the blue backdrop here, and how the central logo holds everything together, with the dividing lines extending out of it. Good work, all round….

The Mandalorian and Grogu isn’t about the fate of the galaxy, and that’s a good thing

The weekend box office numbers are in for The Mandalorian and Grogu, and while the movie brought in about $100 million, it still represents the lowest-ever opening for a Star Wars film. The consensus seems to be that The Mandalorian and Grogu is underwhelming, in part because it feels too small in scope to be…

Persona 6 Rumors About New Hero Are Fueling A Fan Art Frenzy

On Thursday, presumed images of two Persona 6 characters made their way around the internet, allegedly originating on the Chinese social network Xiaohongshu. The Persona series is almost notorious for facing leaks, so a lot of fans quickly assumed they were real and ran with these designs. The leaked art depicts a blond dude with…

Dell just took a huge swing at Apple and the Macbook Neo, with new Dell XPS 13 launching at $599

Well, we didn’t see this one coming. After all the talk of how Apple has completely changed the landscape of budget laptops with its MacBook Neo, Dell has come out fighting and is offering its new XPS 13 for the same $599 price, which is roughly half that of its predecessor. However, there is a…

Steam Week in Review: 4 Backrooms games released on Steam last week, joining a list of over 500 cash-ins, parodies and legitimate contenders

With this week’s theatrical release of A24’s The Backrooms adaptation, I was expecting an avalanche of new Backrooms-themed videogames to appear on Steam. Surprisingly, the number is quite modest: a mere four! Surely you’ve noticed that Backrooms games have been releasing at a steady clip on Steam for years now. When I search Backrooms on…

An Essential Cyberpunk Roguelike Returns In 868-BACK

In 2013, New Zealand indie developer Michael Brough released 868-HACK, a turn-based iPhone game revolving around cyber attacks and difficult circuitry. Inspired by roguelikes before it, Hack, FTL and Spelunky are accredited for kicking off the genre in the indie gaming space. Now the computer commander is back, jacking in to a more accessible port…

Alienware dropped the single most desirable OLED gaming monitor on the planet

Gaming monitors are getting ludicrous. Alienware has just announced the AW3926QW, which is a 39-inch OLED display with a massive 5K resolution and a refresh rate of 165Hz. Not only that, but it can also run at 330Hz in a reduced-resolution mode, and its RGB-stripe OLED tech pushes image quality to a new level. It…

Round Up: Minecraft Live (May 2026) – Chaos Cubed Drop, New Biome, Minecraft Dungeons II And More

Developer Mojang aired a special Minecraft Live event from Twitchcon Rotterdam this weekend and it featured announcements for not only Minecraft but also Minecraft Dungeons 2, and even the upcoming movie sequel. Here’s a quick recap in case you missed it: On this page: Round Up: Minecraft Live (May 2026) – Chaos Cubed Drop, New…

5 new Xbox games to play in May 2026

After a very busy five months, new game releases are slowing down in 2026. The current game release calendar for June is looking much slimmer than May, which was filled with more excellent games than one could possibly play in one month. June looks like it will be a great backlog month for anyone who’s…

Call of Duty yet again promises ‘no clowny skins’ for Modern Warfare 4, but we’ve been burned before

Infinity Ward has once again promised that it will keep its skins and cosmetics thematic and grounded in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, a commitment that it has repeatedly asserted as part of the rollout for this anticipated return of Infinity Ward CoD. The promise came as part of an exchange on X, The…