A Pirates Of The Caribbean Animatronic Got Updated And Fans Hate It

Last month, Disneyland unveiled a fancy new audio-animatronic in the original Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, and not everybody is impressed. Todd Martens of the Los Angeles Times calls it “misplaced” and “distracting.”  Bloggers say it has “muddled” and even “gutted” the original ride. The Instagram post that announced the new addition has attracted almost…

Valve just changed how CS2’s bomb works, and it’s terrifying

Counter-Strike 2 Season 5 is here, and Valve continues to show a willingness to shake up its beloved FPS. Along with all the usual skins, stickers, and armory adjustments you’d expect, and the official implementation of Cache, the most striking part of the new CS2 patch notes is a redesign of the way bombs detonate….

YouTuber gets Minecraft running on an original Game Boy Color, and it even looks kinda playable

REAL 3D Minecraft on the GameBoy! – YouTube Watch On I love the engineering hubris of seeing a device and saying “I can run Doom on that”, but I never thought 2009 sandbox game Minecraft would become a similar measuring stick. Ever since one engineer got the game running on a Game Boy Color, I’ve…

Overwatch’s new hero Shion disses a girlboss icon of American literature

Shion, Overwatch‘s new hero, does a lot of things. She plans elaborate acts of revenge against her enemies in John Wick-slash-Kill Bill style. She wears flashy clothes. She buys high-end motorcycles and then throws them at people for fun. Apparently, she also reads Emily Dickinson in her spare time — and she’s not a particular…

Upcoming PS5 RPG Will Please Witcher Fans, Potential GOTY

A highly anticipated 2026 PS5 RPG is shaping up to be a Game of the Year contender, if early hands-on gameplay impressions are anything to go by. The Blood of Dawnwalker is brought to us by Rebel Wolves, comprised of former CD Projekt RED veterans. It’s no surprise, then, that it’s drawing comparisons to The…

Legendary Final Fantasy Artist Reveals New Anime Drawn By Hand

While this year’s Anime Expo was awash with big announcements regarding sequels to certain beloved shows and creatives reminiscing on the legacy of popular franchises, some of the weekend’s most fascinating announcements were secretly nestled away in a panel centered around Yoshitaka Amano, well known for his artistic contributions to franchises such as Final Fantasy….

Riot believes League of Legends ‘mage bot’ strats are “healthy diversity” and “need to be viable”

Riot Games has pulled planned Brand buffs from the upcoming League of Legends patch 26.14 due to “concerns around mages bot,” but says it’s still committed to supporting the divisive strategy as a viable way to play the MOBA. In a preview post covering the new update, Lead Gameplay Designer Matt ‘Phroxzon’ Leung-Harrison explains the…

New Strategy RPG Brigandine: Abyss Scores A Switch 2 Demo Later This Month

Ahead of its August launch on the Switch 2, NIS America and Happinet have this week announced the upcoming strategy RPG Brigandine: Abyss will be getting an eShop demo. This demo will go live later this month on 30th July 2026 and will allow you to experience the first two seasons of the “Gran Dragnica…

Are you excited for a new Fallout game from Obsidian? You know, given everything

Back when Microsoft acquired Bethesda, our first thought was, ‘I wonder if this will be bad,’ but our second thought was, ‘Ooh, maybe now Obsidian will make Fallout: New Vegas 2.’ And when the Fallout TV show turned out to be a hit, we scratched our heads over the continued absence of a new Fallout…

Games Leaving PS Plus in August 2026 May Include Hit Day-1 Title

In the coming weeks, Sony will reveal the full list of games leaving PS Plus Extra and Premium in August 2026, and we’re back with our monthly predictions for upcoming departures based on the service’s pattern. Do note that some of the July departures have been pushed to August, so we already have a partial…