Wolverine Hotfix Nerfs ‘Fart Gas’ As Insomniac Explores An Option To Toggle It Off Completely

Even before it launched, Marvel’s Wolverine was consumed by a debate over “fart gas,” i.e. scent trails that Logan occasionally uses to locate objectives during some of the game’s missions. The much-dunked-on feature is now getting nerfed as Insomniac Games considers whether to give players the option to turn it off altogether. A surprise hotfix…

Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance brings back the series’ most terrifying foe

Forget about the elder dragons. Capcom just confirmed that Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance will bring back the most unsettling creature in the entire series, and even gave us a glimpse of it in action. If your only experience with the RPGs so far has been MH World, you’ll have been spared from coming face to…

Every Star Wars Zero Company Hero, Ranked From Worst to Best

Star Wars Zero Company, also known as ZCOM, understands one of its genre’s commandments: a good tactics game isn’t just about playing chess. It’s about playing chess with characters you actually care about. I’ve been playing Zero Company the past few weeks, and am pretty sure I’m at the end; I’m at the “let’s go…

Monster Hunter World Probably Won’t Be Coming To Switch 2

Image: Capcom Capcom is bringing the new entry in the Monster Hunter series to the Switch 2 later this year, but some fans have also been calling for Monster Hunter World. During the Switch generation, Capcom released Monster Hunter Rise (and other Monster Hunter titles) on Nintendo’s hardware, but World was only accessible on consoles…

Canceled PS2 Grand Theft Auto Game Nearly Took Series to Japan, Gets Details

Rockstar Games almost took players to Japan in a PS2 Grand Theft Auto game. New details for GTA: Tokyo, which was eventually canceled, have now come to light. A former Rockstar Games director has shed light on the developer’s original plans for the open-world game. Speaking with Thunderpick, former Rockstar Technical Director Obbe Vermeij dove…

The Last of Us game director apologizes for God of War Laufey criticism, points finger at industry leaders for triple-A stagnation

The Last of Us game director Bruce Straley has apologized for singling out God of War Laufey in a comment about lack of innovation in triple-A games. “God Of War Laufey, I look at that game, and every pixel is mindblowing,” Straley said in a recent Edge magazine feature. “The amount of work and skill…

Bill Skarsgård Sounds Very Excited To Be Starring In Hideo Kojima’s Physint

It’s been a busy month for Physint, Hideo Kojima’s potential long-awaited successor to Metal Gear Solid. After an awkward breakup that saw the Sony-backed project transferred to PlayStation rival Xbox, an update for the espionage thriller was shared at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Now actor Bill Skarsgård has shared a video to reaffirm his personal…

Doom joins Call of Duty Black Ops 7 as its final season kicks off a horror show

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 6 has just begun, and Treyarch is going all-out for what’s set to be its final ranked season before attention shifts across to the upcoming Modern Warfare 4. With October in touching distance, that means it’s Halloween season, and The Haunting is back once more with a range…

Indie Dev Says “AI” Voice In His Game Was Actually His Wife

Someone playing Refractive Entertainment’s recently released action-RPG Luminary for less than an hour accused the team of using AI for the game’s only voiced character. The player said the voice “killed it” for them. There was just one problem: It wasn’t AI. It was actually the developer’s wife doing her first-ever voice acting gig. Refractive…

Control Resonant – Review In Progress

Control Resonant’s review embargoes have lifted, but I’m still working through Dylan Faden’s sizable paranatural adventure. We’ll publish our scored review sometime next week, before the game’s launch on September 24, but in the meantime, here’s a quick summary of my thoughts so far. As a fan of Control, I’m having a lot of fun…