Valheim 1.0 review – The Deep North is gorgeous, if you can handle the journey

Shaun is often found in Final Fantasy 14, trying his best to complete everything there is before his magpie brain inevitably drags him onto another game. Published: September 8, 2026 Our Verdict Valheim is launching with one of the single greatest areas I’ve experienced in gaming. The Deep North is everything that a Viking adventure…

Watch: The Legend Of Zelda 40th Anniversary Nintendo Direct – Live!

Image: Nintendo Life What’s this? A Nintendo Direct in September? Who would have thought it! And so this week’s dual Directs kick off. First up is a special anniversary show for Zelda’s 40th, promising to deliver “a variety of information related to The Legend of Zelda”. This one begins in just a few minutes at…

Another PlayStation Exclusive Marvel Game in Development – Report

A new report from a trusted industry insider indicates that Marvel’s standalone Venom game remains in active development for PlayStation. Fans previously feared the project had been canceled after long periods of silence following initial leaks. What is the Venom game update? According to a new report by NateTheHate2, a reliable video game industry insider,…

Don’t Nod might not have enough cash to make it through January 2027, and even if it does, pulling up could ‘involve the reduction of up to 90 positions’

Don’t Nod, best known as the developers of Life is Strange 1 and 2, has been having a rough go of it, lately. In 2024, its games Jusant and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden sold “well below expectations”, causing it to pause development of two further games. Then, in 2025, it laid off several employees…

Join Us Preview: Herd Mentality

Join Us made a splash when it debuted during Xbox’s June 2026 Showcase. The zany cult-leader simulator puts you in charge of your own chapter of a widespread doomsday cult, tasking you with establishing your compound and wreaking havoc in the small town in which you establish your home. I spent about 45 minutes learning…

World End Syndrome Has A Fascinating Story If You Can Get Past Its Frustrating Game Mechanics

World End Syndrome is a visual novel with an interesting mystery involving identity, bullying, and supernatural romance. The dead are coming back to life in the city of Mihate. The characters are complex, the dialogue (for the most part) is really well translated, and the lore behind the Yomibito is intriguing. Unfortunately, World End Syndrome…

Best Valheim Seeds for 1.0: updated September 2026

Valheim’s brutal wilderness is a procedurally generated world. When you start a new game, you can either have the game generate a random string of text from which to generate the environment you play in, or manually enter a code to generate a specific seed. Every Valheim map that is generated has the same basic…

Tom Hiddleston’s Return to Streaming Has Officially Been Confirmed

Ever since being cast as Loki in the first Marvel‘s Thor movie back in 2011, Tom Hiddleston has been one of the busiest actors in Hollywood. He’s dominated the big screen in both Marvel and non-Marvel movies and the same can be said for the small screen as well. After starring in the Loki series…

Pokémon Champions Director Wants To Keep The Game’s Focus On PvP

Image: The Pokémon Company Although Pokémon Champions is now the main competitive title for the video game, some trainers are still apparently calling for single-player content to be added. VGC recently spoke to the game’s co-director Masaaki Hoshino about these fan requests for “Pokémon Stadium-like offline modes” in the free-to-play title, but it doesn’t seem…

Wolverine Gets A Final Trailer Ahead Of Its September 15 Release

Insomniac’s Wolverine is coming very soon and ahead of its release, Sony has offered up one final trailer. The footage shows Marvel’s short king slicing up bad guys on airplanes, fighting giant robots in various outfits, and hanging out with various recognizable Marvel characters.   Insomniac’s Marvel’s Wolverine is coming to PlayStation 5 on September…