Newest Edition Of Batman: The Killing Joke Will Murder Your Wallet

Batman: The Killing Joke remains one of the most influential runs in the Dark Knight’s history. Written by Alan Moore and drawn by Brian Bolland, it is a twisty odyssey into a legendary rivalry. Testing Batman’s fortitude and unleashing an outright vicious vision for the once corny clown prince of crime. It’s still a high…

Double Fine is the latest team at Microsoft to unionize

On May 7, Double Fine—the developer behind Psychonauts, Keeper, and Kiln, which has been under Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios umbrella since 2019—filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board on May 7 (via Aftermath). The push includes all 42 of Double Fine’s “regular part-time and full-time employees.” The studio’s move to unionize…

The Aliens co-op shooter that ate up way too much of my time is going bigger for its sequel

I don’t have the grand affinity for the Alien franchise that some do, but Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is one of the most exciting announcements this year for me on a personal level. Its predecessor ended up hooking me in far more than I could have anticipated, combining rewarding build decisions with intense action. It’s…

007 First Light: Here Are The Full PC Specs And Requirements

Developer IO Interactive has released the PC specs and requirements for its upcoming James Bond game, 007 First Light, which launches on May 27. As you might expect, in order to play the game at the highest resolution and frame rate, you’re going to need a beefy PC, but the minimum required specs don’t ask for too…

Ryan Cohen Says He ‘Isn’t Passionate’ About GameStop

If dubious auction listings, cable news follies or pure financials weren’t cutting it before, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is leveraging another stake in his bid for eBay: his emotional investment. In a conversation with Business Insider’s Sarah E. Needleman, Cohen says one of his biggest drives in taking over the e-commerce titan is that he’s…

All Delisted Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Games Missing From The eShop

It’s a sad reality of modern gaming that, despite not needing physical media to play a game, the digital-only version is typically more ephemeral and subject to sudden disappearance than a cart or a disc. It only takes an expired licence or a publisher in financial trouble for games to start disappearing from storefronts. It’s…

The Final Episode of Kurt & Lucy Gotcha Covered

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Mixtape (PS5) Review: An Interactive John Hughes Movie

Annapurna Interactive has a reputation for publishing elevated indie games that often feature a few big-name talents. Their latest release, Mixtape, puts the publisher’s additional resources to use in two distinct ways: a gorgeous art style that is reminiscent of stop-motion animation and a killer licensed soundtrack that couldn’t have been cheap. It all results…

Civilization 7’s “Time-Tested” civs created a new balance problem, but Firaxis found the ideal solution

The tale of Civilization 7 and its controversial Ages system is now written into history, but it’s all about to change with the launch of the Test of Time update. This allows you to carry a single civ through the entire timeline rather than switching out at key junctures. That sounds simple enough, but it…

Europa Universalis 5’s ‘biggest update yet’ expands the Balkans, overhauls the economy, and fixes more than 2,000 bugs

Paradox Interactive has rolled out its “biggest update yet” for Europa Universalis 5. This is a slightly cheeky way to phrase things, considering this is only the second major update for Paradox’ latest, dizzyingly complex grand strategy. But it’s also accurate. With patch notes that Paradox claims would fill 72 pages of a Google doc,…