The producer of the new Mortal Kombat film is annoyed that film reviewers are appraising it as a film

Mortal Kombat 2—the film, not the game—released earlier this week and reviews were mixed: games outlets like GamesRadar and IGN were generally favorable, but it copped a flogging in most other quarters. AV Club called it “dreck”, The Hollywood Reporter called it “tacky”, and Vulture called it “depressingly rizzless”. It’s a familiar story where game-to-film…

Mixtape Review – A Night Of Greatest Hits

Stacey Rockford is about to move to New York to follow her dreams, potentially leaving her friends and hometown forever. It’s the end of an era, the death of their childhoods, and the ticking clock has serious emotional weight. I love coming-of-age stories, but Mixtape stands out even among my favorites for how well it…

Sony Record $560 Million Loss On Bungie Deal As Marathon Stalls

Sony purchased Bungie for $3.6 million back in 2022 on the eve of Destiny 2‘s best expansion ever. Just over four years later, the PlayStation 5 maker is recording a $560 million impairment cost for its fourth quarter of the 2025 fiscal year, which closed just four weeks after the launch of Marathon. The company…

May’s big Rust update adds new, rare workbench upgrades, if you can find them

The May Rust update is here, delivering on developer Facepunch’s promise of mortars to put rooftop campers in their place. There’s far more on offer here, with nine rare workbench upgrades headlining the new Rust patch notes. Steam’s most beloved survival game also now boasts a refreshed vending machine UI to make trades smoother, along…

Mortal Kombat 2 and Liu Kang’s confusing fate, explained

Mortal Kombat 2 is full of dismemberment, decapitations, and death. It’s also replete with characters from 2021’s Mortal Kombat who’ve been brought back from the dead, like Josh Lawson’s Kano, or newly made undead, like Kung Lao (Max Huang) and Sindel (Ana Thu Nguyen). Their returns happen in ways that are authentic to the fighting…

Resident Evil Requiem Update Adds New Minigame Mode ‘Leon Must Die Forever’

It was reported last week how a minigame update for Resident Evil Requiem was expected to drop after Golden Week in Japan, and it’s now officially here. Capcom has officially revealed this “free update” as the minigame mode, Leon Must Die Forever, and it’s available now for the Switch 2. To access this mode, you’ll…

Star Fox Is Back, So What's Nintendo's Excuse For Other Abandoned Franchises?

Unless it’s Mario or Zelda, there seems to be no guarantee that a Nintendo franchise will remain a constant presence in the company’s portfolio. Take it from the heartbroken and frustrated fans of Nintendo properties that have lain dormant for years–decades, even. Until very recently, Star Fox was perhaps the most notable example of this….

Aliens: Fireteam 2 Announced And It’s Bringing Four-Player Co-Op To PS5, Xbox, And PC This Summer

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, a sequel to 2021’s PvE shooter Aliens: Fireteam Elite, has been announced, and it’s launching this summer on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Developers Cold Iron Studios and Daybreak Game Company revealed the news with an exclusive trailer over at IGN, which reveals returning Xenomorphs, weapons, and more, with…

Nintendo Artist Behind Original Star Fox Weighs In On Remake

Artist Takaya Imamura, who designed the look of Fox McCloud for the original Star Fox, has some thoughts about the character’s controversial new appearance, recently revealed in the remake of Star Fox 64 for Switch 2. “I wake up in the morning,” Imamura wrote on X, according to the platform’s machine translation. “A ton of messages…

Highly Anticipated Aliens PS5 Game Gets Release Date Window

Cold Iron and Daybreak Games have officially announced and revealed Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2021 third-person co-op shooter, with an exciting trailer. The upcoming Aliens video game will let players squad up in teams of four, a change from the first game, to coordinate and eliminate Xenomorphs. The game…